It's Shades of Sunshine at the Paperlane

Hello again friends... It's Shades of Sunshine at the Paperlane's challenge blog, where you get to use those delightful Molly Bloom stamps, which I love so much.

I was fortunate to win the last challenge and thought I'd enter the second one as well, for the fun of it seeing that I have quite a few Molly's in my stash!  I'm hoping to meet other Molly Bloom friends along the way... Here's my interpretation...

As I am lacking a few background/accessory Molly Bloom stamps, I have perched Farmyard Molly onto Magnolia's Spring Fence... and then I used the lovely flowers from the Molly Bloom Summer Fun collection to complete this lovely summer picture.  In the corner I used a sun from the Elisabeth Bell's range of stamps.  All that masking, I tell you... there's no stopping me now !!!

Added a bit of glaze to those lovely MB flowers to make them pop a bit.  Additional embellies are a range of different flowers from my stash and a little bow in the right hand corner to create the right balance.

Thanks so much for popping by to visit me today and leaving a comment, I so enjoy reading them.  If you have any Molly Bloom stamps, why not join in the fun at The Paperlane...

Tons of hugs, Sharon x

Anything BUT Square at Paperlane

As mentioned in a previous post Paperlane have a NEW challenge blog.  They stock the Molly Bloom stamps, which I am absolutely crazy about and as I own a few, this is the perfect opportunity for me to share them with you.  I really hope you'll fall in love with them as much as I have and that you'll join in the FUN at Paperlane.

Without any further ado, here are my Molly and George taking part in the first challenge Anything BUT Square over at Paperlane.  The card is a shaped card, which is anything but square...lol

As can be seen, I've used alot of embellishments on this card. Molly and George have been coloured in with Copics.

The gorgeous postage stamp is from Whimsy Stamps... love them!  Ribbon, lace, flowers from my stash. I'm using my flowers more, as you can see...lol

Thanks so much for popping by, I really enjoy your visits and comments. They really make my day!  Thanks too to my new followers for joining, always nice welcoming new friends.

hugs Sharon x

Molly the Chef....

Happy Sunday folks... It has been a wonderful long weekend for me and I've managed to find some time to play at my craftdesk.  We're in the throes of winter in SA and the weather has been downright miserable (not complaining), but perfect for staying indoors and crafting up a storm.

I have a friend who loves cooking.  She'll be celebrating her birthday in July and this card was lovingly made for her, using the a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e Molly Bloom stamp called Molly the Chef, which you can purchase from Which Craft in the UK.

I've distressed the cardstock again, now that I've learnt how to do it properly and am loving this look.  Isn't it wonderful that you learn something new every day... and thankfully there are some of us that are keen to learn in order to move to the next level... well, at least that's what I aspire to do...

I am sure my friend is going to love her birthday card as I really had such fun making it and adding all sorts of embellies to give it that shabby sort of look.  Aren't those Milk and Eggs just too cute for words...   I just love them!  In fact, I just love all these Molly Bloom stamps !

As I don't own (or have the space) for those machines that cut cards into wonderful shapes, I purchased these beautiful scalloped cards  and envelopes from Little Claire Designs in the UK and they were incredibly well priced, as was the postage. I highly recommend my SA friends to purchase from Claire. My order arrived within 2 weeks, all beautifully packaged.  This time I only ordered 20.  I've just placed another order for goodies from Little Claire, yay!  Can't wait for it to arrive.

Don't you just love my new ribbon which was purchased from Super Floral in Paarden Eiland ?   I photocopied a recipe for a 60 Minute Trifle and distressed it to add behind Molly.  I quite like this effect.  Got to use my Martha Stewart Scallop Dot border punch again.. another fave!

Take care dear friends. Have a wonderful week ahead, blessings Sharon x