Magnolia Down Under Challenge #161 All Stitched Up

Good morning Magnolia Fans!

Welcome back to our next challenge. 

We are very proud to be sponsored this week by:

Mother and daughter Mary and Andrea have always crafted and found it was becoming more and more difficult to buy very small quantities of good quality ribbon, lace and buttons and embellishments at reasonable prices. We resented having to purchase a full roll when we only needed one metre. We love ribbons, lace and all things pretty and sparkly, so in 2010 we decided to open our own online store and make small or large quantities easily available to all crafters. Mary owns the shop and runs it on a day to day basis while Andrea looks after the Ribbon Girl Blog and Design Team. We only stock best quality products and offer products which we would personally buy and use ourselves.  We supply traditional, modern and vintage style ribbon, lace, twine, seam binding, fancy pins, tiny pom-pom and ric-rac trim, plain, striped, polka dot and sparkly buttons, narrow tuille, net and mesh fabric. We stock a huge range of charms, diamante spacers, gems, buckle slides, pearl and crystal flourishes, hearts, gems etc. We also offer a useful range of mulberry flowers, liquid pearls, glossy accents, glitter glue, sticky tape, wool felt squares, plus many other unusual and seasonal accessories and embellishments to card makers, stitchers, crafters, scrapbookers and cake decorators. We're happy to send small samples of ribbon, lace and twine are available upon request and if you are planning a wedding or other special occasion we may be able to offer special prices for larger quantities

Mary and Andrea are generously supplying this amazing Lavender kit!

Thank you so much The Ribbon Girl!

The challenge this week is:

 All Stitched Up 

Use Real or Faux Stitching on your creation!

Some amazing eye candy here from
Our Most Special Guest for August

KITTY

And now for some more gorgeous creations from our DT:
JANE

LOUISE

KAREN

DEBBIE DOLPHIN

BRON

JANIEL

DEBBIE P

Camilla

KYLIE

DENISE

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 #160 {Masking} - Winner and Top 5

Didn't the gals from the MDUC DT give us all some fabulous inspiration last week - I'm allowed to say that because it wasn't my week so I'm not tooting my own horn - LOL. It was wonderful to see the gorgeous creations you guys came up with too - and I have to admit the voting was a lot closer than it has been for a while with only 3 points separating the top 5! But we can only have one winner and this week we'd like to congratulate.........

Mandy {21}

Mandy has masked together a really sweet mix of images and then popped them into a beautifully designed layout. I love the shape Mandy has used and the twine bow is gorgeous under the flowers. Altogether a stunning card with so many details to enjoy. If you want to see more of Mandy's gorgeous work you can check out her blog HERE. 

Mandy 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....

Hilde & Petra {3}

Delphine {6}

Sandra/Lotta {9}

Marianne R {12}

Katie K {16}

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 #160 Masking

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

Our brilliant sponsor this week is.... 

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

Our challenge this week is....

MASKING 

- use at least 2 images masked together!!

Lets check out our amazing DT creations, once again, they have really WOWED us!

But first here is our awesome Guest for August
Kitty

Camilla

sara

Lori

Kat

Tanja

Sharon

Janne

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 Challenge #159 {Card and Tag} - Winner and Top 5

Oh my goodness you guys created some gorgeous things for us to check out this week - the talent out in blogland never ceases to amaze me and I know we are all so grateful that you share some of that here with us at MDUC. Unfortunately it also makes it difficult for us to choose just one winner and the votes were EXTREMELY close between several entries this week. That being said we can have only one winner and this week we'd like to congratulate...

Jenny Hodges {24}

I just love the details on this gorgeous set Jenny has created - the star border and punched snowflakes are a fabulous contrast to the kraft base - and I admit this new Tilda is now on my wishlist after seeing how beautiful she is when coloured up. If you want to check out more of Jenny's amazing work you can check out her blog HERE.

Jenny 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....

Katie K {5}

Marika {12}

Catz {13}

Mae Nazareth {16}

Suzi {19}

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 #159 Card and tag

Good morning Magnolia Fans!
Welcome back to another fun week of challenges at Magnolia Down Under. 

This week we welcome back our sponsor:

 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:

Make a card with a SEPARATE MATCHING TAG

Our Special Guest for August
KITTY

LOUISE

KAREN

JANE

BRON

DEBBIE DOLPHIN

DEBBIE P

JANIEL

DENISE

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 #158 {Kathrin's Sketch} - Winner and Top 5

I have to say it was obvious that I wasn't the only one who LOVED Kathrin's gorgeous sketch - and you guys brought it to life in so many fabulous ways! I know I'll be keeping it in the folder to pull out and use another time and I hope you guys use it to inspire you again and again too. We loved all of your beautiful entries but unfortunately we can only pick one winner and this week we'd like to congratulate.....

Distressed Miss, Clare {45}

All I can say is WOW - the Prima DPs Clare has used are just stunning and she has used the colour combo dictated by them to perfection with her colouring of Tilda and the embellishments she has used. This box is a gift for her mother and you can tell it was made with love. If you want to check out more of Clare's fabulous work you can check out her blog HERE.

Clare 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....

Manuela {12}

Marianne R {20}

Elizabeth {24}

Nancie Quah {28}

Karita {30}

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 #158 Sketch

Good morning Magnolia Fans!

Welcome back to our next challenge. 

This week we have a fabby sketch to play with... 

but first, we have a brand new sponsor to introduce....

 please welcome The Ribbon Girls:

Mother and daughter Mary and Andrea have always crafted and found it was becoming more and more difficult to buy very small quantities of good quality ribbon, lace and buttons and embellishments at reasonable prices. We resented having to purchase a full roll when we only needed one metre. We love ribbons, lace and all things pretty and sparkly, so in 2010 we decided to open our own online store and make small or large quantities easily available to all crafters. Mary owns the shop and runs it on a day to day basis while Andrea looks after the Ribbon Girl Blog and Design Team. We only stock best quality products and offer products which we would personally buy and use ourselves.  We supply traditional, modern and vintage style ribbon, lace, twine, seam binding, fancy pins, tiny pom-pom and ric-rac trim, plain, striped, polka dot and sparkly buttons, narrow tuille, net and mesh fabric. We stock a huge range of charms, diamante spacers, gems, buckle slides, pearl and crystal flourishes, hearts, gems etc. We also offer a useful range of mulberry flowers, liquid pearls, glossy accents, glitter glue, sticky tape, wool felt squares, plus many other unusual and seasonal accessories and embellishments to card makers, stitchers, crafters, scrapbookers and cake decorators. We're happy to send small samples of ribbon, lace and twine are available upon request and if you are planning a wedding or other special occasion we may be able to offer special prices for larger quantities

Mary and Andrea are generously supplying this amazing Mini Makes Kit for a talented winner this week:

MINI MAKES KIT

Thank you so much The Ribbon Girl!

Now lets check out our wonderful sketch - by Kathrin!

Lets check out what our fantastic DT have created with this amazing sketch:

DEBBIE P

Lori

Kathrin

Kat

Camilla

Kylie

Tanja

Janne

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 #157 {Gift Box} - Winner, Top 5 and GDT Spot Announcement

There were some gorgeous boxes on show this week - some made from scratch and others altered - but all fabulous! Even with only a few entries this week we had a tough time choosing just one winner and this week we'd like to congratulate......

Kirsty-Anne {9}

Kirsty-Anne has created a gorgeous recipe box with so many fabulous details to enjoy, and who wouldn't want to use this to save those special recipes we all collect. I love the alphabet tags which separate each area too - they are just the right finishing touch! If you want to see more of Kirsty-Anne's fabulous work check out her blog HERE.

Before we announce the Top 5 we also have to select someone using random.org to have a chance to be our Guest DT member for August. Congratulations.....

Kirsty-Anne {9}

WOW Kirsty-Anne has done well today - LOL. I crunched the numbers over at random.org before the votes were done and I feel it's only fair to honour that selection. 

Kirsty-Anne can you please contact Karen at magnoliadownunder@gmail.com to claim your winner's badge and to let us know if you'd like to join us as our GDT. 

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....

Sandy {2}

Pernille {3}

Franz {6}

Manuela {7}

Marika {12}

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