A Magnolia Christmas

I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I hope this week goes better for me than last week!!Today's challenge over at Maria's Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog is hosted by the wonderfully talented Debbie. Her challenge for us today is to make a card decorating the inside and the outside. I love decorating the insides of my cards, I jsut don't always take the time to do it.

For my card today I used the Just Magnolia Sketch Challenge #13. I used this adorable Magnolia image and the ticket is also a Magnolia stamp. I used Basic Grey Wassail papers for my card, Prima flowers and pearls to decorate the inside and out. I used my nesties to cut out my Magnolia and the writing block on the inside of the card. I used chalk ink to distress my image and my little ticket which I stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa. I used pearls for my flower centers and on the pretty flower on the hat she is wearing. That's about it. I like the way she turned out. I hope you do too.

Sometimes, it's nice to have a sketch to use for our card so if you would like to have a sketch to play around with, visit the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog to see one. But remember, the sketch is not the challenge this week.

Inside - top

Inside - bottom

Be sure to visit the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog to see what the other challenge divas have created. I also have them listed on my sidebar. We'd love for you to play along, just leave a comment and a link to your creation on the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog or if you upload to SCS or PCP, use the keyword CSAYL. Thank you for stopping by my blog. Be sure to come by tomorrow to see what I have to show you.

Tilda Visits Flutterby Wednesday

Happy Wednesday everyone!!


It's Flutterby Wednesday and our challenge for this week was to create a card with flowers and butterflies on it. This week I'm so excited that I am the Featured Stamper for this week!! Yay (thanks Danni)! Also this week, we have a wonderful Guest Designer. Drum roll please, our guest designer this week is the lovely and super talented Maria Bell!!! Yay, Maria is so talented and if you haven't been to her blog then you should get some munchies and get comfy!! It's such a warm, cozy place of inspiration.


For this week's card I had to pull out the Basic Grey Porcelain pad (LOVE it) and ink up my brand new Tilda with Bunny (LOVE it) that I just got from Summer at Roses on Paper (thanks Summer). I think this Tilda is just adorable with her little bunny!!

Ok, about my card. I stamped Tilda on white cardstock with Black Memento ink. I colored her with copics and highlighted with a white gel pen. I used Basic Grey Porcelain paper and Bazzill cardstock. This week I thought it would be fun to use some little silver, metal butterflies on my card. I used Prima hydrangeas with brads and spacers. I also used some green lace across my card front. That's really all there is to it. Pretty simple but I like how it turned out!!


I edited my post because I realized that I forgot to put the leaves on my flowers!! I thought I would show both photos since I've already sent Danni my picture for her blog. Sorry about that, I can't seem to remember anything lately!! I used a Martha Stewart punch for my leaves.


You can play along with us simply by making a card with butterflies and flowers on it. Remember, if you upload to PCP or SCS use the keyword: FBW so we can admire your work. Be sure that you visit the other Flutterby Wednesday designer's blogs and check out their beautiful creations. You can find the links on my sidebar.

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my blog. Please leave me a comment and let me know you were here. I love reading your comments!!


Recipe:
Stamp: Magnolia Tilda with Bunny
Ink: Memento
Paper: Basic Grey, Bazzill
Other: Prima flowers, brads, lace, spacers, butterfly charms, Martha Stewart punch

My Favorite Little Angel Meets Madelynn!!

Happy Saturday everyone!!

I have the sweetest little Angel Anya for my Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday sketch MTTSC8. I know the key word here is "Tuesday", but I think Madelynn will love it just as much on Saturday. Better late than never, I always say.

I seem to be on an Anya roll lately, but this little Angel is the cutest, sweetest little thing ever and she fit the sketch!! Anya is just the cutest image from The Greeting Farm.

Now for the details. I colored Anya with my Copics and used my nesties to cut her into a scalloped oval. I used yummy Basic Grey paper and if you look closely, you will see the fabulous Shimmerz on her wings and halo. Hopefully, you can see the angelic shimmer in my photos. I think my settings are getting better. I also used pretty purple rhinestones because even Angels need their bling!! I thought the sentiment was perfect for her. I popped the sentiment and Anya up on pop dots for dimension. I also tied a knot with this gorgeous purple ribbon.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! It really means a lot. Leave a comment if you like and let me know what you think. I love to read your thoughts!

Recipe:

Stamps: Angel Anya, Inkadinkado (sentiment)
Ink: Copics, Memento
Paper: Basic Grey dp, Bazzill cs
Other: nesties, Shimmerz, rhinestones Kaiser Craft, ribbon May Arts, pop dots.