Lily Baby

Good Morning again, and welcome back.

This sweet new release from McMahon Five Design.com is from the Solocosmo  division.

I coloured the image with chalks before 'fussy cutting' it. 

There were some details that I used sparkle pens on - the scalloped edge to the wrap and bonnet, and the butterfly.

The image was mounted with foam dots on an oval cut from a lime coloured card which has a lovely discreet sparkle in it, and sponged with Memento Pear Tart ink.

The dp is from a Prima 6x6 stack, Romantique, which I ran the edges of over the Pear Tart ink pad, and was mounted on a pink card.

The lace was some from my stash, and I threaded a narrow pink ribbon through the pattern, adding a small bow each time it came through from the back.

The finishing touch was the addition of the rhinestones.


I am linking this to:
Crafts and Me Challenge #54 - Flowers
Digi Stamps 4 Joy Challenge #28 - Anything Goes
Flutterby Wednesday Challenge #173 - the butterfly on baby's head
Papercraft Star Challenge #64 - lace
Pixie Cottage Challenge #89 - Pop it up

Thank you once again for visiting.  May your day be blessed.

New Mexico Release..

Welcome back for a second release today - with having made my cards early thanks to the break, when this new set, New Mexico  by McMahon Five Design.com was offered, I took the opportunity to use it.

This is the first card I made

The background card was embossed with the Retro Squares folder, and the edges sponged with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink before being mounted on an olive green base.

The sentiment was cut out and embossed with a Nestabilities rectangle , and sponged with the same ink. The scalloped rectangle was sponged with Whisper Orange ink.

The jars were 'fussy cut' and painted with twinkling H2O's and mounted on foam spots.  

The second card I used some dp by Studio 313, called Ocean Water, but turned it ninety degrees to make it look like smoke whisps.

I cut the sentiment out and mounted it on the same card as the base of the card.

The sombrero was fussy cut and coloured with watercolour pens

The peppers were again coloured with the watercolour pens and fussy cut, and then I put a layer of dimensional glue over them, which gave them a wonderful glaze and made them a real feature of the card.

I finished the card with some bright red ribbon and a button.

I am linking this to:

Divas by Design Challenge #8 - Birthdays (second card)
AiFactory - Anything Goes - (first card)
Craft Us Crazy Challenge #14 - Anything Goes - second card
Crafty Sentiments - Dies and Punches - first card
Do You Stack up - challenge #32 - embossing - card one
Paper Play Challenge #32 - create your own Dp - first card
Pixie dust studio Challenge #87 - Boys will be boys - second card

Thanks for calling by - may your day be blessed

Happiness is....

A card that comes together quickly and as planned!! :-)

Welcome, and thank you for visiting.

This card is needed for a birthday celebration, and I wanted it to be bold in it's colours.  I also used a current sketch pattern as my base.

The center panel is a bright gold card, and the image is from a set put out by The Crafts Meow called Happiness is.... The edges of the panel were sponged with Cantaloupe ink.

I gold embossed the main image on white card and painted it using ink from my Memento pads dandelion and cantaloupe. The leaves were stamped with Memento Bamboo leaves.  These images were popped up on foam to give some dimension. The sentiment is unknown and embossed with gold. 

The blue panel at the end has three paper flowers on it which have been smudged with Cantaloupe ink to match the rose, and then I added some half pearls.  The ribbon has gold hearts on it as the card is for a dear friend.

The final panel is some handmade paper that I bought as part of a pack at the local Warehouse (Think Michaels or K Mart in USA)

These three panels were mounted on white card which I sponged the edges of with  bamboo leaves ink before layering it onto the green base.  A few more pearls were added to the main panel as a finishing touch.

I am linking this to:

Card Patterns Sketch Challenge # 124

Thank you for visiting, and may your day be blessed.

Green, green, and green again

Greetings to all my visitors - it is great to have you visit me again.

The title of this post comes from the fact that the person I have made this card for loves green, so that is the over riding colour in it, in various shades.

The base card is bottle green, and the striped paper a soft green with an undertone of grey, {which the camera seems to have picked up :-( }, the edge of which was punched with the Martha Stewart doily punch

The main scripture stamp is from the Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 2, the sentiment from kiwistamping, the local firm who got me hooked on stamping when I was most cynical!!

They were both stamped with Versamark and Adirondack Bottle inks and clear embossed.

The main image was cut and embossed using a Spellbinders lacy circle, then sponged with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink.  The sentiment I simply cut out as a rectangle, and then used a punch to round the corners. 

The bird is from the Layers of Color Royal Bird clear art set, gold embossed and highlighted with a wee dab of Crystal Kindy Glitz.

I layered a gold ribbon in the center of the dp, with a narrow green and gold ribbon centered on that again, and mounted the rest of the elements using  shallow foam adhesive dots, and added some green rhinestones for a little glamour.

  This final photo will show some of the dimension.

I am linking this to:

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #3 - Anything Goes

Sketch # 109 at Card Patterns

Craft your Days Away #17 - Spots (Rhinestones & punching) and Stripes (dp)

One Stop Craft Challenge #125 - Dots (Rhinestones & punching) 
and Stripes (dp)

Our Daily Bread Designs - Birds

Dream Valley challenges #4 - Things with Wings

I Did It Creations #49 - Anything Goes

Card Making Mama's #18 - Embellish it

Frosted Designs - Use Embellishments

Paper Romance #44 - Use Bling

Thank you for visiting - may your day be blessed.

MSSC#77 - Floral Birthday

Greetings again - it is so great that you call by and visit me here.


The card I am featuring today I made for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #77, featuring this sketch .


                                      
I started out with some background paper from Christina Re that I had been given some time ago, and decided on my colour scheme from that.  I loved the paper so much that I kept the central feature fairly contained to show off the design.

Although it is not easily apparent, the stamens in the paper (which has a lovely rich sheen to it IRL) are pale blue, and the blue card I used is an almost identical colour.  The central panel is stamped with the head of a flower from the Ornate Flowers clear stamp set by Paper Studio.  I inked it using the 'rock and roll' technique using the Memento inks Desert Sand and Rich Cocoa, and distressed and sponged the edges of that panel with the paler ink. 

I chose the double sided ribbon as the brown fitted so well, and the pink added just enough contrast to balance things out  with the pink flowers, which were a packet I had had on hand for ages.... I really am starting to use some of my stash!!  There were enough flowers in varying sizes to add some real interest, and for the main feature I layered three. Each flower then had a wee pink dimensional flower added which is quite shiney and really lifts the whole card.

The final feature was the wee tag and sentiment tucked in under the big flower.  The edges of that were also distressed and sponged.

I am linking this to the following challenges:

2 Sisters Challenge #10 - Anything Goes

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #77

I Did It Challenge Blog - anything goes

Aifactorychallenges - Blue and Brown

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge #7 - Anything Goes

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge - Anything Goes But Buttons and Bows

Thank you for calling by, I do treasure your visits and comments.

May your day be blessed.

Bulldog Birthday

Greetings - I have finally got my mojo back!!


I needed a masculine birthday card, so resorted to the bulldog again - this time because the recipient is a farmer and works with dogs... I doubt he uses bulldogs, but hey - it's a dog :-), and his farm is in the hill country, so this image fits very well.

The image is a digi image from Priscillastyles store which I printed out onto white, coloured the background mainly by sponging dye inks, and the dog was watercoloured. 


The image was cut with a Spellbinders rectangle, and the black backing layer was a rectangle one size up and the image offset onto it, the wider edge pierced and then faux stitched with a white pen.


The dp was stitched with black thread and the layers were mounted, the ribbon attached and the embossed sentiment label secured with silver brads.


Although a simple card in the end, it went through several metamorphosis's in the making!!


This is being linked to:

Stampin Royalty Challenge #37 - Stitching Madness

Southern Girls Challenge #1 - anything goes

Shirleys2Girls - Twisted Thursdays Challenge #74 - Happy Birthday with a Critter


Thank you for visiting, and I treasure all comments left here.


May your day be blessed