Tilda With Umbrella for Friday Sketchers

This is my DT card for Friday Sketchers this week and the challenging and fun sketch was designed by Jacqueline of the Netherlands. I hope you will visit our blog and have a look at all of the other DT members' gorgeous cards. Please join with us this week on this interesting sketch challenge.



The sketch is actually an octagon but I found that my typical cards are too heavy to make into an octagon so I put my octagon within the square, using decorative photo corners to give the appearance of an octagon and making the octagon the REAL base for the card design.

I used Bazzill CS for the base, Prismatics Spring Willow Medium for the matting, and the remainder of the card is all Anna Griffin Sierra Collection paper. The fabric photo corners are also Anna Griffin. I used Tilda With Umbrella from the Fortune Collection 2009.

For the front of the card, the second panel is done with the Floral Fantasy embossing folder. Tilda was colored with Copics and with a touch of Spica highlights. I colored the basket and umbrella again and propped them up on dimensional tape. Since Shimmerz is our sponsor this week, I also added some glimmer to the umbrella with Angel Wings. The "hi" sentiment is from a CB die. I used 3 taupe brads and three-layer primas with wedding pearl brads which I colored with Copics also. The second panel is propped up with dimensional tape, and the Tilda panel is propped up as well. To add some texture and interest to the front I used 6 lacing brads and 3 coordinating colors of DMC floss...I pretended that under the shawl that Tilda was wearing a dirndl and this treatment kinda reminds me of dirndl lacings!!



Notice that I carried the shape theme into the inside of my card. For the first panel of the inside I colored Tilda again with Copics, added a touch of Spica for various trim and Shimmerz for the umbrella. I airbrushed the white octagonal nestie with a light olive and added tiny taupe brads to the corners. For the jotting panel I used a decorative corner punch and the jotting place is octagonal nesties with the same DMC thread in taupe eyelets.

I hope you like this little cutie and will visit the other DT's cards over on Friday Sketchers . Thank you so much for dropping by and I would appreciate any comment that you might wish to make. Please come back again and again--we love and welcome visitors!!

I hope that each of you will have an enjoyable and safe weekend...Hugs to all!!

Tilda With Crowfoot (whatever that is)

Happy Thursday everyone. I hope that your respective week has been one with fewer trials and tribulations than mine has been!!


I finally completed this card using the sketch from Stamp With Fun which is a Monday sketch challenge blog. I really like this sketch by Nikki since you have so much space to embellish or use whichever image you might choose. I used Tilda With Crowfoot from the Summer and Sea Collection 2008 which is now available at Magnolia-licious and after looking up "crowfoot" I still don't know what they are...lolol But for this card, my crowfoot is PURPLE!! And I did go strictly by the sketch.

I used Bazzill CS for the base, Prismatics Majestic Purple Dark for the matting, and the rest of the papers are all from the Basic Grey Wisteria Collection. Purple is not my favorite color, but these papers are very rich and yummy. For the front of the card I used the Textile embossing folder for the second panel, and nesties for the top panel. Tilda was colored with Copics, wings are Diamond Stickles, and the crowfoot is emphasized with lavender FlowerSoft. The background was airbrushed with BG000 to pick up the tiny bit of aqua in the DP. I also added a lace strip and woven ribbon for the stripe panel...and believe me I didn't think I would ever find that ribbon with purple AND aqua in it. I finally added primas with purple rhinestones and tiny Wisteria purple brads to the corners and to hold the wee heart with sentiment charm.


The inside is quite simple. The first panel repeats the same textile panel and enclosing it with the same ribbon/lace from the front. The jotting panel is the same CS from the front with a matted nestie and several primas with rhinestones and various leaves/branches by MS.

I hope you will like this little girl and will leave her a note telling her what you think. I do appreciate your coming by to see us here and hope you will want to come back again and again!!

Diana at Magnolia-licious has informed everyone that she has a gazillion stamps in the house NOW...she has also received the Graduation and Student Collection so please shop NOW for the best selection!!

Tilda Goes Vintage for Friday Sketchers

This is my DT card for Friday Sketchers and this week we have a wonderful sketch by Heidi of Norway. I hope you will come on over, see the wonderful cards by the design team, and join us this week in using this fabulous sketch. I made my card quite frou-frou vintage so I could also use her for the Stamp with Fun challenge this week.

I used Bazzill CS for the base, 2 layers of solid color DP for the matting, and K&Company Madeline DP which I altered quite a bit (see my note below). I also used Tilda with Braid from the Christmas 2008 Collection since there are very few Tildas with long dresses that I am aware of. She will be available at Magnolia-licious in several weeks. She is colored with Copics and has Angel Wings Shimmerz on her wings...pretty appropriate, huh? lol Please note that I wanted Tilda's skin to be much paler than usual for this era of card. All panels are stitched with Old Gold thread.

On the front of the card, the first layer is actually the corners of a rectangular paper doily place mat. On top of that is the next tilted square propped up on dimensional tape and which I have surrounded with pearl trim. I wanted this gorgeous DP to show so I used a vellum scalloped oval nestie for Tilda--this oval has gold beads adhered to the scallops to emphasize little Tilda. She is also propped up on dimensional tape. To finish the front I added Prima shades of olive flowers with peach rose centers, pearls to the corners of the small square, an old pin/locket tied with gold cord, and an antique button with a touch of peach tulle.



The first panel on the inside of the card is a coordinating DP from the same Madeline collection. I added a peach silk ribbon and a metal hanging rod with several charms hanging from chains. The jotting panel is the same ALTERED DP as the front. I put another Tilda with Braid on a ribbon and made a small envelope with vellum, trimmed with pearl and gold beads. The jotting area is inside the envelope on a card, trimmed with MS lace punch and stamped in PTI Berry Sorbet with the Sittin' Here stamp from the Chasing Butterflies Collection 2009 which can be found at Magnolia-licious. Finally I added pearls to each corner of the main panels.

NOTE:
I wanted to show you something that I have never heard anyone admit to in the cardmaking world!! lol...I wanted to use a particular patterned paper for this card BUT the colors were all wrong. I had already decided on some peach colored roses for part of the embellishment and the paper I wanted to use was definitely PINK and shades of pink. That would never do!!! So I took out a handful of Copics and colored all of the pink and pink shades on the paper with peach and peach shades and VOILA it matches!!!!! What do you think?? I hope you can see the significant change in colorway in this picture:


So if you need a particular color in one of your DPs and don't know what to do...just grab a Copic and make it be there!!!

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my take on this week's sketch at Friday Sketchers using this little girlie and will let me know what you think of her...If you have any questions, please drop me a quick email. Thank you so much for visiting us...we appreciate each of you!! Best wishes for a wonderful weekend!! Magnolia-licious hugs!!!

April Showers Bring May Daisies

A delightful Tuesday to everyone!! Gosh that April showers thing didn't say a thing about May pouring rain!!! But we had plenty of rain, rain, rain this weekend! That's ok...reason enough to stay inside and play with Maggies!!



So this was an excellent opportunity to try another challenge at Just Magnolias that I can use for the next mingle card which requires water and flowers. Here is the fun sketch by Naoual which can be rotated and the elements can be resized, as long as you follow the original sketch.



I used Rainy Tilda from the Fall Collection 2007 since I don't have the new Tilda in Spring Rain yet from the Chasing Butterflies Collection 2009. The new one is now available at Magnolia-licious and she certainly is a real cutie!!!

I used Bazzill CS for the base of the card, Prismatics Nautical Blue pack and Prismatics Yellow pack for the matting, and I have no earthly idea for the rest of the card. The white nestie panel was airbrushed then stamped with the complete image. Another image was stamped and Tilda was cut out and was colored with Copics and propped up on dimensional tape. I also colored the raindrops and colored a water puddle at Tilda's feet. I then added Glossy Accents to each of the raindrops, the puddle, the splash in her hand, and Tilda's boots. I made a small bouquet of daisies with an umbrella-like handle for the upper corner and tied with narrow yellow ribbon. I also added a daisy flower pot button with yellow ribbon to the corner of the nestie for interest! Finally, I added yellow brads to the corners. You will notice that I didn't add a sentiment since there are sentiments all over the dp.



I used coordinating papers for the inside of the card. On the first panel I added a digital umbrella colored with Copics, cut apart and the top propped up on dimensional tape. I added a yellow ribbon to the handle and Glossy Accents raindrops on the top part. I also added Water Dewdrops to the corners of the panel. On the jotting panel I merely placed a matted nestie on the dp, another touch of daisies and MS punched fronds and finally added Dewdrops to the corners.

I hope you like this little girl and will jot her a note. I hope everyone is having a wonderful week!!! Hugs!!

Summer Tilda with Bowknot - Ain't She Cute?

Happy Saturday, everyone!! I hope that your week was an exceptional one and that you have wonderful plans for your weekend. I also hope that you have accomplished more than I have this week...lol I must still have a touch of the winter doldrums because although it is warm during the day, the nights and mornings are still tooooooo chilly for me!!


I have attempted the sketch over on Stamp With Fun which has a new challenge every Monday. This week's sketch, by guest designer Conny, is quite interesting and fun to work with. I turned the sketch on its side for my card since my image was a vertical rectangle. I am also using the card for Copic Creations, a twice monthly challenge, which for this period is featuring blonde hair.


Here is my take on these two challenges:




This card uses Bazzill CS as the base, and CS from The Paper Company's Meadow Collection for the matting. All the DP is from the Sydney Collection by Making Memories. I have used Summer Tilda With Bowknot from the Shabby Chic Summer Collection 2008 which is available at Magnolia-licious.

Most of the panels for this card were stitched. Tilda was stamped twice (one for the front and one for the inside), colored with Copics, Diamond Stickles placed on her wings, and then cut out.

For the front of the card, the DP panels were adhered in their respective places with Scor-Tape. The nestie panel which has the image was first airbrushed lightly with Copics to show sky and ground before Tilda was added to it. I left the panel in the nestie for the airbrushing so that it would remain with a white frame around it. I then added 4 layer Prima flowers with wedding pearl brads on opposite corners and triple pearl treatment on the other opposite corners. Notice that I intentionally made the centers of the flowers a different size so they would not look so contrived. I finally dangled a FRIENDS charm on a gold cord from the upper flower to give the card some motion.



On the inside of the card the first panel is tied together with a light yellow organza ribbon with a pearl and gold pin through it to be consistent with the pearls and gold from the front. On the other panel the other little Tilda is standing behind the matted nestie jotting place. To finish the inside, very small Kaiser pearls were added to soften all of the corners.

I hope that you will let this little Tilda know what you think of her. She is a fun one to work with because she is kinda short and squatty and fits in smaller places than many other Tildas.

I would like to remind you of the Butterfly Wings challenge and the DT Sketch challenge which are going on through the month of May at Magnolia-licious. Send pics of your cards to ladydian@shaw.ca.Also, Diana has also pointed out the new shipping policy: All orders to Canada and the US for $50 or more receive free shipping; orders of less than $50 to Canada and the US will be charged $2.50. She has also announced the pre-order period for the limited Graduation Collection and she has put together a Bundle which you can find on the Magnolia-licious website.

There are a number of fun activities going on over at the Magnolia-licious Yahoo Site which you may be interested in--raining, mingling, challenges, as well as general questions and answers related to Maggies.

I hope that the rest of your weekend will be a most enjoyable one! Thank you so much for coming by and we hope you will come back and visit us again real soon. Hugs to all!!