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Memory Box – Hello Spring…

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Spring is around the corner!  Yesterday we stopped at my mother-in-law’s and sure enough, her daffodils are coming up!

I started this step card with the Orchard Tree Frame die.  I cut it three times and layered/glued them together.  If you get a little glue where you don’t want it,  I linked below to the adhesive pick up I use… it’s the best one, in my opinion!  The background piece is Memory Box Morroccan Bluebird card-stock,  I ran it through the big shot with the frame die but I didn’t shim it, that way it didn’t cut clear through. The pieces that did cut completely I pieced them back in.  The next layer up was cut in black and the top layer in white.  The white layer I colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

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I used the Summer Border die for the bottom.  I cut it out of Memory Box color card-stock and pieced it together.  I cut two green pieces, cutting the flowers and stems completely off of one.  Then I sanded them, just a touch!

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I LOVE the Parker lower case alphabet!  I die cut it in white and mounted the words ‘hello spring’ with thin mounting squares that I cut into strips.  I used Poppystamps Picket Fence die and Memory Box Puffy Clouds, Set of Swings, Lavish Branch and Vintage Bicycle dies. I cut the swing out of white card-stock and colored it with Copics to look like rope and a tire.

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Step cards are easy to make and so fun to create a scene with!    There’s a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers, HERE.

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Challenges I’m linking to…

Di’s Digi Design Challenges – Easter/Spring
Cute Card Thursday – Anything Goes
ABC Challenge – Just as you like
A Gem of a Challenge – Easter/Spring
Oozak March Challenge – Anything Goes and Spring

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  Happy Spring to you and yours!

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Looking back.... · Step card

Looking Back @ 2012, part two…

July
Once again… hard to narrow it down to just one for July!

Scandinavian House and Bicycle Step card Scene – Marianne Design

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Tailor Tilda  – Magnolia stamps

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August

Tilda’s Family – Magnolia stamps

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September

Edwin Hiking step card with Walter – Magnolia stamps

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October
oh dear, too many to pick a favorite! lol

Hay Ride Kiddos – Stampendous stamps

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CAS Poinsettia – Papertrey Ink

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Santa Edwin – Magnolia stamps

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November

Merry Christmas – PrintWorks Collection

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December

Christmas Kiddos Stampendous stamps

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 Happy New Year!  Thank you for your friendship and all your encouraging words this year.  I deeply appreciate it!

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Looking back @ 2012 part one…

January
narrowed it down to 2! lol

No Place Like Home – PrintWorks Collection stamps
Chosen as a favorite for the year @ Splitcoast Stampers  Favorites: The Best of 2012   post #121.  Thank you Loll!

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It Had to be YOU – Printworks Collection stamps

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February

Winter Fun! – Marianne Design

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March

Spring Has Sprung – CC Designs

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April
oops!  narrowed it down to 3!

Princess Tilda – Magnolia stamps and dies

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Memory Box Window Scene

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Marianne Design Step card
Chosen as a favorite for the year @ Splitcoast Stampers  Favorites: The Best of 2012   post #171.  Thank you Kecia!

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May

Love is an Adventure of the Heart – Magnolia stamps and dies

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June
toooooo many for this month too! : )

Hello Butterfly Tilda – Magnolia stamps and dies

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Liberty Tilda – Magnolia Stamps and dies

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Lazy Days of Summer – Magnolia stamps and dies

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Magical Mimi – Penny Black stamps

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Relax – Marianne Design

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I can see I better stop here and do another post tomorrow with the rest of the year!  yikes… this got long fast!

2011’s Top Five cards for the year

Guess I didn’t do this for 2009 and 2010… all I can say is WOW,  time sure flies when you’re stamping and blogging!  Thanks for stopping by and looking!

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Linking up to Debby’s linky favorites of the year party!

favourite five of 2012

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 Happy New Year’s Eve!  I’ll be back tomorrow with June through December.

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Scroll down for the link to Scrapping Center’s 30% off SALE… today’s the last day!

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Doohickey's Dies · Magnolia · Step card · Tilda's Town

Magnolia…Tilda’s Town…Autumn Colors

Friday rolls around so fast!  The closer we get to Christmas, the faster time goes!  Such an exciting time for our family!  One new grandson… another grand baby due any day…celebrating two granddaughters birthdays next weekend… Fun Fall times!

The NEW challenge at Tilda’s Town today is Autumn Colors, read all about it, HERE.  
We’d love to have you enter!

So…this morning I thought it’d be fun to look back at some of my older Magnolia creations… most with Autumn Colors.  Scroll through and smile with me…I love Magnolia stamps because they are so fun to create scenes with. Scroll down a couple posts to see the newest Fall card I made with Magnolia stamps. Check out some Magnolia stamps, HERE and HERE.

Happy Friday and have a great weekend too!  Relaxing would be nice! I think mine will be hectic but that is good too!  I’ll be back later or tomorrow to show what we’re making at stamp club this afternoon.  TFL!

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Not Autumn Colors but she is an Autumn image called,  So Spooky Tilda

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Remembering… I love these stamps…they are in stock HERE

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cards · Distress Ink coloring · Doohickey's Dies · Fall · Magnolia · rubber stamps · Scrapping Center · Step card · Tilda's Town

Magnolia – Edwin Hiking…

Hi everyone!  The new challenge for this week at Tilda’s Town, HERE, is to ‘create an Autumn scene’.   Well,  I have lots of new stuff that needs used!  So I had to get out this new Tall Tree die I’ve had since the end of May and use it!  I used watercolor paper for all of this card.

This photos shows the side step folding and layering.  I couldn’t find a Magnolia grass die to link to,  so I linked up to a couple other grass dies that will work well for scenes too!

I have to tell you about a new store I’ll be linking to a lot!  I’m so excited about the extensive lines they carry and I think you’ll like it too!  All the stuff I use and love!

Over 90,000 products in stock, ready to ship!  When you shop through my links,  I’ll receive credit to keep buying new stamps and supplies to share here on my blog!   I really appreciate it because I love to stamp and share!

The Scrapping Center has tons of stamps!  Inky Impressions,  Stampendous, Hero Arts, Stampavie, Art Impressions, Magnolia, Stamping Bella and I could go on and on!  Dies too!  Pull down under papercrafting to die-cutting…. I could shop all day!!!

Back to Hiking Edwin… what a handsome guy!  I watercolored all of the images and the die cuts with Distress inks.  I linked to the colors I used below.   Don’t you love Walter the moose?  Cuter than cute.  Although I’m sure he’s yukky IRL! lol   You’ll find these new Magnolia stamps from the Turning Leaves collection at TildasTown.com HERE!  Awesome service… free shipping no matter how big your order… discounts the more you buy!  I love it when an order comes fast!

I cut the watercolor paper 8.5 x 5.5 in.,  then made the side steps.  The first step is 3/4 in, the second is 1 in. and the back one is  2  1/2 in.

I couldn’t find the birds on the sign stamp to link to… I don’t know the name either.  If you want to know holler and I can research some more later.  I used my stamp a ma jig to stamp the words on the sign… it’s an old Hero Arts stamp… lots of stamps would work on a sign!

Challenge blogs I’m linking to…
Just Magnolia – Anything Goes
Clearly Inspired Challenge – Leaves
Challenges for Everybody – Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday – Autumn Gold
Simon Says Stamp – Put a Stamp on it

Happy Fall ya’all and Happy Shopping!  Hope you check out the store!  Thanks for stopping by!  It’s good to be back!  (I’ve been working on Christmas cards for Printworks!)

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