The Friday Mashup #51 and Retrosketches #4

Again sneaking in under the deadline, lol, but I didn't want to miss these two challenges which I could combine. For The Friday Mashup, the challenge is to create a quilted card and/or something you have forgotten about, and I made a card with both following the sketch of the Retrosketches challenge.

The quilted technique is a technique I have been wanting to make for a long time, and for one reason or the other, I have been putting it off. The paper for the quilt is a Stampin' UP! discontinued design that I loved, purchased and left sitting in my stash for I don't know how long. So the combination of elements fits perfectly in this challenge. Hope you like it! Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by.
Lili

Card Patterns Sketch #157

The sketch we have to follow for the Card Patterns Sketch Challenge this week is perfect to be able to use those big stamps that, more than once, you don't know where to place them on the card. I have stamps in my stash that I purchased a long, but I mean a LONG time ago because I liked them in the store, and when I got home I put them in a drawer and they are still there sleeping. I love when I see a card or sketch that inspires me to use one of those stamps I have in that drawer. At least I feel that my stamps become useful.

The chickens in my card are singing Happy Birthday. I know that because I created the scene for that purpose, lol. Hope you feel inspired to use one of those big stamps snoring in your stash, too. Have a wonderful day! Enjoy!

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Lili

The Paper Players #87 - CAS with buttons from Nance

Hi there! This week The Paper Players Challenge is clean and simple featuring...buttons. I colored in a Greeting Farm stamp with Copics for this card. I can fly to another planet when I am coloring with Copics, or any other medium. I looooove it!!!! Stress free, worries free, chores free, wow how many things I have for free, lol. Just kidding, but I think that you understood my point, my mind and my body are so relaxed when I am painting. And when I am painting an image and I see how it comes alive in front of me, I get so excited.

The border was handmade with a multiliner 0.35. Of course that I added the buttons to finish my card. Hope you like it, and if you haven't tried coloring an image, give it a try! It is so much fun. Don't expect a masterpiece neither your first time nor your second one, but with practice you'll get there.

Have a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by!
Lili

Retrosketches #3

Oh my, I almost missed the deadline for the Retrosketches #3 Challenge. Last week I couldn't play and I didn't want that to happen again this week.

So here I am with another Magnolia card. I had colored in the image for another card but as usual, I end up using what I planned to use for one card on another card. Doesn't it happen to you that you start with one idea in mind and when you lay everything out on the card you don't like it, and you start changing almost everything? I enjoy this process of creating a lot, hope you do too.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day. Enjoy!
Lili

Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #51 (Chupa)

I created this card to participate in Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #51. I love her work and if you haven't gone to her site you can click here and see her beautiful cards. If you go through her blog I am sure you are going to find a card that you like or you may just like all of them. Hope you enjoy her blog as much as I do.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!
Lili

Card Patterns Sketch #156

You don't know how much I enjoy coloring Magnolias with Copics and seeing them come alive in front of me. When I am coloring or painting an image, I lose all track of time. It calms me and allows me to forget about all of the stress of life. I created this card for the Card Patterns Sketch 156. Hope you like it!

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!
Lili

TOMIC #39: Tilda's birthday and sketch

Hope you've had a wonderful weekend. Here in Miami we had beautiful weather and today the temperature dropped a little bit, so it makes it even better. I spent the whole weekend catching up with my cards and crafts. I really had a great time working in my studio.

The new Magnolia Challenge is Tilda's birthday in which the words Happy Birthday are mandatory and it has to be girly, with laces, ribbons, glitter and everything that you can define as girly. As you know, I love to color the Magnolia stamps with Copics. I try to do my best coloring, although I need to practice more to get the blending I want. Everything is a matter of practice!

The "Happy Birthday" was stamped on a white cardstock. I cut it out and then poured Crystal Effect, and before the Crystal Effect dried, I added some glitter so that it could get trapped in the Crystal Effect as it dried off. I love the look that this creates.

Hope you like my creation today.
Thanks for stopping by!
Lili

colourQ #126 and Card Pattern Sketch #155

After almost two weeks of being sick, I am back in business. This is my first time participating in the colourQ challenge through this blog!

I decided to participate in the colourQ challenge and the Card Pattern Sketch challenge with this card, with a beautiful Magnolia stamp. I loooove to color in with Copics, and especially Magnolias, that is why I named my blog "Crazy About Magnolias." Magnolias make me smile, giggle, and above all, enjoy the process of coloring.

Hope you like my creation today, and you get inspired to color too. It is so much fun.
Have a wonderful day!
Lili