Journey

Good evening everyone,

I just can't get enough of these Magnolia stamps, I LOVE them! :) I decided to enter the Tilda and Co. challenge with my card today. You can view the challenge, as well as other submissions, at http://magnoliachallengeblog.blogspot.com/, or just click on the icon on the right hand side of my blog. Our challenge this week was to use some sort of embossing on our card.

For my card, I stamped Tilda, Edwin, the luggage, and the bench, all from Magnolia stamps, onto Georgia Pacific cardstock, colored them all with my copics, and cut them out. It's hard to see in the pictures, but I added Diamond Stickles to the flowers on Tilda's hat and onto Edwin's wings.

Next, I created my card base, which measures 5 1/2 by 5 1/2, out of SU's Pale Plum cardstock. I then layered onto that Sahara Sand followed by Bashful Blue. I then layered on top of that my designer paper, which is from DCWV Travel Stack. I then created my panel for my main image, which consists of Pale Plum mountd on Sahara Sand, mounted on Bashful Blue. All pieces were run through the cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I adhered each piece to the card base using dimensionals. I then adhered the bench and Tilda using dimensionals, and then seated Edwin on top of the luggage using dimensionals. I stamped my sentiment (which came from a cheap clear set I got at Michael's . . . the name escapes me at the moment) onto Pale Plum and then tied it onto the card with a ribbon I picked up in Michael's dollar bin. I then added primas and a Martha Stewart pearl for a finishing touch.

I would love to hear what you think. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Christine :)

Tilda on Country Bench

Happy Tuesday everyone! :)

I just can't get enough of these adorable Magnolia stamps. If you are interested in purchasing any of these stamps, we finally have a US retailer. Contact Diana Crick of Scor-Pal directly for ordering info at magnolia.us@shaw.ca. Also, please join us at the Magnolia-licious Yahoo group, there is a ton of talent over there.

For my card today, I decided to ink up my new sideways facing Tilda. I inked her with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and stamped her onto Georgia Pacific cardstock. I then colored her with my copic markers and cut her out. I then inked the old country bench (also from Magnolia stamps) with Memento ink, and stamped it onto GP cardstock. I colored it with my copics and cut it out as well. I then created my card base (which measures 5 1/2 x 5 1/2) out of SU's Pretty in Pink cardstock. I then layered on top of that SU's Bashful Blue followed by Certainly Celery. I then layered my designer paper from Die Cuts With a View's Nana's Nursery stack (baby girl). I then placed a piece of Pretty in Pink cardstock through the Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I then layered the old bench on top of that with dimensionals, then placed Tilda on the bench using dimensionals. I then layered that onto SU's Bashful Blue using dimensionals, then layered that onto Certainly Celery.

For some finishing touches, the ribbon is from Michael's dollar bin. The primas are also from Michael's and I placed a glittery pink brad in the center from Making Memories.

I would love to hear what you think. Thanks so much for stopping by. More tomorrow.

Christine :)