Hello.

It's time for a new challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  The theme this time is 'Autumn/Fall Colours.'  I love this theme because I just luvvv the autumn colour palette.  Hope you'll play along with us.  Hop over to the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog to get complete details on the challenge and how you can join in.  And don't forget to check out the cards/projects that the DT gals have created to inspire you.

Here's the card that I've created for the challenge.


This is a swing card or some call it a flip-flop card.  The centre panel swings or flips over.



And I've added another image on the other side of the swinging panel.



I wanted to use my octagon-shaped (the shape of a stop sign) die for the swinging panel, but the size of the die that I have was actual too small so I ended up cutting it out by hand.  If you yourself want to make a swing card, you can use any shape die instead and I've got a tutorial HERE if you're interested.

Close-ups of the Magnolia Stamps images being featured:


- Under Construction Tilda from the World Wide Web Collection 2015
(oops...I think I made a mistake in colouring.  I took that thing behind Tilda as a wooden work horse, but I think it's suppose to be a traffic barrier.  Oh well...sigh)


- Tilda With Fantasy Flowers from the Lost and Found Collection 2014

Magnolia Stamps stamps are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store where she carries a large selection of both full-size and mini Magnolia stamps.  And if you don't see the particular one you are looking for, e-mail Diana and I'm sure she'll be happy to bring it in for you.
Check out also the stamps from Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studios, Saturated Canary and Candibeans and Crafter's Companion, along with cutting dies from various companies including Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia Doohickey, Wild Rose Studio.
Prices are discounted, you get excellent customer service and you also get to earn 2% credit to be applied to future purchases.

Come and join our challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog and you will have a chance to win a Special Surprise from the Magnolia-licious store when you follow the rules and theme of our challenge.

For your chance to win a "Leave A Comment" Surprise Package Prize from Magnolia-licious, there is a weekly random draw.  All you have to do is leave a comment--the more you comment the greater your chances.
- comment on any or all the postings on the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog
- comments on related postings on the DT gals' blogs for that week
Challenges for this card:
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #167 - Make Your Mark
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #396 - Anything Goes
Star Stampz - Halloween/Harvest or the Colours of Halloween/Harvest
Southern Girls Challenge - Rocking the Stripes
Creative Fingers Challenge #96 - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations Challenge #7 - Anything Goes
Your Next Stamps - YNS Color Challenge #25
Craft Your Passion Challenge #285 - Anything Goes
Sisters of Craft October Challenge - Anything Goes
Love To Scrap! Challenge - LTSCB #64 Anything Goes

That's all for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:
Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias, Shin-Han Touch markers; coloured pencils to help with the shading
- face and skin:  blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla--for the cheeks:  oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and boots (1st Tilda):  umber, Touch BR102, cinnamon, tan
- hair and shoes (2nd Tilda), work horse:  burnt sienna, Touch BR100, caramel, sandstone
- yellow shades:  raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup
- orange shade:  terracotta, spice, honeycomb, apricot
- red shades:  burnt umber, chesnut, burnt orange, ginger 
- green shades:  Touch 42; 5767-T, apple cider
- white shading:  warm grey 5-T, cool grey 4-T, cool grey 1-T

Hello!

I've done a tutorial for Splitcoaststampers...woo-hoo.  I was delighted when I was asked to do one.  The tutorial is titled 'Die Cut Swing Card'.


This is the card that I created for the tutorial.





And yes, I've done a similar tutorial for my own blog--which you can find HERE--but as you probably are aware most of the tutorials/templates on my blog are for my preferred-card-size of 6" x 6".  This tutorial I did for Splitcoastampers is for a 5½" x 5½" card, which is also a preferred-card-size to a lot of people.
You can check out the Splitcoaststamper tutorial HERE.
And the written instruction comes with a video tutorial.  Yeah, a big shocker...even to me.  I did my very first video tutorial!  It just goes to show that this old gal isn't too old to learn new things...tee hee.  Still feels weird hearing my own voice though--you know how that is!

This adorable image I used is from Wee Stamps by Sylvia Zet and she is called 'Amy'.


The stamp is available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store.

Check out the rest of the Wee Stamps Collection HERE and of course Magnolia stamps, both full-size and mini.  And if you don't see the particular one you are looking for, ask Diana if she can bring it in for you.  
Check out also the stamps from Wild Rose Studios and Candibeans.
Magnolia-licious also carries cutting dies from various companies including Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia Doohickey. and other crafting tools such as Scor-tapes, Prima Chalk Edgers, flowers, etc.  Have a look!
Prices are discounted, you get excellent customer service and what's more, you get to earn 2% credit to be applied to future purchases.  Sweet!

I might as well use this card to enter some challenges:
ABC Challenge - P is for Pearls
Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge #44 - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz Challenge #15 - Anything Goes
Creative Moments Challenge #47 - Anything Goes/Use One Flower
Scrapper's Delights Challenge #27 - Anything Goes with Cute and Girly
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #186 - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations Challenge #100 - Anything Goes
Stamp and Create July Challenge - Birthday
Little Miss Muffet Challenge #90 - Anything Goes
MilkCoffee Challenge - Birthdays

That's it for me.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day!

Hello.  Happy Friday!

We're starting a new challenge at the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge. It's the lovely Sheryl who's hosting this challenge and the theme is 'It's All About Girls'.  We're also being sponsored by Fresh Brewed Designs.  Make sure you hop over to Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge to get complete details of the challenge and how you can join in the fun.

My card for this challenge is a swing card.

The adorable image that I used is a digital stamp called 'Ladybug Hello' and is available from A Day For Daisies and can be found in their store HERE.

Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated by me.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful weekend!

Hello.

This swing card or flip card is the end result of the tutorial that I just posted below this one (or HERE).




Love this colour combo of pink and green--it's one of my faves.

Here are close-ups of the adorable Magnolia images that I am featuring are:

- Leo Tilda from the Zodiac Collection 2014
- Nativity Fence from the Nativity Collection 2012
I really like this Tilda because her hair reminds me of mine when I get up in the morning...tee hee.  I wasn't too sure about her lion tail that's in the original image though, so I did some masking to hide it.

- Tilda With Maggie the Monkey from the Animals of the Year Collection 2014

Magnolia stamps are available from Magnolia-licious, where Diana carries a large selection of both full-size and mini Magnolia stamps.  And if you don't see the particular one you are looking for, ask Diana if she can bring it in for you.  Check out also the stamps from Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studios, Penny Black and Candibeans.  Magnolia-licious also carries cutting dies from various companies including Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia Doohickey and other crafting tools such as Scor-tapes, Prima Chalk Edgers, flowers, etc.
Prices are discounted, you get excellent customer service and what's more, you get to earn 2% credit to be applied to future purchases.  Sweet!

Challenges I am entering with this card:
Live and Love Crafts' May Challenge #23 - Inspiration Photo
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #215 - Pretty Hair
Creative Moments Challenge #42 - Anything Goes/Bingo (flower, sentiment, more than 2 layers)
Divas By Design - In the Pink
Hobbybook's Designer Challenge - Add a Sentiment
Scrapper's Delights Challenge #22 - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Challenges #17 - Anything Goes
Delightful Challenges - Petal Power
Fitztown Challenge #35 - Feminine
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #195 - Spring Flowers

Okay, that's it for me. Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!

Hello.

This was my swing card or flip card in a previous posting and this is a tutorial on how to make a swing card like it.

Before I get into the instructions, just mentioning that I've done a similar tutorial for a swing-card (I'll call that Version 1) HERE, but this new one is for another version of the swing-card (and let's call this Version 2)--with a different placement of the shaped swing panel.  Here are pictures of the older card and newer one so you can see the difference.

version 1 swing panel is centered

version 2 swing panel is off to the side

The steps to follow are similar but not the same.  And I like to think that I've improved on the original techniques...tee hee.  Okay, here we go... (Warning:  this tutorial is picture loaded.)


Materials and Tools required:
- 9" x 6" cardstock (15cm x 22.5cm)
- 9" x 6" designer paper (15cm x 22.5cm)
- a shape die for your swing panel (here I'm using Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Two)
- die-cutting machine (I'm using my Big Shot)
- Scor-Pal scoring board
- removable tapes
- coloured images, sentiments, embellishments, etc. to decorate your card


Step 1
On your 9" x 6" (15cm x 22.5cm) cardstock, pencil-draw vertical lines at 2 7/8" and 4 5/8" (7.2cm and 11.55cm)--these are guidelines for your cutting pad.  I've drawn my lines with a white coloured pencil so they show up better for you.  Set your cardstock aside.


Step 2
On your 9" x 6" (15cm x 22.5cm) designer paper, pencil-draw a vertical line at 3" (7.5cm) and a horizontal line midway at 3" (7.5cm).  These lines are to help you centre your shape die.


Step 3
Place your shape die exactly centered on the drawn lines a shown.  Secure in place with your removable tape - it's better if you use 3 or 4 pieces of tape.



Step 4
Sandwich your designer paper between the two cutting pads and run it through your die-cutting machine. Without removing the tape pieces and the die itself, remove the die-cut piece from the centre leaving a centre opening on your designer paper.


Step 5
Place your designer paper on top of your cardstock, lining up the paper edges, and secure in place with the removable tapes that are already there.




Step 6
With your die's blade-side down, place your papers between the two cutting pads for your die-cutting machine.  Ensuring that edge of the top cutting pad is lined up along the 2 7/8" (7.2cm) vertical line (drawn in Step 1 above), run the 'sandwich' through the die-cutting machine.



Step 7
Now turn your papers around 180 degrees and repeat Step 6 with the top cutting pad up lined up along the 4 5/8" (11.55cm) vertical line this time.



Step 8
Separate the papers.  Place your cardstock upside down on your scoreboard and score at 3" (7.5cm) as shown.



Step 9
Turn your cardstock rightside up, place on your scoreboard and score at 4½" (11.25cm) as shown.


Step 10
Valley-fold and mountain-fold as shown.  Oh, you can erase your pencil-drawn lines.


Step 11
On your designer paper draw an additional vertical line at 4½" (11.25cm).  The two vertical lines correspond to the two fold lines on your cardstock.  Erase the horizontal line.


Step 12
To create borders, trim around the perimeter/outside and also both sides of the fold lines as shown.  Optional:  Ink distress your paper edges.



Step 13
Glue your design paper to your cardstock.





Step 14
Use the same shape die and die-cut around your coloured images.  Optional:  trim to create borders and ink-distress the paper edges.


Step 15
Glue the image die-cuts to the card as shown.

Step 16
Decorate as desired with sentiments and embellishments--flowers, pearls, etc.
(Posting of the finished card can be found HERE.)
There you go!  Have fun with this.  Happy crafting!