New Magnolia Challenge

There is a new challenge web-site for "Just Magnolia" click here to see the first challenge. The first week is a sketch so I printed it out and got to work. Yesterday I bought a new acrylic stamp set that I saw at JoAnn's by Fiskars no less. What I loved was the large background, it is lacy and elegant and slightly shabby looking, just a nice combo. The main baja breeze panel is stamped with it, the stamp is so big I had to use a B plate from my Cuttlebug as a block! It worked quite well I might add. I went from there with the soft sort of shabby theme. I first used an adorable Tilda with an ice cream cone and colored it with my Prismas but the color I had for the jeans clashed so bad with the colors on the card I had to do a new one (these are images from WishRAK, I don't have these stamps - wish I did!). So I used the watercolor wonder crayons and was able to match the baja, guava, teal and cocoa of the papers used here. The doggie is from a Penny Black set. I punched the butterflies with the MS punch and punched two layers, one in teal and one in baja to give them a shadow effect. I like that, just something I came up with trying to have the right colors in the right places! The bench is also a WishRAK image I colored and cut out. I sponged the edges of the background panel and the sentiment with baja breeze. I would so love to win the prize, wish me luck! I really want more Tilda's! No one ever has the ones I want in stock and I am getting frustrated, I might just have to order them from Sweden. I have a swap due around June 1st and need a new Tilda to stamp with :)