BLOG HOP!!!!! Prairie Fairy & Paper Temptress Unite........

Welcome...

to the GOING DIGITAL blog hop
hosted by the Prairie Fairy &Paper Temptress!

Blog hop starts a 10 am April 30

April 30- May 3

During this hop you will visit the blogs of some very talented ladies both from the Prairie Fairy DT & the Paper Temptress DT.

So, follow the crumb trail to all the participants blogs to see their lovely creations & get in on some of their CANDY as well as the grand prizes.

Be sure to wear comfortable shoes, it is alot of travelling-LOL-but don't worry, you have until the end of the day on Monday to come to the trails end & enter the giveaway & sale!

FRIDAY- complete the Prairie Fairy DT part of the hop to get entered to win a draw for that day

SATURDAY- complete the Paper Temptress DT part of the hop to get entered in a draw for that day
SUNDAY & MONDAY HOPPERS- Don't fret.....if you follow the crumb trail, you too will be entered into the draws!!!!
BY MONDAY NIGHT- you need to have left comments on both of the DT's END blogs for an entry to each giveaway.
REMEMBER- to leave comments on each of the DT members blogs (you know how much we like them) out of courtesy.......however, your comments will not get you entries. Only the final comment will count!

(Paper Temptress carries  many perfect cardstocks to use with digital images so starting on Friday and going all the way thru Monday all cardstock listed under the Digital Paper Category will be 25% off.
Be sure to use the code digital when placing your order to get the discount! Go & check it out!)

**You are currently at the Free-4-ever blog**

If you came here from Kelly at Crafting Creatively then you are on the right track!

If you would like to start at the top of the hop, start HERE
Complete blog hop-coookie crumb trail is listed below.

Here is my creation:

Bearing in mind the theme over at Prairie Fairy Fridays (use a twig) & the united hop with the Paper Temptress, all the papers I used for my card are from the Paper Temptress collection. None are DP, rather they are accented papers with shimmer, gloss, texture, shine & so forth & so on!

Scroll down for a secret about my fairies wings!

The image is called "Little Helper" from Prairie Fairy Designs. I'm tellin' ya, I literally dreamt of how this card would come together. I thought about it & thought about it & whilst doing dishes or making lunch or cleaning the yard, I would occassionaly have an epiphany of how it would look better "this way or that".

How will it look if the fairy was not holding the blue birds? I tried it, it didn't work.

Hmmmm how am I going to make it so that when the easle card comes together, there is not empty space?

How am I gonna prop up the underlying birds?

Where was I gonna put the nest?

All these thoughts nearly drove me nutty........

Below is the result of all the above questions. The birds that the fairy is holding slides JUST overtop of the second set of birds that are propped up. The birds underneath are for effect, so it doesn't look bare.

Above - side view of easle card

Below- front view of how it comes together

And a close up of my nest with all the twigs I incorporated so as to meet the theme at Prairie Fairy Fridays. The twigs are held on with Crystal Effects, which also gives the nest a 'dewy' appearance.

My fairies wings are using the Paper Temptress paper which I put through my printer & then embossed!

 YES EMBOSS!

The ink from the printer stayed moist long enough for me to spinkle some silver embossing powder on & then heat up! Notice the ever so slight swirl design on the shimmery white wings!!

(As well you can see the pink paper underneath has a little shine as well.)

I then paper pieced the fairy's wings onto my already colored image.

Here we have some homemade flowers I was able to cook up thanks to a tutorial put on by Karen over at Die Cut Dreams Challenge blog.

My flowers did not turn out as nice as hers, but hey not bad for a first timer!!

The paper for these flowers & leaves are also from the Paper Temptress collection, as is the background brown textured paper I used for the top and base of the card.

Finally my embossed sentiment accented with a button!

Normally I do not take so many pictures, but felt the need to show all the aspects of my card, for which I am able to enter numerous challenges (see below).

Now LET'S HOP along the crumb trail!!!

If you get lost along the way , please come back here to find your way thru!

Here is the hop list:

FRIDAY

Prairie Fairy DT

1. Prairie Fairy

2. Crafting Creatively

3. Free 4 Ever (you are here)

4. Just Ducky

5. Kelly's Kreative Korner

6. My Comfort Cottage

7. Oh Bumble Is Me

8. Scrapcandy Designs
9.  Queen La Rubba

10.  Wishcraft
11. Prairie Fairy Fridays -This is where your comment really counts!

AND SATURDAY.....the hop continues with the Paper Temptress & her DT......find the link at the Fairy Fun Friday blog!

What do u win?

You have the chance to win 6 digital images from The Prairie Fairy AND a $15.00 gift certificate from The Paper Temptress for Friday's draw ! That's a $30.00 value for ONE lucky winner~
AND
...............6 digital images from The Prairie Fairy AND a $15.00 gift certificate from The Paper Temptress for Saturday's draw! That's a $30.00 value for another lucky winner~

REMEMBER- it does not matter what day you hop along.....Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday...as long as you follow the rules, you will be entered into the draws.
Perhaps the same winner for both draws?
Perhaps not

The winners will be announced on Tuesday May 4.

Challenges for my card:
Fairy Fun Fridays- use a twig on your creation
Pile It On- Make it sweet (& DT call) ( I think it's pretty sweet)
Sketch & Stash- sketch ( I made it into an easle card)
Die Cut Dreams- make your own flowers (see pic)
Polycraft Mondays- make your own flowers (see pic)
Creative Card Crew- April Showers bring May flowers
A Spoon Full of Sugar- 3D something (card/wings/flowers/nest)
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge- shaped card or other shaped creation (hope an easle card counts)
Fab'n'Funky- no DP
Delightful Sketches- use your punches (scallop punch for sentiment)
Cute Card Thursday- make your own something (flowers)
Charisma Cardz Challenge- girly card with flowers
Creative Inspirations- easle card