Tomic challenge 41

There is a fab new challenge over on TOMIC, this great sketch below and the added "flowers and feathers.
before i get to my card you are gonna be wondering why on the dt challenge blog there are no flowers on my card? duh! i forgot to add the flowers so went back and added them later and retook the photo's.
 
Also some of you will be amazed that this week you find three new posts from me by the end of the week due to dt commitments, that hasnt happened in a while that i have managed to get three posts up a week, too much going on with nesting into our new house, well its getting old now, lol

stamps:  sleeping baby Tilda, scroll stamp from Hero arts
Dies and punches: doohickey border, memory box butterfly, spellbinders
miscellaneous: flowers, feathers, start dust stickles
Paper:  Graphics 45

hope you all having a great week
smiles
Paola

Tomic challenge 37

The fab new recipe challenge "3-2-1"  is currently running on Tomic.  I gotta say that this one was fun, until i was emailed to say that i had used grass die cuts on my card and it was a no! no!  I had to pull them off and ended up tearing my dp and corners that i had on my card, thank goodness i didnt end up messing up my image as that would have been a disaster.

So after removing the die cuts and adding a new card front and corners, this is was we now have:
I decided to make a centre step card which i havent tried before, i followed the tutorial on splitcoast stampers, but their instructions left my centre panel too narrow so i just adjusted the measurements to suit myself.

Stamps:  Tilda sending love letter, Tilda with cozy heart, Magnolia sentiment on the front of my card,   a gift from my friend Shazi on the inside of my card
Papers:  Glitz, basil
Embellishments:  flowers and rhinestones from my stash
smiles
Paola

Tomic challenge 33

hi friends, we have a new challenge on TOMIC, a fabulous sketch with the addition of adding fabric, i sure hope you gonna come by and play.

I scratched my head for a while trying to decide how i was gonna incorporate the fabric into my card design, but i am quite pleased with the way it turned out.  I used Tulle wrapped around my xcut heart with a pearly ribbon slider and some cheesecloth on one of my layers on  my card so thats the fabric bit.
the darling image is one of the new ones from the "sweet crazy love collection" as is the one i used on the inside of my card.  The sentiment was a locally bought one that was kindly donated to me by my friend on the end of the continent in Cape Town, thanks Shazi.

i used one of my doohickey dies for the border and the leafy bit by my flowers.

I decided not to mat my image on another piec of cardstock thinking it would just get lost on everything else that was going on with this card, havent tried that before, just inked around the edges to give it a bit of a pop.

Ok folks thats it from me
see y"all soon
smiles
Paola

Tomic challenge 29

wow, time is passing my by so quickly and we have a new challenge for you on TOMIC "A symphony of snowflakes in Purple"

I gotta admit that i am just not a fan of purple, but i must say that stretching my limits seems to be quite good for me as i love how this image turned out in purple.
i also got to use a fair ammount of glittah on my snow which made me very happy, i can never get enough glittah!!  All my edges got the going over with craft paint that i added impasto paste to so that once dry it would lose its dimension and then added all my glittah in layers over the impasto.

Images:  Tilda with Fir tree, miscellaneous fir trees
inks:  copics and memento tuxedo black
all the punched out snow flakes are various ones that i have had in my stash forever
rhinestones also from the never ending stash, as is the ribbon.
have a great week
smiles
Paola

one that didnt make the grade

 i made this card for Magnolia Sweden and since it didnt make the grade for the magazine and get published i thought i would share it here on my blog.  i dont often use Edwin, but i found this fabulous paper that suited the image so well that i just had to make this card.

 this fold is one i havent seen anyone else besides myself use and its called a dbl display you can find the template for it on my regular blog :HERE

 my bff Barb sent me these darling little Christmas lights some time ago and they were also begging to be used.

i hope you like the card and give the dbl display a go, if you do decide to use the template pls link back to me
smiles
Paola

magic box

i havent really given my Maggie blog as much love and attention as i would like to, so i think that would make a good new years resolution once the new year comes around.
I decided to make this magic box that i first saw on my friend Barb's blog, boy i was awe struck, then she told me she had first seen it on Cabio's blog, sure you can figure that very few things are "ours" to claim we invented, this blogging bit is all about sharing knowledge and know how.

this box on a scale of 1>10 was about a 3, so dont be intimidated, try it.  The only thing that took me an age was coloring all the images and deciding what i was gonna put into it.

this is gonna be a present for an elderly friend of mine Jean, i am gonna fill it with flowers and flat backed pearls since i have an over abundance of both, she also crafts and celebrates Christmas so i am sure will appreciate the work and thought that went into this aswell as the little crafty treats i fill it with.
stamps:  Tilda with fir tree, Tilda with snowheart, winter Tilda dn something for you, star Tilda, Angel Tilda, sitting with glitter, vintage Tilda

punches and ie cuts:  nesties, ek success punch and a few miscellaneous flourishes
Other: lots of stickles, liquid applique, flower soft, flat backed pearls and garlands
Paper: MME and basil basics, cryogen white
have a great week
smiles
Paola

magnolia ornament

There is  a fab new challenge happening on MDUC to make a Xmas ornament and since this little project was made for the Magnolia magazine and didnt get published i thought i would share it here and enter their challenge.

i used foam board to make the base of the ornament to poke the bead pins in, making sure that i glued each one down as i went so they wouldnt fall out eventually.  i used loads of little pearls to indicate the snow falling around my images, lots of puff paint to imitate the fur on their winter coats and of course colored my images with my copics.
Images used:  snowy hugs and winter coat
have a great week
smiles
Paola