Friday, March 20, 2015

Aurora Wings Double Feature Release!

I'm joining the Aurora Wings Showcase Team on the Showcase Blog today for the Double Feature Release of Edamame Sprite and Little Pirate. These two cuties are making their debut today in the AW Etsy Shop.  I started with the adorable Edamame Sprite because I had the perfect DP in my stash.  



Tell me she's not precious with those 3 little sweet peas in her arms.  She's colored with Copics with enhanced shading from Prismacolor pencils in my fave color of sweet pea flower (my birthday month flower) that just happened to match the DP, too.  She's cut and mounted with Spellbinders Grand Ovals and popped with foam for a bit of dimension.  I'm not telling her that she's really Edamame which are (yummy) soybeans in Japanese. LOL 



For embellishment, I cut apart some silk sweet peas, tied them with a picot edged ribbon and used one of the leaves for a pea pod with flat back pearls for the peas. 

I'm entering this card in the Cute Card Thursday Spring Fever challenge, DL.Art Thankful Thursday ATG, Inspiration Destination ATG, Crafting for All Seasons Pastel Hues, Fab 'n' Funky Spring into Color, {Pin}spirational Challenge #136, the Crafter's Cafe What Season are you In? (Spring), Inky Impressions Pastel Colors, the Outlawz Twisted Thursday My FavoriteCreative Fingers ATG, Show Your Digi Love Aurora Wings, QKR Stampede Think Spring and The Paper Shelter Spring Delights



My second project is a tag with Little Pirate.  He's the newest in the Aurora Wings "Mer-kids" collection.  You can find all these sweeties along with their grown up counterparts in the Aurora Wings Etsy Shop HERE.  The funky Dp is K&Co from ancient my stash and I've distressed it with my scissors and inked the edges.  Tag is cut from kraft with a deep sea blue mat.  The anchor is a Magnolia die and I've added Card Candy doubloons and  some distressed gauze.



Little Pirate is also colored with Copics and Prismacolor pencils, fussy cut and popped.  He's trying so hard to be a toughy, but we know better.  LOL  He's quite the treasure himself.  xx



I've embellished with a skull and crossbones charm from my stash on top of a Magnolia distressed flag, a Tim Holtz Word Band, vertical Alpha Beads and rope and fibers from my stash.  There's more fabulous inspiration from the Showcase DT HERE (and maybe a little surprise for you ;D)  so be sure to check it out. Thanks so much guys for letting me join you this week.

I'm entering my tag in the Southern Girls Boys, Boys, Boys challenge, the Moving Along With the Times Tags challenge, the DL.Art March Monthly Linky challenge, Crafting by Designs Masculine Projects, The Male Room Under Water and Addicted to Stamps and More ATG.

23 comments:

  1. Donna, thank you so much for joining in today's new release on such a short notice. ^_^ Love your Edamame/Sweet Pea baby. The colors are beautiful!! The DP really is perfect. And how clever to make the pea in a pod with a silk leaf and flat-back pearls! :D
    All the details on the Little Pirate tag are just amazing. Love your coloring on the little guy!! Thank you so much for these great designs!!

    Big hugs,
    Mitzi xxx

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  2. These are wonderful Donna. I love seeing your work. Perfect backgrounds too. You are such an inspiration to me. Thanks for taking the time to comment on my blog!

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  3. Wow your colouring is outstanding. And all the embellishments on your pirate card are so funky. Thanks for joining ATSM,

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  4. soooooooooooooo beautiful !!! Thanks for taking part in Crafters Cafe Blog Challenge # 108

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  5. You couldn't have chosen a more perfect DP for your first card. So sweet!

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  6. Beautiful Donna, just love the sweet pea colors on your sprite and the little pea pod you made. How perfect are those papers for this image xx

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  7. Donna, this is SO CUTE! Your image is just so beautifully colored, and I adore the sweet patterned paper, too! HUGS! :) Mynn xx

    PS: I'd LOVE for you to stop by my blog and check out my Pony CASE-Press tab--if you'd like to play along, please email me! LOVE your work! :)

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  8. These are both so cute I love your coloring Sprite is really cute with her pink hat.and your beads- I bought some of those awhile back and I need to use them. I love it.
    Thank you for joining my DL.ART Thankful Thursday #152 Anything Goes Challenge. Have a blessed day
    DIANA L.
    http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com http://dianamlarson.ctmh.com

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  9. Gorgeous Spring Card, beautifully coloured and a fabulous layout. Thanks for joining us at TPS, good luck with the challenge. hugs Shirleyxxxxx

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  10. Love all your embellies, gorgeous pair of cards! Thanks for sharing these ones too at Show Your Digi Love (c:

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  11. I think both projects are absolutely lovely. Your pirate tag is awesome - such great colouring and so many sweet details. Love the skull and crossbones and sentiment beads. Thanks so much for playing along with The Male Room this week!

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  12. Yo ho ho, this is brilliant! Love your beautifully coloured and embellished tag, this is so pretty. Thanks for playing along at MAWTT this week, Jx

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  13. First saw and commented on this at Outlawz, Donna, but am here now with a different DT hat. This is incredible! We're truly honored that you chose our "Think Spring" challenge at QKR Stampede to enter this week. Thanks so much and good luck. Hope to see you again soon.
    NanaConnie DT

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  14. WOW! Fabulous and elegant cards with perfect colouring detail. Thanks for sharing and playing along at ATSM challenge
    Sarah x

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  15. Super cute nautical tag, great design!
    Great that you could join us for the challenge at Southern Girls, hope to see you come back soon!
    ¸..• ´¨¨)) -:¦:-¸.•´ .•´¨¨))*((¸¸.•´ ..•´
    Shell in Alaska ~ SGC~DT ~
    http://akstamping.blogspot.com

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  16. Such cute cards and wonderful coloring! Thanks for joining ATSM this week!

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  17. Two gorgeous cards - the colouring on that first one is amazing.

    Thanks for joining us at Fab'n'Funky.

    Helen x

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  18. Super cute pirate thanks for joining in at TMR

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  19. fabulous, thanks for joining us at FnF :)

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  20. Donna, these are both so cute and so well colored! Thanks for joining our "Think Spring" challenge this week at QKR Stampede. Julie, DT member

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  21. WOW! These are great! I soooo love the little pirate tag. It is just Awesome!

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  22. wow just gorgeous makes!!!! Love the coloring on them an actually everything!!!!

    Thanks for joining the monthly challenge here at Show your digi love challenge. Hope you will join us next time Crafting Vicky.

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Thanks for making my day!