The Original Magnolia Inspiration Challenge

Hello Magnolia Fans!

The Original Magnolia Inspiration Challenge is back!
And this is our first challenge fro the year.

Theme is Spring + one DooHickey Die.
Now that's an easy one right? And I know everyone is waiting for Spring to come and it is just around the corner.

For my card today, I used a stamp from the It's Springtime Collection and use a few DooHickey Dies. I colored the image using Comic Markers and also with the branch and flowers.

Be sure to link up your cards before the 25th of March for a chance to win a prize from Magnolia!
Thanks for stopping by and see you again soon!

Mae

Magnolia DT Blog Hop Fruit Salad Collection

Hello Friends and Magnolia lovers!

The Magnolia Design Team is having another Blog Hop.

The design team is proud to present  to you the beautiful stamps from the latest 
Fruit Salad Colletion.

And as always, this blog hop is sponsored by Magnolia Rubber Stamps Sweden and of course you will have the chance to win a prize from Magnolia. Just leave a comment on each blog you hop on to.

The blog hop runs until 23rd of April.

The Design Team will announce the winners on the evening of April 24th, on our blogs. 

So make sure you hop back on to the blogs to see if you won!

Now, on to the blog hop.  

If you came from Camilla H's Blog you’re on the right track!

If you just happened to be on my blog, please CLICK HERE to start at the beginning.

***

For my card today, I decided to use this little cutie.  I'm not sure of the name just yet, but for now, I will be calling her Strawberry Tilda. I love strawberries.  So when I saw this stamp, I knew she would be the first one I would color from this collection.

I used Distress Ink Reinkers to color Tilda.

I used the Strawberry Tag (blossom and leaves)  DooHickey Dies for the strawberries on the card.  And for the blossoms, flowers and leaves, I used Foamiran and stained it with Distress Ink. 

The 3D strawberry is also a Magnolia Strawberry Kit DooHickey Die.

  

Now it’s time to hop over to my very inspiring DT friend Nancie's Blog! Remember this blog hop is only until April 23. And winners will be announced on April 24th.  So be sure to leave a comment and check back in.

Here is the Blog hop list:

***

1. Monique

2. Maki

3. Tanja

4. Debbie

5. Claire

6. Camilla S.

7. Maria Irene

8. Janny

9. Yuri

10. Lillemor

11. Jiwon

12. Diana

13. Becky

14. Camilla H.

15. Mae --You are here!

16. Nancie

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

Hugs,

Mae

Tilda with Spring Flowers

Hi Friends!

I have another card using a stamp from the New Spring Fever Collection.  It's not very often that I get to post twice in a week but I've been trying to catch up.  I'm going to have along weekend at work so I will be in my craft room again by Wednesday night....ish. And I'll be missing my craft room over the weekend.

On to my card, I used Tilda with Spring Flowers. I love her hair.  I am obsessed with coloring hair and I like how Pauline (illustrator of Magnolia Stamps) drew/designed Tilda with her hair like this.  There are a few more stamps that are similar to this...hair strands instead of waves or curls.

Here I colored Tilda with Copic Sketch Markers.  It's been a while since I colored with Copic Markers and I was reminded how wonderful these markers are.  As always, I need to practice more. Oh well...

I didn't take more detailed photos because you can pretty much see everything in this photo.  The designer patterned paper is from Magnolia, the DooHickeys used are:  Sakura Branch (Flowers), Rose Leaf,  Bride Bow.

I also used  a piece of lace and a paper doily.  And I stained or painted the edges of each paper piece with antique white acrylic paint.

That's it for me today. I hope to see you again soon. And I hope you like my card.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs!

Dandelion Tilda

Hello Magnolia Fans,

Can you feel the Spring Fever? Yes, it's definitely spring somewhere.  I know some friends who still have some snow and we had a few snow showers here in Chicago a few times this week.  And it's still cold. But spring is really here, though sometimes it doesn't feel like it yet.

Another Spring Fever is the New Collection from Magnolia Stamps. And the Stamps are cute and adorable as always.

Today, I have a tag using Dandelion Tilda from the Spring Fever Collection. I have colored her with Distress Ink Reinkers. I wanted to do the no-line coloring but there was so much detail in her hair and the flowers that I just couldn't do it with out dark lines.  But I really love her hair.

Here's a closer look at Tilda. I tried a new watercolor paper with this image and I not liking it so much. It absorbs too much too quickly, it was a challenge to blend.  But so far, I'm happy with the result. I probably just need to practice with the paper.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the designer paper is from Magnolia. The butterflies are made using airdry clay.  And I used Magnolia DooHickey Dies for this tag:

Vintage Frames and Tags

Cloudy Tag

Follow Me Lace

Thank you for stopping by today.  I know I've been MIA for a while, but I'll always be here.

Hope to see you again soon!

Hugs!

Sweetness Angel Tilda

Hello Everyone!

I have a special card for you today.  One of my Magnolia Design Team mates is celebrating the first year anniversary of her shop.

Tina is the owner of Craft Heaven and her shop is full of gorgeous craft and card making supplies. From Magnolia stamps, cutting dies, flowers, designer patterned papers, embellishments and so much more.  And in addition to that... they ship WORLD WIDE!!! How awesome is that!

PLUS!!! I have a Discount code of 20% for all the Pion Design Papers!

(Scroll down below)

So here is my card.  Links to the supplies I used are also found below. 

 I colored Sweetness Angel Tilda with Distress Ink Reinkers in watercolor paper.

Sweetness Angel Tilda - Magnolia	I Will Love You Kit - Magnolia	Large 2-Tone Baby Pink Wild Roses - 40mm	Large White Wild Rosebuds - 20mm	Vintage Seam Binding � Baby Pink
Deep Ivory Hip Rosebuds - 10mm	2-Tone Pink Hip Rosebuds - 10mm	Dina Wakley Media Gesso - White

InLinkz.com

Here's the Discount Code of the day for Craft Heaven Shop dear followers..

PIONDESIGN20..

It gives you a 20% discount on all Pion Design papers in the store..

Get them all now at this super fantastic price..

Offer valid only for 36 hours (ends Feb. 21th - 23.59 GMT+1)..

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to visit Craft Heaven Shop!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Christmas Calendar #23

Hello Magnolia Friends!

Have you been following the Magnolia Design Team Advent Calendar daily post? I hope so.  Well, today it's my turn to open Shutter #23. Two more days 'til Christmas and the excitement is felt everywhere.

My card for you today features DooHickey Dies from the DooHickey Club Kit Volume 2.  This was the first Christmas DooHickey Club set.  I made it simple and easy and if you have last minute cards to make, this is one quick project that you can whip up in just minutes.

I used Tim Holtz's Core-dination Distress Collection card stock. It's so easy to give a distressed look by just sanding the edges of the paper pieces.

Some corrugated board is always a good accent and texture for your creations.

The sentiment is from the A Lovely Christmas Collection.

I hope you got inspired with my simple card today.  If you want to win a Special Prize from Magnolia, please leave a comment below and I will pick a winner on Christmas eve. 

Good Luck and thanks for dropping by!

Happy Holidays!

Month Tilda

Hello Magnolia Fans!

Yes, I'm back! It's been a long time and I apologize for being MIA.  As I said in my previous post...life got in the way and threw me a curve ball! But hey! I'm glad to be back!

My card today features a stamp from the latest Boho Collection from Magnolia. It's called Month Tilda. I colored her a few weeks ago but I didn't get a chance to post the card I made because I wanted the recipient of this card to receive it first. 

As always, I colored Tilda using Distress Ink Reinkers.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The DooHickey Dies used are: Flag and Cloud, Tilda Tag, Jolly Tag and Lace Coaster. I used a 

Go Kreate  Frilly #5 for the main card.

And of course some lace, seam binding, jute string and some air dry clay hearts to complete the card.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon!

Art Journal Video: Cake

Hello Magnolia Friends!

I'm sure most of you already have the Magnolia DooHickey Club Kit # 5 (Celebration). I've seen several beautiful cards and projects using these lovely dies. Instead of a card,  I'm sharing with you t an Art Journal Page I made using the dies in the Celebration Club Kit.

Making this page was so much fun and playing with paint and Magnolia Doohickey Dies for Art Journals has recently become my favorite activity.

Here is a photo of the Art Journal page and you can watch the video below to see how I made it.

Here's the video

Watch on YouTube HERE.

Well, I hope you enjoyed watching and I please let me know what you think!

Thanks for dropping by and I hope to see you again soon!

InLinkz.com