Magnolia Down Under Challenge #157 Gift Box

Good morning Magnolia Fans!!

Welcome back to our friendly weekly challenge. 

This week we have a little announcement to make - 

we have invited our wonderful Guest DT member, Kat to join our little family - 

and we are delighted to share with you - she said YES!!

An enormous welcome to you Kat,  from all of us here at MDUC. 

This week we don't have a sponsor... 

BUT we do have an opportunity for a lucky RANDOM winner 

to join us for a Guest DT position. 

All you have to do to be in the running is to enter this week.

We can't wait to see who will join us!

The challenge this week is a fun one.... this week we would like you to 

Make or alter a gift box 

Lets check out our fantastic DT's creations:

LOUISE

DENISE

JANIEL

KAREN

DEBBIE P

KYLIE

DEBBIE DOLPHIN

JANE

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 #156 {Fun with Paper Doilies} - Winner and Top 5

Man oh man you guys had the MDUC DT complaining this week - but all for the RIGHT reasons - LOL. The standard of entries this week was fabulous and all of your gorgeousness made it extra difficult for the gals to vote on the winner and Top 5. But I cracked the whip and they knuckled down and voted. This week we'd like to congratulate our winner......

Lillemor {23}

Lillemor's work is always gorgeous and this birthday tag is no exception! The attention to detail is magical and I know I've spent some time soaking in all of the fabulous ideas here. If you want to see more of Lillemor's gorgeous work I suggest you pop on over to her blog HERE.

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

And now it's onto our Top 5 - and these spots were tightly contested I must say and could easily have been a Top 10! These are listed in numerical order and we'd like to congratulate these amazing entries - awesome job everyone....

Yulis {3}

Bente {7}

Alberto {32}

Liz Marsden {43}

Audhild {44}

All of our Top 5 picks are 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 #156 Fun with Paper Doilies

Good morning Magnolia Fans!!

Welcome back to another fun week at Magnolia Down Under Challenges.

This week we have this gorgeous stamp as the prize for a lucky winner:

All you have to do to be in the running to win is:

FUN WITH PAPER DOILIES

Use (or Make) a paper doily on your creation

Lets check out what the DT have done for us!

Kat

Camilla

Janne

Lori

Kathrin

Kylie

Sharon

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 #155 {Inspirational Photo PLUS Surprise Baby Shower} - BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT plus Winner and Top 5

WOW - we couldn't have planned our Surprise baby shower any better - Louise delivered a healthy baby girl on july 17th at 18:28. She weighed in at 3870 g and was 52 cm long Her name is Ella Sigrid Josefin. Everything went really well and mother and baby are now home getting to know each other from the outside. Of course the announcement caused much excitement among us here at MDUC and Louise was happily facebooking away within a couple of hours of the delivery - she's an amazing woman - LOL. Check out this gorgeous photo of Ella taken a mere 2 hours after she entered the world - all together now - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw!

HUGE congratulations to Louise, Johan and big sister Signe from all of us here at MDUC.

And now onto the winners for the challenge. We LOVED everything baby this week of course and it was AMAZING to have you come along and help us celebrate with your gorgeous creations! We have voted on a winner and this week we'd like to congratulate.....

Audhild {24}

Isn't this the most adorable shaker card?!? I love the pearls around the scalloped edge and the die cut border. Such a soft and sparkly card - perfect for a new baby girl! If you want to see more of Audhild's gorgeous work you can check out her blog HERE.

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

Before we list our Top 5 we decided that we'd have a SURPRISE PRIZE for one of you for joining us since the whole challenge was about surprises. The winner of THIS prize was picked using random.org....

Congratulations Jane Ayres {3}

Jane can you please contact Karen at magnoliadownunder@gmail.com to claim your prize. 

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

Teresa A {4}

Catz {7}

Mona {14}

Annette {19}

Elizabeth {22}

All of our Top 5 picks are 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 #155 Inspirational Photo - AND SURPRISE BABY SHOWER FOR LOUISE

Good morning Magnolia Fans!

 Are you ready for another fun week of cardmaking?

I bet you are...

but first we have a little surprise for one of our fantastic DT Members 

Louise!!

Some of you will know Louise - so you will nod your head and smile at what we are about to say, but for those you are yet to have the good fortune of meeting her, lets take a little moment to get a little familiar....

Louise is one of the kindest, most caring and sweetest individuals to set foot in blog land. 

She is always happy, thinking of others before herself and doing anything she can to make someone else's day fantastic. 

She is a true optimist and has to be the most special person to have as a friend.

We are all truly lucky to be able to call her one of ours. 

She is also veeerrry pregnant with her second child, a long awaited gift. 

Louise, Hunny, we would all love to be with you in person to throw you a special baby shower, but as we are spread out all over the globe, we have schemed a little bit and come up with a special party right here at MDUC for you. 

Louise, we led you astray ;) This week's challenge ISN'T what we told you it was, we tricked you so we could surprise you. I hope you forgive us!!

We invite all of you -

our fantastic MDUC friends who join us week in, week out, to help celebrate with Louise.

Which brings us to the challenge this week...

This week's challenge is indeed an

INSPIRATION PHOTO + THEME

but sorry, it is different to the one we gave Louise, haha!!

(Photo courtesy of Pinterest)

We would like you to be inspired this week by the photo above and follow the theme:

"SHABBY BABY"

And just because this is a special week, lets not keep Louise in suspense... lets check out the amazing creations by the DT before we check out the sponsor....

KAT

DEBBIE P.

and the inside contains.....  

TANJA

KAREN

LORI 

DENISE

JANE

BRON

KATHRIN

DEBBIE DOLPHIN

KYLIE

Thanks so much Ladies!! 

And without further ado, lets meet our brilliant sponsor.... 

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

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 #154 {One for the Boys} - Winner and Top 5

It's always great to get inspiration for boy's cards as they seem to be less popular than pretty girl's cards and yet we all need to make them sometime for those fellas in our lives - big and small. You guys came up with some fabulous designs and we had a blast checking them out and choosing our winner. This week we'd like to congratulate......

Catz {2}

Catz is a regular here at MDUC and she always inspires me with her use of distressing, textures and layers - and this is no exception.Catz also makes me wish I had more of the older style of Magnolia stamps as she showcases them to perfection with her unique style. If you want to see more of Catz's fabulous work you can check out her blog HERE.

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

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

Suze {1}

Lorrain {5}

Vicki {10}

Marika {12}

Elizabeth {18}

All of our Top 5 picks are 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 

Anne's Email Entry

Hi there everyone....

We've had an email entry from Anne Lill Tuen Degnes from Norway.... 

Thanks so much for entering Anne, your card is totally gorgeous!! 

Remember if you don't have a Blog and would like to play along - just send us an email with your card to enter - toooo easy!!! 

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #154 One for the Boys

Good morning Magnolia Fans,

We hope you have an enjoyable weekend planned and hopefully that includes a bit of crafting!
Lets get down to business straight away and check out our sponsor this week!

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 the challenge is a good one for the men in our lives... this week the challenge is:
FOR THE BOYS

Our Special Guest for June and July
KAT

Lets check out our fantastic DT's creations:

Camilla

Tanja

Kathrin

Lori

Kylie 

Sharon

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 #153 {Shabby Chic} - Winner and Top 5

There is just something about Magnolia Stamps and Shabby Chic that  works so well together and this week we had over 50 entries that showed why. We were in awe of the fabulous projects that you guys entered and it was a really tough decision to pick just one winner - but with the help of the rest of the gals this week we'd like to congratulate.....

Ida G {22}

When I saw this I just fell in love with the gorgeous soft colours and fabulous textures - there's just so many fabulous things to discover here. If you want to see more of Ida's work you can check out her blog HERE.

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

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

Marianne R {10}

Christa {28}

Kirsty-Anne {39}

Raffa Perego {44}

Elizabeth {54}

All of our Top 5 picks are 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 #153 Shabby Chic

Good morning Magnolia fans.
Welcome back to another week of crafting fun at Magnolia Down Under Challenges.

This week we don't have a sponsor, so we are all playing for fun.

The challenge this week is...
SHABBY CHIC


We can't wait to see what amazing projects you come up with!
Lets check of the creativity of our GDT and DT for this week:


Our Special Guest Design Team Member for June and July

KAT

and now for our fabulous Design Team

KAREN

LOUISE

DEBBIE DOLPHIN

DEBBIE P

DENISE

JANE

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.