December Magnolia-licious DT Sketch!!

Happy December Magnolia Friends!!  This is sure to be a fabulous holly, jolly season and I'm so excited to see everyone pulling out their festive Holiday Magnolia Stamps.  This is my absolute favorite time of the year, I enjoy everything about the Holiday Season!!

So this month our host is the very talented Cheryl Rowley & she has challenged us this month to create cards that are anything BUT a square or rectangle.  So that means any other shaped card will work for this challenge!!  Lots of fun & creative shapes to use, so get your creative juices flowing & join in with us on the fun!!  And the DT has some fun & fabulous samples below for you to be inspired by (more to come)!!

To Enter Challenge:

-Create a card that is any shape other than a rectangle or square!!
-Upload your projects in the comment section on this post ONLY by December 31st!!

What Can You Win:

-A $10 Gift Certificate to the Magnolia-licious Store!!

by Cheryl Rowley

by Claudia Rosa

by Jacque Beddingfield

by Suzanne J Dean

by Kerry Donovan-Casey

created by Sharon Caudle

hugz,

Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

Accessories Make the Card BLOG HOP!!

Winner of this Challenge is.......

Charlene of ScrappyGma's Place

Happy Monday Magnolia Fans & Friends!  Today the Magnolia-licious DT has a fun & fabulous BLOG HOP for you called "Accessories Make the Card"!!  What does that mean you ask?  Well the cards & projects ONLY use Magnolia Accessory stamps--NO Tildas, Edwins, Large Animals or Snowmen!!  We hope you'll take a moment to hop around to see all the fabulous projects & hope you're inspired to use those Accessory stamps to good use!!

Blog Hop Order:

-Jacque
-Suzanne
-Kerry
-Sharon
-Cheryl

Want to Play Along?

-Load your "Accessory Only" Cards here on this post ONLY in the Comment Section by Monday, Nov. 23rd!!
-One lucky participant will WIN (2) Accessory Stamps of their choice from Magnolia-licious!!

Have fun!

hugz,

Suzanne, Diana, and the Magnolia-licious DT
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November Magnolia-licious DT Sketch!

Hello Magnolia Friends! It's a new month so that means a new, fun challenge sketch by the Magnolia-licious DT! This month DT gal Kerry Donovan-Casey designed this fun sketch for us!

We hope you'll join us in making a project using the below sketch and if you do, please upload your project here on this post (only) in the comment section. One lucky participant will win a FREE STAMP from Magnolia-licious courtesy of Diana Crick--so all you have to do is participate & upload by the last day of the month to enter!! Happy Stamping!

(more DT projects soon to come)

by Kerry Donovan-Casey

by Suzanne J Dean


by Cheryl Rowley

by Sharon Caudle

by Jacque Beddingfield

by Becca Feeken

hugz,
Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

Winners!

Happy 1st Day of November Magnolia Friends!! Thanks to everyone who participated in the challenges we had in October. The Easel and CAS cards that came in were all simply divine and gorgeously done! I hope they inspired you just a bit and maybe pushed you out of that comfort zone we all seem to get in sometimes! I'm so happy that so many of you liked the Easel Template & participated--aren't they fun to do?!!

So below are the 2 winners of both the October Sketch (easel card) and the Clean & Simple Card Contest!!

Winner of the "Clean & Simple" Card Contest is..........Sue of Sue's Sentiments!!
Thanks so much for playing---let Diana know which stamp you'd like as your prize!!


Winner of the October Sketch Challenge (Easel Card) is..........Norma of From My Craft Room
Let Diana know what stamp you'd like for your prize as well!

hugz,
Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

A Clean & Simple Blog Hop

Hiya Magnolia-licious Friends! Today the DT has a fabulously fun BLOG HOP for ya and the theme is "CLEAN & SIMPLE" cards! This was a definite challenge for me since I love lots of layers and embellies, but these cards are so elegant & can have such a fabulous impact that I really enjoyed creating them, as I'm sure the DT did too!

Here are some definitions for CAS cards (clean & simple) but by no means are these the only ones to follow, just suggestions! Splitcoast Stampers has a fabulous CAS gallery as well for you to get some inspiration from (just search the gallery using the keyword "CAS")!

-less than 3 layers
-uncluttered and lots of white space (so there is only one focal point)
-simple embellishments and simple in design
-can be mass produced easily

Now to start the Hop today our first gal up is the talented Kerry Casey-Donovan and then follow along with the gals below:


-Kerry
-Becca
-Cheryl
-Sharon
-Suzanne

We'd love to have you all join in the fun with us as well!

**So if you create a fabulous Clean & Simple card using your Magnolia stamps, make sure and leave a comment on this post with a link! (must be a new card created)

**I will put all the participants into a slideshow so you can see all the fabulous projects!

**And one lucky participant will win a FREE STAMP courtesy of Diana from Magnolia-licious!!

You have until next Friday, October 30th (by midnight EST) to upload your projects!!

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

SLIDESHOW of Participants!

hugz,
Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

October Magnolia-licious DT Sketch!

Happy October 1st everyone! Since it's the first of the month that means it's time for the Magnolia-licious DT Sketch! This month it was my turn (Suzanne, hee hee) to come up with it, and I decided instead of a traditional sketch we'd use a fun template.

This Easel Card Template that you can find HERE is quick & easy to use and such a fun way to present a card! I easily switched my dimensions to a 5.5" square so if you want to make it bigger than the template--go right ahead!!
And JUST FOR FUN, as a TWIST (totally optional) you can make your card Monochromatic (all tones of one color)!!

This is a direct link to the template HERE! This is a direct link to the instructions HERE!
**NOTE--I will add a picture step by step tutorial slideshow for you on Friday! **

Now if you wanna join in on the fun, because you have allllll month to do so--upload your card here in the comment section so we can all see (I will try and get them in a slideshow for ya too) and for a chance to win a stamp of your choice from Magnolia-licious!

Measurements for Easel Card:
-for a 5x5" square (1 pc of cs at 5x10" & scored at 2.5" & 5", 1 pc cs at 5x5")
-for a 5.5" square (1 pc of cs at 5.5x11" & scored at 2.75" & 5.5", 1 pc cs at 5.5x5.5")
-for a 6x6" square (1 pc of cs at 6x12" & scored at 3" & 6", 1 pc cs at 6x6")

Directions for Easel Card: (click on slideshow to make larger)


Now scroll down to see all the fabulous DT's Easel Cards (they will be added as they come in)!! I added an extra picture of mine so you could see how the easel looks from the side--pretty cool!!

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by Suzanne J Dean


by Becca Feeken


"My Monochromatic Version" by Suzanne J Dean


by Jacque Beddingfield


by Kerry Donovan-Casey


by Cheryl Rowley


by Sharon Caudle


by Kerry Donovan-Casey


by Jacque Beddingfield

hugz,
Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

World Card Making Day!!

**Direct Link to the Challenge HERE!!***

Hello Magnolia Friends!! If you don't know already, Saturday, October 3rd is World Card Making Day! And what fun it's going to be over at SplitCoastStampers--they are having challenges & prizes all day long!!

Diana is sponsoring a challenge for Magnolia-licious at 3 pm (EST) that will feature a fun challenge and some great prizes as well.

I (Suzanne, hee hee) will be there running the challenge & chatting with everyone that would like to stop by. There might be some other DT gals there as well as Diana, so if you wanna stop by & chat and participate we'd love to have you! It's sure to be a FUN TIME!!

The Official Link to the SCS Challenge Thread for World Card Making Day is HERE (which will be up & running on the 3rd)

(challenge deadlines will be Oct. 4th at midnite EST)

Hope to see ya there!
hugz,
Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT Gals

Magnolia-licious DT September Sketch Project!!

Winner of the Halloween/Fall Blog Hop Challenge is:
"Debbie F" of Teddy Bears Craft
Congrat's Debbie! You won a $10 gift certificate & one fall Magnolia stamp of your choice! Contact Diana to let her know what you would like!
Thanks to everyone for your fabulous projects--they were all Spooktabulous!
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Hi friends & Welcome to the Magnolia-licious DT September Sketch Project!! It was Diana's turn to come up with a sketch & she decided that it would be fun to do a project instead of the traditional sketch. Diana picked this fabulous project "Accordian Mini-File" created by the very talented Valerie Stangle for us to use this month! So the DT all created these fun Mini Files for you and we hope you'll join in too cuz' there is a fabulous prize to be won!

What You Can Win:
-A $25 Gift Certificate to Magnolia-licious (wow--that's a few Maggie stamps for ya)

How to Play:
-Create your own version of the Accordian Mini File--Directions for it HERE
-Upload your creations here on this post (in comments) by September 30th

Now go get your scissors & paper out & get creating!!

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by Suzanne J Dean

by Kerry Donovan Casey

by Sharon Caudle

by Jacque Beddingfield


by Cheryl Rowley

by Becca Feeken

hugz,
Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

Tricks-n-Treats Blog Hop!!

Tricks-n-Treats Magnolia-licious DT Blog Hop!!

Today the Magnolia-licious DT has a frightfully fun Blog Hop for ya! The DT has all used Fall Magnolia stamps (available at Magnolia-licious of course) and also have done a coordinating Scor-Pal project to go along with it! And some of us MIGHT even be giving those projects away on our blogs--so you'll have to hop along to see!!

The Blog Hop starts with the fantastically talented Cheryl Rowley & ends back here! So have some trick-n-treatin' fun hoppin' around today & we hope you will be inspired by all the Fall projects! (if you get lost along the way, head back here to click on the DT blogs in the sidebar)

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If you decide to join in on the fun & participate with your own projects and upload it here on this post (in the comment section) you could win! PROJECTS MUST BE CREATED THIS MONTH ONLY (no past projects please)!


What can ya win? A fabulous $10 gift certificate to Magnolia-licious along with a fall stamp of your choice!!


How to win? Just upload your projects here on this post in the comments section with a direct link to your projects (must be a card & a matching project/favor/gift) by Aug. 31st at midnite EST! One winner will be chosen by random

All projects will be uploaded to a slideshow here on this post as well so everyone can see all of your fabulous work!!

Have fun!
Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT


Challenge Participants Slide Show

August DT SKETCH!!

Magnolia-licious DT August Sketch!

Hi everyone! Can you believe it's August already? Where oh where does the time go, hee hee! This month's Magnolia-licious DT sketch is by the very talented Becca Feeken--looks fun huh? I will have more DT cards up as soon as they come in.

If you make a card using this sketch please link it here on this post---I'm going to do a slideshow of everyone's cards as they come in on this post for everyone to ooooh & ahhhhh over, 'kay!!!

And you can win too!!

Diana is giving away 2 prizes this time!!
(1) random participant and
(1) winner will win for "thinking outside the box"!!
Now go get creative & post your creations in the comment section!!

by Becca Feeken

by Sharon Caudle

by Suzanne J Dean

by Jacque Beddingfield

by Cheryl Rowley

by Kerry Donovan-Casey

hugz,
Suzanne & the Magnolia-licious DT

Sketch Challenge Participants

A Magnolia-licious Christmas in July Challenge!!

***WINNER IS Charlene of "Scrappy GMA's Place"--congratulations!!**

Email Diana with your 3 holiday stamp choices & email me at sjdean@smartneighborhood.net with your address please!!
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Happy Monday friends & welcome to the Magnolia-licious DT "Christmas in July" Challenge. Nothing like some holly jolly holiday projects in the middle of summer, right--but always fun! So below are the DT's fabulous Holiday Cards for you to be inspired by and the details for our super fun challenge! So break out those holiday tunes & glittered snowflakes & red/green papers and join in the fun!! And make sure and stop by the Magnolia-licious store to order your holiday cuties too!!

(Winners of the Edwin Challenge at bottom of this post)

Details:

** Create a festive Christmas card using a Magnolia stamp (card must be one that you have made this month ONLY--no repeats from the past holiday season okay!!)

** Upload your card with a link to the comment section on this post ONLY by July 31st!!

** One lucky winner (chosen by random on August 1st) will win 3 holiday stamps of their choice from Magnolia-licious & a lil' Christmas goodie bundle!!

by Sharon Caudle

by Suzanne J Dean

by Kerry Donovan-Casey

by Cheryl Rowley

by Becca Feeken

by Jacque Beddingfield

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Congrats to Winner #1 Jeanette of "Happy Thoughts & Inkspots"!!
and
Congrats to Winner #2 Pam S. of "Expressions with Heart"!!

You lucky ladies have each won a $10 gift certificate to Magnolia-licious to spend!! Thanks to everyone who participated in the "Edwin" challenge--all your cards were fabulous! Glad to see lil' Edwin shine!!

"Edwin" Themed BLOG HOP!!

Hello Magnolia friends & Happy Friday! Today the DT has a fun "Edwin" (boy) themed BLOG HOP for you today! Most of us struggle to create boy themed cards so the DT thought it would be fun to make only Edwin cards for you to take some inspiration from!!

The blog hop starts off this time with DT sistah' Jacque & finishes with me, Suzanne. So make sure & hop along to see all the fabulous boy creations by the entire DT that hopefully will inspire you & give you some ideas for the "boys" in your life!!

And if you are sooo inspired & would like to join in the fun, there are 2 $10 gift certificates to Magnolia-licious up for grabs for playing along! All you need to do is create an "Edwin" project and link it here in the comments section so we can all see!! You have until July 25th to get your projects in to win!! The DT wanted to give away 2 great prizes to you all for being such a fun & supportive group here & hopping around with us today!!

hugz,
Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

**PS--Mr. Linky is having issues that hopefully will be resolved soon; so just leave a link in the comment section with your project for the blog hop & the monthly sketch! Thanks so much!!"

July Magnolia-licious DT Sketch

Hello everyone & Happy July 1st! My the summer is flying by fast isn't it? Below is the July Magnolia-licious DT sketch created by the wonderfully talented Jacque! I will be adding more DT creations as they come in so make sure and check in for lots of beautiful inspiration. And you can link your project below using Mr. Linky! Have fun!

by Sharon Caudle

by Jacque Beddingfield
by Becca Feeken

by Cheryl Rowley

by Suzy Haghighi

by Kerry Donovan Casey

hugz,
Suzanne Dean & the Magnolia-licious DT