Graduation card featuring Tilda by Magnolia

I'm very proud of a beautiful young woman in my life, my daugther. She just got her degree and all while working full time and raising our fabulous grandson. She's amazing, and this card is for her. I received the graduation stamps from Diana at Magnolia-licious. Thank you so much Diana.!!

Tilda and her school desk are colored with my Copic markers. I really love the seniment stamps in this collection! I used two of them, Dreams and Goals, and To The Graduate.

I also used my Martha Stewart lace doily punch for this one. The black and white papers are digi downloads. Cardstock is Bazzill and Cryogenic white.

I wanted to keep the inside nice and simple. Here are the copics I used

That's it for today! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and I sure hope to see you back again soon! HUGS and Happy Weekend!!!

Shaped card featuring Picnic Tilda on her quilt and the winner of the post it note holder set.

Happy Friday everyone!! Hope you had a wonderful Friday and that you're ready for the weekend! I started it out with my poor little Jeep Liberty having to go to the car doctor. It broke BIG TIME on the way home last night. It's a standard and I heard a loud bang and then when I went to shift, my gear shift looked just a little funny. UGH! It was a little crooked and just seemed to be facing the wrong direction. Not good. So it's in the shop for the next week, but at least it's under warranty. It's just a huge inconvenience, as I'm sure all of you know.
Here's another one of the cards made with my petite circle Nestabilities. (Told you I'd be making lots more of these! LOL!) I just really love these little cards. They're perfect for just about anything. I used a cute Tilda image that I received from my new blogging friend, Monica Merkel. Thank you Monica! Both Tilda and the quilt are cut out after being colored with my Copic markers, and then placed on the Summer background stamp. Tilda is popped up with dimensional tape. Be sure and visit Magnolia-licious for all your Magnolia stamp needs. Diana even has special sets of Copic markers that were put together especially for the Magnolia stamps! How cool is that??!! And for extra discounts, don't forget to join the Magnolia-licious Yahoo group while you're there!

I added a little blue gingham bow, and tha pretty much finished this card off! Here's a pic of the Copic markers I used to color the three stamps.

Now for the winner of the Post It Note set from the Magnolia-licious blog hop!

Per Random.org, the winner is

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:78

#78 is Kim!!

Kim said...
Sharon that is so amazing! What a fantastic notepad holder! You designed it so cute and the inside looks like it's as lovely as the outside of the tote! Super cute and thanks for the chance to win hun!Hugs~ Kim
June 6, 2009 12:23 PM

Congrats Kim! Please email me your address at caudle95@sbcglobal.net and your set will be in the mail on Monday.

Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon!!

HUGS!

BBTB challenge - Mini album and gift card holder using SHORTCUTS!

It's Sunday night and time to reveal a new challenge for Bitten By The Bug! This week is really special, cause we're sponsored by the fabulous Shortcuts! If you haven't tried anything from them yet, you're in for a treat! The acetate is really awesome (better than any other I've had) and I am in LOVE with their gift card holders!! They're soooo easy to decorate! This week, they sent us a package of various items and a sketch. I decided to make a mini album out of the sketch. The challenge from Bitten By The Bug was to use the sketch and that cute, ever infamous flower from George. I LOVE this flower!!

If anyone has a lot of experience working with acetate, and knows how to get a smudge (I'm assuming from adhesive) off the acetate, would you please let me know? There's a smudge on the front of the album and it's driving me crazy. I've used my adhesive remover, a baby wipe, and I don't know what else. But I can't get it clean. Help! Someone? Anyone? :) OMGoodness...have you ever tried to overcomplicate something? THANK YOU JEANNIE!! I have a bottle of undu, used it and that ugly old smudge is now history! YAY!!!! THANK YOU!!!

I used Shabby Chic Tilda, Shabby Chic fence, and Little Birds stamps colored with my Copic markers. Please be sure and visit Magnolia-licious for the largest on line selection of Magnolia stamps in North America! She has great prices on her stamps and shipping is only 2.50 for orders up to 50.00, and free beyond that!

The flowers are of course from my George cartridge, and the swirls are a Sizzix die.
Papers are from Doodlebug, Scenic Route, and Core'dinations. I also used my Nesties on the gift card holder. (it's a Christmas themed gift card from Starbucks, but that's all I had right now) LOL!

That's it for today. Please don't forget to visit Shortcuts and try their products! I love them!! Pop over to Bitten By The Bug to check out what the rest of the fabulously talented design team has come up with for this challenge. I guarantee they're AMAZING!! Then grab your paper and glue, and join in on the challenge. Maybe you'll win a gift certificate to Shortcuts!

Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! HUGS!

BLOG CANDY WINNER!

This is the winner of the candy from the Bitten By The Bug Blog Hop last weekend!

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:151

#151 said:

peggy nickelson said...
The design of your card is wonderful. I would love to receive a card like yours anytime.Peggy N

Congrats Peggy! Please send me your snail mail address and I'll get your goodies out in the mail! Thanks for playing everyone!

HUGS!

Sweet Notes - Magnolia-licioius blog hop

Happy Friday everyone!! Hope you're having a wonderful day so far, and that you've got your hopping shoes on, cause Magnolia-licious is having a blog hop!

What's that? You want to know the details? Ok, here you go. Over on our new blog, Magnolia-licious Highlites, you will find the directions for this awesome sticky note holder set which was created by the talented Bridgett Owens! Thank you so much for this adorable sticky note set, Bridgett! It was so much fun to put together and decorate! I also put together a little card to match the set as well. Here's a picture of the set you will get insructions for.

Hop around to the rest of the DT to take in all scrumptious sets they put together. (Bet THEY followed the instructions and made it summery) After you've made the full circle which begins with Suzanne, make your way over to Magnolia-licious Highlites for the instructions on how to make it. You have one week to make your fabulous creation and upload it. (don't forget to make it summery!!!! LOL!) A winner will then be randomly selected from all the submissions for the challenge on June 12th to win three new stamps from Diana at Magnolia-licious! Now just how AWESOME is that??!!!!

As part of the blog hop, I am giving this little three piece set away. If you would like to win it, just leave a comment on this post. On June 12th, I will draw a winner via random.org.

Ok, so what are you waiting for? Leave your comment here, and then hop right on over to see Jacque and her AMAZING creations. If you haven't visited her blog, let me tell you that you are in for a treat. Jacque makes the most amazing cards!! And if you just happened upon this, and would prefer to start at the beginning of the blog hop, then just hop right over to see the outstanding creations of Suzanne. Suzanne is the head designer of our Magnolia-licious design team, and she is UBER talented!! If you're looking for copic tutorials, plan on spending the day on Suzanne's blog. She will amaze you with the fantastic video tutorials she has put together for Copic markers!

I really hope you enjoy our blog hop, and join in on the challenge. Thanks for stopping by to see my today, and I hope to see you back again soon! HUGS!

June Sketch challenge from Magnolia-licious design team.

Magnolia-Licious now has a blog for the Design Team challenges! I'm so excited about it and it looks so awesome! I have to throw some big Kudos out to Deb and Suzanne for all the hard work in putting it together. Thanks ladies! So be sure and visit and we'd love it if you would play along!!!


This month, the sketch was created by the fabulously talented Kerry. It was a lot of fun to work with! I chose to use one of the new Tilda's from the Chasing Butterflies collection. She's available at Magnolia-Licious, along with a huge array of other Magnolia stamps. Diana offers the largest selection of Magnolia stamps in North America! And she just got a huge order in, so be sure and get your favorites before they sell out again!

The DP is Bo Bunny. I just couldn't help but be drawn to the bright, fun colors! And since it's a Birthday card, the numbers on the paper just fit right in. Tilda is colored in with my Copic markers. (pic of them is below) I cut Tilda out and popped her up, so I just replace her antennae with wire.

Here's the picture of the Kerry's sketch. So grab your stamps and paper, and join us over at Magnolia-Licious Highlites!

Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you again soon! Have a wonderful day!

HUGS!

Shaped card with flower power Tilda - Three Clovers Designs challenge

Boy am I ever showing my age with that title, huh?? LOL! Isn't she cute? First, before I forget, I've got to give a big shout out to my design team sista Suzy! Suzy has been making these adorable cards with her Nesties. Now I read somewhere a while back that making cards with your nesties was easy. But I had never tried it. But with lots of fabulous inspiration from Suzy, I came home tonight after work and did one. OMG, I love it! Sooooo quick and easy, and I'm a fiend for shaped cards anyway! I will be making lots more of these. I'll tell you that right now! LOL! But for now, this is what I came up with for Three Clovers Thursday Challenge by Kerry over at Three Clover Designs. Her challenge for you this week is to make a shaped card. Any kind of shape as long as it's not a square or rectangle. LOVE that kind of challenge.

I used this adorable Tilda with garland in her hair. I just LOVE her! I know...I know...I love them all...but I really do LOVE her! LOL! I also used the cute butterfly background stamp that is from the Chasing Butterflies collection. So cute! The stamps are colored with my Copic markers (pic below). All of this is available at Magnolia-licious!

Also did a quick faux chipboard word of "hi" with my Sesame Street Font cartridge with my Cricut Expression. Did a very simple decoration for the inside of the card too. This little cutie will be up for sale in my etsy shop if you're interested.

That's it for this one. Very quick and easy! Whatcha think?? Be sure and visit Three Clovers Designs to check out the challenge and the wonderful examples from the awesome Inspiration Team. Thanks lots for stopping by to see me tonight, and I sure hope to see you again soon! Have a fabulous weekend!!!! Big hugs!

Bitten By The Bug Challenge - book mark with Tilda by Magnolia

This weeks challenge over at Bitten By The Bug is to use the bookmark from the Animal Kingdom cartridge. Wow has it been a long time since I've pulled that cartridge out! I used a Tilda by Magnolia stamp along with a Magnolia stamp of books with covers. I get my Magnolia stamps from Magnolia-licious. Diana has the largest on line selection of Magnolia stamps in the US and Canada. Orders under $50 pay only $2.50 for shipping. Over $50, shipping is free!!

I colored the stamps with my copic markers, and the scalloped rectangle was cut with my Nestabilites. This was a really fun challenge. Please be sure and pop over to Bitten By The Bug to see what the other fabulous designers created. And then grab your paper and glue, and play along with us! Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon!

Dreaming of home...Tilda by Magnolia

Happy Friday everyone! And a long weekend on top of it! Does it get much better?? I put this card together with some awesome stamps I got from Diana at Magnolia-licious! Isn't it fun? This cute house stamp will soon be available, so keep an eye out for it! It's very country, and I wanted to carry that theme through the card. So I picked this cute little Tilda with bow sitting sideways, cause I felt she fit right in with the country theme. And then I just HAD to put her on the log!

The tree and grass were cut with my Cricut Expression machine, which I got from Hallmark Scrapbook. The stamps are all colored with my Copic markers (there's a pic below). I used my Copic airbrush system with baby blue to color in the sky after masking off the house.

Here's a pic of the inside. The DP is by Daisy D's which I've had for at least one year, maybe more..... But I still love it. LOL! Cardstock is Bazzill. I really do like how this one turned out. Whatcha think?

That's it for today! I hope you like my little countyfied Tilda! Oh my gosh! LOL!!! Ya gotta LOVE mistakes you find after all the pics are taken and posted on the blog. Well...we'll just see if YOU notice it. heehee I will say that I'm going right now to fix it! LOL! Thanks so much for stopping by to visit, and I sure hope you're enjoying the three day weekend! Please come back and see me again soon! HUGS!

If you want the rainbow.... with Tilda by Magnolia

Well...we're half way through the work week, and some of us have a 3 day weekend coming up. WOOHOO!!! I came home yesterday to a happy mail day!! YAY! I got my order of Chasing Butterflies stamps from Diana at Magnolia-licious! Thanks so much Diana!! I couldn't help myself, I had to immediately ink up this adorable little Tilda in a spring rain!!

The DP that is the card base is Basic Grey, everything else is scraps that I have no idea who made them. Sorry! I stamped Tilda twice, and popped up portions of her for dimension. I colored her with my copic markers (pic below).

That beautiful flower that is in the middle of th ribbon...that was in a wonderful bag of extra goodies that Diana put in my order! I LOVE it! Thanks yet again, Diana! It was perfect for this card!

The swirl is from a Sizzix die that I got from Hallmark Scrapbook. I also used some dew drops that I purchased from Ellen Hutson. That green button is from Basic Grey with some embroidery floss all tied up in a little bow.

Here's a peek at the inside. I LOVE this sentiment, and it just goes so perfectly with this cute Tilda!

That's it for now. Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today, and hope to see you back again soon! Have a wonderful day! HUGS!

Crosstitch Tilda - Friday Sketchers and Copic Creations challenge

Ok, I cheated with this one. I was making the card for Friday Sketchers, and then thought, well heck, why not give her blonde hair and cover the Copic Creations challenge that's going on right now too! So that's exactly what I did.

This cute little Crosstitch Tilda is from Magnolia-licious. Diana has the greatest selection of Magnolia stamps in the US. She also offers free shipping on orders over 50 dollars. And what if your order is under 50 dollars you ask?? Shipping is only 2.50!!! That's a drop in the bucket compared to other shipping charges these days!!

The paper I used is Cosmo Cricket Twist and Shout line. I think it goes perfectly with this Crosstitch Tilda. cardstock is Bazzill. I colored Tilda with my copic markers. A pic of them is at the end of the post.

I cut the circles with my Nestabilites and added some machine stitching too. I love the feel stitching gives to a card.

That's it for today! Thanks for stopping by to visit! It is very much appreciated!! Enj0y the rest of your weekend! HUGS!

Thinking of you with Tilda on a quilt - Friday Sketchers

In case you couldn't tell, I just love making scenes with my Magnolia images I get from Magnolia-licious! I used four different stamps with this one. The old oak tree, the quilt, that cute little birdie flying in the sky, and Dreamy Tilda. I made this with the Friday Sketchers sketch for this week.

The stamps are all colored with my Copic markers. There's a pic of the markers I used at the bottom of this post. The DP is DCWV Sweet stack, so some of the paper is glittery.

I added some Prima flowers with some Making Memories brads. The grassy portion was just colored in and I used a couple of little grassy stamps from a stamp set from Our Craft Lounge. I colored in the sky with my Copic airbrushing system.

That's it for today! To all the Mom's out there, as well as to all the Mother figures out there, I wish you all a very Happy Mother's Day. Thanks for visiting, and enjoy the weekend! Hope to see you back again soon! HUGS!