Number one is a leftover from a sheet of Debbi Moore ladies. The main card was sent out months ago and the oddments have been in my box since then. I just added a bit of my lovely Martha Stewart glitter to her dress and jewels to give it a lift. Sadly, as usual, you cannot see the glitter, but it is there.
Number two is one of a batch of toppers I printed out and took on holiday last year to colour in. It is printed on Clarity shiny silk card, and then coloured with my very limited Promarkers. Sometimes, when you have a small range of colours, you have to get even more creative with the way you shade. I think I could make a better job of this one if I did it again now, but I am not going to waste this topper. Once it was coloured and dry, I polished it with a piece of kitchen roll, then added Krylon gold leaf round the edge. I mounted it on a piece of lilac coloured textured paper and then onto white pearlescent card.
I used the same textured paper to mat this topper. The sparkly bits were from a kit which I bought several years ago, with lovely flowery cards, and these sparkly peeloffs and glittery borders, and metallic flowers. all of the items were pretty in their own way, but no way did they go together, so they got put into a box to be thought about. I had a small set of pearlescent offcuts from PDA Card, and I used some of these to mount up these peeloffs. This one looks better in real life than it does in this picture. The scanner seems to have changed all the colours slightly and reduced the impact of the peeloffs.


These next two are from the same set, but backed onto dark blue card (should have been black, but I only have one sheet left). The base cards are rejects from Kanban, being badly folded so they all need some trimming to tidy them up, but they are lovely colours, and pearlescent too.
The last one is a combination of papers and techniques. It is a floral corner stamp from Clarity, my favourite company. Again, I printed it out, but on ordinary smooth card this time. I think I used Promarkers again for colouring in, but I did it so long ago that I cannot remember for certain. I did it while we were away in the caravan, so it could also have been water colour pencils or even paints. I found it floating around today, but could not find a stamp to put into the centre, so I decided to use one of the left over tags from a card I showed you a couple of weeks ago. Hope you like it.
Right, I am off now to finish potting up the second batch of strawberry plants and the garlic cloves in the greenhouse. Then I will join you all in the playground. We could play "What's the time, Mr Wolf?" Anyone want to join me? (Don't forget Rudolph Day tomorrow, 25th March.)
7 comments:
A lovely selection of cards again Maggie! I can't remember playing What's the time Mr Wolf - but I bet i did play it! Just going to add you to the roll call and then off to bed as it's clock change night tonight! Di xx
Knee deep in roses at the moment so missed thst you had snuck into the playground. Love your no's 1,3and 4 cards. Very effective. Hugs mrs A. p.s. not tried peels offs before but yours do look good.
Gorgeous snippet makes Maggie. My favourite is the first one with the stunning lady image.
Thank you so much for your kind comment on my blog.
irene
xxxx
Lovely collection of cards
jacqui x
Once again a lovely collection of beautiful cards! Don't make me pick just one favorite, I simply can't.
Hugs
10 o'clock!!
That is a bunch of loveliness you have made there Maggie. Love the purpleness of them. Gotta love purple.
Do you think the ice cream man has oyster shells? Haven't had one for years and no icecream men come up our lane unfortunately!
Gorgeous selection of cards Maggie, they are all beautiful, Luv Karen xxx
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