SCMC: Winter - Not A Card

Challenge #22: Winter - Not a Card

Welcome back Magnolia fans!!

Make sure to scroll down for the winner of the last challenge.

The rules for our challenges are:

~ Each Challenge has a Seasonal Theme as well as a standard challenge. You must comply with both themes to enter the challenge.

~ You must use a Magnolia stamp to enter the challenges.

~ You are welcome to combine your card with as many other challenges as you wish.

~ No back linking - your entry must be a new creation.

~ You must be a follower of the challenge blog to enter the challenges.

~ You must include a link to our challenges within your entry post.

Failure to follow the rules of the challenges will result in your entry being deleted from the challenge.

Challenge #22:
Winter-Not a Card
Use a Winter Themed image and create anything other than a card

What do we consider a Winter image?:

Cold, Snow, Christmas, New Year's/Celebrations. Colors are: Red, Green, Gold, white, blue, etc...

Prize:

Stamp and Create carries a wide range of Magnolia stamps at some of the lowest prices!

For my take on this challenge, I decorated a paper bag.

 I used the following for this paper bag.

Tilda with Saffron Buns from Magnolia A Christmas Story Collection 2012

Magnolia DooHickey Dies: Leaf and Swirl, Spruce Twig, Wave Tag

We hope you can join us for the next 2 weeks in our Challenge.

Link up your creations. We can't wait to see what you make!

Have a great weekend!

Stamp and Create with Magnolia: Christmas in July

Merry July Christmas!
We are having a Christmas in July Challenge at

Stamp and Create with Magnolia

As I was going through my Christmas papers, I came across one of Magnolia's Designer paper and I thought it was perfect for the image.
The image I used is Tilda with Little Rudolf from the A Christmas Story Collection 2012 and I colored her around January this year. Now she is finally in a card.

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The Flower are from Wild Orchid Crafts

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Now it is your turn. Link up your Christmas creations for a chance to win!

Prize:

 For more inspiration, pop over to
Stamp and Create with Magnolia

Thanks for dropping by today.  Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
 

TIlda's Town: Christmas in February

Hiya! I can't believe it's the last Friday of February! Where did the rest of the days go? 

Anyway, my card for today is a Christmas card. Yes, a Christmas card!

Once a month at Tilda's Town we will have a Christmas themed challenge. It's actually a nice way to start with your Christmas cards early.

So this week's challenge is CHRISTMAS!

I used Snowy Tilda from the Christmas Story Collection 2012.

Close up

The inside of the card has the same sketch / layout as the front.

DP: Echo Park
Medium: Distress Ink
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment/Die: Whimsy Stamp

We can't wait to see what you create. Link up your cards and don't forget to link back to us.
Visit Tilda's Town to see more inspirations from my teammates.

Tilda's Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda's Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at www.tildastown.com and live the magic. 

Have a great weekend!

Tilda's Town: Celebrate

It's Friday once again and we have a new Challenge at Tilda's Town

CELEBRATE!

This is gonna be one easy challenge for all of us! What is there to celebrate? 

Birthdays, Anniversaries,  Love, and so much more!

Here's my take for this week's challenge.  I used New Year Tilda and colored her with DI's

Here's a closer look!

You might have noticed that in most of my cards, I have layered papers that comes the DP collection I use. I love getting the effect of papers layered. And to matte each piece, I used

PERFECT LAYERING RULERS
to achieve those even borders around the card.
PAM, our DT coordinator is the ambassador for PLR so if you enter the code Sparks5% at check out, you get a 5% discount!

 

Now, it's your turn turn to create your "CELEBRATE" card and link it up to Tilda's Town Challenges for chance to win $10 GC to spend at the store.

Tilda's Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda's Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at www.tildastown.com and live the magic. 

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Thanks for stopping by and I do appreciate it every time you do!
Have a safe weekend!

Hugs,
Mae

S&C Magnolia Challenge #1 Winter Blues

Hi Magnolia lovers! Today, we want to bring to you a new Magnolia Challenge!
Stamp and Create now has it's own Magnolia Challenge and  today is our kick off!
 Our first Challenge Theme is:

Winter Blues

We want to see a winter card with a touch a of the color blue.

For my first DT card, I used Tilda in the Mountains and colored her with Distress Ink Reinkers.

The DP is from My Little Yellow Bicycle called Winterings!  The first time I saw this  collection (it was at the Summer CHA 2012) I knew I just have to have it! The shades of blue and brown/beige are perfect!

Here's a closer look at Tilda.

The inside of the card.

Supplies used:
MLYB Winterings paper
DooHickeys: Christmas Lace, Sprawling Fern
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Liquid Applique
 Metal corner, seam binding (my stash)

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Now it's your turn! We can't wait to see what you create!

Let it Snow at Tilda's Town

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! 

How many inches of snow do you have? For us here in Chicago, there is no sign of snow! Yes, I miss the snow! Not the shoveling and all that good stuff... just the snow!

At Tilda's Town this week, our challenge theme is:

LET IT SNOW!!!

My card today is simple one. I used the Old Swedish Church from A Christmas Story 2012 Collection  and I inked it up with Distress Ink Reinkers. I used some Liquid Applique and Stickles for the snow. I added a few Spruce trees and a pice of string to finish it off!

 

And I also used
PERFECT LAYERING RULERS
to achieve those even borders around the card.
PAM, our DT coordinator is the ambassador for PLR so if you enter the code Sparks5% at check out, you get a 5% discount!

 

OK, here's a last look at the Old Swedish Church!

Now, it's your turn turn to create your "Let it Snow" card and link it up to Tilda's Town Challenges for chance to win $10 GC to spend at the store.

Tilda's Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda's Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at www.tildastown.com and live the magic. 

Tilda's Town: Happy New Year

We have a few more days left of 2012. And as we wrap up the year, we also look forward to the coming year. At Tilda's Town we have a new Challenge to welcome 2013. Our theme is

HAPPY NEW YEAR

For my DT card, I made a side-step card and I used New Year Edwin and colored him with DI's. I also used the Flag and the Wedding Vintage Tag DooHickeys

Other supplies used: 

Spellbinder Nestabilities

MME Lime Twist Out of the Blue

LOTV Greeting Postmarks

Paper Doily

Wild Orchid Craft Flowers

Denim Button

Lace, ribbon, string

Now it's your turn. Link up your New Year creations and share it with us at Tilda’s Town Challenge for a chance to win $10 GC  at

Tilda's Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda's Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at www.tildastown.com and live the magic. 

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And before I forget, today is also my turn to open Shutter #28 of the Magnolia Advent Calendar. So if you drop by my Magnolia Blog and leave a comment there, you get a chance to win a beautiful prize directly from Magnolia Sweden.

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Have a great weekend!

Edwin Christmas Card

As I promised, I have another card to share today and once again it's blue! 

This time I used Edwin with Windling Fern from the Christmas Story Collection and I colored him with  Copic Sketch Markers.

The beautiful flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

 
A closer look at Edwin.

Challenges:

Midweek Magnolia: Home for the Holidays

Copic Marker Europe: A Christmas Card

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See you again tomorrow (or later today) for another Christmas Card!

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Stamp and Create card and some announcements.

Hi everyone! This is a very late post.  We just came back from a weekend with friends in Richmond, VA and Washington, DC and I'm still catching up with my posting.

I made this card for Stamp And Create and the details are below. 

I used Tilda with Tag Gifts and Merry Christmas text stamp, both from Magnolia's A Christmas Story Collection. The designer paper is from Mistletoe Paper Pad by Bo Bunny.  A 1 1/4" Celery Silk Ribbon tied using  the Bow Easy was added to finish the card.

We have a few announcements....

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Card Drive:

There is still a week to send cards for the Missions Trip - 

with a chance to win a gift certificate to Stamp and Create. 

You can find details here. 

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DT Call:

The DT Call is also still open. 

You can find details about the DT Call here. 

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Shipping:

The Holiday Shipping Season is in full swing. There are long lines at the Post Office and orders may take longer to arrive this time of year. 

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Holiday Closure:

From Dec 24-Jan 3rd, Stamp and Create will be closed for shipping:

Orders placed after 7am EST Monday, December 24th will NOT ship out until Jan 4th or 5th.

 

 

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Everything at least 15% off at Stamp and Create. 

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Magnolia Sale! Most stamps 25% off - many are 35% off!!

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Most Christmas designs 25% off

Tilda's Town Challenge & New DTs

Hi there friends! It's Friday once again and I know every body if looking forward to the weekend, to spend time with family and of course do some crafting.

Today at Tilda's Town, we have another challenge for this week and also we want to welcome some new DTs! We are so glad to have them on board.

Louise

Carla

Gro

Riet

Franz

JayJay

Diana

Christa

Now for our new challenge, our theme is

ANYTHING GOES

 For a chance to win a $15 Gift Certificate to Tilda’s Town online Magnolia store, link up  your Magnolia creation and don't forget to link back to us.

Tilda's Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda's Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at www.tildastown.com and live the magic.

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For my DT card, I used Tilda with Long Hair from the Christmas Story 2012 Collection and I colored the image with Copic Sketch Markers and I stamped the image on MIC Blending card. 

Up close

 Copic Recipe:

Skin: E0000, 000, 00, 11, 21 (chalk for cheeks)

Hair: E37, 35, 51

Hat/Tunic: BG78, 75, 72, 70

Hat lining/ Leggings: W3, 2, 1, 0

Shoes/ Belt: W8, 7, 6, 5, 4

Bell: YR23, Y17, 15, W5, 3

gift: R39, 37, 35, 32, E43, 42, 41, 40

Shadows: E43, 42, 41, BG70, B0000

DP is MLYB: Winter Twig

The pull out tag and the sentiment inside is  from CCDesign AmyR

Ribbons, lace, charms/bells and seam binding are all from my stash.

 

Thank you so much for dropping by today! 

Have a great weekend!

Hugs,

Mae

Winter Weather at Tilda's Town

It's the first weekend of November and boy...it surely feels like Christmas already.
We have a new challenge at Tilda's Town and this time our theme is:

Winter Weather

My DT card for this week features Jingle Jangle Tilda from the latest collection A Christmas Story. I colored her with Distress Ink Reinkers. I made 3 Snowy Pine/Spruce Trees to show a snowy weather. A tutorial for the trees can be found HERE

Please pop over to Tilda's Town to see more inspiration for this week's challenge.

Challenges:
Midweek Magnolias: Anything Goes
CSAYL: Anything Goes
Stampin' for the Weekend: Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons: Christmas
Marvelous Magnolia: Anything Goes

Thank you for dropping by and have a great weekend!