October 2012 Challenge!

Happy October, it’s a boooo-tiful fall month for us all!!  A season full of changing leaves, beautiful fall colors and some tricks-n-treats yes?

Our September Winners:

Winner of September Challenge
#33 Katie K of "Inky Angel"


Winner of 2-For-1 Holiday Hop

#2 Pam Berrisford of "Pam's Passion"

You both won $25 Gift Certificates to Magnolia-licious, please
contact Diana at ladydian@shaw.ca

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The Magnolia-licious DT has a fun Challenge for you this month of October.  Our hostess is the talented Angela Wood and she’s challenged everyone to create Halloween Projects!  And we know Magnolia-licious has a ton of fabulous Fall & Halloween stamps to use. 

If you don’t celebrate Halloween just make sure it’s a Fall Project!

** See the DT Inspiration Below!! **

Create Fall/Halloween Projects

You must create a Project NOT just a card!!

HOW TO PLAY

-Enter a project by Oct 31st that

is a Fall/Halloween Project
(You must make a project not just a card)

-Must use at least ONE Magnolia Stamp

-Only New Projects, no Back-linked projects will be accepted

-Please turn OFF Word Verification on your blogs if you'd like DT Comments

WHAT YOU CAN WIN:

-1 winner will win a Magnolia-licious Special Surprise!!!  Whoot!

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DT INSPIRATION

by DT Angela Wood - Oct Hostess

by DT Cabio Tse

by DT Mindy Baxter

by DT Mary Giemza

by DT Norma Lee

by DT Suzanne J Dean

by DT Patti Jo Skogquist

by DT Tracy Valure

by DT Cheryl Rowley

by DT Sharon Caudle

by Janiel Corley

HUGZ,

Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

2 For 1 Holiday Hop!!

Happy Monday everyone!  The Magnolia-licious DT has a super-fun-creative Blog Hop for you today called

2-For-1 Holiday Hop!

That means each of the DT gals has taken a Holiday Stamp and used it for

** BOTH a Holiday AND another Occasion! **

We want to show how you can use your stamps in many, many ways for versatility!

So have fun hopping along with the Girls today and prepare yourself to see some awesome creativity!!

(details on how to play are below blog hop order--hop starts at 4 am EST!)

BLOG HOP ORDER:

Suzanne J Dean

Patti Jo Skogquist

Mary Giemza

Cheryl Rowley

Norma Lee

Sharon Caudle

Tracy Valure

Mindy Baxter

Janiel Corley

Ruby Montes

Cabio Tse

Angela Wood

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HOW TO PLAY

-Enter a project by Sept 30th that uses a 

Holiday Stamp but it MUST BE USED for a DIFFERENT OCCASION 

than what it was intended for!

-Must use at least ONE Magnolia Stamp

-Only New Projects, no Back-linked projects will be accepted

-Please turn OFF Word Verification on your blogs if you'd like DT Comments

WHAT YOU CAN WIN:

-1 winner will win a $25 Gift Certificate to Magnolia-licious - Whoot!

 Hugz,

Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

September 2012 Challenge

Happy September 1st everyone and for those in the States Happy Labor Day Weekend as well!  

WOW I cannot believe that summer has come to an end and kids are back in school already....before we know it the holidays will be here and I am soooo not ready for that yet LOL!  Scroll down to see NEW CHALLENGE FOR SEPT and other newsies!

We have NEW DT MEMBERS coming aboard with us at the Senior Magnolia-licious DT and we'd love you to give them a BIG WELCOME when you can!  We are so thrilled to have them and their fabulous talents joining us here!

Norma Lee

Tracy Valure

Cabio Tse

Angela Wood

Mary Giemza

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August Winners are below:

August Challenge "Autumn Splendor" is

Karen Stark of "Karen's Fun Blog"

**AND**

Back 2 School Blog Hop Winner is

Cathy Lynn of "Ink, Thread and Paper" 

Congrats on winning, you each won a $25 Gift Certificate to Magnolia-licious!!  Please email Diana for details at ladydian@shaw.ca   Thank you everyone for your fabulously, beautiful entries :)

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** SEPT CHALLENGE DETAILS**

Cabio Tse is our hostess with the mostess for the month of September and she's challenged us all to create

ANYTHING BUT A CARD!  So no cards allowed!

(See DT Inspiration Below--more to come this week)

HOW TO PLAY

-Enter a project by Sept 30th that features a project that is ANYTHING But a Card

-Must use at least ONE Magnolia Stamp

-Only New Projects, no Back-linked projects will be accepted

-Please turn OFF Word Verification on your blogs if you'd like DT Comments

WHAT YOU CAN WIN:

 -1 winner will win a $25 Gift Certi. to Magnolia-licious

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by DT Cabio Tse

 by DT Tracy Valure

by DT Angela Wood

by DT Mary Giezma

by DT Norma Lee

by DT Janiel Corley

by DT Cheryl Rowley

by DT Sharon Caudle

by DT Patti Jo Skogquist


hugz,
Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

Back 2 School Blog Hop!!

Hi everyone!  Well school time is once upon us again and school shopping has begun and the groaning (at least of high school kids LOL) has begun and ringing of early morning alarm clocks ting-a-ling!  While the whooping of parents who are anxious to have “bored” kids back in school  and quiet houses begins again!!  So what better way for us to celebrate those First Day of School moments than with picture-taking and creating some treats for students & teachers!

The Magnolia-licious DT  is joined by August Guest Designer Chris Christensen and we have a

super-SCHOOLED-up-fun Blog Hop for you today! 

We hope you will hop along and then join us in the fun to win as well!

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Blog Hop Order:

(blog hop starts at 4 am EST)

Mindy 

Cabio

Suzanne

Chris

Cheryl

Sharon

Janiel

Patti Jo

Ruby 

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HOW TO PLAY

-Enter a project by Aug 31st  that features a project that is School Themed

-Must use at least ONE Magnolia Stamp

-Only New Projects, no Back-linked projects will be accepted

-Please turn OFF Word Verification on your blogs if you'd like DT Comments

WHAT YOU CAN WIN:

-1 winner will win a $25 Gift Certi. to Magnolia-licious

Hugz,

Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

August Autumn Splendor Challenge

Hello friends and Happy August!  Its the dog days of summer in most places and hope you are keeping cool, enjoying the last days of summer and maybe watching the Olympics which is something I love to do!

July Winners 

Hip 2 Be Square Blog Hop Winner is 
#8 Karen G of "Thoughts from the Girls"

and 

Christmas in July Winner is 

#51  Leah Ann Gast of The Hoosier Stamper

Thanks to all who played, your creations were over the top beautiful!

For those that won please contact Diana at ladydian@shaw.ca 

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 The Magnolia-licious DT has a fun challenge for you this month, and the August-Birthday Girl Diana Crick is our hostess with the mostess!  She's challenged us to create with the theme of 

 "Autumn Splendor"

The DT has created some fun and fabulous FALL themed projects for you below using stamps from the NEWEST Magnolia  "Turning Leaves Collection" (see the mini version here)! We hope to get you in the mood to create some fall projects yourself and we can't wait to see what you come up with!

HOW TO PLAY

-Enter a project by Aug 31st  that features a project that is Fall/Autumn Themed

-Must use at least ONE Magnolia Stamp

-Only New Projects, no Back-linked projects will be accepted

-Please turn OFF Word Verification on your blogs if you'd like DT Comments

WHAT YOU CAN WIN:

 -1 winner will win a $25 Gift Certi. to Magnolia-licious

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DT INSPIRATION:


 

 by Guest Designer Chris Christensen

by DT Cabio Tse 

 by DT Suzanne J Dean

 by DT Patti Jo Skogquist

 by DT Sharon Caudle

 by DT Mindy Baxter

by DT Cheryl Rowley

by DT Janiel Corley

by DT Ruby Montes

hugz,

Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

Hip-to-Not-be-Square Blog Hop!!

Happy mid-July everyone!  The DT has a fun Blog Hop for you today to get your inspiration-mojo-crafty-juices flowing!!   We thought it would be fun to create some projects that weren’t SQUARE or RECTANGULAR for a change….so all of our projects are ANYTHING BUT A SQUARE!!  We hope you’ll hop along with us and join us for the fun…make a project and enter it for a chance to win too!

**If you haven’t checked out the newest Magnolia Collection “Turning Leaves”…its now up HERE for pre-order.  Cuz we all know Fall is around the corner and these cuties want to come play at your house too! **

Blog Hop Order:

(hop starts at 4 am EST on 7/16)

-Ruby 

-Patti Jo 

-Suzanne

-Janiel 

-Cabio 

-Mindy 

-Angie 

-Cheryl 

-Sharon 

How To Play Along:

-Enter a project by July 31st  that features a project that is NOT-square or rectangular shaped

-Must use at least ONE Magnolia Stamp

-Only New Projects, no Back-linked projects will be accepted

-Please turn OFF Word Verification on your blogs if you'd like DT Comments

What You Can Win:

a $25 Gift Certificate to Magnolia-licious

hugz,

Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

July 2012 Magnolia-licious Challenge!!

Happy July Magnolia fans!  Can you believe its the first of July already....summer is flying by quickly!  And sure hope you are staying cool wherever you are...here in Viriginia we've had 98 to 107 degree weather with humidity that makes it feel like 125 degrees.  Definitely hot in the sun is NO fun then LOL!

 June Winners:

Wedding Blog Hop Winner:

Elise of Paper Craft Affair

June Magnolia-licious (Water) Winner:

Sheri Wilshire of Twitterpated with Paper

Congrats ladies...and thanks to everyone who participated in June’s challenges, it was fabulous to see all your wonderful work!

Winners please contact Diana at ladydian@shaw.ca directly for your $25 Gift Certificates!

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To cool you off a bit the DT has a fun challenge hosted by the lovely Janiel Corley and she's challenged us to create a Christmas/Holiday Card or Project using those fab Magnolia stamps!  I know I had to laugh while making mine as it was 106 degrees out and I was making fake snow on my card....hahahahaha and listening to Christmas Carols to get in the mood.  But it was fun to do and hope you all cool down with us and join in on the challenge too!

Your Challenge is To Create a 

Christmas or Holiday Card or Project

See below for DT Inspiration Projects!!

How To Play Along:

-Enter a project by July 31st  that features a Christmas/Holiday theme

-Must use at least ONE Magnolia Stamp

-Only New Projects, no Back-linked projects will be accepted

-Please turn OFF Word Verification on your blogs if you'd like DT Comments

What You Can Win:

a $25 Gift Certificate to Magnolia-licious

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DT INSPIRATION

by DT Mindy Baxter

by DT Cabio Tse

by DT Suzanne J Dean

by DT Patti Jo Skogquist

by DT Angie Hunt

by DT Cheryl Rowley

by DT Ruby Montes

 by DT Sharon Caudle

hugz,

Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

June Magnolia-licious Blog Hop!

Happy June to you all!  

June is the #1 most popular month to get married in here in the states!  So the Magnolia-licious DT thought it would be fun to create some wedding projects for you today to share on a Blog Hop. 

We hope you’re inspired to make something for someone you LOVE as well!

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Blog Hop Order:

Cheryl Rowley

Sharon Caudle

Angie Hunt

Mindy Baxter

Janiel Corley

Barb Hardeman

Patti Jo Skogquist

Ruby Montes

Cabio Tse

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How To Play Along:

-Create a project that showcases LOVE in some way AND use at least (1) one Magnolia stamp

-Only NEW projects, no old or back-linked projects

--Enter in below link system by June 30th

-If you would like DT comments please turn word verification off on your blogs…thanks!

What You Can Win:

-a $25 Gift Certificate to Magnolia-licious

Thanks,

Suzanne, Diana, & the Magnolia-licious DT

June Magnolia-licious DT Challenge!

Happy June 1st everyone!  Wow I cannot even believe how fast June has gotten here but looking forward to a fabulous summer!

May Winners 

May DT Summer Theme Winner is

Artesania of “Artesanias Kartenzauber”

May “Sports Themed” Blog Hop Winner is

Carla of “Carla’s Creative Designs”

Congrats you both won $15 Gift Certificates to Magnolia-licious

(contact Diana at ladydian@shaw.ca for prize info)

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The Magnolia-licious DT has a very summer-appropriate-fun challenge for you hosted by Mindy Baxter called

“Water, Water Everywhere!!”

That means you need to create projects that involve some kind of water in the stamp or in the background of your project and of course at least (1) one Magnolia Stamp!  So raindrops, puddles, lakes, oceans, pool fun, etc will qualify!

Make sure to look at the DT’s projects below over this week as they are added for fun inspiration!

How To Play Along:

-create any project that includes at least (1) one Magnolia Stamp and has some kind of water element in the project

-Enter project into link system by June 30th by 6 pm EST and NO more than 3 projects entered per challenge per person

-NO Backlinked projects, NEW projects ONLY!

-If you want DT comments please turn off word verification…we thank you for that!

What You Can Win:

-a $25 Magnolia-licious Gift Certificate

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DT INSPIRATION

by DT Cabio Tse 

by Sharon Caudle

 by Janiel Corley

 by DT Patti Jo Skogquist

by DT Cheryl Rowley

  

 by DT Mindy Baxter

 by DT Barb Hardeman

by DT Angie Hunt

by DT Ruby Montes

by DT Suzanne J Dean

hugz,

Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT