Friday, April 1, 2011

April Sketch Challenge!

April Fools Everyone!  No fooling here as we have the latest DT Challenge for you for April.  Is it Spring yet?  Seems like some of us are STILL getting snow--blech---let's bring on the warm weather please!

**Make sure to see the post below this or click HERE to see the details on the
Easter-Spring Extravaganza Contest
Not too much longer to enter this challenge for some HUGE PRIZES! 
You do not want to miss out!**


Winner of the March DT Sketch Challenge is:

#32  Teresa Manchas (Catz)
Here are your random numbers:
32
Timestamp: 2011-04-01 02:06:34 UTC

Please email Diana at ladydian@shaw.ca and let her know
you won the March Challenge $20 Gift Certificate--congrats!


APRIL CHALLENGE

Our hostess this month is the wonderful Sharon Caudle and she has challenged us to use BOTH Tilda & Edwin on our projects this time.  Poor Edwin gets shortchanged sometimes so now is your chance to bring him out and be seen with Tilda.  You can use your large or mini Magnolia stamps for this challenge!

 HOW TO PLAY:

-Enter Your project into the link system below with a project that includes BOTH an EDWIN & TILDA on it!
-Link projects by April 30th, 2011 to enter

HOW TO WIN:

-One Winner will win (1) One Tilda Stamp and (1) One Edwin Stamp of their choice from Magnolia-licious

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Below is some DT Inspiration to get your crafty juices flowing!  
There will be a few more added by Tuesday as well so check back!














by Cheryl Rowley



by Patti Jo Skogquist





Hugz,
Suzanne, Diana & The Magnolia-licious DT



Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Easter-Spring Extravaganza Contest!!


Magnolia-licious Easter-Spring Extravaganza Contest
Contest is NOW CLOSED (see below for winners) 


Winners:
Happy May 1st everyone...
The votes have been tabulated and I am thrilled to announce the winners of our Easter Extravaganza Contest. All have won shopping sprees at Magnolia-licious.Could all of the winners please contact Diana at magnolia.us@shaw.ca with Easter Contest Winner in the Subject line. A HUGE thank you to everyone who took part. ALL OF THE ENTRIES WERE FABULOUS.
Grand Prize Winner Winner of the Grand Caliber Machine is
#204 Rosemary Bridges Rosemary's Creations


Category #1--  Full size Magnolia images on an Easter/Spring Themed Card

1st Prize: $150.00 - #176 Wilma Zengotita of The Busy Lady Bug
2nd Prize : $75.00 - #230 Ruby M. of And That's All She Wrote

Category #2--  "Magnolia Minis Only" on an Easter/Spring Theme Card 1st prize; $150.00 -  #105  Lori of JustDucky 
2nd Prize: $75.00 - #189 Cathy Lee of Cathy's Creative Place
 
Category #3--  Any Magnolia Easter/Spring Project, anything BUT a card
1st Prize $150.00 - #187 Teri of Spunky & Tadpole 
2nd Prize $75.00 - #111 Ashlee Bellinger of Ashlee's Creations
Category #4--  Mix BOTH a Mini and Large Magnolia Stamp
#185 Becca Fabozzi  of Becca's Crafty Corner 

Five Random $25.00 Shopping Sprees
- Random Integer
195 163 88 51 48

#195 Tiara Dreamin Of Paradise

#163 Eulanda Cards and more Cards                         

#88 Frances R Be Creative, Be You

#51 Catz Scrap This
#48 Lo Lo  Lo lo's Craft Corner

Happy March all you Magnolia Friends!  Yes Spring is finally on it’s way and we want you to celebrate the Spring Season with us!  Magnolia-licious is having a fabulous EASTER-SPRING EXTRAVAGANZA CONTEST that you will NOT want to miss out on.  The prizes will make you sing “spring” all day long and you can use all of those magnificently cute Magnolia Spring/Easter Images on your creations. 
The winners will be chosen by VOTING this time---so there will be a voting poll for each project entered and the top votes will be the winners based on the rules below.  Make sure to follow the directions correctly or you will be disqualified and not entered to win any of the challenges.
Both the Magnolia-licious DT and the Challenge DT will be providing inspiration for you during the contest to keep you motivated and playing along so stay tuned for those projects!  A Blog Hop for the DT’s will be on March 21st!
All the Contest Details are below for you---if you have any questions about the contest please email Suzanne at (sjdean@smartneighborhood.net  )

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BLOG CONTEST DETAILS
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Contest Details—How To Play:
Three Categories (you may do ONE PROJECT for each category)

#1--  Full size Magnolia images on an Easter/Spring Themed Card
#2--  "Magnolia Minis Only" on an Easter/Spring Theme Card
#3--  Any Magnolia Easter/Spring Project, anything BUT a card
#4--  Mix BOTH a Mini and Large Magnolia Stamp(s) on your project
CONTEST DEADLINE:  projects must be uploaded by 11 pm EST on April 19th!! Winners will be announced on May 1st, 2011.

First prize for each category (4 in total) - $150.00 Gift Certificate to the Magnolia-licious Store
Second Prize for each category (4 in total) - $75.00 Gift Certificate to the Magnolia-licious Store
Random prizes chosen by Diana will receive $25.00 Gift Certificates

RULES:

-You may enter EACH category ONLY ONCE!
-You MUST USE at least one Magnolia image on your project

-Link your image to Magnolia-licious Store if you can in your post
-Place a direct link below in the InLinkz system.  If you do not have a direct link to your project you will not be entered.  If you need help/directions with this please email Suzanne.
**You do NOT need a blog to link your project to--any online gallery will do **
VOTING:
Happy Easter-Spring everyone!  I am currently on vacation in Maui for the next 10 days so my access to internet and my computer is very limited and I apologize.  The wireless here is not what I would call very reliable and I have had quite a time getting logged on.  If you have questions that I have not answered below please email me and I will answer you as quickly as I am able.

VOTING for the EASTER-SPRING EXTRAVAGANZA CONTEST will start immediately.  We should have been able to vote thru the InLinkz system but their rules only let you vote once & you will be allowed to vote 4 times---once for each of the 4 categories.  So below are the rules for voting and how to get your votes counted!

Thank you to everyone for their participation in the contest--the response was overwhelming and we are so lucky to have so many wonderful and talented crafters in our group.  I am SO glad I don't have to vote because everyone did a fabulous job and you all get a big congrats and thank you from me, Diana and the DT's!!  So happy voting!!

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-Voting may start immediately and run thru April 28th

-You may vote ONCE for each of the FOUR categories as listed below (so 1 vote per category per person)

Categories:
#1--  Full size Magnolia images on an Easter/Spring Themed Card
#2--  "Magnolia Minis Only" on an Easter/Spring Theme Card
#3--  Any Magnolia Easter/Spring Project, anything BUT a card (if it's not a card then it fits this category)
#4--  Mix BOTH a Mini and Large Magnolia Stamp(s) on your project

How to Vote?  

*Go to the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog http://magnolia-licioushighlites.blogspot.com/ and look at each of the project thumbnails and note your favorite project for each category.  *if you question what category a project is for or need to see it in more details, click on their thumbnail to be taken to their blog and see what they've entered *

*Email me at sjdean0574@yahoo.com (only this email address please) with your favorite choice for EACH of the 4 categories for a total of 4 votes per person.  

*DT members on any of the Magnolia-licious DT's MAY NOT VOTE!

*On May 1st the winners of each category and the random winners will be announced via the Yahoo Group & the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog!



Tuesday, March 1, 2011

March DT Challenge!

Well Happy March 1st to you all!  Pretty soon we will be turning the clocks forward and welcoming Spring!  If you are like me, you are very anxious to see Spring come and brighten up the days and warm up the air.  I love springtime--new flowers, new green grass and trees in bloom--it's such a lovely time of the year!

Winners from last month Challenges are:

Winner of the February DT Challenge is:   #21 Pam Berrisford
You Won 2 Reg. Sized Magnolia Stamps

Winner of the Blog Hop Challenge is:   #4 Lisa A of Scrapping with Lisa
You won 4 Mini Magnolia Stamps

Congratulations ladies on winning!  Please email Diana Crick at ladydian@shaw.ca and let her
know which challenge you won and what your stamp choices are!
Thanks to everyone for their beautiful projects you submitted--the team was WOWed by them all!

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It's also time for a NEW Magnolia-licious DT Challenge!!  

Our lovely hostess this month is Janiel Corley who has challenged us to create 

"Frame Projects" with a Recipe:  
Use at least one of each of these--bling/pearls, trim/ribbon, Magnolia image and flowers!  

Perfect challenge for spring I think!  See all the DT Projects Below!

How to Play:

-Project MUST follow the recipe AND be a frame project of any kind AND use a Magnolia image
-Enter your project by March 31st, 2011 in the Link System at end of post
-Project must be new---no projects before March 1st will qualify

What You Can Win:

-a $20 Gift Certificate to Magnolia-licious from Diana Crick

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DT Inspiration Projects

















Happy Crafting and Happy March!
Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT


Monday, February 21, 2011

Magnolia-licious Blog Hop---Mini World!!

Happy Monday to all you Magnolia Friends!  The Magnolia-licious DT has a special Blog Hop for you today featuring all those super cute and super small Mini Magnolia Stamps The theme is all about SPRING because I know we are all ready for the spring warmth and spring flowers to come soon!

So we hope you will hop along with us today and then come back here and enter your own fabulous Mini Magnolia Spring Creation to win!!

Blog Hop Order



How to Play:

-You MUST USE a Magnolia stamp and it must be SPRING themed!  If you have a Mini Magnolia to use, even better!
-Enter your creation to the link system below by Feb. 28th!

What You Can Win:

-One Random Winner will win (4) Mini Magnolia stamps of their choice from Magnolia-licious


Happy Spring,
Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT




Tuesday, February 1, 2011

February Sketch Challenge!!

Happy February everyone!  Boy I'm sure ready for spring, this has just been an awful winter for sure.  At the moment I am stuck in LA at CHA as my flight has been cancelled due to the huge ice/snow storm hitting--ugh!  But we've got a fun challenge for you to participate in if you are stuck in your house---what a better time to craft right?!

Winner for the January Magnolia-licious Sketch Project (Recipe Challenge) is................#54 Leah Ann Gast of "The Hoosier Stamper"
 
Winner for the January Magnolia-licious Calendar Project (Blog Hop) is.......................#16 Stephanne of Stephanne Blogging?Oh Dear!
 
Congrats ladies!  Please make sure to email Diana Crick of Magnolia-licious with your prize choices (you've each won 2 Magnolia stamps of your choice) and let her know which challenge you won as well.
 
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Our hostess this month is Patti Jo and she has a fun RECIPE for us all!  This recipe is perfect for frilly, feminine projects and/or Valentine's Day projects this month!  Make sure to see the Project Recipe below and the DT projects for inspiration (more to come)!

RECIPE INGREDIENTS:
Hearts
Pink
Silver
White
Green if needed for leaves


How to Play:

-Create a project using at least 1 Magnolia stamp and following the RECIPE above accordingly to be entered
-Your project MUST BE NEW and linked in the link system below with a DIRECT LINK
-Project must be uploaded by Feb. 28th at 11:30 pm EST

What You Can Win:

-2 Magnolia Stamps of your choice from Magnolia-licious donated by Diana Crick

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DT Projects (more to come)

by Patti Jo


by Janiel Corley


by Sharon Caudle


by Mindy Baxter


by Cheryl Rowley


by Angie Hunt


by Barb Hardeman



by DT Suzanne J Dean





Happy February and Happy Valentine's Day!!
Suzanne, Diana, and the Magnolia-licious DT



Monday, January 17, 2011

DT Calendar Blog Hop!!

Hello Magnolia friends and Happy Monday to you all!  Today the Magnolia-licious DT has a fun-filled Blog Hop for you featuring 2011 Calendar pages!

DT Sistah Angie Hunt came up with the fabulous idea late summer for the Magnolia-licious DT to create a 2011 Calendar for Diana Crick for Christmas.  Each of the DT gals did 1 or 2 months for each calendar page using of course those precious Magnolia stamps!  I'm pretty sure Diana was quite thrilled with it and we were even more thrilled to make her a special keepsake to have from us all.  She's a super special lady!!!

So today the DT is sharing the Calendar Pages with you on our Blog Hop!  We tried to keep the hop in a year-long order but because some of us did more than one month there are some out-of-place months, LOL!  So please start your blog hop by following along in the Blog Hop Order below!  

**And make sure to read thru to the bottom of this post to find details on how to play along with us!**

(HOP STARTS AT 4 am EST on Monday, Jan. 17th)


BLOG HOP ORDER 

Barb - October
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HOW TO PLAY:

-Create a NEW project that is a CALENDAR BASEDSo your project must be a calendar page or have a calendar element somewhere in it!  You must also use at least 1 Magnolia stamp! (project must be created from today or later and be NEW to qualify)

-Enter your project below to the InLinkz system by Jan.31st, 2011---make sure you have a direct link to your project!

WHAT YOU CAN WIN:

-Enter the required project and 1 Random Winner will WIN 2 Magnolia stamps of your choice from Magnolia-licious!!

Enjoy,
Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT


Friday, December 31, 2010

Happy New Year--January Sketch Challenge!

Happy New Year Magnolia friends and fans!  Today is 1-1-11, how fun is that?  I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and got to enjoy good times with friends and family!  May this new year be blessed, beautiful and wonderful for us all and may you be healthy and happy for all of 2011 as well!  The beginning of a new year always brings on so many resolutions, new beginnings, hopes and wishes and we here at the Magnolia-licious DT are wishing them all to come true for you!


***Winner of the December Magnolia-licious Sketch Challenge is:  **

Congrats to Julie and thanks to everyone who joined in on the last challenge of 2010!
Julie contact Diana Crick at Magnolia-licious (ladydian@shaw.ca) with your 3 choices of Magnolia stamps for your prize!


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So let's start the New Year off with a BANG and get a new challenge started for you all!
(see below for DT Inspiration Projects with more to come the next few days)

This month our fabulous hostess to kick off the New Year is Cheryl Rowley!  She has decided we needed a fun 
RECIPE CHALLENGE!  

So the recipe is:

*4 Flowers
*3 types of patterned paper 
*2 Magnolia images 
(any image by Magnolia qualifies/ ie. accessory, background, tilda/edwin, animal, sentiment, etc.)
*1 Ribbon

How to Play:

-Create a project using the RECIPE above (you MUST follow the recipe exactly to be entered)
-Make sure you use Magnolia stamps on your project
-Upload your project below in the Link System by Jan. 31, 2011

What You Can Win:

-2 Stamps of your choice from Magnolia-licious (new collections coming soon too so stay tuned)

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DT Inspiration Projects 
(more to come in the next few days)

 by DT Cheryl Rowley

by DT Angie Hunt


by DT Barb Hardeman





by DT Sharon Caudle


by DT Janiel Conley


by DT Mindy Baxter


by DT Patti Jo Skogquist


by DT Suzanne J Dean



Happy New Year to You All!

Diana, Suzanne, the Magnolia-licious DT


Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Magnolia-licious December Sketch Project!!

Well Hello there Magnolia Friends and Fans and a Happy December to you as well!  Wow, how did the holidays get here so fast!?  If you are anything like me you are super busy decorating, baking, visiting, crafting and shopping this month.  But my wish for all of you is to have a fabulous, wonderful, peaceful,joyful, and happy holiday season with your friends and family amidst the craziness of the season!

**Winners of November Challenges!**

Big Congrats to the following winners for their November entries and thanks to all who participated!!

Winner of the November Sketch Shaker Card Challenge is.........Kate T. of Craft Life
**You won your choice of 2 Magnolia stamps from Magnolia-licious**

Winner of the Home Sweet Home Blog Hop Project is............Chelsea Le of Crafting Life's Pieces
You won your choice of 3 Magnolia stamps from Magnolia-licious

(winners please email Diana at ladydian@shaw.ca and let her know which challenge you won & your choices please)

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December Sketch Project

This month the lovely Diana Crick, owner extraordinaire of Magnolia-licious is our hostess with the mostess!  She has challenged us all to create LETTER and/or WORD projects using our Magnolia stamps!  You can interpret this in many fun ways and it's perfect for the holiday and gift-giving season!

The projects the DT has for you below should have you super inspired to go craft and make some of your own!  And of course don't forget to enter them here for a chance to win!!

How To Play:

-Enter your project in the below Linkz System by December 31st!
-Your project MUST include Letters and/or Words in it along with a Magnolia stamp(s)

What Can You Win:

-3 Magnolia Stamps of your choice from Magnolia-licious!

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From all of us at the Magnolia-licious DT we wish you all a Beautiful and Happy Holiday Season--may it be wonderful and blessed!!

See you back here in 2011!

Monday, November 15, 2010

Home Sweet Home Blog Hop by the Magnolia-licious DT!!

Happy Monday everyone and a Happy November to you as well!  Wherever you are in this large world we all hope the fall season is treating you well and you are gearing up for the holiday season too!  The Magnolia-licious DT wanted to do something a little bit different this time around!

The theme is "Home Sweet Home" and everyone on the DT has made home decor projects for your home or for special gifts this upcoming season!  

So get ready to hop around, get your creativity charged up and ready to make something as well to win!!  Blog Hop Order is below!!

How to Play:

-Upload your projects below in the Link Section!  They must have at least one (1) Magnolia stamp and they must be a Home Decor item made by YOU!!

-Projects must be uploaded by November 30th!  Winner will be announced by Dec 2nd!

What You Can Win:

-3 Magnolia Stamps of your choice from Magnolia-licious donated by Diana


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Blog Hop Order (starts at 4 am EST)




Have fun hopping!
Suzanne, Diana and the Magnolia-licious DT


Monday, November 1, 2010

November 2010 DT Sketch Project!

Hello Magnolia friends and Happy November to you all!  I hope you are enjoying the fall season so far and are now looking forward to the holiday season and wintertime!  The Magnolia-licious DT has a wonderful November Sketch project this month hosted by the fabulously talented Barb Hardeman!  She has challenged us to create Shaker Cards this month!  They are so much fun to make and there are so many wonderful ways to make them and incorporate all your Magnolia stamps too!

***The winners of the Magnolia Challenges for the month of October are below and were announced on the Yahoo Group!! ***

Winner of the October Sketch Challenge (Paper Bag project hosted by Angie Hunt) is..............Monique of Monique's Weblog (You won 2 Magnolia stamps)
 
 
Winner of the October Blog Hop Challenge (We're Cookin') is ..................Chris Christensen of A Scrapper's Musings (You won 2 Magnolia stamps and 1 small accessory stamp)

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So the Novmber DT Sketch Challenge is to create SHAKER CARDS!

You can find a tutorial on shaker cards HERE at SCS if you need some guidance! See below for the DT's fabulous projects for some inspiration---more DT projects to come, so check back!

How You Can Play:
-Upload your shaker card projects to the Link System at the bottom of post by November 30th!
-Your cards MUST include a Magnolia stamp(s) AND a shaker in some portion of your card!

What You Can Win:
-2 Fabulous Magnolia stamps of your choice from Magnolia-licious!

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DT Projects:

by DT Barb Hardeman


by DT Mindy Baxter


by DT Janiel Corley


by DT Angie Hunt


by DT Patti Jo Skogquist


by DT Suzanne J Dean


by DT Cheryl Rowley


by DT Sharon Caudle


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hugz,
Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT