Okay, my deepest apologies to Magnolia, because I unintentionally intruded on their copyrights, in using their Tilda faces to show how to complete a face. Also, my deepest gratitude to them because they have taken no steps to punish me! Another word of gratitude to Mo Manning, of Mo’s Digital Pencil, who alerted me to my copyright violation.
I’ve replaced the previous images with just generic circle faces. I mostly use these steps to draw faces for my beloved Tilda and Edwin stamps. Here’s a link in case you have no idea what stamps I’m talking about: Magnolia Licious (free shipping over $75)
Okay, so these are the steps…
I do leave the eyelashes off of Edwin. <grin>
Here are more places from which I’ve bought Magnolia (and other) stamps:
Dream Cottage
Tilda’s Town – free shipping, no minimum purchase.
All That Scraps free shipping over $40.
7 Kids College Fund
crankysophie.wordpress.com 
February 21, 2010 at 9:57 pm |
Brilliant. 😉 My kids insist those are hippos, not children…..
February 26, 2010 at 10:23 am |
On behalf of all those who feel that Magnolias need faces but don’t know how to draw, I thank you. This is wonderful! The instructions are great and I think I may look at these new stamps with a new eye.
March 1, 2010 at 3:58 pm |
Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!!!!!!
Faceless children just scare the pants off me!
March 11, 2010 at 6:30 pm |
Sophie, thank you so much for your generous comment on my card on SCS. WOW ARE YOU AN ARTIST!!!!! I just went through your whole blog here….Incredible!!!! Now I feel very sheepish getting a comment from you! I saw the comment you made about wanting to do a pic everyday from life…and to that extent…it is SO real and so much emotion! You have such a task ahead of you…I am so happy I found you…this art is such a blessing to receive. Thank you Sophie!!! For your gifts. LOVING GOD, Samara
March 11, 2010 at 9:05 pm |
Oh bless you! Those are soooooo much cuter with your beautiful faces! It really brings that image to life! 🙂
March 19, 2010 at 6:44 am |
Glad to see you blogging again. Those faces are really sweet and you make the directions so easy to follow.
April 3, 2010 at 1:50 pm |
Sophie, you are just one of those “outside the box” artistic thinkers. This is such a wonderful tutorial for any and all who may like to add a little extra something by times to their Magnolias. What a teacher you are. Such excellent instruction and examples here. You make it look so possible and that’s what the best teachers do for their students!! Maybe you have yet another calling alongside your amazing artwork!!! Hugs,
April 5, 2010 at 7:41 am |
awesome Sophie!
April 5, 2010 at 3:29 pm |
Thank you, thank you! I can not stand these with out faces.
April 5, 2010 at 3:45 pm |
THANK YOU! They’re actually CUTE with faces! Creepy little things. So glad you fixed them! 🙂
April 6, 2010 at 5:10 am |
Thank you so much.
I’ve been offered prints of Magnolia paterns and could’nt use them as I couldn’t figure out how to put a smile on those faces and like many I need an face expression on these little kids. Now I’m going to use those prints.
You are brilliant!
April 7, 2010 at 11:37 am |
Sophie, you have a blog!!!!! I love it. I love the name! Hee. Oh my gosh, your tutorials are amazing gf. Oh thank you so much for sharing your talent!
April 9, 2010 at 7:18 pm |
OMG, this is great! I love the instructions and will be using them, thank you so much!
April 11, 2010 at 8:40 am |
What a great tutorial, Sophie! I’ve used Magnolia’s elf stamp to stamp a mouth on my Tildas, but this gives so many more options. Love the different expressions! Thanks so much!
April 22, 2010 at 6:00 am |
So cool! My family doesn’t appreciate images without full faces. Now I can fix that! Thanks so much for this awesome tutorial! I have printed it out and will keep it with my Magnolias.
April 30, 2010 at 4:34 am |
Il faut absolument que je garde ces exemples dans mes favoris Sophie! Quelle idée original. J’ai déjà essayé seulement avec un sourire, mais j’aime vraiment les expressions différentes! BRAVO mon amie.
Peggyxo
July 28, 2010 at 2:39 am |
Thank you! Please spread the word to the stamping world! I hope everyone starts drawing faces on these stamps. They FREAK me out and I just didn’t get it. Now, after see this, I wonder if they are designed to have faces added. You did a great job with your instructions. Thanks again!
August 4, 2010 at 10:13 am |
gefällt mir viel besser mit Mund und Nase.
toll gemacht
LG Moni
August 10, 2010 at 11:28 am |
Thank you for the wonderful instructions! I immediately took the magnolia I was working on, penciled in the face and went over it with the micron pen. I also added a couple white dots to the eye to make it shine. Doesn’t even look like the same stamp! So cute. Thanks again!
Sarah
August 19, 2010 at 5:39 am |
These images look much, much better with faces on them. LOVE what you did!! Now if only the stamps came that way…I’d be willing to buy them. 🙂
September 24, 2010 at 4:28 am |
Thanks for the step by step. It’s inspiring!
October 21, 2010 at 1:27 pm |
Thankyou so much for this idea, i have just discovered magnolia stamping and have become addicted, but have found that some people prefer a face so thanks again for your helpful information
December 9, 2010 at 5:35 am |
WOW! I am amazed readign the coments hwo many people do not liek the Magnolia Stamps “Faceless”. I should probably say “expresionless” instead, for they do indeed have a face..lol
I do not like any type of face added.
You did wonderful. I simply like, no love, them just the way they are made! Expresionless. Nice of you to share your ideas however.
January 7, 2011 at 11:43 am |
ooo thank you so much sophie … my granddaughter hates the tilda images because they are, as others have said expresionless, but now I can try adding a smile she may like them a little more
I have added the instructions to my blog for my own information because I am always forgetting where I file things so I keep important bits and pieces up together on there …
please take a look and if you would rather I did not publish it there I will take it off
http://sandyscraftybits.blogspot.com/
happy crafting and thanks again
Sandy xx
February 16, 2011 at 2:12 pm |
Fantastic thank you i always put a face on them, who goes around with no face!! yours are much better , many thanks, sue,x
March 25, 2011 at 12:02 pm |
THis is so funny! I was beginning to think I was the only one who hated Tilda (whose cute in herself but without a face she looks more like a potato~ but I’ll take the hippo comment, that’s good too). I had just googled “does anyone hate tilda? and found your blog. lol It was just a fun experiment I didn’t really think I’d find anything.
I also have drawn faces on Tilda before (when someone sends me stamped images) and they really look sooo much better, but I’m afraid of stepping on toes, Tilda is such an icon in Blogland. But see, someone else is doing it so it must be ok! lol
Thanks!
Hugs,
Dorcas
May 25, 2011 at 5:51 am |
At last, others think Tilda needs a face. I’ve not let one loose without an expression. I assumed the makers made them without a face so you can add the relevant expression eg. sad for Get well and missing you cards, Happy for whatever etc.
But those who leave it blank have no soul in the picture. It seems eerie that a child would be so expressionless – my kids never are!
November 15, 2011 at 3:04 pm |
I hate to tell you this, but there is an important copyright issue here. You can’t alter another artist’s copyrighted work and then publish it. So while you can get away with drawing on a stamped image strictly for your own personal use, in order to show it on this blog or sell your finished work you must get individual writtenn permission from Magnolia to do this.
It’s kind of like if you wrote a poem and someone took some of the words out and replaced them with others . . . whether the words are (in your opinion) improving the poem or (in the original authors opinion) wrecking the poem — it’s against copyright law to show it in public.
November 24, 2011 at 8:42 am |
Hi Sophie!! What a GREAT way to show this method of making faces without worrying about violating anyone’s copyright. I’m sure this post will continue to be handy to people who want to add a little expression to any stamps (for personal use of course, LOL) with missing features. 🙂
It’s so refreshing to see someone who respects copyright issues (AND the artist’s original creations) without getting angry or defensive. You are awesome!! 🙂
Happy Turkey Day!!
xoMo
December 10, 2011 at 9:03 am |
Oh my gosh … thank you Sophie. The magnolia images give me the creeps with those faceless kids. Never thought to actually add a face. I might just buy one of those stamps now.
Thank you for sharing.
March 18, 2012 at 4:20 pm |
Fabulous. I so wanted to draw smiles on these images. Thanks for the awesome tip!!!
April 30, 2012 at 6:58 am |
Thank you, these are really easy to follow instructions and I think it adds a lot for Tilda to have the missing face elements added in.
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