Charleston Tilda for Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog

It's the first Monday of the month and that means it's time for another Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog!  This month we are challenging you to make a "Thanks" card.  it can be a Thanksgiving project, "Thank You" project, anything that has to do with being thankful.  I haven't worked with my Tilda's for a while so I thought I'd ink up one I haven't used yet.  Here's Charleston Tilda!

Isn't she so pretty?  I love her sweet, happy attitude!  I like to think of her as doing her Halloween dance through the pumpkin patch!  I colored her in copics and added some Stickles on her dress and some Glossy Accents on her shoes. The flourishes are from Spellbinders and the pearls are from Studio 112.  The paper is from DCWV and I made the flowers and used a Martha Stewart punch for the branches.  The lace, button and ribbon is from my stash.

I love her sweet face!

Have a peek inside.

And another!

Here's the inside for Judy.  I also added a flourish inside.

Can't wait to see everyone's "Thanks" something!

Tilda Writing Diary

Remember those diaries some of us used to write in that had the little band and gold key that held all of our secrets, hopes, and dreams?  I was thinking about getting one for my two granddaughters that are four.  I know they can't totally write in them now, but it would give them  a sense that there is a place where all of your dreams and hearts desires can go to live, even if it's on paper.

When I saw Tilda Writing Diary, I knew I had to have her!  I bought her when she first came out, but haven't inked her up until now.  It's back to school time and so many girls and guys will be having things that they want to remember and place their thoughts about their new adventures so I thought it was time to color her up.

She's colored with my Spectrum Noir markers and I really loved working with them!  I used my Spellbinders for the dies, and this gorgeous paper is from My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Market Street pad.  Just love it!

Isn't she a beauty?  The flowers are from Reflections and the pearls are from Michael's.  And yep, she's got some Stickles on her socks and petticoat and some Diamond Glaze on her dress.

Here's a peak on the inside from the right.

And now the left side!

And Judy, as promised, the inside!

I love working with my Tilda's again and I'm entering this cutie in the following challenges:
Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog

Hope everyone has a great day.  I'm crafting and coloring and all is well in the world.  I think I may write a little bit.  Now to find a diary!

Tilda with Lovely Jam - Yum Yum!

The end of summer is so bittersweet for me.  I love the hot weather but will admit, that every now and then, that break in the weather is very well welcomed!  I love when all the berries have come to full fruition and are ripe and ready for some good jam making!  Making jams is one thing that is on my list of things to learn to do.  To me, there's nothing as good as having a piece of great homemade bread (which thanks to my bread maker I can do!), slicing it and slapping a bunch of good old homemade jam on top of it!  Gosh, I'm making myself hungry already!

When I saw this sweetie pop Tilda with Lovely Jam, I knew I had to pick her up from Cindy at StampingScrapping!  She is such a fun time!  I think she looks as yummy as her jam!

I colored her with copics and added some red Smooch to her bandana, Diamond glaze to her jar and spook and some stickles to her lace.  The pearls and ribbon are from my stash and the flowers are from Reflections.  I used some Nestabilities to frame her and the sweet paper is some of my favorite from Cosmo Cricket called Honey Pie.  Love it and am sad that mine is almost gone.  :(

Doesn't she have just the sweetest face?  I just got most of my stamps back from my daughter keeping them for me during my move and get ready, cause I do love me some Tilda!

I love this paper so much that I used some of my scraps for the inside.  Here's one peek:

And another peek.  Now the inside:

I am going to enter this cutie in the following challenges:
http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com/2012/09/tuesday-morning-sketches-162.html


Now I'm off to find me some homemade jam!  There's always some around the house!  Have a great day!

Right Through My Heart

I was looking through some of my papers yesterday and got so excited when I found this sweet Tilda that I had totally forgot that I had stamped up and hadn't colored her yet!  I know she's an older stamp, but gosh, they need love too.

I think Right Through My Heart Tilda is perfect because she reminds me of the Archery team from the Olympics, which I am going to miss and am already looking forward to the winter ones in 18 months, and one of my favorite books I've recently read, The Hunger Games, that is coming out on DVD next week!  I've gotta pick it up as soon as it's in the stores.

I colored her with copics and yep, used Stickles around the dress and on the arrows.  This gorgeous paper is from Graphis 45 called Le Romantique.  I added some flowers with stickles at the bottom to kind of make it look like she was standing in a field with dew on it (Katniss would go hunting early in the morning, hence the dew/stickles!).  I used a piece of silver from the stem of some bridal flowers on the bow.  Instead of ribbon, I used some Scrapper's Floss and a wooden button and gold heart.

Here's a close up of her.  I love her concentration!

I added a flower to the inside and thought she came out pretty nice.

I am entering her in the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown 
Daring Cardmakers

Hope everyone is having 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!

Love me some Tilda!

I don't know how I posted this cutie without writing something! This is one of the sweeties I made while my computer was down and have just had a chance to post here. This is my sweet Tilda from Magnolia and I made her for our last challenge over at Roses on Paper. I do love these sweeties and haven't given them as much attention as I should have lately. This is Tilda with Birdcage and I just think she's so precious.

She's colored with copics and the paper is from BasicGrey and the flowers are Prima Flowers and I had to put some stickles on her! You know I just can't keep them off my Magnolias!

Hope you enjoy my sweet Tilda. I sure do love them!

Card Ingredients:
Tilda with Birdcage, BasicGrey Bittersweet paper, ribbon, Stickles, copics, Prima Flowers, BasicGrey Bling, spacers, cuttlegbug embossing folder

Roses on Paper Design Team Sketch -

Today over at Roses on Paper's Design Team Challenge blog, we have a sketch challenge created by our inspiring and talented Iris and I just loved putting this cutie together. Here's the sketch:



I pulled out one of my favorite Magnolias, Tila with Hearts, and colored her up with my copics and used some of my favorite Infuse paper from BasicGrey. Summer carries lots of different BasicGrey papers and Magnolias stamps and you can pick them up at Roses on Paper. Here's what I came up with:



I found these cute heart sticker type brads from K&Company and I thought they were perfect to touch up the ribbon and I simply adore the sentiment from Sentiment Salon! What is better than printing off sentiments and putting them on a card? That is so easy for me!

So head on over to the Roses on Paper Challenge Blog and see what my DT sisters have come up with to inspire you. Join in on our fun because we love seeing what you do!

Card Ingredients:

Tilda with Hearts by Magnolia, Sentiment by Sentiment Salon, Infuse paper by BasicGrey, , Stickles, heart brads by K&Company, Stickles, ribbon, nestabilities, Textured folder by cuttlebug, rhinestone flourish by Made Simple, copics, Distressed Inks, Prima Flowers.

Roses on Paper Design Team Challenge - Winter Wonderland!

It really feels like winter down here in Florida and believe me, as a Maine transplant, I know winter! The oh so talented Jodi, our sweetie pie over at Roses on Paper Design Team, challenged us this week to create a winter card. I had to pull out Snoowie with Snowflake from Magnolia for this one! I just love getting these sweeties from Summer at Roses on Paper!



He's so stinkin cute! I colored him with copics and used some Stickles and Liquid Pearls on him. I added a bit of Diamond Glaze to his eyes and cut out some snowflakes with my Shapeabilities. I love that snowflake set! I gave him some rhinestones and ribbon and I love this sketch from The Card Positioning System. I'll use it again and again!





I think his little face is so sweet! How you you resist those rosy red cheeks? Everyone knows how much I hate the snow and even I can't resist him!




Make sure you stop over at Roses on Paper's Design Team Challenge blog and see the great creations my Designing Sisters have to inspire you! Hopefully, you'll find something there to get you crafting while you're staying warm!

Card Ingredients:

Snoowie With Snowflake by Magnolia, Stickles, copics, ribbon, shapeabilities, Liquid Pearls, Bling by BasicGrey, SU paper distreser

Roses on Paper Design Team Challenge - Our Favorite Coloring Medium!

Our Roses on Paper Design Team has a new challenge for you. Our every talented and sweet as can be Rosette, challenged us to use our favorite coloring medium and I decided on copics, but if you've been to my blog very often, you know it should be Stickles! Oh, how I do love the sparkle!

Tilda as Christmas Angel is from Magnolias and you can pick them up from Summer at Roses on Paper. This So Jolly collection is too sweet for words and I love that so many of the stamps can take you all the way through winter, not just the holidays! Oh, I do love these little babies so! I just am crazy over this paper from Magenta and have waited for just the right stamp to use it with and I think my Angel is perfect. And what I love about this angel is that you can use her anytime of the year! You just can't beat a versatile stamp!



I used some Diamond Glaze on her dress and on the ribbon in her hair. I love how the light sparkles off the Stickles though! And who can resist this sweet, adorable, angelic face? Nope, not me!

So come on over to our Roses on Paper Design Team Blog and show us your favorite coloring medium! We love to see what you have to create and you'll find some stamping inspiration for sure over there from my Design Team family!
Card Ingredients:

Tilda as Christmas Angel by Magnolia, Sultry Paper pack from BasicGrey, Christmas Collection Paper from Magenta, copics, Stickles, Bling by BasicGrey, orgnaza ribbon, nestabilities, Diamond Glaze.

Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to take a couple of minutes and wish everyone a very Merry
Christmas! I'm getting ready to go have dinner with my good friend and thought I'd share my favorite Tilda stamp for this season. She's called Santa's Little Helper and you can pick up Magnolia stamps from Summer at Roses on Paper.



I just adore this daisy and colored it red so it could be a poinsettia if you really stretch your imagination!



And her little face is so sweet! My girls got to play Santa's helper this year and I'm so proud of them. I do so miss those days when they were little and we did everything, but now it's their time. I love and miss them all so very much, but know that they're having great times and are surrounded by family.

I wish you and yours the merriest of Christmas's this year!

Roses on Paper Design Team Challenge - Christmas Morning Tilda Candle

Sure hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! Mine was nice and relaxing and I even got the chance to read a book! Well, it's back to work and creating and today, our ever lovely and talented Peta challenged all of us over at Roses on Paper's Design Team to make an altered Christmas project and I made a candle band using one of the new Magnolias from the So Jolly Collection. Hope you enjoy it!



These new Magnolias are just too adorable and I had to color up Christmas Morning Tilda. I like to think of her as going out in the middle of the night with her candle to look for the reindeer on the candle band! I made the band out of some of that gorgeous and fun Eskimo Kisses paper from BasisGrey. I just adore this paper and love the blues and burgandies in it.



I decorated the top of the candle by using my Poinsettia Shapeabilities and I added some Prima Flowers to the top. I love my flowers!



Here is another view of the top. Love these nestabilities!



So head on over to our Roses on Paper Design Team blog and check out the great projects by my design team sisters! And show us your Christmas projects! We love to look!

Card Ingredients:

Christmas Morning Tilda by Magnolias, Eskimo Kisses by BasicGrey, Prima Flowers, copics, stickles, Diamond Glaze, Stickles, BasicGrey Bling, spacers, nestabilities, shapeabilities, candle

Roses on Paper Design Team Challenge - It's All About the Romance!

It's time for another challenge for our Roses on Paper Design Team and this time our ever talented and sweetest thing around, Anki, challenged us to create a romantic card based on the movie, Sweet November. A little bit of romance is always needed in our daily life and shouldn't be held up for just special occasions. Some of the most romantic moments in my life have happened in my normal, every day life. Here is what I came up with.

I simply adore Dinner Tilda and you can shop all over Summer's store for these sweet babies! I wanted this card to have a soft, feminine feel to it and nothing says romance to me like lace, pearls and a little glitz!

Tilda is colored with copics and AI love this paper from the Baby and Bridal Collection from Graphic 45 (I simply adore their papers!). I enhanced it a bit with my texturized cuttlebug folder and used my new pendant nestabilities as the background. The flowers are Prima flowers and I finished it off with my two favorite things - pearls and Stickles! And I think the cotton lace added just the right amount of softness. I hope you enjoy her!

Doesn't she have the sweetest face? I could just look at them forever.



Oh, how I've missed my Magnolias! I've got to not let myself neglect them so much! I hope all of you find a little bit of time for some type of romance in your life. We all need that magic!

Make sure to stop by my talented and inspirational Design Team sister's blogs to see their creations. They're all so fabulous you don't want to miss them and you can find their links on my sidebar! And then go over and enter your card on our Design Team Blog! We love to see what you come up with!

Card Ingredients:

Dinner Tilda by Magnolia, Stickles, Prima flowers, Bling by BasicGrey, Liquid pearls, cotton lace, nestabilities, cuttlebug embossing folder

Roses on Paper Design Team Challenge - Halloween!

Is there nothing that says Halloween more than a cutie little witch riding on her broom? Our challenge for you over at Roses on Paper's Design Team Challenge blog is thrown down by our ever so talented and sweet Iris, and it's to create a card for Halloween or a treat bag or invitation. Since I was away all weekend, I went with a card and here she is:



I love little witches stamps and collect them as much as I can and I think this cutie is about as adorable as they come! She's Witch Tilda from Magnolia and go over and take a look at what Halloween stamps Summer has left in the store. I colored her with copics and added Diamond Glaze and Stickles all over her! The gorgeous, fun, spooky paper is from the Eerie pack from BasicGrey and I absolutely love it! The moon is from the Glitter Stack from DCWV and I embossed it and my Eerie paper with my cuttlebug folders. I added some Eerie brads to my Prima flowers and finished it off with a touch of ribbon and some MS spider webs in the corners.



Here are a couple of side views so you can see the dimensions.



I love these spider webs for the corners! So much fun! I may pull this out and use it for a card I make for spring cleaning!



And Tilda's face is just the sweetest little thing! I simply love her fat little cheeks and sweet eyes! Reminds me of my Allie!

So make sure you stop by all my fantastically talented Design Team Sisters blogs and see the gorgeous creations they've come up with. You can find the link to their blogs on my side bar and believe me, you'll never be disappointed! And then go over to our Roses on Paper Design Team blog and post your Halloween project for us! We love seeing what you come up with!

Card Ingredients:

Witch Tilda by Magnolia, Eerie paper pack and brads from BasicGrey, Prima Flowers, Stickles, Diamond Glaze, copics, nestabilities, ribbon, MS spider web corner punch, cuttlebug embossing folders.

Roses on Paper Challenge - Hearts, and Belles N' Whistles release date!

First off, I just have to let everyone know that Belles N' Whistles will be open tomorrow to start taking your orders for these sweet new images done by the ever so talented Elisabeth Bell! The day is finally here that you can start picking out your papers and planning on creating with these sweet cuties! Look back tomorrow or Saturday for some great samples of my cards used with these stamps. You'll be able to start posting your own cards made with these sweet things towards the end of this week coming up, Summer is so fast with her shipping! I just had to tell you all about this before I went on about my card for this week's Roses on Paper Design Team Challenge! I'm so excited for all of you to get and enjoy these uber cute (as my girls would say!) stamps!



I'm so late with getting my card up for the Roses on Paper Design Team Challenge Blog that is being put out by our lovely, terribly talented Lim! She had us do a card with hearts and I chose my Tilda with Bunch of Roses for this. I so associate roses with hearts and love and just thought she'd be perfect for this challenge!

I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored her with copics. I stickled her flowers and used my glitter pen on the stems and leaves to give them just a hint of sheen. I used some of those great BasicGrey bling half moon pearls in the corners and in the center of my Prima flower and added a couple of heart charms and some dainty gold cord. It's hard to tell, but I used my Fiskar heart edger along the side of the pink flowered paper. Wish that would have shown up a tad bit better. And I added a hatpin for her. I love those things (Thanks Lim for your help with those!). I love how she came out!



Here's a close up of the flowers and that sweet face. Love these babies!

Make sure you stop by our Design Team Challenge blog and see the great cards my fellow stamping sisters came up with and pull out those Magnolias, A Lot of Rubber Stamps, The Greeting Farm or Rachel Ann Miller stamps and join Lim's challenge. Show us your heart! And don't forget to get over to Belles N' Whistles tomorrow and pick up your stamps. I can't wait to see what you've been inspired to create!
Card Ingredients:

Tilda with Bunch of Roses by Magnolia, copics, BasicGrey Bling, heart charms, SU corner punch, Glitter pen, Fiskar heart edger punch, Stickles, Prima Flowers, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Scrappy Frog's Challenge Blog - Magnolia Stamps!

Don't you just love yellows and purples together? And I think they match some of my favorite BasicGrey paper, Wisteria. Our challenge over at Scrappy Frog's Challenge Blog this week was to create something using a Magnolia stamp and that was right up my alley! I had colored up this Tilda with Tulips by Magnolia earlier that I got from Summer at Roses on Paper and just hadn't put her together. By the way, Summer is a great place to get your Magnolia stamps from! Well, I took care of this baby today for this challenge!

Tilda with Tulips was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with copics. I cut her out and used this gorgeous Wisteria paper as a background for her. I popped her up with some foam dots and sat her on this beautiful yellow ribbon. The flowers are punched with my Retro Flower punch for EK Success and I placed some BasicGrey Bling in the center of the flowers and on the bottom corner. The butterfly is my MS punch and I had to stickle the flowers, her socks, a tiny bit on the dress and on the butterfly wings. And a touch of glossy Accents makes her hair ribbon look smooth and silky.



I love how the flowers came out and I used some Smooch on the middle of them. Just so pretty!

I hope you all stop over at Scrappy Frog's Challenge Blog and enter your Magnolia card with us! You get the chance to win a great Magnolia Stamp! Not much could be better than that! And make sure to visit my very talented Design Team sister's blogs and see their great creations! They're absolutely fabulous!

We have another rainy day here in Maine and it looks like the weekend isn't going to be much better. Maybe that will translate into some crafting time. We'll see. I hope everyone has a great weekend and I'll see you over at the blog!

Card Ingredients:

Tilda with Tulips by Magnolias, Smooch, copics, BasicGrey Bling, Wisteria Paper Pack by BasicGrey, stickles, EK Success Retro Flower Punch, MS Butterfly punch.

Roses on Paper Design Team Challenge - Summertime Vacation

When I think of summer vacation, I think of totally getting away. For me the perfect getaway would be on a cruise to someplace exotic. Love the warm weather and water. For me, life just doesn't get any better than that!

When challenged by the extraordinarily talented Iris for our Roses on Paper Design Team to create something to do with dealing with summertime vacation, Miss Student Tilda from Magnolias came to mind! You can pick them up at Roses on Paper. Summer has a great selection of them! I love her glass of bubbly and her hat just sold me! I loved this paper from Debbie Mumm's Travel Pack and thought it was perfect for a summertime trip! I colored her with Prismacolor pencils and OMS, added a bit of stickles and Glossy Accents to her and highlighted her with some Prima flowers and some Bling from BasicGrey. All the highlighted items you can pick up from Roses on Paper. Embossing with my cuttlebug folders finished her off!

Hope you stop by our Roses on Paper Design Team Challenge blog and join in our challenge. We'd love to see what you come up with and what you love to do for summer vacation! Make sure to stop by the blogs of my Design Team sisters and see their fabulous creations. You can find them on my sidebar.



And don't forget to go looking for the next Belles N' Whistles puzzle piece for another gorgeous stamp to be released! You'll find it at one of my gal pals's blogs so go hunting!

Until then, Bon Voyage!

Card Ingredients:

Student Tilda by Magnolias, Prima Flowers, Travel Pack Paper from Debbie Mumm, Bling from BasicGrey.