Flowery Tilda

Well, not exactly, but this is my creation for the Magnolia Stamp Lovers challenge.

List of materials:

• Tilda with Butterfly Dress
• Copics
• Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Rectangles
• Lace
• Ribbon
• Brads
• Memento Tuxedo Black
• Cryogen White Cardstock
• Flowers (of course)
• House Mouse If Friends were flowers stamp
• Trimcraft First Edition Bird Song cardstock

Here is a close up of Tilda

And a pic of the open easel card.

You’re Scentsational

Today I would like to show you my creation for Digital Delights. I used the adorable Lili the Skunk. You should hop on over to the store, she is on sale right now for 50% off. There’s a huge summer sale so be sure to check it out.

List of materials:

• Lili the Skunk
• Martha Stewart punches
• Copics
• Flower Pot faces digital paper
• Skunk Sentiment set
• Scor-pal

Here is a close up of Lili.

And a picture of the inside.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting!

Just Charming

I made a second card using another Sugar Nellie stamp – Flora. This is also an easel card gift card holder.

List of materials:

• Scor-pal
• Scor-tape
• Copics
• E11, E00, E000, R12, G02, G00, G000, E97, Y23, Y11, E50, N6, N4
• Bow made with Bow Easy
• Flowers
• Zva Creative Swirls
• Martha Stewart punch
• McGill leaf punch
• Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circles Small
• Spellbinders Grand Calibur
• Trimcraft First Edition Summer Breeze 
• DCWV Cardstock

Here is a close up of Flora

And a pic of the open Easel card

I am entering this in the following challenges:

• Fairy Fun Fridays – sketch
• Fussy and Fancy – 3 or more favorite embellishments – Ribbon, flowers, swirls, punches
• Stamp Man Challenges – anything goes with summer colors
• Craft Us Crazy – Anything goes
• Paper Crafting Journey – Anything goes

Thanks again for stopping by and visiting.

Little Boy Green

Today I would like to show you an easel card I made that also holds a gift card.

List of materials:

• Basic Grey Oliver 6 x 6 paper pack
• Core’dinations cardstock
• Copics
• E11, E00, E000, E0000, R12, YG67, YG63, YG61, E35, YR23, Y23, W6, W4, W2, E53, E51, E50
• Bildmalarna Just For You stamp
• Scor-pal
• Scor-tape
• Pearls
• Thomas digital image from Sugar Nellie

Here is a close up of Thomas

And a pic of the easel card standing

I’m entering this in the following challenges:

• Inspirational Card Sketches – sketch
• Colour Q – color inspiration
• Crafts and Me – blue or blue greens
• Creative Craft World – for a child
• Basic Grey – Anything Goes
• Wee Memories – Masculine

Thanks for stopping by and visiting.

Wish You Were Here

Today I would like to show you the new card I made.

List of materials:

• Zva Creative Pearl Swirls
• JustRite Stamper sentiment
• Spellbinders Standard Circles Large
• Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circles Small
• DCWV Cardstock
• Copics
• E13, E00, E000, E0000, R12, V15, V12, V000, N8, N6, N4, E25, E23, E53
• Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy Hippie Chick

Here is a close up of the Hippie Chick

And of the swirls. These are awesome, the strips of glue that hold them together are strong enough that when you take them off of the backing they stay together and hold their shape. I also cut pieces out of one and had the same outcome! Love ‘em!!

A picture of the inside of the card.

I’m entering this card in the following challenges:

• Crafting Life’s Little Pieces – sketch
• Crafty Pad – Cute ‘n Girly
• Paper Sundaes – Just saying Hi

Thanks for stopping by!

Tilda Card/Gift Box

Well, I’m back with an improved version of my Card/Gift box … and a tutorial for it. If you would like to see it you can access it here. It is also on my Tutorial page.

This time I made one using Rocking Tilda.  Here is the front of the card.

I used the following materials:

• Rocking Tilda
• Scor-pal
• Scor-tape
• Spellbinders Grand Calibur
• Spellbinders Heart Circles
• Roses
• McGill punches
• Brilliant Bow Maker Classic Kit
• Button from my stash
• Ribbon from my stash
• Ranger Stickles
• JustRite Stamper sentiment
• Copics
  • E11, E00, E000, E0000, R12, V15, V12, V000, E35, YR23, Y23
• Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• Copic X-press paper
• Cardstock from stash

Here is a close up of Tilda

A picture of one of the bows I made with the Brilliant Bow Maker.

And a picture of the inside with two hair bows.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

• TOMIC – monochrome
• Midnight Madness – sketch
• Papertake Weekly – BINGO – Buttons/Ribbon/Free

Thanks for stopping by and visiting and if you viewed the tutorial would love to know what you think.

Loving You with Digital Delights

Hi Again!

I would like to show you my card for Digital Delights.

Isn’t Riley adorable? I love this little fella. Here is a list of items used for this project.

• Copics
• Bow Easy
• Roses
• McGill punch
• Martha Stewart punches
• Digital Delights Valentine Digital Paper pack
• Digital Delights Cupid Riley
• Digital Delights Loving You sentiment
• Adhesive hearts
• Ribbon

Here is a picture of the easel card open.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out Digital Delights, they have a great big sale going on right now!!

Dog Days of Summer

Today is my day to show you my creation for our Dog Days of Summer challenge at Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central. I think we all pretty much struggled with what does Dog Days of Summer mean? Well, here is my interpretation.

I chose to use Edwin waiting for fish as my image. To me he is the perfect depiction of Dog Days of Summer.

I used the following materials:

• Copics
• Scor-pal
• Scor-tape
• Memento Tuxedo Black
• Cryogen White Cardstock
• Buttons
• Scrappers Floss
• Tim Holtz Crackle Paint (love this stuff!)
• Paper from my stash (I have too much paper, not sure which collection this came from)

Here’s a close up of Edwin

And the crackle paint

And the open easel card.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you will join us for our Dog Days of Summer challenge!

Card/Gift Box

I made a new card and gift box. The thing is it is a card and gift box in one. I’m not really sure what to call it though --- is it a Card Gift Box? A Gift Box Card? A Gift Card Box? Decisions, decisions, decisions.
So, the idea came to me because I have been making hair bows, as well as adding the bows to my cards, using the Brilliant Bow Maker Classic Kit. I wanted to do a card and make a box for the hair bows. Tada! Why not make one? So, here is what I came up with. I still have to do some refining but it turned out exactly how I thought about it.

So, here is the front of the card/box. I chose to use one of my Sugar Nellie images. She’s brushing her hair so I thought it was perfect for the hair bows.

I used a McGill butterfly punch and punched one in yellow and orange and then added Ranger Stickles.

Here is a close up of my image. I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Cryogen White Cardstock and then colored her with Copics.

I added a orange carnation, roses, and leaves (another McGill punch).

Here is a side profile of the card box. I used my Scor-pal to make this and assembled it with Scor-tape.

Here is the inside. For my circles I used Spellbinders Big Scallop Circles Large and Spellbinders Big Scallop Circles small. The sentiment is a JustRite Stamper sentiment.

I placed the hair bows on a removable piece of cardstock.

Well, what do you think? Would love to know what you would call this. I'll post the instructions in a few days for those that would like to make one. I want to refine it some, it has a few little kinks that I need to work out!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a Magical Day

Today I would like to show you the card I made for Digital Delights.

Here is a complete list of materials:

• Felicia Fairy digital image
• Magical sentiment
• Spellbinders Petitie Ovals Sm
• Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Ovals Sm
• Brilliant Bow Maker Classic Kit
• Carnations
• Roses
• Martha Steward border punch
• Pearl strips
• Magnolia papers
• Copics
• Spica pens
• Spellbinders Grand Calibur
• Scor-pal
• Scor-tape
• Beacon’s 3-in-1 glue

Here is a close up of Felicia.

View of the bows

Card opened

Picture of sentiment and journal area

Sad News

A week ago yesterday I learned that my dear friends, Kevin and Cindy Echtinaw, lost their beloved daughter. She was 27 years young.
To help the family with the large expenses we have set up a fund. If you are interested in helping out, every dollar counts!, you may go to any Wachovia/Wells Fargo branch and let them know you want to make a donation/deposit to the
Janine Blackwelder F/B/O Lindsay Echtinaw account in North Carolina.
You may also send via Paypal to this email address
lindsayechtinawfund@yahoo.com
Please choose the Personal tab then select the Gift option or you may send a check to

Janine Blackwelder

951 NC Hwy 62 East

Pleasant Garden NC 27313

Make checks payable to: Janine Blackwelder F/B/O Lindsay Echtinaw
(FBO stands for: For Benefit Of)
Thank you again for your continued prayers and support for the Echtinaw family.

Deal of the Day at Stamping Scrapping

Hi Friends,

Had to actually post the deal of the day today from Stamping Scrapping. It’s one of my favorite items, a Magnolia image.

Act fast, our quantities are limited!
When the deal of the day is sold out it is gone.
It can not be re-ordered or back-ordered at these prices.
REMEMBER.. just because it's in your cart does
not mean it's yours. The item goes to the first person who
completes checkout.
No price adjustments for prior purchases sorry!

#189 Magnolia - 189 APPLE TILDA – $7.99

Click on the picture and you will be taken directly to the item in the store. Be sure to check out all of the great deals.

The Magnolia Winner Takes it All collection is now in stock and ready for shipping!

Digital Delights–Fall Release

Today I would like to show you what I made using the Fall Release from Digital Delights. These are so adorable I used several of the sets, just couldn’t pass them up.

I made a stair step card featuring the Boy Prairie Kid. Here is a list of supplies used:

• Prairie Kids set
• Fall sentiments set
• Simply Fall Digital Paper set
• Copics
• Digital paper printed on GP Cardstock using Kodak printer and ink
• Digital images printed on Copic X-press using Kodak printer and ink (no heat setting needed, print and color)
• Marvy mini maple leaf punch
• Chipboard for sign post

Here is a close up of my little guy.

And of the extra pumpkins in the patch under the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting and be sure to hop on over to Digital Delights and check out all of the new releases, there is some awesome new designs to play with.

Summer Challenge at SSCC

Today is my day to post for the Summer challenge at Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central.

I chose to use a Bildmalarna stamp for my creation. Speaking of Bildmalarna, these cuties are currently on sale for 40% normal price at Stamping Scrapping so be sure to check them out!

Here is a list of supplies used:

• Martha Stewart punch
• Brilliant Bow Maker Classic Kit
• Ribbon from my stash
• Imaginisce I-Rock tool and gems
• Trimcraft First Edition Summer Breeze paper
• Bildmalarna On a Walk
• Copics
• G00, G000, G02, G0000, R02, R00, R000, R0000, E13, E00, E000, E0000, R12, E27, E25, E23, E21, N5, N3
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Peony
• Spellbinders Grand Calibur 
• Scor-Pal
• Core’dinations cardstock

Here is a close up of the image.

The bow made using the Brilliant Bow Maker. I rubbed it in my hands to make it look disheveled.

And a pic of the inside. Again using the Spellbinders Nestabilities Peony.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you will join us at SSCC for our summer challenge.