Challenge #209 Jane Chooses

Welcome back MDUC fans.
Are you ready for some more Magnolia fun? The DT this week has just floored us with their amazing creations - we just can't wait to see what you do with the challenge...but first....

Our sponsor this week...

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 this week's challenge.

For something different, our Design Team Members have picked their favourite Challenge themes for you to play along with, we all hope that you will like our choices as they are our all time favourite things to do!!!.

This week we have Jane, and her all time favourite theme to follow is:

BLACK AND WHITE

Jane

and our very talented guest for August

Marika

Debbie P

Louise

Lillemor

JANIEL

CAMILLA H

DEBBIE 



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 #208 {Fleur's Choice - Distressing} - Winner and Top 5

Hi All - did you have some fun getting all distressed this week - it sure looked like it with the amazing entries we got to check out this week using distressing. You certainly had the MDUC DT buzzing with having to make decisions during the voting process and it wasn't very easy to narrow it down but we have a winner!!! This week we'd like to congratulate......

Bente {2}

I just love the muted colour palette of this gorgeous scene Bente has created. The inked edges, stitching and cheesecloth are great detailing - adding texture and depth. If you want to see more of Bente's beautiful work you can check out her blog HERE.

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

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

Betty CH {1}

Dee Dee {8}

Nancie Quah {36}

Giada {6 and 38}

Cinzia {39}

The Top 5 picks are all 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

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Challenge #208 Fleur's Choice

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

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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.

For something different, our Design Team Members have picked their favourite Challenge themes for you to play along with, we all hope that you will like our choices as they are our all time favourite things to do!!!.

This week, Fleur has picked as her all time favourite: 

Distressing..... I think we all could have guessed that one huh?

Fleur 

and

our Guest for August the very talented

 Marika


and now our DT

Sara

Lori 

Yulis

Kylie

Tanja

Janne

Franz

Ying

Kat

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 #207 {Camilla H's Choice}

Hi all - we hope you are enjoying playing along with some of our DT's favourite challenges. It seems this one appealed to a lot of people - after all we all love to use our favourite things to craft with! We also LOVED seeing what you created with your favourite things and it made this week's voting very interesting I must say - so many gorgeous entries! But without further ado this week we'd like to congratulate our winner......

Pysselfroken (Frida) {55}

What a truly gorgeous Summer scene - with such clever detailing - ! I must admit with it being Winter here Downunder I am looking forward to the warmer weather and this stunning card has me hearing the waves on the beach and feeling sand between my toes! If you want to see more of Frida's amazing work you can check out her blog HERE.

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

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

Giada {27}

Audhild {44}

Elin H {56}

Christy Sugariato {73}

Brita {82}

The Top 5 picks are all 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

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