August Fairy

Recently Lili of the Valley released a set of Calendar fairies, obviously there are 12 of them.  This is the fairy representing August.  I love how it doesn't really matter where you live, you could easily make a calendar to suit your seasons by changing the fairies around.   The month/season sentiments are a separate stamp set.  That said the sentiment I have used on this card is from the Fairy Sentiments set. I also like how you can use the fairies individually.  For us in the Southern hemisphere August could so easily be used as a christmas fairy, as going to the beach is what we do at christmas time,  given it's our summer holidays.

I had fun with this little cutie.  I have used glossy accents and glitter on her.  The papers are from Up Up and Away, Country Meadow and Sunnyside Up.   I know I have said it before, but I do love how the paper collections from LOTV are so interchangeable and work together so well.  My new favourite embellishment, Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, add that finishing touch.

I have popped this into the colour challenge at Artfull Crafts

See you back again soon!!!

Loose watercolouring

Well at least its my version of loose watercolouring.  I did find it a little hard to go out of the lines so my "loose" is a little deliberate.  It was fun to do though and I am sure the more you practice the looser you become.

It's an anything goes challenge this week at Paper Smooches.  Both the butterflies and the sentiment are from Paper Smooches, flap happy and uplifters stamp sets.  The background butterflies are simply stamped, using MFT kraft hybrid ink and watercoloured.  I then die cut one and added gold foil around the edge.  I also cut a separate one from gold foil to place underneath, so you get a glimpse of gold under the wings. Finally stamped and foiled the little hearts and picked out sequins in matching colours ( from a few Pretty Pink Posh mixes) and added them here and there.

I had fun making this card so hope you like it, I do, however, think it looks better in person.

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Happy Holidays

A couple of posts back I featured one of the new Reindeer Trio stamps from Lili of the Valley.  Today i have a card using the complete trio.  It's great that you can choose to use all three or a combination or just one by itself.  There are 6 Christmas Trio sets and they have sold out twice now.  They are back in stock so be quick before they all go again.

The paper I used is from the LOTV Pastel Dreams collection with a brown from the Always and Forever Solids pad. I am a liking a touch of gold at the moment added with the sentiment and a few sequins to add the finishing touch.

Christmas is something like 97 days away....not sure how that happened.

Thanks for popping by today!!!

Rock Star

I'm back playing at Paper Smooches Sparks challenge.  I have missed a couple of weeks unfortunately.  This week it is a picture inspiration which really had me thinking hard.  I don't know where Paper Smooches find these pictures but they are always great to get the creativity flowing.

I used the star die from the PS card booking set, cut using bold colours and added a sentiment from the Uplifters stamp set.  I finished it off with a simple twine bow and some Pretty Pink Posh sequins.  It is really not what I had in mind for the stars when I started playing with this challenge but I think it worked out better in the end.

And here is my card!!!

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Christmas Trios at LOTV

Six adorable sets of Christmas Trios were released at Lili of the Valley a couple of weeks back and in that time have sold out twice....I am not surprised as they really are must haves.  This card showcases one of the stamps from the Reindeer Trio.  I will have the other two to show over the next couple of weeks.  I'd love a Heidi Swapp Minc machine but they are rather costly here (at just over $250.00 for the machine and $25 for a roll of foil) so I have been playing with Deco Foil a vastly cheaper alternative with pretty good results.  I think red white and gold is such a pretty christmas colour combination.

Thanks for stopping by

xo

Lots of layers at Southern Girls Challenge

August is a bit of a blur so my apologies for not blogging much.  I had a nasty little virus that knocked me off my feet for a week and left me with little or no energy, motivation or mojo..... Finally I have kicked it and am back on track.

Just in time for the new challenge just going live at Southern Girls, which is all about layers.  I confess to going a little crazy with all my layers. There is ribbon, a doily, 2 different laces, 5 layers of die cuts as well as pearls flowers and design paper all in a shabby style. I have also been playing with Deco foil hence the shine to the "Hello".

Now pop on over to Southern Girls and take a look at the other DT creations sure to inspire you to want to join in.

Neutral Colour Temperature

Lesson #15 at the MFT Summer School was all about Colour Temperatures and how different temperatures evoke a different mood in a card.  For instance cool colours, blues, greens and purples can be used to create a calm or serene effect.  MFT says that " A neutral colour palette (black, white, browns, greys) often evokes a classy, elegant, sophisticated, and glamorous feel".  I went for the neutral palette as I thought this was the most challenging and I was right (I think).  My chosen image is from Lili of the Valley, adding to challenge of making a white polar bear stand out in the snow...... yep I know.  My initial intention was to use greys, so I stamped the image in MFT Grout Grey.  Greys seemed a little cool so I added beige to soften the effect. What you can't see is the subtle sparkle I added to the snow falling. I do like how it turned out but am not sure it fits classy, elegant, sophisticated and glamorous, well maybe just a little.