Vintage Tilda

I had an itch to make a vintage style card, and Stamp Something Challenge has a challenge this week that is for vintage and flowers, so I was set! I used the Just Magnolia sketch and I am pleased with how it turned out! Magnolia Down Under has a "sweet" challenge this week too!
One Stop Craft Challenge is "pink and brown, " so I've entered this card there as well!

Sweet Tilda is available from the Magnolia-licious Store. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The hardware is from set that I got from Stampin' Up quite a while ago. I used several punches for the lace, ferns and the hearts. I distressed everything. I finally treated myself to some pearl accents, so I added those too!

I forgot to mention the lace paper, and many of you loved it, so here is the info...it is by Karen Foster Designs, and it is called "Antique Lace." I may have had it a while, so I don't know if it is still available. Wish I had more of it!

The inside is done too...2 cards in a row!



Have a blessed Sunday!

Two Fun Cards

Today is being hailed as one of the top 10 days of the year here in Connecticut, and I would have to concur! It is warm, sunny, but not too warm because of the light breeze wafting through through windows. I have 2 great cards to share with you. First, there is the beautiful tent card my daughter made for a friend as a graduation gift. It is based on the tutorial from the Whiff of Joy Inspirations blog post titled "Punched Screen Card." I am so proud of the work she did, I had to share!

(If you are looking for my Magnolia card, scroll down a little.)

This beautiful butterfly with the Serenity Prayer
came from the rubber stamp show
we went to a couple of weeks ago. (Stamp Camp)
There are rhinestones, and pearls and dewdrops,
buttons, flowers and glitter.
The edges of all the punched pieces are
distressed with walnut ink.
we had great fun crafting together during her visit with us.
She is heading back to life in the convent on Sunday.

For my Maggie card, I have a sweet image that arrived from Susan at Killam Creative in her box of blog candy. I wanted to show off some of the goodies she included,
as well as to thank her again! THANKS SUSAN!

Here are the challenges I am entering:

Just Magnolia--sketch
Magnolia Down Under--swirly swirls
Magnolia BD Bash, week 4--bling
A Spoonful of Sugar--sunshine inspired


Susan gave me the lovely sunny yellow lace and flowers.
the sparkling stick pin, the little rhinestone flower centers and the purple flowers the rhinestones are decorating, in addition to this Tilda image!
She took the time to browse through my blog to find images I didn't seem to have...can you imagine how her thoughtfulness touched my heart?!

I colored Tilda with some Copics and some distress inks, and glitterated her with Stickles diamond dust--it gave a sun-shiny yellow glow to her halo, some of the yellow flowers and to the edges of the golden scalloped oval. Her socks and dress have Stardust Stickles.

I tried to give you a close up to see some of the
details a little better.
The sentiment came from a set by Stamp Camp.

Thanks for stopping by.
It means so much to read your comments.

Graduation Time!

June is the time for the end of school and the ultimate end is graduation. We have 2 graduations this June...our niece, and our next door neighbor.

Below is the card I made for our neighbor.

As soon as I saw this image from Sassy Studio Designs I knew it would be perfect for the 2 graduates in our life! I had a blast coloring "Cassie" too! The Copics worked great for this.
I used flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, and the leaves are from punches...added silver Stickles to the black ferns. The sentiment is part of a set from Stamp Camp...got those at the stamp show in Springfield, MA last Saturday. They are unmounted rubber that I glued on to EZ Mount. I added silver Stickles to the black mount as well. The red pattern paper is from DCWV "Summer Dreams."

I really jazzed out the inside!
Most of the circles were punched, but the ones that look like
sunbursts are cut from the DP I used on the front...quick!
The congratulations sentiment is Stampin Up!
I entered this in the Sassy Studio Design blog challenge #23.

Next graduation card is headed to North Carolina...stay tuned!