My Sister's Birthday

Good Morning Friends!

I have missed you all so much and I hope you and yours are well and happy.  I am so glad to be back to creating and sharing again.  I have several cards that I've completed and another in process that I will be posting and sharing in short order.  Here is the first:

This is Little Cute Tilda by Magnolia.  She is sitting on the Flower Wall Post while the Little Summer Birds carry a message over head.

The card base is cut from the DooHickey Dies club #18, the next layer is from club # 7, over that is the larger of the Lace Coaster set from the 2013 Once Upon A Time collection.

I have used DooHickey Dies for the castle, flowers, leaves and clouds.  The Flowers are from club #5, Clouds from club #4.  The Castle is from the 2013 Once Upon A Time collection and the Rose Leaf is from the 2011 You're So Special collection.

Ta Da!  It's an easel card.

That curve on the right side is a DooHickey Die from club #9 and the tags on the left are called So Wrapped Lovely from the 2012 Sweet Crazy Love collection.  The digital sentiments are by Lily of The Valley. 

The birds holding the happy birthday message were supposed to be one of the main focal points of this card, but they got a bit lost once I added the tags.

Magnolia DooHickeys Tilda Tag & Royal Lace dies.  Sizzix Antique Numbers die.

Copic Markers - Skin: E000, E00, E04, E11, E21, R20  Hair: E21, E23, E25, E27, E29  Dress: B000, B52, BG09, BG57  Crown: YR21, YR23, YR27, Y11, Y15  Bricks: W1, W3, W5, W7

Distress Inks: Walnut Stain

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I hope you have a great day and better tomorrows.  See you again soon.

♥ & Hugs!

Laura C.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges, please click the links:

7 Kids Craftstore  Use Some Sequins

All About Magnolia  All About Bingo (Lace, DH dies, Glitter - Pearls, Spring,Tilda)
Creative Inspirations  Any Occasion

Deep Ocean  Easter/Spring

Happy Little Stampers  March Anything Goes with Dies

LHOSM  Anything Goes

Magnolia Forever  Ribbon, Lace & Pearls

Magnolia-licious  Anything Goes optional Easter

Marvelous Magnolia  Anything Goes

Midweek Magnolias  CAS or Fully Loaded

Noor Design  Spring

Scrapbook.com  I Spy Die Cutting

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday  Floral Frenzy

The Rubber Buggy  March Sketches/Mood Board

Our Friendship is Soda-lightful

Good Day To You My Crafty Friends and Welcome!

Today I am showing my latest card using one of my favorite Magnolia stamps.

This little darling is Pink Lemonade Tilda and I have colored her with my Copic Markers.  She is accented with some Stickles on her pants and hair ribbon.  I've added Glossy accents to her sunglasses and the soda glass and I used Perfect Pearls on the bubbles in her glass to mimic the pearls I used for the bubbles all around her.  I used Opaque White to add dots to her blouse but you cannot see them in the photos.

Here is the inside of the card where I've completed the sentiment .  I've used a lot of DooHickeys Dies: Lace Coaster, Rounded Frames & Tags, Bunny Tail from Club #8, Frame from Box #1

More DooHickeys:  Recipe Card, Rose Leaf, Tilda Tag, Flowers from Club #5

I made the soda bottle charm with silver embossing powder.

Copic Markers - Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E4, E11, E21, R20  Hair: E21, E23, E25, E27, E29  Soda: R83, BG70, BG75, G20, G43, YG67, N0, N2, N4  Blouse: C1, C3, Opaque White  Pants & Hair Ribbon: RV10, R83, R85  Shoes & Sunglasses: Y11, Y13, Y15, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9

Distress Inks:  Black Soot, Broken China, Mowed Lawn, Mustard Seed, Spun Sugar, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look.  I hope you have a good day and better tomorrows.

HUGS!

Laura C.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges, please click the links:

7 Kids College Fund  Anything Goes
All About Magnolia  All About Anything Goes
Deep Ocean  Lovely Lace
Dies Are Us  Die Cut Flowers
Double D  Glitter
LHOSM  Dies
Magnolia Forever  Favorite Magnolia Stamp
Magnolia-licious  Anything Goes w/option of Pearls
Midweek Magnolias  Lace and/or Ribbon
Noor Design  Layers
Simon Says Stamp Mondays  Use A Stamp
Simon Says Stamp Wednesdays  Stamp It
Ribbon Girl  September Card Challenge
The Rubber Buggy  Sketches
Simply Magnolia  Add A Charm

Kendall Turns 7

Good Day To You My Creative Friends!

I know, long time no see, huh?  Oh my goodness!  My husband and I decided to take advantage of a Memorial Day sale and purchased new flooring for our living room, dining room and kitchen.  (What we had was 30 years old and really gross).  That one purchase kicked off one heck of a renovation.  We decided to paint too and found that we needed to repair a wall and part of the ceiling from water damage sustained before putting the new roof on.  While we were replacing studs and drywall, why not put in a fireplace?  There had already been one there before, how hard could it be? o_O  So all new paint, baseboards, doors, knobs, curtains, rods, light switches, outlets, covers, an area rug, is just the tip of the iceberg to name some of the extra purchases.  We're not even close to done but it already looks so different.  Anyway, this project has taken up all of my time when I'm not at work so card making has been on the back burner but, oh, how I've been missing it.

I did manage to get a little something done for my sweet niece Kendall.  This is my first pocket page and I hope you all like it.

I ran out of time and did not get to take photos of my project out of the pockets, but you get the general idea here.  I used lots of beautiful Magnolia dies and this sweet stamp called Have Dinner With Me Tilda.

Here is a close-up of the cake from the DooHickeys Club Volume 5

I free-handed the beverage cup but used several Magnolia dies for accents.  On the back side of this panel I included a Starbucks gift card so Kendall could have her favorite treat, Lemon Cake and an ice cold Milk.

Copic Markers - Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E04, E11, E21, R20  Blouse & Bow: BG07  Roses: R37  Leaves: G46  Hair: YR21, YR31, E35, E37

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look.  I hope you are having a wonderful summer and I will see you again real soon.

HUGS!

Laura C.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges, please click the links:

Craft Heaven Shop  Anything Goes
Deep Ocean  Shabby Chic/Vintage
Magnolia-licious  Anything Goes w/optional Lace
Midweek Magnolias  Pretty In Pink
Simon Says Stamp  For A Child

For My Mom

Good Morning Crafty Friends and Happy Friday!

Today I am showing you the card I made for my mom for Mother's day.

Each year, for the past several, I've made my mom a card with a gardening theme.  Of course, I wouldn't want to break tradition and that being said I have once again used my beloved Magnolia stamps and dies.  This little sweetie is Tilda Working In The Garden from the 2016 Sea Side collection.  I've colored her with Copic Markers and Distress Inks.

Most of the dies I've used are Magnolia DooHickeys.  For the background I have used Recipe Card.  The branches with little leaves are from the Sakura Lanterns set and the larger leaves are Rose Leaves.  Around the edge of the kraft I used the lace die from the DooHickey Club vol. 9 collection.

The beautiful bright flowers are Recollections.  I have spattered the whole card with Gesso.

Here you can see better, the lace I made with the DooHickey lace die and crinoline fabric.

For the inside of the card I used a sentiment and a heart die from Magnolia #3 Vintage Box.

Copic Markers - Face: E000, E00, E04, E11, E21, R20  Hair: E25, E30, E31, E33, E79  Shirt & Apron: YG03, YG11, YG25, YG67, G24, G28, G29  Gloves & Kerchief: RV10, R83, R85, R89  Boots: Y17, YR14, YR24, YT27, YR31

Distress Inks: Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  Some of the supplies used and not mentioned above are listed at the bottom of this post.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend and Happy Mother's Day!

♥ Laura C.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges, please click the links below:

All About Magnolia  All About Mother's Day
Magnolia Forever  Flowers

Midweek Magnolias:  Anything Goes With A Magnolia Image

Paradise Of Magnolia  Flowers

Supplies:  Magnolia stamps Sparkle Hearts, Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle dies, Sizzx circle dies, Frantage, white hemp twine, misc. stamps from my stash, QuicKutz alphabet dies.

Easter Tags

Good Morning To You, My Creative Friends!

I hope your weekend is going well and seeing as how it's Sunday, Easter is only a week away.  Do you have any Easter plans?  We're having breakfast at our house with my older daughter and her family and my mom and dad-in-law.  Apple fritters, bacon, sausage, deviled eggs and turnovers are on the menu.  Yum, I can't wait!  We're also having an egg hunt in the back yard for my grandsons and I'm putting together baskets for everyone.  Which leads me to...

These sweet shaker tags, which I made to hang on the Easter baskets.  For the ladies' baskets anyway...  After I had finished this one I realized I had to come up with a design for the boys.

VIOLA!  I thought it would be fun to make these look like chocolate and, no glitter or bows for my manly men.

All of my die cuts are Magnolia DooHickeys from various club editions and then the Brides Bow.  For the egg frame I traced a cookie cutter.  Everything is colored and shaded using distress Inks Spun Sugar, Mowed Lawn, Gathered Twigs and Spiced Marmalade.

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a look.  I hope you have a wonderful day and better tomorrows.

♥ Laura C.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges, please click on the links below:

Creative Inspirations  Spring Spectacular

Deep Ocean  Easter

Happy Little Stampers  Anything Goes with Dies

Simply Magnolias  Ribbon

Kelly's 40th

Hi There!  Laura here to share my latest make, a 40th birthday card for my little sister.

This is Tilda With Armful Of Flowers by Magnolia.  The base of the card and the postage stamp layer are made with the Cricut machine.  I'm using Nitwit Design papers.

I've used DooHickeys Dies for the flowers, leaves and balloons.  The large flowers are the leaves from the strawberry die the small brown flowers are from the club #9 the green leaves are club #7, the stem cut outs are from club #12 and balloons are club #5.

The circle and scallop circle are Spellbinder dies and the little heart on the balloon is from a La La Land banner.

Here is the inside.  The cake is DooHickeys club #5.

These are Tilda's Tags and the numbers are Sizzix.

Copic Markers = Face: E0000, E000, E00, E4, E11, E21, R20  Hair: YR21, YR31, E35, E37  Blouse: R000, R01, R22, R24, C1  Pants: BG0000, BG18, BG70  Shoes: W1, W3, W5  Flowers: R22, R24, R29, G40, G43, G94  Basket: YR24, YR27, E39

Distress Inks: Ground Espresso, Peeled Paint, Abandoned Coral, Spun Sugar

Thank you for stopping by to take a peek.  I hope you have a great day and better tomorrows.

♥ Laura C.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges, please click on the links below:

7 Kids College Fund  Anything Goes
All About Magnolia  All About Your Favorite Colors
Craft Heaven Shop  Keep Calm and Love Spring
Deep Ocean  Flowers Everywhere
Dies R Us  Edges and/or Borders
Double D  Things That Fly (Balloons)
Happy Little Stampers  Anything Goes with Dies
Inky Chicks  Flowers
Lovely Haenglar Or Sweet Magnolia  Anything Goes
Magnolia Forever  Ribbons & Lace
Magnolialicious  Anything Goes
Marvelous Magnolia  Ribbons & Lace
Noor Design  Spring
The Ribbon Girl  March Any Image
Simon Says Stamp Monday  Layer It Up
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday  Use More Than One Die or Punch

Dad's 87th

I've been such a bad blogger!

I do apologize for not posting.  February and March are the months I make the most cards for birthdays and anniversaries and as soon as I finish one, I start a new one and then forget to photograph. Ugh!  It's so frustrating when I've already sent it or given it and then find out it isn't in my camera.

Anyway, I did remember a few so I would like to start with this one that I made for my father in law's 87th birthday.

No stamped images for this one, just lots of delicious dies.  The cake and stand are from the DooHickeys Club Volume 5 and the candles are from Club Volume 12.

The 87 was cut using a Sizzix die by Brenda Walton.

Happy Birthday to You is from Lawn Fawn.

The shaker was made with a spellbinders die that I have no idea what the name is and I'm too lazy to look up.  :P

All of the dies are either colored or edged with Distress Inks.  I used Faded Jeans, Fired Brick, Spiced Marigold, Wild Honey & Vintage Photo.

Thank You so much for stopping by and taking a look.  I will be posting another birthday card that I made for my sister as soon as I know she has received it.  Have an awesome day and better tomorrows.

♥ Laura C.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges, please click on the links below:

Creative Inspirations = Anything Goes
Dies R Us = Edges and/or Borders
Happy Little Stampers = Anything Goes with Dies
Simon Says Stamp Monday = Layer It Up
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday = Use More Than One Die or Punch