7KCF Challenge - Teddy Bear Love

Happy Wednesday!  We have a new challenge for you over on the 7KCF Challenge Blog.  Our challenge is "anything goes" with an optional twist of "Die-alicious" (use more than one die)!

I used this sweet Teddy Bear Love stamp from Magnolia and colored her with copics.  I used the Classic Oval Nestabilities to mat the image, and the Standard Circle Nestabilities for the sentiment.  I used the Scalloped Banner Die from La-La Land Crafts and added some Melissa Frances pearls to the banner.  Be sure to stop by the 7KCF Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the team is sharing today!

Products from the 7KCF store:

 

Teddy Bear Love Magnolia Rubber Stamp

Sugar Shoppe 6x6 Paper Pad from Doodlebug

Solar White Smooth Classic Crest 80lb Cardstock from Neenah

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad from Tsukineko

Copics

Classic Oval Nestabilities from Spellbinders

Standard Circle Nestabilities from Spellbinders

Scalloped Banner La-La Land Crafts Die

Cream Pearls from Melissa Frances

Mono Multi Liquid Glue from Tombow

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Hugs, Anita 

7 Kids College Fund Challenge - Love Never Melts

Happy New Year!  We are starting a new challenge over on the 7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog and the theme is "anything goes". 

I'm using this adorable Magnolia stamp Tilda With Snow Heart.  Isn't she a cutie?  I stamped her on Neenah cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and then colored her with my copics and colored pencils.  I added some Glamour Dust for sparkle and Liquid Applique for the fluff on her hat.  The corner die is by Memory Box and the snowflakes are from a Marianne Designs die.

Supplies from the 7 Kids College Fund Store:

Tilda with Snow Heart Magnolia Stamp

Copics Markers

Neenah Solar White Smooth Classic Crest 80lb Cardstock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

ProArt Paper Blending Stumps

Memory Box Frostyville Corner Die

Christmas Village Decorations Collectables Dies from Marianne Designs

Tombow Mono Multi Glue

Marvy Uchida Liquid Applique

Our challenge is open for two weeks so there's plenty of time for you to play along.  Remember that in order to be eligible to win a gift certificate prize you must use an image carried in the 7 Kids College Fund Store.  Be sure to stop by the 7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the team is sharing today.

Thank you for stopping by.

Hugs, Anita

7 Kids College Fund Blog Hop

Welcome to the 7 KIDS Preview of Christmas hop! You are going to find some really great projects using some really beautiful stamps and products from the store! For those of you who haven't started your Christmas cards, this is a great opportunity for some 7 Kids inspiration. The store is stocked with lots of images and papers.  Don’t forget we have many products that will help you with your Christmas gifts.

 

Today we have our new DT members with us and some very special guest designers who have joined us for our Christmas Hop. 

And, one random hopper will win a

$25 GIFT CERTIFICATE to the store!!!

 

And we will be selecting three guest designers!

Here's how you can win:

1) Make your way through all the blogs on the hop and comment on EACH DT member's blog. 

2) Return to the store blog and comment there to let new hoppers know how great the projects were!

3) Come back to the store blog on Wednesday 11/13 when we'll announce the random winner. 

 

Supplies from 7 Kids College Fund:

 

Magnolia Tilda with Ribbon Heart Scarf

 

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

 

Neenah Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock

 

Copics

 

My Mind's Eye Vintage Christmas 6 x 6 Paper Pad

 

Spellbinders Circle Nestabilities

 

ProArt Paper Blending Stumps

 

Viva Decor Cream Pearl Pen

 

 

Remember to support the DT! If you like a project, make sure you click through that DT member's links which will help them earn credit toward purchasing more goodies to make more projects to show you!!!

   

Let's HOP!!!

Eulanda (GDT)

Alyce (GDT)

Christy (GDT)
Anne Marie
Kelly

Jackie

Anita  (You are Here)

Michelle

Karen

Christine

Rosemary

Mackie

7 Kids College Fund Store Blog

 

 Thank you so much for hopping with us today!

 

Hugs, Anita

Guest Designer For OOZAK

( ** Please scroll down for The Greeting Farm Blog Hop ** )

Hello again sweet friends.  Today I have the privilege of being a Guest Designer on the OOZAK Challenge Blog.  Their current challenge is "Anything Goes" using your favorite color combo!  Well, you can't get any easier than that, right?

I decided to use two things that I haven't used in forever ... a Tilda stamp and my distress inks.  This sweet little Tilda is called Tilda With Big Ice Cream from Magnolia's "With Love" Collection.  You can find this collection in the OOZAK shop.  So as I mentioned, I colored her with distress inks.  I love the very soft, pale colors that most people achieve with their inks but as you can see, I haven't mastered that technique yet lol!  I always plan to color in pale hues but my colors always end up much brighter than I planned.  But that's OK, I still love using my DIs :)  I guess you can tell that my favorite color combo is shades of pinks & blues?  I followed the current sketch over at Crafting Life's Pieces.  I embellished my card with a doily, lace, seam binding, cupcake button, punched flowers, diecut butterfly, and pearls.  There's still plenty of time to enter the OOZAK challenge so head over to their blog to find all the details.  Thank you,  Melanie and OOZAK, for letting me play along with you this month!

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend!  Be sure to scroll down if you want to play along in The Greeting Farm's Blog Hop.

Hugs, Anita   

I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
7 Kids College Fund Challenge 67  -  Happy Birthday
Bunny Zoe's Monthly Challenge  -  Flowers and Pearls
Crafting Life's Pieces Sketch Challenge 55
Crafty Catz Challenge 170  -  Bingo Time  (pearls, dies, ribbon)
Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge  -  All About Birthdays
No Matter Which Challenge 6  -  Ribbons and Bows
Raise The Bar Challenge  -  Free At Last
Stamp & Create with Magnolia Challenge 3  -  Spring with Butterflies

Stamps:  Magnolia - Tilda With Big Ice Cream; Whimsy Stamps - Party Mini Letter Seals
Paper:  Carta Bella - Devoted; Bazzill
Other:  Distress Inks, seam binding, EK Success Flower punches, pearls, doily, lace, cupcake button, CC Designs Cutters Butterfly Border, Nestabilities

A Spring Wedding

Hello peeps.  I hope you're having a fabulous weekend!  I have a wedding card to share with you today. 

I used Magnolia's Bride and Bridesmaid and Romantic Sunset stamps.  I colored the images with my distress inks.  I cut out the bride and bridesmaid and popped them up on dimensionals.  I used glitter on the bride, bridesmaid, butterflies, flowers, and shells.  I added some ribbon and a bow and placed some pearls in the corners.  I kept my card simple so that the focus was on the image rather than a lot of embellishments.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.

I'm entering my card in these challenges:
Alota Challenge 55  -  St Patrick's Day
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge  -  Going Green
Creatalicious Challenge 20  - Two Colors
Creative Card Crew  -  Green
Delightful Challenges  -  Delightful Green Challenge
Do You Stack Up DYSU#11  -  Add a Bow
Dream Valley Challenge 2  -  New Beginnings
Fab 'n Funky Challenge 64  -  All Things Green
Guylou's Inimitability Challenge  -  I See Dots
Paper Cutz Challenge 83  -  Your Choice
Pixie Cottage Challenge 61  -  Sketch and/or Green

Stamps:  Magnolia - Bride & Bridesmaid; Romantic Sunset
Paper:  American Crafts - Letterbox; Bazzill
Other:  Distress inks, glitter, ribbon, pearls

Longing Tilda

Happy Sunday to all of you.  I hope you're staying nice and warm wherever you are.  It snowed yesterday and it looks like we may get more snow tomorrow ... enough already!  We've really had a lot of snow this winter and I'm done with it, lol.  I decided to stay in and catch up on my card-making since the weather was nasty.

I colored Longing Tilda with my prismacolor pencils and added some Glamour Dust around my image.  I added a bow and some chocolate pearls to finish my card.  Very clean and simple. 

I hope you're enjoying your weekend.  Thank you for stopping by!

I'm entering my card in these challenges:
2 Sisters Challenge 25  -  The World is Our Oyster
Belli Challenge 110  -  Jewelry
Just Magnolia and HAnglar STanglar Week 92  -  Anything Goes with optional Flowers
Magnolia Stamp Lovers  -  Glitter Challenge
Paper Play Week 5  -  Stamp it Out
Papertake Weekly  -  Anything Goes
Sew Many Challenges 42  -  Anything Goes
Totally Stampalicious  -  No Occasion

Stamp:  Magnolia Longing Tilda
Paper:  Fancy Pants; Bazzill
Other:  Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, Nestabilities, ribbon, pearls, Glamour Dust, flower punch

Wishes

Happy Sunday to all of you .... and Happy New Year since this is my first post of 2011!

I managed to catch one heck of a cold this week and haven't felt like making cards until today.  I've got a couple of DT cards that are due so I need to get busy on those too.  But first, I have a birthday card to share with you.  I've had these Magnolia stamps for a while and just now got around to inking them up.

The stamp is Fairy Dust Tilda and she's one of my favorite Magnolia stamps ... hmm, I think I say that about all my stamps, don't I?  I used my prismacolor pencils to color the image.  I added Glamour Dust to the eyelet on her outfit and to the "fairy dust" she's blowing.  I stamped and embossed the Snowy Circle and then added a tiny little pearl in each of the snowflakes.  I embossed my cardstock with a snowflake embossing folder and added some navy ribbon, and larger pearls in the corners. 

Thank you for stopping by.

I'm entering my card in these challenges:
7 Kids College Fund Challenge 11  Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge 7  - Sparkle and Shine
By The Cute and Girly January Challenge  -  Bling It On
City Crafter Challenge Week 37  -  Stamp It Out
Crafty Catz Challenge 63  -  Your Choice (Challenge 53 - Magnolia)
Just Magnolia Week 87  -  Anything Goes
Paper Pretties  -  Ring in the New Year
Southern Girls Challenge 9  -  Anything Goes
Crazy4Challenges C4C68  -  Celebrate Something
Stamp Something  -  Glitter
Simon Says  -  Time to Party/Celebrate
Totally Papercrafts Challenge 47  -  Time to Party
Moving Along with the Times Challenge 79  -  Birthdays and Circles

Stamps:  Magnolia - Fairy Dust Tilda, Snowy Circle; PTI - Mixed Messages
Paper:  Bazzill
Other:  Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, Glossy Accents, Cuttlebug Winter Wonderland embossing folder, Nestabilities, embossing powder, Glamour Dust, pearls

Pretty Pink Princess

Pretty pink princess...hmm, say that 3 times real fast.  Bit of a tongue-twister, huh?  I hope you're all having a fantastic Friday.  I decided to make a Magnolia card today.  It's been a long time since I've inked up one of my lovely Tildas.  This image is Princess Tilda, and she does look like a little princess, doesn't she?

My image is colored with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol, and I've added a generous dose of Glamour Dust.  I made a little rosette from my ribbon and added a flower to the center.  My scallops were made with my Martha Stewart punch and I've added a little bow and a charm of two hearts.  There are two teensy-tiny pearls on her shoes and pearls in the corners of the card.

Thanks for stopping by to visit.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend. 

Hugs, Anita

Stamp:  Magnolia - Princess Tilda; PTI - Mixed Messages
Paper:   Bazzill, stash
Other:  Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, ribbon, flower, MS punch, pearls, charm, Glamour Dust, Nestabilities

Pretty in Purple

This is a card I made for my LSS, Simply Scrapbooks.  The stamps I used are Lady Tilda and Wedding Rose Arch, both by Magnolia.  I watercolored my image using Distress Inks and used some of my favorite Basic Grey paper.  It's a large image so it didn't leave much room for other embellishments.  I added a piece of ribbon and some pretty pearls.  I also added some glitter to her dress and the flowers on the wedding arch.  Thanks for stopping by!

I'm entering my card in these challenges:

Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge #42  -  It's A Fairy Tale
Cowgirl Up Sunday Challenge  -  Anything Goes
Craft Your Days Away Challenge #3  -  Girly 'n' Glitter
Crafty Emma's Store Challenge #2  -  Floral Frenzy
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #39  -  Whateva
Gingerloft Challenge #1  -  Anything Goes
My Time to Craft Challenge #106  -  Jewelled
Stamp with Fun Challenge #75  -  Wedding
Your Next Stamp Challenge #24  -  Anything Goes

Stamps:  Magnolia Lady Tilda and Wedding Rose Arch
Papers:  Basic Grey (Kioshi), Bazzill, watercolor
Other:  Distress Inks, glue pen and glitter, ribbon, pearls

Here Comes The Bride

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for my LSS, Simply Scrapbooks.  They are located in Kettering, Ohio.  If you live in or are visiting the area, be sure to stop by and check them out.  Vicki (the owner) and all of her staff are the sweetest group of people you could ever meet.  They're knowledgeable about the products they sell and they go out of their way to help you find exactly what your're looking for.  They can even explain how to use products.  Try finding that kind of service in your "big name" craft stores -- not even gonna happen!

This card was made using Magnolia's Bride and Bridesmaid.  I stamped the image on watercolor paper and colored it with Distress Inks.  I love this technique.  It gives me a break from my prismacolors and gamsol and I love the soft look you can achieve with the distress inks.  I used a lot of glitter on this image.  It really sparkles IRL.  I used Liquid Pearls on her necklace. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, Anita  

Stamps:  Magnolia Bride and Bridesmaid

Paper:  Fancy Pants Roadshow, Bazzill

Other:  Distress Inks, Lace Heart Punch, Liquid Pearls, White

 Glitter,  Glaze Pen,  Flower Punches, Frond Punch, White Pearls