A Magic Card video tutorial

      Several of you expressed the desire to have watched my tutorial on how to make this card, but I just couldn't publish it.  WAY to much of me flapping my gums.  LOL  I really think several of you just wanted a chance to get to chuckle at my twang, which by the way, I do NOT hear. LMBO  Well, you've gotten your wish and good or bad I've retaped the tutorial making the above card.  You can check it out here.  I've used another gorgeous Crafts and Me Sara Burrier image for this one.  She colored with Copics and a wee bit of Prismas.  The papers are Prima.
     Isn't that sentiment gorgeous!  It's one of Paulette's beautiful creations from Create with TLC.  She so graciously gives the most beautiful and witty freebies on her blog plus she has a store full of lots more.  To match the sentiment I printed out a beautiful verse of scripture from the Book of Psalms.  Those are the best shoulders I know to take on my burdens.  I hope you have that same reassurance.

      I tried to get a close up shot so you could see the dimension of the image.  She's popped up on foam, but I glued down her hand and foot so she looked more realistically perched on the ledge.  It didn't show up very well in the photo.  :-(

     Hope maybe you can get some help from the video if you'd like to try this card.  It's really super simple but gorgeous and unusual..  Thank goodness Marianne has such a creative mind!  :-)  Don't forget you can check out her picture tutorial right here.
     I'd like to enter this card at Make It Monday and the Oozak Challenge.  :-)
     Happy weekend!


Supplies

• Paper:  Prima "Botanical", Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
• Stamp:  Crafts and Me "Noon", sentiment from Create with TLC
• Ink:  Copics, Prismacolor pencils and OMS, Vintage Photo Distress ink
• Tools:  Martha Stewart Doily Lace and Cornice edge punches, Nestabilities Classic Ovals and Scalloped  Ovals, sewing machine, Memory Box Tender Leaves die
• Miscellaneous:  Prima flower, Recollections and The Paper Studio pearls, glitter

Still spinning

     Hope you all aren't too dizzy from yesterdays post or harboring the desire to hit me for sticking that song in your head  LOL cause I'm still spinning today.  :-)  This is CAS extreme for me.  LOL  This week Tammy has released some super cute pinwheel images at A Day For Daisies.  I picked this one and printed it out three times after adding the box outline around it.  I chose primary colors and added a little glitter for fun.
     This release conincides with our new challenge at the ADFD blog.  Arielle found the cutest photo inspiration for the challenge that just happens to be pinwheels.  :-)

     Hope you'll play along this week.  Can't wait to see what the freebie will be.  Did you nab that adorable little calf in the skirt last week?  Too cute!
     Happy Friday!


Supplies

• Paper:  Copic XPress-it Blending card, Bazzill
• Stamp:  A Day For Daisies "Orange Pinwheel"
• Ink:  Copics
• Miscellaneous:  Recollections brads, Offray ribbon, Stardust Stickles

You spin me right round

     LOL  Did I do it to you again--get another song stuck in your head with my title?  :-)  Now if you're not a child of the eighties like me, you might not recognize those lyrics, and the singer definitely DID NOT look like little "Rosa".  LOL
     It's Thursday, so it's Mo Day.  Our challenge this week at Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge is to create a project with the theme of "World Travelers" as in other cultures.  I knew Rosa had to have a multicolored dress and that meant a multicolored card.  There are lots of fun bright My Mind's Eye papers plus red buttons, a rose and a striped banner.
     You can find Rosa right here in the Mo's Digital Pencil store along with several other Multicultural images.  We'd love to have you play along this week.  There's goodies to be had.  Mo is giving away a $5.00 voucher for every 25 entries so jump in and play.
     Make sure you check out all the cards my team mates have made.  We've got some very talented ladies.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments--any sentiment
Crafting For All Seasons--celebration + buttons
Digi Stamps 4 Joy--buttons
The Pink Elephant--buttons galore

     Have a great almost Friday!  :-)


Supplies

• Paper:  My Mind's Eye, Kraft Outlet Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock, Copic XPress-it Blending card
• Stamp:  Mo's Digital Pencil "Rosa", Cardz TV "It's All About You"
• Ink:  Copics, Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  Martha Stewart Embossed Zig Zag edge punch and Photo Corner
• Miscellaneous:  Recollections flower, Michaels buttons, Kraft Outlet Hang tag String and Baker's Twine, rick rack from my stash, Picket Fence Distress Stickles, Yellow Stickles, Jenni Bowlin Chipboard banner pieces

Healing hope

     I'm usually a pretty square girl, at least when it comes to cards.  LOL  I guess if you want to get technical this is still a square, but it's also a bit of a fancy fold.  Marianne Skjelstad is my card design hero.  She continually comes up with the most awesome new card fold ideas.  This is her Magic Card and you can find the tutorial for how to make it right here.  Though I've been admiring this fold for a long time, this is the first time I've ever made a card with it.
     I actually video taped myself putting this together.  It's been FOREVER since I've made a video for YouTube and when I watched what I'd taped I knew there was no way I was going to post all that blabbering.  LOL  I was quite the polly parrot so I decided not to subject anyone to my chitter chatter.  I still may do a tutorial vid for this card, but it will be minus all the excess talking.  :-)
     The image is a beautiful Sara Burrier digi from Crafts and Me that I won a few weeks back.  It's called "Child of Healing".  I rarely ever finish the insides of my cards, but you really have to for this particular fold so here's what the inside looks like.

     It was kind of hard to get it all in the photo without it being to small.  I just printed out the scripture and mounted it die cut and inked on a scalloped oval.  The bird is a Michael's $1 bin chippie that I covered with Snow Cap Paint Dabber and a little glitter and ink.
     This was just a for fun card cause I've been trying so hard to find time to film a video.  Since it was a dud, I'll have to find a few more extra minutes here or there to film again.  :-)
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Bearly Mine--anything goes
Ladybug Crafts Ink--something with wings
Oldie But a Goodie--things with wings (beaded stems and glitter are both ancient)
Top Tip Tuesday--dig out the old (beaded stems and glitter, I made the little twirled green stem by hand probably two years ago)
CMC Copic Challenge--anything goes
Sweet Stampin--faeries and angels
Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge--wonderful wings
Delicious Doodles--try something new (new card fold)
Fairy Tale--things with wings

     Have a fantastic week!


Supplies

• Paper:  My Mind's Eye, Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
• Stamp:  Crafts and Me "Child of Healing"
• Ink:  Copics, Frayed Burlap Distress ink
• Tools:  Nestabilities Classic and Scalloped Ovals, Martha Stewart Cherish edge punch, Rose Leaf, and Photo Corner punch
• Miscellaneous:  Recollections pearls, Wild Orchid and Prima flowers, Michael's $1 bin chippies, glitter from my stash, Snow Cap paint Dabber, Dollar Tree decorative stems, handmade curly cue

The Lady in red

(Gayla--please contact me through my email address [macdonald.tracy96 at gmail dot com]so I can answer your questions.  I have no way to contact you.  :-)  Hugs!)

     This card is rather bittersweet for me.  A few weeks back I placed in the top picks at Jackson's Digital Expressions Challenge.  This is a brand new challenge blog sponsored by an amazing artist named Robert Jackson.  Mr. Jackson draws the most fabulous African-American digital images and has them for purchase in his store.  If you follow my team mate Carla Suto, you've seen her use several of the JDE images on some amazing cards.  Well, sweet Chana Harris, the DT Coordinator for JDE invited me to do a guest spot for one of the challenges.  I was thrilled cause, well, I just love to do guestie spots!  LOL  Especially when there are great images to use.  It was super duper hard to pick one out I'm telling you, but I had chosen to do the sketch challenge and this image worked perfectly for me.  Plus it reminded me so much of one of the ladies from my church.  Ms. Josie didn't wear hats to church often, but I remembered her wearing a outfit similar to this one at one time and I picked this image with her in mind.
     Ms. Josie was a 70 year old retired special ed teacher.  She had been a community leader when her health had been better.  In fact she was a bit of a miracle woman because she had lived well past the age she was expected to for someone with Sickle Cell.  She loved being able to shock a new doctor or nurse with that news.  She had so much to share about what she'd seen and dealt with in her life and I just soaked it all up like a sponge.  That little lady just stole my heart.  We lost her last Wednesday.  The years of battles with blood transfusions and heart problems had taken their toll.  It's been a long long time since I've lost someone I was really close to and although I know, and rejoice, about where she'll spend eternity, my heart is heavy with sorrow.  I'll  miss her tremendously.
     So this card is bittersweet for me because it was supposed to go to her and it didn't make it.  She didn't know about this card, but she did know about the white chocolate bread pudding and long visit my husband and I shared with her the Monday night before she died.  She had told me that she had dreamed about my bread pudding when I ran into her at the store.  I'm so glad I got the chance to make it for her and spend some time laughing and enjoying each others company.  My last words to her were "I love you" and that makes my heart rejoice.  The card won't go to waste.  I plan to give it to her sister at the funeral tomorrow.
     I hope you get a chance to play along with the sketch challenge this week at Jackson's Digital Expressions Challenge.  The winner will receive (3) images from Jackson's Digital Expressions, (2) images from Guylou's Inimitability, and an invitation to be a Guest Designer.  There will also be three Top Picks chosen.
     May you have a blessed week!


Supplies

• Paper:  Making Memories, Bazzill, Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
• Stamp:  Jackson's Digital Expressions "Sunday Hat VII", sentiment from Create with TLC
• Ink:  Copics, Sakura Gold gel pen
• Tools:  Nestabilities labels Eighteen, sewing machine
• Miscellaneous:  Michaels gemstones, Martha Stewart seam binding

Never Forget

     Couldn't you just squeeze him to pieces!    I think this little elephant from Mo's Digital Pencil is so sweet and since our challenge at The Kraft Journal this week is "remembering you" who better to put on my card but the animal who never forgets.  ;-)
     I actually broke into a new paper pad for this one--some more yummy My Mind's Eye with all those soft pastel colors.  I think this would be a great baby card.
     I started with a base of Light Kraft Cover Weight cardstock and then matted with a layer of Buff Ivory Cover Weight cardstock.  Next comes that gorgeous DP.  I matted the image with more of the Buff Ivory and mounted it on top of some cheesecloth.  The fishtail banners and sentiment are both cut from Chipboard and covered with more of the Light Kraft.  I used a white gel pen to add some stitching.  That yummy pink bow is 7 Gypsies Victoria seam binding.  I just love the soft colors on this card.
     Hope you'll join us for this weeks challenge.  Babette just added some really cool products to the Kraft Outlet store so if you're the lucky monthly winner, you just might want to buy some of them with your gift voucher.  You can't win if you don't play and each time you do play you get another chance at winning.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Make It Monday--anything goes
Oozak Challenge blog--spring colors
Robyn's Fetish--anything goes
CMC Copic Challenge--anything goes
Craft Your Days Away--all creatures great and small
Just Inspirational--photo inspiration


     Happy Monday!


Kraft Outlet Supplies


Light Kraft Cover Weight cardstock
Buff Ivory Cover Weight cardstock
Chipboard
7 Gypsies Victoria seam binding


Other Supplies


Paper:  My Mind's Eye "Follow Your Heart--Be Happy"
Stamp:  Mo's Digital Pencil "I Forgot"
Ink:  Copics, Victorian Velvet Distress ink, Marvy Uchida white gel pen
Tools:  Martha Stewart Butterfly punch, sewing machine
Miscellaneous:  Recollections pearls, Dritz cheescloth

Me, me, me......

     (If you missed my post for A Day For Daisies earlier today please click here to check it out)
     Well, I know a lot of you liked my little Boudreaux Goss card last week.  So did his parents and so did Linda McClain at the Catered Crop.  She picked my little tough guy as one of her Top Chef picks.  That means I get to Guest Chef for her and make a project for the Sunday Quickfire segment this week.  Yippee!
     Well her challenge this go around is to use rick rack on your project.  Are you looking at my card and thinking "well she barely squeaked by with that scrap of rick rack on her card.  Take a closer look.  :-)  Do you see that big white rose?  Yep, that's rick rack.  Isn't it gorgeous!  It's super simple too.  There are several tutes out there showing you how to do this.  Here's one I found and here's another.  I had some pink that I was going to use.  It really didn't match so I didn't use it, but I also discovered that the stiffer material it was made out of made it almost impossible to braid the two pieces together.  So if you try this, it works better with the softer regular type of rick rack.
     I just couldn't help myself last week when Krista Smith put her Saturated Canary digis on sale.  I bought several to add to my collection including this one.  I used a cool sketch from Sketch Saturday with some shapes that were not standard.  Trying to break out of my box a bit.  LOL  I love how it turned out.
     The other flowers all started out white and I colored them to match with Copics.  The two larger roses look orange in this photo, but they actually match the pink on her dress.  It's just the lighting.  If I tried to tone them down it washed little "Party Hardy" all out so I just left it alone.
     The leaves are Memory Box.  I cut them out in Kraft and then layered the next smaller size on top cut out of DP.  There's a little sparkle on the roses and her outfit and I couldn't leave that cupcake flat.  It has Liquid Applique fluffy icing and a Glossy Accent cherry.
     This one was really fun to make and I hope you like it as much as I do.  I'd like to enter it into the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbons--flowers
Little Miss Muffett--anything goes
Moving Along with the Times--keep it real(no fantasy figures)
Saturated Canary--May Flowers
Diva's By Design--pink
The Paper Shelter--Birthday with a sentiment
Sisterhood of Crafters--May flowers
Truly Scrumptious--anything goes
Whimsy Stamps Inspirations--anything goes
Make It Monday--anything goes
Tammy's Scrappin Corner--show us your flowers
The Pink Elephant--polka dots and stripes
Joanna Sheen--birthday
CMC Copic Challenge--anything goes
Sweet Stampin--flower power
Sketch Saturday--sketch

     Have a fabulous weekend!


Supplies

• Paper:  My Mind's Eye "Follow Your Heart--Be Happy",Kraft Outlet Light Kraft
• Stamp:  Saturated Canary "Party Hardy", Cardz TV Stamps "It's All About You"
• Ink:  Copics, Versafine Vintage Sepia
• Tools:  Memory Box "Tender Leaves", Cuttlebug, sewing machine
• Miscellaneous:  Michaels pearls, Prima roses, Liquid Applique, Glossy Accents, Diamond Stickles, Wal-mart rick rack

A hug for Mama

     YAY!  It's Friday and it's new release day at A Day For Daisies.  Tammy has some gorgeous new images out in a collection called Mama's Darlings.
     I dug way down in my paper pad drawer and found what's left of my BG Capella paper to use on this card.  Those corners are little mulberry paper pieces I bought at Michaels.  The heart chippies came from there too.  I totally cased that little heart stack from my buddy Alyce.  I sent her some of these in Australia and she used them like this on one of her gorgeous cards.  I told her I needed her to sit down with me and teach me how to color hair right.  I always have so much trouble with the highlights.  Tammy really liked this though, so I guess I didn't do too bad.  :-)
     You can find all five of the images in this collection in the ADFD store and our "Polka Dot" challenge is still running for another week at the ADFD blog if you'd like to join in .
     I'll have another post a little later today so please come back and check out a Saturated Canary cutie I did for a Guest spot at the Catered Crop.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Moving Along with the Times--keep it real
Penny's Paper-Crafty--I love you Mom
Deep Ocean--what a wonderful woman
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations--emotions
Karen's Doodles--something for mom
Creative Inspirations Paint--Mother's Day
Basic Grey--anything goes
Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle Saturdays--Mother's Day

     Hugs!


Supplies


Paper:  Basic Grey "Capella", Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamp:  A Day For Daisies "Mama Hug", TPC Studio "Greetings"
Ink:  Copics, Pumic Stone Distress ink
Tools:  Nestabilities Classic Ovals, Classic Scalloped Ovals, Labels Ten
Miscellaneous:  Recollections flowers and mulberry corners, Wild Orchids rose, Michael's chippies and Rhinestones

When I grow up

     Well, I've discovered that circle cards are tough for me.  Guess I'm just a square kinda girl.  :-)  But, our challenge this week at Mo's Digital Pencil is "Circle Cards" so here it is.  I definitely need some practice with sewing a circle.  LOL
     The image is called "Big Shoes" and can be found in the Mo's Digital Pencil store with tons of other cuties.
     So all of you who are much better at making circle cards than me, break out all your cool tools for making circles, grab a Mo image, and come join in the fun!
     Mo offers a $5.00 gift certificate for every 25 entries.  Who know, you just might be a winner and then comes the hard task of deciding WHICH images to choose.  :-)  Mo's characters are all so much fun.  It will be a hard choice.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp--CAS
Everybody-Art-Challenge--purple and blue
Ladybug Crafts--anything but sqaure
Sassy Cheryl's--don't be square
Top Tip Tuesday--CAS
Kaboodles Doodles--CAS
Totally Stampalicious--CAS
Pile It On--CAS

     Happy Thursday!


Supplies

• Paper:  My Mind's Eye "So Sophie--Graceful ", Bazzill, Copic XPress-it Blending card
• Stamp:  Mo's Digital pencil "Big Shoes", Studio G sentiment
• Ink:  Copics
• Tools:  Nestabilities Standard Circles and Classic Scalloped Circles, sewing machine
• Miscellaneous:  Queen and Co. pearls

Here comes the sun

     Here's another late in the day Whimsy and Stars post and another pretty CAS card.  :-)  I've been trying to kick back and relax a little lately.  It seemed that 90% of my time was spent making cards so I decided I needed to slow down and smell the roses so to speak.
     My daughter and her boyfriend absolutely adored the Avengers, but when I said I wanted to see it, they informed me that I had to watch both Iron Mans, Captain America, and Thor so I would be up to speed.  Well I've squeezed them all in and hope to see the Avengers sometime this weekend.
     I also have a bit of a thing for Masterpiece Mystery and the new season of Sherlock Holmes just started so I've spent a few hours watching that too.  Just needed to spend some time with my family and spend some time just vegging. :-)
     So, the card is made with Mabelle's newest release, "Amelie to the Beach".  Isn't she cute!  After I colored her I had to laugh cause she looks like Gilligan.  Don't cha think!  LOL
     The background is pieced together using a pattern you can find here at Mel Stampz.  She really offers some awesome freebies.  I added a few little punched shells that were painted with Pearl Perfect pearls and a little Glimmer Mist.
     You can find Amelie right here in the Whimsy and Stars Studio store.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Try It On Tuesday--on the beach
Creative Mondays--stitching
There She Goes-vacation time
Basic Grey--anything goes
Annabelle Stamps--stitching

     Hope you're having a great week!


Supplies


Paper:  Basic Grey "Piccadilly", Bazzill, Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamp:  Whimsy and Stars Studio "Amelie to the beach"
Ink:  Copics
Tools:  sewing machine, unknown shell punch, Memory Box Classic Scallop die, Nestabilities Labels Four
Miscellaneous:  The paper Studio button, kraft Outlet Jewel Hemp Cord, Pearl Perfect Pearls, Vanilla Breeze Glimmer Mist, jute