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!