Fairy Pickles

Princess Tilda and a sad farewell...

2011-08-14T10:34:00.000-05:00

The challenge over at Totally Tilda this round is Princess Tilda. Gussy her up like a princess, add a crown, maybe even a castle in the background... go to town with this one! I made mine super sparkly.

The paper is from DCWV the glitter stack and they are all super thick and glitteryisious. Hard to see that in the pic. I colored Tilda with copics and enhanced the darker areas with prisma pencils and blending stumps with baby oil. Flower is wild orchid, ribbons (brown) RRR and (pink) SU.

Make sure you head over to Totally Tilda to see the other DT's creations cause those gals are goooooood and get your entry in there!

And as for the sad farewell...... I have decided to step down from the Totally Tilda Team. They are a love bunch of gals and I will miss them terribly. I am also going to miss my Susie but I will still see her from time to time at our joint blog STEEL MAGNOLIAS, which is where I will be posting my Tilda cards from now on.

I just have some bigger fish to fry these days and I really need to pare down a few things and focus on the rest. Unfortunately this blog is one of the things. I am pursuing an art career and just don't have the time to keep this blog up so I will be shutting it down. I want to thank all my loyal followers, it was so unexpected and appreciated and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. If you would like to keep track of what I am doing feel free to pop by my ART BLOG and visit me sometimes. I am going to have some really cool info there that you may be able to apply to cardmaking and some blogging tips etc. over there as well. I would love it if you followed me there.

So now, I bid a fond farewell, and sincerely hope to see you all again somewhere in blog land! Thanks for the memories.

XO Pickles!

Totally Tilda and a recipe.......

2011-07-31T08:41:00.001-05:00

There is a brand new challenge up at Totally Tilda and it is a good one! It is a recipe challenge and it is a big recipe too. Our dear Susie wants you to use swirls, pearls, ribbons, AND lace. That is right, you have to make sure you have ALL FOUR of those elements on your creation.

The prize this week is a 10 pound gift certificate from BUNNY ZOE CRAFTS, WOW! She has everything Tilda you can think of!

Here is my creation I made for this round:

Papers are K&Company and SU. The lacy ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbons. I got the swirly bling from dollarama, seems to me that dollarama is not carrying all the good stuff they used to. Not sure what is up with that.

Oh yeah, I used my prismas to color her up and I used a gel pen to make the little circles on her dress. I have been back reaching for my Prismas lately, for a while I was all copics.

Make sure you head over to Totally Tilda and get an entry in. You could win that GC and get yourself some of the new Maggies! I just love that Tilda in the space suit one! Too cute.

Have a great week everyone!

xoPickles!

Totally Tilda Christmas decor.....

2011-07-17T07:37:00.000-05:00

The new challenge over at Totally Tilda is to make a Christmas decoration. Susie has some yummy prizes up for grabs on this one. Head over to the challenge blog for the details and to see the rest of the teamies gorgeous projects.

I myself made an ornament. I used my SU Bigz large snowflake to make the snowflake out of cardboard. I painted it silver, and attached all the goodies.

I made a wire hanger and attached the ribbon to that. The flower is Prima, the greenery is my MS punch.

I used liquid applique on the fur on her coat and I added glitter to it while it was wet, then heated it dry with a heat gun. She is colored with Copics.

Be sure to head on over to Totally Tilda to see the prizes up for grabs and the rest of the DT's work, they are such a talented bunch of ladies!

xo Pickles

I'm so distressed...

2011-07-03T08:41:00.002-05:00

I'm kidding, he he. What is actually distressed is the challenge over a Totally Tilda. That is right, we want to see some distressing on your entry. For more deets on prizes, head over to Totally Tilda and check it out. While you are there check out the rest of the DT's card... they are all fabulous!

Let's see... papers are K&Company, lace is Really Reasonable Ribbons, butterflies are the MS mini butterfly punch, flowers are an assortment of WO and one with the lace in it was a gift from my lovely friend Terry. I colored Tilda's pants with my prisma pencils and the rest with copics.

I am entering this over at Just Magnolia where the challenge is anything goes.

Think that about sums it up.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday weekend!

xo Pickles!

Totally Tilda and...

2011-06-19T15:26:00.000-05:00

anything but a card!

OMG, I just noticed that my scheduled post didn't work sorry!

That's right, over at Totally Tilda Challenges we want you to do anything but a card. I had originally had some big dreams, ha ha. They became a book mark. Ah well, another challenge right!

This was really quite fun for a change. Limiting with such a small space and I didn't want it to be too thick as it was to go inside a book. Tilda is colored with copics and the butterfly and leaf punch is MS. The flowers are made by me except the big one with glitter, that was Prima. Oh and I have an around the corner punch that I used on the edge which was MS on sale 2x's cause it was on sale at Micheals and Oprah had a coupon for 20% off including sale prices...wellllll tahnks Oprah and Trisha for telling me about the coupon. Boy was the teller dumbfounded at that one. They never let you use a coupon on sale items and she tried to tell me BUT I was on the ball that day. HA HA!

I also want to mention that the lovely book that Tilda is perched on is by Kelly Rae Roberts, lovely dear artist who is full of artsy inspiration. I just love her paintings. Go and check out HER SITE.

I am entering this over at cupcake inspirations where the cupcakes are colored red, green and cream.

Make sure you head over to Totally Tilda and get your NON CARD entry in!

Time for Red White and Blue!

2011-06-04T23:00:00.001-05:00

A brand new challenge is up over at Totally Tilda and the theme is RED WHITE AND BLUE!!!!! Susie has some yummy prizes up for grabs so go and check em out and see the rest of the teams lovely creations!

At first I was thinking what the heck am I gonna do here, so I just started coloring and ta da! I think I hate the tag, oh well. ha ha!

Papers are CTMH and not sure what the blue one is actually. Flowers are Wild Orchid, cuttlebug folder is paisley. Colored her up with my Prismas and baby oil/blending stumps for the dress and the hair and skin were my copics. E00 E000 E21 for skin and shoes were E35 and E39, hair was YR 21 E35. Weird I know.

The ribbon (lace) from Really Reasonable Ribbons, they are awesome, and the white one was a dollar store special. Finished it off with some white gel pen stitching and an XOXO.

I am entering this over at Just Magnolia where the challenge is anything goes with lace option. Oh yeah and over at Wild Orchid challenges the theme is embossed layers.

That's it for me folks! Thanks for popping by!

XO Pickles!

Totally Tilda 'n' Tags....

2011-05-22T22:41:00.004-05:00

It is that time again and a new challenge is up over at Totally Tilda. This round Susie and us girls are looking for TAGS.

Here are mine:

I really must be on a new paper roll, once again, no K&Company! HA! The background paper is some DP I got at a scrapping weekend, I added some white swirls with some white ink and SU stamps, and faux stitching with a gel pen. The foreground paper is by DCWV and it is one of the glitter stacks, really gorgeous paper, embosses and glittery and retro patterns galore!

I used copics to color my Tildas and the flowers are from prima and wild orchid. My ribbons are from really reasonable ribbons and went perfect with the retro papers.

Hope you liked my tags, I am going to enter them at the following challenges:

Cupcake crafts In a garden (I have lots of flowers and girls with flowers and a gardening hat)

Paper Sundaes- Pop it up (my Tildas are popped up and my flowers are so layered they pop right off too!)

That's it for me folks! Head over to Totally Tilda and get some tags entered for Susie's fabby prizes!

XO Pickles!

TIlda and her cat or dog...

2011-05-08T08:41:00.001-05:00

New challenge is up over at Totally Tilda and our lovely Miss Sugar would like you to make a card with Tilda and her DOG OR CAT. For info on the prizes this round head on over there to get the deets.

And here is my card!

Papers are... omg... no WAY, Basic Grey! I actually cheated on my K & Company! Ribbon is SU, flowers are Wild Orchid. The butterfly.. I know you are thinking "wow! where did she get that butterfly thingy, what is it!" I was at the dollarama and they had these beautiful multicolored foam"ish" coasters in four packs, so I bought a bunch. I figured my croonies would like some so I bought extra, they don't know yet.

And a close up. I am giving this to my mom for mother's day today.

Hope all the mother's out there have a wonderful and relaxing MOTHER'S DAY!

I am entering over at Just Magnolia where the challenge is anything goes this round.

XO Pickles!

Totally Tilda is Paper Piecing!

2011-04-24T00:07:00.003-05:00

Over at Totally Tilda challenges this round we are asking you to do some paper piecing. It is so much fun I am not sure why I don't do it more often!

Did you catch that? Did ya? Yes......it is.......exactly what you think it is! Stop rubbing your eyes you are seeing correctly although, you may start rubbing them again if you get too close! What is the fuss about you ask? My daughter thought I was totally nuts when I told her I was going to put my kitchen scraps on my card and there it is! I was clearing off the cupboard the next morning after supper (too lazy to do the dishes after supper and low and behold there was the top off my onion, all curled up and I thought "How pretty is that! I looks like a flower!" My daughter was mortified, she said straight away "What are they gonna think when you give it to them and it stinks like onion!" "Well darlin, that is what body spray is for!" I told her. Couple of spritz's and it smells like....a rose!

And a close up of my lovely recycled onion!

Look how the onion skin matches the butterfly, that was so planned, not!

And, oh oh I finally got to use my new magnolia dragonfly dohickey that I got fer me birthday from me bestest friend ever Cor! Sorry Corry, it worked like a charm so I think yours is defective. Better send it back. Thanks baby for mine, which you can of course borrow anytime till you get yer new one!

Gonna enter this one over at Magnolia-licious challenges where the theme is Pink and Green. Oh, I am also gonna sneek this in over at Magnolia Stamp Lovers where the theme is flowers! Maybe my onion flower will catch their eye!

You make sure you head over to Totally Tilda and get your paper pieced creation in there!

XO Pickles!

I'm baaaaaack!

2011-04-10T08:48:00.000-05:00

I know, you were thinking... OMG, did she die. That is what I think when bloggers drop off the face of the blogiverse. No, I was just busy. I am back though with a new challenge over at Totally Tilda.

Tilda around the world!

I just love this Asian Tilda.

Do I need to say it...papers are K&Company, flowers are Wild Orchid, ribbon is CTMH.

I colored her with Copics and I used chalk for her cheeks. Big cheater huh!

Head on over to Totally Tilda and get your entries in cause Susie always has great prizes and she is cute too.

I am going to enter this card over at Paper Sundaes where the challenge is childhood memories. This card is my childhood memory of our old neighbor. She used to go every year to China and she would always bring us home candy which was totally cool. I always wanted an umbrella from China and lo and behold one time she brought one home for me. I totally wrecked it, idiot, but it was cool.

mwah!

Picklesxo

Totally Tilda's gone FRUITY!

2011-02-27T08:31:00.002-06:00

Yessireeee. Fruity!

Actually, it's just the theme this week over at Totally Tilda! We have a fabby sponsor this week, Best Cardmaking Downloads , so you wanna head over there and check it out. We got to use some of their digital papers, and here is what I made with the peaches paper!

Now before you say "PEACHES! WHAT THE...". I threw the peaches paper into photoshop and changed the hue/sat to a plum color and voila, plum paper! I had to click on the leaves and invert the selection so that the rest changed and not the leaves.

Flowers are from Wild Orchid and prima, leaf punch MS, the butterfly is my mini Butterfly punch also MS.

I created the background by placing a sheet of the GREEN TEXTURED digital paper in the background and using my inverted scallop nestie to cut out the purple decorative ring and placed it behind the PEACH PAPER which I cut with the large scalloped nestie. I pop dotted them up off the background to make it look like a frame.

Hope ya like!

Make sure you go over to Totally Tilda and get your entries in!

xo Pickles!

I am entering my card over at MDUC, the challenge is FLOWER POWER. And over at CCT it is a sketch.

Totally Tilda in the garden!

2011-02-12T23:59:00.001-06:00

The brand new challenge is up over at Totally Tilda!!!

The challenge this week is Tilda in the Garden! We have Bunny Zoe sponsoring us this round and she has a sale on just for you! If you want more info head on over to the TT blog to get the deets.

Now for my card...

Papers, well what do you know, K&Company. Sentiment is Stampin up. The butterflies are My MS punches (just got the little butterfly lately). My sweet little son God love him made me a card for christmas and wrote in it "here you go mom, buy yourself something for stamping." He put $10.00 of his own money he earned in it. He is 9. I coulda cried. Too stinking sweet. So I bought the punch, I use it like crazy and he is soooo happy.

And a close up of course. Colored her up with my copics, I have really been into them lately. I actually use pink chalk and a q-tip for the cheeks it is so much easier than the copics.

Here is a close up of the butterfly. I used patterned paper and then bent it so I could sponge the body green and then rubbed some liquid pearls on it.

That is about it! I just want to thank all my followers, I just realized how much my list has grown. I am so sorry I haven't visited you all, I have been a terrible blogger these days. Got a lot on the go.

So head over to Totally Tilda and get those garden themed cards in and go spend some dough at Bunny Zoe's (she has some new maggies!!!!!)

I am going to enter my card over at Magnolia Down Under where the theme is a sketch.

xoPickles

Totally Tilda's Eggstra special challenge

2011-02-06T21:37:00.000-06:00

You heard right! Susie is having an

Egg'stra Challenge for you this month over at Totally Tilda Challenges, its an early Easter Challenge!

Easter; Tilda with Easter egg

Your card must feature Tilda plus at least one or more Easter eggs of some sort.

We are very lucky to be sponsored by the lovely Lynne

over at Sentiments 4 You

Please pop over to Sentiments 4 You

and take a look at Lynnes fantastic designer sentiment digis.

ANDDDDD here is mine!

The papers are K&Company, the ribbon is from really reasonable ribbons, flowers are Wild Orchid and the sentiment is of course from our dear Lynne at Sentiments 4 You.

And a little close up. I colored sweet little Tilda with eggs with my copics. No prismas today. The leaf punch is Martha Stewart. And voila!

I am going to enter this card over at Just Magnolia where the challenge is Anything goes. Over at PIO the challenge is Punch It so I am gonna slip it in there too.

xoPickles!

Totally Tilda with hearts!

2011-01-30T00:51:00.002-06:00

That's right you heard it here! The challenge this week over at Totally Tilda is to use hearts on your project. And we don't want one dinky little heart on the bottom corner hiding under your ribbon... we want to see lotsa hearts on there gang! Here is mine:

There is an embossed heart and two stitched hearts and of course I used my MS scalloped heart border punch! Oh yeah, Jemima Tilda is holding a heart too! Yes, that is what Trisha called her and I guess she does look like Aunt Jemima! Perfect in pink...I think!

The flowers are Wild Orchid, the leaves are my MS leaf punch. Tilda is colored with Copics and the papers are he he he he he.... K&Company!

The tag here is the one I made with my Cold Porcelain clay recipe. You can find the complete instructions on how to make your own at the Prairie Fairy Blog.

So head on over to Totally Tilda and get your entry in for the Tilda with Hearts challenge now!

I am entering my card over at Magnolia Down Under as the theme is wet or dry embossing.

xoPickles!

Baby Baby with Totally Tilda!

2011-01-16T02:01:00.003-06:00

Well it is a brand new challenge over at Totally Tilda and it is a good one! The theme this round is Baby cards! Suzie has some yummy valentine's themed prizes for you but I won't give it away you will have to head over to the blog yourself to find out what it is!!!

What you can see here however is my card!

My papers are......oh lets see, K&Company of course! The flowers, Wild Orchid, the sentiment SU, the butterfly courtesy of good ole Martha Stewart.

I did a nice lace feature here and could not for the life of me find my embroidery floss. ALL I could find was candle wicking. The most hilarious part of this story is that it has LEAD CORE! Imagine...me giving someone a baby card with LEAD on it! Oh for shame! Well, it made the bow nice and easy to shape heheheheh!

and.....this cute little baby bottle was made by none other than me! I used the cold porcelain clay recipe which can be found at the Prairie Fairy Blog and I colored the clay with pink acrylic paint. I shaped it and used a crochet hook to imprint the lines on it. I then rubbed pink liquid pearls on it after it dried. Ta DA..cute pink baby bottle!

Well, I hope you like it and make sure you head over to TTC and get a baby card in there and to PFB to check out that clay recipe!

I am entering this over at Just Magnolia where the challenge is My favorite things, and well, I have lots of favorite things on here. My K&Company papers, my wild orchid flowers and my MS punches oh yeah and my new fave fun stuff, the porcelain clay. WAIT, it has a baby on it, everyone's favorite, well almost everyone! hahahhaha! At Wild Orchid it is a sketch for you to follow.

Totally Tilda Ribbons and Roses...

2011-01-02T00:09:00.001-06:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Can you believe another year just flew by! I think I am still in shock!

The first challenge of the year over a TOTALLY TILDA is...

RIBBONS AND ROSES.

The girls have really outdone themselves too so you really have to go and check out all their blogs!

Here is mine!

I am not sure why but I had a heck of a time to photograph this card. I used my fancy stitches on my pfaff! Lucky thing I have cards to sew... ROFL! The papers are from...you don't say...K&Company. I tell you they need to start giving me shares in the company!

I was so impressed with meself, ar be dar! I used a scalpel to cut around the rose image on the DP so I could tuck the paper piece with the ribbon on it underneath. Aren't I just a smart pickle!

The butterfly is a punch by MS, flowers are wild orchids. Tilda is colored with my prisma pencils and I glossed her hair up with liquid glass which is glorified crazy glue I think! hahahahhaha! The sentiment I made in photoshop. I couldn't pick between my close up shots so... what the heck, here are both!

Well, I hope you like it and I sure hope you head over to Totally Tilda and get an entry in for the Ribbons and Roses challenge! I am entering this over at Just Magnolia where the challenge is anything goes!

xo Pickles

Totally Tilda Easel card

2010-12-19T12:02:00.000-06:00

Time for a brand new challenge over at Totally Tilda! Wahooooo! This time around Susie wants ya to make an easel card. I have to admit mine is not my best work. I have been sick lately and I am not at peek performance.

Papers are K&Company, flowers are Wild Orchid. I found some large rectangular shaped paper doilies at a dollar store which I cut off a section from for the background area. I colored my Tilda with copics and gave her a once over with the ole spicas for a lovely glittery shine!

I used my MS branch punch, or whatever it is called! ROFL!

sentiments are Stampin up. I don't know why but I sure have a hard time taking pictures of easel cards. Oh well. Not sure what the prizes are for this round but I am sure they are good knowing Susie so you better pop over there and check it out.

I am entering my card over at Magnolia Down under where the challenge is a gift for you. I interpreted it by wrapping my ribbon on my card like I would wrap it on a gift. Over at Paper Sundaes the challenge is Cut it Out and I cut out my image. At Cupcake inspirations the picture is a Santa Cake in Reds, greens, whites and skin tones.

That's it for me folks!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

xo Pickles!

Totally Tilda and lots more love...

2010-12-12T02:07:00.000-06:00

We are half way through the fortnightly challenge over a Totally Tilda, where the challenge this round is "For the one you love". That's right our dear Susie wants you to make a card for the one you love.

It is my turn to make a midway reminder card and here is my creatoin:

Once again, as we are being sponsored by the lovely Lynne over at Sentiments for You, I have used a sentiment made by Lynne herself! I had it in my head to use this Tilda from the Christmas collection but I not for a Christmas card. When i saw this one the first thing I though was "I love you this much!" So I asked Lynne to make me one and sure 'nuf she did. Gee thanks Lynne!

I actually covered the holly that she had in her hair with ribbons. Slick huh?

Make sure you head over to Totally Tilda! You still have a whole week to get your entry in there!

xo Pickles!

Totally in love at Totally Tilda...

2010-12-05T00:27:00.000-06:00

The theme over at Totally Tilda this round is For the one you love. Susie wants you to make a card for your special someone. We are being sponsored this round by the lovely Lynne from Sentiments 4 you. We all got to use one of her sentiments on our cards and mine was custom made for me! HE HE! I guess I am special. mwah Lynne!

Well where do I start. Hummmm paper from K&Company, my fave. Heart doily a la Corry. Thanks doll! The love birds were colored with a light copic base and shaded with prismas. Flowers are Primas and WO. Yup. Oh yeah, I made the tag in the back with one of hubby's tags for tagging tools I guess. Beat the dickens out of it, stained it and printed hearts and italian smoochin words. That's Amore!

and a close up too

or two he he...

And that is all she wrote folks!

Head on over to Totally Tilda and get them there cards for your lovies in there!

I am entering this card at:

Just magnolia Anything Goes

Totally Tilda Glitz 'n' Gold

2010-11-21T08:00:00.000-06:00

Wow that two weeks just flew by! And in that two weeks we got instant winter, overnight. Went to bed one night, no snow, get up 6" of snow and by the end of the storm it has to be close to a foot and minus 20! I was out fishing with my dad less than a week ago! Well enough of that, I have a card for you, honest I do!

I just love these angel Tildas. I am all about fairytales! he he! That lovely chocolaty ribbon was a scoop from my bud Trisha, thanks Trish! I just love the wire in the ribbon, really added something all crinkled up like that. The gold velvet ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbons. The flowers are my fave, Wild Orchid.

I created the ornate border with my new MS border punch, love it!

And a close up for ya. I colored Tilda with my Prismas and stumps and baby oil on the body and I always use my copics for the skin, always!

Susie has got some yummy prizes for you over at Totally Tilda challenges. We are being sponsored this week by Bunny Zoe and the prize is a good one so you gotta get a card in there so go and check it out!

xo Pickles!

Totally Tilda Icy Christmas

2010-11-07T00:05:00.000-05:00

Wow, another 2 weeks has gone by and where have I been! Busy with many things mostly of the non crafting nature. Oh well. I am here however with a DT card for Totally Tilda challenges where the theme this round is Icy Christmas.

Susie herself from Die Cut Dreams is the sponsor this challenge and she has some stamped Tildas and asst. goodies up for grabs so go and check it out.

Here is my card

I found these fabulous and might I add cheap glittery greenery which is actually not green. Oy VEY!

I used one of the Christmas collection Tildas and I added not so green glittery greenery in behind her to make her some wings and now she is an angel. AWEEEEEEE.

And a close up. You can really see that I glittered the dickens out of this one! The sentiment is by me and photoshop hehehe!

Make sure you check out our group site Steel Magnolias. You still have time to get in on our MASSIVE candy offer. 5 different candy draws so get going!!!
I am entering this one into the following challenges:
Spoonful of sugar Embellishments
Paper Sundaes Let it snow (holiday cards)
Raise the bar Circles and curves
Crazy for Challenges square shaped card
ABC Winter wonderland
Polycraft Its chill time.

xo Pickles!

Totally Tilda Pink and Pearls

2010-10-24T08:00:00.000-05:00

Another new challenge is up over at Totally Tilda, Pink and Pearls. The halloween challenge is still up though and runs till the end of the month so make sure you get a halloween Tilda entry in!

This is actually my image I used for the graphics for my Truvy character over at our Steel Magnolias blog. I colored her with my usuals, copics for the skin and hair and prismas, stumps and baby oil for her clothes. The sentiment is by Ann Vento and I added the vines and butterflies to the ends in photoshop. The flowers are wild orchid, I sprayed them with hairspray and dumped pink glitter on them, then knocked off the excess.

The pin I made myself, the butterfly was from Dollarama. I got the lovely lace pink heart from my BFF Corry, and she got them from and online shop. I am sure she said where on her blog somewhere! he he.

We are sponsored this week by the lovely Bunny Zoe's crafts and if you want to know what the prize is head over to TOTALLY TILDA and get the deets.
I am gonna enter this one over at Paper Sundaes where the theme is natural woman. I am also entering over at Flutterby Wednesdays where it is an open theme (as long as you have a butterfly or fairy on it).

xo Pickles!

Totally Tilda Halloween Special!

2010-10-10T12:33:00.000-05:00

That's right, Susie is having a Halloween special over at Totally Tilda and the prizes are fab!

I have created a very special halloween Tilda card just for you!

I colored her and her kitty with my copics and prismas and I embossed the background with webs. I used an embossing pen and black embossing powder.

The ribbon clip I made and I was so impressed with myself...pat pat! hahahah!

Head on over to Totally Tilda and check out the other DT members cards and find out what the prizes are!!!!
Challenges I am entering with my card are:
Simon Says Challenge Halloween
Cute Card Thursday Make your own (I made my own embellie with a metal clip, ribbon and a jewel.
Stamp n doodle Halloween
Fussy and Fancy Halloween
Stamp Something Something punchy ( I used a lace punch, tag punch, and a nestie to make the oval shape behind Tilda!
Cupcake Inspirations photo inspiration
Paper Sundaes Change of Season

xo Pickles!

Totally Tilda Christmas

2010-10-09T20:58:00.000-05:00

Well gang, we have some totally exciting stuff happening over at TOTALLY TILDA!

The new challenge is up and the theme is Traditional Red and Green. Here is my rendition:

And here is a close up. I was hoping to show you the lovely glittery effect on the image and cardstock. I just got some vanilla smooch spray from SU and I love it. Very rich in shimmery, I am sure it won't last long though! hehehe

So head on over to Totally Tilda for the deets on what you can win!!!!
Challenges I am entering my card into are:
Charisma Christmas
Simon says Stamp and Show Show some metal
Allsorts Inspiration from a song (obviously silent night hahahah! I actually had that song in my head while I was making it. To me this image screams a silent night them.)
Paper Sundaes A change of Season

xo Pickles!

Totally Tilda Glitter and sparkle

2010-09-26T11:14:00.000-05:00

Oh my! I am so silly! I totally forgot to post my card this morning! YIKES!

It is another new challenge over at Totally Tilda and the theme this week is glitter and sparkle!

Here is my creation:

I colored Tilda mermaid with my prismas and blended with baby oil and blending stumps. I used Silver embossing powder for the swirls in the background. I stamped the swirls with versamark and a stamp and then embossed it.

I braided, yes braided!, silver thread to make her tow rope for the sentiment. The pin I made myself.

Challenges I am entering are:
AIFactory anything goes
Digi Doodle Embossing
Wags n whiskers Diamonds and pearls
Little Red Wagon Glitter
Spoon full of Sugar Anything goes
Teusday Taggers It takes all sorts
Scrap n Stamp Embossing
Stamp insanity Embossing
Fussy n Fancy christmas colors

xo Pickles!

Midway reminder

2010-09-19T08:41:00.000-05:00

Happy saturday everyone! I have the pleasure of posting a midway reminder for the Totally Tilda challenge blog this week! Just reminding you that the challenge over there right now is to make your own flowers! I have created another handmade flower card for you.

With this flower (the big one in the middle, the rest are WO flowers) I used separate petal shaped pieces of paper which I distressed and shaped into rose petal shapes. Lots of work I tell ya!

Tilda's hair looks glossy because it is! I used liquid glass on it to give it a 3-D look and deepen the color of her hair.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Just Magnolia Lace it up
Lexis Flower power
ABC D is for distressing
Wild Orchid Pearls and pins

Wow, I couldn't find many to enter this week. Ah well!

xo pickles

Totally Tilda...........Make Your Own Flowers

2010-09-12T08:00:00.000-05:00

Welcome to another Totally Tilda challenge . For the next two weeks we are asking you to show us your homemade flower creations!

Here's mine:

Click here to see a tutorial on how to make these flowers or just scroll down a bit!

Head over to the TT challenge blog and visit the other DT blogs for a little more inspiration and get those handmade flowers into the Totally Tilda Challenge.

Oh and don't forget to set our beloved Tilda front & center!!

Here are the challenges I am entering with this card.

Fab and Funky What'eva!

Cupcake Crafts Books and stories (my Tilda fairy is my tinkerbell from Peter Pan)

Pile it on Pile on the layers

Shabby Tea Room Tag you're it!

Color Throwdown color challenge

Paper Sundaes Use at least 3 embellies

Fussy and Fancy Use Christmas colors (my card is red and greens)

Stampin for the weekend Shabby or Vintage

Wild Orchid Pearls or pins. (I have both, a handmade pin that my son made for me and the pearls on my vines!)

Aly's Sparkly and glitery

Craft your days away Girly and Glittery

Totally Gorjuss Flowers

Creative Inspirations Lace and sparkle

Everybody Art Challenge handmade flowers

Make your own flowers!

2010-09-11T09:21:00.000-05:00

And here I am back to give a fabulous (HAHA!) tutorial on how I made my "homemade" flowers!

First here is a close up of my flowers:

Just click on the pick for a real good close up.

Now for the deets!

Start off with a circular shaped piece of DP around 3-5" big (depends on how big you want to make your flowers)

I like to use DP cause it is nice and thick and I use one that is patterned on both sides preferably with a lighter and darker side. I find it creates depth.

Now run it through a paper crimper to break it down a bit and soften the cardstock. Go in a few directions.

Now take the circle and cut it into a spiral shape.

Now curl it up starting from the outside and roll into the center.

Place a large glue dot in the center of the very center.

Use tweezers to press the tip of the section you began rolling up first. How tight you roll your flower is up to you and how the finished flower looks will depend on how tight it is. Tighter flowers look more like buds. How many "rings" there are will also change the look of the flower.

Sponge the edges if you want.

Now press and bend and crumple up the edges to make it look like curled petals. I just kinda use the palm of my hand to "cram" it down a bit.

I use cheap clear glue, spread a few drops in the center of the flower and pour micro beads (could also use reg beads, pearls, etc.) into the center, pour off the excess and let it dry.

I use a MS small rose leaf punch (would love a larger one if anyone knows where I can order one!) to punch out leaf shapes.

I use an embossing stylus to create a vein down the center of the leaf so I can bend it easily. Bend the leaf towards the embossed side.

Use a dark color, I used smokey plum by CTMH, to sponge the center and edges of the leaf. EWWWW! My nail looks like I have dirt under it but I promise you it is hair color! I should use gloves! Could be ink too! Never know with me, it is always something creative stuck to my hands!

Now curl the leaf back so that it is bent in towards the sponged side and it creates a raised vein effect.

And here is the finished flower! Here is another close up of some of the flowers on my Tilda card. As you can see, I curled the edges in on the orange flower and out on the Tilda flower which also changes the look.

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial! I love making these roses and the possibilities are limited only by your imagination!

xo Pickles!

Totally Tilda...Lilac and Lace

2010-08-29T00:15:00.000-05:00

Well, it is week 4 over at TT and Susie has a new challenge up for you. Lilac and lace is the theme this time around and the DT cards are gorgeous so make sure you hop around to visit all the girls. We are so lucky to be sponsored this time around by Bunny Zoes Crafts!

Here is my creation:

I have to tell ya, gluing all those flowers at the bottom was a chore! I think the effort was worth it in the end. I like when that happens! I colored Tilda and Edwin with my copics and prismas. Cherry Blossom is from Wild Orchid and sentiments were made by me on my computer!

So head on over to Totally Tilda to get the dish on the prizes.

Here are my challenges I am entering:
Bunny Zoe's Vintage
Paper Cutz Metal/charm
Allsorts Inspiration garden/park (They are standing in a huge pile of flowers!)
Bee Crafty Anything goes
Lexis Embossing
Stampalicious 2 Textures
Shabby Tea room Old and new (the paper flowers are 2 years old, the stamp and the cherry blossom flower are new (flowers are from Wild Orchid/LOVE THEM!)
Creative Card Crew Sparkle and shine
Scrap Creations Ribbon, flowers, brads or pearls
Stamping Vacation very vintage ( I think my faded flowers and distressing qualify)
Die Cut Dreams Soft shades of vintage
Wild Orchid Make it sparkle (her dress and the flower centers sparkle!)
Simon Says Stamp pearls and lace

xo pickles!

Totally Tilda Stitching challenge

2010-08-15T10:49:00.000-05:00

Here we are, Sunday and a brand new Totally Tilda challenge!

The challenge is to use stitching "Faux or real". Susie has some yummy prizes for the winner from her Die Cut Dreams shop so go and check it out and get your Tilda entries in!

The papers are CTMH and the sentiments are a combo or Stampin Up and homemade on my computer.

The flower is a Prima with leaves punched with my Martha Stewart leaf punch.

I am entering the following challenges:
Stamp Something Fairytales
Two sisters Stitching
Secret Crafters Little Girls
I did it Creations Anything goes
Little Red Wagon Summer
Creative Card Crew cute and girlie
Cupcake crafts Lace
Wild Orchid One for the girls
Simon Says challenge Summertime blues
Papertake Something old, something new......
ABC A is for August
Allsorts Paper piercing or piecing
Cupcake Inspirations color challenge
Flutterby Wednesdays Anything goes

Hope you have a fabby Sunday

xo Pickles!

BUSTED!

2010-08-03T12:58:00.000-05:00

Well, my secret blog got busted. I am the Prairie Fairy and I made this blog as a place to post all my other loved papercrafting not related to my shop. That sneaky minx Susie at DCD caught me and low and behold she had invited me to be a permanent designer on her Totally Tilda blog! Yeah me! That Susie always make me feel so special!

I have to apologize for my late post, I have not been well at all. I am slowly on the mend however and I am here to post my very first DT card!

The theme for the second challenge is to

Make a shaped card

The lovely and ever so generous Susie gave us some of her custom diecut card shapes to use for our creations. You can purchase them yourself at Susie's Shop.

and here is mine.

So head on over to Totally Tilda and get your shaped card entered there. Don't forget...you have to use our sweet little Tilda on your card!
I am entering this over at Wild Orchid challenges where the theme is for the girls. I think this one totally qualifies as it could be a card you give a girlfriend to console her after being dumped by her jerk boyfriend who never really knew just how great he had it.......... anyways. he he

Pickles

My third Chocolate Tilda

2010-07-05T19:22:00.000-05:00

I call this my creamy cocoa mint Tilda! he he!

You can enter one per week and this is my third and I will probably search for some challenges it might fit. I am for sure entering it at Totally Tilda Challenges cause heck, that is what I made it for! I also used the Friday Sketchers sketch too so I will enter there as well for a second entry.

Here is my Creamy Cocoa Mint Tilda:

I think I am still withing the dash of color limits, I hope!

And here is a close up so you can see the glitter on her dress but also I wanted to point out the GORGEOUS paper I stamped her on. I believe it is called NEENA SOLAR WHITE, which I purchased from the paper temptress. It worked beautifully with the copics and it has this super smooth texture and it has micro glitter in it. It is absolutely wonderful to work with and is so pretty. I will have to ask Patricia if that is the paper I used to confirm it.

Here is the close up:

I sure hope you can see it.

xoxo Pickles

Chocolate Tilda!

2010-07-03T01:38:00.000-05:00

I decided to make another entry card for the Totally Tilda challenge blog. Suzie was sweet enough to ok my last entry even though she thought there was a little too much color. I am endeavoring to impress with my much more chocolaty card! HE HE! I hope this one doesn't have too much color in it. I also used the sketch from Friday Sketchers. I am also entering it over at Magnolia Down under (sweet). I thought with my chocolate theme it might fit. I also noticed that one of the DT cards did not have any desserts on it so I think I am OK as this little flower girl is pretty sweet herself too!

Here is a close up of her glittery dress and shoes and all the glittery diamonds I glued by hand onto the points of the diecut section of the image.

I just might enter a few more challenges if I can find some that fit!

Found some!
corrosive challenges = lots of flowers.
Pile it on = do something to your paper (I distressed it to death! haha!)
ABC challenges = add x-tra dimension (I have so many layers of paper here I hope that counts I also distressed and rolled the edges of the paper to add dimension too)

Love Pickles!

The Secret Garden

2010-07-01T14:47:00.000-05:00

A friend gave me this Tilda stamp and I don't know what she is called but I right away thought of a key to a secret garden.

I used crystal effects on the hair and key to gloss it up and make it look 3-d.

I made my own glitter spray like the Tattered angels but I used some pearl Effects by Ranger and mixed it with hairspray to make my own! It was hard to get a good picture but I think you can see it in this one

and here is a view of the inside of the card.

I am entering this at the Totally Tilda Challenges where the theme is chocolate, I think it qualifies with all the browns and creams.

Love Pickles....

Berry Best Teacher

2010-06-29T14:11:00.000-05:00

I made this card for my son's teacher for her end of the year gift.

I found this strawberry shortcake coloring page and cleaned it up in photoshop a bit. I colored her with copics and prismacolor pencils.

I glossed up the watering can with some crystal effects to make it look shiny.

On the inside it says "You're the berry best!"
She loved it!
Here are the challenges I am entering:
Allsorts = embossing
Basic grey = photo inspiration
creative inspirations = paper piecing (I pieced my background together with scrap pieces, I think that qualifies.)
Pile it on = do something to your paper
Kitchen Sink use ribbon
Lexis creations = use something old. My ribbon is from costco 3yrs ago and old paper scraps from another unfinished card! hehe!
Practical scrappers = use flowers
Ka wink e dink fruit smoothie
corrosive challenges = lots of flowers. (there is a paper one and some in my image, not sure if that is lots but it is more than one! HA HA!)
ABC challenges = add x-tra dimension (I used crystal effects to gloss up and make the watering can pop up. I also have the dry embossing to add dimension to the paper.
Crafty Anne's = embossing.
Bee Crafty = pink and girly (the image is a digital coloring page)

Whew! That's a lot of challenges!

xo Pickles