Totally Tilda DT- Tilda Where?!?!?!

On Anything But a Card! 

That's right at Totally Tilda this fortnight, this is what we want!

Now if you're like me, your immediate first thought is UHH!! NOT a Card! As IF>!>!>

Then the shock will wear off & you too will be able to create something fun, as I have.

I started with these chipboard letters that spell LOVE from Susie Sugar's Die Cut Dreams Store.

What to do with them once I had them?

Then I remembered my friends wedding back in 2009, that I had yet to scrapbook.

A summer wedding with sunflowers & the colors of gold/yellow, brown, black & green as the focus.

Then I made a trip to Micheals in search of the perfect papers & embellies to match.

 Then I came home after almost purchasing a sunflower stamp for $17.00 and asked a friend to whip me up a digi...........more about that later!

The result:

Front View

TA-Da!

Now let's see the deets.

BEWARE- You will see a lot of pictures below, so feel free to just skip to the bottom if you get bored along the way!

Top View

Now let's take a look at each letter of the book, shall we!?

L- front view

Ric Rac- from Really Reasonable Ribbons

Heart Charm- from Bizzy Becs

Paper- K & company (small pad on sale at Micheals - SCORE! :-)

Sunflower- K & company

Buttons & suede straps- misc

L- back view

Paper- misc

Satin ribbon- Really Reasonable Ribbons

Sunflower & TRUE LOVE tiles- Micheals

O- front view

Paper- Micheals

2009 felt stickers- Micheals (half off rack- SCORE AGAIN :-)

Jute- Really Reasonable Ribbons

Pins- Wal Mart

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Sunflower image- HERE IT IS- Prairie Fairy Designs

Yes, I asked Roberta (owner of Prairie Fairy Designs) if she could whip me up a digi -sunflower specifically for this creation. Within 48 hrs she had this beauty all done up & is now available for purchase in her store (see link above). Thanks g/f !!

O- back view-

Sunflowers- Micheals

Tassle & gems- Dollarama

Chipboard journalling piece- Hobby Lobby

V- front view-

Ribbons- Really Reasonable Ribbons

Papers & small sunflowers- Micheals

 Large Sunflower & pearls- Dollarama

Leaf- gift from Dora

Chipboard birdcage- Prairie Scrapbooker in Beausejour, MB

Butterfly in cage- Micheals (ON SALE TOO :-)) I M SUCH A BARGAIN HUNTER)



Closeup of Birdcage- sponged with Vintage photo ink & stickled up!

V- back view-

Bling swirls- Dollarama

Heart doily- eBay

Wedding rings & chipboard branch-Hobby Lobby

Sunflowers & papers- Micheals

Scrapbooking journalling paper- CTMH

Stamps making sentiment- SU

E front view-

Ribbon- Really Reasonable Ribbons

Sunflowers (including the one Tilda is sitting on)- Micheals

Corner adornment on picture- eBay

Butterflies & papers- Micheals

Silver Clip- SU

Let me tell you a story about this letter "E" page!

You know how we crafters get into a zone that nobody can mess with? Well, there I was happily creating my "E" page, when hubby decides he is going to join me at the table. He pulls out his laptop (I betcha thought I was gonna say something else huh?)......and opens it up pushing past some sort of OBVIOUS obstruction.....thereby spilling a can of pop all over the table.......dining room table yes, however at this point in the day it is officially my craft table. I look, do a double take & as he stands there staring......I proceed to curse like a sailor & throw everything off the table onto the floor, just to get it out of the liquid that is soaking into everything. F, F, F ......that's how the conversation went!! I don't think I talked to him for the rest of the night....I went to bed & arose with a fresh outlook the next morning.....thereby creating an EVEN BETTER letter "E" than the day before! Thanks honey! (he still loves me, I think). lol

Large stem with leaves & accents below Tilda's sunflower- gift from Dora (I ended up sponging the already pastel green stem with mellow moss SU ink to match the rest of the greens)

A profile view of the completed "LOVE" Chipboard Book!

Finally I have it all packaged up & ready to go to my friend........now there's a postal strike! LOL Hopefully one day she will get to see what I've done with pics of her wedding day!

Challenges for my LOVE book:

Frosted Designs- Fabulous Friday Challenge- use journalling tags

Just Magnolia & hAnglar stAnglar- Paper piecing.......( I took a page out of Bev's book & agree that paper piecing this many Tilda's is a feat all it's own).

Fussy & Fancy- Case a DT member (I am obviously choosing Mindy)

Really Reasonable Ribbons- handwritten sentiment (with stamping on the "V" page above)

The Stamp Man- butterflies & dragonflies

OSAAT- things with wings

Pile It On- show me some metal

CRAFT- include stitching

The Crafty Pad- something new- New Beginning

Stamptacular Sundays- fun in the sun

Stamp Something- Something with pretty papers

Simon Says Stamp- BINGO (diagonal- flowers, lace & shape)

Magnolia Stamp Lovers- buttons

Whimsical Wednesdays- fun with color (see pic below)