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Magnolia "quote of the day"

"Do it Nice or do it Twice !!."
-Clairee xx ;)

Sunday 26 May 2013

Princess & the Pea Tilda

Evening All !!  ....a Little late but its my lovely hubby's birthday today
So we've been celebrating and
 thankfully the weather down here has been gorgeous today.
I've been ruthless again and sorting out more rubber stamps to sell
if you want to take a peek.....
You can find them
Here on eBay 
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You still have time to enter the  Totally Tilda Challenge
Our theme is
More than one fold
Please pop over to the  Totally Tilda Challenge blog
to find out more and see all the fantastic examples
 my wonderfully talented DT girls have made.
I've used another sentiment stamp that I helped think up with my good friend Nicky 
@ Stamping All Day 
and you can find it and many other fantastic stamps
Exclusively at Nicky's store Stamping All Day
and all very reasonably priced too !!
Plus UK shipping is only £1.25 no matter what the size of your order is,
 Nicky also ships worldwide see in store for shipping details and prices.
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I've made a Joy fold card for the first time but it was so simple.
I also used this fab Tilda from the new Once upon a time 2013 collection
coloured her with Copics and paper pieced her dress then glittered her crown.
The base paper is by BoBunny from the C'est LaVie the collection.
Ive also used Tim Holtz distress ink pads and distress tool to shade the edges.
Nicky's lovely Sentiments are stamped on a SU punched shape
and everything else is from my stash.
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This time we are very lucky as we are sponsored by
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  I'm having a BIG craft sort out and I'm selling loads of stamps 
Please come and check them out......
My rubber stamps on
eBay 
please take a look

                            Hugs..........................                
 
AKA Clairee
My personal blog is Here

Tilda Princess and Pea !!

 
Hi everyone ......
I'm taking a break for the next couple of challenges
so my lovely friend and Deputy Christine is standing in for me
(Thank you my friend x)
Our theme this time is
 "More Than One Fold"
I made a simple easel card  
using Piggy Pink Scalloped Bazzill card
and Prima Paper from the Meadow Lark collection
I also used this sweet Tilda masked on the Magnolia Mattress
both from the new Once upon a time 2013 collection.
Both these sentiment stamps came from
Nicky @ Stamping All Day
The Happy Birthday is so handy and it cost only £1
and the Officially a Princess seal/ postmark is just £1.75
So pop over and see what other bargains you can find
 Stamping All Day
Sentiment for every occasion @ very reasonably priced too !!
Plus UK shipping is only £1.25 no matter what the size of your order is,
 Nicky also ships worldwide see in store for shipping details and prices.
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        Hugs..........................                
 
AKA Clairee
My personal blog is Here
All my cards are available to buy on My Etsy Shop

Monday 13 May 2013

Tilda's Frog Prince

Hello my friends .... Monday again 
Where do the weeks go !! the weather down here looks a little dull today
so after this post I intend to settle down for a day of craftiness in the warm.
As you may know it was my birthday last week and
I got so many Beautiful cards and presents from
my lovely DT girls and friends in blogland
(Thank you all so much xxooxx)
many of my presents were of the rubber variety
as like many of you ....I do love a stamp of 2 !!
Also I have bought a ton of new stamps myself lately so....
I've spent the weekend being ruthless and sorting out some of the stamps
 I don't need or use anymore
plus Garry my darling husband has mentioned a few times.....
that soon the headlines of the local news paper will read
"Gosport family tragically drown in rubber.....they didn't stand a chance !!"
he's a cheeky devil ...but I have to say he's right and so
I've put loads of my stamps for sale here on
Here on eBay
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Right on to my DT card for the
Totally Tilda Challenge 
I've used 2 more stamps by my good friend Nicky 
which contains a total of 6 stamps for only £3.50
designed by Nicky herself and found
Exclusively at her store Stamping All Day
Where you can find a Sentiment Stamps for any occasion
and very reasonably priced too !!
Plus UK shipping is only £1.25 no matter what the size of your order is,
 Nicky also ships worldwide see in store for shipping details and prices.
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I hope you can Join us over at the Totally Tilda Challenge
for our
Pink Princess
You still have until Saturday mid~day GMT
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I also used this fab Tilda from the new Once upon a time 2013 collection
coloured her with Copics
and glittered her dress after colouring.
The base paper is Paris Girl from Carta Bella this collection is one of my favs.
Ive also used Tim Holtz distress ink pads and distress tool to shade the edges.
Nicky's lovely Sentiments are stamped on Die cuts cut with
Magnolia Doohickey - Peaky Floral Tabs dies
And I cut the card with Grand Nesties
and everything else is from my stash.
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This time we are very lucky as we are sponsored  
 the Prize is;
I'm so lucky to be working with such a talented group of ladies they are simply the best, 
I hope you can pop over to the Totally Tilda Challenge  blog 
to see all their fabulous Design Team cards.
Thanks for dropping by....Have a great day
                            Hugs..........................                
 
AKA Clairee
My personal blog is Here
  Don't forget I'm having a BIG craft sort out 
and I'm selling loads of stamps 
Please come and check them out......
My rubber stamps on
eBay 
please take a look

Sunday 5 May 2013

Princess Tilda


Happy Sunday my friends .... I know the first thing you're all gonna want to know ...
Where did I get that sentiment stamp from ?? 
Well as there was no sentiments in the last collection of Magnolia stamps to go with all the wonderful Princesses stamps I had a few ideas of my own so I went along to chat to my very talented & lovely good friend Nicky @ Stamping All Day told her my ideas and this is one we came up with together
and now they are available to buy in her fabulous store Stamping All Day
where you can find a sentiment for any occasion and very reasonably priced too !!
Plus UK shipping is only £1.25 no matter what the size of your order is, Nicky also ships worldwide see in store for shipping details and prices.
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I hope you can Join us over at the Totally Tilda Challenge
the theme is of course
Pink Princess
I selfishly choose this theme for our first challenge of May every year in honour of my birthday !!! lol well its my favourite colour and theme and a girls gotta spoil herself hasn't she ?!! lol
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I also used Tilda with corkscrews from the new Once upon a time 2013 collection
I paper pieced her dress with 7Gypsies Vintage Baby Pink paper
the birdcage & bird die is from Prickly Pear
The base paper is from Authentic
Ive also used Tim Holtz distress... stain, acrylic paint, ink pad and crackle paint.
Stampin Up Vintage lace, glitter, card, punch and gems.
The corrugated card is from Whiff of Joy.
and everything else is from my stash.
Here's a close up of that sentiment again 
Don't forget to pop over 
and see all the yummy stamps @  
Stamping All Day.

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This time we are very lucky as we are sponsored  
Bunny-Zoe crafts 
 the Prize is;

Please pop over to the Totally Tilda Challenge blog to see all the lovely examples made by my DT.
Im so lucky to be working with such a talented group of ladies they are simply the best.
Enjoy your Sunday everyone 
                            Hugs..........................                
 
AKA Clairee
My personal blog is Here
 My rubber stamps on eBay ending today
please take a look

Sunday 10 February 2013

♥♥♥♥ Valentines Tilda ♥♥♥♥

 
Are you feeling the love !! he he .....♥♥♥♥
Its Valentines over at the Totally Tilda Challenge this time.
 Bunny-Zoe crafts is sponsoring this challenge
Thank you Nikki
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And the Prize is;
I coloured this cute Tilda with Copics and glittered her outfit
I made the heart embellishment by cutting a chipboard heart covering it with crystal lacquer which you must let completely dry, then paint it with Tim Holtz Crackle paint and top with glitter before letting it dry and crack, I love this technique which was share with me by my friend Mummy
and I believe she got the idea of another of our friends the lovely Janet from Pink Gem Designs
My paper is from BoBunnys Crazy Love Collection.
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I hope you'll pop over to the Totally Tilda blog to join in our challenge for a chance to win
and you to see the fabulous DT examples that my very talented team have made to inspire you all
Enjoy your Sunday
Hugs.............
 
AKA Clairee My personal blog is Here

Monday 4 February 2013

Pink & Chocolate Tilda

Hi everyone, I hope you're all well today
There is still time to enter our challenge over at  Totally Tilda  the theme is Tilda with 
Inspiration from this yummy photo
We are very lucky to be sponsored by the lovely  The Ribbon Girl shop
who will kindly be giving the winner a £10 voucher
to spend @the fantastic  The Ribbon Girl shop
I used Ice Skating Tilda on my card this time isn't shes pretty
I coloured her with Copics
My papers are by MME from the Madison pad and some scraps from the pink Glitz pad,
The sentiment is from Aa Tim Holtz Ticket book
I also used an CWC on the end card and a Memory Box die.
and everything else is from my stash.
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Hugs.....
 

AKA Clairee My personal blog is Here
All my cards are available to buy on My Etsy Shop

Sunday 13 January 2013

Yummy Tilda .....

 
Happy New Year Tilda Lovers!!!
This time over at the Totally Tilda Challenge the theme is Tilda with 
Tilda wearing Trousers
We have a fantastic prize that's up for grabs from the lovely Nikki from
Bunny-Zoe crafts,
Thank you for sponsoring us again and again Nikki
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I've made quite a simple card this time staring Tilda with Love Cake
I coloured her with Copic Markers and Mementos Markers
Which I bought from a great shop run by a lovely lady called Ruth
shes a real gem and really goes the extra mile for her customers,
here a link to her shop, its really worth a visit
  eBay Shop Fluff Pie.
My Paper is from the Peaceful collection from Authentic's.
I used a Sizzix frame die to cut out the pink flocked DoodleBug Design paper.
SU corner punch, I topped the corners with DoodleBug Designs Crystal gems
The Yummy Definition sentiment stamp is from Stamping Bella.
I hope you'll pop over to the Totally Tilda blog to join in our challenge for a chance to win
and you to see the fabulous DT examples that my very talented team have made to inspire you all
Enjoy your Sunday
Hugs.............
 
AKA Clairee My personal blog is Here
All my cards are available to buy on My Etsy Shop

Tuesday 8 January 2013

CANDY Over on My Blog .....


Hi everyone Happy New Year......I hope you all had a good Christmas
No card today but I thought I'd let you know I have some yummy Candy over on my Blog
Here
Please feel free to come and enter !!
Hugs Susie xx

Sunday 16 December 2012

Tilda's Got a Date !!!!! lol

Happy New Year
                   Hugs..........................                
 
AKA Clairee
My personal blog is Here
My Etsy Shop

Monday 10 December 2012

Happy Kissmas !!

 
 Hi everyone I hope you had a lovely warm snuggly weekend ....Monday again now but only a couple of weeks until Santa arrives !!! lol
And you still have enter our challenge over at Totally Tilda Challenge Blog
This Time Our Theme is;
Sitting Pretty 
So We want you to use a Magnolia Tilda stamp that shows Tilda Sitting Down.
Please pop over and join in the fun and enter for a chance to win the fantastic prize that's up for grabs from the lovely Nikki from Bunny-Zoe crafts,
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This time we are very lucky as we are sponsored by the lovely Nikki from Bunny-Zoe crafts
And the Prize is;
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So I hope to see you over at the Totally Tilda Challenge Blog for some fun and a chance to win .
Also you just got to go over and have look at the amazing creations my very talented Design Team have made as inspiration for you.
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 Enjoy your day everyone 
                            Hugs..........................                
 
AKA Clairee
My personal blog is Here
All my cards are available to buy on My Etsy Shop

Sunday 25 November 2012

White Christmas

Evening all....I made this little Brag book for the Magnolia Down Under Challenge as they have a Book theme Challenge and decorated to fit the Mid-week Magnolias Challenge who theme is "Dreaming of a White Christmas.
I coloured Tilda with Copic Markers, the flowers started out as some plain cheap white Prima flowers which I painted with white pearl paint and then heat embossed with Stampendous Shabby Chic white embossing powder then I spritzed them with Tattered  Angel Pearl Glimmer mist and added a crystal to the centre of each.
I cut the leaves with a Martha Stewart punch, I punched them from Basic Grey distressed dark white paper I also used another Basic Grey distressed paper to make the cover of the Brag book. I cut the Bazzill pages and rounded the corners and then stitched them altogether up the spin of the Brag book.
the Silver wax embellishment I made using a kit from 7Gypsies, the Button is from a basic Grey pack and the sentiment is from Cats Life Press.
Thanks for dropping by ............Enjoy your Sunday everyone 
                            Hugs......            
 
AKA Clairee
My personal blog is Here
All my cards are available to buy on My Etsy Shop

Sunday 18 November 2012

Sweet Tilda's Silent Night

 
Hi Tilda Lovers!!! Its that time again.....
Time to come and join us Tildarettes for some fun
over @ The Totally Tilda Challenge 
The theme this time is
A Christmas Recipe ;
You'll need to use all of the following on you
 Christmas Theme Creation 
2 Different Designer Papers 
Pearls
and
Ribbon
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This Challenge we are very lucky to be sponsored by the lovely The Ribbon Girl Shop.
If you haven't been over to the Ribbon Girl shop you should go and have a peek at all the lovely goodies for sale over there .... everything is so yummy !!
Thank you so much for sponsoring us  xx.

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Also you just got to go over and have look at the wonderful Design Team examples,
Im so lucky to be working with such a talented group of ladies they are simply the best.
Enjoy your Sunday everyone 
                            Hugs..........................                
 
AKA Clairee
My personal blog is Here
All my cards are available to buy on My Etsy Shop

Wednesday 14 November 2012

Tilda's Sketch Time

 
Hi Totally Tilda Lovers!!! You still have a few days to join in over at the Totally Tilda Challenge the theme is 
 Sketch Time !!
So we would like you to use Tilda in our Sketch
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Please pop over and join in the fun and enter for a chance to win the fantastic prize that's up for grabs from the lovely Nikki from Bunny-Zoe crafts,
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This time we are very lucky as we are sponsored by the lovely Nikki from Bunny-Zoe crafts
And the Prize is;
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Please pop over to the Totally Tilda Challenge Blog and join in the fun and enter for a chance to win .
Also you just got to go over and have look at the amazing creations my very talented Design Team have made as inspiration for you.
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Thanks for popping by
Hugs..........
 
AKA Clairee
My personal blog is Here

Wednesday 7 November 2012

Susie's Christmas Stocking

 
Hi hope everyone is well and keeping warm now its turned so chilly.
Today I've made a Christmas decoration / ornament for the MDUC 
I'm also entering this into the Mid-week Magnolia challenge who have the theme "Walking in a winter wonderland". 
I used the New Stampin Up Sizzix Stocking Die which I totally love to cut this out first in chipboard then in paper & card . 
The papers is from BoBunny, I also used Stampin Up Baja Breeze card 
both distressed with TH walnut stain DI.
The Cinnimon sticks I got from Holy Rose 
 This gorgeous sentiment stamp is New from the lovely Nicky at Stamping All Day thank you Nicky xx
 This cute Edwin I've coloured with Copic and Glitter before cutting out
Thanks for dropping by ....enjoy your evening
All my cards are available to buy on My Etsy Shop
Please scroll up and down to see more creations from us Steel Magnolia's
Hugs
 
AKA Clairee
My personal blog is Here