Icy Fairy

Hello, hello!  Welcome to my place.  I hope you enjoy your stay.

Today I have a card featuring one of my current favorite images by one of my all-time favorite artists. Winter Fairy Halla  is the sweetest thing!  I would love to snuggle this cutie!

I colored (....her?  him?  Two of my oldest children (20ish) were arguing last night about Halla's gender.  I suppose I could have solved that argument if I was familiar with the name but I'm not.) with my Prismacolor pencils.  There are lots of layers on the clothing let me tell you!  Took a while to be happy with it.  Not sure why.

I had fun making a mess with the papers.  I had it in my head that I wanted to crackle the card stock.  So I did.  I used crackle medium by Delta and brushed that on.  When that had dried enough I covered it with Warm White acrylic paint.  Love how this turned out.  It's not brittle like I thought it would be.  I put scraps of cheesecloth behind my image and the center square.  I also added petite, silver-lined clear beads and small snowflake charms.  Both were in my stitching stash and both were from Mill Hill.  (I sewed all of them on.  It's a cleaner look than gluing I think.)

The inside is a bit plain.  I did ink the edges of the pink panel and the blue panel is embossed with a snowflake pattern.  I put the writing panel in the corner to reflect the sketch from the outside.

I am entering my card I the following challenges:

Mo's Digital Challenge Blog - Lovely layers

Sketchy Colors - Photo Inspiration for the colors

Crafts 4 Eternity - Less is More (this truly is CAS for me!)
The Paper Shelter - Layers Upon Layers

I think that's about it.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle