Just Magnolia GDT- Exploding Box

Hi dear blogging mates! I'm back with one of my dearest projects: an exploding box. This is my last week as GDT for Just Magnolia; I had a great time designing along with some of the most talented ladies out there and I thought I'd make something special as my final project. So I went for an exploding gift box, not having some particular recipient in mind this time. So the sentiment is rather chosen at random, I might have to replace it given the opportunity. Or I might just go on and perhaps sell it as it is.

The challenge theme over at Just Magnolia is BINGO!!! I really used most of the options there...he, he. So, here;s my box-  I've taken lots of pictures- click on them for a closer look if interested in details.

And some close-ups:

Recipe:

Stamps: Magnolia- Tilda with straw hat,  Running Tilda, Tilda with Butterfly Dress

Papers: Blushbutter- digital

Coloring medium: Promarkers and copics, DI

Embellishments: Flowers, metal butterfly, gold padded small butterflies, leaves and pearls, ribbon- all from Wild Orchid Crafts, lace from stash, charm from Bunny Zoe, tassel from Joanna Sheen, gems from stash.

Dies: nestabilities (classic circle, ovals, scalopped ovals, label 6), Cherry Lynn doily, Magnolia flower die.

Sentiments: computer generated
Size: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, height- 4 inches.

Challenges:
Magnolia Down Under- Butterflies
Magnolia-licious- Inspiration pic
Magnolia Stamp Lovers- Flowers 
Charisma Cardz - Glitter It 
Delightful Challenges -Must Use Digital Paper 
Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Anything but a card 
 Dutch Magnolia Lovers - BINGO* 
One Stitch At A Time - Bling

Thanks for being here today! Let me know if you like my box; your comments make my day! 

A big hug to all of you and enjoy your weekend!

Mo Manning School Set

Hi my dear friends! Thursdays are always special to me because they announce  a new exciting challenge for us over at Digital Pencil Too! This time we are going back to school!!! No idea how this works for you out there in the wide wild world lol but here in Romania the school year used to begin on the 15th of September, that's if the Education minister doesn't have a  change mood overnight and have this changed too, as it usually happens with all the decisions in this field. It's not a laughing matter, I'm just a bit bitter about how educational matters are dealt with in my country lately and had none to complain to...:)

Ok, so back to more simple matters, such as this school set I had in mind to make for this week's challenge. Have you seen Mo's recent images? I swear I spent about 2 hours deciding on what images to ask for this months' cards I have to make as member of the DT. I just have to have them all and Mo has been so prolific these past weeks!!! Gosh, and there are so many from the old ones I simply HAVE to color too!!! 

In the meantime, I will just sit back and admire them from your beautiful creations:)

Ok, so here are my pencil holder and little notebook. I kept them simple, just to focus on the image.  I chose this adorable little fellow because I also have a boy so I thought he might use this a bit later. The girl counterpart is just as sweet, you can check all the four stamps in the set here.

and individually:

 

Recipe:

Stamp: Mo Manning- To school

Coloring medium: Promarkers and copics

DP: Echo Park-A Walk in the Park

Dies: Marianne Design- lace border

Misc: ribbons and other embellishments from stash, blank notebook, colored pencils, distres inks

Tools: sewing machine, Scor-pal

Challenges:

For Fun Challenges -back to school

Papercraft Star - back to school

7 Kids College Fund - school spirit (2nd wk)

Creative Craft Challenges -Anything But A Card

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations -Back To School

Partytime Tuesdays -Back To School

Cards For Men -  Anything Goes

Crazy Challenge - Back to School

Creative Stamp Friends -  (1st week) School

Incy Wincy Designs - Anything But A Card 

Kaboodle Doodles - Ribbons  

 Sparkles Forum - For The Boys

Creative Inspirations -Back to School 

Hope you will enjoy playing along at Mo's this week! Kids go back to school these days so why not make something special for them. Mine has just been sent to the kindergarten for three days now. I barely sleep and I'm all dressed up, shoes on, eyes on the phone and ready to leave the house within minutes. So far he has been good, hope he will adapt although I miss him so much:(

Thank you all for being here today!

Wish you all a great week!

Hugs

Just Magnolia GD card

Hi dear all! I'm back again to show you my 3rd  paper project I made for Just Magnolia as Guest Designer. Claudia prepared for us a themed challenge- use a quirk or funny sentiment. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but somehow I couldn't find a funny Magnolia in my stash...lol. So I went for this Strawberry Yummy Tilda I have been dying to color for some time and for a more unusual sentiment, something I don't normally use.

So, here's my card:

 

I really enjoy making shaker cards- love the dimension on them and the fact that I can add many kinds of little stuff in the inside to make it special.

I paper-pieced Tilda's dress and added some sort of flowersoft in the inside.

Recipe:

Stamp: Magnolia- Strawberry Yummy Tilda- (Sweet Rainbow collection)

Medium: copics and Promarkers

DP:K&Company- Sweet Nectar, Cosmo Cricket digital, MME for the dress

Embellies: Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, metal corners, lace and garland; charm from Bunny Zoe;

Misc: distress inks, Flowersoft, scalopped ovals nesties

Sentiment: internet- computer generated

Hope you like my little card; it was a quick one as my house is upside down these days- we are kind of redecorating (meaning we move the furniture from one room to another...lol), so no time for crafting and my stuff seems to be nowhere and everywhere...lol.

Thanks for coming by today, please take a "me time" and enter our challenge at Just Magnolia and Hanglar& Stanglar- I'm really anxious to see what you guys come up with- I've been racking my brain for this one but I guess I haven't been in a very creative mood lately.

Thanks for coming by today!

Wish you all a happy weekend!

Hugs,

Bedtime Story

Hi dearies! Surely time flies like mad lol, because it's Thursday again and a brand new challenge up and running at Digital Pencil Too! It was Debbie's turn again to pick a simple theme for us: "use blue". As simple as that. Surely it doesn't have to be a monochromatic card, still don't forget to use some blue:))

 

My card today was a gift for my mother on her birthday; she happens to have 2 grandkids (mine and my sister's) whom pretty much ressemble the two adorable little felllows in the picture.

Recipe: 

Stamp: Mo Manning- Bedtime Story

Medium: Promarkers and copics

Embellies: Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, ribbon and metal flower; Tim Holtz film strip ribbon

Sentiment: computer generated ( Romanian equivalent for " Happy anniversary Grannie!"

Misc: lace from stash, distress inks

Challenges for my card:
Craft Us Crazy -Anything goes in August
Shelly's Images -Show Us what you got (anything goes)
Paper Crafting Journey -Anything Goes
Southern Girls - With a POP of ONE colour (blue)
Stamp Insanity -Anything goes
Stampin' B's - Distressing
Divas by Design - Birthdays (the sentiment says- Happy Birthday Grannie!)
Fab 'n' Funky -  stitching/sewing theme
Scrapbook Sisters - Blue
A Spoonful Of Sugar -  Happy Birthday
Anything Goes Challenge - Happy Birthday/Celebration
Celebrate the Occasion -  Birthday (Easel Card)
Deep Ocean Challenge - Light Blue
     

Hope you like my easel card; I've loved this image since I first saw it:).

Thanks for coming by today! If you girls are looking for some inspiration feel free to take a look at the gorgeous crations made by my DT sisters.

Enjoy the rest of the week!

Hugs,

Just Magolia GDT- Summer Calendar

Hi my lovelies! I have a short post for you today- my eyes are half closed and I'm aware that in five hours time my bedroom's door will roughly open and my little one will jump on my bed starting to pinch, bite and pull my hair. No time to waste then.

So,this is my second week as GDT for Just Magnolia and the challenge theme put forward by the DT girls is what else than "Holiday Fun!". Hope many of you are still enjoying your summer breaks; if not, this is a perfect occasion for you to plunge into a holiday mood and start creating:)

I'll show you today a summer calendar; my idea of having fun is right now observing the beautiful summery nature corners with all its lovely creatures the most talented Pauline has concentrated in the Magnolia stamps. I really enjoyed putting these 3 stamps together; I even added a few butterflies here and there for the cohesion.

The frame I created around the image includes mosaics and quilled flowers, some of my former hobbies:). The size of the calendar is that of an A4 paper and DP is DCWV Mariposa- 8x8 paper pad.

 

 I have a bad camera these days and I also put acetate on to protect the colored image -sorry for the blurred picture.

I kept simple the calendar pages- maybe I shall add more later:)

 

Recipe:

Stamps: Magnolia-Explore Tilda, Tilda with Hawaii flower, Hello little butterfly, Beautiful Tilda

DP: DCWV- Mariposa

Embellies: handmade quilled flowers, mosaic, WOC metal butterfly and rhinestones, ribbon from stash

Coloring medium: Promarkers, copics and chalks

Dies: Magnolia Doohikeys Dragonfly

Calendar: freebie from here

Thanks for coming by today! It's always great to hear from you!

Hugs,

Peek-a-boo Treat Box!

Hello everyone! We have a new exciting challenge for you this week at Digital Pencil Too and hope many of you will be happy to play along: "Anything but a Card"! So, time for us to think outside the box for a minute and make something different using one of  Mo's gorgeous images.

Ever since I've bought my Scor-pal I've been dreaming of making lots of boxes. Now was the time for me to try a new one. I wanted it to be a candy holder for a friend of mine who celebrated her birthday 2 weeks ago...lol. Which is worse is that I made this box about a week ago and half of the candies are gone...:) Hopefully I shall refill it and give it to her one day:)

The peek-a-boo box template is a design by the very talented Brenda Quintana and you can find it on the Splitcoaststampers site. I changed the dimensions as I wanted my box to be bigger- so the size of the cardstock is 8"x19". The upper side of the box will then be 4"x4" just enough to fit this adorable Mo Manning image- Bronte wants it now- one of those images which stick with me and always bring a smile on my face.

 

Here's a picture of the template in case someone wants to try this out. Click on the picture to  enlarge it- hope you can see the dimensions, sorry for having written them in pencil:(. In case you can't read the sizes- they are 2"-4"-2"-4"-2"-4"-1"-horizontally, and 2"-4"-2" vertically. Hope that makes sense.

 

Recipe for my lil box:

Image: Mo Manning- Bronte wants it now

Box Template: Brenda Quintana- Splitcoaststampers

Medium: Promarkers, copics, DI

DP: Cosmo Cricket

Dies:Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily, circle nesties;

Embellies: WOC flowers and pins, ribbon from stash, label from Echo Park, candies, acetate.

And a few challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. - Gifts

Colour Create -  blue, green, white, red and brown and optional texture

Craft Us Crazy -Anything goes 

Crafty Purple Frog - Anything but a card 

Paper Crafting Journey -photo inspiration*

Hooked on Crafts -  Sweet Treats (anything sweet that you can eat)

KB Cute Monday - Anything Goes using a Digi

There's Magic in the Air -  Animals

  

Hope I've inspired you a little bit to join our weekly challenge at Digital Pencil Too. Don't forget to enter our GDT call this week too- we'd love to have all of you in our team, so please keep entering!

 For more information and heaps of inspiration from my DT teamies, please visit our  challenge blog!

Thanks for being here!

Hugs,

Just Magnolia GDT

Hi dear friends!

I'm so happy I can eventually share with you a Magnolia card! I think it's been months now since I last made one although I'm completely in love with the Butterfly Dreams and Sweet Rainbow collections- who isn't - and despite all the controversy I think this new The Winner Takes It All set is absolutely adorable. I just wish I had time to make cards...lol:) It's been a topsy-turvy vacation for me so far with little if none crafting time but somehow I managed to fulfill my DT tasks and even accept a new thrilling GDT spot. Well, I simply couldn't say no when my superhero Bev asked me to be guest designer for August at Just Magnolia. You know I love my Maggies and it's an absolute honor to be part of such a talented group of ladies. 

Here's my card:

I used three Magnolia stamps to put together my little scene; two of them being inked for the first time; I just enjoyed coloring them up and assembling this card. I love bright cheerful colors and  this rainbow themed card was the perfect opportunity for me to add as much color as I liked. Maybe I went a bit overboard but well, when don't I...hehe? 

The rainbow card template and the sentiments are a challenge win from The Cutting Cafe. I thought it was a good occasion for me to use them. Thanks Regina!

Recipe:

Stamps: Edwin with Butterfly (Butterfly Dreams coll.), Tilda celebrates Summer (Sweet Rainbow), 

Floral Background

Template and sentiments: The Cutting Cafe

Coloring medium: Copics and Promarkers

DP: Prima- Madeleine

Dies:Magnolia butterfly and Martha Stewart Monarch butterfly punch

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, lace, rhinestones and pearls
Misc: acetate, glitter, stickles

I would like to welcome all my new followers and to thank everybody from the heart for your continual support although I haven't been much of a constant friend lately. Still, I will do my best to come and visit you back really really soon.

Before you leave, please take a moment to admire the gorgeous creations the amazing Just Magnolia DT has come up this week too! I'm always in awe of their beautiful work!

Hugs to you all and have a happy shiny week-end!

Miracles...

Hi everyone! It's  Thursday already and we have another fabulous challenge for you this week at Digital Pencil Too! How about an easel card with an animal or bird somewhere? You surely can find one of Mo's gorgeous images with Bronte on, a sweet kitten or dog or even a little birdie! You can check on the animal section in Mo's new store or in the old one here. Or you can simply add an animal to one of your Mo's favorite images. We'd be happy to see what you come up with!

Mo's Friday Child was my choice for this week's challenge. I just love little girls, wish I had one too...lol... and I adore their gorgeous frilled lil dresses! And Mo's little girls are the most adorable ever!
I used Photoshop to digitally mask the Daffodil Dell from Make It Crafty and here it is the result:

 

Recipe:

Stamp: Mo Manning- Friday's Child

Make it Crafty- Daffodil Dell

Coloring medium: Promarkers, copics and chalks

DP; Cosmo Cricket - Everafter- digital

Embellies: Wild Orchd Crafts flowers, pearls and ribbon, paper doilies, punched butterflies

Dies: Go Kreate A4 nested dies, Marianne design forest branch and swirl frame, scalopped oval nestie.

Challenges:

Crafts and Me - anything goes

Divas by Design - summer 

Freshly Brewed -Hot images and/or colours

Little Darlings Challenges -girly (2nd wk)

Paper Shelter Challenge -  flowers

Stampavie and More - Summer 

Anything Goes Challenge - Flowers 

Creative Craft Challenges - Summertime

Tuesday Throwdown - Summertime

Nettie G's Digital Gems - Fancy Folds

Paper Playtime - summer theme using digital or stamped images or sentiments

Hope I've inspired you into joining us this week! Before you leave please go and check on my DT colleagues work over at the challenge blog- I'm sure you'd love to see their beautiful creations. I'm so proud of being part of such a fabulous group of ladies!

Thank you so much for coming by today! Enjoy your summertime!

Hugs, Iulia