Summer Tilda

I sold a bunch of my older Magnolia stamps on SCS a little while ago, and while I was going through them deciding which ones to keep I came across this little sweetie. I had to color her up again, she's just so darn cute!

All the patterned papers are digital designs from Tracy Ann's Digital Art Etsy shop. There are some amazing paper collections there, and I love being able to browse the papers on my computer, and only printing the ones I need to use for a certain project. PLUS, I can print them at 6" square so I don't have a bunch of scraps left over!

Now I'm off to enjoy my day off from work and stamp and color to my heart's content!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Magnolia
Ink: Memento, Distress
Paper: Papertrey Ink, Matte Photo paper
Accessories: Fiskars apron lace punch, Spellbinders Labels/Nestabilities, sticky backed gems, Stickles, striped grosgrain ribbon, colored pencils, OMS, Copics (for flesh tones).

Tilda Picking Peaches

Sorry I haven't been blogging as faithfully as I usually do. There are a few things I'm dealing with that have been distracting me from my hobby lately. Some of it good, some, not so good. I love my hobby though, and I am determined to stick with it despite 'life' getting in the way, LOL.

I thought I'd share this Tilda card today, which was rejected for publication. (Yes, one of the things distracting me from blogging, it's always been one of my goals to be published, and I've been submitting some projects lately! It's hard work I tell you!) I wasn't too upset about it because I've gotten some good news as well bad, so it all evens out! I'll share more when I can.

I used the Tilda Picking Peaches Magnolia stamp inked with Memento Cocoa ink. I've always used dark brown ink for my images, I think the look is a little more vintage, not as high-contrast. Just a personal preference. Tilda was colored entirely in Prismacolor pencils, blended with OMS. Despite all the other media I have for coloring, Gamsol Magic remains my favorite!

The DP is Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird. I did a zig zag stitch all the way around it with my little Janome machine. I even added a little bit of Stardust Stickles to some of the berries on the DP just to spice things up a bit.

Hope she brightens your day a bit, thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Magnolia, sentiment from Papertrey Ink

Ink: Memento, Perfect Match

Paper: Papertrey Ink card base, Cosmo Cricket, Bazzill, SU

Accessories: Polka dot grosgrain ribbon, Flower button from Elzybells, Cuttlebug Frills embossing folder border set, Spellbinders Fancy Tags, SU oval punch

Cutie Pie

Here's the other card I made using Mel's tile background technique, this time for a kitchen scene. I stamped and colored Tilda with Prismacolor pencils, then cut her out. To make the tiles, I cut a bunch of squares using Nestabilities from Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird paper. I glued them onto a piece of cardstock in a tile pattern, then inked them with Versamark ink & embossed with clear embossing powder. Then I cut the whole thing out with Spellbinders Labels 9.
I even cut out a little oval for a little rug beneath Tilda, making little stitches around the edge. The strip behind the image was cut with the Fiskars Apron Lace border punch, all very fitting for this cooking themed card!

The sentiment was printed from my computer and cut out with the double ended tag die from Spellbinders.

I had lots of fun making this card, hope you enjoy it as well, thanks for visiting!

Stamps: Magnolia (from A Little Yummy for your Tummy collection)

Ink: Memento, Versamark, Distress Antique Linen

Paper: Cosmo Cricket, PTI, Core'dinations, Bristol vellum

Accessories: Nestabilities, Fiskars punch, twill ribbon, clear EP, half pearls, Red Copic Spica pen, White Sakura Glaze pen

Love-ly Tilda

Another Magnolia card! I really wanted to use this sweet heart tree for a Valentine's Day card. I masked off Tilda so I could stamp the tree 'behind' her, then colored everything with Copics. I did go back with some Prismacolored pencils to deepen some of the shading. I added some white buttons to her shoes and some dots to her scarf with a white Sakura glaze pen. I love the embossed look of those pens. Much easier than heat embossing tiny areas!
I added some Pink Liquid Pearl hearts to the tree for some dimension. A little bit of Stardust Stickles for her wings and I call it done!

Thanks for visiting!

Stamps: Magnolia, PTI

Ink: Memento, Perfect Match

Paper: Heavenly White, PTI, SU, GCD Studios

Accessories: Martha Stewart loop edger punch, Stickles, Liquid Pearls, Copics, Prismacolor pencils, Marvy/Uchida heart punches, swiss dot ribbon, Sakura glaze pen, Copic Spica pen

Shabby Chic Birthday Tilda

I've been digging into my old Magnolia stamps, it's been so long since I used them, they almost feel new again, lol! Of course, this little Tilda is one of my favorites. I just love her sweet dress and pigtails! I stamped her twice, once onto Bristol vellum for coloring, and once onto a piece of digital patterned paper I printed out. I cut the dress out of the patterned paper and layered it onto the colored image. I added a little shading with some T0 and T1 Copics to give the dress some dimension.
I cut the image out with some Petite Oval Nesties, and layered them onto the Labels 4 die cut. I am really liking this combination of Labels 4 with the Petite ovals, they're a perfect fit. I ran some zig-zag stitching around the edges of the card to complete the 'shabby' look.

I hope you like it as much as I do, thanks for looking!

Stamps: Magnolia, Papertrey Ink sentiment

Ink: Memento, Distress, SU

Paper: Digital papers from Digital Anemona. SU, Heavenly white

Accessories: SU Hodgepodge Hardware/Designer Label punch, sewing machine, Stickles, Copics, Twill ribbon, PTI button, Martha Stewart Doily lace punch

Lovely Tilda

Well, it has been a loooong time since I've colored up a Tilda! I guess I just got tired of them when I was on the design team, so I needed a good long break. But as I was flipping through my stamps a few days ago, I started looking through my very large Magnolia collection and saw this sweet heart. UNINKED! [gasp] How this could've happened, I don't know. But I immediately slapped some ink on her and got to work.
Inspired by the gorgeous colors from the digital paper kit 'Sweet Wishes' from Designer Digitals, I colored Tilda in pinks, greens and yellows. The paper is so pretty I didn't think the card needed much in the way of embellishments. A double twill bow, a heart stick pin, and I call it done!

If you've never tried digital papers, you really should. I'm not affiliated with any digital company, I just love the idea of buying instant patterned papers, downloading them, printing them and using them on my cards. If I could stop buying regular patterned paper, you know how much room I could save in my craft space?! lol... I doubt it'll happen, but it's a nice dream.

Thanks for stopping by, it's back to work this morning for me!

Stamps: Magnolia

Ink: Memento

Paper: Sweet Wishes digital paper kit from Designer Digitals printed on HP matte photo paper, SU, Gina K

Accessories: Fiskars edge punch, heart stick pin, PTI twill ribbon, Prisma colored pencils, OMS, Copic Spica pen, Copics (E0000, E00, E11 for skin)

Tilda & Lantern

This is one of my all time favorite Tilda images. I love her old fashioned lantern and her sweet coat and hat. The ribbon I used on this card was the whole inspiration for the color scheme. I think I bought it a long time ago on Etsy, just never used it. Striped mulitcolor ribbon is hard to use on cards in my usual way. Normally I pick an image first, then choose the DP I want to use and use colors from the DP to color the image with. 99% of the time, I won't be able to find a matching ribbon from the huge stash of striped multicolor ribbons I have after I have already chosen the papers. BUT, if I choose a ribbon first, like this one, then the color scheme is easy to put together after that.

I used a bit of shimmery brown cardstock just to add to the Christmas-y feel, love that stuff. I don't know where I got it, or where I can get more, LOL. I really need to keep track of this stuff! I have to dig through my scraps and hope I can find a piece that still has the brand label on it.

Thanks for looking, enjoy your weekend!

Stamps: Magnolia, SU

Ink: Memento, SU, Perfect Match

Paper: Bristol vellum, SU, Bazzill, shimmer brown c.s., PTI

Accessories: Martha Stewart loopy punch, SU designer label punch, striped grosgrain ribbon, Cuttlebug EF, rhinestone, Flower Soft, Copic markers and Spics pens, Liquid Glass, colored pencils, OMS

Tilda's Bundle of Twigs

It's been a while since I made a card using a Magnolia stamp, so I dug into some of my older stamps and found this sweetie pie. You know what I noticed with the older Tilda images? She has smaller eyes. The newer Magnolia Tilda and Edwins have larger eyes. They're both cute, but for some reason I like the smaller eyes better!

I remember seeing someone use this SU Autumn Vines DSP a while back, and of course--it's retired! I am so far behind with SU products, lol! I always start liking something after it's been retired. So I searched Ebay, Splitcoast Stampers Buy/Sell/Trade forum, no luck. Then I thought of Craigslist, and BINGO! I scored two brand new unopened packs from someone in Wisconsin unloading a bunch of their SU stuff. I love this paper, and I matched Tilda's dress with the colors from the paper.

Today my kids went back to school, and I forgot how hectic it can get in the AM with them getting ready for school, and me getting ready for work! So I didn't get a chance to edit a bunch of pics until much later. I think I'm going to have to start getting up earlier in the morning....uugghh.

Anyway, thanks for looking, and thanks for all the sweet comments! It does my heart so much good!

Stamps: Magnolia, Papertrey Ink

Ink: Memento, Distress, Adirondack

Paper: PTI, SU!, Bazzill, Bristol vellum

Accessories: Nestabilities, Fiskars edge punch, silk ribbon, Liquid Glass, colored pencils, OMS, Copics

Tilda & Edwin Tours And Paradise Magnolia DT Cards

Work has been verrrry busy since the kids have been out of school, working more hours, coming week has even more hours! No time for crafting it seems, :-(
Here are the last two DT cards for Magnolia, neither have Tilda or Edwin in it! So if you're not a fan of the sweet, no-mouthed children, Magnolia still has gorgeous stamps for you!

I am very fond of the scenery stamps Magnolia has been coming out with. They are pretty large, so Tilda would be in good proportion to them. Perhaps sitting on the edge of the scene. But I chose not to do that this time, the flowers and the waterfall were so beautiful I didn't want to detract from them with another image.

I usually don't like images of motor vehicles, I've never used one before, but this is what I like about being on a DT! I must work with what they send me, and it forces me to work outside of my comfort zone. Which is a good thing! I never would've chosen a stamp like this one, but I really ended up liking it! Fun to color, I used Liquid Glass for the windows (darn the camera for not catching that again!), it's so cute and fun! I made it look like it was zipping off into the sunset, (or sunrise) which is actually circles of DP cut with Nesties.

As soon as I saw this cute SUV image, I knew that's what I was going to do with it. The sentiment is made with my Just Rite stamps, since I didn't have any 'travel' words to use.

Thanks for looking, enjoy your Sunday!

Waterfall card-

Stamps: Magnolia

Ink: Palette

Paper: Bristol vellum, Bazzill, PTI

Accessories: Sizzix texture plate, colored pencils, OMS, Stickles, Fiskars Apron Lace punch

Bon Voyage card--

Stamps: Magnolia, JustRite

Ink: Palette

Paper: Bristol vellum, Bazzill, MME, Sassafrass Lass

Accessories: Dew Drops, Liquid Glass, colored pencils, OMS, Nestabilities

Edwin's Lizard

Well this is a sort of jungle-themed card, as lizards always evoke that feeling. I even used twine instead of ribbon, to look like vines or rope. This is actually the only stamp I got from the Pets/Animals collection that actually has an animal in it!

The jungle leaves border was cut out, and popped up with foam tape. Everything colored with colored pencils, OMS, and Copics for his skin.

Be back later with another post for Plum Purdy Designs!

Stamps: Magnolia

Ink: Palette, Versamagic, PTI

Paper: Bristol vellum, Basic Grey, PTI

Accessories: Martha Stewart arch lattice punch, papert twine, Dew Drops, colored pencils, OMS, Copics

Tilda is Going Riding...

I've discovered I love striped ribbon...at least this particular ribbon from Strano Designs! They have some luscious ribbon! I thought it looked perfect for this card.

Other than the bow, it's a pretty simple card. Tilda was colored with pencils (except for her face, I use Copics for flesh now, nicer colors). Easy!

I'm going to have a very special post later, make sure you check back this evening!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Magnolia

Ink: Palette

Paper: Bristol vellum, Cosmo Cricket, Bazzill

Accessories: Strano Designs ribbon, colored pencils, OMS, Copics, PTI button, antique copper square brads

Magnolia Design Team Cards! Pet/Animal Collection

I know I haven't blogged in a loooong time. But I have a very good reason! My new Magnolia DT package came last week and I have been busy, busy! I've also been working on another 'project' but I can't reveal what it is yet. Here's a little bitty hint though. ;-) OK, that's pretty much a give away, but there's a lot more to it!

Anyway, here is my favorite card for Magnolia. I know it's called Khaki Tilda but I had to match her dress to the paper. And, I used some Copics! Now, I bought a lot of Copics a while ago, used them a few times, but really wasn't crazy about them. They were just not my style. I felt the look they created was too 'graphic-designed', like it was colored digitally on a computer. I like the artistic look, the pencil strokes, the watercolor washes, the texture, etc. So I sold all my Copics and was content to use my vast colored pencil collection. So why am I using Copics, you may ask?

Well, I hate mixing colors. Absolutely HATE it, and will avoid it if at all possible. That's not to say I don't mix colors when coloring with CP's or water colors, but I don't like having to mix a certain color all the time. Like the blue-green of Tilda's dress for example. I just don't have a CP out of all the brands I have that is close enough to it. (It's actually similar to Papertrey Ink's Ocean Tides). And because I love Ocean Tides, and use it a LOT, I looked for some other medium I could find a similar color in. That's where the Copic marker came in. So, I only have maybe a dozen colors to match the colors I can't seem to find in colored pencil. I'm not converting to Copic, don't worry! No way in the world I could afford all the colors I want, LOL! Plus I love my colored pencils too much!

Oh, and BTW, don't go crazy looking for a rock stamp that Tilda is sitting on at the Magnolia site, I drew it by hand!

I have tons of stuff to share with you, so keep coming back!

Stamps: Magnolia

Ink: Palette

Paper: Bristol vellum, Bazzill, MME

Accessories: Prima flowers, large rhinestone, colored pencils, Copics, sheer lime ribbon, grosgrain ribbon, paper twine, leaf ribbon, Fiskars edger punch

ED: Copic colors used-BG72, 75 & 78

Jeweled Hummingbird

I love Hummingbirds. Whenever I have petunias planted in our deck boxes out back, this gorgeous iridescent emerald hummingbird comes by for some nectar all summer. So when I saw someone use this stamp from Inkadinkado on SCS, I knew I had to have it! He's so fun to color with all the patterns and little details.

The flowers are from Magnolia, which I popped up and layered. I also stamped the hummingbird on vellum, then colored on the back of the wings, cut them out and glued them on to the main image. It kind of looks like he is really flying, because if you've ever seen a real hummingbird, you know you can't even see the wings! They are a blur because they're moving so fast. That's the effect the vellum kind of has.

Hope you like it!

Stamps: Inkadinkado, Magnolia

Ink: Palette, Distress

Paper: PTI, Memory Box

Accessories: Nestabilities, colored pencils, OMS, Stickles, Liquid Pearls, MS Lace border punch, MS Moire ribbon

Tilda the Butterfly

Here's a rather funky Tilda card, with a kind of pop-art, retro feel to it, doesn't it? It wasn't what I was planning at all while coloring the image, but I love the big polka-dot paper Magnolia sent to me, and it just kind of took off all on it's own after I decided to use it.

Tilda's wings are all sparkly and glittery of course, just as a butterfly's wings should be. It was a lot of fun coloring this one, acutally all Magnolia images are great to color! Not too detailed so that it's a pain in the neck to get in to all the tiny places, but not too simple either. Just right! And I think they have the largest variety of Tilda images in every pose, outfit and season. That's what I love--I can always find the perfect image for whatever kind of card I'm creating.

Hope you like it, and thanks for coming by!

Stamps: Magnolia

Ink: Palette

Paper: Bazzill, Bristol vellum, unknown DP

Accessories: Pink brads, Basic Grey buttons, yellow satin ribbon, colored pencils, OMS, Stickles

Magnolia DT Card-Bloom

Wow, having a new puppy around sure gets in the way of posting on my Blog, and stamping! Ollie follows me around everywhere, constantly underfoot, and has to investigate every little thing I do, LOL. He is a doll, though! I'll post pictures of him later.

A little about the card--I colored Tilda with my colored pencils, and odorless mineral spirits to blend. That giant bouquet of roses is wonderful to color! Perfect card for Mother's Day.

I had a Martha Stewart leaf punch for a little bit and this paper from the Bloom kit by My Mind's Eye reminded me of it. It goes perfect with it! Hard to see in the picture, but I embossed leaf lines to make them a little more textured.

Hope you like it, and don't forget to check back later if you want to see pics of our new puppy!

Stamps: Magnolia
Ink: Palette, Paper Salon, Distress
Paper: Bristol vellum, Bazzill, My Mind's Eye
Accessories: MS leaf punch, seam binding ribbon, colored pencils, OMS

Tilda & the Sunny Spring Day

Can't you just smell the Lilacs and fresh air? Well, it's nice to imagine I can, LOL. It still doesn't feel like spring around here yet, although it is supposed to get warm later.

This card has one of my favorite color combo's-Lavender and Spring green. These colors look so good together. I think my Light Violet Lyra colored pencil is getting worn down much too fast, I should probably order an extra just in case.

I love the paper blossom Magnolia sent me, although I have no clue who makes them. I would like to find out so I can get more. Anyone know?

We're leaving in a couple of hours to get our new puppy! It's a long drive, so I've prepared by stamping a bunch of images so I can color in the car. At least I hope I can color in the car, I tend to get car sick if I'm not looking straight ahead out the window.

Hope it inspires!

Stamps: Magnolia
Ink: Palette, Paper Salon, Distress
Paper: Bristol Vellum, Bazzill, Memory Box
Accessories: MS Lattice punch, PTI ribbon, Colored pencils, OMS, Stickles

Magnolia Design Team Card- Strawberry Tilda

Well, here's the first card I made with the new Magnolia stamps! Tilda in her strawberry cap, or at least that's what it looked like to me. It was also the inspiration for the theme of the card. As I began coloring her, I realized the cap she's wearing looks like a strawberry so I decided to go with those colors. Even the flower looks like a strawberry blosssom, and the lattice border punch reminds me of a berry basket! I'm pretty happy with the way it came out.

Here's a close up so you can see the the frame Tilda's sitting on. I just used two oval Nesties at once to cut a frame, then layered it.

Hope you like it, thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Magnolia

Ink: Palette

Paper: Bazzill, SU, Bristol Vellum

Accessories: Nestabilities, MS lattice border punch, colored pencils, OMS, Cuttlebug EF, Scribbles 3D paint, seam binding ribbon

Spring Tilda Journal

One more book I made using those $1 journals from Michael's. But I'm sorry to say I cut up the only sheet of this DP BEFORE I looked at who makes it! I hate when I do that!

Oh well, I'm sure someone will know, if you do post a comment please!
The pictures came out really awful this time, colors are way off. I got one of those light tent thingy's to help me take better indoor photographs, but I think my light source still stinks. I just have one of those desk lamps with some kind of wierd bulb in it, but I don't think it's bright enough. Now I have to do some research to find out what kind of lamp is best for indoor pics. It's kind of funny actually, all the time and effort I put into making cards, LOL. If only I was that dedicated to house cleaning!

Thanks for all your wonderful comments, I LOVE reading all of them!

Stamps: Magnolia
Ink: Palette
Paper: Bristol vellum, Bazzill, unknown DP
Accessories: K & Co. paper lace, PTI ribbon, colored pencils, OMS, wool felt, Spellbinders dies, brad, Stickles

Another Tilda Journal

This is my favorite Tilda image!

These journals would be very easy to do except for one thing. The binding holes on the journals don't match up very well with the BIA. :-(
So after covering them with DP, it was a bear to cut them out very nicely! I tried tiny scissors, exacto knife, but they came out pretty raggedy regardless how careful I was. Until I discovered a little tool in one of my DBF's stash. It's actually a tool kit from Provo Craft in a little black/lime green case. Comes with wire snips, a mini hammer (that's what DBF bought it for), a lot of different hole punches, tweezers, etc. etc. Well, two of the hole punches were a square and a rectangle. Bingo! I used the rectangle one to punch the holes through after the covers were done. Much nicer and faster than manually cutting them out! I knew there had to be a tool out there to make my life easier!

I'm going through my notebooks fast, I hope Michael's still has more when I go back. I need to keep these on hand for last minute little gifts.

Have a great day everyone, and thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Magnolia

Ink: Pallette, Distress

Paper: My Mind's Eye, Bristol vellum, PTI

Accessories: Nestabilties, PTI ribbon, colored pencils, OMS, Stickles, SU scallop border punch, Kaiser craft self stick pearls, BIA O-wires, Michael's $1 notebook

Recipe Journal

A couple of weeks ago I was browsing through Michael's on my way to work when I found these monogrammed kraft journals in the $1 section. They were exactly what I was looking for to alter and embellish! You see, I have a Bind-it-All, and have tried making my own journals from scratch, but when it came to the inner pages, I had a really hard time getting lined paper in the exact size and quantity that I thought a journal should have. Cutting 50+ sheets on my paper trimmer was just too much work, and they never came out even. Very frustrating. So I began a search for cheap journals so that I could either take apart for the inner pages, or to alter. These were perfect!
All I had to do was take the book apart, decorate the covers and put it back together. With the colors I chose for this project, I didn't even have to cover the edges of the covers I just left the kraft as the mat for the first layer.

It's nice to do something different from cards for a change! Idid a bunch of them, so I have more to show you all in the coming days.

Hope it inspires!

Stamps: Magnolia, JustRite

Ink: Palette, Distress, Perfect Match

Paper: My Mind's Eye, Bristol vellum, SU

Accessories: Ribbon, colored pencils, OMS