Be Happy !

Wow can you believe we are just a couple of days away from 2010 ! I tell you the years just fly by these days. I hope you have a very safe and Happy New Year whatever you may be doing. I will be going to my son's and just hanging out playing games and watching movies. I am so excited I finally got my Winter kit stamps mounted so I could ink them up and play ! I used this cute little sketch from Dawny P over at Papertake Weekly if you have not been over there go check them out and join in the fun. This will also qualify for the Roses on Paper Challenge where the challenge is "colouring with your favourite medium/s" (copics) and using an approved stamp. Tilda is colored with copics, skin - YR61, E00, R20, hair and pants - E37, E35, E33, E31, blouse - RV11, RV13 little basket E51, E33, socks E51, RV13. I added diamond stickles to her blouse, socks and hearts. I have used Distress ink on the sides of the card and image. The DP is Basic gray extravagance mixed with some pieces I had in my stash. The sentiment is from my stash as well. Thanks for taking time to stop by.
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Merry Christmas my friend !

Happy Friday everyone ! Thanks for taking time out of your busy day to stop by and peak at my card. I made this for someone very special that works with me don't want to say her name in case she is peeking in here. I was planning on entering this card into 3 challenges however life got in the way and two of them have ended. I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers last week. At Just Magnolia they wanted anything Christmassy ! The challenge I will enter is Magnolia Down Under where they want Bedazzled. I have colored my image with copics. DP is Imaginisce "Polar Expressions". On the present and her stockings I have added some diamond stickles. Her little top knot on her hat and her gloves are done with "Polar white" flower soft. I cut the little border piece with my wishblade, distressed it with Antique Walnut distress ink, ran the ribbon through it which I had in my stash and added a little charm that my sweet friend Sharron gave when I was visiting her a couple of months ago.
Have a very Merry Christmas Season everyone I hope you have lots of treasured time with family and friends. There is nothing more special than the memories we make they are the most precious gift we can give !
Hugs,

Lily the Snowflake Fairy and Friday Sketchers 81

Hi and happy Monday to you all ! I hope you had a nice weekend, I did went to the movies with my grand-daughter and we saw "New Moon". I also went and had a nice massage and crafted with a friend so life is good in my neck of the woods ! We are finally getting some much needed rain, so I apologize for the picture being a little dark. Today I want to show you this cute little stamp from Pink Cat Studio, you can get it from Stacy at the Scrapbooking Cottage this is "Lily the Snowflake Fairy" and she is just to cute for words. I have used the sketch from Beatrix over at Friday Sketchers. I used Brazil card stock for my base and then Basic Gray Eskimo kisses. She is colored with copics.RV11, RV13, RV14, E33, E37, E51, R0000, R20 B0000, B000, B00, B12. Her little jacket fur is done with fun flock. I cute the snowflakes with the wishblade and raised them for depth, they have dipped in crystal snow by "Stampendous". Sentiment stamp is a little stamp I had in my stash from Studio G clear stamps. Thanks for dropping by and have a great day !
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Accessories make the card !

Happy Sunday to you all and thanks for coming by ! It seems as if I have not done anything lately with crafting....between the looming threat of a strike at work and just being really busy for the holidays I have just been drained to say the least. I am very glad that we did settle and there will be no strike Lord willing and the vote goes as it should.

The DT at Manolia-Licious highlites asked us to make a card with just accessory stamps. Kerry from
Three Clovers designs gave this cute sketch for the month at Mangnolia-Licious also ! Thanks ladies for stretching my imagination to make a card with out Tilda :(

This little card was more of a challenge than I expected...um just use the accessory stamps of which I only have two !!! This one which is a stamp of 3 trees that I won from Diana at Magnolia-Licious...thanks so much. I have colored them with my copics, and added some dimensional fabric paint for the snow. The little sign is computer generated from a graphic set called "Winter Pals" by Jordan Bryan. I then added some "Polar White" flower soft on the bottom and around the sign.

The DP is Basic Gray the Eskimo Kisses collection which I just love.

Well I am off to church and then to work hope you all have a great day and a Happy Thanksgiving !

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Happy Halloween Little Pumpkin !

I sure hope you all had a fun Halloween... I did just stayed home and handed out candy to all the little monsters that came by !!! So while I was in between little witches and ghosts I was making this little card. I have used two stamps both are from the So Spooky collection, #553 Moon with tree branch and #395 Witch Tilda with pumpkins you can get them at Magnolia-licious. I used the sketch over at Midnight Madness, MMSC25. I really like it and it worked perfect for this easel card. This will also qualify for Magnolia Down Under where they wanted distressing


DP is Basic Gray Erie collection, images are colored with copics E33, E37, E55, E00, C00, C1,C3, C5, C7, Y11, Y17, YR04 YR16, Y21, Y26, YR21, YR61V04, V12, BV08, R20, BG93, BG96. . I cut the spider web with my wish blade. The ribbon is some I just picked up at the LSS that was with the Basic Gray collection. The ribbon charms are making memories. The gems are some I had in my stash. The sentiment is computer generated and distressed with Tim Holtz antique linen and frayed burlap distress inks. I added some Diamond stickles to the lace on her dress and around her sleeves. The moon has yellow stickles around it as well for effects and bling. Here is a close up of Tilda for ya !

Have a great day
Hugs,

Tilda gathers straw

Hi and thanks for coming by to visit me...I have been having a great week here in California, for those of you who don't know me I am a native CA girl transplanted to AZ. I have been enjoying some real quality time with my real good friends Sharron and Kathe. We have shopped and shopped and ate and played the perfect vacation in my book.

Now on to my card this is Tilda gathers straw....that I snagged from Sharron LOL ! We did alot of imaging swapping this past week ! I made this card for the Friday Sketchers challenge
This sketch is from Claudia and I will use this one lots and lots I am sure as it just a fun sketch. This also qualifies for the KL Stampin N Scrappin challenge to use fall colors.

Tilda is colored with copics I did not list them this time sorry...her little wings are done in Diamond Stickles and the top of the straw has flower soft. I got the webbed ribbon (think that is what is called at the LSS here) The paper are from the Deja Vu stack that I had already. Thanks for coming by and have a great day !
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A clean and simple card !

Hi and thanks for coming by to see me today ! Magnolia-licious Highlites is having a little challenge to create a clean and simple card. I cut my card base on the wish-blade and then embossed it and went over the embossing with color box pink chalks. I used the Tilda with garland you can get her from Diana here. I cut her out and attached her with some pop up dots for some depth. This is my frist attempt at coloring the blacks with my copics...needless to say a few images hit the shredder LOL ! Copics used are RV11, RV13, RV14, R20 RV0000, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, G02, YR61, E00, B34, B41. I added some Baby pink flower soft to her garland and some diamond stickles on her blouse and shoes for a little bling. Ribbon was some I had I believe I picked up at Joann's. I appreciate all your comments and any tips for coloring the blacks. Have a great crafting day.
Hugs,

My monsters !

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Guest DT call at Magnolia Down Under Store

Kellie over at the Magnolia Down Under Store is looking for a Guest DT for a 3 month spot....what a compliment and honor that would be as I just love these little Maggies.

To qualify I need to showcase some of my creations and not all of them had to be Maggie's so I added this slideshow to show some of my favorites that I have made over the last couple of months.

Thanks for coming by have a great day
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Tilda lights the way....

Hi everybody I sure hope you are having a good week so far ! I have had a very relaxing week. I am really enjoying the beautiful weather we are having here.
I made this card for a card kit swap I am in and it is helpful if you can show what you did with the kit. I followed the sketch from Mojo Monday madness 107.
This will also qualify for the Magnolia-licious Highlites challenge where this month the talented Suzanne challenged us to make an Easel card. I am also going to use this for the Homepage challenge for the Magnolia Yahoo group where the card was to be a winter theme.
This was a really fun card to make. The DP is Imaginisce Polar Expressions. This little Tilda with Lantern #276 can be purchased here
I have colored my image with copics..E00,E31,E33,E35,E37,E55,R000,R11,R37,R39,Y17,Y21,YR21,YR61,C1,C5,BG93,G0000 and the colorless blender. I have added stickles to her wings and the lantern. The fluffy little balls on her hat have Polar white flower soft on them for depth. The little shaped brad ornaments on the base are from Deja Views, and the tag is a little wooden tag I got from Joann's in a package of 12 for $1.00...gotta love the dollar bins LOL ! Ribbon is from my stash that I had purchased from Recollections a couple of years ago.

Here is a close up of Tilda.
Thanks for coming by and I hope you have a great weekend.
Hugs,

Oh how I love Christmas !

Hi everyone thanks for coming by ! I hope you all have had a fun weekend and had some time to just relax and do whatever it is that makes you happy. I have had a great weekend, lots of family time as it was my DGD birthday party on Sat. then church today ! Life is good and I had some time to actually get involved in one of the challenges for WCMD over at Splitcoast Stampers....I entered into the Magnolia one which the lovely Suzanne Dean challenged us to make an ornament so this is what I did I can just see so many different little images on these how cute they will look. I used my new Dinner Tilda she is so cute, you can get her here. I used a snowflake that I had laying around from a couple of years ago that I got from Michael's. I have colored her with my copics and the colors used are B000, B00, B12, E00, E33, E35, E37, E55, R20, YR21, YR61. I used a Gelly Roll white pen for highlights and added some rhinestones to her bling. Have a great crafting week.
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Happy Birthday Princess !

Hi and thanks for stopping by ! Wow you know it is hard to believe that my DGD is going to be 14 on the 2nd of Oct. where does the time go ! Well as any of you may know that have teenagers in your life their style is ever changing LOL ! So I have used this little Gorjuss Girl stamp for her this particular one is called "Little Goth Chick". My DGD made her own invitations this year and they are pink and black so I think this little cutie will fit right in with her taste for the time being hehehe. I followed the sketch at Christmas and Birthday cards. This also will fit right in to the Papertake Weekly Challenge, where we were to use Black, white and one other color

Copics used R20, RV11, 110, C1, C5, E41, E33, E35, YR61, YR21, E00 and for the highlights I used a gelly roll med point white. I added Diamond stickles to her little socks to give them the stocking look. All papers and little sentiment were just stuff out of my stash ! I hope you all have a great day !
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A card for a Special Child

Hi and thanks for coming by. I am honored to be able to be a part of such a heart felt cause. This card is going to a very special child who is suffering with cancer at the Yale New Haven Hospital. You can find out all the details here and send one as well if you would like. The sketch I followed is from Friday Sketchers.
The DP is Cosmo Cricket, Gertel Autumn. The scalloped oval and the borders were cut on the wishblade. Flowers and little half pearls are from my stash. I added Sweet Pea flower soft to the little basket. Tilda is colored with copics E00, E33, E35, E37, E41, YR61, R11, BG96, R35, R37, R39.
Have a great day and happy crafting.
Hugs,

Fall is in the air

Hi and thanks for stopping by hope you all are having a great week....I am now however I did have the starting of the nasty head cold going on yesterday so I pretty much did nothing, and I seem better today, so I decided to make this little cutie up to send to a special person. I really liked the sketch over at Midnight Madness.


So here you have my take on the sketch, Tilda is colored with copics however I did not write down the colors :( sorry ! DP is Deja' Views Global Views stack I got at Michaels. I used Color Box ink (dune) to ink the embossing. The lace is done with Rust Raffia, I added some Diamond stickles to her wings and some Sweet Pea flower soft in her little basket. Have a great day !
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Trick or Treat Tilda

Hi everybody, I can't believe it has been almost a month since I put a little something here to share, I have just not been crafting alot lately not sure why I think it was just one of those little down times for me. However I do have this little card to share with you....I made her for the homepage challenge at Magnolia yahoo group, the requirement was that it be Halloween themed. I did have lots of fun with this little image Tilda holding a spider that can be purchased from Diana here. I was given this image by a dear friend thank you very much as I only have the two that were shared with me that are Halloween themed. I have done something a little different with my card, I have incorporated Tilda with some graphics from Laurie Furnell one of my favorite artist you can get her stuff at PC Crafter. I cut out the spider web, cauldron, spider and bat with my wishblade. All the papers and the edges are all printed from the graphic sets even the little trick or treat bag. The spider in the web has fun flock on him and the web actually has webbing on it. Tilda's little spider has a touch of silver stickles on it for accent. Tilda is colored with copics BV0000, BV00, BV13, G0000, G02, R0000, R00, R11, R20, E33, E37, C1 and C5 I have added a side shot so you can see the dimension of the card, the inside is not done yet I will finish it this week. Thanks for stopping by hope you have a great day !
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Craft Critique has a Basic Grey Giveaway

Just giving you a heads up that craft critique has some really good info on the new Copic Air Brush System.....and some other craft items and they are also offering 3 of the new sets from Basic Grey. Go check it out !

Just Peeking in to say Hi - Friday sketchers wk.65

I just love this sketch by Beatrix, over at Friday Sketchers and I had just received this adorable little stamp and wanted to do something with him...isn't he just the cutest ! He is a Daisy Pot Shy Bear and you can get him here.

With that being said here is the recipe for the card.....dp were just scraps I had laying around LOL I am really trying to utilize what I have which is way to much. I have colored him with my copics, 110, B32, B34, B41, E31, E35, YG67, Y08, BG93, R59, RV95. His little eyes have liquid embossing by All Night Media, and the flowers have Delphinium Blue flower soft on them for depth and shading. I used Tim Holtz Walnut stain distress ink to do around the edge of the card and the image. I omitted the flowers on the bottom as I felt it would be to much for this particular card...
Thanks for coming by I hope you have a great day !
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New Blog and blog candy

Kim is starting a new blog that is just for Magnolia stamps...if you have not seen her work you are missing out. She makes some awesome card you can find her new blog here. And just take a look at the candy she is going to share, oh I do hope I am the lucky winner of this !

Have a great day !

Just Magnolia week 17 Martine's sketch

Well isn't this just a cute sketch ? You can find this little sketch challenge over at Just Magnolia Challenge Blog go take a peak at the great inspirations posted by the design team, and then check out all the great entries.
Here is my take on this sketch

sentiment says "Laughter is sunshine on a cloudy day"

I have to say this was a really fun sketch, thanks so much Martine ! I used Tilda with Garland colored her with copics, B33, B35, B37, B41, Y08, Y11, YR61, R11,
R20, G02, C1 and the colorless blender. The garland in her hair has flower soft, Delphinium Blue. The tag was cut with my wishblade. I have not finished the inside of the card yet and when I do I will upload a picture of it, this is also going to be my mingle card for the Magnolia-licious group for the month of Aug. I am not going to say who my partner is just in case she checks in here. Thanks for coming by and have a great day.

Candy for the heart and soul

Stop on by and delight yourself in some words of wisdom here. I found this nice spot from a blog I enjoying reading here. I hope you will be as blessed as I have been in taking time to feed my spiritual being and as well as my creative being...after all they were both given to me by the Lord. And if you would like a chance to win the creative candy this is what you will receive. Have a great day and Gob Bless you all !
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Chatter from CHA in Orlando summer 2009 & $100 in new products giveaway

Wow Simon Says Stamp Blog is giving away some cool things from the CHA Orlando go check the goodies out here. I am really eyeing those new Distress Stickles by Tim Holtz and look at this brad maker oh the possibilites with this little gadget.

Christmas in July with Tilda

This was such a fun card to make and it will be able to be used in three challenges. The first is this cute little sketch challenge at the Just Magnolia Challenge Blog. Next is the Christmas in July challenge at the Magnolia-licious Highlites where all we had to do was make a Christmas card using a Magnolia stamp, the stamp I used is called Tilda on a Kick sled and you can get it from Diana at Magnolia-licious .The last challenge is at Scrappy Frogs where we just had to make a card with a Magnolia stamp. Tilda is colored with copics R11, R20, R35, R39, E33, E37, E41, BG93, BG96, Y21, Y26, and the colorless blender. The white in the hat and hand muffs are filled with "Fun Flock" by Stampendous. Designer Papers are by Imaginisce, the "Polar Expressions" Frosted Forest, All Aglow, and Flannel PJs. Sentiment is a Snag'em Stamp from the Snowy Jo Collection.
Thanks for coming by I appreciate all your comments.
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