Shabby Thank You

 Just a quick card for this weeks challenge on Cute Card Thursday which is to use eyelets on your card. I wanted to make a more masculine card. Most of the males i know do not really like Edwin.. so i have picked the Brunte the horse and combined her with some rests of Basic Grey Bella Rose papers. Distressed everything heavily, added the eyelets and added some texture with some raffia Carole gave me. Sentiment is by Stampin up "Fresh Cuts".

Dont forget to take a look at the blog candy i have posted yesterday :-)

This posting is sheduled. Thank you ladies

Best Friends - Pet Collection #2 part 2

Hello girls, thank you for clicking by today. Today i would love to show you the entire gift set using the new Magnolia Pet Collection stamps. I thought this would be so cute little gift for a girl with a pony or horse.

The bag is one of those i am getting my buttons in. I usually buy the FoFaLa buttons and when i get them home i poor them in other containers. On the picture below you can see how i have created the label. What i have done is - i used the Sizzix scalloped circle (a bit bigger than Nesties) and roughly estimated the center and cut with my Excacto knife from the left and the right a piece out so there would be rectangular shape in the middle left. Fold it down and used that piece as a holder. My English most likely does not make ANY sense at all right now. hahaha

If you like to order some Stampin up stuff.. my friend Carole is a Stampin up Demonstrator in England, you could contact her here to get some of the new Stampin up stuff. :-)

Stamps: Magnolia Pet Collection "Tilda w. Holster"

CS/Design Paper: My Minds Eye (exact paper line unknown), Stampin up (Cranberry Crisp, True Thyme)

Tools: Sizzix Scalloped Circle die

Embellishments: Ranger liquid pearls, Prima Marketing (Roses), Offray (ribbon), Button from stash

Remember: All the cute Pet Collection stamps can now be pre-ordered over at 7Kids College Fund

Best Buddies - #2 Gift Set part 1

Hello, it is Friday again and time for an other fun sketch to be inspired over on the Friday Sketcher blog. Check out Bea's fantastic sketch. I have used the new Tilda from the Pet Collection and combined her with "Brunte" the horse, she can be found in the Spring 2008 Collection. Gosh.. i love this horse.. i have made lots and lots of cards with her. :-)

Recipe: Stamps: Tilda w. holster from the Pet Collection, horse from the Magnolia Spring Collection 2008

CS/Paper: Stampin up (Cranberry Crisp), My Minds Eye (line unknown 2009)

Embellishments: Creative Imaginacions (flower found at Archivers), Joanns (lace)

Copyrights: Sadly i have to post this again, if i do NOT design for you, do not download any of my pictures and use them on your own site for advertisement or for publications without my permission.

Thank you dear Rach for creating this super pretty watermark for me. I love it :-) It only took me from Febuary this year til just now to figure out how to add it. lol..not my fault of course.. its the computer hahaha.

Spring Fling

Hello and good morning. I will make it short about my card because i have something very exciting to tell you :-) I make many of my cards using the Friday Sketcher sketches .. not only for the current week but sometimes i go way back to find inspiration. Well.. happened that my friend Bea, made a sketch that blew me away and that day i have made a card with her sketch - turned out that it was way too early :-) Bea kindly allowed me to show the card anyways on my blog xxx Thanks sweetie. My other card using her creative idea is here . For the card today - i used one of the last years Spring stamps and some scraps of papers i had created lol. You are going to see quite a few cards with them made in the next week :-)

This lovely stamp can also be purchased at Magnolia-licous! Make sure to check out the pre-naputal sale page!
Coloring: all Copic markers and Neenah paper an be found at 7 kids college fund
Please take a look what
Carole,
Bea,
Heidi,
Jaqueline ,
Kristine and Murmur came up with using the sketch for this week.

Now for the exciting news i have... Magnolia has kindly given me a VERY, VERY generous blog candy to give away. This being said i don't want just one lady have the chance of winning this amazing prize. I have made several bags filled with 3-4 matching stamps, so many of you have a chance to win some stamps. I think i will be able to put the posting up on Sunday this week, so once the time is over you should have the stamps before Eastern in your mailbox.
This is just one way to tell you from Magnolia and me how much we appreciate you!

Hello

Hello and a wonderful Sunday to all of you. Last week i received from my sweet friend Tina mail :-) omg.. it was filled with the most beautiful pins, needles, pearls, craft supplies aaaaaand several colors of Flower Soft. I always wanted to try it and had it on my next shopping list for my 7 Kids order because Tab just started to carry it in different colors. So me downstairs and digging through my stamps looking on what image i want to try it out :-) It is sooo easy to use and i love the dimension and interest i was able to create on my card with Flower Soft.I have decided on this cute Tilda... she is from last years Spring/Easter collection and used this weeks MOJO Monday sketch one more time. This time i stayed 100% to the given sketch even with the stamped Sentiment in the right hand corner. As you know me now.... :-) usually i make my cards at first without a sentiment so they are more versatile. I have used on the frame and to Tilda's wings my Shimmerz paint in Pixie Dust.. loooove that stuff :-) it really looks so pretty!

Stamps: Magnolia Tilda 2008 Spring Collection, Sentiment: Papertrey Ink "Mixed Messages" (inside and outside)
other: Neenah CS, Memento Ink, Copic Sketch, Flower Soft and Robins Nest can all be purchased at 7 Kids College fund!!!
All kinds of colored sparkle can be found at: Shimmerz

Paper: Stampin up So Saffron is textured really pretty all found in kit "Just 4 You"

This and many more of my cards are listed here: Pretty Pressings

Happy Birthday

Hello and a wonderful Wednesday :-) it is this day of the week again where we like to challenge you to pick up one of your stamps from a older Magnolia collection. This week Jaqueline picked "Tilda with balloons". I wanted to create a bright and cheerful girl birthday card. Well... my papers cooperated :-) but not the yucky daylight we still have here in Michigan.

This is a close up shot - i have tried to capture the sparkle that my new Shimmerz paints in Marigold and Pixie wings gave the balloon and the wings.

Stamps: Magnolia Tilda with balloons

Papers: i know i went a little crazy with all the layers :-) are Real Red, Marigold Morning (retiered) Stampin up, patterned paper: DCWV "Citrus Stack"

Embellishments: Martha Stewart Fond and Arched Lettice punch, Prima Marketing, Stampin up

Coloring: Neenah Ultra white CS, Memento Ink all other Copic supplies from Markers to airbrush system can be found at 7 kids College fund.

Please take a look at my friends blogs if you have a extra minute, each of them has created a card using this Tilda image for you. If you like to join our challenge, feel free to use Carole's, Jaqueline's, Bea's or my blog to show and link your card creation.

Carole's Startdust Gems and Ribbon
Bea's Megastamper blog
Jaqueline's Creja Kaarten

Hugs - Get Well Soon

Edit to add: this card is sold. Thank you Karen J.!

Hello and happy Saturday... o-m-g.. i don't know when it was the last time that i was able to be in bed until 10:30 :-) My card uses one of my all time favorite Magnolia Tilda images. I have used her so often on my cards - she is just special to me. his was the first card i started to practice with the Warm Grey Copic markers to color hair dark. The card was inspired by the wonderful new "My Mind's Eye" Designer papers - this one is called Bloom and Grow.

Somebody told me once that there are way to less "Get well" cards made and i agree.. so i looked through all the wonderful Sentiment and image printable stamp sets that Regina's Cutting Cafe has to offer and surly enough there are many to find. Since my card is sized 6.5 x 5 3/4 i went with the 1" circular Sentiment. On the inside i used the new fancy Nestabilitie shapes that i added to my Copic order with 7 Kids College fund. Love those - they have the perfect size to add a Magnolia inside or a sentiment plus some own writing.

Stamps: Magnolia Tilda and Sentiment: Regina's Cutting Cafe

Papers/Ink: My Minds Eye, Tangerine Tango and Neenah Ultrasmooth White and Memento Ink

Embellishments/Coloring: Copic Sketch, Prima Marketing, Airbrushing, Stickles, Martha Stewart fond punch for leafs and Arched Lattice

Have a wonderful weekend hugs Claudia

"Vintage" Spring Card

Hello and happy Wednesday to all of you. Thank you for swinging by. Before i start about the challenge card for today i wanted to tell you something that happened yesterday morning. I have sent my application to Shimmerz paints, the DT call ended this Sunday and OMG Kim sent me a email yesterday and accepted me! Iam so thrilled because i was drooling over those paints for a while now - i know they will just look gorgeous on flowers and on the Magnolia's to give them some extra shimmer instead of the Stickles i always use. I can not wait to get started :-)

My dear friend Bea picked for our Wednesday challenge to use "older" Magnolia stamps Tilda holding Magnolia's. I have not used her in a very long time - so i was quite happy to use her again. The card is sized 6 1/4 by 5.5 i felt it was a better size to use with just a vertical image and i was also able to use up some of my scrap papers i have produced over the time by cutting my 8.5x11 papers to use with 6x6 cards. As you can see iam experimenting how to color dark hair in :-) no way iam even close on what Marlene does on her cards. She is just a natural!!! look at this fantastic card gosh.. she just rocks!!!

Stamps: Magnolia with Magnolia's from the Spring Collection
Papers: Bo Bunny, Riding Hood Red
Tag: Martha Stewart (to label Jam :-) and Prima Flowers

Please take a look at Carole's blog and Jaqueline's site because they also joined the challenge and made a card using this Tilda image for you. If you like to join in our challenge each week.. feel free to use Carole's, Jaqueline's, Bea's or my blog to link your creation.
Carole's Startdust Gems and Ribbon
Bea's Megastamper blog
Jaqueline's Creja Kaarten

Roses in Winter

Oh i have not watercolored for so long. I love the effect you can get with Distress inks or Stampin up reinkers- i like to use my Copics because they are just faster but some images i think they just look better with watercolors. The frame i used on my card was found at Archivers. It is hard to tell on the picture but is a shimmery paper - it looks really pretty.

Stamps: Magnolia with broom (Spring 2008) and roses

Sentiment: Stampin up! "Roses in Winter" retiered

Coloring: Stampin up re-inker

Embellishments: Making Memories antique brads and Stampin up Mellow Moss grosgrain ribbon

Paper and frame: My Minds Eye, CS: Stampin up Mellow Moss, Very Vanilla

Tools: Ticket Corner punch

I was just vistiting some blogs and i saw some fabulous blog candy out there i would like to tell you about first my friend and former DT member of Magnolia and the Friday Sketchers Hilde is celebrating with candy and Scossie Jane from Australia has 10.000 hits to celebrate with fabulous stamps!

This card is sold to Crissy! Thank you so much! Vielen herzlichen Dank liebe Christine!

Roses in Winter

Hello all, today i will show you the card i have made for this weeks Friday Sketcher blog :-) It would have been my week to provide a sketch, but after we saw how similar my sketch was compared to Ismaki's sketch, is we decided to switch weeks. So this week Heidi will be host and next week hopefully i come up with something new.

Stamps: Magnolia with broom is from the Spring Easter collection 2008
Sentiment: Stampin up "Roses in Winter"
Designer Paper: K&Company and Cranberry Crisp
Embellishments: sheer Organdy corner holders are from my friend Donalda

Tools: Martha Stewart "leaf" punch

Not done for today.... :-) i want to show you a card i got from my STAMPAVIE Team Member and friend Michelle! I am sure you know her blog "Donkey Smiles", right??? Her cards are simply wonderful - iam amazed her artwork! she has almost every day two totally different cards on her blog to show. You can find tons of inspiration and layout ideas on her site. Check out the cute donkeys too :-)

Funky-Monkey-Edwin

This card is beeing published by my dear friend Kristine. Iam out of town for a period of time.

This card was inspired by the fun "Daisy D" Desinger Paper Magnolia sent me a while back. I still had some scraps and wanted to use it. I used various circle punches to punch the monkeys out and layer them with matching CS. Scallops are made with the notch punch from Stampin up. The black panel is embossed with Cuttlebug embossing folder "Swiss Dots" to hide the seam of all the layers i used a black ric rack ribbon from Martha Stewart. I had the fabric corner holders in blue and read like for 2 years in my drawer and finally they matched a project :-)

Stamps: Magnolia Edwin from the Spring kit

Paper: Daisy D double sided paper one side is striped the other monkeys

Embellishments: Stampin up: Real red ribbon, Martha Stewart black ric rak ribbon, Fabric corner holders are Making Memories

Tools: various Stampin up circle punches, notch punch, Swiss Dot Embossing folder

Fathersday Pocket card

Many of you know how much i love to give cards with pictures as presents. This card was made for my husband using a card style i made already last year. This time i just blew the dimensions up so this card is about 5.5 inches.

If you like to look i have posted this week an other - same style card on my second blog.

This is the card i made 2007 for my mother. The template for the smaller version was posted in my SCS Gallerie: ClaudiafromGermany

Spring in Paris "Sketch #3"

Can you show me your cards made with Magnolia's Eiffel tower??? This is my second card using this cool stamp. If you have a card made with an other Paris or french inspired stamp its fine too - post the link of your creation here on this post. So we can all take a look at your card. If you like you can also make a card using the sketch. If you go with the sketch you can use of course ANY kind of your stamps - just stick with the placement of the 2 motifs (thats my challenge for you). You can add your sentiment were you want. Also, link your card here on my blog.

I used the "Merci" stamp from Stampin up "Carte Postale" to stamp on my epoxy tag i picked up at the tiny craft section in my grocery store. Don't know if you can see it but the tag has some tiny daisies like the DP. Was pretty happy about the match. The two fabulous pink ribbons on this card is from Rasperry Ribbons - the store has its online doors open now for you. I asked Caroline, for how long the pink ribbon kits will be available -cause i really, really love mine and i am actually thinking to purchase one more. She told me that the pink ones will be only available as long there is supply, after that there will be an other color for sale. Rasberry ribbons will also ship to the US.

Stamps: Magnolia Spring 2008 (Eiffel Tower and Tilda) Bumble bee

Sentiment: Stampin up "Carte Postale"

Embellishments: Ribbons: "Rasberry Ribbons"
Epoxy Tag, Bashful Blue brads Stampin up, Stickles

Heart Rhinestone can be found at Magnolias online store

Paper/CS: Imaginice (all scraps from the stash), Bashful blue, Whisper White

Coloring: Copics, white gel pen, Prisma Color Pencils on the tower
Add. info: distressing and sweing

Here is the sketch for you to try:

Ismaki 18 "Hi There"

I made this card for my good friend Kristine. She sent me a couple of weeks ago so many things.. ohh. i cant wait to show you a stamp set she got for me. This set has been especially designed to use with our Magnoila's :-) the size is perfect and the frames are wonderful. it is from a company in Norway. LOOOVE it. Kristine totally surprised me with this gift. - Thank you so much!
I wanted to make something more "special" for her cause if you look at Kristines cards on her blog you know what i mean :-). You can see how much work she puts in each of her cards (really take a peek what she posted today!!). So no way i can just sent her a single layer card hahahaha! She never just stops at the front.. her designs are totally well thought out and start at the front and go to the inside to the back of the cards.
For my card i used again the sweing machine to attach my cs to the base of the card (more sewing was done in the inside). I did use this weeks IsMaKi sketch for the layout, unfortunately i did not have a 100% matching piece of scalloped CS to use as card base. So, i hope this one is fine too
If you open the ribbon - you can open the front piece thats matted in Rose Red CS and there is an other decorated piece of paper - also vanilla CS matted and sewen with machine to the Rose Red CS. If you made this card for Mothers Day you could add a picture in this layer and on the last one you still have plenty of space to write.

This is the last layer. All flowers are colored on the stamp with green and rose Stampin up markers. More sewing also on this layer.

Stamps: Magnolia "Tilda with flower basket (2008 Valentines)

Sentiment: Sweet'n Sassy Stamps (Gretchen Set)

Did you know that Sweet'n Sassy has many fabulous stampsets with super cute sentiments? right now there is a sale going on were you can earn FREE stamps!

Flowers and Sentiment inside: Stampin up "Long Time Friend" and "In my thoughts"

All papers I used on this card can be purchased at Magnolias online store

Don't forget today is Ilas Birthday :-) click on over to her blog and wish her Happy Birthday!!!

So Sweet Of You

My aunt from Germany sent my boys some money... and I totally forgot to sent her a "Thank you" card. Can you blieve it??? I make so many cards and forgot that? I thought since the money was for my sons, it would be nice if the card would have Edwin as main image. As you know, this stamp is one of my favorites :-) Yeah.. just until i saw the new stamps. There are soooo many cute boy stamps released - I want them ALL. They are going to be fabulous for cards and scrapbook pages. This card was made for Ila's blog candy. She provided a very inspiring sketch that made it easy for me to be creative. Stamps: Magnolia (Edwin), Sentiment Stampin up (the center punched out of "So many scallops")

DP/CS: Western Sky, Blue Bayou, Regal Rose (?)

Embellishments/Tools: Making Memories: felt flower, buttons, everything else Stampin up: Silver Hodgepodge, Circle punch, piercing tool

Coloring: Stampin up and Pebbles shimmery chalks

Ismaki No 15

For the today's Ismaki Challenge I made this card. The given sketch was again very difficult for me… the idea with the window of Kianel I found completely classy… I just turned the Sketch. Otherwise I accommodated all the requested elements for the card.

Fuer die heutige Ismaki Challenge habe ich diese Karte gemacht. Mir ist der Sketch wie ueblich nicht leicht gefallen... die Idee mit dem Fenster von Kianel fand ich ganz klasse... ich habe nur den Sketch umgedreht. Ansonsten habe ich alle Elemente nach Vorgaben untergebracht.

I would like to renew a offer i made quite a while back. If you have my blog in your blog roll and i have missed it on mine, just leave me a message on this post and i will do the same with your blog. Thank you for linking Pretty Pressings.

Stamps: Magnolia stamps (bird, girl and Edwins house), Sentiment: Stampin up (retiered free SAB set)
CS/DP: Serenic Route, Stampin up Old Olive, Cool Carrebean (retiered 2007 in-color), Chocolate Chip
Embellishments: silver Hodgepodge (mini catalog 2008 retiered after this month), Making Memories brads, Prima flowers, Stickles for the wings, Stampin up: Label Punch
Coloring: Aquatainter, SU Reinkers, Tim Holz Distress Ink in Tea Dye, white gel pen

Happy

Hi, have you had time yet to check the Cute Card Thursday blog today?

Today the challenge is "winged things".. pretty easy :-) and sooo much fun!

I saw a card on SCS that used the papers form Ginger Blossom DP and was inspired to use this paper for my Magnolia card.Stamps: Magnolia (Tilda Spring 2008 Collection) Stampin up for Sentiment

DP/CS: Stampin up River Rock, Groovy Guava, Cardbase is Bazzil textured

Embellishments: Stickles, double stiched Groovy Guava ribbon, pearl stickers
Tools: Boho Blossom punch, Nestabilities

Have you seen Annies faboulous blog candy??? It was her birthday yesterday and she is having a fabulous give-away on her blog. If you have time click on her blog and drop her a message! Even if you are not playing for her candy.. her blog is wonderful with lots of cards to look at to get inspiration for coloring or layouts!!!

Your Friendship Makes My Heart Happy

This is the card i made using this weeks ismaki sketch . I am not quite happy with this card.. i might have to try a second one :-)

Stamps: Magnolia Spring 2008 Collection, Stampin up: Friendship blooms (retiered)
CS/DP: Crate Paper availabe at Magnolias online store, Stampin up: Lovely Lilac, certainly celery, pixie pink

Tools/Embellishments: Making Memories rhinestone brads, SU: Boho Blossom punch, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug heart dies, white detail embossing powder, Stickles, Stampin up: white Taffeta ribbon, Crop a dile
Coloring: all Stampin up and Pebbles shimmery chalks

Driving by with a birthday "Hi"

This weeks Cute Card Thursday Challenge is ....."transport". Planes, trains and automobiles but obviously not limited to those things, any kind of transport! Have fun!

For my card i used Stampin up's "Loads of Love" set - I stamped Tilda and the truck on watercolor paper and colored everything with the colors i picked up from my Designer Paper (Stampin up "Afternoon Tea). Circle is cut and embossed with the large circle Nestabilities set - on Tildas wings is Stickles.

It is defenetly worth to check out all the cards during the week that are going to be posted on the Cute Card Thursday blog - cause i know we always have faboulus stampers posting their work!

Stamps: Magnolia Spring 2008, Page 3

Stampin up "Loads of Love"

Ink colors : Groovy Guava, Summer Sun, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi, Going Grey, Basic Grey, Soft Sky, River Rock, Green Celery, Blush Blossom, Pretty in Pink all SU

Tools: Crop a Dile, Nestabilities Circle

Embellishments: Silver brads, Stickles, green rhinestone stickers, Prima flowers, wide chocolate chip grossgrain

CS/DP: All Stampin up Afternoon Tea, Chocolate Chip

Tilda with Lavender

Huurraaayyy.. i got in a trade with my friend Tammi, this very new Tilda from the Magnolia Spring Collection. She is a cutie!
For todays color challenge to use: Orchid Opulence, Sage Shadow and Kraft or substitute with Creamy Caramel. I used the colors mentioned to color Tilda in and used a matching Twinkeling H2O Color to add some more shadows to her dress. I got this tipp from Ila, very pretty and shiny in real life. Stickles was added to the wings and the butterflies. The background is made with a yellow color from my shimmery Pebbles chalks palette.
CS: Sage Shadow, Creamy Caramel, Orchid Opulence
Ink: Sage, Creamy Caramel, Orchid Opulence, Green Celery, Close to Cocoa
Embellishments: Stickles, Cocoa Ribbon, silver Hodgepodge, silver brads, Making Memories rhinestone brads, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Scorpal,
Coloring: various Reinker, Going Grey (for Sentiment), black Stazon, Pebbles shimmer chalks
Stamps: Tilda Magnolia new 2008 Spring/Summer collection, Fancy Flexible Phrases SU.