Breakfast at Tilda's - GDT - Magnolia-licious

 Good afternoon!  I am excited to bring you a brand new Magnolia stamp today, designed by Pauline especially for Magnolia-licious, and available exclusively from the Magnolia-licious store!

The stamp set is called "Breakfast at Tilda's".  As well as gorgeous Tilda, eating her pancakes, you get two different blueberry designs and the sentiment!  As always I have painted Tilda with Distress Inks using the no lines technique.  I also added some Glossy Accents to the syrup and syrup bottle to make them look realistic.

I even made pancakes!  I've used Doohickey dies from Doohickey Kit 14 and the Recipe Card Collection to create the little breakfast accessories.

Of course eggs are required to make pancake batter so they were a perfect die to use on this card!  I made the mixing bowl from the teapot and muffin Doohickey dies.  I've cut the top off the teapot diecut and used the muffin top to decorate the bowl.  You can see on the side of the bowl one of the blueberries that come with the stamp set.

 I've also used the whisk and spoon from the Recipe Card Collection on the other side of the image.

I've added the sentiment to the base of the easel card along with another blueberry.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking.  Pop over to the Magnolia-licious store to grab your "Breakfast at Tilda's" stamp set before they sell out!

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Magnolia-licious DT - I Believe in Unicorns

Good morning!  Today I'd like to share another card for my inspiration post on the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  This one is a card I made for my daughter to give her friend who loves unicorns.

 Of course, I had to use the cute little Unicorn stamp and matching sentiment!  I have painted the unicorn with Distress Inks, cut it out and popped it onto 3D foam pads.  I have also painted the mane, tail and horn with a Wink of Stella brush for extra sparkle.

 The butterflies were cut from some Webster's pages paper and the tiny purple flowers I have made from Foamiran.

 I used the same distress inks that I used to paint the mane and tail of the image to dye white seam binding so that I could make a unicorn tail tassle for the tag!

The tassle is attached to the tag with a single white rose.

 I used a variety of flowers in rainbow colours on the other side of the image to balance with the tassle.

 While I was rummaging for flowers to use I found this stray Christmas leaf which I thought looked a little like a unicorn horn - so I added that too!  The pretty star border is a Doohickey die from one of the kits.

 On the heart tag I have added a winged heart charm with some button twine.

 I have also added some cheesecloth and a strip of diamante trim for extra sparkle.

 I hope you like it and I've inspired you to join us for our challenge at Magnolia-licious.  Pop over to the blog to see some more inspiration from the rest of the team!  Thanks for looking! x

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Magnolia-licious DT - Foamiran Lilies

 Good morning!  Today I'd like to share with you some lilies I have made from Foamiran using the Whimsy Shapeology Lily die set.  White lilies are one of my favourite cut flowers to have in the house so the ecru Foamiran was a natural choice for me, but of course you could make lilies in many of the Foamiran colours available!

 I have coloured the anthers with copic markers and added colour and markings to the base of the lily petals with them too.

I hope you like them and thanks for looking!  Check out more Foamiran projects on the Magnolia-licious Challenge blog! x

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Magnolia-licious DT - Foamiran Autumn Wreath

Good morning!  I am very excited to share today's Magnolia-licious Foamiran project with you because I have been making it on and off for about a month!  Everything you see on the wreath was made by me - even the wreath itself!  I'm sorry, there are lots of photos because I wanted to capture every detail.

 I'l begin with my favourite flower on the wreath - the hydrangea.  This was created with white, light violet and olive green Foamiran and lilac stamens.  I used a Doohickey from the Vintage Box 1 for the flowers.  Some of the white flowers have been inked with Crushed Olive Distress Ink and the tips of all of them have been inked with Milled Lavender Distress Ink.  Every single flower has been taped and wired so that they could be clustered together to form a hydrangea head.  I love how it turned out!

Next to the hydrangea is a maple leaf that I cut out by hand from light violet Foamiran.  I then inked it with Aged Mahogany and Walnut Stain Distress Inks.  You can also see some oak leaves and birch leaves that I also cut out freehand.  These were cut from yellow Foamiran and inked with various yellow, orange and brown Distress Inks.  I also added some spots with a black pen to make them look more realistic.

At the opposite side of the hydrangea is my white pumpkin.  This was made by covering foil with ivory Foamiran and sectioning off with some cotton to create the pumpkin markings.  The stalk is brown paper!

Behind the pumpkin you can see another maple leaf.  This one was cut from red Foamiran and again inked with Aged Mahogany and Walnut Stain Distress Inks.

 Altogether I made four maple leaves - all finished with different inks to get the full colour range of autumn leaves.  This orange one was cut from lemon Foamiran and inked with Tea Die and Spiced Pumpkin Distress Inks.  You can see the black spots in more detail here.

The next flower is a chrysanthemum that I created using circle dies and cutting the petals freehand.  These were all cut from lilac Foamiran and inked with Walnut Stain Distress Ink to make the flower look like it is starting to wither and dry.

Next up is my sunflower.  Of course I had to make a sunflower!  I actually had some real sunflowers on my kitchen windowsill when I made this so it was an excellent reference point!  I tried very hard to get the centre to look realistic.  The whole sunflower is made from lemon Foamiran - yes, even the centre!  I inked the petals with Scattered Straw Distress Ink and the centre with Walnut Stain Distress Ink re-inker.  That was an incredibly messy job!

 Above the sunflower is another pumpkin - this time in orange.  I made it in the same why as the white pumpkin but used lemon Foamiran.  I have inked it with Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink.  The wreath itself I made from honeysuckle branches that I collected from my garden.  I tied them together with jute twine and covered one half with hessian to form a backdrop for the flowers.

You can see another oak leaf in this picture, along with a pine cone made from kraft cardstock using Tim Holtz Tattered Pinecone die.

Running along the entire flower section of the wreath is a spray of Callicarpa bodinieri with its luscious purple berries.  I made it with floristry wire, brown florist tape and purple foam flower centres.  It is another favourite part of the wreath as it looks quite realistic! I made one long spray...

 ...and a smaller one to peep out of the bottom of the flowers.  I will leave you with some more snapshots from different angles so that you can see all of the details.

 I hope you like it and I've inspired you to try Foamiran for yourself.  Thanks for looking!  Shawn has a fabulous selection in the Magnolia-licious store! x

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All About Magnolias DT - All About Autumn/Halloween - The Witching Hour

 Good morning!  Today I'm sharing my midway reminder card for All About Magnolia Challenge where this month we have a theme of 'All About Autumn/Halloween'.  As you can see I've gone for the Halloween option.

Yes, it's the witching hour and Tilda is dressed as a devil!  I've used mini Devil Tilda and painted her with Distress Inks.  I've also used a white gel pen for the dots on her cheeks and eyes.  I have cut her out and popped her onto the Weathered Clock die cut from Tim Holtz.  

The background was stamped with moon stamp from The Winner Takes it All collection.  I stamped it with grey ink so that it looked distant and inked around the edge with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink.  It's difficult to see now that I have covered the sky with the clock face, but to give the sky a spooky look I had a cloud die cut that I kept moving to give cloud shapes with the distress ink.

I have also used the streetlamp Doohickey from the Paris Nights Doohickey set...

...and the cat from the same set!

 I hope you like it and I've inspired you to join us at All About Magnolia Challenge.  Pop over to the blog to see the rest of the team's gorgeous creations.  Thanks for looking! x

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Magnolia-licious DT - Foamiran Poppy

Good evening!  Today I'd like to share a poppy with you that I have made with Foamiran.  I have turned it into a broach for my coat for Remembrance Day.  I loosely followed this Youtube tutorial for a white poppy.

I made the centre with olive Foamiran and surrounded it with black stamens.  I cut out the poppy petals by hand from red Foamiran.

 I also cut the leaves by hand from green Foamiran and veined them with a die pick tool.  The edges were inked with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

 

There are lots more stamens and Foamiran colours in the Magnolia-licious store if you want to take a look.  Hope you like my poppy and thanks for looking!  Have a wonderful weekend!

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Magnolia-licious DT - Anything Goes with Halloween

Good morning!  Today is time for a new challenge at Magnolia-licious Challenge and as usual it is an 'Anything Goes' theme but this month we have the option of 'Halloween'.

 I have used Mini Witch Tilda with Pumpkins and painted her with Distress Inks.  The bats are a Whiff of Joy stamp and the sentiment is from Tickled Pink.

I have coloured some cerise pink lace with black to use along the bottom edge.

 The pumpkins were cut with a Doohickey from one of the kits and the base of the card was cut with the recipe card die from last year's advent calendar.

 I have added a witch charm from my stash.

 I hope you like it and thanks for looking!  Pop over to the challenge blog to see the rest of the team's gorgeous creations.  As always, the challenge is sponsored by Magnolia-licious who have a fantastic prize for the lucky winner! x

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