Showing posts with label sprites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sprites. Show all posts

Monday, 18 February 2019

Over the Rainbow at Aurora Wings

Aurora Wings has a brand new challenge starting today! The theme is "Over the Rainbow". You can decide what that means to you, but make sure you explain it in your blog post if you decide to join in the challenge this month. I took it to mean to use the colours of the rainbow, and I thought Unicorn Sprite would be the perfect image for this. I coloured the mane and tail in rainbow colours, and used rainbow themed digital paper for my backdrop.


The die cuts I used are from Rubbernecker Stamps. You can find these rounded stitched square dies HERE. The digital paper is from Huckleberry Hearts on Etsy. My little heart and circle embellies are from Stampin' Up. I used Copics to colour my image.

Unicorn Sprite digital stamp:
Etsy - https://etsy.me/2BBo1qF
Aurora Wings - http://bit.ly/2EbnayY

Our prizes this challenge will include:

1(one) Artist's Choice Winner to be chosen by Mitzi from all entries using an Aurora Wings image (Custom badge+3 single digital images)

1(one) Random Winner (3 single digital images)

Top 3 To be selected by the Design Teams from all entries (Custom badge+1 single digital image each)

You can find Aurora Wings here:
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Monday, 19 November 2018

Holiday Spirit Challenge at Aurora Wings

Happy Monday! It's time for the last challenge of 2018 at the Aurora Wings challenge blog. The holiday are upon us and the theme for this challenge is "Holiday Spirit". There are so many digis in the Aurora Wing catalog that you can use for this challenge, I don't know how you'll be able to pick one, so do two or three!! I used Poinsettia Sprite:

I used Copics to colour the image (reds R59, R29-24 & greens G29, G28, G17, G05, YG06). I layered a doily and some cheesecloth on Stampin' Up DP, and finished it off with some flowers and other embellies. My senitment stamp is from SU.

If you didn't find your way here via the challenge blog, make sure you go check it out and see what other fabulous creations our DT has come up with as inspiration for this challenge. You know you need to make some Christmas cards, so this is the perfect challenge for you. ;)

Our prizes this challenge will include:

1(one) Artist's Choice Winner to be chosen by Mitzi from all entries using an Aurora Wings image (Custom badge+3 single digital images)

1(one) Random Winner (3 single digital images)

Top 3 To be selected by the Design Teams from all entries (Custom badge+1 single digital image each)

You can find Aurora Wings here:

Poinsettia Sprite listings:
AW digi shop listing - https://www.aurorawings.com/store/p63/Poinsettia-Sprite-PNG-Digital-Stamp-Aurora-Wings.html

Etsy Listing - https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/208136590/png-digital-stamp-holiday-poinsettia?ga_search_query=poinsettia+sprite&ref=shop_items_search_1
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Monday, 5 March 2018

Bingo Challenge at Aurora Wings

We are halfway through our Bingo challenge at the Aurora Wings challenge blog, and it is Team Stella's turn to bring you some inspiration. First, here is the Bingo challenge board:


I went diagonally down from Sentiment to Ribbons or Bow. I used Shamrock Sprite for my card. Since we are closing in on St. Patrick's Day and I'm part Irish, what better image to use!


I coloured the image with Copics, using YG's and Y's. The die cuts are from Rubbernecker Stamps. You can find them HERE. It is a nested die set and there are eight die cuts in the set. The ribbon I bought at Michaels. It was a real trial in patience, folding it like that over and over again, and gluing each fold down. The sentiment is from Verve Stamps.

Our prizes this challenge will include:

1(one) Artist's Choice Winner to be chosen by Mitzi from all entries using an Aurora Wings image (Custom badge+3 single digital images)

1(one) Random Winner (3 single digital images)

Top 3 To be selected by the Design Teams from all entries (Custom badge+1 single digital image each)

You can find Aurora Wings here:
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Monday, 4 December 2017

Anything But A Card Challenge


A new challenge is up on the Aurora Wings Challenge blog and the theme is "Anything But A Card". I made gift tags and ornaments, using mostly Holiday sprites in addition to the Kitten in a Stocking and the Christmas Puppy stamps. I will add links for each image at the end of my post so you can easily find them. :-)


I coloured the images with Copics and some Clear Star Gelly Roll pen. I only printed them out at 2" tall because that is how big the tag punch and ornament dies are. I didn't have a lot of space to colour with the images being so small, so I stayed away from images that were too detailed. My kids actually want to colour their own ornaments now, so that is going to be a fun little activity for us in the near future. In the picture below you can see how I decorated the other side with some of the other dies from the framelits set I used. It is from Stampin' Up and it's called "Merry Tags".

 


Pop on over to the challenge blog to enter your creation(s). You can enter up to THREE times if you use an AW image on each entry! The prizes for this challenge are: 1 (one) Artist's Choice Award Winner to be selected from entries using Aurora Wings digis ($20 GC and Badge); 1 (one)  Random Winner ($20 GC); and a TOP 3 Winners to be chosen by the DT ($10 GC and Badge). This challenge runs until January 13. You have extra time with this one because of the holidays so if you have some free time show us what you can come up with!

You can find Aurora Wings here:
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Thursday, 30 November 2017

Aurora Wings Showcase

There are three Holiday sprites coming out today at Aurora Wings that were previously only available in the Sprites colouring book. But now you can purchase the individual images in the AW stores, and they are all featured in a special showcase HERE at the Aurora Wings Showcase blog. I made a tag with the Sugar Plum Sprite.


I coloured the image with Copics using R80's for the pink. The tag cutout I did on my Cameo. I added some thin ribbons on the present cutouts, and bordered it with string pearls. I used Shabby Pink Frantage on the back layer beneath the image. Below is a close up angled shot of the finished image. Hopefully you can see the Frosted Lace Stickles I used on the parts I thought were meant to be sparkly. I also used a Molotow paint pen for highlights before I applied the Stickles. I used a clear glitter gel pen on her crown.


Make sure you check out all of the amazing other creations that the DT put together for you as inspiration. These are just in time for some last minute cards or tag ideas for Christmas. There are coupon codes for this weekend as well:


Below are all the listings for the new Sprites. Also available are also Hot Cocoa Sprite and Snowflake Sprite:

AW Etsy Links
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AuroraWings.com Links
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Monday, 2 October 2017

Clean and Simple Challenge

CAS Challenge
Time for a new challenge at Aurora Wings and the theme is Clean and Simple. This is one of my favorite challenge themes because sometimes I hate to take away from Mitzi's images with a bunch of embellishments. Her images can be so detailed that adding any more detail feels like a disservice to her art.

Poppy Sprite
I chose Poppy Sprite for this card. I definitely spent more time colouring the image than I did designing the card. The colouring took me a few hours, the card took about 20 minutes. I matted the image on black and green and affixed it to a white card base that I embossed with a Cuttlebug damask embossing folder. The image really shines on such a simple layout. I debated adding a sentiment but decided against it in the end. I love how the red pops out on that white base. I'm really happy with how this turned out.

Pop on over to the challenge blog to enter your creation(s). You can enter up to THREE times if you use an AW image on each entry! The prizes for this challenge are: 1 (one) Artist's Choice Award Winner to be selected from entries using Aurora Wings digis ($20 GC and Badge); 1 (one)  Random Winner ($20 GC); and a TOP 3 Winners to be chosen by the DT ($10 GC and Badge). This challenge runs until October 14.

You can find Aurora Wings here:
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Monday, 5 December 2016

Winter Wonderland

Today is the start of a new challenge at Aurora Wings, and the Stella DT is challenging you to create a project with a "Winter Wonderland" theme. 


I have wanted to make a shadow box card for quite awhile. I have had my Cameo for a couple of years, and have done a pitiful job learning how to use it. This was the opportunity I needed to brush the dust off of it and put it to work! I used two Aurora Wings images for this: "Christmas Lights Sprite" and "Christmas Tree Sprite".


I used the 5x7 Reindeer Shadow Box Card by Lori Whitlock from the Silhouette store, and I simply placed my Christmas Tree Sprite over the reindeer cut out. You can't even see a hint of him, but it gave me a base to adhere the tree to. I almost trimmed the reindeer off, but realized just in time that my tree would probably be flopping around in the card if I did that. 😉 I coloured the images with Copics. I added some glossy accents and Frosted Lace Stickles to the tree. You can see the close up below: 


The wood snowflake embellishments are from South Ridge Trading, the silver glitter snowflakes are from a Martha Stewart punch using some scrap glitter paper from a previous project. I used Versa Mark and some opaque Snow embossing powder to make my wood snowflakes white.

Please stop by the Aurora Wings Challenge blog and join in with your take on our "Winter Wonderland" theme. Please check out the RULES for the challenge, and while you're on the blog, visit my fellow Stella DT member's blogs to leave them some love for their projects. 💗💗
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Friday, 30 September 2016

Aurora Wings Showcase

Aurora Wings on Etsy
Today is a special new release showcase at Aurora Wings!! There are TWO new releases today. I am bringing you the new Jellyfish Sprite! I don't tend to gravitate to the sprites, though there are some that I really love (mostly the flowers!), but this jellyfish grabbed me right away! 


I coloured the image with Copics (a list of colours is below). The paper is the Seascape digital paper from Michele R Design. You know I love her papers, and this one is no different. My sentiment stamp is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. The shell is one my oldest daughter picked off the beach when we lived in Florida many years ago. I still have a stash of them in a bucket. (They make me miss the ocean.) I layered the card with cheesecloth, and burlap trim (from Live & Love Crafts). I made the bow from brown raffia.
Copics used: 
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04
Jellyfish - E40's (all of them) and E09, E08
Clothes - BG49, BG45, BG00

This was my photo inspiration for the jellyfish. I didn't quite get the reddish-brown, but I'm still happy with the outcome. 

Make sure you check out the showcase HERE. There are some projects from the designers! Also, head to the Stamps by Aurora Wings Facebook group to show us your AW makes. We love to see everyone's interpretations of Mitzi's images. And you can see from the pink and orange banners there are coupon codes and a freebie with a purchase of $10 USD or more (make sure you read all the details carefully). So visit the Etsy shop!!!

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Monday, 5 September 2016

Wisteria Sprite from Aurora Wings

Today is a BIG BIG day for me!! It's my debut as a member of the Stella Design Team at Aurora Wings!! I was so excited when Mitzi asked me to join the team! Of course, I said YES, and here I am today bringing you my first project as part of the team and announcing the new Stella challenge theme which is "Fantasy". Most everything at Aurora Wings is fantasy, so the door is wide open for you to create something wonderful with one of her amazing images. 
I used Wisteria Sprite to make a card. The image is printed at about 5" x 4" and I've mounted it on a 6" x 6" card base. I coloured the image with Prismacolor pencils. A list of the colours I used for her petals and leaves is at the bottom of this post. To colour her skin, I followed along with a Kit and Clowder Create & Learn class from a few months ago. The skin effect in that class was quite luminescent and had that purple undertone that I thought would work well with my Wisteria colours. The purple/blue colour I used on her skin was also incorporated into her petals so it all tied together.

All of the paper is from Michele R Design's Sophie Rose collection. I've used a few different dies on this card including: By DieZyne Butterflies & Puffy Things and Stitched Ovals, and Stampin' Up Flourish Thinlits. I used Liquid Pearls for the little details in the flowers near her hair because I wanted them to pop and I needed the dimensional effect the Pearls gave me.
By DieZyne Butterflies die, detail of the Liquid Pearls
I've layered the card with cheesecloth, lace, and shapes from the dies mentioned above. After I attached the image with foam tape, I added some mulberry paper flowers.
Stampin' Up Flourish Thinlits
As usual, working with pencils is time consuming. It always a labour of love to create something with pencils, but I think it is totally worth the extra time and effort it takes.

Please check out the AW blog for details about the current challenge, and check out my fellow team member's blogs too. They are so talented and deserve some love! Don't forget that the Facebook group (Stamps by Aurora Wings) has a monthly challenge as well. If you aren't a member over there, go join! There is always some super amazing inspiration!

Here is the list of the Prismacolor pencils I used on this image:
Indanthrone blue
Dahlia purple
Parma violet
Lilac
Deco pink
Sunburst yellow
Lemon yellow
Dark green
Grass green
Spring green

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