Ahoy!

Happy Friday, y'all!! It feels like forever since I have posted, but it has been an insane week!! My youngest has had the swine flu all week. He has asthma, so it is more serious for him. He has been fever free for 2 days now, but still has a bad cough and had to go on prednisone so he does not get viral pneumonia!! Eek! He has already had pneumonia twice before, so he is kind of prone. To top it off, I had a wisdom tooth extracted this week too. We were certainly a pair laying around on the couches all week! I finally feel much better, so I made it up to my office to get crafty! I missed my office!

Today I have a Pirate Edwin card to share with you. It can be used a birthday, hello, or whatever it needs to be!

I used Pirate Edwin, Barrel, Skull and Anchor and Ocean Background stamps from Magnolia. I used some PTI cardstock and distressed it around the edges with a distresser tool. The image was torn around the edges and then Tea Dye Distress ink was applied around the edges. Charms like the one I used can be found here. Floss can be found here.
Here is a close-up of Edwin. I used these Copics:
E11, 00, 000, R30, C7, 9, 5, 3, 1, E37, 35, 33, 31, 30, E43, 42, 41, 40, R39, 37, 35, 32, B97, 95, 93, 91, E55, 53, 50, B000,00, BG72, BG10

Supplies:
Stamps - Pirate Edwin, Barrel, Skull and Anchor, Ocean Background, sentiment (SU)
Paper - cardstock
Ink - Memento, Copics, Tea Dye Distress Ink
Accessories - Charm, Nestabilities, Distresser Tool, Scoreboard, Inkssentials Blending Tool, Floss

Hot or Cold??

Happy Wednesday, y'all!! Hope everyone is having a good day so far! I am getting errands, etc done today as my hubby is haivng Laser PRK (similar to Lasik) surgery tomorrow and will need lots of TLC through next week. It will be hard to keep him down and resting since he is a workaholic! LOL! Hopefully I will get lots of Maggies colored while taking care of him.

7 Kids College Fund has a new challenge on the Challenge Blog today.

This week's theme is:

Hot or Cold

I was a little tired of the cold, so decided to do a summery card.

I am envious of Pirate Tilda because she is standing by the ocean and it makes me miss fishing....I have not really done and fishing since a brief drop in a lake last summer. I am itching to do some rod bending in the ocean. I am planning on doing some fishing later this year when the hubby and I go to Hawaii! I can't wait. Ok, back to reality....

I used the Tilda with Jolly Roger and Sea Background stamps from Magnolia for my card. The DP is from the Basic Grey Olivia stack and the cardstock and ribbon is SU. The sentiment is from Amy R's Birthday stamp set (All That Scraps). I colored both images with Copics and added lots of aqua Stickles to the waves. The bow was made using my Bow-Easy (great product!) All of the edges were distressed using a distressing tool. Not sure where I got the charm, but Tab has some in her store here.

Here is a close-up of this swashbuckling cutie!
I used the following Copics to color:
Skin: E11, E00, E000, R30
Hair: E57, 55, 53, 50
Clothes: R22, 21, 20, 0000, C7, 5, 3, 1, 00
Flag & Sea Background: E37, 35, 33, 31, 30, BG13, 11, 10, 0000, E43, 42, 41, 40

I will be back later with another post!

Supplies:
Stamps - Tilda with Jolly Roger, Sea Background (both Magnolia stamps), Sentiment (ATS)
Paper - Olivia DP (Basic Grey), SU cardstock
Ink - Memento, Copics
Accessories - Stickles, Bow Easy, Charm, Distressor Tool, Ribbon (SU), Word Window Punch (SU)

Captain Edwin says Ahoy, Matey!

Happy Tuesday, y'all! I hope everyone had a nice long weekend! We spent Memorial Day (US National Holiday) weekend at our condo in New Smyrna Beach, FL. It was pretty crowded, but a wonderful and relaxing time! I will try to post some beach pics later.

It seems like it has been forever since I have posted a Magnolia card! I have been really busy and it seems like my insanity of chaos is just starting! (can't wait until school is out!) I made this card last weekend for a birthday party my youngest son went to. The birthday boy loves pirates and I thought Captain Edwin was perfect. His little friend still loves the pirate invites I sent out for Carson's party and decided to have a pirate party of his own! He loved this card! You can get Cap'n Edwin and the barrel & skull stamps over at Magnolia-licious!

This was a quick card...I used all PTI papers: Vintage Cream, Kraft and Enchanted Evening. I sponged some Tea Dye Distress Ink to all of the edges after I tore them. Nothing fancy, but it is for a boy!! I colored the images with Copics and cut them out. They were layered using 3-D foam tape. The sentiment comes from a SU pirate set.

Here is a side view, so you can see the layering.
Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a wonderful rest of the day!

I've been a little busy....

making my son's birthday invites, but I am very pleased how they turned out!

Here is the pile of Edwin's and Tilda's that I colored with Copics and hand cut. I made 20 in all - boy was my hand tired after I finished these! I just got these new stamps from Magnolia-licious last week!

Here is the invite for the boys in his class: I printed the invite on Vintage Cream, cut notches around the edges and inked it with tea dye distress ink as well as some Basic Black. The "x" stamp is from a SU set. I got my inspiration for this invite from the current Magnolia Ink Magazine. We have this awesome Pirate Ship park in our neighborhood, so it is a perfect setting. Needless to say, Carson is very excited! :) Here is the version for the girls in my son's class.

Thanks for stopping by! ~Tori

Ahoy Matey!

This is Parker's 5th birthday invitation! I just love the pirate!

Stamps: Ahoy, Matey and Matey's Map

CS: Basic Grey, Kraft, Cranberry Crisp, Watercolor paper

Ink: chocolate chip, staz-on

Misc: WWC, Aqua Painter, linen thread, punches, craft knife

Here is the inside of the card: