Sweet Tilda!

Well, happy Tuesday, Everyone!  Surprise!  I finally found my mojo (I think!) and actually made a few things which I will share this week.  I purchased a new (to me) Heart Card die from Sizzix and decided to make some cards because I just love this die!  I hope I don't bore you because I had so many ideas in my head to use this die and oftentimes, I only die-cut a couple of things and all my dies are just stacked up on the shelf so I told myself I'd better really put my "supplies" to good use!  I will be making an easel card which I will share later!  Sorry for all the ramblings.  On to my 1st card for the year (yikes!).

The heart panel (atached to the card) actually flips up and I will show a card tomorrow so you can see the inside.
For my card base I used Bazzill bling in pink, colored Sweet Tilda...you can get her from Diana's Magnolia-licious store...with Copics.

Recipe:
Tilda's dress:  R0000, 81, 83, 85 (and her bow)
E31, 33 (dress and socks); E15, 18 (hair)
Sizzix "Heart Card" die #656413
McGill (old) leaf and fern punches, MS branch and eyelet heart
Paper flower from Kaiser Craft and paper roses from my stash.

I think I will enter this card in the Cute Card Thursday challenge.  They are looking for "spots and dots" and I think this will qualify for the challenge.  It feels good to be back and I apologize for the "long winter" absence.  Family matters for one thing and lost mojo (major time!).  Thank you for stopping by and I wish you all a wonderful week.  Stay safe, keep warm (except Hawaii!) and share the love.

HAPPY MAIL AND A RAK

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! May you all be blessed with good health, lots of love, peace, prosperity, and happiness throughout the coming years! Before the year comes to a close, I'd like to send out my thank-yous for the wonderful cards and RAKs I have recently received but didn't get around to posting, so here they are, and thank you all for visiting my blog and leaving me such encouraging comments throughout the year. I have learned so much from all you wonderful people that share your talent and creativity.

Jodi-Ann Lee of Inked Inspirations

Linda Kuniyoshi of Simple and Sassy Creations

Kim Yu - Kimbee's Creations

Denise Nibling - Tinker Crafts

Darice does not have a blog (yet!) but she's always making beautiful things for her friends. I was working at the last Gift and Craft Fair at NBC when Darice gave this to me. It surely lifted my spirits because it was such a pleasant surprise. Of course, she and her friend Lori went shopping while I had to work, but it definitely was worth receiving this cute Hello Kitty set! If any of you local gals want to know how to make this, go see Darice at Creations Unlimited! Thank you so much Darice! I'll stop by on a Tuesday or Wednesday when you work.
I'm sorry the pictures are dark and blurry. My camera battery was dying and I'm charging it now but the sun has gone down and I wanted to post these today!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Christmas Rak!

I received this WONDERFUL Christmas RAK from Joy and Taelyn of A Place To Be Me. What a JOY (pardon the pun!) it was to see what was inside! OMGosh, Joy and Taelyn, thank you so very much...I love everything inside and am so BLESSED to have you both in my life! The Angels are really watching over me! Look at what I got:

Joy is known for making all kinds of great goodie bags because she's always giving something to someone! Her heart is so full of love for life itself, and she extends it to all her friends. She's a very generous, caring, thoughtful person.

Just take a look at her blog and you will be inspired with all the gifts she's constantly making for others to enjoy. I just don't know how shes does it...I can't keep up with her and she has so much energy!

This bag is a nice size and it holds a lot of goodies! Joy stamped this new Magnolia "Unwrapped Tilda" image and colored her so beautifully! Well, she's a neat freak and always does top-notch work on everything she make.

This is what was inside:

Thank you so very much, Joy and Taelyn. You are making this a wonderful Christmas for me, someone that Santa forgot as I got older LOL!

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year if I do not get a chance to post again by the end of the year. May the spirit of Christmas be with you every day of the year!

Tilda With Gift

Happy Thursday, Everyone! To all of you out there who are having snowfall, I can only imagine how beautiful it is at this time of year...pristine white, the tree branches hanging with the weigwht of snow...you are very fortunate to experience the wonders of the seasons. Sure, we have sunshine almost year 'round, but I really think winter is one of the most beautiful seasons, so please enjoy it for me! LOL! I have to "pay" to go somewhere to see and play in snow!
I was fortunate to be able to have a "stamping day" with a friend I haven't seen for a while and it was so much fun to get together for "coffee and crafting." Ann makes beautiful cards but she doesn't have a blog yet and we're encouraging her to start one. Anyways, I saw a card she was working on so I CASED it! What better and fun way to create a card with all the ideas laying right before you right?!!! So here it is:

My card base is 5.5" square and I "snatched" it from Ann. It's by Bazzill Basics, smooth and no texture in a rich red. I don't know the name of the red polka dot paper as I also got this from Ann. The other DPS are from Magnolia, "So Jolly" Wrapped, and "Under the Mistletoe" Lingonberry.
Tilda was colored with Copics: Coat and Cap, R46 and R39; Coat trim, "pom pom," and shoes in E31 and E33, Present and Socks, E30 and YG97. Okay, I admit, I was lazy and basically used only two colors for each area...so I could get this done. But, most of all, we had fun eating and chatting and sharing ideas. Thanks Ann!
And, just a note for my GF Linda, yes, this card is just one layer! LOL! How did you guess I was going to wind down from stamping an image 4 times down to just one?!!! Running out of time. Thank you for stopping by today and I wish you all a very Happy Holiday Season. Enjoy yourself wherever you are or live. In Hawaii, we only have "liquid snow" which is what we call our rainy season. Catch a snowflake and think of me! Hugs to all of you!

Christmas Angel Tilda

Happy Wednesday, Everyone! It's mid-week already so not much longer for the weekend to come...and Christmas! Today's card is getting simpler in layout and pieces...like counting down I guess LOL!

My card base is the usual 5.5" square and I used Bazzill CS, then a layer of gold metallic CS, and another layer of the Bazzill CS. On top of that I used the beautiful DP from Magnolia called Christmas Angel, same name as the stamp.

I stamped Tilda only twice this time, once for the base, and then on a piece of purple faux suede and cut out her dress. I also cut out the little star Tilda is holding, colored it with Copics and added som gold Stickles. After trimming the image, I rounded the corners and matted it on the same gold metallic CS.

The music sheet you see is from Magnolia's "Silent Night" DP that I die-cut with my OLD Sizzix "Ancient Document" die, then matted that on the gold metallic CS.

I added a piece of Venetian lace but you can hardly see it. I knew it would be covered up, but I wanted a touch of "elegance" and CS strips would not do for this particular Christmas Angel. Both images were adhered with foam tape to give it some dimension. I punched some of those branches (?) with my MS punch from the gold metallic CS. The flowers are from Kaiser. Lastly, I added four half-back pearls from Basic Grey. That's it! Less stamping and less cutting...but of course the Magnolia DPs speak for themselves and I love every one in the Christmas collection.

Thank you for stopping by today, and I want you to know that all the lovely comments you ladies leave me are very much appreciated! We are all pressed for time, but you make time to drop me a note and every one is read and appreciated. Have a wonderful day, keep warm (and dry), and happy crafting!

Tilda As Santa's Helper!

Happy Tuesday, Everyone! Glad to see you all made it through Monday. My card today is very simple and much less labor intensive as my previous card. Guess I'd better start going CAS (clean and simple) or smaller in size as we're getting closer to Christmas hehehe!

My card base is 5.5" square and all CS is Bazzill. The DP here is from Basic Grey, Eskimo Kisses. I tell you, I love every design they came out with in this series. I decided to make a "pastel" card today after Sunday's glaring one.

This time, I stamped Tilda only three times, once for the base, then on a CTMH gingham check DP and cut out each "layer" of her dress separately so her "lace" would still be white, and the third on some pink faux suede for her dress band and Santa's cap, to which I also applied liquid applique and sprinkled some glitter on, then waited a while and heat embossed it. I then added a tiny snowflake on the tip of her cap.

Sometimes I think I do this so I don't have to think about which Copic colors to use that will match my papers! LOL! Cutting for me is more fun than coloring most of the times! LOL!

I had some leftover pink leaves from a favor box I made a while ago, topped it with some punched out MS branches that I added Stickles to, added a double-loop ribbon made with my "Bow Easy" and finally added a pink paper rose on top. Lastly, I punched out two snowflakes with my MS snowflake punch from some Doodlebug glitter paper, and also added little white snowflakes from "Dress It Up" buttons. I popped Tilda on foam tape. That's it!

Oh oh...the house directly behind Tilda's cap makes it look as though she has something weird on her cap! I should have moved her over a little bit more! Oh well, it's too late now.

Thank you for stopping by today, and tomorrow is hump day so we're getting close to the weekend! Keep warm and remember, people in Hawaii envy those of you who get to play in the snow (well, most of us!) while we play in sunshine! I mean, we miss the change in seasons! Happy crafting.

Tilda Wrapped Up

Happy Sunday, Everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and are ready to start a new week...and we get closer Christmas! I had some time to make a few cards over the weekend and this is the first I'd like to share with you:

This is Wrapped Tilda from Magnolia. My card base is the usual 5.5" square, and I used Bazzill for all CS. The DP is from Magnolia, "Under the Mistletoe" and it has such a beautiful feel and light texture to it!

I stamped Tilda four times: the first was for the base and I colored her skin and hair; the second one was to color and cut out her face and hair, the third time I stamped her on the DP so I could paper-piece her dress, and lastly, I stamped her on that faux suede paper and cut out her bow and socks/shoes. I love that soft suede shoes on her!

I decided to pull out that crocheted doily (again) and laced up with red satin ribbon and tied a bow at the top. I then added some MS branch punches and added Star Dust Stickles to the branches but it doesn't show up well in the pic. I then added some layered Kaiser flowers and topped it off with a paper rose from my stash. I cut a strip of CS and puched the borders with a MS border punch...don't know the name since I threw away the package and there's just too many to remember anyway! LOL! For the corners, I used my Cuttlebug corner die, and again, added som Kaiser flowers and a rose in the bottom left corner. That's it!

Thank you ever so much for stopping by today and as Christmas gets closer, we'll all be scrambling to finish cards and gifts and shop, etc. so many of us will not have too much time to blog or blog hop. And when this is all over, we have to start thinking of Valentine's Day! OMG! Time sure flies by...too fast! I wish you all a blessed week, stay safe, keep warm, and enjoy every moment!

I Won Blog Candy!

Happy Aloha (Furlough) Friday, going on Saturday, Everyone!

I just had to share this awesome blog candy I won from Maria of Marias Studio. Actually, I won some blog candy back in March/April but the package got lost in transit. Then, last week, this package arrives and it is full of all kinds of goodies. It was from Maria! I was totally shocked because actually, I had won two Cuttlebug embossing folders but she sent me a motherload of other goodies and a very cute card! Maria, thank you so very much for all these goodies! It's like Christmas came early! Please check out Maria's blog and also, she makes very pretty charms from jewelry pieces and has her first tutorial on Humble Pie Stamps. Go check it out and soon you'll be making your own cute little angel charms! Maria's tutorial is excellent and easy to follow. Now here's the cute card Maria made for me:

Thank you for stopping by today, and I wish you all a fun-filled weekend. Have fun, stay safe, and I'll be visiting you soon.

Happy crafting, Everyone!

RAKs to Give and a Christmas RAK Received

Happy Hump Day, Everyone! Boy did I almost make a big boo-boo on the title for today! I had to spell out Christmas and not use it as part of an acronym because it would almost be x-rated! Okay, dry joke! I made a few RAKs since I was on a roll with the mini easel calendar/box:

I used the same Dinner Tilda and paper pieced their dresses, but used different DPs.

Below are two more I was able to finish

I have saved the best for last! While working at the craft fair over the weekend, my sweet GF Linda popped in after she finished work on Friday and gave me this most adorable Christmas tree! It's all decorated with a "golf" theme and it is loaded with golf balls, golf clubs, golf bag, etc. I'm so ecstatic about this and this is our only Christmas tree we will put up this year! Even hubby was so impressed with this as we've never seen a tree decorated with a golf theme! Linda, thank you so very much for thinking of me in this very special way!!! Your heart is so big and filled with love, and you are what I know as a PURE FRIEND! You are spoiling me rotten girl! (But I love it... sigh!). So here it is in all it's glory:

I haven't started decorating the house yet but will this weekend. This cutie will go on a dressed up stand in front of the fireplace, among the Poinsettia pots we are getting.

I can't believe we're in to December already and soon the New Year will be staring at us in the face. Thank you for stopping by today, and I wish you all a wonderful day, every day of the week!

Oh yeah! I did not renew my subscription to Feedblitz in case you are wondering why you aren't receiving any email updates. I'm not good with the computer/programs so I need to find a way to have you subscribe again in another way. Until then, I apologize for the inconvenience, but please stop by from time to time when you can. I really appreciate that.

Gift Set with Two Tildas

Happy Aloha Friday and happy Black Friday, Everyone! Guess everyone will be heading out to shop for bargains or wait in long lines to snag some great stuff. This really makes me realize that Christmas will be here soon! I put together a gift set for a friend I won't be seeing until the start of the New Year and I hope she likes it.
I made another mini easel box card with a calendar and a matching little gift box. I found the pattern for the gift box on Cornish Heritage Farms by Tracy Harp.
For the easel card/calendar, I used Magnolia's Spring Tilda, and the sentiment is from Hero Arts. I punched it out with SU! curly label punch
For the gift box, I used Magnolia's Tilda as Butterfly and computer generated the "I Love you This Much," punched it out with SU! word window punch.
Because there was so much going on with this box, I decided to make a little tag and put it on top of the box lid. It's from a Sizzix Happy Tags #2 die, the rectangle scallop die. I used my SU slit punch and punched the top of the tag as far in as the slit punch would go and it created an upside down half moon so I could fold the tag in half and insert it in the slit. I then adhered it with a little bow to the lid.
I used SU! Lavender Lace for the CS and base of both items, and the DP is from Laura Ashley's Sycamore Purple Collection. Both images are adhered with foam tape to give it some dimension. Oh yeah, the filligree and brad on the drawer is also from SU!
Thank you very much for stopping by today and spending some time with me. Most of you are out braving the crowd but I'll be heading out the door later this afternoon to work at one of Hawaii's largest and oldest (23rd year) Christmas Craft and Gift Show that starts at 5:00 PM. It ends at 10:00 PM and runs through the weekend. Maybe I can do some Christmas shopping there. To all you wonderful people out there, have a wonderful weekend, stay safe, and I hope you visit again.

VINTAGE ROSE TILDA

Surprise! Well, happy Tuesday, Everyone! I did get a chance to make another card over the weekend after spending some "girls' day out" with my BFF Denise and her daughter Jamee!

I just love, love, love this new Tilda Vintage Rose image from the new ummm, I think Christmas Collection...can someone out there help me properly identify this image and set name?
Anyways, my card base is the usual 5.5" square that I love because you do much more on this size card. I used a double-sided CS from Worldwin but I cut off the label so that's all the info I have. (sorry) I then laid a slightly smaller piece of DP from Magnolia called "White Christmas - Vintage Christmas Rose." The DPs from Magnolia have such a nice weight and a slight texture and they are all gorgeous!!!

I colored Tilda with Copics (R81, 83, 85, and 89, G95, 97) and added some Golden Rod Stickles to her head band, and some Silver Stickles to the area just above her head band but you can't tell in the photo. I cut her out using my Nesties Label One die, the two largest sizes. I then punched out some ferns with the MS punch, and added some paper roses. The ribbon is from my stash, and lastly I die-cut the corner pieces with my Cuttlebug corner dies.

This is the inside of the card. No matter how times I tried to get a better pic, it just wasn't happening! I realized it's because of the "bulky roses" on the front of my card that kept it tilted at an angle, so I'm sorry for this horrible pic! Yep, I'm just a cardmaking amateur that can't take pics! LOL!

The sentiment is from SU! All Holidays. I tried to keep the layout going on the inside. Again, I used my Nesties Label One die. So, that's it for this card. It came together rather quickly, maybe because everything coordinated...DPs and Tilda stamp.

Thank you very much for stopping by today, and I may have another project to post tomorrow.

Hope your week has started off well, and soon it will be gobble, gobble time so I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! We must all remember to count our blessings as we sometimes forget it is all around us so this is a good time to reflect on the immaterial things we have, like family, friends, good health, and seeing another day. Love to all of you! Stay safe, and don't forget about Black Friday!!! (Just kidding!).

Lovely RAK from a Dear Friend

Happy Monday, Everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful, fun-filled weekend.

I finally got to take a pic of a lovely RAK I received from my GF Linda. I was working at a craft fair and wasn't able to really enjoy my weekend (sigh!) and lo and behold, who comes up to our booth...yep! Linda in all her glorious self, smiling and waving a package at me. Can you imagine my delight when I opened the package and found this BEAUTIFUL pair of crystal butterfly earrings! Linda knows how much I love butterflies so she surprised me with this and it really cheered me up, first of all to see her, and with her special RAK. Linda, thank you so much for making the day go by so much faster! I will always think of you when I wear them. People around us must've been wondering what all the excitement was all about because if you know Linda, you know she's an expressive person and her personality just exudes laughter, humor, and a great time! You must check out her blog, Simple and Sassy Creations, if you haven't already done so, and you will see all the wonderful things she creates, and how much love and "aloha" the island gals have for her. She's truly a gem and I am so blessed to have her as a friend! AND, yep, we met through blogging so isn't it just wonderful meeting people in cyberspace and actually becoming real live friends?!!! I cherish all the friends I have made in cyberspace and know you all do, too!

Well, thanks for sharing this joyous moment with me, and I know it's commonplace for all of us who have made friends across the gl0be! Have a blessed week, ladies, and keep crafting!