Magnolia Down Under - Bon Voyage

Good Morning Everyone,

Time for another challenge at Magnolia Down Under and this week we'd like to see your use your Magnolia Bon Voyage stamps... if you don't have any don't worry because any stamp will be okay if you have a travel or Good Bye theme! Our lucky winner this week will also have a chance to join us as a Guest DT for May.

I've chosen this cute little Asian Tilda and decided to make a bookmark. My paper is from Creations in Paper who recently closed their storefront and are now web based only. The metal corner and poppies are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I've used my Magnolia DooHickey with them. The tiny paper flowers were coloured with copics and I've added a small pearl to their centre. I've also made a window from vellum behind Tilda and added a little dragon fly charm which is more visible in the pic below.

I'd like to enter my bookmark into these challenges:-

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Punches and Dies

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Wild Orchid Challenge - Spring is in the Air

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

A favour for a friend...

Hi everyone,

 I just received a message from my thoughtful DT friend at Colour Create ~ Mina who's asked us to spread the word about her lovely friend called Steph who is running the Belfast Marathon on the 7th May in aid of the Macmillan Cancer support.

 To quote Mina "her life and the life of her family have been touched by this horrendous disease and Macmillan helped them to get through it...there is not one of us who hasnt been touched in some way by it and the Macmillan support are amazing and so deserve our help...Steph is going to be dragging herself all that way around the marathon bless her but is really struggling for donations...heres the link to her just giving site and you can even donate using paypal (thats what I did)...even 50p/cent or £/$1 in fact any amount would be fantastic...thank you all so much"

As an added bonus Mina has a fabulous candy on offer that you can enter and as an added bonus if you donate she will let you enter again! Congratulations Mina on the 1500 followers :)

Here is the link to Mina's Blog, so if you can help by way of donation or help by spreading the word on your blog I'm sure Mina and Steph would really appreciate it. If you wish to donate follow this link to Steph's page.

Thanks so much :)

 

Colour Create - Pink, Kraft & White

Hi Everyone,

Time for another Colour Create Challenge and this time it's our lovely DT Kerry who has chosen the colours of Rose Pink, Kraft and White with the optional extra of masking! Sadly this will be Kerry's last challenge with us as she is stepping down from the DT, we'll miss you Kerry and wish you all the best :)

Here is the inspirational picture Kerry chose for us:-

The prize for this challenge is a candy package of some Prima paper & flowers, an embossing folder, some metal words and gingham bows.

I was so happy that my new Magnolia Stamp - Lily Rose the Dragon and the matching paper arrived in time for the challenge! The colours were just perfect for Kerry's challenge.

My image is coloured with copics and I've masked my Dragon image and added the castle background stamp from the Fairytale Collection. I've also used my Oval Spellbinder Nesties, the label and border dies are from Magnolia and the other pattern paper is Maja Designs. The pearls, ribbon, button and floss were all in my stash.

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

C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Animals

Simon Says Challenge - Anything Goes

Midweek Magnolias - Open Theme

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Stitching

Simply Magnolia - Two Magnolia Images

Thanks for stopping by and I hope  you'll join us at Colour Create!

Happy Birthday Allan

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick post of the card I made for my bosses 60th Birthday! His two main loves are tennis and fishing and I had the two Edwins that I want to use but could work out how to use them both on the card. I really left it until the last minute to work it out but I think this worked out okay :)

I used the fishing Edwin image on the outside of the card, complete with the message in a bottle!

The inside of the card features this pop up image of Tennis Edwin :-

I must apologize for the quality of the photos but we were heading out to celebrate just as I finished the card and it was getting very late and quite dark :(

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

Midweek Magnolias - Use 2 Characters

Papertake Weekly - A Stitch in Time

Cupcake Craft Challenge - In the Deep End

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - A Man's Card

Thanks for stopping by,

Magnolia Down Under - Flags and Banners

Good Morning,

Time for this weeks challenge over at Magnolia Down Under and this challenge we'd like to see you make a flag or banner or add one to your card.

We have a fabulous prize of on offer to tempt you with, our regular sponsor Tilda's Town have a $15 gift certificate for our lucky winner this week.

I've used my SU Banner Punch to create these mini banners from the gorgeous Magnolia Duck Paper that I just love! The lettering fonts on the bottom of the card a from my Quickutz and I've strung them together with some twine and added the flowers.

This cute little Edwin is from the Prince and Princess collection and is coloured with copics, I had intended to add a touch of stickles to his crown but I forgot..oops!

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

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Male Themed Card

Charisma Cardz - Fancy Fold

Magnolia-licious Challenge - Baby Theme

Thanks for stopping by...

Colour Create - Yellow Blue & White

Hello Everyone,

This fortnight it's my turn to host the Colour Create Challenge and the colours I've chosen are Yellow, Blue and White with the optional extra being shells. Not that you actually have to add shells as such your image or papers may incorporate shells :)

Here is the pic I've chosen to inspire you with:-

This challenge our wonderful sponsor Bunny Zoe's has a gift voucher on offer so I hope you'll join us for a chance to win!

I chose to use Little Mermaid Tilda and have coloured her with copics adding some glitz with stickles. My papers are from October Afternoon, the border die is from MFT and all other embellishments were from my stash!

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

Papertake Weekly - Water Water Everywhere

Crazy 4 Challenges - Blue & White + one other colour (Yellow)

Just Magnolia - Special Monthly Anything Goes

ABC Challenge - M is for Magical

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate your visit :)