Back to School

My two don't go back to school until the end of next week, but the "Back to School" challenges are coming thick and fast, so I thought I'd better come up with a card :). DH pointed out that there is no sentiment on this card but I can't think of an appropriate one, it's really going to be "With Sympathy" for teachers and for pupils and "Hooray!" for Mums... Anyhow, this is my entry for Simon Says Challenge and for Corrosive Challenges, both of which are "Back to School".

I've taken a Studious Tilda image and sat her on a desk, with an apple for the teacher. She doesn't look overjoyed about the new term, does she?! She's coloured with Copics and Promarkers, the background has a little Distress Ink in Tea Dye sponged on. The papers are Basic Grey Cupcake on a kraft card, with brads from my stash. The border punch used on the blue paper is a Woodware one. That's it, pretty straightforward. My friend's daughter starts her first term teaching next week, I think this might be going her way...

Happy Easter Everyone

Happy Easter to you all. Here's one more clean and simple card: a couple of Magnolia/Tilda images coloured with my Copics. Papers are from my "free with this magazine" stash :).

Corrosive Challenges #6 - Easter/Spring

This week's challenge at Corrosive Challenges is to make a card with a Spring or Easter theme. I used a couple of Magnolia images from their Spring collection, Tilda with a bumblebee and the wonderful Easter scene with the tree and hatching chick. The background papers are BasicGrey, they are much more Spring-like in the flesh than they are in this card :).



Coloured with watercolour pencils and lots of Stickles. This card crossed the Atlantic in record time and was with my SBS "sister" Deby three days after it was posted - impressive.



Don't forget to enter the Corrosive Challenge, there's a lovely Elusive Images stamp among the prizes to win!

Get In Shape - Magnolia v Stampavie Challenge

Donna at Magnolia v Stampavie has challenged us to make a card from a shape other than a square or rectangle for week 19. I've often looked at all the fun shaped cards that are available, but not bought any. Having seen the lovely new Easter images I decided to use the church window on my card and to shape the card to echo the arch.

After a few false starts I came up with this shape and used it on a rainbow coloured glossy card that I bought at my first card craft show. Tilda and the window are painted with H20s and watercolours, the sentiment is stamped in Stazon. The gem flowers came from the Hobbycraft sale in January, I think they work well with the colours in the images.

Quite a simple card, but fun to make, thanks for the Challenge Donna :)

Magnolia vs Stampavie Challenge Week 16 - Lace & Pearls

What a fun challenge this week at Magnolia/Stampavie from Bev: Lace & Pearls. I decided to make a Tilda ATC. I'm not sure how much Tilda is a lace and pearls gal :) , so I kept her to neutral creams mostly. The background has flower stamped onto it, with Pearl Stuff centres. There is heart lace along one long side and two pearls on the opposite corners. Omunted onto bronze shimmery card to frame it.

Magnolia vs Stampavie Challenge Week 13

The sketch at http://magnoliameetsstampavie.blogspot.com/ this week looked deceptively simple, but had a lot of elements to play with. I watercoloured Tilda with chrysanthemums and matted her onto tan card and then onto a green print. The white background looked a little stark so I used tapestry stamps around the edges and a Stamps by Judith grass stamp at her feet to soften it. The brown lace is from my sewing stash, no idea where it came from!

The sentiment is a Penny Black stamp, copper embossed and the swirly embossed images are from Paper Artsy stamps that were free with my Craft Stamper subscription. I used an embossing pen to put a line of dots above the image, all the patterned papers are from the Stamp Attic. Oh, I added some Stickles to the centres of the chrysanthemums and the flowers at the edge of the paper, as well as to Tilda's hair ribbons and hat.

Magnolia v Stampavie Double Trouble

This week's challenge is to use at least two Tilda/Stampavie stamps. I've used three and made a bookmark for a young lady called Laura, who I think bears more than a passing resemblance to studious Tilda :). She has her dog, Tiffin, sitting beside her as she thinks about what to read next. Bookmark is from Bazzill Bling paper, overstamped with little flowers from Stamps by Judikins, with paper from the Stamp Attic behind Tilda. Tilda and images were watercoloured, her spectacles have glossy accents on them.

I've Won A Challenge!

My blogging "sister" Vanja left me a comment:  did I realise I'd won magnoliavsstampavie's challenge?  No I didn't realise and how exciting - I've won a pack of Copic pens :).  The card is a little further down this blog page, with the three Tilda images.  

I should point out it's a random winner challenge, so there are many more beautiful cards in the entries - but I'm still delighted that I've won!

Magnoliameetsstampavie challenge week 7

http://magnoliameetsstampavie.blogspot.com/2008/12/week-7-goodbye-2008-sketch.html The Magnolia/Stampavie challenge for week 7, Goodbye 2008, is a sketch. I chose to set my squares on point as that way I could get Tilda's face in better.

The backing paper is a contemporary Christmas one that I bought and didn't get round to using! It's double sided and I've reversed half the paper. The ribbon that looks like it was made to match the paper came from my blogging "sister" Janet, who sent it with my goodies when I won an SBS Challenge.

The flowers were punched from the decorative paper, including the bronze that I used to mat the Tildas. The Happy Birthday is this month's Graphicus Guild stamp and the Tildas are watercoloured.

CASEing Janet

This is only my second CASE, but I hope to CASE a few more sisters now I've a few days off :).

This is Janet's card https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDx0B5Fqr1MhITHS_YjzRumWRqK6elM2hwZC1iAm6d2ZTqs3D2uz3m1tohB9kitmx3o7O5WOGPjt2vv4xKx1mlJKZkuW0jwgcAtsy0mlGX6cOUDLee_Y_J0KyCgjq0BFlExDa2tRJ0WCP/s1600-h/bcc57bsc58.JPG which I really like. I've kept the layout, changed the colours and not used the embossing folders. The Stampinbella has also morphed into a Tilda that I bought in the Stamp Attic sale :).

I made the card for my Mum, in warm yellowy colours that she likes, as she asked for notelets and thank you cards for Christmas this year. Most of the cards were bought but I got the chance to make two and put them in the box with the other cards. She didn't notice them when she unwrapped it until I asked her to look again :(.

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 41 - open

Edwin is a matching pair for the Tilda card I made yesterday, the card is for Sam, who is Colleen's twin brother and has his birthday on Christmas Eve.

Cute Card Thursday has an Open Challenge over the holidays, so I've chosen to enter Edwin.

He's painted with ArtQuest watercolours, the background papers are from a pad I bought at the NEC last year. Sentiment is from a Hero Arts clear stamp set.

Friday Sketchers Challenge 33 & Secret Crafter Challenge 12

This week's Friday Sketcher's Challenge used a tag layout that I thought would work well for this Tilda, who I bought at the Stamp Attic, which is also where the background papers came from.

The tag is only secured with a brad, so you can flip up the corner and see that it has the pink pattern onthe reverse (double sided paper).

Tilda's dress is paper pieced from the pink print and her shoes are paper pieced from the bazzil paper that the small tag is made of. This is for Colleen, who is six on Christmas Eve. Now to make a card for her twin brother Sam...

MagnoliameetsStampavie Challenge Week 1

http://magnoliameetsstampavie.blogspot.com/2008/11/week-1-sketch-it.html I've made this card for the first week where the two Challenge blogs have amalgamated. I'm not very sure about this card, it's a bit too fussy I think. Flowers looked even fussier, so I stuck some buttons down instead. I'd better be sure to give it to someone rather than post it, I can see the Post Office charging a fortune and damaging it too, with all the bulky buttons :)

Friday Sketchers Challenge 26

http://fridaysketchersblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/challenge-nr-26.html I found this week's Challenge quite difficult, the asymmetric triangle was hard to work with for me. :) Tilda sits in front of some winter trees, her background is papers that I bought when I first began cardmaking. I've posted this just in time - I hope - I've been laid low with a migraine and although it has now gone I'm avoiding spending time at the computer...

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenges - Golden Tones

This week's ATC Challenge is Golden Tones at http://tildaandfriends.blogspot.com/2008/10/golden-tones.html . Here is my Tilda. Her background is a gold napkin from the kitchen drawer. There is some Autumn colored yarn behind her and I've decorated a stamped flower (can't remember what this came from!) with some Stickles.

Cute Card Thursday - Autumn Challenge

This week's Challenge on http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ is to make an Autumn theme card. I got out the Tilda that I bought at Ally Pally and painted her. She's mounted on a piece of Glimmer Misted paper (that I used the centre out of for another project) and the rest of the card is some lovely papers that I bought at the Stamp Attic http://www.thestampattic.co.uk/index.html. I added in some lace that I had in my sewing cupboard that looks very Autumnal I thought.

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenges - Swap

I'm having an ATC day today :).

Here is my Edwin ATC to swap, for this week's Challenge over at Tilda and Friends. http://tildaandfriends.blogspot.com/2008/10/alota-special.html

It's A Wrap - Tilda & Friends ATC Challlenge

This week's challenge is to wrap up your ATC with ribbon, string, paper, wire, or anything else that comes to mind.

Painted Tilda is on a Glimmer Mist background, wrapped in hand dyed threads, lace and yarn. She is wrapped in a hand-dyed thread "belt" on her dress.