Spring Fever Is In The Air

A time for all things new.

Hi everyone and welcome back to HeartcraftPaper!

Today I'm bringing you this floral card inspired by the Digi Doodle Studios Monthly Challenge called Spring Fever.

I especially liked this event because in my household we celebrate Nooruz. Many of you may not know what that is, but this is the Persian New Year. In ancient times, spring would ring in all things fresh and new. The house is cleaned from top to bottom, with adding in as many new items to the house as possible. Getting rid of the old that is no longer usable. I set up a table to celebrate, with fresh wheat grass, decorated eggs (tells you where Easter egg decorating comes from), hyacinths, coins, etc. As soon as that spring Equinox hits we start to party with food and family all day long. This is what was brought to my mind when I saw the theme of this challenge. I wanted flowers and tons of them. While I couldn't add every flower under the sun to my card, I went with next best thing! I used printed paper.

So now that you know a little bit about my inspiration for my card, I will tell you what you will need.

• Digital Image: Shea Meadow Breeze
• Digital Sentiment: Pixie Wishes Sentiments
• Digital Paper: Bloom Baby Bloom
• Copic Markers: Colors to be listed below.​
• PrismaColor Pencils: colors to be listed below
• Cricut Design Space:
  • Frame #M34C85 (Songbird Cartridge)
  • Pennant #M41160 (Pretty Pennant Cartridge)
  • Flower #M41A60 (Mother's Day Bouquet Cartridge)
  • Flower #M45751 (Mother's Day Bouquet Cartridge)
  • Square Shape (free) 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" w/ Bloom Baby Bloom print
  • Self-adhesive Pearls
  • Tacky Glue
  • Foam Tape
  • Clear Wink of Stella
  • Card Base A2 (11" x 4 1/4")
  • Light Pink Card stock 5" x 3 3/4"
    

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Coloring

Step 1: The Skin

Lets begin with the skin tone.
Base: E000
Shading: E21, E11
Shadow: E13
Cheeks: E93
This is my go to pallet for light skin tones. I really wanted the image to show the high-lights and low-lights. ​

Step 2: The Hair

For the hair, I like to give it a look of having actual hair strands. I do this by using both markers and color pencils.
Base: Y000
High-lights: PC942
Mid-one: PC1033
Low-lights: PC943

The base will always show through and works to show the areas where the sun hits the hair first. Those areas will have the least amounts of pencil strokes. Always use short, well defined strokes. Keeping your pencil sharp will help wit this.
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Step 3: The Dress

Moving on to the dress. I like to add folds to the dresses on my images. I do this first by laying down my base color. using an triangle shape on the dips of the hem. this would be where the dress would naturally have a pleat or fold in the fabric. The shadows will follow the same pattern but thinner. Not quite as wide, since the deeper into the fabric the less light.

Base: BG10

Fabric Folds: BG11

​Fold Shadows: PC905, PC992

​👗 click on the images to enlarge the photos for more details.

Step 4: The Accessories

The flowers in the hair are very simple. Since they are a small item, you can really go with the shading however you want it.

Base: RV000
Shading: RV02
Shadow: R81
Flower Center: Y08

​🌺🌺 click on the picture to enlarge to see the details.

The bow and headband will use the same colors in violets. Again for this, we will use a our color pencils to bring in even more detail.

​Base: V01
Shading: V04
Shadows: V15
Dark details: PC1009

🎀click on the picture to enlarge to see the details.
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Step 5: It's All About The Wings

Fist we will work on the wings of the fairy before we move on to the butterfly.

Wing base: B0000 (lightened with '0' the colorless blender)

Tear shape base: RV000
Tear shape shading: R81

Circles: RV00

Wing Edges: BG11

This is pretty straight forward.

Again the butterfly is very simple. The colors are all in single layer just as for the fairy wings.

Body: E35

Wing Base: Y000 (lightened with '0' the colorless blender)

Circles: Y02

Winge Edges: Y08

🦋🦋 Click on the image to enlarge for details.

The final touch on our image is to add some ✨ sparkle and shine ✨. We will does this by using Clear Wink of Stella. this will over some shimmer on the wings of the fairy and the butterfly. 

If you so wish you can add some to the flowers. ​​

Here is your finished image.

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Assembly

Once you have cut out your items in Cricut, gather them all together to assemble.
Tutorial for using digital images in Design Space: ​https://youtu.be/rULkTikiuk0

Step 1. Glue the Fairy to the Base

Step 2. Glue the Sentiment to the Base

Step 3. Glue down you pink cardstock to the floral printed background

Step 4. Glue down 1 of your pennants.

Step 5. Adhere you card backing to your base with double sided tape

Step 6. Use 1/8" thick foam to glue to your card

Step 7. Use 3D squares to adhere the sentiment to the card

Step 8. Work your flowers

Curl your flower petals.

​Glue the two flowers of the same color together.

​Add a self-adhesive pearl to the center and affix to your card with a 3D foam square.

Step 10. Finally arrange the flowers around the top of the card as so.

You are now done!

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Challenge Entries:

• A Bit More Time To Craft - Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft - Anything Goes #04
• Card Mania Challenge - Spring #103
• Calour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - No April Fools Here #50