~ Charming Tilda ~

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This card has proven to be a real labour of love.

What started out as a simple birthday card for a

friend has now grown and grown as I thought of

more and more elements to add to it.

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The ladies at Magnolia Down Under want to see some

charms incorporated in their challenge this week.

I had these metal floral charms sitting in my stash for

some time just waiting for the right card to use them on.

I think they set the card off just nicely.

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Finally Edwin gets to make an appearance on one of my
cards. I'm not very nice to him, infact, I'm quite
neglectful. I think this might be the first time I have
included a single Edwin on a card. I have used the
skating pair of Tilda and Edwin together before, but yes,
this is definately the first Edwin on his own. Not that he
gets to be on the front of the card, but he's on the card
and that's a start.
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I'm not sure how I survived up until now without
the Nellie Snellen Flower Punch set.
It might actually be my new favourite toy.
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Ingredients:

Magnolia Stamps

Bazzil

Docrafts Papermania Rose Garden DP

Nesties

Nellie Snellen Punches

Martha Stewart Punch

Copic Markers

Chalk

White Marker Pen

Dew Drops

Charms

Silver Marker Pen

Crystal Effects

Flower Soft

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~ Peta ~

Believe in the Magic of Fairies

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I love blog hopping - it's like turning left on the freeway

instead of taking the usual right hand turn - you just

don't know where you're going to end up. And that's

exactly what happened today - I turned left and ended

up at a brand new challange blog - Just Magnolia.

The challenge - create a card using

the sketch, using any image you like -

as long as it's a Magnolia!!!

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I go through months of learning a new

technique and then it appears on most

of my cards lol!!!

Last month it was hat pins - this month

it's hand made quilled flowers.

It's awesome how a few twists and turns

of paper can turn into a flower.

I've got a lot to learn but I've been really

pleased with what I've done so far.

My friend Moi has given me some fantastic

instructions for the roses -

I've tried heaps of different techniques,

but these are by far the best.

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I love this Fairy image, available from

Roses on Paper. She looks so cheeky

and cute - and I can just imagine her

dancing in my rose garden at midnight.
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Ingredients:

Magnolia Stamp

Basic Grey Gypsy Paper Pad

Copic Markers

atyou Spica Markers

Crystal Effects

Hand Made Rose

Hand Made Quilled Flowers

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A Few Cards ....

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It seems like forever since I've up loaded cards.
With school holidays and Easter I've been flat
out keeping the kids entertained, however this
week I decided to keep myself entertained - and
so I headed straight to my craft room.
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This gorgeous Magnolia image with the cute little chicks is
from the Easter collection, available from Roses On Paper.
I had wonderful intentions of getting her in the mail for a
friend for Easter, but she's still sitting on my desk -
maybe I'll get in early for next Easter.
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Ingredients:
Magnolia Stamps
Basic Grey Porcelain Paper
Copic Markers
atyou Spica Markers
Flowers
Leone Em Punch
White Highlighter Pen
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I don't have any Hanglar stamps of my own, but I've
been lucky enough to have been sent some images from
my fellow DT member, Lim.
It's nice to have some different images to work with, ones
that you have to be really careful with because if you mess
it up - too bad - there's not another one to to replace it with.
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I computer generated with strawberry embellishments
and added crystal effects to really make you think you
could grab them and eat them.
I love the shoes on this Hanglar girl - they remind me so
much of a pair I used to have when I was little.
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Ingredients:
Hanglar Images
Basic Grey Eva Paper Pad
Copic Markers
Crystal Effects
Flowers, Leaves
Computer Generated Strawberries
White Highlighter Pen
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I'm not that good at making masculine cards,
and this one was no exception.
Apart from the Hanglar boy I don't think I
could make it any more 'girly' if I tried.
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My friend Moi has kindly given me the instructions on
how to make these fantastic paper roses. They are quite
easy to make and look great, now I just need to resist the
temptation to put them onto everycard I make!!!
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Ingredients:

Hanglar Image

Basic Grey Eva Paper Pad

Copic Markers

atyou Spica Markers

Crystal Effects

Leone Em Punch

Pearls

Nesties

Hand Made Rose

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