Challenge #30

In this photo, I´ve added a sunrise in Photoshop.
The one below has not been changed.

This is my response on the 30th challenge from Sukkersøtt. The challenge called for a fairytale themed card, and I did not think I would be able to do it. I´m just not a very fairy kind of person. But, I´m a sucker for competition, so I gave it some thought. I came up with the idea of making a 3D card, with a castle in it. Of course, the idea evolved as I was working on it. Before I knew it, I was cutting individual leafs for the trees, adding them to my card one by one. I blame it on the drugs.... (I´m ill, and take a lot of medication, so whenever I do anything I can not explain, I blame it on the drugs...) I also added rub-ons that came as a gift with the last issue of "Cardmaking and Papercraft". To finish it of, I added some butterflies and a bird.

To frame the card, I made a box out of pink Bazzill paper. On the front I masked a heart shape and a stamp from Panduro . I made "locks" using a crown die cut fro QuicKutz, and embellished it using tiny "diamonds" I also found a chipboard with "and they lived happily ever after.", and stamped a prince and a princess on white card. I coloured the stamps using gel pens and water colour pencils, cut them out and glued them on the side of the card. On the inside, I made to pockets and tags to write a greeting or quote on.

I´m very satisfied with the end product. I think it´s the perfect non-traditional card for a fairytale wedding. I hope you will like it too!

PS. My dog is very annoyed at me for spending so much time making this card. He is desperately trying to get attention, and whenever I take a break, all I do is brush him. So now, we´re going outside to play. The weather is horrible, it´s snowing/raining vertically. Luckily, he does not like bad weather, so he´ll soon change his mind about being outside, and we´ll curl up on the sofa. I can´t wait!