Happy Princess Tilda

Hello everyone!

It's Monday once again, a brand new week and for me a new set of stamps to play with :) lol.. I received my stamps last week and I have been coloring a whole bunch of them like a mad woman! It's just that all of them are so so cute :) I am saving some of my colored images for many other projects that will also include the new dies from the Once Upon A Time 2013 collection. Magnolia Stamps have been really kind to send them to me and I am expecting to receive them anytime today :) So exciting :)

So here's Happy Princess Tilda with all her cute curls and jolly persona :)

Happy Princess Tilda

Materials: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Papers: Magnolia & Basic Grey; Flowers: iamroses; Rhinestones: Prima; doily, fabric calla lilies, pistils, book binding ribbon, twine, bells, corrugated board, pearl string, gesso paint, Stickles, Liquid Pearl

Stamping: Happy Princess Tilda from Once Upon A Time 2013; Kurbitz Corner from Princes and Princesses; Xpress It Blending Paper; Copic Markers; Memento Ink

Tools: Silhouette Artisan Shape; dooHickey dies

The new Magnolia papers from this collection are really beautiful :)

And here are the colors I used for Tilda. I've now made swatches of the copic colors I use for all my images so that if there's a color combination that I've used that I really like, it will be easier for me to reach for those colors :)

Stamp and Create with Magnolia  is having a spring and ribbon challenge and I am entering this card :) I hope I win something :) lol ...

Thanks for dropping by and have a great week ahead!

A dream is a wish your heart makes..

Hi guys!
I'd like to share a card I made some days ago. I wanted to do a boy card so I had to restrain myself from using any paper flowers.. lol .. but the girl in me just can't help it :) So I made it more subtle by just using a couple of the fabulous DooHickey dies..
A dream is a wish your heart makes.. It's actually a lyric from a Cinderella song. I love that line because I believe it's true..

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

Materials: Cardstock - Bazzill; Patterned Papers - My Mind's Eye; Rhinestone - Prima; Misc: Stickles, Twine, Distress Ink; lace

Stamping: Magnolia Stamps Edwin with Airplane from Princes and Princesses collection, Memento Ink, Copic Markers, Xpress It Blending Paper

Tools: DooHickey Dies

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your wishes come true :)

One.. Two.. Three Princesses!

Oh my lanta Perla! Has it been almost a month since I last updated my blog?
I was occupied with my mom's visit, work, a lot of personal stuff, medical problems.. It was an unbelievable June with all the trials being thrown my way. But I am still here, still breathing, still living, still crafting :)
I hope you guys have picked up the new Magnolia Ink magazine "Follow Your Dreams" - it's full of fun and beautiful ideas for sports, pets and school. It also marks my first ever published work and it is an absolute dream come true for me :) I am very grateful for the opportunity that Magnolia stamps accorded me. I am very honored to be part of this wonderful team :)



Magnolia Ink Issue No. 4 Follow Your Dreams
with cover girls Lillemor and Camilla H.

Today I'd like to share a card I made a couple of weeks ago. I created a scene using the 3 cutest princesses ever :) Here's the card:

3 Princesses

Materials: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Magnolia; Flowers: I am Roses; Twine, charm, bells, Tulle; Versmark Ink; Ranger embossing powder

Stamps: Magnolia Prince and Princesses collection; Archival Ink; Distress Inks; Langton Cold pressed watercolor paper

Tools: Magnolia doohickey dies; EK Success Punch

This is probably one of my favorite cards that I made because I love the stamps and I was able to make a cute scene with it :)

The summer kit club has been shipped, did you get yours already? Isn't it just adorable? :) The autumn stamp collection is called Turning Leaves and it will soon be available at your favorite stockist :)





Thanks for stopping by and have a great week ahead :)

.. a SMASH*ing good time! ..

So I started keeping a Smash book for all the knick knacks I have relating to Magnolia. This smash book is dedicated to just anything Magnolia - images that I have colored that never made to any project, emails from Lena and Asa from Magnolia, from my fellow DT members, ideas I have for projects for the Ink.. I will show some pages I have done from time to time in my smash book :) In the meantime, this is the cover I did for my smash book, the tag is actually something I did a few weeks ago and posted. It's not really advisable to put any of the flowers you usually put on the card in any of the pages as it will create too much of a bulk. I try to keep it simple inside.

SMASH Book

Smash book is by K&Company, it's actually a baby smash book but I liked the images inside and it's in green (which is my favorite color by the way)!

 

For me it's a really practical 'album' for images that I just like to color :) it's kinda fun to see how I have/will evolve with regards to my coloring style, etc. so maybe you can call it my coloring book of sorts :) I will still continue to do cards and other stuff with the cute images :) I actually do very minimal scrapbooking since I started Project Life - right now my interest is really with coloring Magnolias - it's so addictive :)

Thanks for stopping by this midweek :)

Tag .. You're it!

Hey everybody!
I've been MIA for a couple of weeks now as I was wrapping up some assigments for Magnolia Ink. It was my first time to send in projects for the Ink and I guess I was overthinking and overworking and overshooting a lot .. :) .. In a couple of days I will again start working on the Ink, I'm just waiting for the materials to come and I am excited to get working on it.
Have you guys grabbed a copy of the new Magnolia Ink magazine by the way? Raise your hands if you think this issue is the bomb! :) .. It's an awesome issue and it's full of wonderful and creative ideas and projects that will inspire you to create. And with the release of the magazine, the new collection Summer Memories is out as well. Can you handle this much Magnolia or are you like me who just can't have enough of them? :)
I'd like to share a tag with you guys that I made 2 days ago to get into my regular programming of crafting. This image is actually something I colored a few weeks ago and saved it for any project that pops in my mind.

Tag

Materials: Shipping tag; Die Cut and Vintage Tag - Jolee's Boutique; Brad - American Crafts; Roses and Twine and Doily

Stamping: Tilda with Floating Hearts (Princes and Princesses); Distress Inks; Archival Ink; Cold Press watercolor paper - Schutt

I hope you guys had a great holiday weekend!

Thanks for stopping by. 

I wish I knew how to dance..

.. so I can wear the same tutu as Tilda :)
The Princes and Princesses collection is really absolutely amazing :) I would love to have each and every stamp in this series but the girl has to eat .. so, I'm slowly building up this collection.
These past few cards I've done I have been using Distress Ink re-inkers for coloring. I am enjoying it a lot! At the moment my Copics are taking a back seat but they are not forgotten :) I love the Distress Ink process, it's a little slower than the Copics but the end results are really beautiful.
Here's a simple card I made today using Distress Inks..

Tilda with Ballet Shoes

Materials: Patterned Papers: Basic Grey, Prima Pearls, Maya Road & misc hat pins, organza ribbon, paper flowers and stamens, metal butterlfy charm, Signo pen

Stamping: Magnolia Stamp Tilda With Ballet Shoes from the Princes and Princesses collection, Archival Ink, Distress Inks stamps and reinkers

Also please grab a copy of the new Magnolia Ink magazine. It's chock full of amazing works that will inspire you guys to create and create :) I've read and marveled at everybody's work over and over!

Thanks for visiting and have a great week ahead :)

Welcome To The Castle!

The Princes and Princesses collection is now available for purchase! Singapore Magnolia Stampers you can grab your stamps from Paper Crafts Garden - the new stamps and papers are available in their shop! Yay :)

Here's a card I made this weekend using the new stamps :) Oh! I just love this collection very much!

Tilda and Her Castle

Materials: Patterned Papers: My Mind's Eye; Cardstock: Bazzill; Organza ribbon, paper roses; Prima flowers and Rhinestones, American Crafts Pen

Stamping: Magnolia Stamps, Distress Inks, Archival Ink

The Magnolia Stamp Club Spring Kit will be a whole new different collection :) That's exciting news isn't it?


Thanks for looking and have a great week ahead :)

Sneak Peek

Hi guys! I would like to share 2 cards that I made this week. The first card is featuring a new Magnolia stamp from the collection named Princes and Princesses. They are really adorable :) I can tell you guys right now from this collection that there are stamps featuring a Magnolia family, Tilda and Edwin sporting crowns, royal babies and fanciful animals. I know you guys would love to have every stamp in this collection – believe me coz I am not even making a list, I just want them all :)  It wasn’t intentional but when I finished this card, I realized that I could participate in the TOMIC this week! So please visit TOMIC and send your entries over for a chance to win some really sweet goodies from Magnolia! 

Princess Tilda
Materials: Basic Grey Patterned Papers, Bazzill Cardstock, Distress Ink. American Crafts Brads, Satin Ribbon and paper roses, DMC thread,

Stamping: Magnolia Stamps from the Princes and Princesses and Fairy Tale collection, Copic Markers, Copic Blending Card, Signo white pen 

Please visit the Magnolia DT blogs to see more sneak peeks of the new collection :)

The next card is something I have been wanting to do for a while now and it is a pocket card. I’ve seen cards done with this pattern/template and I’d like to make my own spin on it. My parents’ wedding anniversary is coming up and I and my brother decided to give them some vouchers and gift cards that they can use for what they want to purchase. The stamp I used is from the Wedding Collection. 

Loving Couple

Materials: My Mind’s Eye Patterned Papers, Bazzill Cardstock, American Crafts Brads and Ribbon, paper doily, pompom ribbon, twine, paper roses, Signo white pen

Stamping: Magnolia Stamps Lovely Couple from the Wedding Collection, Copic Markers, Copic Blending Card

Tools: Martha Stewart punch 

This weekend I will be out with some colleagues to fish/prawn. It will be my first time to go ‘prawning’ – I’ve always thought that to catch a prawn all you needed was a net :)  Maybe I will be proven wrong this Saturday :) Actually all I want to do on my weekends is to sit in front of the tv, watch reality shows, stamp and do cards.. but.. I’ve already said yes to the boss :( A little setback in my weekend plans but that’s okay.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend :)