February Magnolia class

This is a busy card class week for me. So far I've been to three classes and I have one more on Saturday at Archiver's with my best friend Liz. After class we'll be heading out for a late lunch at Applebee's. I love Applebee's 550 or less calorie menu.

Enough about food. Here's a picture of the cards from the first class I took earlier this week at The Scrapbook Page. I love Tilda from Magnolia stamps and Julie Case who designed these cards did a great job with them. These would have been great for Valentine's Day, but can be used for someone's anniversary or whenever you want to show love to someone.

All cards are 6 x 6.

CC Designs cards

Aren't these cards cute? They were designed by Julie Case and the class (Copic cards 2011) was held yesterday afternoon at Scrapbook Page in Shawnee Mission, KS.

The stamped images used from C.C. Designs are: Ladybug Nora, Birgitta with Sunflower (had to purchase this one a the sunflower is the state flower of KS). Ski Bunny Trevor, Cupcake Kiki (also had to purchase this one too), and Nora in Winter Coat.

The only additions I made to these cards is that I added Stardust Stickles to the wings on Cupcake Kiki, Ladybug Nora, and Birgitta with Sunflower. I also add some Stardust Stickles under Trevor's skis. I also added a small red jewel on top of the cupcake.

I'm afraid I'll become addicted to these stamps like I have the Magnolia stamps. Oh well.

I'm thinking of adding a sentiment to the Nora in Winter Coat that would be Happy Brrrrithday. Now need to decide who has a birthday in February for me to send it to.

If anyone is interested in purchasing these cards, feel free to e-mail me at WindyGEM@earthlink.net. I can always make more!

Happy Tilda Retirement card

Here's another retirement card that I made for a friend at BCBSKC. I found a similar easel/congratulations card yesterday as I was looking through some other blogs of people who make cards using Magnolia/Tilda stamps. I don't remember the card designer's name to give that person credit, but I did want to mention this wasn't my own design.

I used Happy Tilda. I know Judy is happy for the people who are retiring. Every single one of the folks retiring have put in many years in the IT department at BCBSKC.

The base of the card is brown cs and is 5 1/2 by 5 1/2. The other designer papers are from a Basic Grey paper pad.

Tilda was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics. Nestabilities were used to cut the circles. The Congratulations on your Retirement stamp is from Northwoods.

Good Times

I have a friend who is an employee at BCBSKC. She needed some retirement cards for a couple of retirements that will occur early next year.

This card uses a stamp set from Our Craft Lounge. I found this stamp set at the Our Craft Lounge display at the Scrap and Rubberstamp Expo in Las Vegas in October. I bought that set with making retirement cards in mind. I'm glad I did. Even though Archiver's carries Our Craft Lounge stamps sets, I have not seen this set at our local stores.

It is a 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 card with a black card base. I used tropical breeze cs (4 x 5 1/4) for the next layer. I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the image with copics. I used circle Nestabilities on the saying and the silver mirror paper. I cut a piece of black to represent the base of a crystal ball.

Inside the card on a piece of white card stock is the saying Congratulations on your Retirement. That stamp is from Northwoods.

Tilda with gifts

I love Maggie's! In the current issue of the Magnolia magazine on page 33 is card using the Tilda with gifts stamp. I had previously made a card like it, but at that time I did not have the this Tilda stamp. I used a Betsy Blue Bell stamp from Penny Black and that card was done in reds like the one in the magazine.

When I got the Tilda with Gifts stamp, I knew I wanted to do a card in blue using it. I love the color blue and I love the blue paper from BoBunny so I knew I had to combine it and the stamp.

The card is 5 1/2 X 5 1/2. The base card is Night of Navy from SU. All other papers and the ribbon are from BoBunny. I stamped Tilda using Memento tuxedo black. The saying on the tag is from Impression Obsession.

Riley finds his tree

Two new cards for you today.

This first card was inspired by "Miss Boo" in the Riley and Company gallery on Splitcoaststampers.com.

It is 4 1/4 by 5 1/2. Riley was stamped using Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored with Copics. I used E31, E33, E35 and E37 on Riley. The reds I used were R32 and R35. At this time, I don't remember the numbers of the greens.

The christmas tree paper is from K & Company. I used the snowflake embossing folder from Cuttlebug on the piece of white paper. I applied the embossed white cs and the christmas tree paper to a 4 X 5 1/4 piece of red cs and tied a white ribbon around it before applying those three pieces to the base white card. I used Nestabilites to cut both the scalloped circle and the regular round circle.

Birthday card using Wilma from Magnolia

One of my former BCBSKC co-workers let me know she needed a birthday card with a dog on it. I fell in love with Wilma when I saw her on the back cover of issue #5 Magnolia magazine.

I stamped Wilma using Memento Rich Cocoa brown ink. She was colored with copics. The Happy birthday stamp is from Stampendous. I put Icicle stickles on the rose. The designer paper is from Doodlebug and the green polka dot paper is from BoBunny.