Thursday, March 19, 2009

Magnolia Down Under Challenge 3

Here is my take on Challenge #3. The challenge is….
* Must have at least one yellow ribbon.
* Has to be Tilda.
* And last of all has to have a flower.
I had to go searching for yellow ribbon in my stash-the only one I could find was a bright yellow, but lucky I remembered that I had a pack of Fairytale Ribbon Originals! This actually has white flowers on it too!
I fell in love with this gorgeous Tilda, so thought I'd use it to send my mum a special card-that way she knows how special she is! I've used watercolour paper this time and used Stampin'Up! markers to colour it in with an aqua painter. I'm really happy with the intensity of colours using this method.
The sentiment is from Stampin'Up! Stem Sayings-a really useful set. Card Stock is Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue & Lovely Lilac with Polka Dots & Paisley Designer Series Paper. I've used my pretties kit for the flowers and Ice Rhinestones for the centre.
For a card that when I started I had no idea of what I was doing, the end result is quite effective!

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Magnolia Down Under Challenge 2


Firstly I will apologise for the photo being slightly crooked. We've had storms rolling around all afternoon and I want to get this posted before the next one arrives!
I've actually had this card finished since Wednesday night, but have been busy with a workshop, school fete and just normal everyday life with kids-I only seemed to remember to take photos of it late at night when the light was terrible!
The challenge theme for this week was….
* Getting tangled up in ribbons…. We ask that you try and use 5 ribbons - more if you are able. All in different colours or at least different shades. Once again remember they can be stamped etc. But for this one we would like to see a few actual ribbons.
Well, after a lot of thought I thought I'd use the ribbons to create a border-there's the first 3. Then the last two were for the strings of the balloons. I'm just so glad my Magnolia order had this cute Tilda stamp in it!
The Tilda image reminds me so much of my Miss Meg-especially with the gingery blonde curls! It would be a good card to keep for her birthday (which isn't until October!) I'm really looking forward to see what next week's challenge is. Think I might need to do another order of Magnolia stamps too!!!!!
Recipe:
Magnolia Tilda stamp, Pink & Purple Satin Craft Ribbon, Kindy Glitz
STAMPIN' UP! Supplies
Whisper White, Lovely Lilac, Certainly Celery & Regal Rose Card Stock
Barley Banana, Apricot Appeal, Orchid Opulence, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Pixie Pink, Pink Passion Ink pads-coloured with a Blender Pen
Soft Subtle Watercolour crayons, Aqua Painter,
Pretty In Pink, Orchid, White Grosgrain Ribbon
Silver Cord
Pretties Kit, Stampin' Pastels, Sponge Dauber & Ice Rhinestones.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Magnolia Down Under Challenge 1

Yeah, I managed to get this uploaded before the challenge finishes. I fell in love with these gorgeous stamps from Magnolia ages ago, and my new email friend (and another wonderful Stampin'Up! demonstrator) Kellie Winnell pointed me in the right direction as to where to get them! Thanks Kellie!
The requirements for the first ever Magnolia Down Under were:
* Has to have RED…
* Has to have a Tilda not Edwin….
*And lastly has to have a Autumn Theme…

Luckily for me my first order from Magnolia arrived on Thursday, so I've spent my spare time over the last few days getting this done.

I'm really happy with my first attempt at colouring Tilda-it's quite time consuming though. I ended up giving this card to my Bella, who got her first Assembly Award on Friday-way to go Belle-Belle!!!

Now, to try and link this post the Magnolia Blog!

Recipe:
Magnolia Tilda Stamps
Stampin'Up! Products:
Short & Sweet Stamp Set
Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip, Metallic Gold, Very Vanilla Card stock
Basic Gray Ink, Versa Mark
Earth Elements Water Colour Crayons, Rustic Retreat Ribbon Originals, Stampin'Dimensionals, Small Oval punch
Stampin'Pastels, Sponge Dauber, Tombow adhesive, Chunky Glitter-pink.