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Hedgehog Reading by Wendy Ramlakhan

One of the fun things about designing for 7 Kids College Fund is the HUGE variety of stamps and stamp companies to choose from.  So I decided to find a few stamps from companies that I hadn't worked with before and change it up a little.  Today's card features, Reading Hedgehog from Stampavie.  My first love is reading so this sweet little guy was an easy choice.   I also decided to use a pre-made paper flower and added a glossy button from American Crafts in the center.  Not sure that it total works, but again I was trying to use something / do something different than I normally do.  Although it is hard to tell from the photograph, I applied Glossy Accents to his reading glasses.

If your in the mood for a little shopping...why don't you take a look in the 7 Kids College Fund store and find something new to play with.  :)

Mother's Day card by Tori Hemingway

Happy Tuesday, y'all!! I have been bitten by the creative bug and have been cranking out all sorts of new cards the past few days!!! YAY! Yesterday, I madethe 3 Mother's Day cards for my family (My Mom, My MIL and my Grandmother In Law). I hope they love them! I am so glad to get these done so early. I am really trying to get on the ball and have stuff done early these days.

I am really stuck on Tilda with Flowing Hair right now. I need more Maggies... (could have stopped right there and all of y'all would have understood) ....with flowers, baskets, etc. Maybe I need the Tilda with Cherries image or some other new ones....Always room for new Maggies in my opinion. It is a sickness, I think - 'Magnolia-itis' I think we shall call it!! LOL!! Oh well 7 Kids has great prices and super fast shipping to feed my need!

I created the background using Circle Nesties, my Copic ABS and some post it notes. I also airbrushed the doily and then layered Tilda on top of it all. I stacked lots of punched leaves and some pearl spray (Hobby Lobby wedding section) to finish it off!!

Here is a close-up. I used these Copics:
E11, 00, 000, R30, Y26, 21, 11, 00, 0000, E37, 35, 33, 30, R5, 3, 1, YG97, 95, 93, E57, 35, 53, 50, B21, G24,

Supplies:
Stamps - Tilda with Flowing Hair, Sentiment (Great Impressions)
Paper - cardstock (SU), Porcelain DP (Basic Grey)
Ink - Memento, Copics
Accessories - Stickles, Copic ABS, Nestabilities, Fern Punch, doily, DooHickey leaf die (Magnolia), Flowers (Prima and WOC), Pearl Spray (HL), Leaf punch (Martha Stewart)

Newsletter

www.7kidscollegefund.com ZVA CLEARANCE    7 KIDS will no longer be carry Zva Creative products. I am starting the clearance with a 25% off coupon code. Products are already 10% below retail, so 25% more is a great discount. I will continue to discount, but, of course, the selection will dwindle so shop now for the largest selection.   Normally, I have split the bulk packages of flowers into 24 or 12 blossoms packages. There are still some of those smaller packages available, but most are in the full-sized packages of 144 (rose buds, 12, 19 and 23 mm blossoms) or 72 (35 mm blossoms).   Don't miss your chance to save!   Code: ZVACLEARANCE25 Good on: All Zva products Good through April 29        NEW BELLES & WHISTLES       There are 16 new Belles & Whistles stamps in the store. They are SO CUTE!!!   There are 2 new collections: FAIRY FRIENDS and SWEETART GIRLS. I don't have a ton of these new stamps, so shop now for the best selection. If they are gone when you shop, I expect to have more in mid-May.    NEW LA-LA LAND & TGF      There are 2 new La-La Land stamps in the store: Dress-Up Marcia and Fireman Luka    There are 3 new The Greeting Farm Stamps: Syren, Daisy and Surfer Emma. If you have any questions, product requests or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me at 7kidscollegefund@cox.net   www.7kidscollegefund.com Join Our Mailing List!

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Easter card by Marlena Peduzzi

Today I am posting an Easter card I made using the Magnolia Stamp, Tilda and her Bunny.  I love my Tilda's and have so much fun coloring them and putting projects together with these images.  Of course, I may have mentioned that before once or twice!:)  This cutie can be found by clicking HERE to get to 7 Kids College Fund!  This card is going to my grandparents for Easter.  I hope they like it!  Oh, and 7 Kids College Fund is having a sale on ZVA products and has new Belles & Whistles, LaLa Land and TGF products in the store. Click HERE to check it out!

Materials Used:

Copic Markers - YG25, YG23, YG21, YG0000, Y13, Y11, Y000, Y0000, E43, E42, E41, E40, E35, E33, E31, E30, E29, E25, E23, E21

Martha Stewart large border punch

Copic airbrush system ( for flowers)

Prima Flowers

Diamond Stickles (on roses)

Cricut Expression for image border

Ribbon

Hero Arts sentiment stamp

Stampin' Up bashful Blue Stamp Pad

I airbrushed the green flowers and added stickles to the roses. The border around my Tilda image was created using my SCAL program and cutting it out on my Cricut Expression. Here's a close-up of my colored image.

Don't forget to head over to the 7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog and enter your Spring/Easter card in the challenge. The challenge runs until this Tuesday and maybe our spring cards will help mother nature wake from her slumber and bring spring! We are all waiting, but not patiently, for the sun and warm weather to arrive.

Thanks so much for stopping by today,

Marlena

Sympathy card by Tori Hemingway

Happy Monday everyone! Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. We had a nice Easter ourselves. I have a new card to share with you. I had to make a bereavment card as my huband's Uncle died suddenly last week. He was so loved and will truly be missed!! Love you Uncle Pooky! This card was made for my hubby's Aunt.

I really have a hard time with Bereavement cards. I like to use 'Thinking of You' verses 'Sorry for Your Loss' sentiments. I chose Tilda with Flowing Hair for this card.

The papers are from Memory Box (Jubilee) and the cardstock is PTI. I used Nestabilities to cut the panels behind Tilda, Doohickey Dies for the tall leaves and the tag. I sponged some PTI ink around the edges of the tag. The small leaf punch is Martha Stewart and the Fern Punch can be found here. The flowers are from WOC and Prima. I added tons of Stickles to the flowers and to the flowers in Tilda's basket.

Here is a close-up of Tilda

I used these Copics on her:
E11, 00, 000, R30, E37, 35, 33, 30, E57, 35, 53, 50, BG15, 13, 11, 10, YG97, 95, R32, 35



Supplies:
Stamps - Tilda with Flowing Hair, Sentiment (Inkadinkadoo)
Paper - Memory Box, PTI
Ink - Memento, Copics
Accessories - Stickles, Nestabilities, Fern Punch, Flowers (Prima), DooHickey Dies (leaf and tag), MS leaf punch

Jessica Fick's spring card

Hi there!

It's time for another 7Kids College Fund challenge!  The theme for the two week challenge is to make a Spring or Easter card.  I chose to make a Spring card and went bright and cheerful with lots of layers of DCWV glitter papers.  I stamped this Sarah Kay Picnic of Daisies image in black Versafine ink on Copic's Xpress it blending card stock and embossed the ink with detail clear embossing powder.  Then, I colored her in with a variety of Copic markers.  For detailed images such as these ones, I really like to use this particular ink and embossing powder to help my marker tips stay in the lines a bit better.  It also helps the image to really pop with the embossed black lines.

Card Details
Stamps: Picnic of Daisies (Sarah Kay for Stampavie)
Ink: Versafine black
Card stock: Copic Xpress it blending; GinaK white; DCWV glitter and patterned paper (Spring stack)
Other: PTI and MFT felt; MFT dies - rolled rose, leaves, clouds, butterfly, sunshine; Copic markers; detail clear embossing powder; SU taffeta ribbon

and the inside view...

To view the rest of the designer's card projects for this challenge as well as to find out who won the last challenge, please check out the 7Kids College Fund blog.  I hope you get a chance to create a card to share with us!

Have a great day!
Jessica

Cool tin by Lisa Cook

I had so much fun coming up with this neat little Magnolia notepad case. The metal case is a DVD case I found at my local scrapbook store. The notepad is from Target. I went with a shopping theme, but you could really go any direction with this and it'd be a neat gift.

Supply List
Images
Tilda with Flowers, Prince Phillip (frog), Tilda with Three Flowers -Magnolia Stamps
Alphabet set for wording-Stampabilities

Ink
Memento, Tuxedo Black

Paper
Neenah Smooth white card stock
Designer Paper-Reminisce “Springtime”
Solid color card stocks-Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers

Skin Tones-yr0000, e000, e21
Frog-yg13, yg25, yg17, 0
Flowers on cover-rv09, rv19, yg17, yg67
Tilda on Cover:
Hair-e40, e41, e42, e43
Basket-e31, e33, 0
Flowers in basket-bv02, rv02, yr12, yr04, yg17
Dress/boots-rv09, rv19
Apron/bows-y11, y13
Tilda inside case:
Hair-e42, e43, e44
Clothing-yr12, yr04, yr07, rv09, rv19, y11, y13, w1, 0
Flowers in her lap-y21, 0, yg17, yg67
Shoes-e34, e35

Misc. Supplies

Martha Stewart border punch-Botanical Scallop Edge
Black Sakura Gelly Pen (for frog’s eyes)
White Sakura Gelly Pen
Mini note pad
Corner rounder punch
Spiral paper clip
Seam binding (2 pieces, colored with rv09 and y08)
Hole punch for tag
Chalks for cheeks
Smooch “Illuminate” for flower centers
dimensional adhesive
Chalks for cheeks
Scotch ATG gun and adhesive

Awesome birdhouse by Julie Glasgow

 

 

 Stamps: Tilda and Her Bunny, Tilda With Curls, Tilda's Birds, Big Snail   
Paint/Ink: Benjamin Moore Sampler (green and green mixed with black for accent), Memento, Copics
Paper: Copics X-Press It, SU! paper
Accessories: Flowers, Stickles, Fleur De Lis Pendant,  MS Fence Punch, lace, pearls, Spare Parts, Scallop punch

Here is a variety of pictures of various angles of the birdhouse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tilda with Kitten set by Marlena Peduzzi

Today's project is a set of cards I made using Tilda and the Kitten and a Magnolia Cat.  I LOVE coloring my Magnolia's.  They are so much fun and always come out just as cute as can be!  I can't ever get enough of them!

Materials Used:

Copic Markers: B95, B93, B91, YR24, YR21,, Y23, Y11, R21, C5, C3, C1, C00

Prima and Reflections flowers, flowers airbrushed with colors E35 and B95

Reflections self-adhesive pearls

Tea Dye Distress Ink Stamp Pad

Stampin Up Border Punch

I created the box using a very simple pattern.  The dimensions of the box bottom are 8 1/8 x 6 7/8 in, scored at 1 1/4 inches on each side.  The box top's dimensions are 8 1/4 x 7 in, scored at 1 in from each side.  All 4 corner sides are snipped to the score line and the adhered to the other sides.  This gives you your box.  The box fits card that are 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches.  I used my box images for my cards.  There are six cards in the set, three with Tilda and the Kitten and three with the Cat.

And here's a close up of one of the colored images.  Like I said earlier, Tilda is just so much fun to color!  She really is just an absolutely cute image!

Don't forget to drop by the 7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog to enter the challenge for this week.  You only have a few more days to enter.  Also, there are always new products and offers at the store, click HERE to find out what they are!

2 birthday cards from Tori Hemingway

Happy Friday y'all!! I am posting 2 times this week!! Whoop Whoop! Ok, so I cheated a bit and made 2 cards Tuesday with the same papers and stamps.

I also used the Fairy Tale Butterfly image and a birthday sentiment from CC Designs. The DP is from MME's Summer Song pack from about a year ago. It is very bright and a little out of my comfort zone, but I am working with it!! I added Stickles to the butterfly and the flowers.

Copics used: E11, 00, 000, R20, Y38, 35, 32, Y0000, R37, 35, 33, 31, 30, E57, 55, 53, 50

Here is b.day card #2. I used Tilda with Small Gift for this one.

I used Tilda with Small Gift along with some Kioshi from Basic Grey. I distressed the edges of all of the papers. I used these Copic Markers: E11, 00, 000, R20, G24, 21, 20, V06, 04, 00, E57, 55, 53, 50

***Note: I changed the sentiment on the card I made yesterday to make it a birthday card too. This is the one in my Etsy store.

Supplies:

Stamps - Sweet Tilda, Fairy Tale Butterfly, Tilda with Small Gift, sentiment CC Designs

Paper - PTI Cardstock, MME Summer Song DP, kioshi DP (Basic Grey), Bazzill Cardstock

Ink - Memento, Copics

Accessories - Stickles, WOC flowers, fern punch, Nestabilities, PTI Ribbon, Distresser Tool,