Pretty as a Picture

Hello - I wanted to spend time in my garden today but it was raining for most of the day so I ended up in my craft room instead -darn - lol!!  I made this card using Tilda from the latest Magnolia release.  All the paper except for the white paper is from Bo Bunny Little Miss Collection - this paper reminds me of a flower garden - it is very pretty.  I paper pieced Tilda's jumpsuit from the same paper collection as well.  I used my Martha Stewart around the page punch for the background border - the circles are cut with nestability dies.  I added flowers and 4 pearls on the corners and that pretty much finished off the card.  I colored Tilda with copic markers.  Thanks for stopping by for a visit - back to work tomorrow - cannot believe the long weekend is already over!  At least it will be a short work week though so that is good.

Your stamping friend, Debbie.

Just Say "I Do"

Hello - hope you are having a wonderful weekend -here in B.C. we have a long weekend with Monday being Victoria Day - I am so glad to have the extra day.  Today I was able to spend time in my craft room and I made this wedding card,  The Tilda and Edwin image is from Magnolia.  The Arch Gate with Fence (I cut off the fence part) is from Tiddleybitz.  I painted the Arch with white acrylic paint and added sparkle to it.  I then added lots of jewels to the Arch to give it even more bling and sparkle.  I added some flowers, Martha Stewart hearts, lace border on bottom and I made a bow from some pink netted ribbon.  This card is made for our local scrapbooking store for which I help design cards for.  I colored the image with copic markers (list below)
Thanks for stopping by for a visit and have a great day!

Copic Markers Used:
Hair:  E31, E25, E50
Face: E11, E00, E000, R20, R85
Dress: RV10, RV000
Pants: C3, C2, C1, C0, W3
Shirt: C2 and Colorless Blender
Roses: R85, R20
Stem: G14

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Hello Friend

Hello to all my stamping friends out there! I finally had a chance to ink up this absolutely adorable Whimsy stamp that I bought some time ago. I must say she is probably my most favorite stamp at the moment and so so fun to color!! I truly enjoyed the entire process of making this card. I used so many copic markers and I didn't keep track of them - sorry - I used my nestie scallop border punch for the background of the image and layered with various cardstock and design paper. I added some lace and flowers and that pretty much finished off the card. I am not sure which company the sentiment is from it was just loose in my drawer. I hope you have a wonderful day - we are having summer like weather these past few days and I am truly enjoying the warmth.

I entered this card in the Whimsy Challenge this week "Anything Goes" and also in the Papertake Weekly Challenge "In the Garden"


Your stamping friend, Debbie

Bon Appetit!

Hello - Happy Mother's Day - here in Canada we celebrate Mothers everywhere. I had a nice day - my son and his fiance had left on Friday so it is just my husband and myself - it was a beautiful sunny day here so we went for a nice walk with our dog and then I spent the afternoon in my craft room - perfect!! I made this card with my new Tilda. I had an old wooden stamp that was an apron so I stamped it out on design paper and layered it with dark brown cardstock. I stamped Bon Appetit from an old SU stamp set. The sentiment is a Whimsy stamp, the stars are a sizzix die cut and the fork and knife is also from another older stamp set. I added a Magnolia lady bug. The paper is some older Bo Bunny paper from my paper stash. Today was perfect barbeque weather so I was inspired to make this card. Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by for a look.

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Tilda colored in Distress Inks

Hello - for some reason I decided I wanted to learn how to color with distress inks. I always admire cards that are colored with distress inks and I thought it can't be that difficult to learn - wrong!! Actually it wasn't that bad but the hair took me many, many practice images to get it to how I was happy with it. There is a learning curve no doubt with the distress inks but I do love the look - it is a nice change from copic markers once in a while - I may be doing more of it in the future. This card was made with one of my favorite color combos - pink and green. I colored Tilda and cut her out and layered her on nestie circles and added a Marianne swirl, flowers and ribbon. I used my new Magnolia fence die cut which is kind of hard to see on this card (in the background). The sentiment is also a Magnolia stamp. Thanks for stopping by for a visit. Have a wonderful weekend. My son and his fiance are home for a week from Chicago so I am really looking forward to visiting with them.

Your stamping friend,

Hula Girl

Hello - Well I was in my glory with this new stamp from Make it Crafty - she required a fair bit of coloring which is my favorite part of the card making process - but I will admit a bit of a challenge as well - I have only colored black hair 3 or 4 times ever so it did take me a few trys to get it good enough for my liking - I know I have some more work to do but that is the fun part too - the learning process. Our local scrapbooking store brought in a whole line of the Make it Crafty stamps and although I only purchased 2 of them (the other being a Christmas image) they are just so adorable - something a bit different than what I am used to but so much fun!! I colored her with copic markers and yes I did keep a list this time (see below). I had some paper in my stash pile that as soon as I saw it I knew it had to go with this image - because this paper has words all over it I didn't include a sentiment - so this card oould really be used for any occasion. I cut out a circle from my Creative Memories circle cutter and used my nestability die cut for the pink border in behind. I found a hawaiian leaf from my Sizzlits collection that went well with the flowers I added. I cut out the flags from some design paper and added a bright ribbon as well. I love that it looks bright and summery - a reminder to me that summer is just around the corner. We had a beautiful summery like weekend this weekend so that made me very happy - I was able to get out and clean my deck so we can sit out there and enjoy the warmer weather. Thanks for stopping by for a look and hope you have a fabulous day!

Copics Used
Skin : E25, E11, E00, E000
Hair: C9, C7, C5, C3
Flowers: YR23, YR09
Grass Skirt: G85, G21 and YR20
I did go over her eyes with 100 and added E25 to them as well

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Celebrate your Inner Princess

Hello - I have a new card today using Tilda from the latest collection. I combined her with an older Magnolia stamp (castle window). I kind of went a bit overboard on this card (for me anyways) - sometimes you just never know when to stop and that is what kind of happened with this card - lol!! I used a lot of colors from my copic markers and didn't keep track of which ones. I cut a portion of the design paper and layered it with the fushia colored cardstock to add a different element to this card - it is on the lower left side of the card - kind of hard to see as I added 3 flowers and a MS butterfly punch on top of it - I liked the look of this. I made the canopy over top using a fiskars border punch. I jazzed up the card with many, many jewels, a marianne swirl die cut and some lace. The sentiment is from an older wooden stamp that I had in my cupboard and I don't know where it came from but I thought it was a great sentiment for this card. Thanks for stopping by for a visit - have a wonderful day!!

Your stamping friend, Debbie