Signs of Spring Bitten By The Bug challenge

It's Sunday night, that means it's time to reveal another challenge from Bitten By The Bug! This week, Regina is asking you to use the word SPRING from the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge. This is such a cute cut! How could I not set a Tilda right on top of it? And I used one from the new Spring Club kit too. I also used the spring tree from the Easter collection which is available at Magnolia-licious.

The papers I used are just a little sneak peek of papers I received in the AWESOME kit that will be available tomorrow night over at Sweet Arts Paperie. They are going to debut the kit on their awesome site. Be ready though, cause their kits are limited and I don't see how you can pass this up!

The stamps were colored with my Copic markers, and the circle and scalloped circle the tree is on was cut out with my Nestabilities. The little tag was cut with a Cuttlebug die. I use that die SOOOO often for small little accent tags. I had a REALLY hard time getting the colors of Tilda to match the background papers. No matter what mixture of blues and greens I used, I couldn't get it right. So sorry for the clash of colors. And of course it tells me that I need more Copic colors!! LOL! I feel a shopping spree coming on!

So that's it for my card for tonight. Please be sure and visit Bitten By The Bug to see what the rest of the awesomely talented DT came up with! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon!

Got Eggs? A conerted non-Easter Tilda card

One of the many things I love about the Magnolia stamps is the versatility. You can change just about any Tilda to fit the season. This particular Tilda is holding a heart. But being that it's Spring and almost time for Peter Cottontail to come hopping down the bunny trail, what I saw instead of a heart was bunny ears! So I simply (VERY simply - I'm not an artist!!) drew a little bunny face on the heart, and VOILA!.....you have an Easter Tilda!

Isn't that egg beautiful too? Both the stamps are available at Magnolia-licious! The Pink Tilda with a heart is coming soon, and so is the Easter Egg , so watch for them! Tilda and the egg are colored with my copic markers (numbers listed below) The paper I used is from Scenic Route and the cardstock is Bazzill. That cute downloadable stamp that says Got Eggs is from The Cutting Cafe'.

The ribbon is from PTI, flower is Prima, and the pearl is by Kaiser. I have to say that I used my talented DT sister, CHERYL ROWLEY's technique for highlighting my Tilda's socks. Check ou her blog. She's wickedly talented! That's it for this card! Hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Following is the list of Copic markers used to color the stamps:

Tilda : B41, B95, RV23, R20, E00, E02, E08, Y21, G20, G21, G24

Egg: B21, B41, B95, YR24, R01, YG25, G28

HUGS!

3 Clovers Thursday Challenge day!!

Today is Thursday, that means it's time for another 3 Clovers challenge! This week, Kerry challenged us to USE IT UP!! We were to use two pieces of paper that have been in our stash for at least a year. Well... I don't know about you, but I sure didn't have any problems with this one! LOL! In fact, I'd like to see this challenge every day for about....oh.....I'd say maybe two years or so??? LOL!

I honestly don't even know the maker of the paper I used. Sorry! I used a couple stamps I got from Magnolia-licious, Edwin in a bunny suit, and wagon with eggs. The stamps are colored with my Copic markers. The circle and scalloped circle are cut out with my Nestabilites, and popped up from the card base. Edwin is popped up as well.

Hope you're not tired of that cute little pink bunny I'm using in my Easter pics. I found her at the grocery store for like 2 bucks, and I just can't get enough of her, A couple more Easter cards and she'll be retired to the grand kids. She makes a big "BOINGY" noise when you drop her on her behind! LOL! Thanks so much for stopping by to visit today, and please be sure and check out all the other team's projects for this challenge. OMGosh, these ladies are SO talented!! Their projects are amazing! And then grab your OLD paper and glue and join in on the fun! Just be sure and link your project to Kerry's blog. Have a wonderful day! It's almost Friday!! HUGS!

It's dress up time! Peggy Loves Vintage

Happy hump day!!! We are now on a down hill slide to the the weekend! YAY!!! Isn't this vintage ducky cute? She's all dressed up in her Easter finest! This card was SO easy to make! I just grabbed a piece of paper from my scrap pile for the background paper and then reached for my vintage cd's I got from Peggy Loves Vintage!

I just looked really quick through some of the hundreds of images that come on those cd's until I found the perfect image for what I was looking for, (I sure didn't have to look very long!!) and she fit the bill! LOL! get it? bill? OMGosh...I think it's late and time for bed!! LOL! I simply printed her and her little dresser mirror out and cut them out. She's popped up from the card base with dimensional tape. Added some ribbon and this one was DONE! Gotta LOVE a card you can get done in just a few minutes!

Do yourself a favor and go check out my awesome sis's vintage cd's over at Peggy Loves Vintage. If you love vintage, you are going to feel like you stepped into heaven! Thanks for stopping by to visit me today and hope to see you back again soon!! HUGS!

Bitten By The Bug challenge turned to The Cutting Cafe'

Ok, what can I say? I can't do pillow boxes. I've tried and I've tried and I have hated every one of them I put together. It's just not a shape for me. I tried yet again because that was our challenge over at BBTB this week...to use the pillow box from the Wedding Cartridge. I cut it out, and I sent the pic to Regina, and then decided that the best part of the whole thing I made was this adorable Easter tag. So if you want to see my pillow box, you can see it over at BBTB. (sorry...but I HATE it! LOL!) But I will show you this cute tag you can make with the AWESOME new downloadable stamps from The Cutting Cafe' that I attached to that pillow box. I just resized the word block for the size tag I wanted and printed it off. Then resized that cute little chick with egg and printed her off too.

I colored everything with my Copic markers, cut the chick and egg out and popped it up off the tag. Thought this would be a perfect tag to attach to an adorable stuffed animal for Easter, don't ya think?? Regina's stamps are awesome to work with! You can resize them to whatever you need and only have to print the ones you want to work with. Please be sure and visit Bitten By The Bug to look at what all the other talented designers came up with for this challenge. You won't be disappointed! And then jump over to The Cutting Cafe' to check out Regina's awesome downloadable stamps! Thanks for stopping by to visit and hope you had a fabulous weekend! Come back and see me soon!!

Sitting bunny Tilda card

I got my Easter stamps from Diana at Magnolia-licious this weekend and I just couldn't wait to ink them up. This is the sitting Tilda in a bunny suit. Isn't she cute??!!! I used four different Magnolia stamps on this card. Of course there's Tilda, and I also used the summer background, the old bench, and the new chicks stamp from the Easter Colletion.

The circle and scalloped circle was cut using my Nestabilities, the top border from a Martha Stewart border punch, and the flourishes were cut with my Pazzle Inspiration and twirls and swirls cd. All the stamps were colored with my Copic markers. Thanks for stopping by and hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

For our little princess- Sweetheart Tilda on a swing

Yay!!! We made it to Friday and it's now the weekend! I LOVE the weekends! And I came home today to find some wonderful stamps from Diana at Magnolia-licious. THANK YOU DIANA!! I can't wait to ink them up. For this card, I used three different Magnolia stamps.

Isn't that Old Oak Tree the best?? I love it! I also used the swing and Sweetheart Tilda. I just cut the branch off the swing so it would (hopefully) look like the swing was hanging from the Oak Tree.

I colored the stamps with my Copic markers which are now available at Hallmark Scrapbook, and cut out both the swing and Tilda. Tilda is popped up off the card with dimensional tape. I just fell in love with this paper when I saw it. It's by Imaginisce and the cardstock is Bazzill.

I cut the tag with my Cricut Expression with the Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More cart and ran it through my printer for the sentiment. Added some Offray ribbon and a Making Memories brad, and that does it for this card. I'm going to try and get an Ebay shop going this weekend, (remember I said TRY) and will be offering this card up for sale. That's IF I can get it done. I'm afraid that might be a big if! LOL!

Here's a peek of the inside of the card. The sentiment shape was cut with my Cricut Expression and the Storybook cartridge, as well as the tiara. And I'm sure you recognize the MS border punch.

That's it for today! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Enjoy your weekend! HUGS!!

Three Clovers Thursday Challenge and a really fun birthday card!

It's Thursday and you know what that means! It's challenge time over at Three Clovers! I had a BLAST working on this challenge. I mean...look at this cake! HOW FUN!!! So I turned on my Cricut Expression, and I went to work.

I cut the one out with my Sesame Street Font cartridge and then cut the shadow four times and glued them all together. It makes awesome faux chipboard. Happy Birthday was cut with my ZooBalloo cartridge and shadowed that one as well, also multiple times for strength, and did the same thing yet again for the balloons with the Celebration cartridge.

Before I glued all the balloon layers together, I cut some strips of red wire and attached the wire the balloon, then continued gluing the balloon pieces together. That way, the edge of the wire is hidden up inside the ballon. I used Zip Dry glue to glue the wire on, and I used a very generous portion of it too. It is holding the weight of them wonderfully!

The DP is DCWV Nana's Kids, don't know about the cardstock. I cut the base out at 1 1/2" wide and scored down the middle. Then attached the one to the front and center of the strip. I also cut two layers of cardstock to attach to the back for the added weight. The card stands just fine. For the base of the strip, I used kraft cardstock cause it's nice and sturdy.

The adorable little dragon is by Lelo Designs that I purchased from 7 College kids. When I cut him out, I just did away with the string that was holding the balloon and replaced it with some wire too. I colored him with my Copic markers. He's stamped, colored, and cut three times and each layer has a thin layer of dimensional tape in between.

Thanks so much for stopping in to see my take on Kerry's challenge today, and I hope you pop over to Three Clovers and take a peek at what the rest of the Inspirational team did. They are all wickedly talented!! Hope to see you back again soon!! HUGS!

A note to cheer you. Tilda scenery card

We made it to hump day, and once again, Friday is in our sights!! I just love making scenery cards. Not really sure why....I think maybe it's kind of like telling a little story, and I always wanted to write. All I know is that it's one of my very favorite types of cards. So this one was VERY fun for me to build. I made it for a blogging friend's mother that needs a little cheering up.

The Tilda, bench, and rock wall are all available at Magnolia-licious. Doesn't it look like she's sitting in a park somewhere? I colored them with my Copic markers and cut all three out. The bench is popped up with dimensionals and then Tilda is popped up yet again from the bench.

The DP is from Making Memories and cardstock is Bazzill. The trees and bird were cut with my Cricut. The trees from the Pooh and Friends cartridge, and the bird from the Wild Card cartridge. I used a little chalk ink around the edges of the trees. The tag was just hand cut and I put a little faux stitching around the outside of it and attached it with a safety pin.

The Copics, Cricut Expression machine, along with the two cartridges, are all available at Hallmark Scrapbook. Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! I'd love it if you'd take a sec and let me know what you think about the card. Have a wonderful Wednesday! Hugs!!

If friends were flowers.... From The Cutting Cafe'

Well, we made it through Monday! I was able to get this quick little card done tonight using a new set of printable stems and flower top stamps from The Cutting Cafe'. I just printed off the flower top I wanted and colored it with my Copic markers. Then I printed the stem and leaves on my printed paper and cut them out. They're all popped off the card with pop dots for dimension. Added a little button in the center of the flower and a dew drop in the center of the button. Yes, that's the same old MS border punch I've been using constantly! LOL! Sorry, I just can't get my fill! *smiles*

The stem is a curvy sentiment from the set, and the sentiment across the top also comes with it! Talk about and easy, quick card! I love this set! Be sure and visit The Cutting Cafe' to check out all of Regina's awesome files! You won't be disappointed!

Thanks for stopping by to see me today and I hope to see you back again soon! HUGS!

Hey Ladybug!!

Can you believe it? A non-Tilda card? Oh my goodness!! LOL!!! I just didn't have much time this weekend at all to craft! But then I remembered I started this card last weekend and had it almost finished. Just had to put a few finishing touches on it.

This little bunny is by Whippersnapper. I LOVE ladybugs, and when I saw this cute bunny checking out this ladybug, I knew this stamp had to be mine. I colored the stamp with my Copic markers which are now available at Hallmark Scrapbook!

The DP is Nana's Kids and the cardstock is Bazzill. I used a Martha Stewart punch and a Fiskars border punch too. Those cool tassles came from J's. And LOOK! I finally learned how to put my name on my work with my Photoshop! Maybe there's hope for me after all!!! LOL!!

That's it for tonight! I sure appreciate you coming to visit me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Have a wonderful day! HUGS!

Happy Birthday to you! Tilda in hat Magnolia stamp

Ok, is it just me? Why is it that I always seem to see things in my work after I'm finished and taken the photo and getting ready to post it here? Like on this one...I thought the green and peachy flowers looked good. Then when I look at the card in the photo, I'm thinking...hmmmm...maybe the back flower should have been blue. Of course everything is glued down way beyond the point of being taken off. And of coure I had tried every color of flower to make sure I liked the look before I glued it down. YET...... And maybe I should have colored the box rather than try to make it look like kraft paper...hmmmmm... Am I the only one that does that?? LOL!

I just got some new stamps from Magnolia-licious yesterday!! YAY!! Thanks Diana! I had completely fallen in love with this Tilda the very moment I laid eyes on her. And I just really love that box with the huge bow too! I did turn the box on it's side cause I didn't want to cover up that beautiful bow with Tilda's butt! *smile*

I colored Tilda with my Copic markers which are now available at Hallmark Scrapbook! The DP is Making Memories and that cute circle tag is from a set of printable stamps that are available over at The Cutting Cafe'. I cut the circles and scalloped circles out with my Nestabilities. Added some Prima flowers on the ribbon with a Making Memories brad in the center.

Did some machine stitching around the edges and also used one of my Martha Stewart border punches. The circles are popped up off the card, and the present and Tilda are popped up from the circle. I do love dimension on a card!! Here are the copic colors I used. I did notice that I left out E02 and R20, so add those to the mix too. Sorry about that!

That's it for today! This will be for sale in my etsy shop which I hope to have up and running by the end of this weekend. Thanks for stopping by to see me tody, and hope to see you back again soon! hugs!!!

Tilda combined with The Cutting Cafe'! I wish you a cupcake kind of day

Just a fun card I made using Tilda with a cowberry muffin. She's available at Magnolia-licious! Don't you think she goes perfectly with that cupcake sentiment? That sentiment is from a gigantic set of cupcake stamps that are available over at The Cutting Cafe'.

I stamped Tilda and then cut her out with my oval nesties after coloring her with my copic markers. I used a couple different Martha Stewart border punches with this one. I really love how that little braid came out, don't you? It's actually the small scalloped heart border that was new this year. What I did was punch it out on one side, and then turn the paper around and line up the heart hole again and punch the other side. It punched the heart out a little more so it's no longer distinguishable as a heart, but I just really love the braid that resulted!

That pretty flourish was cut with my Pazzle Inspiration along with the Twirls and Swirls cd for it. I love the flourishes on that cd!! Added some ribbon and a few buttons, and this one is done! The copic markers, MS border punches, and Pazzle Inspiration are all available at Hallmark Scrapbook.

I'm soooo happy that tomorrow is Friday! Sometimes I feel like I'm just wishing my life away, waiting for the weekends, but I can't help it. I do so love my two days off! Hope you're having a wonderful day! Thanks for dropping in to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon!

Magnolia-licious March sketch challenge by Suzanne Dean

This is my first month as a designer for Magnolia-licious and I'm so excited to join a fabulously talented group of artists. This months challenge sketch was created by Suzanne Dean, and I love it! Suzanne does beautiful work, so do yourself a favor and check out her blog. Then when you're done drooling, grab your paper and glue and play along with the challenge too!

I used the Stylish Tilda from Magnolia-licious and colored her with my Copic markers (available soon at Hallmark Scrapbook). The DP is from Basic Grey and the cardstock is Bazzill.

Tilda is on an oval that I cut out with my Nesties, and I used lots of chalk ink around the edges. The lace is from Melissa Frances, and I'm sorry, but that stick pin has been in my stash for so long and the package is long gone. I have no idea who made that.

Copics used:

That's it for today! Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!!

Laugh Often. Bitten By The Bug challenge for you for this week

This weeks challenge from Bitten By The Bug is to use the "laugh often" phrase from the Graphically Speaking cartridge. For this one, I used the GIGGLING TILDA from Magnolia-licious along with the couch, also available from Magnolia-licious. It's the perfect size for the sitting Magnolia stamps!

I colored her with my Copic markers, cut each of them out and popped them up from the card for dimension. The Copic markers will soon be available at Hallmark Scrapbook. The DP is Making Memories. Added some yellow ribbon with a Prima Flower and a brad from Making Memories.

The laugh often phrase is cut five times. Once in white and then four times in the shadow. This makes the most awesome faux chipboard and I do it all the time!

Please be sure and go over to Bitten By The Bug to see the rest of the designers projects for this challenge. We'd really love for you to play along too! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and I hope to see you back again soon! HUGS!