A summer fairy bauble for STAMPlorations

Hello I am here today to share my very first project using the awesome brand new CRAFTplorations shapes for sale now over at the STAMPlorations web site here. The lovely Shery posted me over a selection of shapes to play with and boy did I have fun.

The weather this week in South East England has been just perfect...this is my tiny outdoor space where my studio is and I am inspired by Mother Nature every time I walk outside.

You can see my sweet studio calling to me.

and here are some of my recent flowers I planted up in my pots.

For the first time my edelweiss has bloomed. 

My hanging baskets are starting to bloom too. This is one of my begonia flowers.

So I sat down at my desk in my studio with the lovely shapes Shery sent me and had a play at how they might even fit together.

I was drawn first to the sweet fairy as I love fairies and I love moons. There are different thicknesses and materials to choose from, do take a look at the website. Mine is the 3" high, 3mm thickness MDF and you get 9 in a pack in this material. Isn't she gorgeous? Shery cuts everything herself on site using her laser cutter. 

I rested her down on top of

 the #1 Christmas bauble

as I had just finished a  "Zoom" online crafting session with my 6 year old granddaughter  Daisy. We  made a Christmas card online together on the hottest day of the year! (yes she is her Nanna's Christmas loving granddaughter indeed!) 

My version is the 1.5mm wide MDF and you get 12 pieces in a pack. 

This gave me the idea that the 2 would work together perfectly as a non Christmas hanging bauble. I could then send it as a gift to my little  Daisy, who I have not seen now for over 2 months.

 I decided to make a magical starry sky for her.

First I painted the whole of the bauble with my Smurf  PaperArtsy Fresco paint. There is no need for Gesso or an undercoat at all with these paints. They also dry almost instantly. 

 I decided that to be magical my stars needed to be pink so I used Bubble Gum Fresco paint through my Oh my stars ARTplorations stencil

I painted the whole fairy with Vanilla Fresco

and then added some details. Her dress and shoes are Bubble Gum paint again.

I stamped a lovely sentiment from Fond expressions 2 using black Archival ink

and then added details to her wings, hair and moon using gold Kuretake watercolour paint. 

Once she was dry I stuck her to her starry sky using Decou-page glue. 

I finished off with some polka dot ribbon so that Daisy can hang her up.

I held her up in my garden for fun

and then realized that right next to my studio was the perfect prop....my baby Christmas tree from 2019 who will be coming indoors again to hold my vintage tree ornaments and chocolates this December. 

So this just shows that baubles are not just for Christmas are they?

There are lots of lovely shapes that Shery sells which will fit onto the baubles. They will make such sweet inexpensive gifts to post.

Before I close I have some exciting news that Shery has kindly offered to sponsor a giveaway. If you would like to win your very own fairy and bauble blanks plus the fab Oh my stars stencil here's how;

1.  Just leave me a little comment here on this post and
2. Pop over to the main STAMPlorations blog here and leave a 2nd comment.
 The giveaway will close on 8th June and Shery will select one lucky randomly chosen winner who has left a comment on both blog posts. The winner will be announced over on the main STAMPlorations blog on 10th June.  Good luck to everyone!

And finally if you use my unique code  STAMPGIRLJANE at checkout anytime on the STAMPlorations website here you can always get an extra 20% off including any promotions which are running at that time! Shery ships very reasonably internationally too and has so many fab products on line, stamps, stencils, shapes, dies,sequins.....do check it out.

Thanks so much for popping over here and I hope you enjoyed your sunny visit.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x