Tilda Sparkles

Hi All for another Wonderful Wednesday!  Today I’ve chosen a Magnolia Stamp called Tilda Sparkles.  
A very dear friend is having a Birthday near the end of the month and I decided to do another “book card”.   


While we were away at Christmas I found some Hershey Nuggets (which I couldn’t find for my other Christmas book cards ….grrrr).  To dress the nuggets, I made a wrapper for each of them by using a scalloped border punch, distressing the edges and adding a glittered snowflake (randomly). 





Here is a close up of  Tilda Sparkles.
Supplies used:  Copic Xpress It Blend Cardstock, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Copic Markers, TH Antique Linen Distress Ink, TH Stormy Sky Distress Ink (still my fave), Zig 2-way glue pen, Glitter Ritz "Sand" and Glitter Ritz “Cool Highlights” , Flowers from OCS, MS Border Punch, SU Border Punch, Paper from Stash, SU Snowflake die, Pearl Snowflakes from stash.
My friend has a sparkling personality so I wanted to give this card lots of sparkle – and sparkle it does!  () 
I have made a special envelope box for this – and it will be hand delivered!
I'm entering this card into the MDUC Challenge

Have a wonderful day – take time to create.  ~ Rubber hugs ~

Tilda Recipe Card - Tis The Season!!!

Hi, Madge here for another Wednesday.  Tis almost the season here in the Okanagan – we had our first snowfall for the season (lasted all of two hours and is gone) OCS is now carrying Magnolia stamps and I am such a Magnolia lover, I just had to color up this image. (besides with a craft room in banker boxes all over our house, this image was just delivered and handy!!)
What could be more perfect for a food/drink theme at OCS Nov. Challenge than a Christmas card / Recipe Card!! 

(without recipe tag)

To make the  Recipe Card Pocket, score 12” x 5 1/2” cardstock at 3 1/4” and 8 3/4”.  Fold top corners down to meet score line and glue to inside.  Decorate as desired.
Supplies used:  Xpress it blend cardstock, Tilda with Christmas Baking, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic Markers, Bo Bunny “Father Christmas” DP, Ribbon,  flowers, Spellbinders Labels eleven, SU border punch, corner rounder and MS fern punch.
~ rubber hugs, inky wishes ~
for another Wonderful Wednesday -

Seaworthy Edwin

Hi all Maggie lovers!  It’s been a long time since I’ve posted a Maggie – even though I’ve been making cards.
This card is for our son’s birthday and in keeping it on a more masculine theme, it is a circle easel card, sans lace and flowers.  He loves to sail and since we all spent some time at the beach two weeks ago his Dad and he did some sailing.
I used Edwin with binoculars (although it looks like a telescope) (sometimes the English translation gets a little lost…..lol)  I sketched a Sea background onto white cardstock, and covered it with a round frame to look like a porthole.  The rivets were made from stacked circles of Silver paper, glued together to give dimension.
Edwin was colored using Copic Markers:  R00; R20; R37; R39; C4; C2; BG72; BG75; BG78; & BG99.
I used a Marianne Creatable die for the large scalloped circle and edged it with sponged punchies from an older EK Success Corner punch.  .
Since I am entering this into the Magnolia-licious Highlights challenge using “paper only”.  I made an accordian chain to pop Edwin away from the background.
The compass “stopper” is an SU stamp, stamped and layered to make it dimensional.
Here is a close-up of the little cutie Edwin……  I am trying to get the hang of folds and creases – I still need lots of practice!
Hope you enjoyed looking at my card –  I appreciate each and every comment, they make my day!
I am entering the following challenges:
Magnolia-licious DT Challenge – paper only
Simon Says Stamp Special Monthly Challenge – anything goes
Cute Card Thursday: Challenge 176 – No Designer Paper.
ATS Magnolia Challenge - summer
~ Rubber Hugs, Inky Wishes ~
               Madge

Tilda is “Just sitting here waiting”.

Two posts in one day!!  Really unusual for me.  I can’t keep away from those sweet little Magnolia’s from Diana's store, Magnolia-licious.
A friend has a Birthday coming up, and I thought I’d make her a card with a daffodil – Here is “Tilda holding a Daffodil. 
I have been squandering a piece of Basic Gray paper from the “Porcelain collection” and decided to use it for a Pink and Green Challenge, the sketch is from Mojo Monday, Sketch 186.    












Here is a close-up of Tilda. As you can see, she is wearing pearls (added with white pearl pen), and the daffodil has glossy accents added.  The “bench” she is sitting on is an MS punch, punched back-to-back.  These little people are getting cuter and cuter……….and I love practicing with my copics……. practice makes perfect, right?
I’m entering this card in the following challenges:

Magnolia-licious colour challenge # 6 - pink and green

Mojo Monday - Sketch 186

~ Rubber hugs, inky wishes ~

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Shake, Rattle and Roll Tilda

 As soon as I saw the challenge of shaker cards, hosted this month by the uber-talented Barb Hardeman on the  Magnolia-licioushighlights challenge blog,  I thought of Tilda with Autumn Leaves rolling in the leaves and having a giggling good time.   Then the idea to make her roll and move came into play with a spinner card with Tilda.  I had so much fun coloring this little Tilda - just the look on her face is enough to make me giggle. Diana at Magnolia-licious has her in stock only a mouse click away.

I used a discontinued color of SU to make the background (Marigold Morning), punched the borders using EK Success English Ivy border punch and distressed the edges using Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany.  The Ribbon is from my stash and is absolutely gorgeous because the leaves are actually outlined in gold, the wired edge of the ribbon is copper. I cut some of the leaves out to embellish the paper.  The shaker box is filled with punched tiny  leaves that I colored and distressed with Distress Inks.

I've had this card made for about a week, but my PC was in ICU and my Laptop has an issue with blogger for some reason. So, it has been sitting on my desk shaking to get out of the camera....lol

I'm really pleased with the outcome of the spinner / shaker card. It is a little larger (5 1/2" x 6"), but I will make a custom envelope for her and send her on her way.  I will post a picture of the inside later as we have an appointment in a few minutes.......see you then.

Remember,  Stamp up a Storm - Ink up a Wish, and send it on to make someone's day!

rubber hugz, inky wishes, Cricut chirps and Cuttlebug squishes,
Madge
aka:  maddie6833

Bewitching Tilda

I'm entering this card into the paperplay for the " A Haunting we will go challenge.

This is my one and only Halloween card that I made for this year which will be hand delivered tomorrow.  I don't usually get too thrilled making cards for this occasion - the desire to dress up and party has disappeared:(

A friend of mine makes booootiful Halloween cards -- but then again, she has all the stamps to fit the occasion ..
My new little Witch Tilda, which can be purchased from Magnolia-licious, came to the rescue.  Diana seems to be sold out of this particular witch, but there are soooooooo many others to chose from and if you ask her nicely, she'll order it for you.



Tilda's been coloured with copics and dusted with perfect pearls to make her "green".  I made this into an easel card, and popped the Martha Stewart punched fence on to stick out from the rest of the card. then added glue and perfect pearls to look like skeletons hanging from the fence posts and glossy accents to the pumpkins to make them glow.

The background paper started out as yellow then I stamped it and started adding orange, purple and black.  The haunted house is a Stampin' Up set, which I have used again and again.
Hope you like it.

Remember, stamp up a storm, ink up a wish - and send it on to brighten someone's day.    

Rubber hugs, inky wishes, Cricut chirps and Cuttlebug squishes,
Madge

Mojo Monday Sketch 161

This may just squeak into the deadline for Mojo Monday Sketch #161 which can be found   here.


I found this little Magnolia  in a garage sale and need a name for her??

Here's hoping someone can identify her and  help me put her in alphabetical order in my case.

I managed to use a couple of sadly neglected items for this card.  Some Designer paper from My Mind's Eye, little mulberry flowers, and a spellbinder's edger.

Copics used:  Jacket: BG72; BG75; BG78
                         Pants &; Shoes:  E13; E17; E39
                         Skin:  R00; E01; R20
                          Hair:  E70; E74; E77
                          Flowers:  YR12; YR68; Y13

Martha Stewart "Sunburst" Border Punch
Cardstock:  Chocolate Chip, Hunter Green and Blush Blossom (SU)

Hope you can help me with Tilda's name.  Thank you for making the time to leave a comment, they are greatly appreciated.

Remember, stamp up a storm, ink up a wish and send it on to someone to brighten their day.

Rubber hugz, Inky wishes, Cricut chirps and Cuttlebug squishes,
Madge
aka:  maddie6833

A Card for my little Angel

 

Birthdays are always special and this one is no exception – it is for a little girl who I will always call my little Amy-kins.  I’m allowed because I’m her gramma, and she loves me and tolerates me. 

A friend sent me an image of Tilda Blowing Bubbles and I just had to use it for this Birthday Card.  The Sentiment says, “May your day bubble over with fun!!”  I cut the image out and mounted it onto a white background embossed with my new Stampin’ Up folder.  Then I lightly rubbed a dauber inked with Bashful Blue across the raised embossing.  Different size circle punches were used to make “bubbles”, which I added glitter to, making them iridescent.

I used my copics to colour Tilda, using Blue and a bit of Violet to shade.  I really love the results.  Then I added more glitter to the dress and wings by feathering the glue pen and sprinkling glitter over it.

The card is an easel card which I just love to make – the formula for whipping them up for any size is so easy once you master it and allows the card to stand for display while the sentiment inside remains hidden. 

I found some white flowers in my “stash”, and coloured them by spritzing them with alcohol, (no, not the drinking kind) and colouring them with my copics.  The alcohol makes the “bleeding” so perfect.

I had this card in my mind for Amy-kins – and for once, everything fell into place making it easy to put together.

Hope you like the card and thank you in advance for taking the time to leave a comment – they are always greatly appreciated.

Rubber hugz, inky wishes, Cricut chirps and Cuttlebug squishes,

Madge

aka: maddie6833

Just Magnolia week 65 Vintage Challenge

My card came about for the challenge over at Just Magnolia which is "Vintage" and for the 

Basic Grey Challenge. 

  I found a link to make flowers with a Cricut Cartridge and this was my first attempt - It is big, but not bold.  I thought it looked very "vintagy".  

I love this little Tilda holding eggs and decided to use her in the challenge.  Diana at Magnolia Stamps appears to be out of this stamp, but if you ask her nicely, she will order it in.  

 

I usually go much more distressed for a Vintage look, but felt with the large flower this was a good balance.  Still not quite absolutely positively sure about the flower, but it is glued down so I will have to keep it for now.

Here are the supplies I used to make the card.

• Spellbinders Label Four
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink  (walnut stain) and (antique linen)
• Basic Grey  (Cappella paper pad) Love the colours!!
• Momenta (Story About Me collection) paper
• SU cardstock for base of card
• Copics:  
• Skin:  R00; R20; E11
• Hair:  E11; E13; E17; E57
• Dress and Socks:  B91; B93; C1
• Shading:  C1
• Lace Strip:  Martha Stewart Lace Edge Border punch
• Flourish:  Cricut Storybook cartridge
• Flower:  Cricut George cartridge;  paper scraps; Stickles; Tim Holtz Antique Linen distress ink.

I cut and embossed the image with Spellbinders Label Four and distressed it with Walnut Stain distress ink.  I also distressed the papers with the same ink to give it a  vintage look.

I'm looking forward to taking a copic class at the beginning of August  - I'm really wanting to learn how to use them to get the fabulous results that I keep seeing.  

The inside of the card doesn't have a sentiment added because I haven't decided what to use yet.  I have decorated it with a vintage rose paper scrap using the MS Lace Border punch and MS Butterfly.

Hope you like the card - Remember, Stamp up a Storm - Ink up a Wish and send it on to someone to brighten their day.

Rubber hugs, inky wishes, Cricut chirps and Cuttlebug squishes,
Madge
aka:  maddie6833

Tilda Holding Lilacs

Monochromatic Madge has struck again!!  

It is so easy to slip into the comfortable, safe and sometimes boring monochromatic state.  I envy those of you who can intermingle colours and patterns to get  absolutely marvelous results.  When I try, it looks like yesterday's breakfast left on the counter overnight.

This is another card that has to be mailed for a swap, thus it is no thicker than 1/4" -   I  try not to make them entirely flat, but I try to keep it thin enough to slip through Canada Post's mandated slot (which, I believe gets thinner and thinner after the postage lurches up that incredible penny every year).

A friend sent me the image of "Tilda Holding Lilacs",  so I just had to colour her up.

(Diana, at  Magnolia-licious  has it in stock right now)

Lavender, lilac, mauve, and  light purple all favourite colours of mine - even though nothing in my wardrobe is any of the above.

I used copics to colour Tilda and "The Spring Fence",  cut them out and popped Tilda onto the fence with 3D tape.   I stamped off the SU " Blossoms Abound" stamp onto the white SU top note die cut  with Lovely Lilac and sponged the edge to pop it off the  Always Amethyst top note, also sponged with Lovely Lilac.  The DP is also SU.  The ribbon is  iridescent white, knotted and tucked under the DP and the flowers are a 3D sticker found in my "purple" stash drawer

Hope you like it - I appreciate each and every comment left and hope you will take the time to leave one.  

Remember, Stamp up a Storm, Ink up a Wish and send it on to someone to brighten their day.

Rubber hugs, inky wishes, Cricut chirps and Cuttlebug squishes,
Madge

Mojo Monday Sketch 146

Another Mojo Monday Sketch contest and a chance to wiln a stamp set!  Well, any stampaholic can't pass up a chance to add a stamp to her already daunting collection!

Here is the sketch we had to work with.    I'm sitting at the lake with only Magnolia stamps - so guess what I had to use...............  Midsummer Tilda . She is coloured with copics.  Just love the results of those little markers. 

Hope you'll leave a comment and tell me what you think.  Stamp up a Storm - ink up a wish, and send it on to someone to brighten their day.

Rubber hugs, inky wishes, Cricut Chirps and Cuttlebug squishes,

Madge

Tilda with Violin - 2nd post

Here is another Tilda with Violin card, made for a stamping friend who plays the Violin (also known as "ANNABLER".....lol  I give her such a bad time about getting me hooked on these sweet little stamps,  but I also thank her for opening my eyes.

Copics added a touch of colour to this Tilda, but I left the majority of the dress untouched to keep it pure white.  I used the same musical note sticker paper on this one as my previous post,  some polar white Flower Soft for the wings and layered some prima flowers with stamens from some faux silk flowers I had on hand.











The inside is decorated to finish off the card.

Remember,  Stamp up a storm, ink up a wish and send it on to someone to brighten their day.

Rubber hugs, inky wishes, Cricut chirps and Cuttlebug squishes,
Madge
aka:  maddie6833

Mojo Monday Sketch 142

I found myself with a little time on my hands today rather than being out in the full sun planting bedding plants.  We've been late putting plants in because of being away for May.  Rather hard to get interested in our poolside planters because our pool is a green slough.  Here in the Okanagan we are under severe water restrictions. City officials have given us the okay to fill  pools once -- but since we need a new liner, we have to wait for the pool company to fit us in.

A friend, (the same friend that fueled the fire for my addiction to Magnolias) gave me an image of Tilda With Glasses, hence the card for Mojo Monday.

The image was stamped with StazOn, so using my copics was out of the question.  I used distress inks and markers. I think I need to practice more.

Another friend told me the reason Magnolias do not have mouths.  Being angels,  they speak from the heart, thus do not need mouths.  All I know is that they are so darn cute, I have to have them all! 

Here is what I came up with for the Contest week for Mojo Monday.

I used designer paper from Me and My Big Ideas that I've probably had for a few years for the front and inside.
Flowers are Prima (aren't they beautiful?)
Sprigs behind the flowers are a Martha Stewart punch.
The tabs are cut from cardstock with spray adhesive applied, then dusted with perfect pearls. 

 The inside of the card says, "Just sitting here, thinking of you".

Thank you for stopping by to take a peek.  Comments are always appreciated.

Remember, stamp up a storm, ink up a wish, and send it on to someone to brighten their day.

Rubber hugs, inky wishes, Cricut chirps and Cuttlebug squishes,
Madge

Have You Caught the Magnolia Bug??

Have you caught the Magnolia bug yet??  I might have.

Just happened to be in a LSS and a "Tilda" '60's stamp flew into my basket......  Only have one - this week!  There are advantages / disadvantages to on-line shopping.

These stamps are just so darn cute!  Copics, watercolours, markers, chalks, etc., all can be used to make them come alive.  Don't I sound like I just made a great discovery that the rest of the world doesn't know about yet??  lol   I've been looking at the cards made with these little beauties, and I'm hooked!!!

Here's one of many "trials" that I put together.  This is for a friend for her Birthday, we are taking her out to lunch tomorrow.  I hope she likes it - her cards always have that "wow" factor.

I turned it into an "80"'s Tilda by adding glitter to the hair ribbons, the hem of her skirt and the centre of the flowers.
Lots of fun coloring -- mostly with watercolors as I don't have many copics (yet).  I popped her out to be sitting on the vertical bars and the musical note brads were a last minute add-on, which I think I will keep.

Thanks for dropping by, hope you like it.  Remember, stamp up a storm, ink up a wish and send it on to someone to brighten their day.

Rubber hugs, inky wishes, Cricut Chirps and Cuttlebug Squishes,
Madge