Tilda with 2 Gifts

Hello Friends. It's Friday once again and I know everyone is excited about the weekend. Today, I'm a bit sad because one of our favorite challenge blogs is closed.  I've been part of Just Magnolia for a few months and I really enjoyed working with the girls especially with Bev, owner of JM.

Anyway, I don't want the week to end, or the weekend to start without me sharing a card to you guys. Here, I have Tilda with 2 Gifts which is part of the Christmas Story Collection 2012. I decided not to make a Christmas card with this image but instead a card that can be given for a birthday or any other occasion. 

I colored Tilda with Distress Ink Reinkers and some Magnolia papers to match the colors.  The beautiful flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the laces, ribbon, doily...are from my stash.

 Here's a closer look at Tilda

I hope you like my creation for today.

Thank you for visiting my blog and my main blog.  I really appreciate your comments and knowing that you took time to drop by.

Have a great weekend every one!

hugs,

Mae

ATS October REVIEW Meoples

Today at All That Scraps, we have a Review of the October Stamps and I have the
Meoples Nativity stamp
I colored the images with Distress Ink Reinkers and I cut them out. For the manger, I used the Fence Border die and the Grass Border Die for the roof. I also used the Leafy Branch Die a tress on the back ground.

For more October stamps reviews, visit the ATS blog and see what my team mates made for you.

Thanks for stopping by!

ATS Anything but a Card

It's Anything but a Card... it's a tag!

Here's a  Christmas Tag I made using Santa Lula. I colored her with Distress Ink Reinkers.

I also used the Holly leaves die and used little buttons for the berries. Instead of a Christmas charms, I used one of the bells die.

 A closer look at Santa Lula...

I hope you like my tag.

Thanks for dropping by!

Stamp and Create Weekly Candy

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

Today at Stamp and Create we have a new Weekly candy and some inspiration.

My card today is from the New Wee Stamps from Whimsy Stamps.

 Holly is from the New Whimsy Stamps.  And I colored the image using Distress Ink Reinkers. The DP is the New Bo Bunny Rejoice Paper pad. Sentiment is also from the New Holiday Notables 2 from Whimsy Stamps and cut using the Notables2 Die. A Snowflake charm and some Paper Doilies were used to embellish the card.

Pop over to our blog to see what my team mates made for your inspiration!

Now for our weekly candy!

This week's candy is:

Apple from Magnolia

**In order to enter the candy, you must post the Stamp and Create's Store Logo in the side bar of your blog and link it to www.stampandcreate.com...

The candy end Sunday, October 14th at 7pm EST

 

Thank you for dropping by and I hope you have a great week ahead!

 

 

 

Tilda's Town: I am thankful...

Hi there Tilda Towners!  It's Friday once again and it also means we have another challenge at 

Tilda's Town.

This week, our theme is: I am thankful

We want your creations to show/reflect what/who you are thankful for. In my card today, I used Stamping Tilda, one of the Special Magnolia Stamps released this year. So, why did I choose this stamp? Well, God has given me a million things that I am so thankful for and one blog post is not enough. So I will narrow it down to stamping. Early this year I had oral surgery, (the first of several). My whole face was swollen beyond recognition, from my forehead to my neck.  It lasted for 4 weeks and started to shrink during the 5th week. Right before the 8th week, I had to undergo another one.  And the swelling started all over again! Facing the mirror was depressing, talking was such a task and eating was so difficult. And I don't even want to talk about the pain. Urgh! 

Aside from the support from my family (especially my DH), stamping and coloring made me feel so much better. Every time, the pain kicks in, it would remind me of how hideous and swollen I looked the last time I accidentally faced the mirror. Believe me, I took showers in the dark, brushed my teeth bending over the tub, just to avoid looking at the mirror. :(  And during those days, I would just go to my desk and stamp and it helped me alot. 

Around this time last year, was when I started stamping and coloring.  I came across some card photos online and those photos inspired me so much to stamp.  I saved the photos on my iPad and made them my screen saver. Some times I would just scroll over the photos and stare and admire the creativity of the person who made them. And those card were made by PAM, our team leader and coordinator at Tilda's Town. She has been an inspiration to me and she always will. And I thank her for that. :)

Back to my card! I colored Tilda with Copics and I chose circular dies to make this card. THe beautiful flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the DP is from Magnolia, the butterfly is from Michael's and the sentiment is handwritten by me.

 

 

Drop by Tilda's Town more inspiration from my team mates.

 Now, it's time for you to show us who and/or what you are thankful for and link it up to us.  Don't forget to link back to us for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate from Tilda's Town.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  

Have a great weekend!

Hugs,

Mae