Carolyn's Handmade Treasures

Thursday, April 14, 2011

A Spring Stroll...The Latest M5D Releases

Hi Friends,
Sorry that it's been a little while since I have posted. It has just been a whirlwind of goings on here.
I am back today with a post from the newest of the M5D releases. I am in a spring mood, so I really wanted to express that in my card this week. I recently saw a card done in these colors, and it really captured my attention. With that inspiration, I wanted to create a similar card. I did need to create a card with some colors out of my comfort zone anyway. I am always leaning towards the pinks and pastels, so this was a refreshing change for me. I hope you enjoy it too and have a look at the great new M5D releases this week. I am running a little low on supplies and haven't been out craft shopping or shopping online in ages, so I am thinking the time is drawing near to make a purchase. In the meantime, I was in need of a flower that I did not have, so if you will notice..in my desperation, I scrunched up some tissue paper and created a flower out of that. I seriously did not think that was going to work for me, but to my surprise, it didn't turn out half bad. What a relief! It took all of about 5 seconds to do too!!! My favorite kind of thing to make....quick and easy ;) Give it a try in a pinch if you are in the same situation as I was.

My tissue paper flower...

Below are this weeks releases:

The Purse

Patriotic Stripes and Daisies

Tiny Stripes and Daisies

Turquoise Stripes and Daisies

Breezy Blue Stripes and Daisies

My Pet Bunny

Easter Angel

Carrots For The Bunnies

2 FREE Easter Digital Sentiments

Christ is Risen

Christ is Risen Long

Thanks for your visit today. I love having you all stop by to view and say hello. Have a wonderful day :)

Challenges:
Stamping Vacation
Papertake Weekly
My Time To Craft
Fresh Brewed
The Paper Variety
Pear Tree Designs
The Shabby Tea Room
Wags 'n Whiskers
Anything Goes
Card Cupids
By the Cute and Girly
Incy Wincy
Cute Card Thursday

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Cute Bunny Hard At Work...Happy Easter Card and M5D Releases

Are you ready for Easter yet? Thank goodness it is a little later this year, because our weather still wants to hang on to winter and snow. I can't believe it is the last day of March and we are still walking out into a snowy day. Well, I hope it won't be too much longer before our warm weather is here to stay.
I chose this cute bunny for my sample today. This is one of many new releases from McMahon Five Designs today. If you are in search of some really cute digis for spring, you will love this week's release.

Now, onto the new releases for the week:

Fairy Sitting

Easter Bunny Digital Paper

Easter Hat Trick

Sailing With Love

For more ideas and inspiration, visit the Design Team blogs!

Raven
Shelly
Sue

Thank you for stopping in for a visit, and have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

It looks like I was in such a hurry to post this morning that I missed some of the challenge details on a couple of the challenges. I will delete the ones that I am finding by comments that I do not qualify for. I am very sorry for the inconvenience. I will be more careful next time.

Challenges:
Gingerloft
Creative Cowgirls
Creative craft world
Fresh Brewed
Die Cut Dreams
House of Gilli
Whimsie Doodles
Amber's Crafts
Paper Pretties
Tellen's Place
Let's Ink it up
Paper Playtime
Make it Monday Linky Party
Stampin' Sisters in Christ

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Tastefully Simple (altered) Easter Basket M5D

Well, I am not even going to talk about the weather, because maybe if I ignore it, it will just go away and let spring come back. So, let's just get to the M5D releases today. I really love Easter and all the soft, pastel and delicate, springy colors that go with it. Memories of fancy dresses, bonnets and white shoes for church, baskets, bunnies, eggs and candy for after church. I have had this Tastefully Simple drink bucket laying around for months just waiting for me to make something out of it, and I have to tell you that my hubby really enjoyed teasing me about creating something for Easter out of a drink bucket. The way I see it is if I could recycle something and help save the earth by re-using, then God would be happy about that, right? Besides, once it was finished, there is no way that you could tell that it used to be a drink bucket. I guess you could give this to a child to collect eggs in or fill with candy and goodies for Easter morning or even use it as a gift basket, but I am displaying mine on my mantle filled with some pretty springy flowers and decorations. I hope you like it. Have any of you done something like this for Easter or another occasion?

Below are some of the other new M5D releases for this week.

Far Away

Egg Hunt

Kitten

Vintage Biker

You can check out what the other DT girls came up with by visiting their blogs.

Raven
Shelly
Sue

Thanks for visiting me. Have a wonderful and blessed day my friends :)

Hugs,

Challenges:
I Did It
Wags n Whiskers
Stampin' with the Dragon
Stamp with fun
Aly's Sunday Challenge
2 Sisters
Card Makin' Mamas
Spoonful of Sugar
Crafts and Me
Fairy tale challenge
Gingerloft
Our Creative Corner
Passionately Artistic
Secret Crafter
Scrapbook Sisters
Southern Girls
PIO

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Images of Spring

I was looking at these beautiful pictures of some of our flowers from last year, and they made me smile and appreciate the arrival of Spring. I am really looking forward to the warm weather staying for awhile and can't wait for the earth to be renewed with all of God's beauty once again.