Dreamy Dancer

Welcome again - it's time for the new releases from McMahon Five Design.

I love the dreamy expression on this wee dancer's face.

The stamp is by L'Amour Allure and is called Ballerina.  I paired her with paper from the Lilybee Designs Head over Heels 6x6 stack.

She was coloured with chalks and had some Stickles added.

The corner embellishment is three die cuts from the Floral Doily Motifs, layered and with a Prima Rose over some lace from my stash.

All the layers were distressed and sponged, and three wee hearts completed the card.

I am linking this to:

Southern Girls Challenge #38 - So Distressed

Crafts and Me Challenge #71 - Distressed

Little Darlings Challenge #17 - Favourite embellishments - lace

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #73 - Anything Goes

There have been many more images released this week, and a freebie, so wander around the other team members (links in my sidebar) to see the wonderful work and pick up the freebie.

Thank you for visiting - may your day be blessed

A most vexing question!!

Welcome back to my blog - I do love it when you visit.

Recently my DH has not been well, and there was a most important birthday imminent and he did not feel well enough to go and purchase a card - knowing this I relented, and asked if he would like me to make a card, which offer he gratefully accepted. 

The question was, what did he want me to make - and this is the result, which he was most happy with.

I knew he would like a 'romantic' card as he is a big softie, and as the card was for me.... well what else but hearts and flowers, pearls and lace.

The red base card has a gold fleck in it.  The pink layer on top of that was randomly stamped with a small flower from the Layers of Color Merci Bouquet Clear Art Stamp set in Versamark ink, then dusted with red pearl-ex powder. 

The sentiment was stamped in Memento Rocket Red and clear embossed.

The doily was cut using a Spellbinders Floral doily die, the edges sponged with Memento Sky ink, and centre was sprayed with Rangers Perfect Pearls Forever Blue.

The heart from Kiwi Stamping was stamped in Rocket Red and clear embossed, cut, and had the lace adhered to the back of it before it was mounted with foam dots, which gave lots of dimension.

I wanted to add lace to the extended border, but it looked so WRONG I flinched when I tried it, so out came the Floral Doily accents and I used two of those for the edging

DH was so impressed that he paid me for it - as an additional gift.  Trouble is he said I had to spend the money on myself, not card making supplies.  So I think an online trip to a bookshop maybe in order...


I am linking this to:
Stamping Sisters in Christ Challenge 3110 - Anything goes
Creative Inspiration Paints - Inspired by Embossing
I Did It Creations Challenge #76 - Anything Goes
Lets Ink It Up Challenge #16 - Think Pink
One Stitch at a Time Challenge #83 - Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes challenge #90 - Favourite Colour Combination
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #76 - Anything goes

Thanks for calling by - may your day be blessed.

Ooooops - I'm Late

 "I'm late! I'm late! For a very important date! No time to say hello, goodbye! I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!" 

To quote the white Rabbit in the Alice In Wonderland Film (1951), not that I remember the film, but Wikipedia gave me the quote.

And now to business - McMahon Five Design.com has once again released some stunning images, and this week I have worked with three, so I will get on with the cards and try to make this brief!!

Firstly, and most importantly is the Breast Cancer Freebie - although we focus on breast cancer, we acknowledge that there are lots of other cancers that we need to be aware of.

I wanted to keep it simple so was very reliant on the design paper for this card - it is from a Prima 6x6 pad called Fairy Flowers.  I mounted the dp onto a white base that I had  sponged the edges of with Whispers Sugar Loaf Green ink, then stitched it with a co-ordinating thread. 

I printed the image onto some Cryogen Curious Metalics paper  and painted it with watercolors, and the sparkle showed through beautifully IRL.  I then cut the image out and stitched it in the same thread before adhering it to the dp.

(remind me not to do that again - it was very fiddly)

The heart sticker was trimmed to fit the printed heart on the image, and the buttons were added to complete the card.

The next image is from the Little Ballerina set by Studio 313, and comes with a variety of sentiments.

I started by covering a piece of pink cardstock with pink tissue paper that arrived around the contents of a blog candy parcel (Thanks Michelle).  I scrunched up the tissue and sponged with Whispers Rich Plum ink before gluing it on, and ran the ink over it again once it was dry.  I used the same ink to sponge around the sentiment.

The ballerina was coloured using chalks, and a sparkle pen used to highlight the straps, hem and shoes.

  I cut the bottom edge of the skirt of the costume in inserted some gathered lace to mimic the petticoats.

The flowers were felt ones from the blog candy and layered together with a star brad.  The bottom border was cut using the Floral doily accents from Spellbinders, and decorated with half pearls.

The third card is from McMahon Vintage Digital range and entitled The Welcome.

Once again the chalks came out to colour this gorgeous image - there is an amazing amount of detail in this scene, but I enjoyed the challenge.

Once coloured I mounted the image on some deep pink paper.  The dp is from the Prima Fairy Flowers stack, and this was adhered to a deep green card stock.  

Some Prima lace was used to 'ground' the image, and some Kaiser half pearls in chino in the bottom corners and on the vintage corner, finished the card with a little elegance to match the classy lady in the image.

I am linking this to:

Cooking it up with Katie - Challenge #72 - recipe (Card 2)

Crafts and Me - challenge #49 - Lace - (Card 3)

Little Darlings Challenge #3 - Ruffles or Pleats - (Card 2)

Paper Shelter Challenge #28 - Die cuts or punches (card 2)

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #64 - Rocked up Pink (Card 1)
Craft Us Crazy Challenge #15 - Anything Goes (Card 3)

Thanks for calling by - may your day be blessed