For You From Me! - Magnolia-licious 'Flowers and/or Photo Inspiration'

Hello.

We're midway into our current challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  The theme is 'Flowers and/or Photo Inspiration.'  To get complete details on the challenge, please hop over to the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog and also check out what my teammates have created to inspire you to play along with us.

This is the card I created.

Here's the view of inside the card.

A closer look at the featured Magnolia Stamps images.

- Rosebud Tilda from the Spring Fever Collection 2016

- Resting Tilda from the Spring Fever Collection 2016

Magnolia Stamps can be purchased from the Magnolia-licious on-line store.  If you don't see the particular one you're looking for, contact Diana and I'm sure she'll be happy to bring it in for you.

Other stamps that Magnolia-licious carries include Stamping Bella, Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studios, Saturated Canary and Crafter's Companion.

Challenges for this card:
A Gem of A Challenge - Weather (Spring or Summer)
Alphabet Challenge - G for Girlie
Crafting from the Heart Challenge #114 - Anything Goes
Crafty Friends Challenge #32 - Summer Time
Crafty Girls Creations Challenge #19 - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge - Gem and/or Pearls
Creative Fingers Challenge #110 - Anything Goes
Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge #190 - Flower Power
Lemon Shortbread Challenge #16 - Anything Goes
Star Stampz Challenge - Hand Coloured Image

That's all for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  I very much appreciate your visit.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  K+Company Watercolor Bouquet paper pad; Recollections Garden Florals paper pad; Art Impressions Pink Stripes   

Dies:  Spellbinders Classic Oval, Petite Ovals, Classic Scalloped Ovals and Rose Creations; Tim Holtz Tattered Flower Garland; Memory Box 98312 Fancy Blossoms; Poppystamps 956 Lovely Tendril

Punches:  Punch Bunch Large Impatiens

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pads Walnut Stain, Victorian Velvet and Faded Jeans; lace and pearls from my stash

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias, Shin-Han Touch markers; coloured pencils to help with the shading
- face and skin:  blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla--for the cheeks:  oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and shoes Tilda #1:  burnt sienna, Touch BR100, caramel, sandstone   
- hair and shoes Tilda #2:  umber, Touch BR92, cinnamon, tan
- blue shades:  midnight blue, 652-T, 550-T, denim blue, pastel blue
- pink shades:  694-T, 693-T, 692-T 
- green shades:  meadow green, apple cider, fresh meadow, 5767-T, 370-T
- cloudy sky:  277-T, 2707-T, cool greys 1-T to 4-T
- dotted background:  grey green, 5507-T, tea green, 5527-T 

Happiness Comes from the Heart - Magnolia-licious May Mini Magnolias

Hello.

Happy Wednesday!  It's the day of the week that the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog dedicates to the 'Wednesday Mini Magnolia Challenge' where the design team showcases the Mini Magnolia Stamps images, along with a few Stamping Bella images thrown in every now and then.  It's my turn to participate in this week's Wednesday posting.

I was looking for a smaller card size to feature the Mini Magnolia Stamps on and was thinking that I would do a Diamond Fold Card.  But I came upon a picture of a Double Diamond Fold Card on the internet instead and decided to give it a try.

Here's the card I ended up with.

And yes, the card is small...or at least smaller than my usual size.  It measures about 6 inches wide from tip to tip, but only under 4 inches in height.

This card features multiple folds.

When the card is spread out, you can see all the fold lines here.

Edited (June 30, 2016):  You can find the template for this card HERE, if you're interested. 

A closer look at the Mini Magnolia Stamps images being featured.

- Mini Tilda With Heart from the Mini Special Moments Collection 2013

- Mini Tilda with Heart Lace from the Mini Your Are So Special Collection 2011

Mini Magnolia Stamps can be purchased from Magnolia-licious at a fabulous price of only $1.99 - $2.00 each--sweet!  Check out the large selection of mini stamps HERE.

Challenges for this card:
Brown Sugar Challenge #199 - Anything Goes
Crafting with an Attitude Challenge #15 - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore May Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Challenge #325 - Anything Goes
Fantasy Stampers Challenge #63 - All About the Girl
Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge #189 - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination Challenge #87 - Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread Challenge #16 - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards May Challenge #32 - Anything Goes
Open-Minded Crafting Challenge #5 - Use your favorite technique (making fancy-fold cards)

That's all for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  Basic Grey Hello Luscious Simply Grand

Dies:  Nellie's Choice MFD060 Straight Heart; CC Designs Olive Branch

Punches:  EK Success Medium and Small Retro Flowers; Fiskars Celestial 3-in-1 Corner; Michaels Mini Sun 

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pads Walnut Stain and Aged Mahogany; pearls from my stash

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias, Shin-Han Touch markers; coloured pencils to help with the shading
- face and skin:  blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla--for the cheeks:  oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and shoes Tilda #1:  burnt sienna, Touch BR100, caramel, sandstone
- hair and shoes Tilda #2:  cocoa, raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow  
- pink shades:  antique pink, 701-T, baby pink
- green shades:  3292-T, lush green, 563-T, mint green  
- red hearts:  berry red, heatwave
- white shading:  warm grey 5-T, cool grey 4-T, cool grey 1-T

- dotted background:  grey green, 5507-T, tea green, 5527-T  

Have A Magical Day - FFFC #164 'Dies and/or Punches'

Hello.  Happy Friday!

We've got a new challenge at the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge.  The lovely Lozzy is our hostess for this challenge and her theme 'Dies and/or Punches.'  Sponsoring this challenge is The Paper Shelter.  To get complete details on the challenge, please visit the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge.  And don't forget to check out the fabulous creations that my teammates have created to inspire you to play along with us.

I love love love this theme as I'm such an addict of dies and punches.  Here's the card that came up with.

A closer look at the image being featured.

This image is called Drink Me!  An dyes, it is one of our sponsor's, The Paper Shelter's, beautiful images.  Check out their digital selection, HERE.
I've used my markers to colour the image (Promarker and Pantone Tria colours are listed below).

Challenges for this card:
ABC Challenges - H is for Heavy (load up those dies and embellishments)
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge #109 - Just Us Girls
Craft Your Passion Challenge #312 - Always Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #72 - May Flowers
Creative Fingers Challenge #109 - Anything Goes
Inky Inpressions May Challenge - Die Cuts and Flowers
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #34 - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenge #138 - Anything Goes
Passion for Promarker Week 346 - Spots and/or Stripes
613 Avenue Create Challenge #176 - Anything Goes

That's all for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  Chatter Box Candy Cane Stripe and Scarlet Dandelion 

Dies:  Spellbinders A2 Curved Borders One, Labels Thirty-Six, Classic Circles and Die D-Lites Blooms Two; Memory Box 98312 Fancy Blossoms and 98222 Fauntleroy Crest

Punches:  EK Success Circle; Nellie's Choice Floral Punch Extra Large Rose Leaves 

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pads Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Barn Door and Weathered Wood; pearls from my stash

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias, Shin-Han Touch markers; coloured pencils to help with the shading
- face and skin:  blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla--for the cheeks:  oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and shoes:  burnt sienna, Touch BR100. caramel, sandstone
- red-brown shades:  burnt umber, 484-T, firebrick, burnt orange, coral, 488-T
- table:  umber, cinnamon, tan
- white shading:  warm grey 5-T, cool grey 4-T, cool grey 1-T

- dotted background:  grey green, 5507-T, tea green  

Seed Box - Magnolia-licious Spring Blog Hop

Hello.

Today, we're kicking off our Spring Blog Hop at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.

If you're already taking part in the Blog Hop and have arrived here from Suzi's blog, then you're right on track.  If you didn't come from her blog then you just may want to start at the beginning, HERE.

My project for this Blog Hop is a Seed Box.  I love gardening and I've created this box to store my seeds.

For this gardening scene, I cut out each of the Tilda images.

The inside of the box is divided into 3 compartments:  the 2 larger ones for seeds and the smaller one for seed stakes (they're actually large popsicle sticks).

I've made three index cards to separate the seeds into 3 seed-type groups:  vegetables, herbs and flowers.

A closer look at the Magnolia Stamps images being featured.
- Tilda In the Garden from the Pink Lemonade Collection 2014
- Seeding Tilda from the Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011

- Watercan Tilda from the Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011

- Tilda Picking Carrot from the Sakura Collection 2015

- Virgo Tilda from the Zodiac Collection 2015
- Tilda Loves Flowers from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2012

Magnolia Stamps are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store where she carries a large selection of both full-size and mini Magnolia stamps.  And if you don't see the particular one you are looking for, e-mail Diana and I'm sure she'll be happy to bring it in for you.
And other-brand stamps that the store carries include Stamping Bella, Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studios, Saturated Canary and Crafter's Companion.

There are two ways to win during our Spring Blog Hop:

- Tulip Scavenger Hunt (see the picture below).

- Enter a project following the Hop theme below.

Both winners will win a $20 Gift Certificate from the Magnolia-licious store.

How to play:

1.  Like us on our Magnolia-licious Facebook Fan Page.

2.  Leave a comment on DT's post during the hop.

3.  Count the number of images of the 2 tulips in each of the DT post and send the total to Cathy Lee at cathylee.co@gmail.com using "Spring Tulip Scavenger Hunt" in the subject line.

Scavenger Hunt Picture

Now for your next stop, HOP over to the blog of the super talented

Julie

to see what she has to share for you.

I'm entering my project into these challenges:
Artistic Inspirations Challenge #156 - Anything Goes/twist of Use a Die Cut
Craft Your Passion Challenge #311 - Always Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Challenge #323 - Female (Girls) Only
Crafty Friends Challenge #31 - In the Garden
Creative Artiste May Challenge - Anything Goes
Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge #187 - One for the Ladies
Live and Love Crafts Challenge #47 - Blossoms and/or Butterflies
Simply Magnolia Challenges - Flowers
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - May Flowers
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

That's it for me!  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  Recollections Floral Garden paper pad; Paper Adventures KN Tickled Pink Ribbons

Dies:  Spellbinders Mega Ovals, Mega Classic Scalloped Ovals Large, Labels Seventeen; Memory Box 98470 Blooming Vine and 98895 Wildflower Corner; Poppy Stamps 956 Lovely Tendril and 1028 Delaney Butterfly; Dee's Dinstinctively IME-121 Tree Toppers

Punches:  Punch Bunch Large, Medium and Small Daisies; EK Success Small Retro Flower; Fiskars 3-in-1 Celestial Corner; Michaels Mini Sun

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pads Walnut Stain and Fired Brick; hinges from hardware store; latch set from Live and Live Crafts; pearls from my stash 

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias, Shin-Han Touch markers (sorry, too many colours to list--I was in a colouring marathon and didn't want to stop and jot down the colours); coloured pencils to help with the shading

Ruff Day? - Magnolia-licious 'Anything Goes'

Hello.

It's an 'Anything Goes' challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  We're midway into the challenge, so there's another week to go before it ends.  Details on the challenge and inspirations from my DT teammates can be found at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.

Here's what I've created.

I've also decorated the inside of my card and featured another Magnolia Stamp cutie.

A closer look at the images from Magnolia Stamps being featured.

- Tilda With Chanel the Puppy from the Animals of the Year Collection 2014

- Beautiful Tilda from the Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011

Magnolia Stamps can be purchased from the Magnolia-licious on-line store.  If you don't see the particular one you're looking for, contact Diana and I'm sure she'll be happy to bring it in for you.

Other stamps that Magnolia-licious carries include Stamping Bella, Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studios, Saturated Canary and Crafter's Companion.

I'm using this card to enter these challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #19 - Anything Goes
Card Mania Challenge CMC#80 - Flowers
Catch The Bug April Recipe Challenge - 1 image, 2 patterned paper 3 embellishments (pearls, ribbon, flowers)
Craft Your Passion Challenge #310 - Always Anything Goes
Crafting With Friends Challenge #19 - Anything Goes
Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge Week 18 - Kraft/Die Cut
Graph'it Colour Challenge Week 12 - Shabby Chic
Lemon Shortbread Challenge #14 - Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations May Challenge - Anything Goes
The Ribbon Girl May Card Challenge - Anything Goes

That's all for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  Basic Grey Euphoria Bless; Chatterbox Cottage Pixie Garden   

Dies:  Spellbinder Labels Twenty-Eight; Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circles; Memory Box 98267 Quinn Flourish, 98312 Fancy Blossoms and 98743 Kensington Border (butterflies); Whimsy Stamps Elegant Flourishes; CC Designs Olive Branch; Joy! Crafts 6002/0068 Square Flowers 

Punches:  EK Success small Star

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pads Walnut Stain, Victorian Velvet and Broken China; pearls from my stash

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias, Shin-Han Touch markers; coloured pencils to help with the shading
- face and skin:  blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla--for the cheeks:  oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair Tilda #1:  burnt sienna, Touch BR100, caramel, sandstone
- hair Tilda #2:  umber, Touch BR92, cinnamon, tan 
- blue shades:  549-T, rock pool, duck egg, cool aqua
- pink shades:  701-T, cocktail pink, baby pink 
- dog:  walnut, terracotta, spice, apricot
- white shading:  warm grey 5-T, cool grey 4-T, cool grey 1-T

- dotted background:  grey green, 5507-T, tea green, 5527-T