For You Friend!!

Hi all & Happy Tuesday to you!  I have to confess that I don't like Mondays & Tuesdays too much, they always seem to be my busiest days with no relief in site till the weekend KWIM, lol!  I worked from 10 am until 2 am the next morning (now typing this as I am) on projects and I'm so tired & sore--and tomorrow is another full day of working on projects, deadlines are LOOMING-YIKES!!  The weather here in VA has been near perfect the past 2 weeks dare I say!  I'd like to think that Mother Nature is gifting us with kindness after the winter we had, lol--but shhh...I don't want to make her mad, she's definitely a force to be reckoned with!  Not much going on over the next couple of days, so I'm kinda boring right now with not much to say, hee hee---sorry!

NewsBitz:

-Susana's Store has all the NEW Kraftin Kimmie stamps in stock at the store right now (gonna get me a few) and also new Prima Cameo Roses in too!  And don't forget to stop by the store blog today to see the Try It Out Tuesday challenge the DT has made projects for--I'm running late so mine will be up tomorrow, the story of my life I tell ya!  A Day Late & A Dollar Short was created just for me I think, LOL!

-Marti and I are hard at work on the May/June issue of Through the Craftroom Door mini-mag!  Want more details--go HERE!

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For You!!

This card I actually made for a friend so I hope she doesn't mind that I'm posting it first, LOL!  Can I just tell you that I LOVE this Tilda--I identify with her if that makes any sense.  Just the way she's standing, with her hand in her pocket & her lil' cargo shorts reminds me of myself, LOL!  She's "Tilda w/ Spring Bundle" from Magnolia-licious and Diana has her in stock for ya!!  I had gotten this fabulous NEW SEI paper pad (Claire in a 6x6 size) in the mail last week and couldn't wait to rip into it--I love the color combo of melon pink, dk peach and grays--so funky & fun!  I distressed the edges with my Tonic Tool  and inked them a bit for a little bit of distressing.  Those pretty white corner borders are by Melissa Frances that I've had forever in my stash & not used (waiting for the right project I guess).

Those pretty flowers are by Prima and they come attached in a curved spray like that with glitter on them (see here)--so lovely and the perfect colors too!  I attached a bow made w/ my Bow Easy to the top of them.  I also added a fun lil' butterfly charm off of 2 jump rings--you can't tell but I painted the butterfly with some liquid pearls to soften up the metal and make it shimmer a bit more.

I hope you can see the soft shimmer throughout the image--I used some Cryogen Irridescent paper from Paper Temptress, it has a soft sparkle that shines thru which I like.  And I have to say I liked coloring on this paper--it's smooth w/ just a bit of tooth, the only downside is that it does bleed thru so you can't use the back side if you mess up :o)  I shaded around her a bit with W1 & W00 and then added some soft dots of sparkle with my stardust Stickles.  Her boots got a coat of Diamond Glaze and the flowers have the NEW Ultra-Fine Flower Soft on them (love this stuff--great for small things) in the raspberry fizz mix. {Copics Used:  R22,R20,R00,Colorless Bl, C5,C3,C2,C00,W1,W00,YR12,YR00,E57,E55,Y21)

That's all for me today--hope you like this lil cutie as much as I do!!  If you do like this cute Tilda and want her and a pack of that bee-u-tiful SEI paper then leave me a comment & tell me what your favorite Springtime Flower is ?  (mine are tulips) deadline is this Friday!