Picking Lilacs With Tilda

Hi All~

I hope you are all surviving the winter. We are getting snow here again...and it's blowing a little. I am so ready for spring to be here.....although I was ready for spring in November!!

I used this little Tilda from Magnolia because she reminds me that spring IS coming. This is another easel card....I make lots of these. This is just such an awesome idea...whoever came up with it is a genius!!!

I stamped Tilda with Memento- Tuxedo Black and colored her with copics. I then used my Nesties to cut out the image and distressed it with a little distressing ink. I then put it on SU Blue Bayou and cut around it with scissors because the next size Nestability was just too big.

Here is a view of the card opened up. I used SU Baja Breeze and Blue Bayou along with the very pretty papers from Tres Jolie. I love these papers..........I love the whole collection.

The flowers were made with a punch from EK Success and SU Pale Plum cardstock. The leaves were cut with a die and my cuttlebug. I used the Little Leaves die from SU and Sage Shadow cardstock. Everything was given a little distressing. I then added some little purple pearls to the center of the flowers.

Here is the inside. I used Martha's Lattice Border punch and some of the same papers. The sentiment is from SU and again cut with the Nesties.

Stamps: Magnolia and SU

Ink: Memento, Ranger Distress Ink, SU Close to Cocoa and Copics

Cardstock: Blue Bayou, Baja Breeze, Pale Plum and Sage Shadow

DP: Tres Jolie

Ribbon: Bazzill

Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities and Various Punches

I hope every one of you have a great day and thanks for taking time to stop in to see me.

xxxxx

Lisa

"I Wuf U"

Hello Again!~

First of all, I have to apologize for the pictures....the lighting was terrible....and reds just do not photograph well. This is another little Valentine for one of my sweeties. It is an easel card....because I just love them! They are so fun to display.

I used this cute little puppy from WhipperSnapper....Isn't he so sweet?! I colored him in with my copics and added some stickles for a little glitz. I cut the image out with my Nesties and used a white gel pen to do the dots around the scallops.

This little guy is so quick and easy to color.

Here is a look at the flowers I made using my punches and I slipped the brad through a spacer bead....and even it doesn't show up on the pic....I added some stickles to the brad.

This is the inside. The sentiment is one of those dollar stamps you find at Michael's.....I just love any stamps that are a dollar! I colored it with my SU markers. And used my Martha Stewart lace heart punch for the border.

That is it for tonight. Time to get my body to bed. Hope you all had a great day and had fun taking a look at my card.

And like always I welcome comments!! Hope to 'see' you all tomorrow.

Lisa

You Little Devil!

Hello All~

Sorry for the long absence. I promise to get back into blogging and post more regularly.

So here is a look at a card I made for Valentine's Day. I made it for the Mojo Monday Challenge but, had computer issues and I didn't get it posted on time. Oh well at least I have another Valentine card to send out to a special someone.

This is a pretty simple card. I colored this little devil with my copics and added some glitter and stickles. This cute little guy is from WhipperSnapper. I used my Nesties to cut the circles and added these little rhinestone hearts that I picked up at Michael's. I put a strip of the chocolate chip paper under the ribbon, because it just didn't show up right on the melon mambo.

Here is a closer look at the image. The sparkles just don't show up on the picture as they do on the card.

Stamps: WhipperSnapper and Stampendous

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo and Real Red from SU

DP: American Crafts

Ink: Memento, Copics, and SU

Ribbon: stash

Embellishments: Michael's

Well that is it....I hope you enjoyed this little Valentine.... and please let a little comment for me if you would like. See you all soon.

Lisa

Santa's Busy In The Kitchen

Hi Everyone~

I have a quick post for you today- I have to take the dog to the vet to have his leg checked. I made this card using this very cute Santa baking up some Christmas cookies. I again made another easel card, I just love them. They are so cute to display.

This is the card propped up in it's easel position. I just love this Santa from WOJ. He's the only man you will catch baking in my kitchen. LOL!! I colored him in with copics and added some white gel pen. The fur trim on his hat is fuzzed up with Fun Flock.

This is a view of the front of the card.

And this is a pic of the image.

Stamps: Whiff of Joy

Ink: Memento, copics and white gel pen

Paper: SU and Gooseberry Patch

Embellies: Ribbon from Michael's (last year), Buttons from WalMart and Stickles

That's it for today unless I get a chance to stamp a little later. *fingers crossed* Have a lovely day (the sun is shining beautifully here but.... it is very cold). Come see me again.

Lisa

Pa Rum Pa Pum Pum!

Hello friends~

Sorry it has been a few days. There just seems to be so much to do lately. Tuesday I had a wonderful day with my dear friends, Donna, Tracy and Dorothy, we went to Minneapolis and visited some stores and took in a class at Archiver's. Oh what a fun day I had and with such great company. We did get into some snow and yucky roads on the way home, but we made it safely.

This is another easel card I made with this very cute High Hopes stamp. I used my copics to color the image. I just love these easel cards and they are so easy to make.

This is a view of the front. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the paper. The snowflakes are made using a Martha punch and adding brad to the center.

This is a closer look at the image, I did a little doodling around the border.....

and a closer look at the embellishments and sentiment.

Stamps: High Hopes, Stampendous and Penny Black (sentiment inside)

Ink: Memento, SU Doodle pen and Copics

Tools: MS snowflake punch, SU scalloped border punch, Cuttlebug and embossing folder

Embellishments: Brads, twill tape and twine from my stash

That's it, stop back soon- I hope to get more cards on here. If you wish let me a comment, I look forward to reading them. Take care and have a great evening.

Lisa

A Gift From Robin for Mojo Monday Challenge

Hello All~

I hope you all had a nice weekend. I can not believe how fast Christmas is coming, I have so much to do yet. I thought I would get my tree up this weekend but.....it just didn't happen. Yesterday we sawed firewood and a girl has got to fit in a little stamping. Today we went to my nephew Luke's birthday party and.....I did some more stamping.

This is a card I made for Mojo Monday, yeah I know nothing like waiting til the last minute. It was a pretty simple sketch, sometimes I like those. I used this very sweet little bear and robin from Stampvie. I used my copics and added some white fun flock to the bear's hat and stickles on the snow and holly. This designer paper is from Paper Pizzazz. I did a little faux stitching around the outside with my ScorBug and white gel pen. The image is cut out using the Cuttlebug and Nestabilities.

Here is a look at the focal part of the card......

and this is a close up of how I did the sentiment. I used a leaf I got a long time ago and added some red flat backed pearls to make it look like holly.

Stamps: Stampavie and Great Impressions

Paper: SU and Paper Pizzazz

Ink: Memento and Copics

Tools: Cuttlebug, Nesties, Corner Punch, ScorPal and ScorBug
Miscellaneous: Stickles, White Fun Flock and leaf and pearls from my stash

Thanks for coming by and please tell me what you think by leaving a little comment. Have a good evening and stop back soon.

Lisa

Meet Tilda Under The Mistletoe- Stamptacular Sunday Challenge

Hi All~

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. Today I have a card I made for the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge. They want us to "weave it" so weavingI did! This was a tough one for me, I wanted to come up with something really original but.......nothing came to me so I wove ribbon into my card.

I made this using my Mistletoe Tilda, isn't she soooo adorable?! I colored with copics. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss with a folder and then punched holes to weave the ribbon into. I then used my little Sizzlit die to cut out these leaves, now the leaves are more pointed so I trimmed them with y scissors and made them a little more rounded at the tips to resemble a mistletoe leaf a little more (or what I thought looked more like a mistletoe leaf). Then I glued some pearl beads on for the berries.

Here's a closeup of the 'mistletoe' I made.

Stamps: Magnolia and Fiskars

Cardstock: SU

Ink: Memento,SU, copics and white gel pen

Tools: Cuttlebug, Embossing folder, Sizzlit die, hole punch and SU circle punches

Embellishments: Ribbon and pearl beads from my stash

Thanks for stopping in to visit me and please come again. Let me a little comment if you wish. And have a great rest of the weekend.

Lisa