Magnolia Tilda's Tinsel in a Tangle Projects!

Hello Dearest Readers,

Happy Sunday to each of you!

This past Thursday was our Thanksgiving here in the states. If you celebrated Turkey Day, I hope it was wonderful - filled with happy, loving voices, wonderful aromas of baking turkey, and desserts that were over the moon! For those of you who are not in the USA, do you have a day of thanks, too? I'd love to hear about it!

We have a new challenge beginning today at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog. Our theme is

Need a Little Christmas!

We would love for you to create a card with a Christmas theme! You may use any stamp that is carried at the Magnolia-licious Store for your design!

I'm still trying to get the hang of making gorgeous gift bags. I haven't found my niche yet. I do keep trying, though, LOL. So, today, I'm sharing a project as well as a gift bag in which to give the project. Both will be on sale in my Etsy Shop. Here are the images and brief descriptions:

This little treasure consists of three distressed wooden blocks with painted alphas. I added two adorable Magnolia Stamps from the Aspen Holidays Collection - Sitting Cozy Edwin and Sitting Cozy Tilda. The project was finished off with some Magnolia greenery (winter ferns, maybe?), some wide grosgrain ribbon, and "tangled" lights. It took a while for this part of the project, but it turned out so sweetly, I think.

Now for the gift bag, LOL. OK, I think this is the second one I've ever made. Don't laugh. Practice makes perfect, right?

I wish you could see the snow detail. There are lots of snow layers with each layer's edge glittery. I added some white snowflake embellishments, some punched greenery to tuck into the snow banks, and our little stamp of Me and My Snowman. The sparkle just isn't showing at all :o( . I finished the bag topper with some gathered lace around the perimeter, a snowflake tag, Merry Christmas ribbon, lacy ribbon, and a candy cane charm.

You know that Candy is giving one lucky Challenge participant a $20 gift certificate to the Magnolia-licous Store, right? If you want to take a chance on winning, then please join the challenge!

This project is for sale ----->

My Etsy Shop

Thank you so much for stopping by!

I hope you will return again very soon!

XO,

Chris

Netherlands Edwin and Tilda Card

Hello Dearest Readers,

Happy Sunday to each of you!

Well, we're midway through November. Is it me or is time just flying by? Honestly, it seems as if it was just summer! I love winter, so I have something to look forward to!

There is a new challenge beginning today at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog. We would love for you to use a Stamping Bella stamp and if you don't have a SB stamp, then how about any stamp that is carried at the Magnolia-licious Store!

For my card, I've chosen to use images and a die from the new Stamp and Cutz Collection. I've chosen to use and mask Netherlands Tilda and Netherlands Edwin. I also used the adorable windmill die that came with Edwin. It is sooooo cute! Here is a photo of my card's front:

I wanted to keep to the national colors of The Netherlands - red, white, and blue. Since I had some blue tulips, I had to use them for sure! The card features lots of die cuts on the inside as well. Each of the red tulip heads are elevated on pop dots. The inside panels are just as cute as the front.

Here is a photo of the interior top of the card. Look at that sweet little windmill die! It was a perfect addition! The papers used are Papermania. The card stock is Bazzill. The flowers are from everywhere, LOL! The shaped dies used on the interior are Spellbinders.

You know that Candy is giving one lucky Challenge participant a $20 gift certificate to the Magnolia-licous Store! If you want to take a chance on winning, then please join the challenge!

This card is for sale ----->

My Etsy Shop

Thank you so much for stopping by!

I hope you will return again very soon!

XO,

Chris

Magnolia Reading Tilda Bookmark Tag

Hello Dearest Readers,

How is your November going so far? I will be so glad when this election nonsense is gone and we will proceed as a nation. I hate the negativity! Just two more days until the political television commercials are over. I think I could handle the political banter between the two candidates, but the commercials are incessant!

Today, I'm sharing a bookmark that I made today as a midway reminder for the bookmark tag challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog. I'm a bit disappointed because no one has participated yet! Making a bookmark tag is so quick and easy! It would also be nice to have as an insert for a hand made card.

Here is a photo of the one I made today:

I love the softness of the colors. The stamp is called Tilda Reading. Look how nicely I did her hair!!!!! LOL, LOL, LOL! It probably was an accident, LOL. I am soooo terrible with hair! I do try, though. I thought that the blue, white, and yellow would work well together.

Remember, Candy is giving one lucky Challenge participant a $20 gift certificate to the Magnolia-licous Store! If you want to take a chance on winning, then please join the challenge!

This card is for sale ----->

My Etsy Shop

Thank you so much for stopping by!

I hope you will return again very soon!

XO,

Chris

Magnolia Swedish Tilda Bookmark Challenge

Boo! Dearest Readers,

Happy Halloween Eve!

Are you getting your Halloween groove on? LOL We're loaded with candy all ready to go for the little munchkins who will soon be visiting. For those of you in the USA, did you know that Nevada became a state on October 31? An appropriate date, I'd say, when you think of the many characteristics of Nevada's Las Vegas, LOL.

Today begins a brand new challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog . This will be a fun challenge for you. Your challenge is to create a

Bookmark
and, if you can, have it use a book reading theme. I'd love to share mine. Here it is:

Here is the back:

I used a Grande Nestabilities die for the shape, my Nestie oval set for the mat behind Tilda, and a Marianne Design die for the shape behind the Tilda area. My sweet Tilda is Swedish Tilda from the new Stamp and Cutz Collection.

On the back, I used a library pocket card stamp as well as a library card pocket template from when I was scrapbooking at the turn of the century (That is true when you think about when the turn of the century was, but it sounds sooooooo old!). I used red and white Bazzill card stock and papers from my stash.

Sweet Candy is giving one lucky Challenge participant a $20 gift certificate to the Magnolia-licous Store! If you want to take a chance on winning, then please join the challenge!

This card is for sale ----->

My Etsy Shop

Thank you so much for stopping by!

I hope you will return again very soon!

XO,

Chris

Magnolia-licious Anything Goes Challenge w/ Christmas Morning Chicks

Hello Dearest Readers,

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my teeny, tiny place in the Blogosphere! Today's post is a midway reminder for the Anything Goes challenge at Magnolia-licious! You can use ANY stamp found in the store!

Speaking of the Magnolia-lcious store, scoot right over and preorder the new line of Magnolia stamps from the Aspen Holidays line! Get them before they are gone! I've ordered mine already as I didn't want to miss out! Magnolia-licious also has the full line of the new Magnolia Stamp & Cutz. I'm going to be playing with mine this weekend. So, come back and visit to see what I come up with, LOL!

Would you like to see my card for the current

Anything Goes Challenge?
Well, here it is:

For my card, I've chosen to use Christmas Morning Chicks by Stamping Bella. The card is very bright and festive with the addition of glittered elements. I wanted to show that this particular stamp doesn't necessarily have to be used for Christmas! Here, I've chosen to use it for any festive occasion that comes with a gift. I didn't even specify "birthday" anywhere on the card. If you've got a gift, I've got a card! LOL. I had a deep pink doily that matched the patterned paper perfectly, so I added that. I chose to distress the edges so that the "shredded" edges would match the "tear it open" sentiment. I used the Doohickey present die from the Celebrations Doohickey Kit as well as a very old Doohickey border die.

Sweet Candy is giving one lucky Challenge participant a $20 gift certificate to the Magnolia-licous Store! If you want to take a chance on winning, you have to play along!

This card is for sale ----->

My Etsy Shop

Thank you so much for stopping by!

I hope you will return again very soon!

XO,

Chris

Magnolia-licious Mini Tilda Hey Chick Card

Hello Dearest Readers,

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope that things are going well for you. We're still having "summer," LOL with temps in the mid 80s. I cannot wait until the temps drop off. I want my home to smell of freshly baked bread and comforting soup on the stove!

Today, I have a precious Magnolia mini card to share with you. I had so much fun making this one. Please forgive my horrible photo. I seem to be getting worse with my picture taking. I really, REALLY miss my Canon Eos and hate, hate, hate this stupid Nikon that I'm using until I can find someone to repair my Canon. The photos look terrible - consistently! Here is my little scene for you:

Again, I apologize for the horrible photo. I'm really into rick-rack lately. I love how it frames the focal point without overtaking the card. For my card, I used three different shades of green velvet paper. I also used green rick-rack to define the different areas of field.

The stamps I used are Magnolia Seeding Tilda mini (HERE) as well as Magnolia Chickens mini stamp which you can find HERE.

I had some tiny yellow beads which I used for the seeds that Tilda is spreading. Also, Tilda has been painted with watercolors.

I always finish my interior panels when I'm working on a card. I just find it's more work to come back to it later and finish the inside. My train of thought is so in gear after I finish the front, that I just move forward to finish the whole card. Less work for me, so it seems. Here are the interior images:

I think the panels are pretty self-explanatory. It's a really cute farm themed card. I love how it turned out!

Magnolia-licious has lots of great stamps such as Stamping Bella, for you to use to create adorable cards as well as Magnolias and the new Doohickey Kit #11 available for purchase right now! Think of all the delightful additions to Fall cards you could add using these precious dies! Here is a photo of the kit:

That little travel trailer is just the cutest ever! I love this kit!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

I hope you will return again very soon!

XO,

Chris

Magnolia-licious Use Autumn Colors Challenge with Tilda with Carrot

Hello Dearest Readers,

I am so happy that you took the time to stop by. Is it Fall where you live? The trees in the upper elevations are changing colors. Utah is a beautiful state. Imagine the evergreen trees for miles with splashes of orange and yellow in clusters over the mountainous landscape. It's beautiful!

I've been alone this week while my DH took a week long trip. I loved being alone! Isn't that terrible to say, LOL? I can get so much done! Speaking of done, I have a card to share with you. It's for the new challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog!. The these for our new challenge is:

Colors of Fall
I think this will be a great challenge in that there are so many color choices depending on where you live. We haven't any trees that turn red in Autumn. We've got just yellow and orange. That is what inspired my card. Here it is:

For my card, I've chosen the colors of gray and yellow orange. I thought they'd look great with Tilda's carrot. I dressed her in colors to match the card. Notice the little acorn charm hanging from the bow. Isn't it cute? I used a Nestabilities die set for the card's paper/card stock components. I also used the fence Doohickey Die from Kit #3. I have two other fence dies, but I liked the height of this one. There is a hidden tag on the right, gray seam binding, and leaves I've had for ages and ages. I think the floral paper is Jillibean while the gray paper is Basic Gray. The interior panels have been completely finished with matching die cut shapes as well matching papers. I love the bright yellow orange against the gray.

I hope you will join the challenge. We've now got the blog set up so you can post your photos. We had a little glitch in our "git along!" It's fixed now, so I hope you will join the challenge. You have 10 days to enter your design.

I hope I have given you a little inspiration. I would so love a comment if you have the time.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Don't forget and check out the gorgeous designs my teamies have created! They are posted on the Magnolia-licous Challenge Blog.

I hope you will return again very soon!

XO,

Chris