Angelic Advent Calendar - FFFC #225 'Anything Goes'

Hello.

We've got another new challenge today at the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge blog.  For the next fortnight, the theme is 'Anything Goes.'  So it's easy peasy...everybody's favorite!  Check out the details at the challenge blog and also what my teammates have created to inspire you to play along with us.

As for me, this is what I've created...an Advent Calendar.

There are 25 stars there, each numbered from 1 to 25 for the days in December leading to Christmas.

and each star can be flipped over to the back of the card.  

I'm using sort of a side-step card as the base for the advent calendar.

I don't have a large-star die (sigh), so the big stars were all cut out by hand...ugh.
I did that with the clouds as well.  For the templates, I searched the internet for cliparts of cloud images and enlarge them.

A closer look at the rubber-stamped images being featured.

This cute little angel is called 'Dancing with Stars Tilda.'

And this one is called 'Little Tilda.'
Both these images are from the 'A Little Christmas Collection 2012' from Magnolia Stamps.  I've done the colouring with alcohol-ink markers and coloured pencils.

Okay, that's it for me for now.  Much appreciate you dropping by.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful weekend!

Materials and Tools Used:

Designer Papers:  Recollections Starry Night paper pad  

Dies:  Number dies bought from Amazon 

Punches:  EK Success Star; Marvy Uchida Star

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad Walnut Stain

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias; coloured pencils to help with the shading

Christmas 3-Tier Gift Box - FFFC #219 'Anything Goes'

Hello.

It's another Friday and time for a new challenge at the Fancy and Fussy Friday Challenge.  Our theme is 'Anything Goes' and it will run for the next two week.  Hope you'll join us.  Please visit our challenge blog and check out what my DT teammates have created to inspire you to play along with us.

For my project for this challenge, I've created this 3-tier gift box. 

The box opens up to reveal 3 secret trays inside...

...which I've filled up with Ferrero treats.  Yum.

If you're interested in trying your hand at making this gift box, you can find the tutorial HERE.

A closer look at the images being featured.  Both images are from Magnolia Stamps.   
 

This first one is called 'Tilda with a Gift for You' from the Turning Leaves Collection 2012.

The second image is called 'Something for You Tilda' from the Sweet Christmas Dreams Collection 2011.

The images were coloured with alcohol-ink based markers and coloured pencils.

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:

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  Recollections Naughty or Nice paper pad

Dies:  Spellbinders Petite Ovals and Petite Scalloped Ovals; Tim Holtz Poinsettia, Festive Greenery  and Holiday Greens; Poppystamps 997 Berry Sprig  

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; pearls from my stash

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias, Shin-Han Touch markers; coloured pencils to help with the shading - Faber-Castell Polychromos; Prismacolor Premiers

Take a Note! - FFFC #198 'Pretty in Pink'

Hello.

We're kicking off a new challenge at the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge today.  The challenge theme is 'Pretty in Pink.'  Please hop over to the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge blog to get your complete details and to check out what my teammates have created to inspire you to play along with us.

I've created this (not really sure what to call it) sort of scratch-paper box.

The little drawer actually pulls out and I've placed loose pieces of scratch paper.

A closer look at this Magnolia Stamps image being featured.

The image is called 'Autumn Tilda with Pencils' from their Turning Leaves Collection 2012.

This was coloured with Letraset Promarkers and Trias alcohol-ink markers.  I actually did this quite a while ago and I'm trying to remember the colours I used to list them below.....hmm.

Challenges I am entering with this project:
Aud Sentiments Challenge #190 - Use A Die Cut + A Sentiment
Crafting With Friends Challenge 52 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations Challenge #352- Anything Goes
Creative Fingers Challenge #138 - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft Challenge 51 - Anything Goes
Star Stampz - Lots of Pink Challenge
Unicorn Challenge #26 - Perfectly Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

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

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  Recollections Garden Floral paper pads; American Crafts Baby Miss Muffet

Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Eighteen; Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circles; Memory Box  98312 Fancy Blossoms; Joy! Crafts 6002/0263 Flourish Branch; Elizabeth Designs 730 Curvy Leaves 

Punches:  Martha Stewart French Scroll punch set; EK Success Medium Retro Flower and Small Star

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pads Walnut Stain and Victorian Velvet; pearls from my stash

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 BR96, cinnamon, tan
- pink shades:  shale, 694-T, 693-T, 698-T
- teal shades:  563-T, 337-T, 331-T, pastel green
- yellow shades:  raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow  - white shading:  warm grey 5-T, cool grey 4-T, cool grey 1-T

- dotted background:  grey green, 5507-T, tea green, 5527-T  

Celebrate Summer! - Magnolia-licious Summer Blog Hop

Hello.

Today, we're kicking off our Summer Blog Hop at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.

If you're already taking part in the Blog Hop and have arrived here from Jane's blog, then you're right on track.  If you didn't come from her blog then you just may want to start at the beginning, HERE.

On to my project...here's what I've created, a card and gift-basket set.

The first part is the card itself, which you can see is an easel card.

As for the gift basket, I saw a picture of a basket of strawberries on Pinterest which I thought was just the cutest.  A search on the internet led me to this site HERE.  I didn't follow the measurements given in the tutorial, but adjusted them to suit my project.    

I made the paper strawberries first (just google for the template if you're interested).  Each of the paper strawberry is actually a surprise package because I've filled each of them with a Lindt Lindor dark-chocolate ball...yum.

I created the basket just deep enough to hold four or five strawberries in it, so it's smaller/shallower than the one in the tutorial.

A closer look at the Magnolia Stamps images I've used for this project.

- Strawberry Yummy Tilda from the Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011

- Frency Tilda from the Spring Fever Collection 2016

Magnolia 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.
And other-brand stamps that the store carries include Stamping Bella, Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studios, Saturated Canary and Crafter's Companion.

There are two ways to win during our Summer Blog Hop:

1.  Beach Ball Scavenger Hunt (see my picture below).

2.  Enter a summer-themed project (sorry, no cards please).

Both winners will win a $20 Gift Certificate from the Magnolia-licious store.

How to play:

1.  Like us on our Magnolia-licious Facebook Fan Page.

2.  Leave a comment on DT's posts during the hop.

3.  Count the number beach balls in each of the DT posts and send the total to Cathy Lee at cathylee.co@gmail.com using "Summer Beach Ball Scavenger Hunt" in the subject line.

Scavenger Hunt Picture

This is the last DT stop on our Summer Blog Hop.  I hope you've enjoyed yourself.

Challenges I'm entering with my summer project:
Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Wk 19 - Anything Goes
Crafts and Me August Challenge -  Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar August Challenge - Summer Fun
Digi Choosday Craft Challenge Wk 31 - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs - Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread Challenge #21 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Try to contain yourself
Simply Papercraft Challenge #34 - Anything Goes
Southern Girls - Anything Goes
Wonderful Wednesday - 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:

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  DCWV Berry Street Farmer's Market Stack paper pad

Dies:  Tim Holtz Tattered Flower Garland (strawberry sepals); Spellbinders Grand Scalloped Ovals, Grand Decorative Circles One, Classic Ovals, Classic Scalloped Ovals and Die D-Lites Blooms Two; Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circles; Magnolia Doohickey Swirl; Elizabeth Craft Designs 730 Dancing Leaves

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pads Walnut Stain and Aged Mahogany; brads and pearls from my stash

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 BR100, caramel, sandstone
- green shades:  holly, soft green, pastel green
- red shades:  ruby, poppy, lipstick red, red
- leaves:  5767-T, apple cider, meadow green
- basket:  cocoa, raw sienna, mustard, vanilla  
- white shading:  warm grey 5-T, cool grey 4-T, cool grey 1-T

- dotted background:  grey green, 5507-T, tea green, 5527-T  

Gift Bags and Tags - Magnolia-licious July Mini Magnolias

Hello.

Happy Wednesday!  It's the day of the week that the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog dedicates to the 'Wednesday Mini Magnolia Challenge' where the design team showcases the Mini Magnolia Stamps images, along with a few Stamping Bella images thrown in every now and then.  It's my turn to participate in this week's Wednesday posting.

I've created these gift bags along with the gift tags to showcase the Mini Magnolia Stamps images.  The size of the Mini Tildas is just perfect for gift tags.

These aren't really proper bags.  For each bag, I've actually just made a little white box and wrapped a piece of coloured cardstock around it.  Then I decorated the bags with punched paper laces, ribbons, flowers and diecut leaves.

I've filled each box with mini Lindt dark chocolate squares...yum.

Taking a closer look at the Mini Magnolia Stamps images being featured.

- Mini Tilda with Spitz Pocket from the Special Moments Collection 2013 - Mini

- Mini Doo Bee Pops Tilda from the Special Moments Collection 2013 - Mini

- Mini Tilda with Cross Necklace from the Special Moments Collection 2013 - Mini

Magnolia-licious has a large selection of the Mini Magnolia Stamps and they are currently having a HUGE SALE on these mini stamps.  They can be purchased at an unbelievably price of only $1.50 each!!!  Check them out HERE!

Challenges for this project:

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #202 - Make Your Mark  

Card and Scrap Challenge #121 - Anything Goes

Colouring in Scrapland Challenge #13 - Todo vale/Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs Challenge - Flowers and Lace
Crafts Galore Encore July Challenge - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers Challenge #113 - Anything Goes
Creative Moments Challenge #97 - Anything Goes w/optional twist Ribbon and/or Bows
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #313 - Add a Sentiment
Lemon Shortbread Challenge #19 - Anything Goes

Through the Craftroom Door Challenge for July 12-18 - 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:

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  Papers from my scrap bin 

Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Thirty-Six; Lifestyle Craft Designs Nesting Circles; Tim Holtz Tattered Flower Garland; Die-namics Simple Leaf Flourishes; CC Designs Leaves 

Punches:  Martha Stewart French Scroll border; EK Success Scroll + Hearts edger and 2-in-1 Medallion Plate; one-hole hand punch; Marvy Uchida Star

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamps pad Walnut Stain, Faded Jeans, Victorian Velvet and Rusy Hinge; ribbons from my stash

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 Tilda #1:  burnt sienna, Touch BR100, caramel, sandstone
- pink dress and socks:  694-T, 693-T, 692-T  

- hair and shoes Tilda #2:  cocoa, raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow
- orange dress:  terracotta, spice, honeycomb, apricot
- balloon:  firebrick, burnt orange, coral

- hair and shoes Tilda #3:  chestnut, terracotta, spice, apricot
- blue dress and hair bow:  midnight blue, twilight sky, denim blue, pebble blue
- rose:  raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow, apple cider   

- white shading:  warm grey 5-T, cool grey 4-T, cool grey 1-T

- dotted background:  grey green, 5507-T, tea green, 5527-T  

Seed Box - Magnolia-licious Spring Blog Hop

Hello.

Today, we're kicking off our Spring Blog Hop at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.

If you're already taking part in the Blog Hop and have arrived here from Suzi's blog, then you're right on track.  If you didn't come from her blog then you just may want to start at the beginning, HERE.

My project for this Blog Hop is a Seed Box.  I love gardening and I've created this box to store my seeds.

For this gardening scene, I cut out each of the Tilda images.

The inside of the box is divided into 3 compartments:  the 2 larger ones for seeds and the smaller one for seed stakes (they're actually large popsicle sticks).

I've made three index cards to separate the seeds into 3 seed-type groups:  vegetables, herbs and flowers.

A closer look at the Magnolia Stamps images being featured.
- Tilda In the Garden from the Pink Lemonade Collection 2014
- Seeding Tilda from the Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011

- Watercan Tilda from the Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011

- Tilda Picking Carrot from the Sakura Collection 2015

- Virgo Tilda from the Zodiac Collection 2015
- Tilda Loves Flowers from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2012

Magnolia 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.
And other-brand stamps that the store carries include Stamping Bella, Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studios, Saturated Canary and Crafter's Companion.

There are two ways to win during our Spring Blog Hop:

- Tulip Scavenger Hunt (see the picture below).

- Enter a project following the Hop theme below.

Both winners will win a $20 Gift Certificate from the Magnolia-licious store.

How to play:

1.  Like us on our Magnolia-licious Facebook Fan Page.

2.  Leave a comment on DT's post during the hop.

3.  Count the number of images of the 2 tulips in each of the DT post and send the total to Cathy Lee at cathylee.co@gmail.com using "Spring Tulip Scavenger Hunt" in the subject line.

Scavenger Hunt Picture

Now for your next stop, HOP over to the blog of the super talented

Julie

to see what she has to share for you.

I'm entering my project into these challenges:
Artistic Inspirations Challenge #156 - Anything Goes/twist of Use a Die Cut
Craft Your Passion Challenge #311 - Always Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Challenge #323 - Female (Girls) Only
Crafty Friends Challenge #31 - In the Garden
Creative Artiste May Challenge - Anything Goes
Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge #187 - One for the Ladies
Live and Love Crafts Challenge #47 - Blossoms and/or Butterflies
Simply Magnolia Challenges - Flowers
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - May Flowers
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

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

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  Recollections Floral Garden paper pad; Paper Adventures KN Tickled Pink Ribbons

Dies:  Spellbinders Mega Ovals, Mega Classic Scalloped Ovals Large, Labels Seventeen; Memory Box 98470 Blooming Vine and 98895 Wildflower Corner; Poppy Stamps 956 Lovely Tendril and 1028 Delaney Butterfly; Dee's Dinstinctively IME-121 Tree Toppers

Punches:  Punch Bunch Large, Medium and Small Daisies; EK Success Small Retro Flower; Fiskars 3-in-1 Celestial Corner; Michaels Mini Sun

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pads Walnut Stain and Fired Brick; hinges from hardware store; latch set from Live and Live Crafts; pearls from my stash 

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias, Shin-Han Touch markers (sorry, too many colours to list--I was in a colouring marathon and didn't want to stop and jot down the colours); coloured pencils to help with the shading