Let It Snow 4-Step Card - Magnolia-licious 'Winter Theme or Anything Goes'

Hello.

We're midway into our 'Winter Theme or Anything Goes' challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  The design team has more cards to inspire you to play along with us.  Don't forget to visit the challenge blog, HERE, to see what my teammates have created and to get complete details on the challenge.

For my DT card, I've created a 4-step card.  This is the card front.

The 4-step feature is inside the card.
(If you're interested in the template for this 4-step card, you can find it HERE.)

The letters for the 'let it SNOW' were cut out by hand.  I didn't have the appropriate dies, so I found a font that I like on the internet, printed out the enlarged letters and then cut them out with my small scissor.  There weren't that many letters to cut out so I didn't mind doing it.

I hope you'll play along with our challenge.  There's a prize of a $20 Gift Certificate from Magnolia-licious.

A closer look at the two Magnolia Stamps images being featured.

- Tilda With Little Snowy from the A Lovely Christmas Collection 2015

- Cozy Christmas Tilda from the Winter Wonderland Collection 2013 with a litlle alteration made--I've changed the apple Tilda's holding into a snowball.

Magnolia Stamps stamps are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store where she carries a large selection of both full-size and mini Magnolia stamps.  And if you don't see the particular one you are looking for, e-mail Diana and I'm sure she'll be happy to bring it in for you.
Check out also the stamps from Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studios, Saturated Canary and Candibeans and Crafter's Companion, along with cutting dies from various companies including Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia Doohickey, Wild Rose Studio.
Prices are discounted, you get excellent customer service and you also get to earn 2% credit to be applied to future purchases.

Challenges I am entering with this card:
Craft Your Passion Challenge #295 - Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenge #83 - Snowflakes
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #408 - A Bit of Fun!
Graph'it Colour Challenge - Winter Blues
Inspiration Destination Challenge 368 - Anything Goes
Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge #63 - Winter Fun
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #26 - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenge #129 - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap! Challenge LTSCB #70 - Anything Goes
Southern Girl Challenge - One for the Girls

That's all for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  My Mind's Eye Be Merry paper pad

Dies:  Spellbinders Curved Borders Two and Labels Thirty-Six; Poppystamps 1050 Frozen Border; Sizzix Tim Holtz Woodlands; Memory Box 98239 Country Landscape, 98615 Rizza Snowflake and 98442 Chesapeake Scrollwork

Punches:  Martha Stewart and EK Success snowflake punches

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; Ranger liquid pearls; pearls from my stash

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias, Shin-Han Touch markers; coloured pencils to help with the shading
- face and skin:  blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla--for the cheeks:  oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and boots Tilda #1:  burnt sienna, Touch BR100, caramel, sandstone
- hair and boots Tilda #2:  burnt sienna, Touch YR101, mustard, pastel yellow  
- red cape, hat and mittens:  ruby, berry red, antique pink, 1767-T
- green sweater, cap and mittens:  peacock green, 563-T, 5503-T, 317-T
- brown pants:  Touch BR92, Touch BR100, cinnamon, tan
- white shading:  warm grey 5-T, cool grey 4-T, cool grey 1-T
- ground:  sandstone, warm grey 5-T, cool grey 4-T

- dotted background:  grey green, 5507-T, tea green, 5527-T  

Straight To The Heart - Magnolia-licious 'Anything Goes'

Hello.

We're midway into our current challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog and the theme is 'Anything Goes'.  There's still one more week to get your entries in.  Visit the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog for complete challenge details and how you can join in the fun.  Check out the fabulous cards that my DT teammates have created to inspire you.

Here's my DT card...

And in the inside of the card, there is a surprise 4-step pop-up.

The letters LOVE I had to cut out by hand...argh.  I do have alphabet die sets, but they were either too large or too small.  So I found a font that I like on the internet and blew it up to the size I wanted.

Close-ups of the adorable Magnolia images being featured:

- Sagittarius Tilda from the Zodiac Collection 2014  

- Tilda With Cozy Heart from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2012

The stamps for these images, as well as other equally adorable images can be found at Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store where she carries a large selection of both full-size and mini Magnolia stamps.  And if you don't see the particular one you are looking for, ask Diana if she can bring it in for you.
Check out also the stamps from Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studios and Candibeans.
Magnolia-licious also carries cutting dies from various companies including Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia Doohickey. and other crafting tools such as Flowers, Prima Chalk Edgers, etc.  Have a look!
Prices are discounted, you get excellent customer service and what's more, you get to earn 2% credit to be applied to future purchases.  Sweet!

If you're interested in making a similar 4-step card, here's the template:

And if you want to print it out:
4-Step Card 6' x 6' (15cm x 15cm) Template (PDF)

Challenges for this card:
Bearly Mine August 2014 August - Anything Goes
Cards Galore Encore Challenge #8 - Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations August Challenge - Anything Goes
Natalie and Amy's Challenge #23 - Diecuts and Flowers
Ladybug Crafts August Challenge - Favorite colours (blue and brown)
Sisters of Craft - August Anything Goes Challenge
Penny Black and More August Challenge - Anything Goes
The Squirrel and The Fox Challenge #75 - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Challenge #24 - Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge #49 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used: 

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  Sandylion Sticker Designs One-of-a-kind Blue and Argyle Sweater Blue; Hot Off the Press Joy's Vintage Papers; Simple Stories Generations paper pad; blue diamond DP from scrap bin

Dies:  Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circles; Spellbinders Petite Ovals; Memory Box 98743 Kensington Border; Crealies Creative Flowers No. 06; Penny Black 51-016 Dancing Leaves

Punches:  Ek Success medium Retro Flower; Carla Crafts medium Cosmos (for flower centres) 

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pads Walnut Stain, Stormy Sky and Gathered Twigs, pearls from my stash

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias 

NOEL - 4-Step Card

Hello.  Happy Tuesday!

As it's the second Tuesday of the month, we have a new challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  And this is a 'Winter Themed' challenge.  For complete details of the challenge and of how to join in the fun, visit the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  While you're there, check out the fabulous cards that my DT teammates have created to inspire you.
Here is my DT card.   

As you can see by the inside, this is actually a 4-step card.  

The Magnolia images were coloured with markers, with the help of some coloured pencils to deepen the shadings.  The letters for NOEL were cut out by hand.

I like how this card looks in real life because of all the glitter that I've added on the pine branches, the pinecones and all the trees--both on the image and the diecuts.  And in this picture taken from a different angle, I'm trying to show you the glittery effect.

Hmm...I'm not sure if you can all the sparkles very clearly...oh well.

These are close-ups of the Magnolia images that I am featuring:

- Christmas Eve Edwin from the Winter Wonderland Collection 2013
- Winter Fence from the Santa Collection 2008
- Winter Forest from the Santa Collection 2008

- Jingle Jangle Tilda from the A Christmas Story Collection 2012
- Peaceful Christmas Tree from the Winter Wonderland Collection 2013

Magnolia stamps are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store where she carries a large selection of both full-size and mini stamps.  And if you don't see the particular one you are looking for, ask Diana if she can bring it in for you.  Check out also the stamps from Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studios, Penny Black and Candibeans, along with cutting dies from various companies and other crafting items.

One of the dies, Marianne Designs Christmas Tree LR0136, that I used to create the layered pine trees is available from Magnolia-licious.

A reminder that there is a weekly draw for a Surprise Package Prize just for commenting.  All the comments made on the Tuesday Challenges and "W"ednesday postings on all the DT gals' blogs and the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog itself will be entered into the draw.

Challenges for this card:
Creative Fingers Challenge #10 - Anything Goes with optional twist Distress
Charisma Cardz Challenge #44 - Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #232 - Christmas
Crafty Girls Challenge #5 - Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations November Challenge - Christmas
Brown Sugar Challenge #67 - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge #32 - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' - Christmas is coming
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #150 - Outdoors
Addited To Stamps Challenge #69 - Punches and Dies

For those of you who are interested, I've included a template for the 4-step card:

And if you want to print it out:
4-Step Card facing left in PDF
4-Step Card facing left in centimetres in PDF

Thanks for stopping by.  I very much appreciate your visit.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week.

Materials and Tools Used:
Sentiments:  Computer generated
Designer Papers:  K+Company EB Visions of Christmas paper pad
Dies:  Spellbinders Classic Edges Two, Classic Decorative Inserts Five and Petite Scalloped Circles (for the pinecones); Marianne Designs Christmas Tree LR0136; Impression Obsession Pine Branch; Memory Box 98188 Holly Vine
Punches:  Marvy Uchida Circle punch
Miscellaneous:  Coluzzle Oval Templates; Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; pearls and glitter from my stash
Colouring Medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias

Template for a 4-Step Card (6" x 6")

Hello.

Just a short posting here to show those who are interested the template that you can use to create a 4-step card, similar to the card I made in my previous posting HERE.


This is the template...

Edited:  Finally figured out how to add a PDF to my blog post...woo-hoo.  Here's the template for downloading:  4-step care (6"x6").

Once you've glued the card-inside to the front-and-back cover, you will have a 1/8” border all the way around.  If you want a thinner border--1/16” is my preferance--just trim off 1/16” on all 4 sides.

Also, the front of your card will be 6-inch square--the same size as the back.  For my card shown above, I had trimmed off a small section so that the card front is shorter than the back. 

That's it!  Have fun with this.  You can make a Christmas card by using the steps to spell out NOEL. 

Nothing but the naked truth...

Hello.

I finally have another card to show you.  I got side-tracked with another project, but finally finished this one.  This is a four-step card.

I saw the vertical step card template at Stempeleinmaleins, HERE, which is for a five-step card. It gave me the idea to make a four-step card to spell out the word LOVE.  I had seen this type of card before but don't remember on which site and also it was for a three-step card.  Anyway, I reworked the template and came up with this card.

Colouring of the images were done with Letraset Promarker and Pantone Tria markers.

The stamps that I have used are both from the latest Magnolia stamp collection With Love Collection 2013.  For the card front, I have Tilda with Love Music.

And for inside the card, I have this cute image of Tilda Hiding Heart.

Both these stamps and other Magnolia stamps--full size and minis--are available from Diana's on-line store, Magnolia-licious. If you don't see the one you are looking for in the store, contact Diana and ask her if she can bring it in for you.
Have a look also at the selections of cutting dies from Magnolia, Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Marianne Design, Cheery Lynn Designs and Joy! Crafts. Diana offers discounted prices, gives excellent service and you get to earn 2% in-store credit with every purchase!

Challenges for this card:
Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge #141 - Carole's Sketch
Sweet Stampin' - Ribbon
Winter Wonderland - It Take Two
Charisma Cardz Challenge #3 - Hearts and Flowers
Crafts and Me Challenge #18 - Your Favorite Embellishments (mine are handmade flowers and pearls)
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations Challenge GGSC145 - Valentines
Inky Chicks Challenge #2 - Becky's Bingo Grid (ribbon, sentiment, flowers)
Totally Gorjuss Challenge 168 - Flowers

That's all for me today.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is very much appreciated.  Have a wonderful day!


Materials and Tools Used:
Sentiments: all computer generated
DP's: Recollections Floral Garden paper pad; DCVW Nana's Nursery Baby Girl paper pad
Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Seventeen and Posy Patch; Memory Box Honeyblossom Sprig
Punches: Martha Stewart Heart Chain edge punch, Cosmos and Rose Leaf; Floral Punches Rose Leaves Jumbo; McGill Baby Blooms; Fiskars 3-in-1 corner punch Celestial; Michaels Tiny Sun
Miscellaneous: Coluzzle Oval Template; Rangers Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain, pearls and ribbon from my stash
Colouring medium:  Letraset Promarker and Pantone Tria markers