Hats Essential!!

Welcome - it is sooo hot here at the moment, one dare not go outside without a hat!!

I enjoyed 'playing' with this set by Layers of Color stamp set Beautiful Lace, designed by Nina B.

Love this wide border and when stamped in dye inks the detail is amazing!!

This hat is also part of the set - I painted it with twinkling H2O's and fussy cut it and mounted it on foam dots.

The background doily was cut from pale blue card and the edges sponged before adhering just the centre of the doily to the base, which meant the edges lifted a wee bit giving, the impression of more dimension.

The sentiment was embossed on vellum, cut and embossed with a labels 10 die  and mounted over an identically shaped piece of blue card.

The final detail was the rhinestones and silver cord.

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Fashionable Stamping Challenge #11 - travelling Around the world - a hat for summer in the southern hemisphere

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz Challenge #74 - Anything Goes

Penny Black december Challenge - Happy Birthday

Pile It On Challenge #49 - Bling it Up

Sparkles first Birthday Challenge - Anything But a Christmas Card

That Craft Place Challenge #2 - Sweet treats in Pastels

The Crafty Pad Challenge #152 - Anything But a Christmas Card
Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge #8 - Celebrate
Crafty Boots Challenge - Celebrations

Thank you so much for visiting - may your day be blessed

A Girl And Her Pearls

Welcome - I am so pleased to have you visit. 

I have had lots of fun in the studio these past few days - with lots of productive time, and hopefully, lots of blogging, depending on visitors and 

grand children :-).

I had great fun with this dress form image, and I also played with my

 Opalite interference inks.

I used the same technique on the sentiment panel.

The dress form was mounted on some dp from the Fairy Flora stack that I had embossed using the retro circles folder.

The final touch were the pearls!!  No self respecting girl would go out without her pearls.

I am linking this to:

Card Crafters Circle Challenge #1 - Celebration

Clearly Inspired Challenge #42 - Birthday

Glitter Geeks Challenge #28 - Anything Goes

Stemmelsonne Challenge #52 - Anything Goes

Just Tracy's Craft December Challenge - Celebrations

Thanks for calling by - may your day be blessed.

Recipe:

Stamps: Layers of Colors Beautiful Lace, Hero Arts Happy Birrthday

Inks: Opalite Interference - Glacier Blue, Nordic Ice, Winter Rust, Clear Embossing

Card Stock: Blue, dp - bugaboo paper, Prima Fairy Flora 6x6 stack

Accessories: retro circles embossing folder, pearls, silver embossing powder.