Magnolia-Licious and Wee Stamps Summer Blog Hop

It's time for a little Summer Fun at Magnolia-Licious and both Team A and B have joined together for a super fun Blog Hop with a Summer theme!
Now you should have come to me from the super talented Sharon if not then please hop back to the start at the Magnolia-Licious Blog so you can find out all the ways to win and so you don't miss a single spot on the hop.
Be sure to leave me a comment as that is part of the entry process and you don't want to miss out.
I decided to go with a bunch of minis, some from the Special Moments collection and some other favorites from previous collections
I also took advantage of my wonderful Scor-Pal to make the flowerpot and the oval rosette flowers

Project Recipe:
Images - Mini Tilda in Key Largo, Mini Tilda Offshore, Mini Sakura Tilda, Mini Love Love Love Tilda and Mini Doo Bee Pops Tilda
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper and Houses - Sunny Side by My Minds Eye
Scoring Tool - Scor-Pal
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Oval Punch - Family Treasures
Butterfly Die - Vivienne Butterfly by Memory Box
Banner Die - My Favorite Things
Leaves - Stamps and Dies by Heartfelt Creations
Flower Dies - Ellentina by Tessler
Twine - The Twinery
Ribbon - May Arts
Letters - Target
Wooden Dowel - Walmart
Paint - Apple Barrel in Kiwi

Now I absolutely loved making this project and it is now sitting proudly on my mantel reminding me to enjoy the Summer even if it is too hot to go outside!
Now you have had my slice of Summer it is time to HOP HOP HOP ON OVER to Norma to see her fabulous creation! But don't forget to leave me a comment, you don't want to miss out on a chance for our prize :)
Katie This project is entered in the following challenges
Challenges:
Hobby House - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Craft Lovin - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Eureka Stamps - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Pennys Paper Crafty - Anything Goes with Swirls (the curls on the die cut leaves)
Love To Scrap - Anything But a Card
The Paper Shelter - Anything But a Card
Crafting Musketeers - Use a Stamped Image (1 entry only)
Quirky Crafts - More than One Fold
Sugar Creek Hollow - Mixed Media
Crafty Calendar - Things with Wings (3 entries only)
Opus Gluei - Wings
Tammys Scrapin' Corner - Wings (2 entries only)
Bunny Zoe - Wings
A Little Bit Crafty - Something Sweet (3 entries only)
Emerald Faeries - Dies/Punches (3 entries only)
Melonheadz - Die Cuts (2 entries only)
My Mums Craft Shop - Dies, Dies, Dies (3 entries only)
Country View Challenges - Die Cuts
Scrap It Girl - Dies (2 entries only)
Hiding in My Craft Room - Dies/Punches (3 entries only)
Totally Tilda - For a Song (In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry)
Stamp and Create - Summer Fun (1 entry only)
Paper Pretties - Summer Fun
Stamp With Magnolia - Summer Bright
Kaboodle Doodles - Summer
Loves Rubber Stamps - Summer
Eclectic Ellapu - Summer Sunshine (2 entries only)
Crafty Sentiments - Fun In The Sun (1 entry only)
Ribbon Carousel - Fun in The Sun and spooled item (ribbon and twine)
Papertake Weekly - Hot Hot Hot
Craftroom Challenge - Here Comes Summer
Deep Ocean - Welcome Summer
Our Creative Corner - Recipe (I chose Ribbon, Wood, Paint)
Amusing Challenges - Ribbon or Twine (2 entries only)
Bearly Mine - Flowers Galore (2 entries only)
Flourishes - Scallops
LEJ Designs - Add Texture

A Day to Remember - Digital Delights - Surfin Jimmie

Summer is in full swing here in Texas and today I'm sharing a Digital Delights card with super cute Surfin Jimmie and he is ready for some summer fun on the beach!

Challenges:
Hobby House - Anything Goes
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
One Stitch at a Time - Use a Digi (3 entries only)
One Crazy Stamper - Summer Fun (5 entries only)
Kaboodle Doodles - Summer
Loves Rubber Stamps - Summer
Paper Pretties - Summer Fun
The Perfect Sentiment - Sun and Sand
Ribbon Carousel - Fun in The Sun and spooled item (ribbon and twine)
Papertake Weekly - Hot Hot Hot
Catered Crop - One For The Boys
Little Claires - Male Theme (3 entries only)
Fussy and Fancy - Button Up
Artistic Impressions - Ribbon/Twine (3 entries only)
Oldie but a Goodie - Stitching (old item is the paper)
Scrappers Delight - S is For... Surfer, Summer, Stitching



Card Recipe:
Image - Surfin Jimmie
Sentiment - Summer of Smiles Sentiment Set
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Fly a Kite by My Minds Eye
Ribbon - Michaels
Twine - The Twinery
Buttons - Hobby Lobby
Spotted Brads - The Paper Studio






I love these Fly a Kite papers, these are some of the last ones in my stack and I will be sad when they are all used up.
Be sure to come back later so you don't miss my project for the
Katie

Inky Impressions Challenge - Anything Goes

It's Wednesday and that means another new challenge at Inky Impressions and it is everyone's favorite ANYTHING GOES!!!!

Challenges:
Hobby House - Anything Goes
Digi Haven - Anything Goes with a Digi (3 entries only)
One Stitch at a Time - Use a Digi (3 entries only)
Alphabet Challenge - I for Image
Speedy the Fox - Y is for...You
Sweet Stampin - Something Sweet
ABC Challenges - Summertime (10 combined challenges max)(3 entries only)
Kaboodle Doodles - Summer
Artistic Impressions - Ribbon/Twine (3 entries only)
Digi Makeover - Punches/Dies (and digi)

Card Recipe:
Image - Lili Picking Berries
Sentiment - Sweet Wonderful You
Paper - Doodlebug
Circle Die Cut - Heartfelt Creations
Flower Dies - Ellentine by Tessler Crafts
Ribbon - Unknown
Leaves - Daisy Leaves by Crafty City
Mini Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts

Now you can't get more summery than a big bowl of fruit and cherries are one of my favorites!
Be sure to enter our challenge you could be our winner!
Katie

Magnolia-Licious and Wee Stamps Challenge - Luscious Lace

It's a "Tilda Tuesday" with my new card for the Magnolia-Licious challenge and this time we want to see you including Luscious Lace on your cards!
It's the perfect time for this challenge as the brand new Special Moments collection is in store and there are the most gorgeous images that would look perfect loaded up with lace!

Challenges:
Hobby House - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes (5 entries only)
Cheery Lynn Designs - Keep It Krafty
Card Mania - Kraft Paper
Crafty Calendar - Things with Wings (3 entries only)
Tammys Scrapin' Corner - Wings (2 entries only)
A Little Bit Crafty - Something Sweet (3 entries only)
Emerald Faeries - Dies/Punches (3 entries only)
Country View Challenges - Die Cuts
Hiding in My Craft Room - Dies/Punches (3 entries only)
Melonheadz - Die Cuts (2 entries only)
Di's Digis - Beautiful Borders (3 entries only)
Lovely Hanglar and Sweet Magnolia - Lace and Pearls
Paper Crafting Journey - Pearls and Swirls
Alphabet Challenge - I for Image
Creative Corner - Girly Girl (3 entries only)
Stamp and Create with Magnolia - Summer Bright
Digi Darla - Doily

Card Recipe:
Image - Delightful Tilda
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - The Sunny Side
Sentiment - Joanns
Flowers - Mon Ami Gabby
Trim - Multicraft Imports
Lace - Hobby Lobby
Pearls - Recollections
Cheery Lynn Dies - English Tea Party Doily, Squares, French Flair Doily Stacker and Leaf Flourish Strip
Memory Box Dies - Corner Bow, Vivienne Butterfly and Ringed Buckle

It really helps sometimes being a crafty hoarder as it was just perfect moment to use this years old sentiment as this Tilda is called Delightful Tilda just like the sentiment!
Anyway it's now your turn to create, you have one week left to enter, and we just can't wait to see you over at Magnolia-Licious!
Katie

Amore - My Besties Challenge - Pearls and Lace

Happy Monday!!! It's time for a new Besties Challenge and it is a favorite of mine and a perfect one to showcase the gorgeous girly images as we want you to add Pearls and Lace to your Besties creation!

Challenges:
Hobby House - Anything Goes
Auds Sentiments - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes (5 entries only)
Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon (5 entries only)
Digi Haven - Anything Goes with a Digi (3 entries only)
My Mums Craft Shop - Dies, Dies, Dies (3 entries only)
Hiding in My Craft Room - Dies/Punches (3 entries only)
Di's Digis - Beautiful Borders (3 entries only)
Pennys Paper Crafty - 1 Image, 2 Papers, 3 Embellishments
Alphabet Challenge - I for Image
Chocolate Coffee and Cards - Bingo! (Lace, Ribbon, Flowers)
Crafty Catz - Let's Go Pink (3 entries only)
Creative Corner - Girly Girl (3 entries only)
Glitter N Sparkle - 3 of Something (the brads and the pearls)
No Matter Which - Bingo! (Ribbon, Flowers and Bows)




Card Recipe:
Image - Garden Child
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - K and Co
Paper - The Butterfly Garden Stack by DCWV
Die Cuts - Sizzix and Carnivale Border by Cheery Lynn Designs
Fabric Brads - Heidi Grace for Colorbok
Lace - Wrights
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Pom Pom Trim - Offray
Pearls - The Paper Studio






Now there was no way I wasn't going to use this image as Stargazer Lilies are my favorite flower, I had them in my wedding bouquet, and so this was just perfect for me.
I cut out and popped up a few of the lilies for extra dimension and finished the card with a hand tied bow.
I hope you like this and will be creating too and sharing with us at Besties Challenge
Katie

You're Sun-Sational Pile It On #24 - Sketch

It's time for another challenge at Pile It On and this week we have a sketch designed by yours truly!

We are sponsored by Digital Delights and I decided to use one of the latest releases to make my card.

Challenges:
Auds Sentiments - Anything Goes
Hobby House - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Craft Lovin - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes (5 entries only)
Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon (the green on the border)(5 entries only)
Digi Haven - Anything Goes with a Digi (3 entries only)
Alphabet Challenge - I for Image
Artistic Impressions - Stitching (3 entries only)
Oldie but a Goodie - Stitching
Craft Room - Here Comes The Summer
ART - Summertime
Little Red Wagon - 3 Patterned Papers
As You Like It - Favorite Paper and why (each week I seem to have a new favorite and when I saw this one I fell in love it and just had to use it right away)
Fussy and Fancy - Button Up

Card Recipe:
Image - Ice Cream Roxy
Sentiment - Summer of Smiles Sentiment Set
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - DCWV and Pebbles
Dies - Oval and Beaded Oval by Spellbinders
Ribbon - Michaels
Glitter Dots - Recollections
Chipboard Buttons - Colorbok
Spotted Brads - The Paper Studio

I printed 3 copies of Roxy and decoupaged her for lots of dimension and how much fun are these papers? they just scream Summer to me!
Anyway I hope you like my sketch and will come over and enter at Pile It On
Katie

Inky Impressions New Releases - Cherry Tree

It's New Release time at Inky Impressions and this time I've gone a little Fruity on you!
This super sweet cherry tree and sentiment are just a couple of the New Releases this month.

Challenges:
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes (5 entries only)
Robyn's Fetish - Dies or Punches (3 entries only)
Artistic Impressions - Stitching (3 entries only)
Cheerful Stamp Pad - Sweet (what is sweeter than cherries?)
Nutcrafters - Food or Drink (cherries)(1 entry only)
Charisma Cardz - Use a Digi (10 combined challenges max)
DRS Designs - Food or Drink (cherries)
ART - Summertime
Alphabet Challenge - I for Image

Card Recipe:
Image - Cherry Tree
Sentiment - Bunches of Cherries
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Cherry Limeade by DCWV
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Cherry Brads - The Paper Studio
Pearls - Inky Impressions
Rhinestones - Doodlebug

I had just the perfect paper for this image and that is why I have pink cherries! It was a really fun image to work with and I hope you will drop by the store and see all the other new images for you this month.
Katie

Many Thanks with Forget Me Not Tilda

Happy Friday!
It has been a busy first week of the Summer Break here, with the oldest at camp, hubby and the other two at Twilight camp, a new babysitting job for my daughter, swimming at the pool but I still found a little spot for crafting :)
I must admit I went a little overboard on this card, I just kept adding and adding and when I was looking in my pink embellishment jar I spotted a little crown brad and it fit so perfectly on the head of Forget Me Not Tilda from the brand new Special Moments Collection that I just had to use it!

Challenges:
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes (5 entries only)
Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon (5 entries only)
Cute Card Thursday - Once Upon a Time (Princess)
Creative Corner - Girly Girl (3 entries only)
Magnolia Down Under - Thank You
Cheery Lynn Designs - Creative Corners
Robyn's Fetish - Dies or Punches (3 entries only)
Southern Girls - Punches or Dies (1 entry only)
Chocolate Coffee and Cards - Bingo! (Bling, Glitter, Flowers)
Eclectic Ellapu - 3 Things with B (Buttons, Bling and Butterflies)
Incy Wincy - Butterflies and Bows
Ooh La La - Buttons and Bling
Bunny Zoe - Wings (Butterflies)
Crafty Boots - Pink Butterflies
The Shabby Tearoom - Sweet as Sugar (Use Blue, Pink, White/Cream and Flowers)
Crafty Catz - Let's Go Pink (3 entries only)
Artistic Impressions - Stitching (3 entries only)

Card Recipe:
Image - Forget Me Not Tilda
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Especially For You by Docrafts
Sentiment - Joanns
Dies - Polynesian Sails Oval (the inner circle used as the corners) and Ovals
Glitter - Glamour Dust in Crystal
Glitter Dots - Recollections
Bow - Offray
Button - Unknown
Mini Button Brads - The Paper Studio
Crown - The Paper Studio
Butterflies - Jenni Bowlin Vellum Embellished Butterflies
Flowers and Crystal Sprigs - Mon Ami Gabby
Trim - Multicraft Imports
Lace (inside) - Hobby Lobby

Oh my Tilda looks so glammed up with her crown and she even had a touch of glitter, see I told you I went a little wild but I love how it turned out and I really hope you do to.
I'm entering the fabulous giveaway at Cheery Lynn Designs and this is week two of the 4 weeks of challenges so two more to go, I hope I win!
Katie

Smile - Digital Delights - Say Cheese Polly

It's time for another card from the NEW RELEASES at DIGITAL DELIGHTS and this month we are jam packed full of Summer Fun!
Last week you met Paul and this week it's his sister Polly!
These photography images are so cute and perfect for so many different occasions from Vacation to Birthday and beyond.

Challenges:
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Auds Sentiments - Anything Goes
Cutie Pie - For the Kids
Eclectic Ellapu - 3 Things with B (Buttons, Brad and Bow)
2 Creative Chicks - Buttons, Bows, Brads
Emma's Crafty Cards - Buttons and Bows
The Crazy Amigo - Rounds, Circles and Dots
One Crazy Stamper - Summer Fun (5 entries only)
The Craft Room Challenge - Here Comes the Sumemr
Ribbon Carousel - Fun in The Sun (and a spooled item)
Alota Rubber Stamps - Summer Feeling



Card Recipe:
Image - Say Cheese Polly
Sentiment - Summer of Smiles Sentiment Set
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper and Accents - Sunshowers by Heidi Grace
Chipboard Button - Colorbok
Spotted Button - The Paper Studio
Spotted Brad - The Paper Studio
Striped Brad - Making Memories
Twine - Doodlebug
Heart - Unknown
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby






Now this certainly is a bright card, lots of things going on and I must admit I had a lot of fun with different embellishments (they actual coordinate with the design on the die cut below). I layered Polly for some dimension and I'm really happy with the overall result and I hope you like her too.
Katie

Inky Impressions Challenge - Father's Day

It's Wednesday and that means another new challenge at Inky Impressions and this week we want to see your Father's Day creations!
I loved this new release image of Carpenter Lili and I thought it was perfect for a card from a daughter to a Dad

Challenges:
Auds Sentiments - Anything Goes
Anything Goes - Father's Day (5 entries only)
Memas Crafts - Father's Day
Craft Lovin - Father's Day (3 entries only)
Patties Creations - Father's Day (2 entries only)
Wags N Whiskers - Father's Day (2 entries only)
Going Grey - Father's Day
Belli - Father's Day
Milk Coffee - Father's Day
Amusing Challenges - Father's Day (no digi)
Crazy 4 Challenges - Father's Day
Cuttin and Stampin - Father's Day
Creative Inspirations Paint - Father's Day
Glitter N Sparkle - Father's Day
The Pink Elephant - Father's Day
Hobbycutz - Father's Day
Eureka Stamps - Father's Day
Lexi's - Father's Day (2 entries only)
Stamping With The Dragon - For Dad
Creative Craft Challenges - We Love You Dad
Kaboodle Doodles - For Your Favorite Guy
Loves Rubber Stamps - Masculine
Top Tip Tuesday - Masculine
Use It Tuesday - Masculine (the hoarded items are the silver button brads)
Twisted Tuesday - Clothes Make the Man
Tuesday Throwdown - You're the Man
Crafty Sentiments - For a Man
Ladybug Crafts - For The Men in Our Lives
The Artistic Stamper - Makes for Men
Get Inky - Creations for Men/Boys
Papertake Weekly - Hello Boys
Catered Crop - One For The Boys
LEJ Designs - Something for the Boys
City Crafter - All About Him
Clear It Out - Male Cards and Metal
Sentimental Sunday - Metal
Creative Card Crew - Metal
Addicted to Stamps - Pennant Everybody Art - 2 Papers



Card Recipe:
Image - Carpenter Lili
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper and Sentiment - The Guy Stack by DCWV
Metal Corners - Provo Craft
Button Brads - Making Memories
Letter Beads - Walmart
Acrylic Letters - Unknown
Banner DIe - My Favorite Things





Lili is so cute and was a lot of fun to color. Be sure to keep watching the Inky Inspirational Blog as we have New Releases coming soon and you don't want to miss them!
Katie