Sunday, August 28, 2011

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #111

Good morning Magnolia Fans!!

Are you ready for some more Magnolia fun? We are! Gosh - we were just blown away last week with your amazing Flutterby entries. We just can't wait to see what you come up with for us this week.


This week we have an adorable prize up for grabs... one of my all time favourite Magnolia stamps...
Tilda in Windy Weather


The challenge is a really fun one this week - well... aren't they every week? This week we are looking for a bit of.....


  • TEXTURE
Sounds good? Well.. lets see what our DT has created for you:






































































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.




Saturday, August 27, 2011

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #110 {Flutterbys} - Winner and top 5

Can you feel the whisper of a breeze as a something flutters by your cheek?? After checking out all of the AMAZING entries this week I could feel more than a whisper - but wow was the breeze worth it - LOL. Not only do my fellow teamies wow me every week but you guys do too. There were some truly incredible ways of interpreting this theme and I've filed several fabulous new ideas away. This week's winner came up with a truly gorgeous creation and we'd like to congratulate.....


Paola Sullivan {48}

Check out this amazing altered jar Paola has created! Tilda is not only sitting in a gorgeous garden among
flowers and butterflies but she is wearing butterfly wings herself! A truly enchanted garden that would delight anyone! If you want to see more of Paola's work check out her fabulous blog HERE.

Paola can you please email Kylie at magnoliadownunder@gmail.com to claim your winner's badge and prize.

And now onto this week's Top 5 - congratulations....



These are linked back to the original entries to make it easier for you guys to go and check them out. Please grab our 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 pop back tomorrow morning and check out our new challenge.

Debbie P and the MDUC team
xXx

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Magnolia Down Under Challenges # 110


Good Morning Magnolia Fans!!
It is time for another fabulous challenge here at Magnolia Down Under Challenges.
The girls have been very busy creating lots of eye candy for you this week, but before we get onto that, lets check out our sponsor and prize for this week:

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!


So without further ado.... lets see what we are up to this week:
  • FLUTTERBYS - use butterflies on your creation (one is fine, but the more the merrier!)

Sounds too easy doesn't it?
We are joined for the first time this week with our new DT members, Janne and Sara, please stop by their blogs to wish them all the best.
Lets check out the amazing creations from our girls:





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.






Saturday, August 20, 2011

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #109 {Inspired by a Song} - Winner and top 5


I seem to say this every week but WOW - what an awesome collection of gorgeous entries. Not only has the calibre of the entries made our voting extremely close but you've had us humming away to songs from our past and present - and looking up songs we've never heard of - thank you for the fun this week has been. Now as I said voting has been EXTREMELY close but this week we'd like to congratulate our winner........


Mindy Baxter {34}

Mindy has long been a personal inspiration to me with her gorgeous work and this fabulous card shows why - her attention to detail and design are just amazing. The song that inspired this is "See ya later alligator" (and let's all sing - "rock a while crocodile" LOL). If you want to check out more of Mindy's work check out her blog HERE.

Mindy can you please email Kylie at magnoliadownunder@gmail.com to claim your winner's badge and prize. 

And now onto this week's Top 5 (in numerical order and with the songs that inspired them) - and can I say we could have easily made this a top 25!!!! Congratulations....

NG Cards{1} - Little Boxes by Malvina Reynolds
Angie Baechi {44} - Let it Snow by Frank Sinatra
Manuela {48} - Spend My Life With You by Eric Benet
Gro Tjeltveit {67} - Kaptain Sabeltann
Karina {78} - Fairytale by Alexander Rybak

These are linked back to the original entries to make it easier for you guys to go and check them out. Please grab our 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 pop back tomorrow morning and check out our new challenge.

Debbie P and the MDUC team
xXx

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Magnolia Down Under Challenges #109

Hi there Magnolia Fans!

Welcome back to another fantastic week at Magolia Down Under Challenges! Gosh, you all just loved Kathrin's sketch last week didn't you? So did we. We also loved checking out your fantastic entries, wow, you really outdid yourselves! It just makes us super eager to see what you do for us this week!

But before we move on to our next challenge, we would love to share with your our brand new regular sponsor - Stampy Land!




Stampy Land is an online store which specializes in Magnolia Stamps and many other world renowned manufacturers. Shipping in our store is always free worldwide. Keep an eye on our store as we continue to add more brands over the next few weeks. For additional stamping or scrapbooking supplies please visit our sister store scrapyland.com.



Stampy Land are generously giving a lucky winner a $20 gift voucher to spend in store! Thank you so much Stampy Land.








So onto the interesting details of what we would like to see from you this week! Lalala - we hope you have your very best singing voices in tune because this week we are looking for you to be.....



  • INSPIRED BY A SONG

Sounds like fun? Well... the Design Team thought so! Lets check out their handy work...


Abba-Dancing Queen





Judy Garland's, Some-where over the Rainbow






Madonna - Material Girl






Moonlight Over Paris - Vanessa Williams





**You Are My Sunshine** 1940 Jimmie Davis





Rock around the Clock



ANNE KRISTINE
Love is all around





(scrapping again!)

"Rocket Man" - Elton John





Let's Go Fly A Kite - from Mary Poppins


Fantastic work there, don't you agree? We can't wait to see what you do for us!
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.

Thanks for playing along,
Kylie and the MDUC Team.




Saturday, August 13, 2011

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #108 {A Sketch} - Winner and Top 5


I must admit I love a good sketch and I think Kathrin came up with a beauty for everyone to play with last week. I know it's one I've kept on file to use in the future. And with a good sketch came a wonderful array of stunning entries. It was an extremely tough vote to narrow it down yet again but this week we'd like to congratulate our winner.......


Audhild {54}

I love the feminine look Audhild has achieved with this card - her soft blues, touches of lace and beautiful designer papers suit her delightfully coloured Tilda perfectly. If you want to see more of Audhild's beautiful work you can check out her blog HERE.

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

And now onto this week's Top 5 (in numerical order) congratulations....


These are linked back to the original entries to make it easier for you guys to go and check them out. Please grab our 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 pop back tomorrow morning and check out our new challenge.

Debbie P and the MDUC team
xXx

Time for a very warm WELCOME to our NEW Design Team Members

Good evening everyone :)

First of all, we would like to apologise for the delay in this announcement.

We would also like to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who applied to our Design Team Call. We deliberated over each and every applicant and there were so many of you who we wished we could ask to join our team.  For those of you who we haven't contacted, please do not be discouraged! The caliber of cardmaking talent out there in blog land is breathtaking and there were literally dozens of you who we would have just loved to ask to join our DT. Unfortunately we only had two places.

So without further ado, please join us in welcoming our two new Design Team members :

and

We are so pleased that both Sara and Janne have accepted our invitation to join us here at our little MDUC family, we are jumping for joy. Both Sara and Janne will be starting from challenge #110.

A huge welcome to both of you Sara and Janne! Your creations are just stunning and we look forward to getting to know you more. 

Friday, August 12, 2011

Email entry from Tania

Hi Magnolia fans!!
We have another fantastic email entry from Tania Ridgewell this week :


Hasn't she done a fantastic job with Kathrin's sketch? If you would like to leave Tania a comment, you can do so on this post.

See you tomorrow for our winners post and don't forget to come back on Sunday for our next fun challenge!

Hugs Kylie and the MDUC Team.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Magnolia Down Under Challenges #108

Good Morning Magnolia Fans!

Welcome back to another fantastic challenge. This week we have Shop Bron sponsoring us again.


Shopbron specialises in Magnolia Stamps, Magnolia paper and doo hickeys with an extensive range of Copic Sketch markers and blending paper for any budget. Shopbron is based on the belief that our customers' needs are of the utmost importance. Our aim is to maintain consistent good pricing to keep you going with your passion, quick, easy and affordable postage from Australia. We are hoping the service has you coming back for more. As a high percentage of our business is from repeat customers and referrals.


Shopbron scrap with my favourite things " motto " sells quality, tried and tested papercrafting goods.. no compromise on Quality.

Shop Bron is offering a lucky winner the chance to this amazing prize - Tilda with Big Ribbon stamp and some gorgeous seam binding.


Thank you so much Bron!

So lets find out what the challenge is so you can get to work.....this week we have:

  • A Sketch by Kathrin!

It looks like a fun sketch doesn't it? Lets check out what the DT have created to share with you:





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.

Thanks so much! Lets have some fun :)
Kylie and the MDUC Team.