Midweek Magnolias #8

Candy at the top of my blog!! check it out! 

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G'day my fellow blogger friends! Today is "hump day" and that means it's time for another MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  challenge!!
There were some great entries for our last challenge.....can't wait to see what you create this week for our


ANYTHING GOES/OPEN  challenge!!

OMG!! That's right!
It's an open challenge!
So what have i done!?!
OH BOY!
I've gone an altered a Fruitsations box (there were a ton of fruit flavored gummies in this box at one time) lol....& I've turned it into a donation box for our Village Green Playstructure fund. Where we go to raise awareness about the Playstructure and the need to have a new one at our local park, this box comes too!

 I have used a TON of Magnolias on here, so I am not even going to attempt to name them all. Just enjoy the pictures below!! 

This is the top. I cut an opening in the top flap  and added some soft chipboard pieces & an appropriate sentiment! 

And this is the front of the box in it's completion! 

I have also placed some Maggies on the sides too!! 

I hope you've enjoyed looking at my creation today. I will also be posting it at my alter ego blog The Steel Magnolias!! 

Pls come leave some of the other MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS   some love too!! 

Anne

Suzi

Julie

Vicky

Penni

AJ

Bettina

Becky

Challenges for my altered box- 

Magnolia Down Under- anything but a card

Little Claires- spring

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle- recycle

Just Magnolia- Soft Spring Shades

Creations by Gilli M- photo inspiration (see belwo)

Crafty Sentiments Designs Sponsoring Partytime Tuesdays

Crafty Sentiments Designs is sponsoring PartyTime Tuesdays with a challenge that is:

Anything goes with Kraft! 

I thought I'd get in on the fun and play as a GDT from the CSD DT with these little angels! Aren't they cute. My kraft is the base of the tags as well as the bases of the tickets. 

Rosey is on the tag laying down & Rosey fun time is the red haired girl in the back. 

Tai is my dark skinned girl! 

 The DP are from Micheals and they come in the shape of the tag, I free cut the Kraft behind it. 

All the ticket sentiments are also from Crafty Sentiments Designs. 

Ribbons are a mix of Really Reasonable Ribbons & The Ribbon Carousel! 

Here are some close ups! 

These will make good gift tags for some very special people! 

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget about my candy draw at the top of my blog! 

Take care. 

Challenges for my tags-

Creative Card Crew- use ribbon

Paper & Such- just for the girls

Simon Says Stamp- anything goes

Top Tip Tuesday- anything but a card

{pin}spirational Challenges- photo inspire 

GUESS WHAT>?!!>!>!>!

When I saw the DT call come up for the Crafting Life's Pieces Challenge blog run by the fabulously talented Chelsea, I knew I had to apply. With my fingers crossed (which made crafting very difficult) I sat waiting for the answer when one day it came!! 

I am officially a: 

OMG!! 

I nearly flipped out of my chair when I read Chelsea's e-mail! 

I am so humbled to have been chosen along with all all these other talented ladies: 

Becky

Pops

Sandy

Debbie

Anne

AND let's not forget the vetrans who inspire me DAILY

Bonnie

Elise

Stephanne

Dunja

Eulanda

Tanja

Lori

I'm very excited to be able to show off Chelsea's gorgeous sketches !! 

Stay tuned for my first post on May 1 !! 

Midweek Magnolias #7

Random Draw at my SCENTSY blog for the first 100 followers! 

Woooooooooooo weeeeeeeeeeeeeee it has been a crazy week with working my regular shifts at the hospital in town, then travelling out of town to do some shifts.....one day one place, the next day another place. I sometimes forget where I am! 

THEN I had a HUGE Scentsy party to host for my brand new consultant last night 

AND as you read this I am at the tax office getting our taxes looked after for tax season. 

THEN I have to come home and make supper for my daughter's Drama class!!! 

OMG!! 

All that aside, we have a new challenge over at the MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  !! As well, you want to pop over to see who won last weeks challenge! The entries are all soooooooooooo gorgeous, sometimes it's difficult to narrow it down. 

This week our challenge to you is to:

USE MORE THAN ONE MAGNOLIA CHARACTER

Edwin & Tilda. 

Tilda & Tilda. 

Tilda & her dog. 

The dog and the horse. 

Whatever you wish. 

Here I have used a few different Magnolia stamps. Not just people, but a vehicle and doorway too! 

All on a sidestep card. I always admire how people make them looks so elegant! 

In the front I've used Root Cellar Door & Hello little Butterfly, And in the back I've used Tilda's Summer Car with Tilda holding Daffodil sitting onthe back. 

I've also used a few Magnolia dies including the butterfly, mistltoe, and flowers. My grass was cut off my cricut machine. 

Everything has been colored with my copics. UHHHH..I miss my copics. I've had no time to sit with them lately! :(

The sentiment on the inside is Whimsy. It was actually a freebie that came with an order that I placed with them! OMG right! I know. I love it! Totally summer! 

and now here's a few close ups! 

I will also be posting this card at my alter-ego site The Steel Magnolias !! 

We hope to see some awesome multi=character creations this week from all of our amazing fans! 

MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  

Anne

Suzi

Julie

Vicky

Penni

AJ

Bettina

Becky

Challenges for my card: 
Magnolia Stamp Lovers- butterflies
Creatalicious- butterflies & add some flowers
All That Scraps Challenge- Anything goes
Die Cuttin Divas- garden theme

The Sketchy Challenges - Janine

HALLOW to all my new followers! 

Thanks so much for popping over from the Saturated Canary Challenge blog where you saw my creation featuring the beloved Krista who "morphed into a digi" (to quote Krista) called Dreads are Awesome! I loved making that card!! 

I also loved making this card for today's new challenge at  The Sketchy Challenges ........and you guessed it.....it's another Saturated Canary digi! 

This was one of the digi's that totally popped out at me with Krista's new releases!  I love it that women are in the military & that they can show the men what women are made of. 

To all you women out there.............SALUTE HER......is for you! 

The sketch you must follow is this one: 

And here is my take. 

Colored with copics, used my Tim Holtz papers, with some chipboard stars I distressed and painted with crackle paint & also some of my metallic letters that spell "Salute".....Oh and the "faux dogtag" was a prize I won at work for completing a survey! yay me! 

Her pants.............ah, those pants were fun. I googled some pictures for camouflage and tried my best to color her pants accordingly! I LOVE the way they came out ! 

Hope to see you at The Sketchy Challenges this fortnight!
Take Care!

Challenges for my card:
Craft your days away- metal
Sisterhood of crafters- recycle, reuse, renew- dogtag
Use it Tuesdays- used my Tim Holtz paper I've had forever & metal letters

Midweek Magnolias #6

I just want to say I apologize for being a horrid blogger lately. I have become mildly addicted to "words with friends " on Facebook (anyone want to play, just ask....you'll probly win, cuz I'm not very good, but man is it fun!!! )............and I am also addicted to "Auction Wars Winnipeg".......a site where I can place any unwanted items gathering dust in my house, and people bid on them. So much better than throwing things out! So far I've sold 3 items to people who will actually use these things (a playpen, a cappacino machine & some Stampin' Up stamp sets)!! 

I will be around to check out your blogs soon. I promise!!! 

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Yay!! So happy to see more people finding out MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  Challenge in blogland! If you haven't checked us out yet, you simply much head over and take a look! 

Some really amazing creations for our Homespun challenge last week, but I must remind you..........

YOU CAN ONLY COMBINE WITH 4 OTHER CHALLENGES...with ours makes 5! KAY? Sorry, but rulz are rulz! 

Now this week we have a challenge for you that I'm sure you're going to love! 

MILESTONE BIRTHDAY

Be it a 13th or 18th birthday, 21st, 40th, 50th, 80th, or 100th......

I have gone with a 16th birthday! For my niece who turns 16 this June! How exciting! OMG I'm so old! LOL

I used Congratulations Tilda from Magnolialicious . I colored her with some of my brand spankin' new copics from Oozak (OMG did you see they have a challenge blog now)!!! EEEK! 

I placed her atop of some shiny happy yellow cardstock but did not want to hide it with other papers so stuck to a doily background. 

My sentiment is some of my scrapbooking stickers. 

I used alot of pearls and gems and some of my Really Reasonable Ribbons! 

A bit of bling and VOILA! 

Pls hop over to see this at the Steel Magnolias as well; where I like to post my Magnolia Creations, along with some of my fave friends from blogland! 

And I sure can't wait to see what you create for this weeks challenge at the MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  !! 

Anne

Suzi

Julie

Vicky

Penni

AJ

Bettina

Becky

Challenges for my card: 

Oozak Blog- anything goes (creation #3)
Magnolia-licious Challenge blog- photo inspire (see below)

Crafty Sentiments Designs Monthly Challenge

Happy Birthday to my daughter, Happy Birthday to my daughter! 

My daughter Hannah turned 11 yrs old yesterday, April 9! 

Wow.....11 yrs have passed. I have watched my baby grow and grow and grow and now she is almost as tall as me. She has taken over my ice skates and my spring jacket. She is not physically my baby anymore, but she will always be my baby in my heart! 

We went to the big city on April 7 to celebrate her 'party'. She took a friend. ONE friend. And I carted them to go shopping, swimming and to a movie! 

They had a blast! 

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Today brings us a new challenge at  Crafty Sentiments Designs Monthly Challenge Blog!
Our theme this month is very appropriate for the season being 

SPRING

I've used one of the new releases from the Crafty Sentiments Designs Store called My Best Friend. In fact, I think he is available for purchase TODAY along with all the other new releases! 

Colored with copics. 

I used my Whimsy flag die and mini postage stamp die; 

as well as some of my block letters and puppy dog ribbon! 

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Funny story about this little fella, I colored this stamp while in the backseat of my van after it broke down on the side of a Major Highway last week ! Grrr....there I was driving along when all of a sudden the  van started to slow down despite me pressing on the gas, then it started to buck.....I had just enough steering left to get me to the side of the road before it went KAPUTS! 

So I called CAA, didn't know exactly where I was, so I pulled out the binoculars (yes we have binoculars in our van) and read the big green sign ahead of me, that said "Elie. Ste. Agathe"......PHEW.....a landmark! 

Then I realized the battery on my phone was dying, so I went to plug it into my laptop, and low and behold my laptop battery had 5% life left!! ACK!! 

NOTE TO SELF: charge phone and laptop before taking on a 4 hr ride! 

So I climbed into the back seat of my now freezing van and got out my copics! 

HOW FUN! 

Thank so much for stopping by today and hope to see you at the MONTHLY challenge as well as the Crafty Sentiments Designs Weekly Challenge !! 

Challenges for my card: 

Cards for Men- spring colors

CLP Challenge- sketch

RELEASE- at Crafty Sentiments Designs

Good morning, another exciting day with the DT showcasing another new stamp release. We are half way through our week of previews of our new release 


Spring Stamps Collection 


Today I am  showing you Butterflies and Flowers. 

Oh I had fun with this one. Using some of my swirly dies and putting her on a scallop shape! And yes, putting pearls on her polka-dotted top!! EEK! CUTE! and my wee butterfly punch got put to use again! 

For my ribbons I combined a brown satin and blue wrinkled....to create this layered effect! 

{{This week we are showcasing a different stamp each day from our new collection that will be released on the 10th April

A lucky winner will win 3 of these fab new stamps

To Enter to Win:

Please comment on Each 

of our new releases over the 6 days 

make sure you comment on each new post, we will be checking}}

Challenge for my card: 

365 cards- freedom

Totally Papercrafts- ribbon, blue & pearls

Crafting When we can- things with wings

Crafty Sentiments Release Day Two

Good morning, Welcome to Release Day 2 where the we have  Weekly and  Monthly DT's as well as some guests are showing off Previews of the new Crafty Sentiment Designs.......

  SPRING STAMPS

""This week we will be showcasing a different stamp each day from our new collection that will be released on the 10th April

A lucky winner will win 3 of these fab new stamps

To Enter to Win:

Please comment on Each 

of our new releases over the next 6 days 

make sure you comment on each new post, we will be checking""

Today we are previewing Dr. Tobey!!
Isn't he so cute! 
I used 3 different fonts for my sentiment and used my circles embossing folder for the background. 

Stay tuned for more previews over the next few days. 

Please visit our weekly challenge blog too for more inspirations.....

Challenges for my card: 

Desert Island Crafts- no glitter, masculine, suitable for a child under 10

OoZak- anything goes

Joanna Sheen-it`s a mans world

Midweek Magnolias #5

**PLS hop over to my brand new SCENTSY blog......if you are one of the first 100 followers, you will have a chance to win a little something from me**

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This week at the MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  Challenge we have something a little different for you.

But before we get to that I must tell you that we have a BRAND NEW Midweek Magnolia joining out team.....who's name is BECKY!!!! YAY!! Pls hop over and give her a big warm welcome! 

Our Challenge to you- should you choose to accept it, is  to use the theme

HOMESPUN to inspire you!! 

What the heck is homespun right? Well, I certainly was stuck, then I googled it and realized it is a cross between my grandmas homemade quilts and an eclectic feel! We have some photos over at the challenge blog to help you with your quest! 

I've colored Tilda & Edwin with watercolors. Deep Rick Watercolors.....lol.....obviously I need more practice. I placed them upon a Magnolia Tag Die that I cut out 3 times and placed unevenly atop each other. The ribbons are misc. recycled from a tag a previous fellow DT member sent me......and the sentiment is ALSO recycled off of a card from my dear LORI! I save all the good parts from my crafty gifts! 

The wee 'pocket full of posies" flowers are from Linda's previous etsy store.....which is now located HERE on Zibbet. Overall I am pleased with how my homespun creation came together! 

I will also be posting this creation over at the Steel Magnolias blog!

I hope to see your HOMESPUN creations over at the MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  challenge this week! WooHoo! 

Come meet the other Midweekers as well: 

Anne

Suzi

Julie

Vicky

Penni

AJ
Becky
Bettina

Challenges for my tag:
Flutterby Wednesday- open
Anything goes- anything goes
Simon Says Stamp- favorite tool (cuttlebug)
Diva's by Design- anything goes
Frilly & Funkie- I'll take your word for it (ok maybe not center stage but I HAD to play along with this creation) LOL

Sunday Share at: Frilly & Funky- must use items from Funkie Junkie Boutique or Etsy Store

The Sketchy Challenges- Chantals Sketch

Hello everyone! I'd first like to say a sad farewell to a couple followers....one day there's 850, the next day there's 847! Good riddens!! LOL (of course I'm joking), but seriously....how does one find out who left their blog? Will they return when there's candy? Hmmmm.....interesting. 

Next I'd like to introduce you to Dreads are Awesome by Saturated Canary, who is sponsoring this week's challenge at The Sketchy Challenges. 

When we were told we could choose a digi from Kristas's store, I immediately knew which one and wanted to use and this was NOT it! BWahhaa!! But I did fall madly in love with this image as well. Totally Krista!! 

Hope I've done you proud girl! 

I've gone "homespun"......remember that word....you will need it for a future challenge I will be posting here! Dont know what it means.....google it! I had to ! LOL

The pink & brown flower ribbon I've had FOREVA! And of course I had to use my wee butterfly punch, oh how I missed you butterfly punch! 

My letters "hi" are little metal blocks! 

Sure hope to see what you create with Chantals sketch for  The Sketchy Challenges. 

Challenges for my card:

Saturated Canary- thinking of you
Bunny Zoes- shabby chic/vintage
There She Goes- metal embellishment
Crafting when we can- things with wings
OoZak blog- anything goes
Paper Makeup- tic tac toe (see below)
I got pink, sparkle, & lace


For your inspiration-photo inspire (see below)

Let's Ink It Up- April

Can you tell that my pictures look better today?

My camera died....just shut off one day and wouldn't turn back on. Done! 

So hubby went to get me his camera he used for work (he switched to using his iPhone) and I am using that camera now! It is GREAT! I love how it makes the cards look so much brighter! 

 Anyways, let 's get to it shall we......at the Let's Ink It Up Monthly Challenge Blog for the month of April we have a challenge that we hope will not be too:

DISTRESSING! 

REMEMBER: You must use rubber stamps here at Let's Ink It Up! 

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So today I've used one of my ODD Girls, Photo Kaylee . I used a mixture of Basic Grey papers and did alot of sponging, crumpling, spritzing, distressing of edges, & painting with crackle paint . I also went with a purple, meets yellow & green type of theme. What's that all about !??


See the shape behind Kaylee, well it's one my rectangle nesties that I embossed then took my cropadile to, to make the little holes in each scallop along all edges. Neat hey?

Thanks so much for stopping by today. 

And I hope to see you at the Let's Ink It Up challenge this month! 

Challenges for my card: 

CMC Copic Challenge- spring pretties
Little Claires- spring colors
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle- spring
Crafty Purple Frog- anything goes