Spring Cleaning

Hello!

It's a new challenge at the Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog.  The theme for our challenge is Spring is in the Air.

Beside daffodils, tulips, new shoots poking out of the ground and buds forming on the trees, spring also means...spring cleaning!!! LOL

I found a quote on the internet that gave me a chuckle and I thought it's just perfect for my card.  I can so relate to it...LOL.
Here's more of a side view of the card to show it's structure.

And I've also decorated the inside of my card.

I've coloured the 2 images with my coloured pencils. 

The stamps for these images are from Magnolia of course.  Magnolia stamps (full-size and mini) are available from Diana's on-line store, Magnolia-licious.  If you don't see the particular one you are looking for in the store, ask Diana if she can bring it in for you.  And newly available at Magnolia-licious are those wonderful Wee Stamps by Sylvia Zet.
Prices are discounted prices, you get excellent service and you also earn 2% in-store credit with every purchase!
Check out also the selections of cutting dies from Magnolia, Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Marianne Design, Cheery Lynn Designs and Joy! Crafts.

This image is of Tvi Tvi Ti Tilda from the Little Easter Collection 2013.

This is Tilda Watering from the same Little Easter Collection 2013.

I hope you'll play along with our challenge.  More details on the challenge and how to join in the fun can be found at the Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog.  While you're there, check out the fabulous cards of my DT teammates for inspirations.

Challenges I am entering with this card:
Charisma Cardz Challenge #11 - Die cuts
Card Makin' Mamas Challenge - Spring Colours
Chocolate Coffee & Cards Challenge #35 - Bring On Spring!
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Lots of Layers
A Gem of A Challenge #72 - On the Move
You, Me and Magnolia Challenge #10 - Springtime

That's all for now.  Thanks for dropping by.  I'm always appreciative of your visits and comments.  Have a fabulous week!


Materials and Tools Used:
DP's:  DCVW Cotton Bloom Stack; Recollections Garden Floral paper pad and Green Gingham
Dies:  Spellbinders Labels One; Memory Box Delicate Vine and Tessatina Border
Punches: Martha Stewart Garden Trellis deep edge; EK Success small Retro Flower; Fiskars 3-in-1 Celestial corner punch; Michaels tiny sun
Miscellaneous: Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad Walnut Stain and Frayed Burlap; pearls and small pompoms from my stash
Colouring Medium:  coloured pencils--Prismacolour Premiers, Faber-Castell Polychromos and Art Grips; Derwent Coloursofts.  Markers for the dotted background

An Easter Explosion Box - Magnolia-licious Easter Blog Hop

Hello and Happy Spring!

It's an Easter Blog Hop at Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog!  And woo-hoo...I get to start this blog hop.  I hope you'll take part because my DT teammates have really created fabulous projects for your eyes to feast on.  Blog-hop details and the order of the participants can be found at the Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog (so if you get lost during the hop...LOL, head over there).

I'll try to make this short and sweet, so you can continue on your way... 

My project is this Easter themed explosion box.

All the stamps used are from Magnolia of course.  Magnolia stamps (full-size and mini) are available from Diana's on-line store, Magnolia-licious.  If you don't see the particular one you are looking for in the store, ask Diana if she can bring it in for you.  And newly available at Magnolia-licious are those wonderful Wee Stamps by Sylvia Zet.
Prices are discounted prices, you get excellent service and you also earn 2% in-store credit with every purchase! Sweet.

Here are the Magnolia images I used--all coloured with Letraset Promarkers and Pantone Trias.





Tilda Hiding Easter Egg from the Little Easter Collection 2013

	           

Tilda with Egg and Chicken from the Little Easter Collection 2013
Tilda Holding Egg Basket from the Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011





Tilda With Newly Hatched Egg from the Hoppy Easter Collection 2010
Tilda Painting Egg from the Hoppy Easter Collection 2010

Okay, that's all for me! Now you can hop over to the multi-talented Suzi's blog and see what fabulous project she has created.

As for me, I'm entering this project into the following challenges:
- Totally Gorjuss Challenge 175 - Something old (few of the stamps are from 2010-2011 collections,  DP is a discontinued one)
- Deep Ocean Challenge #47 - Cute and Cuddly
- Going Grey with Scrap-Creations GGSC148 - Favorite embellishments (handmade flowers)
- ABC Challenge - J as Just As You Like
- Stamp With Fun Challenge 203 - Anything Goes
- Passion for Promarkers Challenge #190 - Butterflies
- Bearly Mine Challenge #78 - Anything Goes
- Everybody-Art Challenge #228 - Spring
- Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 72 - Think Spring (used all 3 dies from Exotic Butterfly Mini DL112 and Small Angel Wing DL112A)
- I ♥ Promarkers Challenge #160 - Anything Goes
- Papertake Weekly - Easter Treats

Thanks for stopping.  Your visit is very much appreciated. Always!

Materials and Tools Used:
DP's:  K&Company Garden Medley Striped Embossed Paper
Dies: Spellbinders Curved Rectangles, Standard Circles and Spiral Blossom One; CC Design Olive Branch; Cheery Lynn Design Exotic Butterfly Mini DL112 and Small Angel Wing DL112A; Sizzlits Grass
Punches:  EK Success medium and small Retro Flowers; Nellie Snellen Floral Punches Extra Large Leaf; Punch Bunch small Cosmo; Michaels tiny sun; Martha Stewart Grass edge
Miscellaneous: Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad Walnut Stain
Colouring Medium:  alcohol-ink based markers from Letraset--Promarkers and Pantone Trias

 

4th Blogoversary Candy

Hello!

The 4th anniversary of my blog has come and gone (several days ago) so I am late with this posting.  To celebrate, I am giving away this blog candy.

 

I have put together a collection of craft items.  The dies I have managed to buy them on sale...woo-hoo, the stamps are duplicates that I have and the embellishments I have scrounged around from my stash.  I have also chosen things that are flat in order to keep my package flat for shipping, so the postage won't cost so much...ha ha.

Anyway, these are what's included in my candy:
- Spellbinders Labels Twenty
- Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Squares
- Recollections Floral Embellishments
- Magnolia Traveler Tilda stamp
- Magnolia Mini Tilda With Carrots stamp
- CC Design Party Lucy stamp
- 4 packages of half-pearls in various colours

I will send this collection to one lucky winner.  Anyone can enter.  To be included in the draw, just add your name into the inLinkz below.  This will remain open for a couple of weeks--ends on April 1, 2013.

Good luck!

Easter Greetings - Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge #3

Hello. 

It's time for a new challenge at Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog.  The theme for the challenge is...Easter/Spring.
Hope you'll come and play with us. For more details on how to join in the fun, hop over to the  Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog. While you're there, have a look and be inspired by the cards/projects of my awesome DT Teammates. 
So this is what I came up with for my DT card...

 

The images were coloured with Letraset markers--Promarkers and Pantone Trias (colours listed below if you're interested)
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I am featuring a couple of new stamps from the Little Easter Collection 2013 from Magnolia.  The one on the front of the card is Tilda Decorate Easter.  Isn't she adorable?

And in the inside of my card, I have used Edwin With Daffodil.  He's just as cute! 

Both of these images are available from Diana's on-line store, Magnolia-licious. She has a vast collection of other Magnolia stamps as well--both full-size and mini ones. If you don't see the particular one you are looking for in the store, ask Diana if she can bring it in for you.
And newly available at Magnolia-licious are those wonderful Wee Stamps by Sylvia Zet.
Don't overlook the selections of cutting dies from Magnolia, Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Marianne Design, Cheery Lynn Designs and Joy! Crafts.
Not only are you being offered discounted prices and excellent services, you also get to earn 2% in-store credit with every purchase! Sweet.

Challenges I am entering with this card:
Stampin' for the Weekend - Use Lace
Stempelsonne Challenge #84 - Easter
Totally Paper Crafts Challenge #157 - Punch it!
The Paper Shelter Challenge #102 - Punches and Dies
A Gem of a Challenge #70 - Floral Frenzy
Allsorts Challenge Week 197 - Springtime
Kreative Stempelfreunde/Creative Stamp Friends Challenge #72 - Spring Colours
Lexi's Creations Challenge #85- Easter
Love to Create Challenge #56 - Lavender & Lace
Bearly Mine Challenges #77 - Easter

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Your visits are always appreciated.  Have a wonderful week!


Materials and Tools Used:
Sentiments:  Computer generated
DP's: Making Memories Meg Argyle and Meg Narrow Stripes; Basic Grey Wisteria Cornflower
Dies:  Spellbinders Hexagons and Scalloped Hexagons; Crealies Creative Flowers No. 19 ; Marianne Design Leaves LR0156
Punches: EK Success medium Retro Flower; Martha Stewart Rose Leaf
Miscellaneous: Ranger Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain and Dried Marigold; lace and pearls from my stash
Colouring Medium: alcohol-ink based markers from Letraset--Promarkers and Pantone Trias (-T)
- face and skin: coral, soft peach, vanilla, blush, oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and shoes: burnt sienna, cocoa, caramel, sandstone
- purple shades: 2665-T, lilac, lavender
- teal shades: 563-T, 331-T, 5503-T, tea green, 5527-T
- daffodil: raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup
- leaf and stem: pine, 370-T, apple, meadow green
- ground:  cinnamon, tan
- background:  5507-T, 5527-T

Hello Spring! - FFFC #84

Hello!
Woo-hoo...it's Friday!  Weekend coming up and it's also time for a new challenge at Fancy and Fussy Friday Challenge Blog.  Beate is our hostess for this Challenge #84 and she has chosen the theme Flowers.

I was in the mood to use my coloured pencils, so that's what I've done here. When I do colour with pencils, I don't bother taking notes of what colours I used--too much trouble!!! LOL.  My coloured pencil collection is a mixture of colours from Prismacolor Premiers, Faber-Castell Polychromos and Art Grips, Derwent Coloursofts and Cretacolor Marinos.

Oh, I did use a couple of alcohol-ink based markers to dot the background though--discontinued Letraset Pantone Tria very light blue markers.

This adorable Magnolia image is of Tilda With Big Tulips from the With Love Collection 2013.

And I've decorated the inside of my card this way...with another cutie. 

This is an older Magnolia image called Tilda With Pony Tail and she is from the Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011.

Both of these images are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store.  Diana has a vast collection of other Magnolia stamps as well--both full-size and mini ones.  If you don't see the particular one you are looking for in the store, contact Diana and ask her if she can bring it in for you.
And newly available at Magnolia-licious are those wonderful Wee Stamps by Sylvia Zet.
Not only are you being offered discounted prices and excellent services, you also get to earn 2% in-store credit with every purchase! Cool.
Don't overlook the selections of cutting dies from Magnolia, Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Marianne Design, Cheery Lynn Designs and Joy! Crafts.

Challenges I am entering with this card:
Sketch Saturday Week #248 - Leslie's Sketch
Heck of a Challenge - Spring/Butterflies and Pearls
Natalie and Amy's Challenge #7 - Diecuts
Forever Friends March Challenge - Lots of Flowers
Paper Playtime Challenge #5 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge Week 196 - For a Lady
The Paper Shelter Challenge #102 - Punches and Dies
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #51 - Bring on Spring (lots of flowers)

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


Materials and Tools Used:
Sentiments:  Computer generated
DP's:  Chatterbox Sky Rodeo Paisley and Rodeo Paisley; DCWV the Nantucket Stack
Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Three; CC Design Olive Branch; Memory Box Cherry Blossom (flower centres)
Punches:  EK Success medium Retro Flower; Nellie Snellen Floral Punches Large Rose Leaf Set
Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnute Stain, Aged Mahogany and Faded Jeans; pearls from my stash
Colouring Medium:  Coloured pencils

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'Tis the Season of Love

Hello. 
It's another Wee Wednesday at the Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog.  Every Wednesday a few of the DT gals will be featuring Wee Stamps images that are now being carried at Magnolia-licious on-line store.
I've created this Christmas card for today's Wee Wednesday. 

Isn't she adorable?  This Wee Stamps image is called Berry.

 

And I've decorated the inside of my card like this with another Wee image on one side and a blank page for personal messages on the other side.   

 

 

This image is called Christmas Bunny.



I hope you'll have the time to hop over to the challenge blog HERE and check out what Patti Jo and Jane have created using the WeeStamps images.
And a reminder that you have several more days until March 11/13 to enter our current 'All About Boys' challenge.

Challenges for this card:
Stamp With Fun Challenge 201 - Brads
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 258 - Something Old (DP's are from Christmas 2011 season)
Paper Crafting Journey - Bingo (brads, ribbon, flowers)
Allsorts Challenge Week 196 - For a Lady
ABC Challenges ABC19 - Anything Goes
Paper Playtime Challenge #5 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

That's it for me for today.  Thanks for stopping by.  I very much appreciate your visit. Have a marvelous day!


Materials and Tools Used:
Sentiments:  Both sentiments were computer generated.
DP's: K&Company EB Visions of Christmas paper pad, DCWV Holiday Stackpaper pad
Dies:  Spellbinders Standard Circles and Classic Scalloped Circles; Tim Holtz Festive Greeneries; Cheery Lynn Designs Holly Flourish and Lace Corner Deco B
Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; ribbon, pearls and brads from my stash
Colouring Medium:  alcohol-ink based markers from Letraset--Promarkers and Pantone Trias