Vintage Tilda

It is snowing today so I'm staying in and have a second card for you today.  This is another cute Magnolia stamp you can purchase from Joan's Gardens.  Her name is Vintage Tilda.  With that name I had to go through my pretty Webster's Pages "Waiting for Santa & Sweet Season" petite papers to find the perfect background.  Since Tilda is holding a Christmas ornament, I thought this page with the Christmas trees would be perfect. 

Tilda was stamped and colored with Copic markers then cut out.  I used a long deckle rectangle Nestie die to cut a frame for her to sit in.  The verse is from the JustRite "A Merry Little Christmas" stamp set.  Just perfect for my image.  Glitter was added to the ornament Tilda is holding and on the lights on the tree in the design paper.  A gold bow was added to complete the card.

Tomorrow I will be posting a tutorial for you.  It is something a lot of people have requested so I hope you will be back tomorrow.  

Have a great weekend.

Star Tilda with Paper Punched Rose

Can you believe I created this card around the paper rose I made!  I used one of the new punches Joan is showing on her blog,  Joan's Gardens.  She has just listed a lot of new products. The punch I used is the "Super Giant Begonia Petals".    It is very easy to make these flowers, especially if you have the book and tools Joan has in stock.  Don't these flowers look real!

The designer paper I used is from the Graphic 45 "Le'Romantique Collection".  It matches my flower so well.  I created the flower using a very light peach card stock and sponged the edges with a light pink.  I love the color it turned out.  The stamp I am using is a Magnolia stamp called "Star Tilda".  She was colored with Copic markers and cut out.  An ivory Spellbinder "Fleur De Lis" pendant was cut out plus a "Big Scalloped Oval Sm Nestie.  The oval was sponged with peach ink and attached over the Pendant with dimensionals.  Tilda was placed in the center of the card and the rose up in the corner. Two leaves and a few ferns were added around it.  A piece of trim was added to the bottom.   

  It always gives me a great feeling adding an embellishment I made myself and is so fun to hear people make comments about how they can't believe I made it.  I plan to decorate a lot of gift boxes with these flowers which I know will really dress them up.  If you like to create your own beautiful flowers, be sure and check out all the new supplies Joan's Gardens now has in stock to create a variety of different flowers.

Raintree Tilda

I spent most of the day with my family but wanted to get a card posted this afternoon. They are predicting snow next week so we took advantage of a pretty nice day.   I received a bunch of new stamps and have been anxious to "play" with them. This was a pretty quick and easy card to create.   I used another Magnolia stamp from Joan's Gardens.  Her name is "Raintree Tilda".  Two things came to mind when I saw her:  use the cute reindeer designer paper from the Kaiser Craft "Be Merry Collection" and the embossed Tim Holtz pine trees. Have you tried these embossing folders yet?  I am so impressed with how deeply they emboss. 

I stamped Tilda, colored her with Copic markers, then cut her out.  I use the Labels Four Nestabilities (the largest one) for a frame for Tilda.  The verse is from the JustRite "Holiday Demi Phrases" set.  All the verses in this set are half circles and work perfect for something like this.  After stamping the verse, I embossed the trees, then sponged around the edges with Tim Holtz Distress ink. I added a little green chalk to the trees so they would show up better. 

The striped designed paper was distressed around the edges using the Zutter Distrezz-It-All tool.  How how easy it is to run your paper through this little machine to distress the edges.  If you are interested in one, you can order it from Joan's Gardens.  I then used my sewing machine to stitch the papers together.  The background was attached with dimensionals and Tilda was also attached with more dimensionals.  I forgot to mention that a piece of red card stock, and two ribbons were layered across the middle before sewing the pieces together.  Using a Martha Stewart corner punch, I punched two corners into a piece of red card stock, cut them to fit the corners of the card, and attached them with adhesive.  A bow was added to complete the card.

All the products used on this card can be purchased from Joan Gardens.

Hope you have a great weekend.  Thanks again for stopping by.

Joan's Garden Challenge #22

It's time for another Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge.  This week we are to make a card or project and use the following:   

• A character ( preferably Magnolia or Sarah Kay)
• Some thing that sparkles
• Nestie by Spellbinders - New if you have one
• Greeting

A few days ago I posted information about the new stamps Joan is now carrying in her store.  These Magnolia stamps are so cute.  This is my first time to work with them.  The stamp I used today is called "Tilda with Amaryllis".  Well I thought this would be a perfect stamp to use so I could make another amaryllis using the punches Joan now carries to create pretty flowers. 

My designer paper came from the Kasier Craft "Be Merry Collection" paper pad collection.  The white strips on it are fuzzy.  I stamped Tilda on white card stock and colored her with Copic markers.  I used a white marker to create polka dots on her dress.  To match the dp, I added Polar White Flower Soft to her vest. 

For the background for Tilda, I used one of the new Nestabilities called "Beaded Ovals".  I wanted some texture in the middle of this beaded oval so used a regular Nestie oval to cut a plain oval out and then embossed it with the Cuttlebug Dotted Swiss embossing folder.  Each layer is attached with dimensionals.  Each beaded oval has a red rhinestone added. 

I created the amaryllis using the instructions in the Flower Book that Joan now sells.  She carries the tools, punches, glue, and the book which has very easy instructions for creating many different flowers.  I am always so pleased with how realistic these flowers are. 

A red and white polka dot bow was added under the flower.  The Greeting is from the JustRite "A Very Merry Christmas Sentiments" stamp set.  It was cut out with a Nestability and each scallop pierced. 

I had fun completing this challenge.  I hope you will join us this week.  Here is the link to the challenge rules at Joan's Gardens.  If you enter a card, you will be entered into the random drawing for a nice prize.  Don't forget, everyone who has won a prize in the challenges will be eligible for the $100 Gift Certificate Joan will be giving away at the end of the year.  What a great prize.