Fit for a Fairy

Well, I've been working on a little side project for my Mama last weekend.  You see she needs to go somewhere as a fairy....preferably dressed in purple....and, a little bit of sparkle and bling is never a bad thing.  BTW the sparkle and bling thing are exact words;)  So this post in the spirit of the project - I've decided to post in purple!


So some thinking was required and a decision was made.  I wanted a cape of flowers - I have vague recollections of a Disney princess with birds and a cape of flowers .. Snow White or Cinderella?

After a visit to Crazy Clarkes, I had started my project and had picked up a cheap scarf - a 3 tone purple number for $8, and some purple pearls.  I also found some purple fairy wings for $3 - child sized so elastic may need to be changed but for $3 that is certainly do-able. After this huge investment, I ratted through my craft cupboard for some paper (and found a few diamante & glitter, surely I could work those in too).  I borrowed a stamp set, and matching punch.  Now to see if I could match what I imagined.

I set about stamping and water colouring HEAPS of flowers.  I created a mix of hand coloured ones, some plain white ones, and some plain "inked" ones.  Sounds tedious, but I was watching a movie so it was more problematic to find the floor space to lay out all the paper to dry.

So next morning, when all was dry, I used a punch to "cut" them out and glued them to the scarf.  Voila a beautiful cape of flowers.  I believe there is a parallel project now running at Mama's house involving old garden shoes and a can of silver spray paint.

Here are the results, a cape fit for a fairy.... ta da...

STAMPS:Stampin' Up Mixed Bunch
INKS: Stampin' Up Elegant Eggplant / Perfect Plum / Orchid Opulence, Stazon Timber Brown
ACCESSORIES: Sketch Paper, Stampin Up Blossom 3/4" punch, Stampin' Up White Shimmer / Purple Pearls from Crazy Clarkes / Kindy Glitz in Antique Silver and assort diamante