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Update on the loony bin that is 7 KIDS

Thanks to everyone who is bearing with me during this time! I have been non-stop shipping the Nellie Snellen punches. There are hundreds of packages going out and it is taking quite a bit of time to get everything packaged. A huge number went out at the end of last week and tons are going out today. I am going to try to have every NS order that doesn't have some other preorder item on it out by tomorrow.

To add to the craziness, the Stampavie preorders stuff came in at the end of the week. The reserve team had to come in and do those orders. We are still working on them and hope to have all Stampavie out by mid-week. Unfortunately, there were a few designs that were not fully shipped. Stampavie is expecting their next shipment on April 7 and they ship pretty quick, so I should have them a few days after that. If your order contains a design that I am short on, your order will ship without that stamp so you can get most of the order. Whatever is left will ship when I get it in.

UPS indicates that today is the delivery date for the Magnolia Easter stamps. I will do my best to ship those over the next few days.

On top of this all, 7 KIDS is MOVING!!! Pegboard, shelves, counters and everything we need to streamline and improve shipping times is being installed right now. I am hoping to make the move this weekend.

If you are concerned about your particular order or have a deadline and absolutely must have your order shipped right away, please e-mail me at 7kidscollegefund@cox.net.

Thanks for bearing with us during this time. Things will be even more awesome on the other side of this!!!

Another preorder update

Nellie Snellen punches: They have arrived! I am processing orders now.

Stampavie stamps: They have arrived! I will begin processing orders Friday.

Magnolia Easter: UPS estimates delivery on March 29.

Magnolia Pirate/Fairytale/Wedding: They have charged my card, but I have not received a ship notice.

More Magnolia from April Rose!

Queen Tilda and EAC Sketch

Hi there! I hope you're having a good week. This is my design team card for Everybody-Art-Challenge #82, which is a wonderful sketch by Tina. The ladies on our design team have made some beautiful cards; I hope you'll have a look and join us too. I cheated a bit and used a heart doily for one of the elements! Oh, and yes, this one looks a bit different than it does on the EAC post. I changed the bow and added the sentiment. I always think of things to add after I send in my DT card! I used the color scheme at this week's Allsorts Challenge 43: pink, black and white.

I've used another cute new Tilda, called Prom Queen; isn't she adorable? So I took the queen theme and ran with it, as usual! I actually bought this crown punch and a set of princess charms after seeing this collection at the CHA show!

I love this sentiment stamp, but the grammar error is driving me nuts! I used it anyway, because I thought this song from Cinderella went quite well with this little princess.

7 KIDS supplies:

• Images: Prom Queen Tilda from the Magnolia Wedding, Fairy Tale and Pirates Collection; sentiment by Crafty Secrets
• Inks: Versafine, Memento, Tim Holtz Distress Inks,
  
• Embellishments: Prima roses, charm by Blue Moon Beads, Zva gem dots, Star Dust Stickles, Pop It Shapes
• Tools: Sizzix Big Shot, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 1, Cuttlebug textile embossing folder, Sookwang double-stick tape
  

Tilda's Magical Birthday Wishes

Tilda is wishing a Happy First Birthday to Magnolia Down Under! I fell in love with this image at CHA. There were no sample projects with her at the show, but I saw her in the catalog, or should I say "wish book!" I know I'm always saying this or that Tilda is one of my favorites, but this one is definitely my #1 favorite so far! Just look at her beautiful hairdo, the dress with the sheer overskirt, and that precious little face! 

Ingredients:

• Images: Magician Tilda from the Magnolia Wedding, Fairy Tale and Pirates collection
• Inks: Versafine, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Re-Inkers
• Embellishments: Prima roses, Blue Moon charms, Zva gem flourish, Zva gem dots, Star Dust Stickles, Pop It Shapes, lots of Sookwang tape (I couldn't have made this card stick together without it)
• Tools: Sizzix Big Shot, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 4, Martha Stewart doily lace edge punch,

I've been searching for the perfect purple and lilac papers for ages now, and I finally found these--aren't they gorgeous? I don't know if you can see it, but the paper on the front of the card is glittery, and the paper on the easel base has a purple flocked design! Yummy!

Tilda's Green Swing

Happy Friday, crafty friends! I've been away for a while, feeling a bit under the weather. I'm back today with my design team card for our new challenge at Fussy and Fancy Friday. Our theme is "green," either the color or "environmentally friendly." I'm not one of those clever souls who thinks of ways to recycle waste into art, so I went for the color!

Ingredients:

• Images: Jam Tilda from the Magnolia Yummy for Your Tummy collection, Swing
• Inks: Versafine, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, SU
• Embellishments: Prima roses, Star Dust Stickles, Pop It Shapes (lots of these)
• Tools: Sizzix Big Shot, Spellbinders Nestabililities Ovals and Scalloped Ovals, Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder, Martha Stewart picket fence edge punchof my favorite edge punches, picket fence, and combined it with the grass edge punch I recently found. I'm pretty pleased with the result and I'm going to be using these again soon!

Mary Giemza and The Greeting Farm

I’m starting out the week with my first attempt at a challenge from The Greeting Farm.   I just can’t get enough of these soooooo-very cute stamps!   I really had fun with this one.    I used one of the Cheeky Shooter  images from The Greeting Farm, which are now being carried at 7 Kids College Fund!  

The challenge this week at Splendid Stamping with The Greeting Farm  is this awesome Sketch . . .

And, here’s my card . . .

For some reason, the sentiment on my card is the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this cutie ~ it’s a little joke between one of my friends and I, so I thought this image would be perfect!   

I was trying to give a Wild West feeling to the card, so I added lots of 3 mm self-adhesive nailheads and the brown and white checkered ribbon.  

The Cheeky Shooter was colored with Copics, cut out and attached with dimensionals.   I used a stylus pen to make some parts of the image more pliable and add some additional dimension.  Like I said, I had fun!    I definitely needed a break from my Magnolia DT cards, they NEED to be sent to Sweden in two weeks!!!    Yikes.

Thanks for stopping by today.   I appreciate it!

Mary Giemza helps introduce new Basic Grey

This post is by Mary Giemza.

Okay, so I definitely have a NEW favorite Tilda!!        This absolutely adorable little cutie is the new Princess Tilda from the Wedding, Pirates & Fairy Tale collection, and I don’t think she could be any cuter!    But, what’s awesome for you is that she is AVAILABLE for pre-order at 7 Kids College Fund!!     You can find this cutie here  and the entire collection here.

I added LOTS of sparkle to her dress, with some of my other favorites –  Smooch Illuminate paint  and Stickles in sequins glitz.

The dp is from the new Basic Grey green at heart collection. (Both new collections are available in the store now!!!)  I love EVERY sheet of paper in this collection!

Princess Tilda was colored with Copics, cut out and attached with dimensionals. The sentiment is computer-generated and matted onto a Spellbinders Shapeabilities fancy tags die cut shape.  I also added some sparkles to the flowers . . .

and added this sparkly little butterfly to match the butterflies on the dp . . .

I think that’s all the sparkles for this Princess Tilda! Thank you for visiting today – I appreciate it!

 

PREORDER UPDATES!

Nellie Snellen: My card has been charged for the Nellie Snellen punches which means they should have shipped. I expect my order by the end of the week.

Scor-It. Scor-It has indicated that they will be shipping my order Monday!

Stampavie. They expect to be receiving their order by the 15th and will ship my order out as soon as possible. Should be here by the 22nd.

Holy cow! Check out these cards from April Rose!!!

Ingredients:

• Image: Loves Me Tilda by Magnolia
• Inks: Tim Holtz Distress, Versafine, SU
• Papers: Bo Bunny, SU card stock, Arches watercolor
• Embellishments: Zva pearl dots, Zva pearl flourish, Star Dust Stickles, Doodlebug brad (blue birdie), crocheted flowers from Needle Creations, ribbon and lace from fabric store
• Tools: Sizzix Big Shot, Nestabilities Blossom and Circles; Cuttlebug swiss dot embossing folder, EK scallop edge, butterfly and flourish punches

I went a little crazy with the pearl dots, didn't I? Oh, and I love my butterfly punch--those little critters want to sit on all my cards these days. I smear them with Stickles and they become more durable as well as sparkly!

Well, I guess that's it for now! Thank you for visiting, and for your kind comments that make my day! Have a great week!

If you're an Anne fan, you know that her red hair was her "lifelong sorrow," and that Gilbert called her "carrots." So, with that in mind, I set to work on Tilda's hair with Dried Marigold and Spiced Marmalade inks! I tried to capture a Victorian feeling with the white details and vintage reproduction paper and sentiments.

Because the Anne stories take place on Prince Edward Island in Canada, I decided this is my tribute to Canada, to the Winter Olympics that have kept me glued to the TV, and to my lovely Canadian followers! Someday I'm going to visit P.E.I. and the other lovely places in Canada!

I decided to make this a birthday card, partly because I love the old-fashioned look of the sentiment stamp I chose.  I stamped it directly onto the printed paper because I love this paper and didn't want to cover it up.

Ingredients:

• Images: So Spooky Tilda (sans broom!) by Magnolia, vintage sentiment stamps from Crafty Secrets
• Inks: Tim Holtz distress inks, Versafine Onyx Black, SU
• Papers: Crafty Secrets, SU card stock, Arches watercolor
• Embellishments: Prima roses, Zva roses, ribbon and button from my stash
• Tools: Sizzix Big Shot, Nestabilities Labels One, Cuttlebug vintage corner die, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Martha Stewart punches

Ingredients:

• Image: Tilda Picking Lilacs
• Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Versafine Onyx Black, SU
• Papers: Crafty Secrets (lilacs), SU, Arches watercolor
• Embellishments: Prima roses, Zva pearl dots, Star Dust Stickles, SU ribbon, charm from The Charm Barn, crocheted flowers from Needle Creations, trim and pin from my stash
• Tools: Sizzix Big Shot, Nestabilities Labels Four, Cuttlebug embossing folder, EK butterfly punch

Yes, those are marshmallow Peeps in my basket; they have always been my favorite Easter candy! My husband thinks they are hilarious.

Another view of the easel card, above. The other side of the basket, below.

The other side of the basket, above, and a closeup of the card, below.

Ingredients:

• Images: Tilda with Tulips and Chickens from the Magnolia Easter collection; SU sentiment
• Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Onyx Black Versafine, SU
• Papers: SU, Arches watercolor
• Embellishments: Prima roses, Zva pearl flourishes, Zva pearl dots, Star Dust Stickles, charms from The Charm Barn, Doodlebug brads; all else from my stash
• Tools: Sizzix Big Shot, Nestabilities circles and ovals, Cuttlebug swiss dot embossing folder, Martha Stewart punches

Oh, and speaking of Easter, Magnolia is releasing the new Hoppy Easter Collection, available for pre-order at 7 Kids! You've got to see these--they are adorable--I definitely need them!

I had a lot of fun making this card and basket, and I think I'll be making more of these baskets!

I really enjoyed working with this sketch. I've always wanted to make a pull-out tag on a card, and this was the perfect sketch for it. My tag was cut out with a Spellbinders die, and it really is a separate piece that can be pulled out, see below.

I found this fantastic tutorial by Norma on how to use border punches around ovals and circles, and just had to give it a try!

I got my Tim Holtz Distress Ink Re-Inkers, and used them for the first time to watercolor this Tilda. I need to make myself a color chart, because I'm not familiar with the colors.


Ingredients:

• Image: Loving Tilda from the Magnolia Love Collection; SU sentiment
• Inks: Versafine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks
• Papers: Crafty Secrets, SU card stock, Arches watercolor
• Embellishments: Zva roses, Prima roses, Zva pearls, Star Dust Stickles, Pop It Shapes, SEI ribbon, rose and heart buttons from my button box, pearls from my friend Mindy
• Tools: Sizzix Big Shot, Spellbinders Oval Nestabilities, Spellbinders Tag Shapeabilities, cuttlebug rose embossing folder, Martha Stewart heart edge punch and leaf punch

Flower Soft stamps

This post is by Jami Bova.

The new Moments in Time stamps from FlowerSoft are so darling!!  7 Kids College Fund carries the entire stamp line, and has a great selection of the original FlowerSoft, and all the new UltraFine FlowerSoft! This cutie is called Just For You I colored her with Copics (listed below) then added Flower Soft to her bouquet and to the flowers on the ground.  The paper is the new Sugar Rush collection by Basic Grey, and the silver is actually stickers that I picked up at CHA.

Hugs, Jami

7 KIDS SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Just For You (FlowerSoft)
Paper: Sugar Rush (Basic Grey)
Accessories: Fuchsia FlowerSoft, Copics
Copics: B60, B63, B66, E30, E21, E11, E33, E35, E25, G24, YG03, RV21, RV25

DRAWING WINNERS!!!

Today is the big day! We raised exactly $1500 for Singleton Moms!!! I have nine prize packages to send to the following people: Gisela Lemus won the prize package for the highest donation. And the other eight randomly drawn winners are (as they appear on the donor page):

• Nora
• Juanita Gillen
  
• Tammy M.
• Rebecca King
• Carole Bomar
• Hazel Quinteros
• memegeorgia
• Tina Hdz.
  

Contact me so I can ship your prizes!!!

It was very cold and rainy during the walk, but my AMAZING husband (of 19 years on the day of the walk!) went with me and held an umbrella over me while I walked. He also brought some gloves and that awesome warm thingy around my neck. Didn't even know I was going to need them, but he had them ready!

If you are still looking for a charity to donate to in the next few months, my donor page will be open until sometime in May. You can also visit Singleton Moms website to donate there.

Before the walk...

After...7 KIDS customers were the top fundraisers for this event!!! You guys ROCK!