For You

So here it is...

My husband has taken the children with him while he runs some errands....leaving me here alone so I can do my quick books work that he wants done by the time he gets home.....and here I am in my craft room making cards! I just can't help it!

Anyways, I'm just going to post this card really quickly and get to work! :O)

The details for this card are pretty much the same as the last except for the flowers which are primas. 

I also used my nifty nesties. 

I used the sketch from this weeks HH challenge # 9...but I didn't use HH stamps so I didn't enter it....

here is the sketch:

By the way, picking up pictures, dragging them and dropping them with my mac rocks!!! 

This is so easy! No copying and pasting! 

Thanks for looking. 

Sweet Kisses

Here is another Magnolia card....kissing Edwin and Tilda. :O)

I really wish I had a good sentiment stamp to go with this set...like "Sweet Kisses" or "First Kiss" or something clever but Hello was the best I could find!

Anyways, Here are today's card details:

Paper: CTMH-Magic Moments (ah ha that would be a good sentiment stamp for this card: "Magic Moments")

Colors: CTMH-Sweet Leaf/Indian Corn Blue/Hollyhock/Sunflower/Cocoa

Brads and Ribbon are CTMH

I colored in Tilda and Edwin with my copic markers.

Thanks for looking! 

Thinking of you

Here is yet another Tilda card. 

I guess I've been making a lot of Magnolia cards lately. :O)

Here are today's card details:

Sentiment Stamp: CTMH

Paper: CTMH-More to Adore

Colors: CTMH-Blush/Hollyhock/Chocolate

Brads/Ribbon/Edge anchor-CTMH

Corduroy Flowers/Metal flowers-from my LSS.

I colored in Tilda with my copics

I also used my nifty nesties and cutterpede scallop trimmer. 

Thanks for looking and have a fun saturday!

Magical

I'm just lovin' my new magnolia's.... :O)

So here is another card featuring Tilda...and her boyfriend Edwin.  Aren't they adorable?

Here are the details:

Paper is retired CTMH

Colors: CTMH-Outdoor denim/Indian Corn Blue/Plum Mist

Stamp: Magnolia

Sentiment Stamp: CTMH

Ribbon&sparkles are CTMH

I used my MS snowflake border punch and MS snowflake punch-obviously a favorite of mine this season. :O)

I also used two felt SU! snowflakes that my SU! friend Shelly gave me.

Oh and I added some doodlebug sugar coating on Tilda's Cuffs and coat hem.

Let It Snow-Friday Sketchers Challenge #28

I finally received my brand new magnolia stamp club stamps for winter!!

Yippee, they are so cute and fun to play with. ;O)

I actually got around to doing a friday sketch challenge...and there were a lot of elements to this week's challenge and I think I did pretty good. 

Here are the details for today's card:

Paper: CTMH-Evensong

Colors: CTMH-Olive/Sorbet/Cranberry/Garden Green

Stamps: Magnolia-Tilda

Sentiment Stamp: CTMH

Brads/waxy flax and sparkles are CTMH

Buttons: My Mind's Eye

I used my copics to color the images in and my MS snowflake punch and my nifty nesties. :O)

Oh and I also used my swiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder-my favorite.

The felt snowflake is from my friend Shelly who is a SU! consultant.

Here's the Scoop

I wanted to try something a bit different today. :O)

I decided to challenge myself by not using any patterned paper. 

I am a self-professed patterned paper-holic! Which is not a bad thing but it's good to occasionally step out of your comfort zone right? 

You can't really see the sentiment stamp but it's there on the right side of the image. It's a watermark, and it says "Here's the Scoop!"

Here are the details:

Stamps: MFT-Here's the Scoop

Colors: Hollyhock/Creme Bruele

Technique: Copic markers

Brads/Buttons/Ribbon: CTMH

I used a couple of my cuttlebug embossing folders-gotta love those!

I also used my martha stewart border punch. :O)

TFL>

Also, I wanted to share with you...

my husband has been in Hong Kong for the past week and he found some copics for me...they are a bit cheaper around $5.00 cnd and no shipping. :O) 

I'm so excited! He was able to get me 15 of the 18 colors I aksed for! Yippee! And he is due to arrive in Calgary this afternoon!

  

Thinking about you

I was messing with this card for a bit. :O)

My kids were right here beside me so I ended up assisting them more than actually working on my card. There may be a few too many elements. Oh well. 

Here are the details:

Stamp: Magnolia

Sentiment stamp: CTMH-Say It In Style

Paper: CTMH-A Perfect day

Colors: Cocoa/Tulip/Sorbet 

Flowers: Bazzill

Brads/Ribbon: CTMH

I used my copic to color in Tilda

And I used my Martha Stewart Punch to make the border

TFL>

Hoopefully I can steal some time by myself today to do a little scrappin' I'm really feeling like I need some ME time. :O)

Frosty

Another card using the winter paper-Aspen. Not one of my favorites when I first saw it in the idea book, but as soon as I got it in the mail & started playing with it it became a favorite. :O) 

Here are the details:

Stamps: CTMH-Christmas Scripts/Snow Friends

Paper: CTMH-Aspen

Colors: Creme Bruele/Twilight/Outdoor Denim/Bamboo

Snowflakes: Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch

Ribbon/Brads and Sparkles: CTMH

I also used my nifty circle nesties-gotta love em!

I colored in the snowman with chalk and a blender pen-love that soft look on snowmen. :O)

TFL>

BTW, this is a scheduled post so hopefully is posted properly...last time I scheduled a post blogger forgot to include my picture......so annoying. :O)

 BTW, 

I found a link through Claudia (who by the way is a huge inspiration to me-she creates beautiful artwork!) showing a pictue of the Magnolia winter stamp kit that I know a few of you are anxiously awaiting.....

here it is:

Magnolia Winter Stamp Club 

Missing You...

Here is a card using one of my Magnolia-Tilda stamps. 

I'm anxiously awaiting my Magnolia Winter Stamp Club stamps...I though for sure I'd have them by now. But for now I'll just keep playing with my oldies. :O)

Here are the details for todays card:

Paper: CTMH Caprice 

Colors: CTMH-Chocolate/Crystal Blue/Sweet Leaf/Honey

Technique: Copic Markers

Ribbon/Waxy Flax/and brads: CTMH

Corduroy Flowers: from my LSS

Sentiment stamp: CTMH-Say it in style

I also used my nifty nesties to make the rectangles. 

TFL>

BTW, 

I wanted to thank Yvette for giving me a blog award. :O)

She is so sweet. 

I have a mac computer and have not yet figured out how to save a picture from a blog. 

As soon as I figure it out I'll pastes my award onto my blog so everyone can see it. 

Thanks Yvette-you are soooo sweet. 

Snow Friends

Here is a card I made this morning. 

I love this stamp set-I've had it for years but never really get tired of it. :O)

I pulled out my chalks-which I haven't used forever-especially since I got my copics! 

I used chalk and then went over it with my blender pen to smooth out the strokes. 

Here are the complete details:

Paper: CTMH-Aspen

Colors: CTMH-Twilight/Creme Bruele/Bamboo/Outdoor Denim

Stamp Set: CTMH-Frosty Friends

Snowflakes: Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch

Sparkles/Brads/Ribbon/Spiral-CTMH

Thanks for looking. :O)

Celebrate for HH Challenge #7

I originally meant to use a Tilda stamp for this card, but she wouldn't fit into the rectangle I made using my nesties...and I really wanted to use my new rectangle nesties!

So I searched through my stash and found the little birds and cat. 

The card appears so cute and sweet and happy, but is the scene a bit sinister..... 

After all any cat would be celebrating if two chubby birds were flying over head. :O)

Okay enough chit chat, here are the details:

Technique: Copic and a CTMH marker or two

Paper: Chatterbox-Happy Garden

Stamps: Magnolia/CTMH-sentiment

Ribbon: CTMH

Waxy Flax on buttons: CTMH

Brads: bazzill

Buttons: My Mind's Eye

Flower: Making Memories

Star Dust stickles on the cat and bird's wings.

I also used my Martha Stewart border punch and rectangle nestibilities

Thanks for looking!

I know I should be using a High Hopes stamp for the challenge#7-"sparklemania"..I hope it's still okay! 

I'll leave a link back to the High Hopes stamp site-they really have the cutest stamps out there! And they are a great canadian company! :O)

Merry Pursuits

A quick Christmas card using Close To My Heart Evensong paper. 

Here are the details:

Stamps: CTMH-Say it In Style/Merry Pursuits

Paper: CTMH-Evensong

Colors: CTMH-Garden Green/Cranberry/Sorbet/New England Ivy

Brads: CTMH

Sparkles:  Me & My Big Ideas

I used my Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch/My SU! Ticket Corner Punch and my Circle Nesties

Thanks for looking have a wonderful weekend!

I colored in using a combination of copic markers and CTMH markers-which actually works good. 

So I have to add that I originally made this card and the post yesterday and had a scheduled post for this morning...just for the fun of it! And when it came up this morning the picture wasn't there! Technology.....can't rely to much on it. :O)

Angel Sent Gift Card

I know this card looks like a normal size but it's actually super small. :O)

It's a 2.5 by 3.5 gift tag.

Paper is CTMH-Evensong

Sparkles are CTMH

Stamp is angel sent by CTMH

I colored in the angel with copic markers and added some stickles to her wings (you can't really see it in the picture)

TFL> 

You made my day!

Wow! It's been a long time since my last post. Life just got so crazy for a while there that I couldn't find any time to blog or stamp..... a very sad time indeed! :O)

Anyways, I'm back and here is my come back card. 

The stamp is one of my favorites: WOJ

And here are the rest of the details:

Stamp: WOJ

Sentiment Stamp: MFT

Technique: Copic markers

Paper: CTMH

Colors: CTMH-Hollyhock and Cocoa

Ribbon, Brads, Charm, : CTMH

Metal Flowers: My LSS

I also used my nesties. 

Thanks for looking. :O)

Oh and by the way, check out Lisa's site because she is giving away some BLOG candy. :O)