Another Caboodle of Cards

MINI 3010 TILDA WITH DAISY
MINI 545 TILDA'S HEARTFLOWERS

MINI 3010 TILDA WITH DAISY
MINI 545 TILDA'S HEARTFLOWERS

MINI 3046 SOCCER TILDA
MINI 539 SOCCER BENCH
MINI 122 SOCCER EDWIN
MINI 544 GOAL BACKGROUND

MINI 601 WAGON WITH EGGS
MINI 396 TILDA w NEWLY HATCHED EGG

MINI 255 ROSE SCENT TILDA
MINI 539 SOCCER BENCH

MINI 356 TILDA LOVES FLOWERS
MINI ALOTA 10 FRONT DOOR STEPS

MINI 133 EDWIN WITH LIZARD
MINI ALOTA 5 PET SHOP

MINI 117 EDWIN WITH STOLEN HEART
MINI ALOTA 9 38TH AVENUE HOUSE

MINI 268 LITTLE BUNNY TILDA
MINI 452 TWO EGGS

MINI 334 BROTHER AND SISTER
MINI ALOTA 12 FRIENDS CLOTHESLINE

MINI 166 SHERWOOD EDWIN
MINI 468 TREES IN A ROW

MINI 164 CAPTAIN EDWIN
MINI 558 BARREL AND SKULL

MINI 239 TILDA WITH LOLLIPOP
MINI ALOTA 8 GILMORE STREET HOUSES

MINI 141 CHEF EDWIN
MINI 516 ROLLING PIN

Been working on these for a while and wanted to make some cards focusing on combining the mini images.  Some turned out okay and some a little funky, but hopefully it still gives the idea of how you can put these together and a layout design.

All water colored with Distress Inks.

Of course all these wonderful minis are from Magnolia-licious.  Here is a list of all the ones I used:
MINI 3010 TILDA WITH DAISY
MINI 545 TILDA'S HEARTFLOWERS

MINI 3046 SOCCER TILDA
MINI 539 SOCCER BENCH
MINI 122 SOCCER EDWIN
MINI 544 GOAL BACKGROUND

MINI 255 ROSE SCENT TILDA
MINI 539 SOCCER BENCH

MINI 601 WAGON WITH EGGS
MINI 396 TILDA WITH NEWLY HATCHED EGG

MINI 356 TILDA LOVES FLOWERS
MINI ALOTA 10 FRONT DOOR STEPS

MINI 133 EDWIN WITH LIZARD
MINI ALOTA 5 PET SHOP

MINI 117 EDWIN WITH STOLEN HEART
MINI ALOTA 9 38TH AVENUE HOUSE

MINI 268 LITTLE BUNNY TILDA
MINI 452 TWO EGGS

MINI 334 BROTHER AND SISTER
MINI ALOTA 12 FRIENDS CLOTHESLINE

MINI 166 SHERWOOD EDWIN
MINI 468 TREES IN A ROW

MINI 164 CAPTAIN EDWIN
MINI 558 BARREL AND SKULL

MINI 239 TILDA WITH LOLLIPOP
MINI ALOTA 8 GILMORE STREET HOUSES


MINI 141 CHEF EDWIN
MINI 516 ROLLING PIN

I really enjoyed the Alota accessory stamps for the backgrounds.  You can check all of the different ones out HERE.  So many of them could be used on their own too!

Always appreciate you stopping by and would love to hear what your favorite combo might be.

Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo

Faux Patina Field Flowers

Great technique posted at Splitcoast for doing Faux Patina.  Loved this technique and the directions are easy to follow.  Fun to do for one card, but did them for a swap and made eleven!   Lots of sponging!!!

HERE is the link to the directions and followed them with all the same colors, except used Very Vanilla card stock instead of white.  Used the Field Flowers and the Tiny Tags stamp sets along with the Jewlery Tag punch.  Inked the seam binding with the Marina Mist ink for my ribbon and tied the tag on with the linen thread.

Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo

Luscious, Lovely, and Lacy

I hope you are enjoying the Lots of Luscious Lace cards that the Design Team is doing for this months hop!  I'm sure you saw something gorgeous from Angie if you are coming from ScrapGirl. If you came own, you can start at the beginning at Magnolia-licious Highlites!

When I heard the theme, I knew I wanted to get out my DooHickey dies and then chose Circus Tilda because she has all the lovely lace on her dress to match the dies!  So I nestled her amongst the lacy flowers and dragonflies!

All these are at Magnolia-licious:
#367 CIRCUS TILDA
#8 DOILY FLOWERS DIE
#9 DRAGONFLIES DIE
#18 ROSE LEAF DIE
#22 VINTAGE FLOWERS AND LEAVES DIES - Leaves
#23 ANTIQUE LACE DIE
#24 DREAM TAG DIE
#34 WILD STRAWBERRY AND FLOWERS - Flower 

Tilda has been colored with Promarkers.  Tried a number of times to get the color correct, but the peachy color is pretty close, but the gray is really more of a soft brown gray color.  It is Sahara Sand for the Stampin' Up! aficionados!!! 

Can you tell I'm kinda addicted to dies!!!  Added half pearls for the centers of the flowers.

Please check out Diana's store Magnolia-licious for all Magnolia products and also she is offering a variety of other wonderful dies.  Fantastic service and fantastic people!!!  She also carries a couple of real unique products which are the No More Shims Embossing Mat and the Stay Put Craft Mat.  I use the No More Shims mat not only in my Cuttlebug for my embossing, but also use it as a stamp mat.  Really helps to get a nice clean even image.  The Stay Put craft mat is different from the regular ones out there because it has a rubberized coating on the back that keeps it in one place and helps keep it from curling up on the edges.  Love it...ink and glue wipes right off and you can use it for heat embossing too!

Now you will want to hop on along to visit Cabio at Cabio's Craft Corner!!!  She is the sweetest little gal and so very talented too!  She will have something pretty and lacy for you to see!!!  Hope you will join us in the challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo

100% Baby Boy Card

Made a baby card for a very nice gal I met just last year!  I understand her hubby is a soccer player, so thought Soccer Edwin would be the one to use for her card.

A link to the Magnolia Soccer items is HERE.  I did use the mini's on mine.  They are out at the moment, but the regular size and other soccer items are available.  The Winner Takes it All Collection is such a great set of images for all those sports fans and loved the matching papers that go with them too!

I've colored with Promarkers and Edwin is masked with the goal background behind him.  Since I always seem to have things popped up, I did cut out the soccer ball and popped it up for some dimension.  Then decided to stamp and cut out a few more soccer balls for embellishments.  The tag is SU and I cut the word boy out with Cuttlebug dies.  The corners are some pieces cut out of a Cuttlebug die and the papers are from my stock pile!!!

Be sure to check out Magnolia-licious!  Diana is constantly getting in new products as well as replenishing, so there is an outstanding selection of soooo many fun things to add to our collections!  The new Prince and Princesses collection has such darling images that I'm anxious to play with too!  Please stop by and check out the great discounts, specials and new things Diana and her great team have to offer!!!

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

Zen Viking Tilda

Did I catch your interest with the title???  Well this certainly was a card to make for the fun of it!  When I saw there was a Viking Tilda, even though I am not a sports fan, the state football team is the Vikings and the color is purple and gold.  Surprised I knew that Lin???  :)   I had seen zentangling before, but Diana has been talking to me about it and how she enjoys it, so I had to give it a little try!  Oh boy, as if I didn't putz enough on a card!!!  She is right though, it is rather relaxing and quite addicting!  Ya, like I need another addiction too!!!

So anyway, I've used this new fun image #302 VIKING TILDA along with the #500 EDWIN'S KNIGHT CASTLE.  Over at Magnolia-licious, Diana has these not only discounted, but you get store credit besides!!!

First I colored with Promarkers and then I tangled with a fine tip black Micron pen.  I just divided the dress in some wavy sections and then just started doodling.  I've done this in the dress, her "horns", on the sword, the bushes and added lines to the roofs too!

Yes, I do need to change my blog header!!!  Hopefully soon!!!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy every day!!!
Patti Jo

Mother to Be Tilda!

That fun Ruby suggested we do a baby theme for our Magnolia-licious Highlites challenge for the month of April!  To go along with that theme, I used the new Mother to Be Tilda!  Now she is so cute and adorable and I surrounded her with flowers before she is only surrounded by diapers and bottles!!!

I pulled out some of my favorite DooHickey dies to go along with my card and gift bag/box.

You can find these great Magnolia things plus other fun things at Diana's Magnolia-licious store.  She has a fabulous selection besides discounts and store credit along with free shipping with qualifying purchases!!!  Wonderful selection and wonderful people!!!

Here is the list of things I used on my projects:
279 MOTHER TO BE TILDA
26 HEART SWIRL DOOHICKEY DIE
29 SWIRL BUTTERFLY DOOHICKEY DIE
34 WILD STRAWBERRY AND FLOWERS DOOHICKEY DIE
36 VINTAGE DAISIES DOOHICKEY DIE
44 SWIRLY LACE BORDER DOOHICKEY DIE
49 SO WRAPPED TILDA LACE FOLDED TAG DOOHICKEY DIE

Here is the card with Tilda colored with Touch and Promarkers.  I think this Tilda will also make a nice portrait image too. 

This little gift bag was so easy to make with my handy dandy Scor-Pal!  You can find this pattern for an Make a Wish Window Box (mine is without the window) along with a ton of other inspiration patterns over at the Scor-Pal site HERE!

I've added some little pearls and organdy ribbon along with using a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Please join our challenge for a chance to win a nice prize from Diana!  And besides entering the challenge, you will have a baby project ready for when you need it!

Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo