Mo Manning Alisa Sassy Lassie - Trading Roses For Shamrocks

 May you always have walls for the winds, a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire,
laughter to cheer you, those you love near you, and all your heart might desire.
Irish Blessing

Hey there from Nannyland,

This darling Mo Manning digi called Alisa With Roses has been calling to me to bring her to life with a wash of Copics for ages. She is one of the first digi stamps I bought from Mo's Digital Pencil.   "Where are her roses?" you might ask. In Mo's original drawing, Alisa looks like a dainty flower girl at a spring wedding, with a wreath of roses in here hair and a basket of roses behind her.  But it's almost St. Patricks Day and I needed a fun birthday card for my friend's March birthday.  Alisa's billowing dress just begged to be embellished with some tiny shamrocks and her thick hair looks copper red in my imagination, like locks on a proper Irish miss.  So I went there, and I'm so happy I did. I adore Mo's original version of this image, but making her my own was a fun creative challenge.

I loosely drew the shamrocks on her frock with a green Copic marker and then added the shamrock outline with a fine black liner  I added subtle sparkle with a clear glitter marker.  I created my shaped card with a Heartfelt Creations frame and used the lacy layers to build my card base. I die cut the scalloped green and white dotted dp circle three times for dimension and adhered Alisa with dimentional tape.  The green glitter shamrocks on the frame and the sentiment tag were cut in Cricut Design Space and edged with a gold leafing pen. Clear gems and pearls garnish their centers. The gold flowers on the frame and mini flowers in her hair are die cuts embellished with clear and pearl gems.  I originally planned to add die cut flowers behind her, but I decided the card was fancy enough without them. 

I hope I have encouraged you to look at your images in a new way,  and make changes that make them uniquely yours. 

Thanks for visiting Nannyland.

I'll just be here blissfully creating until your next visit. 

Nancy (aka Pink Panoply

Playing along with:

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Worldside Crafters and Colorists Challenge #3

Morgan's ArtWorld Challenge #3

Classic Design Challenge #3

Keep Those Clicks High - Mo Manning Little Irish Dancer

Keep calm, stand straight, point toes, head high, cross feet, straight legs, 
 arms back, eyes up, jump high and Feis on. 

Hey there from Nannyland,

Are you wearing a little green and feasting on corned beef and cabbage today?  I hope you're joining in the festivities of St. Patrick's Day, at least in some small way.  I have visited Ireland and the lush green landscapes of this magnificent island are unbelievably breathtaking.

If I could  choose any form of talent to excel in and passionately display to the world, it would be dancing...specifically Irish dancing. Seriously! My spirit soars when I hear the exhilarating music and watch the agile, energetic dancers leap around to its rhythm. This perky little Irish dancer digi by Mo Manning with her thick auburn tresses and traditional dancing frock was a joy to color in Copic shades of green, purple and yellow. I used a white gel pen to add a little bounce to her underskirt. 

Mo Manning Little Irish Dancer digi, Tattered Lace frame dies, Copic markers, flat sequins,
 digi background paper, white gel pen, Cricut designed and cut sentiment, shamrock embelly

I found a gold edged shamrock in my stash to embellish her head band. Her water colored rainbow digi background is sprinkled with purple and iridescent flat sequins.  The shaped card base is cut with two nesting Tattered Lace frames.

Have a delightful day full of green Irish goodness.

Thanks for visiting Nannyland.

I'll just be here blissfully creating until your next visit.  

Nancy (aka Pink Panoply)

Playing along with:

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Challenge Up Your Life #145

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Through the Craftroom Door Challenge March 15

Classic Design Challenge #3

Morgan's ArtWorld Challenge #3

Lucky to Be Your Friend - Mo Manning Leprechaun

May your home always be too small to hold all your friends. 
Irish blessing

 

Top o' the mornin’ to ya” from Nannyland,

As cardmakers, we know how blessed we are to be able to use our creative passion to send love in a very personal way to those we treasure .  March birthdays are such a great way to add some St. Patrick's Day flair to a standard birthday greeting.  Along with two birthday cards this month, I also took the opportunity to tell a cherished artistic cohort how much I appreciate her friendship  with this darling Mo Manning leprechaun. 

The inside of the card says: "A good friend is like a four leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have." I know! Too cute, eh?  This sweet sentiment came with the digital image. Green gems add a little glitz to the center of her dimensional lucky clovers but aren't they missing a leaf? Thank heavens we can always depend on constant blessings from above rather than random luck for our fate. (But I still put a penny in my shoe if I find one on the ground...just to cover my bases.)  The hat band is paper pieced with shamrock digital paper and shaded with Copics. . 

My digital background paper is a simple wash of green and yellow to match my limited Copic color palette. The black frame was sized to fit a 6" x 6" square card in Cricut Design Space and cut out on my Cricut Maker. 

One more shamrock-adorned birthday card to create. Let the shenanigans continue! 

Thanks for visiting Nannyland.

I'll just be here blissfully creating until your next visit.  

Nancy (aka Pink Panoply)

Playing along with:

Just Us Girls Challenge #622

Get Creative Challenge #109

The Fairy and the Unicorn March Challenge

Digi Choosday Challenge Wk 10

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge March 1

Classic Design Challenge #3

Morgan's ArtWorld Challenge #3

The Corrosive Challenge #3

Wishing You a Pot O' Gold - Digi Doodle Studios Patty Leprechaun

 May the dreams you hold dearest be those which come true,
and the kindness you spread keep returning to you. 

Hey there from Nannyland, 

Shamrocks and leprechauns and rainbows...Oh My! Another fun card crafting holiday is on the horizon and I'm knee deep in all things green in Nannyland.  This adorable image from Digi Doodles Studios is called Patty Leprechaun and she depicts everything delightful about this lively day of celebration.  

I designed a shaped flip card base in Cricut Design Space and used digital designer paper with an Irish theme for the background panels.  The argyle print is very colorful and a bit busy, so I toned it down with a large sentiment panel on the inside of the card.  I edged all the card panels with a gold leafing pen and dry embossed the front panel with a celtic-style embossing folder.   

A  close up of my image shows the Stickles in the center of the shamrocks on her skirt and clear gems in her shamrock bouquet and her hat.  I chose to color her tights and shirt in rainbow stripes to go along with the pot of gold theme. 

I created a label in Cricut Design Space to match my card base and used the writing feature to draw the sentiment.  I love this feature in Cricut because I can create any sentiment I want and cut it out to fit my card dimensions. 

Digi Doodle Studio Patty Leprechaun digi, Copic markers, Cricut cutting
and writing features, clear gems, gold leafing pen, glitter shamrock stickers, Stickles 

What a delight it was to use Copics in bright greens, yellows and rainbow hues to brighten up one of the happiest holidays of the year.  Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! 

Thanks for visiting Nannyland.

I'll just be here blissfully creating until your next visit.  

Nancy (aka Pink Panoply

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International Heart and Soul Challenge #128s

Allsorts Challenge Week 665

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #97

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DT For Morgan's ArtWorld Challenge #3 - Morgan Fitzsimons Fantasy Fae Digi Stamp

Morgan's ArtWorld digital image,  Copic markers, Cricut Design Space die cuts and lettering, 

assorted gems, leaf die cuts (glossy silver card stock)

Hey there, 

It's the lucky month of March and time again  for another fabulous Morgan's ArtWorld Challenge.  I feel very fortunate to be a member of Morgan's Design Team and have the opportunity to create cards with Morgan's amazing digital stamps. I hope this inspires you to create something wonderful of your own  for our challenge.   I used Morgan's  THIS beautiful Fantasy Fae image to create a St. Patrick's Day themed card.

The gatefold card base was created in Cricut Design Studio and I used the matching design elements, along with some small shamrocks, to embellish the panels, both on the front and back.  I printed the sentiment vertically using the writing feature in Design Studio.  I colored the rose and leaf portion of the image separately and used mounting tape to add some dimension to my scene, along with  a few small flowers, silver foil leaves and a bejeweled butterfly.

The ornate gates close to show matching design elements on the front of the card .

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We would love to see you join Morgan's ArtWorld Facebook Group.Group Link HERE!

Morgan has a new shop that will be fully open soon but there are some digi images available for purchase now. HERE

Thanks for visiting.

Go forth and find the joy in entering a Morgan's ArtWorld Challenge. 

Nancy

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