Simon Says Stamp DT - Tilda's Going Back To School

Hello peeps,

I went for a run yesterday!!! Totally unintentional as I don't do running as my shoulder dislocates when I do, but I was up the park with the dogs relaxing in the sunshine in my flip-flops, cropped jeans & T-shirt & I could see very dark clouds heading towards us & knew it was going to rain as it always feels like my shoulder is swelling, so I got puppy back on his lead and dear old Dude just dawdles alongside good as gold. On the way home it started to rain some very big raindrops, & then I heard it! A rumble of thunder, so with my usual blind panic I started to run and so did Dude who normally hardly has the energy to walk home but as he doesn't like thunder either he wasn't hanging around & overtook me. How on earth I didn't go flying is beyond me as it poured down & my flip-flops had become really slippery but there was no way I was stopping to take them off, & that mental puppy of ours got all excited probably at the shock of me running & wondering what I was doing, so he was literally leaping up & jumping at me as I was slipping around attempting to run. I must have looked a right sight soaked through with a puppy hanging off me and hollering "GO" everytime I caught up with Dude at a road as he still sat at each kerb waiting to be told he could cross the road bless his heart.
Forget this myth that exercise is good for you, I needed about 20 puffs of my ventolin inhaler to breathe again when I got home and my blooming legs are killing me today so they'll be no more running from me, I might drive to the park in future, just in case lol.

Today is new challenge day at
SIMON SAYS STAMP
& this week our challenge is
BACK TO SCHOOL
My lovely teamies & I are featuring Sizzix products on our cards this week, so were a bit spoilt for choice of products to use :)

 Ingredients -

Featured Sizzix products - Tim Holtz Bigz Hardare findings & Tiny Tabs & Tags 

Images - Magnolia Tilda with pencils & shelf with cross stitch 2008, sorry I couldn't find it in store to link to but there was loads of other little Magnolia's I discovered I "need" lol.

Medium - Copics

Doily - Royal Lace

Papers - Prima, Tea Thyme

Pearls - Melissa Frances & Hero Arts

Large brad - American crafts

Flowers - Prima coffee silk flowers & Wildflowers 

Twine - Hemptique

Tools - MS Cherish PATP, frond leaf & classic 3-in-1 butterfy punches, Magnolia Doo Hickey heart swirls, grand circle nesties

The Copic colours I've used are -

skin - E11, E00, E000, R20, E93, hair - E47, E44, E43, E41, dress - R20, R00, R000, W1, W0, shoes - W6, W4, W2, W0, pencils - BV01, BV00, BV0000 / RV00, RV000, RV0000 / BG11, BG000, BG0000 / E53, E51, E50 / I also added W0 & W1 to get the more distressed look

shelf - E55, E53,51 / C1, C00 / RV00, RV000, RV0000, picture - E35, E33, E31, E30 / E53, E51, E50.

The paper edges have all been distressed with Pumice Stone distress ink. 

As always our lovely Heidi is sponsoring our challenge with a whopping $50 spending spree in the fabulous

SIMON SAYS STAMP SUPERSTORE

Don't forget to check out the STORE BLOG peeps for lots of inspiration, new products and more chances to win candy :)

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Make It Monday - anything goes, Just Magnolia - back to school, Inspire Me Friday - anything goes, Magnolia Down Under - masking

Our Children's challenge is still running for another 8 days so there's still plenty of time to get those kiddies as addicted as we are lol

Thanks for stopping by