Appreciative.....

Good morning peeps!

This is a quick post a I'm dashing off to work as usual.... you know, cup of tea in one hand and mascara wand in the other, lol! Here is my card for the current Just Magnolia Challenge where the lovely Mina has provided us with a perfect sketch to follow..... I flipped it for my card ;o) I took inspiration from the uber talented guest Mindy who is being featured this week.... she added a punched border to the very edge of her card and I thought it looked so pretty I decided to do the same!

I used papers once again from the new Papermania Henbury Lane range and added one of the sweet felt butterflies they have released too, which I fastened to the back of the Tilda image. The flowers are Papirloftet and the pearls and ribbon are from my stash. Do you spot the sweet little butterfly? I picked that up recently at Hobbycrafts, isn't it totally adorable?

Well enjoy your day friends..... the office awaits me so I really must fly!

TTFN and TFL, hugs Tara xxx

Tilda Ladybug Love......

Good morning everyone!

I hope you are enjoying your weekend so far! Well I sat down to make a card at the end of the week and found my mojo had disappeared big time! I just couldn't muster anything so I turned on my PC and decided to have a good old blog surf..... well it wasn't long before I stumbled across Jane's fantastic tutorial on the Whiff of Joy Tutorial blog to make a punched screen card. And so this card was born and I really enjoyed creating it.... the effect is really pretty and feminine!


I used this sweet Ladybug Tilda for my card and coloured her with Poly pencils and some Stickles. She is definitely up there with my fave Tildas I think.... what a cutie!!


The design paper is a new range from Papermania called Henbury Lane and is a gorgeous collection of pinks, lilacs and blues. I used various punches and dies to create the punched screen and added a couple of Prima flowers and a Tim Holtz ticket to finish.

Thank you so much for sharing your ideas Jane and for kickstarting my mojo in the process ;o)

I'm entering my card into the following challenges today:

My Time To Craft - Xtra Special

Sentimental Sundays - Summer

Stampavie and More - Dots

Magnolia Down Under - Swirly Swirls

Thanks for stopping by today......

TTFN and TFL, hugs Tara xxx

Tilda - Made With Love.......

Happy weekend everyone!

I hope you're enjoying this very fine weather we're having at the minute..... long may it continue! Here's a card I made yesterday using Tilda from last year's Summer Kit, along with accessories from the Summer Kit and the latest Fairytale Kit. My papers are Papermania Blueberry Hill and I'd forgotten just how pretty these were! The lace is from my local haberdashery store and the flowers are yet more Papirloftet.... can you tell I love 'em? I added various punched and die cut leaves and a border was punched with my trusty MS doily punch.


I'm alot happier with this card..... I think it's my return to pastel colours once more ;o)

I have quite a few challenges to enter with this one, so here goes:

Colour Create - Baby Pink and Pastel Blue

Everybody Art Challenge - Summer

Sir Stampalot Challenge - Punch It

Charisma Cardz - Flowers

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Summer

Stampavie and More - Summer

Thanks so much for stopping by and take care ;o)

TTFN and TFL, hugs Tara xxx

The Sugar Bowl Challenge 33..........

Good morning to you all on this beautiful sunny day ;o)

Sorry I haven't been around this week but I took the opportunity to have fun with my hubby and the kids whilst we're all off together..... we've been swimming, visited the cinema, had friends round and been on lovely walks. Today we've decided to tidy up the outside of the house whilst it's so nice out there!

I did manage to squeeze in a couple of cards this week but I'm saving one of them until I know that it has arrived at its destination for a certain birthday girl. Here's my other card and I decided to follow the fab sketch over at The Sugar Bowl for this one. I did tweak the sizes of the layers slightly but I think you can still see that I followed the layout pretty well. I used this gorgeous Daisy stamp from Sugar Nellie and my papers are the new V&A collection from Papermania..... they have quite subtle colours and patterns which are perfect for a vintage style.


Do you like my flower? The added option for the challenge is flowers so I decided to make one. I cut out the shapes freehand and then embossed and scrunched them for definition. I added some stamens which I picked up at the NEC and have just been itching to use..... finally I sprayed the whole thing with some glimmer mist.

Well I hope you are making the most of this fantabulous sunshine today and have fun outdoors ;o)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

TTFN and TFL, hugs Tara xxx

A very 'Hoppy Easter' to you all......

Afternoon friends!
Just wanted to wish you all a very Hoppy Easter and my card for this week's Just Magnolia Challenge fits in perfectly!
The girls over on the team have asked us to create a card with at least two folds for the special monthly challenge, so I decided to create a stairfold card..... these are sooooo much fun to make and you can add lots of stamping!

I used lots of images from the Magnolia Easter collection and papers from Kay&Co and Papermania. I picked up the giant tree stamp from the Magnolia stand at the NEC, isn't it gorgeous? I also cut some grass with a QuicKutz die and used my new MS fence punch which was a birthday pressie from my fab friend Heather ;o) I created the 'Hoppy Easter' sentiment on my PC.
I really enjoyed creating this card and will be making more like this for sure! The DT at JM have created some amazing examples of cards with multiple folds so do check out their creations for some inspiration..... makes you think outside the box a bit ;o)

Well enjoy the rest of your chocolate-filled weekend folks and thanks for stopping by for a visit ;o)

TTFN and TFL, hugs Tara xx

Tilda With Love.......

Morning Peeps!
Look at me posting a card again!!! Can't you tell I have some time off work for the Easter hols?!! I really am enjoying having some time to get creative, helped along by the gorgeous new Magnolia collection which I can't leave alone!
Whilst hopping around yesterday I spotted a fabulous sketch which Claudia had created for Cute Stamps and Cards and decided to use it for my card. There's a fantastic prize to be won over there so it's well worth a visit...... and this layout is so nice to use ;o)
The papers are from Papermania's new Rose Garden collection and the ribbon and lace are from my stash.

Hopefully you can pick out from this close up that I glittered Tilda's socks and crown and also added lots of pearls to make her look very grand, just like a princess should really! And I used my fave technique of paper piecing to give her a floral dress..... I think she looks a very pretty girlie now, lol!
Well I'm off out to do some shopping with the kids so I'll catch you later..... have a great day ;o)

TTFN and TFL, hugs Tara xxx