~ Princess Tilda ~

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These days it would seem my blog has been

taken over by cupcakes and sugar flowers,

so it was really nice to take some time for

card making on the weekend.

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This little princess is for the challenge blog

Magnolia Down Under

who are having a Fancy Folds Challenge.

Ok, so the fold itself isn't that fancy, but I think

Tida looks pretty fancy dressed up in her

diamonds.

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I'm so torn between baking and  cardmaking

at the moment, somehow I'm going to have

to try to incorporate the two, because whenever

I do one the other always misses out.

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Ingredients:

Cardstock

Magnolia Stamps

Copic Markers

White Highlighter Pen

Chalk

Gold Marker

Papermania Rose Garden DP

Glitter

Diamanties

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~ Peta ~

~ Magnolia Cooking Journal ~

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Finally, my two favourite hobbies together

in one place - cooking and crafting.

I've been doing a cake decorating course

and I've taking so many note and they've

all been on bits of whatever paper I had

handy at the time, that was until I made

myself this cooking journal to keep everything

in one neat, tidy journal.

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I was a little late with my posting for the

sketch challenge I used, but definately not too

late for the brand new 7 Kids College Kids challenge.

It's very exciting when a new challenge blog starts

up with lots of new ideas and enthusiasm.

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Pink and Dots - I had the perfect Magnolia

paper sitting anxiously in my file just waiting

to be used, and what better stamp to use for

my cooking journal - Cooking Tilda, just perfect.

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Ingredients:

Magnolia Stamp

Magnolia Papers

Bazzil

Magnolia Flowers

Assorted Punches

Copic Markers

Glitter

Chalk

Ribbon

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~ Peta ~

~ Shades of Grey ~

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~ Shades of Grey ~

Finally I took some time for me and my crafting and

played along with some challenges.

With so many challenges out there it's hard to know

where to start, all I knew was there were going to be

Magnolia stamps involved.

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I haven't stamped Romantic Tilda before and I had a

lot of fun with her, she's so pretty.

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My initial thoughts were to colour using pink, but after

choosing my papers I decided for a bit of a monochrome

look with Shades of Grey. Somewhere along my blog

hopping I saw a Vintage Challenge, but now I have no

idea where I saw it.

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Ingredients:

Cardstock

Magnolia Stamp

Papermania Capsule Collection

Bazzil

Copics

Chalk

White Highlighter Pen

Crystal Effects

Doily

Glitter

Punches

Dew Drops

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~ Big Bear Hugz ~

My next challenge was for a Masculine Card. This wasn't

a blog challenge, simply a challenge for me. I steer clear

of male cards generally however there comes a time when

it's a males birthday when I simply have no choice.

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This is my take on the sketch from Sketch Saturday.

I've had this stamp in my collection forever - I think it

was one of the very first stamps that I ever bought.

I think it's very similar to the very popular Popcorn

Bear stamps.

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Ingredients:

Cardstock

Penny Black Buzzin Buddies Stamp

Basic Grey Basics Kraft Pad

Bazzil

Senitments stamp from stash

Copic Markers

Crystal Effects

Dew Drops

Glitter

Nesties

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~ Ahoy There Mateys ~

Surely you didn't think I'd just make one Magnolia card.

The bear card would have been a Magnolia card to if they

made bear stamps!!!!

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Magnolia-licious Highlites are having a Nautical themed

challenge this week - perfect, I got to stamp up one of my

Magnolia Pirates that I so desperately needed and had

yet to use!!!! I think we've all been guilty of that hmmmm.

The sketch is from Friday Sketchers.

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I didn't have any pirate paper so I used the same

Papermania paper pad as I did for my Shades of

Grey Romantic Tilda card.

Somehow I don't think this little pirate is going to strike

up to much fear on the Seven Seas.

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Ingredients:

Cardstock

Papermania Capsule Collection

Magnolia Stamps

Bazzil

Copics

Chalk

White Highlighter Pen

Crystal Effects

Dew Drops

Silver Pen

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Well that's it for today, I have a

batch of cupcakes in the oven, so

my next post will be a yummy one.

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~ Peta ~

~ Magnolia Rose Box ~

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I had sooooo much fun creating this Magnolia Rose Box.

Combining my favourite flower, roses, with my

favourite rubber stamps I was in crafters heaven.

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Firstly I chose the gorgeous baby blue rose paper to

cover the little wooden box. Next I used my Nesties

for the top and bottom of the box.

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Then I had to create two sets of identical twins!!!!!

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Beautiful Prima and Magnolia roses, together with some

punched fern leaves, ribbon and of course, some glitter

to finish of my Magnolia Rose Box.

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Next week I think I'll start to get back into participating
in challenges, but for this week I'll just play around a bit
and refamilirise myself with all my goodies.
After spending a couple of days visiting blogs I've been
flooded with so much inspiration and I've got so many
ideas I can't wait to create.
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Ingredients:
Magnolia Stamps
Copic Markers
Pink Bazzil
Green Bazzil
Nesties
Prima and Magnolia Roses
Fern Punch
Border Punch
Glitter
Ribbon
Chalk
White Marker Pen
Pink Diamanties


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~ Peta ~

Grab and Cuppa and Pull Up a Chair .......

.......... it's going to be a looooooong post.
As some of you have noticed, I haven't been creating for the
longest time. Thank you for the emails I have received asking
about me and my family. No excuses other than I just haven't
had the time. Due to one reason or another life has been
extremely busy not leaving very much ME time, BUT I've
decided that is definately going to change.
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I celebrated my birthday a couple of weeks ago and with it came
the most stunning hand-made card from my dear friend Iris.
When I opened the card I suddenly realised what I had been
missing and decided that I would always make time for my
craft work.
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So, having decided that I headed straight to my craft room
and got to work.
First up I HAD to stamp a couple of the gorgeous Magnolia
stamps that were sitting unused and neglected on my desk.
I seriously can't believe how many of then haven't been
used yet!!!!
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This darling little is sitting waiting for her Prince.
I hope she doesn't have to wait too long.
Along with my un-opened stamps sat a pile of un-opened
Magnolia papers, which much to my pleasure, have
finally been used.
I just love the one with the roses on it.

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A little bit of glitter to jazz up the roses a bit.
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Now just because I haven't been making cards
doesn't mean I haven't been using my card
making supplies.

I recently discovered another use for my Cuttlebug

folders............

CUPCAKES!!!!!!!!!

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What do you think about that - embossing icing with

Cuttlebug Folders - now thats a way to justify spending

money on all that craft equipment!!!!

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Next to crafting, well maybe on par, is my next love of

baking and decorating Cup Cakes.

I love having friends over for afternoon tea and offering

them my latest creating or taking a tray of them to

friends houses.

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All the hard work is worth the effort when a 6 year old

oooh's and aaaah's at how pretty the cakes are before

eating them all up.

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Once the first Tilda had been inked and coloured it

wasn't too long before the next one was ready to be

put on a card.
I still can't get over just how long I've gone without

these little girls - they bring so much pleasure, not

just to the crafter, but to the recipient of the cards.

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This card would definatley have to be one of the quickest

ones I've ever made and didn't take much effort at all, but

none the less I was still quite pleased with the results.

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It's definately the addition of glitter that completes this

card.

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And finally - my green butterfly card.

I don't usually like to use green, I'm generally a pink

person, however I think it came together really nicely.

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I'm sure the inclusion of butterflies on this card

is what's brought it all together.

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I usually like to include a list of all items used

when putting together my blog posts, however

as I've included several different projects I've

passed on the items list this time around.

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If there is a specific paper or stamp you want

to know about, please feel free to ask.

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~ Peta ~

~ 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 ~

~ Antique Magnolia Roses ~

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It's time for another challenge at Roses on Paper.

This time around my wonderfully talented friend

and Design Team partner, Iris, has given us an

awesome sketch to work with.

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I've been such a slack DT member of late,

but I love a great sketch and this one was

lovely to work with and gave me a good

opportunity to use my newest Nesties.

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Summer once again has a wonderful prize

ready for the lucky winner of this challenge

so head over to our Roses on Paper Challenge

Blog for a list of the qualifying stamps and

to get your copy of the sketch.

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For those of you that know me I don't have to

tell you how much I love roses. I was so excited

when my favourite stamp company, Magnolia,

released this gorgeus rose arrangement.

For the rose on the inside of the card I did a little

bit of pruning and trimmed off a few of the leaves

and a flower.

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I've tried to make my card look a bit antiquey

(is that a word) by using Glamsol and using a

brush in my black inkpad to add a distressed

finish.

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Ingredients:

Magnolia Stamp

Webster's Pages Patterned Paper

Bazzil
Nesties

Copic Markers

Gold Glamsol

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~ Peta ~

~ Candles and Cards ~

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I have had the most frustrating week.

I never realised how much I used the internet

until I have been without it.

Now, finally after two modems and two different

IT technicians my computer is back up and

running.

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There was actually a positive side to the downtime,

I have been using this time to be creative.

Buying gifts for teenage girls can be a bit of a

nightmare, but I think I've come up with a solution.

Along with an itunes voucher I made a Magnolia

Birthday Candle for my daughters friend.

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The card I made was fairly plain and simple

as I wanted the focus to be on the candle.

My copics were put to the side for this project

and my all time favourite H2o's were used.

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The flower decoration was made using my brand
new Nellie Snellen punches. I was thrilled with the
the results they gave, could this mean no more
spending money on ready made flowers, ha ha ha,
I don't think so.
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I painted Tilda on the card to match Tilda on
the candle. I love using my H20's, I would
use them for more projects if they were as
fast as using Copics.
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Still on candles I had a very special
occassion on Easter Saturday which
called for 5 matching candles.
For a very long time I have wanted
to do something and finally last year
I made the commitment.
I have wanted to become a Catholic
for nearly 20 years and last year I
I began the RCIA program at our
church.
On Easter Saturday night, along with
4 very special people I made my Act
of Faith, took my First Communion,
and my Confirmation.
It was the most beautiful, amazing
experience and I shared it with my
beautiful family and some very
special friends.
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I wanted to do something for the four people

who have shared this journey with me so I

made all of our Communion Candles.
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The candles were all the same except for the

handmade hat pins I used for the two girls

candles, just to give them a little bit more

of a feminine touch, and the roses are from

Magnolia.

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~ Peta ~