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

Magnolia-licious Summer Notes WINNER!!

Hi everyone! I want to thank everyone who hopped around with us last week during our First Ever Magnolia-licious Blog Hop! I hope everyone had fun & was able to be inspired by all the fabulous projects by the DT! And thanks to those that participated in the challenge with us & uploaded their beautiful Post-It Note Holders--they were all wonderful!

But we can only have one winner & that is.......................Random.org picked #8!!!

which is LORI KING of Paper Sunshine!!

Congratulations Lori! Please email or get in touch with Diana Crick (ladydian@shaw.ca) to let her know what 3 stamps you'd like as your prize you lucky gal!!

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And mark your calenders for July 17th because there will be another fun Blog Hop & Fun Project by the DT coming!!

hugz,

Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

June Color Challenge!

Hi everyone!

Its that time again for Janets color challenge! She has picked some awesome colors to play with so lets see what we can do! Any layout or Magnolia-licious stamp is great! Just incoprorate the colors into your creation!

Thanks Janet for a great combo!

hugz

The Mod Squad

Magnolia-licious DT BLOG HOP--Summer Notes!!

Hello Magnolia friends! We've got a treat lined up for you all today courtesy of the Magnolia-licious Design Team. Today we're having a Summertime Themed BLOG HOP!! If you haven't done a blog hop it's really fun & easy to do. Start at the beginning with my blog (Suzanne Dean) and hop along to the next DT's blog that is listed on each blog! The entire DT is participating so if you get lost along the way (LOL) you can come here & click on the designers name on the sidebar!

Everyone on the DT has done the same project, "Post-It Note Holder & Gift Box" all in their own fabulous style & summer themed! You will surely be inspired!

How do you play?

-Create your own "Post-It Note Holder & Gift Box"--Tutorial and instructions on Bridgett Owens blog HERE (thankyou Bridgett). Make sure it includes a fabulous Magnolia image and of course if it's summer themed that's great but not required (any season is welcome, hee hee)!

-Upload your project to any online gallery, photo album, or blog and grab the link from there & paste it in Mr. Linky below with your name. (You do not need a blog to play, you can upload your project to SCS or Paper Craft Planet or the Magnolia-licious Yahoo group albums to get a link)

-Projects need to be uploaded here on this blog's Mr. Linky by June 12th at midnight EST! Winners will be announced on Saturday, June 13th here on this blog!

What can you win you ask?

-One random participant who uploads their project here to Mr. Linky by June 12th (midnight EST) will win 3 stamps of their choice from Magnolia-licious & the generous Diana Crick!

-Other lucky participants who upload their project as well by the deadline can win the fabulous DT projects that you see on the Blog Hop (if the designer is participating in the Gift Giveaway-noted on their blogs)

So have fun & take some time to Hop Along the DT's blogs today to see all the fabulous projects they've created. Then don't forget to stop back here & upload your creations by next Friday for a chance to WIN!!


hugz,

Suzanne & the Magnolia-licious DT