I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

Happy Wednesday, Friends! I’m back to share my Midway Reminder for Midweek Magnolias “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” challenge.

Link up a creation with snow or a snow image, follow our ROOLZ and you could have a chance to win a Mystery prize from Magnolia Sweden.

I used this adorable “In the Snow Ski Tilda” from the Winter Wonderland collection. She is available in the Magnolia-licious store with lots or her friends.

I colored all of Tilda with Copics and added a little Liquid Applique for the snow. I put a bit of Stardust Stickles on the snow for a glistening effect and Glossy Accents on her skis. I used lots of wintry die cuts, snow spray on my designer paper panels and gesso for texture and dimension.

Here’s a close up of Tilda.

The tag pulls out for a Holiday greeting. This stamp is called Holiday Cheer by Raindrop Echo Designs from the Magnolia-licious store.

I hope my project inspires you to join us for the challenge. Have a fabulous week.

Hugz,

"W"ednesday at Magnolia-liicous

Happy Wednesday, Friends. I’m here today to share a “W”ednesday project with you for Magnolia-licious. 

The DT creates cards and projects using the new stamps in the Magnolia-licious store featuring images from Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studios, Penny Black and Candibeans.

I made an ornament with "Bella on Present" from Wild Rose Studios. I purchased the wooden frame from Michaels, glue sprayed it then applied Martha Stewart Garnet Glitter. I love how it sparkles.

I applied some rhinestone trim around the inner frame cut from diamond mesh and added silver bead stands for tassels and the hanger. I finished it off with pine cones and die cut Magnolia spruce branches brushed with a little gesso. This was really simple and easy to make.

Here’s a close up of Bella. I colored her with Copics and did a little paper piecing for a couple of the presents. I used Stickles on the stars of the red gift, tree ornaments and present ribbon and Sugar Sparkly Fluff on Bella’s stocking cap. This little pretty will hang on my tree this Christmas holiday.

Don’t forget to leave a comment on any of the DT blogs and/or the Challenge blog for a chance to win a weekly prize. The winner is announced every week during the “W”ednesday post.

Thanks for stopping by. I’ll be back in the coming days with a couple new cards/projects. See you then…

Hugz,

Midweek Magnolias Midway Reminder

Happy Wednesday, Friends! First just let me just say, “THANK YOU” to all of my fabulous friends for the lovely birthday wishes yesterday. I had a wonderful day. I spent some time in my craft room with no distractions. Hubby and I had lobster for dinner and he bought me jewelry. Yay!!! A beautiful three ring set with large ivory, black and white pearls. I asked for a ring with a white and black pearl which I didn't have in my jewelry armoire. He has bought me lots of precious stones over the years but I didn't have pearls. This one takes the cake, I truly love them. I was spoiled rotten and it was such a lovely day.

Anywho, I have a new project for our Midway Reminder for the “Anything but a card” challenge. You still have a week to join us at Midweek Magnolias.

If you create something with the theme and follow our ROOLZ, you could have a chance to win a Mystery prize from Magnolia Sweden.

I thought I would make something special that I can use for home decor during the holidays so I found a fabulous Snowflake Lantern on the Silhouette Cameo web site. My lanterns feature three new Magnolias from the Winter Wonderland collection, “Christmas Eve Tilda,” “Peaceful Tilda,” and “Merry Christmas Tilda” all from the Magnolia-licious store.  Each one is a little different using individual colors, Magnolias and ribbons.

I colored all of my Magnolias with Copics and cut them out to attach them to each lantern. I put a battery operated tea light in each for that soft glowing effect.

I hope my project inspires you to join us for the challenge. Have a great Thanksgiving for those who are celebrating it and have a fabulous week.

Hugz,

Magnolia-licious Doily Challenge

Hello, Friends. It’s time for another fun challenge at Magnolia-licious. Our theme for the last challenge of the year is…

Use a Doily!

My card features “Cozy Christmas Tilda” and “A Joyful Christmas” sentiment from the New Winter Wonderland collection. I used three doilies on my card with two Magnolia Mini Doilies and Tim Holtz On the Edge Vintage Doily. 

I colored Tilda with Copics in blue and brown to match my Bo Bunny Woodland Winter designer papers. And I used a dotted coloring technique to make Tilda’s sweater look fluffy. My DP panels were machine stitched and distressed for lots of texture. I played with lots of die cuts for this card with tags, flourishes, lace and flowers.

Here’s a close-up of Tilda.

Don’t forget to leave a comment on any of the DT blogs and/or the Challenge blog for a chance to win a weekly prize. The winner is announced every week during the “W”ednesday post.

This is our last challenge of the year so you have lots of time to join us for a chance to win a prize from the Magnolia-licious store.

Supplies:

Stamps – Magnolia: Cozy Christmas Tilda, A Joyful Christmas sentiment, Post Card

Papers – Bo Bunny: Woodland Winter; Bazzill; American Crafts

Dies – Magnolia: Mini Doily, Tilda Tag, Vintage Lace, Christmas Tags; Die-Namic: Fancy Flourish; Marianne Design: Branch and Flower 1 LR0256

Ribbon/Lace –Wild Orchid Crafts: White Vintage Seam Binding, White Net Lace

Ink – Memento: Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa; Ranger DI: Brushed Corduroy

Other – Viva Décor: Ice white Pearl Pen; Hobby Lobby: Crystal Sprays; SNS: Cerulean Embossing Powder; Pearl Button: Handmade with beads from Halcraft, Darice and Hobby Lobby Spool of Pearls

Copic Colors – Skin: E35, E11, E00, E000, R20, R30. Hair: E29, E25, E31, E50. Apparel: BG09, BG07, BG05, BG01, E47, E44, E43, E42. Apple: YG67, YG17, YG03, R32, R30. Background: C5, C3, C1, C0, C00, BG01, B000, BG0000, Colorless Blender.

I’m entering my card in the following challenges…

CMC – Anything Goes

LHOSM – Christmas is Coming

The Ribbon Girl – Magnolia Only

Make It Monday – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by. I’ll see you tomorrow with another fun Magnolia project.

Hugz,

Magnolia-licious Holiday Hop - Canvas Christmas Stocking

Welcome, Friends. Today starts a new special Holiday Blog Hop. The Magnolia-licious DT and the Scor-Pal DT have joined up with lots of inspiration for you. So, if you arrived here from Abby’s blog then you are on the right track. If you need to start at the beginning all you need to do is click on this Magnolia-licious Challenge blog link. There you can read about the rules and the fun activities we have planned for you.

For my Holiday Hop project I made a canvas Christmas stocking. I stamped several Magnolia holly images randomly on the front side of the stocking and colored them with Copics. I also colored “The Day Before Christmas Stocking Tilda” from the 2013 Winter Wonderland collection that I got from Magnolia-licious; she is the perfect stamp for my project. I matted her on a new die cut frame from Marianne Design with a little Aged Ivory Frantage around her.

I added some pretty die cut Poinsettias, Merry Christmas text heat embossed on the new Magnolia banner stamp, scattered rhinestones, red feather trim, gold jingle bells and a pretty pearl button that I made myself.

Here’s a close up of Tilda in her traditional red and green Christmas dress. She is so adorable.

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Ok, so on to the fun stuff…

There are 3 ways you can win a prize from the Magnolia-licious store.

1. Stop at all of the Design Team blogs in the Hop and collect all the Scavenger Hunt letters and unscramble them to spell out a special Holiday message. 

Then email your completed message to Suzanne Dean at sjdean0574@yahoo.com. One winner will be chosen randomly from those who submitted the correct message and will receive a Surprise Gift Package worth $50 in value.

2. Join us with a Holiday/Winter theme project of your own and upload to the inlinkz on the Magnolia-licious Challenge blog by December 31. 

There will be 2 winners chosen. The first place winner will receive a Surprise Gift Package worth $100 in value. The runner up will receive a Surprise Gift worth $50 in value.

Sounds like fun, right? OK, I don’t have any letters for you to collect on my blog, instead I have a CLUE to help you unscramble that message.

The CLUE is…

Capital Letters Start A Word.

Now it’s your turn. Keep moving on to each DT blog and collect those letters. They are identified in RED text and pay close attention to upper and lowercase letters. Your next stop is the very talented and lovely Julie Price of Stamps, Paper, Ribbons N Things.

I hope I've inspired you to join us for the Scavenger Hunt and challenge. Diana is always so generous with fun ways to win a prize from her store. Don’t forget to stop in the store; Magnolia-licious always has something new with the best prices and discounts.

Supplies:

Stamps – Magnolia: The Day Before Christmas Stocking Tilda, Jolly Holly, Holly Swirl, Christmas Love Holly, Merry Christmas text sentiment, Merry Christmas Banner.

DP/CS - Magnolia: Poinsettia Pattern Paper; Bazzill:  cardstock.

Dies – Magnolia: Christmas Poinsettia; Marianne Design: Stitched Circle CR1248; Spellbinders: Circle Nestabilities, Layered Poinsettia.

Ink – Memento: Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI: Walnut Stain.

Other – WOC: Gold Double Head Pearl Stamens; Michaels: Red Feather trim, Gold Jingle Bells, Gold Thread, Rhinestones; SNS: Red apple Embossing Powder; Stampendous: Aged Ivory Frantage; Pearl button hand made by me from my stash, Canvas Stocking from 2013 Denver Scrapbook Expo.

Copic Colors – Skin: E35, E11, E00, E000, R20, R30. Hair: E37, YR23, Y21. Apparel/Stocking/Shoes: R39, R37, R35, R32, YG67, YG17, YG03, YG21, Y15, Y11. Background: W5, W3, W1, W00. The Magnolia stamps on the canvas were colored with the same red and green combos as Tilda’s dress above.

Thanks for playing along with us on the Holiday Hop.

Hugz,

Midweek Magnolias - Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Wednesday, Friends! We have a new challenge ready for you at Midweek Magnolias and this time our theme is...

Thanksgiving or Giving Thanks!

If you join in with the theme and follow our ROOLZ, you could have a chance to win a Mystery prize from Magnolia Sweden.

I decided to make a Thanksgiving card that features “Tilda with Daisies and Mushrooms” from the 2012 Turning Leaves collection. She is colored in Copics with a machine stitched edge around her frame. The card shape is a Go Kreate XXL die. I cut two sizes and then used the inside of the die to cut my designer paper.

I added some Tilda Tags, lace, jute twine and mesh with distressing and stitching to create a vintage design.

Here’s a close-up of Tilda.

Supplies:

Stamps – Magnolia: Tilda with Daisies and Mushrooms; Digital Sentiments: by Cathy Lee.

Ink – Memento: Tuxedo Black; SU: Early Espresso; Ranger DI: Faded Jeans & Walnut Stain.

Papers/Cardstock – Maja Designs: Vintage Autumn Basics collection; Bazzill: cardstock.

Dies/Cuts – Magnolia: Leaf, Tea Label Tags, Tilda Tag; Go Kreate: XXL Frilly #6; Spellbinders: Flower; Tim Holtz: Tattered Pinecone.

Lace/Ribbon – WOC: Guipure Cream Lace; MonAmi Gabby: Jute Mesh; Westrim Crafts: Jute Twine.

Flowers – WOC; Kort & Godt, LLC.

Other – Recollections: Pearl & Family Charm; Shimmerz Paints: Texturez – Teal me no Lies; Prima: Velvet Trinkets.

Copic Colors – Skin: E35, E11, E00, E000, R20, R30. Hair: E37, E35, YR23, Y23. Apparel/Shoes: B97, B95B93, B91, C2, C1, C00, W5, W3, W1, E44, E43, E42, E41. Flowers/Basket: YR23, Y15, Y11, E57, E55, E53, E50, E47, E44, E42, E41. Background: G28, YG67, YG17, YG03, G20, B91, B0000, C3, C1, C00, Colorless Blender.

I hope my card inspires you to join us for the challenge. Have a great week.

Hugz,

3D Shadow Boxes NOW at Magnolia-licious

Hello and Happy Friday, Magnolia Fans!

I have a new project to share with you. Magnolia-licious is now carrying 3D Shadow Box kits by La-La Land Crafts in the store. I so love these and have purchased several of them myself, so you’ll be seeing new projects in the coming weeks with these fabulous kits.

My Christmas Shadow Box features “In the Snow Scarf Tilda” and “In the Snow Heart Tilda” from the 2013 Winter Wonderland collection. I created a winter snowball fight scene with these two darling stamps. My Magnolias are colored with Copics and cut out for the scene. For "In the Snow Heart Tilda," I cut her little heart snowballs and attached them with acetate strips so they appear to be suspended in midair.

I added several elements of my own as well as those that are included in the kit. I used the Magnolia Snowy Forest die for my trees with a bit of Snow Writer and Glamour Dust for added texture and sparkle. I also hand cut my snowy hills and layered them for a 3 dimensional look. The hills got a coat of Shimmerz Paints Dazzlerz in Spun Sugar for shine. I love the mixed media of Shimmerz Paints and you’ll see lots more on my cards and projects.

Here’s another view of the Shadow Box. This is so fun to decorate and put together. 

I hope you've enjoyed my project. Check out the adorable Shadow Box kits in the Magnolia-licious store. Diana gives 2% store credit on each purchase. So stop over and pick up yours before they're all gone. They make great gifts and favors for those special family and friends on your holiday gift list.

Supplies:

Stamps – Magnolia: In the Snow Scarf Tilda, In the Snow Heart Tilda; Whimsy Stamps: Holiday Notables 1.

Ink – Memento: Black; SU: Early Espresso

Papers – Maja Designs: It’s Christmas Time; Bazzill cardstock smooth white; TPC: Arctic Gold Shimmer Paper.

Dies – Magnolia: Snowy Forest; Cameo: 3D Poinsettias designed by Cathy Lee; Marianne Designs: Poinsettia centers.

Other – Ranger: Evergreen Embossing Powder; Queen & Co.: Pearls; DecoArt: Snow Writer, Glamour Dust; Shimmerz Paints: Spun Sugar Dazzlerz.

Copic Colors – Skin: E35, E11, E00, E000, R20, R30. Hair: E37, E33, E50. Apparel: R39, R37, R35, R32, YR23, Y15, Y13, G28, YG67, YG17, YG03, E47, E44, E43, E42, C7, C5, C3, C2, B0000, Colorless Blender, Olive Multi-liner.

Thanks for stopping by; have a great weekend. 

Hugz,