Cutie Pie / Little Darlings Winter Scene

Hi Everyone! This is Angela today hosting at the Little Darlings Design Team Inspiration blog.  Our theme this month is to create a scene.  Well the weather forecast is calling for a  nor'eastern to hit  my area this evening.  So I was inspired to create a little winter scene with some of my favorite Cutie Pie and Little Darlings images.

This is Mistletoe Cutie from the Cutie Pie collection and Frosty's Giggling from the Little Darling Winter Wonderland collection.  Too cute!  I used Christmas Eve Chowder paper pack from Jillibean Soup for this card.

Well that's it from me today.  ** Don't forget about entering our current contest at Little Darlings.  You could win 4 Saturated Canary stamps!  Contest ends on November 14.  See the details here.

Have a great day!

Fall Magnolia Ink Projects

Hi Everyone!  Since the Christmas Magnolia Ink issue has been released, I thought I'd share with you the projects that I made for the prior Fall issue.

Magnolia images used: (I've linked to the images you can find currently at Magnolia-licious)

Tilda with Magnolia Branch Little Miss Muu Muu Tilda Carrying Lamb Tilda with Piglet Old Oak Tree Brunte – horse Tildas Katt Doo Hickeys used:  Grass

Magnolia images used:

Elephant Lion Gloria the Hippo

   Waterfall background

Doo Hickeys used:

   Clover with Flowers

   Wave Tag

Magnolia images used:

Tree with Carved Heart Tilda Hus Tilda and Wiola Sunrise in Key West

   Edwin’s Oldsmobile

Doo Hickeys used:

Lovely fence
Wave lace


Well that's it for now. I hope you liked my card/projects and thank you for any comments you may leave.  They mean so much to me. Have a great day, hugs, Angela

Winter Fun Magnolia-licious Style

Hi Everyone!  Whew what a week!  I'm happy to say the electricity is finally restored at my home after the hurricane. 3 days of no electricity is not fun.  Definitely adding a generator to my Christmas list this year. And I'm happy to report that I  have no fall leaves to rake as the winds blew them all away.  Our pool  has suffered the only damage due to the hurricane but it could have been so much worse and my girls are enjoying a week off from school.

Well today I am sharing my "interactive" or "something hidden" card that is our current challenge at Magnolia-licious Highlights this month.  I made a stair step card with a "slider" addition.  Here is my card:

I used several Magnolia images today to create my fun winter scene.  They are:  Tilda in the Mountains, Old Swedish Church, Snowy Tilda, Edwin on Sled, Ski Edwin with Snowflakes, Winter Forest (link to mini image), and Edwin Skiing (which doesn't appear to be in stock currently).

I used Ski Edwin with Snowflakes to slide across the front of my card, almost appearing like after he fell he slid a bit.

I cut a thin rectangle and attached a foam pop dot to the back of Edwin, placed it in the slit and underneath the paper and through the slit I attached the button to the back of the foam pop dot.  I guess you can say that is my "hidden" portion of the card as you can obviously see the slit I cut for the slide to work.

Here are a few more pics of my card at different angles.  I also used several dies on this card.  I used Spellbinder snowflake dies, Magnolia Doo Hickey poinsettia die, Memory box landscape die and snowflake border.

Well that's it from me today. I really enjoyed putting this card together using all these fun stamps. I'm loving this Christmas story collection of stamps!  

This last photo is a pic of my pool after the storm we had Monday.  I'm just thankful all these trees that surround my yard didn't fall on our house! Thank you God! Take care and count your blessings, big hugs xx

Jingle Jangle Tilda

Hello Everyone!  It has been awhile since I posted a new card.  I have been so sick last week and then I had Magnolia Ink deadlines to make not to mention several family/school events that I had.  I am so glad to get back to blogging and coloring my favorite Magnolia stamps! Today with the impending hurricane coming by Connecticut and schools and highways closing, it is the perfect time to put a pot of coffee on the stove and hibernate in my craftroom (before the power goes out).

Today I have a fun Christmas scene card that I made:

Here is Jingle Jangle Tilda decorating her home for Christmas.  She is currently available at Magnolia-licious.  What a sweetie!  I think the Christmas Magnolias have to be my favorite collections.  Have you seen the Nativity Collection available for preorder at Magnolia-licious. OMG I have to have them.  I am currently saving my pennies as there are so many stamps from that collection that I have to get.

The fun background stamp that I used today is a stamp I bought last year. I believe it's from "I Brake For Stamps." My papers are from Recollections - Love Letters packet that I got at Michaels Arts & Crafts.  Embellies used today are a wooden heart button also from Michaels and I used Cheery Lynn Designs pine branches die and the Magnolia Doo Hickey poinsettia die.

Wow the wind is blowing hard outside. To all my friends on the east coast, stay safe and batten down those hatches!  Big hugs!

Blog Candy Winner!!

Hi Everyone!  Hope you all are doing well today and enjoying the crisp fall mornings that we are having (at least here in the northeast). The leaves in my neighborhood are finally starting to change color and the colors should be vibrant in a few days.

Well, I am here today to announce the winner of my blog candy. My apologies for being a little late.  The winner is:  Mary Lou

Congratulations Mary Lou.  Please contact me soon with your address and I'll get this "candy" right out to you.

Well that's it for now. Have a great day everyone! xo

Blog Candy Time

Reposting my blog candy post:

Happy Saturday!  I am loving this cooler weather, how about you?

Today I am going to a wedding out of town but before I go, I wanted to post a little blog candy that I've accumulated.  If you follow my blog and comment here, you have a chance to win this:

Items:

SMASH book

SMASH pockets

Magnolia stamp

Little Darlings wagon stamp

Little Darlings puppy stamp

Please post and link this to your blogs and be a follower to be eligible. I will announce a winner on October 14.

Thanks everyone! Have a great weekend!

Magnolia-licious - Think Pink Treats

Happy Monday everyone and Happy Columbus Day!  My kids have today off from school and we are enjoying a nice lazy day after a month load of homework and tests galore.  Well today at Magnolia-licious Highlites, we are having a blog hop and our theme is "Think Pink Treats" in honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Here is a bit about our theme:

Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October) is an annual international health campaign organized by major companies every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure. The campaign also offers information and support to those affected by breast cancer. The Pink Ribbon symbol was used in 1993 by Evelyn Lauder as the symbol of The Breast Cancer Research Fund she founded and is used to symbolize the fight against the disease. We also honor those that have fought the battle and who are currently fighting the battle while raising awareness to ALL women to be aware of the symptoms and to be proactive against the disease. Want to find out more? The National Breast Cancer Foundation HERE for those in the US and globally at the PinkRibbon.org site HERE!

• In 2011 Nearly 1.5 million women across the world were told they had breast cancer
• One-third of breast cancer deaths can be decreased with early detection and treatment
• In the US 1 out of 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer over their lifetime, an estimated 527 women are diagnosed in the US with breast cancer each day

The Magnolia-licious DT wants to help promote awareness/early detection and share what this Think Pink Month is about with ALL women! We also want to honor all of those women that have or are currently fighting this disease and show our support in the fight!! To show our support the DT has planned our own “Think Pink” Celebration and we hope you can all join in. Each DT gal has created some Sweet treats and PINK Packaging to match using those beautiful Magnolia images. You can find some Magnolia stamps that were created specifically for Pink Ribbon Awareness at Magnolia-licious  HERE. So have fun hopping along to see all the fabulous Pink-a-licious Creations and make sure to stop back by the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog to join in on the fun too!

Here is my project for today:

I found this fun Ribbon box template at My Time Made Easy and knew I wanted to make this for today's hop.  I also made the matching little scalloped card.  The background writing paper is a digital image also from My Time Made Easy.  Magnolia images used today are: Tilda With Many Hearts mini image and Tilda With Christmas Baking.

I filled my box with my favorite Hershey kiss peanut butter cookies.  You can find tons of this cookie recipe on Pinterest.

Well that's it from me today.  Whew this was a long post!  Next on the hop is my very talented friend Cabio.  The girls have really outdone themselves today, I hope you can visit all of them!

Little Darlings - Saturated Canary Windy Day

Hi Everyone! This is Angela and we have a new monthly inspiration for you today.  This month our theme is Die/Dye It. So I chose to use Dies on my project today. I made a wall hanging for my daughter to hang in her bedroom using my favorite Saturated Canary image from Little Darlings.  This is Windy Day:

I used a spellbinder grand oval die for this project and also 2 papertrey ink cloud dies.  My background image is from Make It Crafty - Rainbow background digi image that I thought worked perfectly with this image.


Here is a bit of a  closer look:

I added lace and beads around my scene.  I think it will look pretty hanging in my daughter's room which is outdoor themed.  I hope she likes it!

I will enter this at the following challenges:

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - no patterned paper
Ink it Pink - anything goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog - diecuts and/or punches
Stampotique Designers Challenge - weather

Well thanks for visiting me today. Have a great day!

Happy Fall

Morning Everyone!  Today I made a fall card using Tilda w/Corn from the Turning Leaves collection, currently in stock at Magnolia-licious. I absolutely LOVE this fall release.  Such gorgeous images and today I used this cutie.

Papers are by Bo Bunny, flowers from WOC.  The bird and birdhouse die is by Marianne Designs. I used the following copics: E000, E00, E11, E13, R20, C3, C1, C00, E35, E33, E31, YR23, YR21, E99, E97, E95, YG97, YG95, YG91, B0000, B000.

My sentiments are from Whimsy.  I also used the Autumn Sunflowers stamp by Magnolia.

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge - Fall Theme

Everybody Art Challenge - autumn
Crafty Sentiments - fall colors

Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything autumn
Frilly and Funkie - fall colors


That's it today! Flash flood warning here where I live today. Yikes!! Will this rain every stop?