It's a Small World!

Hello my wonderful friends and Happy Monday to you!  It's President's Day here in the US so the kids and hubby are home today.  I'm not sure what they are up to but I know I have work to do, LOL.  We had a bit of a scare here the other night.  The winds here got up to 65 mph and wild fires started near Skyline Drive in VA and in multiple places in Maryland.  My brother and his family's home was nearby and he evacuated his family but decided to stay (dumb butt brother of mine) to help the firemen.  It made me a nervous wreck as the fires were so large and out of control but thankfully while it got close to his house the winds died down and rain moved in.  Why do men always have to think they can be a hero?  Drives me nuts I tell ya and might make me want to start drinking.  My husband would be the same way but I would've bopped him over the head and dragged him outta there that's for sure!  We're not used to fires like this out here like those in CA are so it was very unusual and scary for us all.  Makes you think every time the wind blows and the ground is dry what can happen.  Not to mention I had a house full of 13 yr old boys who were having Nerf fights and playing video games all night---my nerves were very on edge that's for sure. UGH!  But its a new day and I've got lots of work planned to do before I leave for San Diego to teach on Wednesday morning.

NewsBitz:

-NEW LOCATIONS I will be teaching CMC Copic classes at:  San Diego this Wednesday, then Florida next week, Phoenix, AZ in April along with Stafford Springs, CT later in April.  See all the locations, info and registration info at www.cmcroad.com  Come on out cuz' I'd love to meet you!

-Winner of the Calendar Blog Hop (sorry I forgot, eek) is:   Scrapping Peg of "Ribbonrie"!!
Congrats and email me your mailing addy so I can get your goodies to you lickety-split!

-Could be a sweet treat in the post below, so read carefully!  I will have the winner announced by March 2nd so you have until March 1st to enter!

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Magnolia-licious Blog Hop "Its a Small World"

 

Today the Magnolia-licious DT has a super fun Blog Hop today using only...............you guessed it---the very cute Mini Magnolia stamps from Magnolia-licious!  All of the projects had to be spring themed too since we are all so anxious for some warmer & sunnier weather!  You can find all the details about the hop and how to join in at the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog! 

I created a mini "Love Notes Wallet" for my project so I could use a ton of the Mini's on it.  Its a project I made to give to my daughter filled with tag that have pics of her and us and then I wrote special notes on the back of each tag.  This above is the front of the wallet (sized 1/4 inch larger than a regular ATC card) decorated with new papers by Memory Box.  The image is "MINI-Tilda with Three Flowers" perched on the "MINI-Spring Bench".  The sentiment is a mini-magnolia as well HERE!  I colored all of the images with Copics and used my MS nested flower punch to create the nested flowers.

DIMENSIONS/Instructions using the Scor-Pal: 

-Cut cardstock to 7x11" and then score long wise at 3.5" splitting the cs in half the long way

-flip cs and score every 2.75" (3 times across) to make the 4 pockets

-fold and crease all your lines nicely

-use very thin adhesive like the 1/8" Scor-Tape to adhere each pocket together only on the sides, allowing room for your tags/photos.  My tags measured 2.5x3.5" each

This is what the wallet looks like when fully opened.  All of the papers are by Memory Box "Brioche"--I absolutely loved the cheery colors and patterns, puts ya in a Spring mood for sure!  The frilly tops are the tags that pull out from each pocket.  I will put dimensions up soon on this project in case you want to try it out---I used my handy Scor-Pal and Scor-Pal Tape to create it out of 1 sheet of cs.

The first pocket features my all-time favorite "MINI--Secret Tilda" (she's sold out at Magnolia-licious at the moment) hiding a sweet present behind her back.  Again I kept all the elements the same thru-out---same papers and colors, punched flowers with pearl centers made with a Viva Decor Pearl Pen in red.  The shapes are all by Spellbinders and some were embossed with embossing folders for more texture.  The next image is called "MINI-Tilda Brings Flower"--isn't she sweet with her hair buns, I love her!

On the next two pockets I used the sweet "Mini--Princess Tilda" and then "Mini-Jam Tilda" (this one is sold out too, sorry).  Aren't these mini's so sweet and so much fun to color! There are 100's of ways to use these Mini's so I hope you give them a try!

 

Above are pictures of the tags that fit into each pocket.   On the front of each tag I added some pictures of Alexa and me along with some ink sponging.  Also the lil' flower garden image is a Magnolia Mini called "Lazy Summer Flowers" and the Mini sentiment that says "You Make Me Smile".  The swirls are a PTI stamp.  On the back of each tag I wrote a special note for her---this will go in her birthday card so she can have it for her collection of handmade items I make her each year.

So I hope you liked this project and might want to give one a try---I will have dimensions up later today for you if you want to re-create it!  

**For 1 Lucky Hopper Today:  Leave a comment telling me "What's Your Favorite Candy/Sweet?" on this post only and you could win 3 Mini Magnolia Stamps and a pack of this beautiful Memory Box "Brioche" paper!!  Enter by March 1st!!

Now make sure to HOP OVER TO

super sweet & talented Maureen Kuppe's Blog HERE!