Wednesday, September 1, 2010

TILDA GOES BACK TO SCHOOL

Hi all, I am back from my mini vacation to Chicago. It was all about family, so I did not get to do a lot of sight seeing. But, I did get to go to Archivers, the ultimate scrapbook store.After getting picked up at the airport. My daughters friend took me to the Archivers store in Orland Park, Il.  My granddaughter said that when I walked in the door, I stopped, inhaled and said "I am in scrapbook heaven". All I could think was that I did not have enough time to look at everything. I had a couple of coupons because I get their emails. The closest store to me is in Georgia, so I only get there a couple of times a year. But, when I found out that there was one 30 minutes from where my daughter lives. I knew that was going to be one of my places to go. They had copics for $5.99 each. I picked up 3 colors that I did not have. They had a lot of the things that I have wanted to buy, but which I could not get the brands here in town. The only way to get them was to order them online. So I have been holding off on ordering until after my trip and I am glad that I did. I got Hero stamps, Basic Grey 6x6 pads and lots more. But, since I have to get ready for work, I don't have time to go into everything. Suffice it to say I had a wonderful time after my second trip to the store on Sunday. My bags coming back were much heavier than when I left.

Now to my card. I made this card (which is only a card front to use on the scrapbook page of one of my granddaughers. It is a back to school card. Even though I was not going to make one, there were so many challenges that I just could not resist. Tilda is my back to school girl. The best place to buy Magnolia Stamps is the Magnolia-licious Online line store, I am sure that if Diana does not have it, she can probably order it.  I colored Tilda with my copics, E11, E15, E13, 321, E25, E51, B21, B24, R24, R27, Y04, AND Y08. The papers are all from the scrap pile, leftover from other projects. The stickers are all from my scrapbook stash, bought to use in scrapbooks for my granddaughters. The sketch is from Friday Sketchers:




This card will be entered into the following challenges.

Stamp Something Back to School
Fussy N'Fancy Friday Back to School
Simple Doodles Back to School
Crafty Hos ' Use your school supplies
Paper Players Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew Back to School

Ok, this should be all, I hope you enjoy this card. It was lots of fun to make. I would love to hear what you think.

21 comments:

  1. Joyce, this is so adorable. I love all the back to school stuff you found to brighten up this card. What a great idea to use it for a scrapbooking page for your granddaughter! Awesome job!
    Hugs,
    Barb

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  2. Cute card Joy!! with lots of details to look at. Fun card to see :o)
    Hugs,
    Cabio

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  3. Such a cutie and all ready with her cute school supplies--well done!

    hugz,
    Suzanne

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  4. Hi there. What a super card this is. So bright and colourful and full of all school memories.A great design and Tilda looks fantastic and all ready to go. Happy crafting.
    With love, Sandra xx

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  5. What a great card! All the back to school elements are fantastic!

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  6. This is sooooooooooooooooooo adorable!!!!! Love the use of primary colors!

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  7. Joy
    this is awesome. I had such fun looking at it to find all the details. Absolutely love it - and awesome coloring job, too.
    Sounds like you had a fabulous trip to scrapper heaven :-)
    Thank you for joining the Paper Players this week
    Jaydee

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  8. Joy,
    I love your interpretation of the sketch. Fabulously done! Thanks so much for sharing.
    Hope to see more coming through.
    Blessings to you~
    Leslie A.

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  9. I love all your embellishments! Thanks for joining Fussy and Fancy this week! Lisa

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  10. Joyanna, this is so adorable.. Love your coloring, embellishments,and your layout.. glad your little one is all ready for school and has everything she needs..
    TFS Hugs, Jean

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  11. Oh, absolutely wonderful!!! The details are just incredible - Love them!!! Thanks so much for working the corner with The Crafty Hos! :D MWAH!

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  12. adorable Joyce.....love the bright colors and all the embellies TFS
    hugs

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  13. Joyce, this is absolutely amazing! I love this so much - the whole back to school theme is fantastic and the die-cuts...wow! I love Tilda - you color her so well; love her skin tone! I need a few more Copics to complete that skin tone; one day. I would have loved to be with you in that store - that would just make me swoon with delight being in a place with so much craft stuff dedicated to it. What a treat! Thanks for the comment about the afghan, btw, I would love to see what you've made! I love to crochet - just had to take a break and do something different. Next is sewing tote bags...haven't sewn in years!

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  14. How cute I love it! thanks for play along with the Crafty Ho Blog!

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  15. WOW, AMAZING card Joynana!! I'm so happy to see you again at CRAFTY HOs' and glad you LOVE our blog because we LOVE having you join our challenges!!:)

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  16. What a gorgeous back to school card. Love your dp choice. Beautiful image too! There is so much wonderful elements to look at! Wow well done! Thanks so much for joining us this week at the Creative Card Crew
    Denise
    CCC DT

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  17. Fantastic! And I wish we had stores like that in the UK! Thanks for joining in at Simple Doodles - hope to see you again next time!

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  18. Cute card! Love all the elements.

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  19. This is going to be great for a scrapbook page! Love all of the detail.
    Hugs,Pam

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  20. Very cute card, Joyce - I love all the school imagery and embellishments you've used - I'm sure your grand-daughter loved it.

    Thanks for joining us at Creative Card Crew.

    Julie :o)

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