Tilda with Gifts from Magnolia's new Wedding Collection

Meet 

Tilda with Gifts

from the new

Wedding Collection

How sweet, another perfect image for any gift giving occasion.

The sentiment is also from Magnolia - a gift from the heart (masked) - Raising the Ceiling Collection

Stamps: Tilda with Gifts-Wedding Collection, A Gift from the heart-Raising the Ceiling

Paper/Cardstock: Magnolia - Yummy for your Tummy, Bazzil CS

Embellishments: Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts, Silk Ribbon - Maya Arts, Star Dust Stickles by Ranger, tiny pearls - Kaisercraft

Colouring: Copic Markers  Pink R02, 00, 000 - Blues B41 - Skin E11, 00, 000, R20 - Hair E25, 29, 31

Tools: Punches – Martha Stewart

Keep a look out for more of these gorgeous stamps and don't forget the other Design Team girls have some gorgeous creations to show you, we were all given different stamps to play with.

Kellie from Tickled Pink Stamps has just listed Magnolia's New Wedding Collection for pre-order with 10% off, hurry they will sell out quickly, but don't worry if you do miss out, Kellie will be placing a 2nd pre-order and now also is taking orders for Magnolia Ink #4 Magazine.

Magnolia Down Under Birthday Blog Hop

Hello there Magnolia Lovers and Welcome our 1st Birthday Blog Hop for Magnolia Down Under Challenges

We are so excited and thrilled to be turning 1! Who knew that when Magnolia Down Under Challenges started with only 3 members it would be bigger and better a year on. We are all SO EXCITED that we have decided to do a birthday blog hop and what's better is, that all the DT's are offering CANDY! To be eligible, you have to hop on to each Design Team Member and leave them some comment lovin affection ;) Winners will be announced on Magnolia Down Under Challenges Blog at the end of the challenge (next Saturday) and also on the personal DT blogs on whom won their candy.

If you've just happened across my blog and didn't start at the beginning click HERE. But if you have come from Jane's Blog then you are well on your hop....

I wanted to make something bright & cheery for our 1st Birthday and decided to use the gorgeous papers from Basic Grey's June Bug. I attempted a Gate Fold Card, I was inspired by Kellie and Debbie's wonderful Gate Fold creations, but I didn't look at any instructions (silly me) it didn't turn out quite the same, but I have since found some fail safe instructions Kellie posted on her blog by Leann very clear, easy to follow and guarantee a laugh or two, thanks Leann.

Getting back to my card, I used Magnolia Tilda with Balloons from Spring Summer 2008 collection for the front of the card and for the inside Happy Tilda from the new Raising the Ceiling Collection (I love her to bits) from Magnolia Down Under Store, sentiment stamps are by Hero Arts. The text "Surprise" inside card was cut with my Cricut Expressions Die Cutting Machine on yellow cs and glittered up with star dust stickles, Balloons smothered in Rock Candy Stickles, Flowers, Silk Ribbon and gems from stash. 

I apologise for the poor photos, I prefer to take my photos in daylight time ran out.

This adorable Tilda is named Tilda with Cowberry Muffin from Magnolia's Heavenly Travel & School Collection, I thought she would make perfect candy for Birthday Celebrations & some Prima Trellis Roses

Thanks for stopping by.... Continue the hop by visiting Nicole's Blog.

Ladybug Tilda Recipe Challenge

Hello Sweet Friends,

Thanks for stopping by, so much happening. I am so excited, this week my mailbox was overflowing with some delish crafting goodies. Both my DT Kits arrived, one from Kellie - Magnolia Down Under Store and my very 1st from Magnolia Sweden, woooooohooooooo. This week I will show some of the new adorable Easter stamps.

Magnolia Down Under Challenge # 36 - Recipe Challenge - 3 papers, 3 flowers, 2 buttons, 1 bow. 

The sponsor is a FAVOURITE with lots of wonderful goodies.......


Big news Magnolia Down Under Challenges has moved to Blogger here is the new link, please remember to add the new address to your favourites. Please remember you must use a Magnolia Stamp even if it is only a sentiment stamp

Ladybug Tilda arrived from Kellie in my DT Kit, she is my newest favourite from Magnolia's - Raising the Ceiling Collection. I must admit this week was a real challenge for me, I am not big on lots of patterned papers, even though there are so many wonderful packs available. Large Red dots - Kaisercraft, other papers, flowers , buttons from stash.

Magnolia Down Under Challenges is turning ONE, and is having a birthday.  Next week I hope you will join us for our Birthday Blog Hop, it will be so much fun with lots of giveaways.

If you are thinking of buying some Magnolia Stamps, don't put it off too long... Kellie at Magnolia Down Under Store is having a sale, all stamps 15% off, this includes the adorable new Hoppy Easter Collection, stop by and see all the goodies she now stocks including some delish flowers, but hurry the sale ends soon.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have time to fit in some stamping over the weekend and again thanks for all your wonderful comments and emails. Have a great weekend.

Sweet Tilda Birthday Style

Happy Saturday Stampers,

I just wanted to thank you all for your congrats and sweet comments re my excitement of becoming a Magnolia DT. I received serveral hundred emails and have been trying to stop by your blogs to thank you.  

Wow, it has been almost a week since posting a project, I have had my sick Mum staying with me, anyways yes another Easel Card. I wanted it to be bright & springy, with so many of my blogging friends living in colder parts of the world, I know they are so looking forward to Spring. Here in Australia it has been so hot I am looking forward to Winter, anyways, this fits the following challenges 

Magnolia-licious March Home Page Challenge - Bright

Just Magnolia's Birthday Challenge.

Everybody Art Challenge - Easel Cards 

Cute Card Thursday - Ribbon-Tastic 

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Distress Inks or Pearls & Glitter

This is Sweet Tilda from Magnolia's - Raising the Ceiling and  Right Through my Heart Collection, Sweet Tilda a perfect name for her don't you think. Happy Birthday text by Hero Arts and sentiment is from Stamp It. I've coloured her with Copics, airbrushed the background with some buttery yellow to given her a little glow and added some stickles here and there to give her a little sparkle. The gorgeous papers are by Kaisercraft and of course my much loved flowers & silk bows are a must.

Magnolia Down Under Challenge # 35 - Easter - it is not my turn this week, but you must see what the Design Team have come up with. their creations are amazing. Simon Says is the sponsor this week, woohoo, you can win a $25 shopping voucher. Big news Magnolia Down Under Challenges has moved to Blogger here is the new link, please remember to add the new address to your favourites. You don't need Easter Stamps to enter, but please remember you must use a Magnolia Stamp even if it is only a sentiment stamp

If you are thinking of buying some Magnolia Stamps, don't put it off too long... Kellie at Magnolia Down Under Store has reopened and is having a sale, this includes the adorable new Hoppy Easter Collection, stop by and see all the goodies she now stocks including some delish flowers, but hurry the sale ends soon.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have time to fit in some stamping over the weekend and again thanks for all your wonderful comments and emails. Have a great weekend. Big hugs Jodie from Oz

Happy Easter - Easel Card

Happy Sunday to you all,

It's time for another Magnolia Down Under Challenge - This week we ask you to make an Easel Card, my very favourite, turning an ordinary card into an extrordinary card.

This week the sponsor is My Creative Classroom - wow a $25 Scholarship - Choose classes from Cricut to Copics to mixed media to rubber stamping to scrapbooking they have something for everyone.

Also entered in the following Challenges:

Just Magnolia - Sketch by Jay Jay - love the sketch Jay Jay (sketch rotated)

Pile it On - Flowers

Practical Scrappers - Flowers

Simon Says Challenge - Recipe Challenge, 2 patterned papers (hoping you can see the patterned paper under the ribbon & 3 embellies (ribbon, flowers & border punch) & 1 image.

The Pink Elephant - Ribbon
Paper Take Weekly - Ginghams & Checks
SophistiCat Challenge Blog - Stitching
Crafty Creations Challenges - Stitching
Everybody Art Challenge - Easel Cards

Card Recipe

Easel Card closed size 15cm x 15cm (6" x6")

Magnolia Stamps - Tilda Hugging Bunny & Sentiment - Happy Easter (Squiggly) from Easter Collection 2009, Loving Wishes - Winter Stamp Kit/Raising the Ceiling.

Paper - Pale Blue Spots by Bella - Ever After Collection, Pale Pink peeking out from under ribbon Kaisercraft - Hopscotch & the CS is by American Crafts.

Colouring - Copic Markers

Tools - Spellbinders - Rectangles, Scallops & Fancy Labels, Scor Pal, Martha Stewart Border

Other - Ribbon, Flowers, Stickles - Star Dust. Machine Stitching - straight & zig zag.

My finished card size is 15cm square (6")

supplies needed:
Cardstock 30cm x 15cm (12"x6")
Cardstock -15cm x 15cm (6"x6")
score tool/scor pal
Scor Tape/Red Tape or strong adhesive



Easel Card 15cm square cut 30cm x15cm piece of cardstock - score at 15cm & 7.5cm (6" & 3") vertically - valley fold both score lines.

Embellish card front - attach to card base, I find it easier to close the card, sticking the front to the closed card, it's easier to line up.  To hold the card in place you need to add a button, pop dot or some sort of dimension for the card to catch on to keep it from closing.

They are a lot easier to make than you might think and they come with a warning, they are very addictive. Easel cards can be made in all sorts of shapes and sizes.

To resize all you need to remember is score your card in half and then in half again.

Example of sizes: 12.5cm (5") square 

Cardstock 25cm (10") x 12.5cm (5") - score at 12.5 (5") & 6.25cm (2.5")

Hope you will stop by & see what the other Design Team Members have created for you, they are all amazing! Thanks for joining this wonderful challenge, I can't wait to see what you come up with & hope you will join us next week. Remember the Design Team have been split into 2 groups - this week it is Group 1 - Debbie, Kellie, Kristy, Jane, Jodie, Stephanne & Guests Christine & Nicole

Have a wonderful week & remember you only have a until next Saturday to enter, happy crafting.

Kick up Your Heels

Happy Weekend to my Crafting Friends,

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, today is a very short post as I am running a little behind with some DT work, I have spent yesterday in bed with a very bad headache. Never mind I am up & about today. I made this a week or so back and forgot about it.

This image is from Magnolia's Winter Kit and the latest Raising the Ceiling Collection - called Charleston Tilda, I think she is perfect for so many occasions all dressed up in heels. I had intended to use her for my New Year's cards, but I was away over the holidays. Coloured with Copics and doused her shoes & frill on her party dress with some glittery goodness. The gorgeous papers are Basic Grey's Sugar Rush, I was so tempted to buy a full book of these beautiful papers but I find I only use a couple of sheets of my favourites and then I am left with drawers full of unused papers, so I just bought a few sheets, how good am I hehehe. Sentiment is computer generated and Hero Arts and flowers & ribbon from stash.

Don't forget Magnolia Down Under Store is having a sale on all stamps, 10-15% off and this includes the Yummy for your Tummy Collection (just arrived in store) & Raising the Ceiling items displayed in store for Pre-Order also the fabulous Personalised Stamps. Sale finishes this weekend so hurry before stock runs out.

Have a wonderful weekend, I will be back tomorrow with my Magnolia Down Under Challenge DT project.

Thinking of You - Edwin

Hello Everyone,

I hope you have had a wonderful start to the week, yesterday was Australia Day, we had friends over to help celebrate with a BBQ and a swim. The weather has been so strange this week, storms, heat wave conditions and then the next day it is cool. Anyways, enough of my waffle.

This stamp is from the new Magnolia Raising the Ceiling Collection, Heartbreaker Edwin, such a perfect name for this adorable stamp and a new favourite for me, so many favourites. You can pre-order him from Kellie's - Magnolia Down Under Store.

This was made for the Just Magnolia Challenge - Jay Jay's Sketch.

I really enjoyed following this sketch, thanks Jay Jay. If you are looking for inspiration, visit Just Magnolia's talented DT's, their creations are amazing.

I have also entered this in the following challenges:
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 88 Freestyle
Everybody Art Challenge - Challenge 75 - Brown Blue & White

I stamped Heartbreaker Edwin twice for dimension. Coloured with Copic markers, the gorgeous papers are from my Christmas stash, MME The Merry Days of Christmas and the MS border is my new favourite, not new to MS collectors, but new to me. I distressed the edges, then a little sewing to give it that handmade with love look and inked the oval with Tea Dye Distress ink, the sentiment is from Hero Arts, I added some tiny heart punches and half pearls by Kaisercraft , added  the beautiful flowers and silk ribbon. (The colour of the ribbon did not photograph the true colour it is a better match in real life, oh well)

I also wanted to say a huge thank you to Janiel from ScrappyJan Designs for this fabulous blog award. I appreciate it and feel very honoured, thanks Janiel - if you have not visited Janiel's blog, you are missing out big time. 

So many wonderful blogs, I would like to pass this onto everyone who visits me, thanks you so much, your visits and comments brighten my day. Thank you to each & everyone of you. Have a wonderful week.

New Magnolias - Raising the Ceiling

Hello Maggie Lovers,

Magnolia have just released their new Raising the Ceiling Collection. Kellie has listed some of them in her store at Magnolia Down Under for pre-order. They are super cute and will sell out very quickly.

Valentine's Day - Loving Wishes

Hello Lovlies,

I'mmmmmmmm back, we came home early, I was a little home sick. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.

Happy New Year to you all.

I am hoping to get around to visit all your wonderful creations soon & catch up on all the goss as I had limited access over the Christmas/New Year period via my iPhone, great for email but a little slow for blog hopping.

One of my New Year's Resolutions is to  stop buying DP, I bought 6 books of Christmas DP plus lots of loose sheets and I used a couple of sheets from one or two, but mostly they were untouched.

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #30

Valentine's Day (red, hearts, love, anything romantic)

The prize this fortnight is sponsored by Magnolia Down Under Store & is some yummy Magnolia papers  the Yummy for your Tummy paper collection.

I made this for my DH, our Wedding Anniversary/Valentine's Day are one week apart, hope he likes it.I    used my favourite colour combos, Red White & Kraft. Coloured with Copics. This adorable Tilda & Loving Wishes sentiment is from Magnolia's new Winter Stamp Kit, not available for individual sale but should be released soon.

Kellie's MDU Store will have them for preorder as soon as they are released.

GUEST DESIGN TEAM CALL - MAGNOLIA DOWN UNDER

for 6 months starting in March.

you until the end of January.

Hope you will stop by & see what the other Design Team Members have created for you they are all amazing! Thanks for joining this wonderful challenge, I can't wait to see what you come up with & hope to see you join us again next challenge.