St. Patrick's Day's Coming

Hello! Hope you are all well?

Today is a new Colour Challenge at Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog :o)

Our Design Team member, ANGELA, wanted us to use GREEN this month.

Here is her picture:

Doesn't that look nice and fresh?

I just loved it, but wasn't able to do it justice I am afraid.

My problem was paper. Nothing really to work with so had to go a little bit different and on the way my work got much darker than I had intended :o(

Oh well - another time I hope to do better.

My images today are from Diana's store. Edwin with Hat# 153, Tilda with Clover and Hat with Shamrock - neither of which I can find at the moment - sorry about that. I will keep looking and update when I find them.

Here is the front of my card:

As you can see the shading around Tilda ended up very dark and not the way I wanted it to be. Also her clothes had to match the paper and I don't have the correct Copic Colours to that justice either.

Here is Tilda a bit closer:

Here is the inside of my card which I am much happier with:

and a closer one of Edwin:

I am slowly learning how to colour pleats and folds - S L O W L Y :o)

I need much more practice and hope that in the next month or so I will have a lot more time to make cards and you will see a big increase of work on my blog.

At least, that's the plan!!

Please take the trip to Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog and see the beautiful cards made by the rest of the Design Team. They will never let you down that's for sure!

Remember if you enter the challenge, that you could win a Gift Certificate in the amount of $25.00 at Diana's Store and add to your collection of Magnolia Stamps

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Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a great week!

Recipe follows.

Love, Candy

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Card Stock: Bazzil - Lime Green

Design Paper: Daisy Bucket - Playful Petals

Large round pearl, green wire: stash

3 Leaf and 4 Leaf Clover: made by me from Hydrangea petals

Dazzling Diamonds: Stampin'Up

Sentiment: computer generated by me

Spellbinder Labels 8

Distress Ink: Tim Holtz - Vintage Photo

Copics:

Skin: E0000,E000,E00 Cheeks: R11

Large Hat, Edwin's hat and his trousers: C00,C0,C1,C3,C5,C7,C9

Edwin's Shirt: C00,C0,C1

Shadows: T2,0

Tilda's Dress, Socks and Hat, Edwin's Jacket: BG72,BG75,BG78

Tilda's Bow and Lace: R32,R35,R37

Tilda's Hair: YR04,YR18,E99

Edwin's Hair: E35,E99

Edwin's Tie and ribbon on hat: YG03,YG21

Edwin's Vest and all clover: YG03,YG21,YG23,YG93,YG95,YG99

Shoes: E42,E50,E51,E53

Pipe: E11,E13,E15

Our New Inspiration Challenge at Magnolia-lcious

Hi Maggie Lovers :o)

It's a new Inspiration Challenge at Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.

As you know it is TRACY'S month for the Challenges and she has picked a beauty for us this time:

PINK , BROWN or BABY

Adorable little room isn't it? Lots of ideas from this one!

I do hope you will come join us for this pretty Inspiration Challenge.

I choose baby of course LOL, and PINK and BROWN

I tried to make something I haven't done before as well.......

Here is my 'Arty Picture ' :o)

* see my little baby shoes* ?

Here is what I made :

** edit - Tingla can be found under Tilda images at Diana's Store. She is # 286 **

I have used 'Sitting Baby Tingla' from Diana's store but I am afraid I can't find her anywhere :o(

I bought her a very long time ago and at that time I didn't write down the numbers of the stamps or the Collection that they came from. I just wanted to use a different 'baby' than the new ones that have just come out. I am really sorry!

Here is some close up's for you:

Front of my card

Close up of Tingla:

Close up of bow and soother:

The brad actually says 'baby' repeated around the flower part of it in pink on the brown around the outside. I wasn't able to get a picture that didn't glare :o(

Here are pictures of the inside:

And a couple of close ups!

I hope I didn't bore you with so many pictures? I had fun making this card :o)

Please remember to visit the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog to see each of the Design Team's beautiful work!!

Also don't forget that Diana gives out a $25.00 Gift Certificate for the winner of each Challenge!!! She is so generous :o)

You don't have to be scared to enter the Challenge. We just want you to have fun with us.

Remember to use a Magnolia image and to get your ideas from the Inspiration Photo.

No need to worry if you haven't made a card before or if this is your first time in a challenge - Mr Linky picks by number and everyone as an equal chance of winning. Just think you could add more Magnolia Stamps to your Collection :o)

Hope to see you there!!!

Love, Candy

RECIPE:

Sitting Baby Tingla - Diana's Store

Design Paper - Pebbles ~ New Arrival

Card Stock - SU ~ Pretty in Pink

Ribbon and Button ~ my stash

Pink Plastic Soother ~ Wal*Mart

Large Brad ~ Cloud 9 Design - Baby Girl

Flat backed tiny pearls for buttons and Dazzling Diamonds - SU

Crystal Lacquer ~ both soothers

Stardust Stickles ~ wings and tiny heart

Sentiment ~ Justrite ~ Baby Stamp Ensemble

COPICS:

Skin ~ E0000, E000, E00

Cheeks ~ R11

Hair ~ Y11, Y21, YR24

Booties ~ E30, E31, E33

Heart ~ R35, R37, R39

Sleepers and Hair Ribbons ~ R81, R83, R85

Soothers ~ R83, R85, R89

Shading ~ C00, C1, C3

A brand new Colour Challenge

Hello friends :o)

Hope you are all doing very well.

We have a new Colour Challenge at Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.

This month TRACY has chosen the colours PINK, BLACK, & RED.

I was very lucky to find all I needed for my card right here at home in my 'stash'!

Here is her picture of the colours:

Since I don't have any of the new stamps yet from the 'You're So Special' Collection I have used 'Tilda with Hanging Heart' # 3081 at Diana's store, from the 'Merry Little Christmas Collection 2010'

I think she works OK for Valentine's Day. I didn't have to make a Valentine card but choose to do so....

Here is a closer picture of Tilda:

Oh dear I am having so much trouble with my camera these days :o(

Let's hope the next ones are better, here is the bow with 4 loops:

and the inside:

Hope you enjoy my project this time :o)

Don't for get to pop over to the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog to look at the beautiful work the Design Team has made.

Diana is giving away a $25.00 Gift Certificate to the winner of the Challenge. Lucky girl will get to buy some more Maggies!!!

Love, Candy

RECIPE:

Design Paper: It's Complicated by 'Fancy Pants'

Card Stock: Black and Pretty in Pink from Stampin'Up

Martha Stewart: heart around the page punch

Nestie - plain round

Charm - 'love' and sheer pink ribbon with red hearts - unknown from stash

Dazzling Diamonds, Pink Corduroy Buttons and Black Grosgrain Ribbon from Stampin'Up

COPICS:

Skin : E000, E00, E21

Cheeks: R20

Hair: C1, C3, C5, C7

Dress and Hanging Heart: R32, R35, R37, R39

Ribbon: RV000, RV10, RV32

Wings: Y21, Y23, YR23

We won't lie

Hello and Happy Sunday!

Just a quick little post today.

Thought I would show you the card I made for our Grandson, Brandon, for Valentine's Day.

This is a super sweet image from Sassy Cheryl! He is called 'Pinocchio's Valentine Lie'.

He was fun to colour :o)

On the inside I wrote a sentiment on my computer that says: We won't lie.....We want you to be our Valentine. It is from Grandpa and me.

Hope you like it.

Here is the inside:

Love, Candy

Recipe:

Craft Card Stock - SU

CTMH - design papers

Image is on Cryogen paper

Star Dust Stickles - on tiny heart on nose

Doily - $1 Store

Heart buttons - from my stash

White scrappers floss

Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E21

Cheeks: R20

Hair: E50, E51, E53

Shirt: E41, E42, E43

Pants: YG63, YG67, G85

Reds: R02, R05, R08

Shoes: C3, C5, C7

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