DP2 Challenge #132 What's your favorite color combination

Hello to all Mo's fans out there. It's Thursday and time for another challenge from DP2 Challenge Blog

I have two cards and two note books using MY favorite color combination. Well truth be told, I have several favorite combo's but since we've parented Jordan and the twins for the past 14 months I decided to use pink and green. Why? Because one twin always wore pink hair bows and the other wore green. So I've pulled this little gift set together to give to the teachers who have cared for them at Parent's Day Out during this past year.

At the time of this post the children will be gone from our home, but home with their mom! Okay, so let's get on with the business at hand...here is a picture of the two cards and their matching note books...

I used Twins in Tutu's and Sophie for my project and you can purchase these and tons of other images from Mo at her shop.

Now I will show you some close up details. Following is a photo of just the two cards...

Here's a close up of the coloring on one of the cards...

On the inside I used a Magnolia Fence Die and also the Vintage Lace Die for my sentiment. I used Baker's

Twine to tie a little bow on the tag

Here's a look at the tag out...there is a personal note to each teacher on the back of the tag...




Here is a close up look at how I colored Sophie. You'll notice that on one card I colored the dress pink and
on the other I colored the dress green...

And here she is on the note books...

Card Recipe:

For those of you who are interested...

Copics: Skin - E0000, 000, 00, 11 Chalk for Cheeks
Hair - E27, 23, 50
TuTu's - R81, 83, 85, G20, 40, 82
Slippers - C7, 3, 5, 1
Gold Spica Pen
Stardust Stickles
Buttons
CS - Expressit Blending Card, Bazzill and SU Sage Shaow and Blushing Bride
DP - Echo Park - Life is good


Well girls, that's it for today. I hope y'all will come back soon to see my next creation.

Blessing and hugs,Barb

Good morning! Or if you catching this post in the afternoon or evening, good day! This is a scheduled post, as we have the children's mom staying with us just now! Our beloved "grandchildren" will be with us for just one more day! Our time as their care takers is over! It's a very bitter sweet time for us. We will miss them terribly, but it will be nice to be just a couple again and not raising three rambunctious kiddos. SIGH!!!

But I have some more very exciting news to share with you.  I have been asked to join  The ABC Challenge group as a GDT for the next three months.  I fell so homored that they have asked me to step on board with them.  Their challenges are the 1st an 15th of each month and are following the letters of the alphabet.  So if you would like to join the next challenge, the letter is "O" for Orange. 


Well enough of that...I have a card to share with you today using the darling #3009 Princess of the Valley Tilda from the newest Magnolia collection. ACKKKK! I don't see her in the shop anymore, but I'm sure Diana will have her on order again soon! Please check with her if you'd like this image! This is the second time I'm using this image. If you missed my post for the Magnolia-licious Highlites April Blog hop, please scroll down. Also I hope you'll join in the challenge and make something with LOTS of lace on it.

I cut the entire card edges using the Magnolia Vintage Lace die. The circular and scallop dies are from Spellbinders. Cardstock is Going Grey and So Saffron from SU. Pearls are from my stash as is the ric rac on the inside.
I've also used the corner stamp from this same collection called Kurbitz Corner - it's #510. I masked Tilda over it so that it would appear that she is sitting on it.

The sentiment is from The Cutting Cafe.

Here is a close up of Miss Tilda....

A view of my card from the side...

The inside of the card is pretty simple...

now for the artsy view of the card...

Well that's it for today! Thanks for your visit and all the encouragement you leave me!

Blessings and hugs...
Barb

Mo's DP2 Challenge #131 - Flowers

Top of the mornin' y'all! It's time again for another challenge at DP2. This week we want to see flowers. All kinds of flowers! Any kind of flowers!

I know this card seems a little off season right now, but I made it quite some time ago for my sister's birthday on St. Patrick's day. It was mailed off at the beginning of March, but I wanted to use this one for my "Flower" entry. You can find this image and hundreds of other fabulous creations by Mo at her online shop Mo's Digital Pencil. We are hoping you'll join us in the challenge this week!

So here is my funky little card using Little Irish Dancer...



Here is a closer look at her big hair (she must have a little Texan in her!) and her adorable Irish costume...



A side view with a peak-a-boo at the inside...



I searched the Internet for an Irish poem to go inside this card. Here's what I came up with...



The salutation panel, where I wrote a personal message to my big sis...



Here's a view of the entire inside...



Here's the artistic view of the card - hmmmmmm, maybe in my eyes only..

My card recipe:

Cardstock - SU Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla, Xpress It Blending Card
Copic markers
Silk ribbon - stash
Punches - MS
Marianne Leaf Dies
Prima Flowers - stash
Dew Drops - stash
Shamrock Charm - Hobby Lobby

Thanks for your continued support of my work. I am always encouraged by the comments you leave for me.

Magnolia-licious Highlites April Blog Hop...

Hellooooo Maggie lovers!

It's time for another sensational blog hop from the awesome DT of Magnolia-licious Highlites and our theme is "Lots of Luscious Lace".

You can use fabric lace, lace flowers, or make some paper lace.

If you're just starting here at my blog, please head back to Magnolia-licious Highlites to pick up the order for the hop! You don't want to miss even one of the DT's inspirational pieces. If you arrived here from Mindy's blog then you're headed in the right direction. From here you'll hop on over to Angie's  blog to see her awesome project.

All-righty then, on with the show!

For my card I chose #3009 Princess of the Valley image which is, unfortunately, not available from Diana at this time. However she is available in Mini form as a bundle. Diana has THE best selection of Magnolia images anywhere and her service is fantastic. She also is running sales all the time so you don't want to miss out on that.




Here is a closer look at Tilda...



Here's a lookie at the side view of my card...



Here's the inside of my card...pretty simple and plain...

And here at last is that "artsy" look...

On my card I've used the following:

Copic markers
Digital dp
Cardstock - SU, Bazzill and Xpress it blending card
Dies - Marianne Lace, Magnolia Vintage Lace, Swirl and Peony Petals, Spellbinders Circle
Pearls - stash
Ribbon/Bakers twine - stash
Sewing Machine
ScorTape

Don't forget to head on over to Angie's blog to see her awesome creation...

Blessing and hugs,

Barb

DP2 Challenge #130 - Seeing Spots

Howdy y'all!
There's a new challenge up at DP2 and we're seeing spots before our eyes!
That's right! We're a little spotty over at DP2 and we'd love for you to come and join us. If you haven't figured it out, our challenge is SPOTS. Just a few or spots everywhere!
Emboss 'em, color 'em, use spots on your dp or ribbon, just get some spots on your project and OF COURSE use one of Mo's fabulous images on your project!

Here is what I came up with. It seems that my last few cards have been using green,
but I found this wonderful paper from Magnolia in my stash and paired it with some pretty orange (which had no name on it). I had to cut the brightness of the green somehow.

Here is my card front...as you can see I used LOTS and LOTS of SPOTS!

I used Mo's sweet image named Adele. You can find her and hundreds of equally fantastic images here.

Here is a closer look of how I colored her using Copic markers and just a touch of pencils.



Here's the inside of my card. The salutation panel is pretty plain in comparison to the sentiment panel as I didn't feel that it needed much more.

Here is the top sentiment panel...

Here's my artsy side view of the card...

Here's my card recipe:

DP - Magnolia and unknown
CS - Bazzill
Copic Markers - sorry I forgot to write them down
SB Labels 18, Long Rectangles Small and Scalloped
Ribbon - stash
Rhinestones - stash
Charm - stash
Circle Punch
Sentiments - The Cutting Cafe and AmyR
Scroll - unknown
Sewing Machine and Black Thread
ScorTape
Glossy Accents

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. I so appreciate your support and encouragement.

Jest Thinking of you...

Hi everyone, I hope you had a fabulous Easter.  I'm back with another new card for your viewing pleasure. This time I stepped out of my box and used colors I rarely use, but always admire when others do! I love color, honestly I do, but my style leans toward the softer hues!

So here is how I put the front of the card together. I just used my own sketch (as far as I know) and used three coordinating papers from my stash together. I have used Jester Tilda available now from Diana in her Magnolia-licious shop. This is a darling collection from Sweden called Prince and Princess - just perfect for children theme's, or as you can see I've used this for a "Jest thinking of you" card. Okay, enough waffling, here is my card...

Here is a closer look at this little cutie...


And...a side view of the card...


Now for a peek at the inside of the card...I hope you'll love my sentiment, which I generated on the computer...hehehehe!


The salutation panel tucked into the pocket...


Panel removed....




This is the entire inside view of the card...



Here is my cock-eyed, artistic view of the card...

That's it for today. I so appreciate your dropping by to visit. Your comments are always so very appreciated and I read every single one of them!

Magnolia-licious Gift Set for Baby!

Happy April Fool's Day! Do we really say that? Oh, well, this new challenge is no foolin' around! This month our very talented Ruby chose a brand new challenge for you! Make a gift set for baby! We hope you'll be using some of the newest images from the Prince and Princess collection available from Diana here! You can check out all the DT projects at Magnolia-licious Highlites blog.

This is such a sweet collection, and so practical too! We all need to have a card ready to welcome a new baby, right! There is also a darling duck and the sweetest little dragon you've ever seen!

For my gift set I made a card and a little gift tote (which holds a travel size of baby powder, shampoo, conditioner and Q-tips). The gift tote was actually a bag of buttons which I purchased at Hobby Lobby a year or so ago. I didn't throw it away knowing it would come in handy some day. I made a shaped card using my Go Kreate die, SB Lacy Circle and Standard Circle, some butterfly die shapes from my friend, rhinestones and pearls from my stash. I also used Magnolia Doohickey Peony Petals and MS Butterfly punch. Of course I colored with Copic markers and paper pieced the baby's clothing. The button and ribbon is from my stash and the sweet heart charm is from Hobby Lobby. CS is SU Pretty in Pink and the dp is from my stash.

So without further ado...here is my gift set...



I have used two images from the new collection. On the card I used #201 Baby Tilda and on the gift bag I used #3047 Tilda with Floating Hearts.

I will show you pictures of the card and bag separately...I paper pieced the baby's dress to match with my dp!



A close up of Baby Tilda...



Inside of the card...the sentiments are SU.



Now the gift bag...the front...I used Stardust Stickles on the wings and Spica Pen Pink on the hearts...



A close up of Tilda with Floating Hearts...



The back of the bag...this sentiment is computer generated and die cut using the Magnolia Vintage Heart Tag. The little charm is from my stash. The flower is Magnolia Peony Petals.

Here is a peek at the small items I managed to fit into the gift bag...



Well, this was a bit of a long post as I had lots to show you and describe to you. Thanks for stopping by and I'll be looking forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge.