My creative rumblings

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Design Diva's Oldie but Goodies Blog Hop

Oldies but goodies refers to any stamps we have not used in 6 months...... I find this a great inspiration to get out stamps that I have not used.....

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I have never used this stamp- I saw it and I had to have it...... It is by Prickley Pear Stamps. I used the brayer and added color...they are pretty simple- I made them on glossy card stock. I am making simple cards to send to a chemo center, so refrained from really glitzing up the card- but the image is so lovely, I think they look OK!

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The Design Diva's are a group of stampers on Facebook and we have a monthly Blog Hop using images that are greater than 6 months old. Our Title Acronym stands for: Divine, Inspirational, Virtuous, Artistic (or annointed) sistahs! Our group originated at Splitcoaststampers back a little over 2 yrs ago and has recently branched out to the new Facebook group. (I just joined a few months ago- so am a newbie to the group....).

The blog you arrived from is Linda Reed Anderson. My blog is # 9 of 15 stops , so you are just past the 1/2 way point through the hop. Now, on to visit Sue Walsh.

Thanks so much for stopping by- and Thanks again for all of the Prayer Warriers who are saying prayers for my 4 yr old nephew - just diagnosed with Wilms tumor (kidney cancer). Please stop by McMahon Five Designs and pick up this month's freebie Awareness digital image- you can see it on my sidebar!

Have a wonderful day!
Shelly

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Design Team Call for McMahon Five Designs

McMahon Five Designs (aka M5D) is currently searching for enthusiastic and creative designers to join our diversely talented design team. We are currently releasing 6-10 new images from 4 different illustrators every week. We are looking for unique designers to go over and above with our images and products each week!

Length of Term:

3 Months - June 15 – September 15, 2011

Benefits:

· Variety of free images each week
· Picture and Bio on Store’s DT Page as well as Blog
· Your projects showcased on our blog, in store and newsletter
· Be part of an Amazing Group of Talented Ladies
· Custom Watermark
· Link to your blog on our blog and DT’s blogs
· 25% Store Discount during your term

Benefits to Promote YOU (if you want):

· Create tutorials for our newsletter
· Create product reviews for our newsletter

Requirements:

· Create at least 1 project every week
· Have an active blog
· Have an active Online Gallery (SCS, PCP, CPC, CDAC, etc)
· Post your creations on your blog with links back to store products
· Post your creations on online galleries
· Post our store badge on your blog
· Post other DT names with links to their blogs on your blog
· You must have FUN! J
· Be supportive of the other DT members

Additional Information:

You may apply whether you have been on a design team before or not. If you are currently on a design team and wish to apply, please take careful consideration of the above mentioned. We do not want you over committing yourself. We want you to have fun with this, not dread it. J

How To Apply:

Please send an email to sue at mcmahonfivedesign dot com with the following information:

Subject line: M5D DT CALL

Name and Location:

Blog Name and Link:

Online Gallery Link:

Current Design Teams:

Past Design Teams:

Attach 3 Photo’s of Your Best Work:

Tell Us A Little About You:

DT Call Information:

· DT Call Ends Midnight EST May 31, 2011

· Candidates will be contacted by June 5, 2011(you have 24 hrs to accept or another person will be chosen)

· Term Begins: June 15, 2011

Thank you for your time and we can’t wait to hear from you!

Thanks for stopping by! Shelly

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Hand Drawn ATC challenge

Oh Boy, this was a 'challenging' challenge for me this past month. But that is what it is all about.......

I googled learn to draw, beginning drawing, draw a face... etc....... I saw a seahorse and went to google, clicked on image then seahorse and gave this a go....... I used Copics with Copic Texturizing for the seahorse body.
My ATC's are all different, so this is going to be a long post......

This ATC was inspired by Teesha's Drawing lesson 4 fun This was a really fun lesson- the eyes were the hardest for me........

This was a scene (just as it looks) that I CASED and the top one is sponged, the bottom one I colored with Copic markers.

I CASED a card I made previously from my stash- a digi image from Designed2Delight.

This baby carriage I decided to paper piece. The only Orange Stickles I have are distress stickles- they are 'thicker' than the others I think (or they are just very, very old......)
I made a lotus flower for my 1-4-1 card and made an open up lotus on the inside:

I found this open up lotus flower on a blog- and I cannot find the link for it anymore......It is made with copy paper- I love it- it lays flat when the ATC is closed, and blossoms out when it is opened up. For the outside lotus-but if I did it again, I would use 120# cardstock so it would not bleed through.......( I made this an 'open up' ATC).

This great Zentangle ATC was the 1-4-1 that I recieved- from Diane M (on the top Lt). This picture is the entire 1-4-1 swap. We usually have 12 swappers, and last week we only had 8 of us there, one did not participate in this swap.........

Here are ATC's done by other participants in no particular order:

Michelle took a cartoon book, and drew 3/4" or 1" grids and drew a section at a time.....

Hand drawn art by Mari- who found she was able to attend the morning of the swap.....

Trees by Marcy- she swiped ink across the ATC and drew on the tree.

Zentangles drawn by Diane M.

Hand drawn art by Harriet

Hand drawn by Mary when both of her wrists were in casts and she was still in the hospital.....!

Hand drawn by Diane S.
I took pictures of all of the ATC's as we trade each other 1-4-1. When we trade, I only recieve one of each of the artists work and I wanted pictures of them all......... I hope you have enjoyed seeing all of the hand drawn ATC's. I think I'll stick to art someone else draws!

Our next adventure is 'weaving' which is more up my alley- I have lots of ideas.......

Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly

Friday, May 13, 2011

Bloggers Challenge Sketch Challenge

Bloggers Challenge is open to all- and this week the challenge is a Sketch Challenge:

I used McMahon Five Designs digital papers and sentiment and made a card with the sentiment as the main focus. I saw THIS post Michelle Zindorf's sister posted asking for cards for a Cancer Center for patients to use, and wanted to put some cards together to send there.
The papers are available in three colors- here is another version:

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I printed one of each digi papers and made two cards. I wanted to make them flat, so no additional postage would be required for the patients who use these.

Bloggers Challenge List mom LISA's blog is HERE
If you want to join bloggers challenge, add your linky below.

Thanks for stopping by! Shelly

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

McMahon Five Designs New Releases 5/12/11

See THIS post for the entire McMahon Five Designs new release for 5/12.

This digi is called Dressed Dummy and is a Fairydoodler image. I colored it with Tattered Rose Distress Ink and and a Aquapainter. I added some shimmer with a Sakura Gelly roll pen. I used the layer up technique (Technique Junkies) with the bodice of the image. The Designer Paper is called Cappella by Basic Grey and I added Prima pearls (Fimo light pink) and Prima crocheted lace. I used a zig-zag stitch to the outside of the card and to attach the lace. I added some Tattered Rose Distress Ink to the edge of the Labels Four Spellbinders edge.
My next card- in my true style- pink of course......

These papers are made specially for the Peony Passion Digital stamp- they match perfectly! I used the Mojo Monday Sketch for my card inspiration. I colored the image with Copic markers and used the Peony Passion Fusion Flair Digital papers. The sentiment is also from McMahon Five Designs.
I used Copics to color the flowers, then added sparkle with Creative Inspirations paint. I added the Wisped Frame again to the inside of the Nestability.

Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly

McMahon Five Designs New Releases 5/12/11

New Releases for McMahon Five Designs for this week:

Dressed Dummy

Card by: Shelly

Dressed Dummy digital stamp, Basic Grey Cappella paper pad, Prima Warm Beige Lace, Prima Fimo Pearls - Lt. Pink

Card by: Sue

Dressed Dummy digital stamp, Spellbinders Lacey Squares, Spellbinders Large Scallops Ovals, Kaisercraft Self Adhesive Snow White Pearls, Stickles Fruitpunch Glitter Glue, Neenah Solar White paper, Copics