Jenna and Daisy Dog

Welcome, and may you enjoy your visit today.

I have two cards to share using new releases from McMahon Five Design.com.

The first image is from a new line Sue is carrying called D'Amour Allure

Which has both red rubber,digi and clear acrylic stamps.

Let me introduce you to Daisy Dog  who is available as a digi stamp in both JPG and PND files. Isn't she so cute!!

Daisy was printed and then coloured with watercolour pencils.

She was then mounted in a frame made using Spellbinders Labels 10 that was previously embossed. 

The sentiment was computer generated using the Gigi font.

The lower right corner was adorned with some paper flowers that I had coloured with ink and rhinestones. 

The final detail was some silver cord on the top.

The second is being released under the Solocosmo label and is entitled Jenna.

I printed the image onto linen textured card and coloured her with chalks.

I mounted her over some paper scraps that were on my desk, the green is from the Prima Fairy Flora 6x6 stack. All the edges of the layers were sponged with the green ink used to colour her eyes. 

The wee doily at the bottom was one that I had stamped and embossed some weeks ago when I was just 'puddling around' in the studio.

After mounting all the layers on a some speckled cream card, the corners were pierced and the edges sponged with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink.

Please do visit the other DT members' blogs (by clicking on thier names on the side bar) to see all the crafting beauty that has happened this week, and all the other releases. 

I am linking these to:

Crafty Creations #152 - something new - shaped card - first time

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge #39 - for the girls (2nd card, Jenna)

Whimsy Stamps Challenge #21 - Happy Birthday (1st Card)

Thank you for visiting - may your day be blessed. 

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

More Gardening

Hello - yes another garden themed card - this time with a darling image by Jessica Grundy under the label of Solocosmo, part of McMahon Five Design.com, called Betty In Her Garden

And why so many cards on one day? - because it is New Release Day over at McMahon Five Design.com

I painted Bettiy with twinkling H2Os and was very happy with the results.

In this photo you can get and idea of the depth of glimmer these paints give, particularly on the hat.  I finished by sponging a very light blue ink around the image.

Betty was double mounted on light and then dark blue cardstock, and lace and silver cord were added to the dark blue.

I used a pale blue card for the base, and added these two strips of card that I had experimented with a wax paper cuttlebug resist technique years ago. Here is a link to a 'how to' tutorial.

Before mounting the main panel onto the base, I tucked in some silver roses snuggled onto a leaf on both the left hand corners.

Thank you for visiting and I trust you have enjoyed  the cards i have posted.


Do feel free to visit the other design team members today and see how they have used the images - their names are on my side bar and linked to their blogs.


I am linking this to the following challenges;
Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #112
Pixie Dust Challenge - Girly girly

May your day be blessed