Sparkling Butterfly

Welcome - It's good to be back here - I have been MIA as we have been visiting some very important little people - our grandchildren.

This card was made in a hurry with some of the 'experiments' that had accumulated on my desk.  The most difficult part was selecting the background paper and card!

I started with the brightly coloured background panel

This was made using watercolour crayons on watercolor paper, heavily spritzed with water, then sprayed with lemon glimmer mist.

The butterfly was cut using a Marianne die, and had Kindy Glitz and pearls added. 

The sentiment was gold embossed on a scrap of the water colour block.  Both layers were mounted on black card before being layered over dp. 

The ribbon was embellished with triple bows of ecru pearle thread.  As I do not have a bow-easy, i use my fingers to make the loops - fiddly, but it works.

I love the way this card turned out.  I am linking this to:

Stampin' Sisters In Christ Challenge # 128 - variegated colours

Crafty Bloggers Network Challenge #15 - Spring Colours

Always Crafting, Creative Mondays challenge #2 - Anything Goes

Paper Creations Ink Challenge #19 - Show Us Your Style, Heat embossing

Sew Many Card Challenge #83 - Punches

Squigglefly Challenge #8 - Spring Colours

Paper Pretties Monday Challenge #28 - Rainbow
The Crazy Challenge #108 - Anything Goes
Ooh la la Creations Challenge #99 - Photo inspiration
Celebrate The Occasion - challenge#52 - birthday with bling
Clear it Out Challenge - Birthday with Bling (last of these pearls)
Stampn'Doodle - Embossing of Any Kind.

Thank you for visiting - may your day be blessed

Love is............

Welcome again.

 This is the second release that I have illustrated this week, and  is by 

McMahon Digital and is entitled All Things.

I wanted to use it for a masculine card, so this is a little less 'frilly' than some cards I have made.

As I wanted the image to take centre stage I printed it fairly large, and cut it with a Labels 10 die and sponged the edges with a dark gray ink.

The butterfly was painted with twinkling H2O's

The image was mounted on a lime green card that has a discrete sparkle in it, the edges were sponged with a green ink, and then that was mounted onto a dark green card stock.  The hand died seam binding ( a RAK from Lovely Linda) and the rhinestones were the final touches.

Once again I invite you to visit the other team members and see the wonderful releases there are this week - their names are linked on my side bar.

Thanks so much for visiting - may your day be blessed.

Monkeying Around

Greetings  and welcome - thank you so much for visiting.

One of this weeks releases from McMahon Five Design.com is the set 

Monkey Business by Studio 313.

Isn't he just so cute??  

There are a variety of sentiments with the set - I printed this one, cut it with an oval spellbinder die, sponged it while it was still in the die, and mounted it over a scalloped oval.

I printed the image directly onto the dp from the Prima 6x6 stack Fairy Flora, then painted it with Twinkling H2O's.  the finishing touch was a feather stitch rub-on down one side.

There are some fabulous releases this week - please feel free to follow the links on my side bar to see the other releases by the design team.

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

Just Puddling

Welcome and thanks for visiting - it's great to see you here.

The other day I was given a copy of the latest Papercrafts magazine, and was inspired by a card by Laura Pryor, where she scribbled on water-colour paper, and then misted it with water.  

I cased it and made this card

The card base was randomly stamped with a large snowflake stamp and Versamark.

The feature panel was made with water colour crayons scribbled on water colour paper and spritzed with water, and then sprayed with silver Glimmer Mist. One edge was torn to add texture.

The twine I used is from Layers of Color, and is somewhat different being purple with a gold strand through it.

I added a sentiment panel which was raised with a pile of foam dots.  The buttons were adhered with glue dots.  This last photo shows some of the glimmer on the feature panel.

I am linking this to: 

Allsorts Challenge #142 - Anything Goes

One Stop Craft Challenge #170 - Create Your Own Background

Rouge Redhead Challenge #8 - Stamped Background

Thanks for visiting - may your day be blessed.

Hap-Bee Hap-Bee

Welcome back - It is always great to know you have visited.

This wee fellow is from McMahon Digitals

I painted the image using my newly acquired distress inks. Layered it onto some purple mulberry paper I had frayed the edges of, and then onto the pink base.

I adorned the panel with rhinestones and more stickles, and added a wee ribbon and bow to finish it all off.

Love the sparkle this brings to the card.


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.


I am linking this to:
Crafters Companion challenge #21 - Anything Goes
Mema's Crafts February challenge - Anything Goes
Sparkles Challenge #29 - Things with Wings

Thanks for visiting - may your day be blessed

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

The Desk.- again

Welcome - and thanks for calling

I have succumbed to Bridget's prodding again and have shared my work desk.

There is no project on it, as I had finished and tidied up.  There are an experimental couple of strips on the top left of the desk pad that still has to be finished.

 I liked the effects on my scratch paper from all the sponging I have done, so I took a close-up of it.

The five squares of colour on the top is where I tested the colours on a rainbow pad, trying to find the 'right' brown - there are also smudges of brown down the side from the same quest.

So that is my desk, Bridget, and it is still Wednesday.

Thanks for popping in - may your day be blessed.