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 :)

Tilda: Just thinking of You

Good evening everyone,

A double post for me today . . . I've been busy :) I did this card for the card sketch challenge over on Splitcoast (SC190). I created my card base, which measures 5 1/2 by 5 1/2, out of SU's Sage Shadow. I layerd on top of that SU's Lavender Lace. I then layered on top of that two separate sheets of DCWV's Nana's Nursery designer paper (baby boy) cut in triangles. I then stamped Tilda with Memento ink onto Georgia Pacific cardstock and colored her in with my copic markers. I then cut her out. Next, I cut a circle with my Nestabilities and then ran it through the cuttlebug using an embossing folder. I then used nestabilities to cut a scalloped circle out of SU's Sage Shadow and Lavender Lace. I then adhered the scallops with dimensionals onto the card base. I then adhered Tilda on top with dimensionals. Next, I cut a small circle and scallop out using nestabilities and stamped my sentiment (which is from Studio G) and then mounted with dimensionals. Finally, I added primas (the top prima is lavender, it looks pink in the picture for some reason) and a making memories brad to the top left corner of the card and then added diamond stickles to Tilda's wings.

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

Christine :)

Thinking of You

Good evening everyone,

I hope everyone is having a great day. I made my card today for a colleague of mine at work who is leaving our office. She will be greatly missed. I hope she liked the card :)

I started by stamping my new Tilda stamp in Memento Black ink and stamping her onto Georgia Pacific (GP) cardstock. I colored her in with my copic markers and then cut her out. I then stamped the bench (also from Magnolia stamps) onto GP cardstock and colored it with copics. I then used my nestabilities to cut the bench out into a circle. I then used copics to create a sky and also a pond of water under Tilda's feet. I also used my nestabilities to cut out the two scalloped circles, one in SU's Sage Shadow, the other in Pretty in Pink. I then created my card base (which measures 5 1/2 x 5 1/2) out of SU's Bashful Blue. I then layed onto the base SU's Pretty in Pink followed by SU's Sage Shadow, followed by designer paper from DCWV (Die Cuts With a View) Nana's Nursery stack (baby girl). I then mounted the Pretty in Pink scalloped circle using dimensionals onto the card base, followed by the Sage Shadow scalloped circle. I then mounted the circle with the stamped bench onto the Sage Shadow scalloped circle using dimensionals. I then mounted Tilda onto the bench using dimensionals.

Next, I stamped my sentiment (which is a $1 Studio G stamp from Michael's) onto GP cardstock. I colored in the flowers on the sentiment with SU's Pretty in Pink marker. I used SU's ticket corner punch on the corners of the sentiment. I then mounted the sentiment onto SU's Sage Shadow and again used the ticket corner punch on the corners. I then mounted that onto SU's Pretty in Pink and placed pearls (from Michael's) in the corners.

Finally, I placed Prima flowers on the bottom left of the card and placed a pearl in the center. Going back through my posts, it appears as though I cannot make a Magnolia card without primas and some shade of the color pink :) I guess it's no secret that pink is my favorite color :)

I hope you enjoy the card. I'd love to hear what you think. Thanks so much for stopping by. More tomorrow.

Christine :)

Summer Days

Happy Saturday! :) I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend so far. It's a beautiful day here today. In celebration of the gorgeous weather, I decided to ink up my new Magnolia stamps to create a summer scene. All stamps are Magnolia stamps. First, I stamped the horse onto Georgia Pacific cardstock and colored it in with my copics. I also colored a blue sky around the horse with my copics. I then mounted my horse image onto SU's Lovely Lilac cardstock, then mounted that onto Green Galore, and then onto Pixie Pink. I then made my card base out of SU's Tempting Turquoise cardstock (my card measures 5x7), them mounted Pixie Pink on top of that, followed by Green Galore, Lovely Lilac, and then my designer paper from Die Cuts With a View Nana's Nursery stack (baby girl). I mounted my horse image onto the main card base.

Next, I stamped the fence onto GP cardstock, colored it with copics, and cut it out. I then adhered the fence onto my horse image and popped it up with dimensionals so it appears as though the horse is standing behind the fence. I then stamped Tilda onto GP cardstock, colored her with copics, and cut her out. I mounted her with dimensionals in front of the horse and fence image. I wanted it to look as though she was sitting in the grass on a beautiful summer day.

For some finishing touches, I added prima flowers on the top left corner of the card and placed a Making Memories glitter brad in the center of the flowers. I added stickles to Tilda's wings and the lilacs in Tilda's hands, and added glossy accents to the leaves.

I'd love to hear what you think. Thanks so much for stopping by. More tomorrow :)

Christine :)

Home Sweet Home

Good evening everyone,

I'm sorry for yet another late post. It was a crazy day at work today, but when I got home, a package was waiting for me and it was my new Magnolia stamps! I couldn't wait to ink them up. I decided to participate in another challenge over on Splitcoast, today's Ways to Use it Challenge. For the challenge, we had to use copic markers in our project. I love my copics so this was a fun challenge! :) I'm still learning and still need more copic colors, but I'm pretty happy with the way this card turned out.

I stamped the house from Magnolia stamps onto Georgia Pacific (GP) cardstock and then colored it in with copic markers. I stamped Tilda from Magnolia stamps onto a separate piece of GP cardstock, colored her with copics, and then cut her out. I mounted the house onto SU's Close to Cocoa cardstock and then mounted that onto SU's Rose Red cardstock. My card base (measuring 5 1/2 by 5 1/2) is SU's Chocolate Chip. I layered SU's Berry Bliss DP (which unfortunately just retired, I'm so glad I stocked up) onto Rose Red and then mounted that onto my card base. I then mounted my house image onto the card base using dimensionals. I placed glossy accents on the windows of the house and placed primas in the top left corner. The pearls are from Michael's. Finally, I popped Tilda with dimensionals and added diamond Stickles to her wings.

If you are interested in purchasing Magnolia stamps, we finally have a retailer in the US. Send Diana Crick (of Scor-Pal) an e-mail at magnolia.us@shaw.ca and she will send you a list of all Magnolias she has in stock. Also, come check out the new Magnolia Yahoo group, there is amazing talent over there. The group is called Magnolia-licious.

I'd love to hear what you think of my card. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a lovely evening.

Christine :)

Tilda Swinging

Good evening everyone,

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. For my card today, I just had to ink up my new Magnolia stamps. I have become addicted to Magnolia stamps, they are so adorable. There is finally a U.S. retailer for these stamps. If you are interested in ordering some Magnolia stamps, please contact Diana Crick (of ScorPal) at magnolia.us@shaw.ca and she will send you an e-mail with the various stamps she has in stock. She will be opening an online store soon. Also be sure to check out Magnolialicious, a new Yahoo group created by Diana.

As for my card, all stamps are Magnolia. I stamped the swing on white Georgia Pacific cardstock and colored it with my Copic markers. I then cut out a circle around the swing with my Nestabilities. I then stamped Tilda onto white Georgia Pacific cardstock and colored her in with my Copic markers. I added some diamond stickles to her wings. I then cut her out and adhered her to the swing with dimensionals, so she really popped. I then cut a scalloped circle out of Stampin Up's Regal Rose carstock with my nestabilities to layer under the swing and Tilda image. I adhered that image to two separate pieces of cute paper from Die Cuts With a View's Nana Nursery stack (the girl stack). That was then layered onto SU's So Saffron cardstock, which was then layered onto my Regal Rose card base. The ribbon is from the Target dollar bin. The flowers are by Imaginisce and I placed pink dew drops in the center of the flowers. The card measures 5x7.

This was a pretty simple card, but I'm pleased with how it turned out. I'd love to hear what you think. Thanks so much for stopping by. More tomorrow :)

Christine