Thursday, July 8, 2010

My Chocolate Tilda

O GEEZ...........I've gone & done it!
I made a chocolate Tilda card for the Totally Tilda Challenge happening all month long!
Why 'oh Geez'?
Because me and Tilda's face just don't get along. Never have. Probly never will.
However after some quick (& I mean QUICK) tutoring from some great crafting mentors, I think Tildas' face & my coloring pencils may have found a 'truce' (white flag has been hung by both of us-lol

Thanks to Susie Sugar for the Tilda toppers I won at her Sassy Designs by Susie at  Die Cut Dreams blog for being a 'super dooper commenter' (haha-where did that go, hey Susie--I went hard for 4 days, then fell off the planet-lol), I was able to enter this cutie -patootie into her new challenge.

Sketch is MoJo Monday & the strip of paper on the side is BG Capella paper.
I cuttle bug embossed the deep chocolate paper behind Tilda & distressed the oval shape (done by my trusty CM shape cutters & blades). Got out the sewing machine & went to town stitching my little heart away.


Below is a pic I took near a window. Sun was going down & I NEEDED to get this shot off! lol
You can see the stickles I added to Tilda's flower.


And I DO have a funny little story about this charm frame in the last pic (look familiar Lori?).

So there I was the other day, trying my hardest to emboss a paper with a Spellbinder Impressabilities embossing design (FYI-they are metal.) When I say trying my hardest, I mean trying my HARDEST! I put in the the thickest plates possible & when the darn cuttlebug wouldn't turn anymore & the CB plates were bending (probly not supposed to happen-lol), I figured "ok, that's probly enough". I took out the metal impressablitie design & it had come apart from it's frame. 
HAHA...I squeezed it so tight in my CB machine, it ripped the design off of the border, so now the design plate bends & is not sturdy enough to emboss anything straight EVER again, so I decided I am going to use pieces of it on my cards.
So here we have an itty-bitty flower placed in my itty-bitty charm frame.
I put some stickles in the center of the itty-bitty flower for effect!  


Here's to hoping I can be a GDT at Totally Tilda!!!

Challenges for my card:

Totally Tilda Challenge- Chocolate Tilda
MoJo Monday- sketch
Pink Elephant- 3 layers, 2 die cuts & ribbon
Crafty Catz- distressing
Paper Sundaes- white plus one (white & shades of brown)
Magical Crafts- flower power

25 comments:

Lori said...

Holy cow Corry, this is chocalicious! Love everything, especially the brown ribbon and great colouring, woohoo!!!! Thanks for joining Totally Tilda!

Kathyk said...

It is indeed chocalicious - she looks good enough to eat.

Kathyk

Janet said...

Cute story, Corry. Glad to hear those things happen to other people too. I managed to cut into the molded plastic on the side of my cuttlebug with a folder, and bent the folder too. Who knew you could do that? LOL

Beautiful card.

Lynne in NI said...

Aww, beautiful card! Lovin the chocolate theme! (I have 'issues' with Tilda's face too, but unfortunately we haven't reached a truce yet LOL!!)

Margreet said...

you're chocolate Tilda is gorgeous, including her face....everybody is once struggling with the CB and some folder....my C plate once broke into 2 pieces......
xxx Margreet

carol said...

oh she looks lovely, very yummy these tilda cards, thanks for joining in with Craftycatz, x carol

Susie Sugar said...

Corry What have you done girl !!! this is way too cute.... OMG its adorable and so much detail
I love how you coloured Tilda she looks so fresh and her cheeks glow (I guess thats what being married to Edwin does for you !!! lol)
Thanks for joining in our first challenge at the Totally Tilda Challenge
Hugs Susie & the TT DT XX

Aunty Sue said...

oh love all the detail and great card,thanks for joining in this week at crafty catz

cheryl said...

oh corry this is so beautiful so love the embellishments on this stunning detail hugs cheryl xxxxx

CarlaKH said...

so cute...love the color scheme you used and I had to laugh at your struggles with the cuttlebug .. thats how I broke my C plate .heheh. gorgeous card and thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes!

Kelly Schelske said...

Gorgeous Corry!!

Lisa (mldesignworks) said...

OOh! Sorry about your embossing plate. Sounds really frustrating! I really like your card, though! What a great idea for a challenge--chocolate! :-) Thanks for your sweet comment on my blog, too. See you out there! Lisa :-)

Lori aka Lo Lo said...

Beautiful! Luv the colour scheme. Fab sketch.

xoxo,
Lori

HappyCrafter said...

WOW! Fabulous card! Love all the detail and the distressing, looks great!! Thanks for playing along with us at Paper Sundaes :-)

Davi said...

Wow this is sooo pretty. Love the colors and distressing with the tilda! I also love the wonderful pic I assume of your children on your blog heading!

Bananastamper said...

LOVE your card! So much detail, love all the stitching. Love how you've colored her cheeks! I have yet to figure that out!
Thanks for playing along at Paper Sundaes!

Mandy said...

Hun I LOVE your card, I'm so pleased you and Tilda have called a truce lol. Everything is so beautiful, the image (I NEED her) the flowers, papers and the little frame is gorgeous.
Thanks so much for joining us at Totally Tilda
hugs Mandy xx

Trisha said...

Holy Cow! This is GOOORGEOUS! Look at the coloring and all the details-u totally rocked it Cor! Love the new pic of your babes up top! Super cute! Thanks for playing at Totally Tilda's.xoxo Trish

Linda Coughlin, the funkie junkie said...

Wow, everything about this is just fabulous, Corry! Love the brown tones and all the yummy embellies!

Lesley said...

Beautiful card, lovely colours and great colouring! Thanks for taking part in the Magical Crafts challenge xx

Deb said...

OMG! this is gorgeous, I just love the colors (some of my favs) and the flowers and your coloring is great, perfect card!!!
xxx

Unknown said...

Yum Yum Yummy!

Amanda said...

What a cute image, Tilda is coloured beautifully - and the flowers are wonderful.

Thanks for joining us at Magical Crafts.

Amanda

Monika Reeck said...

What an adorable card..cute Images and your coloring is beautiful...I just join the Mojo Monday too, maybe you would like to see my Blog, many thanks before, hugs, Monika

Anonymous said...

Cor- I'm crazy about this card - WOWZERS! great job!

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