It's Almost Spring!

And what a good way to receive it by having a basket full of fresh and happy colors, flowers, and Easter eggs...

Cones seem to be very *in* lately, so I decided to go with the flow and create one too ;-)

I filled it with eggs that I made using the new Doo Bee Pops by Magnolia. The sweet DT member Ying made a quick and easy tutorial on how to use these if you still don't know how to.

I decorated its middle with Spring flowers, trims and seam binding, a Doo Hickey Folded Heart, and a sentiment from Magnolia. For the cone, I used a patterned paper from Magnolia too!

And for the bottom part, I hanged seam binding, sheer ribbon, and two circle Doo Bee Pops, which I attached with embroidery floss and acrylic hearts that hang to its end.

It was all very quick and easy, and it makes a nice home decoration ;-)

By the way, we have two *new Design Team members*. Please welcome:

Yuri

 Paulina

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Tilda in 3D

Hi everyone!

It's time for some Easter inspiration ;-)

So today I'm going to share with you my latest card using a lovely Tilda from the newest Easter 2013 Collection.

Yes, I'm hooked with these shaped cards! They're so much fun to create and look soooo pretty ;-)

I colored Tilda with Distress Inks and I added Stickles to certain areas for a sparkly touch.

And here's a neat trick...

I stamped *twice* both images (the background and Tilda), colored everything, and then cut out certain pieces from both images and adhered them to the main ones with 3D dots, as seen in the picture.

You can see how the technique is done in this video that I created a couple of months ago, which features another stamp and card, but the process is exactly the same.


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Happy Easter & Blog Candy Winner!

Happy Easter everyone!

I hope that you had enjoyed your day...  we sure did!  We went to visit some relatives and ate like crazy...LOL!  The kids got to hatch eggs and they had tons of fun :-D

And, as always, we start another week with a fun challenge from Stamp With Fun...  but before I tell you about this week's challenge, I want to announce the winner of my *blog candy*...

****Diana Lourens****

Diana Louwerens said...

I've made these for my daughters best friends to cellabrate easter http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/diana-louwerens/paaskadootje.jpg hope you like it

April 1, 2010 8:31 AM

Congratulations Diana!!!

Your Easter project was really~really cute and very original.  I bet that your DD loved it ;-)

Please -->email me<-- your mail addy so I can send you the candy :-)

Now this week's challenge from SWF is to make something using 3 papers, 3 flowers and 2 buttons...  so here's my take:

It's a Spring card!

And these papers are so cute...  they are Quite Contrary from My Mind's Eye.  Of course, I colored my image with Distress Inks ;-)

And here's another trick I want to show you:

See the paper flowers?

They are Crepe Paper that I cut using my Sizzix.  But the fun part was that, with a couple of drops of Distress Inks and some water mixed in a spray bottle, I sprinkled the Crepe Paper adding a nice, vintage effect to the flowers.  Pretty cool, ha?

And here's how my card looks when opened...  I still have to finish it though:

Now drop by Stamp With Fun to see what the rest of the DT did this time ;-)

Happy Stamping!

Recipe:

• Patterned Paper - Quite Contrary by My Mind's Eye
• Stamp - Magnolia
• Inks - Distress Inks (Hair: Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain; Skin: Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo; Cheeks: Worn Lipstick; Dress & Shoes: Spun Sugar, Fired Brick, Shabby Shutters; Basket: Tea Dye, Walnut Stain, Broken China)
• Paper Flowers - Crepe Paper, Generic
• Leafs - Prima
• Other - machine stitching, silk ribbon, rhynestones, Stickles, buttons, tulle

Blog Candy!!! :-D

Yeap, you read right!  I'm offering a *blog candy* :-D

But first (I'm gonna make you suffer a little bit...LOL!), let me share with you this week's project:  an Easter egg.

This is such a quick and easy project that even your kids can help you with ;-)

I personally don't like to use *real* eggs, so instead I purchased one of those plastic ones...  the best part of it was to eat what was inside...LOL! ;-)  Then, with a sanding block, I scratched its entire surface to make it porous.  Then I applied three layers of Antique White Acrylic Paint, letting it dry a little bit between each layer.  The good thing about acrylic paint is that it dries quickly, so it won't take you long to completely cover it with the paint, neither have to wait *over-night* to continue working on it ;-)

And finally, added the embellishments...  just a few ribbons and flowers...  and of course, Bunny Tilda, which I colored with Distress Inks (I'm so in love with these inks!) :-D  Here's a side view of the egg:

See the ribbons and flowers?  Again, I used crepe paper to make the pink flower...  and my Sizzix to cut the felt flowers that are being used as a mat or floor.

OK, now for the *blog candy*....

All you have to do is make a layout, card, craft...  anything that you like...  but it has to have a Tilda in it!  Also, it doesn't has to be a Easter theme related ;-)  Then leave a comment under this post...  with a link to your blog or online gallery...  so we can all appreciate your creation ;-)

One important thing:  it doesn't matter if you're on the other side of the World, anyone is welcome to apply!! :-D

You have until midnight of Easter Day (Sunday, April 4th) to leave your link.  The winner will be chosen by the Random Integer Generator and announced on Monday.

In return, the lovely winner will receive this:

A brand new...  never been used...  unmounted Spring Rain Magnolia!

Really cute, ha?

Now hurry up and start working...  I just can't wait to see what you guys come up with :-)

Oh, and thanks for stopping by!

Recipe:

• Stamp:  Magnolia
• Inks:  Distress Inks (Hair: Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain; Skin: Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo; Cheeks: Worn Lipstick; Bunny Suit: Mild Lavender, Weathered Wood, Worn Lipstick, Red Brick), Cat's Eye Chalk.
• Acrylic Paint:  Antique White by Darice
• White & Blue Flowers:  Magnolia
• Pink Flower:  Crepe Paper
• Felt Flowers:  Sizzix
• Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye
• Oval Shape:  Netabilities
• Rhinestones:  Magnolia
• Sheer Blue Ribbon:  Magnolia
• Silky Pink & White Ribbons:  Generic

SWS Sketch Challenge

This week @ Stamp With Fun we have a sketch for a challenge...

And here's my version of it:

An easel card.  Here's another view:

And yesssss...  you guessed it right!  I used Distress Inks to color Tilda :-D

OK, the blue flowers are crepe paper, which I folded until I got a rose shape.  I really liked this new trick ;-)

Now drop by Stamp With Fun's blog to see what the rest of the DT prepared for you this week.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe:

• Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye (Quite Contrary, Pretty Please, Abbey Road)
• Stamp:  Magnolia
• Inks:  Distress Inks (Hair: Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain; Skin: Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo; Cheeks: Worn Lipstick; Dress: Broken China, Spun Sugar, Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade; Socks: Broken China; Shoes: Tea Dye, Walnut Stain; Sheep: Weathered Wood, Black Sooth, Worn Lipstick), Cat's Eye Chalk
• White & Pink Flowers:  Magnolia
• Blue Flowers:  Crepe Paper from Magnolia
• Bling-Bling:  Magnolia
• Oval Shape:  Nestabilities
• Other:  ribbons, machine stitching

SWF's Challenge #51 - Easter

OK, so my camera was acting up again :-(

Not only did I want to share with you this week's challenge from Stamp With Fun, but also my *very first* stamped image colored with Distress Inks. :-o

OK, but first things first!

Stamp With Fun is offering this *super fun* challenge, where all you have to do is make something with a Easter theme.  Of course, my Easter Tilda was sitting right there...  waiting to be colored...LOL!  So I prepared this Easter themed wagon.  The chicken is also from Magnolia ;-)  And for the eggs, I just cut two oval shapes using my Coluzzle template, distressed them and added some embellishments.  Super quick and super fun challenge :-D

Now for the Distress Inks...  I always saw that my fellow DTs used them and I always admired how beautiful their images turned out, but it never occured to me to use them.  I'd always used Copics...  and they are an excellent coloring tool, but they tend to be a little bit too bright...  and sometimes I struggled mixing and matching colors until I found the perfect one.  Sometimes this task was a little overwhelming, time consuming and kind of expensive $$$.  Anyway, to make my story short, the ladies from the Magnolia DT were kind enough to help me choose my first distress colors.  And after lots of practicing, here's the final product.

Of course, it took me a couple of days of practicing so I could get a *decent* result...LOL!

Anyway, next time I hope my camera works better so I can show you a better shot of my work.  In the mean time, thanks for dropping by and have a great day! :-D

Recipe:

• Patterned Paper - Magnolia
• Stamps - Magnolia
• Inks - Distress Inks (Hair: Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain; Face: Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo; Cheeks: Worn Lipstick; Bunny Suit: Milled Lavender, Weathered Wood, Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick; Chicken: Weathered Wood, Tattered Rose, Fired Brick), Cat's Eye Chalk
• White Ribbons - Magnolia
• Paper Flowers - Sizzix
• Other - pink ribbon, buttons, corner rounder, circle punch, dimensionals, Coluzzle template

Pascua

I got real happy when I received this image from Magnolia.  OK, I got VERY happy when I received the entire kit from Magnolia...LOL!  She sure is adorable...  and holding up a lamb makes her even more adorable.  Here's a full view of my card:

I think that the pastels of the papers complement the image perfectly, don't you think?

Everything that you see here is from Magnolia (except for the silk ribbon).  Here's how it opens:

And here's how it looks when fully opened:

The flower and the dragonfly are also from Magnolia.  The word Blossom is a rub-on from Making Memories...  and everything was colored with Copics.

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