Hello.

Christmas is finally here!  Hope you get to spend some time with you loved ones and enjoy yourselves this holiday season.  And not to get too stressed out...hee hee.

Here's a last Christmas card for the year.


Here's a closer look at the featured image.


This cutie is called Christmas Heart Tilda from the A Lovely Christmas Collection 2015 from Magnolia Stamps.  This stamp is available from Magnolia-licious, HERE.


Challenges for this card:
All About Magnolia Challenge #9 - All About Christmas
Card Mania Challenge #75 - Christmas
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes Christmas
Passion for Promarkers Week 326 - Mega Christmas Challenge 2015 - Let's Celebrate
Scrapy Land Challenge #32 - Holidays (using dies from Spellbinders, Sizzix, Poppystamps)
A Snowflakes Promise Challenge 12 - Christmas/Winter themed
Time for Magnolia Challenge #113 - CAS or Fully Loaded (my card's fully loaded)
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #51 - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #405 - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft Challenge #20 - Anything Goes

That's all for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Wishing you all the merriest of Christmas and a New Year filled with love, health and happiness.

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 shoes:  burnt sienna, Touch 101, raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow
- red-brown shades:  burnt umber, burnt orange, mango peach
- green shades:  Touch 42, olive green, 617-T
- yellow shades:  raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup
- white shading:  warm grey 5-T, cool grey 4-T, cool grey 1-T

Hello.

I took a short detour from card-making and did something different.  I was in a mood to do some tangling so I created this Zentangle piece.


Don't ask me what it's a picture of...hee hee.  I have no idea!  I started with the four circles and then just keep adding patterns to them.  And that's what I ended up with.

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

Materials and Tools Used:

Hello.

Here's my latest Christmas card.


I did this one just for one.  I wanted to do a Zentangle and tangle those trees.  Do you recognize them?  The image is a stamped image--from one of my favorite Magnolia background stamps.


The names of the stamps I've used are:
- Winter Forest all the way back from the Santa Collection 2008.
- Mini Tilda in Cozy Coat from the newly-released Waiting For Christmas Collection 2014

Ughh..I did such a crappy job with the third tree--I'm really really not happy with it!  I'll have to try another pattern next time.
Colouring was done with Letraset markers--colours listed at end of posting.

Magnolia stamps are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store where she carries a large selection of both full-size and mini 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, Saturated Canary and Candibeans.
Magnolia-licious also carries cutting dies from various companies including Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia Doohickey, Wild Rose Studio.  Have a look!
Prices are discounted, you get excellent customer service and you also get to earn 2% credit to be applied to future purchases.
Not Just Cards Challenge #8 - Anything Goes
Perfectly Rustics Challenge #38 - Tree
Love to Create Challenge #146 - Create A Scene
Love To Scrap! Challenge #44 - When Nature Calls!
Sparkles Monthly Challenge #63 - Anything Goes
Come and Get It Challenge - Merry Christmas
Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #108 - Christmas
Simply Magnolia - Anything Goes
I ♥ Promarkers Challenge #250 - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers Challenge #60 - Anything Goes

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


- face and skin:  blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla--for the cheeks:  oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and boots:  burnt sienna, caramel, sandstone
- red-brown shades:  burnt umber, coral, mango, peach
- green shades:  apple cider, 617-T, meadow green
- gold/yellow shades:   burnt sienna, mustard, pastel yellow
- white shading:  warm gray 5-T, cool gray 4-T, cool gray 1-T

Hello!

I've been working on a number of craft projects, but they're either not for blogging here or can't be posted yet.  That's why I haven't posted for a while.

I came across this Large Butterfly image when I was going through my Magnolia stamps looking for images I can use in the current Magnolia-licious challenge of 'Summer Buggy Fun'.  I decided to have some fun and made a Zentangle of it...then created a card with the finished work.

This Magnolia image called Large Butterfly is from the Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011 and is 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, ask Diana if she can bring it in for you.  

Check out also the stamps from Wee Stamps, 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!

Challenges for this card:
Come and Get It Challenges - Animals
Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge #41 - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #101 - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge #109 - Two-Word Sentiment
Crafts and Me June Challenge #149 - Add Wings
Dragonfly Dreams Challenge #6 - Anything With Wings
Crafty Creations Challenge #266 - Things With Wings
Little Red Wagon Challenge #243- Animal Antics
Scrapper's Delight Challenge #25 - Anything Goes with a twist: get sentimental
Crafting At the Weekend Challenge #3 - Anything Goes

That's all for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Have wonderful day!

Hello.

We're midway into our 'Anything Goes' challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  Today it's Team B's turn to post our cards to inspire you to play along.  Visit the Magnolia-licious Challenge to get complete details of the challenge and how you can join in the fun.  Don't forget to check out the fabulous cards my DT teammates have created for you.

Here is what I've created...

By the way, that green-coloured designer paper is really more of an olive-green tone in real life, a shade that I realy like.  I don't know what it looks like on your computer, but what's showing on my laptop right now is a more lime-green colour...pukey green, eeuww!

I like finding small parts in Magnolia images that I can play around with and do a wee bit of Zentangle.  In these two Tilda images, I found the balloons to tangle.  Not really happy with the pattern I did on the balloon on the card front...oh well, too late now...sigh.


- Up Up And Away from the With Love Collection 2013

You can find the stamps for these two Tildas at Magnolia-licious on-line store, as well as other equally adorable Magnolia images--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 Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studios, Penny Black and Candibeans.  Magnolia-licious also carries cutting dies from various companies including Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia Doohickey.
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!


Oh I like using these dragonflies on my card.  Makes a nice change from butterflies.  I used a Willow Dragonfly, Memory Box 98319 die that is available from Magnolia-licious.  I used translucent parchment paper for the wings and drew lines on them for the veins (or whatever you call them).  


There's also a larger-size similar dragonfly die called Meadow Dragonfly, Memory Box 98318.

Challenges for this card:
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #92 - Make Your Mark (markers used)
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations Challenge - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew Challenge #60 - Girly
Aud Sentiments Challenge #105 - Use a Birthday Sentiment or the Number 4
Creative Fingers Challenge #33 - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too Challenge #60 - Stack 'Um Up
Brown Sugar Challenge #91 - Anything Goes
Craftitude Challenge #63 - Anything Goes or Spring/Easter
Crafty Catz Challenge #228 - Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge #33 - Floral

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


Materials and Tools Used:
Sentiments:  Computer generated
Designer Papers:  Recollections Habitat paper pad; Magenta Whispery Foliage
Dies:  Spellbinders Petite Ovals, Scalloped Petite Ovals, Classic Ovals, Scrap-Mart Exclusive Labels and Floral Flourishes; Tim Holtz Tatterred Flower Garland; Memory Box 98319 Willow Dragonfly
Punches:  EK Success medium and small Retro Flowers and medium Rock Fern Leaf; Punch Bunch medium Hawthorne Leaf
Miscellanenous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad Walnut Stain, Tattered Rose and Scattered Straw; pearls from my stash
Colouring Medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promakers and Pantone Trias; Sakura Pigma Micron Pen

Hello.

We're midway in our current 'Clean and Simple' challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.   We want to see cards/projects with limited embellishments and decorations--less is more!  Today it's Team B's turn to post our DT cards/projects for your inspiration.  Hop over to the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog to get complete details of the challenge and how you can join in the fun.  Don't forget to check out my DT teammates' fabulous projects/cards while you're there.  

CAS is definitely not my style!  I love my embellishments--flowers, diecuts, pearls, etc.  And I must confess that I usually end up adding embellisments to my CAS cards before mailing them off.  I simply can't force myself to send any card of mine so bare...tee hee.

Anyway,  here is my CAS card--simple layout and clean of embellishments.


And you know that I simply can't leave the inside of my card undecorated, so I did worked on it but still keeping it CAS also--we're talking layout here...hee hee.


I admit that both images I used here are not what you call 'simple', but if you replace them with whatever you want, toppers or simply stamped images, then it fits the CAS bill don't you think?...ha ha

I did some masking to create the scene on the front of my card.  The two Magnolia images I used here are:


- Tilda With Her Rabbit from the Special Moments Collection 2013
- Tilda's Heart Flowers from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2012

And for the inside of the card, I drew a Zentangle egg below this Tilda image.  (Oh, the Tilda's Heart Flowers image above have been tangled also.)


- Frizzy Tilda from the Sea Breeze Collection 2013

You can find the three stamps I used on this card at Magnolia-licious on-line store, where you can also find other equally adorable Magnolia images--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 Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studios, Penny Black and Candibeans.  Magnolia-licious also carries cutting dies from various companies including Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia Doohickey.
Prices are discounted, you get excellent customer service and what's more, you get to earn 2% credit to be applied to future purchases.  Cool!

Challenges for this card:
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #3 - Use a stamp or digi stamp
The Crafting Cafe March Challenge - CAS
As You Like It Challenge - Favorite colouring medium and why (alcohol-ink markers, Letraset Promarkers and Pantone Trias, love the way I can blend colours)
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #312 - Girls, girls, girls!
Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes
Hanna and Friends Challenge #192 - CAS
Pals Paper Arts PPA195 - A colour challenge
Sparkles Monthly Challenge #54 - Easter Parade
Through the Purple Haze Challenge #33 - Anything Goes (with optional bling)
Love to Create Challenge - CAS and/or Classy/Elegant

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

Hello.

This is going to be very short posting.  I just wanted to show a card that I did just for fun.  Trying to do a Zentangle piece here.  I've tangled up one of my very favorite Tildas...tee hee.


This adorable Magnolia image is called Rose Scent Tilda from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2012.  She's one of my Top 5 favorite Tildas.  I've coloured her with coloured pencils.  The image was stamped on watercolour paper--better paper for Zentangle I thought--rather than the usual paper I used for colouring with markers. 

You can find this Rose Scent Tilda at Magnolia-licious on-line store, where you can also find other equally adorable Magnolia images--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 Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studios, Penny Black and Candibeans.  Magnolia-licious also carries cutting dies from various companies including Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia Doohickey.
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 for this card:
Creative Fingers Challenge #22 - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Challenges #11 - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #81 - Anything Goes
Fan-tastic Tuesday Challenge #21 - Anything Goes
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge #89 - Anything Goes
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge #15 - Anything Goes
One Crazy Stamper February Challenge - Anything Goes
Heart and Soul - Bloggers Challenge Colour Splash - Black, white and a splash of colour
Craftitude Challenge 58 - Anything Goes or Valentines/Love

That's all for me today.  Thanks for stopping by.  I very much appreciate your visit.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!


Materials and Tools Used:
Colouring Medium:  Coloured pencils for the Tilda - Faber Castell Polychromos, Derwent Coloursoft, Prismacolor Premiers; for the Zentangle - Sakura Pigma Micron 01



 

Hello!

Just a reminder of the current challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  The theme is 'Anything Goes'--which is probably just about everyone's favorite.  Not sure if it's mine though...tee hee.  Anyway you still have a bit of time left to join in the fun. Details can be found at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  Have a look also at the fabulous cards/projects of my DT teammates for inspirations.  This week it's Team B's turn to post their cards...and that means me!

This was the card that I made for my friend Danielle.  It was a milestone birthday so I wanted to make her something special.  Also, I had hoped to get it to her in time, but ahem...I was late with it.  (Sorry, Danielle!)


I drew some Zentangle patterns to make the figure 60.  (I'm really liking Zentangle, Diana!)  Would love to try to do more tangling if I can just find the time...LOL.

This is another easel card from me.  Tee hee...it's my fave type of cards, so there are lots of these on my blog.



I'm featuring a couple of adorable Magnolia images here:


- Princess Pea Tilda from the Once Upon A Time Collection 2013
- Tilda Binding Flowers from the Special Moments Collection 2013

Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store is an excellent source for your Magnolia stamps.  Diana  carries a large selection of both the full size and mini stamps.  And if you don't see the particular one you are looking for, contact Diana and ask her if she can bring it in for you. 
Check out the selection of Wee Stamps by Sylvia Zet and newly introduced to the store are the wonderful Wild Rose Studio stamps.
Prices are discounted!  Along with excellent customer service, you get to earn 2% in-store credit of every order which you can apply to future purchases.  Sweet!

Hope you can join our 'Anything Goes' challenge.  You can win a terrific price.


Also a reminder that the comments you leave on the Magnolia-licious' and any/all of the DT gals' blogs will be entered into a draw for the Surprise Package Prize each week--only one comment per blog per post please, for ALL Mini Monday, Wee Wednesday and Challenge posts. Winners are posted on Wednesdays.


As for me, I am entering the following challenges with this card:
Divas By Design - Anything Goes
As You Like It Challenge #7 - Favorite Fancy Folds and Why (Easel cards are definitely by favorite type of cards as they can be put on display beautifully.)
Inky Impresssions Challenge #118 - Birthdays
Lady Anne's Challenges #10 - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts July Challenge - Favorite embellishments (handmade flowers and pearls)
Creative Creations Challenges #15 - Anything Goes
Stamp With Fun Challenge #217- Celebrate
Tuesday Throwdown #158 - Birthday Party
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #55 - Photo Inspirations
Charisma Cardz Challenge #29 - Make your own embellishments (handmade flowers)

Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day!  Have a wonderful week.


Materials and Tools Used:
Sentiments:  Computer generated
DP's:  from Recollections Bold Basics paper pad
Dies:  Go Kreate XXL Frames Frilly #1; Spellbinders Labels Eighteen and Classic Ovals; Memory Box  98312 Fancy Blossoms; CC Designs Olive Branch; Cheery Lynn Designs Exotic Butterfly Mini DL112
Punches:  Nellie's Floral Punch Small Rose Flower FLP027; Martha Stewart Daisy Dot edge punch
Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pads Walnut Stain, Broken China, Pine Needles and Rusty Hinge; Sakura Pigma Micron 01; pearls from my stash
Colouring Medium:  Letraset Promarkers and Pantone Trias

Hello.  Happy Monday!

It's time for another Mini Monday at Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog.  Mini Mondays are when a few of the Magnolia-licious DT gals are showcasing those adorable mini Magnolia images available from Magnolia-licious on-line store.  Visit the Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog to get the details on how you can get an extra 10% off when you purchase these minis.  And also to check out the fabulous cards of Patti Jo and Janiel who are joining me today in this Mini Monday #8.

So, this is my card...


- Mini Tilda With Winter Flowers from Mini Sweet Christmas Dreams Collection 2011
- Mini Tilda with Heart from Mini You Are So Special Collection 2011
- The 3rd mini Tilda with the rose--I'm not sure what they call this Tilda.  It is the mini stamp that is included free when you buy the MagnoliaINK Magazine #2 - 2013 Special Moments

Challenges I am entering with this card:
You, Me and Magnolia Challenge #11 - Anything Goes
Joanna Sheen Challenge - Spring into spring! (spring flowers)
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog - LRSBC46 Anything Goes
Crafts and Me Challenge 127 - Spring  Flowers
Divas By Design - Spring Colours
I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge #162 - Your Favorite Colours
Allsorts Challenge #201 - Spring has sprung (spring flowers)

That's it for me for today.  Thanks for stopping by.  I very much appreciate your visit.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!


New feature at Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog:
Every week one random commenter from all the blogs/posts will be chosen to win a prize!



Materials and Tools Used:
DP's:  Recollections Garden Florals paper pad; DCVW Nana's Nursery Baby Girl paper pad
Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Eight and Standard Circles; Noor! Design/Joy! Crafts 6002/0148 Lace Corner and 6002/0068 Square Flowers; Crealies Creative Shape No. 16; Memory Box Cherish Border
Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; pearls from my stash; Sakura Pigma Micron 01 pen
Colouring Medium:  alcohol-ink based markers--Letraset Promarkers and Pantone Trias