The Official Magnolia Inspiration Challenge - TOMIC

Hello Everyone! Welcome to the first Official Magnolia Inspiration Challenge. I'm so excited about this new challenge blog and I am sure you will love all the inspiration you will get each week from this amazing team.  The DT has been split up into several groups and each week you will see a new group and their projects, but this week all the groups are playing as it is a special day.  It is Magnolia creator, Pauline's, birthday.  So we are all making her a birthday card.  Here is the stair step card I made for today:

As you can tell, I like bright and vibrant colors and I used alot of them on my card today.   I used several Magnolia images for this card. They are:

Tilda With Tag

Tilda With Balloon

Secret Tilda

Tilda With Wedding Gifts

Balloon Background

I hope you will play along with us this week. You could win a fabulous prize from Magnolia!  Remember the challenge for this week is Birthdays! Can't wait to see what you all create!

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Just Magnolia - anything goes
Stampavie and More - more than 1 fold
Dream Valley Challenges - stamp something
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - anything goes
Scrappy Frogs Challenge blog - birthday
I hope you like my card today and can let me know what you think. I love reading your comments!  Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a great week!

Another Wedding Cake with Bride Tilda

Hello there! I had so much fun making my last "cake" that I had to make another. For today's Wedding /Shower Cake, I used Bride Tilda that I picked up from Magnolia-licious. I used a purple and white color scheme today.

My boxes are by Melissa Frances and I got them from Love To Stamp. Aren't they fun? You can do so many things with these boxes.  I used my spellbinder dies to create most of the flowers on this project. I also added several flowers from WOC. The butterflies were punched out using my Martha Stewart punch and then I covered them with stickles. The pearls and beads were from my stash.

The copic colors I used for this project are: C00, C1, C3, BV13, BV11, BV0000, G21, G20, YR23, Y23, Y21, Y000, E11, E00, E000, R20.

I will enter this project at the following challenges:

Get Hippity with Ippity - flowers
Simply Stampin Challenge - floral frenzy
Fairytale Challenge blog - anything but a card
Simply Create - special day/event
A Spoonful of Sugar - flower power
Partytime Tuesdays - anything goes
Sundays With Chrissy - flowers

So have you heard!?  The Magnolia Sweden Design Team have started a weekly challenge blog.  The design team has been split up into several groups and each week you will get to see a new group and their challenge cards/projects. The challenge blog is called The Official Magnolia Challenge blog or TOMIC. The first challenge will be on Monday 6th june with a secret prize coming directly from Magnolia!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you can leave a comment to let me know what you think of today's project. Have a great day!

Make It Colourful - Coloring with yellow and purple

Happy Saturday to you all!  It's almost June and SUMMER! Can't wait for the hot weather and spending some time with the kids outside in the pool and at the beach. We had ourselves a long and snowy winter here in CT this year.

Well, today at Make It Colourful our challenge is to color something yellow and purple.  So here is the card I prepared today:

I created this fun little scene using the Wonky House on Hill from Make It Crafty and also using several Magnolia images ie; Tilda With Bike, Tree, Little Birds, and Sun.  All my Magnolia images came from Magnolia-licious and they just happen to be our sponsor this month at Make It Colourful.  

Thanks so much for your visit and for always leaving me such sweet and positive comments on my cards. They mean the world to me! Have a great weekend.

Little Darlings Contest

Have you gotten your Little Darlings stamps yet?  I love this release, every image is absolutely adorable and so much fun to color! Do you have a favorite?  I think my 2 faves are Up Up and Away and Sailboat of Dreams.

Here are the 2 cards I made earlier this month where I used those images:

Don't forget we have a fabulous contest and candy available over at the Little Darlings Challenge blog. Following are the details on the contest, you DON'T want to miss the chance to win!

All you have to do is make ANY project using a Little Darlings Stamp! This will be a judged competition too! More details on the Little Darlings Challenge Blog!

1st prize - $50 store voucher, plus 2 LD stamps of your choice

2nd prize - $25 store voucher, plus 1 LD stamp of your choice

3rd prize - $15 store voucher, plus 1 LD stamp of your choice

 

Hope to see you there soon! Have a great day!

Magnolia-licious Photo Inspiration Challenge #14

Good morning! We have a photo inspiration for you this week at the Magnolia-licious Challenge blog. Here is the photo:

I struggled a bit to figure out what to make for this one, but I chose to go with the purple and yellow color scheme and made this card:

I have to say, I really love this combination of colors and I'm so glad I got to use this gorgeous Tilda. She has to be my favorite of this collection and the wheelbarrow goes perfectly with this image. You can find these stamps  and the sentiment stamp at Magnolia-licious where I do all my Magnolia shopping! ;)

LOOK! I finished off the inside too!

Papers: DCWV Watercolor Bouquet
Inks: Memento ink and copics (V17, V15, V12, V0000, YG97, YG95, YG93, G21, G20,  C9, C7, C5, C3, C1, C00, E35, YR23, Y23, Y11, Y000, E39, E37, E33, E31, R20, E000, E00, E11)
Embellishments: flower punch,  stickles (diamond), yellow crocheted flower, metal flower charms, brads, ribbon, chipboard corner piece from Make It Crafty.

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - in the garden
Creative Stamp Friends - favorite colors
Lexi's Creations - spots and/or stripes
Stamps and Fun = Creativity - flower power
There's Magic in the Air - make your own flowers
Hope you liked my project today. Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Make It Colourful Challenge - Coloring Water

Isn't she a cutie!? This is Sandy at the Beach and she's from Make It Crafty.  All the images I used today on my card are the newly released Make It Crafty digi images. I prepared this card for the Make It Colourful Challenge where we were challenged to color water.

I combined the following digi images all from Make It Crafty:

Sandcastle
Sandy at the Beach
The Beach

This is such a fun release, perfect for summer cards. I had fun making this scene.  I used the grand scallop die from Spellbinders to make the shape of this card. Papers are from Stampin Up and I used Distress Inks and Diamond Stickles to the edges of the cutouts. My sentiment is computer generated.  The ribbon is from my stash as well as the pearls.

Our sponsor at Make It Colourful this week is Quixotic Paperie where you can find Make It Crafty's rubberstamps along with so many other products.  I need to go shopping!!

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew - cute and girly
Stampavia and more - summer
Truly Scrumptious - anything goes

I hope you liked my project today and can leave me a comment. I love to read them! Have a great weekend.

Love To Stamp Blog Hop

Today is finally the day of the Love To Stamp blog hop.  I hope you've enjoyed the sneak peeks that the DT has shown you so far.  The store is now officially open so I hope you will stop by and check out all the fun products. 

There is blog candy being offered if you follow and comment along the hop. Also there is a Contest that will run till June 8.  Lots of exciting happenings going on at Love To Stamp!  Don't miss out!! The hop starts at the Little Darlings challenge blog. If you've come to me via Ruby's blog, then you're in the right place.

Here is the card I prepared for today:

I made this card to go along with a planter my girls and I made.  I used Love To Stamp's "So Big" image. Isn't he a cutie? I combined him with Alotta Rubberstamps Potting Shed and Magnolia's Sun and Little Birds - all these images can be found at Magnolia-licious.

I love these bright and sunny papers that I used on my card today.  They are the Dutch Mustard Soup mini paper pad from Jillibean Soup and can be found at Love To Stamp. I have to get more of this pack for sure!

Here is a close up of "So Big" image:

For this past Mother's Day, my girls and I made this for Nonni.  I had this unfinished wooden planter that the girls and I drilled holes in the bottom for drainage and stained, then planted some Gerber daisies inside. I know some of the flowers don't look so good, but the buds have bloomed and it looks really nice now on my Mom's windowsill.  That fun floral ribbon called Bloomers is from Webster's Pages and can be found at Love To Stamp.

Last week while Blogger was down for a couple days, I had time to create one more cute little project using this So Big image. I made a little paper watering can using a pattern that I found at Splitcoast Stampers.

These pretty papers are from DCWV Watercolor Bouquet paper pack. Pearls, buttons, butterfly, and ribbon are all from my stash.


Well, thanks for visiting today! Your next stop on the hop is Guest Designer Suzanne Dean. I can't wait to see what she has to show us. Take care and have a great day!

Magnolia-licious Color Challenge #13

Our challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge blog (brought to you by Norma) is to use the colors black and white and 1 other color on your card/project. I decided to go with an "off the page" project today.

I made a wedding cake inspired by the "royal wedding" using this couple that I got from Magnolia-licious.  Unfortunately, I slept through the entire royal wedding on TV but thank goodness for all the news coverage as I got caught up real fast. I can remember all those years ago when I was a child waking up early just to watch the prince's parents get married - I can't believe I slept through this one LOL!

Well, this particular wedding couple doesn't seem to be available at the moment at Magnolia-licious but there are so many adorable wedding images there that you have to check out.  The boxes and pink tissue paper fringe/garland I used are from Angie's new store Love To Stamp and they are by Melissa Francis. Wouldn't this "cake" make a lovely wedding or shower favor? I covered the boxes with embossed white DCWV papers (which is hard to see in this photo). I also used some lace, pearls, pearl string, and feather boa that I had in my stash.  Flowers are from WOC.

Copics used today are:  E11, E00, E000, R20, C9, C7, C5, C3, C1, C00, E35, E33, E31, Y000, R85, RV10, G21, G20

I will enter this project at the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges - use lots of flowers
ECP Challenges - inspired by the royal wedding
Just Magnolia - anything goes
Charisma Cardz - no cards allowed
Moving Along With The Times - have some cake
The Rubber Cafe - anything but a card
Creative Cowgirls Challenge - anything goes
Dream Valley Challenges - flowers
Scrappy Frogs Challenge - anything goes
Let's Ink It Up - embellish it
Make It Mondays - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show - anything goes
Woodware USA - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
7 Kids College Fund - April showers bring May flowers

Thanks for visiting my blog today and for any comments you might leave, I love to read them! Have a great day!

Love To Stamp sneak peek

Good Morning!  I have another sneak peek card to share with you using  a Love To Stamp image. This is another Little Darling image - stamp soon to be available from Love To Stamp on May 16.

I made a stair step card and combined this Little Darling image with a Make It Crafty background.  Also added some Magnolia birds and cut out the words with my Cricut machine and added some stickles to it. The chipboard corners are also from Make It Crafty - love those lasercut chipboard corners.

The copic colors I used today are:  E11, E00, E000, R20, W5, W3, W1, W00, C5, C3, C1, C00, R27, R24, R22, Y15, YR23, Y23, Y21, Y000, YG67, YG63, G21, G20, B0000, B000, G14, YG13, B26, B24, BV13, BV11, YR18, YR16 - I think that's everything  whew!

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Allsorts - use 3 different stamps
Catch The Bug Challenges - anything goes
Challenge Up Your Life - travel related
Mark's Finest Papers - no embellishments
Stamp Something - use a digi
Divas By Design - anything goes
Creative Cowgirls - anything goes
One Stitch At A Time - fancy folds
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - all things beautiful

Love To Stamp will be having their first ever blog hop on May 18, please come hopping with us and try for your chance for an awesome blog hop prize!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Hope to see you tomorrow!