Magnolia Down Under Challenge #148 - Colour Recipe

Good morning Magnolia Fans!

It is time for another fantastic Magnolia Down Under Challenge. 

This week, we don't have a sponsor as we are going to ask the winner of this week's challenge to be our Guest DT member for June. 

The guest/winner will  be chosen at random.
(If you would prefer not to be a GDT, please add an X at the end of your name when entering)

We will still be choosing our Top5 as normal :o)

The challenge this week is a nice bright cheery one... this week we have a colour recipe:

PURPLE, YELLOW & RED

And we have a gorgeous sample here from our May Guest Design Team members:

DAWN

LORRAIN

And now for the inspiration from our amazing DT:
CAMILLA

Lori

KYLIE

SARA

JANNE

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 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 8:00am 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...
• We reserve the right to remove your entry if we feel it is not appropriate. We are a FUN challenge that is designed for MAGNOLIA FANS and any entry that is not deemed to be 'playing nice' will be deleted. We apologise for the need to add this rule. This is OUR challenge blog and we reserve the right to moderate entries.

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #147 {Make Your Own Embellishments} - Winner and Top 5

It was certainly fun to see what fabulous embellishments you guys created for this challenge. We had die cuts, and flowers, pins and butterflies, painted things and bits and pieces found along your travels - it was wonderful to see such creativity from you all. All of these ideas made choosing just one winner difficult and the voting was extremely close between the top 10, but we did manage and this week we'd like to congratulate.....

Eva's Scrap {14}

Eva has taken our challenge and come up with a beautifully embellished card - creating her own dotty flowers with their gently curved petals. They are a perfect embellishment to her gorgeously coloured scene. If you want to see more of Eva's work you can check out her blog HERE.

Eva can you please contact Karen at magnoliadownunder@gmail.com to claim your winner's badge and prize.

And now it's onto this week's Top 6- yes I said 6 - LOL. These are listed in numerical order and we'd like to congratulate these amazing entries - awesome job everyone....

Kristy-Anne {2}

Melly {6}

Karina {7}

Kizzy {34}

Kat G {46}

Vintage Blue {48}

These are linked back to the original entries to make it easier for you guys to go and check them out. Please grab our gorgeous Top 5 badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog to let everyone know how fabulous we think your work is! 

Don't forget to drop back in and visit us tomorrow to see the new challenge we have for you to play along with and the always amazing inspiration from the MDUC DT. 

Debbie P and the MDUC team

xXx

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #147 Make Your Own Embellishments from Scratch

Good morning Magnolia Fans! Are you ready for another fun week of cardmaking? I bet you are... but first, lets check out this week's sponsor....

This week we welcome back our amazing sponsor for this week, Tilda's Town!

Tilda's Town is an online store that specializes in Magnolia stamps. We carry one of the largest inventories in USA and the world with over 1000 Magnolia stamps in stock at all times. Our shipping is always free worldwide regardless of order total. Whether you buy one stamps or 100, you will never pay shipping. As an added bonus, all orders above $60 can get an additional 10% by using discount code TILDA10. Shop today for the latest collections!

This week Tilda's Town is offering a lucky winner a $15 Gift Certificate! With a new collection to be released very soon, I can imagine someone is going to be very happy with this prize! Thank you so much Tilda's Town!

Make your own Hand made embellishment for your project 

(you need to make some of the embellishments from scratch... so think things like: Yo-Yo's, Covered Buttons, Flowers using dies and punches, crochet... let your imagination soar!! You may also use some purchased embellishments as well)

Our Special Guests for May

DAWN

Hand-made lace flower

LORRAIN
Hand made flowers on the Gel Card

And now for our Design Team

KAREN

Yo-Yo's and Rolled Paper Flowers

DEBBIE DOLPHIN

Handmade flower

JANE

I made my own flower, Union Jack pennants and paper

BRON

I made my own rolled flowers (black)

LOUISE

I made the big flower from one of my daughters old bedsheets

DEBBIE P

I made the rolled roses with pearls centres

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 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 8:00am 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...
• We reserve the right to remove your entry if we feel it is not appropriate. We are a FUN challenge that is designed for MAGNOLIA FANS and any entry that is not deemed to be 'playing nice' will be deleted. We apologise for the need to add this rule. This is OUR challenge blog and we reserve the right to moderate entries.

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #146 {Lori's Sketch} - Winner and Top 5

I think I say this every week but... WOW - you guys came up with some GORGEOUS projects using Lori's beautiful sketch. In fact one of our DT exclaimed "its getting harder and harder to vote these days!!! Gosh, the talent out there is staggering!!" And this week's vote was extremely close but we have a winner and would like to congratulate......

Marianne R {24}

Look at the amazing colouring of this gorgeous Tilda. I just love the soft colour combination and fabulous details - the bird cage and butterfly die-cuts, the postal stamps and flower arrangement all work so well together. If you want to see more of Marianne's beautiful work you can check out her blog HERE.

Marianne can you please contact Karen at magnoliadownunder@gmail.com to claim your winner's badge and prize.

And now it's onto this week's Top 5. These are listed in numerical order and we'd like to congratulate these amazing entries - awesome job everyone....

Karita {13}

Camilla {25}

Kat G {27}

Iris {28}

Charlotte {29}

These are linked back to the original entries to make it easier for you guys to go and check them out. Please grab our gorgeous Top 5 badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog to let everyone know how fabulous we think your work is! 

Don't forget to drop back in and visit us tomorrow to see the new challenge we have for you to play along with and the always amazing inspiration from the MDUC DT. 

Debbie P and the MDUC team

xXx

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #146 Lori's Sketch + the option of Doilies and Doo Hickeys

Good morning Magnolia Fans,

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mums out there celebrating this weekend. We hope you have an enjoyable weekend planned and hopefully that includes a bit of crafting!

Our Sponsor this week is Stamping Tilda..
with a fantastic $20 voucher up for grabs to a lucky winner - wow, I wish I could win!

This week's challenge is a really sweet one... 

this week we have a...

Sketch by Lori +
optional - Doilies and Doo Hickeys

Our Guest Design Team Members for May

Lorrain

Dawn

And now the cards from our fantastic DT:
KATHRIN

CAMILLA

Lori

Sharon

Sara

Janne

TANJA

Kylie

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 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 8:00am 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...
• We reserve the right to remove your entry if we feel it is not appropriate. We are a FUN challenge that is designed for MAGNOLIA FANS and any entry that is not deemed to be 'playing nice' will be deleted. We apologise for the need to add this rule. This is OUR challenge blog and we reserve the right to moderate entries.

Magnolia Down Under Challenges #145 {More Than One Fold} - Winner and Top 5

Oh my goodness you guys put so much love and attention into your cards this week - and all because we asked for an extra fold or two. I love these sort of challenges because I tend to stick in my "5 1/2 inch square" card safety net - and your entries have inspired us all to get out of our comfort zones and try something new, fun and different. Thanx to everyone who played along with us - but as always we can only have one winner and this week we'd like to congratulate........

Artesania {51}

WOW what an inspiring beachside scene Artesania has created - I love all of the elements and the fabulous images she has put together. The pops of red are just fabulous and well balanced. If you want to see more of Artesania's work check out her blog HERE.

Artesania can you please contact Karen at magnoliadownunder@gmail.com to claim your winner's badge and prize.

And now it's onto this week's Top 5. These are listed in numerical order and we'd like to congratulate these amazing entries - awesome job everyone....

Lorrain {10}

Natalie Z {16}

Norma {24}

Bente {29}

Kat G {34}

These are linked back to the original entries to make it easier for you guys to go and check them out. Please grab our gorgeous Top 5 badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog to let everyone know how fabulous we think your work is! 

Don't forget to drop back in and visit us tomorrow to see the new challenge we have for you to play along with and the always amazing inspiration from the MDUC DT.

Debbie P and the MDUC team

xXx

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #145 - More than 1 Fold

Good morning Magnolia Fans!

Welcome back to another fun week at MDUC.
Thank you to everyone who entered last week, there were so many entries and each of them amazing!

This week we have a sweet challenge for you, but first... lets check out our sponsor!

Shopbron specialises in Magnolia Stamps, Magnolia paper and doo hickeys with an extensive range of Copic Sketch markers and blending paper for any budget. Shopbron is based on the belief that our customers' needs are of the utmost importance. Our aim is to maintain consistent good pricing to keep you going with your passion, quick, easy and affordable postage from Australia. We are hoping the service has you coming back for more. As a high percentage of our business is from repeat customers and referrals.

So what do we have to do to win??

This week the challenge is:
MORE THAN ONE FOLD


Lets check out the creations from our amazing DT:

LOUISE

I made a twisted easel card

KAREN

I made a Joy fold card

The inside

DEBBIE DOLPHIN

A Step Card

DEBBIE P

A gate Fold Card

DENISE

A Step Card

JANIEL

JANE

Double fold card

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 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 8:00am 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...
• We reserve the right to remove your entry if we feel it is not appropriate. We are a FUN challenge that is designed for MAGNOLIA FANS and any entry that is not deemed to be 'playing nice' will be deleted. We apologise for the need to add this rule. This is OUR challenge blog and we reserve the right to moderate entries.

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #144 {Bon Voyage} - Winner and Top 5 PLUS Our May Guest DT Announcements

I have to say we all enjoyed travelling far and wide - across and under the seas - in our Bon Voyage challenge. We have a lot to get through in this post so without further ado I'll announce this week's winner. Congratulations...

Lorrain {7}

Lorrain created the most gorgeous postcard album - this photo shows the pages but you really should check out all the fabulous details HERE. And if you want to see more of Lorrain's beautiful work you can check out her blog HERE.

Lorrain can you please contact Karen at magnoliadownunder@gmail.com to claim your winner's badge and let us know if you want to be one of our GDTs for May.

And now it's onto this week's Top 5. These are listed in numerical order and we'd like to congratulate these amazing entries - awesome job everyone....

Katarina{35}

Mae Nazareth {37}

Elizabeth {40}

Bernadet {41}

Karita {44}

These are linked back to the original entries to make it easier for you guys to go and check them out. Please grab our gorgeous Top 5 badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog to let everyone know how fabulous we think your work is! 


And now a thanx to everyone who nominated to go into the draw to be our other May GDT  - and for those that mentioned in the comment section they'd like to be considered but forgot to add it to their link. Just one note before I announce the GDT winner - if you DO leave a comment asking to be considered PLEASE add your entry number as I use random.org to pick the winner and it saves me hunting for you. We'll be doing this again at the end of May so watch this space for YOUR opportunity to join us. 


Our other May GDT spot goes to.....

Dawn {27}


 Dawn can you please contact us at magnoliadownunder@gmail.com to get your GDT badge and all the information you'll need to join us - congratulations. 


Now you may have noticed out April GDT Vicky didn't join us - unfortunately she had a personal issue arise and we'll be asking her to join us at a future date. We at MDUC know family must always come first and we don't want Vicky to miss out.


Don't forget to drop back in and visit us tomorrow to see the new challenge we have for you to play along with and the always amazing inspiration from the MDUC DT.


Debbie P and the MDUC team

xXx