Magnolia Mojo

I made this card with sweet Tilda for this week's Mojo Monday sketch. I colored this image some time ago and had planned to use it for a different challenge that I never got around to doing. When I saw this week's sketch, I thought it fit right in.

As you can see from the sketch, which I posted below, I flip-flopped the images around. I thought they fit together better that way. I also moved them down somewhat so that I could put the ribbon and bow above the sentiment. To fill the space above Tilda, I made the little flower embellishments. They are just two small flower punches put together with an antique copper brad. If you squint a little, they look kinda like sunflowers. :)

One thing that didn't quite turn out like I planned is the sentiment. I colored in the borders with marker, then I used my Souffle pen to make the white dots. I guess it picked up some of the red marker so they really look more pink. It wasn't bad enough to make me do it over though.

Thanks for taking a look. I'm sure I'll be back with another card in a day or two. In the meantime, check out the other great cards on the Mojo Monday blog. It's probably my favorite place for inspirational sketches.

Supplies

Stamps: Tilda with Sunflower (Magnolia); Sentiment (Hero Arts)

Paper: Yellow cardstock (DCWV); red cardstock (Hobby Lobby); DP - Front Porch Collection (My Mind's Eye)

Embellishments: border punches (Fiskars); flower punch (EK Success); copper brads (Making Memories); ribbon (unknown); white souffle pen (Sakura); red marker (SU); yellow marker (Tombow)

Technique: Prismacolor pencils blended with mineral spirits

Finished card size: A7 (5" x 7")

Tilda with Tulips - Just Magnolia Challenge #3

I created this card for the Just Magnolia challenge. I chose the image Tilda with Tulips because we are finally having two or more warm days in a row here. I think Spring finally made it to stay for awhile. It's been a really chilly and wet one so far. I actually think our tulips bloomed several weeks ago, but they are still one of my favorite spring flowers and I just love this sweet image of Tilda.
This week's challenge was a sketch, which I have posted below. A lot of the DT members used a swirly die for the top right corner, but I used a stamp because I don't have one of those cool dies yet. I think my friend Susan bought the last one on earth. :) I used gems for the upper left and lower right corners. I don't think they look as big in person as they do in the picture. I also used gems in the centers of all the flowers. Still a little more bling than usual for me, but not quite so much as my Anya card I posted the other day. She had to be over the top though. She's a rock star after all.

Thanks for stopping by. Check out the other awesome cards posted for the Just Magnolia challenge this week. I always find them inspirational and I think you will to.

Supplies
Stamps: Tilda with Tulips (Magnolia); swirl (Autumn Leaves)

Ink: Black (unknown); Pink Pastel Chalk (Colorbox)

Paper: Yellow card base (Bazzill); DP - Two Scoops (Basic Grey); all other paper is scraps from my stash

Embellishments: flowers (most are Prima; a couple are silk flowers from my stash); gems (unknown); oval and scalloped oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders); edge punches (Martha Stewart and Fiskars); ribbon scrap

Technique: Prismacolor pencils blended with mineral spirits

A Little Elfin Magic

Hi all! It was a busy, busy week. Busy at work. Busy at home. Celebrated my 45th birthday on Thursday with family and friends. On Friday we went out of town for a quick overnight get away and got back really, really late last night. Today, I am just playing in my craft room. I came up with this card for this week's Just Magnolia challenge, which is pink and green. I also realized after I finished the card, that it fits this week's Sketch Saturday challenge, so I'm going to post it for that one too.
For this card, I chose an Alva image. I love the little Magnolia elves, Alva and Alf. I hope that they will come up with some additional designs for them, as their aren't very many yet. I don't actually own this stamp. My friend Susan gave it to me, along with the mushroom for Alva to sit on. I had the image colored earlier in the week and had planned to use it for a different card, but that didn't work out. So I just lucked out that the Just Magnolia challenge was to use pink and green, and I was that much farther ahead with it.

Above is this week's Sketch Saturday sketch. I really wasn't trying to follow this sketch. I was actually going for a different layout, which I ended up rotating to fit the image better. When I looked at the Sketch Saturday sketch, I realized that my card fit the sketch - pretty closely anyway.

I made my own flowers with punches and scraps of the DP I used on the card. I used my Spellbinders butterfly die to make the butterfly. I added some little gems to the centers of the flowers and the butterfly's body. I also ran the big pink flower through my Big Kick with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder to give it a little more interest.

Thanks for stopping by. If you like the Magnolia stamps at all I highly recommend checking out the Just Magnolia challenge blog. Even if you don't do the challenges, the cards that are posted by the DT and those participating in the challenge are amazing.

Supplies

Stamps: Sitting Alva, Big Mushroom (Magnolia)

Paper: Green cardstock (unknown); Pink cardstock (DCWV); DP - Two Scoops (Basic Grey)

Embellishments: Classic and Scalloped Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders); flower punches (EK Success); Butterfly die (Spellbinders); Scalloped border punch (Fiskars); ribbon (Target); Gems (Making Memories); Swiss Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug)

Technique: Prismacolor pencils blended with turpenoid

Finished Card Size: 5" x 7"

Mojo Monday 78 and Cupcake Craft Challenge 31

I really enjoy participating in the various challenge blogs, but with working full time and being mom to a very active five-year-old, I don't have time to do all of the ones I like. It's great when I can combine a couple. For this card, I used the sketch from this week's Mojo Monday Challenge and the Cupcake Craft Challenge, which was to use brown with one other color - pink, blue or green. Obviously, I chose pink. :)

I chose one of my new Magnolia stamps for this card - Tilda Blowing Hearts. I must confess that when I first saw these images, I did not like them. But those cute little kids with no faces kind of grew on me. I am really enjoying working with them now. I put some Stickles on her little hearts and wings. I'm not sure how well it shows up in the picture.

I did make a couple of variations to the sketch. I moved the vertical panel from the left to the right side. On the left it looked like Tilda was blowing her hearts off the card. That variation was intentional. The other one wasn't. For some reason, I had it in my head that the ribbon was tied on the top of the center horizontal panel. It wasn't until I scanned the card and then looked at the sketch again that I realized it was on the bottom. Ooops - again.

Thanks for taking a look. Please be sure to stop by Mojo Monday and Cupcake Craft challenge blogs to see all the great cards submitted this week.

Supplies

Stamps: Tilda Blowing Hearts (Magnolia); Sentiment (Hero Arts)

Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine); Pink Pastel (ColorBox Chalk Ink)

Paper: Cardstock (Bazzill; DCWV); DP - Bohemia (My Mind's Eye)

Embellishments: ribbon, Prima flowers, button, brad, border punches

Technique: Prismacolor pencils blended with turpenoid

Cupcake Craft Challenge #30 - Spring

I decided to try Rosette's spring challenge on the Cupcake Craft Challenge blog this week. This is my first time to try this challenge. I have thought about participating several times, but didn't seem like my cards were the right style. I feel like my cards are very plain and simple compared to most of the ladies on the Cupcake DT, as well as most of those who post their cards for the challenge. I hope that you will enjoy it anyway.

I just bought this adorable Magnolia stamp and thought it was perfect for the spring theme. I have to say that my card seems a little "naked" to me. I can't remember the last time I made a card that didn't have any ribbon on it anywhere. :) I just couldn't figure out where to put it. I used some Diamond Glaze on the rain drops and splash on Tilda's hand, but that was not picked up well by the scan.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will check out the other cards for this week's challenge. I also encourage you to visit Rosette's blog. She does some beautiful, very elaborate cards. The insides of her cards are even beautiful! Her style is so very different from mine, but I always love seeing what she has done. She has inspired me to try some of these different styles of images, colors and embellishing. I think you will enjoy seeing her work, too.

Supplies

Stamp: Rain Regniga Tilda (Magnolia); quote is computer generated

Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)

Paper: yellow cardstock (DCWV); pink cardstock (Bazzill); DP (Daisy D's)

Embellishments: Prima flowers, brads, nestabilities

Technique: Prismacolor pencil blended with turpenoid