Tilda Sings Happily for Just Magnolia

GOSH!! Isn't life just the best!!!! A very happy Saturday to each of you and let's have a marvelous weekend!!! My sincere thanks to each of you for making today and everyday such special ones!!!

It is such a joy to post my DT Sample Card for this week's Just Magnolia Challenge Blog because we are using a sketch by one of my true artistic inspirations, the inimitably talented and creative Bev Rochester. I hope that all of you Maggie Lovers will join with us this week because I would just love to see your interpretation of Bev's magical sketch. And as usual there is a very outstanding prize for some lucky participant--this time the prize is given by All That Scraps...so won't you come over and join with us this week!?!?

For my card I used Bazzill for the base, the matting is PTI Sweet Blush and SU Wild Wasabi, and the DP is PTI Dots and a Melissa Frances which supports Breast Cancer research and awareness....kinda appropriate, don't you think?? Big smile here!!!! The background panels are machine stitched. I used the absolutely precious Singing Tilda which is now available at Magnolia-licious. Even though my Tilda is singing out words of joy at completing my chemo regimen, she could just as well be belting out tunes for any occasion or event!!!! She was stamped twice on Cryogen White and colored with Copics. One image was cut out and propped up for dimension. After coloring, her dress was highlighted with a coating of Prisma Glitter; the mic was colored with a Silver Spica. Her necklace and earrings are dots from a cream Viva Pearl Pen. The green horizontal is punched with a MS punch and then topped with the dotted Sweet Blush satin ribbon by PTI. The floral treatment is a collection of hand crocheted flowers and leaves made by Karen Epps to which I added rhinestones to match the corner gems.



The inside of the card is quite simple...just adding a couple of pink heart doilies, more bows, a few rhinestones, and another of the lovely Epps flowers and leaves on the jotting spot.

I hope you like my little creation and will decide to join us at Just Magnolia this week!! Please drop over and see the absolutely lovely DT sample cards! They are indeed breathtaking and are a real tribute to Bev and the marvelous sketch she gave us this week.

Thank you so much for coming by to see me today and I hope you will return again often! Your visits have truly been the very inspiration which has motivated me to create and to, in turn, bring happiness to each of you!! Enjoy your weekend and hopefully it will be filled with many smiles and much happiness... Maggie Hugs for all!!!

Tilda with an UN-Peony at Friday Sketchers 108

Happy Friday to everyone and thanks so much for dropping by!! The week has been a most eventful (eeeek!!) one and one which has been the very most humbling of the whole chemo experience!!! But EVERYTHING is wonderful now, am feeling GRRRrrrrreat (said like Tony the Tiger), and ready for whatever comes down the road next!!! I hope you all have had a delightful week and are looking forward to a marvelously fun weekend!!

This week at Friday Sketchers 108 we are all treated to a marvelous sketch by the super talented Aud from Norway who is hosting this week. There is a wonderful prize offered by Simon Says Stamp so I hope you will come over and participate along with us so we can see your interpretation of Aud's fun sketch!!

For my DT Sample card I used Bazzill for the base, PTI Enchanted Evening and Melon Berry for all matting, and the DP is from the Tea at Elsie's Collection of Kaisercraft. Little Tilda with Peony from Magnolia-licious was stamped on Cryogen White and colored with Copics. I added a bit of Glossy Accents to her little shoes and grounded her with Copic grass and Sage Ultra Fine Flower Soft. I gave her a bouquet of flowers rather than the one peony. For the vertical I embossed the navy DP with the Roses CB folder and lightly sanded for more dimension. All the flowers and the chandelier gems are from Wild Orchid Crafts: the flowers that Tilda is holding, the floral treatment at the bottom, and the flowers securing the top of the flat bow. The ribbon is PTI Satin Melon Berry. You can see that I used the chandelier gems as a channel for the horizontal ribbon.



For the first panel of the inside, I also used the Roses CB folder to emboss the square panels and surrounded them with gathered lace adding a flat satin ribbon bow. For the second panel I used a vertical ribbon with flat bow to hold a leaf charm and added one lone aster to the jotting spot.

I hope you like my little creation and will be able to join us at Friday Sketchers this week. We would love to see your card using Aud's sketch!! Please visit each of the Sassy Sketcher Girls' blogs and let them know what you think of their magnificent creations!!!
Aud, Bea, Claudia, Inge, Janneke, Jeanette, Tanja

Many of you have written to me asking how I present my cards since they are often so dimensional so I wanted to give you a couple of options that work for me. Either I make a presentation envelo-box OR for a much quicker solution I use one of the PTI clear boxes as shown to the left, tying it with a stretchy silver or gold cording. If you have additional questions, please email me.

Thank you so much for your visit and I am hoping that you come back often! I appreciate each of you so much and thank you sincerely for the many lovely comments and your cards and emails of support and concern! May your week be a special one!! Big hugs!!

Flower Soft Blog Hop, WINNER, a Touch of SWEET STUFF for YOU!!

Happy Wednesday everyone!! I hope you have had a wonderful week since my last posting! So much for this "Poster Child"...I thought I was home free but the Chemo Dragon had more thoughts about me. This last chemo treatment has ended up being a very HUMBLING one. I knew the last was going to be the worst but little did I know that I would be out of commission for almost a week after having the Neulasta shot from the depths of Hades...lol...BUT the good news is that I am feeling much, much better and hopefully on the mend to much better days ahead. I can't remind you all enough to please be constantly aware. I would never want any of you to experience the downside of chemotherapy!!

Now, let's get happy because today is the Flower Soft Blog Hop where the DT members were asked to use one of the darling Flower Soft Toppers. So if you have arrived here first, I would love for you to start the Hop at the Flower Soft Blog. Please make sure that you comment on every blog post in the hop! One lucky participant who comments on one of the blogs will win a prize package of Flower Soft products which includes: Moments in Time Boy's Sports Toppers, Sage and Sand Ultra Fine Flower Soft, Flower Soft Glue. Comments will stay open for until 6:00 pm June 29th. The winner will be announced on the Flower Soft blog on June 30th. I also wanted to remind you that there is a new episode of Flower Soft TV every Friday. To register for announcements, contests and specials at Flower Soft TV go to http://www.flower-soft.tv/#information.html and then click green "REGISTER" button.

For my card, I used Bazzill for the base, all matting is PTI, and the DP is from Papermania. The background panel is machine stitched and for the topper I used a MS ATP punch for the setting. I used Sand and Toffee Ultra Fine Flower Soft to outline the bears and a touch of Raspberry Fizz Ultra Fine Flower Soft for one of the bows. The blue bows were covered with Crystal Effects for shine. The topper I selected is from the Recipes for Friendship collection. To finish the card I added tiny blue mulberry roses, a satin vertical and bow, and pink pearls.

I hope you have enjoyed my little submission and will visit my other Flower Soft DT partners to see what they have created for this fun event. Your next stop on the way will be to the blog of Debbie Seyer who I'm sure will have something very exciting for you to see!!

But before you go....a couple of Jacque things...smile

WINNER of the Belles 'n Whistles Sweet Stuff...Congratulations to...

Judi who said
Once again, you've EXCELLED yourself, Jacque, I don't know how you do it!!! Just love your card, and this image is SO beautiful.Glad the chemo is over now, and hope you're feeling better SOON! Hugs Judi xxx

Thanks to everyone who dropped by and left a comment. Looks like this surprise will be going to Hampshire in the UK. Judi, plesae contact me before Saturday, June 26 at noon DST so that I can get the package out to you.

NEW SWEET STUFF from ME...You all know that I can certainly not participate in a Blog Hop (or anything else for that matter...haha) without offering you something from my Sweet Stuff bin. So for this Hop I would like to offer the following goodies from my Flower Soft stash!! Hope you like it!



Flower Soft Recipes for Friendship Toppers
Toffee Ultra Fine Flower Soft
Sand Ultra Fine Flower Soft
Raspberry Fizz Ultra Fine Flower Soft
Flower Soft Glue
Collection of Pink and Blue Mulberry Flowers

Please leave a comment before Saturday, June 26 at Noon DST to be eligible for my Sweet Stuff! Good Luck!!

My sincere thanks to each of you for dropping by to see what's happening in my world! It is a much happier and nicer place because you are such a very important part of it. The many comments, emails, etc that you send to me, have made my life much richer and I appreciate the constant encouragement so much...Enjoy the rest of your week and I hope you will return again often! Big hugs!!

Little Eden at the Belles 'n Whistles Blog Hop!! AND SWEET STUFF!!!!

Happy, happy, happy Wednesday!!! And, gosh, I hope you have as much to be happy about as I do!! I finished the 6 rounds of chemo on Monday, lived through the horrific Neulasta shot on Tuesday, and gosh after a few days of aches and pains, I will be on the mend!!!! What's a little bit of pain in the grand scheme of things??? I will tell you this weekend...hahahahah...My sincere thanks to each of you for your constant support and kind thoughts and words!!

I am so thrilled to be taking part today in the Belles 'n Whistles Blog Hop!! So if you have arrived here from Andrea, you are on the right track. However if you have arrived here first, I hope you will begin the Hop at the Belles 'n Whistles Blog so you can see the absolutely lovely cards made by this phenomenal DT, showcasing the darling stamps from Elisabeth Bell's new Forever Young Collection. Please leave a little love and hugs along the way!!! Pre-orders for these lovely stamps start on Wednesday at Belles 'n Whistles and orders will ship out on June 22 and June 23.

For my card, I used Bazzill for the base, PTI Vintage Cream and Sweet Blush for the matting, and the DP is from Papermania's Rose Garden...gosh...just love those papers!!! The base panel was machine stitched and all remaining panels were propped up for maximum dimension. First is the MS Punch around the page panel, topped by gathered pink eyelet lace. The absolutely precious Little Eden was stamped twice on Cryogen White and one image was cut out to prop her up also. She was colored with Copics, using a touch of Spica for the flowers on her outfit. I completed the front with a floral treatment of flowers from Magnolia and Wild Orchid Crafts, pink pearls to soften the outside corners, and a Bow-Easy bow with an attached charm of the cutest little bare feet to match those of Little Eden. I hope you like her!!!!

Be sure to return to the Belles 'n Whistles Blog now since one randomly chosen winner will receive a new set of Belles 'n Whistles stamps! Oh My!!! What a wonderful prize that would be for some lucky winner!!!!!

AND just before you go and because you have visited me today for this happy occasion, I would love to offer you some Belles 'n Whistles SWEET STUFF too...and all you have to do is leave a comment for me!!! You know that I am always so appreciative of your kind words and happy thoughts!!!



--Your very own Belles 'n Whistles Little Eden clear stamp
--Four types of Mulberry flowers
--A yard of gathered pink eyelet lace
--A yard of pink grosgrain ribbon
--Barefoot and baby pin charms
--The card I made for this occasion if you would like it

Please leave your comment before Saturday, June 19 at Noon DST in order to be eligible for the Sweet Stuff!! Good Luck!!

Thank you so much for coming by to see me today!! It is always such a joy to find that you have dropped by and left such sweet and kind comments! Each of you has certainly made my latest journey so much easier and I will ever be indebted to you for it!! I send you great big hugs!!!!

Congratulations to ME!!! WINNER!! News for tomorrow!!

I just had to share my WONDERFUL news!!! They actually had a fun ceremony for me since yesterday was my very last day of chemo...BUT today was the shot from "you know where" so this is a bittersweet today...lol...As soon as the very last drop of poison went into my port yesterday, all of the chemo nurses came over to congratulate me with my Doctoral Degree in Chemotherapy AND they were all blowing bubbles!!! Fun...fun...fun!!! So I took them Pink Ribbon Cupcakes today...and this was THEIR fun day!!

And now the WINNER of the Flower Soft/Magnolia SWEET STUFF...

Congratulations to Mary Lou of Wisconsin who said...

Wonderful job Jacque!! Miss tilda is beautiful as always and the flower soft additions are WOW!!! Great colors.Good luck on last chemo and HAllelujah!!!! Prayers for total recovery Hun!!
Blessings

Thank you so much to everyone who left a comment and to Mary Lou for such kind words! Mary Lou, please contact me before Saturday, June 19 at Noon DST, so that I can get your package out to you right away.

NEWS for tomorrow...Belles 'n Whistles is having a Blog Hop tomorrow to showcase the brand new Forever Young Collection so please come on over to the BnW Blog and check it out....Be sure to come see me too because you know what I like more than anything....MORE SWEET STUFF!!!!

Thank you so much for dropping by today and I hope to see you again REAL soon. I hope you are turning cartwheels with me today!!!! WooHooooo!!! Great big hugs for each of you!!!!