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Magnolia, Tilda’s Town… Winter Fun!

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Living in Iowa.. you know how to get ‘All Bundled Up’ to go outside for any amount of time.  That’s the theme this week at Tilda’s Town Challenges!

Click over to Tilda’s Town Challenges, HERE and enjoy the inspiration from the Design Team and enter the weekly challenge!  We’d love to have you!

Each week there is a random winner, chosen by Inlinkz, for a $10 gift certificate to Tilda’s Town.com!

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I used the new In the Snow Heart Tilda and In the Snow Scarf Tilda.  I just love how they look like they are having a snowball fight!  It’s been too cold here to even think of being outside…now it’s the other extreme! lol  Although if a person hurried, they could build a snowman quick before it melted.

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I colored these cuties with Distress Ink markers on Canson Cold Press watercolor paper.  I loved Jay Jay’s card using these two…love her watercoloring with pencils! I had to have them then!  Stamps are great Christmas presents! lol

Here’s the Distress marker colors I used…

Face – tattered rose/worn lipstick on the cheeks
snowballs/sky – tumbled glass
red is all Fired Brick
Green is Peeled Paint
In the Snow Scarf Tilda – Brown is Vintage Photo (hat and pants)  Shoes – Walnut Stain, Hair – Mustard and Vintage Photo
In the Snow Heart Tilda – pants – Faded Jeans,  Shoes – Vintage Photo,  Hair – Antique Linen and Walnut Stain
Ground – Pumice Stone

The tree is a Marianne Designs die… the snowflakes are a pack of embellishments I grabbed while out shopping one day…kinda crazy purchase when you have so many punches and dies already! ugh.  They came in handy today when I needed something quick!

I used the Perfect Layers Tools to mat the image and the red layer.  They are so awesome!  Link on the right in the sidebar.

I’m linking to the Midweek Magnolia Challenge – New Stash

Thanks for stopping by today!  It was fun to do some coloring.  I’ll be back soon with a Printworks snowman and more NEW Memory Box!

Birthday · cards · CAS · copics · LOVE · Memory Box · rubber stamps · Valentine

Memory Box Blog Blitz Day Two…

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I have a lot to show you today!  I got started on my cards for the Memory Box Blog and before I knew it, I had four cards to share today!  Good thing I needed to stop and fix supper or this really would’ve been a long post!

It’s Day Two of the Memory Box 2014 Creative Elegance Collection Blog Blitz! Scroll through the posts all week…comment on all the posts for chances to win the NEW dies and stencils! 

Happy Day!  My tree card won Top Three at Addicted to CAS Challenge blog!  Thank you ladies!

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Here, I used the NEW Yorkshire Tree, Yorkshire Tree background and Library Alphabet Tags dies.  The letters ‘Y’ and ‘U’ are from the tag set also and the hearts are from the Cherish Border die. I colored the trunk of the tree with a copic marker.  I just love the pop of red in the green!

Next…

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Here I used the NEW Piano Border and Perky Poppy dies.  The sentiment is Just a Note Combo. I added the detail on the leaves with a copic marker.

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LOVE this keyboard and how can you not love this Perky Poppy!  I even love the name!

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Here I used the NEW Party Music, Musical Motifs, Heart of Hearts, Sweet Heart, Queen of Hearts and Alphabet Soup dies. (I just used the heart cut from the center of the Queen of Hearts die)  I cut the Cupid Heart out of red card-stock and it is glued on the inside of the card behind the Heart of Hearts that is cut directly in the white notecard.

Next…

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Here I used the NEW Grand Happy Birthday, Norwich Corner and Lunette Butterfly dies.  I cut the corner die twice, left one complete and cut one up to use here and there.

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I LOVE these Grand word dies… there is also a New Grand Thank You! yep…tons of AWESOME NEW product!  The dies cut wonderfully!

Believe it or not…that was my last card for today! lol  Now to make some more with the NEW stencils.

Linking to the Addicted to CAS challenge blog…Die Cuts
Keep it Simple …Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash …Something New
Papertake Weekly …Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and letting me share with you!  Makes my heart happy!

Supplies I used… 

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Memory Box Stencils and Dies Video…

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A few have emailed with questions about what the NEW Memory Box stencils are like.  I’m showing you what they look like out of the package in this short video… several dies at the end also!  yay for new!

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Dies and Stencils…


TFL!  Be watching…next week is the Blog Blitz on the Memory Box blog, I’ll be posting here too.

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Memory Box… NEW, NEW, NEW!

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Oh happy day!  Time for the NEW Memory Box ‘Creative Elegance’ 2014 Papercrafters Collection release!  So if we can’t do Christmas… let’s ‘think Spring’! lol  Memory Box Blog Blitz starts next week!

Lots of flowers in this collection…you’re going to love it!

I used the Delightful Peony Outline die and Delightful Peony Background die.  I need to make a video of what I did.  I’m afraid my ‘word’ explanation would just be to confusing!  It’s easy though and fun!

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See the New MESH stencil behind the Peony?!  Love it!  I taped it down with Washi tape and used three Distress inks to color it in.  First Wild Honey, then Worn Lipstick randomly and then Peeled Paint around the edges.  Warning….too much Peeled Paint on the pink, well, it kinda makes khaki!   We like khaki…ok! lol

Don’t you love the new Eva Stem though… so delicate and feminine!

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And this Happy Birthday Extravaganza die is so cool!  These dies cut like a dream!  woohoo!

Thanks for stopping by today… so fun to share…can’t wait to see what you make with the new dies too! TFL!

Supplies I used…Blue Moon links below (Starlitstudio coming soon!)