Time for a Catch Up

It seems there's always the last thing to catch up on, then something new comes along.

Flourish with a Bling

First up is my new design team. Flourish with a Bling have their first official design team. I've been lucky enough to have been working with their products for a while now, and am so pleased to be a part of their 2012 team. Flourish with a Bling was started by three lovely ladies from Aus who are friends, Maggie, Kate and Lucy.
Check out their products here. http://www.flourishwithabling.com.au/store/

I've used their Lee's tree and part of a Chloe pearl flourish on this fairly clean layout for me that I did recently.

  Love the pop of the glow on the tree. A very toothy smile from my girl just before she got her braces.

  A gorgeous mix of Manor House blooms. You can never have too many flowers.lol

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OUAS

Next is the sad news that the Once Upon a Sketch team is moving on. We celebrated our 1 yr anniversary and as of July there will be a whole bunch of new talent to inspire us.

You'll find the call for new team members here. http://onceuponasketchblog.blogspot/.

I know Nadia has been totally overwhelmed and humbled by the incredible response.

There's also the latest posting for the amazing work from the girls in the current team.

Come and join us in creating a layout about the theme for May, "Mum."

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Manor House and Flying Unicorn

Here's another project I've been working on for quite some time. It's a framed piece using the technique of paper tole. I used to do heaps of paper toling way back before my serious scrapbooking days.
This was a gift for Mother's Day for my M-I-L, who just adores hummingbirds.

It was also for Manor House Creations, using their beautiful flowers to embellish the project and for the week three challenge over at http://flyingunicornforums.com/ who combined with Manor House in celebrating May, the month of flowers.

A close up to show the layers and layers and the final coating.

These really are the prettiest blooms from Manor House. I just adore the fabric and textures.



  This little fella took soooo much work. Using a small pair of scissors, you spend hours "feathering" the body to give it a more realistic look.
I was pretty happy with the outcome and my M-I-L loves it, so it was well worth the time.

Here it is again all framed up.

Well that was  a long post! Hope you're having a great week, whatever you are up to.

That's my blog catch up, now I have to catch up on all my dear friend's blogs.

Jenix