Tilda has finally come out to play.....

Good Morning!!!

Did everyone see the tutorial over at Stampartic?

  I DID and I have been waiting for it

for along time!! haha  The first time I seen Minna's

cards I thought "How does she do that?"  Well now

we all know!!! (Thank you so much Minna!!!!)

Anyways I had to try it out first thing and I thought

Tilda would work beautifully!!!  I can't believe

it has been almost 6 months since I have used a Magnolia image!

Although I need alot more practice with the spray paint I had

a lot of fun. The kids came home from school and right

away were like Mom really ~ now your using white

spray paint on your cards??? LOL

Anyways I have played along with MDU ~ which is Texture

and also I played along with Just Magnolia's Bingo board and I

went with the Flowers, ribbons and lace and gems row.

My image was colored with distress inks and twinkling h20's.

I masked Tilda and spray painted the stamped background ~

didn't quite come out like I thought and I was going to go

over the image lightly with the spray but I chickened out! haha

Here are a couple good "texture" shots.  The matte spray

paint actually leaves a nice texture on the card!!

AND you spray so lightly you don't notice a spray paint smell!

(That is what I was concerned about when I started!)

The flowers got quite a healthy dose of layers. First was the paint

and then some crackle paint and last some Sno-tex.

Papers ~ Again the gorgoeus Prima Pixie Glen.

inks ~ distress inks, twinkling h20's

Accessories ~ lace and ribbon, flowers ~ WOC

Postage stamps ~ Whimsy Stamps

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! I hope you all

have a fabulous day! We are supposed to get a chance of

rain everyday! Which doesn't usually mean anything

but I am hoping as it is way too dry!!

Before you go I also want to show you the new images

available at Teddy Bo and if you go to the blog

you can see some gorgeous examples of them!

Take care and have a fabulous day!

:)Kathy

Just Magnolia ~ Bingo..........

Good Morning!

Today is a new challenge over at Just Magnolia and

it is a neat one! They have created a Bingo board

and you have to pick a row and go with it!

It sounds easy but boy did I have a hard time!!

Not with using what was in my row but trying not to add

other stuff! LOL I think my card is so empty! I was

going to use everything and say I had Bingo with the whole board! LOL

I just received these new papers from Pink Paislee and

had to cut them up! Even though I didn't want to! They

are gorgeous! The soft colors are so pretty!  I went with

the row that had embossing, paper piecing and lace/ribbons.

It was nice as I only had to color a little bit! LOL

Papers ~ Pink Paislee

Inks ~ distress inks ~ tattered rose, aged mahogany

Accessories ~ Happy Easter ~ Catslife Press, Chocolat ~ Graphic 45

Lace ~ Wild Orchid Crafts, Swirl ~ Magnolia, edge die ~ PTI

I am so excited ~ I am off to Ikea in Dallas today with

my parents! They couldn't go home without stopping first

here again. It was a pleasant surprise. Also my mom

wants a farmer's sink from Ikea so now I get to go without

the kids!! YIPPEE! I have only been one other time

and it was with them and they didn't want anything to do

with that huge store so it wasn't very fun. Now I will

be able to look around and I know there was alot I wanted

to see!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all have

a wonderful day and week-end!

:)Kathy



Thank you.......

Good Morning!!

It is yet Friday again so it is time for

another challenge at Just Magnolia and

Hanglar and Stanglar.

This week is Michelle's turn hosting and the

challenge is to use your favorite color combo!

Well that is an easy one! LOL I think lately

I have used blue, pink and white on every card!!

So sorry to bore you with another! hehe

I have also played along with the sketch at the Sweet Stop.

My husband needed a Thank you card for a lady at work. I know

nothing about her but I hope she likes it.  I put distress crackle paint

only on the mat and leaves!! I had to hold myself back from

completely dousing the card but there is already a ton

of white on it.  I also added some glitter to the flowers.

Paper ~ My Minds Eye

Inks ~ distress inks and twinkling h20's

Accessories ~ WOC ~ pearls, flowers and lace

PTI ~ butterfly and heart punch

Magnolia ~ border punch

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I hope this week-end is much better than

last week-end for the world.

The girls have there first saddle club meeting

and we have 2 soccer games already!

I was really looking forward to a nice and

relaxing week-end but that will come when the

girls are out on there own! LOL

:)Kathy

Time to celebrate.......

Good Morning!

It is another challenge over at Just Magnolia

and we have a fabulous sketch by Bev this week!

I got some of the new Prima papers and had to use

them. The colors are a bit different for me but

I liked playing with these papers:

I just adore this cutie and finally got my hands on her. I

have been late in getting them and by the time I go to

order them they are always gone! I think because

it seems like it is really earlier than it is! I can't believe

it is almost the middle of March already!!!

Papers ~ Prima: Madeline

Inks ~ distress inks and twinkling h20's

Accessories ~ flowers ~ WOC, stickles and pearls

Circle Sentiment ~ Catslife Press, Ticket ~ PTI

That is it from me today! I hope you all have

a fabulous week-end! Don't forget to stop and

see all the beautiful cards from the DT!!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!

:)Kathy

Thinking of you.......

Good Morning!

Well Friday has come around again!

We have a gorgeous sketch for you at Just Magnolia

this week from Mina.  I have decided to break

into my hAnglar image stash. I hate using them

because then they are gone!! LOL But

I love this sweet image and had a very special card

to make so it was perfect!

I have flipped the sketch so that I could let some of this

gorgeous Webster Pages paper show.  I bought a little pack

with some samples of the three new lines. You can see it here.

They are just gorgeous!

Papers ~ Webster's Pages, Prima and Kraft CS

Stamps ~ "Thinking of YOu" ~ Crafty Secrets, Music ~ CHF

Accessories ~ Lace, flowers and pearls ~ Wild Orchid Crafts

Butterfly ~ MS, swirls ~ EK Success

Sorry I did not get around to many blogs this week! My

husband has been sick. You would think that is no big deal

but I swear he is worse than the kids!!! So needy! LOL

I will do better this week ~ I promise! He is on meds and

hopefully he will feel better by tomorrow!

Don't forget to stop and see the rest of the DT's gorgeous creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all have

a fabulous week-end!!!

:)Kathy

Once upon a time.....

Good Morning!!
Sorry I am late with my posting ~ I completely

forgot to make it up yesterday!! LOL

Today is the start of another challenge at Just Magnolia and

hAnglar and sTanglar. We want to see "love themed" cards.

May it be a wedding, engagement or just a declaration of your love!

My hubby asked for an engagement card for a friend and

this was the hardest card to make!!! I had to use this paper and

under no circumstances could I use a ton of flowers or ribbon!!

(Well I had to add that one little ribbon for some color!!!!!)

Making this card with fewer embellies was actually so much harder for me

and took twice as long!! No matter how long I looked at

it, it didn't look right!!! LOL Oh well that is what he wanted!

Here is a close-up of cute Tilda and Edwin!  Believe it or not

this is the FIRST Edwin card I have ever made!!

Papers ~ K and Co.

Stamps ~ Magnolia, Graphic 45

Accessories ~ Ribbon  and lace ~ WOC

Well that is it for me today!! The weather here in Texas

is getting so nice! We will be in the high 70's today

and for the week-end! I just hope it doesn't go back to

the colder weather again because I don't know how much

more my sinuses can take of the up and down temps!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week-end!

:)Kathy



Just Magnolia ~ Sketch.......

Good Morning!

I can't believe a whole week has gone by again!

I always think I am going to get to a ton of cards and

it just doesn't happen! LOL Truth is I sneak minutes

in every day just to get one finished!

Anyways Mina has given us a fabulous sketch to work with

over at Just Magnolia this week.

I will admit when I first seen it I was stumped but it

was fun to work with and I actually liked the way it turned out!

Yes your at the right blog!!! I know ~ no pink!! LOL

My oldest is just not into pink and this is for her!

I adore this image however and will have to get her

in pink! haha

I have colored her with distress inks and twinkling h20's.

Here is a close-up:

I also got my DT kit from WOC and these gorgeous Trellis

roses were in it!! Oh I think I have a new favorite!! They

are just stunning in real life!!! They look edible! LOL

I think because I keep picturing them all over a

wedding cake!  I covered them with glimmer mist!

It was so sunny out it was tough to get it in the picture!

Papers ~ Prima ~ Jack and Jill

Stamps ~ Magnolia, Sentiment ~ retired CHF set

Accessories ~ Pearls, flowers, lace and ribbon ~ All WOC

Don't forget to see the rest of the beautiful DT creations this week!

Love the variety from the same sketch!!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have

a fabulous week-end!!!

:)Kathy



Just Magnolia ~ Ribbon.....

Good Morning!

It is friday again (already) and it is

February (already)!!!!!

I can't believe how time is flying by!!!

Anyways the new challenge over at Just Magnolia is

"Ribbons". That is an easy one right?

Thanks to all who played along in the dotty challenge ~ I

loved looking at all the gorgeous creations!

I have finally made my youngest daughter's Valentine card.

I didn't go with the normal Valentine colors. I chose

more happy colors as that is exactly what my Rach is!

She is really my ray of sunshine! So sweet...

I had this string of hearts that I thought would go perfect with Tilda's.

I added some bells in between them. I was going to spray paint

them white but it is to cold here to do so!

My image was colored with distress inks and twinkling h20's.

I even decorated the inside ~ which I admit I rarely do!

I am amazed I get the outsides down and by the time

I finish I don't want to look at it anymore!! hehe

Papers ~ Webster's Pages

Stamps ~ Magnolia ~ Your So Sweet Collection

I love you ~ Paperworks, inside ~ Crafty Secrets

Accessories ~ distressed hearts ~ Hobby Lobby, Seam binding ~ WOC,

Flowers ~ WOC, brads and bells ~ stash

Well that is it for me today!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I

hope you all have a safe and warm week-end!

:)Kathy

Going Dotty.......

Good Morning!!
Can you believe it is Friday again!!!!!!

I can't believe how time flies by! It is crazy!

Remember how school used to drag..... I remember

thinking the days would never end!! LOL

Anyways we have a new challenge over at Just Magnolia and

hAnglar and sTanglar. It is "Going Dotty." So we

would love to see spots or dots on your creations!

I got a couple new Tilda's and just had to color this one

in for another birthday party for Lauren.

I just fell in love with this sweet Tilda. Love her curls. I have

to get all the curly hair ones as I had curly hair when I was

little. I didn't like it on myself but love it on her! LOL

Here are close-ups of Sweet Tilda and my flowers.

Again I have distressed everything and added distress crackle paint.

I have followed the gorgeous sketch from PTW. Thanks

Dawny ~ I always love your sketches.

Paper ~ Pink Paislee (My favorite!)

Inks ~ distress inks and twinkling h20's

Accessories ~ Flowers ~ Prima and WOC,

 Pearls and pearl heart ~ WOC

Sentiment ~ Whiff of Joy

Thanks so much for all your lovely comments!!

I have been so much better at commenting and stopping

by blogs now that I got my iPad. Makes my life so much easier!

I can't wait to see all your dotty creations!

Have a lovely week-end!!!

:)Kathy



Shabby Princess......

Good Morning!!
It is time again for another challenge over

at Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar.

Donalda has created a lovely sketch full of possibilites

for us to play with!  I had alot of fun playing along with it!

I have gone with girly and shabby yet again! Sorry but

I have three little girls and that means alot of little

girls birthday parties! 

I used some layers of paper and lace for the

center piece of the sketch.  Can you see I finally got

the swirl doohickey die!! I had to wait until my birthday

to use it though ~ hubby is a stickler! LOL

I had to add a crown on her to make a princess!

(Can't wait to get my new stamp with the actual crown!)

Here is a close-up of my gorgeus flowers from

Wild Orchid Crafts.  I just love the hip rosebuds.

They are the perfect size and so pretty! (The white ones)

Paper ~ Mix of Prima and Pink Paislee

inks ~ distress inks and twinkling h20's

Accessories ~ Flowers, lace and rhinestones ~ WOC

rub-ons ~ Melissa Frances, crown ~ Maya Road

buttons ~ stash, distress crackle paint ~ Tim Holtz

I want to also thank everyone for the birthday wishes! I

had a fabulous day! The girls even made me some cupcakes!

Thanks so  much for stopping by and I hope

you all have a fabulous week-end!

:)Kathy

A few of my favorite things...

Good Morning!!

First off thanks so much for playing along with

us at Just Magnolia and hAnglar! It seems that

you all like the switch!

Well it is time for another challenge at Just Magnolia and

this week it is "Favorites". Well my card is pretty

loaded as I have alot of favorites!! LOL

I went with a Magnolia image ~ she is one of my fav's!

Now that we are on the subject of favorites ~ I had to go with

some pink and blue, I had to use some scrunched ribbon,

I had to use some twine, a button, WOC lace and flowers and

some distress paint! That is all my favorite as you all probably know! LOL

I also used some of my favorite paper at the mo ~ it is from Prima.

I have followed the beautiful sketch from Magnolia Down Under.

It also fits the Tickled Pink challenge of I {heart} you!

Here is a close up. She was colored with distress inks and

some twinkling h20's ~ also my favorite coloring medium.

Well that is it from me. Make sure you stop by and see the

rest of the DT creations ~ some of my favorite ladies!

Thanks so much for your lovely visits and comments!

They really mean alot to me!

I hope each and everyone of you have a beautiful week-end!

:)Kathy



Buttons.........

Good Morning!!

It is Friday and time for another challenge over

at Just Magnolia and hAnglar and sTanglar and

it is to use buttons.  That is an easy one right?

I got this image ages ago and still have not inked it

up and thought it was about time I did!! LOL

I needed to make my SOL a birthday card and this

year I am going to try and keep up sending them out all year!

(I said try and that is a big try!! LOL)
I have used the sketch from this week's Mojo Monday.

I finally got settled and got to go through some new papers

I had gotten. These are so pretty and are from Prima and is called

Annalee ~ I found some here on sale. Again I have used

some crackle paint to get a shabby chic look to it.

The name of the sentiment is from Hero Arts and the

buttons are from PTI.

The image was colored with distress inks and twinkling h20's.

I had to take a seperate pic of the flowers to show off!

They were all sprayed with marshmellow glimmer mist and

then I put some crackle around the edges of the Gardenia.

All these flowers are now available at Wild Orchid Crafts.

I love making arrangements with them especially with the new

mulberry Hip Rosebuds. Now there is such a beautiful

assortment of sizes to create a beautiful little bouquet on your cards!

They are the white bigger ones ~ aren't they so pretty!!!

Well that is it for me today!

I hope you all have a wonderful week-end!

I am off tomorrow to sign the girls up for soccer.

It just ended practically in PA but here in TX they

have to play now as it is too stinkin' hot to play during the

summer months. So that is what our life will be

for a few months!! FUN Stuff!! I can't say no

as the girls just love it and it really brought Lauren out of

her shell. She was so quiet and by the end she was getting

penalty's left and right for pushing!! LOL

Have a great day!

:)Kathy



Just Magnolia and hAnglar and sTanglar challenge........

Good Morning!!!!

I am finally back with a card!!

I am all moved it and settled with the exception

of a crafting space!! LOL I use my closet!!

(I am trying to fix that!)

Anyways this week we have a surprise and a new challenge!

We have talked about it and the team has decided

that along with Magnolia's, hAnglar and sTanglar images

can be used as well! 

The challenge for this week is an anything goes challenge!

I am sorry that mine is a Christmas card! Your all probably

sick of seeing them but I didn't get to make

that many this year and I will be meeting my brother and his 

family for a late holidays get together tomorrow.

Now it has been a while since I have colored so I

warn you it is not very good! LOL

(The layout is from last week's challenge.) 

I received a beautiful card and some goodies from

the lovely Tammi and inside was this gorgoeus paper!!

(Thanks again so much Tammi!)

I added some distress paint to the edges and used

alot of my glitter pen to achieve the gold look

on the ornaments.  The JoY is cut from the

cuttlebug and the lace is from JoAnn's.

I couldn't find my twine as of yet so my button is empty!

Here is a close up:

My image was colored with distress inks and twinkling h20's.

Well that is it, make sure to stop by the rest of the DT's

blogs and see their gorgeous cards!!

Best wishes to all of you for the happiest and healthiest

New Year!  Enjoy the celebrations and be safe!

:)Kathy

White and One..........

Good Morning!

Today is another challenge at Just Magnolia and

it is White plus one more color.

I love the look of mainly white cards so I

decided to try one out! If you don't count my Kraft CS

I used white and a sage green color:

I love these Angels from Magnolia. I have to admit I

got a few this time! I have colored her dress with Champagne

glimmer glaze and added stickles to her wings and halo:

Of course I went around the edges with crackle distress paint in

Picket White Fence. The snowflake is the cuttlebug die and I

covered that with Martha Stewart  Crystal Fine glitter.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

 

The papers are a mix of MME and Websters Pages.

I am also entering this into the challenge at Magnolia Down

Under as they want Shabby Chic.

Well that is it for me today! I have to get moving.

We have two showings today (which I am sick of already! LOL)

and I have to bake Pumpkin bread with Lauren at school today!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you

all have a fabulous week-end!

:)Kathy



Just Magnolia......

Good Morning!

Sorry I am late with my card - hubby came home

last night after being gone a week and I forgot about

my post!! LOL

This weekover at Just Magnolia ~  Donalda created a lovely

sketch for us to work with. Make sure to stop by and see

the rest of the DT cards ~ they are gorgeous!

I, of course, had to make a Christmas card again.

I got some of the new Tilda's and it is the first

time I colored almost all of there faces already!!

LOL Usually the coloring waits forever!!

Anyways here is what I did with the sketch:

Because Tilda was facing the opposite way I flipped the

sketch. I inked all the edges with Vintage Photo and the

image was colored with distress inks and twinkling h20's.

I went around all the edges as well with my glitter pen.

Papers ~ Pink Paislee, Kraft

Accessories ~ Brads ~ stash, Flowers ~ WOC

Ribbon ~ eTsy, sentiment ~ CHF

Well that is it! Sorry I have so absent in the blogging world

but with all that is going on I don't have any time to

blog hop or anything!  I really miss it and notice

my stress levels are up because surfing my blogs

was a great stress relief!! Hopefully soon

things will settle down soon.

Anyways thanks so much for stopping by and I hope

you all have a lovely week-end!

:)Kathy



Be Merry and Bright.......

Good Morning!

Happy Friday!! They are just coming faster and

faster aren't they? LOL Anyways we have

a new Just Magnolia challenge for you and it is

another fabulous sketch from Dawny!

I just got a couple Tilda's and wanted to use this cute one.

I am not sure if I love the ones with the really freckled

noses ~ am I the only one?????

Papers ~ Webster's Pages ~Love this paper!!!

Inks ~ Distress inks, twinkling h20's, glimmer paint in Champagne

Accessories ~ dies ~ Magnolia, lace ~ JoAnn's, Stars ~ Hobby Lobby

Well that is it from me today!!  I hope you all  have a

fabulous week-end! We are getting ready to put our

house up for sale so I have decluttering to do and then

for Halloween we got some free tickets to go to Hershey

Park so that should be fun! I didn't tell the girls so they will

be very surprised!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I really appreciate

all your kind words!!

:)Kathy



Think Pink......

Good Morning!!

It is time for another challenge over at

Just Magnolia!!!

To show our support for Breast Cancer Awareness month

our challenge is to use pink on your creation.

I went a little over board with Tilda's pink cheeks!! LOL

I had this fitting sentiment from Tim Holtz that I wanted to use

and then I remembered this cutie that I had yet to ink up!

I went over the edges with some crackle distress paint and

stamped a Tim Holtz flourish in CTMH Blush.

To come up with my card I used the  lovely sketch from

over at Magnolia Down Under.

Papers ~ Webster's Pages

Inks ~ distress inks, twinkling h20's

Accessories ~ Flowers, pearls and lace ~ WOC

Don't forget to stop by the Just Magnolia blog and

check out the beautiful cards from the rest of the DT.

Also don't forget to do a self check ~ it is an ugly

disease but it is totally treatable if caught.

Well thanks so much for stopping by and leaving your

lovely comments ~ they really make my day.

Have a lovely week-end while your at it.

:)Kathy

Be Merry.....

Good Morning!!!

Today is Friday so that means it is

time for another challenge over at

Just Magnolia!!!

Dawny has created another fabulous

sketch for us to work with!!

I, of course, had to continue on

with my Christmas cards. I am deter-

mined to get them done early this year!!

Hey I can dream can't I?? LOL

I have used some of the new Basic Grey papers.

I have to ask if anyone else out there

doesn't care much for these either??  I

found them so hard to work with and am not

too happy with my end result!

Anyways all the flowers again are from WOC

and the sentiment is Catslife Press.

I have colored my image in with distress

inks and twinkling h20's.

Here I will show what the twinkling h20's

look like. I took the first with the flash

on and the second is just the normal way

I take my pics. 

You can really see the difference

the twinkling h20's make.

But it isn't that sparkly irl ~ unless you

have a lot of light on it!

Well thanks so much for stopping by!

I hope you all have a wonderful week-end!!

:)Kathy

The Animals go marching 2x2.......

Good Morning!!!
LOL I was just kidding about the animals

but the challenge at Just Magnolia is 2x2

and it made me think of that song!! LOL

Can you tell I still have little ones!!

Anyways, yes the challenge at Just Magnolia

is if you use something use it twice!

I thought this would be an easy one but I

kept forgetting!! LOL Here is what I came

up with:

I started off good with 2 colors of cardstock

and two patterned papers! But then

I decided to flip one over and go with

three!! Technically it is only two

papers but it is 2 sided so not sure if that

counts!! LOL I also went with 2 flowers, 2 images

2 bells, 2 tags, 2 pearls and 2 laces.  AND now

that I look at it it is mainly 2 colors.

Papers ~ Webster's Pages

Inks ~ distress inks and twinkling h20's

Accessories ~ Pearls, flowers and lace ~ WOC

It is very late and I have to get to bed! My head

is pounding!! My hubby had a job interview

in Texas today and it seems to have

gone good! Secretly I think I didn't want it

to go well because I don't want to move!!

Sshh don't tell him that though!! LOL

Anyways thanks so much for stopping by and

I hope you all have a wonderful week-end!

:)Kathy



Anything goes........

Good Morning!

Today is the monthly challenge over

at Just Magnolia and from now

on it is anything goes.  I have decided

to make another Christmas card since I am

so behind in making them already!

Papers ~ Webster's Pages Petite Pad

Inks ~ distress inks, twinkling h20's

Accessories ~ Flowers and lace ~ WOC, Crinkled

shabby ribbon ~ stash, charm ~ Micheal's

Tilda's dress also has a layer of the new

glimmer paints from Tattered Angels called Glimmer Glaze.

I ordered it by accident and love the comcept of it

The dress was too light of blue and so I spread some

Champagne color over it! I think it made it

match very well!! That is some cool stuff too

as the lid is a little paint brush just like

nail polish! Love the way it works.

Anyways thanks so much for stopping by

and I hope wherever you are your staying

dry!! We are getting drenched here in PA!

Have a lovely week-end as well!!!

:)Kathy