Magnolia Easter Egg Decoration

Good morning! Hope you all had a great weekend?  Today I made another "anything but a card" project to coincide with the huge Easter - Spring Extravaganza contest going on over at the Magnolia-licious Highlights blog. I have a tabletop decoration for Easter to share with you:

I picked up this hollow foam  easter egg from Michael's Arts & Crafts. I actually bought it last year but I never got the chance to make something with it. This year, I gave myself plenty of time.  I cut off the front of the egg with my Dremel tool to reveal the hollow core then decorated the interior with easter grass and various Magnolia images.

The images I used for this project are:

Magnolia tree
Tulip Walkway
Little Birds
Sun
Chicken in Egg and Tilda with Bunny don't seem to be in stock right now at Magnolia-licious.

My flowers are from WOC and the gingham ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  I used a Magnolia Doohickey die to cut out the scrolls and a Martha Stewart butterfly punch for my butterflies. I used copics to color my image but unfortunally forgot to keep track of all my colors. Sorry about that, promise to do better next time!! ;)

Hope you'll play along with the Easter/Spring Extravaganza going on at the Magnolia-licious Highlights blog.  Diana has some awesome prizes for you.

I will enter this project at the following challenges:

Crafty Emma - die cut crazy (I used the swirl magnolia doohickey die under the flowers)
Totally Gorjuss - spring has sprung
Fairy Fun Fridays - oh so spring
Stamp Something - spring
Stampin with the Dragon - spring
Wags n Whiskers - spring
Magnolia Stamp Lovers Challenges - ribbon

I really had fun making this project. I hope you like it!!  Have a great week!

Make It Colourful - Coloring Backgrounds

Happy Saturday to you! Thanks for stopping by!  We have a new challenge for you today at Make It Colourful. Today we are to color backgrounds for our challenge.  Our wonderful sponsor this week is Magnolia-licious. Woot woot!  Here is my card:

I did a simple background around my tree image.  I used B21 to outline around the outside of the tree and blended out with B000 and B0000 and my colorless blender to create a blue sky.  Following are the details:

Images: Tilda with Stuffed Bunny from Magnolia-licious and Tree of Love digi image from Make It Crafty. The bunny is from the Tilda and her Bunny image also from Magnolia-licious.
Papers: Crafty Secrets and Bazzill cardstock
Flowers: WOC
Tools: Spellbinder die, stickles, and pearls/ribbon from my stash
Copics: E11, E00, E000, R20, RV34, RV32, RV10, C5, C3, C1, C00, W3, W1, W00, E35, YR23, Y21, Y000, YG67, YG63, G21, G20, YG000, E59, E57, E55, E53, E51, B21, B000, B0000

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Aly's Sunday Challenge - spring
Card Cupids Blog - spring
The Crafty Pad - use a digi
Creative Stamp Friends - spring
Going Grey with Scrap Creations - spring has sprung
Crafts and Me Challenges - anything goes
Creative Cottage Challenge blog - spring has sprung
Southern Girls - add an animal
Card Makin' Mamas - animals
Fairy Fun Fridays - spring

Hope you can play along with us at Make It Colourful. Thanks so much for visiting! Have a great weekend!

Magnolia-licious Challenge #10 - Inspiration Challenge

It's Tuesday and we have another fun challenge for you at the Magnolia-licious Challenge blog.  Here is our inspiration photo:

I really love those pretty spring colors.  So this is what I came up with:

This is one of the first Tilda's I ever bought 2 years ago. I'm so happy to have a chance to use this sweetie.  This is Tilda With Easter Egg and she's in stock right now at Magnolia-licious. So CUTE!! I also used Little Birds  (also available) and I used Chicken in Egg and this Basket of Easter Eggs (neither seem to be in stock right now at Magnolia-licious.

My papers are by Magnolia and Coordinations. My flowers came from WOC. I used my Martha Stewart punches to cut out my leaves. The floral bead picks and pearls are from my stash.  I used copics to color up this scene and they are:  E11, E00, E000, R20, R22, R24, Y23, Y15, Y13, Y11, Y000, BV13, BV11, BV000, BV0000, R85, R83, R81, RV10, B97, B95, B91, B000, B0000, E18, E19, E17, E13 YG13, G14, G20.

Hope you enjoyed my project today! Hope you can visit the rest of the DT for more inspiration! Have a great day!

Magnolia-licious Easter/Spring Extravaganza Blog Hop

Hello everyone! Hope you had a great weekend!  If you've come from Pat's  blog then you're in the right place.  Spring is in the air finally and today the Magnolia-licious Challenge blog and the Magnolia-licious Design Team have joined together for an Easter/Spring Extravaganza Blog Hop for Magnolia-licious.  Diana at Magnolia-licious is having a huge contest that I hope you all can join in on. Full details can be found at the Magnolia-licious Highlights blog but following are the categories you can choose from (there are 3 prizes):

Contest Details—How To Play:

Three Categories (you may do ONE PROJECT for each category)

#1--  Full size Magnolia images on an Easter/Spring Themed Card
#2--  "Magnolia Minis Only" on an Easter/Spring Theme Card
#3--  Any Magnolia Easter/Spring Project, anything BUT a card

CONTEST DEADLINE:  projects must be uploaded by 11 pm EST on April 19th!! Winners will be announced on May 1^st, 2011.

First prize for each category (3 in total) - $150.00 Gift Certificate to the Magnolia-licious Store
Second Prize for each category (3 in total) - $75.00 Gift Certificate to the Magnolia-licious Store
Random prizes chosen by Diana will receive $25.00 Gift Certificates

RULES:

-You may enter EACH category ONLY ONCE!

-You MUST USE at least one Magnolia image on your project
-Link your image to Magnolia-licious Store if you can in your post
-Place a direct link below in the InLinkz system.  If you do not have a direct link to your project you will not be entered.  If you need help/directions with this please email Suzanne.
**You do NOT need a blog to link your project to--any online gallery will do **

VOTING:

-The Magnolia-kicious Yahoo Group members will vote for their favorite card/project. Contest is NOT open to Design Team Members of any Magnolia-licious DT Teams but they will be playing and creating to provide lots of inspiration for you!

-Once all projects are uploaded by April 19th voting will start.  You may ONLY VOTE  1 time for each category—so three votes in total (the poll will keep track of votes/emails) and yes you  may vote for yourself, LOL! 

Voting will run from April 20^th thru April 27^th!  Winners  will be announced on May 1^st 2011!

What an amazing contest, right!? I wish I could play! LOL!  So here is the project I prepared for today:

I made this wagon using a template similar to the one I found at Splitcoast Stampers. I tried following the directions but the measurements didn't work out for me (maybe I just can't follow directions LOL) so I just looked at the pictures and did it my way.  Instead of recreating the basket, I turned mine into a wagon. I wanted to make it look like a wooden wagon so I used a mustard colored cardstock from Bazzill Preppie Pack and ran 2 Distress Ink pads across the top of the paper. This Bazzill cardstock has a grain that mimics the look of wood. I think it came out pretty realistic. I then cut the 8x8 paper into 3/4 inch strips and sponged the edges - I wanted each piece to look like a wooden plank.

I really had fun making this wagon. I used Bunny Tilda on my wagon and for my card, I used Tilda hugging bunny.  I cut out the shape of my card with my new Grand Calibur (love it!!) and an MFT die for the diecut behind Tilda.  Following are the details:

Images: Bunny Tilda (doesn't seem to be in stock right now),  Tilda Hugging Bunny, and Happy Easter sentiment from Magnolia-licious.

Ink: Memento ink for stamping. Ranger DI Walnut stain and Antique Linen to distress my paper to look like wood.
Copic colors: BV13, BV11, BV000, BV0000, E11, E00, E000, R20, W7, W5, W3, W1, W00, B97, B95, B91, B000, C5, C3, C1, C00, E18, E19, E17, E13, E35, YR23, Y21, Y000

Papers: Bazzill Preppie stack (mustard color and black), Nitwits paper
Tools: spellbinder dies, MFT die, hole punch, miscellaneous buttons/ribbon/string/ladybugs/pearls/and Lindst chocolates

I will enter this project at the following challenges:

Stampavie and More -spring/easter
Stampin with the Dragon - bring on spring
Secret Crafter - anything but a card
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - use dies
Let's Ink It Up - use dies/punches and rubber/clear stamps
I Did It Creations - welcome spring
Totally Tilda - use chipboard (I used chipboard on the inside of my wagon to hold the wagon shape, also used chipboard with circles cut out to hold the chocolate carrots upright, and I used chipboard in back of the 4 wheels to make it more sturdy).

Well, I hope you enjoyed my project today.  Next on the hop is Cheryl. Can't wait to see what she has for us!

Thanks for visiting!  Don't forget to enter my blog candy draw HERE.
Have a great day!

Make It Colourful - Colouring with Green and Yellow

We have a wonderful sponsor this week at Make It Colourful. Chrissy Armstrong will be sponsoring this week's challenge which is to blend yellow and green together. ** Remember at Make It Colourful it is not about just using the colors green and yellow but it's a coloring challenge where we have to color with the colors yellow and green and show how we blend them together.

Today I used this sweet puppy digi image from Squigglefly called "Forgiven" and paired it up with Make it Crafty's Daffodile Dell image.

Isn't he a cutie!? My papers are by Basic Grey Max & Whiskers paper pack. I used various brads/ribbon/eyelets from my stash to embellish.  The copics I used to color this image are: W7, W5, W3, W1, W00, YG67, YG63, YG01, G21, G20, E35, YR23, Y21, Y000, R81, RV10, R24, R22, R20, B000. My sentiment is computer generated and I used spellbinder heart dies to cut it out.

I hope you enjoyed my card today! Thanks always for visiting and leaving me such wonderful comments! I appreciate them so much! hugs,

Make It Colourful - Kiddies Challenge and Blog Candy

I have a long post for you today so I sure hope you can hang out with me for a bit! Today at Make It Colourful, it's our kids turn to join in the fun. They will be acting as the MIC DT this week and will share with you what they can do with MIC images.  My daughters' love to spend time in my craft room making cards for the family and using all my stamps and supplies. It's a great way to have fun with your kids and spend some quality time together.  So I enlisted both my daughters, Elena (12) and Christina (8),  to help with this challenge.  The challenge is to have your child color with pink and make a card, nice and easy right? Here is Elena's card:

She loved this little mushroom house from Make It Crafty and paired her up with a mini Magnolia (Tilda with Spring bundler mini) image to create this easel card. I had to help her with the easel card fold but she put the rest together. I think she did a wonderful job with this card and she even added that cute Magnolia snail to her whimsical card and look at the stitch lines she drew in for the butterflies. She has been practicing with her copic shading and has improved so much. She added stickles to the mushroom house for a little extra sparkle too.  I'm sure she would be thrilled if you could take a moment and visit her blog and leave her a little comment at: http://elenascraftycorner.blogspot.com/. I would really appreciate it!

Here is Christina's card:

She used 2 digi images from Make It Crafty. She used the Fairy Tree House digi image and the added fairy was a free image giveaway from Make It Crafty. Her images were colored with Prisma pencils.  I love how cheerful and colorful she made her card!  She did all the coloring herself but I helped her make the bow and cut her papers.

And now for some blog candy.  I have 3 up for grabs this time. 

Candy 1:

Candy includes:

- Easter and butterfly charms

- 4.5 x 6.5 DCWV Pocket Full of Posies Matstack

- 2 stamps by Sweat Pea

- 1 Paper Makeup stamp (Christi fairy)

- 2 Kenny K stamps from Whimsy (Rock Chick) and (Download Diva)

- 1 Cornish Heritage Farms stamp (Man's Best Friend)

- 1 Magnolia stamp (bride and groom)

- 1 Whiff of Joy stamp (Fruity Willow)

- 1 Clear butterfly stamp set (Martha Stewart)

- Chipboard buttons

- Chipboard frame

- Making Memories canvas brads

- Making Memories stick pins

- 2 packages of self adhesive pearls

- 1 Spellbinder Pendants Die (Fleur De Lis)

- 1 package Prima Flowers - sticker flower

- Martha Stewart glitter  (set of 3)

- 2 Cuttlebug embossing folders (Candy Cane stripes and Stars)

- Moon Glow Starburst Stains spray (ramblin rose pink)

- Moon Glow Moon Shadow mist (pegleg pete purple)

- Moon Shadow Ink (ethereal emerald)

Candy 2:

Candy includes:

 - Glue Glider Pro

- 2 Spellbinder Pendant dies (Fleur De Lis and Renaissance Hearts)

- EK Success Snowflake Border punch

- 1 Basic Grey 6x6 paper pad (Wander)

- Maya Road clear stamp set (Wildflowers)

- Stampology clear stamp ink pad

- Inkadinkado Glam Gold glitter powder

- 1 clear flourish stamp

- 1 Paper Makeup stamp set (Starstruck)

- Cornish Heritage Farms (Wild Turkeys Roosting)

- 1 Stampology clear stamp set (Autumn leaves)

- 2 stamps from Whimsy ( Cat and Fish - and Winter's Joy by Chrissy Armstrong)

- 1 Magnolia stamp (Tilda w/Candy canes)

- 3 Magnolia mini stamps (Pasta Edwin, Blueberry Tilda, Little Yummy For Your Tummy sentiment)

- Making Memories buttons (Sabrina)

- 2 packets of self adhesive pearls

- 3 bunches of Wild Orchid flowers

Candy 3:

Candy 3 includes:

- Tim Holtz Sizzix die (Movers & Shapers)

- Stampendous Fuzzy flock

- 1 Spellbinder Shapeabilities dies (Fancy Tags)

- 1 Whiff of Joy stamp (Willow Summer Breeze)

- 1 Magnolia stamp (Dalecarlia Coat)

- 2 small packages of pearls

- 1 package of flower rhinestones

- 1 K&Co Cupcake brads

- 1 small bunch of Wild Orchid flowers

To be eligible for this candy please do the following:

1. leave a comment on this post

2. leave a comment on  my daughter Elena's post at her blog: http://elenascraftycorner.blogspot.com/ to have your name entered twice.

3. become a follower of this blog if you are not already

4. become a follower at my Magnolia only blog: http://mymagnoliasbyangela.blogspot.com/

5. post candy on your sidebar 

6. talk about my candy on your blog to have your name entered a third time.

Winners will be announced on April 18. Thanks to my 2 very good friends for contributing to my candy. Luv you guys!

Well, thanks for visiting today! I hope you enjoyed my children's cards. They worked hard on them.

 Have a great weekend!

Magnolia-licious Challenge #9 - Top o the morning to ya!

Time for another Magnolia-licious Challenge! The challenge for the next 2 weeks is to use the color green on your card in honor of St. Patrick's Day. Here's a photo inspiration with the color:

So pretty! So here's my card:

So glad I got the chance to finally use this sweet Tilda! I got her from Magnolia-licious but she doesn't seem to be in stock right now but I'm sure she will be real soon. 

I colored her with copics (E11, E00, E000, R20, C7, C5, C3, C1, C00, YR23, Y23, Y21, Y000, YG67, YG63, G21, G20). I made the shamrocks using Spellbinder dies (heart shapes). My papers are from Basic Grey and Nitwits. Ribbon, button, sticker letters, and charm are from my stash.

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Card Cupids - anything goes
Corrosive Challenge - green
Crafty Pad - use ribbon
One Stitch At A Time - use a charm
CES (Crafty Emma) - St. Patrick's Day/ Good luck
Alphabet Challenge blog - ribbon
Cardmakin Mamas - green
Just Magnolia - anything goes + glitter
Paper Cutz Challenge - St. Patrick's Day
I hope you liked my card today! Thanks for visiting and thanks in advance for any comments you may leave - I really love reading them! Have a great week!