Sisters

Welcome once again - this weeks release from McMahon Five Design.com that I have illustrated is a vintage image Sisters

The image was coloured using chalks, and mounted on some medium blue paper to define it.

It is a beautiful image and a joy to use.

I had wanted a paper that did not detract from the image, and found this in a pad of paper by Kaisercraft.  it is very subtly coloured, but has a glorious embossed surface on it.

The lace is ecru IRL and the ribbon and pearls a rich cream colour.

      The card was finished with some more pearls in the corners.

And some punched  butterflies and pearls flying off the top corner of the image.

I am linking this to:

Crafts and Me Challenge #73 - pretty in lace

Crafty Creations Challenge #159 - Vintage Fashion

The House That Stamps Built Challenge #229 - Spring in pastel colours

Little Darlings Challenge #18 - Pearls

Little Red Wagon Challenge #122 - Use a vintage item. (Lace).

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Use a digi image

Please visit the other members of the team to see their creations - the links are in my sidebar.

Thanks for visiting me - any comments you leave are cherished.

May your day be blessed.

Paper Piecing and Dotted Dahlias

Welcome - May I take this opportunity to wish you all the best for 2012.

This card was inspired by another blogger who uses the paper piecing technique frequently and to great advantage.

I used the Nina B designed Dotted Dahlias set from Layers of Color . 

 The paper on the flower is from an old, unnamed set of scrap book papers, the stems from a Bug a Boo set of papers.

These layers were from various scraps that I had saved/hoarded (depends on your perspective) and punched the edges.

The sentiment was stamped on another re-purposed scrap and formed into a mini-tag with a punched the edge.

This fabulous thread is called feather twine and is gorgeous!

The butterflies were punched and adhered to the base, then had micro beads glued on.

I am linking this to:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #20 - something new -' new to me' technique, paper piecing and new stamps

The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge #8 - Something new - Stamps and Technique

Sentimental Sundays Challenge #83 - Anything Goes

Pile It On 1st Challenge for 2012 - Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes challenge #101 - Something Old, Something New (old paper stash, new stamps, technique.

Robyn's fetish Challenge Blog #88 - Anything Goes

Fashionable Stamping Challenge #12 - Use new stash - the stamps

Creative Inspiration paints Challenge - Inspired by Something New - the stamp set
Paper Creations Challenge #16 - die Cuts and/or Punches

thank you for visiting - May your day be blessed