Stamping with Peggie

Tilda with heart

2012-02-08T20:29:00.001-05:00

Boy am I on a roll - well I did have motivation. My cousin wanted to buy 6 cards so I had to work and get these done before Valentine's day. This is the last I think. So nice to have someone appreciate your work enough to pay money for it.

Tilda is colored with copics. The lace on the dress has frosted lace stickles. There are a rectangle stampabilites die and the heart die. Lots of sewing. Some baker's twine, lace sprayed with cherry blossom walnut ink and some flowers with pearls finish it off.

I made this card for the vintage/shabby chic challenge over at http://magnolia-licioushighlites.blogspot.com/.

I usually don't do this style as I usually do brighter colors but this was lots of fun.

Tilda Sparkles with Hearts

2012-02-07T23:02:00.002-05:00

I won this stamp form Sunday Sensations (see the sidebar for the link and your chance to win).

I decided to add the hearts to go with the inspiration picture below. I saw someone else put hearts in the sparkles but don't remember where. Tilda is colored with copics. The hearts are brads. The yellow floral paper is from basic grey that I downloaded from their site. The green has some swirls made by a stamp from the angel company. The flowers are from You've Got Flowers? with yellow stickles for centers.

Jumping Tilda

2012-02-06T22:38:00.000-05:00

I made this card for a woman who broke her ankle. I thought I would have the inside say something like hope you are up and hopping around real soon.

I like how Tilda looks like she is jumping out of the frame. The aqua dp is some I won is a blog give away and have no idea who makes it but it has a shimmer to it. The swirls are a die cut from memory box. The flowers which really match much better in real life are from prima flowers with some rhinestones in the middle. Tilda is colored with copics and has some star dust stickles on the lace.

Hope your day is hoppin' good.

Lollipop Tilda

2012-01-31T20:12:00.001-05:00

It has been forever since I posted something. I was working on some calendars - I may show those later - and then my dd and her fiance were here. So tonight I made myself sit down and make a card.

Isn't Tilda just the cutest thing leaning on her bike. She is colored with copics. The lollipop and bike have some diamond glaze added. The flowers have little washers and pearly blue brads through them. Then there are some washers running down and across. I love the buckle at the bottom and I am almost out of them.

Here is another view.

The washer colors are a little truer in this picture.

Hope you enjoyed the card.

Gerbera Daisy Box

2011-12-29T21:09:00.002-05:00

This is the red and black box with a gerbera daisy that I made for the youngest dd.

The daisies are colored with copics and have some stickles for highlights. The papers are from bo bunny and basic grey. The gerbera daisy is from the angel company. The outside is covered with a high gloss varnish on it to seal it. There nail head stickers and pearls and tiny red rhinestones. Here's a close-up.

And the inside.

I have an ideas for a couple more so be on the look out.

Tiger box

2011-12-27T16:03:00.001-05:00

I wanted to get this box done for Christmas but ran out of time. I will have to give it to my son-in-law next time I see him. I also want to get some done for my daughters.

The tiger is from the angel company. I just love him. He is so regal looking. The dp is from basic grey.

Here is the inside.

It is to put two decks of cards in. I already gave my son-in-law the cards but didn't tell him about the box that was coming - just in case it took me a while to get to it. The box itself is a wooden cigar box.I did another box for Stamper's Quest and it has more detailed instructions here.

Off to work on the next box. See you soon.

Drummer Boy

2011-12-13T18:53:00.001-05:00

I like the song "Little Drummer Boy" and this card goes right along with it.

This is a digi stamp from http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/ . He is all colored with copics. I tried to tone down some of the colors by coloring over the bright ones with C1. It did help some even though they are still pretty bright. The snow is shaved ice from Stampendous!. The corner punch is from EK Success. Added some baker's twine and a charm. This card is going to a family whose son and husband play the drums at our church.

Reading Fairy

2011-12-11T14:02:00.001-05:00

I did this card for a challenge here that is already closed. Oh well. When I first saw it I wasn't going to do it because I don't do funny colored hair until I saw a fairy and knew that would work. So here is my entry that isn't an entry.

This is a digi stamp from Elizabeth O.Dulemba here. She is all colored in copics. The paper is digi from basic grey. Some ribbon and flowers and a few dew drops make this creation complete.

Inspiration Challenge

2011-12-07T20:55:00.001-05:00

I finally got my inspiration challenge done - several days late. Here is the picture -

And here is the card I made.

The set is called apple of my eye from the angel company. And there is good news - the company has been bought so some of these sets may be coming back! Yeah!

She is colored with copics. The apples are popped with foam tape and have diamond glaze on them - which by the way isn't quite dry but couldn't wait any longer to take the picture. Patience isn't always my best virtue. lol The flowers have stickles in the center. The green swirl is from memory box. The dp's are just some scraps I found in my stash and don't know who they all belong to. Hope you enjoy this little sweetie. I think she will go to my dd to encourage her during finals next week.

Iridescent Nativity

2011-12-01T21:30:00.001-05:00

A woman at church who plans the decorations at church says some year she wants to do the church in black and iridescent. I can't quite image it but this card is for her.

This is more silver than iridescent but there is some of that in this card. It is the same card as here just a variation on the colors. This one has stickles all around the edges and in the swirls. Here is another view.

The stamp is from Stampendous!

Book Challenge

2011-11-30T19:41:00.001-05:00

I belong to an on-line book club, Book Endz here. This month our book was Emily and Einstein. What a great book. It might be my favorite of the books that we read so far. We are supposed to do a project to go along with the book so this is what I came up with.

The dog is from Magnolia. He has a butterfly that goes with him but I left the butterfly off because it didn't really seem to go with the book at all. He, because it is a man/dog, is colored with copics. The words and the circle are from the angel company. The dp is from basic grey. The ribbon is tied with iridescent twine. I love the paw print twill tape at the bottom. I have it in cooking motif and ruler measurements as well. I used my nestabilities to cut out the scalloped ovals. Hope you enjoy the card. I know you would enjoy the book, Emily and Einstein by Linda Francis Lee.

Inspiration Challenge

2011-11-27T20:57:00.001-05:00

Let's see first thing the inspiration.

I love golds so this just seemed to speak to me. Can you imagine what it must have been like for Mary to be pregnant and riding all the way to Bethlehem on a donkey's back. I can think of a lot of other things I would rather do. But God was gracious and brought them there safely.

Now for my card.

Really a pretty simple card. Stamped - I did color the image a bit with pencil where the ink didn't cover real well. I outlined it the figures with YR21 and YR20 then added some crystal stickles to the star. The gold fiber is from see spot save at Target many years ago and the black fiber is even older. Something I got while in college. I was taking a fibers class and we went to a carpet manufacture and bought ends to use in our class. That's about it.
Next week I will see if I can figure out how to do Mr. Linky so you can add your creations.

Magnolia-licious Christmas Blog Hop All Year Long November

2011-11-24T23:14:00.001-05:00

It is late on Thanksgiving and I almost forgot to post my card. I am getting tired. Long day of cooking something I don't do too much of any more. Any way if you are here from Norma's fabulous blog here you are on the right track.

This is done with a mini Tilda from Magnolia-lious here. Diana is having a fabulous sale on these little cuties right now so run do not walk and get your very own. This Tilda is called Tilda with Winter flowers. Isn't she just the sweetest. She is colored with copics. The dps are from basic grey. The snowflakes are punched and then run through the xyron 150 and sprinkled with glitter. Each snowflake as a rhinestone in the middle. The holly is a die cut from memory box and have rhinestones around them. Here is the inside.

Once again the dp is from basic grey with one more glittered snowflake. Hope you enjoyed. Your next stop is Robyn's blog here.http://robinroom.blogspot.com If you want to start at the beginning go here http://magnolia-liciouschristmasallyearlong.blogspot.com/

Hope your Thanksgiving was blessed and that the coming Christmas season is filled with joy and the love of Christ - the reason for the season.

Mountain Scene

2011-11-22T21:01:00.001-05:00

I bought this set from the angel company before it went under and had never used it. Tonight it had its initiation.

This is colored mostly with distress ink. The rocks and trees have a bit of water color crayons on them. I discovered that distress inks don't work like regular water color paints. I took a water color class this summer and the paints move a lot more after they dry and then are wet again. The distress inks stay put when dry. Not that that is bad just something to take into consideration when you are painting with them. There is a little bit of stickles on the water. The baker's twine is tied onto the button. Pretty simple. It is for a college kid at church.

My challenge

2011-11-20T15:57:00.001-05:00

I am an owner of a yahoo group called createacard. Today I gave them a challenge to use this picture to inspire them to make a card.

Here is the card I came up with.

I stamped the image onto white card stock using metallic silver and embossed it with silver pearl embossing powder. Next I used a red marvey dye ink and went all over the image and then turned it upside down and rubbed the ink off the embossing onto a scrap piece of paper. Next I used a small make-up sponge and adirondack cranberry ink and went over the bottom part of the image. Once again I turned it over to rub off the extra ink. I sewed the image to the white and then tied a bow around the top. The I used a small piece of sparkly white twine to tie the wreath onto the bow. I adhered the layer to the card. The dots in the center of the poinsettia are done with liquid pearls. Oh the poinsettia image is from magenta and stamped twice one a little higher than the other. Hope you enjoy. If you are inspired by this picture I would love to see what you create. Just let me know in the message and I will stop by your blog and see what you create.

Pearly Angel

2011-11-17T21:39:00.001-05:00

Got another card in before the big bathroom project starts. I did do a "little" work in there tonight before I had to go help at choir practice. I don't sing in the choir as my voice is best heard between me and the Lord. lol He gave me this voice so he must like it. No one else does.

I love this little angel. I even have her in the regular size. She is colored with copics. There are star dust stickles on the stars and frosted lace stickles on her wings. The holly border is a die cut from memory box. The flowers are a die cut from my favorite stamps. The flowers are cut out of DCWV card stock, sanded and then white chalk ink applied over it so that it would be lighter than the same paper around the angel. The pearls are done with liquid pearl. Peach is a rather unusual Christmas color but I think it turned out pretty. But just like any mother I am rather prejudice.

I think I am off to bed now. I stayed up too late last night texting a friend and then had to get up early this morning. My book and bed are calling my name.

Cookie Tilda

2011-11-15T21:12:00.001-05:00

I'm likely to have to quit making cards shortly because we just bought stuff to start redoing the bathroom. It needs done but I would rather make cards. lol

Isn't Tilda cute. She looks like she might be waiting to see Santa and to give him some cookies. Tilda is colored with copics. Her bow and the cookies have diamond glaze on them. Oh btw I use my Xyron 150 to make these mini Tildas stick on the card. The tree is a die cut from making memories. In the middle of the flowers is gold stickles. The dp is from making memories. The poinsettia is from Hero Arts, I think. The gold dew drops are from Robin's Nest. Happy crafting to you!

Holly Tilda

2011-11-14T22:47:00.001-05:00

I'm still rolling along with these mini Tilda. Here is another one.

Isn't she so sweet with her garland of ivy. Tilda is colored with copics. Her sleeves have a touch of stardust stickles. The holly and berries are a stamp from the angel company. The holly has diamond glaze and the berries are red stickles. The dp is from making memories as are the die cut swirls. The card is a gatefold. Time for me to go to bed. I have to walk to work tomorrow as my son is taking my car to work. (His is getting inspected and he has to be at work at 6 am.) Have a great evening.

Tilda in Wreath

2011-11-13T19:27:00.001-05:00

I really should be mass producing some Christmas cards but I am having way too much fun with these mini Tilda's. So here is today's mini.

I just love teddy bears so I knew I had to have this stamp. I got her all colored and then couldn't figure out what to do with a pink Tilda and Christmas. I remembered this ribbon and had to search for it. I really should be more organized. Then I knew I had this dp but what should Tilda sit on. Sitting Tilda's just need something to sit on. I was blog hopping and saw a wreath and then I knew. This wreath is from an old angel company stamp set. I added pink stickles all around the wreath and a some star dust stickles on the bottom of Tilda's dress. As I was punching the corners my punch broke. Oh boy what now. I had to stick my scissors in there for a lever to do the punching. When I was done the punch went in the garbage. Some silver and pink dew drops are in the corners and some pieces of pearls on a string are coming out of the ribbon. Hope you enjoy and are working faster on your Christmas cards than I am. lol

Cross Stitch Heart Tilda

2011-11-12T15:24:00.001-05:00

I am still on a roll with the minis. Just loving them. I didn't think I would like them as well as the full size but I am quickly changing my mind. Here is Tilda with Cross Stitch Heart.

She reminds me of the chorus at church - This Little Light of Mine I'm goin' let it shine shine til Jesus comes. She is colored with copics. That is another thing I am surprised how well theses minis color with copics. The circles are done with nestabilites. The dp is from making memories. The little squares were from pez-a-doodle which went out of business. I have never seen them any where else. The swirly sticks I did myself. Here is a close-up.

I took a flower soft wire and wrapped it around the end of a paint brush and the pulled it off and stuck it in some glue. Next I put some sand colored flower soft in a little plastic box with the swirled wire and shook it around so that the entire wire was covered. For the reddish one I used polar white flower soft and colored it with a few drops of cranberry alcohol ink. The heart over the bow was from Target. I got those along time ago.

Hope you enjoyed today's mini. Thank you for all the sweet comments.

Snowy Hugs

2011-11-11T14:03:00.001-05:00

I am still working on using my mini stamps. Here is today's card.

The tree is an angel company stamp. Of course you can't get it any more but any large tree without leaves would work. I just like the curly branches on this one.This is a mini snowy hug for Tilda and Snowy. Everything is colored with copics. The snow is done with fun flock and star dust stickles. The pompoms and the trim on Tilda's hat is done with liquid applique. If you have ever teach kids about stamping this is one technique they love. They just think it is so cool to watch the liquid applique to puff up. The grey dp is from making memories. I punched out three snowflakes and added some sparkly white twine and tied it into a big bow. There you have it. Maybe I can make another mini card today. lol

Midwinter Tilda

2011-11-10T20:11:00.001-05:00

I got a bunch more mini Tilda's today. Oh I can see lots more fun in my future.

I would call this Tilda lantern Tilda but her name is midwinter. Oh well. She is colored with copics. I drew the tree. I haven't really drawn much for years so this is fun for me as well. I am not an artist but I do like to draw. I guess with the kids gone I have more time to do some other things. The snow is done with fun flock and scribbles paint. The lantern light and star at the top of the tree have stickles. The snowflake is covered with glitter. I poked holes in it and but the glittery string through it and tied it to the ribbon. There are glitter candy dots on the side. The dp is from basic grey. Hope you are enjoying my mini Tilda series as much as I am enjoying making them.

Letter Tilda

2011-11-09T20:56:00.001-05:00

I'm on a roll with these minis. Here is my next one. I may get my Christmas cards done this way too.

I don't remember Tilda's name, maybe Letter Tilda? Any way she is colored with copics. I drew the bench and the little hollies around the bench with the curliques. The dp is from basic grey. I wrapped some butchers twine around and then fastened it with a button and red scrapper's floss. I wasn't sure what I thought of these minis after using the big ones but I am really liking then. You don't have to make a big card all the time.

Caroling Tilda

2011-11-08T23:06:00.001-05:00

I promised more mini Tilda's so here's one.

I used the house from an old tac set and added shaved ice from stampendous for the snow. Everything is colored with copics. I used a die from nestabilities and then stenciled the circles with white ink. Tilda is cut out and she has liquid applique on her outfit. The snowflakes were punched out, run through a xyron machine, sprinkled with glitter and then a blue rhinestone is in the middle. A couple of red nailhead stickers are in the opposite corners. The dp is from memory box. Hope you enjoy.

Mini Spanish Tilda

2011-11-06T20:36:00.000-05:00

I got a bunch of mini Tilda's a while back and hadn't used any of them. I am trying to change that. Here is the first one I did using Spanish Tilda.

Because I used RV69, RV66 and RV63 for the fan, the flower and the lace on the shoes I had some difficulty finding paper that matched but in the end I am pleased with the results. The dress is done with G20's. I cut the scalloped rectangle using nestabilities and used a white pen to make the dots. I added color to the flowers using the same RV copics. There are yellow stickles in the center of the flowers. Stardust stickles are on the fan and lace. The shoes have diamond glaze on them. I had pulled out the swirl clip to see if it would go. I had set it aside and then after I put the flowers in the corner I just put it where it is to try it out and thought Yes I like it there. There are dew drop pearls in the corner.

I know how busy everyone is and I really appreciate it when you take time to leave comments. They really make my day.

Enjoy!

Edwin & Tilda Elope

2011-11-02T18:03:00.001-04:00

My dd and her finance eloped a couple of weeks ago. Although I was sad I couldn't be at the wedding, I am happy for them. They are coming over tomorrow so I will give them some gifts and this card.

Kaitey carried a bouquet with red, yellow and bluish/purple flowers so I tried to use that color scheme. The yellow flowers were off-white but I colored them with copics. The red roses were already red. I cut out the hearts with a nestabilities and then made the white dots with a white pen. The swirls are done with a memory box die. Tilda's dress is covered with frosted lace stickles. At first I was just going to do the lace at the neckline, then some highlights on the dress and pretty soon I went for the whole dress. I tied the flowers with the iridescent cording and the bow at the bottom. Added some mini dew drops all around.

Thanks for visiting. I really appreciate your comments.

Covered Bridge

2011-10-30T15:07:00.001-04:00

I haven't made too many fall cards and I just love fall and all the colors. I got to play a bit before I have to go to work and I decided I really needed to make a fall card.

This stamp is from stubby stampers. We used to have a covered bridge near the town I grew up in until an arsonist decided we shouldn't. Made me so sad. I have fond memories of sitting inside the bridge at night. Crazy kids we were. lol

This is colored with copics except the fence which I used a prisma color pencil. I can't make those tiny, tiny lines with copics very well. There are some stickles on the water. Ran some DCWV paper through the dotted embossing folder and then sanded them. I don't know who did the dp. The swirl is a die cut from memory box. And some tiny dew drops are in the corner. I hung the heart swirl from a piece of ribbon and attached it with some scor-tape.

You could make this image into a summer card or spring card as well. Couldn't you see kids jumping into the water. Brr! It's too cold right now but in the summer.

Now off to get ready for work. I would much rather stay home and play more. I should be thankful I have a job. lol
I'm using this as my entry for the BookEndz book club here. We are reading the book The Mercy of Thin Air. I certainly would not have picked this book on my own. Some of it I like and some of it I don't but sometimes it is good to read something out of your comfort zone.

Golfing with Edwin

2011-10-28T15:46:00.001-04:00

I did a card that was similar to this a little while ago but can't let a good idea go to waste. lol

This is golfing Tilda with cool Edwin's head. The pants, shirt and shoes are all paper pieced with Olivia from basic grey. The rest is colored with copics. The die cut paper is from memory box. I tried adding clouds to it with white ink but it didn't work so I just lightened the paper with the white. The edges are done with charcoal palette ink. The tee and ball are from the angel company. Added some green ribbon and frayed the edges.

Hope you enjoy.
I'm entering this in the Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says here.

Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop - October

2011-10-25T05:00:00.001-04:00

Been a while since we had a Magnolia-licous Christmas All Year Log Blog Hop. We took the summer off but whoops now it is fall and Christmas is fast approaching. Got to get on the stick.

If you came from Nadyne's blog here you are on the right track, if not you might want to start at the beginning here. Now to show you my creation.

Tilda is colored with distress inks. I took a watercolor class this summer and it helped some with this technique but I sure need a lot more practice. I hadn't done any watercoloring since I took the class. Maybe some day I will share what I did in the class. The swirl is a die cut from memory box. I added flowers and stars plus some ribbons. Lots of stickles - yellow, gold and stardust, are added as well. The dp is from basic grey. Next on your stop is Robyn's blog here.

Hope you enjoy your journey and be sure to leave lots of comments along the way. Comments really help us improve and make our day when they are compliments. lol

Fishers of Men

2011-10-14T15:09:00.000-04:00

This stamp is one I hadn't used before from the angel company. I am still sad they went under. Oh well there are lots of other good stamps out there.

This was really hard to photograph because of the shiny paper. It was stamped with ink from the angel company and then the brayer was run over it using a kalidescope ink pad. The little flowers are colored iwth copics. The "stars" in the corner are cut out with a memory box die which is really supposed to be snowflakes but I thought it worked as stars as well. The paper over the card is a mulberry paper with gold threads running through it. Stamped the ribbon and put it through a circle clip. I love those things.

Be fabulous x 3

2011-10-11T21:15:00.000-04:00

I got done mowing the lawn as far as I could til dark over took me and the lawn mower ran out of gas. It is much more fun to stamp so that is what I came in and did. Here is what I made.

The stamps are from the angel company. I colored the three flowers different colors using copics. The bee is colored with copics and everything has highlights of stickles. It is so hard to make a card with out some glitter. The dp is from basic grey. I drew in the flight of the bumblebee. And that's it. Pretty simple.

Hola Hoop Tilda

2011-10-09T15:08:00.003-04:00

I admit it I was being bad during church today. My mind was wandering a bit and thinking of making this card. The sermon was good though and I did get something out of it. We need to remember when someone is sinning to temper any discipline we need to give with love. That can be so hard. Well you didn't come here to be preached to and I am no preacher. So here is the card I made.

Tilda is colored with copics. What I was thinking about was adding glitter to Tilda's hola hoop. So many of today's hola hoops have glitter in them. I also added glitter to her shoes and to her hair bands and the lace on her outfit. I distressed the edges and added some organish chalk ink to the edges.The leaves were from the see spot save section at Target. They were plain so I added some veins to them with copic markers. The flowers were some I got from the angel company a while ago but there is no markings on them so I don't know where they came from. I added a bow and button wrapped with Scrapper's floss. I had actually made the base of this card over a year ago and then didn't use it. I think the dp's are from basic grey and bo bunny.

I made this card for a couple of challenges.

Octagon and orange from Magnolicious Highlights .http://magnolia-licioushighlites.blogspot.com/

Fall Challenge from Magnolia Stamp Lovers http://magnoliastamplovers.blogspot.com/
Simon Says Sparkle and bling http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/
Spectacular Sunday Challenge distressing http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/
Anything goes at Stampin' Sister in Christ http://networkedblogs.com/2Rddm

Maybe you can get out and use your hola hoop in this beautiful fall weather lol or not.

Soccer Edwin

2011-10-08T19:53:00.000-04:00

My it has been a while since I played with my Maggies. I have been busy doing submissions for Stamper's Quest. Can't wait to share with you some of those projects. But not just yet. A kid that works at Target is having a birthday tomorrow. I chose this Edwin because I hadn't used him yet.

Edwin had to be dressed in red and khaki because of course that is what we have to wear when we work at Target. Edwin is colored with copics. The dp is from the craft's meow. Notice the ribbon - it is from Target. I think it was tied around some pencils I got for opening up a red card (credit card) for someone. I saved it. I knew I would want it some time. lol The little soccer balls on the side were some I got from the see spot save section of Target quite a while ago - another thing I knew I would want some day.

Here is what I wrote on the inside. These soccer balls were some I cut out from Edwin's that didn't quite stamp right.

Hope you enjoy.

Monochromatic Magic at Stamper's Quest

2011-10-02T14:45:00.000-04:00

Here is the new card I made for Stamper's Quest Monochromatic Magic. For all the instructions go HERE.

While you are there check out all the other Artistic Guides' creations. They are beautiful.

You're beautiful

2011-09-30T10:09:00.004-04:00

I love fuchsias. I can't say that I took very good care of mine this year but I do love them. SO when I saw this stamp set I knew I had to have it. Here is what I created.

The stamp is from the set Celebrating You from the Craft's Meow. It is colored with copics. The dp is from basic grey. I used a fiskars border punch for the top and bottom and then added some half pearls along the edge. The butterfly is from my dd's stash of hair things. It doesn't look like she had ever used it. I did this card for an on-line book club, Color Me Creative Book Endz, I belong to. We read the Language of flowers. Fuchsia means humble love. Here is the link if you would like to see the other creations or read the next book, The Mercy of Thin Air. LINK

This is also done for the open challenge at flutterby Wednesdays here.
Hope you enjoy.

Tilda with bunny

2011-09-19T19:48:00.001-04:00

Here is a card I did quite a while ago that I would like to share now. The top, bow and shoe are paper pieced. The swirl is made with a Tim Holtz die. The flower is felt and sprayed with a cherry spray. My mind has gone and I can't remember what is called and my cat is keeping my lap warm. lol. The scalloped bottom is done with punched circles all in a row.

Hope you enjoy.

Cellar Door

2011-09-12T23:15:00.000-04:00

Come slide down my cellar door and we'll be jolly friends forever more. Do you remember the song? Isn't Tilda just the jolliest. Here she is at the cellar door.

Tilda and her cellar door are colored with copics. The flower centers have yellow stickles. There is silver stickles on the watering can and the shovel. Then just a few stickles are on the bottom of the apron and on the shoes and shoe laces. Tilda's dress is paper pieced - just the sleeves and the bottom. The dp is from oliva by basic grey. She is popped with foam tape. The flowers are from prima flowers. The ribbon is from my stash. Have a great day.

Cool Edwin

2011-09-08T23:00:00.001-04:00

I always need guy cards and never seem to have any in my stash. Why is that? lol Well here is another Edwin. This time I hadn't used these two Maggies so got to play with new stamps.

Doesn't he look cool? Edwin and most of the car are colored with copics. The metal and lights are colored with twinkling H2O's. The seats are done with a white souffle pen. That doesn't show up very well even in real life. The car has a thin layer of diamond glaze on it. The dp is from a Christmas basic grey collection. The grass is two layers of die cuts from my favorite stamps. Edwin is popped up with foam tape. I saw someone else use this Edwin and car together and knew I had to have them. I'm sorry I don't remember who it was.

I'm entering this in the Magnolia stamp lovers primary colors challenge here.

Give Edwin a Hug

2011-09-07T20:40:00.000-04:00

I needed to play with my Maggies again. It has been a while. I still have several that haven't seen ink and this isn't one of them. Oh well lots more fun for another day.

Edwin is colored with copics. His vest and all the dp are from basic grey's ambrosia collection. I was looking for a small plaid for his vest when I came across this paper and thought it would look great for a vest. The buttons are a die cut from memory box and have diamond glaze applied. The two corner dp's are a die cut with an inverted scallop from nestabilites.

Have a great day.

Beary Happy Day

2011-09-06T21:14:00.001-04:00

I had to make a card for a little one year old boy. Here is what I came up with.

I used a very old tac stamp. Isn't this bear just the cutest. I don't even know what set he is from that is how old a stamp it is. He is colored with copics. The dp is from color me silly by basic grey. The center pulls out and can be used as a bookmark. Hope you enjoy.

Noah's Ark

2011-09-02T21:59:00.000-04:00

Stamper's Quest E-zine has just posted several new cards and tutorials for cards with numbers. Here is mine.

Please go to here to see all the directions. To see all the cards check out the home page here.

Butterfly Kisses

2011-08-29T22:32:00.000-04:00

I got my order from the craft's meow here. I got several new nina b. designs stamps and just couldn't wait to use this one. It is way out of the ordinary of what I usually like but a little spice never hurts.

First I stamped the butterflies with a light pink chalk ink all over and then stamped the fairy image over top using gingerbread chalk ink. Stamped the words using burnt umber palette ink. Applied the edges with petunia pink chalk ink and some more of the gingerbread. I outlined the image and the wings with a glitter gelly roll pen and then tried to add just an eye. Well then she looked like an alien. What to do - I colored the whole image with the glitter pen and liked it oh so much better than with just the ink. I put two different flower soft colors on the flower that she is blowing. The flower stem was done a green souffle pen. The two butterflies are stamped with the petunia pink ink and cut out. The pink border was done by using a butterfly border die from memory box. I cut two butterfly borders out and the middle piece is what I used for the border. The dp is from basic grey. The ribbon is from the see spot save section at Target. A few pearls and the card is complete.

Here is the inside and you can see the butterfly border.

Hope you enjoy.

Beautiful Shelf

2011-08-28T22:02:00.000-04:00

I love this set from Nina B, now retired from the angel company. This is the first chance I have had to use it.

I have ordered some more of her stamps from another company, Cat's Meow here. Can't wait to get them.

I masked the doily and then stamped the dresser. The vase is glued on top. Everything is colored with copics. The dp is capella from basic grey. The butterflies are punched with a Martha Stewart punch with some gold stickles for the body. The flowers are from prima with yellow stickles for the centers. I was at Target thinking about this card and decided it needed more depth so I came home and added the flowers. Hope you enjoy.

Golfing Edwin

2011-08-27T22:46:00.000-04:00

I know, I know there is no stamp of Edwin golfing but I don't know any women that golf but I know lots of guys who do so I decided to make Golfing Tilda into Golfing Edwin.

I took the body of golfing Tilda and cut off her head and put in soccer Edwin in its place. I used a ruler to line up where the golf club should go and drew in the middle of the golf club. (my wonderful artistic talent at work again lol) Golfers often where unique pants so I paper pieced the pants using a scrap of basic grey dp and colored them with copics. All the coloring is done with copics. The great big golf ball is from a retired set from the angel company. The golf ball is covered with diamond glaze. The image and the golf ball are popped up with foam tape. Here is a picture of the inside of the card.

The words and the golf course are also from the set from the angel company.

Hope you all are having a tee-rific day. Stay safe if you are in Irene's path. Talked to dd #1 who is right outside of NYC and she is battening down the hatches.

Musical Mice

2011-08-26T13:51:00.000-04:00

Our musical director at church is having a birthday tomorrow. So I thought this image from house mouse stamps was perfect. He is one fabulous pianist and just a lot of fun.

The image is colored with distress inks, watercolor pencils and regular colored pencils. A couple of layers, a ribbon and some pearls complete this creation.

Have a fab Friday.

Notebooks

2011-08-24T18:23:00.000-04:00

DD is off to college but she wanted me to decorated some notebooks for her. I got them at Target last year when they were having a clearance on some of their notebooks. I think I paid 9 cents for them so even with the paper it was way less than some of the already decorated ones.

This one is done with the stamp set queenie, a retired stamp set from the angel company. Really sad because now all stamps from the angel company are retired. It has gone out of business. I was mostly just a hobbiest but I loved the stamps. I have so many. This paper is from bo bunny and double sided. So I cut the paper and used both sides. The dress is paper pieced and then colored with copics. Each dress has a different color of stickles along the side.

This one is done with harvest bear from the angel company. I took the picture before it was really dry. I put a layer of ModPodge on all of them to protect the paper. I doodled around the edge of the paper and around the image which is colored with copics.

This is the last one I did. This image is from Me and Carrie Lou. I love these stamps, well there aren't too many that I don't love. lol. Paper is from bo bunny. The image is colored with copics. Before the Mod Podge dried I put yellow stickles in the center of the flowers.

Hope you enjoyed my creations and maybe have inspired you.

Snow Flower Tilda

2011-08-15T23:20:00.001-04:00

Over at Book Endz Color Me Creative we have a book club and were supposed to read a book called Snowflower and the Secret Fan and then make a card to go with the book. This is what I came up with.

I used Chinese Tilda and a fan from Parked on Rubber. I have no idea if the fan is still available but I love it. Everything is colored with copics and then some stickles are applied. The black and silver are done with Viva Decor pens. The silver paper is from my stash and years old. The pink flowers were from the See Spot Save section at Target a couple of years ago. You can find lots of interesting things in the section.

This card is done for Book Endz here

And for the flower challenge at Magnolia Lovers Challenge blog here.
And for Magnolia Monday here.

Hope you enjoy. I do love reading your comments.

Nurse Tilda

2011-08-10T21:36:00.000-04:00

My boss/friend had a stroke while kayaking. It is really quite the miracle that he lived as he had to be floated down rapids on a raft, carried up a hill by eight men, taken by atv to ambulance and then life flighted to hours away to the hospital. He is going to be alright - no lasting problems as long as he follows orders. So this card is for him.

Tilda is colored with copics. The paper is from basic grey's june bug collection. The bird is from the basic bird stamp set by the angel company - I added the eye and wing with my wonderful drawing abilities. lol. Only paper is used - the flowers are paper stickers from the paper collection as is the "ribbon".

Here is the inside using another sticker from the collection.

I made this card for a couple of challenges.

Only paper for Magnolisious Highlights here.

And for the layout at Magnolia Lovers here.

Hope you enjoy.

Be Fabulous

2011-08-05T15:01:00.000-04:00

I got to play with one of my new stamps today - so I tried it in a couple of different ways.

I used Be Fabulous from the Angel Company. This first one is stamped in Burnt Umber on a kraft paper and colored with prisma color pencils. The one sunflower has brown and gold ebeads on it. There are some stickles added for some glitz. The dp is from bo bunny. A bow on the side finishes it off.

This one is colored in copic markers and the some stickles are added. The dp is from basic grey. The red above the flowers is done with the nestabilities. On the side are dew drops from Robin's Nest.

Hope you enjoyed.

Rachel's Turtle

2011-08-03T21:15:00.000-04:00

My dd's best friend loves turtles so every year I make her a turtle card. It was definitely time for a new turtle but as it her birthday is on Friday I didn't have time to order a new stamp so off to the internet for a digi. Fortunately my friend Danni came to my rescue and found this one for me at Karen's Doodles here. She has some really cute digi turtles and other digis.

Herbert is colored with copics. Lots of different greens here. lol The icing has crystal stickles as do the flowers in the corner. The little flowers on the digi have yellow stickles on the centers.

the little tassel on the hat has liquid applique on it for a bit of texture. The dp is from basic grey. I sewed around the blue dp using a scalloped stitch. A couple different nestabilities are used here. A big bow in the corner and some dew drops finish the card off.

Have a great day.

Love and Laughter

2011-07-26T19:16:00.001-04:00

I saw this really cool technique in an on-line magazine and just had to try it. I even woke this morning thinking just how I was going to do it. You know you are a die-hard stamper when you start dreaming about stamping. lol

I had a hard time getting this just right because I was stamping the image first and then trying to do the reflection in the water. Once I reread the instructions and found that I was doing it backwards it worked great. So how is this all done. First I cut out a circle and laid it on the glossy paper and brayered over it using blue breeze kaleidacolor (That was the first problem - finding my brayer which I hadn't used in forever lol). I brayered one layer and then turned it around and did another layer going in the opposite direction. On the bottom layer I didn't go over it quite so much because I wanted it to look a little wavy like water. I took off the mask of the circle and put on the hole of the circle and stippled yellow for the sun or moon. Next I stamped up the tree from the angel company's love and laughter set and brayered over the stamp and then used the brayer to put the ink on the glossy paper. I carefully looked where the trunk started and where I wanted it to land on the paper. Then I inked the stamp again and stamped the stamp onto the glossy paper over where the brayered image was. Next I used a white pen and put some lines in the water and then put stardust stickles in the water as well. I put some more stickles on the moon or sun. I can't decide which I think it is. And that is about it. A layer of gold paper on a black card and a three square brads at the bottom. Hope you enjoyed the technique and I hope I explained it well. If you have any questions just ask.
Oh I forgot to say I used a gray Bic marker and made a line at the horizon.

Wilma

2011-07-23T14:16:00.000-04:00

Surprisingly this is my second post for the day. It is so hot I am just lounging in my studio until it is time to go to work this evening. Someone at Target gave me a sympathy card for when my dog had to go to doggie heaven and it touched me so I wanted to do a thank you card for her.

Of course I had to use a dog image for the card. This one is Wilma from Magnolia. She is colored with copics. The flower was stamped a second time and popped up with foam tape. The bow has a thin layer of diamond glaze on it to make it appear shiny. The ribbon bow was tied with the bow-easy. A few dew drops in the corners and a flower in the last one finish it off. The dp is blush from basic grey.

Thanks for looking.

Christmas in July

2011-07-23T11:16:00.000-04:00

The weather certainly isn't like Christmas but it is time to start getting ready for making things for Christmas in July. I know I never have enough time in December to do all the things I want so getting my Christmas cards done early really helps, not that I always do it.

I was getting ready to cut out my new stamps from the angel company and was looking at this stamp and suddenly it said poinsettia to me. This flower stamp is from the Katy set. The words are from the retired set faith, hope and love. The flower is colored with copics. The leaves were inked with aloe vera and hint of pesto and cut out and glued to the back of the flower. The center is yellow stickles. The dp is from the angel company's Amelia paper set.

Have a great day and hope you stay cool.

Potty Girl

2011-07-21T22:21:00.001-04:00

It is so hot here; I am wishing for winter. I don't do heat and I don't do pain. lol Oh well, sometimes you just have to endure.

This little girl is doing just fine. She looks pretty cool while she sits. I saw a card done on Barb's blog today and just had to get over to Mo's pencil drawings here to get her.

When I saw this image I thought of my cousin and made it for her. She is colored with copics. The dp is from basic grey. The buttons were cut out using a die from memory box. They don't add a lot of bulk or a lot of weight. I did use an extra layer of paper behind the dp and then put some diamond glaze on the buttons. The saying I made up and did on the computer. Here is the inside.

Hope you enjoy and say cool.

Hoppy Birthday

2011-07-17T15:36:00.000-04:00

I am so excited. My son came home yesterday and got rid of the virus on my desktop. I am so thankful I had the netbook to use but my desktop is so much better for full time use. Thank you, David.

On to my card.

This card used almost everything available from the angel company. The frog and sentiment use a stamp set you can get free by purchasing $100.00 worth of goodies. The flower is from a set called Katie. The dp is from the paper set called Emma. The images are all colored with copics. The flower leaves and stem were done by first inking with Tea Leaves Versa Magic Chalk ink and then just inking the lower part of the leaves with hint of pesto Versa Magic Chalk ink and then stamping on a piece of tannish paper in the Emma set. Hoppy Birthday is stamped with the hint of pesto. A few star dust stickles were applied on the frog, flower and the tag flowers. To figure out how to color the frog I did a search for frog images on line to find a colorful frog I liked and tried to color it like the image. Hope you enjoy this card. Don't you just love these new stamp sets.

Baby Tingla

2011-07-13T21:30:00.000-04:00

I have had this stamp for quite some time. I had to have it when it first came out but then no one was having any babies so this is the first chance I have had to use it.

This little angel is colored with copics and has stardust stickles on the lace and wings. The hearts are done with nestabilities and edged with ocean blue chalk ink. The dots on the one heart are done with Scribbles. I know there are cool new ways to make small pearls but I haven't broken down and bought any yet. lol. The light dp is from basic grey and the darker one is from memory box. The little flower is three layers of different paper flowers are had on hand with a dew drop in the middle.

Have a great day. It is my bedtime so like little Tingla I am going to go lay my head down.

Sweet Wishes

2011-07-12T22:00:00.000-04:00

My oldest dd has a birthday on Sunday and she always liked house mouse stamps so I thought I would make her a house mouse card.

These cute little mice were all colored with copics as is everything. Then when I finished coloring it all I added a white prisma color pencil over everything in the bowl. The lollipops on the outside have diamond glaze on them. There are streaks of stardust stickles on the bowl where the light would be hitting it. The dp is from sweet threads by basic grey. Added scrapper's floss around the ribbon to create a bow.

Here is a picture of the inside.

The sweet on the front on the inside I wrote.

Have a sweet day.

Edwin Hugs

2011-07-11T20:37:00.001-04:00

My computer has a virus so I am using my netbook. I don't know how to adjust pictures on it so I am not sure how this will look but we will give it a try.

Edwin is colored with copics. The dp is from the retired black tie from basic grey. I roughed up the edges a bit and sewed with red thread around the edge. I tied a ribbon around the paper and tied a knot on the button. The image and red paper were cut out with nestabilities and then white dots were added to the red nestabilities. That's it. I sure hope to be back with my computer soon. My son should be home this weekend to fix it.

Summer Lily

2011-07-10T15:39:00.000-04:00

It is a hot day in Pittsburgh, PA. Fortunately although I don't have ac my house is pretty comfortable. Here is my card for a hot summer day. Wouldn't you just love to be at the beach with a glass of cool lemonade.

The stamp and all the papers are from the angel company. Isn't she just the cat's meow. lol. Everything is colored with copics. The glass and the glasses are covered with diamond glaze. There is sand flower soft in the sand. The circle tag is from the paper collection more mimi and the scalloped circle is cut out with a nestabilities. There is a nail head sticker in the middle. The shell in the ribbon is a brad from eyelet outlet. Hope you are staying cool.

ship

2011-07-08T13:59:00.000-04:00

I seem to be on a nautical kick. This time I am using a retired stamp from the angel company. It is a kinda of a mix between formal and informal - not sure if it works. You be the judge.

I colored this with copics. The water has some stickles. The scallops are from a nestilibilites die cut with white dots. Can't remember where the flag and water scallop dies are from and the cat is on my lap and doesn't want to be disturbed. lol. Ribbon and charm are added around the water.

Here is a picture of the inside.

The letters are also from the angel company but I wrote i the "appy" "irthday" myself. Let me know what you think.

Seascape

2011-07-06T21:21:00.001-04:00

I really should be going to bed but I just had to share what I created tonight. I haven't had time to do much creating lately as I was rearranging my studio. It still isn't completed but I had to stop and stamp. The stamps are from Magnolia and perfect for guy cards. The ship scene was stamped, colored with copics, accented with stickles then left to dry. Two more images were stamped. One was colored just around the port hole and both portholes were cut out. A piece of acetate is in between the two portholes and the put over the ship but under the waves which were cut with an X-acto knife. Some more stickles were added to the waves. Nailhead stickers are on the porthole. A nestabilitiy die was used to cut out the dark blue. The pelican is a Magnolia stamp also and colored with copics. Red nailhead stickers are in the corners and the other corner has a silver circle clip. Hope you enjoy this creation. And as always I really do appreciate your comments.
I entered this card in the 7 kids challenge red, white and blue blog here.

Wishing Well

2011-07-01T13:00:00.000-04:00

This stamp is from another on-line stamping buddy, Kim. Isn't is just so cute. Here is the card I made with it.

It is all colored with copics. The tails have liquid applique applied to them. The money has stardust stickles and the jar has diamond glaze. The corners are punched and star brads were added. It is for the birthday of a little boy who was born on the 4th of July so of course it is red, white and blue.

Hope you have a great Independence Day if you live in the USA. Mine will be rather quiet but maybe I will have time to clean and craft.

Cool House Mouse

2011-06-28T21:48:00.001-04:00

I just received this stamp from an on-line stamping buddy, Eve. Thanks so much. It is just adorable.

I colored this image with copics and prismacolor pencils. I have a hard time getting those tiny grasses done with the copics so I used pencils. The glasses have diamond glaze applied to them. The little umbrellas have stickles except for the green one which has a spica (sp) pen on it. The sand has some flower soft sand applied to it. The sea shells are brads from Eve as well as are the pearls in the corner. The umbrella I got from someplace - sorry I don't remember where. The dp is from the lemonade collection of basic grey. Hope you enjoy.
This card was made for the summer challenge over at HM&Friends here

Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop - June

2011-06-24T23:43:00.000-04:00

It is the 25th of the month and time for our monthly Christmas blog hop. If you came here from Nadyne's blog here you are on the right track. I love white and gold together for Christmas so here is my card using those colors.

Tilda is colored with copics. Her dress just has a touch of C1 on it and stardust stickles. I used a couple of different embossing folders for the whites. The merry is from a stamp set by the angel company and embossed with Egyptian gold. The cut out for merry was from memory box while the one behind Tilda is a nestabilities. The gold oval was cut out using - oh I forget what it is called right now. It is getting late. Merry is fastened with brads. The pearls are from embellashiments. Here is a picture without the glare from the gold.

Each of the golds are different colors in real life. Tilda's dress is a different white than the other whites.

Here is a view of the inside - very simple.

Hope you enjoyed the card. Next up is Tanya. You can see her wonderful creation here.

Rise and Shine

2011-06-22T20:27:00.000-04:00

Oh is this stamp out of my comfort zone. I just don't do roosters. lol. But for some reason this stamp called my name. I know who I will send the card to. My girlfriend from high school who tells me I grunted all the way to school when we walked together. She will get a kick out of it I know.

I went on line to find pictures of roosters to figure out how to color it. He is done with copics. The sun has stardust stickles applied. Got to have some sparkle. I got to use some scraps to frame the rooster. The green was already torn even. There are little lines done with the score-it-all and then I made red lines with copics. Added some dew drops and a swirly paper clip. The stamp is from the angel company.

Please let me know what you think of this card. So different from what I have been doing.

Tilda with Tree

2011-06-21T21:43:00.000-04:00

My kids got me a couple of trees for Mother's Day, rather late, but that is alright. I planted them this evening. One is a dogwood and the other a Japanese maple. This card goes right along with them.

I colored Tilda with distress inks and then added some Twinkling H2o's to the dress and wings. The leaves, tree and flower border are done with memory box dies. The butterfly is done with a Martha Stewart punch. Tilda is popped up with foam tape. Her lace has crystal stickles added and there are pink stickles on the flowers of the border and silver stickles for the body of the butterfly. The silver dots are nailhead stickers.

Here is a close-up of the leaves.

And a close-up of Tilda.

This card is done for the following challenges:

Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog here.

Dies and Punches at the Paper Shelter blog here

Summer at All That Scraps here

Star duster Tilda

2011-06-17T13:12:00.002-04:00

Three posts in three days - wow! I haven't done that in quite sometime. There probably won't be a post tomorrow as I work tonight and tomorrow and then have to get things ready for my Sunday School lesson. Here is my card.

I think this Tilda is called Spellbinder. I saw this die cut from memory box and knew the two had to go together. No I did not paste on all this little stars. I cut them out using the die cut and then put the gold sparkly paper behind the cut outs. The blue paper is edged with some dark blue chalk ink and then around the cut out areas of the stars. I added some stardust stickles to the gold for more shimmers. Tilda is colored with copics. Her apron and shoes have crystal stickles added. The blue dp is from memory box and the pink is from bo bunny. I put red and pink stickles in the grass which by the way is a die cut from my favorite things. Really it is supposed to be waves but I though it could pass for grass in the wind. I added some flowers and pearls. Oh and Tilda's wand was paper pieced with the same gold paper as the stars.

Here is a close-up of the stars.

Hope you enjoyed this card. I will be showing lots more different die cuts from memory box as I got carried away and bought several.
This card is done for the Anything Goes Challenge at Magnolia Stamp Lovers Challenge here.
It is also for the summer challenge over at All that Scraps here.

Beach Kitty

2011-06-16T18:51:00.000-04:00

I just love this stamp set from the angel company. Not sure why because I hate spending time at the beach because I always get burned. The set is called Summer Fibi & Lilly. If you are interested in purchasing it just let me know and I can order it for you.

It is colored with copics. The pail has diamond glaze on it. The sand has the mini sand flower soft on it and some glitter. The starfish has stardust stickles. The dp is also from the angel company and is called Emma. I used two labels from the dp collection and stamped Happy Birthday on them using red brick chalk ink. I also used the same ink to edge the yellow dp. Added a bow and some buttons.

Hope you enjoy this creation.

Strawberries

2011-06-15T18:04:00.000-04:00

I love strawberries and they are in season here now. I have been eating lots. And who can complain when they are so good for you. So in honor of strawberries I used the new strawberry Tilda on my card.

This is a gatefold card, held shut by the flowers. Tilda is colored with copics. The strawberries and lace have stardust stickles on them. The boots have diamond glaze. The fence is done with a Martha Stewart punch. The dp is from bo bunny.

Here is a picture of the card half open.

And of a picture of the inside.

Hope you enjoyed today's card. I'm off to eat some strawberries.

Graduate Edwin

2011-06-12T14:38:00.003-04:00

Life has been very busy lately. I had to have my dog put to sleep. She was 16 years old and I think she had a stroke. Poor thing was so tired and having trouble moving her back quarters. It was time but oh so sad.

Then I had to get my dd ready to go to Boy Scout Camp. She is going to work there this summer. I think this is a hoot. She will be in a Boy Scout uniform and driving a truck. This is my daughter who puts on a dress and says it makes her so happy. I want to be a fly on the wall and see how she does.

Anyway I finally made time to make another card.

Isn't Edwin just so proud of his accomplishment, as well he should be, it takes a lot of hard work to graduate. He is colored with copics. I used a white pen to make the details of his shoes shoe up. I have trouble in really small areas using the copics. The red glitter is from art institute glittering system. The glitter on the tassel and the stars are stickles. The stars are from a retired angel company set. The dp is from basic grey and the banner was done with word.

Here are a couple of pics of the inside.

Now you can see it with the gift card. Now to get it mailed out.

I really enjoy your comment; they do lift my spirits.

Graduate Tilda

2011-06-03T10:31:00.000-04:00

With graduations in full swing I have lots of graduation cards to make. Here is one I just finished.

This girl's high school colors are red and white. Tilda is colored with copics. The words are stamped with an angel company stamp.The red under the nestabilities is covered with glitter. You will see lots of stray red glitter if you look closely. The red dots are colored nail head stickers. Those are two rows of ribbon right next to each other. I added a star paper clip near the top. This girl is rather a tom boy so no flowers here.

Here is a picture of the inside.

Hope you enjoyed my creation for today. I do love reading all your comments.

Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop - May Mini Tilda

2011-05-25T21:19:00.000-04:00

I didn't get this posted this morning due to the power outage. What happened I don't know, but about 44,000 homes were without power. So glad to have it back on. My dd and I didn't know what to do with ourselves so we took a long walk and then went to bed early. I'm glad I don't have to live without electricity very often. Anyway here is my card for today.

Tilda is celebrating with balloons. Not the usual fare for Christmas but I just got this mini Tilda and wanted to try it out. Everything is colored with copics. I stamped Tilda three times. I cut out the first one and the other two I just did the balloons. I also stamped Tilda on the green nestabilities cut out and then adhered a colored Tilda to it. Then I added the two extra balloons and drew in the extra strings. The banner across the top was done with the computer, the shadows were done with copics. The poinsettias are from hero arts and the centers are from Robin's Nest. There is green ribbon on the side and a piece of mini rickrack from my sewing supplies. The dp is from bo bunny.

Hope you enjoyed my creation.

You can visit Robin's blog here http://robinroom.blogspot.com/ to see what she created for the blog hop.

Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop - May

2011-05-25T07:07:00.000-04:00

If you are here for the blog hop I am sorry but I don't have a card to share. My electricity went out while I was making my card last night and never came back on until 6:45 this morning. I will try to finish it tonight and then share. In the meantime please visit Robin's blog

http://robinroom.blogspot.com/

Happy Anniversary

2011-05-19T19:16:00.002-04:00

I needed an anniversary card for Sunday. A couple in our church has been married for 50 years. What a wonderful testimony to the power of love - theirs and God's. Of course I had to use a couple of Magnolia images.

I just love this couple. Everything was colored with copics. I have to say I love the way that Edwin's shirt came out. Lots of stickles everywhere. The butterfly border on the bottom was done with a die cut by memory box. The dp is basic grey.
I even decorated the inside a bit, something I rarely do.

I made this for the following challenges:

flutterby Wednesday to use butterflies and their sketch here

Magnolia-licious Challenge to use black and white and one other color here

wedding challenge at Magnolia-licious here (what is an anniversary but a wedding that has lasted.)
And for the using the sketch by Carly I entered it here.

Hope you enjoy.

Shy Edwin

2011-05-16T21:09:00.000-04:00

Edwin is just so cute and isn't used often enough by me. I just got this one recently and finally had a moment to create. The grass has been growing so fast this spring that all I seem to do is mow it. Did God really want us to mow grass? lol

This is really a simple card. The dp is from bobunny. I stamped the image and colored him with copics and adhered him to the blue dp. Then I stamped and colored just the rose and popped it up and applied stickles. The corners are scalloped nestabiliites. In the opposite corners are nailhead stickers. All the nestabilities have a dark blue chalk ink edged around them. A piece of ribbon and it was done - only not near that fast. I agonize over each little step.

I am posting this on the Magnolia Monday blog here

Have a great day. And I would love it if you could take a moment to leave a comment.

Birthday Mouse

2011-05-06T21:52:00.000-04:00

I love the house mouse stamps. I don't have very many of them but they are so cute. This is another card for my dd's birthday. I send one from the church and one from me - so she gets two.

Everything is colored with copics. Stardust stickles are added on the frosting and the mouse's breath. The candle has diamond glaze on it.

I struggled over it trying to get the layers just where I wanted them and in the colors I wanted them. Then before I was finished with it I got stung by something and my hand and half my forearm swelled all up. That meant a trip to the doctor to get some meds. Such fun. It is getting better now.

Hope you enjoy the card.

Together

2011-05-01T14:47:00.000-04:00

I love teddy bears and so does my dd. So this card is for her birthday next Sunday.

My dd is a strawberry blond so that is the color I tried to make her hair. Every thing is colored in copics. The dots in the dress are done with the colorless blender. There are dew drops from Robin's nest in the corners. Pink Stickles are in the middle of the yellow flowers and on the butterfly wings and teddy wings and stardust stickles are around the ring of flowers and the butterfly path. The edge is done with a fiskars punch. The bow is done with a bow easy. This was a little harder because I used two layers of ribbons.The dps are from bo bunny. You can get the image from stampingscrapping here.

This card is also made for the Flutterby Wednesday challenge here. You were to use three flowers, two dps and one button.

Have a great day and if you weather is like ours try and stay dry.

Circus Tilda

2011-04-28T21:29:00.000-04:00

There is a very cool challenge going on over at Magnolicious Challenge blog here. I used Circus Tilda and Carousel Horse to make my card.

Everything is colored with copics. The dp is from bo bunny. The swirls are cut from a Tim Holtz die. I made the bow with my bow easy. That is one cool tool.

Here is the same card.

When you pull the tab Tilda and her horse move along. I hadn't done one of these cards in a long, long time. I really had to think about how to do it again. If you are interested I can do a tutorial - just not tonight. lol

Hope you enjoyed this card as much as I enjoyed making her. I would love for you to leave comments. They really make my day.

Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop - April

2011-04-24T20:41:00.003-04:00

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. Mine was so very nice. We went to church for breakfast then had our Resurrection Worship Service. Afterward the kids all came over to my house. My oldest dd called from NY so I connected with all of them. We had a great dinner together and then they left to go back to their places. I don't like it when they leave. Oh well I guess that is why we have them to make them responsible adults but I miss them. Enough of that.

On to my card for the Magnolia-licous Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop. Every 25th of the month we have a Christmas blog hop. If you have come from the oh so very talented Norma Lee's blog here. You are on the right track. If you happened here by chance and want to start at the beginning or get lost go here.

I chose dangling Tilda for my image this time.

Tilda's clothes are paper pieced and accented with copics. I was just going to color Tilda but my new C9 copic marker decided to blob everywhere. I had almost finished coloring her and didn't want to start all over again so I just paper pieced her top and bottom. I tried to make it look as if she is hanging off the circle. The white circles are done with nestabilities. The pearl dots are done with iridescent white scribbles. The ribbon was a small piece I just found laying on my desk that I have no recollection of where it came from but it fit with my white theme so I used it. The punch at the bottom of the ribbon is done with a fiskars punch. The silver strip at the top is a peel-off from Magenta. The background white was embossed with an dotted embossing folder. The poinsettia stamp are from Magnolia. They were stamped with silver and embossed with silver pearl embossing powder. The centers are done with silver stickles. The corners have have pearls in them. Around the embossed dots is silver mirror cardstock. It almost looks black in the picture. Here is another view.

Here is the inside.

The banner is done with my favorite stamps die cut. And then there are two more poinsettias. The letters are from a retired angel company stamp set.

Here is a close-up.

Hope you enjoyed my card for the day. Now it is off to see what wonderful creation Robin created here.

Thank you so much for stopping by.
This card is done for the anything goes stampingscrappingchallenge here.

Peeker

2011-04-20T18:58:00.000-04:00

Maybe warm weather will actually come but in the mean time I think I will stamp with summer type stamps to warm up. Here is one I got from Susana's store. I just love these new peekers.

She is colored with copics. The dp is from bo bunny. The flowers are from prima flowers with mini dew drops from Robin's nest. The pearls on the side are colored with copics as well. I didn't have the right color so I colored them and my fingers as well. The butterflies are punched out and colored with copics and then have stardust stickles on them. The punch on the top and bottom are from fiskars. I did the bow with a bow easy tool, from Susana's store as well. What a wonder that is. It makes so much prettier bows than I make on my own.
I made this card for flutterby wednesdays here anything goes.

And for the SCACD friends challenge here to use one of their stamps, a ribbon and 2 dps.

Have a super day and please leave a comment. They really mean so much.

Bird Cage

2011-04-15T15:02:00.000-04:00

I got a couple of new stamps at my lss. I wanted something different than what I have been playing with for a while. Don't get me wrong I love my maggies but sometimes you want something different. Here is the card I made.

The stamp is from Great Expectations. I even embossed with gold and I hadn't done that is a long time either. It is colored with copics. The dp is from basic grey. The flower is done with my favorite stamps die cut. This card is being entered in flutterby wednesday here. The challenge was to pastels and of course butterflies or angels.

Hope you enjoy my creation.

Flower

2011-04-12T22:20:00.000-04:00

I went to my local stamp store today for their make-a-take class. We did this cool flower. They used a punch to do it but I thought I am not paying $25.00 for just one punch and there were two different sizes. I thought I'll use my scalloped circle nestabilites and save my self a punch of money plus I won't have to punch anything. Here is the card I made at home using the same technique.

I used bo bunny paper for the background and the flower (It was double sided). I had a little trouble coloring her face. You see I did use some punches for the butterflies and the border. I received the butterfly charm from someone but don't remember whom. Added some sprays of pearls and some half pearls around the edges. I used a button in the center of mine flower with some fiber tied around. I was surprised to see the shoes turn a pink color. They were white before I added the crystal sickles. Oh well I like them just the same.

Oh if you want to know how we did the flower it is pretty easy. Make three circles and then hold them together while you cut part way in at each indent. (Actually you could skip some and just do every other one or every third one) Then using glue dots put each layer together but don't line the scallops up. Then fluff and add whatever center you would like. In the first one it is just a paper circle. I used a button but you could use a big brad. I think that would be cool.

Hope you enjoy.

Cross

2011-04-08T21:40:00.001-04:00

It is almost Easter and I am trying to make some Easter cards. Here is one I did today for the angel company Easter basket blog hop. Although the name says Easter basket it can be any Easter card.

The image is colored with copics and then run through a xyron machine. Afterward I sprinkled glitter onto the adhesive. The cross on top was a charm but I cut off the loop and adhered it with a glue dot. The squiggles and dots around the edges were done with a stardust gelly roll pen. There is a yellow ribbon tied around a bow of off white ribbon. The dp is from perhaps by basic grey. Hope you enjoy this creation.

April Showers

2011-04-01T15:32:00.000-04:00

It must have been raining in Tilda's life because she is wearing her rubber boots. She wouldn't need them here for the rain but the snow, although the sun has come out.

I love this Tilda and I love the dp so they just had to go together. The dp is from memory box. Tilda is colored in copics. The gate and the lamp post are from Magnolia also. Tilda is mounted on foam tape and she is carrying a little purse charm. Not sure where I got it - maybe my dd's collection that she gave me. The ribbon is just two pieces tied together. I outlined the nestabilities die cuts for some more interest. It is stitched around the one layer. There are little dew drops in the flowers and in the one corner. Tilda's dress and bow have stickles and her boots have diamond glaze on them.

Hope you enjoyed my card for today. I love reading your comments. They really make my day.

Springtime

2011-03-30T19:00:00.000-04:00

The calendar says it is spring but the weather sure doesn't. There is lots of white fluffy stuff falling from the skies. The grass is getting covered with it. I love snow but right now I was thinking how nice it would be to see green grass and buds. Oh well maybe this card will make up for it.

I used Tilda with lace jeans, Magnolia with butterfly and floral background. Everything is colored with copics. The dp is from memory box as are some of the butterflies. The corners are done with fleur-de-lis spellbinders. Lots of stickles are added. I love glitter. The twill comes with the paw prints on it. I cut the butterfly off of Magnolia and glued it onto Tilda.

Hope you enjoy this card and I hope we really do have spring soon. lol

Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop

2011-03-25T06:00:00.002-04:00

Can you believe it is the 25th of March already. It was so pretty here today but it is supposed to get cold. BRR! Oh well spring is on the way - really. If you just happened to my blog you might want to start at the beginning of the blog hop here. If you came from the talented Nadyne;s blog you are on the right track. I chose Tilda with roses to use for my card today. You could really use her for almost any time of the year even though she is from a Christmas collection.

Tilda is colored with copics. Her halo has gold stickles. There are also stardust stickles for highlights around the flowers and for the twinkling of the halo. I don't remember who makes the dp. The rhinestone swirl is from Multicraft Imports. The roses in the corner were cut out using a my favorite things die cut. The felt was really a hot pink but I colored them with different red copics. The hearts were cut out with nestabilities, as was the cardstock around Tilda.

Here is what the inside looks like.

Copics used

reds : R29, R27, R24

greens: G28, G24, G22, G20

browns for hair: E35, E34, E33

shadows: G20, Y00, C1, C3

face: E0000 E000, E00, R20

Your next stop on the trail is Robin's blog.

Hope you enjoyed my card and the hop.

Tilda with Lollipop

2011-03-21T22:12:00.000-04:00

Don't you just love your sweets. I know I do but I gave them up for Lent in hopes of loosing some weight. Haven't lost any but haven't gained any either. But Tilda hasn't given up her lollipops.

Tilda is sitting on the lace jar with some gum drops inside. The gum drops are from a retired set by the angel company. Everything is colored with copics. The gum drops have star dust stickles as are the dots and ribbons on Tilda's dress. The jar and lollipop have diamond glaze applied. The swirl is from Tim Holtz. The flowers were done with organza ribbon. The bright pink one is done with tulle. The swirl has the stickles and their are pearls around the swirl. The dp is from the lemonade collection by basic grey. I'll be back on Friday with The Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop. Hope to see you then.

Green Tilda

2011-03-15T20:54:00.000-04:00

My dd was home from college last week and I didn't get too much stamping done but I'm trying to get some things done even though I'm not feeling particularly well. Not sure what the problem is. Any way you don't want to hear about my troubles.

This first card I did for the challenge at Magnolia-licious Challenge here. The card is supposed to be green. I colored Tilda with mint greens. Do you know how hard it is to find dp in mint green? At least in my stash. My greens seem to be mostly lime greens.

The heart was cut out of felt using nestabilities. I wasn't sure if my felt could be cut with them as it is a little thicker but it worked just fine. I put dots using copics around the edge of the heart. It just seemed to be too plain. I cut slits in the heart to thread the ribbon through and tie it. I used stickles around the dark edges of the dress and the white shoes. Over the shoes I put diamond glaze. The dp is basic grey from the blush collection.

Here is another card I just finished.

I just love these winged angels from Bildmalarna. I paper pieced the dress. I had colored it first and didn't like the combination so I found a dp that would go with it. The flower is done with dies from my favorite things that can be gotten here. But I just looked and didn't see this one but they have lots of other cool dies.

Have a great day.

Winged Friends

2011-03-09T21:10:00.000-05:00

I finally got to use the Bildmalarna stamps that I bought awhile back. This is a little winged friend called my flowers. I made this card for the stamping scrapping challenge here

using this sketch

Here is what I did with it.

She is colored with copics. The dp is from basic grey's two scoops collection. A few stickles are added here and there. The border punch is from fiskars.

Hope you enjoy this card.

Peace Be Still & Fibi & Lily

2011-03-08T19:15:00.000-05:00

I have two cards to share with you today. My dd is home on spring break so it took me a while to get these finished. The first one is from the stamp set Peace Be Still by the angel company.

The image is colored with copics. Stickles were applied to the water. The birds were marked with a souffle pen and the postmark has diamond glaze. The clouds were done by tearing a piece of paper and then marking off the paper with a sponge and ink. The dp is from basic grey. The blue and white paper I did by doodling with a white pen.

The ribbon color is not true to life at all. It is an iridescent color nearer to the blue kitty's dress.The flowers were done with die cuts from my favorite stamps here. The image is colored with copics.

Hope you enjoyed these cards. I always love to read your comments.

Fibi

2011-03-02T20:51:00.000-05:00

I am on a roll. I made another card tonight. I haven't done this in a long time. I had gotten this stamps set before Christmas but just never had a chance to use it - so tonight was the night.

This pretty kitty is from the stamp set Fibi and Lilly by the angel company. She is colored with copics. The center of the flower has clear microbeads on it. The circle is from the stamp set all occasion circles. and the words from the retired set rose sentiments. The dp is from basic grey. Around the edge of the dp is lines using a souffle pen. It doesn't show up too well even in person let alone in the photo. I didn't want the card too frilly because it is going to a guy. He is a vet and has a cat. He was just super today and I wanted to thank him. Thank you for visiting.

Peace Be Still

2011-03-01T22:40:00.001-05:00

Amazingly I used another stamp besides a Magnolia. I used a stamp from the stamp set Peace Be Still by the angel company. Another wowzer is I used my color pencils and not my copics. It is fun to use different things sometimes.

I used some ultra fine citrus flower soft on the trees to make it look a bit like spring and some ultra fine sand flower soft on the sand (well what else). I used my score-it-all to make the creases near the bottom. I looked and looked for my stapler to staple the ribbon but couldn't find it. Maybe the cats took off with it. I did find a mini green stapler and staples from Target way back when and used it. The image was stamped using burnt umber Palette ink. The edges were done with hint of pesto Versa magic chalk ink.

Oh and here is tonight's dinner I made for myself. I don't often cook just for me. It is potato soup.

Have a great evening.

Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop

2011-02-25T06:00:00.003-05:00

It is the 25th of the month which means it is time for the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop. Hooray - a Christmas card done. If you have come from the very talented Norma Lee's blog you are on the right track. If you have just stumbled on to my blog you might want to start at the beginning by going to http://magnolia-liciouschristmasallyearlong.blogspot.com/ to see all the gorgeous cards. All the Magnolia stamps can be purchased at Diana's store here.

I just purchased Tilda with a Heart and just had to use her for this card.

Of course I wanted to make her more Christmasy so I cut out the heart and added the poisettia, also a Magnolia stamp and put Tilda's hand on the flower. The pot and the words are from the angel compamy. I drew in the stem of the poinsettia. I am getting to be quite the artist. lol. Everything is colored with copics. The shoes and the pot have diamond glaze applied. Lots of crystal stickles are added. Here is a close-up of Tilda.

And here is the inside.

I'm going to add some stickles to the poinsettias here but the front wasn't dry yet.

The dp is from bo bunny.

Copics used:

skin: E000, E00, E11

dress: G000, G00, G02, G14

poinsettia: R59, R29, R27, R24, Y17, Y11

pot: W7, W5, W3, G000

shadows: Y17, Y13, Y11, W5

Hope you enjoyed my creation. It is the first card I have done all year. I was so busy making my calendar pages I just haven't done any. Felt good.

Now you are off to see Robin's blog.

More Calendar Pages

2011-02-22T11:59:00.000-05:00

I can't believe it is almost the end of February and I still don't have all these calendars done. I have one completed and the other four are getting there. Then I look at it like I am almost making 60 cards so it is really amazing I am this far.

July - I drew my own tree. I am such an artist. lol

August - I had made an explosion box a while ago and took it apart to make this page.

September - I was so upset when I found out they discontinued making this card stock. I just love it. Oh well off to find a new favorite card stock.

October

November

December - this dp is from nitwit - you print it yourself. Pretty cool. That way you don't have so much paper sitting around - you just print what you want when you want.

Hope you enjoyed this calendar. Off to eat some lunch and then go to work. We had 9 inches of snow and the parking lot wasn't plowed so I couldn't get in. My son is going to drop me off because it still isn't plowed.

Calendar Pages

2011-02-01T20:28:00.000-05:00

I can't believe I'm still not done with my calendars and January is already over. I had company, I was sick, I had to clean and my creativity is just running slowly. Well I am half done. Maybe I will complete the calendar by the time February is over. I'll just make those months 2012. lol Without much comment here are the next pages.

Note that I colored the wrong part for the hands. Oh well I am not turning back. I drew my own bench for the March calendar.

Off to try and make some more pages.

Calendar January

2010-12-31T12:54:00.000-05:00

It is time for my annual calendar display. I am a little behind on getting them ready this year. I never do get them all ready before January 1st but I am slower than usual this year. I have one page of the five calendar pages that I need to do done.

I used the new mini magnolias. I didn't realize how tiny they really are, although they work just fine for this size. The regular size ones would have never fit. The format is 4 x 4. In the end I will bind the pages together with my bind-it-all.

Here is a close up of each of the pages.

The image is colored with copics. The edges are embossed with white diamond embossing powder. The snowflakes are from hero arts. The ribbon is from the see spot save section at Target. The dp is basic grey. The pearls are cut apart from a sting of pink pearls that I had from my mother.

Hope you enjoy and be on the watch for the rest of the pages in the near future - I hope.

Poinsettia

2010-12-17T23:37:00.000-05:00

I really have to finish my Christmas cards and get them out. Christmas is in a week. Ack! I'm not done shopping either. My motto is always what gets done gets done and what doesn't doesn't matter. Christmas comes anyway. I made this card with the poinsettia stamp from the angel company. I don't think there is a poinsettia stamp that I don't like.

It is colored with copics. I made the dots around the image in yellows to help make it pop more as if there was light shining behind it. There are stickles on the image and gold stickles in the center. The paper is amelia from the angel company. I distressed the edges a bit. A pretty simple card that shows off the stamp.

Loving Couple

2010-12-15T19:06:00.000-05:00

My niece is getting married tomorrow and I needed a card so of course I made one. Unfortunately it is going to be late - the story of my life. I had to use the Loving Couple from Magnolia. I got it a while ago just knowing that I would need it. I finally got to use it. Anyone else want to get married? lol

The image is colored with copics. I was surprised with how many colors I used to do this image as it doesn't seem to be that colorful.

dress - R00, 00

flowers - R24 - R29

Shirt - BG0001.0

pants -W5, W3, W1, 00

The flowers have gold stickles in the center. There are crystal stickles on the dots and a bit in Tilda's hair. The flower has frosted stickles on it. The pearls were some my mother had for her crafting and I happened to find them the other day. They are so appropriate for this card as it is for her granddaughter. The dp is from memory box, their Christmas collection. For the line around the nestabilitie I just left it on the paper and traced around it.

Hope you have enjoyed this card.

I love reading your comments. They just make my day.

Hung on a tree

2010-12-14T19:36:00.000-05:00

When I saw this stamp set in the fall inspiration catalog from the angel company I just knew I had to have it. Of course I think I have to have most stamps. lol I have lots of ideas on different ways to use this stamp but here is my first.

This set is called "hung on a tree" It is just so elegant. It is stamped in peeled paint distress ink and then I used a brush and water to spread the ink around. I added a little bit of copics in the holly to add some deeper color. Then I added crystal stickles on most of the swirls and some gold stickles on the top and dots around the tree. There are red stickles where the berries are. All the edges are distressed. The beads on the side are from Queen & Co. I don't remember where the dp is from.

Steelers Doll

2010-12-10T12:21:00.000-05:00

I am going to a Christmas Party this evening and we have to bring a white elephant gift. I got the idea to make a steelers doll. I used to make this type of doll before but never as a steeler fan. I think she turned out too cute. Hopefully she gets stolen a lot. That would just make my evening. Now I have to make a dessert.

Isn't she just too much with her terrible towel and pennant? She even is wearing a football necklace. I'll be taking orders. lol