Carolyn's Handmade Treasures: January 2011

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Young Love Valentine Card... M5D New Releases

Valentine's Day is quickly approaching as it seems all the days and holidays are anymore. As much as I hate to see the time going by so quickly, I am greatly anticipating the arrival of Spring. I am ready for these cold winter days filled with more snow than anyone should have to have at one time in one place to be replaced with an abundance of sunshine and warm days that we can enjoy spending our time outdoors once again.

In the meantime, I would like to share my latest card with an image from one of the new M5D releases this week. This image is one from Fairydoodler, but there are many new releases that you may enjoy if you would like to have a look over at the store.

Onto the new releases for this week :)

Harlequin Quilt in Blue Satin

Floral Banner

As an added BONUS this week,
Shawne is offering a Charm Digi Set
FOR FREE
and asking you to play along in her
Charm Theme on her Challenge Blog!

Hurry! Challenge ends Monday!
$25.00 in Images Up For Grabs!!!

Take a look at what the rest of the Design Team came up with for these awesome images!

Raven
Ruby
Shelly
Sue

Well, I guess it is now time for me to get back to the real world and go shovel some snow off of our sidewalks. I hope you enjoyed your visit today, and stop back again soon.
Have a great day all :)
Hugs,

Challenges:

Paper Cutz
One Stitch At A Time
Woodware USA
Penny's
Simply Create
Aud's Sentiments
Bunny Zoes
Craft Your Days Away
Stamp With Sarah Kay
Lexi's Creations
Res Q
My Time To Craft
Fab N Funky
Secret Crafter
Paper Minutes
Tip Top Tuesday
Crafty Cardmakers
Fairytale challenge

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Another Snow Day and A Little Sneaky Peek ;)

Hi Everyone...Is it looking white outside where you are? We are on our 2nd snow day of the week for the schools here. I don't love snow, but I seriously can't complain if I am comparing to the winter we had last year. The kids sure aren't complaining. If it weren't for the frigid temps, I know they would want to be outside all day in this stuff.

Unfortunately with the weather and some other commitments this week, I did not have time to get a project done for the new M5D releases that came out this week, but please go have a look at some of the awesome new images. There are some wonderful samples from the DT.

I do, however, have something prepared for the next upcoming release and thought I would share a little sneaky peek with you. Lacy, frilly and all feminine. Would you expect anything less from me? Be sure to stop back next Thursday to see the whole thing.

Stay warm and safe in this weather my friends.

Hugs,

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Birthday Blog Hop...Happy Birthday Ruby!! :)

Hi everyone,
We all wanted to get together today to celebrate and wish Ruby...our new Guest Designer this month for the McMahon Five Designs a very Happy Birthday. We all have a special little wish for Ruby today, and if you hop to each of our blogs, you will see all the fun and sweet wishes for our new friend.

Hop begins with:

Sue
Raven
Lorie
Christine
Shelly
Michelle
Kristine
Bonnie
Amy
Carolyn

And last but not least...the Birthday Girl Herself :)

Ruby

Have a fabulous day Ruby, and may you have many, many more to come.

Hugs,

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Cupcake Bookmark...M5D New releases

Happy New Year everyone! I haven't posted since before the New year, so I wanted to be sure that I wished you all a wonderful and creative new year. There are some great new releases from the McMahon Five Designs Store today. Sooo cute. I wanted to make a bookmark with a couple of them, but do you all notice something wrong with this picture? LOL, guess I wasn't thinking that this was going to be quite bulky to fit between the pages of a book. Oh well, my daughter likes it, so hers it is. ;)
The cupcake image and the sweet friend sentiment are two of the new digis that I used, and the dp with the cherries is also part of the collection. If you look closely, you will also notice that I used some of Sue's wood paper on the front of this bookmark too. I love that stuff :) All of these products can be found at The McMahon Five Designs store.