Calendar Girl - Magnolia

Well here's my little calendar girl

This Magnolia is one of my favourites and as I had not been feeling well lately, I sat with a stamped image (on watercolour paper) and coloured her in with my Prisma Pencils, blending with Sansidor.  It's one of my first projects with these pencils, and even if I say so myself, I was pleased with the outcome.  I did layer her with some Crafter's Companion 'Spray and Shine' afterwards so as to protect her.  She is mounted on a mini wooden spoon which I had picked up in a local store months ago.  

CLOSE UP OF THE FLOWER

 I made the flower by using eight 'foundation white blooms' from Wild Orchid Crafts.  I coloured these with Promarkers and dried them with my hairdryer - LOL, anything is used in the name of craft.  There are two layers for the base and the other layers are folded and glued to the center, I used a pearl brad also from WOC for the center.  (If anyone is interested in how I did them with more info, just let me know and I will put a tutorial together - they are very effective and sturdy, whilst still being flexible).  The calendar came from a local stationery store and the ribbon is from my stash.

I kept the project clean and simple so that it would be appropriate for any setting

and finally

MAGNOLIA

JUST 'COS SHE'S SOOOOO SWEET

Hope you like her and the project too - please let me know

I am entering her into the following challenge:

Just Magnolia Wk 134 - Challenge Pink/White/Red

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

WISHING ALL OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE POND

A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING, HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL TIME YESTERDAY

ENJOY THE HOLIDAY SEASON

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

OK, so I know it's November today, but here are some photo's of our Halloween efforts at our house last night, there were a lot more but we were too busy decorating to take more photos - LOL

THE TREE DECORATIONS

HENLEY IN THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT WITH RACHEL

And here are just a few of the sweets that we put together, there were loads more, but we made the bags and labels for these and covers for the lollies.  We had trays of other sweets and some in bowls of the slippery balls that you put in vases, brilliant for Halloween.  We also made 'Frankfurter Mummies'.  These are frankfurters wrapped with strips of croissant dough, made to look like mummies swathed in bandages.  Cooked in the oven and were yummy, hence no photo, all been eaten :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN