Happy Belated Birthday Tab!!

Happy Monday, y'all!! I am so late getting this posted as we went out of town over the weekend and I did not get a chance to get this photographed and up on my blog!!! We went to Orlando this weekend to see the Nease Indoor Percussion line compete at WGI Regionals! My daughter plays the 'vibes' in the pit. They ended up getting 5th place. We were disappointed because we really felt they deserved 3rd place. They still put on a wonderful performance and I am so proud of all of their hard work!!

So, Happy Belated Birthday Tab!! (Friday was Tab from 7 Kids College Fund's birthday)

This is one of my new favoritw Tildas!! This is Birthday Tilda. I used some old Urban Prairie from Basic Grey for this card along with some SU cardstock. Tilda was cut out with Oval Nesties and inked around the edges. The sentiment was cut with Tag Trio Nesties and airbrushed with some BG11 and 13 Copic marker. The crocheted flowers are handmade by moi!! You can find them here. The leaf punch is Martha Stewart and the fern punch can be found here.
Here are the Copics I used for Tilda:
E11, 00, 000, R30, E57, 55, 53, 50, BG10, 0000, 11, 13, 15, C7, 5, 3, W5, 3, 00, R27, 24, 20, YG95, 93, 91, 21, 00, E37, 35, 33, 30

Supplies:
Stamps - Birthday Tilda, sentiment (Amy R Birthday set)
Paper - Cardstock (SU), Urban Prairie DP(Basic Grey)
Ink - Memento, Copics
Accessories - Stickles, Copic ABS, Nestabilities, Fern Punch, Crocheted Flowers, buttons (PTI), Martha Stewart border punch,

New Easter Digi's Now Available!

Happy Monday, Y'all!! It's another busy week this week for me as we have company coming in town later this week and I am behind as usual. We had a nice weekend filled with lots of spring cleaning and yard work. We did have a special family dinner Sunday night to celebrate my baby's birthday - my baby just turned 5 on Sunday. That is so hard for me to accept b/c he's my baby and he's growing up so fast!

Today, Pink Cat Studio is having an Easter Digi Release!! Go check out the new stuff here.

This is Easter Lily and her friend, one of the Easter Egg Chicks. She is so sweet with her basket of eggs. It 's a little hard to tell, but I added some Liquid Glass to all of the eggs. I went digging in my stash and found some Easter-like papers from Pine Cone Press. The yellow polka dot paper is Bo Bunny. I paired them with some Pretty in Pink and some So Saffron cardstock. The flower is one I crocheted myself. I do have some available in my Etsy store if you are interested in any. The ribbon is Bashful Blue (SU). I used some MS punches, Oval Nesties and some machine stitching. I created the sentiment on my pc and airbrushed it with some R83.
I colored Lily with Copics, cut her out and popped her up on the background panel with some 3-D foam tape. I airbrushed the background with some B21 & YG17.

Here is a sneak of some of the other images she released today. Go check them out!
Hope you enjoyed my card. Be sure to stop by the other PCS Digi DT girls' blogs and see what they cooked up this week! Have a great day! ~Tori

It's Raining Flowers!!

Happy Monday, y'all! Hope everyone is having a nice day so far. It is beautiful today in FL and I am enjoying the sunshine and weather in the 60's!

I have added lots of new crocheted flowers to my Etsy store this weekend. In addition to new colors, I also stocked white, pink, chocolate and aqua!

Berry - coordinates with PTI's Berry Sorbet

Lavender

Pink double layered flowers with brown PTI buttons:

close-up of the double layered flower. All you need to do is add a glue dot and you have an instant embellishment. I can change the color of the buttons to fit your needs.

Hope you are having a sunny day too! Thanks for stopping by! ~Tori

Sweet Tilda Birthday!!

Happy Saturday night, y'all! Hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far. We had a pretty relaxing weekend. The kids just started soccer practice last week and the games start next weekend. With 3 soccer games every Saturday and a lacrosse game every Sunday, we will be plenty busy! I just wanted to have some down time before it got crazy!

I made this Sweet Tilda card for the Magnolia March Homepage Challenge. The challenge was to create something bright and I think this fits the bill!

The DP is from my new MME Home stack that I bought at Michael's a few weeks ago. I paired it with some Old Olive and Rose Red. I used a MS border punch, one of my crocheted flowers, some fern punched leaves (of course!) and some polka dot ribbon. This DP is so busy and sparkly, I did not think it needed much more! The sentiment is from Savvy Stamps.
Here is a close-up of Sweet Tilda. I think I used pretty bright & bold colors - a little out of the box for me! I masked her off and created the background using my Copic ABS. I love that thing! When I first got my Copics, I said I would NEVER need the ABS - boy was I wrong! I can't believe I waited so long to get it. The Tilda image was cut out using some new Nesties that I got for Christmas - better late than never to use them, right?

Here are the Copics I used. In addition to them, I used some white gel pen for some dots on her cheeks.

I have had fun working on this challenge. I always want to play along on challenges, but I get so busy that by the time I get around to working on it, the challenge is long over! One of these days life will slow down and I will have more me time! Ha - maybe in 20 yrs! :)

Happy Saturday y'all! Hugs, ~Tori

My First Magnolia Card!!

Happy Wednesday, y'all! Hope everyone is having a great day! We had some beautiful FL weather Monday & Tuesday, it is supposed to rain today and the temperatures are supposed to be back in the 30's at night and upper 40's during the day. Dear Mother Nature, I did not sign up for this when I decided to move to FL!! LOL!

Well, I have something exciting to share today...I have been checking out Magnolia Stamps for quite a while, but never took the plunge until now! I have finally ordered a bunch of them. This is currently the first one I have, but many more will be gracing my mail box soon! This is my very first Magnolia card. I am pleased with how it turned out. The only thing that would have made it better is if I had my sewing machine, but it is still in the shop.

I am in LOVE!! I had so much fun coloring this image. One of the things I love about Maggies is that they have such detail - so much fun to color and add that dimension with shading. I decided to try use up some of my retired SU Afternoon Tea DP. I have so much SU DP and totally forget about it. I love, love, love Basic Grey and tend to only reach for it. I recently gave my office a long-overdue overhaul and found the SU DP. I paired the DP with some Soft Sky and Chocolate Chip cardstock. The sentiment is from SU's Live Your Dream stamp set. I distressed the edges of all of the DP and sponged it with a little Chocolate Chip ink. The flower is one of my hand crocheted flowers. (if you are interested in some of them, see my Etsy store link on the right) I added a brad and of course some of my signature fern leaves! The leaves and border punches are Martha Stewart and the oval punches are SU. I also added some Groovy Guava ribbon. Here is a close-up of this sweet Tilda. I used these colors to color her: R00, 01, 02, 05, 20; E0000, 000, 00, 11, 30, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42; BG10, 11; Colorless Blender 0. I cut her out and popped her up with some 3-D foam tape.

Here is a close-up of the crocheted flower. This is a little bit different pattern than what I currently have in my Etsy store, but will be adding some of these soon.

***Etsy Update***

I have added some new colors of crocheted flowers along with lots of new cards!

Spring Mix - set of 8 flowers

This set of 8 flowers coordinates with PTI's cardstock: Hibiscus Burst, Lemon Tart, Spring Moss and Aqua Mist.

Yellow flowers - set of 5 crocheted flowers

These flowers coordinate with SU's So Saffron cardstock.
See my Etsy store for more info and photos.

I would love to hear some feedback on my first Magnolia card! Have a wonderful day! ~Tori

Etsy Store Update!!

Happy Friday! Just wanted to drop y'all a quick note and let you know I restocked my crocheted flowers in my Etsy Store. I restocked the following colors:

Pink (Pretty in Pink Match)

Aqua (Aqua Mist Match)

Ecru (Very Vanilla Match)

In addition, I added 2 more colors:

Red:
Chocolate: If there are any other colors you would like to see, just leave me a comment or Convo me on my Etsy store. I have 2 large orders I am filling, but will be adding lots more colors soon! :)

Have a wonderful weekend! ~Tori

Crochet Flowers Announcement!

Happy Sunday to ya! A storm blew in here last night and brought some more cooler weather with it last night. Yesterday, it was in the 70's and rainy - today the upper 40's. I am really wondering when we will get some spring-like weather Florida is so famous for. The snowbirds from up north must be feeling a little gypped!

As you all know, I love to use crocheted flowers as embellishments on my cards...I am very excited to announce that I have decided to sell some of my crocheted flowers on my Etsy Store!

Add a button, a brad or some bling to the center of them to make a quick 3-D embellishment, perfect for any scrapbooking, card or altered project! They measure approximately 1 inch square.

Click this link for some inspiration on how to use them.

I have packaged them in sets of 5 individual colors and have matched them to SU and PTI colors. (I found a list on SCS that had DMC floss matches). Some are made with crochet thread and the rest are made with DMC floss. I currently have 4 colors available in my Etsy store, but am planning on adding additional colors once I gauge the interest in them. If there is a particular color you would like, please 'Convo' me through my Etsy store. I am happy to do special orders at this time and am able to do different quantities. Special orders will be priced based on quantity.

Here is the Pink set:

This is how it matches to Pretty In Pink cardstock:

Aqua:

Set of 5 view:

Matches PaperTrey Ink's Aqua Mist Cardstock:Ecru - matches Very Vanilla, but will coordinate with just about anything, especially kraft & brown colored papers as well as any DP that has creamy tones, vs. white tones - very versatile color!White - of course, it goes with about anything! They can also be died with re-inkers to create just about any color as well as airbrushed with Copics.Lastly, I wanted to show you how I organize my floss colors. I used the trusty list I got off of SCS and some Cropper Hopper ribbon cards. I cannot seem to find who makes this shape ribbon card anymore, but the Cropper Hopper ones are fine too.

I wrote the DMC floss # at the top left and the coordinating color in the middle. When I finish the floss, I know what color to re-purchase without having to look it up! The cards keep them from getting tangled up etc. I store them in rainbow order in SnapWare containers like these. I love these things for storing scrapping supplies. I used to crop every Friday night at my LSS and they were perfect for page planning. I store everything from versa mark ink pads, SU markers, Copics (for when I travel), bling, alcohol inks, etc. each in their own labeled bin. Then all I needed to do was snap the items together that I needed for that night and they were neat & tidy! I also have 12 x 12 SnapWare containers that store my SU stamps. I used to use them for chipboard, MM paints, Glimmer Mist and other larger embellishments when I cropped mobily. Now, I pretty much do my cards at home, but things are still so easy to find in my office because of my organization.

Here is a close-up of how I mark each ribbon card:Have a wonderful Sunday! I will be back this week with some new PCS Digi Valentine images as well as some other deliciousness! Thanks for stoppin' in! Gotta go stir my pot of chicken & sausage gumbo I am making! ~Tori

Will You Be My Valentine?

Happy Thursday! I am planning on hitting the gym again today - I went yesterday for the first time in a long time and it felt great!

I have a quick post this morning to show you another Anya card I made for Valentines. This is one of the girls from the Miss Anya Dressy set.

I used some Basic Grey Bittersweet DP along with some Riding Hood Red and some Sweet Blush (PTI) paper. I could not avoid using another crocheted flowers! I just love making them. I also had to use my MS fern punch too! The sentiment is from a new PTI stamp set.
Here is a close-up of Miss Anya. I airbrushed the pink heart behind her and colored her with Copics.

I will be updating my ETSY store today to include a few new cards sometime today!

Supplies - Miss Any Dressy Stamps (Greeting Farm), Sentiment (PTI); Paper - Riding Hood Red, Stamper's Select White, Sweet Blush (PTI); Ink - Copics, Memento; Accessories - Riding Hood Red Ribbon, Heart Nesties, Copic ABS, Copics, Fern Punch (MS), button & twine (PTI), sewing machine, flower (crocheted by me), Word Window & Modern Label Punches (SU)

Thanks for stopping by! ~Tori

Snail Mail

Good Wednesday Mornin' to ya'll! I hope everyone is gearing up for a good day today. I am planning on hittin' the gym this morning and really starting my workout routine today. I have been sick most of January, so I am getting a late start. I was sick a few weeks ago and then just had the lingering cough and managed to catch another cold. Oh well, I am mostly better now, so all is good! It was good to have a little down time - I finished Twilight last Thurs, and then read New Moon, Eclipse and 2/3 of Breaking Dawn this weekend! I am a little burned out on reading now and many other things need my attention!

I have a cute Valentine's card to share with you today. The image is a FREE digi download from Doodle Palace - you can check it out here.

I saw that image and thought it was adorable and somewhat versatile and who can argue with free? It could be used as a Hello, Birthday, Valentine's, etc. I was busting at the seams to cut into my new Bo Bunny paper I picked up last week at my LSS. I used to have a problem cutting into new paper (especially Basic Grey), because it was too pretty and what if I messed up. So, for a long time I accumulated paper and looked at it and used the paper I was less attached to. I finally challenged myself to use my coveted paper and now I don't have issues with it anymore. LOL - paper addiction, I am sure there are worse things! The Bo Bunny DP was paired with some Bazzill (tealish color) & Riding Hood Red cardstock. I used PTI's Stamper's Select paper to print my image - it is my favorite for Copics. The sentiment comes from PTI's Vintage Picnic stamp set. I cut the tag using a Nestie and airbrushed the background. The flower is one of my handmade crocheted flowers and the leaves were punched using an EK Success leaf punch. The button and twine are PTI as well. I am happy to report that my new Martha Stewart border punch (under the heart paper) cuts like 'buttah'! I have several of her border punches and they are not fond of SU & PTI paper, because of the thickness. I guess they re-engineered them or I got one awesome punch - I hardly had to press and it went straight through! To finish it off, I added some stitching - I remember way back when - I was afraid to sew on my cards - Ha! It's one of my fav things now!
Here is a close-up of Mr. Snail. I colored him with Copics and then masked him off, so that I could airbrush the ground and sky. Here are the Copics I used as I best remember them. (I colored him yesterday at the Ford Dealership, while getting my oil changed - hey, have Copics, will travel!) Sky - BG000; Ground - YG03; Snail - W1, W3, W7, R30, R32, R35, R37, R39; Mail - BG10, BG11, R37, & Colorless Blender.

Sorry for the novel this morning - guess it's going to be a chatty day! ~Tori

Happy Birthday Anya!

Happy Friday! Hope everyone has a fun weekend planned. We really do not have much on the schedule for this weekend and it is so refreshing to have some down time! I am planning on doing some reading myself! I finally bit the bullet and decided to read Twilight (really like the movie!) - I started it Tuesday night and finished it last night and started reading New Moon (another good movie)! My 13 yr old daughter and her friends are very into the Twilight stuff and she has really been on me to read them. I am very eager to get through the series!

I have a few Anya cards to share with you today that I have recently made. The first one is from the Miss Anya Love set. I love the sweet and gentle look about this image. I pulled out some Making Memories Chloe's Closet DP pack from last year for this card. I matched it with some So Saffron and Brocade Blue cardstock. To deepen the color of the Blue cardstock, I sponged some Blue Bayou ink around the edges. The head pin is also from the same MM collection. The flower was hand crocheted by me. The ribbon is Enchanted Evening Twill from PTI. I typed up the sentiment and printed it out and airbrushed it. For texture, I stitched around the checkered panel.
Here is a close up of this sweet girl. I colored her with the following copics: dress: B91, 93, 95, 97 & 99, Flowers: Y21 & YR16, Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20, Hair: E50, 53, 55. I added some lemon & orange Atyou spica glitter to the flowers. I cut her out and then popped her up on a panel I cut using my nesties and then airbrushed with Y21.

My second card uses the Rain Snow Shine Miss Anya set. I made this card back in December, but forgot to post it!
This is kind of quick one I threw together using a sketch challenge, but I can't remember which one it is - LOL! The sentiment is from a penguin Unity stamp set. I used some Eskimo Kisses DP along with some Cool Caribbean & Perfect Plum I inked to make darker. The embellishments were made with the Retro Flower (EK Success) & small snowflake (Clever Lever) and a teal pearl (Basic Grey).
Here is a close-up of my colored image. I do not recall the exact Copics I used, but here is an educated guess: BG10, 11, 72, E000, E00, E30, E33, E35, E50, R20, Y21, 23, 26, R81, 85, & 89. I added some white fun flock to her hand muff and her boots - so wintery! :)

Have a great weekend! ~Tori

Love is in the Air!

Hey there again, I am BACK! I am feeling much better, finally! My whole family is recovered and the weather is starting to turn beautiful again!

Today is PCS Digi Release Thursday and again, Melissa has pulled out all of the stops!

My first card uses one of the new Panda images. Check out all of the new stuff here!

He is just adorable IMHO! I decided he must be surrounded by hearts, so I put him in a shaker card. I really like these shaker inserts by Impression Obsession. They are very slim, so they still work very well for mailing - not too bulky. I filled it with some heart confetti I have had for ages, some red & white seed beads, and clear microbeads. The paper is PTI's new Simple Valentine DP. I paired it with some Kraft, Pure Poppy and some Rasberry Fizz cardstock. For a close-up on the cute flower embellies I made, scroll down! Surprise, I did not use my fern punch on this one - Ha! I used an EK Success leaf punch instead. I cut a scalloped circle with my Nesties and ran it through my CB with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. My little heart bling is from Hero Arts and the sentiment is from a new PTI set.
Here is a quick peek at how I made this card. The shaker is actually inside the card and I used a Circle Nestie to cut the hole in the front of the card!
Here is a peek at the inside of the card. I used the same concept for the inside, including stitching around the edges of the DP. For the image, I used C1, 3, 5, & 7, R20, 21, & 24, RV04, 17 & 19.

I got this idea from Dawn McVey's Blog post here. I decided to use an EK Success 5 petal flower punch, I believe it is the Retro Flower. I punched 5 flowers, layered them together and then added the button in the middle. Dawn has a video tutorial you can watch for more info.

I decided to create some more deliciousness, using the Lily in a Pile of Hearts Digi Image.
I colored the digi image and sentiment and then inked them with some Hibiscus Burst ink. I decided to use some more of my new PTI DP along with Pure Poppy cardstock. This sketch is a modification of the Joy Fold card. The front panel only goes halfway across and the image hangs over the edge. The bottom flower actually holds the card shut. These are more of my hand-crocheted flowers! I just love these things and really enjoy making them. I did have to break down and use my fern punch on this one! Of course the sentiment is one of the Free PCS Digi Sentiments.
Here is a close-up of this sweetheart. I colored her with E000, 00, & 11, R20, 24, 27, RV04, 17 & 19, Y21 & 26, BG10 & 11.
Here is a close-up of the flower embelly.
This is the inside of the card.
Here are some of the other images being released today. Go check them out here!

Be sure to stop by all of the other PCS DT blogs for more deliciousness!

Alicia Weiman

Emily Leiphart

Inge Groot

Kerry Donovan-Casey

Kristen Catalano

Lauren Meader

MacKenzie Bruckler

Maria Bell

Mariska van der Veer

Suzanne J. Dean

Tracey Cuccia

Vicki Garrett

Thanks for stopping by! ~Tori

PCS Valentine's Digi Release!

Hi, y'all! It's Thursday, so you know what that means....PCS Digi Release Day!!

I promised you the whole enchilada yesterday, so here it is: (speaking of enchiladas, The Pioneer Woman has the best recipe! - Just made them this week, again...YUM! I {heart} Mexican food - I am from TX after all!) This is Lily Valentine Fairy - I Heart You. Check it out here along with the other new cuteness! It is available in both rubber & digi!! Isn't she just completely adorable? I thought so too! I reached back in my Valentine's stash and pulled out some Fancy Pants Crush DP and paired it with some Cool Caribbean and Regal Rose. I did some whimsical stitching around the edges of the DP. For the embellishment, I punched some fern leaves (big surprise, eh?) and tucked them under some flowers I hand-crocheted and topped with some PTI buttons. I then, punched some small hearts and added them to the leaves with some Stickles. For the center strip, I punched some Regal Rose with my MS Heart border punch and layered it with some American Crafts polka dotted ribbon. Here is a close-up of this cutie. I printed her out on PTI Stampers Select paper and used my oval nesties to cut and layer her. For the background around her, I colored it in solid using R81 and then colored using my colorless blender in circles to create this mottled look. I think it puts more focus on the image. Here are the colors I used: Skin - E000, E00, R20; Dress & Cupcake - R85, R81, E35; Wings - BG10, BG11; Hair - Y21, Y26. I added a cute little Hero Arts heart bling to the sentiment, some Liquid Glass to her cupcake and hearts some clear Stickles to her wings.

Here is another card using another new image Pixies Make a Cupcake. It is also available in both Rubber & Digi as well. These sweet Pixies are hard at work dressing up a scrumptious cupcake! I reached way out of my comfort zone and tried something new on this one - a quilted background! I really try to leave math out of my paper crafting, but I had to sit down and use the old brain a little to figure out how big to make the squares! I am sure someone has a recipe somewhere for this, but I did it on my own! If you are interested, I used 12 - 1.25" squares that made up a panel 3.75" x 5". I cut them all out and then lightly glued them to a piece of printer paper (just regular paper - did not want it too thick) and then sewed down the lines and then stitched it to the yellow panel. I found this We R Memory Keepers Heart Attack DP in my stash - it is really bold and cute! It goes well with Summer Sun (SU) and Cool Caribbean. I used one of Melissa's FREE sentiments - check them out here. For the tag, I used my new Octagonal Nesties along with some American Crafts ribbon and a PTI button.
Here is a close-up of these sweeties. I colored the image with the following Copics: E00, R20, 37, Y11, 15, 17, 21, 26, RV21, 29, BG10, 11,13, YR 16. I added some stickles to the Pixie's wings and some Liquid Glass to the cupcake. I airbrushed using BG10 around the image and sentiment.

Here are all of the images being released today.
Be sure to check out all my other DT Sista's posts too!

Alicia Weiman

Emily Leiphart

Inge Groot

Kerry Donovan-Casey

Kristen Catalano

Lauren Meader

MacKenzie Bruckler

Maria Bell

Mariska van der Veer

Suzanne J. Dean

Tracey Cuccia

Vicki Garrett

Have a wonderful day! ~Tori