Red and White

This week’s Copic Buzz challenge is to create something with red and pink. Great colors for celebrating a special day in February - Valentine's Day!

Below is my entry:



Tilda was cut out with my Nestabilities petitie and scallop oval die-cuts. Tilda was colored with the following Copic colors:

RV32, Rv34, E35, E37, R59, R85, E00, W1 (shadowing Tilda), and the colorless blender. I also used my At You Spica pink pen for some glitter on Tilda's wings and outfit. I also used my Sakura glitter pen for parts of her dress.

The red and pink cardstock is from Bazzil. The designer paper is from American Crafts. I used Martha Stewart's scallop punch for the red decoration. I pop-dotted the heart trees (so cute!). I used some dew drops from The Robin's Nest to accent the card The ribbon is from May Arts.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Creating Out of the Box

Can't believe how fast December is flying by! For this week, I was able to do two of my challenges. Both of them were fun, but one was definitely challenging.

Below are the two challenges I participated in:

1) La-La Land Crafts Wednesday Challenge - Pink and Green! Entry must have pink and green as the two main colors. Other colors are fine to use.

2) Magnolia-licious Highlites December DT Sketch - Entry must be in a different shape, not a square or rectangle.

Here is my entry:



Didn't I tell you it was a challenge? :)

The pink and green cardstock is from Bazzil. I cut both pieces using my Cricut machine with the Joys of the Season cartridge. The designer paper is from Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses collection, also cut from my Cricut cartridge. Tilda was colored with the following Copic colors:

E00, E33, E35, RV13, and R20

I also used my At You Spica blossom pen to color in Tilda's dress, stockings and hair ribbon.

Hopefully I can find my good X-Acto knive. The one I used was an old one and unfortunately didn't cut Tilda the way I wanted.

Pearls and the pink twine were from my stash.

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So thankful....

I have a lot to be thankful for. My health, my wonderful husband and daughter, my family and old and new friends have made my life fulfilling. The challenges I did for this week are around being thankful and I am not only thankful, but blessed.

Below are the challenges I did this week:

1) La-La Land Crafts - Entry should have a thankful/thank you theme. A wonderful collection of blog candy is up for grabs!

2) Magnolia-licious Highlites - Accessories Make the Card Blog Hop. Use any Magnolia accessory stamp ONLY, no Tilda, Edwin, animals, snowmen, etc.

Below is my entry:



I had a hard time picking out a Magnolia accessory stamp; there are so many cute stamps! I decided to go with the tree, which I love and went with a fall kind of theme.

The brown and red cardstock is from Core'dinations. The background paper is from The Paper Loft. I used the following Copic colors for the tree:

E07, YR23, YG63, and E57. Also used At You Spica pens red and gold.

The sentiment is from Inkadinkado's So Thankful stamp set, stamped with Memento's Potter's Clay ink. I used my Nestie small scallop circle for the sentiment. The red pearls on the sentiment are from my stash. The brown leaf felt ribbon is from Queen and Company with Hero Arts rhinestones. The green woven ribbon is from May Arts.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving!


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Pretty In Pink

I am combining challenges again this week. This week's challenges from La La Land Crafts and Magnolia-licious Highlites created a world of possibilities on what to do. Below are the two challenges:

1) Magnolia-licious Highlites DT Sketch Challenge

Below is the sketch to use:



2) La-La Land Crafts Wednesday Weekly Challenge - All about pink!

Below is my entry:



The cardstock is from Bazzil. The background paper is from Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses collection. Tilda was colored with the following Copic colors:

RV32, RV34, E33, E00, and the colorless blender

Tilda is sitting on the Nestabilities large scallop rectangle, with Sakura glitter on the edges. The sentiment is from Just Rite, using Versa Color white ink. The pink pearls are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Simplicity is Key

Magnolia-icious Highlites is having another fun blog this week. And its definitely a fun one. This week's challenge is to create a CAS card (a clean and simple card). My style is pretty much a clean and simple style, so this was a good challenge.

Below is my entry:



The cardstock is from my stash. The background paper is from GCD Studios. The buttons are from Fancy Pants Designs.

Edwin was colored with the following Copic colors:

E37, E39, R37, E00 and B45

Thanks for stopping by!

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Magnolia Easel Card Sketch

This is my first entry into Magnolia-licious High Lites! I have admired the stamps for awhile and finally got a couple of them. All of them are so cute!

For the month of October, Magnolia-licious High Lites's challenge is to create a card using the DT member's sketch. The sketch was of an easel card, which I have used on a couple of other occasions. Link to the challenge and sketch is
here.

Below is my entry:



The cardstock is from Core'dinations (french roast). The background paper is from My Mind's Eye. I used my Nestabilities petitie small oval and petite small oval scallop for the image. The image was colored with the following Copic colors:

E00, RV32, RV34, R20, E37, and the colorless blender. I also used the At You Spica gold pen to highlight the oval scallop.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts, stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. The woven ribbon is from May Arts. The stick on brown pearls and my brown and pink ribbon are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Early Christmas!

La-La Land Crafts released their twelve Christmas stamps this past Wednesday. All of them are so cute that it was hard for me to choose one. I decided to go with a character that I don't currently have.

In line with their Christmas line of stamps, This week’s La La Land’s Weekly Wednesday Challenge is Winter/Christmas. Below is my entry:




I love the easel card template! I recently came across the blog Magnolia-licious Highlites that hosts contests to make paper crafts with the Magnolia stamps. The challenge for this month was to use one of the Design Team's card sketches. Click here for the instructions on how to make this card.

This is Christmas Kirby. Isn't he adorable? He was colored with the following Copic colors:

E00, R37, Y38, RV13, E33, E35 and the colorless blender.

I also used Sakura's glitter pen for some spark on the stocking and Kirby's hat. At You Spica orange pen was used for the stars. The sentiment is from Hero Arts, stamped with Memento's Dew Drop Lady Bug. I used my Nestie petite oval scallop and petite oval shapes for Kirby, using At You Spica melon for the oval scallop shape.

All of the paper is from Bo Bunny. The gold stick-on dot embellishments and ribbon are from my stash.

A pretty simple card this week. Looking forward to the challenge next week!

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Buttons and Bows

This week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge is using buttons and bows.

I finally had a chance to use a free gift I got recently of Bo Bunny's green buttons with green and white checkered bows. And I also wanted to try a new card layout. After technical difficulties with my camera,here is my entry!


Front of the card

Side of the card

I love this card layout. This is called an easel card and I got the instructions to make it from the Magnolia-licious Highlites blog that I recently joined. To see the instructions on how to make the card, visit Magnolia-licious Highlites blog at: http://magnolia-licioushighlites.blogspot.com

The cardstock is from Core'dinations. The background paper is from Bo Bunny, along with the green and white flowers with the buttons and ribbon. I used the PB stamp Dream A Dream with the following Copic colors:

E35, E39, V15, G94, R20 and the colorless blender. I also added some At You Spica lavender color for the flowers.

I used my Nestabilities petite scallop oval and petite oval shapes to cut out the image and sentiment. The sentiment is from Amuse, which I used pop-dots to have as the "holder" for the card. I added some glitter to the scallop ovals, using my Sakura glitter pen.

The buttons, pearls, and ribbon are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,