Challenge #190 Sketch

Welcome back to Magnolia Down Under Challenge!

Happy Easter to everyone who joins us today. 

We have a sketch challenge for you today - but before we get started, we would like to introduce our newest sponsor:

Stocking all things Magnolia, as well as loads of Time Holtz products, it really is a crafters one stop shop!.

Thanks so much to Kellie Hill for sponsoring us - The Rubber Buggy is very generously giving away a $15 gift voucher to the lucky winner!

So lets get onto the challenge now - with this fun

Sketch!

Sharon

Lori

Fleur

DEBBIE D

Alyce

Camilla

Sara

Kathrin

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 Challenge #189 {Easter Greetings} - Winner and Top 5

Who needs chocolatey goodness with all the sumptuous eye candy you guys gave us this week?! Oh OK - I'm still planning on a little chocolate indulgence and I'm sure some the the other DT gals are too - LOL! But seriously the talent showcased this week has been amazing and we REALLY wish we had more prizes to give out. But for the sake of our FABULOUS first time sponsor Magnolia Stamps we have had to whittle it down to just one winner and this week we'd like to congratulate......

Katie K {75}

Check this out! What a fabulous little Easter scene Katie has created - the 3D feel of her easel card and the soft watercolouring is just superb. And the beautiful die cuts Katie has used just add to the delicacy of her card. If you want to see more of Katie's gorgeous work you can check out her blog HERE.

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

We also have an amazing Top SEVEN for you - yes you read that right - SEVEN- we just couldn't narrow it down any further and there were sooo many others not far behind! These are listed in numerical order and we would like to congratulate...

Yulis {23}

Deb {32}

Catz {34}

Tina Makuc {61}

Barbara GR {67}

Charlotte {71}

Mae Nazareth {74}

The 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! 

Thanks so much for joining us all this week and we hope you'll pop back in a few hours time to check out the next challenge.

Debbie P and the MDUC DT

xXx

Challenge #189 Easter Greetings

Good morning Magnolia Fans!
Well.. don't we have a treat for you!  We are so excited here, we can't even begin to explain.

We have a brand NEW sponsor to share with you, and BOY, it is a good one!

Please welcome 

Magnolia Stamps !!!

Yayayay!!!
Magnolia Stamps, Sweden, really don't need much of an introduction.
They are the reason this little challenge blog is here and the reason you are all out there crafting and blogging away. They make us all happy and I know we all eagerly anticipate the arrival of each new collection so we can start dreaming up new scenes with the magnificent new stamps. 

Thank you so much Magnolia! There is going to be one very happy crafter out there very soon when they win your amazing "Secret Prize Package" from this challenge...

So what do you have to do to win?
Its an easy and timely one this week:
Easter Greetings!

Yup, easy peasy!!  Anything at all Easter related.

Lets check out the amazing work of our wonderful DT:

JANIEL

DEBBIE D

DEBBIE P

JANE

KAREN

LOUISE

CAMILLA H

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 #188 {Inspiration Picture/Easter} - Winner and Top 5

The soft pastel colour palette from our Easter picture certainly inspired some fabulous designs from all of you. It was lovely to see the softer tones used in so many ways with yellow featuring on many creations - it's a colour that I believe can be often overlooked in preference to pinks, blues and browns. Once again you wonderful crafter's have made the voting tough but this week we'd like to congratulate.....

Mel Fletcher {29}

Oh My - what can I say about this beautiful creation apart from WOW! I just love the way Mel has coloured up Tilda and then set her perfectly amongst lace, ribbon, flowers and cheesecloth. And the pearl detailing along the edge of the butterfly diecut is fabulous. If you want to see more of Mel's amazing work you can check out her blog HERE.

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

We also have yet another amazing Top 5 for you. These are listed in numerical order and we would like to congratulate...

Catz {2}

Karina {15}

Lena {26}

Jenny Hodges {32}

Anna {45}

The 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! 

Thanks so much for joining us all this week and we hope you'll pop back in a few hours time to check out the next challenge.

Debbie P and the MDUC DT

xXx

Challenge #188 Inspirational Picture

Welcome back to Magnolia Down Under Challenges!!

This week we have a lovely little challenge for you... but first up - lets check out our sponsor...

Our 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 $10 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.

The challenge this week is...

Easter... 

Lori

KAREN

Inspiration: Colour Purple, Bunny's, Twig and Eggs

Please welcome our newest Magnolia Down Under Girlie

FLEUR

Inspiration,: Colours and Eggs

Sharon

Inspiration: Bunnies, Colours, Grass & Eggs

Kylie

Kathrin

Sara

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 #187 {Happy Birthday to Us} - Winner and Top 5

THANK YOU soooo much for joining us for our very special 4th birthday challenge. I've been a part of MDUC since it began four years ago and it has been an amazing ride to watch our little challenge grow to what it is today. It's also been so much fun to see how Tilda and Edwin have  grown in popularity and how their style has changed. I love all the new releases but I still have a special place in my heart for the older stamps too.

And without your amazing entries each week we wouldn't have made it this far so once again THANK YOU. Unfortunately we have to be considerate to our amazing sponsors and only choose one winner each week - even though it just gets harder and harder. This week we'd like to congratulate......

Deb {74}

Deb has created a stunning birthday card and has shown us the versatility of Magnolia images - using an Easter image for a birthday card - and doesn't it look FABULOUS! Deb's colouring is just gorgeous as is her choice of embellishments. If you want to see more of her incredible work you can check out her blog HERE.

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

We also have yet another amazing Top 5 for you. These are listed in numerical order and we would like to congratulate...

Catz {7}

Yuri {13}

Becky {37}

Irene {75}

Franz {78}

The 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! 

Thanks so much for joining us all this week and we hope you'll pop back in a few hours time to check out the next challenge.

Debbie P and the MDUC DT

xXx

Challenge #187 Happy Birthday to Us

Happy birthday to US

Happy birthday to US

Happy birthday dear Magnolia Down Under Challenges....

Happy birthday to USSS!!!

YES - today we celebrate our 4th birthday.

To say we are proud of this achievement is an understatement. 

We are proud of our wonderful blog, our AMAZING Design Team who make it possible for us to be here week in and week out, and of course, YOU - our wonderful and loyal entrants. 

Thank you so much for your continued support over the last four years.

Our Design Team is one brilliant family. Past and Present. We all care for each other and so many special friendships have been made because of our love for Magnolia Stamps.
Thank you Ladies. Thank you Debbie P and Karen for your amazing efforts each week.
Thank you Kellie Winnell for bringing your 'baby' to life four years ago.

We can't wait to share our 5th year of Magnolia love with YOU!

Now... onto this week's challenge and sponsor!

Please welcome back - 

Stamping Tilda..

with a fantastic $20 voucher up for grabs to a lucky winner - wow, I wish I could win!

Thank you Stamping Tilda for sponsoring our 4th birthday bash!

So the challenge this week is.......

Magnolia Down Under's 4th Birthday!!

(Birthday theme)

Lets check out our amazing DT works:

Jane

Sara

Louise

JANIEL

Debbie P

BRON

CAMILLA H

Camilla S.

Alyce

DEBBIE D

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 #186 {Especially For You} - Winner and Top 5

I had a bit of a sleepless night last night so apologies for my fuzzy brain today. I thought rather than trying to sound all knowledgeable about how fabulous your entries were and sounding like a goose I would let comments from my MDUC team-mates do the talking for me....

  In this week's challenge is so many beautiful contributions, everyone is a winner with their beautiful cards  - Camilla Hermansson

 OMG it is so hard to vote and gets harder every time! - Jane Johnson

So please know how much we love ALL of your entries and wish we could give everyone something special for sharing your beautiful work with us. Unfortunately there can be only one winner and this week we'd like to congratulate....

Kristy-Anne (Kitty) {34}

Kitty has created a stunning easel card with fabulous details like the the cup and saucer charm, and the beautiful larger sentiment charm. The little roses with their springy wires add a fabulous pop of purple too. If you want to see more of Kitty's beautiful work you can check out her blog HERE.

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

We also have yet another amazing Top 5 for you. These are listed in numerical order and we would like to congratulate...

mONAmi {36}

Barbara GR {43}

Yuri {51}

Tina Makuc {58}

Deb {72}

The 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! 

Thanks so much for joining us all this week and we hope you'll pop back in a few hours time to check out the next challenge - something a little special for us here at MDUC. 

Debbie P and the MDUC DT

xXx

Challenge #186 Especially For You

Hello again Magnolia Fans!!

Welcome to Magnolia Down Under Challenges.

We have another fun fun fun challenge for you today, but first, let me introduce our fabulous sponsor:

If the words vintage and shabby chic makes your heart beat faster, you will find your haven at Live & Love Crafts!
Live & Love Crafts is a UK based online store that ships WORLDWIDE. The store is owned and operated by Sandra Mathis, a crafter who is as passionate about the vintage style as she is about customer service and providing a good shopping experience. Live & Love Crafts prides itself on having a website that is easy to navigate with excellent product images. Orders are dispatched fast; usually on the same day received.

Live & Love Crafts stocks a wide range of products from well-loved vintage brands such as Pion Design, Maja Design, Riddersholm Design, Kort & Godt, Magnolia, Prima, Melissa Frances, Maya Road, and the Tim Holtz/Ranger product lines.

The store has a vast selection of laces, ribbons and trims, an assortment of close to 200 charms and metal decorations, as well as many other unique embellishments that you can't find elsewhere. To help you save on costs, the charms/metal decos can be purchased singularly and all trims and ribbons are sold by the yard/meter. If you’re looking for products that will inspire and a one stop paper & embellishment shop, look no further than Live & Love Crafts!

Don’t forget to visit this fab shop and have a look around, you will fall in love immediately!

Lovely Sandy offers to the lucky winner a £10 store voucher.

So what do you have to do to win? Well the challenge this week is:

ESPECIALLY FOR YOU

A nice easy one this week. Interpret the challenge as you wish but we do need to see that your project is especially for someone. 

Camilla S

Kat

Lori

Kylie

Sara

Tanja

Janne

JANIEL

Sharon

Alyce

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.