Challenge #226 Anything Goes

Welcome back to Magnolia Down Under Challenges. 

This is our last Challenge for the Year and will run until midnight 31st December. 

The winner will be announced about week before we come back with a new and improved MDUC in 2014 on January 12th.

We'd like to take this opportunity to wish you ALL a safe and happy holiday season an thank you immensely for your continued support. In 2014 we celebrate our 5th birthday and we would not be here without YOU - our fabulous extended Magnolia family.

{{Please Note - Max Entries per person is 3 and we apologise if the DT don't get around to commenting as we are giving them the break to spend time with their families!!}}

Our sponsors for this challenge are (and we have THREE to make it worth your while):

Magnolia Stamps, based in Boras Sweden, really don't need much of an introduction.
They are the reason this little challenge blog is here and the reason you are all out there crafting and blogging away. They make us all happy and I know we all eagerly anticipate the arrival of each new collection so we can start dreaming up new scenes with the magnificent new stamps.

Tilda's Town!

Tilda's Town is an online store that specializes in Magnolia stamps. We carry one of the largest inventories in USA and the world with over 1000 Magnolia stamps in stock at all times. Our shipping is always free worldwide regardless of order total. Whether you buy one stamps or 100, you will never pay shipping. As an added bonus, all orders above $60 can get an additional 10% by using discount code TILDA10. Shop today for the latest collections!

This week Tilda's Town is offering a lucky winner a $10 Gift Certificate! With a new collection to be released very soon, I can imagine someone is going to be very happy with this prize! Thank you so much Tilda's Town.

Stamping Tilda..

with a fantastic $10 voucher up for grabs to a lucky winner - wow, I wish I could win!

Thank you Stamping Tilda for sponsoring this week's challenge.

We would also like to extend a massive THANK YOU to our sponsors for their wonderful support for 2013.

And now for the challenge:

ANYTHING GOES!!

And here are the fantastic creations from our wonderful DT:

KATHRIN

LORI

JANIEL

LILLEMOR

FLEUR

DEBBIE P

JANE

CAMILLA H

Franz

 Tanja

JANNE

DEBBIE D

CAMILLA S-B

Alyce

KAREN

Yulis

KAT

HOW TO JOIN IN...

• You must have at least one Magnolia stamp or Doo Hickey die on your work, it can be a sentiment, background etc does NOT have to be Edwin or Tilda for your card to be entered..
• You must add your link in Mr.Linky
• You MUST add a link to your **direct blog post***.... All entries not doing this will be removed.
• You should have a link back to the challenge blog in your post.
• Entries close 8:00am Saturday AES time (see the clock on the side bar)
• DO NOT link your entry to an old card, even a day before will be removed. Making it fair to all the people that have made a card for the challenge...
• We reserve the right to remove your entry if we feel it is not appropriate. We are a FUN challenge that is designed for MAGNOLIA FANS and any entry that is not deemed to be 'playing nice' will be deleted. We apologise for the need to add this rule. This is OUR challenge blog and we reserve the right to moderate entries

Challenge #225 {Circles - No Corners Allowed} - Winner and Top 5

Well there was lots of thinking outside the square on this one and what an amazing selection of rounded creations you guys came up with. Even the MDUC DT gals were commenting on how stunning the entries were this week - so congratulations to everyone who gave it a go!

But we can only have one winner and this week we'd like to congratulate.....

Irene Daryanto {14}

What an amazing scene Irene has managed to fit inside this Christmas bauble. I can almost hear the 2 Tilda's giggling away as they play in the snow - love it! If you want to see more of Irene's work you can check out her blog HERE.

Irene can you please contact us at [email protected] to claim your winner's badge and prize. 

We also have an amazing Top Five for you. These are listed in numerical order and we would like to congratulate...

Ash B {8}
Dian Ratna {12}
Durvina {13}
Jennifer D{15}
Nancie Quah {16}

The Top 5 picks are all linked back to the original entries to make it easier for you guys to go and check them out. Please grab our gorgeous Top 5 badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog to let everyone know how fabulous we think your work is! 

Thanks so much for joining us all this week and we hope you'll pop back in a few hours time to check out the next challenge.

Debbie P and the MDUC DT

xXx

Challenge #225 Tanja Chooses Circles - No Corners Allowed!

Good morning Magnolia Fans!

Welcome back to another FUN FUN FUN week of Maggie love.
And now the countdown to that magical Christmas Day is really on! Today marks the first day of December, here Down Under, that means the first day of summer - woo hoo!

We do have some great all round fun for you this week ....

But first off,
please lets make our fabulous sponsor welcome:

Live and Love Crafts!

If the words vintage and shabby chic makes your heart beat faster, you will find your haven at Live & Love Crafts! 

Live & Love Crafts is a UK based online store that ships WORLDWIDE. The store is owned and operated by Sandra Mathis, a crafter who is as passionate about the vintage style as she is about customer service and providing a good shopping experience. Live & Love Crafts prides itself on having a website that is easy to navigate with excellent product images. Orders are dispatched fast; usually on the same day received.

Live & Love Crafts stocks a wide range of products from well-loved vintage brands such as Maja Design, Pion Design, Magnolia, Wild Orchid Crafts, Kort & Godt, Prima, Melissa Frances, Maya Road, and the Tim Holtz/Ranger product lines.

The store has a vast selection of laces, ribbons and trims, an assortment of over 200 charms and metal decorations, as well as many other unique embellishments that you can't find elsewhere. To help you save on costs, the charms/metal decos can be purchased singularly and all trims and ribbons are sold by the yard/meter. If you’re looking for products that will inspire and a one stop paper & embellishment shop, look no further than Live & Love Crafts!

Don’t forget to visit this fab shop and have a look around, you will fall in love immediately!

Lovely Sandy offers to the lucky winner a £10 store voucher.

For something different, our Design Team Members have picked their favourite Challenge themes for you to play along with, we all hope that you will like our choices as they are our all time favourite things to do!!!.

This week it's Tanja's turn, and her favourite thing to do is:

  CIRCLES - 
NO CORNERS ALLOWED!!!

TANJA

DEBBIE D

DEBBIE P

CAMILLA H

KYLIE

JANE

Yulis

HOW TO JOIN IN...

• You must have at least one Magnolia stamp or Doo Hickey die on your work, it can be a sentiment, background etc does NOT have to be Edwin or Tilda for your card to be entered..
• You must add your link in Mr.Linky
• You MUST add a link to your **direct blog post***.... All entries not doing this will be removed.
• You should have a link back to the challenge blog in your post.
• Entries close 8:00am Saturday AES time (see the clock on the side bar)
• DO NOT link your entry to an old card, even a day before will be removed. Making it fair to all the people that have made a card for the challenge...
• We reserve the right to remove your entry if we feel it is not appropriate. We are a FUN challenge that is designed for MAGNOLIA FANS and any entry that is not deemed to be 'playing nice' will be deleted. We apologise for the need to add this rule. This is OUR challenge blog and we reserve the right to moderate entries.

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #224 {White on White} - Winner and Top 5

White on white is one of my favourite challenges to do as I love how texture becomes the hero of the design. And the gorgeous images with their colouring really pop out of the scene and take centre stage. The results are always STUNNING. It was a very tough call to narrow down the entries to just 6 - we really could have chosen all 22! But choose we must and this week we'd like to congratulate our winner.......

Irene {21}

As I mentioned earlier - texture plays such an important role in these cards and WOW - Irene has used it to perfection here with the frantage, ribbons and gauze. Her gorgeous colouring works so well with the gorgeous embellishments and turns this card into a masterpiece. If you want to see more of Irene's work check out her blog HERE.

Irene can you please contact us at [email protected] to claim your winner's badge and prize. 

We also have an amazing Top Five for you. These are listed in numerical order and we would like to congratulate...

The Top 5 picks are all linked back to the original entries to make it easier for you guys to go and check them out. Please grab our gorgeous Top 5 badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog to let everyone know how fabulous we think your work is! 

Tina Makuc {11}

Giada Giungi {12}

Malin {14}

Anna {16}

Eva Marie {19}

Thanks so much for joining us all this week and we hope you'll pop back in a few hours time to check out the next challenge.

Debbie P and the MDUC DT

xXx

Challenge #224 Karen Chooses White on White

Good morning Magnolia Fans!

Are you ready for some more creative fun? 

First, we're excited to again introduce Magnolia Stamps as our sponsor:

Magnolia Stamps, based in Boras Sweden, really don't need much of an introduction.
They are the reason this little challenge blog is here and the reason you are all out there crafting and blogging away. They make us all happy and I know we all eagerly anticipate the arrival of each new collection so we can start dreaming up new scenes with the magnificent new stamps.
We are delighted to have them sponsor us this week.

Thank you so much Magnolia!
There is going to be one very happy crafter out there very soon when they win your amazing "Secret Prize Package" from this challenge...

For something different, our Design Team Members have picked their favourite Challenge themes for you to play along with, we all hope that you will like our choices as they are our all time favourite things to do!!!.

This week it's Karen's turn and her favourite thing to do is:

WHITE ON WHITE

KAREN

KATHRIN

YULIS

JANIEL

Lori

Franz

Fleur

Tanja

HOW TO JOIN IN...

• You must have at least one Magnolia stamp or Doo Hickey die on your work, it can be a sentiment, background etc does NOT have to be Edwin or Tilda for your card to be entered..
• You must add your link in Mr.Linky
• You MUST add a link to your **direct blog post***.... All entries not doing this will be removed.
• You should have a link back to the challenge blog in your post.
• Entries close 8:00am Saturday AES time (see the clock on the side bar)
• DO NOT link your entry to an old card, even a day before will be removed. Making it fair to all the people that have made a card for the challenge...
• We reserve the right to remove your entry if we feel it is not appropriate. We are a FUN challenge that is designed for MAGNOLIA FANS and any entry that is not deemed to be 'playing nice' will be deleted. We apologise for the need to add this rule. This is OUR challenge blog and we reserve the right to moderate entries.

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #223 {Jingle Bells} - Winner and Top 5

It was fabulous checking out all of the gorgeous entries this week - it certainly helped to get me start getting into the festive spirit. Christmas is such a magical time of year with all of the jingly bells, sweet sentiments and sparkle. It was another tough week to pick just one winner and luckily I get help from the gorgeous DT. This week we'd like to congratulate....

Karen G {35}

WOW what a gorgeous printer's tray Karen has put together. Such an amazing colour combo and I just love all of the fabulous details there are to discover here - I see something new everytime I look! If you want to check out more of Karen's fabulous work you can check out her blog HERE.

Karen can you please contact us at [email protected] to claim your winner's badge and prize. 

We also have an amazing Top Five for you. These are listed in numerical order and we would like to congratulate...

Tania Javabean {13}

Linda Levoir { 32}

Vicky {41}

Katie K {59}

Cinzia C {62}

The Top 5 picks are all linked back to the original entries to make it easier for you guys to go and check them out. Please grab our gorgeous Top 5 badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog to let everyone know how fabulous we think your work is! 

Thanks so much for joining us all this week and we hope you'll pop back in a few hours time to check out the next challenge.

Debbie P and the MDUC DT

xXx

Challenge #223 Jingle Bells

Good morning Magnolia friends,

The countdown til Christmas is with us and some of us are a little bit nervous that we are running out of time! But lets help them along with a great theme this week which should help get those Christmas cards done.... but first ........

Lets first become more acquainted with our fantastic sponsor:

Tilda's Town!

Tilda's Town is an online store that specializes in Magnolia stamps. We carry one of the largest inventories in USA and the world with over 1000 Magnolia stamps in stock at all times. Our shipping is always free worldwide regardless of order total. Whether you buy one stamps or 100, you will never pay shipping. As an added bonus, all orders above $60 can get an additional 10% by using discount code TILDA10. Shop today for the latest collections!

This week Tilda's Town is offering a lucky winner a $10 Gift Certificate! With a new collection to be released very soon, I can imagine someone is going to be very happy with this prize! Thank you so much Tilda's Town.

Our challenge this week is.....
Jingle Bells

LOUISE

JANE

JANIEL

DEBBIE P

KYLIE

Alyce

Debbie D

Lillemor

HOW TO JOIN IN...

• You must have at least one Magnolia stamp or Doo Hickey die on your work, it can be a sentiment, background etc does NOT have to be Edwin or Tilda for your card to be entered..
• You must add your link in Mr.Linky
• You MUST add a link to your **direct blog post***.... All entries not doing this will be removed.
• You should have a link back to the challenge blog in your post.
• Entries close 8:00am Saturday AES time (see the clock on the side bar)
• DO NOT link your entry to an old card, even a day before will be removed. Making it fair to all the people that have made a card for the challenge...
• We reserve the right to remove your entry if we feel it is not appropriate. We are a FUN challenge that is designed for MAGNOLIA FANS and any entry that is not deemed to be 'playing nice' will be deleted. We apologise for the need to add this rule. This is OUR challenge blog and we reserve the right to moderate entries.