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Jodi over at Inked Inspirations is giving away some really yummy blog candy! I've got to get a blog candy link up on my sidebar. Be sure and get signed up. Lots of good stuff to be had! Just leave her a post on the candy and then link her up to your blog! Be sure to check out her fabulous work too!

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Wowsers! I have been seeking some of these stamped images, and here's a chance to actually win some of the stamps!!! Carole is offering up some really YUMMY blog candy for her blogaversary. It's running until the 14th, so be sure and sign up for it! Thanks for the fun Carole!!

Tilda standing in a bunny suit

Isn't this the cutest little bunny suit you've ever seen? Every time I look at it, I can't help but think of the movie "A Christmas Story". LOL!

This was another very quick, simple card I put together. Just Tilda wishing you a Happy Easter. I put her on a long scalloped frame I cut with my Expression and the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge and added a border from my Martha Stewart punch. Threw a couple Prima flowers with a Making Memories brad and a pretty ribbon, and that completes this one!

Tilda standing in a bunny suit is available at Magnolia-licous. Be sure and check out their selection of Magnolia stamps! Not only do they offer the greatest selection in North America, but they also offer free shipping in the US and Canada for any size order!

The DP is Basic Grey and the cardstock is Bazzill. Tilda is colored with my Copic markers. This little cutie is available in my etsy shop (link on the right). Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon!

Peggy Loves Vintage plus The Cutting Cafe'

This card could NOT have been any easier. When I need a wonderful card quickly, There's no place else to turn, but to Peggy Loves Vintage!! This adorable little bunny was printed off one of the MANY cd's avaiable of awesome vintage images. Peggy collects old vintage cards and then scans them, inside and out, and then makes cd's with HUNDREDS of these awesome images (copyright free of course) available to all of us.

I fell in love with this little bunny! It took me all of a couple minutes to print this little cutie and let it dry. Then I just framed it with a scalloped frame and added that adorable little tag from The Cutting Cafe'!

I added a couple little buttons and some pink ribbon, and that's it! This card took me about 15 minutes to make, including cutting out the tag with my Nestabilites and coloring it with my Copic markers!

So if you love vintage like I do, please be sure and visit Peggy Loves Vintage. (I can proudly say she's my extremely talented sister) She also now has a site available for downloading her cd's. NO WAITING for snail mail, plus it's available to international buyers! Also, hop over to Regina's site, The Cutting Cafe'! Her downloadable stamps are the CUTEST! Put the two of these together, and I promise you're going to be VERY happy!! Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon!

Chasing Butterflies collection - Tilda with ladybug

Hope you're having a wonderful weekend! It's supposed to be beautiful here tomorrow, sunny and in the mid 60's! YAY!! This is just a really quick little card I threw together today after reorganizing my scrap area. I've actually got a nice big area to scrap in again! I love it! I really love the colors in this paper by My Mind's Eye, and the way these Copic marker colors work on Tilda too. I cut her out with my oval Nestabilities and doodled around the edge. I also added a scalloped border to the card using a Martha Stewart border punch.

Tilda holding the ladybug, as well as the ladybug in the lower right hand corner, are all a part of the new Chasing Butterflies collection which is availabe at Magnolia-licious. I think this is their cutest collection yet! Don't forget to also join the Magnolia-licious Yahoo group for special treats and monthly discounts!

Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Enjoy the rest of your weekend! HUGS!

April sketch challenge for Magnolia-licious = Cherry Tilda

It's the beginning of April, which means it's time for another sketch challenge! Each designer takes turns designing a sketch for the monthly challenge, and this month, it was Queen Diana herself that designed this one!

I used three different Magnolia stamps for this card. I used the Old Oak Tree, the old bench, and Cherry Tilda, and colored them up with my Copic markers. The old bench and Tilda are both popped up off the card.

I added lots of machine stitching on this one. The flower button in the ribbon is Daisy D's with a little pink Robin's Nest dew drop in the middle of it. I also added a little Prima flower to the corner of the tag. I really wanted to keep this one nice and simple.

The DP is by DCWV and cardstock is Bazzill. That's pretty much it for this card. We'd love it if you would visit us over at Magnolia-licious and join in on the sketch challenge. Just email your card to Diana at ladydian@shaw.ca and she will upload your card to the April sketch card gallery. If you haven't already, please be sure and join the Magnolia-licious Yahoo group while you're over there visiting Magnolia-licious! Not only will you meet the best people in the world, you will also learn lots, have amazing fun with all of our challenges, swaps, and contests, AND you will get special discount codes and special treats when you order! Join the group for all the details when you're visiting Magnolia-licious! Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and have a fabulous Friday!!

Unconditional love - Tilda with puppy

I just love this background stamp from Magnolia-licious! It's just so much FUN! I used a total of three Magnolia stamps on this card, Tilda with puppy, fence with summer background, and the sun. I stamped Tilda with puppy out three times so I could cut the puppies out and place them around the fence. All of these stamps are available at Magnolia-licious. You should check them out! They have the largest selection of Magnolia stamps in North America. And Diana is now offering free shipping on ANY order, no matter how much you spend! How cool is that?!

The DP is by Wild Asparagus and the cardstock is Bazzill. The stamps are colored in wth my copic markers. Tilda is cut out and popped up from the card, and so are the puppies. I used a light blue chalk ink around the edges of the summer background stamp.

The cloud was cut out with my Cricut Expression machine with the Hello Kitty cartridge. That cute sun was cut out and popped up off the card. I love dimension, and this card has plenty of it!

That's it for today. We're halfway through the week and Friday is now in my sights! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and I sure hope to see you back again soon! HUGS!

Bitten By The Bug challenge - bunny from Doodlecharms cartridge

It's Sunday night, and that means it's time to reveal this weeks challenge for Bitten By The Bug! It's Easter time, and in just a couple weeks, that cute little old Peter Cottontail is going to be hidng eggs all over the place! So Regina's challenge this week is to use the bunny cut from the Doodlecharms cartridge. I had fun with this one cause I really do love shaped cards! So I cut the basket (also from the Doodlecharms cart) out at 6" with Making Memories paper and then shadowed it wih the blue cardstock. The eggs were cut out just using some scrap paper, and the grass was cut from the ZooBalloo cartridge. The Expression and all the cartridges are available at Hallmark Scrapbook.

The chocolate bunny (with a bitten ear) and the rest of the cuts are actually glued inside the layers on the inside of the card so that no raw edges are showing anywhere, inside or out. Added a big pink gingham bow with a blue button, along with some pearls (not marked so no idea where they came from) for interest. OH! I wanted the chocolate bunny to look like he had that icing, so I drew his features with pink liquid pearls. I then added two tiny blad pearls by Kaiser to his eyes. This little cutie will be for sale in my etsy shop very soon. (link is on the top right of my blog) That does it for this card. Please be sure and visit Bitten By The Bug to see the rest of the extremely talented design teams projects with this cute bunny! Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope I see you back again soon! HUGS!

Hey Chickie - Happy Spring! Tilda with chicks

Happy Saturday everyone! I finally got a few minutes to be able to craft! YAY! Poor hubby and my daughter had a nasty flu this week, and then my allergies were attacking me big time! But all is better now! I used one of my new Tilda stamps from the Easter Collection that I received from Diana at Magnolia-licious! Thank you Diana! Diana announced the exciting news this week that she is now offering free shipping in the US and Canada on all Magnolia-licious orders! Now how cool is that??!! THANKS DIANA!!

This is #339 Easter Tilda, and I colored her with my Copic markers. (#'s listed below) I really love dimension in my cards, so I cut her out and popped her up off my card. The DP is by Imaginisce and cardstock is Bazzill. The card measures 6" x 6", and the scalloped square base was cut with my Expression machine and the Storybook cartridge which are all available at Hallmark Scrapbook. The little tag was cut with my Cuttlebug machine and a Cuttlebug die, and the circle and scalloped circle were cut with my Nestabilites. Added some doodling and that was it for this one.

Thanks for stopping by to see me today. Be sure and head over to Magnolia-licious to check out the adorable new collection called Chasing Butterflies. They are the cutest set yet, and they're now available for preorder! Diana also has a great value for you with the Chasing Butterflies Bundle where you can save some money, and don't forget about the FREE SHIPPING!! Have a wonderful Saturday and hope to see you back again soon!! HUGS!

Oops! Forgot to list the copics:

Y21, YR24, YR21, E35, E39, YG25, YG67, E000, E02, R20, R35, R46

3 Clovers Thursday Challenge

EDIT: A big thanks to Enfys! She let me know that this stamp is an Alota stamp. Just click here. Thanks for your help Enfys!!

It's Thursday and time for another challenge over at Three Clovers Designs! This week, Kerry's challenge is to create a birthday card using purple and glitter to celebrate her birthday on April 1st. Happy early birthday Kerry!! This was fun cause I just never use the color purple. Don't know why cause I really like the softer shades of it, in fact I really love lavender.

Anyway, I had this cute little image in my stash that I got from Dawny P (check out her blog), so I have no idea who it's by. Sorry! The DP is Basic Grey and the cardstock is Bazzill. The stamp is colored with my Copic markers, and I stickled her little coat for the glitter.

Added some wired silk ribbon along with a Prima flower and a Making Memories brad, and that just about completes this card. Please be sure and visit Three Clovers Designs to check out what the rest of the Inspiration Team created for this challenge. And then we'd love it if you'd grab your purple paper and glitter and play along with us!

Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! It's almost Friday!!! HUGS!

Sweet Arts Paperie April kit combined with The Cutting Cafe

A couple weeks ago, I had the honor of Krista from Sweet Arts Paperie ask me to be their guest designer for the April kit. If you have never checked out their shop, you have been missing out! They have to most awesome kits every month. This month it's Bo Bunny products and they are sooooo yummy!! You get an egg shaped chipboard book, beautiful double sided paper, cardstock, ribbon galore, beautiful rubons, buttons, flowers, and on and on! AND, if you purchase the Friends Forever and Always kit, Regina over at The Cutting Cafe' is contributing your pick of two free sets of printable stamps! YOUR CHOICE! So I'll just hush now and let you take a look at what I created with the kit.

Please be sure and check out the kits over at Sweet Arts Paperie, they are limited and will go quickly! And don't forget to visit Regina over at The Cutting Cafe' as well! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon!! HUGS!

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!