Wild Thang

Me again!  First let me wish all the Mothers out there a HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!  Hope you all enjoy your day and relax and have fun!
I've got a card to show that I made a little while back (seems to be the story of my life lately!).  I made this "package" for a friend that actually requested this quite a while back, and I just got around to completing it last month.  Oh vey, if only I could sneak out 48 hours a day I might, just might be able to catch up on all my projects that I need to do! I haven't heard back so I'm hoping it was well received.

I used the ever-great image of "Wild Thing Tilda" (I think that's what she is called).  This really has to be one of my Tilda favorites.  I went with an easel style card for this one. It's been quite a while since I made an easel card...really like that style and should use it more often...

OK, so it's a bit loud, LOL.   Of course, now going through the pictures, I see where I could do a few things different but too late. Here's the card closed:



 And here is the complete package:

One last pic...my cute little Tilda shrinky dink:

That's it for now. I'm hoping to get to play a little today so maybe I'll be able to post a few cards and goodies soon. Happy Mother's Day everyone.



you're a peach!

Goodness, I can't believe it's been sooooo long since I have posted anything.  I would like to say I have been so busy playing that I have a boatload of cards to add, but alas, that is not the case.  Between work still being stupid crazy and my health, my play time has diminished to almost non-existent.  But I do have a card to show that I did a while back but haven't gotten around to post.  I did this for a SWAP with one of my yahoo groups and the swap was to make a card using green, white, brown and a hint of peach. I used a new stamp of mine for this from TiddlyInks (yep, another love of mine!)



My peach may have been a bit more of a hint but oh well, I'm a rebel! LOL. And now for the inside:

Well that's it for me for now. I wish I could say I have a lot more to post, but that's just not the case right now.  I've got a busy work week ahead but maybe I'll sneak in some cards at night.....
Hope everyone enjoys the week and create lots!!

Happy Birthday Mom!!!

Wednesday the 13th was my Mom's birthday, and just have to say I love that woman, LOL!!  She is about a perfect of a Mom that there is and I'm so lucky for having her as mine.  I sent her a card (of course handmade) and a gift certificate but the fun thing is she'll be here next weekend so we'll go shopping and have some play time together.  I haven't seen her in so long, I really do miss her.
Here is her card. I used Tilda. I can't believe how long it's been since I've inked up a Tilda...a very long time, too long of a time!

I know, I know, my picture taking skills are seriously lacking! But oh well, I don't see it changing any time soon.  If you can see with this horrible picture, I did add clouds. Another thing I haven't done in a long time!  The flowers are WOC (of course) the paper and ribbon are MFT (oh my, one of my fav stores!!!).  I'm thinking something is missing with this card, but just can't put my finger on it....I'm sure it will pop out at me at some point. 

Now here comes the shocker! I'm going to enter this in the following challenges (I know! it's been sooooo long, and I'm soooo excited!)
Marvelous Magnolia Challenge:  Tilda in a Dress
Magnolia Down Under Challenge:  Birthday Theme
Midweek Magnolias:  Birthday Theme
lovely hAnglar or Sweet Tilda Challenge:  Ribbon or Trim

So wish me luck. Happy St. Patricks Day everyone! Erin Go Bragh!

Time flies!

Wow, I just noticed it's been almost a month since I posted anything. Shame on me...although I don't have all that much to post -insert sad face here.   Just seems that work is getting in the way, well yuck!
So I will post one card I have done recently.  I must admit it came together fairly quickly which is a very good thing for me.  I used a Sassy Cheryl digi image, I do love those little kids but the main reason was I had just bought a new b/w laser printer and wanted to test it out.  I love the printer....I got no bleeding even when I used Stickles (I seem to always get some sort of ink bleed when I use the Stickles with the Memento ink - not sure if anyone notices it but I do).  I will definitely be using more digis in the future, just love my laser printer!!
Oh, I guess you want to see the card, LOL.  Here is it in all it's glory, hee-hee:

It's a simple card for me, but I still like it.  Bright and cheery :) I made it for a friend that lives in Wisconsin, Jackie, she has been having a horrible winter with snow and all so thought I would send some sunshine her way! Oh and don't you just love those flowers!!! They are handmade by a friend of mine, Sigi.  She can make the most incredibly beautiful flowers.  I'll be using more of her flowers in some cards to come, be on the watch.

And here's a quick look on the inside. Again, fairly simple for me, but it works. Gotta go now...have to do some more work before getting to the office tomorrow so I won't start my Monday completely swamped!
Happy Week Everyone:)

Make It Mondays

Nope, it's not what you are thinking. I am not a believer for Mondays...once a week for me is once a week too many, LOL. It is actually a card swap theme that I participated in during January for one of the yahoo groups that I'm in.  The idea is to mail a card every Monday to a particular person, and my partner's name was Judy.  Luckily Judy is an angel!! I was good for the first 2 cards but then work got crazy busy and my last two were a bit late. But since Judy is such a sweet person so didn't get mad at me.  I actually mailed my last 2 cards together and threw in some extra goodies to make up for my tardiness. Here's a look at the cards.

Week 1:

I chose an adorable image from My Favorite Things called Cute-a-tude!! I have fallen in with the MFT's stamps, papers, and especially dies!!! They are a great company and highly recommend them!!

Week 2:

For this card I chose a new stamp that I got from There She Goes Stamps.  I recently found this company and just adore their stamps. I've only purchased a few but have a wish list started so there will be more coming!
Oh and sorry about the picture quality on these. I didn't use my normal light tent and tried to make do with something different.....yep, it doesn't work!

Week 3:

I decided to go a bit springy on this one...getting kind of tired of this cold weather. I used a LOTV image...another company I love (are you seeing a theme here, LOL) I love how this one turned out, I'm thinking it's because the colors are so bright and cheery.
so now to the final card.....
Week 4:

I finished up using my ole go-to stamps, Magnolia! I'm not sure what's she's called, something like Tilda with Snow Heart.  One of Judy's fav colors is purple so I chose to use that as the focal color.  I really like the beige card with one color.
So that's it for today.  I should have some more to post soon but gotta get back to making some cards. Hope everyone has enjoyed their weekend and kept warm! 

Dutch Paper Crafts Design Project - Anja's Leaves

So now to the good stuff.  I had the pleasure of the using the Marianne Creatables Anja's Leaves! You will love these. They are so versatile and so easy to use, they truly can go on probably every project you do.  Now, since I have done this project I can see them used in so many different ways. (gosh I can't wait to get playing again!!).
Let's begin:
We'll start with the simplest. I went with a white on white card and just added an accent of color. I really love the cleanness and simpleness of this technique.  Simple yet bold at the same time....

And I even kept the inside of the card, simple as well.

I used the following Marianne Dies, Anja's Leaves for this card:
LR0228 and LR0229 on the front
LR0227 on the inside.
Next Up is a Tilda card (did you really think I would do a full project and not throw her in?)

She's an oldie, but still a goodie!  I used quite a few different Marianne Dies along with some Cheery Lynn Dies and even put some Nellie Snellen punches to use on this card (all which are available at Dutch Paper Craft). 

 I went a little more detailed on the inside of this card since I had so much going on for the front.

Along with this card, I added a "envelope" to  match.  I used the plastic case that comes with the PTI stamp sets (the older stamp sets...the newer ones are just a tad smaller).

Here's are some of the goodies I used on this project:
Card:
Marianne Anja's Leaves: LR0226 and LR0227
Butterfly: Cheery Lynn Small #2 DL113
Inside of Card:
Flower: Nellie Snellen Rose Punches:  Jumbo FLP030, Medium FLP029 and Small FLP028
Card Box:
Flower: Nellie Snellen Rose Punch Medium FLP029 and Small FLP028
Marianne Anja's Leaves: LR0226

Now for the "Big" project for this realease.  I've been wanting to do this for a long time and thought the time had come!  And surprisingly this project was quite simple!!  I bought an unfinished wood box from Michaels and spruced it up a bit.  Made some notecards to add to the box...and here's what I came up with:

I painted the box with some white paint and then just embellished with a little bit of everything, LOL.

I made 3 (or 4..can't remember now) little notecards and envelopes to add to the box. The picture only shows one but I made them the same:

I kept them simple so they could be easy to mail. Now, here is the notecards stored in the altered box.

And if you are still here....I'll add just one more picture, hee-hee.

Here's a list of all the goodies I used on this project AND they are all available over at Dutch Paper Crafts.

Marianne Anya's Leaves:  LR0226, LR0277, LR0228 and LR0229

Cheery Lynn Butterfiles: Small DL112 and Small #2 DL113

Box Corners:  Memory Box Chadwick Label 98209

The Purple Polka-Dot paper flower on box:  Marianne Flower and Leaf LR0196

Flower on Note Cards:  Quickutz DR0297

Wow, that's quite the post, huh?  Think I might have to go relax on couch some after just typing all this, LOL.  Anyway, If you have any questions on this, just shoot me an email And remember, you can get all these great dies for great prices with Darlene over at Dutch Paper Crafts!!!

Bye for now...I'll see you soon :)

(just FYI: i wrote up this post a while back, if it doesn't make sense It's because of all the meds....that's my story and I'm sticking to it!!)

 

Finally...Last Christmas card!

This will be the last of the Christmas related posts! I can say I am glad that the season is over and so ready for Spring to get here!!! It'll be a quick post as I have to finish up some other cards and then get some dreaded work in today.
When I first saw the image that came along with the Nov Magnolia Ink catalog I knew I just had to buy it. Then I thought of several blog friends that enjoy Tilda as much as I do so I bought several catalogs to give as gifts.  Here is the card I made to send along with the catalog for my friend, Jackie.

I'm not sure what the "official" name of this stamp is but I'll call it "Tilda with puppy gift" (Yep, I am that creative, LOL). 
And then the "inside" shot:



Isn't that puppy just adorable? Oh goodness, I'll be using this stamp a lot in the future.   So that 's it for now. I do have several cards I need to post but you know me, it'll be a while before I come back over here and get around to it.  Just kidding, I will post another card this week and then another one by the weekend.
Hope everyone has a good week and enjoy watching the game tonight!