Magnolia Monday #9! - My Friend Giggling Tilda!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, it's still baking hot here in Texas and the 10 day forecast is showing highs at or above 100F every day!
If we can't be in the neighborhood pool then we are inside and that of course for me gives me the perfect excuse to craft, that's why you'll see new cards (and projects) each and every day this week.
With today being Monday that means it's Magnolia Monday and I hope you'll join and link below with your Magnolia Monday creation. Remember it is always "Anything Goes" as long as it is Magnolia and is on your blog on Monday.

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Just For You
Colour Create - Fuchsia, Green and White
Cute Card Thursday - Lace
The Crafty Pad - Lots of Texture
Crafts and Me - Favorite Stamp
Stampin Sisters in Christ - What works for you...use a favorite
Just Magnolia - Sketch
Totally Tilda - Distressing
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Stitching
Stamp Something - Bugs or Butterflies
Digi Doodles Shop - Butterflies
Flutterby - Open (with a Fairy, Angel or Butterfly)
The Shabby Tearoom - Flowers
Charisma Cardz - Flowers
Bloggers Challenge - Flowers
Robyn's Fetish - Flowers
Frosted Designs - Pick 2 (I chose ribbon and pearls)
2 Sisters - Summertime Fun
Crazy 4 Challenges - Summer
One Stop Craft - Summertime
Totally Gorjuss - Summertime
Card Makin Mamas - Summer (2 entries only)
Crazy Challenge - Summertime

Card Recipe:
Image - Giggling Tilda and Magnolia Swing
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky by My Minds Eye
Doily Die - French Pastry by Cheery Lynn Designs
Flowers - Prima
Sentiment - KI Memories
Lace - Wrights
Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart Medium Monarch
Pearls - Bridal Dept

This swing stamp is usually used with Swinging Tilda but this little Giggling Tilda sits on it perfectly and she just makes me smile!
I hope she makes you smile too.
Please remember that I hold this "Link Party" each and every Monday so put it in your crafting diary and schedule a card to link up with it.
I look forward to seeing all your wonderful Magnolia creations!
Katie

Extra! Extra! More Cuddly Buddly Fun!

You may have read earlier that today is the start of the Cuddly Buddly challenges!
Well one new team member has had a lot going on and couldn't get her card in on time so I got to play along twice this week! Scratch that, it was a mix up but I still got to make a second card :) Remember if you want to play that the theme is "A Brand New...." and that you need a Cuddly Buddly digital product to enter but there tons of FREEBIES to choose from so you have no excuse not to play along!

The reason this card is in a separate post is that it is going into challenges and I can't enter two cards into the same challenge with the same URL so this one is a stand alone!
I got to work with the fabulous artwork of Pachela Studios and chose Toby Tumbles friend Tabitha with her little butterfly friend.

Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Something Digi
Stamp N Doodle - Animals/Nature
Truly Scrumptious - Things With Wings
Flutterby - Open (with a Fairy, Angel or Butterfly)
Lexi's - A Bug's Life
Hooked On Crafts - Flowers
Digital Tuesday - Flowers
KB Cute Monday - Flowers
Deep Ocean - Flowers
Ooh La La - Summer Flowers
Scrapbook Sisters - Summer Fun
My Time To Craft - Here Comes Summer
My Mum's Craft Shop - Something Old, Something New (die cut and flowers are old, the image, papers and team are new!)
Stamp With Sarah Kay - More than 3 layers
Creative Inspirations - Stitching
4 Crafty Chicks - Stitching

Card Recipe:
Image - Special Friends
Papers - Toby Tumbles Hearts and Flowers
Sentiment - Bits Of Ivory Garden Sentiments
Medium - Copic Markers
Glitter - Martha Stewart Glitter Markers Cool Spectrum
Border Die - Nellie Snellen Decorative Borders 3
Die Cut - Spellbinders Labels 1
Trim - Offray
Flower - Stash
Rhinestones - Michaels $1 spot
Fabric Brad - Dear Lizzy

Tabitha is such a cutie and the way the images are drawn make it easy for even a beginner colorist to get a great result. I added a few glittery bits with my Martha Stewart glitter pens, I do have and use the Atyou Spica Copic's but the Martha one's have a bolder glitter and sometimes bolder is better! LOL
Anyway I hope you've enjoyed both of my Cuddly Buddly cards today, be sure to click on my main blog banner to be taken to the home page so you don't miss anything and also run on over to Cuddly Buddly and join in the fun of the first challenge!
Katie

Super News!!! Cuddly Buddly has a Digi Challenge!! #1 - "A Brand New..."

You'll remember a few weeks ago I announced that I was part of the new challenge team at Cuddly Buddly and today is the day of the 1st challenge!
Challenges will be each Friday but we are two teams, Cuddly and Buddly!, and so you'll see a card from me every other week.
You need to use a Cuddly Buddly digital project to enter but there are tons of FREEBIES so there is no reason not to play :)
We will have winners each week, all the details are on the Cuddly Buddly blog
Now to this very 1st challenge, I had the honor of choosing the theme and in the spirit of the new challenge and team members I've chosen the theme of "A Brand New ...". You can make a card for a new baby, new home, new start (graduation), wedding or maybe just using brand new products or a technique that is brand new to you!
Plenty of ideas for this one and we really want to see you play along.

Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Something Digi
Forever Friends - Birthday's (with an animal)
Fresh Brewed - Birthday or Party
Crafts and Me - Birthdays
Truly Scrumptious - Things With Wings
Bunny Zoe's - Fairies
2 Sisters - Fairies
Flutterby - Open (with a Fairy, Angel or Butterfly)
Stamps R Us - There Was A Little Girl...
4 Crafty Chicks - Stitching
Craft Your Passion - Use Red
Scrappy Frogs - Red
Creative Stamp Friends - Dots
Hooked On Crafts - Flowers
Digital Tuesday - Flowers
KB Cute Monday - Flowers
Ooh La La - Summer Flowers
My Mum's Craft Shop - Something Old, Something New (punch and brads are old, the image, papers and team are new!)
Stamp With Sarah Kay - More than 3 layers
Scrapbook Sisters - Summer Fun

Card Recipe:
Image - Twinkly Fairies Strawberry Sweet by Cuddly Buddly
Papers - Cottage Garden by Cuddly Buddly and Toby Tumbles Hearts and Flowers by Pachela Studios for Cuddly Buddly
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Edge Punch Daisy
Ribbon - The Whimsey Cottage
Fabric Brads - K and Co
Sentiment - Printed in Black Boyz on Mopeds

I'm the first to admit that I shied away from digital papers for a long while as we in US have such an easily available selection of tangible papers that I didn't feel the need.
But many of my favorite digital stamp companies have matching papers that I was slowly but surely pulled in :)
It is so nice to be able to print just as much as you need, make the image on the paper smaller or larger to suit your needs and even change colors if you need to!
I used papers from two different sets on this card and I really love the results.
This was such a easy card to pull together as the image is so sweet that it didn't need much to finish it off.
I hope you like it and go grab a freebie if you like and come along and play with us at Cuddly Buddly!

So Special - Wee Stamps Silver Fairy

Last week I was one of the random winners at Stamp Something and my prize was my choice of 3 digital stamps from Wee Stamps!. This was a super prize for me as I've been a fan for ages, in fact one of the reasons I applied to be on the challenge team at Cuddly Buddly was because they also stock the images and I wanted an opportunity to work with those sweet stamps!
Today's card features one of those images and I really love her, so lovely to color and very soft and gentle in her features.

Challenges:
Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy - Free and Easy
Stamp Something - Something with Pretty Papers
Crafty Calendar - Things With Wings
Cheerful Stamp Pad - Things with Wings
Delicious Doodles - Things that Flutter
Flutterby Wednesday - Pink, Orange and Green (and angel, fairy or butterfly)
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Butterflies
Whimsie Doodles - Dies
Totally Papercrafts - Die Cuts and Punches
Scrapbook Sisters - Bunting or Banners
Simon Says Stamp - Bingo! (I chose flowers, brads and sentiment)
Creative Craft World - Brads
Sew Many Challenges - Punch It
CRAFT - Stitching (5 entries)
Digi Doodles Shop - Stitching
Cute Card Thursday - Birthstone (mine is November which is Topaz and Pearl)

Card Recipe:
Image - Silver Fairy by Wee Stamps at Cuddly Buddly
Paper - Stella Rose by My Minds Eye in Mabel and Hazel
Medium - Copic Markers
Label Die - Spellbinders Labels 12
Doliy Die - French Pastry by Cheery Lynn Designs
Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart Medium Monarch Butterfly
Pearl Brads - The Eyelet Outlet
Rub On Letters - Joanns
Twine - Blossom by The Twinery

I got the idea to make the mini banner from the book Delight in the Detailsand I love how it turned out. What's unusual is that when I got the book (I've had a few months now) I found out that the author, Lisa Pace, lives in the next town over from me, how funny is that? I must try and find her and drool at her lovely studio :)
Anyway, enough about my stalking (just kidding), I hope you like this and if you want some luscious eye candy I'd definitely recommend the book to add to your crafting library.
Katie

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Things With Wings

It's Tuesday so that means a new challenge at A Spoon Full of Sugar and this week we are looking for your creations with "Wings!".
This could be a bird, a butterfly, a fairy, an angel, really anything at all with Wings!
I decided to go with a favorite image of mine, Teddy Bea!

Challenges:
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes
I Did It - Anything Goes
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Penny's Challenges - Anything Goes
Emerald Fairies - Anything Goes (3 entries max)
Crafty Calendar - Teddy Bears
Stamptacular Sunday - Bear Necessities
Creative Stamp Friends - Favorite Colors (I love blue and brown together)
Digi's With Attitude - Brown, Beige and another Color
Colour Create - White, Cream, Brown and One Other
Desert Island Crafts - Pick 3 (i chose square card, image, patterned paper, die cut, pearls, flowers)
Clear It Out - Any Coloring Medium
Creative Card Crew - Cute and Girly
Diva's by Design - One for The Girls (2 entries max)
Flutterby - Open (with a Fairy, Angel or Butterfly)
Paper Pretties - Flowers
CCEE Stampers - May Flowers
House of Gilli - Flowers
Always Something Creative - Flowers
2 Sisters - Use a Digi
Word of The Week - Wings

Card Recipe:
Image - Teddy Bea Wishes
Paper - Ella Blue by GCD Studios
Medium - Copic Markers
Rose - Wild Orchid Crafts
Pearls - The Paper Studio
Die Cut - Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Seventeen Die Templates
Border Die - Spellbinders Nestabilities Mega - Parisian Accents
Die Cut - Spellbinders Nestabilities Eyelet Circles Die Templates
Sentiment - Heidi Grace for Fiskars

I love this image and have used her quite a few times, in fact I really need to get some more Teddy Bo and Co images!
Anyway you need to "get flying" and play along with us at A Spoon Full of Sugar!

It's Magnolia Monday #2! - A Little Pink Tilda

EDITED TO ADD - Won Challenge #18 at Cheerful Stamp Pad. Thanks so much!!!

Placed in the Top 3 at Creative Cowgirls. Thanks so much!!!!


Hi Everyone!
It's Monday so that means a new Maggie card for my Magnolia Monday's!
I'd love to see your cards too and if you have a card featuring any Magnolia stamp posted on your blog today, Monday May 23rd, please add it to the link gadget below and I'll come and leave you some love! If you do link up I'd love to to mention this post in your post and come and leave some love for some others that link up.
The Inlinkz will stay open until Tuesday at midnight for cards posted on Monday.
And now on to my card and the list of challenges it fits in. Now if you know me I do this with every card BUT I think this week I need an intervention as my list is both amazing and annoyingly long! I apologize to all you wonderful DT commentors looking for your link, I can assure you that if I linked on your challenge blog (over 50 of them!) then the relevant link back is in there! LOL

Challenges:
Thrilling Thursday - Show Us What You Got
Woodware USA - Anything Goes
I Did It - Anything Goes
Inspire Me Friday - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Cheerful Stamp Pad - Color My World (any form of coloring)
Clear It Out - Any Coloring Medium
It's A Magnolia Challenge - Use Tilda
Just Magnolia - Sketch
Bearly Mine - Vintage Easel Card
There She Goes - Easel Up
Ooh La La - Fancy Folds
Happileigh Scrappin - Fancy Fold
ABC - U is for Unusual Fold
Prairie Fairy - More than One Fold
Take Time For You - Other Styles of Card
Digi Doodle Shop - Embossing
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Dry Embossing
The Paper Shelter - Distress to Impress
Kaboodle Doodles - Distress
Pixie Dust - Back in Time (make a Vintage card)
The Rubber Cafe - Vintage
Creative Cowgirls - Dance
Whoopsi Daisy - Birthday
Scrappy Frogs - Birthday
CRAFT - Happy Birthday
Charisma Cardz - Birthday in Pink
Claudia and Co - Girl Birthday
Crafters Companion - Girls Birthday
Birthday Sundaes - Lace and Pearls Birthday
Fun With Shapes and More - Congratulations
Creative Card Crew - Cute and Girly
Diva's by Design - One for The Girls (2 entries max)
Flutterby - Open (with a Fairy, Angel or Butterfly)
The Ribbon Reel - Shabby Chic, Pink and White, Flowers and Ribbon
Bunny Zoes - Lace
Desert Island Crafts - Pick 3 (I chose square card, image, patterned paper, pearls, lace, flowers, ribbon)
Papertake Weekly - Bloom and Grow (something floral)
Paper Pretties - Flowers
CCEE Stampers - Flowers
Stamps + Fun = Creativity! - Flowers
Fairy Knoll - Flowers
Sew Many Cards - Lace and Flowers
The Crafty Pad - Lace and Bows
Southern Girls - Frills and Polish (lace and pearls)
Crafts 4 Eternity - Flower, Ribbon and Bling
Friday Mash Up - Ribbon and Pearls and All Things Girls
Fairytale Challenge - Pick 4 (I chose Lace, Flowers, 3 Papers and Metal Embellishment)
The Stampman - Bingo! (I chose Die Cuts, Ribbon and Stitches)
Anything Goes - Bingo! (I chose Embossing, Distressing and Flowers, but it also fits Lace, Flowers and Die Cuts)
Pollycraft - Bingo! (I chose Pearls, Pin and Flowers)
Crafty Creations - Flower, Patterned Paper and Ribbon
Crafty Emma's - Embellish It (at least 3 different embellishments)
Simon Says Stamp - Sparkle and Shine
Paper Play - Sparkles Galore
Little Claires - Sparkle
Karen's Doodles - Make it Sparkle
One Stitch At A Time - Bling It On!
Lollipop Crafts - Bling It!
Creative Inspirations Paint - Inspired by Bling
4 Crafty Chicks - Brads (the big pearl ones)
Sparkles Forum - Metal Embellishments

Card Recipe:
Image - Ballerina Tilda
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Butterfly Garden by Pink Paislee
Pearls - Basic Grey Opalines
Sentiment - Studio G
Embossing Folder - Sizzix Flowers
Die Cut - Labels 4
Die Cut Border - Spellbinders Nestabilities Mega - Parisian Accents
Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan Cats Eye
Large Flowers - Bronte Blooms in Strawberry
Mini Roses - Prima in Coral
Leaves - Prima 4 Seasons in Olive
Pearl Brads - Martha Stewart Bride
Butterfly Venice Lace - Wrights
Other Ribbon and Trim - Unknown
Leaf Pin - Maya Road Leaf Trinket Pins
Rhinestones - Simple Treasures by Shabby Chic

It is so hard to get a good photograph of an easel card but I've taken a few shots so I hope you get a good view.

I inked all the edges of the mats and papers to go along with the Shabby Chic style but not too "grungy" as the image is so sweet and gentle.

I added another gorgeous Bronte Bloom to the message mat, I adore these flowers!

I've had this Tilda since she was released but, shame on me, I'd never made a card with her until now!

More gorgeous flowers, a die cut border and an embossed mat.
I had a lot of fun with this card and hope you love it too.
Be sure to add your Monday Maggie to the Inlinkz and I'll come along and she your wonderful creation!





Katie

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Sketch - Wonderful You with Tilda

It's time for another challenge at A Spoon Full Of Sugar and this week we are giving you a sketch challenge!

Challenges:
Divas By Design - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Simon Say Stamp and Show - Anything Goes (vintage, distressed style)
2 Sisters - Distressed
Let's Ink It Up - Embellish It (must use rubber stamp)
Flutterby - Open (with Butterfly, Fairy or Angel)
My Mum's Craft Shop - Cute and Girly
Thrilling Thursday - Sweet or Girly
Prairie Fairy - Here Come the Girls
Incy Wincy - Girlie
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Beautiful
Lexi's - Friendship
ABC Design - Flowers
Everybody Art - Flowers
Crazy 4 Challenges - May Flowers
Simon Says Stamp - Paper Piercing or Piecing
Paperplay - Show Us Your Style (I love paper piecing, flowers, butterflies and lots of layers)
Papertake Weekly - Fancy a Punch?(use punches or dies)
Just Magnolia - Anything Goes with Stitching (real or faux)
Craft Your Passion - Check It Out
Cupcake Crafts - Gingham and Roses

Card Recipe:
Image - Tilda With Flower Pot
Paper - Daisy Dear by Heidi Grace for Colorbok
Medium - Copic Markers
Punches - Martha Stewart Large Monarch Butterfly
Martha Stewart Medium Monarch Butterfly
and Martha Stewart Deep Edger Doily Lace
Blue Flowers - Caribbean Roses Prima
Sentiment - K and Co

This was our fabulous sketch.

I paper pieced the coat and shoes on Tilda and colored the rest. This is such a cute Tilda, you may remember I used her last week too and I think there may be more!
We'd love to see your creations with our sketch so come along and play with us at A Spoon Full Of Sugar.
Be sure to check out my blog candy post from yesterday or at the link at the top of the page.
Katie

Pile It On - Romantic and Fancy - It's a Bunny Wedding!

"Romantic and Fancy" is the challenge theme this week at Pile It On
We are sponsored by Whimsy Stamps so be sure to join for a chance to win something wonderful from them!

Challenges:
Digi's With Attitude! - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Something Digi
Crafty Ann's - Elvis Song Inspiration (Love Me Tender)
Whimsie Doodles - Punch It Out
Thrilling Thursday - Get Punchy
Pals Paper Arts - Punches
Stamptacular Sunday - Buttons, Bling and Bloom
Card Making Mama's - Embellish it
Charisma Cardz - Bling and Sparkle
Crop Stop - Shine On
Frosted Designs - Bling
Paper Romance - Bling
Scrap, Stamp and Doodle - Glitz
Flutterby - Buttons and Bows (and Butterfly, Angel or Fairy)
Pixie Dust - Fluttering Wings
Secret Crafter - Butterflies
Little Miss Muffet - Stitching
If The Shoe Fits - Stitching
Belli - Seamstress
Wags N Whiskers - Ribbons and Pearls
Cute Card Thursday - Couples
Southern Girls - Animals
CRAFT - Photo Inspiration (wedding)
Amber's Crafts - Flowers
Crafty Creations - Bunnies
Alys Sunday - Bunnies
Desert Island Crafts - Pick 3 or more (I picked ribbon, bow, pearls)
Reasonable Ribbon - Dies and/or Punches and Ribbon

Card Recipe:
Image - Love Bunnies by Whimsy Stamps
Paper - The Linen Closet by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cuts - Spellbinders Fleur De Lis (used as a mat and as the corners)
Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Bow - Offray
Doily - Wilton
Pearls - The Paper Studio and Recollections
Rhinestone Flowers - The Paper Studio

This little loved up couple sure are cute! I've had the image for ages but never used it and I certainly think it is romantic enough for this challenge!
We hope to see you "putting on the Ritz" for our "Romantic and Fancy" challenge this week at Pile It On

Snow Much Fun with Tilda

It's Winter but most of the time here in Texas we just have to dream of snow.
This was what prompted me to ink up Rowdy Tilda and make a fun Winter card with her!

Challenges:
Oldie But A Goodie -Sketch
Totally Stampalicious - Mix It Up (stamps from two different sets, on my card one is Magnolia the other is The Pixie Cottage)
Hand Stamp Sentiments - Blues
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Blues
Totally Tilda - Ribbon and Roses
7 Kids College Fund - Hot or Cold
Just Magnolia - Anything Goes
Craft Your Days Away - Anything Goes
The Lollipop Ladies - Glitter or Bling
Fairy Knoll - All That Glitters
Crafts And Me - Paper Tearing
ABC Design Challenge - Baby It's Cold Outside
Belli - Snow
Stamp With Fun - Snow
The Pink Elephant - Winter Wonderland
Flutterby Wednesday - Open Week (must have butterfly, fairy or angel)
Phindy's Place - Distressing
Winter Wonderland - Let's Go Dotty
Basic Grey Challenges - Spots and Dots

Card Recipe:
Image - Rowdy Tilda
Paper - Basic Grey Max and Whiskers and Basic Grey Olivia
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Prima Mini Roses
Sentiment - The Pixie Cottage
Chalk Ink - Colorbox Cats Eye in Blue Lagoon

What is so ironic is that we traveled to England at Christmas and hoped to get some snow and hardly a flake was seen where we were but yesterday, here in Texas, we got a blizzard and here are some of the photos to prove it!

Yes that's me with my Covent Garden knitted hat and scarf on, who knew I'd actually need them this winter?

So just like Tilda we enjoyed a little of the white stuff!