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