Cellar Root Door

Hello - it has been quite some time since my last post - I am not sure where the past few weeks have gone but I do know that I have been super busy. I finally have finished my year end at work so that will hopefully free up some more time to be in my craft room. This card is kind of a personal challenge for me. I was given the Magnolia Cellar Root Door stamp and asked to make a card using it. I must admit I am not thrilled about this stamp and it took me 4 cards to finally get a card that I am some what pleased with. I knew right away that I wanted to match this Tilda with the door stamp but the lay-out and colors took me quite some time to figure out. I used many copic markers (the door is mostly colored with
W5, W3, W1, W00, E44, E42, E41, E40) (the sky is BG000 and BG0000). I tried a new technique for Tilda's hair and was quite pleased with how that turned out. The technique was in one of the older Magnolia magazines. I used my circle and scalloped nesties for the background and C.C. Design sentiment and I paper pieced Tilda's dress. I am not sure which paper pad this paper is from as it was all just in my paper stash pile. The butterflies I added at the end are also from Magnolia. Thanks for stopping by for a visit and hope you have a wonderful week.

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Together Forever

Hello - my son is going to a friend's wedding next weekend and he asked if I would make a wedding card and of course I said "sure". It gave me a chance to pull out the adorable Edwin and Tilda bride and groom. It has been a while since I used this stamp and I really enjoyed making a wedding card. Speaking of weddings - great news in our family - my youngest son (he is only 22 years old) asked his beautiful girlfriend to marry him and she said "yes" and we couldn't be happier - she is a wonderful girl and we love her lots! My son has already hinted that I make all the invitations - approx. 160 of them - yikes!! Thankfully the wedding isn't going to be until the summer of 2014 so it will give me some time!! Anyways on to this card I colored the image with my copic markers. The background is also a Magnolia stamp (not sure what the name of it is) that is also colored with copics. I used a MS border punch for the bottom border and my quickutz for all the flowers. The swirl corner die is a sizzlit die. I added some glitter on Tilda's veil and the sun. I don't usually do blue so I am not quite sure why I chose blue! I am glad tomorrow is Sunday so one more day off before back to work. Hoping to go snowshoeing for a couple of hours tomorrow - just tried showshoeing last weekend and loved it!!

Hope you have a great rest of your weekend.

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Sweet Blossom

Hello - our local scrapbooking store brought in some new Whimsy stamps and I purchased a couple and this was one of them. Her name is Sweet Blossom and I just think she is adorable! I wanted to make a card that reflects Spring. I am so looking forward to Spring and Summer. I used one of my more favorite color combinations of green/pink. She is colored with my copics markers and this time I did keep a list of colors - (see at end of post). I used my scallop and circle nesties for the image and added some flowers, ribbon, jewels and brads. The sentiment is from C.C. Designs. Thanks for stopping for a visit and have a wonderful day!!

Copics used: face: E00, 0000, 11, R20 and R85
Dress: R85, 83, 81
Stockings: Y0000, 00, AND G20
Hair: E25, 31, 50
Bear: E25, 31, 50
Flowers: R85, 83, 81
Branch: E31
Leaves: G21

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Fish Wishes

Hello - It has been a busy week as we were away 3 days last week to watch our son play hockey. The weekend was supposed to be for getting some housework done but I seemed to have caught a stomach flu virus and just wasn't up to much of anything even though I did manage to get a bit of house cleaning done. We are invited to my uncle's 80th birthday next week and so I made this card for the occasion. I just purchased the Art Impressions fisherman stamp and it took me some time to put this card together - I tried a couple of other lay-outs before ending up with this one. I used my sizzix die for the tree in the background and added some rocks for the fisherman to stand on with my copic markers. I layered with various paper from my paper stash and added a MS border punch to the right side and some ribbon, twine, flowers and buttons. The sentiment is from SU. The fisherman image does not include the fish - that was an add-on. I had that cute little fish from another older stamp set and thought it would be nice that the fisherman at least had a good catch for the day. It is hard to see on the picture but I used some colored sparkle on the fish and it really looks quite nice in real life. This card is different for me than my usual so I must admit a bit more of a challenge but I am pleasantly happy with the results. Thanks for stopping by for a visit and have a great day!

Your stamping friend, Debbie
P.S. Sorry again didn't keep list of copic markers used - I did use a lot for this picture though.

Roses are Red

Hello - Boy it has been cold!! BRRR!!! I do not like this cold weather we are having here but thankfully by the weekend it is supposed to warm up considerably - I sure hope the weather man is right this time! This card was initially made for the Just Magnolia challenge which is a sketch but it lost the sketch design as I starting putting it together so I won't be entering it after all. I will find another challenge to enter it in I am sure. I love this Tilda - I love her hair on this image and it is fun to color as well. I used a Penny Black sentiment that I have had for quite some time and at the time of buying this Tilda I envisioned a card using the two stamps together somehow. I used my Martha Stewart around the page punch for the background and my oval nesties as well as some ribbon and lace, Marianne swirl die, flowers and my new favorite the pearl pen (love that pearl pen!!) I liked this color combination as well (turquoise and red). I colored Tilda with my copic markers and once again I didn't keep track of colors - I will keep trying to do that though - hopefully next time. Thanks for stopping by to visit and have a great rest of your week!

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Lavender and Lace

Hello everyone! Wow did we have a snow storm today! We have not had much snow all winter and then this afternoon in a matter of a couple of hours we got about 8 inches of snow! It just so happened my husband is out of town and my son was away at hockey so I had to do all the shovelling and boy was that a work-out!! One of my adorable new Tilda images was used for this card. I started coloring last night and finished the card this evening. I used the beautiful Bo Bunny "Smoochable" 6 x 6 paper pad and just love this combination of lavender, brown and bright green. I colored Tilda with my copics (sorry didn't keep a list of colors - I will try to remember more in the future). I purchased a pearl pen some time ago and haven't really used it much so I added pearl drops all around the border of the image (I think I will be using that pearl pen again - love the results and ease!). I added a Memory Box swirl die in the corner and topped with 3 prima flowers. I also added lace and ribbon on the bottom and the sentiment is from Stampin Up layered on SU oval punches. Well off to bed for me - late night once again! Hope you have a wonderful Sunday and thank you for taking time to stop and visit my blog.

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Oh So Huggable!

Hello - Well this card was not planned out - it just evolved with each new piece that was added. I bought the Bo Bunny "Smoochable Collection" 6 x 6 paper pad and one of the papers was the brown background piece with the words "Huggable, Kissable, You" and that is where it began. I then knew I wanted to use my new Tilda and she needed something to sit on so I thought why not cut out a couple of hearts which I used my cricuit machine for. I then found the pom-pom ribbon border and just knew that finally I was going to use it on this card - I was so excited at this point!! (I have had this pom-pom border ribbon for ages and never knew where I would ever use it and it just worked so perfectly for this card - in my opinion) I then cut out the sentiment from another sheet of the Bo Bunny paper. I added some pink twine in the background for a more 3 dimentional look and added some tiny green and pink brads as well as some buttons, felt flowers and pink twine to make a bow. I also paper pieced Tilda's overalls with paper again from the same paper pad and added a couple of small purple buttons. I did add sparkle to the rose although it is hard to see on the photo. I was pleasantly surprised at how this card turned out and truly enjoyed the entire creative process involved. That is what I love most about this craft - each card is it's own masterpiece and the process of creating is so enjoyable! Two more days till the weekend - looking forward to a nice quiet weekend and hopefully more time in my craft room. I am going to submit this card for the Just Magnolia challenge "Anything Goes" and "using something new" which would be my new Tilda stamp and the Bo Bunny paper. Have a great day.

Your stamping friend, Debbie