Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #56

It's time for another challenge over at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge. This weeks challenge is called SEW Special. Create a card or project for someone special...but...there's a catch. You must include some sort of swen effect, either faux or real! The sponsor is Simon Says Stamps and they are offering a $25 gift certificate PLUS free shipping! So pull out your sewing machine or paper piercer and create something that looks sewn!

Here's my card...



I used Webster's Pages for my card front. After coloring Tilda, (which you can purchase through Diana Crick here), I cut her out and popped her up on the center of the leaves. I used Ultra Fine Flowers Soft for her boquet and added three tiny pearls to the center of the bouquet.



On the inside of the card, I used more of the Webster's Pages, again sewing all around the panels. I wanted to use as much of the image on the page to accent my Tilda also. I colored Tilda again and used my Nestabilities Oval and Scalloped oval dies. All my panels are mounted on Hunter Green cardstock. If you look closely you'll see that I added pearls to the corners of each panel.

On the bottom panel I used a section of the Webster's Pages that had a vine flowing down. I think it's a perfect accent to where I will write a note to the recipient.



Here are the Copics I used to color my images...



Thanks for coming by today for a peek at my latest creation. I hope you'll take up the challenge and sew something special and enter your card at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge Blog.

Magnolia-licious April Blog Hop...

Hi everyone. I'm so excited! This is my very first project as the newest member of the Maglolia-licious Design Team. If you started this hop at Cheryl's blog and have just hopped over from Mindy's blog you're going in the right direction. From here you're going to hop on over to Suzanne's blog.

So please grab your "Right Through the Heart" image #375 and join us in this contest for some awesome prizes. Don't have the image? No problem, you can order her here for 30% off! Yes, just $7.35 for the image, so we hope you'll take advantage of this wonderful sale and create your own card using this darling Tilda. Diana has sosme awesome prizes to give away also, a random drawing for two Magnolia Images and a grand prize for the best entry so you don't want to miss out.

So on with the show...here is the card I created for this Blog Hop...



Here is a closer view of Tilda...



As you all know I just love the flowers. These were all purchased from Wild Orchid Crafts.



Here's the inside of my card...



Card Recipe:

Card Stock - Perfect Plum and white
Designer Paper - stash
Tuille - Michael's
Lace - JoAnn's Fabrics
Charm - stash
Pearls - Michael's
Leaves/Butterfly - Martha Stewart Punch
Dimensionals
Sewing Machine and thread

Here is a list of the Copics I used...

Hair - E35, Y32, Y21
Skin - E000, E0000
Cheeks - Chalk
Dress - V17, RV10, RV0000
Bow - Gold Spica Pen
Shoes/Quiver - E35, E30, E40
Heart - RV10
Shading - W00, W01, W03


Thanks for joining us on the Blog Hop Today...

Whipper Snapper for April...

This is my final month as a Featured Designer with Whipper Snapper. This month they are releasing two more wonderful sets illustrated by the fabulously talented Anna Wight. I am so grateful that Anna Wight asked me come on board to help feature her new releases. It's been a challenge, as it's not really my style, but it was fun to work with her sweet little images and challenge myself to make something other than a Magnolia card.

I'm posting all four of the cards I made, as I will be posting other challenges this week.

The first project I did was a tag. I used the little Beaver and tree stump from Woodland Critters and the sentiment is from Celebrate Nature set. I used distress inks around the edges of the tag to give it a more weathered old paper look. The ovals are all Nestibility dies layerd on pop dots. The beaver and tree stump are both from the Woodland Critters set and colored with Copics. My setiment is from the Celebrate Nature set, the button is SU as is the gingham ribbon.





My next project uses the sweet little fairy and the sentiment are both from the Celebrate Nature set. I used my Nestabilities Labels 13 dies and tied the cute bow with my bow easy. I was going for the CAS look on this card, so the dp is mounted on a little bit of red and I punched the edges of the dp with my Martha Stewart lace edge border punch.



My third project was so much fun. I found the funky paper in my stash and thought it was perfect for this cute snail from Woodland Critters because it repeats the circle of his shell. He is colored with Copics and I glued on some Booglie eyes where his eyes are. I added the dragonfly from the Celebrate Nature set. The ribbon is from my stash and I thought it was a perfect match. I made the bow with my bow easy and attached a little bee charm to the bow. The sentiment is from Celebrate Nature.



My final project is a birthday card. I masked and stamped the critters from Woodland Critters in a row and added the birthday gift to the Owl's wing. I colored them all with my Copics and used Nestabilites for the rectangle and scalloped rectangle. I punched holes in each of the scallops. The sentiment is computer generated and punched out with my Fancy Labels die.




Thanks for stopping by my blog and viewing my work.

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #55 "World Penguin Day"

It's hard to believe that we're already half way through April. This year is just flying by.

I have another challenge card ready. This week at Stamptacular we are celebrating "World Penguin Day" which isn't actually until April 25th. So the challenge is to make a card using a Penguin or simply use the colors black and white.

This weeks challenge is being sponsored by our very own DT member Paula who is offering a sweet cupcake set of clear stamps and a second sponsor - Creations by Penny, who is offering the winner 8 images of their choice. Now that's pretty generous, don't you think?

I needed to make a wedding card to send my sister back in March so I began work on this card in February! I looked high and low for some black and white dp that I thought would be suitable and I turned to some retired SU papers I've had for years. I also wanted to make a tent card, as that was a challenge card back then. I didn't have a single wedding type image for my card, but the delightful Jacque let me borrow her newest Magnolia image. She also sent me the wonderful wedding cake charm which I put on the bow.

Here is the card I made. I added the splashes of yellow in the flowers because my sister wore a bright yellow dress and had yellow flowers for the wedding party.



I didn't take a straight on photo of the card as I was trying to show how the tent card was formed and so that you could see the sweet wedding couple hanging.





The wedding couple image and the lace banner from the Raising the Ceiling collection are available right now over at Magnolia-licious. I loved how well they turned out...



Since there is really no "inside" to this card I really wanted to make the outside pretty. I didn't have yellow daisies to work with, (those were the flowers she used) but I had some beautiful yellow roses , yellow and white cherry blossoms, and white rosebuds. I punched out the leaves with my MS punch and added the yellow pin for interest. The little white butterflies have small black pearls on them for accent and to complete my bouquet.



Here are the copics I used to make this card...



The card was mailed off to Canada, and arrived in time for my sister's wedding March 20! She was just thrilled to pieces with it, and I'm so pleased for her new found happiness.

I invite you all to give your hand at this week's challenge and see what you come up with.

My DT Swap card...

As a part of the Design Team for Stamptacular Sunday Challenge Blog, I'm participating in a card swap with the other DT members. I needed to make 4 cards, one each for the 4 gals in my group. I was so excited to use this Tilda (#3045 Tilda With Spring Bundle)which I recently received in my order from the fabulous Diana Crick at Magnolia-licious. My cards are now finished and ready to mail out. Because they are going in the mail, I kept them pretty simple - no flowers on these cards.

Our theme is friendship and when I went digging for some dp to use on my card, I found this bright spring like paper that just seemed so happy to me.

Here is my card...



This Tilda was so fun to color! Well, actually, they all are. Isn't she just the cutest thing? She is stamped with Memento ink on Cryogen White (my fav paper) and I used some Ultrafind Flower Soft for her flowers. I also distressed both the image panel and the mat behind her.

The Sentiment is from SU called Oval All. I'm getting a lot of mileage from this stamp. I stamped it twice for each card, used my Nestability scalloped oval die for the shape and distressed the edges. I used pop dots to adhere them together and pop dots again to pop them up off the card. After sewing my panel together I tied a piece of tulle around the panel and then pushed a rhinestone through the knot and secured that to the card. My final touch was to put a Dew Drop at each corner.



Here's how I finished the inside of my card. I had just enough dp left to use on the notation side of each card, and just small strips to use on the top part. Again I used the Oval All set to add a sentiment here on the inside. I repeated the oval shape again on the inside and sewed the bottom panel.



As I made four of these cards, I was anxious to put my stuff away and clean up my work area. I forgot to take a photo of the Copics I used and I just can't remember what colors I used. I hope the girls who are receiving these cards will enjoy them.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. May your day be blessed!

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #54- Spots and Dots

Hi everyone! Welcome back to another Stamptacular Sunday Challenge. This weeks challenge is to use at least two pattern papers that have spots and/or dots. Our sponsor is the wonderful Meljen Designs. You want to get over to her blog and see her adorable images. She has generously offered to give away 4 images of the winners choice.

This was such a fun challenge for me. As I looked around my craft room at my ribbon and my dp I found I had an abundance to chose from.

Once that selection was made, I needed to find just the right Tilda. I wasn't happy with any that I have in my personal collection, but I did find a stamped image that was sent to me by a stamping buddy. I think this is called Tilda with Lilacs and you can find her at Magnolia-licious. I don't see her in stock at the moment, but I'm sure Diana will get her in for you if you just drop her a note.

Here is the card I made for this challenge...



Here is my card recipe...
Cardstock - Chocolate chip and Whisper White
Designer Paper - Bo Bunny's Flutter Butter Breeze
Chocolate Pearls,
Ribbon from my stash,
Sewing Machine and thread
Flowers - from Wild Orchid Crafts
Punched leaves and butterflies - Martha Stewart Punches
Pearl pin - stash
Charm - stash
Flower Soft

Here is a closer view of how I colored Tilda...



At the time I made this card I didn't finish the inside of the card, but at a later date I needed a birthday card, so quickly finished the inside but didn't get any pictures of it!

As you all know, the flowers are the highlight of my creative process. Sometimes I can take several hours, or leave it and come back in the morning before I make a final decision about their placement! But here are my flowers, with pretty butterflies landing on and around them, brought together with a bow with a charm hanging from it...



It seems that I always use so many Copics on my cards. I frequently use 3 or 4 markers in attaining the shading I desire. Here are the Copics I used to color this card...



I hope you'll find the time to join us this week at Stamptacular and enter a card in our Spots and Dots challenge.

Thanks for dropping by to see my challenge card this week...

Tilda with 3 flowers...

I have been so busy working on DT projects and other obligations that I've really neglected to just make a card for fun. Even though this card was made for a challenge which has now been cancelled, I thought it was a great opportunity to post it now.

Originally the challenge was to make a card using the colors of your favorite Ice Cream Sundae. Well, I don't eat very much ice cream, but I do really like a Peanut Buster Parfait, so I picked out the DP from Basic Grey called Porcelain. I thought that the colors represented my Sundae quite well.

My images are both from Magnolia-licious. I used #650 - Spring Fence and #3028 - Tilda with Three Flowers, both from the Hoppy Easter Collection. Honestly, this is the best collection they've come out with ever...I just love all the images.

So here's my card...



To pull it all together I used Nestabilities Dies, Chocolate Chip Grosgrain ribbon (SU), a piece of lace, flowers - all from Wild Orchid Crafts - and my sentiment is from a SU set called "Oval All".

Here's a close up of Tilda...



As always, I use Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist on my flowers and leaves. Here is a closer view of my flowers so that you can see the shimmer the mist gives...



I needed to finish the inside of my card and had just enough dp to line both sides of the inside. I stamped Tilda again and used my Nestabilities dies and popped her up on the dp. On the notation side I punched the white paper with my Fiskars Embossing Punch. It does emboss a pretty pattern on the paper, but it's really hard to photograph.



I don't want to go and not let you know what Copics I used on this card. Here is a look at my copics along with the card again...



Thank you sor coming by to see my latest Tilda card...

CAS Tilda Card

I have been asked to make a simple card using a Magnolia image and copics for a Scrapbook Shop that is not very local! I will be demonstrating Copic markers and what better image to use than a sweet Maggie.

I have used a premade card that has a matching envelope - they come in a package of 6. The shop owner wants people to do a make and take using the Copic Markers as she would like to sell them in her shop. She is in the process of ordering Magnolia images also!

So here is what I did with this simple card...



Because this is for a make and take class I did not finish the inside of the card. I kept the outside very simple and clean no fancy flowers or pearls. Just a sweet little bow that I made with my bow easy.

Here is a closer view...



I will be doing this class/demonstration on Saturday!

Thanks for stopping by, your comments are always appreciated...

Happy Easter and my FIRST Stamptacular Design Team Project...

Happy Easter everyone! I love this time of year, I love Easter! New life is all around us, trees budding out and flowers blooming and I've been super busy doing some spring cleaning.

This is also my very first project as part of the awesome Design Team (DT) for Stamptacular Sunday Challenge Blog and it's challenge #53. I feel so honored to have been asked to join this group of wonderfully talented gals from all around the world.

This week we have two sponsors for the challenge. The first sponsor is Fresh Brewed and they are offering a $10 gift certificate.

Our second sponsor is Bee Crafty and they have offered 3 digi images of the winners choice.

So here's the Challenge: make something girly! Make a card or a project that is just for a girl. I went all out and made something that expressed all the girly-ness that's in me. I'm a very girly gal so I just went over the top with this project.

I bought a little round paper mache box at Michaels and went to town...here's my treasure box - completely just for a girl...



I first covered the box with some pretty dp that was pink and creme. Then I added the lace on the box and another kind of lace to the lid of the box. I decided to use Tilda on Elbows from Magnolia-icious, and I made a prop from some heavy acetate that I purchased over a year ago. First I cut a strip of it, used my Scor-Pal to score it in three places then glued it together into a triangle. My husband was the one who suggested that I cut away one section of the triangle so that I could continue my flowers all the way around the box and behind Tilda. Since my Acetate was such a heavy gauge it worked perfectly.

Here is a view of Tilda from the back and you can see the acetate strip that is holding her up...



I wanted to use a string of pearls around the rim of the box, and I had one, but when I pulled it out it was too short. So I pulled all the pearls off and glued every single one on individually plus added a few extras from my stash. For the floral arrangement I used Glimmer Mist on everything - leaves, butterflies and flowers and arranged them around Tilda, but didn't want to cover her up so I left a small space in front of her and added a small Butterfly. I added 5 butterflies, some are very tiny and are placed inside the flowers.

Here's a view of the top of the box...



Here are the copic markers I used in coloring Tilda...



Thank you so much for stopping by and visiting my blog. I hope you enjoyed reading about my project and that you will go over to Stampstacular Sunday Challenge Blog and make something girly to enter for a chance to win.