Bling, Bling, Bling

Front of Portfolio

Inside of Portfolio-holds envelopes and cards

For Week 5 of the Magnolia-licous Yahoo Group Birthday Bash challenge, it is all about bling!!!  So pulled out the Pearl pen, rhinestones, and glitter glue and some things I've been wanting to use including some of the Tilda's from the Fairytale Collection.  Rather unusual for me, but did not add any flowers because wanted the beautiful Magnolia Fairytale Design Paper to show along with the pretty little Tildas!  You can find these at Diana's store Magnolia-licious.  If she is out, there are a huge number of other lovely Magnolia stamps to get you by till she gets more in!!!

This pattern for a wonderful portfolio that holds cards and envelopes is called Simple Friendship from Andrea Walford.

A note on the beautiful Magnolia design papers, they are not just thin paper, they are more like a lightweight card stock and are gorgeous.  They come in 12 x 12 size and the outside edge has the white distressed look.  When I cut the pieces down, I just took some white acrylic paint on a sponge and dabbed the newly cut edges to match.

Magnolia Fairytale Design Paper
Magnolia Stamps:  1407 Dragonfly, 1417 Snail, 231 Spellcaster Tilda, 3036 Tilda with Apple, 3037 Ballerina Tilda, 356 Flying Tilda, 382 Lady Tilda, Longing Tilda
Distress Inks:  Aged Mahogany, Brushed Corduroy, Bundled Sage, Frayed Burlap, Mustard Seed, Pine Needles, Pumice Stone, Scattered Straw, Stormy Sky, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Wild Honey
EK Border Punch
Spellbinders dies:  Labels 4, Mega Ovals Large, Classic Ovals
White Acrylic Paint, Star Dust Pen, Glaze White Pen, Viva Decor Pearl Pen, Stickles Glitter Glue, Rhinestones, Stampin' Up! Designer Brads, Ribbon
Clear Envelopes
Scor-pal

This project was so fun to make and also got a chance to do some more coloring.  I love using the Distress Inks and the palette makes it so handy.   It is not only a working palette it is a handy color chart and storage for leftover inks.  If you are interested in getting one of these, contact Jackie here for the information.

Thanks for stopping by!  What is your favorite bling product???
Hope you'll join in on the Birthday Challenge too!
Enjoy the day!!!

Under the Sea

This card was made for the Birthday Bash Magnolia-licous Group Challenge #4!  The challenge is to use a stamp you hadn't used before and make an easel card!  Have wanted to color this fun Mermaid Tilda so thought it would be a good choice to use.  When I first saw these leaves, I knew I "needed" them, but didn't know what I needed them for exactly.  I've found so many good uses for them.  They are such a good addition to many types of scenes.  This was a terrific challenge because I also used a punch (the clam shell) that I hadn't used before!

Magnolia Stamps:  #378 Mermaid Tilda
                                 #434 Tip Leaves
Punches: Punch Bunch Branch, Carl Clam
Architectural Accent #1 Sizzlet Die
Distress Inks:  Tattered Rose, Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Broken China, Pin Needles, Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, Weathered Wood, Pumice Stone, Frayed Burlap
Pearls and Dew Drops
K & Company DP and Sandpaper
Shell pieces, Mesh
Stickles-Diamond

These were stamps from Magnolia-licious Store HERE!   Thanks Diana!!!  They were so much fun to work with to create a scene!  Don't forget to check out the new Wedding Collection stamps too!  So many adorable ones!!!

Again I want to thank all of you that leave comments!  It is wonderful that you take that time to leave the encouraging remarks and I certainly appreciate it!

Don't forget to join in on the Birthday Bash Challenges!  The Magnolia-licious Group moderators have come up with some fantastic ideas and lots of prizes and fun and WOW....the inspiration!!!!

Enjoy the day!!!

She's Not So Spooky

Even though she is named So Spooky she just looks so sweet here.  I just cut off the broom!  This just happened to be parts for a floral card I had left and I decided to add Tilda to it because the colors went so well.  Hadn't used the Pine Needles DI for clothing before but Marion had shown me how pretty it looked on Tilda with her card here.

Used Distress Inks:  Tattered Rose, Tea Dye, Pine Needles, Wild Honey, Brushed Corduroy and Pumice Stone.  Punches were from Punch Bunch:  Blossom-3 sizes, Stamen, White Oak-2 sizes, Branch and Butterfly. Also used the 1/8" and 1/4" hole punch, Stardust Pen, White Glaze Pen and the Floral Screen Cuttlebug embossing Folder.

You can find a huge selection of Magnolia stamps HERE at Diana's Magnolia-licious Store.

Don't forget the Magnolia Birthday Bash here going on with lots of challenges, prizes and fun!  Scroll down and check out all of the creative and terrific cards submitted using Chris's great sketch!  What inspiration!!!

Enjoy the day!

SCS May's Flower Challenge MAY10VSNG

Still had this Jasmyn Bo Bunny DP out from the last card and love it, so thought I would try out a new Flourishes Sizzlet die and the new Cuttlebug quilling die for a Flower challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.  This paper is so pretty, almost a shame to put anything over it!

Also used an EK Whale of a Punch Retro Flower punch, Punch Bunch Twig and Butterfly punches and Martha Stewart branch punch with two Stampin' Up! circle and a border punches.  Just can't use enough punches!!!

Appreciate you stopping by and enjoy the day!!!

Birthday Bash Sketch

Hope you will get a chance to join this week for this sketch challenge.  Click here at the Birthday Bash Blog for the sketch and see what you could win!  Thank you to the moderators of the Magnolia-licious Yahoo Group that do an outstanding job.

Colored Tilda with Distress Inks:  mainly Dusty Concord, Scattered Straw, Spun Sugar, Peeled Paint, Pumice Stone and Tattered Rose.

The Bo Bunny Design Paper is beautiful with glazing and glitter that doesn't show up on the picture.  Used the oval Nestabilities.  Added Crystal Effects to the flowers, hair, heart and patch, some Star Dust Stickles and Stardust pen for some more shimmer and faux brads, a charm and butterflies for some dimension.

Magnolia-licious is the place to go for your Magnolia stamps!  Diana has a huge selection to chose from and she is always getting new orders in.

Appreciate you stopping by and always enjoy the encouraging comments!
Enjoy the day!!!

Kitchen Tilda with Yummy Recipe

Needed to make a recipe card and used the darling Kitchen Tilda.  I took a couple of pictures so you can see the whole recipe.  This is some very Yummy pudding!!!

Colored Tilda with Distress Inks:  Vintage Photo for the hair and shoes, Pumice Stone for the socks, Walnut Staine for the spoon, Barn Door for the ribbon, Tattered Rose for the skin, used a combination for the Apron of Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed and Antique Linen, combined Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint and Crushed Olive for the skirt and scarf. 

Not my usual colors, but used some leftover DP's and made a pocket to slide the recipe into.  It was fun to go out of my "box" to try something different with different colors.  #386 Kitchen Tilda can be found here at Magnolia-licious store.
 

Went to  Magnolia Measuring Cup for inspiration and fabulous ideas.  Check out the info on the blog to see how you can join in on the swaps too!

Love to play Bingo???  Fun and games on the 2nd week of the 2nd Birthday Bash for Magnolia-licious!  You don't want to miss out!  Follow along and get the details here.

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy the day!!!

Longing Tilda Winner

The Winner of the Longing Tilda stamp is ShirleyTACS #33. Used the Random Generator thing, but couldn't figure out how to get a copy of it to the blog. More learning to do!!! :)

Please contact me here Shirley by Monday, May 24th, Midnight CDT. Need to get your address, so I can send the lovely little Tilda stamp to you. Congratulations!!!

I can see many of you that answered the question about a hand being strategically placed under the chin for a picture came up with the sweet idea of Tilda longing for Edwin! You are all romantics!!! :) Well that is a good thought, but Sue at Card Crazy came up with the closest when she was talking about waiting for cookies!!! It is to cover up extra chins (from too many cookies) when you get your picture taken!!! Thanks to Marion from Australia for that lovely tip!!!

Thank you to all that left such wonderful comments for me too! It is always appreciated and so encouraging.