Bee Happy - Magnolia-lious May Inspiration Challenge

Hello.
It's time for a new inspiration challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  Here's the card that I came up with...

Maria is our May hostess and she has chosen this picture for your inspirations.  I hope you will join us in our challenge and for more inspiration hop over to the challenge blog HERE and check out the fabulous cards of my DT teamates.

I am seeing a lot of black, black frames, embossing and a variety of colours.  So I have put those elements into colouring my images and the design of my card.  This is of course a side step card.  And here viewed from a different angle...

I've been looking at all the way that people have been colouring this Magnolia image of Honeybee Tilda.  Mostly she was coloured either all in yellow or in yellow-and-black stripes all over.  In keeping with the inspiration picture, I used a lot of black instead.  I was trying to make her look like a real bee.  LOL...me thinks she looks like a Michelin man.
The background image is called Meadow Daisy from the same collection.
The images for this card were done with coloured pencils except for the dotted background which was done with markers. I've added glitter to the wings.

Both the Tilda and the background images are from the Summer Memories Collection 2012 and both are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store.  Click HERE to go to her store and also check out other adorable images from Magnolia, both full-size and mini-size.

I had time to finish the inside of my card this time, so I've decorated it this way.

I found another Tilda image to put in the inside that I thought would match the one in front.  This is Tilda With Bee from the Chasing Butterflies Collection 2009.

Challenges I am entering with this card: 

Marianne's Design Divas - Spread Your Wings 

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #164 - In the Garden

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations Challenge - Emotion

Creative Craft Challenges2 - Distressed!!!

Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Things With Wings (my punches, DP and Happy stamp are older than 6 months)

Craft a Scene - Spring Flowers

Crafty Calender Challenge - Things With Wings 

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #133 - Girlie Time

Fairy Tale Challenge #40 - Things with Wings

That's it!  Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by.  You visit is always appreciated.  Have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used: 

Other Stamp used (other than mentioned above):  Stampendous! Happy Word

DP:  one paper from Me&My BIG Ideas paper pad

Embossing folder:  Cuttlebug Musical Flourish

Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Twenty Two, Labels Eighteen, Classic Ovals; Crealis Creative Flowers No. 06; Joy! Craft Floral Flourishes

Punches:  EK Success medium Retro Flower; Martha Stewart Hydrangea petals; Nellie Snellen Extra Large Leaf; Punch Bunch medium Ash Leaf

Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; pearls and glitter from my stash  

Summer Flower Tilda

Hello.
This is a very short posting.  Here's my latest card that I have just finished.

Isn't she just adorable.  This Magnolia fairy is called Summer Flower Tilda from the Summer Memories Collection 2012.  I got her from Diana's on-line store Magnolia-licious.  She is currently out of stock , but check out the fabulous collection of both the full-size and mini stamps, doohickey cutting dies, Memory Box and PoppyStamps dies, and other crafting tools.  

I've colored the image with my coloured pencils--Faber Castell Polychromos and Art Grips, Derwent Coloursofts and Prismacolor Premiers.  I didn't jot down the colours...sorry. I've added some glitter to her wings.  I drew the flowers on the ground myself.
I haven't decorated the inside of my card--which is sooo... unlike me--so I won't show you the inside.  I will probably do that at a later date.

Challenges I am entering with this card:
Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar Week 157 - Sketch
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 217 - A Touch of Sparkles
Crafts and Me Challenge #84 - Pearls and Lace
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Things with Wings (all my dies are more than 6 months old)
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #164 - In the Garden
Papertake Weekly - In the Garden
Sweet Stampin Challenge - Faeries and Angels
Marianne's Design Divas - Spread Your Wings 

Materials and Tools Used: 

DP's:  TPC Studio Holly Jolly Christmas Vine; from DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy paper pad

Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Fifteen and Grommet Tags; Marianne Design Creatables small flowers and flower centres LR0111, large flowers LR0128 and leaves LR0133

Miscellaneous: Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; lace and pearls from my stash    

May Fairy - Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge #3

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It's the 2nd Monday of the month so it's time for a new challenge at the Sweet Stamping Pixies.  Our theme for the challenge is Favorite Pixie/Fairy/Sprite.  Here's my DT card...

Isn't she gorgeous?  This is another digi image that I have acquired from Crafts and Me.  The image was created by Sara Burrier and it is called May Digital Stamp.

I hope you will play along with us in our 'fave fairy' challenge.  We are being sponsored by All That Scraps  who is offering 10% off to challenge participants.  To have a look at the prize and for more more inspirations from the fabulous cards that my DT teamates have created, click HERE.

I have coloured her with my markers.  Glitters have been added to the wings and stars.  The large flowers were created using Marianne Design Creatables dies.

Challenges I am entering with this card:
Sketch n Stash Challenge #87 - Andie's Sketch
Crafts and Me Challenge #83 - Punches and Die Cuts
Hooked on Craft Challenge #20 - Flowers
Charisma Cardz Challenges Week 18 - Pink and Girlie!
Crafting for All Seasons Challenge #26 - Handmade Flowers
Crafty Calenders May Challenge - Things With Wings
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Flower Power
Truly Scrumptious Challenge #80 - Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes Challenge #120 - Things With Wings


Thanks so much for taking the time to stop over. Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:

DP's: two papers from Recollections Garden Florals paper pad; one paper from Hot Off the Press Joy's Vintage Papers (brown design - discontinued)

Dies:  Marianne Design Creatables Ribbon Weaving Border LR0103, LR0111 flowers, LR0112 swirl, LR0116 swirl, LR0133 leaves; Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterfly Mini

Punches: EK Success small retro flower; Fiskar Celestial 3-in-1 corner punch; Michaels tiny sun

Misc:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; Recollections pearls; ribbon and glitter from my stash

Diamond Fold Card

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Woo-hooo...I've made a diamond-fold card--my first!!!  This card style was on my to-do list, so now I can put a check mark beside it...LOL.

I haven't made this card for any occasion so I didn't put any sentiment on it.  I just wanted to know how it works. I watched the first half of this video tutorial on how to make the folds and then ignore the rest and decorated it my own way...LOL.

I consider this more of a mini card rather than a full size one, because when the card is all folded up, it becomes a 4-inch square card--you need a smaller box envelope to mail it out.

This adorable image is of Celebration 1 Tilda from Magnolia's Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2012.  She is coloured with markers.  I used the Old Swedish Lace Border doohickey die to border by circle panel.  Both  image and die are available from Magnolia-licious on-line store.   

Not really sure what the proper way is to display this card, so I'm trying different ways here...

Challenges for this card:  

Creatalicious Challenge #33  Butterflies and add some Flowers

Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Die Cuts and Punches (all of the materials and tools used are more than 6 months old)

Midweek Magnolia Week #10 - Monotone/chrome

TOMIC Challenge #49- Bingo (Doohickey Die, Flower, Embossing)

That's all for now.  Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by.  You visit is very much appreciated.  Have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:  

DP:  one paper from Me&my Big Ideas Modern Milan paper pad

Embossing Folder:  Craft Concepts Secret Garden

Dies:  Spellbinders Circles; Magnolia Swirl and Old Swedish Lace doohickey;  PoppyStamps Meadow Leaf; Memory Box Cherry Blossom (for the large flower centres)

Punches:  Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterflies mini; EK Success Retro Flower medium; Nellie Snellen Rose Leaves Jumbo; Punch Bunch Daisy small; for the small flower centres--Fiskars 3-in-1 Celestial corner punch and Michaels tiny sun 

A Birthday Swing Card - Magnolia-licous May Colour Challenge

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It's the 2nd Tuesday in May--comes early this year!--so it's time for a new colour challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  I've created this birthday card for the challenge...

The so ever talented Maria is our hostess this month and the colours she has chosen are:  pink, green and light yellow/ecru.

I hope you will play along with us in our colour challenge.  For more inspirations, please hop over to the challenge blog HERE and have a look a the fabulous cards that my DT teamates have created.

My card is what you call a swing card, or some call it a flip-flop card.  I am liking this style of cards more and more.  The more swing cards I make, the more I like them.

The centre panel, where I have put Tilda with Peony Tails (from Magnolia's Crazy Love Collection 2012) is the part that swings/flips over as you stretch the card wide open.  

On the other/flip side of the centre panel, I have put another Magnolia image there.  This one is Rose Scent Tilda (from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2012 also).  

For an excellent selection of Magnolia stamps, both the full size and mini ones, check out Magnolia-licious online store.  Diana also carries those exquisite Memory Box and Poppy Stamps dies.  I have used one that is called Honeysuckle Vine on this card--I love this die, it's gorgeous!     

Full view of the flattened card...

I've coloured my images with my Letraset Promarker and Tria markers and used a few coloured pencils to deepened the shadings.  The flowers I have created using the dies and punches listed below.  The main background paper I have actually made myself because I couldn't find a DP with the colours for the challenge. 

Challenges for this card: 

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Flowers Challenge

Simply Magnolia Challenge - A Card, but not a Square

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #145 - More than 1 fold

Joanna Sheen May Challenge - Flower Power

Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar Week 155 - Anything Goes with option of Swirls and Pearls

Simon Says Stamps Challenge - Birthday

One Stop Craft Challenge #181 - Celebrations 

Stamp and Create May Challenge - For the Ladies  

Great Impressions Challenge #3 - Anything Goes (used your stamp)

Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by.  Your visit is very much appreciated.  And I love reading your encouraging and lovely comments.  Enjoy your day!    

Materials and Tools Used: 

Stamps, others than mentioned above:  Hero Arts Manuscript Background; Hampton Art Ditto Flower; Great Impressions 'Have a beautiful and special day'; Great Canadian Stamps 'Happy Birthday'

DP:  from DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Girl paper pad for the centre panel

Dies:  Spellbinders Mega Ovals and Rose Creations; Crealis Creative Flower No. 19, Memory Box Honeysuckle Vine and Cherry Blossom (for the flower centres)

Punches:  EK Success medium Retro Flower, Nellie Snellen Extra Large Leaf and Rose Leaves Jumbo  

Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Forest Moss; pearls from my stash

Have a Great Day!

Hello.

This is a short posting.  I want to show you this card that I have just finished...

I am starting to work more with digis. I bought this one from Crafts and Me online store.  This image is called Porcini designed by Sara Burier.  Isn't she gorgeous?  I've coloured her with my coloured pencils.  And added some glitter to the wings.
Here's a closer look...

Challenges for this card:
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #184 - Sketch
Crafts and Me Challenge #82 - Favorite Colour Combo
Stampin' For the Weekend Challenge #9 - Layers
Cute and Girly May Challenge - Spring is in the Air
Sundays With Crissy Challenge #29 - Things With Wings

That's all for now. Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day!

Materials and Tools Used:
Sentiment stamp:  Inkadinko 'have a great day!'
DP's: from DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy paper pad; from Recollections Belive paper pad
Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Five, Classic Ovals, Classic Scallopped Ovals and Rose Creations; Marianne Design Leaves
Punches:  EK Success 2-in-1 Medallion Plate; medium Retro Flower
Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Frayed Burlap; pearls and glitter from my stash
Medium:  coloured pencils -- Faber Castell Polychromos and Prismacolor Premiers

A Very Short Medieval Story Book

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I created this card just for fun. I just thought that these images would go well together to make a scene.  I made this into a very very short storybook titled "Bringing home a pet dragon"...LOL.

We'll start off with the cover...

Then the title page...

and then the entire story.  LOL...I said it was very very short.

   

The End.


This is Lady Tilda (from the Fairytale Collection 2010) and in the background is Princess Castle (from Princes and Princesses Collection 2012).

This is Medieval Tilda riding on Princess Horse--both stamps are from the Princes and Princesses Collection 2012.  The trees in the background are Trees in a Row Large.  

This is Lilyrose--from the same Princes and Princesses Collection 2012.  Yikes...I didn't realize that was the dragon's name when I was colouring it.  I think it is suppose to be a female dragon.  LOL...I've changed it to a male dragon.

All these images are available from Diana's on-line store Magnolia-licious. The two exquisite Memory Box dies are also available there.   I used the Macarena Corner (sorry, currently out of stock) and the Delicate Vine--the dies are 5% discounted.

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
7 Kids College Fund Challenge #46 - Make it Cute!

JustMagnolia hAnglar & sTanglar Week 155 – Anything Goes with Option of Swirls and Pearls
Creative Craft Challenges 2 - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I appreciate the visit.  Woo-hoooo.....TGIF.  Weekend coming!!!  Have a fabulous one!


Materials and Tools Used:
DP:  Anna Griffin discontinured DP
Dies:  Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circles; Memory Box Macarena Corner and Delicate Vine
Miscellaneous: Tim Holtz distress ink pad Frayed Burlap