Prom Queen Tilda

Good evening, Friends! The weekend is just about over. I’m not really looking forward to going back to work tomorrow but I enjoyed the weekend. I spent most of it in my craft room since Hubby is in the Black Rock desert flying rockets. He’s such a nerd, (rocket scientist) but a happy one nonetheless... LOL

This card is a little more fancy than I usually make but I couldn’t get the idea out of my head, so as the saying goes, “just go with it.”

I used Prom Queen Tilda for my card and the poem was perfect which I found in my little book of “The Write Words.” It has lots of quotes and poetry that are just the perfect touch for cards and scrapbooks.

I’m entering this card in the following challenges:

CMC Challenge – Distressed Technique w/ Copics

Crafts and Me – Flowers

MDUC – Pink, White and Gold

ABC Challenge – Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew – Easel Card

Just Magnolia – Sketch Challenge

I’m not going to share any of my supplies this time because I’d probably be here all night. My dogs, ducks and geese are all in bed and it is time for me to head in that direction.

Thanks for taking a look and leave me a comment if you would please. ‘Til next time…

Hugz,

Beary Big Hugs

Hello Friends! I have another short post to share with you.

I love this little Belles and Whistles “Beary Big Hugs” stamp and thought it would make a great Autumn themed card. She reminds me of a little girl I used to babysit when I was just a teenager. She always had her little Teddy Bear with her. The Autumn Greetings stamp is a digital I made myself.

Supplies I used:

DPs - Basic Grey

Cardstock – Various from my stash

Flowers – WOC & Recollections; some sprayed with DIY Glimmer spray to match the color theme

Ribbon – American Crafts

Swirl Die Cut – Sizzix

Pearls - Recollections

I’m entering this card in the following Challenges.

7 Kids College Fund – Fall Inspired Cards

Simon Says Stamp – Anything Goes

Rainbow Lady’s – Autumn/Fall Flowers

4 Crafty Chicks – Anything Goes
Elisabeth Bell's World - Photo Inspiration

I hope you enjoyed my card. And as always, thanks for taking the time to stop by and visit.

Hugz,

Beautiful Autumn Colors

Hello Friends! Another short post with a very fun to make card…

I’m entering my card in the Magnolia Down Under Challenge – Fancy Folds. I just loved Debbie Dolphin’s Magic Card so I made one too.

I'm also entering this card in Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Distressed theme. 

It is Autumn here already and some of these lovely colors are all across the mountain range.

Check out the tutorial for this card here. There's really nothing magical about the fold but it is very elegant.

Thanks for stopping by…

Hugz,

Tilda with Pumpkin...

Hello Friends! I hope you are having a great Sunday!

Can you believe this??? I am posting another card; the third this week… What a great time I’m having. I am submitting this card to 7 Kids College Fund Challenge. This one is for the “Holiday Goodness” challenge. Since it is so close to Halloween I thought I would create a Halloween card.

This is the first time I’ve used my stamp “Tilda with Pumpkin;” it has been in my stash for about a year now. Unbelievable!!! I always intend to use everything I purchase within a couple weeks but there is always something else that takes up my time. Not saying anything about you, Honey… Hubby is always the first thing on my mind, every day. J

Without further ado, here is my card.

These are the supplies I used for this card.

• Stamp - Tilda with Pumpkin
• DPs – Doodles Bug Designs & Bo Bunny
• Cardstock – Bazzill & DCWV
• Punches – Martha Stewart
• Buttons/Flowers – Doodle Bug Designs
• Ribbon – American Crafts
• Tag - Doodle Bug Designs
• Glossy Accents for Tilda'a boots

Hope you enjoyed; thanks for stopping by.

Hugz,

Orange, Teal & Brown

Hello Friends! Happy Saturday...A short post this morning as my husband is nagging me about a Harley ride this afternoon. The temps are going to be in the 80s today which is wonderful for a ride  along the mountain range here in beautiful Colorado. We'll probably ride down to Palmer Lake for an ice cream cone at our favorite hangout.

Orange, Teal & Brown

Today I have another card to share with you and I'm entering this one in the  Magnolia-licious Challenge for the Orange, Teal and Brown color challenge. I'm also entering this in the Make it Monday - Anything Goes Challenge as well.

This is the first time I've had a chance to use this Magnolia stamp. She is Tilda with Butterfly Jeans. So cute isn't she?

Here are the supplies I used for this card.

• Stamp - Tilda with Butterfly Jeans
• DPs - My Mind's Eye & Bo Bunny
• Cardstock - Orange & Teal
• Doo Hickey Dies - Vintage Tag & Leaf and Swirl Die
• Pearls - Recollections
• Rickrack colored with Copic color BG18 & cut from Teal cardstock for the inside with Fiskars Corkscrew sissors

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

Hugz,

It's Good to be Back!

Hello Friends! I am so happy to be back to blogging!!!

You've probably been wondering what happened to me...LOL My hubby, Bruce, and I bought a 5 acre ranch in Sedalia, Colorado along the beautiful stretch of Highway 105 on the way to the Palmer Divide. It was a very stressful time getting all packed up after 9 years in Highlands Ranch. But we got it done and our movers took good care of us.

Now that the new home is all unpacked (by that I mean my new craft room digs) I'm feeling back to normal and getting back to crafting. My previous post in April...yes that's almost 5 months ago...I made a card for the Magnolia-licious Highlites Easter-Spring Extravaganza Contest and I was voted as 2nd place winner for Category #2 Mini Magnolia card!!! I was so happy and loved shopping at my favorite Magnolia Store with $75 gift certificate. Thank you to everyone who voted for me. It's been a long time coming for that gratitude, but I truly am grateful.

Love those Fall Colors!
For my first post in a loooonnnngggg time, I am entering this card in the Magnolia-licious Highlites Challenge, Fall or Back to School Projects using Rich Fall Colors.

I finished my card last evening using one of my very favorite stamps "Fall Standing Tilda."

My DPs are from Deja Views which I've had in my stash for several years and can't seem to use it up. But this was the perfect opportunity. The cardstock is Bazzill of course and I finally got to use one of my Cheery Lynn Designs Doily dies. I inked all the edges with Walnut Stain and cut some scrap cardstock with my Marvy leaf punches to make leafy Flowers. I added a couple of Prima "Say It with Pearls" embellishments to finish them off. The Fibers are from BasicGrey of the Stella Ruby collection.

Tilda is colored with Copics as usual which is my primary medium of choice. I used so many colors that I didn't catalog them which I usually do. To complete her look I added some Gold Stickles to her wings and Glossy accents to her boots.

Thanks for taking time to stop by and visit. I will have more to come and will occasionally throw in a few photos of the ranch and our animals.

Hugz,

Tilda with Armful of Tulips

Hello Friends! I have a short post today with a card I made for the Magnolia-licious Highlites Easter-Spring Extravaganza Contest. It’s for category #2 - "Magnolia Minis Only" on an Easter/Spring themed card.

What a great opportunity to use my new mini Tilda with armful of Tulips. She is water colored with Distress Inks by Ranger. I have to be honest, this is my very first completed card using Distress Ink water color. I’ve been learning from the fabulous Angie Hunt at the Color Me Creative (CMC) Classroom hosted by the exceptionally talented Suzanne Dean. It is my favorite place to learn new techniques with a variety of mediums and make lots of great friends along the way.

My Spellbinders Scallop die is perfect for my flower shaped easel card. I used some pretty SEI and KaiserKraft DPs from my stash and cut a circle for a shadow box effect for Tilda. For the flower petals I sprayed some white Prima flowers with Glimmer mist and cut the petals apart and glued them around the opening of the shadow box. Then I added pearl ribbon around the edge. This was so simple and took very little time.

To make the stem on the inside of my easel card I freehand cut a strip of green cardstock and punched some leaves with my Martha Stewart Fond punch. I adhered it with dimensional foam tape and finished it off with a bow from some scrap ribbon.

I hope you enjoyed my card. And as always, thanks for taking the time to stop by and visit.

Hugz,