Wacky Fairy Hop!?

Today was a big day! I had two hops that I participated in for IG "Wacky Holiday" AND "Fairies" . I did not combine the two, hehe! 

Let's start off with Happy Mew Year. This is a real holiday folks, not a pun. It's January 2nd. I love the idea of this holiday because I can start the New Year with my cats on a day that doesn't stress them out. My cats don't like fireworks, so they spend a little time under the bed on that day. 

This involved a three layer process. So the first was to take all my metallic distress mica sprays and go to town on some black paper. I splattered some with a paintbrush too. I was going for a festive clustered look to go with the fireworks. After that dried I came back and used Lunar Paste and a stencil over the top. The last step was to color some beautiful kitties from Sunny Studios, give them their festive party hats, and cut up my New Year die and add the M from Merry Christmas! I had a lot of fun making the festive background on this one.

The next two cards are for my fairy hop that I host on IG. If you are interested my IG is @bkeeleycrafts. The stamps are from Fairy Hugs, but I really feel like I nailed the mixed media look for the paper on this one. I was really happy with the outcome. 

All of the words that are faded were stamped and I used distress ink sprays to create the background. I think one of the best ways to make backgrounds, isn't by necessarily getting someone else's color combo, but just taking sprays you think look good and have fun with them. Heavy sprays in some spots light splattering in another. I have made plenty of background that didn't work for me, and some like this one that I feel just came together perfect. 

The sentiment is Tim Holtz, I love his sentiment sticker books because they are quick and easy way to add that little extra to a card front, when you aren't sure what to write! I also distressed the edges with the beautiful gold stamping ink and by running scissors down the edge. 

The last card was one that I had made last year for Valentine's Day and never posted. I wanted to give it some love. The recipient was kind enough to send me a photo as it was one of about 10 cards that my hard drive crashed and lost. Luckily it was so few, since I back them up pretty regularly. 

 Happy Wacky Fairy Day!

I'm playing along and entering my project here:

Double D Challenge Blog - Eighth Birthday/Anniversary Celebration - These are such great celebration colors! It's a nice break from the traditional gold and silver we see around the New Year too! I tried to really add that metallic pop in the background with my fireworks.