Life is Uncertain...Eat Dessert First :) Another Tilda card

Happy Monday!!
What a way to start a week, ice cream with Tilda!
I found this ice cream punch on clearance and knew I had to use it as soon as I got home! I hadn't used this Tilda on a card yet and so it was the perfect choice of image.
And there were a few challenges around to help me:

Friday Sketchers - Sketch
Creative Cottage - Food and Drink
Rosie Dees - So Yummy
Just Magnolia - It Takes Two
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Dimension
Your Next Stamp - Going Dotty
Hand Full of Stamps - Just a Little Dotty
Cupcake Inspirations - Pink, Green, Orange flowery cupcakes!
Stempel Magie - Summer
Crafty Angels - One for The Girls (what girl doesn't like dessert? LOL)



Card Recipe:
Images - Tilda with Ice Cream and Shabby Chic Fence
Paper - Sugar and Spice stack by The Paper Studio
Ice Cream punch - Martha Stewart
Border punch - Scandanavian Lace by EK Success
Ribbon - Michaels
Sentiment - Printed in Harrington font





It was so hard to take a photo without the sparkles being all you could see so I tried one without a flash.
Oh well, she is really cute in real life even if I can't make it translate into a decent photo! LOL
Katie

Design Team Call for Magnolia Down Under

I know this is a double posting day but with the time difference between the US and Australia I'd have been too late posting it tomorrow! LOL
Kellie has been running a fabulous Magnolia challenge blog for a while now called Magnolia Down Under.
Well she's been doing so well gathering Maggie friends that she now has a Magnolia Store!
She already has a fantastic Design Team but is looking for a guest for the next 3 months. There are so many wonderful designers out there and I'm late getting my entry in (closes Midnight tomorrow Australia Time!) but I thought I'd give it a go.
I'm a Magnolia addict in fact 4 more made it to my house this week and 2 more are sitting in an envelope waiting to come here too!
I try to use a Magnolia each week and love all the designs they keep coming out with.
Anyway Kellie wanted to see some favorites so here they are "in no particular order" as they say on Dancing With the Stars!

















So I've thrown my hat in and fingers crossed!
Have a great weekend and I'll be back on Sunday with a new card.
Katie

What a Week! Now it's your turn for a prize :)

Happy Saturday,
This week has been a whirlwind and a wonderful one at that!
On Sunday I got the Sweet Sprinkles award from Pile It On for my plaque I made for Carter.
On Monday Dalis and Vicki from Pile It On asked me to join the Design Team full time and not just as a guest in October.
Then on Tuesday the same plaque won the 1st place at The Pink Elephant!
On Wednesday I squeezed in an entry to Victoria Case Challenges and it won! It means I get to be a guest of their team for next weeks challenge.
On Thursday I applied to be a DT member at The Pixie Cottage and although it's not a win it's a good thing just to apply!
Then Friday brought the motherload!
I won the blog candy at LaLa Land Crafts , then Use It Challenges chose my piece (albeit randomly ;)) and I get to host the challenge next week and finally Scrappy Frogs drew my name to win for last weeks challenge!

So it was a good week to do a drawing from the wonderful people who have signed up as a follower so far.
I was going to do the drawing today but I know with the upcoming Holiday and Back to School stuff that many of my readers haven't been around this week so I'm going to do the drawing on Wednesday from everyone that has signed up.
What will you win?
Here is the Blog Candy that could be winging your way!

Stop teasing us Katie you cry!!
Well I grabbed a Flat Rate envie and stuffed it with as many goodies as I could.
What are you getting....... here goes!

Paper Trends magazine
Simple Scrapbooks mini scrapbook kit
Chipboard shapes
Heidi Swapp Ghost stars and snowflakes
Autumn Leaves stamps
Studio G stamps
Felt Flowers
Brides Confetti Flowers
Embossed notecards and envelopes

If you add a photo to your blog side bar or post as well as signing up you'll get two entries into the draw. Be sure to leave a comment so I know you've added the deets!
Good luck and pass on the message!

Now if you've come for the Tilda card here she is!
It seems ages since I've inked up a Magnolia stamp as I've been so busy with digi's and it was a nice chance last night to go back to basics.

This Tilda can be got at Magnolia Stamps and she's such a cutie.
I decided to do a Fall theme as I love the colors and I think she looks lovely in her mustard jeans!
The dp are just fom my stash, mainly DCWV and the flowers are Brides.
I use the sketch over at Just Magnolia and I love it!
The Secret Saturday Crafter wanted Hearts and Flowers and I squeezed them in to my design :)
Also Stamp Something wanted you to use your favorite stamp and although I love all Tilda's this is one of my favorites.
Now I know I'm pushing it a little but I wanted this to fit with the challenge at Magnolia Down Under too. The challenge was 1 flower (I used 3), 2 ribbons (Tilda has ribbon in her hair and on her hat!, I told you I pushing the limits! LOL), 3 brads (in the flower centers) and 4 dp (that was easy)

The inside is more dp and a coordinating message mat.

Be sure to remember to sign up as a follower and mention this on your blog and you could be the winner come next Wednesday!
Have a great Saturday and be sure to check back tomorrow for my first card for the Pile It On team.

Katie

A New Stamp Company is looking for a Design Team

Happy Friday!
There are lots of companies that I have loved in the past and have been sorry to see them go. But there are always new ones popping up to fill me with excitement!
One of the latest is The Pixie Cottage. Michelle has searched out brand new stamp artists and will be bringing you their wonderful art work in new rubber stamps really soon!
The stamps will be available to order through Michelle's site at Michelle's Scrapbooking and are sure to be a huge hit!
She also stocks tons of other scrapbooking and cardmaking supplies including Copic's and rubber stamps from favorites including Magnolia (my faves!), Stampavie, Whiff of Joy and more.

I wanted to try out for the team as the products are so exciting the artists so talented and Michelle wanted to see 3 recent favorites so here they are!



I know you've all just seen this one but it really is one of my favorites and I love how it turned out.



Cute Tilda looks wonderful in many situations and I love how you can turn her to fit any occasion just by the colors of Copic's chosen.



I don't have many Sarah Kay stamps but I love them as they remind me of being a child in th 70's. I remember collecting and swapping Sarah Kay stickers and the album I saved them in was a treasured possession when I was 9 and 10!

Anyway, I invite you to go over and take a look at the new stamps from Michelle's site and wish me all the best of my DT application!
Have a super weekend!
Katie

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

Well it wouldn't be July without a Christmas card would it!

Hi and a Happy Monday to y'all!
If you've been anywhere on the challenge blogs this month you'll have seen many have the "Christmas in July" theme.
Well I was holding of doing any Christmas stuff yet as it's not very condusive weather here but I can't wait another longer and so I'll be doing Christmas cards for you to see this week!
I have at least 4 blogs on my list with the same theme so I'll be fixed for links this week :)
Today's card works for:
Three Clovers - Christmas in July (and Hanukkah too!)
Stamp with Fun - Sketch
Just Magnolia - Buttons
and
Dawn McVey Favorite Things - Color combo, Moss/Celery, Cream, Bright Pink and Dark Red



I know you've seen me use this Tilda before as she is one of my very favorite ones to color. But she comes from the Holiday 2008 collection and this is the first time I've used ger on a Holiday card! She is called Well Dressed Tilda and I can't find her any where to link to but I'm sure Diana at Magnolia-licious could order her for you.
She is colored with Copic's and is sitting in a Nestie oval.
The dp are KI Memories (the striped background) and some from a Christmas stack I got at Walmart (I shop for paper everywhere! LOL)
I added Making Memories Glittered Chipboard flowers and topped them with Paper Studio buttons.
I used the Apron Lace border punch on the angle and added tiny Jesse James buttons. The ribbon is the $1 spot from last year at Michaels. The sentiment is Tiny Tales Vellum by My Minds Eye.




The inside is more KI paper and another cute Tilda! I added an additional Paper Studio sentiment.




I just wanted to show a close up of my favorite Tilda.
Be sure to check back all week for more Christmas cards, if I get working on them of course!
And finally I have some exciting news that I'm bursting to tell but you'll have to checking back to see what it is! LOL
Katie

7 Challenges in one (and don't you love it when something goes right?)

Happy Monday everyone!
Back to work for hubby after the long weekend but at least I got another card while he was in charge of the 3 rugrats! LOL
This time the card covers 7 challenges and it feels really good to have it completed (plus I think it's a cutie so that's another bonus :))
The challenges it covers are:
Charisma Cardz - use buttons
Magnolia-licious - Sketch
Dannis Dreams - Flutterby Wednesdays, I used a butterfly bead on my hatpin.
Creative Inspirations - Masking, I love this technique and used it twice to make Tilda look like she was looking out of a window over a window box.
Just Magnolia - Simply Charming, use a charm on your card.
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Summer.
Copic Creations - Brunette hair, this was hard for me as I have the colors for blonde but struggle on the browns even though I'm a brunette myself!



I used the wonderful Tilda Standing with Hairbow Stone Wall and the window box (sorry I couldn't find a link). The dp are Nana's Nursery Baby Boy by DCWV. The border punch is Martha Stewart. The flowers are my favortite part of the card. The paper flowers are Bazzill Basics and I didn't have a larger flower to make the trio look right in the right color. So I went to my jar of white "silk" flowers and found these wonderful polka dotted ones. I grabbed my Copic BV00 Mauve Shadow and colored the petals, it was the perfect color and I was so happy I almost jumped off my chair :) The sentiment is K & Co and I added Diamond stickles to Tilda's wings, bows and flowers to match the glitter on the sentiment. I embossed the green panel with my trusty Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder.
The hatpin was made with items from Walmart and Michaels.



The inside is simple, just a small additional sentiment below the journaling space.



I wanted to give a close up of cute Tilda so you could see the glitter (sorry for the lighting)
I hope you like her and have a great rest of your Monday.
Katie

Wow! 8 challenges in 1 card!

Hi Everyone,
You know how I did 6 callenges in one card last week?, well I've topped myself this time with 8 in 1!
I've been so busy with other cards that to get every challenge I wanted to do in I had to combine and I hope you like the result :)
This card covers:
Rosie Dee's Color challenge - Pink and Lime
Secret Saturday Color challenge - Pink and Green
Allsorts Theme challenge - Wings (on the butterfly as you can't see Tilda's, hee hee!)
Our Creative Corner Theme challenge - Stars
Sketch Saturday Sketch #56
Just Magnolia Theme challenge - Summer
Pile It On Color challenge - Purple (the butterflies are purple and a little on the stripes of Tilda's shirt)
Lili of the Valley Technique challenge - Paper Piecing (I paper pieced Tilda's shirt and jeans)
Whew, that was a long list and now comes the card :)



I tried to make it so it looked like Tilda was sitting on an open windowsill and the border punch was the curtains.
I used the Tilda with Bee from the Chasing Butterflies collection and colored her with my Copic's and paper pieced her shirt and jeans. I used 2 different border punches both by Fiskars. The sentiment is from The Paper Company and the dp is DCWV Garden Party.



The inside just has coordinating papers from the Garden Party and Spring stacks by DCWV.



Here is a close up of cute Tilda. It looks like she has a halo from the sun but it was too late to restamp so I had to go with it :)
I hope you have a happy rest of your day and be sure to check back tomorrow for a card using the Friday Sketchers latest sketch.
Katie

Just Magnolia's 1st Monthly Challenge

As soon as I saw the challenge at Just Magnolia I knew I had to do it.
I've been altering items for about 4 years now and to add a beloved Maggie to an altered item was just what I needed to do :)
I'll warn you now that there are a lot of photos (7!) but I wanted you all to see how it turned out.



Here you can see that I chose a small wooden tray as the item to alter. It measures about 8" by 6" and is made of light weight balsar wood.
I painted it all over with Kiwi paint from Apple Barrel paints.
Then I covered the inside bottom, outside bottom and sides with dp from DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Girl.



The Magnolia images I used were Well Dressed Tilda fromt he Holiday 2008 collection and the School Books. I colored her with my Copic's and tried to make the dress look like it had cherries to match the dp. I don't know if you can see but I used Diamond Stickles on her wings, hairbow and tights to coordinate with the glitter is the paper.



I added a sentiment from Making Memories that says "A thing of Beauty is a joy forever". I added a glittery butterfly from the $1 spot at Michaels and flowers from the bridal dept.



Here you can see that I added dp and two layers of ribbon all the way around the sides of the tray (apart from the handle ends)



A quick view of the back showing that is is painted and covered with dp too.





The final two views are just from other angles so you can see all the details.
I really loved doing this project and it was a nice break from a card.
I hope you have a happy rest of your day, I'm off for a dip in the neighbors pool to cool off from this Texas heat.
Katie

6 Challenges in 1 card!

Happy Hump Day!
There are so many cool challenge blogs around these days that I don't have time to do a card for each one that takes my eye. Well I noticed that many allow you to combine challenges with those from other blogs so today's card makes the most of that.
In fact there is a new blog that actually wants you to combine!
Pile It On gives you a challenge but wants you to use it with as many others as you can :)
So today's card fills the following challenges;
Pile It On - Use 2 Ribbons
Just Magnolia - Paper Piecing
Charisma Cardz - Something Yummy
Copic Creations - Wood
Three Clovers - Paper Piecing
Sketch Saturday - Sketch

It feels so good to have some many crossed off my list!LOL



It was fun to do all the challenges at once and I hope I pulled it off OK.
I used Tilda with Cowberry Muffin and colored her with Copic's and paper pieced her dress and muffin.
The papers are DCMV Nana's Kitchen.



I used some coordinating papers for the inside.
I hope you like her and I hope it inspires you to try and combine some of the wonderful challenges out there in blog land :)
I also wanted to give you a heads up that I sell my cards on eBay and you can see the ones I have right now HERE
Over the Summer I will be listing every Tuesday evening and even if you aren't a buyer it's always fun to take a look as there are cards there that you won't have seen here on my blog as I don't have time to share them all.
Have a happy day!
Katie

2 New Cards for the Just Magnolia challenge

Another double posting day!
There are so many challenges and their deadlines keep catching up with me! LOL
I loved this sketch over at Just Magnolia so much that after doing one for them I used the same sketch again for the Magnolia-licious Yahoo group July card challenge.



For this one I used the Tilda with Flowers from the Chasing Butterflies collection. I colored her with my Copic's and the dp is DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Girl stack. The border punch is Martha Stewart and the sentiment is another Studio G $1 stamp from Michaels. I used lots of Nesties too!



Inside I added a colored "Tilda head"! LOL




The Yahoo group challenge was to create a card with Red, White and Blue to help celebrate the 4th of July Holiday. I was a little stuck as which image to use so in the end I chose one that I thought would take the colors well.
I chose Tilda with Slate and I think she turned out cute!
The dp is from an older Summer Stack by DCWV and the border punch is Fiskars Threading Water. The rhinestones are from the $1 spot at Michaels.



The inside was simple with just an additional sentiment.
Anyway the weather is still grey and a little rumbley so I'm going to try and get another card made this afternoon...it's an obsession I tell you!
Katie

A Tilda card for Sketch Saturday

We had such a cool Spring here in North TX that I was hoping for a cooler than usual start to Summer, no such luck!
We are already getting mid 90's every day and with the humidity setting in the temps will be feeling in the triple digits any day now. Luckily my next door neighbor has a pool and we have a huge neighborhood pool so the water will be our very best friends :)
I've been trying to do a sketch a day from the many out there to chose from and today's is from Sketch Saturday



This is one of my favorite Tilda's and you can get her at Magnolia-lious but I struggle a little with coloring her and I don't know why but I keep working on it ;). I used my Copic's and added a little silver to her wing and her shoes. The papers are DCWV from the Nana's Nursery Baby Girl stack.I had to add the butterflies as I made a mistake that I couldn't get to go away so I covered it up!



The inside is plain but I'll add something else later, I just wanted to get it finished as I have so many other challenges sitting out there waiting to be done!
Have a great rest of your Monday.
Katie