One Smile - Magnolia-licious Colour Challenge #12

Hello!

It's the 2nd week of October, so it's time for a new challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog. Here's my DT card.



It's a Colour Challenge and Candy, who is our hostess for the month of October, has chosen the colours blue, green and clear/white.




I have used Magnolia's Tilda With Straw Hat for the front of my card--she's becoming a favorite of mine--from the Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011. Isn't she sweet? She's available from Magnolia-licious, an on-line store for anything and everything Magnolia. This image is also available in the Mini Version.




I've used the Magnolia doohickey cutting die called Old Swedish Lace to border the oval die cut. (See my tutorial on how to do this if you don't already know how.)


And here's how I decorated the inside of my card. This other sweet gal is called Tilda with Pony Tail. She is from the Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011.

I've coloured both the Tilda images with my coloured pencils.



I hope you will come and join us in our challenge. Diana has offer a prize of a $25.00 Gift Certificate for your shopping pleasure at Magnolia-licious. And to further inspire you, have a look at fabulous cards and projects that the other DT gals have created HERE!


Now for me..LOL, here are a few challenges that I am entering with this card:
Crafting Life’s Pieces - Challenge #41 - October sketch
Bunny Zoe’s Crafts - Challenge 17 – Lace it up!
TOMIC – Challenge #19 – Magnolia Forever (use a sitting Tilda/Edwin and at least one doohickey die cut). My sitting Tilda is in the inside of my card as I consider the insides very much a part of my cards.
ABC Challenges - A for Anything Goes
Flutter By Wednesday – Challenge #174 – Open
Just Magnolia hAnglar & sTanglar - Week 127 – Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Get in Shape


Thanks so much for stopping by. I'm always appreciative of your visit and I very much enjoy reading your sweet comments. Have a wonderful week!




Materials and Tools Used:

Stamps, other than mentioned above: Just Rite Smile Set (the sentiment in the inside is actually included in the set also, but it was too small and I wanted it bigger, so I computer-generated it)

DP's: Recollections Blue and Green Plaid; 2 sheets from DCWV the Blossom Song stack paper pad

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Ovals and Labels Twenty-One; Magnolia Leaf, Swirls and Old Swedish Lace doohickeys; Cheery Lynn Designs Exotic Butterfly Small

Punches: EK Success large, medium and small retro flowers; Carla Craft small flower for the flower centres

Miscellaneous: Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Tea Dye, lace and pearls from my stash

Medium: Coloured Pencils - Faber-Castell Polychromos, Derwent Coloursofts and Prismacolour Premiers

Girls just wanna have fun - Guest DT Card

Hello! Happy Tuesday.

Woo-hoo...I have been given a Guest DT spot this week at Top Tip Tuesday Challenge Blog. This is my card.



This is their Challenge #51 and their theme is '1 for the Kids'--make a card/project for a child or teenager. They also have a fab tutorial on a Kids Tear-Off Bookmark Card. Click here to see the tutorial and also the awesome cards/projects from the gals of their Designer Team and other Guest DT's to inspire you to create something and join them in their challenge.

I have never made a bookmark card before, so I decided to give this a try.




A close-up of Tilda Playing Hopscotch on the front of my card. I have coloured her with coloured pencils with a little help from my markers for the face and skin. This Tilda is from the Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011 from Magnolia.


Opening the card, you will see first the back of the bookmark.


then the full view of the inside of the card.





This image is of Volleyball Tilda and she is from the Winner Takes It All Collection 2011.

The stamp for this Tilda and the other Magnolia images are available at Magnolia-licious on-line store, the place for anything and everything Magnolia and Diana gives you the best of services.






For the bookmark, I have use 2 mini images: Mini Rollerskate Tilda (from the Mini Winner Takes All Collection 2011) and Mini Tilda with Kite (from the Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011).

If you look closely you can probably see the perforation in the fold underneath. I made this with a small tool, Recollections perforating rotary cutter, which I bought from Michaels.




Challenges that I am entering with this card:

Just Magnolia hAnglar & sTanglar - Week 124 – Sketch. I am using autumn colours for the 'Fall is in the Air' theme.
Magnolia Stamp Lover Challenge – Fall Colours Challenge
Flutter By Wednesday - Challenge #171 – Open
Simon Says Stamps – Sing it! (Song or Film Title Inspired). "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Cindy Lauper
Charisma Cardz - Challenge 37 – Sky
PaperPlay Challenges - Week 37 – Punches & Dies
Creatalicious Challenges -September Challenge 27 – Anything Goes
Stamptacular Sunday - Challenge #129 – “Just Sayin’!”
Stamp With Fun - Challenge #129 - Anything Goes


Thanks so much for dropping by. Your visit is always very much appreciated. Have a wonderful day.




Materials and Tools Used:

DP's: Imaginisce Apple Cider & Cinnamon Sticks

Dies: Spellbinders Classic Ovals, Cheery Lynn Designs Butterflies, Magnolia Doohickey Swirl

Punches: EK Success medium Retro Flower and Leaf

Misc.: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stamp Pads Vintage Photo, Weathered Wood and Faded Jeans; Recollecions Pearls.

Happy Smiles

Hello and Happy Monday!



Just a short post here to show you my latest card. I'm sending this out as a birthday card although the sentiments are general. I'll write the Happy Birthday in my personal message.







I've made this into an easel card.







A close-up of Tilda here. This image is called Tilda With Butterfly Jeans and she is part of Magnolia's Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011. And you can find her and anything Magnolia at Magnolia-licious on-line store.











Challenges that I am entering with this card:



Hooked on Craft - Challenge 6 - Things With Wings

Sunday Sketch & Stamp - #70 Claire's Sketch

Papertake Weekly - Dies to Die For

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Flutter By Wednesday - Challenge #168 - Open

Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 95 - As You Like It

Sketch n Stash - Challenge 69 -Julie's Sketch

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Easel Card





That's it for now. Thanks For sparing a few moment to drop by. I very much appreciate your visit. Have a wonderful day.









Materials and tools used:



DP’s: from DCWV Baby Girl paper pad



Stamps: Tilda with Butterfly Jeans from Magnolia’s Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011; Studio G clear stamp



Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circles and Inverted Circles; Cheery Lynn Designs Mini Butterflies



Punches: Martha Stewart edge punch, daisy, and twig punches; McGill daisy; EK Success small retro flower



Misc: Momento Ink stamp pad bamboo, Ribbon and Pearls from my stash

Garden Friends

Hello! Happy Tuesday!

It's time for a new colour challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog. Our hostess for the month of May is our very talented Paola and she has chosen the colour pink for our theme.




This is another type of the front-panel side step card. On the card that I posted a couple of postings ago the front panel is centered. On this one the front panel is to the side.



I've used a couple Magnolia images. Both of these images were coloured with coloured pencils. I've continue to experiment with the colourless blending pencil instead of using the
odourless solvent. I think I'm slowly getting the hang of this...LOL.

This first Tilda is called Tilda with Hawaii Flower, from the Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011.



This second Tilda is called Kneeling Tilda, from the Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011. I've cut out this Tilda and then mounted her on pieces of foam tape/dimensionals.


Both of these images are available from Magnolia-licious on-line store.



A few challenges that I am entering with this card:

Magnolia Stamp Lover Challenge - Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes - Challenge #73 - Girly Girl
Stamp With Fun - Challenge 115 - Pearls and Flowers
Crafts and Me - Challenge 38 - Stamp Something
Stamp Something - Something Punched
Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 84 - Flower Power


Okay, that's it for now. Thanks so much for popping in to have a look. Appreciate the visit.


I hope you will play along with us in our pink challenge. And please hop over to the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog and take a look at the fabulous creations of the other DT gals and get inspired. Have a wonderful week. And go create!



Materials and tools used:

Other stamp: Hero Arts F1843 Time to Enjoy.

DP's: Recollections Light Pink Damask, K&Company Romanza Gingham.

Tools: Spellbinders Labels Twenty-One and Fancy Tags Two, Martha Stewart Edge Punch Grass and Rose Leaf punch, McGill Flowers-Petite Petals and Pine punches, Carla Craft Flower Centre punch, Michaels tiny Sun/Flower Centre punch, Punch Bunch Small Ash Leaf punch.

Misc.: Recollections pearls, Tim Holtz distress ink stamp Vintage Photo.

Medium: Coloured pencils (FB - Faber-Castell Polychromos, DC - Derwent Coloursoft, PC - Prismacolour Premier).
Face and skin - FC188, DC550, FC132, DC170, FC131, FC191
Hair and shoes for Tilda with Hawaii Flower: PC846, Derwent Artist 6100, FC179
Hair and shoes for the Kneeling Tilda: FC179, FC180, FC182, FC Artgrip 176
Pink clothing: FC193, PC1018, PC1014
Ladybug: DC930, FC191
Leaves and grass: FC168, C988
Butterflies: DC570, DC560

Paper used for colouring: Canson XL Recycled Bristol

You Make Me Smile, Sunshine - Guest DT Card

Hello! Happy Tuesday!

Woo-hoo...I am a Guest DT at Top Tip Tuesday for a couple of their challenges. I am so jazzed about joining the ladies at Top Tip Tuesday because I think I am their very first Guest DT. I feel sooo... honored. I'd like to thank Leanne for giving me this opportunity.

For this week, the theme for their Challenge 37 is: More Than One Fold. I've made a front-panel side step card. I think this is my next favorite type of card, after the easel card.

I would like to use this card as my entry into the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Challenge 12 - Lace
Magnolia Stamp Lover Challenge - Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes - Challenge 72 - Let's get sentimental
Crafts and Me - Challenge 37 - Punch it out!
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 167 - Embellish it!
Paper Play Challenges - Week 22 - Summer Citrus Splash
Just Magnolia hAnglar & sTanglar - Week 110 - Anything Goes with the option of adding Lace
Sundays With Chrissy - June challenge - Here comes the sun.
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 155 - Here comes Summer




This adorable Magnolia image that I have used for this card is of Running Tilda and she is from the Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011. This stamp is available from Magnolia-licious on-line store.


I am still in my coloured pencil mode, so I have coloured this with my mixture of Prismacolour, Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils. Up to now, I have been experimenting using odourless solvent(or some people use mineral spirit or gamsol) with my coloured pencils, but this time I wanted to try the colourless blender pencil. I think I find this more to my liking. I will have to practice more to be sure...LOL.


If you're familiar with my work, you know that I luvvv... to decorate the inside of my cards (hee hee...when I have the time, that is). I've added another sentiment and another set of images here.



Both the sentiments on the front and in the inside of my card are computer generated. I've used a mini Magnolia stamp here called Mini Sitting Angel Tilda, also available from Magnolia-licious.
She's just so adorable that she's my favorite from the Merry Little Christmas Collection 2010, or rather the full-size version is...LOL.




That's it for me. Thanks so much for dropping by. I appreciate your visit. Have a wonderful week.



Materials and tools used:

Stamps: Docrafts Clear Stamps Botanical Set Sunflower Burst. The sentiments are computer generated.

DP's: Scenic Route Paper Co. North Shore Stoked Stripe, Making Memories Multicolor Floral Spring

Tools: Go Create Die, Spellbinders Grommet Tags and Classic Ovals, Punch Bunch Daisy Punch Small, Martha Stewart Daisy Dot Edge Punch, EK Success Leaf Punch

Misc.: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stamp Pad Tea Dye, Lace from my stash

Medium: Coloured pencils (FC - Faber-Castell Polychromos, DC - Derwent Coloursoft, PC - Prismacolour Premier).
Face and skin - FC188, DC550, FC132, DC170, FC131, FC191
Hair and shoes - PC946, PC948, PC941
Dress - PC1033, PC939, PC1010
Sunflowers - PC942, PC1012, PC1011, PC914, PC948, FC179, FC180, FC182
Leave and stalks - FC174, FC 170
Mini Sitting Angel Tilda's dress and flowers in flower basket - PC1025, PC1024

Be happy every day

Hello! And a happy Monday to all.

I have my latest card here to show you--stating the obvious...LOL. This is a short post.





For the layout, I've used Moni's wonderful sketch that she has created for Stempeleinmaleins' Challenge No. 17.

I am also entering the following challenges with this card:

Passion for Promarkers - Week 101 (Congrats, ladies and Happy 2nd Anniversary!) - All the 2's. I have 2 images, 2 designer papers and 2 ribbons.

Papertake Weekly - Pale, Pretty Pastels

Stamp With Fun - Challenge 113 - In the Garden




This adorable image is of Happy Spring Tilda. She is from Magnolia's Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011. For the background, I have used an Alota image. I purchased both stamps from Magnolia-licious (although Diana doesn't carry this particular Alota stamp anymore).

That's it for now!

Thanks for dropping by. Appreciate your visit and all your wonderful comments very much. Have a wonderful and productive week!

Materials and tools used:

Tools: EK Success border punch Double Crochet Lace, Magnolia doohickey die Swirl and Leaf.

Misc.: Kaiser Crafts pearls, Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Tea Dye, ribbon from my stash.

Medium: Promarkers:
Face/skin--blush, ginger, apricot, saffron, oatmeal, soft peach;
Hair and shoes--henna, walnut, cinnamon, tan;
Dress and flowers--gold, mustard, buttercup, pastel yellow, ivory;
Bushes--forest green, leaf green, meadow green;
Plants--olive green, marsh green, pear green;
Stone path--cool greys 1 - 5, khaki;
Skies--pastel blue, tea green, cool grey 1.

Cherish

Hello and a happy Tuesday! This being the 4th Tuesday of the month, it's time for a new inspiration challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog. And here's my DT card.

I was trying to make it look like she is taking a ride on the wings of the butterfly--although she really isn't...LOL.

Anyway, for the month of May it's my turn to be the hostess and I chose this picture.

I was at Home Depot in their paint department and they have an aisle section where they have Behr Paint colour samples. I was leafing through one of the Behr booklets and saw this picture. I looked at the chairbacks and that was my inspiration for this card...LOL. The chairbacks made me think of a layout that I could use. Do you see it? The 4 triangles to form a square? That's what made me choose this picture. I didn't even think about the colour scheme here--any colours would have done. But I decided to use it for my card anyway and I'm loving this combo.

The gorgeous butterfly image is from Magnolia and it's called Large Butterfly from the Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011 (available from Diana's on-line store Magnolia-licious).

I'm trying a new type of card (new to me...LOL) called a cross-over card--at least that's one of the name that I found for it.





Yes, I did glue the Big Butterfly image first to a black cardstock before I cut it out, so the back of it wouldn't look so messy.



Here's a closer look of the inside image. I've used a couple more of Magnolia images here, Beautiful Tilda (I adore this stamp!) from the Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011 and Big Daisy from the Jingle Jangle Collection 2008. All Magnolia things of course are available from Magnolia-licious. Oh and you don't want to miss checking out the new Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011--ready for pre-order!!!



I found a little poem on the internet that I like, so I thought I would use that as the sentiment for the inside of the card: (by unknown author)

Love is like a butterfly
It goes where it pleases
And it pleases wherever it goes.

Love is like a butterfly
Hold it too tight, it'll crush
Hold it too loose, it'll fly.




I am entering the following challenges with this card:

Creatalicious Challenge #22 - Flourishes
Paper Sundaes - Challenge #70 - Pop It Up!
Sundays with Crissy -Challenge #17 - Flowers
Flutterby Wednesday - Open Challenge
A Spoonful of Sugar - Challenge 153 - Things with Wings
Sir Stampalot - May Challenge - Magical Worlds



I wanted to show you what I did to the eyes of the butterfly. I've dabbed on some acrylic gloss medium to make it look shiny and glassy. Hope you can see the sheen. This took half a day to dry by the way.



That's it for me! Hope you will come and join us in our challenge. Please visit the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog and have a look at the other DT ladies' cards to inspire you further.

Thanks so much for dropping by. Appreciate the visit and just luvvv... reading you comments. Have a wondeful week. And go and create!!!



Materials and tools used:

DP's: Basic Grey Wisteria Jardin, Keeping Memories Alive Lavender Stripe, unknown yellowish cardstock with the art nouveau design on it.

Tools: Go Create Die, Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Bigz Die Elegant Flourishes, Martha Stewart monarch butterfly punches large and small, EK Success Paper Shapers Photo Corner Curved punch, McGill Baby Blooms punch, Michaels $1.50 flower punch, Punch Bunch Ash Leaf Small punch.

Misc: Half-Pearls from my stash, DeSerres acrylic gloss medium.

Medium: Letraset Promarker, ShinHan Touch and Letraset Pantone Tria markers, Prismacolor Premier, Faber-Castell Polychromos and Derwent Coloursoft coloured pencils.

Thinking of You

Hello! It's the second Tuesday of the month and it's time for a new challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.

Woo-hoo...I'm the hostess for this month of May and for this colour challenge I've chosen one of my favorite colour combos: black and white plus one other colour. Here's my DT card.


When I first thought of using this colour scheme, I thought I would probably choose for my other colour either red, pink or purple. Then I bought this DP that the craft store was clearing out--it's part of a Halloween paper collection...heh heh. I like the shade of green and I thought it looks good combined with the black. It's sort of a medium olive green. Hmm...I've thought of a more elegant name for this...chatreuse green--yeah, that sounds better! LOL. The combo is a bit out of the ordinary, but I like trying new stuff.


I've used this Magnolia image called Tilda With Butterfly Jeans from their Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011. It is available from Magnolia-licous on-line store, as well as the other stamps that I've used on this card. For the background, I used Lazy Summer Flowers from the Lazy Summer Days Collection 2009 and the sentiment stamp is Just Sittin' Here Thinking of You.

As with most of my Tildas, I've cut her out and mounted her on pieces of foam tape to give the card a more 3-dimensional look. I've added some stickles to the butterfly on her jeans. I've decorated the underside of the card front with more of the DP and a blank space to write personal messages.

A few challenges that I am entering with this card:

PaperPlay Challenges - Week 18 - Show us your style. My style is using Magnolia Tilda images--my favorite, paper edges distressed with ink, hand-made flowers and easel cards are my favorite type of card.

Allsorts Challenge - Week 101 - Use 3 different stamps. Got that covered--see above.

ABC DT Challenge - April showers bring May flowers.

7 Kids College Fund - Challenge #20 - April showers bring May flowers.

Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar - Week 105 - Anything goes.

My Mum's Craft Shop - Challenge 4 - Cute & Girly.

Polka Doodles - Week 18 Challenge - Easel Cards

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Challenge #141 - Flowers

Papertake Weekly - Fancy a Punch?


I hope you will join us in our Challenge. The prize is a $25 Gift Certificate from Diana's Magnolia-licious.

And to inspire you, please hop over to the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog and have a look at the fabulous cards and projects of the other DT ladies--really...they are fabulous!

DP's: Cloud 9 Design Witches Brew Luster Eye, DCWV Black & White Splats.

Tools: Marianne Design Creatables, Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles and Classic Scalloped Circles and Grommet Tags, Coluzzle Circle Template, Punch Bunch Daisy punches medium and small, Martha Stewart Daisy Dot Edge punch (used the small flowers for the flower centre) and Rose Leaf punch.

Embellishments: Making Memories brads.

Misc.: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stamp pads Black Soot and Crushed Olive, Studio G glitter glue.