Midweek Magnolias #2

I have been wanting to play with my Magnolia Stamps, so I looked through all of the current Magnolia challenges and found a sketch from a newer challenge blog called Midweek Magnolias.

Here is the sketch~

 

and my take on it~ I found this cutie in my stamped image pile, not sure of her name.

Supplies~

Stamps: Tilda from Magnolia Stamps, sentiment from Color Me Happy by My Creative Time
Paper: MME Stella & Rose Gertie
Other: copics, prima flowers, Queen & Co. pearls, MFT Oval Open Scallop Doily

TFL!

Tilda Picking Peaches

This is the first card I made yesterday. The image is Tilda Picking Peaches from Magnolia Stamps. She was in one of my many image piles.  It's time to start using them up!

I spent a long time coloring her and am very pleased with how she came out!  I found that I'm still not great at hair but I will keep practicing!

I used a very old sketch from Taylored Expressions, TECC66. I had the sketchbook with me yesterday and made most of my cards with those sketches.  The paper is from the My Mind's Eye Stella Rose Mabel 6x6 pad and the bling is from my stash!

I am entering this into Stamp Something's Anything Goes challenge. They are also celebrating their 3rd birthday, check out all the deets here!

TFL!

Lasting Memories Challenge #3

Happy August! Wow, it doesn't seem possible that this much of the year has gone by already!!

Today I have a layout to show you for Lasting Memories's 3rd challenge ~

• Add a stamped image to your layout (this can be one image or making your own background, whatever you like)

I just love my page for this challenge! The pictures are from Magic Wings - a butterfly pavillion I visited with my mother almost 3 years ago...no title/dates since I've already done a bunch of pages for this album (and still have more to go lol!) I have a chart showing the different butterflies that are at the pavillion but I couldn't find one of them to write on the layout.

For my stamping, I used a quote from the Stampin' Up set Happiness of Butterflies. You should be able to read it if you click on the picture. I also used Tilda with Butterfly from Magnolia and perched her on a flower.

I am also entering this layout into the Flutter By Wednesday #115 since it's an open week!

Supplies~

Stamps: quote from Happiness of Butterfly ~ Stampin Up!, Tilda with Butterfly ~ Magnolia Stamps

Paper: Bohemia by My Mind's Eye

Ink: Memento

Copics: E00, R20, YG03, YG23, B14, B24, B26, E29, E25

Other: Martha Stewart butterfly punches, ranger white ink pen, Sundance smooch

Please visit the Lasting Memories blog to see all the fantastic DT samples and to enter your challenge layout!

April Round-Up

I can't believe 4 months have gone by already! Wow!!

Here are my stats for the month:

# of blog posts = 22 (Goal = 20)

14 scrap pages, don't recall the # of pictures scrapped offhand, but it was good! (I still need to photograph most of them to share still!)

30 CARDS!! (and I still haven't finished blogging them all yet.)

Only 1 book read and one started, it seems the more crafty I get, the less I read; plus with it being nicer out, I'm not reading as much during my lunch hour. Spending time walking is more enjoyable for now!

(P.S. If you click on the "The Reading Room" link at the top, it will show you my goodreads shelves, what a fun site!)

Here's a card I created in March for a weather swap. I followed a sketch but I'm not sure where my notes are right now. I think she turned out nice and colorful :)

This is a page of my niece that I scrapped for a sketch challenge on a Yahoo group I belong to. The sketch is a Julie Bonner sketch.


Another fun thing from this month ~

I finally started my stamp catalog, I've been wanting to do it for months so I started it when I was on vacation a few weeks ago. I've still got quite a ways to go, but I like it so far!

Thanks for popping in! Stop back tomorrow for a special National Scrapbooking Day post!

Optimistically Pink Tilda

Woohoo tomorrow is Friday!!! I'm excited since I'm going to an all day crop on Saturday (that I still need to pack for!)

Today I'm sharing another card from last weekend. I created this for the Optimistically Pink Challenge over at One Stop Craft.


Card Supplies
Stamps: Tilda blowing hearts ~ Magnolia, hearts ~ CTMH
Paper: Basic Grey Bittersweet
Ink: Memento, SU Creamy Caramel
Copics: E00, E02, RV14, RV21, RV23, Y32, Y35, Y38
Other: Apron Lace border punch ~ Fiskars, diamond stickles, Labels 4 Nestabilities

TFL!

Magnolia Stamps Weekend

This weekend Danni chose Magnolia Stamps to play with, I had hoped to get a lot done but sadly, that hasn't happened.

I did finish this card last night for one of my card group's sketch challenge.



This is Chef Tilda and her rolling pin from the Yummy from the Tummy collection. I got the fall kit from Magnolia Stamps and these were part of it...its winter and I finally inked them up LOL!

Check out the blogs of Danni, Nancy & Kimberly to see what Magnolia creations they have been posting!

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Chef Tilda & rolling pin ~ Magnolia Stamps, sentiment ~ MFT, cupcake ~ The Cat's Pajamas
Paper: Basic Grey Nook & Pantry
Copics: E00, E02, R21, R24, R27, E41, E33, E35, E37
Other: ribbon ~ Michaels, CM circle punch

Christmas Magnolia Blog Hop!

Good morning!

If you've hopped here from Jenn's blog, then you are in the right place! If you just happened to stop by, please start the Magnolia Christmas hop at Julie's blog!

For my card, I am using Santa Edwin...at least I think that is his name. I got him in an image chain last summer.


I got to use my Basic Grey Wassail for the first time, I bought it when it came out and then misplaced it lol! I think my favorite part of the card is all the fun flock on Santa's suit.

Your next stop on the hop is Lauren. Hope you are having a good time!

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Magnolia
Paper: Basic Grey Wassail
Copics: E00, C1, Y15, E57, N7, R89
Other: cotton ball white fun flock, snowflake brad from stash, gold spica pen

On the 4th Day of Christmas

I have two cards to share with you. Now how does that happen when I don't have any cards ready for Days 5-25 yet?? Well I had a sketch in mind when I made the first card and then when I saw part of the dp cut out for the 2nd card, it just worked out not to follow the sketch and to use the dp as my embellishing.

Meet Tilda with Hood...images are from an image swap I was in earlier this year. So glad I saved them to use for Christmas.

Here are the cards:
(You should be able to click on the picture to make it bigger!)

This is the sketch that I used for the first card:

Ok, so I made these cards a month ago at a crop. I saved the glitter for when I was home since I didn't want to get messy in someone else's house. I initially tried Flower Soft for the coat trim and it looked stupid...I really don't know how to use it and it frustrates the heck out of me! I tried using the quickie glue pen, the Zig 2 way pen and then I put stickles on and put the flower soft on top of it...yuck, yuck and yuck. I was able to scrape it off and just put stickles on. I guess I need to look up some FS tutorials because I was really hoping to use some on my Christmas cards! I do have some white flocking that would have worked...if I knew where it was lol.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Tilda with hood ~ Magnolia Stamps; sentiments ~ Amuse Holiday Greetings
Paper: DCWV, misc. cardstock
Ink: Memento for the sentiments
Copics: E00, N5, N7, R81, E35, E25, E27, R46
Accessories: prima flowers, frosted lace stickles, Stampin Up ticket punch, brads from my stash

Thanks for looking. I'll be back later with a birthday card to share.

Tilda Blowing Hearts

Today Sweet N Sassy Stamps is hosting Digi Day at SNR Card Universe. I decided to play along tonight, the challenge is "Near to my Heart (use hearts in some way...paper, stamps, hand drawn or even the word OR use an image that depicts the theme)".

Seeing as most of my stamps are still packed and I couldn't find much else with hearts (not even my digis!), I decided to use a Tilda blowing hearts image that I had out.

I think she turned out pretty cute seeing as I didn't have a plan when I started the card and I was so proud of myself for not using a sketch!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Tilda Blowing Hearts ~ Magnolia, Happy Wishes ~ Hero Arts
Paper: Basic Grey Sultry
Ink: Memento Rosebud, Tuxedo Black
Copics: Roo, Ro1, YG03, YG25, RV21, E25, E27, E37
Accessories: Nestabilities Labels 4, stardust pen, ribbon from my stash

Thanks for looking! I'll be back in the morning with the 4th Day of Christmas card!

A Magnolia to share

This is a cute Magnolia card that I made a few months ago and never shared.

I'm not sure which Tilda this is, but I got the image from my good friend, Sandy, who loves Tilda as much as I do. I used SC243 for the layout, very fun sketch to work with! My favorite part of this card is the sparkle and bling :)

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Magnolia Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey Eva
Copics: RV13, E33, Y32, Y35, C1, R01, V17
Accessories: stardust stickles, Kaisercraft rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to come back tomorrow for Flutterby Wednesday!

Sugar & Spice

This cute Tilda was created for a Sugar & Spice swap. I used Eat Sleep & Stamp #38 for the sketch and I also incorporated the Basic Grey challenge of Doodling (and using their product - Wisteria papers). I always forget about doodling, it really does a lot to an image! These new papers are so very pretty and easy to use!

The Recipe:
Stamps: Loving Tilda wearing hat ~ Magnolia Stamps
Paper: GP, Basic Grey Wisteria
Ink: Tuxedo Black ~ Memento, Copics (see below)
Accessories: Zig writer, apron lace border punch ~ Fiskars

Thanks for stopping by!

SFYTT with Tilda

Another week with another Sketch for You To Try! I just love these sketches.

This is Tilda with Flower and this is another card created for the Magnolia February rain. I had a great time putting this card together. I love this Tilda with the Basic Grey Scarlet's Letter designer paper. I attempted to create a little scene by sponging Memento Bamboo Leaves ink around her feet so she looks like she's standing in the grass. I think she's pretty darn cute!

The Recipe:
Stamps: Tilda with Flower ~ Magnolia
Paper: GP, Basic Grey Scarlet's Letter
Ink: Tuxedo Black ~ Memento, copics (see below)
Accessories: prima flower, brad ~ Joanns, Angel Wings Shimmerz

The copics used:

Thanks for looking!

OCC Sketch & Recipe Challenge #37

Today was Tilda day. I have been struggling with coloring these cuties, I'm not sure why but it took me some time to figure out what I wanted to do for the Magnolia rain girls this month. I ended up creating 3 different cards, once I got started with the first one, I couldn't stop. I can show another one tomorrow and the last one will be shown once the recipient gets it...she's a blog reader and I don't want to ruin the surprise (hi Danni!)

I started by picking a sketch. I used this week's sketch challenge over at Our Creative Corner. I only have one oval punch so I decided to use a scrap piece of paper to mount the punch on. Looks a little funky but it grew on me by the time the card was complete.

The second challenge I incorporated was the Recipe Challenge #37 over at Sketches by Tamara. The challenge was to incorporate flowers, buttons and stickles/glitter. I used Gold Glimmer Shimmerz for my glitter.

The copics used:
The Recipe:
Stamps: Tilda with Flower ~ Magnolia
Paper: GP, Scarlet's Letter ~ Basic Grey
Ink: Tuxedo Black ~ Memento, copics (shown above)
Accessories: button ~ Foofala, scrappers floss ~ Karen Foster, flowers ~ Prima, brads ~ Joanns, Gold Glimmer Shimmerz, Threading Water border punch ~ Fiskars, oval scallop punch ~ Marvy

Thanks for looking!

Cutie Sunday #29

I made this card for the Magnolia-licious January Mingle (albeit just a few weeks late, whoops!) I used Cutie Sunday's Sketch 29 as seen below.


This is my first time using Tilda with flower, I think she's so cute and I can't wait to use her again. I paper pieced her dress using Basic Grey Sultry. I also broke out the Shimmerz and used them on her wings and the flower.

And the copics I used:
The Recipe:
Stamps: Tilda with Flower (Magnolia Stamps), CTMH Say It in Style
Paper: Georgia Pacific, Sultry (Basic Grey)
Ink: Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Accessories: copics. ranger white pen, scallop punch (SU), prima flowers, frosted lace stickles, Shimmerz (angel wings, gold glimmer, burgundy)

Thanks for looking!

Stylish Tilda

Stylish Tilda is one of the few non-holiday/birthdays Magnolia stamps that I own. When I joined the Magnolia "raining" cards group, I knew that I wanted to use this stamp first. The sketch is another one from the Taylored Expressions Cupcake Anniversay Challenge - you can see it HERE.

I had a lot of fun with all the layers and the mixing up of the patchwork squares. I used the new Me and My Big Ideas Fashion District paper. Another 50% off Michaels special! And you guessed it...more copics! I used E33, R11, B93, B95, Y000, E11, R00, E25 and Y32. I also used the colorless blender, a pink prismacolor pencil since I didn't have the right color copic and the Ranger Inkessentials white pen. The green and brown cardstock is from Close to My Heart, sweet leaf and chocolate. Not sure where the blue is from and I stamped on the Georgia Pacific cardstock.

Thanks for looking!

Roses on Paper Challenge #3

I finally joined in on the challenges over at Roses on Paper's Challenge Blog. This week it's a color challenge and you have to use white, evergreen & grape. You can enter your challenge card HERE.

This is my first card with a Magnolia image, I think it turned out cute! The image (which I got from a friend) is probably better suited for a larger card but I already had the base cut so I went with it. Hopefully you can see the sparkle in the image, I used my Sakura Stardust pen on Tilda's wings and the swirls and I used the copic spica pens on the flowers and Tilda's hair bow. I colored the rest of her in with my prismacolor pencils and attempted to shade her hair a bit.

Recipe:
Stamps: Tilda (not sure of the image name since I got in as a RAK), CTMH Say it in Style
Paper: The Paper Company
Ink: Orchid Opulence (Stampin Up)
Accessories: corner rounder (Stampin Up), copic spica pens, prismacolor pencils, prima flowers, Sakura Stardust pen

TFL!