Fairy & Toad Step-Up card

 

Denne gangen har vi to kjempeflotte sponsorer ~ Bugaboo Stamps & Rebecca Sinz fra ElvenStar Art ~ for Creative Fingers sin utfordring #133.  
Må bare beklage at DT bidraget mitt er en par dager på etterskudd, har hatt mye plager med hendene mine. (psoriasis++) Skulle ønske jeg var god på å lage kjappe clean & simple kort, men dette motivet fortjente absolutt mere tid og bling! ♥ 

Jeg har brukt et Sweet Pea Stamps gummistempel fra Rebecca Sinz. Motivene hennes kan kjøpes som digitale stempler på etsy, og dette motivet fins som 'Coloring Page Printable Fairy Toad Frog Fantasy Art'. 
Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema, og velkommen skal du være :)

Sorry for beeing a couple days late with my DT card for this fortnights challenge #133. at Creative Fingers. Having dealing with alot of health issues lately, and my hands has been very painful (psoriasis++), super difficult to craft when you can't bend your fingers ;) 

We are again so lucky to have two sponsors: Bugaboo Stamps & ElvenStar Art ♥ and as always it is an 'Anything goes theme', and you are more than welcome to join with your creations!

I bought a new fun Balloon Step-Up Sizzix Die (it's on sale right now!) and thought it would be perfect to use with the toad and fairy ♥ The round shapes on each fold is actually meant to have balloon diecuts on them, but it can be used for many themes :) 
You can see the designer of the die Stephanie Barnard show it here on youtube.
The gorgeous IndigoBlu gilding flakes has been added to the diecuts the quick and easy way ~ super strong adhesive tape! 
Think it must be the most time consuming card I've ever done, started it a week ago! Although it's an easy fold card to make with the sizzix die, cranking the bigshot was the worst on my hands, and was only able to spend 15 minutes in my craftroom at a time. On the bright side, it turned out very pretty! :)

My main motif is a rubberstamp from Rebecca Sinz, the artist behind ElvenStar Art. It's an old Sweet Pea Stamp, but they have since closed shop, and are not so easy to find anymore. She sells some of her motifs as digistamps and coloringpages (find the fairy toad image here) in her etsyshop linked below :)

I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]
● World Wide Open Design Team Ch. #23. ~ always AG! [July 12th.]
● The Fairy and The Unicorn #4. ~ AG mythical opt. Summer Solstice! [June 30th.]
● 2 Crafty Critter Crazies #3. ~ Anything goes w. critters! [June 29th.]
● Crafty Animals #3. ~ Anything Goes [June 28th.]
● Crafting With An Attitude #28. ~ anything goes! (entry#2.)[June 26th.]
● Crafting by designs ~ Animals! [June 28th.]
● PIP #1725. ~ anything goes! [June 26th.]
● Pile It On! #131. ~ Fancy Folds and/or Birds! [July 1st.]

EDIT: I was in the Top 5 at Crafty Animals, in the Top 3 at The Fairy & the Unicorn, and I also got best technique recognition at World Wide Open DT ch.  
Thank you so much everyone! ♥

inside and back detail

Stamps/Images: ElvenstarArt ~ Rebecca Sinz rubberstamp from Sweet Pea Stamps 'Fairy Friend'. North Star stamps 'Valentine tekster & kjærlige hilsner'. Kort & Godt 'M-260'.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Misc. Bazzill & CoreDinations cardstocks. Plain white cardstock.
Embellishments/Tools: Sizzix Framelits 'Balloons Step-Up Card 23pk Dieset' by Stephanie Barnard. Thinlits Die Set 'Detailed Butterflies Mini' by Tim Holtz', and Framelits 'Basic dies 658300'. Crafter's Companion Sara Davies Signature Collection ~ Autumn Morning 'Garden Vines' Die. QuicKutz (new branded as LifeStyle crafts/WRMK) 'Butterfly KS-0172', 'Bugs mini RS-0063' & 'Flourish CC-BDR-001' 12 Inch die. EK Success® Whale Of A Punch 'Large Circle 1.75'. Creative Dies Craft essentials from Craftstash A6 Stencil 'Leaves'. Nille Memories rhinestone gold blings. Sense adhesive white flower border. Daisy Bucket designs 'vineyard' natural cotton ribbon.
Techniques: My distress tools from Ranger Ink is always in use ~ Tim Holtz® Mini Ink Round Blending Tool & the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool and Foams. I used misc. Luminarte Twinkling H2o's Shimmering Watercolors, and Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads & markers to watercolor and distress image and papers.
 I used super strong adhesive tape Scor-Pal 'Scor-Tape Double Side Adhesive Sookwang 5inch x 27yd' (SUPER HUGE roll I got on Blitsy, on sale right now!) and Indigoblu IndigoBlu 'Megaflake Chocolate Box' gilding flakes. Wink of Stella glitter brush pen 'clear'.