My Christmas Living Room

Hi everyone! I'm excited to show you my project for the "lots of stars" challenge over at the Magnolia-licious Challenge blog. I had fun making this tabletop decoration. I think I'll make one for other holidays too.  I used a round box lid for the base of my project and created my scene inside.

In this photo above, I used the following images:

Lightning Edwin
Tilda with Teddybear
Cat

In this photo above, I used the following images:

Happy Spring Tilda
Magnolia puppy
Sweat Christmas Dreams text

In this photo above, I used the following images:

Sweet Christmas Tilda
Basket of presents (peeking out behind Tilda)

I made the Christmas tree by cutting out graduating sized stars with my Cricut Expression.  Then I used my scorpal to score the stars so the points would bend down a bit to look more like branches.  Then I poked a hole through the middle of all the stars with a skewer biggest to smallest star to create my tree.  See photos below:

I also used a small spellbinder die to cut out a bunch of gold stars for the tree ornaments and also used some WOC flowers, string of beads, candy cane and star charm ornament from Michael's.

I will enter this project at the following challenges:

Let's Ink It Up - Christmas (no digis allowed)
Magnolia Down Under - lost and found (I  used a kitchen skewer on my tree and a circular gift box lid for the base of my project)
Crafty Ribbons Challenge - traditional Christmas colors



My daughter already called dibs on this one. I'm glad she liked it!  Please visit the beautiful creations from my teammies at the Magnolia-licious Challenge blog and please join in on this months challenge for your chance to win a fantastic prize from Magnolia-licious.  Thanks for visiting!

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Ready for Christmas? and..... Blog Candy

Hello stamping friends! I am back from a much needed vacation and break from posting.  The summer's always feel like they fly by don't they? But I got to spend alot of time with my family making happy memories!

Had a great time earlier this month at Hershey Park. Definately the place to take your family if you like rides and my kids love them!  I'm ready for the cooler weather though, I do love the fall season. But before we start the fall cards, I have a Little Darlings Christmas image to show you.  Here is the card I made using "All For Me:"

I paired this cute Little Darling image that I got from Love To Stamp with this Christmas tree digi image that I had saved on my computer. I'm not quite sure where the tree came from but it could be a Mo Manning image...?  I thought the images fit nicely together.  What do you think?

I colored this image with copics and the papers used today are from the Basic Grey Jovial paper pack and my flowers are from WOC. The brads and stickers were part of my stash and I also used a Martha Stewart punch and Spellbinder die to make this card.

** Blog Candy Alert **

I have some blog candy I'd like to offer. I received some duplicate Magnolia stamps from Sweden that I'd like to share with you.  I have 2 lots to give away.

Candy #1: (Tilda in Star Dress and Tilda's Summer Car)

Candy #2: (Tilda w/Stuffed Animal, Strawberry Yummy Tilda, and Explore Tilda)

I am offering this candy to those of you who follow me. Please leave me a comment on this post if you'd like to be in on the drawing and tell me if you have a preference for Candy 1 or 2. If you'd like to post a picture of this candy on your blog, I would appreciate it and tell your friends! ;)

Winners will be announced on September 30.
That's it for now. Am off to a Labor Day picnic and celebrating my 18th Wedding Anniversary OMG!
Have a great day!

Friday Sketchers Challenge

Hello and thanks for visiting me today. I hope you had a wonderful holiday? Mine was great and over in a blink of an eye, wasn't it? Unfortunately, I had a stomach bug the day after Christmas but am much better now and ready to get back to making cards. Well, today I wanted to participate in the Friday Sketchers Challenge.

Here is the sketch we had to follow:



Here's my card:




Hope you're not tired of Christmas cards yet but I had this one on my mind for awhile and wanted to make this card. I turned the sketch a bit and used this adorable image from Inky Impressions called Lili's Slumber Party. I used my Cricut to cut out the window, tree, moon, and santa w/reindeer.

Here's a closeup of Lili:




I colored my image with copics and used these gorgeous Christmas papers from K & Co. So what do you think? Thanks in advance for any comments you might leave. I appreciate it so much. Have a great evening!

Inky Impressions - Challenge #26

Today at the Inky Impressions Challenge blog, the challenge is to add embossing (dry or heat) and glitter or flocking to your project. So today, I have a gift bag to show you that I made for my daughter to give her teacher. Here it is:



The stamp I used is Angelica's Bunny Hugs from Inky Impressions. This stocking bag is a free template that you can download and print out from Papertrey Ink. I did increase the size just a bit when I printed it out.

Angelica and the Christmas tree were colored with copics and decorated with brads, beads, and charms. Using the Cuttlebug and swirls embossing folder, I embossed the toe and heel of the stocking and I also embossed the backside of the stocking. I sanded over the embossed swirls so that the swirls would show up better.

Here you can see Angelica a little closer:



Can you see the flocking on the bunny? I used white and brown crushed velvet flock from Doodlebugs to get a lighter brown color and applied it to the bunny - I like how it turned out. I used my scalloped oval nestabilities for the tag and a Merry Christmas rub on. The charm, ribbon, and poinsettia stickers were found at Michaels. I also added red stickles to the edges of the stocking to give it a more finished look. I found the feather boa at Joanne Fabrics. My papers are from K & Co.

Here you can see the embossing on the toe and heel:



My daughter, Christina, filled the bag with chocolates and a gift card for her wonderful teacher, Mrs. Craig. Hope she likes it.

Happy Holidays to you!

All That Scraps Challenge - Sparkly

The challenge this week over at All That Scraps is to have sparkle and glitter on your project. So, today I made a diorama card - the instructions can be found here at Splitcoast Stampers. I altered it a bit and changed the size and shape.

Here is my card:



I colored the church pink to draw your eye into the card and to match the image, which I colored first. The poinsettias were red but I wanted it to match my image also so I glittered it up with pink MS glitter. I like how it turned out! I also used white scribbles 3D paint for the trees and ground around the church then I put glitter over it for extra sparkle.

Here's a closer look at cutey Angelica:



Here's a closer look at church:



Here's a more angled picture to show the 3 layers:




The stamps I used today are: Angelica's Lantern from Inky Impressions, the church is from Alota Rubberstamps, and the trees are from Magnolia.

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your day!

December Magnolia-licious Highlites Challenge

Today I wanted to play along with the Magnolia-licious Highlites challenge. The challenge for December is to make a shape card that is not a rectangle or square. So I made more snowglobe cards - 2 for this challenge.

My first card also qualifies for the music theme at the Saturday Spotlight Challenge so I am entering it there too! Here is my Caroler Tilda:



Inside:



Close-up:



I cut the lamp post with my Cricut and used the pine trees and cat from Magnolia.

This is my 2nd card, Angel Tilda:



Inside:



I put a cotton ball on the bottom of the Angel to make it look like she was standing on a cloud.

Close-up of bow and flowers:



Close-up of Angel Tilda:



I used my Cricut to cut out the circle shapes of the globe and the sentiment inside the cards. These stamps are from this year's Magnolia Christmas collection and they are so much fun to work with and so versatile. Hope you like what you see...? Thanks for visiting!

PS... If any of you busy folks can just take a quick visit to my daughter, Elena's blog here, and share a little love about her Christmas cards, I would so appreciate it! She's really trying to learn and could use a little extra encouragement. Huge Magnolia-licious hugs to you all!

Inky Impression Challenge

The challenge this week at the Inky Impressions challenge blog is to use snowflakes on your project. The other day, I was watching the Martha Stewart show and she had pop-up book author David Carter on the show. They showed how to make a pop-up book with a Christmas tree. I dropped everything and had to give this one a try. You can find the template and directions for the tree here and this is the card I made:



Here's a closeup of Happy Christmas that I cut out with my cricut using the Noel cartridge:



This is a side view of my pop-up tree. Can you see the light coming from the tree? I put a battery operated tea light at the base where there is a hole and the tea light fit perfectly.



This is a picture of the front of my card. I cut the tree with my cricut also, same cartridge. A bit simple, but I spent all my time on the inside of the card.



Here's a closeup of cute little Lili and she can be found at the Inky Impressions store.



Hope you like it? Thanks for visiting! :o)

Ouch! Tilda

Thanks so much to those of you who take the time to visit my blog and for the birthday wishes on my last post. Your kindness means so much to me!

Well today I have a wintery card to show you using 2 different images. I'm happy to say I haven't had to break out the shovel yet here where I live but maybe this weekend this will be me with the sore bottom :o). I used a stamp from the Halloween Magnolia's and a digital image from Mo's Digital Pencil. I altered the Halloween image a bit - isn't she the cutest? Would love to know what you think...? I'm going to enter this in the Just Magnolia challenge. I used copics to color my images, snowflakes are made with my MS punch and some cut out with my Cricut, and some snowflake brads from my stash. Wish I could tell you where my paper is from but my craft room is such a mess and all my papers are mixed together (I think it's from the Debbie Mumm collection).

So here is my card:




Closer look at Tilda:



Thanks for looking! I'm off to Christmas shop, UGH!

My Magnolia Church

What a wonderful Monday I've had today! My girls woke me up with birthday hugs and kisses and lots of handmade cards and handmade stories and pictures for me. Nothing beats a handmade present from the heart! Who needs diamonds!? Not me! :o) We celebrated at my favorite "fast food" place Panera Bread for dinner, YUM-O! Thank you to my hubby and daughters for making my day special.

Well, today I wanted to share with you my Magnolia church that I made. I used my Cricut and Winter Wonderland cartridge again for this project. I used 2 Magnolia images for either side of my church and they can both be found here at my favorite Magnolia store. I have lots of pictures to show you.

Here is the left side of the church:


The right side:


The front:


The back:


Here is a closeup of one image:


And here's the other:


Here's a closeup of the steeple:




I used K & Co. and SU papers, prima flowers, stickles, pearls, ranger inks, and copics to color my images. I'm not sure if I will make this a table top decoration or another ornament for my tree. I just didn't have the heart to stick a hole at the top of this one for a hook. So do you like it? Please leave a comment, I love to read them! Hugs and Happy Thanksgiving!!!!