Dream Valley #194 Use a Doily and a Brad

Hi, guys! Well, apparently today is 'Blue Monday' which is the most depressing day of the year, according to an advert put out by a travel company back in 2005! I wonder why they chose gloomy (in the Northern Hemisphere) January to advertise holidays in sunnier climes?!

However, there's a simpler solution to cheer everyone up - a new challenge at Dream Valley!We have a really unusual theme: Use a Doily and a Brad.

Our sponsor is the gorgeous All Dressed Up Stamps. Wendy very kindly sent the DT a couple of very pretty images touse - check out what my teamies have done on the Challenge blog! Unfortunately my printer gave up the ghost over New Year just at the time I needed toprint my image out! Fortunately I had another sweet ADU girlie already printed out. Phew!


This cutie is Flyaway Butterfly. I used papers from a very old pad which came with a magazine, and cut the edge of the pink piece with a Spellbinders Scalloped Borders One die.

I used the Doily to decorate the top corners, and the yellow Brad is fastened to the girl's gorgeous flowery headband. The brad is flower-shaped, which I thought appropriate!  The sentiment is die-cut with a Lawn Fawn Happy Birthday Border die and trimmed to fit.

Thanks for looking, and have a great week!

love Mags B x



Comments

Janette said…
Hi Mags, before I say anything about your gorgeous card I must tell you this, every single time I come here I always read the little intro at the top and it always, always makes me smile, we all more or less started out card making in a similar fashion, so funny....ANYWAYS....your card is gorgeous, very pretty image and love the colouring...xx
Monday, January 21, 2019
KraftyKoolKat said…
So cute Mags, love the layout. Someone up there was looking after you that you had an image printed already.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxx
Monday, January 21, 2019
Faith A at Daffodil Cards said…
A darling image with pretty girly colours for this beautiful card Mags.
Faith
x
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
aussie aNNie said…
Adorable Mags, love your doilies and the ADU image.xx
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
crafty-stamper said…
Love the cute image and doily corners
Carol x
Thursday, January 31, 2019
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