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Saturday, January 23, 2010

My First Sugar Nellie and a Magnolia Card

First off, I am so doing the Happy Dance over here...lol..I was reading on Suzanne's blog (Scrap Bitz) on how she takes her photos of her cards. So I thought I would give it a try. Heck, anything would be better than what I have been taking. The photos below were from her instructions. And I love them. You can actually see the real color instead of the tint that I always end up with. Thank You Suzanne. You are AWESOM!!!! So the magnolia card I had posted with the feathers below I retook and it looks so much better. You can actually see how pink the papers are. The card and box below is my first Sugar Nellie card. I have to say that I really love how this set turned out. I purchased my Nellies from Funky Kits. They are offering a sale but they are over seas and the prices are different. A little higher than what you see on their page but I know with Pay Pal they did the conversion for me before I confirmed my order into American dollars. I'm new to this stuff so I thought I'd share this info in case someone else out there was new to it also. I also did something that I have only done one other time and that was I went Hybrid. The pattern paper and purple cardstock is actually from a kit from Digital Freebies. I purchased the year thing to get the archives for all of the freebies. And let me tell you it was so worth it. This was my first set that I printed and I really liked it. The bag I made I purchased the template from My Time Made Easy. It's called in a pinch bag. IT was so easy peasy to put together and well woth the money. There are so many ideas running through my head for this little darling. The flowers were inspiration from Patti Jo -PJSDeigns that I jsut had to try that as well. She makes some very pretty flowers out of cardstock. Hop on over and take a gander through her blog. I was just blown away. So enough of the rambling. Hope you like the set and the Maggie card I've posted tonight. Have a great evening....Hugs from Charm City
I think I used to much purple stickles though...I kind of went a little wild with it..lol.. Isn't this just a darling bag...you have got to go see the ones that Lauren has made..They are AWESOM!!!! And here's my Maggie. I think she turned out better than the other ones I've made so far. Although the cheekies needed to blend in more I just couldn't get that to happen..I left the sentiment blank and thought I would jsut fill it in next year at Christmas time... Thanks for stopping by tonight....

11 comments:

Sharon Caudle said...

hey ladybug!! I love them ALL!!!! It doesn' look to me like you used too many purple stickles! LOL! That set is so gorgeous!! Fabulous detailing! And your Magnolia card is beautiful! Love the traditional red and green and the embossing is awesome! Fabulous coloring on all of it, my friend!!! Hope you're enjoying your weekend! hugs!

Barb Hardeman said...

Nancy these three are just gorgeous! Love all the purple and the stickles - fabulous! your coloring is wonderful and all three projects photographed so well. Enjoy the rest of your weekend...hugs!

Candy said...

Hey Nancy - aren't you taking great photos now!!! Nice and bright and clear!
I buy the Sugar Nellie images as well when I can afford to, love the Gorjuss Girls the best. Great card in the purples and get a load of that fabulous box!! Super!!! Your Maggie is just lovely. Beautiful red and green colours :o)
Hugs, Candy

Norma said...

Nancy, wonderful projects. And your pictures are nice and sharp. Wonderful card with the gorjuss girls image. Love the b&w and purple colour combo. Those flowers are fab. The Christmas Tilda card is beautiful. Love the clean look of that one. Terrifie job you did on these projects.

Hugs.
Norma

Nancy said...

Nancy your pictures turned out awesome! Love your gorjuss girl! And your gift box is fabulous! Tilda is adorable and I love the simple look of the card it is perfect for Tilda it really shows her off! Awesome job with all!
Hugs,
Nancy

Patricia Garcia said...

Awesome cards, love all the purple stickles and Tilda is colored perfect!!

Hugs,
Patricia

Linanna DESIGNS said...

Good evening Nancy, wow what gorgeous cards hunny, i just love them both and such a great bag too. Love that gorjuss girl card the colours you've used are soooooo striking! hope your having a good weekend, hugs Linda x

Patti Jo said...

Pictures are terrific! Love the hybrid prints! Great job on coloring and love your flowers! Glitter is good!!!! What a fun package and your Magnolia card is so pretty! Thanks for the nice comments too, appreciate that!!! Beautiful work Nancy!!!

Unknown said...

Wow that candle must have been difficult to cut out for Tilda! Great job!

cabio's craft corner said...

These are so very cute cards. Sweet & precious. Thanks for sharing :o)
Hugs,
Cabio

Jodie from Oz said...

Beautiful card, love the colours and such a sweet image. Hugs Jodie from Oz