Sunday, December 28, 2008

Hanglar fun

You can tell Christmas is over, because I have time to play again! My friend Nikki had sent me a bunch of adorable Hanglar images a few weeks before Christmas, & I'm happy to find some time to play with some of them. I adore these images, & I'm sure some day soon we'll be able to buy them here in the US!


I colored this lovely gal with Prismas & gamsol & cut her out. I used my Nesties for the olive & white layers, & the white background is embossed with my Cuttlebug snowflake folder. The designer paper is from Basic Grey Mellow, which I happily got at Michael's for 40% off. I'm so thrilled they're carrying at least a few of these fun pads! The sentiment is from Hero Arts, & the snowflake charm is from a stash I scored on Ebay. The Primas in the corner have a bit of raffia attached. Notice the Dew Drops in the corners?? Those were not planned, until I went & did some zig zag stitching & guess what ~~ all 4 corners turned out differently!! LOL!! I hate that, I like everything to match & to be uniform. I'm sure there's some secret formula out there to get perfect corners, but until I figure it out I will be adding a lot of brads/Dew Drops/other bling to my corners! I'm just happy the zig zags turned out straight!! This is the first card I've tried stitching that way & am surprised it turned out okay!!

Speaking of sewing, I bought the Sew Mini the day after Thanksgiving. Hancock had them for $39.99, & they only had one left. It was fate. But I also had my friend's machine, so it sat in the box. Well, tired of lugging around her 1000 pound Kenmore, I finally packed that one up & opened up the box to the Sew Mini. I was shocked when I took it out, how light it is!! This is going to be so much nicer! It's half the size & about 1/100 of the weight! I haven't set it up yet, but I'm anxious to try it out!! That will be my project tonight, after everyone is in bed & can't hear me swearing, lol!!! Seriously, it does look pretty easy & Gina K wrote a great tutorial with lots of pictures on how to set it up & use it, for us non-sewing types. Wish me luck!!

14 comments:

Tracey said...

This card is fantastic!! I love these images too and look forward to a time when we can get them here in North America!!

Annie said...

what a gorgeous card Michelle! I love the pretty little Hanglar girl you coloured to match those fabulous papers - and great zig-zag stitching too! hugs, annie x

Denise Marzec said...

Your coloring ROCKS! Great papers too, and I love how you cut out the image and layered it over the bugged panel. Looks fantastic!

Deborah said...

Beautiful~!!

Becky said...

what a beautiful card, your coloring is fabulous.

Jacquel said...

Gorgeous card and love your coloring Michelle! This is a great card!!

HeathersHobby said...

What gorgeous paper that is! I love the coloring. Great card.

Tammi said...

You already know how much I love your coloring, it rocks! Wow, gorgeous, love this!

Cheryl Walker said...

I love this!!! I love all the colors, and the coloring!!!! Beautiful card!!! What are prismas, and gamsel I have never used them before,if you can please let me know :) thanks, I love try'n new things :)
Great job on this card!!!!


Hugs,
Cheryl

bsgstamps4fun: Barb Gault said...

What a sweet card! Love the colors, design and all the details!

Ila said...

Gorgeous card Michelle!! your coloring is Fantastic!!....and Wow! what a great deal on that sewing machine!!...I'm sure you'll do great with it!!..Hugs, Ila

Cheryl said...

Gorgeous crd, Michelle! I love the green and orange! wish I could use prismas the way you do! Was that a big hint about the Hanglar Stanglars? Details, please!

Susan (peebsmama) said...

This is really adorable. Great coloring.

Trina said...

This is gorgeous!! I love the image and the colors!!

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