Butterfly Child

Our trip to the zoo earlier this week really made me eager for Spring! And although it's still chilly out and the plants outside are still dormant for a few more weeks, that did not stop me from digging around in one of my flower beds and then creating a little bit of Spring right here. :)

This week I get to share this adorable McMahon Vintage "Butterfly Child" with all of you. I colored it with Prisma Pencils and then added just a touch of Stickles Starry Night glitter in the blue area of the wings. I added texture to my Prima Annalee DP. Then I decided to accent my card with Prima Roses and Tim Holtz Elegant Flourishes in metallic gold dp.

An afternoon at the Zoo :)

Lots of pics to share...

Niece and Son on the "African Throne" They really do think they are "All That"... and a bag of chips! LOL!

Playing "Lion King"

Two lions on their rocks. Oh, to be 11 years old again! :)

My sweet middle son, always patient while my niece and my youngest play. :)

Niece and my sister.

Is the train coming yet?!!

It seems we always end up at the zoo on President's Day each year. The kids were sillier than the animals, so I took more pics of them. It SOOOO was fun. :)

Thank Goodness It's Friday!

Have you ever had one of those week's where you just want to crawl in a hole and hide for a month? But you can't because you need to stand strong for what is right? If you've ever had your child wrongly accused, you will know where I'm coming from. So... with that said, I am SOOOO thankful to be at the end of this week and ready to enjoy the weekend with my awesome family!

Now, on to showing you my most recent card. This week I used the newly released "Cinderella" from M5D. I colored her with Prisma Pencils and used paper from the DCWV Linen Closet stack. The pearl accents are Basic Grey. There's lots of texture and sparkle going on here.... just the way I like it! And also, I wanted to point out the link to new freebie "Awareness" image in the upper right-hand corner of my page. Go get yours and then come back and share your creations with us. Have a wonderful relaxing weekend everyone. I know that's what I'm hoping for. :)

A Feast for the Eyes!

It's "New Release Thursday" at McMahon Five Designs once again!
I've had a non-stop, crazy and insane week, so I will share the details of my card in separate post later this weekend. For now, enjoy all the new releases and inspiration below. Have a wonderful day. :)

Smocked Outfit & Bonnet

Card by: Shelly

Needlework

Card by: Sue

Cinderella

Card by: Amy

Card by: Michelle

Cherry Blossom & Butterflies

Card by: Bonnie

Close up by: Kristine

Cherry Blossom Designer Papers

Cherry Blossom Spring Designer Paper

Jewelry Box by: Kristine

Jewelry Box by: Kristine

Card by: Sue

Close up by: Judy

Beautiful Muchacha

Card by: Carolyn

Card by: Christine

Vintage Rider

Card by: Sue

Card by: Judy

Butterfly

Close up by: Sue

Close up by: Bonnie

Awareness - English

Awareness - Spanish

Card by: Amy

Card by: Lorie

Even though our emphasis is Breast Cancer Awareness,

the Ribbon stands for so many other Awareness.

Below are the

March Awareness Ribbon Colors:

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (Blue or Brown):
www.preventcancer.org/colorectal

National Endometriosis Awareness Month (Peach or Yellow):
www.endocenter.org

Save your Vision Month (Green):
www.aoa.org/x5072.xml

Trisomy Awareness Month (Light Blue):

Workplace Eye Wellness Month (Green):
www.preventblindness.org

National Sleep Awareness Week March 7-13 (Black):
www.sleepfoundation.org


National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day March 10 (red):
www.womenshealth.gov/nwghaad/

World Kidney Day March 11 (Green):
www.kidney.org/news/wkd/index.cfm

Brain Awareness Week March 15-21 (Grey):
www.dana.org/brainweek

National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day March 20 (Red):
www.nnaapc.org/news/awareness-day.htm

American Diabetes Alert Day March 22 (Grey):
www.diabetes.org/communityprograms-and-localevents/americandiabetesalert.jsp

World Tuberculosis Day March 24 (Red):
www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day


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Amy
Bonnie

Carolyn

Christine
Judy

Kristine
Lorie

Michelle

Raven
Shelly
Sue

Snow White

Today I'm sharing a new image from McMahon Five Designs called Snow White. She is another beauty~ful illustration from Solocosmo. I used Prima DP and Prima Roses to embellish along with some Spellbinder die-cuts, ribbon and rhinestones from my crafting stash. Be sure to take a look at the beautiful creations by my DT sisters too. Their links are along my left sidebar. Have a great day. :)

~Sweet Love~

I went a little crazy (OK, a lot crazy) with the wood flourishes on this one. But doesn't it look cool?! I love flourishes! And glitter and die~cuts and flowers..... Lol!
This is a very romantic image called "Sweet Love". I think the name says it all. I colored it with Prisma Pencils and chalks. It fits perfectly into a frame I found in a $1 bin a while back. I "stained" the frame by sponging some brown ink to darken it up a little. I also sponged blue ink onto the wood flourishes and then added Stickles Patina glitter over the top of that. I love that color, it's a green with just a hint of copper and silver mixed in. Heart shaped Spellbinders with Prima roses finished this framed piece off.

Challenges:
Sugar Creek Hollow - Vintage valentine
Bunny Zoe Crafts - Love is in the air
Simon Says Stamp - Love is in the air
Creative Craft World - Love
ABC Challenge - N is for nesties
Paper Crafting Journey - Love is in the air

~Sugar Anne~

It's a "New Release Day" at McMahon Five Designs and today I'm sharing a card I made using this adorable new image called "Sugar Anne", by Solocosmo. With all the bone chilling winter weather we have been experiencing this week, I thought I'd warm things up a little by coloring her with my Prisma Pencils in some tropical colors. Don't you feel warmer already? :) Then I used dp from my DCWV Rustic stack and added a Prima Butterfly and some Prima Calla Lilies.

Sugar Anne

Please visit the rest of the M5D Design Team blogs for more inspiration today too:

Amy
Carolyn

Christine
Judy

Kristine
Lorie

Michelle

Raven
Shelly

Sue