Tilda Sings Happily for Just Magnolia

GOSH!! Isn't life just the best!!!! A very happy Saturday to each of you and let's have a marvelous weekend!!! My sincere thanks to each of you for making today and everyday such special ones!!!

It is such a joy to post my DT Sample Card for this week's Just Magnolia Challenge Blog because we are using a sketch by one of my true artistic inspirations, the inimitably talented and creative Bev Rochester. I hope that all of you Maggie Lovers will join with us this week because I would just love to see your interpretation of Bev's magical sketch. And as usual there is a very outstanding prize for some lucky participant--this time the prize is given by All That Scraps...so won't you come over and join with us this week!?!?

For my card I used Bazzill for the base, the matting is PTI Sweet Blush and SU Wild Wasabi, and the DP is PTI Dots and a Melissa Frances which supports Breast Cancer research and awareness....kinda appropriate, don't you think?? Big smile here!!!! The background panels are machine stitched. I used the absolutely precious Singing Tilda which is now available at Magnolia-licious. Even though my Tilda is singing out words of joy at completing my chemo regimen, she could just as well be belting out tunes for any occasion or event!!!! She was stamped twice on Cryogen White and colored with Copics. One image was cut out and propped up for dimension. After coloring, her dress was highlighted with a coating of Prisma Glitter; the mic was colored with a Silver Spica. Her necklace and earrings are dots from a cream Viva Pearl Pen. The green horizontal is punched with a MS punch and then topped with the dotted Sweet Blush satin ribbon by PTI. The floral treatment is a collection of hand crocheted flowers and leaves made by Karen Epps to which I added rhinestones to match the corner gems.



The inside of the card is quite simple...just adding a couple of pink heart doilies, more bows, a few rhinestones, and another of the lovely Epps flowers and leaves on the jotting spot.

I hope you like my little creation and will decide to join us at Just Magnolia this week!! Please drop over and see the absolutely lovely DT sample cards! They are indeed breathtaking and are a real tribute to Bev and the marvelous sketch she gave us this week.

Thank you so much for coming by to see me today and I hope you will return again often! Your visits have truly been the very inspiration which has motivated me to create and to, in turn, bring happiness to each of you!! Enjoy your weekend and hopefully it will be filled with many smiles and much happiness... Maggie Hugs for all!!!

Tilda with an UN-Peony at Friday Sketchers 108

Happy Friday to everyone and thanks so much for dropping by!! The week has been a most eventful (eeeek!!) one and one which has been the very most humbling of the whole chemo experience!!! But EVERYTHING is wonderful now, am feeling GRRRrrrrreat (said like Tony the Tiger), and ready for whatever comes down the road next!!! I hope you all have had a delightful week and are looking forward to a marvelously fun weekend!!

This week at Friday Sketchers 108 we are all treated to a marvelous sketch by the super talented Aud from Norway who is hosting this week. There is a wonderful prize offered by Simon Says Stamp so I hope you will come over and participate along with us so we can see your interpretation of Aud's fun sketch!!

For my DT Sample card I used Bazzill for the base, PTI Enchanted Evening and Melon Berry for all matting, and the DP is from the Tea at Elsie's Collection of Kaisercraft. Little Tilda with Peony from Magnolia-licious was stamped on Cryogen White and colored with Copics. I added a bit of Glossy Accents to her little shoes and grounded her with Copic grass and Sage Ultra Fine Flower Soft. I gave her a bouquet of flowers rather than the one peony. For the vertical I embossed the navy DP with the Roses CB folder and lightly sanded for more dimension. All the flowers and the chandelier gems are from Wild Orchid Crafts: the flowers that Tilda is holding, the floral treatment at the bottom, and the flowers securing the top of the flat bow. The ribbon is PTI Satin Melon Berry. You can see that I used the chandelier gems as a channel for the horizontal ribbon.



For the first panel of the inside, I also used the Roses CB folder to emboss the square panels and surrounded them with gathered lace adding a flat satin ribbon bow. For the second panel I used a vertical ribbon with flat bow to hold a leaf charm and added one lone aster to the jotting spot.

I hope you like my little creation and will be able to join us at Friday Sketchers this week. We would love to see your card using Aud's sketch!! Please visit each of the Sassy Sketcher Girls' blogs and let them know what you think of their magnificent creations!!!
Aud, Bea, Claudia, Inge, Janneke, Jeanette, Tanja

Many of you have written to me asking how I present my cards since they are often so dimensional so I wanted to give you a couple of options that work for me. Either I make a presentation envelo-box OR for a much quicker solution I use one of the PTI clear boxes as shown to the left, tying it with a stretchy silver or gold cording. If you have additional questions, please email me.

Thank you so much for your visit and I am hoping that you come back often! I appreciate each of you so much and thank you sincerely for the many lovely comments and your cards and emails of support and concern! May your week be a special one!! Big hugs!!

Flower Soft Blog Hop, WINNER, a Touch of SWEET STUFF for YOU!!

Happy Wednesday everyone!! I hope you have had a wonderful week since my last posting! So much for this "Poster Child"...I thought I was home free but the Chemo Dragon had more thoughts about me. This last chemo treatment has ended up being a very HUMBLING one. I knew the last was going to be the worst but little did I know that I would be out of commission for almost a week after having the Neulasta shot from the depths of Hades...lol...BUT the good news is that I am feeling much, much better and hopefully on the mend to much better days ahead. I can't remind you all enough to please be constantly aware. I would never want any of you to experience the downside of chemotherapy!!

Now, let's get happy because today is the Flower Soft Blog Hop where the DT members were asked to use one of the darling Flower Soft Toppers. So if you have arrived here first, I would love for you to start the Hop at the Flower Soft Blog. Please make sure that you comment on every blog post in the hop! One lucky participant who comments on one of the blogs will win a prize package of Flower Soft products which includes: Moments in Time Boy's Sports Toppers, Sage and Sand Ultra Fine Flower Soft, Flower Soft Glue. Comments will stay open for until 6:00 pm June 29th. The winner will be announced on the Flower Soft blog on June 30th. I also wanted to remind you that there is a new episode of Flower Soft TV every Friday. To register for announcements, contests and specials at Flower Soft TV go to http://www.flower-soft.tv/#information.html and then click green "REGISTER" button.

For my card, I used Bazzill for the base, all matting is PTI, and the DP is from Papermania. The background panel is machine stitched and for the topper I used a MS ATP punch for the setting. I used Sand and Toffee Ultra Fine Flower Soft to outline the bears and a touch of Raspberry Fizz Ultra Fine Flower Soft for one of the bows. The blue bows were covered with Crystal Effects for shine. The topper I selected is from the Recipes for Friendship collection. To finish the card I added tiny blue mulberry roses, a satin vertical and bow, and pink pearls.

I hope you have enjoyed my little submission and will visit my other Flower Soft DT partners to see what they have created for this fun event. Your next stop on the way will be to the blog of Debbie Seyer who I'm sure will have something very exciting for you to see!!

But before you go....a couple of Jacque things...smile

WINNER of the Belles 'n Whistles Sweet Stuff...Congratulations to...

Judi who said
Once again, you've EXCELLED yourself, Jacque, I don't know how you do it!!! Just love your card, and this image is SO beautiful.Glad the chemo is over now, and hope you're feeling better SOON! Hugs Judi xxx

Thanks to everyone who dropped by and left a comment. Looks like this surprise will be going to Hampshire in the UK. Judi, plesae contact me before Saturday, June 26 at noon DST so that I can get the package out to you.

NEW SWEET STUFF from ME...You all know that I can certainly not participate in a Blog Hop (or anything else for that matter...haha) without offering you something from my Sweet Stuff bin. So for this Hop I would like to offer the following goodies from my Flower Soft stash!! Hope you like it!



Flower Soft Recipes for Friendship Toppers
Toffee Ultra Fine Flower Soft
Sand Ultra Fine Flower Soft
Raspberry Fizz Ultra Fine Flower Soft
Flower Soft Glue
Collection of Pink and Blue Mulberry Flowers

Please leave a comment before Saturday, June 26 at Noon DST to be eligible for my Sweet Stuff! Good Luck!!

My sincere thanks to each of you for dropping by to see what's happening in my world! It is a much happier and nicer place because you are such a very important part of it. The many comments, emails, etc that you send to me, have made my life much richer and I appreciate the constant encouragement so much...Enjoy the rest of your week and I hope you will return again often! Big hugs!!

Little Eden at the Belles 'n Whistles Blog Hop!! AND SWEET STUFF!!!!

Happy, happy, happy Wednesday!!! And, gosh, I hope you have as much to be happy about as I do!! I finished the 6 rounds of chemo on Monday, lived through the horrific Neulasta shot on Tuesday, and gosh after a few days of aches and pains, I will be on the mend!!!! What's a little bit of pain in the grand scheme of things??? I will tell you this weekend...hahahahah...My sincere thanks to each of you for your constant support and kind thoughts and words!!

I am so thrilled to be taking part today in the Belles 'n Whistles Blog Hop!! So if you have arrived here from Andrea, you are on the right track. However if you have arrived here first, I hope you will begin the Hop at the Belles 'n Whistles Blog so you can see the absolutely lovely cards made by this phenomenal DT, showcasing the darling stamps from Elisabeth Bell's new Forever Young Collection. Please leave a little love and hugs along the way!!! Pre-orders for these lovely stamps start on Wednesday at Belles 'n Whistles and orders will ship out on June 22 and June 23.

For my card, I used Bazzill for the base, PTI Vintage Cream and Sweet Blush for the matting, and the DP is from Papermania's Rose Garden...gosh...just love those papers!!! The base panel was machine stitched and all remaining panels were propped up for maximum dimension. First is the MS Punch around the page panel, topped by gathered pink eyelet lace. The absolutely precious Little Eden was stamped twice on Cryogen White and one image was cut out to prop her up also. She was colored with Copics, using a touch of Spica for the flowers on her outfit. I completed the front with a floral treatment of flowers from Magnolia and Wild Orchid Crafts, pink pearls to soften the outside corners, and a Bow-Easy bow with an attached charm of the cutest little bare feet to match those of Little Eden. I hope you like her!!!!

Be sure to return to the Belles 'n Whistles Blog now since one randomly chosen winner will receive a new set of Belles 'n Whistles stamps! Oh My!!! What a wonderful prize that would be for some lucky winner!!!!!

AND just before you go and because you have visited me today for this happy occasion, I would love to offer you some Belles 'n Whistles SWEET STUFF too...and all you have to do is leave a comment for me!!! You know that I am always so appreciative of your kind words and happy thoughts!!!



--Your very own Belles 'n Whistles Little Eden clear stamp
--Four types of Mulberry flowers
--A yard of gathered pink eyelet lace
--A yard of pink grosgrain ribbon
--Barefoot and baby pin charms
--The card I made for this occasion if you would like it

Please leave your comment before Saturday, June 19 at Noon DST in order to be eligible for the Sweet Stuff!! Good Luck!!

Thank you so much for coming by to see me today!! It is always such a joy to find that you have dropped by and left such sweet and kind comments! Each of you has certainly made my latest journey so much easier and I will ever be indebted to you for it!! I send you great big hugs!!!!

Congratulations to ME!!! WINNER!! News for tomorrow!!

I just had to share my WONDERFUL news!!! They actually had a fun ceremony for me since yesterday was my very last day of chemo...BUT today was the shot from "you know where" so this is a bittersweet today...lol...As soon as the very last drop of poison went into my port yesterday, all of the chemo nurses came over to congratulate me with my Doctoral Degree in Chemotherapy AND they were all blowing bubbles!!! Fun...fun...fun!!! So I took them Pink Ribbon Cupcakes today...and this was THEIR fun day!!

And now the WINNER of the Flower Soft/Magnolia SWEET STUFF...

Congratulations to Mary Lou of Wisconsin who said...

Wonderful job Jacque!! Miss tilda is beautiful as always and the flower soft additions are WOW!!! Great colors.Good luck on last chemo and HAllelujah!!!! Prayers for total recovery Hun!!
Blessings

Thank you so much to everyone who left a comment and to Mary Lou for such kind words! Mary Lou, please contact me before Saturday, June 19 at Noon DST, so that I can get your package out to you right away.

NEWS for tomorrow...Belles 'n Whistles is having a Blog Hop tomorrow to showcase the brand new Forever Young Collection so please come on over to the BnW Blog and check it out....Be sure to come see me too because you know what I like more than anything....MORE SWEET STUFF!!!!

Thank you so much for dropping by today and I hope to see you again REAL soon. I hope you are turning cartwheels with me today!!!! WooHooooo!!! Great big hugs for each of you!!!!

Non-Tulip Tilda at Friday Sketchers #106

A happy Sunday to everyone! I hope that your weekend is indeed a special one and hope your upcoming week is delightful as well. I will be having my very LAST chemo tomorrow and I can hardly wait until Monday is in the past! The day to celebrate is getting closer and closer now!! Yippppeeeee!! My card today is quite special since I have used a hand-crocheted butterfly made by one of my fellow chemo patients. She gave me quite a few of these darling critters so I wanted to make her a thank you card showing her how I intended to use them! I hope she likes it!!

Although I am late this week, I wanted to share with you my DT Sample card for Friday Sketchers #106 using the sketch provided by the talented Bea from Germany. Thanks, Bea, for such a fun and challenging sketch! I would love for all of you to come over and join us this week so we can see your interpretation of the sketch as well.

I used Bazzill for the base, PTI and BG for the matting, and the DP is from the Basic Grey Capella paper pad. You will notice that I machine stitched some of the panels and used Swiss Dots CB embossing folder for the other panel. After using the CB folder, I sanded the dots to give them a lighter appearance. Little Tulip Tilda from Magnolia-licious was stamped on Cryogen White and colored with Copics. So that she would match the colors in the DP a little better, I changed her tulip to another kind of flower and added "4 U" on the little tag. I also grounded Tilda with a bit of Copic grass and added Sage Ultra Fine Flower Soft for dimension as well as a couple of flowers. All of the flat flowers are from Crafty Feeling. I merely added rhinestone centers to them and a bit of Stickles for sparkle on the tiny roses. For the vertical band I used wide grosgrain ribbon and added a Bow-Easy bow using a narrower ribbon. Finally I added rhinestones to soften the corners and that absolutely lovely hand crocheted butterfly...isn't it too pretty??

I hope you like my little creation and will be able to join us at Friday Sketchers this week. We would love to see your card using Bea's sketch!! Please visit each of the Sassy Sketcher Girls' blogs and let them know what you think of their magnificent creations!!!
Aud, Bea, Claudia, Inge, Janneke, Jeanette, Tanja

Thank you so much for your visit and I am hoping that you come back often! I appreciate each of you so much and thank you sincerely for the many lovely comments and your cards and emails of support and concern! May your week be a special one!! Big hugs!!

Prom Queen at Just Magnolia

A wonderful Saturday to each of you! I hope you have all had a marvelous week and are looking forward to a fun and exciting weekend!

This week at Just Magnolia our challenge is a sketch provided by the very talented Mina. You can rotate and/or flip the sketch any way, as long as we can still see the basic sketch on your creation. Don’t forget that you can combine our challenge with any other challenges of your choice as long as the main image on your creation is a Magnolia stamp you will qualify to be in the draw for the fab prize from Embellishments.de. Please remember NO back linking...new projects/cards only. The winner will be chosen by Random Generator next week so to be in the running all you need to do is ensure you have at least one Magnolia image on your card and link your card (not your blog) in Mr Linky and have your card posted by 8pm UK time next Thursday 17th May.

For my DT Sample card I used Bazzill for the base, all matting is PTI, and the DP is Papermania's Rose Garden. All panels are machine stitched. I used an MS Around the Page Punch for the square panel and the round panel is a Nestie encircled with a lovely trim from a special friend. Little Prom Queen, now available at Magnolia-licious, was stamped on Cryogen White, cut out, colored with Copics and a touch of Stickles and pink glitter, and propped up with dimensional tape. I used PTI ribbon for the vertical bands. Then I added 3 pink rosettes and a Tim Holtz mother of pearl button set on MS punched fronds. Finally pink pearls were added to soften the corners and one for the center of the TH button.

I hope you like my little creation and will decide to join us at Just Magnolia this week!! Please drop over and see the absolutely lovely DT sample cards!

Thank you so much for coming by to see me today and I hope you will return again often! Enjoy your weekend and hopefully it will be filled with many smiles and much happiness... Maggie Hugs for all!!!

Bridesmaid Tilda at Flower Soft, WINNER, and Sweet Stuff!!

Happy Wednesday, everyone!!! I hope your week is going well and gosh, we are halfway to the weekend!! Tomorrow I have pre-chemo session so that means next Monday is my very last chemo soiree...yippppeeeee!!

Today at the Flower Soft Blog we were asked to use stems of Flower Soft on our cards. For my card, I used Bazzill for the base, all matting is MM, and the DP is Kaisercraft. Little Bridesmaid Tilda from Magnolia-licious was stamped on Cryogen white and colored with Copics. I also used a bit of Stickles for the flowers and her wings and some Glossy Accents on her shoes. She is resting on a base punched with MS Optic Dots Punch Around the Page. For the horizontal I used some mint organza ribbon with Bow-Easy bow and a couple of lavender hearts dangling. To match the flowers that Tilda is holding I made a small bouquet using Lavender and Violet Flower Soft and using the Flower Soft Wires, which I also colored green with Copics. I also added a touch of Stickles on the Flower Soft, and tied with a tiny satin ribbon. To finish the front I added lavender pearls to soften the corners.

I hope you will have the chance to come over to the Flower Soft Blog and will check out the lovely creations made by the other DT members!!

Jeanne--Rose Ann--Vicki

The WINNER of the Flower Soft Sweet Stuff which ended Saturday is.....

HEIDI who said:

WOW that card is just stunning love the flowersoft. And that border around it is so pretty. Thanks for the wonderful "sweet stuff!"

So this package will be going to Michigan in the US...Heidi, please contact me before Saturday, June 12 at midnight so that I can get your package right out to you!! Congratulations to Heidi and thanks to everyone for leaving comments.

And now for a bit of SWEET STUFF for another lucky winner:



Tilda with Spring Bundle from the Easter Collection at Magnolia
Dotted Flowers from the Shabby Chic Collection at Magnolia
Jar of Violet Flower Soft
Fiskars Royal Combo Corner Punch
Lavender and Purple Mulberry Flowers

Please leave a comment before Saturday, June 12 at Midnight DST in order to be eligible for the random draw for this Sweet Stuff! I would appreciate it if you would tell all of your Maggie loving friends about it too!!

Thank you so much for dropping by and I hope you will come back often!! I sincerely appreciate your visits and the many notes you have sent to me! We are almost there!! Have a wonderful rest of the week! Big hugs!!

Bubbling Tilda at Just Magnolia

Happy Saturday to everyone and I hope you are starting a fun and exciting weekend!! I know my weekend is going great and I intend to enjoy each and every moment of it!!!

This week at Just Magnolia we have our special monthly challenge and this time we are treated to a marvelous tutorial for pleating lace by the amazingly talented Mindy. Don’t forget that you can combine our challenge with any other challenges of your choice as long as the main image on your creation is a Magnolia stamp. If you meet these requirements, you will qualify to be in the draw for the splendid prize from Simon Says Stamp. And remember NO back linking, new projects/cards only please. Please turn off comment verification if you want the DT to leave you a comment. There are step by step instructions in the side bar at Just Magnolia on how to turn it off and enable moderation.

For my DT Sample Card I used Bazzill for the base, all matting is MM, and all DP is from the Magnolia Fairytale Collection at Magnolia-licious. All background panels are machine stitched. I used that darling little Bubbling Tilda, stamped her on Cryogen White and colored her with Copics, using Shimmerz on the wings, Glossy Accents on the bubbles, and Gold Smooch on the bubbler. Rather than pleat lace, I pleated lavender organza ribbon and finished it with a sequin trim which was a gift from Suzan...thank you so much, sweetie, for ALL the lovely lavender trims!! To complete the front, I added a lavender organza bow with butterfly center, a floral combo of pale lavender roses and MS punched fronds, all painted with Shimmerz, and finally several crystal BUBBLES!!!! Fun, huh?



For the first panel on the inside I used the same sequin trim with organza bow and roses as the front. I also added a silver star cut out with Nesties and some crystal bubbles. For the jotting panel more star Nesties and Bubbles.

I hope you like my little creation and will want to join us at Just Magnolia during this week. Please come on over and check out the absolutely gorgeous cards by the DT Members featuring the cutest Maggies!!

Thank you so much for dropping by to see me today! I sincerely appreciate your sweet and kind comments as well as your emails and cards with so many wonderful thoughts and wishes!! May your weekend be one of many smiles and much joy and loads of happy times!!! Hope to see you again real soon!! Maggie hugs to each of you!!

What a Cutie Pie at Friday Sketchers #105!!

Happy Friday Everyone!!! I hope you have had a delightful week and are prepared for an even more fun and exciting weekend!! This week has been one of steady improvement after last weekend, so all is well!! And gosh, I am looking forward to a great weekend and a GREAT week next week! It is so exciting to see the end of the chemo in sight. Next week is my Pre-Chemo soiree and then the next Monday the LAST Chemo Party!!! I can hardly wait!!! I tell ya, a celebration is in order when this is all finished!!

This week at Friday Sketchers #105 we are hosted by Janneke of the Netherlands who has designed a wonderful sketch for us to use. Thanks so much, Janneke, for the fun and challenging sketch!! I hope you will all come over and join with us this week so that we can see your creative interpretation of Janneke's sketch!! The prize this week is a very nice one from Stitchy Bear Stamps. So come on over!!

I used Bazzill for the base, all matting is PTI, and the DP is all from the 6" Paper Pad by Kaisercraft called Tea at Elsie's. I just love these papers. I don't think you can tell by the photo, but the peach dotted background paper is actually softly flocked. All panels are double matted and machine stitched. The image is a darling little hÄnglar & stÄnglar girlie, a gift from a special friend and stamped on Cryogen White and colored with Copics. The horizontal uses PTI satin ribbon which matches the matting, adding a flat bow and sweet sun face charm which has "made with a smile" on the back. For the floral treatment I used a Magnolia peach Tulle shabby chic rose and small blue flowers and buds which are from Michaels.

I hope you like my little creation and will be able to join us at Friday Sketchers this week. We would love to see your card using Janneke's sketch!! Please visit each of the Sassy Sketcher Girls' blogs and let them know what you think of their magnificent creations!!!
Aud, Bea, Claudia, Inge, Jacqueline, Janneke, Jeanette, Tanja

Thank you so much for dropping by!! I can't tell you enough how special your visits are to me!! Thank you very much for your visits, your kind and sweet comments, your emails, your cards, and especially your thoughts. You have all made my journey so much easier by just knowing that you are there, wherever you may be!! Great big hugs for each of you!!!!