Magnolia Tilda with Little Snowy Wintery Card

Hello Dearest Readers,

I hope this post finds you happy, healthy, and warm! It's a cold, rainy day here in the desert southwest. It is a perfect day for January! Can you believe that today is the last day of January? Where does the time go?

Today, I have a precious card to share with you. The idea for this card has been bouncing around in my head for quite some time. When I first saw the Tilda with Little Snowy, I knew she was the perfect stamp for my idea! Here is my sweet card:

First of all, YES, I DID knit using those toothpicks! LOL Am I crazy or what? Don't answer that, LOL! I also had some pretty lace trim in my stash that is called Snowflake. Some clear snowflake embellies, as well as iridescent snowflakes, just added a touch of sparkly winter to the card's front.

Here are the interior photo images:

I cut the knitting needles out of silver foil card stock. They look fantastically against the background! Again, I added some clear crystal snowflakes to add a soft sparkle. I love the papers' blue colors. On the right side, there are very soft images of pine trees. I didn't want to cover them up. They are just so pretty!

Well, that's about it for my wintery card. I hope you like it! I sure had fun taking my thoughts and getting them into a really fun card! Thank you so much for stopping by!

I hope you will return again very soon!

XO,

Chris

Magnolia's Artist Edwin Colors My World!

Hello Dearest Readers,

How is the world where you are? My little world has its ups and downs, LOL. It seems as if my DH and I spend more time waiting in doctors' offices than we do having fun! Getting old is a pain! Things are wearing out, breaking, or just not working! LOL **sigh** Take care of yourselves! DH and I played hard as young people. We should have taken better care of our bodies, too!

Today is a bright blue day. There is a breeze and the temperature isn't too bad - 57°F/14°C. I can handle any day like this! LOL

If you haven't been to the Magnolia-licious Store lately, you may want to take a peek at the Touch of Love Collection that Diana has ready for you to ink up! Just follow either link posted in this paragraph!

Today begins a new challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog. The theme for this new challenge is:

Love and/or Hearts
For my card, I chose to take a different design path. Normally, my cards are embellished with flowers and many other embellishments This time, I wanted something clean and simple since the card is meant for a gentleman. I hope you lie it! Here is the front:

Isn't Edwin adorable? I love this stamp to bits! I used glittered card stock for all the colored elements. I like that it added a nice touch of sparkle. Here are images of the interior:

I loved the pairing of these two stamps with the sentiment on the front. Again, I've used glittered card stock. I just love that stuff! It's so thick, though, that it is almost impossible to punch shapes from it.

There you have it - a rare clean and simple card design by yours truly! I should force myself to do more styles like this! I kept asking my husband, "What else does it need?" He had to hold me back! LOL

Now, it's YOUR turn! We would love to have you join the challenge. One lucky person will win a $20 gift certificate from Magnolia-licious. You can't beat that! I know I would love one! LOL Hmmmm - maybe I should enter under a false name **just kidding**!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

I hope you will return again very soon!

XO,

Chris

A Wintery Card featuring Edwin w/Christmas Lantern

Hello Dearest Readers,

I hope you are all warm and cozy this January day! We've had a week of gray skies and rainy spells which has been so nice! The sun came out yesterday which warmed things up a bit. I had hoped we'd get some snow, but we just didn't get down to 32°. The mountains are all blanketed in snow which is so pretty agains the bright blue sky.

Today begins a new challenge at the Magnolia-licous Challenge Blog. Our new challenge has the theme:

WINTER!

That should be a fun theme with which to work! For my card, I chose to use Edwin with Christmas Lantern from the Lovely Christmas, 2015, Collection. You can find him HERE. Diana has him on sale, too! Here are some photos:

I had the midnight blue snowflake paper in my stash. Surprisingly, the back of the 12 x 12 sheet doesn't say the name or the manufacturer. I loved blending it with the cream Winterings paper and the white paper. I wanted details to be subtle. Can you see the scalloped border around the snow scene? Also, the larger round cream paper has pine trees printed on it. While the colors aren't soft, the details are. I love to use Edwin. He is so easily forgotten! This little guy has been colored with a mix of DIs and Derwent pencils. The flower cluster is rich with flowers from WOC as well as Live and Love Crafts.

Here are shots of the interior panels:

The large snowflake is a heavy textured paper. I like the "body" it has. I just added a tad of ribbon and a little snowflake charm.

Here is the final image:

This panel has a hidden tag behind the mat. For the tag, I used the Magnolia Doohickey Snowflake (Frosty) die. I chose to include a part of the page that had pale, pale snowflakes imprinted on it for the sentiment area. Lastly, I added pine needle boughs from the last Doohickey Kit - #7, I think. I also repeated the flowers used on the front panel.

I hope you will join the Winter Challenge! We would so love to see your beautiful, creative designs! One lucky gal will be the recipient of a $20 gift certificate!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

I hope you will return again very soon!

XO,

Chris