Love From Us

Today I'm showing a card I made using 4 of Mo Manning's boy images - in order from left to right - For Teacher, With Love Boy, Guilty Bert and Harvard. I love that they all have their own personalities and yet work together so well as a group.

I used inks and colourless blender on the white background before colouring them in. I don't do enough card using boys so this was a lot of fun. 

Bee by Mo Manning

I had great fun using "Bee" for my card today. I layered her onto a fabulous digital paper from the Honeybee Journal Kit by Irresistible Prints. This meant her wings would end up at the same level as the "hive". I then printed her and her flowers out a few times so that I could separate and layer them up to add dimension. Firstly I layered up her whole body and then just her head. And some of the flowers were up 4 layers. It looks fabulous IRL. The fairy and bee's wings all got treated with a touch of glitter for more fun.

Bad Alice from Mo Manning

This little cutie is Bad Alice from Mo Manning. I just love the look on her face and the sad posture of the White Rabbit - I'm sure they're just making friends!!!!

I've printed her onto some layered up digital papers and added her "The End" sentiment onto it too. I couloured her up with Copics, using almost traditional colours - the black details just seemed to suit this version of her. I then popped her on a card base with some flowers. 

Hope you like her as much as I do

Slimline Christmas Gnome

Well it seemed it was time to jump on the slimline card bandwagon and I had such fun creating this card. The gorgeous gnome is from Mo Manning and I paired him with some digital papers I bought years ago - unfortunately the company I bought them from is no longer in business :( , but the concept is certainly one you can repeat using different digi papers.

To create the background paper I uploaded the digi paper which already had a white edging on it. I then re-sized to one inch and replicated it over and over to create my design. I have found the easiest way to do this is to use my Silhouette Cameo. You import the file, re-size and then use the duplicate button to create the look and size wanted. Then simply print off your design. Not the normal use for the Cameo I know, but I just consider it another feature ;) . I have used this technique a lot in the past - mainly for creating backgrounds using repeating patters of sentiments, such as on THIS card.

I also printed out the paper as a 4" square to sit my finished gnome on.

The pinecone die is from La-La Land Crafts. I shaped the pinecones slightly and pushed out the little grooves on the pinecone. It adds a fabulous texture to them if you want to spend the extra time. 

The sentiment dies are from Impression Obsession and are called Christmas Stitched Words. I cut them out twice - one in white and once in green and filled the letter gaps on the green set with the letters from the white set.

2020 Blog Catch Up - Mo Manning Images

Continuing with my 2020 blog catch-up from today I'm showcasing images from artists I love but am not on the DT for. It's so nice to have the opportunity to play with images that I just WANT to play with. These gorgeous images are from Mo Manning at Mo's Digital Pencil. I was blessed to have been on Mo's Dream Team a while ago and have never lost my love for her art, just finding the time to use it was my issue. 

The flower on the card below is made using Heartfelt Creations stamps, dies and shaping mold. The leaves are a die from La-La Land Crafts.

I created the card below for my daughter to send to a friend in England. She wanted a little bit of "Aussie" to go with it so I after sending her image options she chose Mo's gorgeous laughing baby and a cute Koala image from Whimsy Stamps, their Love for Australia set. The papers are from a digital set I bought years ago from Valerian Digital (I couldn't find a link for them so I'm not sure if they are still in business). The cute little feet were made from paper clay and a mold I bought at a craft show.