Happy Birthday Angie!!

Good morning everyone!  Today is the lovely Angie Hunt's birthday and a bunch of her Magnolia and Little Darling friends have all made a post or birthday card to wish her a Happy Birthday.  Here is the card I made using one of Little Darlings' new Cutie Pie stamps:

I've used papers by Annalee by Prima, Magnolia flower/heart swirl and fence doohickey die, MFT sun die, birthday sentiment is from Whimsy, and I used an MFT flower die cut to create my felt flowers.

Here is a closeup of this cutie pie:

Thanks for stopping by today! Please stop by Angie's blog to wish her a Happy Birthday as well. I'm sure she'd love to receive birthday greetings from everyone!

Happy Birthday, Angie. I hope you have a special day! Big Hugs!!

TOMIC #38 - Edwin's Birthday

Hi Everyone!  We have a special challenge for you today at TOMIC, our theme is Edwin's birthday and we have a sketch for you to follow. Here is the sketch:

You must use an Edwin stamp with this challenge. So here is my card using 2 of my favorite winter Edwins:

Close-up:

Today I used Edwin skiing and Edwin sledding (I'm not sure if these are their proper names) but I picked them up from Magnolia-licious. I also used a Magnolia Doohickey die (trees) and the pine tree border die is from Memory Box. My sentiments are from Whimsy.

I hope you liked my project today. Have a great day!

Little Darlings Challenges Blog Hop - New Cutie Pie Stamps

Today at Little Darlings Challenges, we are showcasing some new Little Darlings stamps called "Cutie Pies." And boy are they adorable new images! Also, this week we have a new challenge in coordination with a blog hop.  Here is the blog hop order (we have some awesome guests joining us today):

Little Darlings Challenge Blog

Angela

Beate

Sara

Dena

Mindy

Eulanda

Ruby

Zoe

Alberto

Janiel

Sandie

Angie

So our challenge theme is to use our "favorite embellishments" on our cards. Here is the project I'd like to show you today:

Close up:

I picked up my English Cottage house awhile ago and thought it would work well with these Cutie Pies. I sooo want to live here.

Some side view pics:

My favorite embellishments are my ribbons, pearls, and diecuts/punches (love my buttons too).

Details:

Images: Little Darlings' Cutie Pies - Flowers for You, Fresh Picked Flowers, Me and My Teddy Bear, What a Sweetheart, I Brake For Stamps - Rose and Thistle Tea Room, Magnolia - Sun, Tree
Ink: Copics and Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Tools: Magnolia - Doohickey fence die and grass die, flower punches, Martha Stewart around the page punch, Cricut Expression for letters
Embellishments: ribbon, pearls, heart button

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Stampalot February Challenge - in the garden (spring/summer)
Craft Your Passion - anything goes but no pattern paper
Quirky Crafts - make a scene
The Crafty Pad - spring colors
Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Aren't these sweet images? They will be available for purchase today,  February 8. So hurry on over to the Little Darlings Rubberstamps Store.

I hope you enjoyed my card today and I hope you take time to visit everyone on the hop to see their beautiful works- there's an awesome prize to be won! Have fun hopping!

Little Darlings Rubber Stamps Blog Hop ** Reminder **

Hello everyone! Just popping on quickly to let you know that there is a new Little Darling Rubber Stamps release. OMG they are sooo cute and they look very different from what you've seen from Little Darlings before.  You have to check out this new release! They are absolute "cutie pies!"  

Here is a little sneak peek at the project I'm working on for the hop:

If you come back and visit on February 8 and join in on the hop, you'll get to see the rest of this fun card I made. The hop starts at the Little Darlings Challenge blog. I hope to see you then! Have a great day!

Blog Candy Winners

Oh dear I almost forgot about this! My apologies for not announcing the winners of my blog candy offering.  I went back and re-read my post and noticed that I forgot to type "winners." I planned to give 2 winners a stamp each.  Anyways, for this drawing my winners are:

Kerri - Wild Thing Tilda

Chris - Tilda with Heart



Congratulations Ladies!  Please contact me with your home addresses and I'll get the stamp out to you.

Thanks everyone for trying.  Stay tuned, there will be more blog candy coming soon.  Have a great day!

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?

Hello stamping friends! Are you ready for the superbowl this weekend? My husband and kids are big fans of football, especially the Patriots who are playing this weekend.  So I made a fun card for them.

I used this adorable Cheerleader Tilda from Magnolia-licious. I actually colored her quite some time ago and when I pulled her out I was happy to see she was colored in Patriots colors.  I also used Magnolia's Doohickey die - Starlight Lace and used the stars that were punched out from this die to embellish my card.

I hope you like my card today! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Little Darlings Challenge - Polka Dots

We have a new challenge for you over at Little Darlings Challenges. Our challenge is to use polka dots in our creation. I used my grand nestability squares dies to create a sort of picture frame card and used white cardstock and Stampin Up blue and white Polka Dot paper.  I wanted to have a little dimension in my scene and used pop dots between the trees, clouds, and image.  The Little Darling image I used  is one of my favorites from the first release called Up Up and Away. Here is a side view to show the dimension in my scene:

Here is a close up photo:

I know the images aren't quite to scale but it's meant to be a whimsical card. I hope you like it? Other stamps I used are all by Magnolia: Little Birds, Edwin's town, and  Row of Trees. I also used the Lovely Fence Doohickey die by Magnolia and the cloud die is by Paper Trey Ink.

I really enjoyed making this picture frame type card. I have so many ideas floating around in my head of more things I can do with this card style. Please let me know here what you think of my card. :)

Well that's it for today.  Please stop by on February 8 where the DT will have a new challenge and blog hop showcasing Little Darlings newest images (you don't want to miss it - they are some of the cutest images ever)! Have a great day!

Magnolia-licious Challenge

I'm back today with a photo inspiration challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge blog.  I hope you will play along with our challenge! Here is our inspirational photo brought to you by our lovely host for this month,  Cabio:

And my interpretation of the photo:

I think this Tilda is sooooo cute and I LOVE this new house background. So cozy! Here are the details:

Stamps: Tilda in Love Laced Shoes and Welcome to a Lovely Home from the new Sweet Crazy Love Collection, and Little Birds and Home Sweet Home sentiment
Papers: Magnolia
Tools: Magnolia Doohickey swirl die, Spellbinder dies (circle and heart)
Embellishments: pearls, heart pearl, WOC flowers, and Kaisercraft flower from Love to Stamp

Here are a couple close-up photos:

I will enter my card at the following challenges:

That Craft Place - home sweet home
Stamping with the Dragon - anything goes
Let's Ink it Up - anything goes


Well that's it from me today! Have a great day and be back soon! xoxo

Blog Candy Time

Happy Monday to you! I don't have a card to show you today but I have a small blog candy offering for my followers today. I have a couple of duplicate stamps that were sent to me by Magnolia Sweden. They are:

If you would like to win these,  just leave me a comment here. I will announce the winner on
January 30. If you would like to mention this on your blog that's great!

Have a great day!