Magnolia-licious Bats and Brooms Blog Hop!!

Hello everyone and Happy Monday to you all!  Well fall is here and soon the nights will be cool and we'll begin to see Jack-o-lanterns and cornstalks decorating our neighborhoods.  That means little kids will be trick-or-treating soon and Thanksgiving is soon on its way--amazing how fast the months can fly by isn't it?

Today the Magnolia-licious DT has a fun "Bats & Brooms" Blog Hop for you to get you excited about fall!  All the projects on the hop today will be Halloween or Fall themed for your broom-flying pleasure!!  There could be some tricks and treats along the way too--so pay close attention, lol!

**Blog Hop starts at 4 am EST! **

Blog Hop Order:

Angie

Cheryl

Janiel

Sharon

Mindy

Barb

Suzanne

Patti Jo 

Want to join in the fun?  Link your project by October 1st below for a chance to win 2 Magnolia stamps from Magnolia-licious!  Make sure your projects are Halloween or Fall themed AND include a Magnolia stamp!

hugz,

Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

September Magnolia-licious DT Sketch Project

Happy September 1st everyone!  I can't believe summer is almost over, school's back in session and the holiday season is coming soon--yikes!  I hope you all had a fantastic summer and got lots of crafting done and enjoyed yourselves, your family & friends!  That's what its all about right?!

Today the Magnolia-licious DT has a fun project for you for the September Sketch Project!  This month our hostess is the amazing Becca Feeken and she asked us to pull out some of those new Bon Voyage Magnolia stamps and create both a card AND either a fun backpack or suitcase (see below for tutorial links)!  We hope you'll join us in creating these projects as well--we can't wait to see!  Make sure to check out all the DT's samples below for some fun and beautiful inspiration!!

Project Tutorials:

SCS Mini Backpack Tutorial by Mary Arima HERE

and/or

Mini Suitcase Tutorial by Suzanne J Dean HERE

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Want to Join Us:

-Create BOTH a card AND backpack (or) suitcase using any Magnolia stamp(s)
-Upload to the Link System below by Sept. 30th

What You Can Win:
-One participant will win two (2) stamps of their choice from Magnolia-licious!

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DT Samples

by DT Barb Hardeman

by DT Cheryl Rowley

by DT Suzanne J Dean

by DT Patti Jo

by DT Sharon Caudle

by DT Linda Duke

by DT Mindy Baxter

by DT Janiel

by DT Angie Hunt

by DT Becca Feeken

hugz, 

Suzanne, Diana, & the Magnolia-licious DT

Birthday Celebration Blog Hop!!

Hello all you lovely Magnolia fans!  Today the Magnolia-licious DT is having a super-fun Birthday Celebration Blog Hop for you in honor of the lovely Diana Crick's birthday this month!  We hope you'll join in with us and hop along to see all the confetti, presents and birthday treats along the way!

And if you decide to join in with us that's just extra party fun!!  See below details on how to enter the Challenge!

**Blog Hop Starts at 4 am EST**

Blog Hop Order

Becca

Patti Jo

Suzanne

Angie

Linda

Janiel

Mindy

Sharon

Cheryl

Want to Play Along?

-Upload your (NEW) Birthday themed project using a Magnolia image(s)

-Upload to the InLinkz box below by August 31st

What Can You Win?

-Two Magnolia Stamps of your choice from Magnolia-licious

hugz,

Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

August DT-Sketch Project

Hello & a Happy August to you all!  Wow where has summer gone already?  Pretty soon the kids will be getting geared up to start a new school and the leaves will be changing colors!

Today the Magnolia-licious DT has a wonderful sketch project for you to try!  This month the lovely Mindy Baxter is our hostess and she has challenged us all to create these fun "T-Slide Cards"!  You can find a link for this tutorial on SCS HERE.

**EDITED:  to make a 5.5" square card I have put together some dimensions & instructions HERE for you!  Use these with Beate's orignal tutorial and video tutorial to finish the project (see link above)! **

We'd love to see your take on this project and join in on the fun!  You can find the details how below along with the DT's projects to give you some inspiration!

How to Play:

-Link your project in the below link system by August 31st!
-Project must include at least one Magnolia stamp and be a T-Slide Card

What Can You Win:

-2 Magnolia stamps of your choice from Magnolia-licious

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DT Projects

by DT Mindy Baxter

by DT Angie Hunt

by DT April Rose

by DT Patti Jo

by DT Sharon Caudle

by DT Cheryl Rowley

by DT Suzanne J Dean

by DT Janiel

by DT Becca Feekan

Hugz,

Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

Nautical Blog Hop!!

Happy Monday to all of you Magnolia friends!  Today you need to break out your sunglasses, swimsuits and floaties (and maybe some Dramamine for the seasickness, lol) so you can swim along with us as we set sail on our Nautical Themed Blog hop!!  The DT has some wonderful and inspiring projects for you today that will surely make you want to break out all those nautical/water Magnolia stamps you might have and get CRAFTY!

And if you submit your own Nautical themed project here by August 1st, then you'll have a chance to win TWO of the NEW Bon Voyage stamps from Magnolia-licious.  Link your projects in the InLinkz area at the end of this post (projects must be nautical/water/pirate themed)!!

Blog Hop starts at 4 am EST on July 26th!!

Blog Hop Order:

Cheryl

April

Mindy

Janiel

Sharon

Suzanne

Becca

Angie

Patti Jo

Barb


Link Your Projects Below:

hugz,

Suzanne, Diana & the Magnolia-licious DT

July 2010 DT Sketch Project!

Happy July all you Magnolia fans and friends!  Hope you're enjoying your summer and getting lots of time to sit in the sun, relax and get some fun crafting done!  With all those new and wonderful Magnolia stamps how can you not have fun creating with them, right? LOL!

This month the Magnolia-licious DT is resuming the monthly sketch for you all!  I'm (Suzanne, hee hee) the hostess this month and I've challenged the DT (and YOU) to create a fun "Free-Standing Pop-up Card".  These are so easy to make and fun to do--it's easy to make them in different sizes and make the inserts pull out or stay attached as you'd like.  The link to the tutorial is below, but have fun with this tutorial and make it your own by changing it up a bit!  The DT has some fabulous samples for you to be inspired by below as well and they are all SUMMER THEMED!!

Link to the SCS tutorial/instructions for the Stand-up Pop-Up Card---CLICK HERE!

(remember you can change the size easily, my project measures 6" inches across)

How to Play:

-Create a "Free-Standing Pop-up" project using a Magnolia stamp(s) and make it Summer Themed!
-Link your project in the "InLinkz box at the very end of this post"--it will leave a small thumbnail of your project so everyone can see :)
-Link project by July 31st to this post only

What You Can Win:

-A $25 Gift Certificate from me to the Magnolia-licious Store for one lucky winner!!

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DT Samples

by DT Suzanne J Dean

by DT Barb Hardeman

by DT Mindy Baxter

by DT Janiel

by DT Jacque Beddingfield

by Patti Jo Skogquist

by DT Cheryl Rowley

by DT Sharon Caudle

by DT Becca Feeken

Hugz,

Suzanne, Diana, and the Magnolia-licious DT

May Sketch Winners!!

Below are the winners of the May Magnolia-licious Sketch Challenge!  Thanks to all of you who participated!!

Mary Frances – Francie Crafter with the following comment and entry:

Mary Frances said...

Great sketch! The DT cards were so creative. Thanks for the inspiration!

Here is My Card

May 21, 2010 12:31 AM

Scrubbybubbles (Sue) with the following comment and entry:

Scrubbybubbles(sue) said...

wow!! THESE DT creations are fabulous!! how FUN! Thanks for another great challenge!! Here's my card

May 5, 2010 7:27 PM

You each win a stamp of their choice for any currently in stock stamp in Diana’s store.  You just need to contact Diana and she will send the stamp out directly to you.

hugz,

the Magnolia-licious DT

Birthday Bash Info!!

Hi everyone!  Looking for all those fun Birthday Bash Challenges and Blog--then head over to the Blog HERE to find out!  

There will be 8 weeks of challenges, prizes and a whole lot of fun going on to celebrate the 

Magnolia-licious Yahoo Group's 2nd Birthday!  

You won't want to miss any of the fun, so get going!

  The first challenge starts on May 15th with a fun Blog Hop & Challenge with the 

Magnolia-licious DT!

May Magnolia-licious DT Sketch!

Hello everyone and Happy May 1st!  This is my favorite month of the year (and not just because it's my birthday month...and DT Mindy's too)!  I love the warmer spring weather that we get on the East Coast in May before the heat and humidity of summer set in.  This month Becca has designed a fabulous sketch for us all to work with for May's challenge--it was really fun to use.  Below are the DT cards for inspiration and also the details on how you can join in!   So go get inky!

Want to Play Along?

-Upload your project using the above sketch to this post ONLY in the comment section by May 31st.

What Can You Win?

-Becca will choose 2 winners who will each win 1 stamp of their choice from Magnolia-licious!

by Becca Feeken

 by DT Barb Hardeman

by DT Suzanne J Dean

by DT Mindy Baxter

by DT Patti Jo Skogquist

by DT Angie Hunt

by DT Cheryl Rowley

by DT Cathia Leblanc

 by DT Sharon Caudle

by DT Jacque Beddingfield

hugz,

Diana, Suzanne & the Magnolia-licious DT