Sunday, November 23, 2008

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:
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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! 

Saturday, November 22, 2008

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!

Friday, November 21, 2008

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.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

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.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

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!

  

Saturday, November 15, 2008

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)

Thursday, November 13, 2008

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:

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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. 

Monday, November 10, 2008

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)

Sunday, November 9, 2008

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)

Friday, November 7, 2008

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)

Thursday, November 6, 2008

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> 

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

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)