Challenge #207 Camillia H's Choice

Good morning Magnolia Fans!

Are you ready for some more creative fun? 

First, we're excited to again introduce Magnolia Stamps as our sponsor:

Magnolia Stamps, based in Boras 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.
We are delighted to have them sponsor us this week.

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...

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 Camilla H, and her all time favourite theme to follow is:

YOUR FAVOURITE THINGS

Camilla H

Our july gdt, Teresa , is sharing her last creation with us all.
Thank you so much for being with us, we loved having you :)

Jane

Debbie P

Lillemor

Karen

Louise

Debbie D

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 Challenges #206 {Christmas in July} - Winner and Top 5

I just love Christmas in July and I loved seeing the gorgeous Christmas projects you guys created for my choice of challenge this week. It's also a great challenge to start getting you in the mood for Christmas - which will be here before we all know it!!!! So now it's time to continue the festive fun and announce our winner, this week we'd like to congratulate.......

Jennifer D {22}

Jenny has created a stunning easel card with her signature use of lace and layering. I love the pink and silver colour combination Jenny has used and her fabulous detailing. If you want to see more of Jenny's gorgeous work you can check out her blog HERE.

Jenny 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...

Chantel {3}

June {6}

Scrappy Andrea {9}

Gro {14}

Nicolchen {19}

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

xXx

Challenge #206 Debbie P's Choice

Welcome back to Magnolia Down Under Challenges!
Thank you so much for joining us for our special challenge last week.

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.

And now for our DT creations!

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 Debbie Pamment, and her all time favourite theme to follow is:

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

DEBBIE P

Our july GDT Teresa

Franz

Lori

Camilla S.

Yulis

 

Ying

Janne

Fleur

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 #205 {Tic Tac Toe with a Special Twist} - Winner and Top 5

Well we seemed to have confused a lot of people this week with our secret baby twist. Our challenge was to create a Baby Boy card with the option of using the Tic Tac Toe board. I think many people saw the board and didn't actually READ the challenge. We did consider counting the non-baby boy cards but felt since we hadn't included cards from our GDT and our own Camilla as they weren't baby boy cards, it would be unfair not to do the same with entries. Also most non-baby cards were made for other challenges as well so we hope they do well there.

With that said there was some stunning work entered and the baby cards were absolutely adorable. In a very close vote we'd like to congratulate this week's winner......

Barbara GR {21}

What an adorable scene Barbara has created - the background is coloured so beautifully and with baby Edwin popped up on the front corner the overall 3D effect is fabulous. If you want to see more of Barbara's gorgeous work you can check out her blog HERE.

Barbara 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...

Lios_Alfar {4}
Nicolchen {8}
Anna{14}
Anne {19}
Karina {20}

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 - it's something a little bit special...

Debbie P and the MDUC DT

xXx

Challenge #205 Tic Tac Toe... With a Special Twist

This week we are taking a break from showcasing the favourite themes of our DT for a VERY SPECIAL OCCASION! Our very own CAMILLA S and her husband BJARNE are expecting their first baby any day now - a little boy. We were a little sneaky and had the Challenge listed as a Tic Tac Toe Board so Camilla wouldn't know what we were up too - but we changed the challenge to....

What are little boys made of?

 Now I DO have to apologise to Camilla who made a GORGEOUS card for the original challenge - I hope she forgives us.

Some of the DT have chosen to play with the Tic Tac Toe board too - so feel free to use it too if you like....

We also welcome back our fabulous sponsor 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.

Our wonderful teamie JANNE lives close to Camilla and was in charge of putting together a special present for her from the rest of the MDUC DT. She did an amazing job and created a gorgeous tag for the basket for the challenge...

Lace,sentiment, flowers / pearls, cheese cloth, metal / flowers, metal,dies

And now let's see what the rest of the girls created....

LILLEMOR

 Flowers, metal, dies

DEBBIE P

Sentiment, cheesecloth, frantage

FLEUR

 Flowers, metal, dies

KAREN

Sentiment, cheesecloth, frantage

DEBBIE D

Lace, cheesecloth, dies

JANE

LOUISE

Full house

FRANZ

LORI

SARA

CAMILLA H

(Full house)

YING

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.

Thanks for playing at MDUC! Good luck xx

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Magnolia Down Under Challenge #204 {Kathrin's Choice- Shabby} - Winner and Top 5

The MDUC gals always think I have a tough job writing up the Winner's Post each week but I have to say I love doing it because it means I don't have to VOTE for the winners - LOL! This week was a prime example of WHY I would rather type up a post than vote - it's just soooo hard to narrow it down to only a few votes when the standard of entries is soooo high! I know our DT come up with some amazing inspiration but I have to say you certainly repay us in kind - we love seeing your gorgeous work and it only inspires us to do better each week.

Well with that said the gals DID manage to narrow it down to one winner and this week we'd like to congratulate.....

Elena F{22}

What an amazing beach scene Elena has created here - I love the frantage'd elements and all the little details here - it's like a treasure hunt on a card! If you want to check out more of Elena's gorgeous work you can check out her blog HERE.

Elena 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...

Karina {9}

Dee Dee {31}

Sue W {32}

Barbara GR {44}

Marianne R {49}

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 - it's something a little bit special...

Debbie P and the MDUC DT

xXx

Challenge #204 Kathrin's Choice

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.

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 Kathrin, and her all time favourite theme to follow is

SHABBY

Kathrin

Our guest designer for july is Teresa and here´s her amazing take on this weeks theme. Please give her a  nice welcome by visiting her lovely blog. 

Yulis

Alyce

Tanja

Camilla S.

Fleur

Kat

Janne

Ying

Sara

Franz

KAREN

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.