Blessings to You

Today's card uses sweet Tilda with Wrapped Heart that I won from Scrapbooking AllSorts in Australia.  How fun!!  I colored her in spring-like colors to enter her in the Loves RubberStamps and Stamp and Create challenges and used a Sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches.  I followed the Ribbon, pearls, machine stitching row over at Totally Tilda .  The sentiment is retired from The Angel Company.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!! : )

Blessings!

Tricia

Hello, Hello!

Good morning!  I had fun putting together a card this morning for a number of different challenges that I follow.  I started with the MFT sketch for the week and the colors from Simply Magnolia, and since I was going to be doing a Magnolia challenge I chose Mini Tilda with Balloon as my focal image.  I kept my card "understated & (hopefully!) elegant" for the challenge at Tilda's town, and popped up both the image and the little balloon for the Love's Rubber Stamps 3-d challenge.  Magnolia Down Under had a bingo challenge.  My row is... Pink, Sentiment, Embossing (on the panel behind Tilda).  Finally Magnolia-Licious wanted Buttons, Bows or Beads, and I have a gold bow.  WHEW! : )  That's a busy card for being so simple!!

Thanks so much for your sweet comments.  They make my day!!

Watercoloring a Favorite

Freshly Made Sketches had such a cute sketch this past week, and I thought it would be a perfect way to showcase my favorite Magnolia stamp - Tilda with Hat - for the Midweek Magnolia challenge.  She is one I got right when I first found the Magnolia stamps and she's been hiding in my drawer for a year or so, so it was time to bring her out again.  I watercolored her with Tombows and SU markers, and I think she's just precious!  Let's see... other notes on the card... the sentiment is from a set by The Angel Company (out of business), the designer paper is from my scrap basket and is retired paper from Stampin Up!, and the cute Wonky Scallop Border Die-Namics is from My Favorite Things.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Here's a list of the challenges I had in mind...
Freshly Made Sketches - sketch
Simply Magnolia - Hat
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
MidWeek Magnolias - My Favorite Stamp

The Best is Yet to Be!!

Happy Monday! Today I spent time coloring one of my favorite stamps for the challenge over at Sweet Stampin. I love this Tilda with Broom because she reminds me of Cinderella, which is perfect because the challenge at Stamp Something this week was Fairy Tales! :-) As I was looking through my stamps for a sentiment, I found this clear stamp by Sweet n Sassy that was just perfect. Little did Cinderella know that the best was yet to be!!

My sketch today was from Create 4 Fun, although I had to switch out the oval for a rectangle or Tilda wouldn't have fit. I used the summery blue color scheme for the Simon Says Stamp challenge, and I even used some ribbon and sparkles (my Stardust pen), which makes it work for the Pink Elephant challenge as well.

I must admit that I always feel badly when I make a Tilda card. Most of them that I see out there are so GORGEOUS, that mine doesn't seem to do her justice. I do love all of the roses, and tags, and ribbon and such that others use, but I just don't *think* that way! And, that's ok. :-) How about you? Are you an embellisher? What a gift you have!! Are you more of a clean and simple stamper? What a gift you have!! Praise the Lord that we can all enjoy making beautiful things in so many different styles!!!

Happy stamping!!

Tricia

Pretty in Pink

Today's card is "challenge inspired". Stampin for the Weekend wanted a "Back to School" card, so I made this card for my dd who is starting her Medical Transcription studies. Since it's an easel card (for the Magnolia Down Under challenge), she can set it on her desk and it can be an encouragement to her. I used one of my favorite Tildas, and a little puppy by The Angel Company, who just seems to fit with her. Plus dd loves dogs. She's done in pink for the Sweet Stampin Challenge, and the sketch is by Card Patterns.

I must admit that easel cards are not my favorite... but I do like how this one turned out!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tricia

Mary Had a Little Lamb

I had some fun in my craft nook tonight and made this little Magnolia card. I took my inspiration from four different challenges. Can you believe it?? Simon Says Stamps was looking for a card that reminded you of a song title... doesn't she just look like "Mary had a Little Lamb"? Magnolia Down Under wanted a birthday card. The Color Throwdown colors were Daffodil, Tangerine and Olive. I don't have the SU colors yet, but I kept my colors as close as I could. And, finally, I got my sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Tilda with Bee

Just a sweet and simple Magnolia card today! Lots of layers and a little bit of coloring. It's one of those cards that probably could use "something else" but it's cute in real life and I'm afraid to add anything to it, for fear I'll mess it up. :-) Unfortunately my E31 marker died while coloring her. Very sad. I use that *all* the time. I might have to try out MFT's refill service. Hmmm...

See you tomorrow!

Blessings,

Tricia

Card Kit Tuesday!

Hello friends! Thanks for stopping by for this installment of Card Kit Tuesday! If this is your first visit, twice a month my dd and I make up a card kit and challenge each other to make a card with one of our older images. Today our kit was made with bits and pieces of a paper kit that I had gotten last spring from our SCS FlyBaby group. The dp is Imaginesce, except for the piece of pink dp at the back, which I added from my stash, the little Tilda is from a stack of images that I won, and the sentiment is from CDS' Everyday Jar-gon. Since we were just working with "bits & pieces" this week, all of the card kits are a little different. Here's the one that *you* can win, if you comment on this post and on K. Joy's Card Kit Tuesday post as well. We'll choose a random winner for the kit on Friday morning, so be sure we can contact you!

Blessings!

Tricia

Stamp Shoppe Magnolia Challenges

The Stamp Shoppe had a fun Magnolia Blog Hop the other day and I really wanted to play along with their challenges, so I made some time this afternoon to color a few Magnolias. The first card is for the sketch challenge. I'll admit that I ... ummm... fudged a little, but I think it's still recognizable!! :-) I used my new Christmas Past Collection papers that I won for all the cards. I just love it!!
The next card is an easel card. I hadn't made one of these before and I think they're harder for me because I have to decorate the inside, too!

For my Christmas card with a non-Christmas image I used an Easter image... Tilda with Lamb. We were talking about Jesus, the Lamb of God, in church this morning, so I think this image works perfectly on a Christmas card!

Here's my pocket card... complete with a Starbucks gift card (that I hope someone will refill for me for Christmas!!)

And then the card CASE'd from a DT card. I cased the layout from this card of Jeanette's. Thanks for looking!!!

Kitchen Tilda

If you've read my blog for any length of time at all you'll know that I love these sweet little Tilda stamps, and here is a new one that just grabbed my heart. Her name is "Kitchen Tilda" and I've decided that she is going to be the mascot for our Menu Challenge over on the GraceWorks blog. I put her on preorder right away, but in the meantime, Sharon graciously sent me a few images to play with. Thanks, Sharon!!! I used some different K&Co papers for the background of the card and the Thinking of You sentiment from Verve. Tilda is colored with copics.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Hello Friend

I have 3 Magnolia cards that I need to make this month. Here's the first one, featuring one of my favorite Tildas. She's so feminine and pretty. Speaking of feminine, I came across a fabulous definition the other day that has really been a blessing to me. In her book "Chosen to be His Helpmeet", Debi Pearl says that "feminine" is devoid of dominance and control. I've really been thinking about that. If you picture this sweet Tilda she doesn't look very controlling does she? She looks capable and lovely and hardworking, but sweet and feminine. That's what I'd like to be known for, as well.

Have a blessed day!

Tricia

More Magnolia Fun

I was supposed to make 4 Magnolia cards today... but I'm not doing too well!! LOL!  I started with the Red, Rose & Blue color challenge, but I wanted to use this luscious K&Co dp that I got, so I hope this will still count!

Tilda is colored with Copics and cut and embossed with Oval Nestibilities.  The buttons are from the SU Button Bouquet - I wonder if they are out of those yet.  I love them!!  The sentiment is Verve.   Not the greatest pictures today, sorry, but thanks for stopping by!

Just Because

I believe I have the lurgy - pronounced with a hard "g" sound - or so I learned from my online research.  Its definition... ‘a humorous way of speaking of any illness which is not very serious but is easily caught’.  It is apparently easily caught -  I think the dog has it too - but I don't believe it is that easy to get rid of.  Uggh. 

On to pleasanter topics! :)  This little ATC is for the Tilda and Friends challenge... "Shine On".  The background paper is shiny - though it's hard to tell in the picture - and the little brad is there for extra measure.

I used the sketch challenge on SCS to make my ATC into a card.  I had to add an extra layer for the sentiment, but that's ok.  I'm sick.  :-)

Thanks for stopping by.  Stay well!!

Tricia

Going Green

The theme over at Tilda and Friends this week is "Shady Lady" - to make a monochromatic ATC.  I chose my Paris Tilda to color and since she ended up looking sort of St. Patrick-ish I used the Irish Blessing Script background stamp behind her.  I colored her with Copics and used papers and brads from my SCS FlyBaby Winter Kit.

I thought I'd try to use this week's Mojo Monday sketch, but, alas, my little Tilda had a mind of her own and I ended up with an entirely different layout.  I pulled out some punches and embellishments that hadn't seen much use lately either! :)  

Thanks for stopping by and for all of your lovely comments.  You make my day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentines Day!!

Here are the cards I made for my girls to go along with their candy.  Speaking of candy, do you know what tomorrow is??? The first day the Cadbury Mini eggs will be out!!!! 

Yippee!! 

"Herein is love - not that we loved Him (God), 

but that *He* loved us and gave His Son to be the propitiation for our sins."

I hope you know *that kind* of love today!!

Blessings!  

Tricia

Sweet Magnolia

There's a challenge over at the PCP KL Stampin & Scrappin Girls group to make a Magnolia card using at least one Magnolia and a heart.  I colored this sweet Tilda in her heart jumper with Copics, sat her on a bow and freehanded a heart for the corner.  The sentiment is a TAC single stamp that I just loved, but haven't used until now! 

I wish I could show you the colors in real life.  It's so bright and pretty and sweet and sparkly.  I'm afraid that I like this one too much to send it away.  Maybe I'll give it to one of my dd's for Valentine's Day! :)

Blessings!

Tricia