Tuesday Throwdown - Cute and Cuddly

Welcome to another Tuesday Throwdown Challenge!  This weeks challenge is being sponsored by Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More and the theme this week is cute and cuddly.  How much stinkin fun is that?  I was flipping through the channels on my tv and had to stop and watch "The Mummy" with Brendan Fraser and this little cutie popped right on to my paper for me to color up!

Isn't he just way too cute?  I think he's adorable and with him saying, "It's scary out here!", I would just scoop him up and cuddle him to death!

He's colored with Spectrum Noir pens and the button is from Heidi Grace and the baker's twine is from my stash.  The papers are from DCWV's Bewitched packet and Paper Pizzaz.  The amber half dots are from Studio 112.  And believe it or not, I didn't use any stickles!

Here's a side view.

 And another side:

But look at this sweet face!  If I saw that witch flying around on her broom and that black cat sitting on the rail of a haunted house, I'd be scared too!  And my wrap is falling off!  He's in some serious trouble!

Here is the inside.  I love this moon!  It's just spooky!

Make sure that you stop by the Tuesday Throwdown blog and see what my oh so talented design team sisters have in store for you!  They never fail to inspire and impress me!  So put your cute and cuddly on and come over and play with our challenge.  We love to see what you create!

Little Best Friends - Nani, Make Me a Book!

The phone rings last night and my daughter, Tiffany, says, "Here, talk to your granddaughter."  My four year old granddaughter, Allie, gets on the phone.  "Nani, Nani, please make me another book and send it to my box tonight!"  In her world, that translates to "Nani, Nani, please make me a card and send it to me in the mail so I can get it out of my mail box!"  Oh, and it had to be blue.  I had my evening all planned out by putting together a Saturated Canary, Magnolia, and Sassy Studio Designs cards but guess what got put aside?  Yep, when the grandbabies call, Nani comes running!

Of course, for me, I go to my Elisabeth Bell designs and printed off Little Best Friends, one of her sweet, adorable, and enchanting images.  Here is Allie's book:

This cute image reminds me of me and Allie going to the pool and beach while we were in Florida.  She would call and ask me to go swimsuit.  So stinkin cute!  I colored these sweeties with copics and added some stickles to their suits and hair because hair and swimsuits glisten in the sunlight!  I put some Diamond Glaze on their pails and added pearls all over the card.  I love me some pearls because the come from the sea!  I thought the Heidi Grace Paper was soft and subtle for the background and embossed it with my dotted swiss cuttlebug folder.  The flowers remind me of the sea roses that grow along the beaches in Maine.  So perfectly beautiful they are.

Here is a close up of these sweeties holding hands.

I added some paper and pearls to the inside and am really pleased with how this one came out.

Life is so much better when you hold hands and have fun.  Best friends, hot mess granddaughters, and the ocean always make life so much sweeter.  I love my life and hope you love yours.  Have a great day!

My Sweet Tilda for My Sweet Allie

It took a little while for me to get back to my Magnolias, but I always have a few images with me!  My Allie is turning 4 on July 9th and she asked Nani if she was going to make a book for her birthday.  That's her way of asking if I am going to make her a birthday card!  Well, of course Nani is!  She loves to wear dresses and they need to twirl.  The twirliest Tilda that I had was Sweet Tilda and I made her up for my Sweet Allie.   I think she has the sweetest nature about her and she's one of my favorite Magnolia stamps.     

I am making Allie some summer dresses and she asked that one be blue.  I thought her birthday card would be cute done in blue so here she is.  I colored her with distressed inks and forgot how much I enjoy working with them.  The papers and embellishments are from a Heidi Grace line called Daydream and I love the glitters.  Allie loves anything that sparkles so I had to put some stickles on her dress and socks!  the lace is a Martha Stewart punch and I think it adds just a girlie girl look to the card.  Here's a side view of the inside:

I'm adding a copy of the close up of her sweet face:

I do love her so!  I am still working on my coloring, but some of it's coming back.  All in all I'm pretty pleased with her and I know Allie will love her and that's all that matters.

I love and cherish all of my grandbabies and thank God everyday that he's blessed me with these sweet babies.  Just wish they didn't grow up so fast!  Hope you enjoyed this little cutie pie.  Have a great day!