Fairy Wings....

When I purchased four digi images by Sylvia Zet, I had no idea how wonderful they would be to color. They are also available in rubber. I think I'm having just too much fun! Here is another card I've made this time using "Silver Fairy" from her newest collection!

I've also done a little watching of Suzanne Dean's new coloring video using this same image. I have so much to learn and love to try different techniques. I love how this one turned out, so pretty in blues and beige's.

So this is the second stitching card that I found while digging through a box looking for something else. What a happy find that was!

Here is the card I came up with using my original stitched panel...



A little bit of of a closer look at my Fairy...



I gave the angle a bit of a turn...



Moving on to the inside of the card...


Up close and personal view of the Fairy on the inside upper panel of my card...(please don't look too closely, I made a typo and spelled the word "if" "iff" - sheesh!!!)


I have put my Magnolia Doohickey Flourish die to good use on this card...


Card Recipe:

Bazzill Card stock
Xpress It Blending Card
Half backed pearls - stash
Stardust Stickles

Copics used throughout:
E00, 000, 0000, 11, 25, 31, 40, 41, 42, 43, 53; R81, 83; B21, 45, 97; Spika Pen - Gold

Hand embroidery
Machine stitching

So, so love it when you drop by to see my creations and leave lots of encouragement and love. Your comments make blogging so much fun!

Blessing and hugs,
Barb

And all the trimmings...

I was hunting for something in my craft room the other day and ran into a couple of Stitching Cards I had stitched up many moons ago. So I pulled them out and put them in the 12 x 12 tray I keep on my desk to keep my projects together while I'm working on them or something else. Looking through my drawer of Christmas papers I found the plaid paper from My Mind's Eye, but didn't really have anything else that went with it. So I made a trip to my local LLS (with the twins in tow) and found this delightful double sided paper from Authentique called Anticipation. One side is a diamond pattern and the other side was a collage of different Christmas scenarios. Perfect! I used two Magnolia Mini's on this card, #3063 Vintage Tilda and #3074 Tilda Hanging Ornaments which are both available from Diana at Magnolia-licious.

Here is my card...












A list of my ingredients...

Copics:
E00,000,0000,11,25,31,53; G20,24,82; R11,22,46; C1,3,7; chalk,

Flowers and Corner adorners - Wild Orchid Crafts
Gold Pearls - stash
Lace - stash
Leaf Dies - Marianne Creatables
Spellbinders - Labels 1 die
Sewing Machine and thread
Sentiment - CC Designs AmyR Handy Christmas Greetings


Thanks for dropping by and having a quick visit.

Blessings and hugs
Barb

A Chocolate a day....

Today is the Magnolia-licious October Blog Hop and I'm the last stop on the hop! If you have arrived here from Patti Jo's blog then you're spot on! If you are just dropping by to see my creation and would like to visit the rest of the hop, you can check out the line up here.

Our challenge this month was the idea of the fabulously talented Sharon Caudle and we were challenged to use Dr. Edwin in either regular size or mini. We could also throw in Nurse Tilda if we wanted to. #000 Dr. Edwin is the exclusive image to Diana Crick at Magnolia-licious. There's so much you could do with him. I plan to use him on plenty more cards.

I didn't make a card for this project, but found this neat wooden box that looks like a doctor's bag at Michael's for just $1. I first painted it with acrylic white paint then went over the edges with some Brushed Corduroy crackle paint. I painted the handle of the doctor's bag box with some Lummiere and black acrylic, then I covered both the front and back of the box with some paper I found in my stash.

Well, enough chit chat, here is my Dr. Edwin treat box....



Edwin is popped up over a circle of embossed white card stock backed with some green scalloped edge Certainly Celery card stock. The pearls are from my growing stash thanks to my dear friend in S. A. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts except the darker green flat ones, which are from a bucket of Brides Confetti which I also purchased at Michael's. I gave Edwin some scrubs to wear under his jacket.

Here is a look at the inside of the little box...



The little bag of chocolates (Hershey Nuggets covered with a strip of dp) is held together with baker's twine (from stash) and the Magnolia Tilda Lace tag die. I used #307 Mini Nurse Tilda to decorate the bag with. Cute, huh???



Finally, I just stamped my personal stamp and adhered it to the back of the box.



Well, have you had fun and picked up lots of ideas through this blog hop??? I sure hope so, and I hope you'll be making something to share with all of us. Thanks for following the hop all the way to the end...

Blessings and hugs

Barb

Sweet Winter Fairy...

I just couldn't wait to make this card using my new digi image AND a new stack of of Christmas papers. They are so beautiful. I actually purchased the 12X12 stack from the Martha Pullen website. It is called "Winterbird" from the Tilda line. They have matching fabric and other neat stuff too!

This darling image is called "Winter Fairy" and is designed by Silvia Zet. I now have four images but have only colored two so far. This one is printed on Cryogen White card stock and colored with Copic Markers. I can't find the little post-it-note that I wrote down all the colors I used. So sorry!

Here is my card front...



I can't remember where I found the sketch - that information was on my post-it-note also. Bummer...

Here is a closer look and my Winter Fairy...



I finished the inside by printing out only the little bird on the circle. It took a bit of manipulating, and erasing the parts of the image I didn't want to show, but I really like how it turned out...



And again, a close up of the image...the sentiment here is from "All That Scraps" and is a new AmyR stamp set called Handy Christmas Greetings. It was a steal - 12 sentiments for just $8!


Finally, here is and angled view of the card. I used my sewing machine to sew around all the panels, the pearls were a gift from my special fiend Paola, the card stock is from SU, ribbon is a wired ribbon from my stash, also the bakers twine from my stash. The button is from my large button bin! The little sleigh in the right hand corner is something I found in my stash of charms and I colored the presents with my copic markers. On the card stock which runs horizontally under the ribbon, I used my crimping tool. I used Stardust Stickles on the wings and some Pastel Pink Pearl Maker.



Thank you so very much for your visit and for all the fabulous comments you leave to encourage me along! Have a fabulous weekend...

Hugs and blessings,
Barb

No particular reason.....

Yesterday we took the kids to our local fair, as it was a long weekend, and after the fabulous rain we had on Sunday, Monday was a perfect day. Today, everyone headed off to school and I had a few hours for just me. I'm so behind on my Maggie cards, at least I think I am, so I got down to business and made a card just for the pure joy of it! This card has no title and there is no sentiment but that doesn't mean I can't add one when the time comes.

Don't you just love this gorgeous paper from 7 Gypsies? The last time I used it with a card I really brought the yellow tones. This time I decided to pull together the soft blues and greens. I hope I balanced it all well. And look Ma! No flowers!!! That's right, I actually made a card without a single flower, because I didn't want to detract from the pretty floral back ground. Okay, so let's look at my card...



The images I used are #3032 Water Can Tilda and #520 Flower Wall Post. What a super combination they are. Both of these images are available from Diana at her Magnolia-licious online store and they are available in the regular size, which I have used, and the Mini size. Let me just say that Diana offers the largest variety of Magnolia's and Mini's anywhere. Her service is excellent and she even has a continuing discount, regardless how little or much you spend. I hope you'll stop by her store and do a little shopping. The newest Christmas images called "Sweet Christmas Dreams" are on pre order right now and I'm tellin' ya, they are all just too adorable. My order is already in....

For my design elements I used some tulle, which I've had in my stash for years, and the pearl brad which I found under a pile of stash stuff. I added some pearls (a gift from my dear friend Paola Levi) to a couple of corners and the pretty silver corner piece which is from Wild Orchid Crafts. I also added a little Stardust Stickles to the hem of Tilda's frock. I used my Doohickey Flourish Die to which I added some small pearls.

Here's another view of my card...



A close up of Tilda and how I colored her...


I finished off the inside of the card with several layers of cardstock (SU Barely Banana and retired Soft Sky) and the pretty dp, another tulle bow a few pearls and one more silver corner adorn-er. There is plenty of room on my salutation panel to stamp a sentiment too.

Here is the list of Copics I used...

Skin - E00, 000, 0000, 11 and chalk for the cheeks
Hair - E25, 31, 51
Dress - YG91, 93, 95, E41, 42, 43
Shoes - W00, 1, 3, YG91, 93, 95
Socks - E41, 42
Trowel - C00, 1, 3
Flowers and grass - Bo1, Y15, YG93
Water Can - Booo, 0000, 01, 02
Wall - W00, 1, 3, 6
Distress Inks on background - weathered wood and tattered rose

Well, I can't thank you enough for stopping by for a visit. Your comments always make me smile. Hope everyone has a fabulous week!

Blessings and hugs,
Barb

Today I have a new card to show you. This darling image is a digi from Silvia Zet who designs for Wee Stamps and is called Rosies Bike Ride! Isn't she just so sweet? I had a bit of a problem with the ink from my printer smearing, but I refused to throw her out and just forged ahead anyway. It's not easy to see where the smearing is. It's the first time I've had a problem with it.

I used Basic Grey "Capella" dp for my backgrounds and Bazzill Chocolate Brown for my contrasting card stock. The image is printed on Cryogen white. I don't remember where I got the sketch from as I search many challenge sites and go back sometimes several months before I find a sketch I really like!

So here is my card:



Here is a closer look at the image...



A couple of artistic views...





And finally, how I finished the inside of my card...



I used the following Copic Markers:
Skin - E00, 000, 0000, 11 and Chalk for the cheeks
Hair - E34, Y26, 32 and Blender pen
Roses - R81, 83, 85
Leaves - G24
Dress - BG72, 93 and Turquoise Spica Pen
Bike/Basket - C01, 00, BG72, E34, 35, 53

All flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, sprayed with Perfect Pearls Mist
Corner adorners are cut ends of SB Fancy Labels Dies
Rhinestones - stash
Ribbon - Silk from stash, Chocolate Seam binding and Chocolate and white Bakers twine
Sewing Machine and thread
Sentiment - SU

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and encouraging me with your valued comments.

Blessing and hugs,
Barb

"O" is for October, Orange and Octagon...

It's Challenge time again over at Magnolia-licious Highlites, and the design team have a fantastic challenge for you. As you can read in the title, our very talented Maureen has given us this fabulous three part sketch. I had a great amount of fun creating this delightful card starting with a trip to my local Michael's, where I spotted these wonderful dp's from Basic Grey called Ambrosia. Then over in the ribbon section I found a package of ribbon that would match perfectly! I was off to the races...

I didn't want to do a Halloween card, because I never have the occasion to send them to any one, so I browsed through my images catalog and I found this very sweet image of #262 Beautiful Tilda from the Butterfly Dreams 2011 Collection. She is available right now in both the Mini and Full sized images. Diana has a wonderful web shop, her service is second to none and you can even earn in store credit each time you make a purchase. She is offering a fantastic discount on orders, so please head on over there to get the best deal anywhere!!!

Here is the card I made:



Here is a close up of Tilda - although it's difficult to see that I used Orange Peel Stickles on the ruffled part of her dress it is there...



My very sweet online friend Cathy-Lynn sent me some wonderful beaded leaves that she made for me and they were a perfect match here on my flower arrangement. A little gauze helped to give the card a little ethereal feeling I think...



The inside of my card repeats the design of the octagon and I made a pocket for the salutation panel to fit into. The semi circular design on the pocket is a rub on, a package of which I received about a year ago from Leone Jeschke in Australia. I finally found a place to use one of them and I think the fit is perfect...



The salutation panel is removable and I have stamped the bottom of it with a sentiment purchased from the $1 bin at Michaels.



Here is my card recipe for those of you who are interested:

Cardstock - SU Pumpkin Pie and Going Grey, Bazzill white Xpress It Blending Card
DP - Basic Grey Ambrosia
Copics:
Skin - E00,000, 0000, 11, Chalk for cheeks
Hair - N1, 3, 5, 6
Dress - YR12, 61, 65, Orange Peel Stickles
Wings - YR65, 01, 0000 BG70, 93, Stardust Stickles
Sentiment - Artistic Outpost and Michaels
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts sprayed with Perfect Pearls Mists "Perfect Pearl"
Distress Inks - weathered wood and tattered rose
Cheese cloth
Beaded Leaves - Cathy-Lynn
Ribbon - Michaels
Sewing Maching and thread

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Your comments are always appreciated! I hope you'll pick up the sketch/color challenge this month and let us see what you've come up with.

Blessings and hugs,
Barb