Magnolia Time

I was just itching to ink up this fabulous Ballerina Tilda that I was lucky enough to win from Bev's blog I coloured with Promarkers and added some Stickles to her tiara for a bit of sparkle.  The papers are MME La Paperie and the cardstock is Stampin' Up!. The sentiment is also Stampin' Up! and I inked around the edges of it with some Blush chalk ink. The floral ribbon trim and rose are from my stash.
Staying with the Tilda theme I made a co-ordinating bookmark. I used a different stamp but the same papers and trim. The sentiment is another from SU! These items are entered in the following challenges:
Just Magnolia - Let's get Sentimental
Pixie Cottage #32 - Sketch and/or anything but a card.

That's all the crafty time I'll manage today, back to work tomorrow.
Thank you for coming to visit and for any comments you may leave
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Summertime Blues

This is what I would love to be doing but alas the good old Scottish Summer means the only water I am likely to be wading in is the puddles outside my house!
Love this Tilda image, she is so sweet. The card is entered into two challenges. The first is the sketch challenge over at Midnight Madness, the second is Bunny Zoe's challenge which is "Summer Days".
Tilda is coloured with Promarkers and the papers are Basic Grey Kioshi.
Thanks for looking
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Busy, busy, busy

No cards for days then a rush of them at once! The first card is for the Double Dutch challenge. Tilda is coloured with Promarkers and the papers are basic Grey Granola.
This card is for Sunday Stamper which has a theme of trees this week. I have used Bashful Blue cardstock and the sparkle is the gorgeous Dazzling Diamonds glitter. The stamps, cardstock and glitter are all Stampin' Up!




Finally some SU cards done at a workshop. I know I have shown you the tree one again but I uploaded it and can't figure out how to delete it from this part of the post???If you want details of products used, check out my SU blog here

Just Magnolia - Monthly Challenge

This month's challenge is distressing. I have used another Tilda image stamped while visiting Andrea and coloured her with Promarkers. The papers are MME Bloom & Grow as are the buttons. Raffia ribbon is from Bunny-Zoe crafts. All papers were distressed around the edges with my scissors then inked up with a green chalk ink.

Just Magnolia/Sketch Saturday challenges

Hurrah, I managed to make a card. This week's challenge from Just Magnolia is "Bright & Zingy" so I have used papers from the Basic Grey Lime Rickey collection. Tilda is coloured with Promarkers and the gems were from my stash. I have followed Sketch Saturday's sketch apart from the sentiment which I have yet to add.
Thanks for looking
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Busy, busy, busy.

Have managed to squeeze in some necessary cards this week and here they are. The first two are using the Popcorn Bear cd's. Two of my cousins celebrating their 18th birthday's this month so I thought they'd appreciate this little guy.

This card was for a friend's birthday yesterday so I can blog it now. Not sure where the image is from but the background is a Tim Holtz stamp and I have used Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink to distress the card.
This card is made using a lovey Tilda image from my good friend Andrea. I have coloured her with my Promarkers and matted her on some Bazzill. The papers are My Mind's Eye, Bloom and Grow. Very much a rush job.
Must apologise for lack of blogging and that I haven't managed to blog hop much recently. It has been hectic but I hope to catch up soon.
Thank you for stopping by and for any comments you might leave
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Just Magnolia Challenge 2

This weeks challenge was to use the colour combo Pink & Green. As these are two of my favourite colours I just had to join in.Managed to get the card done before all the family were struck down by a sickness bug. Recovering now but will keep the post sort & sweet. The papers are from K & Co McKenna collection and the Tilda image has been watercoloured. I have added a few Zoomz from my stash as well.
Thanks for looking.
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Mojo Monday challenge

This is my first attempt at this challenge but it was a lovely sketch so I thought I'd give it a go. I had a card to make for a friend who has just had the gift of another granddaughter so thought the Tilda image would be perfect. The papers are Basic Grey Bittersweet,such a fab collection. I watercoloured Tilda and then mounted her on foam dots. The ribbon, flower and brad are from my stash.
Thanks for looking
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Friday Sketchers challenge

Finally I have managed a challenge. The sketch this week was great but I did wonder how I was going to produce those two semi-circles??? I don't own a compass and my boys are not yet old enough to need one for their maths work so I resorted to drawing around a breakfast cereal bowl :0)
I used my latest purchase, the gorgeous Ambrosia papers from Basic Grey. I coloured Tilda in using my Derwent Inktense and attached her to the card using foam pads. The greeting is Studio G alphabet stamps.

Sunday Stampers- Ebony & Ivory

This week's challenge was to use only black & white in your project. I wanted to try out one of my new Tilda stamps so thought I'd see what it look liked in monochrome and was pleasantly surprised. I cut the image out once coloured and matted it onto some white card. I took some paper from a Papermania 6x6 pad I have and stuck it to an A6 blank, leaving a small border all the way round. The image was then attached to the card using foam pads. Finally I placed white flat backed pearls at each corner of the paper. I haven't added a greeting as I am not sure who I will give this to.
Thanks for looking
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Magnolia Challenge

The challenge this weeks was "swirls".
I used one of the stamped images I won recently and coloured in with pencils and Zest-it blending solution. The image was matted onto some green Bazzill cardstock. I took some Rustic Gems paper and cut a panel which was adhered to an A5 blank. The Tilda image was matted onto this and a greeting attached with foam pads below it.
For the swirls I have used a clear stamps by Hot Of The Press and Staz-on ink in Olive Green.

Magnolia challenge- Tilda with beads

Yes the challenge this week was to use beads somewhere on your card. I have stamped Tilda in black Staz-on and coloured her with pencils and Zest-it blending solution. I then used Micro Beadz to fill in the turn ups on her trousers and her hair bobbles.You may need to click on the imgae to see them becasue they are teeny weeny!I matted some DCWV paper onto an A6 blank and added Tilda using foam pads. I then placed 4 pink beads at the corners of the image. I do love these stamps- feel I must invest in more as I only have 2 :0)