Poppy Friday!

Hello and thanks for popping in! After a couple of recent trips to Buffalo Stamps and Stuff I fell in love with these little Poppy Stamps! I got a couple, but then had to order to doggy online. I used copics to color my little duo here and used some great Cosmo Cricket paper from Garden Variety and some October Afternoon from Fly a Kite. I stitched like crazy in red thread and used my typical bow and button to finish it off. Just a fun card, IMO!

We have had some gorgeous spring weather here in Western New York for the last couple of weeks. The sky is clear and blue and the air is so clean. Green is emerging everywhere you look. Wonderful spring shades of green! I would give anything to sit and drink my coffee on the back deck instead of going to work! Here is what I see from my deck-one of my gardens.
We have some funky grass out back that is still brown, but once it's green it stays green into November no matter if we have a lack of rain in the summer.

Well, thanks for visiting me and our backyard today! I appreciate it so much! Will get back to our beloved Tildas this weekend!

Have a great day! Cheryl

I used E30, E31 and E25 for the dog

R24, 29 and 59 for the reds

BG11, BG13 and BG18 for the blue

E000, E11 and R20 for the skin.

New card, Same Tilda!

I couldn't let the weekend go without a post so I want to show you a card I made for Sharon at my LSS. I used the same Tilda as on the previous post. She is called Spring Tilda, but I think she can be used all year! I love her polka dotted shirt! She is a sweet, little thing! She came to me from Magnolia-licious!

To decide on her colors I went for this terrific Cosmo Cricket dp called Early Bird! I'm crazy about it! You can scroll down to see an earlier post with Tilda and her watering can and this paper. My card stock choices are Poppy Red (PTI) and So Saffron (SU). I used an EK Success scallop punch and PTI ribbon and buttons.

Guess there isn't much more to say tonight! I am getting excited about summer! Only 3 weeks to go! This will be the first summer in awhile that I haven't taken a class-finished my 30 hours past my Masters' Degree and that's it for me!

Please check the post below and leave a comment to win the set (an I plan to toss in some other goodies!) if you haven't already. I think I'll close it Tuesday, June 9 at 6:00 and pick a winner.

Working on another Angel's Landing project that you can see on Wednesday, but I may have another card (Magnolia?) before then!

So here are the colors I used:

BG10, Bg11, BG72, BG18, YR68, R17, R46, R37, R39, YG21, YG91, YG95, Y32, YR12

Her face is E000, E01, and E93 for her cheeks. Y21, Eo9 and E37 for her hair.

Thanks for visiting! See you soon, I hope! Thanks for all the nice comments on the blog hop! There will be more!

Tilda the Early Bird gardener!

Good Thursday morning! This card came about by happy circumstances! I had colored her face and hair awhile ago and set her aside. Inspiration can take time! I've been working with these Cosmo Cricket Early Bird papers on some other cards and decided to put some of the scraps together for a card bg. Then I set that aside. The other night I wanted to color something and didn't they just fit together, so I went through my copics and did my best to match the paper colors. Now here she is! The ribbon and buttons are from Papertrey. The nestiblility ovals are from the petite collection so they are long and more narrow. I used my "airbrush" method of a juicy ink pad PTI aqua mist, in this case) and a 1 inch stencil brush. Tilda is cut out and raised on dimensionals. Stickles were added so this garden angel sparkles in the sun as she is working in her garden! I wish I was doing that today!

Here she is in her close up shot! Thanks so much for looking!

Copics used are as follows:

FAce R20, Eooo, Eo1

Hair and boots-sorry, I'm not sure.

Pants, Bg10 and Bg72

Can YG91, YG21, YG25, YG95, G99 (I had some trouble getting it to look the way I wanted!)

Pant cuffs YG21, Y06, touch of E13

Jacket YR68, R46, R17, R37, R39

Tilda with her watering can is available at Magnolia-licious right now!

I do appreciate that you visited today and thanks so much for the lovely comments on the Spring rain card!

Have a great day!

Cheryl

Singin' in the Rain!

Well, I'm singin' in the sun, BUT you DON'T want to hear me sing! I just got my Tilda with umbrella stamp and I love her!! She is so cute in her striped slicker and I couldn't wait to ink her up! I just finished this card and I'm so sorry my photos aren't very good. Still working on the light box because the cats destroyed the first one!
ETA:
This Tilda is available now at Magnolia-licious-#348 Tilda in spring Rain! Great price, too Link is on my sidebar! I colored Tilda with my copic markers. As soon as I saw her I knew I wanted to use shades of blue and green to color her clothing! I added Crystal Effects to her boots and white gel pen around the image. I also used a spica silver pen on the zipper. The paper is from Cosmo Cricket and is called Early Bird.

I will also say that I was somewhat concerned because I couldn't cut her out and keep the puddle and the raindrops which are perfectly drawn. Also, the angles on the image had me concerned about stamping her straight. Well, fear not! She stamped beautifully! I kept her leg straight and the angled boot balances the angle of the umbrella. Perfect! When stamped she has these neat edges at the top right and bottom left to work with. Excellent for a sentiment button or the ribbon and flower that I used. Hope this makes sense and isn't just weird ramblings!

Here she is close up!

And here are my colors:

Hair Y21, E08 and E37

Skin: E000, E01, R20

Blues BG10, Bg72 and Bg18

Greens TG21, YG91, YG17, YG95

others: YR31, E53 and Yo6

Thanks so much for coming back! I will try to make it a shorter time between posts!

Have a splendid day!

Cheryl

Saturday!!

Hi!! So much to do, but I wanted to have a Saturday card for you! This is the card I sent to the 4 Magnolia-lcious members who were being rained on in April! My "rain" was a little late and I hope they forgive me!

My coloring was inspired by this fantastic cosmo Cricket paper. I love the lace and gray tones! The bg is another sheet from the same collection. It's Beau-ti-ful!

For just a pop of color I made her rose pink and added sparkle to it. The gray taffeta ribbon is from SU and the yellow cardstock that matched best was So Saffron and Sahara sand.

This is my first girl with "black" hair. I hope she doesn't look like an old lady instead!!

Off to get my Saturday work done so I can go to some greenhouses this afternoon!

Happy Birthday to my sister, Marilu!!

Hope you have a great day! Thanks for coming to my blog!!

Cheryl

Tilda with Puppy

Good morning! I finished this card early this morning and wanted to get it posted before I'm off to do some outside work. Of course, you recognize Tilda with Puppy from the Love Collection. She is adorable! You may have seen this card by the talented Kelly Lunceford (atomic butterfly) yesterday:
Kelly's card.

I completely copied her use of the Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday paper! She put these patterns together so beautifully! I think she may have started with this week's Mojo Monday sketch.

I just HAD to use these colors with Tilda!

copics used are:

E000, E01, R20, E31, E33, E35, E37, BG000. Bg10, Y38, YR16, Rv21, RV13, Rv19.

Thanks for coming by! I really appreciate all the wonderful comments I get from you.

Have a beautiful Saturday!

New Year's Tilda for FS99

Hi everyone! I had colored one of these Tildas to use on a card today. Then I saw the Featured stamper on SCS and was inspired to also make an altered tin. I didn't have anything to fill it so I lined the box in Chocolate Chip and Riding Hood Red cardstock. Here's the inspiration piece that I used. thanks, Barbara (stampfilleddreams)!
My card uses the wonderful new paper by Cosmo Cricket called Chemistry. Great colors and patterns, but they don't scream Valentine's Day, so you can use them for other things. the border punch is a Martha Stewart lattice work punch. To make the background behind Tilda I swirl color on my white nestability shape with a stencil brush. Adirondack inks in Cranberry and Butterscotch give this great coral color. I LOVE it!

The Tilda is colored the same way. On the the tin I also used the awesome Basic Grey paper Bittersweet and Urban Prairie. The ribbon is Berry Sorbet from Papertrey Ink.

Copic colors used are shades of brown-E31, E33, E35, E37 and E47.

Pinks and corals include Eoo and E02 for her face with R20 fro cheeks

The others are R11, R42, R32, R35 and R29.

Her hair starts with Buttercup yellow and I add a little brighter yellow and then some of my browns to it. I'm not crazy about the blond hair I make, still trying to find the right combo.