Game On!!

Sooooo as some of my friends know, I HATE making men's cards.  I think I've finally figured out WHY.  It's not that I hate making the card.  It's that it takes me forever to come up with the idea.  I feel like how many more fishing, camping, golfing, hockey cards do I have left in me?!  So I was happy to find this "Game On" digi from Mo Manning.  He still plays occasionally and even with friends online.  I'm sure it's a great release for him after a long work week, just as my lovely craft room is for me.  hee hee

I used the "Awesome" Simple Stories collection for the papers and the border star sticker.  They make it so easy to put together a card.  LOVE THEM!!

THANKS FOR LOOKING MY FRIENDS!!

Springtime Saturated Canary

I just felt like coloring!  My sister was here a week ago for a few days so we taught each other a few things.  She taught me how to color hair image with lots of hair like the Saturated Canary's.  Always something to practice isn't there?  

This image is called Springtime which you can buy for only $2 from Krista's online store.  I just love her hair and the image does come with the flowers and some grass but I added more.  It was also my first time with clouds...ya, still perfecting that one.  LOL!!   

The butterfly is from Southern Ridge Trading Company, who will be online soon. 

I  used lots of Copics but since this wasn't really for any DT I got lazy about listing supplies and Copic colors.  LOL!  Let me know if you are curious about anything.  Although, I will make a plug for Little Darlings Rubber Stamps as Angie has a great selection of rubber Saturated Canary images among other images.

 These cute bunnies are also from Southern Ridge Trading Company.  I painted them with white acrylic paint first then covered them with white flock and popped a self adhesive pearl on for the tail.  I soooo wished I had a pom-pom...OMG I just realized I do!  It's on ribbon but DARN IT!!  Oh well.  LOL!

Enjoy your week everyone!!

Magnolia & Wee Birthday Challenge

I have lots of new exciting news to share with you today!  Diana has started selling those gorgeous Wee Stamps by Sylvia Zet on the Magnolia-Licious Store.  What a great addition to her Magnolia family!   They are in the store right now and 10% off until Feb. 14th. 

This also means that now you can use a Magnolia or Wee image for the challenge.  Sweet huh?!!!

Our challenges are changing from photo and color inspirations to themes so today our challenge is:

BIRTHDAYS!!

For this challenge I used Pink Ribbon Tilda from the Love Collection and paired her up with papers from the same collection.  I LOVE doing black, pink and white/grey combo's but it's challenging to take pictures of black.  I found my inner Sharon Caudle and brought out the bows!!  LOL! 

Of course, as every challenge, Diana will be awarding a fabulous Magnolia prize.

AND please check out the gorgeous new Easter collection!!  There are a bunch of super cuties there and good luck picking only a few out.  LOL!!

Well I think that's all my announcements for today!  If you need some inspiration, head on over to the Magnolia-Licious and Wee Stamps challenge blog.  We have the Magnolia-licious High-lites team joining us now so we have more than double the inspiration for plenty of ideas all in one spot!!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK MY FRIENDS!

Stamps:  LOTV sentiment and Magnolia "Pink Ribbon Tilda"
Paper:  Magnolia "With Love"  
Embellishments:  Wild Orchid Crafts flowers and clock charm, doily, Magnolia vintage berries, Maya Road bird chipboard, misc. tulle and organza ribbon
Punches:  Magnolia Doohickey lace tag die and swirl die, Poppystamps Wired Bird Cage die and Spellbinders die. 
Copics:  RV00, 52, 63, 66, 69
E0000, 000, 00, 11, 13
W00, 1, 3, 5, 7
T0, 2, 4, 6, 8

Little Darlings Rubber Stamps - SC

Today I get to share a really cute image called Bella.  She's a Saturated Canary and you can find her at Little Darlings Rubber Stamps.  I decided to make a non-traditional colored Valentine's card for my SIL.  

The papers are from Simple Stories, I used lots of flowers from Wild Orchid and the domino piece was from Prima.  Cute huh?  I also used this SWEET sentiment from Southern Ridge Trading Co. and soon I'll be linking those up so you can check them out on a new website.  The sentiment is made from chipboard but I sprayed it with Biscotti Perfect Pearls Mists and distressed the edges once it dried.  

Check out all the new images available at Little Darlings Rubber stamps that were released at CHA.  They are ready to be shipped to your hot little hands!  LOL!

Enjoy your weekend everybody and thanks for visiting!!

Stamps: Saturated Canary "Bella"
Paper:  Simple Stories "Baby Steps"
Embellishments: Prima domino, Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, ribbon and pink rose ribbon
Punches:  Magnolia "Tilda lace" doohickey

LDRS - What A Sweetheart!

So today I'm here for no other reason then to share this card.  FUN HUH?!!  Ok WAIT!  I might also be here to mention something a few of you may know already.  In my last post I edited it and put my news is but I'm sure it got missed since I came in AFTER I posted.  

I'M ON THE LITTLE DARLINGS DESIGN TEAM!!!  Yipppeeeee!  I'm a little freaked out because there is some seriously amazing talent there so I'm just gonna make sure I pull up my socks.  hee hee  But it's always good to challenge yourself right?

This card is made using Angie's "What a Sweetheart" image.  I just thought she looked so dainty so wanted to make the card accordingly.  I used this very pretty intricate die cut from Southern Ridge Trading Company.  Same with the adorable little butterflies.  I also added some Stickles around the borders on a few layers, which you might be able to see better if you click on the picture. 

You can check out some new 12 x 12 papers at Little Darlings Rubber Stamps called Summer Sorbet and Fruit Basket.  The patterns are nice and small so they're great for cardmakers too.  There are also some very sweet 6 x 6 pads called Caladium and Chocolate Covered Cherry. 

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!

Stamps:  Little Darlings Rubber Stamps "What a Sweetheart"
Paper:  Prima "Fairy Belle"
Embellishments:  Prima, Maya Road chipboard hearts, Wild Orchid Craft flowers, filigree's and cheesecloth.
Punches:  Marianne Creatables flower die
Copics:  E93, 95, 97, 99
B11, 15, 18
B0000, 000, 00, 01
G24, 46, 29
E41, 42, 43
E0000, 000, 00, 11, 13 RV10
YR21, 24, E35, E37 with E33 overall

Magnolia-licious Challenge

Hello glad to see you back!!  I couldn't wait to share this project with you this week.  I used the new "Tilda With Big Cup of Ice Cream" from the brand new "LOVE" collection and "Strawberry Ice Cream" (cone) from the older 2009 Lazy Summer Days collection.  Yippeeeeee I finally got to use it!! 

I love the way her dress turned out but just so you know, it took 4 tries.  LMBO!  It doesn't come easily but nor did Copics.  PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!!

Don't ya just love the ice cream scoop charm?  Between that and the papers, which are also a Magnolia product, I was so happy to be able to use some stash!!  I knew I was holding it for the right moment!!  LOL!!  I also added some pretty opaque pink ribbon under the white rose ribbon to add some more texture.  LOVE texture!!  :)

This week our wonderful teamie Chris has come up with another gorgeous picture for the inspiration challenge going on right now at Magnolia-licious.  You could pull all kinds of idea's from this picture couldn't you? 

 As always our dear Diana has a prize ready for this challenge's winner!

Have you checked out the SALE Diana is having at Magnolia-licious?!!  Select Christmas stamps are 30-40% off and that even includes some of the images from the new collection!!

Another great benefit of shopping at Magnolia-licious is the 2% store credit you get on each and every purchase!! 

AND you can get $5 off your first purchase so if you've been putting off ordering before, here's some great motivation!!  

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This card is going to be entered into the following FUN challenges:

Simply Magnolia Challenge - Yummy Food (**Offered GD)

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!

Stamps: "Tilda With Big Cup of Ice Cream" and "Strawberry Ice Cream"
Paper: Magnolia
Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts flowers and ice cream scoop.
Punches: Magnolia Doohickey cloud
Copics:
E21, 23, 25, 29
BV20, 23, 25, 29
E0000, 000, 00, 11, 13 RV10
YR20, 21, 24
RV000, 81, 83, 85
Y0000, 02, 06