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This will be the blog that i will showcase my addiction for Marvellous Magnolia stamps, i hope that what i do here will inspire you as much as it gives me pleasure to work with these wonderful little rubber characters. For all my other stamping projects please visit my paper haven blog
smiles
Paola

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Tilda with heart socks

i have to admit that i wasnt sure how i was gonna use this image, i felt that the hands were at a strange angle as if she is hanging onto something, but then how do you hang with your hands at that angle.  Hsving said that though i do think she's really cute so had to use her.  then i love all Magnolia images, lol
i followed a sketch off the net that i loved since it had so many fab layers, i used some jute for layering, love this stuff
all the other bits and bobs on my card are things i have in my endless stash, look out for a video soon, you will be able to see my craft space and how i store all my stash, and just how much i have.
i hope you enjoy this card
smiles
Paola

Thursday, January 31, 2013

when things dont work the way you planned




I had a vision for this image, but if i tell you when i look at it now, i ask myself "what was i thinking?"
the paper is too busy and my image seemed to get a bit lost.  However i thought i would share with you anyway, since i know that i havent posted much lately.
I was reorganising my studio a few weeks ago and pushed a wall unit that i hadnt unpacked, across the room and managed to tear the ligaments in my back, so i have kinda been man down!  will be a few more weeks before i manage to feel 100 % again, but am pleased to share that i am feeling a lot better.
so for my card i used lots of layers of die cuts and doillies, tons of Gesso on each layer, a pearly flourish and i would have liked to have made the image appear as if she were on a layer of flowers, oh well you win some and lose some.  I haven seemed to recieve any new stamps in months so i went ahead and bought this one as i just had to have her.  Hopefully the postman will bring me some new stamps soon so i can get inspired by all the new stamps out there and start to share some more of my work.
smiles
Paola