Paper Bag Valentine

Hello and Happy Wednesday! I can't believe it's already February 1st! January sure did fly by, didn't it? I hope the rest of the winter flies by as well and then everything can sllloooowwww down for spring, summer and fall!! Today I am showing you a paperbag card I made for a swap on the Cricut Message Board. It hasn't been mailed yet, so I'm hoping my partner doesn't take a peek at my blog any time soon!! LOL! I used an older Maggie, Cross-Stitch Tilda, she is one of my favorites! She's colored with prismacolors and the flowers are prima. I hand cut the pennant and used rub-on lettering. The heart stickpins were pink, so I had to glitter them up to match! On the left inside is a small pocket that I added a glassine envelope with a Tilda image for my partner to color herself, the calendar embellishment is Jenni Bowlin. On the right side is a doily layered with a Magnolia heart. I've glittered up a lot of parts, but it doesn't show up well in the pictures... I have a Magnolia stamp in the main pocket of the card and I added a header for pulling it out. I'm going to enter it in the following two challenges:
http://www.officialmagnoliainspirationchallenge.blogspot.com Valentine
http://www.magnolia-liciouschallengeblog.blogspot.com inspiration phot0(i used the colors) Thank you so much for stopping to see my latest creation and letting me know what you think!!
Hugs,
Teri

Hello...Valentine!

Hello on this gloomy Tuesday afternoon! We had a tiny bit of sunshine yesterday and then the wind and rain started! Today it's just downright cold and cloudy! I am so ready for spring and summer and we haven't even had much winter yet!! I need the sun!!! Another pink card today, I just seem to gravitate toward that color, do any of you do that? I will probably need to push myself to choose a different color scheme next, but oh, Valentines is near and how can you possibly resist pinks, and reds and whites??? Not me! This one will be for my Mom, I am always trying to make a card with some meaning and since we have 6 kids in our family, the six hearts seemed to be a perfect choice for her!! I apologize for the dark pictures, but there is no sunlight available today! I made a criss-cross card and added a belly band that most of the embellishments are on! The Maggie is Ribbon Tilda from the Christmas Collection, I love that she can be used for so many different reasons!! The flowers are Prima and I colored with my prismacolor pencils, of course and the skin with the prismacolor markers. I swear someday I am going to work with copics!!!!! But for now, my pencils are my comfort zone! The paper is from MME, the Lost and Found collection... I LOVE this paper!!!! I have a quiet night coming up, Bill is going to the hunting store and dinner for a guys night out, so I have time to play with my stamps and pencils!! I have a lot of Saturated Canary images just begging to be colored... they are soooo beautiful... another obsession!!! Have a wonderful evening and week!!
Hugs,
Teri

Sweet...

Well, I guess it's about time I get back to posting on this poor, neglected blog!!! I was without internet off and on for almost three months!! Yikes!!! But everything is good now, so I'm back!! And I have a new project, a Valentine Card, most likely for my sweetie pie granddaughter! I used Prima paper, Sweet Fairy and of course, a darling Maggie! She's not the original one I colored, after I finished with it, I didn't like how high up she was sitting, so I used my Un-du to take her off and when it was time to reposition her, I noticed yellow streaks on her face!!! The un-do has discolored all the places I had colored with my prismacolor markers!! Oh my gosh, I couldn't believe it!! So after sitting in disbelief for about a half hour, I started looking through my stash of colored up Maggies and found this one!! A happy ending because she actually looks better on the card!!!! I have added a chipboard tag and corner that have been edged with chunky glitter!! Hope everyone had a fabulous holiday, ours was wonderful, very relaxing and fun!! Over way too soon though!!! I'm going to enter this in the magnolia-licious highlites challenge blog and the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog.
I'll be posting more often!! Thanks for looking!!
Challenges: http://www.magnolia-licioushighlites.blogspot.com Valentine inspired
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com Spots and Stripes
Have a great week!!
Hugs,
Teri

Pretty in Pink...

Me again with a card for the Just Magnolia challenge... this time it's Pink in honor of breast cancer awareness! Please make sure you get your mammograms!!!! I hate all cancers and this one has hit very close to home with a very good friend, it's so frustrating!!! I chose to make a tri-fold shutter card, I haven't done one for so long and they are lots of fun! My Maggie is colored with prisma pencils and gamsol, using the prismacolor markers for her skin. The flowers are Prima, the little heart charm and ribbon I had in my stash. The background paper is actually a beautiful shade of green, it photographed more of a grey color. I used sentiments from Magnolia, The Angel Company and Inkadinkado. And the pink patterned paper is Heidi Swapp! Her dress ribbon, flower and shoes are glittered up... they also show up better in real life! Hope you all enjoy my new creation and make sure to take care of YOU!!!!
Hugs,
Teri
www.justmagnolia.blogspot.com Pink for breast cancer awareness

Have a cup of Tea!

Good Morning!! I feel like the rain is never going to stop here!! Pretty soon, we're going to need to build an ark!!! I guess I should just be thankful it's not snow!!! Oh how I dread that!!!
My project today is a little tea box! Over at the Magnolia-licious challenge blog, they want to see green, blue, white or clear and I just happened to have this little Maggie colored up already!! Meant to be!! At the Magnolia-licious highlites blog, it's get well, thinking of you, feel better time! So I looked at all my little things waiting to be altered and spotted this little box! The design team at Magnolia have posted the cutest projects and got me thinking about all the colds and flu going around. I originally was going to put tissues in it, but I'm not sure they will fit, so tea bags it is! This is going to be entered in the following challenges:
http://www.magnolia-liciouschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ green, blue, white or clear
http://www.magnolia-licioushighlites.blogspot.com/ get well, feel better, thinking of you
http://www.stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/ anything goes
Wow! Three challenges... a record for me!! LOL!
Hope it's sunny and warm for you... I'm off to clean the house and work on a cool storage thing for my craft room... can't wait to show you!!!!
Hugs,
Teri

Thank You, My Friend!

Hey all!!! I got back from a fabulous five days in North Carolina with my best friend and we had a blast!! It rained a couple of the days, but it didn't stop us from hitting the antique stores and flea markets... we just needed more time!!! LOL!! I so enjoyed myself and wanted to send Pat a special thank you card! I just love this little Maggie, so sweet!!! The lace is some that I found at one of the antique stores... love it!! The ledger paper behind Tilda is from an old book, I love that look, too! She is colored with my prismacolor pencils and the face and arms with the markers! The border is a Martha Stewart punch... I think it's going to be a new favorite!!! Vintage buttons... the inside is pretty plain... lots of room for a note to her! I didn't use flowers because it needs to be mailed and I thought I'd better keep it kind of flat! Hope you like it, thanks for all the sweet comments that you leave, they mean so much to me!!!
Hugs,
Teri

Missed It!!!

Happy Saturday!! Oh my gosh, what a weather change from last weekend!! It is gorgeous, I have all the windows open... fresh air... yay!!! My knee is giving me HUGE problems, though, so I'm moving very slowly... my lovely daughter-in-law even bought me a cane! It's got a cute pattern, so I'm using it! heehee! I leave for a five day getaway with one of my best friends, we're going to North Carolina, the Pinehurst area, just the two of us... I can't wait! It will be so great to just talk, shop and relax! We do everything on a slower pace, so I think I'll be fine! Anyway, this is a long overdue card for another friend... her birthday was in September... I can't believe I forgot it! The colors I used are sooo bright for me, I don't normally do them... but I guess it turned out okay. I had Tilda all colored up for a long time... of course, my usual prismacolor pencils. I hope the idea comes across.... the party's over and all that!! Thanks for looking, off to clean my house... slowly... and enjoy the weather!!! Hope it's beautiful where you are and thank you so much for stopping by!!!!!
Hugs,
Teri