McMahon Vintage Digital 'Sitting Pretty'

Hello! Today I have a new Vintage McMahon Digital image called 'Sitting Pretty'. The paper is from the Prima Fairy Flora Paper Pad, and the sketch is an old Midnight Madness one. I colored the image with Copic Markers, and added pretty Prima Lilies, ribbon, and adhesive pearls for embellishment. Here's a close up of this beautiful vintage image:

And now here are the rest of the McMahon Five Designs new releases this week:

Percy Penguin

Sugar Anne

Sitting Pretty

Sweet Love

For more details on the projects above, visit the Design Team blogs!

Carolyn

Christine
Judy

Kristine
Lorie

Michelle

Raven
Shelly
Sue

Have a great day! Amy

The Very First 'Hotspot Challenge'

Hello! Today I have a card to show you that I made using a McMahon Five Designs image for a new Challenge Blog called "The Hotspot Challenge". Isn't that an exciting Challenge name? You can read more about this new Challenge Blog and the great prize it offers below the pictures of my card.

Because the challenge this month is "Natural Elements" I chose to use this "Barn with Wagon" Digital Image. I used Real Wood Paper 'Birch', and some hemp for my natural elements. I put 'screw' brads in the image corner and added a hen button and twill for embellishment. The sketch is from Splitcoaststampers (SC314). Here's a close up of the cute button.

And now for all the details on how you too can participate in this new Challenge Blog:

We have exciting news to share with you! Studio 313 and McMahon Five Designs have joined forces and have a monthly challenge called "The Hotspot Challenge". The First of every month will be a new Hot Challenge based on the Latest Hottest Trends!

For February our theme is Natural Elements. Go ahead and find natural elements to add to your card this month! Pull out some of the items you haven't used in a while or haven't even tried yet! We all have hemp cord, raffia, wooden buttons, cotton ribbon and how about really changing it up and using Real Wood Paper? There are hundreds of ideas for it's use in the Idea Gallery! Below is an Inspirational Photo to get your creative minds going!

Now, it wouldn't be a challenge if there wasn't a prize, right? RIGHT! Using our Natural Elements Theme we created a Prize Package filled with Natural Elements!

Prize package includes:

1 sheet of Birds Eye Maple Real Wood Paper

1 sheet of Cherry Real Wood Paper

1 sheet of Maple Real Wood Paper

1 sheet of Walnut Real Wood Paper

1 package Kaisercraft Wood Flourishes Vines

1 assorted package of Real Wood Paper Leaf Die Cuts

15 yards of Hemp Cord

1 foot of 100% Cotton Twill Tape

1 bundle of Raffia

1 Wicker Basket Full of Fibers – White and Multi

1 Wood Trinket Box for Altering

1 7” strand of Freshwater Pearls

2 Vintaj Natural Brass Filigree Butterflies

1 package of 10 Natural Pressed Flowers

4 Mulberry Paper Roses

What a great prize, eh? What are you waiting for? Head to your craft rooms and start to play!

Have a great day! Amy

Digital Tuesday Challenge 'Shades of Grey'

Hello and welcome to another Digital Tuesday Challenge. This weeks challenge is called 'Shades of Grey'. Simply make a card or project using different shades of grey and one other color. Skin Tones colors are allowed. As always, be sure to include a digital element on your project. Our sponsor this week is Limited Run Stamps and they are giving away 3 digis to one lucky randomly chosen winner.

To make my card, I used the Limited Runs image 'Spotted Kitty'. The sketch is from the Clean and Simple Blog. The paper is Stampin Up!


Here is a close up so you can see the image better:

If you'd like to play along with us this week, simply click on the Digital Tuesday Challenge Blinkie in my side bar and it will take you directly to the Challenge Site with further instructions.

Have a great day! Amy