Magnolia-licious Challenge #16

We have another photo inspiration for you for this week's challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge blog. Here is our photo inspiration.

I love these colors. So I made a center step card using these colors.

This pretty Tilda is Tilda in Garden from Magnolia-licious and my papers are from Prima Marketing called Annalee. I used the heart swirl doohickey die by Magnolia, a MS border punch and butterfly punch, and spellbinder die.  The rolled flower was made from an MFT die and I also used flowers from WOC.

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Hooked on Craft Challenges - flowers
Art Impressions Stamps - handmade flowers
Stamps R Us - "there was a little girl"

I hope you can play along with us at the Magnolia-licious Challenge blog.You could win a fabulous gift certificate to Magnolia-licious. See you there and thanks for stopping by!

Love To Stamp - 4th of July Basket

Today I have a 4th of  July basket to show you using this cute Little Darling's image "Nice To Meet You."

I used my spellbinder dies to create this basket and some stickers to embellish.  Isn't this Little Darlings' image too cute?  My papers are called Liberty by BoBunny and is on sale right now at Love To Stamp. Hurry on over to pick up your paper pack - they are perfect for 4th of July cards!

My image is colored with the following copic colors:  E11, E00, E000, R20, B97, B95, B91, B000, E35, E31, YR23, Y21, Y000, R24, R22.  I used my prisma colored pencils for extra shading and highlighting.

Here is my basket filled with some 4th of July goodies:

I plan to enter my project at the following challenges:

Pals Paper Arts - stars
Paper Play Challenges - stars and stripes
Shelly's Images - patriotic stars and stripes
Stamp Insanity - stars and stripes
Stamp Something - 4th of July
Totally Papercrafts Challenge - spots and stripes
Hope you like my project today! Thanks so much for any comments you may leave - I really appreciate each comment and love reading them! Have a great weekend! xo

Little Darlings Challenge #2 - Favorite Colors

Our challenge this week is to use our favorite colors at Little Darlings Challenge.  I really love to use all colors but brown, pink, green, and yellow are so cheerful and I love to use these colors when I can.  Here is my card:

This darling image is called Jump. One of my favorite games to play when I was her age! ;) Isn't she sweet? I paired her up with an Alota Rubberstamp background and colored my images with copics. I used 2 Jillibean Soup paper packs for this card. They are the Watermelon Gazpacho Soup paper pack and Blossom Soup paper pack.  Have I told you how much I am loving these Jillibean Soup papers that I picked up from Love To Stamp? They are gorgeous!

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

A Spoonful of Sugar - ribbons and bows
My Time to Crafty - use more than 1 image (I used 2)
Midnight Madness - sketch
Aly's Sunday Challenge - all about kids
The Corrosive Challenge - ribbons and bows

Well, that's it for now.  Hope you will enter our Little Darlings Challenge this week.  Wonderful prizes are waiting for you! ;) Have a great day!

Love To Stamp Sneak Peek

Hi there!  I'm back with another sneak peek of Love To Stamps' new Little Darlings' release.  This adorable fellow is called "Catch A Falling Star." 

I think he's perfect for birthday cards and that's what I made. Who doesn't want to make a birthday wish on a falling star?  ;)

I used the following copic colors: E11, E00, E000, R20, B97, B95, B91, B000, YG67, YG63, G21, G20, YR23, E31, Y23, Y21, Y11, Y000

These gorgeous papers I got from Love To Stamp and are by - Jillibean Soup Spotted Owl Soup.  I'm loving these Jillibean Soup paperpacks and am going to buy a few others!  I also used these fun ticket sentiments from Whimsy Stamps that are available at Love To Stamp.  They are a die and sentiment combination.  I LOVE THESE!!

By the way, Love To Stamp is sponsoring Allsorts Challenges this week. The theme is "one for the boys."  Hurry on over for your chance to win!!

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Art Impression Stamps Challenge - buttons & bowes
Do You Stack Up Challenge - use a star
Dutch Dare Challenge  - one for the boys


I hope you've enjoyed these sneak peeks the DT has given you this week and will run over to Love To Stamp to pick up some of these cuties! Have a great day!!

Magnolia-licious Challenge #15

It's time for another fun challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge blog. Our color challenge this week  is the color PINK!  Here is the card I prepared for today:

I used several Magnolia images for this card. They are:

Sweetie Tilda
Rufus the Dog
Little Birds
Bumble bee
Picnic Quilt - not available at the moment
Tree - not available at the moment

I also used the following doohickey dies:

Heart Swirl
Swirl Butterfly
Old Swedish Lace

I love this new paper pack that I got as part of my DT packet from Magnolia. This collection has lots of pinks and pretty summer prints. Really gorgeous!

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Shabby Tea Room - pink lemonade
Creative Cowgirls - summertime fun
Crafty Ann's Challenge blog - use more than 1 image

I enjoyed putting this scene together and look forward to lots of outdoor picnics this summer with my family and dog ;). Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Love To Stamp Sneak Peak

Good morning! Today I am giving you a sneak peak of one of the Little Darlings stamps' new release from Love To Stamp. This is Kowabunga. Is she having fun or what?

This image reminds me of the last movie I saw with my daughter, Soul Surfer, which is about teen surfer Bethany Hamilton. What an inspiring movie about beating the odds and having the determination to overcome obstacles. Definately a must see if you haven't already seen it!

Anyways, this fun paper is from Jillibean Soup - Watermelon Gazpacho from Love To Stamp - what a great paper pad full of fun summer colors and patterns. I used the following copics to color with:  E35, YR23, Y23, Y21, E00, E000, R20, B97, B95, B91, B34, B32, B000, B0000, R27, R24, R22.

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes - girly girl
Crafty Emma's - inspired by a movie (Soul Surfer)
Totally Papercrafts Challenge - summer

I hope you enjoyed my sneak peek and will visit the rest of the DT for sneak peeks all week.  I will be back later this week with another peek at a new image!

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

The Official Magnolia Inspiration Challenge - TOMIC #2

It's time for another challenge at TOMIC.  As I told you last time, the DT has been split up into several groups and I'm in Group 1, so I get to play today.  We have a color challenge for you this week and the colors are PINK, BROWN, and WHITE.  Here is my card:

My main colors are pink, brown, and white but I did add touches of other colors for visual interest. I love making these stair step cards. There's lots of room to add all kinds of details and dimension to your scenes.  I've been wanting to use these cute Magnolia elf images for a long time and I decided this was the time to use them even if it isn't Christmas.  They are meant to be Christmas elves but I changed them to be garden gnomes and paired them up with Make It Crafty's Mushroom house.  These 2 images are:   Sitting Alva and Alva With Flower from the Jingle Jangle Collection 2008.  I thought I had Alf also in my collection but  was mistaken -  he would have made a nice addition to this scene.  I also used Magnolia's Big Daisy (Jingle Jangle collection), Hugo the Snail (Sweet Rainbow collection),  Mushroom with Snail (Sweet Rainbow collection), and Small Snail (from Fairytale collection).  I wish I could tell you where my sentiment came from but I bought it last year at a local stamp show convention. Sorry!

I used several Doohickey dies on this card also. They are:  Heart Swirl, Leaf and Swirl die, and the Fence doohickey die.

I used the following copics to color this scene: R85, R83, R81, RV11, RV10, W3, W1, W00, C9, C3, C1, C00, E11, E02, E01, E00, E000, R20, E53, E51, E50, G99, YG97, YG95, YG93, G21, G20, E74, E71, E70, E35, YR23, Y23, Y21, Y000 - I think that's everything.

I will enter this stair step card at the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments - sparkle (mushrooms have stickles on them)
Crafts and Me - stamp something
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - anything goes

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**Love To Stamp News**

On a different topic, today starts the sneak peeks of the new Little Darlings stamps release at Love To Stamp. Please visit the Love To Stamp Store blog for more information. Also, Angie has some blog candy on her blog (the whole new Little Darlings stamp release).  Please visit her blog for more info.  Don't forget to enter our current challenge over at the Little Darlings Challenge blog - remember - you can use any stamp to enter our challenges.

Well, that's it for now. Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog today and thank you so much for any comments you may leave, they are always appreciated! Have a great day!

Make It Colourful - Coloring with Blues

Coloring with blues is our challenge this week at Make It Colourful. We have to color something on our card blue.  So this is the card I prepared for today:

I used this beautiful Hula Girl from Make It Crafty and layered her with another Make It Crafty background, Tropical Beach.

I think she's so gorgeous! I used the following copics to color these images:  E77, E74, E71, E70, E53, E51, E50, R20, YG97, YG95, YG93, YG91, E35, E33, E31, E30, W3, W1, YR000, YR00, B26, B24, B21, B000, B0000

My papers are from Annalese and my flowers are from WOC. 

I hope you can play along with us this week at Make It Colourful. You could win a fabulous prize from this week's sponsor Tiddlyinks.

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Fairy Fun Fridays - summer fun
A Spoonful of Sugar - summer
Bearly Mine - anything goes

Well, I have to keep this post short and sweet.  We're working on opening the pool and then off to my daughter's dance recital. Have a great weekend and I hope you can leave a comment to let me know what you think of my card today. Thanks so much!

Little Darlings Challenge #1 - Summer

Happy Wednesday to you! Today is our first challenge over at Little Darlings Challenges and our theme for the next couple weeks is SUMMER! That's an easy one especially with these cute images! I love them all and couldn't resist using several in my project today.  I made a shadow box and included a photo of one of my daughters (Christina) at the beach and embellished with shells that we found at the beach together.

I found this shadow box at my local Michael's Arts and Crafts store and painted it blue then went over it with Crackle paint by Tim Holtz. I spelled out Summer Fun with these cute tag stickers that I also picked up at Michael's and embellished the box with some shells and stones that my daughter and I found along the beach.  I used these gorgeous Webster's Pages papers that I got at Love To Stamp. I love that postcard stamp by Whimsy that I got at Love To Stamp along with these sweet Little Darlings: Shellphone, Sailboat of Dreams, and Testing the Waters.

Here are a few close-ups:

I hope you'll pick up some of these sweet images and play along with us at Little Darlings Challenges.   Fabulous prizes can be won if you play along!  You do not have to use a Little Darlings stamp to enter. If you win and you are not using a Little Darling stamp participants will win a $10 gift certificate. However, if you do use a Little Darling stamp you will win a $20 gift certificate. Also, there is still time to play along at Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenges as Love To Stamp is the sponsor! 

I will enter this project at the following challenges:

Creative Cowgirls - summertime fun
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
A Spoonful of Sugar - here comes summer
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Craft Room Challenge - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes

 I hope you enjoyed my project today and can leave me a message on what you think of it! Thanks so much for visiting me today! Have a great week!

The Official Magnolia Inspiration Challenge - TOMIC

Hello Everyone! Welcome to the first Official Magnolia Inspiration Challenge. I'm so excited about this new challenge blog and I am sure you will love all the inspiration you will get each week from this amazing team.  The DT has been split up into several groups and each week you will see a new group and their projects, but this week all the groups are playing as it is a special day.  It is Magnolia creator, Pauline's, birthday.  So we are all making her a birthday card.  Here is the stair step card I made for today:

As you can tell, I like bright and vibrant colors and I used alot of them on my card today.   I used several Magnolia images for this card. They are:

Tilda With Tag

Tilda With Balloon

Secret Tilda

Tilda With Wedding Gifts

Balloon Background

I hope you will play along with us this week. You could win a fabulous prize from Magnolia!  Remember the challenge for this week is Birthdays! Can't wait to see what you all create!

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Just Magnolia - anything goes
Stampavie and More - more than 1 fold
Dream Valley Challenges - stamp something
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - anything goes
Scrappy Frogs Challenge blog - birthday
I hope you like my card today and can let me know what you think. I love reading your comments!  Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a great week!

Another Wedding Cake with Bride Tilda

Hello there! I had so much fun making my last "cake" that I had to make another. For today's Wedding /Shower Cake, I used Bride Tilda that I picked up from Magnolia-licious. I used a purple and white color scheme today.

My boxes are by Melissa Frances and I got them from Love To Stamp. Aren't they fun? You can do so many things with these boxes.  I used my spellbinder dies to create most of the flowers on this project. I also added several flowers from WOC. The butterflies were punched out using my Martha Stewart punch and then I covered them with stickles. The pearls and beads were from my stash.

The copic colors I used for this project are: C00, C1, C3, BV13, BV11, BV0000, G21, G20, YR23, Y23, Y21, Y000, E11, E00, E000, R20.

I will enter this project at the following challenges:

Get Hippity with Ippity - flowers
Simply Stampin Challenge - floral frenzy
Fairytale Challenge blog - anything but a card
Simply Create - special day/event
A Spoonful of Sugar - flower power
Partytime Tuesdays - anything goes
Sundays With Chrissy - flowers

So have you heard!?  The Magnolia Sweden Design Team have started a weekly challenge blog.  The design team has been split up into several groups and each week you will get to see a new group and their challenge cards/projects. The challenge blog is called The Official Magnolia Challenge blog or TOMIC. The first challenge will be on Monday 6th june with a secret prize coming directly from Magnolia!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you can leave a comment to let me know what you think of today's project. Have a great day!