Vintage Tilda

Well, I guess it's technically Tuesday now...took me a little longer than I thought to finish this, but it's my 1st vintage card, so it needed a little extra care.

Here she is in all her glory! This is Romantic Tilda from the new wedding collection, and I just love her! The moment I saw this I knew I had to have it! No, I'm not like that with all of them, lol! Isn't she just darling though!

I'm not for sure about the embellies here, but I don't think it's too bad. I frayed the edges of the papers with my scissors, then inked them with a mixture of brown and green...after that, I stitched around them. I didn't have any matching thread, so I used white and chalked over it in a light olive green. This card also follows the sketch at Just Magnolia this week.

Here is a close-up of the adorable Miss Tilda! I had soooo much fun coloring her! I know she's a little monochromatic, but I really wanted to use that color for her dress, and I couldn't think of a color I'd like to go with it. It's not very often I use pink, so I'm allowed to indulge on occasion! Tilda's background and shadow have been made using chalks in a light and dark green. The chalks were set with hairspray.

In case you're interested, a close-up of the flowers. The centers of these flowers are roses from Wild Orchid and I've inked up the edges and sprayed them with glimmer mist. The bottom of the flowers are from here. That awesome little butterfly is something I got from my dear friend Loz...Thanks Loz, you're a sweetheart!

Copics used

Let's see, I think I've covered most of it. The papers are K&Company, the pink velvet ribbon is from MME and the lace is from Hobby Lobby. Pearls are some cheapies also from Hobby Lobby. Well, that should do it. Hope you have enjoyed my card today. Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful Day!
xxAutumn

Challenges:
Just Magnolia: Sketch
Stamp Something: Vintage with flowers
Oh Alice: Twinkle, Twinkle(my flowers are sparkly)
Pollycraft: Pinkalicious
Magnolia Down Under: Something Sweet(I think she is super sweet)

Lexi's Creations #17- 3D

Happy Monday!!! It's time again for another challenge over at Lexi's and as you may have read in my title we wanna see some 3D. Easy, peasy...Buttons, flower, raised images, whatever sticks out on your card! The sponsor this week is One Stop Card Crafts and the winner gets a 10 voucher for their store! So, without further delay, here is my card

I used acetate for the front of my card and it's a little difficult to photograph, so I apologize for the poor photo. Anyway, I've used one of Lexi's new images called Splashin and you can get that here.

Here's my 3D view...there's 3layers there!

Close-up of Splashin image

Here's the Inside. Not much, but I thought the sentiment on the front would make more sense if I showed you the inside. Well, that's it for me for now. Make sure to stop by and see what the rest of the DT is has in store for you.

Have a great day!

xxAutumn

p.s. I should be back this afternoon with another Tilda for you...Oh, she's so cute I can't wait to show you! Just gotta make a few finishing touches!

Challenges:

Simple Doodles: Fun in the sun

Whimsical wednesdays: Inspiration photo

Kenny K's DT Call

Hey, everybody! Have you heard about the new artist in town??

Kenny K is his name, and he's having a DT call! OMGosh, these images are soooo cute, I just love them! I'm posting this towards the end of the call, but there's still a little time if your interested...you can find the info here. So, Kenny wants us to link up some of what we think is our best stuff. This was tough for me as I like so many for different reasons. However, Kenny's qualifications include that coloring must be a strong suit, so I've tried to pick cards that best show my coloring skills.

First up is a card I made for a TGF challenge

This is a side-step card, my first, and I love it!

You can see more pics and get more info on this card here.

Second, the pop-up card I made for SMC.

I loved making this card, it was so much fun to create that scene...and have it turn out!

You can find more pics here.

Lastly, a couple of Magnolia's.

I couldn't decide which of these I like better, so here they both are.

You can find out more about these here, and here.
If you wanna see some of Kenny's awesome digi's go here.

Have a great day!

xxAutumn

Lasting Memories-New scrapbooking Challenge

Hey everyone. There's a new scrapbooking challenge starting up! The challenge is called Lasting Memories and you can get all the details here. The owner is having a DT call right now, so I thought I'd give it a go. I really want/need to get more scrapping done and lately all I've been doing is making cards. So, what better to get me in gear than to be on a DT...gotta get it done then, lol! Anyway, were supposed to post some samples of our work for this, so here are mine.

Sorry these pics are not that great...it was late when I took them, but I didn't want to wait as I would most likely forget(Friday is a busy day for me) and I def didn't want to do that. For me, scrapbooking is all about the pictures! I want to get as many in there as I can, with some embellies, but not an overwhelming amount. So I guess I am a CAS scrapbooker...what do ya know, that's how I make my cards too, lol! I also prefer two-page layouts. I take a lot of pics so it usually takes that much to get in all the photos I want. If I did one photo per page like some people I'd have hundreds of pages in my books! So, those are layouts I've come up with myself here and here are some examples of what I've done following sketches

SMC Challenge #19 Anything Goes

Hurray, it's Friday, and time for another SMC challenge. This week Anything Goes folks, so let's see what you got! This weeks sponsor is Stitchy Bear Stamps and the winner will receiver 3 free digis from them.

Here is what I've come up with this week. If you were here at all earlier in the week you know I ran out of Neenah paper for copics. On Tuesday, I decided I needed to start thinking of what else I could do. Coloring on craft paper is what I came up with. I wouldn't have thought of this on my own...it just happens to be the challenge at copic creations right now.

Here is a close-up of the top of the box and the image I used called ' Hershey Praying' available at Sew Many Cards. I just love this image, it is so precious! I envisioned this little girl looking outside her window, toward Heaven, saying her prayers before bed. I didn't have a window , so I drew one myself. I've added little bit's of stickles to her where I thought the light might hit her. The little pink dots on the border of the box are pink stickles. With the top of this being craft, I really didn't think it looked right with bunches of stuff around it so I kept it pretty simple. There is a drawer that opens, sorry I forgot to photograph that...I will try to do that later.

Well, I think that about covers it. I'm sorry, I completely forgot to write down my copics. I believe the purples were V17,15,&12. The Pinks are R81, 83, &85. I do not remember the browns or her hair colors. The blues in the window are B99, 95, &93. Oh, i should also mention I put a clear gloss on the window so it would look more like a real window. Ok, now I'm done, lol! Make sure you stop by the rest of the DT blogs and see what they've come up with.

Have a wonderful weekend!

xxAutumn

Challenges:

Pollycraft Monday: ABC with Lace and Glitter (my brown border and pink stickles)

Copic Creations: Color on 'Other' paper

Hershey Bath from SMC

Hey all! Today I have Hershey Bath from SMC to share with you. I have been working on this card all day and though I thought it was going it be a cinch to put together, it proved quite difficult. I had it colored and the papers picked out before I started today, but it was just not coming together the way I saw it in my head. UUggghhh, don't you hate it when that happens. Anyway, here is the card.

This is a gate-fold card, my first, and I don't think it turned out too bad. I have stitched around the image and the DP and added some brads. All of the papers have been distressed and inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in vintage photo. I'm sure this could use some more embellies, but I was striking out with everything I tried, but that could just be because I was looking at the thing off and on all day, lol. I may have to revisit this one later. I had to think outside the box this week as I had earlier told you I ran out of Neenah paper. By Tuesday I figured I had to come up with something, so I printed this out on craft paper and gave it a go. I discovered you could do this st the copic creations blog and of course the DT make it look really easy, but for someone who's only been using copics for a few month I did find it a bit difficult.

Here's the inside. I know there's still a lot to be done, but it will wait till I find something to use it for. I can see really liking this type of card and I'll have to try another one soon! The bulk of this is made out of craft paper the one DF is some really old DCWV. the bubbles are a mixture of a white paint pen and stickles and I've even glossed up the water on the bottom below the tub.
Well, that about covers it. I'll be back real soon with anther SMC project.

xxAutumn

Challenges:
Copic Creations: Coloring on 'Other' paper
Wild Flower Patch: Fancy Fold
Fab 'n' Funky: Sew'n' Sew

Tulle Skirt Tilda

Hello everyone! Today I have another Maggie for you! I just got this stamp in the mail on Saturday and I had to find a way to get it colored...I'm out of my Neenah paper...uuugghhh! Anyway, I keep every scrap of that stuff that I don't use, and managed to find a piece big enough to stamp this darling little girl!

I based this card off of a sketch(shown below) from Stampin For The Weekend. They were also having a color challenge of Yellow and Blue...hence the colors.

I am not completely sold on this card, but if I stare at it any longer I'll probably end up really screwing the thing up and I put a lot into coloring it, so I don't want to do that.

Here's a close-up of Tilda. I've actually got a bunch of stickles on there, but they are not showing up very well. The little fence I have her sitting on is from the Spring Swiss Pixies set from C.C. Designs. I have attached Tilda with a hot glue gun... first making small beads so she sticks out a bit from the fence. I actually stamped that fence on DCWV cardstock from the Garden Party stack...it's got a blueish tint to it if you can't see. This was the first time I've done that and I'm a little surprised it worked.

Here's a close-up of the flowers...I've got stickels on them too~ The flowers are from Wild Orchid and the little swirly things were made from their stems...I wrapped them around a pencil to shape. I thought the swirlies looked ok as is, but then I thought they might look kind of pretty with some pearls. What do you think, the pearls ok?

Well, I think that about covers it for my card. The papers are all plain card stock...the white and yellow were embossed with my cuttlebug. Thanks for stopping by.

Hope you are having a wonderful day!

xxAutumn

Challenges:

Stamping for the Weekend: Sketch and colors Blue& Yellow

Crazy 4 Challenges: Paper flowers

Simple Doodles: Fun in the Sun

Magnolia Down Under- Embossing

Just Magnolia- In the Garden

Whimsical Wednesdays- Photo Inspiration

Copic Creations: 'Other' Paper