Magnolia Down Under - Anything Goes

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to our very last Magnolia Down Under Challenge for 2012!

Sorry for the late post but I've had a little computer trouble here, thanks to my teenage sons. I really don't know why they need to touch my computer when they have their own :(

This bauble was part of my Secret Santa gift to my MDUC Team Mate the gorgeous Debbie Pamment and I was so carried away getting it in the mail to her that I forgot to take a pic for the challenge! Luckily Deb is such a good sport she kindly provided me with these photos :)

Our theme this challenge is Anything Goes and you'll have until 12 January to enter while we take a little break to enjoy Christmas!

This is the back of the bauble:-

Wishing you all a Happy Holiday period with your family and friends and looking forward to seeing you in 2013 :)

Magnolia Down Under - Christmas Bingo

Good Morning Everyone,

Can you believe Christmas is only just over two weeks away? We only started our Christmas shopping today and I'm way behing in my cardmaking too... in fact barely started :(

For those of you like me who are a little behind we have a fabulous Christmas Bingo card for you at Magnolia Down Under this week!

I've chosen to use Snowflakes, Glitter/Stickles and DooHickey Dies. I've also gone with a non traditional colour scheme for something a little different. My papers are from the Maja Designs 6x6 pad called It's Christmas Time. All the embellishments were in my stash and I'm really pleased with the glittery gold ribbon - it really has a great effect and lifts the card.

For the bingo challenge the snowflakes are on my background paper, I've used stickles on my image halo, wings and wand, and used the border DooHickey die. Tilda was coloured with copics.

I hope you'll join our challenge this week, the DT as usual have some gorgeous creations to inspire you with and you'll have a chance a winning our fabulous prize from Stampin Tilda!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by,

Magnolia Down Under - Wine Tag

Good Morning All,

Time for another challenge at Magnolia Down Under and this week the challenge is to create a gift tag for a Wine Bottle which could come in quite handy with the holiday celebrations getting started!

I decided that the New Years Tilda image seemed like a good choice for my wine tag. She is coloured with copics and I've added pearls to her necklace and feathers. It's very hard to see but her champagne has a touch of stickles for added sparkle too. My sentiments are form MFT and the tag says "A Toast to the Host".

I hope you'll join our challenge this week and do stop by Magnolia Down Under and check out the fabulous creations by the rest of the DT.

Thanks for stopping by,

Magnolia Down Under - Wreath Challenge

Good Morning Everyone,

Time for this weeks challenge at Magnolia Down Under and as this is Rememberance Day what better time than today for a Wreath Challenge. All that is required is for a wreath to appear on your creation or you may choose to make a wreath.

As soon as I saw the Wreath Challenge I knew I wanted to use this older Tilda stamp! She is coloured with copics and I've added a little stickles to her hat and wings. I also received this gorgeous Maja Design "It's Christmas Time" 6x6 paper pad in Friday's mail so I just had to use it for this challenge.

The ribbon, metal corners and lace where in my stash and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and Magnolia. I also found this cute little wreath charm amongst my embellishments and thought I really should add it too :)

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the fabulous creations by the rest of the DT. I hope you'll join us this week too!

Magnolia Down Under - Birthstone Challenge

Good Morning All,

Time for another challenge at Magnolia Down Under and this week we'd like to see you use the colours of your Birthstone to inspire you. We have included a Birthstone Chart over on the MDUC site if you need a little assistance :)

My Birthstone is Emerald so I've used this colour to make a Christmas Tag using my alltime favourite Magnolia Stamp - Wrapped Tilda.

Tilda is coloured with copics and I've used these gorgeous snowflakes that I received from my MDUC Secret Santa last year ;) The pretty green rhinestones from Bella Bling worked perfectly with my little metal flowers too. I would like to enter my card at Wild Orchid Craft Challenge - Silver and/or Gold.

I hope you'll join us at Magnolia Down Under this week for a chance to win a fabulous prize pack from our wonderful sponsor The Ribbon Girl and be sure to check out the beautiful creations by the rest of the MDUC team too :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Magnolia Down Under - Shaker Card Challenge

Hi Everyone,

Time for another challenge at Magnolia Down Under and this week we'd like to see a Shaker Card! There are some absolutley gorgeous sample from the DT this week to inspire you, so make sure you check them out.

The wonderful prize this week is a $20.00 voucher from Stamping Tilda!

As is always the case in my house one of my son's was attending an 18th Birthday party this weekend and left it until the last minute to tell me he needed at card! Luckily I hadn't started my shaker card so I could combine the two.

My Papers are from Maja Designs, the flowers are from Wild Orchid and the cute 18 charm is from My 2 Angels.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll join us for the Shaker Challenge.

Creations in Paper - October Class

Hi Everyone,

This is the card that we'll be making at the Creations in Paper class in October. The card features these gorgeous Christmas papers from the Simple Stories Handmade Holiday Collection and the Magnolia Image Something for You Tilda.

To check out the other card we'll be making just pop over to Julie's blog.

Thanks for stopping by

Magnolia Down Under - Louise's Sketch

Good Morning Everyone,

Time for antoher Magnolia Down Under Challenge and this week we have a fabulous sketch for you by our gorgeous and talented DT Louise.

Here is the Sketch that Louise has created for us:-

Once again I've used my current favourite papers from the Maja Design Vintage Summer Basics 6x6 paper pad - I just can't get enough of these pretty papers. I really wish there more more pretty florals in tiny print! I've stamped my image in London Fog and coloured with copics adding a touch of glitz to Tilda's party hat :)

The die I've used is a new one for me from SU and comes with the matching paper piercing die which makes everything of so simple :)

I'd like to enter this card at Just Magnolia in the Pearls, Dies and Punches Challenge, Totally Tilda Challenge - Bingo Lace Punch Gem and also at Simon Says Stamp Challenge for the Anything Goes Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll join us at Magnolia Down Under this week!

Magnolia Down Under - Pop Up Card

Good Morning Everyone,

Time for our next challenge at Magnolia Down Under and this week we would like to tempt you to try a pop up card! Now there are several different kinds of pop up cards and the DT have a selection for you to look at and our DT Camilla S has done a fabulous tutorial that's so easy to follow. I've gone with a sliding pop up card and you can find a tutorial on this type of card at Splitcoast Stampers, Beate has even included a video which makes it very easy.

This picture shows the card as it is being opened.

This picture show the slider pull out to reveal the Birthday message inside.

I've chosen to stamp my image in Memento London Fog this time (my first attempt at this), so that the stamped lines aren't so visible on my picture. Tilda is coloured with copics and I've used some more of the gorgeous Maja papers from the Summer Vintage Collection.

I'd like to enter my card in these challenges:-

Papertake Weekly - Things that make you go Awwww :)

Cupcake Craft Challenge - In Stitches

Simply Magnolia - Anything Goes Challenge

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll join us at Magnolia Down Under!

Creations in Paper - September Card

Good Morning Everyone,

Something a little different this time, a flip flop or swing card. As you open this card the image turns around to reveal the sentiment that is on the opposite side of the image.

I've used this gorgeous new Magnolia image from the Christmas mini release. He is just so cute!

For more details regarding the class just pop over to Creations in Paper.

Have a great day!

Magnolia Down Under - Bingo Challenge

Good Morning and Happy Fathers Day!

My three boys all spoilt their Dad this morning... one with the biggest box of chocolates that I've ever seen!

Time for another Magnolia Down Under Challenge and this week we have a game of Bingo for you.

We'd love for you to join us this week as we have a wonderful new sponsor:-

Just be sure to let us know which line you've chosen to use when adding your creation!

I've used Wizard Tilda this week as I made this card for my neice who is a Harry Potter Fan.

The papers are all from Magnolia and I've coloured my image with copics.

I really need to apologize for the quality of the picture but I had all sorts of trouble with the camera and had to resort to using my husband's iPhone.

Hope you'll join us for the challenge, have a great day!

Magnolia Down Under - Masking Challenge

Good Morning Everyone,

Time once again for the Magnolia Down Under Challenge and this week we'd like to see you mask at least two images.  I've used Edwins Oldsmobile and Cool Edwin together and coloured my image with copics. As we celebrated our friend Ethan's 18th Birthday last night I was in need of a masculine card!

My papers are from the Authentique 6x6 Fresh Paper Pad and I've teamed them with some SU Soft Sky cardstock and a little Rust Coloured Bazzill Cardstock. I've used my Martha Stewart Embossed Zig Zag Punch, SU Star Punches and the Happy Birthday Sentiment is stamped and cut out using a MFT Labels Die. Some vintage screw brads and jute finish the card.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll join us this week!

Simply Magnolia - Guest DT

Hi Everyone,

I was very fortunate to be asked to join the talented ladies at Simply Magnolia Challenge Blog as Guest DT this challenge. The theme is Gingham and Stitching (Real or Faux).

I thought it would be a good opportunity to ink up one of my new Magnolia images that fits with the theme! Tilda coloured with copics and the pretty soft papers are fromt he 6x6 Forever Friends New Arrival Paper Pad by Do Crafts.

I've used my Extra Large Spellbinder Labels Dies to create the shaped card and the other dies are from Cheery Lynn. The flowers and ribbon are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the challenge at Simply Magnolia!

Creations in Paper - August Card

Good Morning Everyone,

This card started out as my Magnolia Down Under DT card for last week but unfortunately I didn't get it completed in time!

As I've had a requests for male cards at Creations In Paper card classes I've decided to make this our August card.

I just love this gorgeous image and the papers are from Country Boutique 6x6 paper pad from Fancy Pants.

I hope your having a wonderful weekend!

Magnolia Down Under - Fun with Paper Doilies

Good Morning Everyone,

Time for our next challenge at Magnolia Down Under and this week we'd like to see you use a Paper Doily on your creations! You could either choose a paper doily or create one as I've done here with my new Cheery Lynn Doily Die.

I just love this Magnolia image Teddy Bear Love and I think it's going to be one of my favourites. My papers are from Maja Designs, the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the Tab Die is from MFT.

To give Tilda's Bear that nice fluffy appearance I've coloured him with copics and then dabbed a terry cloth that's been dampened with a 0 Reinker.

I'd like to enter my card in these challenges:-

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Sugar Challenge Tilda Only

Papertake Weekly - All Things Girly

Bizzy Becs - Flower Power

Thanks for stopping by

Magnolia Down Under - One for the Boys

Good Morning Everyone,

Time for another Magnolia Down Under Challenge and this time we'd like to see you use Edwin in our "One for the Boys" Challenge.

I recently purchased the MFT stamp and die set that I've used in conjunction with Edwin and was happy to have a chance to use it.

Living in an all male household it's very unusual to get feedback on any of my creations so I was quite surprised to hear my 18 year old so say "I really like that" and from my husband "One for the Big Boys!"

Here is a full length pic of the tag on the bottle. 

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend.