Tilda Unwrapped

Happy Wednesday, Ya'll! Hope everyone is having a good morning so far!

I finally have had a chance to create another Tilda card! I have been really swamped over the last few weeks with company, spring break, sports for my kids and DT work. I have not had much time to just sit and play. I am looking forward to some down time this summer to get back to creating.

This is Unwrapped Tilda. She was part of the Christmas collection, but is perfect for birthday cards too! I got her from Diana over at Magnolia-licious and she is currently in stock!!This sketch is from Friday Sketchers. I used some Pale Plum cardstock to go along with the We R Memory Keepers Madame Royale DP. I inked the sentiment and around Tilda with some Kiwi Kiss ink. The sentiment is one of Amy R's Birthday sentiments - hands down, one of the best investments I ever made! Tilda is layered on top of a Peony Nestibility die-cut panel. The bottom flowers are prima and the small roses on top are from Wild Orchid Crafts. Love, love, love this store and will be placing another order soon! I curled the 'tails' from the roses around a thin paint brush to create the squigglies! I finally found another Martha Stewart fern punch - my other one broke! The ribbon is from Offray.
Here is a close-up of this sweetie. I really like the soft colors on this card. I colored her with the following Copics:
Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20
Dress & Socks- V91, 93, 95, E40, 41, 42
Box - E40, 41, 42, 43, 45
Hair - E50, 53, 55, 59
Wrapping - YG00, 21, 95
Shadow - W1, 3, Colorless Blender

This card is 5x5 in size and decided to leave it blank inside.

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your day! ~Tori

Whiff of Joy Tutorial!!

Hello all,

Today I have an airbrushing tutorial posted over at the Whiff of Joy blog. Would love for you to stop and check it out! :)

Hope you stop by and check it out! :) Have a great day! ~Tori

Sending Magical Wishes!

Hi there! How are ya on this fine Friday? It was a little stormy this morning, but it is glorious outside now and about 73 degrees! Who could ask for more? Well, if someone could make & ice my remaining 2 dozen cupcakes needed for my sons b.day party this weekend....that would be great! :)

I am back today with another Whiff of Joy card. I know 2 posts in consecutive days!! I am trying to hard to keep cranking out the cards!

I used the 'Jasmine-like' & flowers images from the 1001 Nights set from Whiff of Joy. I think this is the first card that I have not put a sentiment on the front, but I could not find a place for it!! LOL! I found some retired SU DP (Bali Breeze) that seemed kind of Moroccan to me. I paired it with some Pumpkin Pie & Taken with Teal. I used a newer CB embossing folder for the teal panel. The flowers are Prima, the button Basic Grey and the flourishes are QK.
Here is a close-up of this sweetie. I colored her with Copics and cut her out. She is popped up with some 3-D foam tape.
The sentiment is on the inside of the card! I could not leave one off entirely...The sentiment and shoe images are from the same set. I cut the shoes out and popped them up too. Here are the copics I used for this card:

Hope you are having a nice day! Gotta run - more cupcakes to make and ice! :)

hugs, Tori

Baby Thank You's

Happy Thursday, Y'all! I hope everyone is having a good week so far. I am a little behind on all of the things I need to get done for my company and birthday party this weekend, but it will all work out! :)

Since it's Thursday, that means Pink Cat Studio has new digi's released today!! You can shop for them here. I made a set of 3 baby Thank You cards. I think these babies are adorable!! The cards measure 3.75 x 3.75 and are blank on the inside. I used some Oh Baby Boy! DP from Basic Grey along with some Brocade Blue and So Saffron cardstock. The images were printed onto PTI Stamper's Select White cardstock. I used my Retro Flower punch and 'smooshed' the petals for a little dimension. The leaf punch is a Martha Stewart punch. The sentiment is from SU as well as the oval punch I stamped it on.

Here are some close-ups of the cuties. You can see in the close-up, I did some machine stitching too.

I was a little pressed for time this week, so I completely forgot to add some liquid glass to the baby bottles and rattles. I will go back and do this before adding them to my Etsy store.

Here are the Copics I used.
Check out all of the cuties Melissa drew! They are adorable! Be sure to check out the other DT members' blogs for more cuteness! :)

Have a great day! ~Tori

Pink Cat Studio Digi DT Call

Hi Ladies! Melissa over at PCS is having a Digi DT call!! If you love Lily, Billy and all of the other images as much as I do, see her blog for more info. The call ends tomorrow, but you still have a little time to apply!

Pink Cat Studio DT Call info

Good luck!! ~Tori

Wishing You a Magical Day!

Happy Tuesday to ya! It is absolutely beautiful here today in sunny FL!! I wish I had more time to bask in the sunshine today, but I have lots of chores to do this week. We had company for 9 days that left on Easter Sunday, but have more company coming this weekend as well as my 5 yr old's birthday party and soccer & lacrosse games. The kids were off school yesterday for their final day of Spring Break, so we went to the zoo. The kids were really looking forward to seeing the new penguin exhibit that just opened. The penguins were very interactive and cute to watch! Everyone is back in school and I finally get a bit of a breather!

Today, I have a sneak of the new April Whiff of Joy kit available only here! Shipping will begin on April 15th. The kit is called "Scheherazade" - 1001 Nights by Elisabeth Bell. Of course, it reminds me of Aladdin - one of my kids favorite movies! This stamp set comes with 7 images and 8 sentiments. This is a perfect set for lots of birthday cards for boys & girls! I found some Basic Grey Hang 10 DP (way old stuff) for this card and paired it with some Soft Suede and some Old Olive. I used a 4x4 flourish die from QuicKutz for the flourishes along with some Prima crystals. I have a hard time on boy cards, b/c I want to put flowers on everything - LOL! I used a SU oval punch for the sentiment and inked it with some Colorbox chalk ink. Here is a close-up of "Aladdin" - not sure what his name is, but he looks like Aladdin to me! I colored him with Copics and cut him out. It is hard to tell, but I used a clear Copic Spica Glitter Pen on his sword as well as the domes on the buildings. I attached him with some 3-D foam tape. Here is a close-up of the background. I colored it with Copics, masked it and airbrushed the background. Be sure to check the Whiff of Joy blog on April 13th for a tutorial by me on airbrushing!
Here are the Copics I used on this card.

Hope you have a wonderful rest of the day! ~Tori

Happy Easter, y'all!

Happy Saturday, y'all! I totally forgot to post my new PCS card on Thurs! Oops! I have been so busy with my in-laws in town. We bought the boys a play set and have been working on me all week - aacckkk!! We have just the finishing touches to put on it. The paperwork said 10-14 hours with 2 people and it took 3 people around 24 hours! LOL!

Anyhow, on Thursday, Pink Cat Studio released some cute new Digi Images! This one is the Ladybug Party Tower.

Something about ladybugs makes me want to use lots of polka dots! The sentiment is another one of PCS' free sentiments! Check them out, she has tons to choose from. I inked the white edges with some Pure Poppy ink (PTI). I ran the white panel through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. The DP is some PTI and the cardstock is Pure Poppy and Stamper's Select White (both PTI).
I colored the image with my Copics and then added some Stickles to their tummies and some Liquid Glass (CTMH) to their backs.

Here is a sneak of the images she released this week.

Hope you and your family have a Happy Easter!
~Tori