Wee Winter Fairy

 

 Just love Sylvia Zet's Wee images and this one is so adorable.  Finally got a chance to use some of these wonderful dies.   I had fun adding a few embellishments and got out the glitter glue too!

Over at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog, you'll find some wonderful DT examples for "W"ednesday and all the details how you can join us!!!  Click HERE!

"W" can also be for Wonderful at Diana's Magnolia-licious Store:
WEE 105 WINTER FAIRY
MB 155 PRECIOUS SNOWFLAKES DIES
MB 39 MINI HOLLY LEAVES DIES
MB 217 RESTING BIRDS DIES

The holly leaves and the bird dies are the perfect size to add for little accents.  I used the die cut holly leaves over the holly on the stamped image too!  The Noel was an old Sizzlet die and I've used a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  The image was colored with Promarkers and then embellished with Stickles and Frosted lace.  Loved the Precious Snowflakes die with the snowflakes hanging from the bows, but for this card I cut them apart.  Love it when I can alter them and use in different ways.

HERE is a link to the Magnolia-licious store!  Diana is always getting in new merchandise and has a such a great eye for picking the best items!!!  Check out the specials and always the best service!  You can also find tons more inspiration in the Store Gallery HERE.

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

Mistletoe Christmas Cards

My mission was to get started on some Christmas cards and also use this wonderful Mistletoe border.  I've combined it with some of my other favorite Doohickey Dies from Magnolia-licious!

I saw a card design like this once and they called it a Magic card, but I know Magic cards as something to do with the coloring magically appearing, so decided I would call this a Winged Card design.  The flaps on the sides allow it to stand up and there is a flap attached from the top to provide an inside too as you'll see in another photo.

The wonderful dies from that sweet Diana at Magnolia-licious:
DH 16 MISTLETOE BORDER DIE
DH 17 SNOWFLAKE AND MISTLETOE DIES
DH 31 MINI DOILY DIE
DH 57 SCALLOPED DOTTED LACE BORDER DIE
DH 68 SPRAWLING FERNS DIE
DH 71 POINSETTIA DIES

I used a 1/4" round circle punch to make the white berries for the mistletoe, but a person could also use a white gel pen or even pearls.  Of all the Poinsettia Dies I thought I had to have, I end up using this one because I also like to use the petals for leaves.  It is such a great leaf shape!!!

Here is a bit of a side view so the flaps can be seen a little better.

I am going to add things to the inside.....perhaps a Magnolia Tilda Stamp from the new Winter Wonderland Collection, but haven't been able to get to that just yet.  But here is a photo of the inside to show the top flap.

We also need quick and easy cards that we can make in quantities and are able to fit in a flat envelope, so I made this one also with the Mistletoe Border.

For this photo I left the card open a little to see the gate fold which is so easy to score with the Scor-Pal!!!   Love these center openings for something different.

Be sure to check out the other dies that Diana carries at Magnolia-licious too!  She is carrying a terrific assortment of so many different kinds besides the Doohickey dies with great prices!!!  HERE is a link to the dies.  Just click on the brand you want to see on the left!

Been out of commission for a little while, but slowly getting back into things.  I will be writing up more of the details on the Winged Card eventually, so stay tuned!!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and also for your kind comments!!!  Enjoy every day!!!
Patti Jo




 

Tilda with Spitz Pocket

Even more leftover pieces to start another card but added one of the cute little minis to this one!

From Diana's Magnolia-licious online store:
MINI 3093 TILDA WITH SPITZ POCKET
DH 22 VINTAGE FLOWERS AND LEAVES DIES
DH 57 SCALLOPED DOTTED LACE BORDER DIE
DH 68 SPRAWLING FERNS DIE 
MB 25 AMANA CIRCLE DIE

Not exactly sure what a spitz pocket is, but the image is really cute!!!  Again added the sprawling ferns.  Guess I like that little spikey look!!!   Also really like how this scalloped die cuts out that close row of little dots....works beautifully!   Flowers have been sponged with antique linen distress ink.  Used Spellbinder ovals for the image and I have added a Marianne lace die in the background and the diamond shape is the left over piece cut out of the center of the lace background die.

If you haven't checked out the Little London Collection, Diana has a wonderful deal on the whole mini collection!  Click HERE to find out the details.

 

Don't know how they can keep coming out with these cute collections!

Enjoy every day!

Patti Jo

Thinking Of You Card

 Again I had leftover pieces from experimenting on another project, so I wanted to use those and of course cut out a few more to add.  I've used the Nottingham Border in plain card stock before, but wanted to try it with a printed paper and it worked great.

Find these and many more wonderful dies at Diana's Magnolia-licious online store:
MB 204 NOTTINGHAM BORDER DIE
MB 25 AMANA CIRCLE DIE
DH 22 VINTAGE FLOWERS AND LEAVES DIES
DH 29 SWIRLY BUTTERFLY DIES
DH 68 SPRAWLING FERNS DIES

Love these sprawling ferns to add to the flower arrangements!  The vintage flowers were sponged with a little antique linen distress ink and have also added pearls for the centers.

Diana has a large selection of dies and is always getting in new orders too!  Please check her store out for some great deals along with terrific customer service.  Still time to get Today's Deal of the Day Viking Tilda at only $5!!!  A savings of 63%!!!  Click HERE to check it out!  I had fun with this stamp doing Zentangle on her dress.

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

Snow Goose Card

 

This time of year the Canadian Geese have been flying around here in abundance!  We don't usually see very many Snow Geese, but I think they are beautiful to see too!  The geese were inspiration to have a go at some of the fun Memory Box dies.

From the Magnolia-licious online store:
MB 182 FLYING GOOSE DIE
MB 241 BIRCH TRIO DIE
MB 114 MAGNIFICENT PINE DIE
alternative trees IO 84 FIR TREES DIES

I wanted a brown tree trunk, so here is a photo of how I trimmed off the branches.  I left a bump on the trunk to give me a little more space to glue and so I knew where to glue the green branches back on.  Thought this way also added to the dimension.  Was easy to do, but even easier would be just to use a brown marker to color the trunk.

The Snow Goose was paper pieced with some black accents, but there again a marker could be used to make it even easier.  I also used a little black chalk on the goose and birch trees for shading.

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

Wee Angie Baby Card

"W" Wednesday is a great day to pull out those cute stamps by Sylvia Zet or other adorable stamps from Magnolia-licious!

Here are the fun things I used from Magnolia-licious:
WEE 123 ANGIE STAMP
DH 30 CLOUD AND FLAG DIES
MB 136 PARKER UPPER ALPHABET SET DIES

A substitute for the Parker Alphabet is the MB 140 TYPEWRITER UPPER ALPHABET.  They are the same size as the Parkers.  Colored the cutie with Promarkers.  The clouds were embossed with a swirl embossing folder by Cuttlebug.  I've added white gel pen and used foam tape to pop up.  Also Spellbinders oval dies.

Please join the challenge at Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog!  Find the details HERE!!!

Appreciate you stopping by!  Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo

 

Chloe and Tristan Butterfly Card

Designer Papers are always nice to use, but I do tend to like embossed card stock for backgrounds too!  Our challenge at Magnolia-licious Highlights is to use no designer papers, but that's easy when we have so many other fun things to use to create our own backgrounds.

I wanted to try something different with these beautiful butterfly dies by Memory Box.  I've cut out the background Tristan Butterfly in craft and the outline of Chloe Butterfly with white and then I cut out another Chloe in the salmon color.  I used only a few of the cut out pieces of the salmon color, but ran them in a brocade cuttlebug folder first before gluing them in the butterfly frame.  Added some pearls for accents and I think it makes a striking butterfly.  I'm also thinking this might be fun to do a mosiac style or stained glass look.  Have some more experimenting to do!

You can find the butterflies and the other great dies I used at Sweet Diana's Magnolia-licious Store:
MB 126 TRISTAN BUTTERFLY DIES
MB 103 CHLOE BUTTERFLY DIES
MB 204 NOTTINGHAM BORDER DIE
DH 68 SPRAWLING FERNS DIES
DH 2 PEONY PETALS DIES
DH 22 VINTAGE FLOWERS AND LEAVES DIES
DH 34 WILD STRAWBERRY AND FLOWERS DIES

Also like the fact that both butterfly dies come with a separate die for the body/antenna.  The border die makes a nice delicate edge.  I used the salmon flower cut out from the border in the center of the flower.  Love getting "extras"!!!

Be sure to check out all the other wonderful dies and stamps at Magnolia-licious.  Great prices, special offers and grand service!!!

I hope you will join us for the challenge of No Designer Papers!  You can find all the details HERE at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog and of course that generous Diana has a wonderful prize for some lucky winner!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I so enjoy your comments!  I appreciate you taking the time to leave them!  Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo