ChRiStMaS In ApRiL

Welcome to the April installment of the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop.  Today I am posting a card I made for my mom to hand out at Christmas time.
This card uses some of the more "traditional" Christmas colors of red and green with some cream.  I really do love how it turned out.
I colored my image, Merry Christmas Tilda, with Tim Holtz distress inks and added some red and green Stickles to the words MERRY CHRISTMAS.

My paper is from Close To My Heart
The edge punch I used is from Martha Stewart's Punch-Around-the-page punches
The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts
The candy cane and wreath are from Roberts Crafts
The ribbon is from JoAnn's Crafts

If you happened upon my blog, please go back to the beginning so you don't miss a thing, you can do that here.  If you came from Glenda's Blog then you are on the right track.  From here we will go visit Cathy's blog and see what a fun, wintery creation she has come up with this month.  If you get lost along the way, click on the Magnolia-licious Blog Hop link at the top of my post and it will take you to the Blog Hop website so you can find your way again.

Until next time,
Magnolia...it's madness!

Happy March 25th!

Wow!  These months are just flying by, before we know it, it will be Dec. 25th again...Bite my tongue LOL

Today for the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop I am first in the hop posting a fun little card using Wrapped Tilda and the Steps, which can be found in Diana's store here!

Other products used are:

Paper: DCWV Stack

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon: JoAnn's

Coloring Medium: Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Copic

Die Cuts: Cuttlebug

I really love how she turned out, I love the softness of her dress and bow.  I really like how the distress inks give it that vintage look.  

Now lets hop on over to Barb's blog and see what a wonderfully wintery creation she has created for us today.  If you get lost along the way you can return to the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop blog and find your place :D 

Until next time-

Magnolia...It's madness!

Happy February 25th!

Happy 25th of February everyone!!

Wow!  Where did February go already?  I'm so glad it's almost over, my darling husband will be returning from his deployment early next month!  But enough about that, let's get down to the real reason why you are here~The Magnolia-licious All Year Long Blog Hop!

Today I am displaying a card I made for my mom to give to a family member at Christmastime.  I used one of the precious Snowie stamps, Snowman with Bells I believe the name is and you can find it here in Diana's store.

The products I used are:
Paper from Close To My Heart
Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and Roberts Crafts
Coloring Medium from Tim Holtz Distress Inks
Silver beads from JoAnn's Crafts

I really do love how this card came together.  I got my idea from the winter Magnolia Ink magazine.  I tweaked my version a little :D
Here is a picture of the inside: Simple but sweet!

If you came from Jean's blog you are on the right track, if you just happened upon my blog or started here then you'll want to go back to the beginning so you don't miss a thing.  Start with Barb's blog and go in order to see all of the wonderful creations!
From here you will go on to Cathy's blog, now let's go see what she came up with the cold wintery February!
If you would like to join in on one of our monthly blog hops, feel free to join the Magnolia-licious Yahoo group by clicking --->HERE

Until next time...

Magnolia...it's madness!!!

January 25th...New Year, New Blog Hop!

Happy 25th of January everyone!

Can you believe it's almost the end of January?  Where did the month go?

This month for the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Round Blog Hop I am posting a favorite card of mine using Princess Tilda which can be found in Diana's store here.

Ok, so I made this card a while ago so I'm a bit rusty on where some of my products came from but I'll do my best :) 

I colored my image with distress inks.  Paper is from my stash.  Ribbon was from JoAnn's Crafts.  Flowers are from Crafta.com.  The beaded garland is from Hobby Lobby.  

I absolutely love how this card turned out, it's quite possibly one of my favorites.  

and one of the inside

Now lets hop on over to Kathy's blog and see what wonderful creation she has posted.  If you happened upon my blog, hop on over to Barb's blog and start the hop from the beginning.  If you came from Glenda's blog then you're on the right track!

Have a Simply Magnolia Day!

Magnolia-Licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop

Happy Thanksgiving!  Happy November 25th!

Today is the last installment of the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop!  It's been such a fun year and I can't wait to do it again next year!  I hope you'll join us!  Who doesn't love starting off December with 11 complete and utterly irresistible Maggie Christmas cards??

Today, my card uses Sitting With Candy which can be found at Diana's store here.

I colored my little Tilda with distress ink and copic markers.
Paper is from Core'dinations, love the shimmery look!
Lace is from my local craft store
Paper flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
Paper doily from Wal-Mart
Stamens from my local craft store
Ribbon from JoAnns Crafts

As you can see in the pics I have added some stickles to her hair bow, capped sleeves, and pocket.  I love the glittery look.

I also added it to my flower :) 

Now, if you came here from Glenda's blog you're on the right track.  If you just happened upon my blog, please go back to the beginning and start with Barb's blog and hop along with us. 

You're next stop on the blog hop is going to be the wonderfully creative Cathy Curry.  Let's hop on over and see what she has in store for us today. 

Have a Simply Magnolia Day!

Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop Today!

Hello and welcome to the 10th installment of the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop!

The hop starts here! Today I created a cute Christmas card using Jolly Tilda and Peppermint from the Christmas 2010 Collection, both can be purchased from the Magnolia Store found here.

The paper I chose is from Close To My Heart.  The ribbon is from my stash, and was transformed into this fun bow using the Bow Easy.  The candy cane charm and the beaded wrap on the inside are from Roberts Crafts.
I colored my Tilda and Candy Cane using Tim Holtz Distress Inks.
The paper behind Tilda was embossed using a cuttlebug die, but it's hard to see in the pic.

Now lets hop on over to Kathy's blog to see what wonderfully wintery creation she has designed for us. 

To see all the blogs in order or if there's one missing, click on the Magnolia-licious link at the top of my blog!

Have a Simply Magnolia Day!

You're Just Peachy!

Today, while my husband took our youngest to see Despicable Me, I managed to squeeze in some crop time with my other two kids.  While they were coloring images, I created this card using Peachy Tilda that I got from an image swap.  Now I have to have her LOL

Tilda was colored with Tim Holtz distress inks and copics (for the face).  I used my nesties to cut her out.  The paper is from Karen Foster (red and yellow) and Imaginisce (Green).  The ribbon and lace were from my stash, the charms are also from my stash and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.
I really love how vintage she looks!  Kind of fall-ish too!
Here is my card:

Here is a close up of Tilda:

And a picture of the inside.

Ink colors used:

Fired Brick 

Wild Honey

Forest Moss

Vintage Photo

Antique Linen

Tea Dye

Copics:

E00

E21

RV21

Have a Simply Magnolia Day!

It's Christmas in July...

Today over at the Magnolia-licious yahoo group we are celebrating Christmas in July!
Every 25th of the month Magnolia hosts a Christmas All Year Round blog hop and you're invited!

Starting with Cheryl's Blog you can hop through the Christmas-y creations one by one and feel the chill of the holidays...Can you believe we are half way to Christmas?  Where does the time go?

If you started here please go back to the beginning so you don't miss a thing.  If you can from Glenda's Blog then you're on the right track!

Today my card features Tilda Santa's Little Helper from the 2009 So Jolly/Under The Mistletoe Collection.  I used my Tim Holtz distress inks to color her in except her face, I used E00 and E02 from Copic.  The candy cane is a digital image that was perfect for this card.  It was also colored with distress ink.
The paper I used is from my computer, there's no company, I just searched for Christmas paper and it popped up.  I absolutely love it.  I saved it to my computer and printed it on watercolor paper, I love the texture.
The flowers are from Crafta.com and Wild Orchid Crafts.com.
The edge punch for the card was from Making Memories, I believe...
The crystal garland was from my local craft store and I colored it with some distress re-inker (raisin) to give it some color.
The PEACE charm on the top, right corner of the card is from my stash of charms.

Here is a close-up of little Tilda:

 Now lets hop on over to Kathy Curry's Blog and see what wonderful creation she has for us today!

Have a Simply Magnolia Day!

Waiting for Someone...

Look at her...she looks so sad sitting there waiting for someone...I know just who she is waiting for...She is waiting for her mingle partner, Lynn M. over at the Magnolia Cards and Kit Swap Yahoo group!

I used Tilda Longing Tilda from the 2010 Fairy Tale Collection and Castle Window, also from the Fairy Tale Collection.
Paper is from DCWV Princess paper stack, I just love, love, love this paper.  I embellished my card with some flowers from Crafta.com and Wild Orchid Crafts.com as well as some organdy ribbon from CTMH.  The glittery butterflies are from Heidi Swapp.  I used Tim Holtz distress ink to color my little Tilda except for her face, I used E00 from copic.  Once I was done with the card, I sprayed the whole thing down with glitter spray from JoAnn's Crafts.  You can totally see how shiny it is LOL

Here are some more pics of the card I created.

Thanks for looking!

Have a Simply Magnolia Day!