The Sketchy Challenge # 12, MDUC 126 & JM 136...Sweet Christmas Dreams!!

Hello stampin' friends! Well, I am trying to make a bunch of Christmas cards and the clock is ticking...eekkk!!!! I fear that I just won't get to make a card for everyone on my list this year. So, I thought I better ink up a few more of my gorgeous Christmas Maggies that I just had to have and it would be a shame to get to use them! I made two cards and kept them rather simple to speed up the process. I thought I'd play along with a few challenges too for some inspiration. So, I followed the beautiful sketch over at The Sketchy Challenge. I love this sketch by Jane! I also made this card for the Lost and Found challenge at MDUC! The Twill ribbon was wrapped around throw pillows that I bought at Winners as we are redoing our bedroom and the challenge over at Just Magnolia is Dreaming of a White Christmas...so I have used white and added "snow" to my cards with Flower Soft.

For my first card I have used Tilda with Snow Heart....I just LOVE her! She is my fave from the Sweet Christmas Dreams collections. I coloured her with my Copics, cut her out with my Rectangle Nesties, left the image in the die and inked with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. I added some Polar White Flower Soft for snow. I used the Wonky Border Die-namics and some black Gems to embellish. The sentiment came in the Magnolia Stamp Club Kit and I stamped it on the Framed Greetings Label Die-namics.

For this card I have used Midwinter Tilda. I coloured her with my Copics and cut out the image with my rectangle Nesties, left the image in the die and inked with Iced Spruce Distress ink from the Winter Seasonal set of 3 Distress inks.  I used my Wonky Scalloped border Die-namics again and the gorgeous papers on both cards are Authentique Wonder!

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my cards! I hope to get a few more done this week but I probably won't get to posting them.

Hugs,

 

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Just Magnolia # 131....Anything Goes....Sweet Christmas Dreams!

And let the Maggie Christmas card making marathon begin, lol! Well, it is that time when I go nuts and try to make way too many Christmas cards in short period of time. In previous years, I've made a ton of cards for friends, family and everyone at work but I am not sure I will be able to pull that of this year but I'll still give it a go.

I have 2 cards to share  with you today that I made on the weekend, for the Just Magnolia Challenge Anything Goes Challenge #131 with the option of pearls and lace. I have used 2 of the stamps I received in the Fall Stamp club kit. This sweet Ribbon Tilda is my fave from the Sweet Christmas Dreams collection but hard to pick just one favourite as they are all so darn cute. I coloured her with my Copics and cut the image out with my oval Nesties and inked with Tattered Rose Distress ink. The papers are Times & Seasons by Echo Park, 6x6 paper pad. I embellished with the Magnolia Doohickeys Swirl and I cut a heart with my MFT Hearts of Plenty Die-nmaics, a few Snowflakes with my MFT Snowflakes Die-namics and added a BG Nordic Holiday button.  I added some pearls and for the "lace" I used the Faux Crochet Die-namics border die, then for a little sparkle a bit of Stickles to Tilda's heart ribbon.

For my second card I used more Echo Park Times & Seasons 6x6 papers and used Tilda with Cross-stitched Heart. I coloured her with my Copics and cut her out using the "Out of the Box' Technique so that it looks like she is sitting on the edge of the Circle Nestie. I inked with Pumice Stone Distress ink and embellished with some flourishes that I cut with the MFT Fancy Flourishes Die-namics die and I added a sprinkling of pearls and Stickles.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at the start of my Maggie Christmas cardmaking madness...I hope you won't get too bored with seeing all of them here, smile.

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,



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Pink Ink # 4, Just Magnolia # 121 and BG Challenges #51...Happiness!

Hi stampin' friends! This morning I have a card to share that I made yesterday for 3 challenges. I followed the great sketch that they have at Pink Ink Sketch Challenges by Cheri. I also played along with the Bingo Challenge at Just Magnolia and hAngler sTangler. I love Bingo Challenges and for my card I used the diagonal line, Gems, Flowers, Lace and Ribbon and finally I used some gorgeous BasicGrey Oxford 6x6 papers so I would like to enter my card in the Anything Goes Challenge at BasicGrey Challenges. 

I started out colouring up this image, Tilda Gone Fishing, using the No Black Lines technique that is everywhere in blogland and looks so gorgeous! It is really tough to do though and I ended up tossing the image in the bin it was so terrible. I will try again and hopefully I will end up with something worth putting on a card. I had to colour up another image of this sweet Tilda and went with lines this time, lol! I am not into fishing but for some reason I just adore this image. I coloured Tilda with my Copics and did that spotted background around her with some Warm Grey Copics. I also inked with Pumice Stone Distress ink.

I love the BasicGrey Oxford papers they are such beautiful papers and I love the colours. I used some Melissa Frances rub-ons for the sentiments and the one on the image says....A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work! I suppose that is true even if you aren't much into fishing, he, he, he. I added a few small flowers, some brown seam binding and cotton lace trim and a sprinkling of blue gems.

Here is the inside....pretty simple. The sentiment is from the MFT More Essential Sentiments set.

Well, Thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! 

Hope you have a stampin' great day!

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Just Magnolia # 114....Jane's beautiful sketch....You are a Treasure!

Hey stampin' friends! Just a really quick post to share a card that I made this week for my friend's daughter....she is turning 2 years old next week and is having a pirate themed party! So I used Jane's gorgeous sketch that they have at Just Magnolia this week! I did add an extra layer as I do like lots of layers but I think you can still see the sketch there.
I used Pirate Tilda for the first time....she is sooooo cute. I also used my new BasicGrey Out of Print 6x6 papers and I am in love with them....so gorgeous. The flowers are Prima and have BG Out of Print brads in the centers and then I sprinkled a few pink gems here and there.

Well, that's all! I gotta run! Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card!

Have a stampin' Great day!
Hugs,

Simon Says Stamp Challenge...Love is in the Air...I never knew love until...!

Good morning stampers! WOW! There were so many fabulously cute Animal Antics cards submitted for the Simon Says Stamp Challenge last week! Thanks so much for joining us! 

So are you snowed in??? I know many folks are getting hit with the blizzard of the year...we are getting a big dump of the white stuff here too. Well, if it is a snow day for you, why not you join us for another fun challenge this week! The challenge is perfect for you to get a few more valentines made up too...we have a lovely theme, he he, he....Love is in the Air!!! 

We also have a fabulous prize again this week....a whopping $50 voucher for the Simon Says Stamp Superstore!!!!! Lots of crafty goodness can be had with that and Heidi will have the superstore stocked with the latest and greatest product from CHA very soon!!!! So I really hope you can join us!

I used the fabulous sketch that they have over at Friday Sketchers by the super talented Journn for my card and I am also entering my card in the Going Dotty challenge at Just Magnolia!

I loved this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge and it was so much fun to use my new fave Tilda that I got at the Simon Says Stamp Superstore from the You' re so Special collection called, Tilda spread Love...ahhhh....how sweet! I love her boots and her turned up jeans...too cute! I teamed Tilda up with my new BasicGrey 6x6 paper pad Hopscotch and some various BasicGrey buttons with hemp twine and Prima Annalee Big and Small Flowers. I had some Martha Stewart seam binding in my stash and decided not to crinkle it and I love how it looks un-crinkled too. I coloured Tilda with my Copics and I stamped my splotch stamp with Desert Sand Memento ink around the edges of the image. My sentiment is from  Melissa Frances rub-on sheet called LOVE Transfers from Simon Says Stamps...they have a fabulous selection of the Melissa Frances rub-ons...the bestest rub-ons ever. The wee tag has a Melissa Frances rub-on it too from a sheet called WEDDING Transfers and I cut the tag out on my Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter from craft cardstock.

Here is the inside of my card...I cut the sentiment up and used the other half for the inside. More gorgeous Prima flowers and BG buttons and the heart was cut on my Silhouette Digital Craft cutter too.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by having a wee peek at my Simon Says Stamp Challenge DT card! Please stop by the other lovely Simon Says Stamp Challenge DT gals' blogs and have a look-see....they have made such gorgeous creations to inspire you! I hope you can join us this week! 

Have a stampin' great day and be careful shoveling,smile!

Hugs,

Just Magnolia #84.... Believe and No Peeking!

Hey crafty friends! I made a few more christmas cards for the Just Magnolia challenge, Anything Goes with Sparkle!

I love this stamp, Tilda with Fir, she is so sweet and I love her Uggs, (I soooo want a pair,lol)! Again, I made yet another easel card with BG Jovial and a Magnolia Tree stamp embossed with Northern Lights embossing powder! I have to say keeping a similar style to all my Christmas cards has made the process easier. I used some AC ribbon, cotton lace trim and a Melissa Frances Rub-on and a Catslife Press label stamp.

For this card I coloured my favorite stamp, Secret Tilda, from the Magnolia Merry Little Christmas collection this year. I am totally in love with my new toner Copic markers too. I got T1, T3 and T5 at Scrapfest and will have to get a few more. They are absolutely fabulous for toning down some of the more vibrant colours. Adding the toner marker on Tilda's outfit gave me a grey teal colour that matched the paper better. Also my new fave Copic colour combo for Hair is E41, E42, E43, E44, E49....I have been using it a lot lately.  I used BG Jovial papers, an Elements sticker tag, a sheet from Capella pad and an Olivia fabric brad.  I embellished with Prima Flowers and lace trim. The sentiment stamped on the BG Elements sticker is from the Kelly Panacci Christmas stamp set. 

I once again used the Magnolia tree embossed with Northern lights embossing powder for the sparkle and I also used my MFT large Scalloped border Die-namics die. 

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my cards! I still have a few more to make, oh boy, remind me next year to get cracking on the cards earlier, will ya, he, he, he!

Happy stampin'!

Hugs,

Just Magnolia #84....snuggle!

Hey crafty friends! I have a sick kiddo on my hands so I am home from work today with our wee Kieran! I got my house tidied up which is good and I am going to make some more Christmas cards this afternoon. I have a card to share with you this afternoon...yes, another Christmas card, smile! I have discovered liquid applique and I am going a bit crazy with the stuff, lol! It is lots of fun though and I love the look of it. I inked up this sweet image of Snowy Hugs...Tilda with her Snowman friend! I coloured the image with my Copics and I cut the image out and added my Liquid Applique and puffed it up with my heat gun. I pop dotted the image on the Nestie heart cut from BG Jovial papers. I added some sparkly red snowflakes and the sentiment "snuggle" is a Melissa Frances rub-on. I also used one of my Catslife Press label stamps. The sentiment on the bottom of the easel card is from Stamping Bella.

I am entering my card in the challenge over at Just Magnolia this week the challenge is Anything Goes with the option of sparkle!!! I added red Stickles to my QuicKutz snowflakes...very sparkly IRL!

Well, thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card!

Hope you can pop by tomorrow to see my Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp Challenge card. We have a fun new challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Also, Kimmie is having a Krafty Khristmas Sale on right now and it is running until December 5th. EVERYTHING in the store will be 20% off! But only for five days! Just use coupon code...KK20!


Hugs,

Simon Says...STAMP-TEMBER Blog Hop....Holiday Wishes!

Good afternoon crafty peeps....well, I am back again, this time to share my Simon Says STAMP-TEMBER blog hop challenge card! WOW!!! what a blog hop that was!!!! Phew, I am exhausted (but in a good way, smile) from hopping around to all blogs and from seeing all the detailed work, creativity and care that the Simon Says Challenge DT and the Simon Says Stamp & Show DT put into all their creations! Absolutely Stunning creations!!!

Well, then I got to work making my card and I thought I would use this adorable Tilda that I coloured with my Copics! I thought she would be great for a Christmas card...she is blowing you Holiday Wishes, smile!!!! I also used the fabulous sketch by Dawny P over at the Just Magnolia Challenge blog. I did deviate from the design a wee bit but not intentionally. I just went of track from my original plan mid way and well this is what I came up with but I think you can still see Dawny's fabulous sketch in there under all the flowers and bling,lol!

I used BG Eskimo Kisses 6x6 paper pad and Bazzill Basic Bling cardstock and made a6x6 easel card. I did some masking with Tilda and the Magnolia envelope stamp and then used the "Out of the Box" technique and cut Tilda out with my Oal Nesties as I didn't want to cut away all the little sparkles in the image. To embellish I used lots of Prima flowers, one WOC blue Gardenia, lots of bling, Glimmer Mist and Glamor Dust! I used some American Crafts ribbon and the pink ruffle trim is form my BG Teamie and blogging friend, Tara W. The sentiments are Melissa Frances rub-ons (which I just so happen to get at Simon Says Stamp) and the Holiday Wishes sentiment is a Kraftin' Kimmie Sentiment stamp.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my Simon Says STAMP-TEMBER Blog hop Challenge card!

I am keeping my fingers crossed...maybe I will get lucky and win the big $100 shopping spree or maybe some of the delish candy the DT have available on their blogs! Why don't you get hopping!

Hugs,

Just Magnolia # 71, MDU # 62, A Spoonful Of Sugar, #120...You're Fintastic!

Hey crafty friends! Hope you are well...it is rather overcast and dull and dreary here! This weather is so not good for my head...its one of my major migraine triggers, ugh! Oh well, I have a quick post this afternoon with a card that I made for a few challenges. I was super excited to join the Magnolia Down Under challenge #62 as they would like to see, feathers, fur or fins on your Magnolia creations. It was the perfect chance for me to ink up my Summer StampClub stamps that haven't seen ink yet...shameful, I know! I also made this card for the Just Magnolia Monthly Challenge #71...Cracked Glass or Anything Goes. I did a very lose interpretation of the Cracked Glass...as I tried my Rock Candy Stickles for the first time it doesn't actually crack, which I originally thought it did, but it does give an antiqued glass like appearance. I also made this card for A spoonful of Sugar # 120 Challenge...Animal Crackers...hope Tilda's Seahorse friend counts for that, smile!

I made a 6x6 easel card from Colorbok cardstock and used Echo Park It's a Good Life which is just gorgeous paper and I am so in love with it. I can't wait to get the Christmas ranges of Echo Park they both look scrumptious. So I used the Magnolia Doohickey tag and cut it from craft cardstock I stamped the Magnolia Seahorse and then distressed the tag, crumpled it up and inked it with Tumbled Glass Distress inks. I then applied a thin coat of Rock Candy Distress Stickles and let it dry...it is very sparkly IRL and has a very cool affect IRL, unfortunately it didn't photograph well...I think I'm going to get the Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint though because that would actually crackle and give the Cracked Glass effect. I stamped Tilda as a Mermaid and coloured her with my Copics and cut her out with my Circle Nesties and then inked with Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Shabby Shutters. I then put a thin coat of the Rock Candy on Tilda's Tail and shell bikini top. I also added some Colorbok rain dots stickers and bling on the bubbles.

I added a few Prima flowers, American Crafts ribbon, and lace trim, and lots of bling here and there. The sentiment on the tag is a Melissa Frances rub-on and the other two sentiments are Kraftin' Kimmie sentiments stamps. Now, have you noticed my larger pics on my blog...I just figured out how to do this. It has been a long process for me to figure this out, I'm so not computer savvy but I am thrilled that I finally have bigger pics...although some of them have been too big, me thinks, but I am getting the hang of it so bare with me, lol!

well, Thanks so much for popping by and having a wee peek at my card and thank you so much for all the sweet comments you leave me, friends...you are so thoughtful and they mean so much to me!

Hugs,

Just Magnolia # 69 and CCT # 126...Best Wedding Wishes!

Hello friends! Hope you had a restful weekend with a little crafting thrown in for good measure! I did but it was a little drab though being overcast and raining off and on. Well, back to the grind stone today! Well, before I head off to work, I thought I would post this card that I made yesterday for my friend. Her sister is getting married in October. I made this card following the challenge over at Just Magnolia Challenge...Let's get Sentimental and I used Fern's gorgeous sketch at Cute Card Thursday!

I used the Pink Paislee Queen Bee paper again as I just love it and it is the perfect papers for my friend's, sister's wedding....such a gorgeous colour combo. I have been dieing to ink up this sweet stamp of Tilda and Edwin tying the knot....love the beach theme to this image....so romantic. I made my easel card 6x6 from Colorbok cardstock and I used the Magnolia Doohickey border die Tilda's lace...just love this border it is soooo pretty and the dies work like a dream. I also used some American Crafts fabric rose trim....in a buttery yellow and it is just so scrumptious!

The Sentiments are Melissa Frances rub-ons and I really love the sentiment on the bottom of the easel card, it is a chipboard sentiment by Colorbok.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card today!

Happy stampin'!

Hugs,

Just Magnolia # 69, FS# 1116...Thank You...!

Good morning crafty peeps! Hope you had some time to get crafty this weekend! I played in my craft room yesterday and made this card for the Just Magnolia Challenge...Let's Get Sentimental and I used the great sketch by Beatrix over at Friday Sketchers .I just flipped it to go with my sentiment.

I was so excited to join in the JM sentimental challenge as I just got this great My Favourite Things die and stamp set, Di-namics Framed Greetings and stamps set and I used one of the sentiments from this MFT promo set....perfect for this challenge! I also used some new paper that I picked up at Stampin' Bella the other day after I went to the migraine doc. I just absolutely adore this delish paper called Echo Park Paper Co. this collection is called Life is Good...it sure is, with gorgeous paper like this, to play with,smile!

And, of course, I used a sweet Magnolia image, Tilda with three flowers, from the Hoppy Easter collection. I coloured the image with my Copics, cut it out and adhered it with pop-dots. I added some American Crafts ribbon, Prima flowers and half pearls to finish it off. I also spritzed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Gold just to give it a soft sparkle.

Thanks so much for stopping by again today and having a wee peek at my card!

Happy stampin'!

Hugs,

Just Magnolia # 67, FS# 114, MDU#58, CCT #124...Let the Fairy in you Fly!

Hey crafty friends! I am back with another card today! I spent the day yesterday in my craft room stampin' and playing with pretty paper instead of cleaning my house. I know I should have done my chores first but there is just so much camping gear everywhere that I don't even know where to start,lol! So I will put it off for another day or two,he, he, he!


I needed to make a card for a girl at work. She has been working in our office on contract and she just found out that she has been accepted into the Interpreter Internship Program...very exciting for her but means she will be leaving us soon. Well, I thought I would make her a card to congratulate her on this wonderful accomplishment and exciting new journey to furthering her career goal to becoming an interpreter. It was also a chance for me to play along with some of my favorite challenges!

I used the gorgeous sketch that they have over at Friday Sketchers and I'm also entering this card in the challenge at Just Magnolia...Acetate, the challenge over at Magnolia Down Under...easel card and the challenge at Cute card Thursday...Whateva!!!

I made the card from Colorbok and American Crafts cardstock with October Afternoon paper and used this gorgeous new Tilda image that I haven't inked up yet! Well, actually, Hannah has used her so she has seen some love,smile! I really love the grunge look that Inge gets around the edges of her images but I don't have any of those fab grunge stamps that she has so I looked around my room and tried to find something that would work. I found a camouflage background stamp from a Technique Tuesday set. I thought I would see what that would look like. It was a little risky as I had already coloured my image. I wasn't happy at first but as the Distress ink in Old Paper dried it started to look a little better.


The sketch called for a tag and so I used one of the many clothing tags that I keep and re-purposed it on this card. The cute flowers where on clearance and I think they were 25 cents for a package of 4. For the acetate I used QuicKutz Adhesive Clear Plastic Material and die cut the QuicKutz butterflies and then coated the adhesive side with Glamour Dust. The sentiments are from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I don't think I am going to get much house work done today either....just not in the mood...I hear my stamps calling me again,lol!

Hope you have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

Just Magnolia # 61...Bev's Sketch...Hoppy Birthday!

I'm back again to share the card I made today for the Just Magnolia Challenge! Bev has designed a great sketch for us this week and I really enjoyed using it. It's definitely one to use again!

I made an easel card with American Crafts cardstock and Imaginisce Princess paper that I've had in my stash for a while. I finally inked up this adorable princess Tilda! I've been dieing to use my princess sentiment stamp from Catslife press with her. I coloured Tilda with my Copics and add a lot of Glamour Dust to her wings...wish I could have got a better pic of her...she is very sparkly IRL!

I also used the frog stamp as well and I printed the bottom sentiment on the computer.

I also used one of Kraftin' Kimmie's sentiments too. I'm just posting this quickly as we are going out to dinner and then going to see Toy Story 3 in 3D at the show.

Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek!

Hugs,