Butterflies Flutter By - Sweet Stamping Pixies First Challenge

Hello!

Woo-hoo, I am so excited. This is our first challenge at the Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge.  It is a monthly challenge--the 2nd Monday of each  month--dedicated to stamped and digi images of pixies, sprites and fairies.  Please hop over to the Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge site HERE to get the details.  Have a look also at the prize that Simon Says Stamps is offering as the sponsor of this challenge.     

The theme for our first challenge is: Spring.  This is the card that I came up with. 

I have other fairy stamps, but since Magnolia stamps are my faves, I've decided to use one of them for my very first Sweet Stamping Pixie card.  This adorable fairy is called Beautiful Tilda from the Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011.  My favorite colouring medium is the alcohol-ink markers, but every now and then I like to use my coloured pencils and I've used them to colour this image--except for the dotted background which I've done with markers.  I've added glitter to the wings.   

This is actually a front panel side step card.  I've only made them with square cards before, but I sure like the way this round-shaped one turned out.  A couple of views here from different angles.  

I would like to join the following challenges with this card:

Hooked on Craft - More than 1 fold

Crafts and Me Challenge #74 - Things with wings

Flutter By Wednesday Challenge #193 - Spring Time

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #58 - Fairies

Allsorts Week 145 - Say it with flowers

Stampalot Challenge - In the garden

That's it for me for now.  I hope you will join our challenge.  You've got lots of time--a month!!!  And for more inspirations, have a look at the fabulous cards that my ever-so-talented teamates have created, HERE. Or to go to their individual blogs, I've got their links on my sidebar.

Have a wonderful week! 

Materials and Tools Used:

DP's:  Echo Park Paper Victoria Gardens Garden Gate and Garden Trellis; Recollections Batiked My Interest Surf

Dies:  Spellbinders Grand Scalloped Circles, Labels Twenty-Two, Classic Ovals and Classic Scalloped Ovals; Magnolia Doohickey Swirl; Crealies Creative Flowers CL CF 02 for the large flowers; Marianne Design Creatables Leaves; Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterfly Small

Punches:  McGill Flowers Petite Petals; for the flower centres I used Carl Craft flower, Fiskars Celestial corner punch and Michaels tiny sun; Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly Small

Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Vintage Photo; pearls and glitter from my stash

Butterfly Birthday Card

Hello.  Hope you had a wonderful weekend.  

I've finished a birthday card.  This is a new favorite colour combo of mine of orange, teal and brown.   

This adorable Tilda that I've featured on the card front is called Tilda With Straw Hat.  She is from the  Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011.  You can hop over to Magnolia-licious, Diana's online store, to check out this Tilda and more adorable Magnolia images, both full-size and minis. Have a look also at the selection of wonderful dies--Memory Box, Poppy Stamp, Marianne Design and Magnolia Doohickey.     

Here's a view of the inside of my card.  I've put a butterfly verse from a JustRite stamp set.  I've added another adorable sitting Tilda here.  This one is called Tilda With Ponytail from the Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011.   

A few challenges that I would like to enter with this card:

FlutterBy Wednesday Challenge 192 – Open 

Simon Says Stamps – Anything Goes

TOMIC Challenge #39 – Tilda’s Birthday with a sketch
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 206 – Signs of Spring
PaperPlayChallenges ‘12Week 9 – Something Old, Something New (new dies and punches, old stamps)

CES Challenge #75 – Flower Frenzy

Let’s Ink It Up Challenge #21 – Show us your Flowers 

Scrap & More - Flowers

Bunny Zoe’s Crafts Challenge 21 – Celebrations

MagnoliaStamp Lover Challenge – Punches 
Crealies Challenge #12 - Spring is in the Air (I used Crealies Creative Flower CL CF 06 dies for the flowers)

Some exciting news here (at least for me...LOL).  There is a new challenge blog coming soon, Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge.  It is devoted to fairy/sprite/pixie images (stamps/digis).  It is a monthly challenge--the 2nd Monday of each month.  I am excited because I get to be one of the DT members...woo-hoo.  Mark your calendar!  Hope you will join us.  The challenge starts on March 12, 2012.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by.  Love having you visit and very much appreciate your lovely and encouraging comments.  I enjoy reading them.  Have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiment Stamp: JustRite Butterfly Garden Set

DP's:  Authentique Paper Bundle Collection:  Gathering

Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Four; Cheery Lynn Butterflies; Crealies Creative Flowers CL CF 06

Punches:  Martha Stewart deep double edge punch Monarch Butterflees Trim and Pine Branch; Nellie Snellen Floral punches and embosser--Roseleaf-Jumbo and Extra-Large Leaf

Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pads Dried Marigold and Walnut Stain; pearls from my stash

Tilda among the Magnolias - Magnolia-licious Feb Inspiration Challenge

Hello, hello, hello!

I can't believe it's almost the end of February and March is just around the corner, can you?

It's the 4th Tuesday of the month, so it's time for the Inspiration Challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  Here's my DT card.  

I am the hostess this month, so I get to pick the picture.  This is the photo that I've chosen for the Inspiration Challenge and I want you all to 'Think Spring'.

I hope you will join us in our challenge.  And for additional inspirations, have a look at the fabulous cards from my DT teamates at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog HERE.

I used my markers to colour the images for this card.  This adorable one for the front of the card is from an older Bon Voyage Collection 2010 and is called Bon Voyage Tilda.  Head over the Magnolia-licious, Diana's online store, where she has a great selection of full-size and mini Magnolia stamps.  Check out her selections of dies too--Memory Box, Poppy Stamp, Marianne Design and Magnolia Doohickey.     

Right from the beginning, when I started colouring Magnolia images, I thought that the perfect flowers to use for embellishments would be...what else...magnolias.  But I didn't see them anywhere, so I told myself that someday I should try making my own magnolia flowers.  That was part of reason I chose the picture...hee hee. It's that time!

I really tried making the paper flowers looking like real ones.  I luvvv... Magnolias (LOL...both the stamp and the flower) and always look forward to seeing the magnolia trees totally covered with blooms every spring--they just look glorious!  I wish the flowers would stay in the trees longer though, but they only last a few days before the petals start falling to the ground...sigh.

Here's what the inside of my card looks like.  This Tilda With 3 Flowers is from an even earlier Hoppy Easter Collection 2010.

I needed a verse or poem about spring, so I searched the internet and found this one, but there's no indication of who the author is.

Challenges that I am entering with this card: 

Magnolia Stamp Lover Challenge - Punches

Totally Tilda Challenge #42 - Tilda with dies cuts and punches

Crafts and Me Challenge #72 - Shades of Spring

I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge #105 - Time (springtime)

Fussy and Fancy Friday Week 57 - More Than Words (I have the poem in the inside of my card--don't know if that qualifies)

Stamping for the Weekend Challenge 4 - Bingo (ribbon, pearls, pink)

Allsorts Challenge Week 143 - It's Your Choice 

Deep Ocean Challenge #20 - Spring

Thank you so much for taking the time to drop by.  I appreciate your visit and especially your lovely comments, as I love reading them.  Have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:

DP's:  Basic Grey Indian Summer Collection Maple Sugar; Chatterbox Loft Bias Plaid

Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Twenty-One; Nellie Snellen Corner 1; Sizzix Branches

Punches:  Marvy Uchida Daisy

Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Vintage Photo; Ribbon and Pearls from my stash

Medium:  Letraset Pantone Trias and Promarkers

A Special Day

Hello!
Finally I have a card to show you. This is a birthday card.



This Tilda is from Magnolia's Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2012. She is called Tilda with Heart Balloons (I think). I get all my wonderful Magnolia products from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store, although it looks like currently this Tilda is out of stock (I'm sure Diana will restock soon though).


I've made this into an easel card. A couple of views from different angles here...



Oh do you like my flowers? I've just got my shipment of gorgeous flower dies from Annelies at Crealies, all the way from the Netherlands. I couldn't wait to play with them...LOL. This is just one of their Creative Flower dies, CLCF 19.

For the bottom panel, I've coloured a couple of mini Magnolia images. I am still trying to find out the names of the Tildas--will edit when I find them...LOL.



A few challenges that I am entering with this card:
Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge #94 - sketch
Deep Ocean Challenge #19 - Pink and Brown
Aud Sentiments Challenge #48 - Happy
CES Challenge #73 - Spots and Dots
Simon Says Stamps Challenge - Use 3 Different Papers
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #24 - Birthday Cards with Dots


Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by. I do appreciate your visit. Thank you also for your encouraging comments. I do enjoy reading them. Enjoy your week!



Materials and Tools Used:

DP's: American Crafts Baby Miss Muffett; Hot Off the Press Paper Pizzazz Jacie's Vintage Papers

Dies: Spellbinders Labels Five; Crealis Creative Flowers 19; CC Design Leaf Bunch

Punches: Martha Stewart edge punch; Nellie Snellen Floral Leaf punch and leaf embosser

Miscellaneous: Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Vintage Photo; ribbon and pearls from my stash.

Just because - Magnolia-licious Feb colour challenge

Hello.
Happy Tuesday. Since this is the 2nd Tuesday of the month, it's a new colour challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog. I am the hostess for this month, so I get to chose the colours..woo-hoo. I've chosen one of my fave colour combos: blue and brown. And here is what I came up with.



I hope you will join us in our colour challenge.  To inspire you further, have a look at the fabulous cards of my DT teamates HERE.  The prize is a random draw of a $25 Gift Certificate from Magnolia-licious.

I've also chosen a favorite Tilda of mine to grace the front of my card. This adorable gal is called Tilda with Peony. She's an oldie but goodie from the Magnolia's Wedding Collection 2010.  I've coloured her with my Letraset markers.



This is how I've decorated the inside of my card.



The sitting Tilda here is called Traveling Tilda and she is from Magnolia's Bon Voyage Collection 2010.

You can shop for your wonderful Magnolia products at Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store. She has a fabulous collection of full size and mini stamps, doohickey cutting dies and magazines. Also available are those exquisite Memory Box and Marianne Design dies, and other crafting tools and products. Check them out HERE.


Here are a few challenges I am entering with this card:

Crafting Life’s Pieces February Sketch Challenge #44
Stampin’ for the Weekend – Challenge 3 – A photo/colour combo (blue and brown)
Paper Sundaes - Challenge #107 Sundaes Bar: the colour cream, blue, distressing and pearls (I think I've got 3 out of the 4 on my card)
Passion for Promarkers Week 136 - Distressing (I went with inking my paper edges)
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations - 3 Layers

Thanks so much for dropping by. I appreciate the visit. Have a wonderful week!


Materials and Tools used:

Stamp:  Inkadinkado Flower Sentiments clear stamp set

Dies: Spellbinders Scrapy-Land-Custom-Design Dies, Classic Ovals and Scalloped Ovals and Grommet Tags; Magnolia Swirl; Cheery Lynn Design small butterfly; CC Design Leaf bunch

Punches: EK Success heart swirl border punch and small retro flower; Punch Bunch daisy punches large, medium and small; Martha Stewart rose leaf and hydrangea petals; Nellie Snellen leaf punch and embosser

Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Vintage Photo; brads and pearls from my stash

You rattle my chain - a Valentine card

Hello.
Valentine's Day is just a few days away, so here's a card for that occasion.



I am featuring this adorable image from Magnolia's Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2012 called Tilda with Heart Chain. Aww... ain't she cute? I've coloured her (and the other one too) with my markers.



Check her out and the other cute images from that collection at Diana's on-line store Magnolia-licious. Diana has them available at fabulous discounted prices...woo-hoo. Take a look at other wondeful stuff that she's got too, like the mini Magnolia stamps, doohickey cutting dies and magazines, Memory Box dies, Marianne Design dies, and much more...

Here's how the inside of my card looks like.



That darling Tilda is called Tilda with Apple. She is also from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2012.

I searched the internet and found this font here with the letters made of chain links. Cool, eh? I downloaded it for free...thanks. It's called, what else...LOL, Chain Font.



Challenges I am entering with this card: (okay, this is kind of insane 'cause I don't usually enter these many challenges, but hey what can you do...LOL...lots of them have a similar theme)
Cupcake Craft Challenges – Challenge 178 – Pink and Red
Hooked on Craft Challenges – Challenge #18 – Hearts
Stamp with Fun – Challenge 147 – Love
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations – Valentines
Everybody-Art-Challenge – Challenge 179 – Love
Magnolia-Mania – Challenge #39 – Anything Goes
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge – Lace
Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes
I ♥ ProMarkers - Challenge #103 - Love is in the Air
7 Kids College Fund - Challenge #40 – Use the colours red, pink & white in your project
Simon Says Stamps – Love is in the Air
PaperPlay Challenges - ‘12Week 6 – Love Letters
Fussy and Fancy Friday – Week 56 – With All My Heart
CES Challenges – Challenge #72 – Lots of layers – 3 or more
Allsorts Challenge – Week 141 – Free and Easy February


That's it for now. Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by. I appreciate the visit. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.



Materials and Tools Used:

Other stamp than mentioned above: Magnolia 'You rattle my chain' from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2012

DP's: Cloud9Design Razzberry Heaven; Recollections Garden Florals paperpad; Mustard Moon Old Red Tractor Small Plaid

Dies: Spellbinders Classic Ovals and Classic Hearts; Magnolia doohickey heart border and Swirl; CC Design Leafy Branch

Punches: Martha Stewart daisy; McGill daisy; EK Success small retro flower

Miscellaneous: Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Vintage Photo; lace and pearls from my stash

Medium: alcohol-ink based markers--Letraset Pantone Trias and Promarkers

Love - a shaped easel card

Hello.
Sorry that it took me a while to have another card to post. Life happens...LOL...so sometimes crafting just have to take a back seat for a wee while.




I made this card for a co-worker at the office who took some vacation time off to go abroad and get married. She is coming on Monday and in the meantime, since I seem to be the designated card maker in the office...LOL, I had to produce a card for everyone to sign to give to her when she comes back.

So I came up with this shaped easel card. I hope she will like it.





This Magnolia image of Edwin and Tilda from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2012 is actually called Cuddly Sibling, but I think it works just as well for a couple as siblings.



Do you know that it took me a while to figure whose boot that's at the very right belongs to? Whether it's Tilda's or Edwin's. I've seen it interpreted both ways...LOL. The way it looks to me though, I think that's Tilda's leg that's sticking out from under her ruffled skirt. What do you think?

Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store, is the place to get this and more Magnolia's wonderful products--adorable stamps (full size ones and minis), doohickey cutting dies, magazines, etc. Check out the other crafting tools and gorgeous dies that are available there too.


I had to make plenty of space for my co-workers--there are sixteen of them--to sign their names and maybe along with little notes, so I've made a swing away panel to leave the bottom base of the card blank. They can also use the top part.




Challenges for this card:
Stamptacular Sunday - Challenge #149 – Diamonds or Pearls (I've used pearls which is one of my favorite embellishments)
Simply Magnolia – Hearts & Love Challenge
Scrap & More February Challenge - Valentine or Love
Deep Ocean Challenges Challenge #18 – Love You
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations – Red, Pink and White
Passion for Promarkers Week 134 – New Beginnings (new married life)
7 Kids College Fund Challenge #40 – Use the colours red, pink & white in your project
Allsorts Challenge Week 139 – One or more hearts
Just Magnolia hAnglar & sTanglar Week 142 – Special Monthly Challenge of Anything Goes with the option of a Valentine’s card
Stampin’ for the Weekend Challenge 2 – Embossing


Okay that's it for me for now. Enjoy the rest of your week and have a wonderful weekend.



Materials and Tools Use:

The sentiments are computer generated

DP's: Recollections Garden Florals paper pad

Dies: Spellbinders Grand Scalloped Ovals, Classic Hearts and Labels Fourteen; Magnolia doohickey Swirls; CC Designs Cutters Big Hearts and Leafy Branch

Punches: EK Success retro flower medium and small; Martha Stewart rose leaf; Carl Craft cosmos flower small

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug Musical Flourish

Miscellaneous: Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad frayer burlap; Recollections pearl brad; pearls from my stash

Medium: Letraset Promarkers and Letraset Pantone Trias

Home Is Where the Heart Is

Happy Tuesday!!! Today being the 4th Tuesday of the month, it's time for a new challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog. This is my DT card.



Our monthly 2nd challenge is an inspiration challenge (the first one being a colour challenge) and Cabio who is our hostess for January has chosen this picture for your inspiration.


I hope you will come and play along with us in our challenge. And for more inspirations just have a look at fabulous cards/projects of my DT teamates HERE. There's random draw for a $25 Gift Certificate from Magnolia-licious.

Magnolia-licious is Diana's on-line store where those wonderful Magnolia products (stamps, doohickey cutting dies, magazines) are available. Check out also the gorgeous Memory Box dies there.

Now back to my card...it is another front panel side step card, but the front panel this time is off to the side instead of centered.


The images on this card are, of course, Magnolia's. This is my favorite Edwin. And I can really say that about this Edwin--it's my fave of all. I can't say that with Tildas though as there are just tooooo... many to single one out, so I have quite a number of favorite Tildas...LOL. This Edwin is called Edwin with Butterfly and he is from Magnolia's Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011. The house scenery image is called Welcome to a Lovely Home from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2012. I've used my coloured pencils to colour the images for this card.


Oops almost forgot to mention...I made a wee substitution on the image. The original one had Edwin holding up a butterfly, but I replaced it with a wrapped heart from another Tilda image.


Here's how I've finished up the inside of my card.


Mushy sentiment...LOL. I love this adorable Tilda. And yes you guessed it, she is ONE of my favorites...haa haa. She is from the Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011 and she is called Sweetie Tilda.

Challenges that I am entering with this card:
Just Magnolia hAnglar & sTanglar Week 140 – A window/door on your card
Cupcake Craft Challenges Cupcake 176 – All You Need Is Love
Let's Ink It Up Challenge #19 - Anything Goes
Everybody-Art-Challenge #177 - Swirls
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge – Have a Heart (my oldie but goodie is the Magnolia swirl & leaf dies--the swirls is my fave...ever)


Thanks for taking the time to drop by. I very much appreciate the visit. Have a wonderful week.


Materials and Tools Used:

DP's: Recolletions Graceful paper pad

Dies: Spellbinders Lavels Fifteen; Magnolia doohickey cutting dies Swirls and Leaf; Cheery Lynn Design Grass Border and Small Rose

Punches: Martha Stewart Pine Branch; Punch Bunch medium and small Daisy; EK Success medium Retro Flower

Miscellaneous: Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Frayed Burlap; heart-shaped bling and pearls from my stash

Medium: coloured pencils - Faber-Castell Polychromos, Derwent Coloursofts and Prismacolor Premiers