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 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 - Stitches!

Over at Roses on Paper and Belles N' Whistles Challenge Blog, our ever talented Design Team Sister, Rosette, challenged us all to create a card from Roses on Paper using stitches of any kind! I started coming down with a flu bug yesterday so I went with the faux stitches on my sweet little Mimosa with Cupcakes, one the the new, totally sweet Bildmalarnas that Summer is now carrying. I think she's just too stinkin sweet and cute for words!



Here is a picture of this beauty before I added my faux stitching around the border. I colored her with copics and used some paper from my stash (I'm slowly getting rid of my scraps so I don't have to buy so much paper right now before I move!) and the card stock is Coredinations. I added some Glossy Accents and Stickles to her and highlighted her with my white opaque pen. I thought my MS lacy edger would be so pretty with her and give the card a girly feel. Some Prima Flowers, MS branches and spacers and pearls along with a few Dew Drops complete her.



Isn't this face just too adorable? You could just eat her up!

I hope you all will stop by our Roses on Paper/Belles N' Whistle Challenge Blog to see what my ever so talented sisters have worked up and participate in our stitching challenge. And look closely because there's some information about becoming a Guest Designer for Belles N' Whistles there so I'd hate for you to miss out on that opportunity! Great things could happen! We'd love to have you join us for a stint!

Card Ingredients:

Mimosa with Cupcakes by Bildmalarnas, Dew Drops, Stickles, Prima Flowers, Glossy Accents, Jelly Roller White Opaque pen, MS lacy edger and branch punch, spacers, BasicGrey Bling, ribbon

Roses on Paper Design Team Color Challenge Hosted by Me!

It's my time to host the Roses on Paper Design Team Challenge and I chose to do a color challenge. I just love putting colors together and when I found this paper in my stash, the colors of soft blue, lavender and cream just seemed so soothing. It's getting to be the end of the summer and the bright, earthy colors of fall will be upon us so I wanted to pay homage to the last peaceful days of summer.

I love Fairy Eva from The Greeting Farm that you can get from Summer at Roses on Paper. She looks so serene and accepting of watching over the end of the summer season. She knows there's change coming and is ready for whatever comes her way. At least that's what I see in her! I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo Black (I always use that ink. I just love it!) and colored her with copics. I used my nestabilities to cut her out and frame her. The Prima flowers are touched with Stickles, as are her wings, and I placed silver spacers with pearls on the Prima flowers to give them a bit of class. I added some Dew Drops in the corner and then finished her off with a touch of Shimmerz Spritz.



Doesn't she have just the sweetest and most angelic face on her? Love this little sprite!



Here's a close up of the shimmery sheen she has. Wish I looked this sweet!

Don't forget to stop over at our Roses on Paper Design Team blog to see what great creations my designing sisters came up with. They're fabulous as always and make sure you visit their blogs and tell them how much you love their work! As a note for the store, Summer is going to be carrying the just scrumptous Bildmalarna's! They're just as cute as they can be so make sure you stop over and get your pre-order in! You won't want to miss them!

Card Ingredients:

Fairy Eva by The Greeting Farm, copics, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Stickles, Prima Flowers, BasicGrey Bling, spacers, paper from stash, Shimmerz Spritz, Dew Drops

Roses On Paper Design Team Challenge - Sketch and Punches

It's Design Team Challenge Day over at Roses on Paper Challenge Blog and I've so missed doing challenges with my sweet DT sisters! It feels so good to be back with you guys! Our sweet and terribly talented and always challenging us sister, Peta, threw down the challenge to do a sketch and incorporate punches! I love the sketches but punches are something I don't pull out any where near as much as I'd like to but I did my best today for you, Peta! Make sure you stop by our blog and take the challenge! Also visit my ever so talented Design Team sisters and see their fabulous creations. I promise you won't be disappointed!

Sketch Saturday is one of my favorite sketch challenges to follow so I chose their new sketch. I thought this image was perfect, Teddy Bear's Picnic, from the new Belles N' Whistles Stamps created by the ubber talented Elisabeth Bell. There's just something so enchanting and magical about sitting on a blanket with your favorite things and enjoying the day. I can't remember how many times I did that with my stuffed animals and dolls. My imagination ran rampid with what I was feeding them. Grapes, peanut butter sandwiches and there was always Cherry Kool-Ade. Nothing refreshes me or takes me back to my sweet childhood like a good swig of Cherry Kool-ade!

This sweetie is colored with copics and highlighted with Stickles and a glitter pen. The Prima flowers are highlighted with, well, Stickles, and I used the small brads from the Junebug line from BasicGrey. Love this line so much that I used the papers for it as well! The sentiment is from the Showtime set from The Greeting Farm. I added a bit or rick-rack and a couple of pearls in the corners and just love her.



I wanted to show off my Cherry Kool-ade! I colored the liquid in R29 and added some Glossy Accents to it. Love the glassy look it gives the glasses!



Is there nothing more precious than a little girl feeding her animals? And don't they just look so hungry? Takes me back to so many picnics I used to have with my stuffed animals and dolls. I just love the innocence and purity of this image!

I hope all of you get the chance to spend a little bit of time with your favorite things. Just remember what it was like to have that wonder and innocence of a child in you and revisit that place and time. It's wonderful to honor those special times. So after you visit our blog and enter our challenge, go have a picnic!

Card Ingredients:

Teddy Bear Picnic by Belles N' Whistles, Sentiment by The Greeting Farm, Prima flowers, Junebug paper and brads by BasicGrey, Stickles, atYou Spica Glitter Pen, Glossy Accents, copics, EK Success corner punch, SU border punch, SU Scallop Punch, Paper Maker circular punch, ribbon from stash

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

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.

Roses on Paper Design Team Challenge- Gate Card!

It's time for another Roses on Paper Design Team Challenge and what a beaut we have! The ever talented Jodi issued the challenge to do a gate card and what fun this was! Summer carries the Wisteria paper from BasicGrey and I knew exactly which papers and what stamp I wanted to do for this challenge. Lilacs are one of my favorite flowers and I've tired to grow a lilac bush but have failed terribly at it. So I get my lilacs where I can even if it's from a cutie like Tilda!



Picking Lilacs is from Magnolias and you can pick them up from Summer at Roses on Paper. I adore these sweeties and I colored her with Prismacolor pencils and OMS. I used a bit of Glossy Accents on her dress and ribbons in her hair and added a bit of Flower Soft to accent the lilacs. She's cut out with nestabilities and I used my textured cuttlebug folder on the front to give it a bit of dimension. I love the Bling and Wisteria Brads and my new flourish punch. I think they added just the right touch.


I left the Notecard shape on the inside blank so this beauty could be used for any occasion and layered the inside with another piece from the Wisteria collection. I just love how she came out!

So make sure you stop over at our challenge blog and see all the gorgeous creations that my designing sisters have created for you. I just know you'll be blown away! Hope everyone has a great week and don't forget to stop and smell the lilacs!

Card Ingredients:

Picking Lilacs from Magnolia, Wisteria Paper Collection and Brads from BasicGrey, BasicGrey Bling, Prismacolor pencils, OMS, Prima Flowers, Stickles, ribbon, nestabilities, Notecard die from SU.