'A Little Something' Gift Tag - Magnolia-licious November Blog Hop

Hello.

It's blog hop time at the Magnolia-licious Highlites Challenge Blog!  This is our last one of the year--taking a break in December.  The two Magnolia-licous teams are joining forces for this blog hop...woo-hoo!

If you're already doing the blog hop and came here from Eulanda's blog, then you're on the right track.  But if not, you may want to start at the beginning.  There's a challenge blog hop as well as a special contest about counting candy canes.  Find out more details about the blog hop and the contest, how you can enter either or both and the prizes, at the Magnolia-licious Highlites, HERE.

Here is the list of our participating DT gals in blog hop order:

Patti Jo Skogquist

Cabio Tse

Sheri Wilshire

Mindy Baxter

Suzan Laverty

Ruby Montes

Cheryl Rowley  

Jane Johnson

Janiel Corley

Suzanne Dean

Chris Christensen

Mary Giemza

Cathy Lee

Sharon Caudle

Eulanda Silvey
Norma (your are here!)

Katie Tate 

Angela Wood

 

The theme for the blog hop challenge is 'Interactive Holiday Tags'.  What I've created is this gift tag!

The interactive part is the paper circle/wheel on which I've written the message 'A little something  Just for You * Happy Christmas'.  Portions of the message appear within the window opening as you spin the wheel--so I guess you'd call this a spinner gift tag?

This adorable Magnolia image that I am featuring is called Tilda With Two Little Gifts.  She is from the A Christmas Story Collection 2012 and is available from Diana's on-line store, Magnolia-licious.

Check out the rest of the collection and Magnolia's latest Nativity Collection 2012--they're oh so cute!You will see the sample images that have been coloured by the DT gals--rather than just the black stamped images with a watermark on top of it. Click HERE and HERE.
Other stamps, both full-size and mini, are also available from Magnolia-licious. If you don't see the stamp that you want there, just ask Diana and maybe she can bring it in for you.
Not to be missed are the variety of cutting dies from Magnolia, Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs.  Diana gives excellent service, discounted prices and you also earn in-store credit for every order. 

I've coloured the Tilda image with markers--my collection of Letraset Promarker and Pantone Tria markers.  The shape of the tag is from a Spellbinders Label Twenty-Eight die.  The trees were created using Dee's Distintively Christmas Stacker Tree dies.  Don't know if you can tell or not, but I've covered the trees and the snowflakes with micro-fine glitter. 

Challenges for this card:
Simon Says Stamp! Challenges - Anything Goes
I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge #145 - Anything Goes
Divas by Design Challenge 63 - Glitter and Sparkle
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations Challenge - Merry Christmas
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #125 - Lots of layers
Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #57 - Winter Wonderland
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #44 - Christmastime
Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge - Winter
Totally Gorjuss Challenge #159 - Don't Be Square!
Aud Sentiments Challenge #68 - Bingo (snow, use word 'Happy', diecut)
 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I'm very appreciative of your visit.   

 

Please continue on with your blog-hopping to Katie's blog next.


Materials and Tools Used:
DP:  from K&Company Visions of Christmas paper pad
Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Eight; Dee's Distintively Christmas Stacker Tree 

Punches: Martha Stewart Snowflake corner and edge punch
Miscellaneous:  Coluzzle circle template; Tim Holtz distresss ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; glitter and ribbon from my stash
Medium:  alcohol-ink based markers Letraset Promarkers and Pantonte Trias (-T)
- face--blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla, oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair--umber, burnt sienna, caramel, sandstone
- red top and cap--burgundy, antique pink, 702-T, 701-T, 698-T  
- mittens and striped tights--midnight blue, cornflower, denim, 277-T, cool greys 1-T to 4-T, warm grey 5-T

 

Birthday Card - Everything Wonderful

Hello.

I'm working on a whole bunch of Christmas cards, but I can't show them yet because I want them to be received by the recipients first before I post them here.  Some of them are finished and some of them still have more work to be done on, but they all have to be mailed out...LOL.

In the meantime, I have this card that I forgot to post.  It was a birthday card that I made for a very dear blogging friend of mine.  I was waiting for her to receive it before I posted it, and then I completely forgot about it...yikes!  Losing some little grey cells here! haa haa...

Anyway here's the card...

I love this colour combo of pink and green--it's one of my faves.  I am featuring one of my favorite Tilda's also--this one is called Tilda with Flower Pot.  She is from Magnolia's Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011.  She was coloured with my Letraset Promarker and Pantone Tria markers.

The stamp for this adorable image is available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store.
Other stamps, both full-size and mini, are also available from Magnolia-licious. If you don't see the stamp that you want there, just ask Diana and maybe she can bring it in for you.
Not to be missed are the variety of cutting dies from Magnolia, Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs.
Diana provides excellent services, discounted prices and you also earn in-store credit for every order.

I've made this into an easel card.

Challenges for this card:
Totally Gorjuss Challenge #159 - Don't be square!
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Flowers
Polka Doodles Week #47 - Any Die Will Do
Dutch Dare Card Challenges DDCC #192 - Fancy Folds
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Anything But Christmas (DP's used are discontinued items)
Tilda's Town Challenge #28 - Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Challenge #39 - Pastel Colours
Joanna Sheen Challenge - Anything Goes excluding Christmas

Thanks for stopping by.  I very much appreciate your visit.  Enjoy your weekend!

 

 

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiment Stamp:  Hero Arts 'Lots of Wonderful' 

DP's:  Anna Griffin and from my scrab bin
Template:  Crealies Cutting Templates No. 2
Dies: Spellbinders Label Twenty-Two, Standard Ovals & Rose Creations; Crealies  Creative Flowers CL CF 02; CC Design Leafy Branch 
Punches: Floral Punch Extra Large Leaf and Large Rose Leaves; I don't remember the punches I used for the smallest flower
Miscellaneous: Cuttlebug embossing folder Floral Screen; Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; pearls from my stash
Medium: Letraset Promarker and Pantone Tria markers (-T)
- face and skin--blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla, oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and boots--umber, cinnamon, tan
- coat and leaves--olive green, marsh green, 5767-T, 617-T
- dress, hair ribbon and flowers--shale, 694-T, 693-T, 698-T
- pot--terra cotta, spice, honeycomb, apricot
- butterfly and tag--mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup

Across the miles...

Hello.

I've just finished putting the final touches on a shaped easel card.

This is one of my favorite shapes to use for a shaped easel card.  The shape is from a Go Kreate die set.

I am featuring one of the adorable images from Magnolia's A Christmas Story Collection 2012.  This image is called Tilda with Lovikkamittens.  The letter image is of Holly Letter from the So Jolly and Under the Mistletoe Collection 2009.

This collection and Magnolia's latest Nativity Collection 2012--they're oh so cute!--are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store.  Hop over and check out the coloured images of the stamps rather than just the black stamped images with a watermark on top of it--you can see how adorable the images are. Click HERE and HERE.
Other stamps, both full-size and mini, are also available from Magnolia-licious.  If you don't see the stamp that you want there, just ask Diana and maybe she can bring it in for you.
Not to be missed are the variety of cutting dies from Magnolia, Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs. Check out Magnolia's new Christmas doohickey cutting dies.
Diana provides excellent services, discounted prices and you also earn in-store credit for every order.

Challenges for this card:
Unique Crafters November Challenge - Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
Stamping Sensations November Challenge - Traditional Christmas
Tilda's Town Challenge #27 - Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #98 - Use something more than 6 months old (the Magnolia Holly Letter stamp is from a 2009 collection, the DP's are from last year's Christmas)
Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge #30 - Winter

Thanks for stopping by.  Your visits are always very much appreciated.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Materials and Tools Used:
DP's: from Recollections Believe and Naughty or Nice paper pads
Dies: Go Kreate XXL Square Frames Frilly #3; Spellbinders Classic Ovals and Fancy Tags Two; Tim Holtz Festive Greenery; Magnolia Poinsettia doohickey cutting dies
Miscellaneous: Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnute Stain, pearls from my stash
Medium:  Letraset Promarker and Pantone Tria (-T) markers
- face/skin--blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla, oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair--umber, burnst sienna, caramel, sandstone
- cap, mittens, holly leaves--olive green, moss, marsh green, 617-T
- cuffs and trims--raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup
- sweater, ribbon & bows, berries--henna, walnut, coral, sunkissed pink
- envelope--mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup

JOY - Sweet Stamping Pixies November Challenge

Hello.

It's the 2nd Monday of the month, so it's time for a new challenge at Swiss Stamping Pixies.  The theme for our November challenge is:  monochrome.

Here's my DT card...and yes, it's another advent calendar card.  I have a few more to make of this, so I hope you won't get tired of seeing them.

I hope you will join us in our challenge.  To get more details on the challenge, the prize and how to join in, please  hop over to Swiss Stamping Pixies challenge blog and also have a look at the fabulous cards that my DT teammates have created to inspire you.

A couple pictures of the card here from different angles.

**Edited--If you're interested in making a similar card, HERE is the template with the measurements that I used. 

This adorable Magnolia image I am featuring is of Tilda With A Cute Lamb.

This Tilda is from the Little Christmas Collection 2012.  A very popular collection that a lot of the images are currently out of stock at Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store, where I get my wonderful Magnolia images.  If you would like to purchase this Tilda, contact Diana and let her know.  There is a vast selection other Magnolia images, both full-size and minis--check them out HERE.  

Have a look also at the selection of the wonderful cutting dies from Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs. Those exquisite swirls on my card ar from a Memory Box Whimsical Flourish die.  Diana also gives fast excellent services and discounted prices and you get to earn in-store credit with each purchase--how sweet is that!


Challenges I am entering with this card:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
ABC Christmas Challenge - V for Vibrant Colours
Crafts and Me Challenge #109 - Reds
Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes
Dutch Dare Cards Challenge #190 - My Favorite Things (Magnolia image, swirls and pearls, hand-made flowers)
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #189 - For the love of Tilda
Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #56 - Dies or Punches

Thanks for stopping by.  Your visits are very much appreciated.  I look forward to reading any and all comments.  Have a wonderful week!


Materials and Tools Used:
DP's: Basic Grey Euphoria Felicity; Cloud9Design Razzberry Heaven; from Recollections Believe paper pad
Dies: Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Two; Magnolia Poinsettia doohickey; Memory Box Whimsical Flourish; Crealies Creative Shapes CL CS 20 (for the letters)
Punches: Martha Stewart Scalloped Dot Edger Punch
Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; pearls from my stash
Medium: Letraset Promarker and Pantone Tria (-T) markers
- face and skin--blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla, oatmeal, pastel pink
- red--burgundy, antique pink, 701-T, 692-T 
- white area and ground--warm grey 5-T; cool greys 1 to 4-T
- background--5527-T, 5507-T

Template for Advent-Calendar Card

Hello. 
A few of you have asked me for the templates for the advent-calendar cards I made...HERE and HERE...

so I thought I would post it for anyone else who's interested.

It is simply a front-panel side step card.  The front panel is for your featured image and the back panel is for your dates.

Have fun with this!

Winter Wonderland Fairy in Blue

Hello.

I have a Christmas card featuring a Sugar Nellie fairy.  Surprise!...not a Magnolia image--I have very few of these...LOL.  Isn't she adorable?

This very cute image is from Funky Kits on-line store and she is of the Wish Upon A Star Sugar Nellie stamp.

I've colored her with my markers--Letraset Promarkers and Pantone Trias.  Added glitter to her wings, snow on the ground and all my white diecuts. 

I have made this into a twisted easel card.

Challenges for this card:
The Sugar Bowl November Challenge - Sketch (with optional colour combo)
PaperPlay Challenges '12Week44 - Snowflakes
Charisma Cardz Challenge #44 - Feeling Blue
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge #25 - Stripes
Creative Craft Challenges2 - Special occasion NOT a birthday
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Addited to Stamps Challenge #42 - Things With Wings
Unique Crafters November Challenge - Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
Hooked on Craft Challenge #26 - Christmas No red/green
Christmas Card All Year 'Round November Challenge - Shaped or Fancy Folds

 



That's it for me for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  Much appreciate your visit.  Have a wonderful weekend! 

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiment Stamps: both from Inkadinkado 'Wintr Wonderland' and Warm Holiday Wishes'

DP's: from TPC, Recollections and from my scrap bin

Dies: Spellbinders Wonky Squares; Memory Box Frosty Border and Bianca Snowflake; Tim Holtz Festive Greenery 

Miscellaneous: Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; pearls from my stash

Medium: Letraset Promarker and Pantone Tria markers

 

Gingerbread Hearts

Hello!
This is my latest Christmas card...

And it's another peek-a-boo card.

 

 

My tutorial HERE if you're interested.

One of the adorable Magnolia images that I am featuring is this Joyful Tilda from the new A Christmas Story Collection 2012.

The second one is this Tilda With Christmas Baking from last year's Sweet Christmas Dreams Collection 2011.  I thought the two Tildas with their gingerbread heart cookies go well together, don't you? 

 

The stamps for both these adorable images are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store.  Diana has a vast collection of both full-size and mini Magnolia stamps.  The very latest Nativity Collection 2012 is in store now--check it out HERE--and oh, the images are so cute!!!

Not to be missed are the variety of cutting dies from Magnolia, Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs. Check out Magnolia's new Christmas doohickey cutting dies.
Diana provides excellent services, discounted prices and you also earn in-store credit for every order.

Challenges for this card:
I ♥ Promarkers Challenge #141 - Cute
Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #55 - Girls Only
Christmas Card All Year 'Round - Shaped or Fancy Folds
You, Me & Magnolia Challenge #1- Anything Goes
Creative Card Challenges2 - Special occasion not a birthday
Unique Crafters November Challenge - Sugar and spice and everything nice
Bearly Mine Challenge #60 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

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

Materials and Tools Used:
Sentiment Stamp:  Paper Inspirations 'Merry Christmas'
DP's: from DCWV The Christmas and Winter Stack
Dies: Spellbinders Petite Oval and Labels Eighteen; Magnolia Poinsettia and Swirl doohickey cutting dies; Marianne Design Creatables LR0245; Memory Box Whimsical Flourish
Miscellaneous: Making Memories gingerbread man metal square; Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain and Forest Moss; pearls from my stash
Medium: alcohol-ink based markers--Letraset Promarkers, Letraset Pantone Trias (-T)
- face and skin--blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla, oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair (Joy Tilda)--raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup
- hair & boots (Tilda with Heart Cookies)--shale, umber, cinnamon, tan
- blue shades--midnight blue, 549-T, denim blue, pastel blue
- green shades--grass, apple, meadow green
- heart cookies--caramel, sandstone, vanilla
- white areas--gool greys 1 to 4
- background--5507-T, 5527-T

Christmas is Coming! - Magnolia-licious Highlites November challenge

Hello.  Happy November!  The month snuck up on you, didn't it?  LOL...on me too!

Anyway, it's the first of the month, so it's time for a new challenge at the Magnolia-licious Highlites Challenge Blog.  And woo-hoo...I am the hostess this month.  My chosen challenge theme is to have 'something hidden' in your card or project.  It can be a hidden message, tag, gift card or you can make a pop-up card, a peek-a-boo card, etc.

So this is what I have made--an advent-calendar card.  Yes, another one, but different than the last.

It is actually a front-panel side-step card.  For the countdown of the days before Christmas, I have added the December dates to the side panel.  They are attached by a piece of Zutter Bind-It-All binding wire.  The dates are my 'something hidden'.

I actually saw, quite a while back, some kind of an advent calendar that someone made using the binding wire.  Sorry, but I didn't make a note of whose blog I saw it in.  I'm pretty sure it wasn't a side-step card though, but the idea must have lodged in my mind.  I had to hand-punched these holes for the binding wire to pass through, because I just couldn't fit into my Zutter machine so that it will punch the holes where I want them.  The machine will only punch the holes at the very top edge of the card.

Here are a couple side views...

 

 

I like this style of advent-calendar card.  I think I'm going to make a few more and send them out early--by the end of the month!.  But I'd better find an easier way to create those holes for the binding wire to pass through...LOL.
**Edited--template for this card HERE if you're interested. 

I hope you can play along with us in our challenge at the Magnolia-licious Highlites. For more inspirations, have a look a the fabulous cards and projects that my DT teammates have created, HERE, and also to get more details on the challenge and how to join us.

I love this Tilda image!  Sooo... cute!  She is called Tilda With Long Hair and she is from Magnolia's newest A Christmas Story Collection 2012.   

 

The stamps for this Tilda and the other adorable images from this collection are available from Diana's on-line store, Magnolia-licious--click HERE.  Other full-size and mini stamps from older collections are available as well.  If you don't see the stamp you want, contact Diana and ask her if she can bring it in for you. 
Take a look also at the selection of wonderful cutting dies from Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs. Diana gives excellent service, discounted prices and you will earn in-store credit with every order to be used on future purchases.  Sweet!

Challenges for this card:
Basic Grey Challenge #80 - Anything Goes (BG DP Wassail Cranberry Sauce)
Tilda's Town Challenge #24 - Merry Christmas
Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge #20 - Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #74 - Anything Goes
Card Makin' Mamas Anything Goes
Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #55 - Girls Only
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #187 - Not an Ordinary Card
Simon Says Stamp! Challenge - Get in shape!
Divas By Design Challenge #59 - Feeling Festive?
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round November Challenge - Shaped or Fancy Folds

Thanks for dropping by.  I very much appreciate your visit and your comment.  Enjoy your day!

(A reminder to most locations in Canada and USA, daily savings time ends this Sunday, Nov. 4/12.  We fall back 1 hour--that means woo-hoo...an extra hour of sleep!!!)


Materials and Tools Used:
DP's:  Recollections Believe paper pad ; Basic Grey Wassail cranberry sauce; Creative Imaginations (xmas stripes)
Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Eighteen; Cheery Lynn Designs Holly Flourish and Pine Branches; Tim Holtz Festive Greenery
Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; Zutter Bind-It-All binding wire; pearls from my stash, Making Memories hand punch tools  
Medium:  alcohol-ink based markers--Letraset Promarkers, Letraset Pantone Trias (-T), Shin-Han Touch markers
- face and skin--blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla, oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and boots--shale, Touch 99, Touch 102, cinnamon, tan 
- cap and tights--Touch 42, olive green, marsh green, 617-T
- sweater--terra cotta, spice, honeycomb, apricot
- bell & ribbons--raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup
- christmas cracker--Touch 1, burgundy, 702-T, 701-T, 692-T
- warm grey 5-T, cool greys 1 to 4-T