A New Inspiration Challenge!

Hello Maggie lovers :o)

**I would like to give my congratulations to Diana Crick and her husband, on their brand new Grandson who was born on Friday!!! A new brother for their sweet granddaughter :o) How wonderful to have one of each!**

It is Inspiration week at Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog!

Our wonderful Design Team Member, Cabio has given us our challenge this month.

Here is the picture:

What do you think? Different?

You must go and see the work the Design Team has done at the Challenge Blog!

I see many things in the picture. A calm and restful place. The beautiful window, of course. The soft yellow and bright white. The very bright touches of orange and magenta. Also a touch of gold and wood.

It was hard to decide just which way to go with this inspiration.

In the end I choose to go with the colour of wood and the two bright colours, with a touch of white.

For my project this time I have made a Birthday gift for my very good friend, Laura. Sure hope she likes it.

I started with a piece of design paper that I have had for many years that had a soft muted brown to it. I then distressed it in different ways.

I am going to tease you this time like I have seen others do, by showing you little 'bits' of pictures LOL!

Here we go...........

As you can see I distressed the soft brown paper with ink from Tim Holtz in 'Walnut Stain' and then tore the paper in 3 places. I wet my paper and curled the edges of the torn parts, used my heat gun to dry it and then put the same ink on those parts. I took another old piece of coloured card stock in the magenta colour and put it behind the first brown piece and with my bright orange embroidery floss I 'sewed' the seams together.

I stamped the top left and bottom right corner with a swirl design in the same 'Walnut Stain ink' and put half pearls in 3 sizes over the design. I especially like the look of the top left corner :o)

I used 'Tulip Tilda' from The Fairytale Collection #232 from Diana's Store. She is ready and waiting for you there :o)

I coloured her in the same colours that I picked from Cabio's photo. Copics will be listed at the end of the post.

Tilda is stamped on Cryogen White paper the edges of which have been inked with Tim Holtz 'Vintage Photo'.

Still digging through my stash of old design paper I found this bright orange with white polka dots and made my flowers out of it and some more of the distressed brown. I punched the flowers out with my 'retro' punches. I used buttons from my stash for the centres and also added a precious hand made butterfly button I have saved for a very long time, on the upper right side.

My papers were all very thin so I used Score Tape from Diana's store and taped the whole thing down to a heavy piece of card stock for stability.

The sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

Here is the whole thing before I framed it:

AND here it is framed and all ready to go to Laura:

I am sorry I wasn't able to get a picture without the light reflecting on it :o(

* HINT - I used very thick 3 dimensional tape attached to the glass to have room for my flowers to keep their shape and all of the buttons and pearls.* It is hidden by the white frame.

Hope you enjoyed my project :o)

Love, Candy

Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E21 Cheeks: R20

Hair: E50, E51, E53

Blouse and socks: YR04, YR14, YR16, E99

Dress: Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17

Tulip: R30, R32, R35

Stem: G21, G24, YG67

Shoes: E11, E13, E15

Tilda is shaded with Y11

Ground is E41, E42

A New Year a New Colour Challenge

Happy New Year!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and I wish you all the very best of things in 2011 :o)

We have a new Challenge at Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog this week. Orange and Green. Please take a trip to the blog to see all of the cards the great girls on the Design Team have made. They are all so pretty :o)

Here is our picture for inspiration:

My card is for my Daughter-in-Law, whose Birthday is January 6th!! Obviously she is getting a 'late' card this year as per usual. I feel terrible that I do this to her every year and wish I would stop it.

I just never seem to get my January Birthday cards done in December as I should. I have 5 Birthdays in January and the first two are always late!!

I have used 'Tilda in a hurry' #3000 from Diana's Bon Voyage Collection. ( You can order your stamps etc. by clicking Diana's store in the top right corner of my blog )

My papers are from 'My Minds Eye' - Alphabet Soup Collection.

Here is Rhonda's card I hope you like it:

A little closer of Tilda in her Eyelet Nestie:

As you can see I have used orange rhinestones for the buttons on her blouse and tiny pearls for the necklace that is spilling out of her suitcase. I have put Crystal Lacquer on her shoes. I also put the same rhinestones all around the Nestie.

I used gold sticker letters and wrote 'late for your birthday' and tiny little sticker flowers in blue. Tilda has been coloured with Copics and cut out and attached with 3 D stickers to the Nestie.

I wanted to sew on this card as I have seen so many of you do. So I sewed mine by hand with variegated pearl cotton - size 12. Each piece inside and outside has been stiched.

On the inside of the card I made a pocket and used the Doohickey 'Vintage Tag' ( from Diana's store ) to attach my gift to. Both of the orange elements on the inside have been distressed with 'Tim Holtz' Vintage Photo ink.

For the inside right of the card I used the same Nestie Die in the orange this time. I used the same sheer green ribbon as on the tag and put it through the top two openings and tied a bow. I also added more of the blue sticker flowers :o)

I took a close up of the stitching for you to see it better, don't know if you can or not?

I hope you will try your hand at this Challenge. Diana will have a $25.00 Gift Certificate for the winner!!

Copics used:

Flesh - E000, E00, E21

Blush - R20

Hair - YR04, YR18, E13, E19

Hat, Shoes, Suitcase - YG93, YG95, YG67

Clothes in the suitcase - R85, R83, R81, Y11, Y13, Y15, BG11, BG23, BG32

Blouse - YR00, YR02

Skirt and Socks - E41, E42, E44

Latches on Suitcase - C1, C3, C5 plus Atyou Spica, silver

Leather strap on Suitcase - E11, E15

Thanks for visiting - see you next time - Love Candy

Magnolia Inspiration

Good Morning!

Today is the new Inspiration Challenge at Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog

Here is our Inspiration Picture:

Isn't it wonderful? I love the peaceful winter scene.

Chrissy choose the theme again this month and what she has asked for is mostly WHITE on our card with a little bit of colour.

Please take a trip over to the Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has made this time......

This is how I have interpreted the Challenge:

Here is a close up of Tilda: I have used Crystal Lacquer on her tear and the buttons on her boots -

Here is the bottom of the card:

And here it is with the sentiment part open:

I have used Fairwell Tilda from the Bon Voyage Collection. She is number #215 but unfortunately isn't in stock at the moment.

I have also used the DooHickey Dies: Swirl#4 and Doily Flowers #8 . Everything is from Diana's Store. The very best place to buy all of your Magnolia images at the very best price and the biggest inventory as well. If something is out of stock a quick email to Diana will have it in for you in no time :o) Diana also carries the MINI MAGNOLIA'S and is the only store in North America to do so. They are SO wonderful and addicting too!!! :o)

I sure hope you will join us at the Challenge Blog and enter a card, cause this time Diana is giving away a $25.00 Gift Certificate!!

Recipe:

Christmas Cuttlebug embossing folder - lightly coloured with Copics

Dazzling Diamonds used on the roof tops and snowflakes and background sprayed with Frost White Glitter Mist.

New Cuttlebug embossing folder that embosses and also cuts out the middle piece - sprayed with Irridescent Gold Glitter Mist

Sizzix Ticket die

Sentiment: computer generated by me

Rhinestones from my stash

Misc. Crystals from my stash

Copics:

Skin - E0000, E000, E00

Cheeks - R20

Dress/ Hankie - R0000, R000, R01, R02

Apron/Socks - G0000, G00, G02

Boots - E41, E42, E44

Boot buttons - C5 - C7

Hair - YR04, YR18, E13, E99

Thank you so much for coming to see me today.

I may not be back until after Christmas. We are leaving in about 6 days for Vancouver to spend the holiday with our son, D-I-L and Grandchildren.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2011 :o)

Love, Candy

It's Tuesday and another COLOUR CHALLENGE with the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog

Hi everyone!!

It's MAGNOLIA-LICIOUS CHALLENGE BLOG: COLOUR CHALLENGE TUESDAY

You don't want to miss this wonderful Challenge from Design Team Member CHRISSY LE.

Chrissy has chosen the colours GREEN, BLUE, and PINK.

Here is the picture we have for the Challenge:

I am sure you won't be surprised to learn that I made another Christmas Card.

I really enjoyed Chrissy's Challenge - I think I am into untraditional Christmas Colours this year LOL

For my card I have used images from the 'So Snowy So Jolly Collection 2009'

Tilda Singing Carols #3007; Snowy Circle #482 and Noel #457 Gosh I am sorry but all but the 'NOEL' seem to be out of stock at the moment, but I see Diana has lots on order for you.

Here is my card:

Tilda was stamped onto Cryogen White paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink then stamped again onto a piece of 'Eclipse Masking paper'. I cut her out of the masking paper and laid her on top of herself * chuckle; then stamped 'Snowy Circle' over the top of her.

My Design Paper is digital from 'Bearly Mine'. My two card stock papers are from 'SU' : 'Taken With Teal' and 'Green Galore'. The design paper on both the inside and outside of the card have been painted with white acrylic paint on the sides, then touched over with my Versa-mark ink pad and sprinkled with white embossing powder and heated with the heat gun - just wanted to 'jazz' it up a bit more :o) * After I had done this, I received my Magnolia Ink Magazine:

'Merry Christmas', and read an article in it about doing this very thing*.

You will notice the circle that Tilda is standing in, as well as the inside of the card, have been distressed a lot and then inked with 'Tim Holtz': 'Tattered Rose'. I used 'SU' white 5/8" Organza Ribbon and coloured it with my Copic YG17. I tied a triple ribbon on my Bow-easy from which I attached 3 coloured jingle bells. I have used a bunch of 'SU' Dazzling Diamond Glitter on the snowflakes, the fur on Tilda's coat and hat and her wings. Her boots have Crystal Lacquer on them. I then sprinkled 'Polar White Flower Soft' on and around the bottom of her boots.

The very outside circle of the writing panel was made by cutting 1/2" strips of my Design Paper and punching it out with a pretty 'SU' Punch.

I hope you love the work your Design Team has done for Chrissy's Challenge!

Please pop by the blog to see everyone's work.

Won't you please join us again for this challenge? This time ' The Lovely Diana' is giving away another $25.00 Gift Certificate!!

Love, Candy

Copics used:

Face: E000, E00, E21

Cheeks: R20

Coat and Hat: B01, B04, B06

Snow Flakes: BG0000, BG000, BG10

Wings: R0000, R000, R30

Song Sheet and Hair: E50, E51, E53, W1, YG25, YG17,R08

Mittens and Stockings: RV32, RV34,, RV95

Fur: C0, C1, C3, C5

Boots: C3, C5, C7, C9

Highlight around Tilda: YG0000

Hi everyone!

How are you all doing? Are you out of breath yet from trying to get everything ready for Christmas?

I am LOL.......a few unexpected things this year as my daughter-in-law broke her shoulder!

Also I am still making gifts - I am usually finished by now - but not this year :o(

I have a couple more cards today.

One is for my Grandson Brandon - I used a hAngler & sAngler Image this time, and think he is so cute for a 7 year old :o)

Oh Oh I see his name tag fell down - it says: Brandon!

Here is a closer look -

Here is the inside -

I used White 'Sparkly Fluff' on his hat. Crystal Lacquer on the candy cane and lots of

'Twinklets'' on the snowflakes :o)

Here is my second card. This one is for a friend so I will not be able to show you the inside. All of these cards have to be mailed first thing tomorrow morning!!

This one is another LOV Image that I love so much.

Here she is a bit closer for you -

On this card I used some lace I had from my quilting days and a snowflake charm from my stash.

The beautiful flowers are from Diana at Magnolia-licious and the 'leaves' are punched with MS punch.

I hope you all take some time to sit and relax and find some 'me' time during the hassle of getting ready :o)

Thanks for visiting me.

Love, Candy

Sunday November 28th

Hello!

Well I have spent my week making the Christmas Cards that I send to everyone. It turned out to be a bigger job than I expected this year. Couldn't get out because of snow etc. so had to scrounge

my room to see what I could come up with. Managed to borrow a die from a friend and that helped a lot. But BOY what a lot of work.

After telling you all that I can't show them to you cause people haven't received them yet LOL LOL

I can show you two other cards that I made this weekend. One Saturday and one today.

This first one is for my Granddaughter, she is 4 :

Here is another closer of the bunny. This is a Lilli of The Valley Image, 'The Night Before Christmas'. I LOVE all of their stamps :o)

Now hold on to your hats folks cause this next card is not a 'Candy' card at all.

I couldn't resist though making this one ~

Are you surprised??? This is a Kenny K image. Here are a couple more pictures

for you:

Here is the inside:

Sorry no colours for these ones - I'm in a hurry. Still have several more to make for the special people in my life, like my Grandson, Mom, and good friends.

The paper used for Mariah's card were digi papers from NitWits and the papers for the 'Sexy Christmas' were from Basic Grey - 'Jovial Collection'.

The afternoon is still early at my house so I'm off to write in those Christmas Cards I made and get them mailed for December 1st!

Hope to see you soon :o)

Love, Candy

First INSPIRATION CHALLENGE

Hello, Hello and Happy Tuesday :o)

It's time for our Inspiration Challenge on the NEW MAGNOLIA-LICIOUS CHALLENGE BLOG.

Here is the picture I chose for the DT to work with.

Oh it made me feel so much like Christmas time and I wish my home looked like that! I really liked the unusual colours and all the sparkly gold. I know it is untraditional, but I think that is why I liked it so much.

Do you know there are only 31 more sleeps till Christmas?? * giggle

It is so exciting to be on the Magnolia-licious CHALLENGE BLOG!! It is very hard to wait for two weeks to go by to show you our cards....we work ahead of time and my card has been ready for 1 1/2 months :o)

Here it is:

The images I chose from Diana's store are:

Sneaky Tilda #3060 from 'A Merry Little Christmas' Collection 2010 and the 'Christmas Tree' from Winter 2008. I can't find the tree in the store at this time - sorry. I believe if you ask for it, Diana will try very hard to get it for you :o)

I am sure when you see my card you can tell right away that I got MY inspiration from the all the pretty colours and the gold stars.

I made my card a bit bigger than my usual 5 1/2" square so that I could use my new Spellbinder Dies -Label 10. I had to use the largest size to get my images to fit inside and then I backed it with shiny thick gold card stock and cut it to mimic the shape. I was so fortunate that my friend Corrie took me to Nanaimo to Michaels. I was able to find this beautiful ribbon, which is actually transparent except for the wonderful coloured sparkly polka dots. I also found the colourful rhinestones there and used a lot of them as decorations on my tree :o) The tree top star was from my stash.

The base of my card is 'Tempting Turquoise' card stock from SU. I used a 'MS' Punch Around The Corners - Bubbles' punch set. On top of that I have a square of the shiny gold paper, then a base of white card stock. Onto the white paper I have adhered 'Bo Bunny's - Winter Joy Magic' design paper. Then 'Green Galore' SU' card stock cut in a strip with the ribbon around it.

On top of that I have raised my gold and white cut paper with my images with 3D tape. On the upper right corner I used both the small and large star punches from 'SU' and punched them out of the gold paper again and attached one 'Imaginisce' snowflake.

I am sorry that in the pictures all of the gold looks copper coloured :o( I didn't know what to do about that in my pictures.

This card opens from the bottom up.Here are some pictures of the inside:

Top -

The DP is more of the 'Bo Bunny' Collection, which has been distressed with SU 'Tempting Turquoise' Ink. I used my Spellbinders Fancy Labels to make the blue part of my sentiment area, then stamped and cut out the white piece. The sentiment is from SU a set called 'Snow Swirled'. I punched two small MS snowflakes and coated them with MS Course Glitter and also put it around my sentiment.

The bottom part of my card is quite plain with lots of room to write a greeting:

I have put the Course Glitter around the white paper here as well. The blue paper was die cut with Spellbinders 'Eyelet Squares'. It is adhered to the white card stock, but you can also see the edge of the gold paper that is on the base.

I really hope you will join us once again on the Magnolia-licious CHALLENGE BLOG.

We had a great response to our Colour Challenge and are simply thrilled that so many of you joined us :o)

The WONDERFUL DIANA CRICK has a great new gift for our Inspiration Challenge, that I am sure most of you would LOVE to own.

It is the MISTLETOE BORDER DIE! Here is a picture of it:

My Copic colours follow.

Love Candy

Stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Copics:

Flesh - E000, E00, E21

Cheeks - R02

Hair & Lace - E50, E51, E53

Wood - YR21, E33, E35, E37

Tree - YG25, YG67, G21, G24

Pants - B91, B93, B95, B97

Shirt & socks - BV0000, BV00, BV01, BV02

Both ribbons - R30, R32, R35

Parcel - Y11, Y21, Y23, YR24