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Friday, April 19, 2013

Once Upon a Time in Tilda's Town

Hello my lovelies! Are you happy it's finally the end of the week? I sure am! I also wish we will have a nicer weather for the weekend. It has been raining (and flooding) and gloomy lately...but on the bright side, I see green everywhere! I have a pile of cards that needs to be photographed but because of the gloomy weather, I don't have the right lighting for a photograph. Well, I'm used to just natural lighting so I guess I have to wait for Mr. Sun to show up. OR I need to finally make a
Light Tent/Box. My friend Pam has a video tutorial on how to make one... and I think I need to make one.

Anywhooo... we have a new challenge at Tilda's Town. This week our theme is
ONCE UPON A TIME
I'm pretty sure a lot of you already have a stamp or two from the Once Upon a Time Collection. They are so adorable! One of my favorite images from this collection is Tilda Longstocking. Just like Pippi Longstocking, she is just the cutest. How many of you still remember the Pippi Longstocking movie? I was in grade school when it came out and I loved it! And I think it was nice of Pauline to draw a Tilda based on Pippi Longstocking because to me, Pippi is a fictional Swedish character. Well, the author of Pippi Longstocking books was Swedish... so I just assumed.

Now on to my card.
I colored Tilda using DIs (as usual... but I really need to go back to my Copics soon!) The shades of lilacs, purples and lavenders has been my favorite lately and I enjoyed playing with the colors.

Here's a closer look at Tilda.

The beautiful flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I painted them with some gesso.

I played with some Frantage Color Fragments and some Crackle Accents and I love the result!

For the inside of card, I made it simple with butterflies and the Corner Die.

Sadly, this is going to be my last post as a Tilda's Town DT. Tilda's Town Challenge will be a year old next month and I am so proud and honored to be part of this wonderful Design Team for a year. I will miss all the girls on the team especially Pam, our DT leader and team coordinator who is the best and I'm sure all the other TT DTs will agree with me. :)

Now it's your turn to link up your creations and link back to Tilda's Town for a chance to win

$10 gift certificate to

I hope you like my card!
It was a pleasure to have you visit me today.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Friday, April 5, 2013

Tilda's Town: F&F or U&E

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Another Friday has come! Time for another challenge at Tilda's Town. Our challenge for this week is

Fussy and Fancy (F&F) or Understated and Elegant U&E

These last few weeks, I have been making CAS or U&E cards. This week alone, all the cards I posted were CAS ... or what I refer to as "no embellies" cards. And this is my 5th one for the week.

Edwin with Daffodil is colored using Distress Ink Reinkers. The DP is from Simply Story and I just love the shades of green here. I used my fave tool Perfect Layering Rulers to achieve those neat borders.

I just love Edwin's over-alls. Over-alls were my favorite when I was a kid. We called it jumpers.

We can't wait to see what you have created for this week's challenge. Link up your creations and be sure to link back to us. For more inspiration from my team mates, please pop over to

Tilda's Town Challenge Blog

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Friday, March 22, 2013

Tilda's Town: Think Spring

Is it Spring yet? Officially it is! But weather-wise? I don't think so. We have been in the lower 20's this week. And according to our weather man, we shouldn't put aside our shovels just yet. Mmm... well, that's reassuring...

Anyhoo, I have a card today for this week's challenge at Tilda's Town.
Our theme for this week is

THINK SPRING!!!

I used Happy Spring Tilda from the Butterfly Dreams Collection. This is one of my first owned stamps and this is just the 2nd time I have inked her. This is a flat card where I just insert a tag for the sentiment.

I made this card after New Years so and I totally forgot the DP I used but the Distress Ink colors are my usual faves.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

This is the pull out tag for the sentiment. The stitched hearts stamp is one of the oldies from Magnolia

So, now it's your turn. We can't wait to see your Spring creations. Link up and link back to us for a chance to win a $10 gift certificated from

Friday, February 22, 2013

TIlda's Town: Christmas in February

Hiya! I can't believe it's the last Friday of February! Where did the rest of the days go?

Anyway, my card for today is a Christmas card. Yes, a Christmas card!

Once a month at Tilda's Town we will have a Christmas themed challenge. It's actually a nice way to start with your Christmas cards early.

So this week's challenge is CHRISTMAS!

I used Snowy Tilda from the Christmas Story Collection 2012.

Close up

The inside of the card has the same sketch / layout as the front.

DP: Echo Park
Medium: Distress Ink
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment/Die: Whimsy Stamp

We can't wait to see what you create. Link up your cards and don't forget to link back to us.
Visit Tilda's Town to see more inspirations from my teammates.

Have a great weekend!

Friday, January 25, 2013

Tilda's Town: Celebrate

It's Friday once again and we have a new Challenge at Tilda's Town

CELEBRATE!

This is gonna be one easy challenge for all of us! What is there to celebrate?

Birthdays, Anniversaries, Love, and so much more!

Here's my take for this week's challenge. I used New Year Tilda and colored her with DI's

Here's a closer look!

You might have noticed that in most of my cards, I have layered papers that comes the DP collection I use. I love getting the effect of papers layered. And to matte each piece, I used

PERFECT LAYERING RULERS
to achieve those even borders around the card.
PAM, our DT coordinator is the ambassador for PLR so if you enter the code Sparks5% at check out, you get a 5% discount!

Now, it's your turn turn to create your "CELEBRATE" card and link it up to Tilda's Town Challenges for chance to win $10 GC to spend at the store.

Tilda's Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda's Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at www.tildastown.com and live the magic.

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Thanks for stopping by and I do appreciate it every time you do!
Have a safe weekend!

Hugs,
Mae

Friday, January 11, 2013

Let it Snow at Tilda's Town

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

How many inches of snow do you have? For us here in Chicago, there is no sign of snow! Yes, I miss the snow! Not the shoveling and all that good stuff... just the snow!

At Tilda's Town this week, our challenge theme is:

LET IT SNOW!!!

My card today is simple one. I used the Old Swedish Church from A Christmas Story 2012 Collection and I inked it up with Distress Ink Reinkers. I used some Liquid Applique and Stickles for the snow. I added a few Spruce trees and a pice of string to finish it off!

And I also used
PERFECT LAYERING RULERS
to achieve those even borders around the card.
PAM, our DT coordinator is the ambassador for PLR so if you enter the code Sparks5% at check out, you get a 5% discount!

OK, here's a last look at the Old Swedish Church!

Now, it's your turn turn to create your "Let it Snow" card and link it up to Tilda's Town Challenges for chance to win $10 GC to spend at the store.

Friday, December 28, 2012

Tilda's Town: Happy New Year

We have a few more days left of 2012. And as we wrap up the year, we also look forward to the coming year. At Tilda's Town we have a new Challenge to welcome 2013. Our theme is

HAPPY NEW YEAR

For my DT card, I made a side-step card and I used New Year Edwin and colored him with DI's. I also used the Flag and the Wedding Vintage Tag DooHickeys

Other supplies used:

Spellbinder Nestabilities

MME Lime Twist Out of the Blue

LOTV Greeting Postmarks

Paper Doily

Wild Orchid Craft Flowers

Denim Button

Lace, ribbon, string

Now it's your turn. Link up your New Year creations and share it with us at Tilda’s Town Challenge for a chance to win $10 GC at

Tilda's Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda's Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at www.tildastown.com and live the magic.

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And before I forget, today is also my turn to open Shutter #28 of the Magnolia Advent Calendar. So if you drop by my Magnolia Blog and leave a comment there, you get a chance to win a beautiful prize directly from Magnolia Sweden.

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Have a great weekend!

Friday, December 14, 2012

Freezin' Season at Tilda's Town

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas! Seriously...where is the snow? We still don't have any signs of snow here in Chicago. But the winds are getting colder...soon enough, it's gonna be Freezin' Season!
Well, speaking of Freezin' Season... this is our theme for this week's challenge at
Tilda's Town

For my DT card, I used Christmas Bear from the Little Christmas Collection. I colored the image with DI's. I used white acrylic paint and fine glitter for snowy effects on the edges. And I used it also on the Poinsettia and snowflakes.

DI used:

Fur: Antique Linen, Vintage Photo

Inner ear/belly/paws: Tea Dye

Scarf & Hat: Barn Door, Fired Brick, Pumice Stone

Background: Weathered Wood

Now it's your turn. Link up your Christmas creations and share it with us at Tilda’s Town Challenge for a chance to win $10 GC at

Friday, November 30, 2012

TIlda's Town: Celebrate Christmas

It's the last Friday of November! Can you imagine that? Time really flies. Ok, because it's Friday, it means we have another challenge at Tilda's Town!
This week our theme is:
CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS
I think this is going to be an easy one for everybody.

My card is one of my Christmas flat cards. I used Dancing Tilda with Stars and she is my favorite stamp from the Little Christmas Collection 2012.

I colored Tilda with Copics. I didn't plan to color her using the "no black lines" technique. I accidently switched the covers of my Memento Tuxedo Black and London Fog ink pads. And because I stamped it on MIC blending card (which is like precious gold to me and I didn't want to waste it) I had to color it just as it was! And I kinda like how it turned out!

Copics used:

Skin: E0000, 000, 00, 21

Hair: E47, 37, 35, 33, 51

Red: R89, 29, 27, 24, 22

Wings/White stripes: W3, 2, 1, 0

The red and white flowers and the holly leaves are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the pine cone

and berries are from Hobby Lobby. The DP is from Glitz and the metal corner, lace and ribbon (which is not visible) is from my stash. The sentiment/calendar is from LOTV.

Now it's your turn. Link up your Christmas creations and share it with us at Tilda’s Town Challenge for a chance to win $15 GC at

Friday, November 16, 2012

Tilda's Town Challenge & New DTs

Hi there friends! It's Friday once again and I know every body if looking forward to the weekend, to spend time with family and of course do some crafting.

Today at Tilda's Town, we have another challenge for this week and also we want to welcome some new DTs! We are so glad to have them on board.

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Now for our new challenge, our theme is

ANYTHING GOES

For a chance to win a $15 Gift Certificate to Tilda’s Town online Magnolia store, link up your Magnolia creation and don't forget to link back to us.

Tilda's Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda's Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at www.tildastown.com and live the magic.

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For my DT card, I used Tilda with Long Hair from the Christmas Story 2012 Collection and I colored the image with Copic Sketch Markers and I stamped the image on MIC Blending card.

Up close

Copic Recipe:

Skin: E0000, 000, 00, 11, 21 (chalk for cheeks)

Hair: E37, 35, 51

Hat/Tunic: BG78, 75, 72, 70

Hat lining/ Leggings: W3, 2, 1, 0

Shoes/ Belt: W8, 7, 6, 5, 4

Bell: YR23, Y17, 15, W5, 3

gift: R39, 37, 35, 32, E43, 42, 41, 40

Shadows: E43, 42, 41, BG70, B0000

DP is MLYB: Winter Twig

The pull out tag and the sentiment inside is from CCDesign AmyR

Ribbons, lace, charms/bells and seam binding are all from my stash.

Thank you so much for dropping by today!