A cute little Magnolia bear

Hi everybody!!

This card was up on the Copic Marker Europe blog yesterday so you may have already seen it there but just in case you haven't.... I went out of the box and used a Magnolia :). I know a lot of you go of to the box when you don't use a Magnolia but I think this is my third (?) Magnolia project.

My friend Alberto has been asking me to do one for some time now so Alberto if you read this.... it isn't Tilda but see, I do sometimes do Maggies :). I actually colored this gorgeous little bear named Coco first this time and tried to find matching papers later. I colored Coco very warm with typical Christmas colors and to keep the card "calm" I decided to use papers that were less colorfull, these gorgeous papers are from an older Basic Grey line, Wassail. The Sentiment is from a Holiday Circle Pennants set from Whimsy Stamps' Raindrop Echo Designs. The flowers reflect the gorgeous Christmas colors again. Everything has been touched with Vintage Photo Distress ink and Picket Fence Distress Cracle Paint. The gorgeous oval die is from the Floral Ovals set from Spellbinders. Everything has been handstiched.

A close up of sweet little Coco, as always 3D paper pieced for extra dimension. I used diamond stickles on the ribbon around the gift and on her nose is some Glossy Accents. My stamped impression wasn't perfect by the way and the nose and eyes of Coco weren't as black as I wanted, a little tip is to buy a Copic Multiliner, these are perfect for those situations, you can make the black absolutely black with the Multiliner and the Copic Markers won't make the ink of the Multiliner run.

And the little pieces :). I actually love how this card turned out. May have to use Magnolia's more often :). If you want to know the Copic markers I used to color Coco please visit the Copic Marker Europe blog, I listed them there.

I'd like to enter this card into the 8th challenge at the Fashionista Challenge blog which is Anything Goes.

See you guys soon!!!
Huggies ;),