Some "not new" but "new to the blog" cards for you (including 2 Tilda's!)

Hi Everyone,
Yesterday's "housework" developed into a fully fledged cleanout/rearrange of the laundry room and pantry and so the card I was hoping to make never happened.
Oh well at least I have a beautiful place to do the washing! LOL
I do however have some cards on eBay that you've not seen so I thought I'd pop them on here so you have something to see.



Sunflower Tilda

You can find her at Magnolia-licious and she is perfect for this time of year.



Fruity Tilda

You can also find Sweetheart Tilda at Diana's wonderful Magnolia-licious store.




A Hug is a Great Gift




Baby Girl Rocking Horse



Baby Boy Rocking Horse

Also I decided to list my CD of over 100 poems so anyone who needs a poem can have over 100 at their fngertips!
New Poem CD

I'm sorry I don't have a bumper challenge card for you today but a least you have something to see! LOL
BTW if you win anything from me on eBay be sure to let me know you visit my blog as I always include goodies for my friends ;)
Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

Baking Up Some Holiday Fun!

Hello again!
You knew I couldn't really resist sneaking another card even though I should be cleaning! LOL
This really will be the last Christmas in July card and I hope you've enjoyed the ones in the last 2 weeks.
Today's card features another Tilda and this time she's been busy in the kitchen!
She covers the following 4 challenges:
One Stop Craft Challenges gave me the Christmas in July theme
If The Shoe Fits Scrap It wanted Cupcakes!
Paperlicious Designs asked for us to use Fun Flock which I addded to the frosting on the cupcakes
and finally I got the sketch over at
The Pink Elephant , I had to stretch it a little into a square card but the design is still the same I hope!




This wonderful Tilda is called Tilda With Cowberry Muffin that they have in stock over at Magnolia-licious.
I colored her with Copic's and added Fun Flock to the top of the cupcakes and Diamond Stickles to her wings and the cherries.
The dp is Daisy D's , a company I wish was still around, and the cupcake stamp is STudio G $1 spot at Michaels. The flowers are Prima and the pearls Recollections.
I used the Apron Lace border punch from Fiskars.



The inside is more dp and a coordinating punched trim.



These cupcakes look yummy and are enough to make anyone forget dieting!
I do have a card planned for tomorrow if all works well this afternoon but so far it only covers 3 challenges so I'll have to get searching for some more! LOL
Have a great rest of your Thursday.
Katie

A Kitty Cat Card and a bunch more challenges!

Happy Hump Day!
Today's card features one of the cutest Kitty cat images I've seen in a long while!
I'm a big cat lover and so working with this was a lot of fun!
And of course it was fun too to comb through the challenge blogs to find ones to combine in this card and today I found 8!
Friday Sketchers started me off with the sketch
Color Throwdown gave me the color combo of Rose Red, Bordering Blue and Pirouette Pink
Secret Saturday had a "recipe" of 3 buttons, 2 designer papers and 1 ribbon
Cute Card Thursday wanted eyelets and so I ran the ribbon through 2 heart shaped eyelets
Simon Says Stamp wanted some distressing so I sanded the edges of the mats and the card and then inked them
DRS Designs asked for Faux Stitching (I'm not sure if my card qualifies for this challenge as I couldn't see anywhere whether you needed to use a DRS stamp and as I don't have any of them I couldn't use one but I did do the challenge :))
Paper Blooms wanted a hidden sentiment so I popped mine into a glassine envelope and tucked it behind the image.
and finally
CCEE Stampers had a supply challenge and wanted you to use a floral dp and at least one brad.



This cute kitty is called Olive and she comes from Digi Stamp Boutique. She was colored with Copic's and I added a tiny button brad to her hair bow.
The dp are K&Co (blue pattern) and The Paper Studio (roses)
I colored a white flower with Copic's to match the flowers in the image and added tiny Dress It Up buttons to the bottom corner.




I carried the dp inside and also faux stitched the mat to match the front.



I cut Olive with a label Nestie turned an angle and I think it gives a touch of whimsey to her.
Anyway this may be my last card this week as I have DT obligations that I have to do and I'm trying to get a fe weeks ahead as my Mum arrives from England next Thursday and I don't want to miss a moment with her!
Have a great rest of your Wednesday.
Katie

Celebrate the Season with a Tilda Christmas card

Hello and welcome to what may be the last "Christmas in July" card I have you.
This time I'm back with the always cute Tilda and she's on her way to a party!
As always I've been combining challenges and this one fills the need of 6.
Magnolia-licious Highlites gave me the Christmas theme
Just Magnolia had a wonderful sketch
Scrappy Frogs wanted a Magnolia stamp used (that was easy :))
Stamp With Fun needed you to use pearls and would you believe it some jumped into my basket at Michaels just last week? hee hee!
Charisma Cardz wanted you to use a tag somewhere so I put the sentiment on one
and last but by no means least
Three Clovers needed a little bling so along with pearls I used ribbon with gold thread, edged the mats and card with a gold Prismacolor and finally added Diamond Stickles to Tilda herself.



You've seen me use this Tilda with Wine and Basket before but I only have one Christmas stamp and I think she looks good on her way to a Christmas party. The dp is Paper Adventures but it's discontinued now and I only had one sheet of each pattern :(
The sentiment is Daisy D's sadly another company that is no longer with us and the pearls are Recollections by Michaels.



I added another sentiment to the journal mat and more coordinating dp and gold pen work.



A close up of cute Tilda with her sparkly headband, bow and wings.
I hope you like her and I'll be back tomorrow with another new card.
Katie

BTW, scroll down to the next post to see a super caddy I found that is perfect for your Copic's!

Happy Monday and another Christmas Card! Plus my new Marker Caddy find!

Hello Everyone!
There were a couple more Christmas in July challenges that I wanted to do so this week I'll have two more cards for you to see.
This one covers 4 challenges:
Polka Doodles gave me the sketch and I rotated it a 1/4 turn
Paper Play wanted a card for a boy or man, I think the blues make this more boyish
The Cuttlebug Spot had the Christmas in July theme
and
Belli wanted metal tags.

I used a wonderful Dustin Pike Image that you find at Doodle Dragon and colored him with Copic's, cut him out and matted him on an oval that has been embossed with Cuttlebugs Swiss Dots folder.
The papers are Walmart from a couple of years ago but I love them!
I also embossed the border with the Snowflakes folder. I used Coredinations cardstock and sanded it to reveal the white center, I love that cardstock!!


The inside has more dp and an oval journal mat to coordinate with the one on the front.



As I mentioned on Friday I wanted to share a wonderful container that I found at Target. It was designed to hold beverages on your outdoor table but my daughter saw it and said "Mum that would work perfectly for your markers!". I had previously had the markers in hanging buckets which worked great apart from when I wanted to take them downstairs to work on a piece in the evening to be with everyone else. I used to have to get a try and balance 6 or 7 small buckets on it and make my way downstairs. Now I just grab the handle of one container and I'm fixed!
The best thing was it was originally $12.99 and I got it for 50% off so just $6.49!
I found it online too Caddy but it still full price there (I don't know why it says not available in stores either)





I think it looks like I need more Green markers, what do you think? ;)



So I can get all my Copic's, my Promarkers and Prismacolor markers in one caddy.
I hope you liked today's snowman and my new marker caddy.
Katie

Edwin at Christmas

Yet another Friday!
This ends my week of Christmas cards and I hope you've enjoyed it.
Todays card uses a stamp I've never made into a card before and if you are a Magnolia lover you'll know that poor Edwin often gets overlooked for his sister Tilda.
But I needed to use him for a challenge and I'm really glad I did :)
He covers 6 challenges:

Magnolia Down Under gave me the Christmas in July theme
Magnolia-licious Highlites wanted an Edwin card in celebration of their Blog Hop
Simon Says Stamp had a wondeful sketch form the talented Dawny P
Creative Inpirations asked us to distree our cards
Colour Throwdown gave me the color combo of Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip and Perfect Plum
and both
Tuesday Taggers
and
A Spoon Full of Sugar
wanted Swirls and Curls



This Edwin is Edwin with Lantern and I colored him with my Copic's. I matted him on y Nesties and distressed the edges slightly.
The background cardstock was embossed with the snowflakes Cuttlebug folder and then sanded and inked slightly. The poinsettia was colored with Copic's to match the papers and then sanded lightly too.
The swirls are a Big Shot die.




I left the inside fairly plain with a message mat made from the same Nestie as on the front.




A close up of Edwin. I find dark colors hard to shade with and I really don't have very many plum markers to work with.
I have a post tomorrow about a super container I found at Target on clearance that is perfect for my markers so be sure to check back.
Have a great rest of your Friday
Katie

Would you like some Free Digital Stamps?

No card yet today, maybe later but more likely tomorrow.
If you've been wanting to try digital stamps but haven't yet then here maybe a chance for you.
My Grafico has a cute Candy set that is absolutely free!
Just download print and play!
These would be so cute paper pieced, simply flip the image in your editing program, print on the reverse side of you dp or cardstock, cut out and flip over to ink, chalk etc!
Also for the Magnolia friends here just think how cute Tilda or Edwin would look sitting on one of these candies! You can make them any size you need just print on scratch paper first to tweak the size to fit your Magnolia image.
I'll be posting more freebies as the weeks go on and would love you to give them a try.
Also be sure to check out the My Grafico Blog for a color challenge they are running this week and from August you'll be seeing my examples as part of their Design Team.
Katie

Feeling the chill with this card :)

Hello and welcome to the 2nd card for today (there was a challenge I thought ended tomorrow but it ends today so I had to push the post up :))
It's definitely Christmas week here and I have another card to get you inspired to drag out your Christmas goodies!
This is another with a not so usual color combo but with it's Wintery feel I think it works great.
This card fills another 4 challenges:
Charisma Cardz gave me the sketch
Digital Tuesday had the Christmas in July theme
Colour Create had the color combo of Blue and White
and
Creative Card Crew needed some Polka Dots and the dp has dots in it's stripes and the girl has dots of her wellies!



I used a super cute image from Polly Craft from the Cherry Kisses Collection
I colored her with Copic's and the dp are DCWV. The flowers are Prima and the sentiments are from Walmart.



The inside has some more of the cute dp along with another of my poems.
I'll have to sign off now to make a card for tomorrow or it will be a bare blog! , hee hee!
Katie

Winter Wishes and a Tropical Cardinal!

Happy Hump Day!
Today's Christmas card is different in quite a few ways.
First I suppose it should be a winter card but sometimes we send cards at the Holidays to people who don't celebrate Christmas so I think it works.
Secondly it's not the usual Christmas colors and I used no Christmas dp.
And finally the image was actually a Tropical Bird that I tried to make into a Cardinal. I think it works ;)
This card covers just 4 challenges today (I must be slipping)
Cupcake Craft Challenges had the Christmas in July theme
Friday Sketchers gave me the sketch
Polka Doodles wanted you to use their Tropical Birdie freebie
and
Treehouse Stamps had a color combo of Certainly Celery, Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink.



The download for the image is available Here and it's completely free! I colored two of the birds and popped one on top with pop dots.
The dp is just mixed from my stash and the paper roses are Offray I think.



Another of my poems added to the inside and a journal spot for a personal message.
That's 3 Christmas cards done and check back tomorrow for another.
Katie

Here's my news!

I've been holding this in for over 24 hours (not long but still :)) and now I can tell you that I've been chosen to be a member of the Design Team over at My Grafico Challenges!
The blog is spun off from the wonderful My Grafico site which has super digital stamps, clip art and other downloadable scrapping and stamping goodies.
Digital crafting is so wonderful as you no longer have to wait for your purchase to be mailed to you, it comes right to your email! The stamps can then be resized, flipped, layered and more within your editing program. Then you simply print on your favorite cardstock and color!
My Grafico has new sets every week and there is always something wonderful to find.
They also have a great community over at My Grafico Ning with galleries, forums, challenges and more.
So soon you'll be seeing my cards over at the My Grafico Challenge blog as well as here.
I'm really excited and just wanted to share :)
Katie