A Wedding Card

Last weekend we were honoured to have been invited to a friend's son's wedding. We have know the groom since he was about 4 and have watched him grow into a lovely young man. His friendship with my son also spawned a wonderful friendship between us parents. 

For the card I made for them I used Mo Manning's Wedding Couple B. I chose this version over Mo's Wedding Couple purely and simply because the groom's hairline was better suited to the real life groom.

I cropped the image a little and asked my friend what colour suit her son was wearing and what colour flowers his bride would be carrying. This gave me my colour scheme. A simple embossed background behind the image gave the whole card an added sophistication.

Monster Stickers by Mo Manning

When Mo showed us her new sticker range including these fabulous Valentine Monster Stickers I knew they would be perfect to make a card for my hubby for our recent anniversary. They may be designed for Valentine's Day but they can certainly be used for other occasions.

Given that they are digital files I had the freedom to re-size. I made a full set - a card, a matching envelope with patterned insert, and some stickers to seal the envelope. I used printable sticker sheets for the stickers and cut one sheet using my Cameo, and the other sheet I cut using a circle punch. I'm really looking forward to personalising my envelopes with these in future.

Little Umbrella by Mo Manning

As the Summer holidays start to wind down here in Australia I thought it was time to post a little bit of Summer fun. This image is called Little Umbrella. I admit enjoying an icy cold cold cocktail is one of my favourite things to do over Summer, although I'm not much of a beach babe!

I love that this image doesn't have the "typical beach babe" look, but she rocks it while empowering those of us with a few curves.

Fierce Fairy Frankie by Mo Manning

I love Mo's fairies, the cute ones, the baby ones, and the ones with attitude like Fierce Fairy Frankie. I've had her on my colouring To Do List for ages, but that is one very long list when it comes to Mo's images. I'm so glad I've gotten her done, and she was so much fun that I keep thinking of different colourways to do her in, so she's back on my To Do list ;)

I'm a big fan of Disney's Tinkerbell. That sassy little fairy is probably who inspired this colour palette today. I hope you like her as much as I do.

Hoping by Mo Manning

Well it's that time of the year again when we make our New Year's resolutions and with that in mind I thought this would be the perfect image to use. This is Hoping and I can feel her pain, and her wonderful use of excuses LOL.

Wishing everyone a Happy 2023, and here's hoping the world settles into something resembling tolerance and friendship.

Gnome by Mo Manning

When I saw this fabulous image I just knew I HAD to get him and colour him up. This is Gnome and I just love the way his eyes seem to stare into your soul. I've seen him coloured by several different people and he is gorgeous no matter what colour his clothing is. I decided to go with a non-traditional Christmas colour palette for my easel card and I'm really happy with how it turned out. The poinsettia and sentiment are all glittered up, adding to the festive feel.

Sandy Santa by Mo Manning

Now that Summer has officially arrived here in Australia I thought it was time to create a more Aussie Christmas card. This is Sandy Santa and I think he's FABULOUS! You gotta love a man who is happy to roll up his sleeves to relax on the sand. Great to see him being sun smart too with his hat and sunnies 

Case me a Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton

I always love it when my friend Michell Lupton contacts me to ask if I want to be a part of her "Case me a Christmas Card" challenge. She has some amazing artists on board taking part in her challenge and, it's always fun to see how people interpret each other's work, especially when styles can vary so much.

 

This is the card I chose to Case this year. I took the ombre coloured background with the rest of the card being predominantly white. I also added a little bit of glitz, just in a different way to Michelle.

 

Michelle's work is always so beautifully elegant, and I hope I've done her design concept justice.

You can find Michelle's CASE of my work HERE, and she's teased me saying she hasn't chosen one of my cards but one of my recent quilts to CASE instead! I'll be heading over to check it out soon hope you do too

Snowball Fight by Mo Manning

 

This little cutie is Snowball Fight by Mo Manning. Sadly it's almost appropriate for the weather we've been having here in Melbourne lately! It may only be 2 weeks until our Summer starts, but there have been snow falls in the nearby hills and the weather has been pretty miserable for Spring! At least this little one is smiling and enjoying the snow!

I printed the image out on a digi paper background from Bearly Mine Designs - sadly they are no longer in business :( , but I do love using the papers I bought. I added some coloured lights and sparkle to the background too, just for some additional festive flair. 

First Snow by Mo Manning

Recently Mo released some fabulous new images and this was one of them. This is the beautiful First Snow. I cut it out within a circle using my Silhouette Cameo. This turned the image into a beautiful frame that I popped up with a Winter forest scene in the background.

It seems strange to think of snow when we are heading into Summer here in Australia, but I have fond memories of my childhood in England, when we loved looking for the robins and enjoying the magic snow can bring with it.