Make it Lacy

Morning. Ahhh it is Monday already. Where does the time go....???? Wish we could have a 3day weekend but alas not to be.

Today I have a card made for the Just Magnolia challenge - 'Make it Lacy'. I actually made this card when blogger was down and had no idea what the JM challenge was. Good thing I did as it fit in perfectly. Thought I would try something different with the colouring and used E50 for shading/shadow instead of a grey for the white bits. Looks a little more vintagy but will have to keep working on it.

Again I used the Neenah 352gsm card from Mad for Markers and it coloured really well this time. Just have to make sure I don't over colour which is exactly what I did this time.

Just Magnolia 101

Good morning good morning. How are all of you gorgeous peeps out there....??? Here in the land of Oz it is very cool and raining. Blah....!!!! LOL. It is one of those days where you just want to sit in front of the TV and watch DVD's all day - which is probably what we are going to do. At least I am. Thankfully it is the school holidays so no running around to school and Kinder Yay...!!

Okay so this card was made for this weeks Just Magnolia challenge 101 - A sketch. I haven't joined in a JM challenge for a while and 'needed' to use my new stamps that I got from Bizzy Becs with the new Magnolia range. So cute. Am awaiting some from the Mini range which I preordered from Bec too. Hope you like.

Copic markers used:

Skin: E0000, 00, 21, 11

overalls: YG23, 25, 63, 67

Shoes: BV02, 04, 08

Hair: YR21, 20, 12, E08

'step': W5, 3, 1, blender.

Lace it up

Morning everyone. Today is normally my Mad for Markers day but seeing I did it on Monday I have today off. So in due course I have this Magnolia card I made for Just Magnolia which is 'Lace it Up' - so use lace on your creation. I loved colouring in Secretive Tilda from the Bon Voyage range. She is adorable. I used my new DP from BasicGrey (Cappella) that I got from The Stamp Spot. That is all. Have a good one.

Acetate fun

Morning all. Is it Friday already....???? LOL. The weekends go so quickly and the weeks so slowly. Oh well at least I have my card making to keep me occupied.

Okay on to my card. This month at Just Magnolia we have been asked to use Acetate on your creation. I couldn't figure out what to do and then a light went off. I hadn't used my Magnolia Doo-hickey Peony's yet so here they are in their glory. I love die cutters. They are just so easy to use. I thought I would go with an easel card. The card size is 4"x6". I find it hard to find 6x6" envelopes and I do not have a scor- pal so this size will have to do.

The whole image was coloured with Prismacolor pencils. I do like using the pencils but just can't seem to get the skin colour quite dark enough. If anyone has alternatives to Light Peach, Peach and rosy pink let me now - that would be helpful.

This stamp is one of my first and still favourite Magnolia stamp. She is gorgeous. I just love how shy and loving she looks.

Close up of the Peony's.

Products: magnolia stamp; Cosmo Cricket Ever After DP; SU ribbon; Lace; Magnolia Doo Hickey; SU Glue Dots; Flourish with a bling; SU Great Friend stamps; SU ink;

Just Magnolia Sketch by Bev

Hello. How is everyone....???? I am good. I have a roof over my head, healthy kids and lots and lots of stamps to play with. Life is good. LOL

It is hump day. Woot woot. So glad when this day comes around. Hehehe. The card I have to show you today is a card I made for Just Magnolia - Sketch by Bev. I turned it upside down as I wanted the 'Happy Birthday' stamps on either side and this fit best. I received this stamp in the mail on Monday. You know when you buy something on preorder and it takes forever and you just plain forget about it.....????!!!!!! Well I did that with this stamp. I preordered from Simon Says Stamps and forgot. I have also bought it from Bizzy Becs here in Australia. Oops....!!!! So I think I might have a little candy soon.

Inside of card.

Products used: Magnolia stamp; Bazzill card; Creative Imaginations DP; Copics.

Watercolour success

Good morning everyone. Hope you are all well on this Saturday. I must admit it is a bit cold here in Melbourne Australia. Brrrrrr....!!!!! At least it doesn't snow here otherwise I wouldn't be able to adjust to the cold. I don't know how you ladies overseas do it when it snows so much. Your heating must be super good.

Anyway - my card. I have been trying to watercolour with not a lot of success but I have finally figured out what I had been doing wrong. I hadn't been wetting the paper before colouring which seemed to be the key. So here is my first watercoloured image. It isn't perfect but it still is good enough for a card. LOL.

I made this with the sketch from Cute Card Thursday and the Just Magnolia Challenge this week of 'In the Garden'.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Products: Magnolia stamp; MME DP; Ranger Distress Ink; SU ink; Martha Stewart punch; Aqua brush; paint brushes; Kaiser and Green Tara flowers; Delish pearl brad; Punch Bunch leaf punch.

Just Magnolia Wk 56 - Jane's sketch

Another good morning to you all. It is Monday. Boo hoo. I really don't like the start of the week as we have Kinder for my eldest - Mr Tyler 5yrs at 1pm. I hate doing a drop off at that time. I wish it were the morning. No matter. He has such a good time at Kinder. I really think her is really going to enjoy going to school.

Now on to my card. To the direct left you can see a picture of a white star. I found a new product called Sparkle n soft. It is like velvet flocking but has glitter in it. Unfortunately you just can't see the glitter in the photo but you can see the texture of the felt.

I must admit I just love the new Fairytale range and keep thinking I need to buy that one and that one and that one. Oh dear. No more allowed for me at the moment. LOL.

Anyway, I made this card for the Just Magnolia challenge #56 - Jane's Sketch. I really loved making this card. The DP is also from the new fairytale range from Magnolia. I just think she is the sweetest stamp ever. LOL. Anyway enough babbing from me. LOL. Have a good one.

Mad for Markers with Magnolia

Are you all shocked....????? No Sweet Pea image. LOL. I know I know weird huh....!!!!! Hehehehe. I thought I would do something different this week for Mad for Markers this week. Even though it is not my post week I like having wonderful creations on my blog. What do you reckon....????

I must say that I am in love with the new Fairytale Collection from Magnolia. I have bought lots of the new stamps and am annoyed with myself for not

buying the Spring kit but after the Winter kit (which wasn't all that nice) I decided to skip this collection. How silly do I feel now. LOL. Anyway I have them now so no whinging from me anymore. Hahaha. I would like to thank Sammi for supplying me with these gorgeous stamped images until my stamps arrived. Woot. Hahaha.

So this card was made for the Just Magnolia challenge of 'It take two', for Papertake Weekly Challenge with a challenge of Shiney, Sparkly and Special, and also my DT card for Mad for Markers. One of the things I did do on this card is I masked off the arch for the window and airbrushed C10 to the background. I was going to go for blue background but she is inside and it is supposed to be dark LOL. I used a pink Copic atyou Spica pen on the "Make a Wish" sentiment but unfortunately the Spica pens don't show up in photos. It does look good IRL.

Copic markers used:

Hair: E29, 39, 35, 33, 31

Clothes: RV0000, 000, 00, 02

Bricks: C7, 5, 3, 1, 0, blender.

Skin: E000, 00, 51, 21, 02

Wood: E49, 47, 45, 43.

Background: C10 - Copic ABS2.

Spica pen - pink

Products: Copic markers & ABS3 from Mad for Markers; Magnolia stamps; BasicGrey DP; SU card; ribbon; Daisy D's sentiment stamp; SU ink; Helmar Scrapdots; Stickles Ice.

Fold It with Just Magnolia

Good morning everyone. What an excellent weekend we had here in Melbourne. The sun was shining all weekend and we got lots of chocolate - well the kids did - I am on a diet so none for me - Boo hoo. LOL.

On to my card. I made this during the week last week - just for the hell of it and when I saw the challenge over at Just Magnolia of 'Fold It' and you need to have at least two folds on your card - than of course this fits in perfectly.

I love this DP from the My Minds Eye Quite Contrary range. It has the nicest shades in it - especially some purple.


Products: Magnolia Stamp; MME DP; Martha Stewart punches; SU Oval All stamp; SU oval punches; Green Tara and Kaiser flowers; BasicGrey button; Paper doilie.

Bev's Sketch for Just Magnolia

Good afternoon. Yep it is the afternoon here already in Australia. Just finished lunch and the kids are watching Ben 10. Hubby about to do the lawns and hoping I get some creating time in this arvo - am crossing my fingers as I don't like my chances LOL.

I finally made a card that wasn't Spesch Stamps related LOL. I was having Magnolia withdrawals and 'needed' to do this sketch from Just Magnolia. I just love it's simplicity. Back to my usual stuff of brightness. I just love this DP by Sassafras Lass. This gorgeous girl is from the Raising the Ceiling range and is available to purchase to those of you in Australia from Magnolia Down Under Store.

Will see you all tomorrow for Anya Ink and for special things happening for the Magnolia Down Under Challenges 1st Birthday. Stay tuned.

Products:Magnolia stamp; Sassafras Lass DP; SU card; Prima & Green Tara flowers; brad; SU Best Yet sentiment stamp; SU scalloped circle punch.

The Pink Elephant #55

Morning. Hope we are all well. We have a few sickies in this house including me. I had the worst headache yesterday and just got worse and worse as the day went on. Unfortunately my little miss wouldn't stop crying yesterday afternoon and said her ear hurt so off to the Dr. Turns out she has an inner ear infection. So she is now on antibiotics. Hubby went to a footy game last night and messaged me to tell me he had a headache and a fever. Wonderful. I went to bed at about 9pm but couldn't get to sleep as my head hurt so much - I was still awake when hubby got home at 10.30pm and then he kept me awake with his fever shivering. Not a good night. Hoping to get a better nights sleep tonight.

Sorry about another waffle. I made this card for The Pink Elephant with this sketch. I love it's simplicity. I also made this for Just Magnolia with a 'Birthdays' challenge. I thought I would give my DT stamp from Magnolia Down Under another look in. She is excellent for birthdays as well as Christmas. Don't you just love her - well I do at least. LOL.
Don't forget Magnolia Down Under still has 10% off stamps - for Aussies only.
Have a good one.

Products: Magnolia stamp; MME Quite Contrary DP; Martha Stewart punch; SU ribbon; SU Best Yet sentiment; SU oval punches; Pearl brad; prima and Kaiser flowers.

Just Magnolia sketch by JayJay

Morning everyone. Hope we all had a wonderful weekend. It was fabulously hot here in Melbourne. Phew. Glad it is over. But we got some important things done over the weekend - one of them being getting a bunk bed for our boys. Our eldest Tyler is so so excited about being in the top bunk. We now have to get him a push night light so he can turn it on and won't fall off the top if he needs to go to the bathroom during the night. LOL. Our DD2yrs is also excited as she will now have her own bed too. I am not sure whether she is ready yet but we will see.

On to my card. Sorry about the waffle. I made this card for Just Magnolia with this great sketch by JayJay. I, of course, had to use one of the new stamps that arrived from Magnolia Down Under during the week. Isn't she just the cutest.

Products: Magnolia stamp; Cosmo Cricket DP; I am Roses flowers; Nesties; SU Upsy Daisy sentiment stamp; Pin and beads from my local haberdashery store.

Love

Morning sweet friends. I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day. We don't celebrate it here in Australia much as it is just another Hallmark Holiday. LOL. I didn't get anything and hubby didn't get anything from me either. We know we love each other. Hahaha.

This week over at Just Magnolia the challenge is to make a 'Love' creation. I thought I would use on of the So Jolly stamps that Christine stamped for me as it was one that I wanted but I think I got about 75% of the collection so didn't want to buy any more. LOL. Anyway I thought I would use her using the sketch from Friday sketchers. I do love this sketch and am betting that I will be using it again.

I must say that I have had a hard time lately of taking a straight photo of my cards. Doh....!!!!!

Products:Magnolia stamp; SU card; BasicGrey DP; Embossing folder; SU ribbon; Punch Bunch leaf punch; Cherry blossoms.

Happy Australia Day everyone

It is Australia Day here in the Land Down Under. It is very similar to Independence Day. We celebrate what is good about our dear country. What can I say...???? Ayres Rock (not called that now), Kangaroos, koalas, Aussie bush tucker, Lamb, sausages on the barbie. Lots and lots of things to celebrate but most of all our multiculturalism. Happy Australia Day to all you Aussies.

On to my card now. I made this for Just Magnolia sketch challenge. I loved doing this sketch. 1. very simple and can use one piece of DP instead of two or more, 2. I just love it. LOL. I was able to use one of my BasicGrey papers that I bought just last week and I used up the whole piece. Woot woot. Still sticking to my resolution. Of course, I did break it - sort of yesterday - when I went to my LSS and bought some more packs of 6x6 DP - naughty girl. On a good note though I passed my first test with my quitting smoking. I went to my besties on the weekend and she is a smoker. I wasn't even tempted to have a ciggie and when I thought about it I just reminded myself that it would make me feel sick so - woo hoo. No smokes for over a week now. Am so proud of myself.

Products: Magnolia stamp; SU Upsy Daisy stamp; BasicGrey DP; Roses from I am Roses; Small tea roses from Stephanne; Ribbon.

Thanks

Good morning. Did everyone's weekend go as quickly as mine did...??? I swear it was just too short :( DH and I are giving up smoking ATM too and so far so good - 36 hours without a cigarette. I tell you it is a struggle but we are determined to do it. Another NY's resolution. Wish us luck.

Okay on to my card. I made this card for Friday Sketchers with this fab sketch. I also made it for Just Magnolia with a challenge of making a Thank You card. So here it is. My good blogging friend Christine sent me this gorgeous Magnolia image and she snuck in some Hanglar stamped images as well as a sweet surpirse. Thanks heaps honey I really am going to have lots of fun with these. mwah mwah.

The gorgeous lace ribbon that I have used on the bottom is from Magnolia Down Under Store and is currently in stock. The personalized stamp (see below) is also available to order in store.

Products: Magnolia stamp; MDU personalized stamp; SU Basic Phrases stamp; SU card; Kaisercraft DP; Spellbinders Fleur De Lis die; Prima flowers; SU corduroy brad; Distress ink; circle punch.