Time for Fall with Tilda!!!!

This week a challenge at Sweet Stampin Challenge took my interest.  The challenge was to dust off the punches. When I first started with paper crafts, I loved leaves.  I purchased who knows how many punches of maple and oak leaves.  I still love them and I loved the Tilda image under the leaf.  So I started my project set out to use those punches.

The leaf punches are mostly EK Success, Marvy and some Sizzix dies.  I used K&company paper by Tim Coffey.  For coloring sweet Tilda, I used Copic markers.

Face - E000, E11, E01, R20

Sweater - YG91, Y38, YR12, Y17

Pants - B00, B34, B95

Boots - Y04, YG91, Y18

Leaf - Yr23, Y38, Y17 and YR31

I added to clock face with Tim Holtz spinners as an embellishment.  I kept the image free of glitter and sparkle since I will be donating to Operation Write Home.  It did take alot for me not to want to add stickles on the leaves.

The large circle was cut out with the Martha Stewart circle cutter.  Which I have my days of like and dislikes with this cutter.  It's great if you just want to cut a circle, but if you want to place a cut out - it takes come skill for centering.

The inside of the card is where the Tilda image is glued on a torn edge mat that has been distressed with Vintage photo.  I glued more of the smaller leaf punches around her boots.

When the card is standing, you can see the number of leaves I glued around the card for dimension.

I hope you enjoyed this week's card.  I love lil Tilda surrounded by the leaves.  It made me dig out my Fall sweatshirts and sweaters - well I guess the tempature drop to 45 degrees helped too.

Challenges entered.
Sweet Stampin challenge - Punches
Simon Says Challenge - Autumn
Stampin for the weekend - Autumn Colors
Catch the Bug Challenge - anything goes
Just Magnolia - Anything Goes
Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central - Halloween
Cute Card Thursday - Tick Toc
Stamp something challenge - Celebrate
Tuesday Throwdown - Punches
Paper Sundaes - From your stash
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes
Stamp, Scrap & doodle Saturdays - Open challenge

Flower patch Tilda with the new Girl's Paperie collection

I was reviewing the challenges this week and I was able to use my Flower patch Tilda and new paper from The Girls' Paperie - Pennants.  I love using reds and blues in my cards.

 Tilda was colored in Copic markers.
Face - E000, E11, E01, E00 and R20
Shirt - R01, R29, R20
Pants - B18, B28 and B00
Hair - Y02, Y18 and Y 17.
I distressed around the circle with Tim Holtz Distress ink - Tea Dye.

The banner was created just by cutting out the triangles from the paper.  I left 1/8 in. on the triangle in order to gold over and glue to the jute twine.

The flowers are by Recollections and Prima.  (I hear that Recollections is a sub company of Prima for Michael's - not sure - I can't find anything on it on the internet).  Ribbon is from Hobby Lobby and sold by the spool.

The sentiment is from Fiskars and stamped on the paper collection using a Fiskars punch.

The inside of the card is finished with the paper collection and a yellow flower as an accent.

I hope you enjoyed by finished card.

I entered the following challenges with this card.
Cute Card Thursday - Sketch
A Spoon Full of Sugar - "Anything Goes" - These are the best!!!
Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes
If the Show Fits, Scrap it - Flowers

First Digi Stamp images from Bugaboo - entry to their challenge

This was my first digital image purchase from Bugaboo stamps.  I loved the stamps so much that I ended up purchasing the entire Halloween collection.  Bobblhall Frank is the image I chose to create the card.  I am also entering their challenge at their blog - Catch the bug - 3D Halloween.

I am "brand new" to the digital stamp world and I loved how all I had to do was print!  I could print the image in any size that I needed and as many times as I want.  I assured that I backed up the file from hard drive so that I don't lose any of the precious images!!  Check out Bugaboo stamps for the collection I purchased and then browse the site for the other images.  You won't be disappointed - and they are cheap!!.

So here's the card.  The card meets the 3D challenge since it is a Joy card (see the following link on a great tutorial Splitcoast Stampers - Joy card) and opens up.  The card front measures 6x6 in and the interior card measures 5x5 in.

The image was colored in Copic markers.
Face and hands - G99, G21, YG 67
Shirt - V15, V17
Hair - C1, C3, C7
Shoes - W5, W3
Pumpkin and Candycorn - Y38, Y17

I used the K&Company Halloween paper for the design paper and also my embellishments.  I cut out the words from the paper to add to the pages.

Inside of the card.  The edges of all the papers are distressed using Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress inks.  The inside of the card opens for a person to add their own message.

Challenges entered
Catch the Bug Challenge - 3D Halloween
Mad for Markers - Color in a digital image with markers
Allsorts Challenges - Plain and Simple
GingerLoft Challenge - Happy Haunting
AI Factory Challenge - "Anything Goes"
Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central - Anything Goes

Tilda by the Sea for the Totally Tilda Challenge

This is one of the first Tilda's I colored with Copic markers.  So when I saw the challenge at Totally Tilda, - Glitter and Sparkle and Just Magnolia - sketch.  I dug through my images to find something that I could "bling up".
Here's the final product.

For the image I used.
Face and skin - E000, E11, E01, E00 and R20
Dress - B95, B97, B99 and B21.  I love these color combos for the blue.
Hat - Y17
Hair - E15, E19 and E53

I added rock candy stickles to the him of dress and blue stickles to her bows.

The embellishments are from Prima (flowers and the bing).  I created the tag with the sentiment "miss u".

I matted the image on designer paper by K&Company and used lace in the back as an extra touch.  The image and mat are distressed with the Tim Holtz distressing tool.

An easy card that I created in less than 20 minutes.

Thanks for checking out this weeks projects and challenges I entered.

Challenges entered
Just Magnolia - sketch
Totally Tilda - Glitter and Sparkle
Sundays with Chrissy - Sparkle and Shine
Tuesday Taggers - Sparkly Diamonds and Diamond Shapes
Delightful Challenge - Make it Sparkle

Latest Tilda card for weekly challenges!!!

I worked on finishing my Tilda card for a few challenges this week.

I used the Magnolia stamp "Stylish Tilda".  I used copic markers to color.
Face, hands and legs - E000, E11, E01, E00 and R20
Sweater - Y17, Y18, and Y38 and R29
Pants - B00, B05, B39
Boots - E19, E49, and E15
Hat - Y38 trimmed in R20

I used BoBunny paper and Bazill cardstock.  The sentiment is from Fiskars and is embossed on a Fiskars punch.  The flower is home made with a flower Sizzix die.  I used scraps from the paper and curled the edges for a worn look.

I loved how the card has a worn look on the edges.  I wrapped the card with jute twine and added some paper buttons from a Sizzlit die from the scraps.  I always use the scraps!!!!

Hope you enjoy the card!!!  Let me know if you have any questions.

Challenges entered include:
7 Kids College fun - Sketch challenge
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Fall colours (orange/brown/yellow/red/purple)
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Anything goes . . . .

Sarah Kay Stamp - Bernadette Admiring her Flowers

This is one of my first Sarah Kay cards.  The images are so detailed and fun to put together.  I learned quickly that I need to have the papers picked out before I start coloring.  I was so eager to get started with the images that I just started coloring when I got these.  

Stamp - Sarah Kay - Bernadette Admiring her Flowers

Colored with Water Markers

Designer Papers are from DCWV - Laundry Line

Doily behind image

Various matching ribbons from American Crafts

Image View.

Colored with various water color markers

I used various matching ribbons as embellishments on the page.

I love this card and the inside also has the designer paper included.

Sarah Kay Stamp - Spring is Back

I am going a little crazy with the card making and I still have a video to make on my Blue Jean mini album.  Not sure when I will get all of this done.

I had fun creating this Sarah Kay card with the Spring is Back image.  This was experimental and I loved it so much I decided to post it.  The colors are very different than I normally use and I dug through the scraps to find matching papers.  (My scrap pile is getting very large).

Image - Magnolia Stamps, Spring is Back
Coloring - Copic
- Face/Body: E000, E11, E01, E00
- Jeans: B39, B18, B24
- Hair: E49, E47, E57
- Hat: Y38, Y17, Y15
- Flowers R81, Rv29, R29, Rv06
- Shirt: R81

I added Prima flowers with Prima leaves, ribbon, and pearl centers.  I outlined the petals with Stickles for accent.

I added some Pearl bling to the corner of the page and mounted the image on pink cardstock and image paper from my scraps.  I also glimmer misted a doily and added it as an accent to the page.  You can see where I outlined the hem of her pants in Stickles.

I loved this card once it was complete.  I used orange, pink and blue.  Colors I normally would never put together.  

Latest crafting endeavors

Magnolia Stamps . . . .  Copic Markers . . . . Distress Inks . . . .
The past five days I have received my purchases of Magnolia and Sarah Kay stamps.  Magnolia stamps are created in Sweden and the stamp focus are characters Hilda and Edwin.  A great blog that has weekly card challenges is http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com.  Review the site for some fabulous cards and talented people.

I love the stamps.  Mostly because I get to color with distress inks and copic markers.  So, here is my first Magnolia card.

Some Lessons Learned
#1  Make sure if you use StazOn ink, you heat dry or wait 24 hours.  Memento ink is the best and fast drying in which you can immediately stamp.
#2  When you using Copic markers and blend, the blending moves the ink around - sometimes that means outside your outline.  Assure you are careful when blending around your outline or a new color.
#3  A white gel pen to add accents really makes the image "jump".  A dot on the cheeks or an outline really allows for dimension.
#4  **Most important**  I was so excited when I got my stamps that I just started coloring.  Then I had to search for papers to match.  Choose your papers first, then color.  Your stress level will be lower,  = )


Front of the card with Native American Tilda.
Designer papers by Bobunny - Kitchen spice collection
Magnolia stamp - Native American Tilda
Off white Rick Rack
Fiskars punch for sentiment
Flowers were made with ProvoCraft punch from the paper line
Copic markers
- Face and skin :  E000, E11, E01 and blend with E00,  Blush R20
- Head band and trim on dress/ shoes:  BG45 with W3 shading.  Y38, Y17 and Y18
- Dress:  E43, E44, E47 and E49.

Closer look of Tilda
The image is sitting, so used part of the top note from from the paper as a ledge to sit Tilda on.
I used Orange and Gold Stickles on her shoes necklace and head band.

View of the Flower
Provocraft flower punch.  Used 3 Large punches and 2 Medium flower.  Wet the flowers and crumpled up and used a brad for holding the flower together.

Sentiment

I also added bling around the circle.

Here's is the side view of the card with inside offset in the corner.

Thanks for stopping by and viewing my cards.

Weekly challenges entered
  Simon Says Stamp - Holiday challenge
  Just Magnolia - Weekly challenge
Totally Tilda - Make your own flower challenge