For the Boys

 

Seems like it is harder to come up with cards for the guys!  This is one of my favorite Edwin's!!!  Cool Edwin!  Decided to give him a Charlie Brownish type shirt!  This card is for the Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge.......a Boy card!!!

Used three of the minis from Magnolia-licious:

MINI 103 COOL EDWIN

MINI 424 OLDSMOBILE

MINI 468 TREES IN A ROW

I've colored with Promarkers and added some chalk for the clouds and ground.  The gears are a Sizzlet Die and the word stamp is Stampin' Up.  Added some brads and used a corner shape punch.  Distressed the edges a little on the green card stock too.

You'll find so many other wonderful products to chose from Magnolia-licious and check out the special pricing and credits you also get.  Diana always has something terrific for us!!!

Hope you will join in on the challenge!  Not only will you get a guy card done, you will have a chance at a great prize!  Go HERE for all the details at the Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog!

Appreciate you stopping by!  Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo

Singing Tilda at the Keyboard

At the Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog on Mondays, we are going to be having Mini Monday!  So every week, you'll get a chance to see some new cards made by the gals on the design team for Magnolia-licious using the minis!!   Since I have a husband that is a classic rock musician and plays the keys, I thought making a key board card would be fun!  The mini Singing Tilda was the perfect size to add to the keys!

You can find MINI 3052 SINGING TILDA at Magnolia-licious.  She is colored with Promarkers.

I've kept this card very simple as you can see.  I've used the Spellbinders oval dies to cut out Tilda.  The keys are just strips that I corner rounded.  (1/2" wide for the white keys, 1/4" wide for the black)  For the inside, I kept it even simpler, but added the  MB 131 VIRTUOSO MUSIC DIE cut.  The word stamps are Just A Little Note by Stampendous and the Happy Birthday by DeNami.

Click HERE for the list of all the mini stamps.  There are so many images that are perfect for that special occasion or special person!  Find out how you can get an extra discount on mini's on Mondays at the Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog.

Diana is also offering at an exceptional price.... the Mini Storage Binders!  A fantastic way to store the minis and find them easily!  Click HERE to go directly to the binders.  I don't know what I would do without them!

Thanks for stopping by and hope this has given an idea for making your own card using the mini Magnolia stamps!

Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo

Tilda with Cute Skirt Birthday Card

A new challenge with a great new combined Design Team for Magnolia-licious!  Sure is an honor to be working with all these talented gals!!!  Our first challenge is using a Magnolia Stamp and make a birthday card!  Who doesn't need birthday cards!!!    Diana is now carrying Wee Stamps and I can't wait to get started on those too!  You'll want to check them out because she is offering a limited time discount on them.

For this card, I got to use some of the new Memory Box dies!  What a wonderful assortment of those and other dies....can't get enough of them!!!  My addiction for punches has transferred over to dies now!!!!  :)  Check them all out HERE!

Here is what I've used from Magnolia-licious on my card:
210 TILDA WITH CUTE SKIRT
MB 11 CHESAPEAKE CIRCLE DIE
MB 200 FRESH FOLIAGE DIE
MB 207 FABULOUS PHLOX DIE

These dies cut beautifully even with the fine lines.  A Quickie Glue Pen works great for gluing the die cuts with the fine lines.  Since it is a two-way glue, I let it dry some before trying to adhere, so it doesn't smear.    I only used two sizes of the phlox flowers on this card.  There are actually 3 sizes in the set along with some leafy branches too.  Another die I am anxious to work with more is the MB 206 LOVELY ASTER DIES (6 pieces).  They make a gorgeous flower, so stay tuned!

Speaking of flowers, I used the Best Glue Ever to assemble my flowers now and love it!  All it takes is a teeny amount and it dries quickly.  Also will not warp the paper if you like to glue your card layers together.

The Chesapeake Circle die cut is backed by round circles and Tilda is water colored with Distress Inks.  The paper was from my stash that I bought a while ago.

Diana offers great deals and a wonderful assortment of products!  You can see all of the specials HERE at Magnolia-licious.  Great products, great service and really nice people to work with besides!!!

Please join us in the challenge!  You will find all the details at the Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog.  You can join and have a chance to win a great surprise from Diana too! She is always soooo generous!!!

So glad you could stop by!  Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo

Valentine's Tilda with Wrapped Heart

Just a real quick posting, but since Valentine's Day is pretty soon and I thought I would make one with this cutie Tilda and the heartflowers.  They are colored with Promarkers and I used some paper from my stash.

Find these at Diana's awesome Magnolia-licious store:
3074 TILDA WITH WRAPPED HEART
MINI 545 TILDA'S HEARTFLOWERS

This heartflower stamp is the mini.  The regular size stamp is much larger.  Even though this is the mini, I thought it was a good size to go with the regular size Tilda.  Used an embossing folder in the background and have added a SU sentiment on the label punch and grosgrain ribbon.

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



 

Sweetheart Treats

Wanted to make some simple little treat boxes for Valentine's Day!  I've used the cute folded Doohickey tag and the mini's are the perfect size for them.  Tilda is colored with Distress Inks and I've added flowers, a ribbon and a lacy background piece.

Find these and more at Magnolia-licious!
MINI 3025 TILDA WITH HEART CHAIN
MINI 255 ROSE SCENT TILDA 
MINI 222 TILDA WITH APPLE
MINI 236 TILDA WITH COZY HEART
49 DH SO WRAPPED TILDA LACE FOLDED TAG
68 DH CLOVER WITH FLOWER DIES
71 DH POINSETTIA DIES 

The tag is a folded tag and cuts out in one piece!  Can take the place of a card!   It seems I tend to use the Poinsettia dies for leaves more than making Poinsettia's.  The shape is one of my favorites for leaves and comes with two dies in different sizes.

An absolute must have tool, the Scor-Buddy works great for these boxes.  The paper dimensions to make this box are 6" x 5".  Start with the 6" side and score at 3/4", 2 3/4", 3 1/2" and 5 1/2".  Turn to do the 5" side and score at 3/4" and 4 1/4".  Make cuts as shown in the picture.  I used Scor-Tape to hold the box together!  Just a note, when I was helping people with the Make and Take at CHA, I was surprised to find out how many did not realize that you can just tear the Scor-Tape.  Besides the great holding power, that is another of it's great features!!!  Sorry, my picture didn't turn out the clearest, but I think you can get the idea!

Just noticed Diana has an extra special pricing on a Scor-Buddy bundle HERE.  You can get the Scor-Buddy, Scor-Mat  AND Scor-Tape at a great price!

The background doily is a Spellbinders and I've added some seam tape ribbon and silver cording.

Thanks for stopping by and thank you for all the encouraging comments!!!
Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo

LOVE Blog Hop

I betcha you've seen some wonderful LOVE themed projects if you have been following along the Magnolia-licious Blog Hop.  The talented Cabio was before me, but if you came on your own, you can go HERE to Magnolia-licious Highlites to start at the very beginning to see all the inspirational projects and learn how you can join in on the challenge.

Here are the fun products I used that I got from that sweet Diana at Magnolia-licious:
107 CHARMING EDWIN
22 VINTAGE FLOWERS AND LEAVES DOOHICKEY DIES
27 MAGNOLIA TREE DOOHICKEY DIE - butterflies
34 WILD STRAWBERRY AND FLOWERS DOOHICKEY DIES - tiny flower
38 EDWIN LACE BORDER DOOHICKEY DIE
4 LEAF AND SWIRL DOOHICKEY DIE
71 POINSETTIA DOOHICKEY DIE

Scor-Pal
ARCHED WINDOW METAL DIES (907) ONCE UPON A TIME
BEST GLUE EVER (802)  They aren't just kidding it is terrific!!!

MAGNOLIA INK #1 2013
Have you checked out the Magnolia Ink magazine?  You would not believe all the awesome cards and projects in this issue.  There are so many I want to try.

There is also a new button for Facebook Share and Get Paid?  Check out how you can share with your friends and also earn $$$ to help pay for your own purchases at Magnolia-licious.

On my project I also used a Spellbinders die for the hinges and oval, the doily is by Marianne, hearts a Punch Bunch corner punch, Cuttlebug embossing folder and cut the letters out in my Gazelle.  Coloring is done with Promarkers and Touch Markers.

Now you'll want to hop on over to Suzanne's Scrapbitz and see her awesome Love Project!

Hope you will join us in this challenge and make something for your favorite sweetheart!
Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo

A Few Cards

 This is a quick posting of a few easy cards.  Not a lot of stuff on them, so the cute images show up!  Of course, I did have to at least use some dies though!!!  Love the dies!!!
3099 TILDA WITH BIG CUP OF ICE CREAM
81 MB TWIRLED HEART BORDER DIE
MINI BUTTERFLY DREAMS PAPER PACK

Colored with Promarkers.  Used the Scor-Pal for the embossed frame and then sanded.  Word stamp is SU.  Added white gel pen for accents.

3043 TILDA WITH HEARTSPOTS
02 MB DELICATE VINE DIE
MINI PRINCE AND PRINCESSES PAPER PACK

Colored with Promarkers.  Word stamp unknown, but thought it went well with her heartspots! Used a couple of Spellbinder dies.

435 SUMMER CAKE
34 DH WILD STRAWBERRY AND FLOWERS DIE - tiny flower
66 MB PEPITA BORDER DIE
MINI BUTTERFLY DREAMS PAPER PACK

Colored with Promarkers and added some Crystal Lacquer to the frosting to make it shiny and some yellow glitter to the flames.  Word stamp is Hero Arts and also used a couple Spellbinder dies.  This little flower die I use so much.  It is great for this type of thing and also for centers of flowers.  Was just thinking Pepita sounded familiar and thought isn't that what they also call pumpkin seeds.  Hmmmm, the border does look like an outline of pumpkin seeds!  Yup!!!  Cute ain't it?!!!  There is your Spanish lesson for today!

The pearls and rhinestones were a nice extra little gift that came with the latest MagnoliaINK magazine.  There are always wonderful ideas and lots of project and directions in the magazines, but I especially liked this one and hope to try some of the projects in it.  You can get your extra free little gift and the magazine at Magnolia-licious along with tons of other great things with terrific deals and wonderful service!
Latest MagnoliaINK #1 2013 magazine
6 issue Subscription, save even more!!!

You might want to check out the Facebook Share connection too!  You can let your friends know how to get store credit and get some extra for yourself too!  Just click on the Facebook Share and Get Paid button after any item at the Magnolia-licious store to get all the particulars.

All for now!  Don't forget to join the Anything Goes challenge at Magnolia-licious Highlites!

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo