April Calendar Card

Well not too much on this one. I was at a Scrapbooking Retreat and wanted to get it finished by the end of the weekend. I used my Magnolia Easter Stamps from last year. I found some old Easter paper I had laying around from last year and colored my images to match with my Copics. I used some rafia to tie a ribbon on it to match the straw that is under the eggs. There's tons of glitter on those eggs and also a little rhinestone on the flower in her hair.
Hope you enjoy
Hugs xx
Carolyn

March Calendar Card

Well, was a little board the other day, and didn't have enough time to start working on a layout, so I managed to get my March Calendar Card done. How amazing that it is even on time, er early. I used one of my favorite Tildas sitting on her Magnolia swing. I know it's a little early for her to be swinging outside, but I'm hopeful that she will push Spring faster. Also anyone who knows me knows that those flowers on her lap are my favorite flowers next to lilacs. Tulips are everywhere in our supermarkets right now, and I always manage to pick up a couple of bundles. They last for almost 2 weeks and grow in the vase. My paper is from Close To My Heart and is called Sophia. The ribbon is from Michaels.
Happy Wednesday,
Hugs xx
Carolyn

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Color Challenge

A Simple Front of Card




How the Pop Up looks from the side.




Tilda in the Pumpkin Patch

This week for my card I decided to match the colors in our challenge by making a pop-up card. I've made one before and they were really fun to make. Our colors this week for our color challenge are orange, lime green, white, and purple/black. I used black as I couldn't find paper with purple on it. My paper was My Mind's Eye Blackbird collection. I loved the little trick or treaters. For my image I colored a Witch Tilda from last October's Halloween release. I used my copics to color her and added black prisma glitter to her hat. I printed pumpkin images from the computer and colored them with the copics also. I pop dotted the center of the pumpkin. For my tree I found a tree image on my Bloom cartridge for my Cricut and just did the basic part of the tree in black and cut it 4 1/2 "s. I used my bat and grass Martha Stewart punches to add extra. The moon was just a 1 1/2" circle punch of gold glitter paper. My sentiment is from Magnolia as well.

For our challenge this week. You have to create a card or project with the colors Orange, Lime Green, White and Purple/Black. You don't have to just use the Halloween theme, you can create anything as long as you use those colors and don't forget to stamp. Here's the colors.

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Magnolia-licious. They are offering up this beautiful stamp as the prize.
What a fabulous prize. So get to work and let's see what you come up with. You have till Midnight next Saturday, October 30th.

I'm also entering my Pop Up card in the following challenges Stamp With Fun . They are having a Halloween Challenge this week. A Spoon Full Of Sugar. Their Challenge this week is BOO. Crazy 4 Challenges is having a Halloween Themed Challenge. All That Scraps Magnolia Challenge Blog is to create a Fall Card with a fold.

Hope everyone has a great week. I apologize for being a slack blogger lately, but I just started working full time at a new local Walmart, and I'm not used to getting up early and working every day. Hopefully soon I will find that happy medium that will let me have more time to spend on my hobby of passion.
Hugs xx
Carolyn

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Two's Better Than One

This week at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge we are doing cards or projects with more than one stamped image on it. Our sponsor this week is the fabulous

Just click on the picture and you can pop over to their site to see what all they have to offer.

For my project I used a paint can that I had bought many moons ago from our local scrapbooking store. I have been sitting on it for a while as I wasn't quite sure how to finish it off. It finally came to me with this challenge to create a 3 dimensional winter scene. I used a winter scene from Magnolia that I had bought a while back. I also used this wintery Tilda, but can't find her on Magnolia's site to get the name for you. I just loved her winter jacket and hat. I colored both with my copics. I didn't have the right material for the bottom that I wanted so I just glued down some white felt and added Martha Stewart glitter on it to get it to shimmer like snow. On the outside of the can I added white rub on snowflakes to finish it up. I added bits of ribbon tied on the handles for a final touch.

I'm also entering my paint can into the Winter Wonderland Challenge which is Walking In A Winter Wonderland. (Create a scene).

Also All that Scraps has now a new Magnolia Stamp Challenge and this week is their first challenge and it is anything Tilda, Edwin, etc.

Well pull out all those stamps and let's see what you can create with more than one stamp.

Hugs xx
Carolyn

Magnolia Down Under - Easel Card

Happy Friday to you all. Over at Magnolia Down Under they're asking for easel cards. I had actually started this card for Magnolia Stamp Lovers as they were asking for nautical cards. I didn't get this done in time for that and then saw Magnolia Down Under was doing easel cards, one of my favorites.

I had pulled out one of my Cricut cartridges called "Life's A Beach". On the cartridge it had a life ring. I increased the size of it to 6" and created this life ring. I then turned it into an easel card for the Magnolia Down Under challenge. I added some paper from Gartner's Voyage collection. I had bought this paper pack for my cruise layouts, but haven't gotten to them yet. I added some white nautical rope that was on one of our pool toys, (not anymore, lol). I googled nautical knots and tied a square reef knot on the inside of the card.

The beautiful Tilda is from the pirate collection called Pirate Tilda and colored her with my copics.

Well hope everyone is having a great day wherever you are. It is again, beautiful and hot here in Canada, so I'm off to the pool.

Hugs xx
Carolyn

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Swirls and Pearls

This week at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge we are looking for cards with lots of Swirls and Pearls. Wow, can't wait to see all the entries coming in this week. Who doesn't love a card with swirls and pearls. We have our fabulous sponsor

Simon Says -
Simon Says is offering a $25.00 gift certificate to the lucky winner chosen by random generator.

For my card I used my new Princess Collection stamps from Magnolia. I used the Castle Window and Lady Tilda to make my card. I use my copics and my latest paper pack collection from Basic Grey called Two Scoops. The papers are gorgeous. I decided to make it like Lady Tilda was looking out her castle window for her prince charming. I added tons of flowers from Magnolia onto my card with some pearls and greenery punched out with my Martha Stewart punch. I put my gorgeous Papertrey ribbon on, and added some swirls to the inside of my card and it was complete.

Hope you get a chance to enter this week in our swirls and pearls challenge.

Hugs xx
Carolyn

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Lovely As A Tree

Sorry for the late entry everyone. I was away scrapbooking for the weekend. I could not get my card to be a scheduled post. I've had the directions sent to me a couple of times, but it works sometimes and doesn't others. I took a chance that I'd get a signal on my laptop when I was there, but that didn't happen, so here it is, a little late, but here none the less.

Well this week at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge we are honoring trees. Today is "Love A Tree" day. What a fabulous idea to make a card with a tree on it. Our sponsor this week is the fabulous
Meljen's Design.

They are offering 4 digital designs of your choice. Pop on over to their website as they have fantastic images.

For my card I used my new Magnolia Princess image and also used a Magnolia tree. I colored them with my copics. I added glitter to her gloves and some to the flowers on the Magnolia tree. My design paper is from Basic Grey. I again tried a simple card, but I think this one was a bit too simple for me. LOL. More embellises on the next one.

Well let's celebrate Love a Tree day and see what you can create.

One Card Six Challenges

Well happy Thursday everyone. I've been so busy getting my house cleaned up, and working on my sons grade 8 graduation, that I didn't even realize it had been so long since I posted. My apologies. The weather was lovely so I gave the house a good spring clean. You know one of those ones that you even do the inside of cabinets and china buffets. UGH, Well a quick look at my lonely blog this morning and decided to get off the rest period and make a card. This is what I came up with.
For my card I used my Easter fence stamp from Magnolia, and one of my cute little girls from the winter kit, (I think). I colored them with my copics to match this fabulous paper from October Afternoon/Thrift Shop Line. I used tons of punches for this card, all Martha Stewart punches. I used 2 butterfly ones, a flower boarder one and a large lace like one that I have wanted so bad. The final MS punch I used was to make the little flowers which I put pearls from the dollar store in the middle. Oh yeah, I used another one to make the greenery. A lot of punches. The 2 buttons are from Papertrey.

My card was originally made for the Magnolia-licious sketch drawn by the ever talented Claudia Rosa shown here:

I also made my card fit the following other challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Cutie Pie (cards with tons of Cuteness)
Oh Alice - Flowers ( Use flowers on your card)
Crazy 4 Challenges (1 Ribbon, 2 Buttons, 3 Punches)
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Make a Scene
and finally
Flutter By Wednesday - Open (Must have butterfly or angel)

This is my first time entering in this challenge, but my friend Christine enters all the time and really loves this challenge, so I checked it out and it looks really cool. Here is my first attempt at Flutter By Wednesday.

Hugs xx
Carolyn

Just Magnolia Week #49 Fold It / Magnolia Down Under - Thank You

My card for the Just Magnolia Challenge which is to have folds in it. I found the turtorial for this card on the Sugar Nellie Blog. Here is the link to make one http://sugarnellie.blogspot.com/2010/03/shaped-card-tutorial-by-tiets.html.

For my card I used Cosmo Cricket's Honey Pie papers. I used some shimmery blue card stock for the base. My image of course is the fabulous Magnolia Cutie Pie Sitting on her Strawberry. My flowers are from Martha Stewart.

Down at Magnolia Down Under they are looking for Thank You cards. I keep entering this challenge, but have not even gotten honorable mention in this challenge. It is almost impossible to win in this challenge as they don't go by random generator, but hand pick the winners. I've been entering since the beginning and have never even receive a top five honor, but I will keep trying as this is now my goal.

Well back to the grind tomorrow. The kids are back in school after a 4 day Easter weekend of absolutely perfect spring weather. Couldn't have asked for anything better. Tomorrow is bowling and Jenny Craig weigh in. (I think it's measuring day as well, oops better get the sit ups in, lol). I'm off to the high school track for a 4 lap jaunt with my girlfriend.
Hugs xx
Carolyn

Ps. I think the new total is 20 lbs, but I'll know more tomorrow.

Stamp With Fun - Sketch/ Magnolia Stamp Lovers - The Color Purple

Well today is turning out to be such a fabulous day. They are calling for temperatures up to 65 degrees. Spring is fast approaching us here in Ontario. Soon the gorgeous tulips will be springing up through the cool black soil, adding colors to the dull, baron gardens. Next will be the ever fragrant lilacs filling the air with their sweet aroma. My two favorite flowers uplift my spirts and fill me with energy to do all kinds of wonderful spring cleaning in my gardens and prepare my backyard for months of enjoyment. Then the bugging starts, the yearly start of nagging hubby to open the pool early so I can look in the back yard and see the beautiful blue of the water and not the depressing black cover on it. Well I hope everyone is having as fabulous a day as we are here.

For my card, I followed the beautiful sketch from Stamp with fun. I used my Martha Stewart Easter paper pack again. I ran the light green piece through the Cricket with the Swiss Dots folder to give it some dimension. I cut my Magnolia basket with my Nestibilities, and colored it with my copics. I colored my Tilda with my copics also and added glitter here and there. I had this lacy ribbon in my stash and added a bow of co-ordinating ribbon . The gems in the corner are from Martha Stewart, and the roses are from Cute Stamp and Card's Magnolia flowers.

Magnolia Stamp Lovers is asking for cards with purple, so I colored Tilda's dress purple and the flowers off the basket in purple also.

Well I'm off to get some more cards done. My lovely son turns 18 on Saturday and I've got 4 cards to make him. I also have 3 sympathy cards to do as well. Have a great day everyone.

Hugs xx
Carolyn

Just Magnolia-Sketch by Jane/Magnolia-licious - Spring Project with Acetate/ Fussy and Fancy Fridays - Easter / Magnolia Down Under - Stitching

Today I had some fun putting together some creative cards for challenges. For this card I used my Nestibilities, Labels, and cut through the card to make a frame for the image on the inside. I used some acetate that I had laying around and put it between the layers on the front of the card, that way it doesn't show through the card. I then added some ribbon on the card as the design papers are from Martha Stewart's new Easter collection and only come in 4 x 6". That was a tiny bit small for my card. I covered the seam of the two papers on the front with co-ordinating Papertrey ribbon. I sewed down the papers to fit in with the Magnolia Down Under Challenge of Stitching, Real or Fake. I added on my little Tilda holding her lamb, colored in copics. At the top of the front of the card I added some decorative corner cut outs and put Martha Stewart flowers on top to match the sketch from Just Magnolia. Here's there sketch:
Magnolia-licious is looking for cards with acetate on them, so the window on my card was so it would fit that challenge. Finally fussy and Fancy Fridays is looking for Easter cards. So my card was made for 4 challenges.
On the inside of my card I used an Easter scene I purchased from Magnolia, colored to match Tilda. I layered some Martha Stewart Easter paper over the stamped scene, added tons of glitter and more Papertrey ribbon to match the front of the card. My sentiment is the fabulous sentiment from Stamping Bella that Emily made for me. It is now for sale and you can get one before Easter.
Have a great Monday.
Hugs xx
Carolyn

The Sweet Stop - Fuzzy Wuzzy/Magnolia-licious/March DT Sketch/Magnolia Stamp Lovers-#6 Die Cuts

Happy Tuesday everyone. I have been busy this week catching up. I am now officially 3 challenges ahead for my DT position at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge!! Yeah, now some free time to enter a few challenges this week. So much fun. I am coloring up these Easter Tildas, like there's no tomorrow. Still have tons more to color, but there's still time until Easter. This card is for my 19 year old daughter, yep, the cruise girl, for Easter. I was able to fit it into 2 challenges.

The Sweet Stop has a sketch this week, with a twist. The twist is to have something fuzzy and wuzzy on your card. Here's the sketch:


What I did for my card was I added white fun flock to my bunny Tilda, and on my chicken Tilda, I added cream colored flower soft. It looked more like feathers. The paper is Making Memories an Easter line from last year. I added my baby blue polka dot Papertrey ribbon, some Magnolia flowers and some of my new Magnolia beads. My sentiment is my own printed off my computer.
At Magnolia-licious they also have a sketch which was almost the same as The Sweet Stop. When I inverted the design, I could make my card fit both. Here's Magnolia-licious sketch.

Over at Magnolia Stamp Lovers their challenge this fortnight is to make a card using a die cut. My card fits that challenge also.

I really enjoyed making this card. It was fun to fuzz up the bunny and the chicken. We have some great weather going on here, but my friend Christine from dol creations keeps threatening snow on Monday. Hope she's wrong.
Hugs xx
Carolyn

Curious Little Challenge Blog - Who R U? / Just Magnolia - Easel Cake

Well today a little package arrived in the mail. I have been desperately awaiting my Easter Collection from Magnolia. I had also ordered these jewels in every color, and had to incorporate them into this card, so these are the blue jewels from Magnolia. They are tear drop shape and in all sorts of colors, and they are stunning, so you'll be seeing lots of them on the cards for the next bit, lol.

Well at The Curious Little Challenge Blog they are celebrating Chapter 5 of Alice in Wonderland with a Whooooooo Rrrrrrrrrr Uuuuuu challenge by the Caterpillar. I decided to try something a little different. I took my Magnolia stamp "Chasing Butterflies" and stamped her not getting any ink on her pockets on the apron and the polka dots on the apron. I colored her in Alice colors. Then came the hard part. I didn't have a single caterpillar stamp. I did have a mini brass embossing plate with a tiny caterpillar on it, and I tried sponging it. It didn't turn out too great, so I added mini buttons over top to make my caterpillar. I punched my butterfly out with 2 Martha Stewart punches and added rhinestones down the middle for the body. I added some Kaiser Craft - Airy Fairy paper, Papertrey ribbon with a nice bow, and the new Magnolia jewels.

I decided to make it into an Easel card for Just Magnolia's challenge this week. To prop it up I cut out some mauve cardstock with my picket fence Martha Stewart boarder punch. I added mini flowers with another Martha punch, and put rhinestones in the middle of the flowers. To finish it off I used 2 sentiments. The smaller one on the outside of the card is from MSE, and the inner verse is from Cornish Heritage Farms - Friendship Collection.

Why not try your hand at an easel card, they're tons of fun.
Hugs xx
Carolyn

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - A Sketch

This week at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge we have an easy peasy sketch. Everyone loves a sketch. For mine I used my little Tilda from the Valentine collection. I used an old fence stamp from Magnolia as well. I colored with my Copics, and created the clouds on the background with inks.
I used my basic grey pattern paper - Origin. It has such great greens and yellows. My daughter's favorite color is green, and as I told you last week, I went on a cruise with her for her 19th birthday. We celebrated with some cake and a couple small gifts as the cruise was her present for her next 40 birthdays, LOL. Just kidding. My sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly. This is Sarah's birthday card from Mom and Dad.
Our prize this week is from our very own Aud Kirsten. This is what she donated:A beautiful stamp and some Bling!!!


Let's see all the great creations that you come up with.
Hugs xx
Carolyn

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #101 - Ribbon Tastic/ A Spoon Full Of Sugar Challenge #92 - Pearls and Glitter

Today is a perfect day to post my winter bag with the snowflakes. It has been snowing all morning here in our small little town of Keswick, Ontario, Canada. We are supposed to get quite a storm over the next few days giving us a total of 20 cm. We really can't complain as it hasn't snowed since Christmas, and for my husband who spent a ton of money without telling me on a brand new snowmobile, it is too little too late. But for us bears who hibernate, spring was looking a little closer until this morning. Guess that groundhog was right, 6 more weeks of winter.

I was inspired to make this bag from a project I saw in a Dutch magazine called Cards Only. The magazine is in Dutch, and unfortunately I don't understand a single word, but hell, who needs to read it when you can look at the pictures of the most amazing cards and projects I've seen outside of Magnolia Ink. For my project I took an old gift bag, but felt it was too deep. I cut it in half all the way around from side to side. I then put the two halfs inside each other creating a bag half as deep.

I then cut a square in the front that was slightly smaller than my stamped Magnolia winter background. I glued a piece of acetate over the hole. Then I covered the bag with one of my favorite winter patterned paper by Heidi Grace. I added some lace and ribbon to the top. I finished off the bow with a snowflake brad.
I colored my images with my copics. Here's the colors I used:
I added Martha Stewart glitter on the hills and some of the trees to make my scene glisten. Then I placed the winter background inside the bag lining it up with the acetate square. (Tip: line it up before gluing the 2 halfs of the bag together as it was a bit thin to get my hand in and position it properly.) I stamped my skating Tilda by herself. She is supposed to be held by skating Edwin, but I only inked her on the stamp. I added glitter to where her fur was. Then I embellished the bag with pearls on the snowflakes, and added a rhinestone swirl in the bottom corner of the window. I finished it off with 2 punched out snowflakes punched with white glitter paper, and added a smaller snowflake and a fur covered brad in the middle.
Hugs xx
Carolyn

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #34 - Easel Card - Friday Sketchers -90

My card today was for 2 challenges. Over at Magnolia Down Under they are doing Easel cards this week. I just love them. They're so fun to make as they force me to finish the inside of my cards. At Friday Sketchers they have a cute sketch. Here it is:

For my card I used Graphic 45 patterned paper, and added 3 colors of matching cardstock. I colored my Tilda and Teacup with the following copics:I added some glitter to the spoon to give it a shiney look. I pop dotted my Tilda so she was standing in front of the teacup. My flower is a Prima Flower with tons of Martha Stewart greenery (in my cardstock colors) punched out. I added a Jewelled brad and hung a tea bag and spoon charm from it. In the inside I used my lattice Martha Stewart Boarder punch and added some brads for the front of the card to rest up against. I used strawberry brads to match my patterned paper. Pop on over to the challenges and check out all the fantastic cards.
Hugs xx
Carolyn