Tilda and Strawberries

This is the Magnolia-licious Blog Hop Summer Theme Challenge!!!  There are so many great categories such as Beach, Barbecues/Picnics and/or Fishing!!!  If you are following the hop and you came from the awesome Angela, you are on the right track.  If you came on your own, please go HERE to start the hop from the beginning.  (The hop starts 4:00 AM, Monday, July 18th, so if you're here before then,  I'm posting a little early to be sure it shows up because I will be at CHA!!!  Woohoo!!!)

Strawberries and baskets bring to mind picnics!!!  I've been wanting to make these strawberries and the mini Magnolia Tilda went perfectly for the tag.

Magnolia Products from Magnolia-licious:
MINI #338 STRAWBERRY YUMMY TILDA
#15 DOOHICKEY POINSETTIA DIES
#21 DOOHICKEY ROMANTIC TAG DIE
#22 DOOHICKEY VINTAGE FLOWERS AND LEAVES DIES
#29 DOOHICKEY SWIRL BUTTERFLY DIE

MINI #338 STRAWBERRY YUMMY TILDA is water colored with Distress Inks.  Added white gel and glossy pens for accents.  Used a Punch Bunch mini sun punch for the centers of the flowers.  The texture on the berries is from the Cuttlebug mesh texture embossing folder.  Tied the tag onto the basket with gingham ribbon.

The strawberries are made from a pattern I got from Mo's Blog HERE.  Thank you Mo for sharing!!!  The #15 DOOHICKEY POINSETTIA DIES worked out nicely for the leaf tops of the strawberries to thread the cord through the hole in the center, so they could be opened.  I'm thinking a Lindt Lindor Milk Chocolate Truffle would be perfect in these berry containers!!!     MMMmmmmm Strawberries and Chocolate............perfect combination!!!

The basket is one made by trial and error.  I'll try to come up with a pattern for it later.  Of course I used my trusty Scor-Buddy!!!  Actually the Scor-Buddy worked nicely to score the strawberries too!  Added a piece of gingham fabric for that final picnic basket look.

 Had to add this delicate lacy butterfly too!  This is the #29 DOOHICKEY SWIRL BUTTERFLY DIE and I love the detail in this die and that it has two pieces to make the body separate. 

Now for the Blog Hop info:
THEMES are BEACH, BARBECUES/PICNICS and/or FISHING!!!

TWO WAYS TO WIN!!!
1st Way:  Follow the hop and collect all the letters.  When you are finished collecting the letters you will unscramble them to create a 3 word sentence. Go to the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog HERE to find out where to send it!  Here is a peek at the prize from Diana at Magnolia-licious for the winner of this random drawing.
 

2nd Way:  Create a project with a BEACH, BARBECUES/PICNICS and/or FISHING theme!!!  Go to the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog HERE for the details of how to post your picture.  Also find out the great prize from Diana for this drawing too!!!

MY LETTER IS:  “E”

Now please hop to the next blog, who is my idol, the very talented Norma to see what fabulous project she has created and collect another letter! 

 

Thanks for stopping by and following along, hope you'll join the challenge too!!!

Enjoy every day!

Patti Jo

Many Mini Maggie Tags

MINI #284 TILDA WITH SUNFLOWER

MINI #367 CIRCUS TILDA

MINI #106 EDWIN WAITING FOR FISH

MINI #164 CAPTAIN EDWIN

MINI #264 LYING TILDA

MINI #211 EXPLORE TILDA

MINI #338 STRAWBERRY YUMMY TILDA

MINI #253 GARDEN TILDA

MINI #264 STYLISH TILDA

MINI #324 VALENTINE TILDA

MINI #334 BROTHER AND SISTER

MINI #263 PRINCESS TILDA

These are just some of the tags I've been working on for the Mini Magnolia World Booth for CHA.  I'm excited to say I get to attend and work in the booth along with the talents of Diana Crick, Angie Hunt and Ruby Montes!  Was going to post just a few tags, but it is hard to pick just a few favorites!

You can find these and the other Mini's HERE at Magnolia-licious!  (My guess is to get your orders in before next week when CHA starts!!!)    :)

I'll post some of the accessory images and more favorites later! 

Monday, July 18th, both Magnolia-licious design teams (Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog and Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog) are having a Blog Hop with an added twist.  Double the hopping and fun projects!!!  Also wonderful prizes, so hope you can join us!!!

Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo

Magnolia-licious Highlites July Sketch

Loved Mindy's Sketch Challenge for July!!!  Really makes it nice to have a jump start as to where to begin with a card.

Used the adorable new #353 SWEETIE TILDA for the Sweet Rainbow collecton.  She is perfect for any occasion!  Of course got her at the Sweetie Diana's Magnolia-licious store.  Hard to see, but did also use the #19 MINI ZIG ZAG AND SCALLOP BORDER.  My swirls kind of covered the background band I made with the scallop border.  Really like these border dies for just a little added design and also the fact that they are 7" long so will fit across just about any card.

Had a little fun with a paper pack from Mrs. Elizabeth and did some paper piecing.  The package showed small thumbnail sizes of the printed paper inside, so it worked out perfectly to use for the paper piecing on Tilda's dress, shoe and bows.

Also used Spellbinders hexagon dies, Marianne swirls die,  Punch Bunch mini sun and butterfly punches, Stampin' Up! oval punches, Fiskars 1/16" and 1/8" circle punches and EK Success daisy punch.  Just a little coloring with Distress Inks and accented with white gel pen.  Got a little carried away with the dots!!!

Please join us at Magnolia-licious Highlites for this challenge and terrific sketch!  Details are HERE!

Enjoy every day!!!
Patti Jo

You Make Me Smile

When you make a card, do you have lots of extra pieces that you don't use?  When I was doing the last Magnolia-licious Highlites challenge, I had this idea for a card and when I put it all together, it was waaaaay toooo much stuff!!!  So ripped it apart (something I do often!!!)  and used the pieces to create two cards instead.  The one card I used for the challenge, but thought I would post this one too. 

Loved the challenge that Diana came up with to do the Black and White with Pop and first thought was to use red or pink, but wanted to go with something different and used teal.  Of course, I am such a fan of dies, so used a variety of these here.  All things Magnolia are HERE at Magnolia-licious.

#18 ROSE LEAF DOOHICKEY DIE
#20 ROMANTIC LACE BORDER DOOHICKEY DIE
#22 VINTAGE FLOWERS AND LEAVES DOOHICKEY DIE
#4 LEAF AND SWIRL DOOHICKEY DIES
#9 DRAGONFLIES DOOHICKEY DIES
#8 DOILY FLOWERS DOOHICKEY DIES
MINI #3088 LYING TILDA

Some of the dies are on reorder but HERE is a direct link to all the dies.

 The lacy doily is a Cheery Lynn die.  The stamps are JustRite, corner punch is Creative Memories, Spellbinders dies, background paper is Stampin' Up! and some cabochon stones for bling.

This new Sweet Rainbow Collection has so many adorable images.  This is the mini version that is just the right size to add for a little cuteness!!!  Lying Tilda is colored with alcohol markers.

Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo

Black and White with a color to POP!

Hope you are enjoying the Magnolia-licious Highlites blog hop!  As you've probably already found out by now the challenge is to create a project using Black and White with a color to Pop!  If you've come from the talented Cheryl Rowley's blog, you are going in order!  The entire list of names and details of the hop are HERE at Magnolia-licious Highlites.

I've used  #277 Bon Voyage Tilda and the #7 Old Swedish Lace DooHickey Die both I got from Diana's terrific store Magnolia-licious!  The bow was made with the Bow Easy, another handy dandy tool to make bow making so much easier!

Worked with some old and new things which also made it fun.  Colored Tilda with alcohol markers, used a Marianne die along with an old Posh Impression corner punch, Punch Bunch butterfly and sun punches, EK flower punch and added ribbon and cabochon stones for a little bling.  The printed background paper is Stampin' Up.

Can't wait to see what the other design team gals have created.  Hope you will also take up this fun challenge and enter your creation too!  I'm sure you won't want to miss the next stop....Angie Hunt will no doubt have something fantastic for you to see!

Enjoy every day!  Thanks for stopping by and as always so appreciate your comments!
Patti Jo

Tea for Two Packet

This is a fun little packet for a couple bags of tea or packaged beverage.  These mini stamps are perfect for this kind of thing!!!

Water colored the darling little minis with distress inks, the paper, ribbon and oval punches are from Stampin' Up!, background shapes are Spellbinders Label 3 die, flowers are an EK punch and the leaves Punch Bunch small birch.

All my minis are from Diana, of course, at Magnolia-licious!  You can find the minis HERE.  She is offering a great deal on bundles, so it relieves the stress of deciding which ones to get in a collection!!!  :)

MINI #324 VALENTINE TILDA
MINI #517 BENCH
MINI #703 JUST SITTING HERE THINKING OF YOU
MINI #  A LITTLE YUMMY FOR YOUR TUMMY TEXT
MINI #  JAM TILDA
MINI #627 TEA CUP
#7 DOOHICKEY DIE OLD SWEDISH LACE

Needed a little something to fill in behind Tilda, so put this Old Swedish lace strip and thought it kind of looked like a cookie jar behind her, so left it!!!  (My daughter claims I've inhaled too many ink fumes!!!)

Hmmmm, think it is time for a cuppa!!!  Picked that up from my international internet friends!!!

Enjoy every day!!!  Thanks for stopping by!
Patti Jo

Graduation Time for the Magnolia-licious Highlites Challenge

Since June is known for graduations, I figured it is a good time to use the mini graduation stamps.  The talented Janiel is our hostess this month and has challenged us to use only mini Magnolia's on our projects for the Magnolia-licious Highlites DT Challenge.

This is the inside of the graduation hat card and gift holder.  Simple and plain, but does the trick.  Money or a gift card can be tucked into the pocket on the bottom.

I've used Mini #295 Graduation Tilda, Mini #705 Dreams and Goals and Mini #701 Congratulations! which you will find at the outstanding store of Diana....Magnolia-licious.

Have also used Spellbinders dies and some gold star stickers.  Tilda is watercolored with Distress Inks.

 This is the front of the card.  I colored a silver brad with a navy blue alcohol marker to get the right color and added a gold tassel.

 

These two photos show how the card collapses to become flat.  No 3D flowers on this one!!!

I'm sorry, I did not mark down where I originally got the idea.  Probably Splitcoast Stampers, but here is a diagram of how the card is made.  

The bottom layer is made by overlapping and adhering the two pieces on either side of the cut line.  The back panel piece is only adhered onto the upper triangle piece.  The Scor-Pal is ideal for making these score lines.

Hope you will join the challenge of using only Mini Magnolia's on your project and link it HERE at the Magnolia-licious Highlites blog.  You can also check out what fabulous prize you could win!

Enjoy every day!

Patti Jo