Queen for a day!

I sure am learning a lot as I whittle down my Mad March Birthdays list... especially what works for me and what doesn't!  Including blogger at the moment!  I keep signing up to follow blogs and by the next day I am no longer following... hmmmm

Okay todays card is again my Magnolia "Christmas Tilda With Puppy" but she is not for Christmas again today since I wanted to explore the image a little more after yesterdays effort.  I think she lends herself quite well to birthdays!  Anyway enough babble... the card:

To tie in with a Shabby Chic theme everything including the lace (given to me many years ago by my Mother In Law!) got a good dabbing of Tim Holtz Distress Ink... I did find there is a fine line between "distressed" and "too much" lol.

The Challenges... well firstly... thanks to all of the Challenges for giving me some direction and some deadlines!  No I don't expect to win anything but you are all giving me some great ideas!  Now the ones this card is entered in...

Crafty Sentiment Designs... This was a difficult one for me... Pretty in PINK! (I definitely managed lots of pink though and this stamp is sooooo Pretty!)

Our Creative Corner... Shabby Chic with Fabric Flowers and a Crown... There is also the colours from the inspirations photo, pretty pink... light blue and Tim Holtz's antique linen (I am wearing this inkpad out!).

Marvelous Magnolia - Anything goes!  Very nervous about entering this one... everyone's entries there look like they have been crafting since they were born! 

Materials:

Stamps:  Magnolia "Christmas Tilda with Puppy"; "Queen For the day" from the Cool Britannia collection by Louise Allen.

Cardstock and doilies from my stash.

Inks: Memories Dye ink - black; Tim Holtz Antique Linen.

Embossing: Cuttlebug embossing folder "Wrought Iron"

Circle and Scalloped Circle: Spellbinders.

Lace and fabric flowers were from my stash. (It's amazing what I find when I go digging in boxes!)

Pencils: Faber Castell.

Punch: Martha Stewart Doily Lace.

Anyway... I hope you like this one... it's growing on me...

Sarah x

Springtime Green

G’day and welcome J

Today’s make is my first ever make with a Magnolia stamp… I happened upon a Christmas magazine while at the shops and it had a Christmas Tilda with Puppy on the front so happy Newsagent and happy me! Hehe  Now on stamping her I realized she loans herself to all year so here she is.

 

This is one more of the Mad March birthdays down… lots more to go!

A few challenges in this card… in no particular order… well ok… in the order they are written down on my notepad…

Cupcake Craft Challenge… Sparkle… beautiful sparkly bella brad on that flower just finishes it off nicely!

The Crafting Café… favourite colour… Green!  The colour of my garden J

Lej Designs Challenge blog… Spring… Real Spring to me was when I was in England… the white snow would melt and vibrant green shoots would burst out of the thaw with tenacity and throw out delicate flowers.

Flourishes .org has a challenge of using Cardboard which worked brilliantly to give my leaves texture and add interest.  I will use your stamps when I can manage to buy one :-)

CardMakingMamas have a challenge of using Green…. I think I might have covered that one!

Emmas Cards UK has a challenge of vintage… now I am hoping this is vintage enough as it all reminds me of old times (and Aunty Nora with her doilies)…

Materials:

All cardstock/paper/doilies right from my stash!

Stamps: Magnolia Christmas Tilda with Puppy; “Happy Birthday” stamp from Papercraft Inspirations stamps Issue 72.

Flower: Stampin’ Up! Punches.

Leaves: Create-a-flower Cuttlebug die and Spellbinders leaves.

Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Circle.

Brad:  Bella!

Inks: Memento “New Sprout” and “Pear Tart”; Black ink – Memories Dye inkpad.

Pencils: Faber Castell

Crop-a-dile Corner Chomper.

Thanks for stopping by… happy crafting…

Sarah x