Magnolia Down Under Challenge #74

Good Morning Magnolia Fans!!!

And a big welcome to our next challenge. It looked like you all enjoyed our sketch challenge last week. It was fantastic.. thank you so much Chantelle!

This week we have a challenge that may just give you a little break from Christmas cards... this week our challenge is.......

• SUMMER

We start off our week with some inspiration from the gorgeous Asa. This is Asa's last week with us as our Guest so we would like to take this opportunity to say a massive THANK YOU to you Asa!! You have been a dream Guest. It has been a pleasure having you here at MDUC.

And of course, some fantastic inspiration from our wonderful Design Team! Thanks so much girls :)

TaraG

CAMILLA

KYLIE

SHARON

Kathrin

TANJA

HOW TO JOIN IN...

• You must have at least one Magnolia stamp or Doo Hickey die on your work, it can be a sentiment, background etc does NOT have to be Edwin or Tilda for your card to be entered..
• You must add your link in the Linky
• You MUST add a link to your **direct blog post***.... All entries not doing this will be removed.
• You should have a link back to the challenge blog in your post.
• Entries close Mid-day Saturday AES time (see the clock on the side bar)
• DO NOT link your entry to an old card, even a day before will be removed. Making it fair to all the people that have made a card for the challenge...

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #73 {A Sketch} - Winner and Top 5

Once again we've had some GORGEOUS entries this week. I know when my sketch was used I was sooo excited to see it turned into so many gorgeous cards - and I'm sure Chantelle feels the same. I know I say it every week but you guys sure have made it tough on us this week - and the voting has been extremely close. In fact I held off the posting of this announcement to make sure I got all the votes in and tallied!

But we do have a winner and I'd like to congratulate...

Catz {13}

What an amazing effort - look at all those fabulous details and what a GREAT way to incorporate the sketch! You can check out more of Catz's work on her blog HERE.

Catz please email Kylie at kyliekueter@tpg.com.au to collect your winner's badge.

And then there's out AMAZING top 5 too, listed in numerical order - congratulations to these amazing crafters ...

Ingrid {1}

Gosia S {2}

Jeanet {30}

Bron {31}

Kiki {37}

 Congratulations go to you all - make sure you grab our Top 5 badge from the side bar to show all your blog friends just how fantastically clever you all are!!!

We hope you'll pop back tomorrow morning to check out our next challenge - I know the DT has some gorgeous eye candy for you. Until then - Happy Stamping!!!

xXx

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #73

Good Morning Magnolia Fans!!

It looks like you all enjoyed last week's challenge! We saw some AMAZING entries - you are all so very talented.

This week we have a nice easy challenge for you... this week's challenge is:

• A sketch by our past DT member Chantelle:

And now for some fantastic examples of this sketch in use, starting with our Guest for this month, Åsa:



ÅSA

And of course, our wonderful Design Team:



JANIEL

KAREN

ANNE KRISTINE

DENISE BODDEY

JANE

DEBBIE DOLPHIN

DEBBIE P

HOW TO JOIN IN...

• You must have at least one Magnolia stamp or Doo Hickey die on your work, it can be a sentiment, background etc does NOT have to be Edwin or Tilda for your card to be entered..
• You must add your link in the.Linky
• You MUST add a link to your **direct blog post***.... All entries not doing this will be removed.
• You should have a link back to the challenge blog in your post.
• Entries close Mid-day Saturday AES time (see the clock on the side bar)
• DO NOT link your entry to an old card, even a day before will be removed. Making it fair to all the people that have made a card for the challenge...

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #72 {Shabby Chic} - Winner and Top 5

Well it certainly looks like Shabby Chic was a popular challenge - and boy did you guys come up with some GORGEOUS creations for us to drool over during the week. In fact the standard was soo high that you guys made it REALLY hard for us to choose our winner and top 5! All week we've been discussing the gorgeous cards appearing and knowing we were in for a tough vote. But we do have a winner.

Congratulations........

Lori {44}

I'm sure you'll all agree Lori made a beautiful little box and frame set. I am just wishing my name was Bailey right about now so I could claim this for myself - LOL. If you want to check out more of Lori's amazing work check out her blog HERE.

Lori please email Kylie at kyliekueter@tpg.com.au to collect your winner's badge.

Now onto our Top 5 - and I have to admit with each set of votes that came in this changed around. But here are our final Top 5 in numerical order....

Camilla {20}

Ingrid {21}

Annica {29}

Kathy{64}

Hanne {65}

Each and every week we have inspired by YOU guys to learn new things and improve our own skills - and for that we thank you. Congratulations go to you all - make sure you grab our Top 5 badge from the side bar to show all your blog friends just how fantastically clever you all are!!!

We hope you'll pop back tomorrow morning to check out our next challenge - I know the DT has some gorgeous eye candy for you. Until then - Happy Stamping!!!

xXx

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #72

Good morning Magnolia Fans!! And welcome to our next Magnolia Down Under Challenge. Can you believe it is only six weeks until Christmas? Where did the year go? We are seeing a lot of gorgeous Christmas cards entering our challenge at the moment, so a lot of you are being super organised.... but enough chat! You are here to find out this week's challenge, aren't you?

This week we have a challenge that will be easy for some but more challenging for others... including me (Kylie) ... This week's challenge is...

• SHABBY CHIC

First off we have our gorgeous Guest for November, Åsa with a beautiful drawer box for us. She has done a wonderful job, I just love this idea!

ÅSA

And now for the rest of the Design Team.... including our Boss Lady Kellie! Woo hooo!! Kellie decided to come back and join in with us this week ... please make sure you stop by her blog to leave her loads of comments so she visits us more regularly...

KELLIE

TaraG

Kathrin

KYLIE

CAMILLA

FRAN

(Fran and her partner Glenn were married last weekend and here she is with some thank you cards to share with us... don't forget to stop by her blog and wish the happy couple all the best!)

SHARON

TANJA

HOW TO JOIN IN...

• You must have at least one Magnolia stamp on your work, it can be a sentiment, background etc does NOT have to be Edwin or Tilda for your card to be entered..
• You must add your link in Mr.Linky
• You MUST add a link to your **direct blog post***.... All entries not doing this will be removed.
• You should have a link back to the challenge blog in your post.
• Entries close Mid-day Saturday AES time (see the clock on the side bar)
• DO NOT link your entry to an old card, even a day before will be removed. Making it fair to all the people that have made a card for the challenge...

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #71 {Making your own embellishments} - Winner and Top 5

It has been a wonderful week of checking out all the different ways you can make your own embellishments - and with the cost of some ready made embellishments being so high I know I have taken away some fabulous new ideas to use on my cards!

Since our gorgeous MDUC teamie Denise kindly donated 2 prize packs for this challenge we decided we'd award one to our challenge winner this week and one to someone selected via random.org - to give everyone a chance at winning this amazing paper pack!

Our winner selected by random.org is #23 - Zetti - Congratulations! Please email Kylie at kyliekueter@tpg.com.au to arrange for your prize package to be sent.

And now for our winner for this week's challenge.

Congratulations......

Liz Marsden {47}

I'm sure you'll all agree Liz created an amazing Christmas scene - I love the little bed and bedside table mixed with a perfect choice of stamps. You can check out this project better and see more of Liz's work on her blog HERE.

Liz please email Kylie at kyliekueter@tpg.com.au to collect your winner's badge and arrnage for your prize pack to be sent.

And this week we also have an amazing Top 5 - and you gals made it hard to narrow down let me tell you! Here they are in numerical order...

Trisha Mc {6}

Maddy Hill {38}

Ingrid {48}

Julie Glasgow {62}

Franca K {66}

Congratulations go to you all - make sure you grab our Top 5 badge from the side bar to show all your blog friends just how fantastically clever you all are!!!

Once again we'd like to thank ALL of our wonderful entries for this week and we hope you'll pop back tomorrow morning to check out our next challenge - I know the DT will have some gorgeous eye candy for you. Until then - Happy Stamping!!!

xXx

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #71

Good morning Magnolia fans!!

What a fantastic challenge we have for you this week! We also have a terrific prize up for grabs to a very lucky winner... but first the challenge details! This week the challenge is:

MAKE YOUR OWN EMBELLISHMENTS - you could make your own flowers, crochet some lace, the sky is the limit! You don't have to make ALL of your embellishments, but we would like to see at least one or two.

PRIZE - Our very own Denise has very kindly donated this week's prize. Denise designs her own line of papers - how amazing is that? And she is offering two packs of her gorgeous new design "French Garden Collection" - perfect for cards and Magnolia stamps! Each pack contains 8 sheets measuring 14.5 x 14.5 cm (that is 5 3/4 inches for all of you imperial gals). These papers are available at Megs Garden, along with some yummy German Scrap, Graphic 45, Tim Holtz, Collage and amazing embellishments! Here is a little teaser....aren't they beautiful?

We also have our amazing Guest Asa joining us for November. Thank you so much Asa!

ASA

And here is the amazing work from the DT:

DEBBIE DOLPHIN

KAREN



ANNE KRISTINE
It is Anne Kristine's birthday today as well!!
Happy birthday Hun from all of us here at MDUC. Have a wonderful day full of family and cake!

DENISE

JANE

DEBBIE

JANIEL

HOW TO JOIN IN...

• You must have at least one Magnolia stamp or Doo Hickey die on your work, it can be a sentiment, background etc does NOT have to be Edwin or Tilda for your card to be entered..
• You must add your link in the blue frog
• You MUST add a link to your **direct blog post***.... All entries not doing this will be removed.
• You should have a link back to the challenge blog in your post.
• Entries close Mid-day Saturday AES time (see the clock on the side bar)
• DO NOT link your entry to an old card, even a day before will be removed. Making it fair to all the people that have made a card for the challenge...

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #70 {Halloween *inspired*} - Winner and Top 5

Thanx to everyone who entered this week's SPOOKTACULAR challenge. It's great to see a touch of the ghoul come to Magnolia Down Under Challenges. I for one have had a blast discovering my dark side this year - we Aussies don't really get into Halloween too much but when you craft in a global community it kinda sucks you in a bit - LOL. If my daughter wasn't in the midst of end of year exams I think I would have held a Halloween party myself!

But enough chatter - I know you guys want to see who our winner and top 5 are this week  - so here goes.

Congratulations to our winner........

Hanna {10}

Wow - what an amazing card and gift box coffin young Hanna created - like many crafters I am in awe of Hanna's ridiculous amount of talent. You can check out more of Hanna's amazing work on her blog HERE.

Hanna could you please email Kylie at kyliekueter@tpg.com.au to collect your winner's badge.

And because you guys make it soo hard for us to get clear winners our fabulous top 5 this week is actually a TOP 6 - and here they are in numerical order....

Chris {4}

Susie Sugar {8}

Camilla {11}

Louise {22}

Catz {24}

Soo Cho {25}

Congratulations go to you all - make sure you grab our Top 5 badge from the side bar to show all your blog friends just how fantastically clever you all are!!!

Once again we'd like to thank ALL of our wonderful entries for this week and we hope you'll pop back tomorrow morning to check out our next challenge - I know the DT will have some gorgeous eye candy for you and you may even learn a little something new too - oooh a hint - LOL. Until then - Happy Stamping!!!

xXx