Tilda Is Having a PJ Kind of Day!

Happy Monday Everyone! Hope you all had lots to eat celebrating Mother's Day. Well, as today rolls around, I'm feeling lazy so I passed the mood on to Tilda. She's having a PJ day and is loving it! Don't you just love this Dreamy Tilda? She has that pondering, lazy, thinking kind of look. I colored her with Copics (RV02 and R81, R83, E15, E18), stamped the sofa from Alota Rubber Stamps on Colorbok Deena's Closet DP, tranquility sentiment from H&M Stamps (Old English), the other is Magnolia with my handwritten sentiment. Use flower soft for the flowers, MS doily punch for the "curtain" and that's about it. We all need to treat ourself to a PJ day once in a while, so enjoy it when you can! Thank you for stopping by, and have a wonderful week!

Magnolia-Licious Butterfly Wings

Good afternoon Everyone! I decided to make a card for the Magnolia-licious "Butterfly Wings" challenge. Please join the fun! You just design your own Butterfly Tilda by adding butterfly wings to an existing Tilda image. The wings can be hand drawn, or a butterfly stamp can be used, whatever you think of. Suzan Laverty came up with this novel challenge and she will pick the winner. Send your photo to Diana at ladydian@shaw.ca and she will upload it to the Butterfly Wings Gallery on her store website!

Daily Inspiration

Happy Aloha Friday Gals! Are we all ready for the weekend of fun creating and celebrating Mother's Day? My sister and I took my Mom to brunch today since she doesn't like "crowds" now that she's getting on in age. A time to reflect on who we are, how we were raised, how we treat or treasure people, and who have come into our lives and touched us in a positive way. Well, my life now evolves around crafting, and I have met many wonderful, talented people. Firstly, the one who encouraged me to start blogging, is Joy Nekonishi Uyehara and she has bestowed upon me this Inspiration Award (thank you ((again)), Joy!). The rules she gave us are: 1) link back to the person who gave it to you; 2) put the picture/award on your blog; 3) you can nominate anyone and as many as you choose; 4) leave a fact that no one knows about you; 5) leave a comment on the blog that gave you this award.

Fact: The name I use on my blog, is the name I used on my GET license hundreds of years ago when I was in a group of 5 gals making children's items and selling to some local stores!

Okay, now I nominate: Norma, Justine, Candy, Christine, Tricia. To Everyone out there, have a wonderful weekend and thank you for stopping by!

Another Award from Linda!

Oh my, these island gals surely are filled with the Aloha spirit! Isn't that nice? I just received the Love Award from Linda (thank you Linda!) and I just sent it to her last night so we kinda "crossed over" and I had to chuckle to myself. That being said, I send this award to ALL of you who visit my blog and leave me such lovely and encouraging comments. Crafters that share make the world go round with so much fun and making new friends! Happy day to ALL of you and thank you for sharing your talent!

I Am Truly Blessed - Another Award

(Note: Edited to correct the blogsite for J's Knicknacks!)

It must be full moon time because I feel so blessed by all my blogging friends. Kyoko (thank you, Kyoko!!!) passed this Love Award on to me, and I am so touched by her genuine concern. She PM'd me to see if everything was okay with me because I hadn't posted for a while...just like her...big warm heart. I am to pass this on to five others, and it's a very hard decision, and is so deserving of ALL of you who take the time to visit and cheer me on. I would, however, like to mention a few of you that I know will continue to spread the love, and they are: Joy, who encouraged me to start blogging from my PCP days (thank you Joy!) and is known as the queen of shaker cards, Cheryl, who designs for her husband's store (J's Knicknacks) and has great tutorials, Linda, who boosts my spirit and has so many wonderful projects, Joy, my first "swap buddy" and Dew Drops provider, and Chris, our fearless leader for Nicole's Inky Impressions design team. To all my friends in blogland, I wish you love and happiness for being who you are! Have a wonderful week Everyone!

Magnolia-licious May Sketch Challenge Card#2

I'm back again this Sunday evening with card #2 I made for the Magnolia-licious May sketch challenge. (See my first posted earlier, below.) But I'm not sure which one I will submit. This time, I used the sunflower Tilda...thought I'd "lighten up" a bit from the last "darker" card I made. I used foam tape to pop up my image and the sentiment.

Here's the recipe:

Stamps: Magnolia, Making Memories-Flower Patch (sentiment), Alota Rubber Stamps (background)

Paper: SU! pink pirouette CS, Basic Grey Two Scoops DP
Copics: Body: E50, R00, E00; Dress: R81, R83, B41, G40; Flower: Y11, Y15, Y18, YG23

Hair: E34, YR24
Others: Lace trim, ribbon, from stash, small flowers from Flora-Dec.

I aslo wanted to share a small tidbit with you that has made me very happy and honored. About a month ago, Diana emailed me and asked if she could post a few of my cards in the Magnolia store gallery. Of course, I was elated and said "Yes!" So, if you happen to shop at her store, you'll find four of my cards in the "Chasing Butterflies" gallery, and two in the "Easter" gallery. I am truly blessed, and have you all to thank for in constantly giving me a "booster" shot with your comments and support. I will always treasure the friendships I have made and thank you for sharing with me your talents so I can continue to grow. I wish you all a fabulous week ahead and thank you again, for stopping by.

Magnolia-licious May Sketch Challenge - Warning - Long Post

Well, happy Sunday Everyone out there in blog land. I know, it's been a long time since my last post (project) but I've been busy and didn't have a chance to play. Okay, enuff ramblings. I decided to do my first Magnolia-licious sketch challenge, and then ended up making two cards, one with a rectangle focal point, and the other a square. Just like me, undecisive! LOL! For this card, I used Tilda from the Chasing Butterflies collection holding a basket of flowers. It's pretty straight-forward but the recipe is below, other than the Tilda stamp since I used only one hehehe.

Paper: CTMH pansy purple CS, Bazzill bling Tiara, Basic Grey Wisteria pad

Copics: Hair: E34, YR24 (same for basket); Flowers: R89, C3, YG23

Other: Sizzix "Frame" original die (doesn't have a descriptive name!), lace trim from stash, half pearls, EK Success flourish punch, a flattened "bead cap" to adorn the Prima flower.

I also added some tiny rhinestones to each of the flowers and on Tilda 's hair ribbon. I cut around the basket to have it outside of the frame while the rest of her is behind (inside) the frame. Well, that's all folks! (Card is 5.5" square.)

You can purchase your Magnolia stamps from Diana over at Magnolia-licious. Diana is very generous and offers free shipping to the US and Canada, to all Magnolia-licious members. In addition, for the month of May, you can get 50% off against the least expensive stamp with a minimum $25 purchase! How can you beat this?! All you have to do is put in the words "WORMS" and "Magnolia-licious member" in the Comment section to receive these perks. So simple! She also includes some extra treats with your order! You can't beat this! Want to play in the May Sketch Challenge? You must use a Magnolia stamp, then email your card to Diana at ladydian@shaw.ca and she will upload it to the sketch challenge gallery.

Phew! I told you this would be long...but I'm not quite done yet. I have another card to upload shortly. Thank you all for visiting and leaving me such nice comments; I truly appreciate your taking the time.

"Gramma" Tilda with Hat

Happy Monday going on Tuesday, Everyone. The reason I entitled her "Gramma" Tilda is because after I colored her up to match the DP, I went to check on the name of this MME Wild Asparagus DP and it read "My Gramma Floral" so I had to chuckle to myself and say, "no wonder I was driven to color her with drab colors" and actually, there aren't too many bright colors in the design right? Anways, the base is SU! very vanilla, then cranberry crisp cardstock, the MME DP. I bought these great crocheted doilies from a recent trade show that was in town this weekend but it is stark white so I distressed it with TH scattered straw and frayed burlap, then I wove some ribbon through the holes and tied a bow at the top. I punched two circles from the MME DP and placed one on the back of the doily, added foam tape pieces through the doily, then placed the second circle over it so I would have a "base" to attach to my card. There wasn't much room to add any more embellies so I left it as it and instead, completed the inside of the card (yay!) and added a sentiment, "Beautiful is what you're about ... inside and out" by Stampendous (2001!). I hope the weather is a little better tomorrow because it's golf day for me! Thank you for visiting with me and I wish you all a wonderful week!

Sunshine-y Tilda (with Tulips)

Happy sunny Sunday Everyone! I felt like making a sunshine-y card today so I picked Tilda with her tulips. I used SU! Summer Sun cardstock for the base (5.5" square), DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies DP, a white floral embossed cardstock (but you can't tell in the pic, and has no manufacturer's name) that I punched out with my EK Success sunflower (?) punch for the sun. I stamped Tilda with Memento Black and colored her with Copics (face: E50, R00, E00; dress: R81, R83, E0000-lace trim; tulips: Y11, Y15, Y18, YG223). I cut Tilda and mounted her with foam tape on the yellow ribbon placed on a strip of white lace. I also colored and cut two tulip bunches and mounted them on the border, and also two more bows for Tilda's hair and one for the bunch of tulips. The sentiment is from Printworks (2003!). That's it for today...lazy kind of Sunday so something fast was my goal. Have a wonderful week coming up and thank you for stopping by today.

The Second Time Around Is Even Sweeter - Thank You JOY!

What a pleasant surprise to come home after shopping and lunching to check my email and find this Smile Award from Joy of Tamiko's! This gal is multi-talented and also has a web store on her blog. I recently bought several new dew drops in Snowflakes, Satin Cherry, Berrylicious, Kiwi, Glacier and Baby Bottle, and some papers from her and I swear it came so fast and very well packaged. The great part of it is, if you spend $25 or more, she offers Free Shipping!!! So go check out Joy's site and do some shopping! Thank you, Joy! That was very nice of you to think of me. I am honored!

And now, I'd like to pass this award on to friends I have made since I started blogging this year and they have encouraged me and left so many nice comments to keep me inspired to learn more and try harder to improve my cardmaking skills. There are so many talented gals out there and each has their own style to learn from. This is hard but here they are and in no particular order:

1. Teri ... Big Ideas From a Little Girl

2. Kyoko ... Cards And Tags Mania

3. Maria ... Stampin Inspirations by Maria

4. Jodi ... Inked Inspirations

5. Cheryl ... Life Is Sweet

You will definitely be inspired by all their creativity and love for sharing their talent. Stop by and say hello to these wonderful gals who put a smile on my face every day. Thank you for sharing in the crafting spirit by supporting one another. Have a wonderful, creative weekend!

Chalsie Shared Her Smile With Me!

I received this blog award from sweet Chalsie of Paper Kisses! She has some dynamic projects on her site that you just have to check out if you haven't already. She's so creative and makes and sells alot of her items, specializing in "gift" items for all occasions. Very talented gal. Thank you very much Chalsie...I feel honored for you to have thought of me!

I'm supposed to pass this award to 5 people, and they are:

1. Christine of It's My Life

2. Tricia of Simply Stamping

3. Marsha of Stamping Down South

4. Denise of Denise Loves Stamps

5. Jenny V of Jenny's Creations

Please visit their sites to see all their wonderful creations and send them a smile.

Christine's Blog Celebration 50,000 Hits

Hi Everyone! My friend Christine of It's My Life, is celebrating her 50,000 views on her blog. Visit her blog here as she will be posting the prizeS she will be giving away (yes, prizes, not just one). Lets all help her celebrate this milestone! Thank you for stopping by today.