White Rose Birthday

Warm greetings to you from the Antipodes - I trust you feel welcome here.

The card I am sharing today is one I have enjoyed making - even if what I envisioned and what evolved are two different things.

I started with the background, sponging colours onto shiny white card, then stamping the motif over it.

The main sentiment was embossed using Green Tinsel embossing powder, and the edge of the panel was run over the green ink pad and then lightly sponged.

The greeting panel had the same treatment.

The lace had some gold edged ribbon laid threaded through it, and the wee bows slipped onto the ribbon as it came to the front of the lace.

Another two ribbons were laid diagonally across the top section of the card. 

The main panel was layered over a dark hunter green base card.

The  final addition were these three wee roses with Kindy Glitz added. The stalks were twisted around to form a feature, instead of adding leaves.  Ideal for a small feature like this.

I am linking this to:

Our Daily Bread Designs Shining The Light Challenge # 86 - recipe 

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #37 - Happy Birthday

Dream Valley Challenges #21 - Sparkle

Card Caravan Challenge #7 - Make it Sparkle

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #57 - Heat Embossing

Get Hippity with Ip[pity Challenge #10 - Embossing

Stamps R Us - Embossing

The Ribbon Reel Challenge #16 - Anything Goes

Oh La La Challenge #94 - Lots of Sparkle

Victorine Originals Challenge #22 - Ribbon

Thank you so much for visiting, and more so for commenting :-)

May your day be blessed.

Recipe:

Stamps - Motif from Touch of Elegance by Layers of Color

              Scripture from Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 2

              Birthday greeting by KiwiStamping

Ink        -Memento Pear Tart, Bamboo Leaves, Cottage Ivy, Cantaloupe. 

             Adirondack bottle, Clear Embossing

Card     - Shiny White, Hunter Green.

Accessories

            - Tinsel Green Embossing Powder, Ribbon, Prima Flowers

Ready for the Ball

Welcome, and thank you for visiting.

Once again it time for a new release from McMahon Five Design.com. 

 This image is from McMahon Vintage Digitals, and is called 

Ready For the Ball.

The image was coloured with chalks, but glitter pens were used for the dark pink and gold trims. She was cut out using a Nestabilities classic oval, embossed and sponged with gold ink before the die was removed.

This was mounted using the Card Patterns Sketch #139.  The ribbon was some that I have had on hand since my very early days of stamping, bought, I think, from the Warehouse.  This was placed over the dp from the 

Prima Fairy Flora 6x6 stack.

At the base of the image is Prima warm gray lace, alternated with some narrow nylon lace.

The card was finished with some bling recently given to me.

I am linking this to:

Card Patterns challenge #139

Crafting For All Seasons Challenge #13 - Texture - lace

Freshly Brewed Challenge #72 - Anything Goes

Stampavie and More Challenge #155 - Anything Goes

Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenge #13 - Monochromatic

Kratin' Kimme Stamps Challenge 3102 - monochromatic

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

Birdwatching

Thank you for calling - I trust you feel welcome here.

This is my second post for the day,  scroll down to see the first one.

I love this image released by McMahon Five Design.com this week of a girl in a tree, entitled Watching Birds - this reminds me so much of myself sitting in a tree (reading, rather than watching birds).

I printed it on some thin card, and painted it with Lyric watercolour crayons.

It was then mounted onto a bright yellow card, which I muted with some Tea Stain distress ink before mounting onto paper from the Prima 6x6 stack, Fairy Flora.  This was then mounted on a bright green base, and some wee bling flowers added - IRL they are  mauve and pink, not blue, and look good on the card.

I am linking this to:

Try it on Tuesday - taking to the skies
Do You Stack Up Challenge #42 - trees
Shelly's Images Terrifically Thrilling Thursday - Anything Goes
Moving Along With The Time challenge #119 - vintage

Thanks for visiting - may your day be blessed.

Bookworm and Petal Plucker

So do I have your attention with the title? I find I have to be careful with titles or the spammers have a ball...

My first card today uses an image that I can relate well to - a lass with her nose in a book - a constant for me when I was young.

This image is being released this week by McMahon Vintage under the title of Story Time.  I coloured the image with chalks, a soft mauve, although the camera shows it as blue, and pink.

The image was then mounted on a soft lime green card, which picked up one of the colours from the Prima Fairy Flora  design paper.

This was mounted on a doily cut (with a newly purchased die at a local Craft Fair last week) from a very pale mauve card stock.

The purple chiffon ribbon was some from my stash, and threaded through a buckle that adheres to the card.

The tassel I made from four shades of purple embroidery floss, which was then 'combed' with a needle to separate the strands to give a softer appearance.

The wee butterfly was another recent purchase.

The  second release this week is also from McMahon Vintage and is titled Mary Mary.

Again the image is coloured with chalks, with orange being the predominant colour used, and then mounted on a layer of soft orange card.

The base is a gentle lime green with a very subtle sparkle in it.  I stamped it with an Hero Arts stamp, Ivy Leaves, using Memento Cottage Ivy Ink.  

Where the images crossed, I placed a flower made with two white paper flowers wiped over a Whisper Orange ink pad, and then a Prima Fairy Rose mounted in the centre of those.

The card was finished with some piercing in the top corner.

Thanks for calling by - May your day be blessed.

Fall Phrases - a Sympathy Card

Welcome to my blog and to the latest releases from McMahon Five Design.com.

Today I have chosen to showcase the Fall Phases set from  Studio 313, and an extremely versatile set this is!! 

There are many sentiments and various other elements that make using this set a breeze.  

I chose to pair the sympathy sentiment with the tulip flower, and printed them directly on the design paper for a more subtle effect.  

 The paper is from the Prima Fairy Florals 6x6 stack, which was mounted onto a mid-green card.

To finish the card I simply added some lace and two rows of champagne border pearls.

Here is a sample of the full set of sentiments and images .

Please visit the other members of the Design Team (listed on my right sidebar) to see the beauty created by them with the new releases.


I am linking this to:
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes 
I Break For challenges - challenge #8 - Shabby Chic
Top Tip Tuesday - Challenge #49 - Shabby chic

Thanks for visiting today - May your day be blessed