IMPORTANT NEWS…..

Is hitting Down Under…..  We have moved to HERE…..

Also in the spirit of Easter coming we have changed the blog header there for a little fun

We hope to see you all over there.  We have just announced the winner and top 5….

Take Care,

Kellie Winnell

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #34

Well good morning Magnolia fans,

Have most of you gotten your new Magnolia’s?  How cute to boot are they!Whats the challenge this week?

• Easel Card…

I really enjoy making these and LOVE how simple they really are, seriously when I was first going to do one, I thought OMGosh way to hard, but they really aren’t and I promise once you make one you will make MORE…!

Our gorgeous DT member Jodie Turner done some step by steps….

Easel Card Directions - Making an ordinary card into an extrodinary card

My finished card size is 15cm square (6″)

supplies needed:

Cardstock 30cm x 15cm (12″x6″)

Cardstock -15cm x 15cm (6″x6″)

score tool/scor pal

Scor Tape/Red Tape or strong adhesive

to make an Easel Card 15cm square cut 30cm x15cm piece of cardstock - score at 15cm & 7.5cm (6″ & 3″) vertically - valley fold both score lines.

Embellish card front - attach to card base, I find it easier to close the card, sticking the front to the closed card, it is easier to line up.  To hold the card in place you need to add a button, pop dot or some sort of dimension for the card to catch on to keep it from closing.

They are a lot easier to make than you might think and they come with a warning, they are very addictive. Easel cards can be made in all sorts of shapes and sizes.

To resize all you need to remember is score your card in half and then in half again.

Example of sizes: 12.5cm square

Cardstock 25cm x 12.5cm - score at 12.5 & 6.25cm

This week we are lucky to have a wonderful sponsor …….

My Creative Classroom is the leader in online arts and crafts learning. Our interactive and in-depth courses are instructor led and filled with wonderful projects and techniques to help you get the most out of your supplies. This spring MCC will be offering over 70 courses, including 35 brand new courses.

From the Cricut to Copics to mixed media to rubber stamping to scrapbooking we have something for everyone. Join us as we kick-off our spring semester. My Creative Classroom will be giving away a $25 scholarship to one lucky winner.

HOW TO JOIN IN…

• Your card MUST have a Magnolia stamp to join in.  Doesn’t have to be a Tilda or Edwin, it can be a butterfly, background, table, animal etc, as long as it’s made by Magnolia.
• Follow the challenge above.
• Post your card on your blog and LINK back to ou r challenge blog.
• Link your DIRECT post to Mr Linky before mid-day Saturday before next challenge to be in for judgment.

We are lucky enough to have 2 amazing guests this week with us, well this month.  All guests will do all 4-5 challenges depending on the month and when the challenges fall on.  We would like to welcome…..

CHRISTINE

NICOLE

Here is what the wonderful Magnolia Down Under Challenge Designers came up with, something to get everyone’s creative juices going AND be sure to check out their personal blogs to see them in detail and give them some loving for all their hard works!…

DEBBIE

JANE

JODIE

STEPHANNE

We are using Mr. Linky again this fortnight. Please put a **DIRECT** link to your entry, NOT your overall blog into the box below BEFORE mid-day **SATURDAY**. Thanks so much for joining in. We love to see everyone’s work and want everyone to be able to see yours…

Challenge Thirty-Three WINNER and Top 5…

Good evening Everyone,

It was fantastic to see all the entries come in using the recipe challenge.  I am also stoked to see we are getting so many entries since going weekly still.  Thanks to all that joined in this week.  And then winner this week is……

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #33

Good Morning to you all,

Another Sunday = Another Magnolia Down Under Challenge.  It’s still rather exciting having them weekly and having 2 groups but we all still work together….. Confused, yeah I do that to myself too, hehe…

This week we have a wonderful sponsor Michelle’s Scraps….  AND guess what?  She is giving you all a chance to have 10% OFF your next order!  WOW how generous is that!

Michelle’s Scrapbooking & More has over 200 colors of Copic markers, spellbinders, flower soft, as well as a wide selection of rubber stamps, including Magnolias and  The Pixie Cottage.  Stop by and use the coupon code CHALLENGE on check out for 10 percent off your order. Quick shipping and customer service is our goal!

So the challenge this week is a good one……

• Buttons, Flowers and Bows….

As long as you have one of each we are happy, or they can be the pictures in your paper etc, it’s really up to your imagination.

HOW TO JOIN IN…

• Your card MUST have a Magnolia stamp to join in.  Doesn’t have to be a Tilda or Edwin, it can be a butterfly, background, table, animal etc, as long as it’s made by Magnolia.
• Follow the challenge above.
• Post your card on your blog and LINK back to our challenge blog.
• Link your DIRECT post to Mr Linky before mid-day Saturday before next challenge to be in for judgment.

Once again we are joined by our ever so creative and inspiring guests…..

CHRISTINE

NICOLE

Here is what the wonderful Magnolia Down Under Challenge Designers came up with, something to get everyone’s creative juices going AND be sure to check out their personal blogs to see them in detail and give them some loving for all their hard works!…

DEBRA

CHELSEA

FRAN

NICOLE

TANJA

TRACEY

We are using Mr. Linky again this fortnight. Please put a **DIRECT** link to your entry, NOT your overall blog into the box below BEFORE mid-day **SATURDAY**. Thanks so much for joining in. We love to see everyone’s work and want everyone to be able to see yours!

Challenge Thirty-Two WINNER and Top 5…

Good afternoon Everyone,

WOW it was truly amazing to see all the entries that you all done.  I LOVE pink and grey together and it was fabulous seeing one after the other and they way you all used the colour theme so differently.  Thanks to all that joined in this week.  And then winner this week is……

Email Entries

Sharon Burgess

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #32

Well good morning Magnolia fans,

I can not get over that not only are we in the 30’s with the challenges and now that we are weekly they will go heaps quicker but that we now have over 300 followers!  WOW, thank you to all that join in and follow along with us.  We are really excited to being weekly again now.  We have always wanted to, but didn’t think we could keep up and then I thought we have such a big DT base what if we were to split in 2 and the girls LOVED the idea and it’s good news for you to, not only do you get a weekly challenge now for all you girls that are hanging out every fortnight, but we can now take on 2 guests every month!

Moving onto the prize this week.  This week we have a mixture of a prize, a little something to help make a gorgeous card, I made the pack full of some of my favourite things….. Magnolia Papers, Magnolia Stamp ( I just LOVE her, she is perfect for birthday cards, thank you cards, late birthday cards), Flowers and Lace….

Whats the challenge this week? It’s a gorgeous colour theme this week for you all….

• Grey & Pink

This doesn’t mean your WHOLE card has to be Grey and Pink only, if you want to have flowers, ribbons go right on ahead as long as it’s based around it, your in!

HOW TO JOIN IN…

• Your card MUST have a Magnolia stamp to join in.  Doesn’t have to be a Tilda or Edwin, it can be a butterfly, background, table, animal etc, as long as it’s made by Magnolia.
• Follow the challenge above.
• Post your card on your blog and LINK back to ou r challenge blog.
• Link your DIRECT post to Mr Linky before mid-day Saturday before next challenge to be in for judgment.

We are lucky enough to have 2 amazing guests this week with us, well this month.  All guests will do all 4-5 challenges depending on the month and when the challenges fall on.  We would like to welcome…..

CHRISTINE

NICOLE

Here is what the wonderful Magnolia Down Under Challenge Designers came up with, something to get everyone’s creative juices going AND be sure to check out their personal blogs to see them in detail and give them some loving for all their hard works!…

DEBBIE

JANE

JODIE

KELLIE

STEPHANNE

We are using Mr. Linky again this fortnight. Please put a **DIRECT** link to your entry, NOT your overall blog into the box below BEFORE mid-day **SATURDAY**. Thanks so much for joining in. We love to see everyone’s work and want everyone to be able to see yours!

Challenge Thirty-One WINNER and Top 5…

Good afternoon Everyone,

WOW it was truly amazing to see all the entries that you all done.  I was blown away by how many of you used all 3 challenges we set as I know myself Orange is a hard colour to use for people that hardly use it like me.  But it opened my eyes to how fun the colour can be.  The way you all used my sketch was amazing because every card still looked so different!  Thanks to all that joined in this week.  And then winner this week is……

Challenge #31

Hello how are we all. We are back with challenge #31 and remember it is weekly now! Before we get started I wanted to thank Norma and Sue for the fabulous 6 months they have given us on the DT, Ladies we will be sad to see you go, but hope you will come back and join in.

Our sponsor this week is “The cutting Cafe” they generously given the Design Team a couple of digital sentiments from their store to use on our cards.  The Cutting Cafe have many things that even people that can’t colour digi can use, shaped card templates, sentiments, the list simple goes on…

The prize from The Cutting Cafe is your choice of 3 sets from the store.

Onto the challenge, we have a sketch for you this week, but with the sketch we want you to also make it Girlie and have some Orange on your card.

HOW TO JOIN IN…

• Your card MUST have a Magnolia stamp to join in.  Doesn’t have to be a Tilda or Edwin, it can be a butterfly, background, table, animal etc, as long as it’s made by Magnolia.
• Follow the challenge above.
• Post your card on your blog and LINK back to ou r challenge blog.
• Link your DIRECT post to Mr Linky before mid-day Saturday before next challenge to be in for judgment.

Here is what the wonderful Magnolia Down Under Challenge Designers came up with, something to get everyone’s creative juices going AND be sure to check out their personal blogs to see them in detail and give them some loving for all their hard works!…

FRAN

DEBBIE

DEBRA

JODIE

KELLIE

KRISTY

NICOLE

NORMA

STEPHANNE

SUE

TANJA

TRACEY

We are using Mr. Linky again this fortnight. Please put a **DIRECT** link to your entry, NOT your overall blog into the box below BEFORE mid-day **SATURDAY**. Thanks so much for joining in. We love to see everyone’s work and want everyone to be able to see yours!

Challenge #30 Winners

So are you all excited about our changes and that we will now be a weekly challenge blog yipppee. So anyway your here for the winners of challenge 30!! The winner is………………………………………..

GroT!!!

Email me to with your address and Kellie will get those gorgeous Yummy tummy magnolia papers out to you.

OK now for our top 5

1. Ruby {41}
2. Iris {61}
3. Dena {52}
4. Pam Sparks {44}
5. Sandie {59}
   

Congratulations Ladies, you can grab your top 5 blinkie from our sidebar.

Make sure you check back later for our new challenge.

Kristy x

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