Tilda Loves Flowers

April is Birthday Month for friends and family.  I’ve been chomping at the bit to be able to put this card on my blog – but I had to wait until the recipient had it in her hot little hands.!!!  

I absolutely adore this little “Tilda loves Flowers” image (Diana at Magnolia-licious, has such a great selection).  I found a smallish piece of a Basic Grey dp from the Porcelain Collection that I had been hoarding……….  and had to use it.  Pink and Green!!  Can you get anymore Spring-like??
I fussy-cut Tilda until I reached her bouquet – then – well, I mussy-cut.  LOL  
It has been so-oooooo long since I’ve posted a Magnolia image -  Hope you like it.  I’m really pleased with this folds on her dress!!  What do you think?
Yup, I’m  shamelessly fishing for compliments…………. LOL

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes  (anything goes)
Magnolia Stamp Lovers  (butterflies)
Wags n Whiskers Challenge (anything goes)

“Remember, Stamp up a Storm, Ink up a Wish – and send it on to someone to brighten their day”.
~ rubber hugz ~
Madge  

Bird on a Branch – Marianne Creatable

 

I’ve chosen to showcase the wonderful array of Tim Holtz Distress inks that One Crazy Stamper has in the store and a beautiful die from the  Marianne Creatable’s collection.  I used the Spellbinder scalloped rectangles, using the negative to blend the distress ink onto my 5” x 5” vanilla cardstock.  Masking and overlapping the stencil created the foreground / background effect.

The Bird on a Branch was cut and embossed and then I used a sponge dauber to apply ink to give the die cut dimension.  I also sponged the My Mind's Eye button and die cut to give a little dimension.  Brads, a suede cord and a sentiment were added from stash. The knot on the suede cord is called a Double Carrick knot.

April is “Masculine” month for the challenge at OCS – Can’t wait to see your creations, for a chance to win free stuff.

“Remember to stamp up a storm and ink up a wish” and send it on to make someone’s day”.

~ rubber hugz ~

 

 

Wee Florist Slider Easel Card

Hi all, another Wonderful Wednesday – and it is almost APRIL – which means you only have a couple of more days to enter the March Birthday Challenge at OCS. 
I could not wait to color up this beautiful little “Wee Florist” from Whimsy Stamps, available at OCS.  I chose to make a “Slider Easel Card” / aka:  Pull Tab Card aka: Hidden Message Card.    The image was just so darn cute to color, I can hardly wait









to color the other ones I have not inked up yet.  SIGH – another time.
My card measures 5” x 5 1/2”.   I started with stamping “Wee Florist” onto Xpress Blend It Cardstock with  Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic markers (too many to remember unfortunately).
The image was die cut with Spellbinders Labels 23, and instead of cutting a mat, I simply ran a black Sharpie around the edge to create the illusion of a very thin mat.
Papers are from Basic Grey and SU.  An MS border punch was used to create the lacy look down the sides.  Ribbon and flowers can be found in the embellishment dept. at OCS.
Take time to “Stamp up a storm and ink up a wish” and send it on to someone special. 
Until next time.  ~ Rubber Hugz ~

Black, White and Pink Happy Birthday

Hi all,  Well Spring is supposedly here – right?  Here in Vernon, it’s windy and cold, snowing at night and melting by 9 a.m.  Weird! 
I’m showcasing some new items that I have purchased from my absolutely favorite on-line store…………  So many toys and pretties to chose from!!

I’ve made this card for a friend, who has made it quite clear that she doesn’t like colored images on cards . . . . .  dead silence?? Well, she’s a wonderful friend and I love her just the same. 
My card is a clean and simple but I got to use a whole bunch of fun elements.   
Card Recipe: 

• 11” x 4 1/4” white cardstock  (scored at  5”)
  
• Run 6” part through the beautiful  Marianne Designable – Vintage die -  then I Scallop embossed the edge with the Large Scallop die from the Spellbinders Classic Edges 1.
  
• Scallop a pink piece ( 4 3/8” x 6”) of cardstock on the 4 3/8” edge (using the Large Scallop die from the Spellbinders Classic Edges 1
  
• Repeat with a piece of black cardstock ( 41/2” x 6 1/4”)
  
• Adhere Pink behind front white and the black behind inside white flap. Make sure to keep the edges equal.
  
• Scraps of White, Pink and Black – to mat a small sentiment
  
• Use Black Scrap to punch ferns (Martha Stewart Fern Punch)
  
• Tie pink ribbon around card and tie into a bow.
  
• Tuck sentiment and black fern punchies under knot of bow.
  
• Add flowers of your choice – Lora has such a beautiful selection here.
  
• I like to make my flowers sturdy for mailing by using Diamond Glaze – it also adds a bit of iridescent gloss.
  
• I stamped the inside of my card with Tsukineko Jet Black StazOn with a beautiful flourish stamp called Lavish Flourishes by Whimsy stamps.
  
• A row of white half pearls  (which I colored pink with copic marker R81) was added to the scallops on the front.

I’ve used a lot of different products from the OCS store.   Hope you like it.
“Stamp up a storm, ink up a wish” and send it on to someone you love.
~ rubber hugz, inky wishes ~

PS.  You’ve still got time to participate in the March Challenge at OCS!!  There are Prizes to be won!!   See you at your blog!

“YETI” ’nother Birthday Card

Hi all, another Wonderful Wednesday to look forward to.  In our area, the weather can’t make up it’s mind to let go of winter or proceed with Spring – every day is a mystery!! lol

I’ve got a really quick card to show you today. The image I chose is Yeti Cocoa, from OCS.  I stamped “Yeti” onto Xpress it Blend cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black, colored it with my copics, fussy cut it out and then adhered it to a transparency which I had stamped the image with StazOn ink.  I backed the transparency with blue c/s allowing allowed the swirls, steam and snow flakes that were in the background to be in the background, which I wanted blue.

Spellbinders Lables Eighteen  (largest) die was used to cut out the card front, the second largest used to cut the white inside mat which was sponged with TH Distress Ink (Stormy Sky) (my favorite color, this month).  I did some faux stitching with a white gel pen to add some interest around the die cuts and added snowflake buttons.  The ribbon at the bottom under Yeti was an “add-on” to cover up a glue blooper. 

March is “BIRTHDAY MONTH” for OCS’s BLOG CHALLENGE!  Can’t wait to see your creation!  See you there!!

 

~ Rubber Hugz, inky wishes ~

Magnolia Stamp “system”

Hi,  I’m sharing this with a couple of people who have asked how I organize my sweet, precious Magnolia Stamps.  I haven’t got as many stamps as some people, but do like to keep them close at hand and portable.  I can easily find the page(s) of stamps that I want to transport and put them in another Gina K Binder to carry along with me when I go to our Lake property.
So, here goes.
These are the Spines of my Gina K Binders/Boxes. Each Binder will hold approx. 28-30 Magnolias.  I have my own abbreviations for the Collections.  ie:  SCL – Sweet Crazy Love; ASS – Accessories Spring & Summer; WTA / YASP – Winner Takes All / You Are So Special, etc. etc.


  Below is the Outside Front and Inside Front which is a double-sided index.  8 1/2” x 11 folded in half.

I love the way the stamps stick to the laminated sheets without me having to worry about them falling out of the Binder / Box.  You can see that I have made two image sheets exactly identical – one to hold the stamps and one to identify the stamp at a glance. Both sides are laminated because I like to keep them clean of any ink residue. 



Last but not least is an alphabetical index of all my Maggies, showing me what Binder (and page) each stamp is in.

I have to admit I’m a bit of an organizational freak (being an x-office manager made me this way + being a Virgo does not help.
This is how I started organizing my collection, which I find works for me.  I love the packaging on the Maggies, but cannot be bothered going into the little envelope to retrieve the stamp.  Each and every one of us organizes in a different way to suit our needs.
Hope this gives some of you out there an idea or two.
~ Rubber hugz, inky wishes ~
Madge

OCS March Challenge

Hi all, Madge here for the first of March!!!  This is the day that OCS kicks off the current challenge for the month. BIRTHDAY WISHES.  We have a whole week of inspiration for you from the OCS Design Team, OCS Guest Designers and a few pop-in surprises.
I chose a Stamping Bella (Anabel Lulu) Stamp to share with you today.  These images are very elegant.  Personally, I think they scream for black accents because of the girls black hair (or whatever ink you chose to stamp with. 
I used a page of Webster’s Pages and fussie cut out a portion of the leaves to overlap my die cut. the image was stamped onto Xpress Blend It cardstock with Memento Ink (black), and then colored with copics.  I cut out the die, making a mat from black and distressing the white with TH Distress inks (Dusty Concord).  the flowers, ribbon and brad are available at OCS, along with fantastic prices and superior service. 
I also decorated the inside of the card, with the same cardstock, and added a sentiment which says “ It’s your day. . . ENJOY!”  A strip of border punch distressed with Dusty Concord along with the white sentiment label was added.
Hope you enjoy my card – and please drop by OCS to enter your creativeness into the challenge for March. There are prizes to be WON.
~ rubber hugz, inky wishes ~
Madge

Stampless Card

Hi all, Madge here for another Wonderful Wednesday!  All is well on the home front – my little Michou has rallied around and is back to normal. Thanks for the emails of concern.  Everyone that knows me personally, know how much I love that little furry cuddle-bug.
I’ve chosen to do a “stampless” card today. [ Oops, I lied – there are two stamps used on it – one for the inside and one for the back.]  When I noticed that OCS was carrying the Marianne dies, I was over the moon!  So today I’m showcasing a Marianne Creatable die called, Elegant Lady , along with Spellbinders oval and scalloped oval die.  I started with the die cut and made it into a cameo by placing it onto a white oval (added color to the cut out) and matted it with a black scalloped oval, to which I added pearls made with my Ice White Viva Decor pen.  The die is so elegant, that I thought I would make it look like a picture covered with glass – so I used Ranger Glossy Accents to cover the cameo.  “Gorrjussss”!!!   Looks like a little framed picture.
I really love making different folds for cards – this one is a vertical flap over a regular card base, which allows me to leave a private message, but also allows the card to be displayed.  There are so many  beautiful die cut borders and border punches available at OCS, but I chose a MS border punch b/c I had it handy on my crafting desk.  I used Broken China TH distress ink to distress the edges and  added some flowers and a trendy, large Organza Ribbon Bow.  The flowers are from here, and here.    The flap is held in place with a little black photo tab and brad (from stash).

Here is a look at the inside flap of the card. 

And the back.

Until next time – take care
~ rubber hugz & inky wishes ~

“Hands Up” by Nellie Snellen

Hi all, Madge here for a wonderful Wednesday – following Shari’s Terrific Tuesday card (which was really terrific). 

I’m a little distressed today as I had a rough night last night with my little Michou (13-yr old Shih Tzu / Poodle cross).  He was having some problems and needed out every half hour all through the night.  Needless to say, I kept a close eye on him all day – which makes me very cranky.  Worse than having a sick child – at least a child will point to where they are hurting.  We will have to keep an eye on him for a couple of days to see if it continues – which will probably mean X-rays / blood tests / etc. etc. if he doesn’t improve.  He’s been my best little bud for 13 yrs – used to sit under my desk at work :) He was great at being the official greeter at the office.  Anyway my card will be simple – with the explanation to follow.

I’ve chosen to highlight one of Nellie Snellen’s delightful dress-up kids at play called “Hands Up” from the Young Rebel series.    I’ve been on a mission lately to use some old techniques and to use up supplies that I haven’t looked at for awhile – and here they are:

Technique:  Paper Tearing & Z-fold card.

Supplies:  Bo bunny papers, gold seed beads (for sand) Tombow glue (to attach beads); twine , crackle accents to strengthen the anchor cut from c/s, Copic Markers; X-press It Blend c/s;  Pearl Pen (Ice White)) (for seashells);   Can anyone guess what i used for the lettering and the sea shells??  . . . . . . . . split pea soup mix . . . . . kinda fun poking through a whole package to find the correct letters!!  My 110 Copic Marker was used to highlight them.  I also drew on the paper to give the illusion of a pirate’s map.

Well, that’s it for this week. Hope your significant other treated you well for Valentine’s Day. I know mine did! (unbeknownst to him . . . lol).

‘Til next time -

~ Rubber hugz , inky wishes ~

Tilda with Candy Cone

Hi all for another wonderful Wednesday – looks like a Frosty Friday outside here in the Okanagan Valley. We’ve this spectacular thick frost coating all the tree branches and when the sun hits it it is absolutely amazing.

Today I’ve chosen another Magnolia stamp called Tilda with Candy Cone – available at OCS.  I’ve had this image colored for a while – but hadn’t gotten an idea of what I wanted to do with her.  I was poking through some DSP’s and found a piece of SU, that seemed to fit in perfectly.  I have one of the most wonderful SU demo’s and we had just done a couple of unique folded cards – this is not one of them, but the other cards gave me an idea of something that could be done differently.  It is a card within a card.
Materials used:  Magnolia Stamp – Tilda with Candy Cone;  Xpress It blend c/s; Copic Markers; Memento Tuxedo black ink; Doohicky border dies; Shrinky Dink (hearts); Marianne Creatable die;  White pearl hearts (died red with Copic marker).  Misc. C/S from stash.

Hope you will join us in the Feb. Challenge at OCS which is “Love is in the Air”.  Love to see what you create and gives us a way to drop in on your blog to visit.
~ Rubber Hugz ~

Tilda with Sparkles

Hi all, for another wonderful Wednesday – and Feb. 1st!!!  I think January is the longest most boring month of the year – unless of course you are on vacation – somewhere warm and sunny.

I have ONE more image colored of “Tilda with Sparkles” which I’ve altered to have her holding a bouquet of hearts.  I found some heart paper that  matches her outfit perfectly . . . . . what a bonus.  So in the tradition of February being the month of “love” – I give you – Tilda with sparkling Hearts.   I added some Crackle Accents to the heart in the top right corner . . . the effect is rather neat!

The Flowers and ribbon were an add-on – because in the true Magnolia Fashion – flowers are mandatory.   The Ribbon is 1/8” silk ribbon that I swirled by twisting and tacking into place to make it more interesting. 

 

Here is a close up of the ribbon and flowers.

 

 

 

Supplies used:  Magnolia Stamp:  Tilda with Sparkles, Copic Markers, Xpress Blend it Cardstock, Stickles, Crackle finish Glossy Accents, Silk Ribbon, DP: SEI, Cardstock:  from stash

Until next week – Take time to play with paper, stamps and ink.

~ rubber hugz ~

CRAZY WHIMSICAL BLOG HOP!!!!!!!!

Today Whimsy Stamps is combining forces with One Crazy Stamper to bring you a Crazy Whimsical  blog hop filled with lots of inspiration and  some PRIZES!!

Please join our hop featuring projects from the Whimsy and One Crazy Stamper Design Teams.   Be sure to hop around from blog to blog and leave a comment at each stop, because some lucky random commenters are going to win some crafty goodies!!!
If you’ve arrived from Simonne Clay's Blog you are right on track.  If not, you can go back to the beginning of the blog hop.  When you leave a comment on each blog, it will multiply your chances of winning some awesome prizes!!
  The sketch below, is what we were asked to follow for this blog hop.  Whimsy has absolutely wonderful images – my favorite being the Kenny K Collection.  The image below is called “Mad Skillz”.  My original idea was to make a Birthday Card, but then changed my mind to an “Idol” card. Since AI just started their new season, I figure it will fit in.
Image:  Mad Skillz from Whimsy Kenny K collection
Cardstock:  Xpress-It Blending C/S , mats SU & Basic Grey - Little Black Dress
Coloring:  Copic Markers
  Glitter:  Glitter Ritz - Cool White
Spellbinders:  Lables Fourteen

Misc:  Brads, Sticker Letters, Musical notes, Scallop Punch:  from Stash

The sketch isn’t exactly as above – but all the elements are there!!  I decided to put my sentiment where she was pointing.

Whimsy Stamps is a family owned rubber stamp company located in the United States. We carry a large variety of exclusive rubber and digital stamps, custom rubber and digital designs, our Shapeology metal crafting dies, and many different crafting embellishments. We have new releases each month for both rubber stamps and dies as well as new digital images. Hop by the shop and see what's new! 

One Crazy Stamper is a fantastic Canadian crafting store with an online site as well as a brick and mortar store located in Bolton, Ontario! One Crazy Stamper has the latest products you are looking for! Be sure to check out the One Crazy Stamper shop as well as the OCS blog for your daily inspiration.


This is the order of the Blog Hop - HAPPY HOPPIN!!

1. One Crazy Stamper Blog- http://onecrazystampercom.blogspot.com
2. Jacilynn - www.jacilynndashwood.blogspot.com
3. Debbie Eastman - http://debbieeastmancardsimake.blogspot.com/
4. Michelle - www.inspirationblooms.blogspot.com
5. Alberto gava http://www.loshakeratoalberto.takingweb.com
6. Sue – http://craftcreations.ca
7. Heidy Blom-http://heidysscrappies.blogspot.com
8. Joni - http://joni52.blogspot.com
9. Simonne Clay http://semsee.blogspot.com
10. Madge – http://scrapaholicpaperjunkie.blogspot.com < - - you are here >
11. Iris Wiechmann http://cocoacards.blogspot.com
12. Shari – http://www.pickledmemories.blogspot.com
13. Beate Johns http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststamp
14. Lisa - http://mainlystamping.blogspot.com
15.  Tammy Louise Cunliffe http://handmadebytlc.blogspot.com
16. Lora - www.onecrazystamperblog.com

Be sure to leave a comment below for a chance to win a prize!!

Now, head over to  Iris Wiechmann's blog to see the eye candy she has for you.

~ rubber hugz ~