Pretty princess in pink

I was so super-dooper excited last week when my DT kit from the Magnolia Down Under Store arrived in my mail box (I'm sure the construction workers over the road had a good laugh at me skipping with joy back to my front door, lol) This sweet little Princess Tilda is part of the new princess, fairy tale and pirate range which will be in store very soon, I can't wait!! I have a bit of a pirate thing and from a few sneak peeks I have had they look adorable. I think with every new release my wish list gets longer, there is a certain man of the house that is going to kill me after the shopping spree I plan of having, but it will be totally worth it!
Anyways, back to the card, the cherry blossoms and these absolutely gorgeous papers are also available in store, this photo does not do them justice, the pink paper is the most shade of pinky purple, I love it. The card stock lace, charm and large rose are all from my stash. I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Creative Inspirations - charms
Cupcake Craft Challenges - Flower Power
Magnolia Stamp lovers - Pink and brown
Pile it on - Pastels
Saturday Challenge - Anything goes

Bonnie with her bunny

Would you look at this sweet little darling, doesn't she make you want to go and grab a favourite stuffed toy to cuddle too :) This is Bonnie and she is one of the newest additions to the gang over at Spesch Stamps.
She has been coloured with copics and paired with some Heidi Grace papers I had lying around in my stash and a few paper roses with some glitter splashed on their petals to match the glitter on ribbon around her waist and the frills on the bottom of her skirt (none of which came out in the photo, gggrrrrr!) Other than that I kept the card pretty plain as everything else I seemed to add over crowded the card and this way the gorgeous image is still the star. I thought for something different I would have a crack at a gate fold card and look...

I even decorated the inside, lol.

Today Bonnie will be playing along with:

The Pink Elephant - Spring

By the cute and Girly - spring

Cupcake Craft Challenges - flower Power

Papertake Weekly Challenge - sketch

Pile it On - Pastel colours

Magnolia Down Under Challenges 1st Birthday Bash CANDY Blog Hop...

Hello there Magnolia Lovers and Welcome to the 1st Birthday Blog Hop for Magnolia Down Under Challenges....!!

We are so excited and thrilled to become 1! Who knew that when Magnolia Down Under Challenges started with only 3 members it would be bigger and better a year on. We are all SO EXCITED that we have decided to do a birthday blog hop and whats better is that all the DT are offering CANDY! To be eligible you have to hop on to each Design Team Member and leave them some comment lovin affection ;) Winners will be announced on Magnolia Down Under Challenges Blog at the end of the challenge and also on the personal DT blogs on whom won their candy.

If you've just happened across my blog and didn't start at the beginning click HERE.... But if you have come from Debra then you are well on your hop....
Here is my card, Happy Birthday MDUC! I could not help myself and had to use the gorgeous heart breaker Edwin (get him here...) and used one of my favorite colours, I love this shade of green...hmmm, maybe I should put my bridesmaids in this colour.. decisions, decision... So, not too much to say, I have inked and glittered all of my edges, added some roses from iamroses.com, some pearls, lace and ribbon from my stash and the happy birthday stamp is just from a random set of sentiments I have in my collection :)
And here is my candy (it is my first and I am so very excited about it!!)
I have got for you a collection of some of my favourite embellishments, ribbons, lace, roses, bling, charms, sequin snowflakes and some stamped images thrown in (just let me know if you are a copic or watercolour chicky when you win and I will stamp accordingly) So just leave me a comment and you are in with a chance to win!!

Thanks for stopping by.... Continue the hop by visiting Jane

Sketchy time!

Welcome, welcome, another Suday means another Anya Ink chalenge and this week we have afabulous sketh for you all.

This is super quick post for me, I am writing this on Saturday arvo and scheduling it as we have a heap of people coming over in an hour and I still have a hundred things to do!!

I have used Stella, another little stunner Kristy generously samped up for me :) I think the paper may have been cosmo cricket, I have embossed again with my swirls (i wish they showed up this well on my card last week!) and I was going to add some bling swirls in the corner but they did not look right so I use some 3D kindy glitz and free-handed it. Make sure to headover to Anya Ink and leave the DT some love :)

Eat Me...

Hi, just a quickie from me today, a little something different with Alice from Spesch Stamps. I actually started colouring this one up before we got the Queen of hearts (which the colour combo suited better) because I love this colour combo and wanted to make Alice a little edgier I guess, but that sweet face is kind of counter productive, she needs some dark lipstick and black eye liner before she can really pull this look of I think (I want to be Abby from NCIS when I grow up, can you tell, lol) Anyways, just some Alice love in non traditional Alice colours. I should mention this is actually a gift box with an acetate window, I scrounged what chocolates my other half had left in a box on the computer desk. If I had planned ahead I would have gone out and bought something in red wrappers to match :)

A little close up of the cutie. If you love her as much as I do head on over to Spesch Stamps to get yours today :)

I am entering my little gift box over at Creatalicious Challenges as their theme is "create a little something"

Calling all stampers

Sesch Stamps are having their first DT call.

We are currently searching for 4-5 new designers for a new term to begin May 1st – August 31st, 2010.

We are interested in fresh, funky, out of the box designs. We are looking for out of the box cards and projects. Our designers should have great coloring technique and photography skills. You should be able to post regularly on your blog or website and talk up our product. You do not have to have been on previous design teams.

How to apply:

Send Spesch Stamps an email at booyagirl@optusnet.com.au with New Designer in the subject field no later than March 31st. Please include 3 creations (they do not have to be new) - 1 preferably a digital stamp to showcase your best coloring abilities. I will chose a Top ten ( I am hoping we have more applications than that) to go through to the next stage of the application process. I will not play favourites - I need a design team that will showcase Spesch Stamps the best and has a great colouring technique.

Along with your email please include the following information:

1. Name

2. Mailing Address

3. Phone number

4. Email Address

5. A List of your present/past design team positions. Note: You will be considered even if you do not have design team experience.

6. A link to your blog and gallery on SCS, PCP, or any place else you like to hang out.

7. A brief “about me” summary to include; interests, crafting history, etc. Whatever you would like us to know about you and your experience.


For full details check it out here!

Falling for fall

I'm back with another card using a Spesch stamp, she is called Fall Girl for the moment but if you can come up with a name for her then head over to the blog HERE and let Tracey know. If yours is the name chosen then you will win her! I really love her, she is very elegant and that outfit is so cute.
This is really bugging me and I don't know why it photographed this way but the flowers have come up very pinky when IRL they are the same shades of purple as the papers, just a little lighter, if you know what I mean :)

Iam going to enter this over at Lili of the valley as this week their challenge is easel cards (love 'em!), Simon Says who want girly and Stamp something are after girly somethings.

Ok, so this is just a super quick post from me, I'm off to get dinner ready :) Thanks for looking!

Anya Ink - Emboss it!

The challenge over at Anya Ink this week is embossing! I have used my cuttlebug D'vine swirls embossing folder on the yellow flower crd base (it does not really show up in the photo unfortunately) and around the adorable Gigi (love the name) stamped up for my by the amazing Kristy, thank you so much honey! There is also embossing on my nestabilities tag as all nesties emboss around the edges. I have inked and glittered all my edges and added a few flowers as she is a bit of a hippy chick and needs her flower power, lol, but I did not want to add too much and cover up all the embossing (as it is the point of the whole card) Thanks for looking and make sure you head on over to the Anya Ink blog and check out the DT's work, amazing as always :)

Curiouser and curiouser...

I'm back with another Spesch stamp for you, this is the Queen of Hearts, isn't she gorgeous, and isn't that cleavage fabulous, hahaha! This is also my first ever Copic coloured image, and they are really growing on me.

I have used the sketch from Friday sketchers as inspirations for this card. Thanks for looking and be sure to head over to Spesch Designer Stamps to get your hands on this lovely lady, you will love her as much as I do :)

Alice is very Spesch!

Have you heard? There is anew digi store in town and it is owned by the wonderful and talented Tracey. It's called Spesch Designer Stamps, find it HERE. You may have noticed by the new badges in my side bar that Tracey has asked me to be on her design team, of course I was thrilled and am now proud to introduce you all to Alice. Isn't she adorable, hands down, far and away my favourite Alice in wonderland themed stamp I have seen, and with the film soon to be released I have come across a lot recently!

She is now available for purchase at Spesch Designer Stamps for US$3, why not head on over and get your hands on her today :)

Jump for joy... It's a Magnolia Down Under store SALE!!!

MAGNOLIA DOWN UNDER have a wonderful special on this weekend. All stamps are 15% off, starting...NOW!! They have Raising the Ceiling, So Spooky, Yummy for your Tummy and you can Preorder the new Hoppy Easter collection. So hop on over to the store and order yours today, before they are gone!
(Shipping to Australia only)

Thinking of you on your birthday

Hello again, wow 2 spontaneous posts in one day! I was going to post this tomorrow but thought bugger it, i may as well just do it now. This is the Edwin from the new raising the ceiling collection bought from Kellie at the Magnolia Down Under Store. I adore him!! I stamped him several times as soon as I got him and have a couple already coloured in and waiting to be used. He is just sooooo sweet and an absolute dream to colour in, he is probably my favourite stamp in the collection. I know, if you told me my fave was going to be an Edwin I would not have believed you, after getting a sneak peek at a few before the release I thought it would be Nobel Tilda, she just make me smile in those high heels :) but I just love him, he's too sweet.
Anyways, I just had to create something with him. Even though it's got Edwin on it I went for a girly kinda card, lost of sparkle and flowers. I have inked, distressed and glittered all my edges. I have a few pearl head pins amongst the flowers, which I managed to restrain myself from glittering also (it was not easy but I managed to do it, or not do it, as the case may be)
Well, enough waffling, here is it...

This card plays along with:

Just Magnolia - Birthdays

A spoon full of sugar - Use distress inks, pearls and glitter

Cute card Thursday - Ribbon-tastic

The pink elephant - Add green (do the leaves amongst my flowers count?)

A.W.O.L. apologies

Sorry everyone, I have been MIA lately, a combination of too much to do resulting in not enough crafting time and Mr Mojo packing up and buggering off in the hot weather (he must go to the beach, well... wouldn't you?). Anyways I am here today, and with a card too! I have combined the sketch over at Anyone for Anya? with the Farm Fresh Fridays theme of Dessert and...

Ta-Da!!

This first photo is with the flash on so you can the glitter on the DP (all the DP's are glittery :D)
This pic is no flash but you can see the details and colours betterOn a slightly unrelated note, it was quite possibly the inspiration for my card, I whipped up a batch of cup cakes last night, yummy!

Hanging around for some easter treats at MDUC

It's an Easter theme this week over at Magnolia Down Under and you are definitly going to wan to play alog as the prize is a $25 vocher from Simon Says. As you can see I do not own any Easter stamps so I use this Tilda the fabulous Tracey stamped up for me from the raising the ceiling collection. She is holding a little bag of goodies so I thought she would be appropriate for Easter. I have been dying to make a frame card since I saw THIS tutorial, and it was much easier than I thought it would be :) I can see more of these in my future, and the inside of the frame is the perfect place to nestle an arrangement of flowers. I searched all my stamps and did not have any sentiments for an Easter card, so I went with something simple and hand written, my least favourite part of the card because I HATE my handwriting. The cute little butterflies were a random punch from my collection, the label looked like it was needing a little something. The papers are Magnolia, get your HERE, I love these candy papers and after I finished my card I went to my local scrap sore and picked up a MS candy border punch, don't know where I would have used it on this card but I did buy it with these papers in mind :)

So, be sure to swing by the MDUC blog and check out the other amazing DT ladies work, they leave me speechless week after week, and don't forget to get your entries in for a chance to win this weeks amazing prize!!

Anya Ink

It's Anya Ink time, an this weeks challenge is 'Anything but a card'. I normally love coming up with and constructing little projects for no particular reason and I have ideas rattling around in my head when I see particular stamps, but as soon as someone sets anything but a card as a challenge I go blank, it's soooo very frustrating. So for this challenge I have made one of my favourites, a mini pizza box, you can find the tutorial HERE. I decided to make it a bit different and I cut a window in the top of the box and used acetate, so now you get a sneak peak at the contents. These little boxes are perfect for chocolates of small gift or thank you cards, even as a gift box for coasters, it would be fabulous if you stamped up a set and made a box to match!

Be sure to stop by the Anya Ink blog and see the DT's amazing work!

A colour challenge from Anya Ink

It's Sunday again and that means time for another Anya Ink challenge! This week we have a colour challenge for you of blue, grey and cream. So this week my geisha Anya has come out to play, isn't she adorable, and a dream to colour! I have glittered all my edges and the flower in Anya's hair and on her kimono. I have inked all the edges of my DP in blue ink. For this challenge I have made a joy fold card, I did have a tutorial I found the other day for it but now I cannot find it again, typical, there is probably one over at SCS, they have everything :) Here is the card opened up, I have left two areas blank for writing. This card is actually a cream colour but has come out white in the photo and I have inked the edges in blue ink.

don't forget to stop by and see the rest of the DT's amazing work and play along with us!

Buttons and Bows for MDUC

Welcome back, it's Sunday and this week it is my groups turn over at Magnolia Down Under Challenges. Our challenge this week is o use flowers, buttons and bows, your creation much contain a little of each! Our sponsor for this week is Michelle's scrapbooking and more and they are giving a $10 voucher to the winner! Well, the flowers on my card are obvious, the glittery little lady bug on the flower is a button, it had a shank on the back which I just cut off and it went perfectly with these papers I already had, and as for the bow, there is a bot of bow action going on under the flowers, unfortunately you can't tell because I got a bit excited with the flower component of the challenge, lol. I have inked up my adorable little 60's Tilda, she is one of my favourites, who really is as cute as a bug. You can't see it at all in the pic but I have glittered the edges of all the petals and the lady bugs on my DP are glittery too, so I have a whole glitter thing going on that did not show up at all, bugger! I think the only way to get a good pic where you can actually see the glitter is to take a horrible over exposed shot with the flash on, I guess you will just have to imagine it :)
Thank you for taking a look and all your wonderful comments :) I am leaving for holidays tomorrow so I apologize if I cannot get around to comment on everyones blogs over the next week, I do not know if I will have any internet access, gasp!!

Anya Ink goes Monochromatic

Happy Valentines Day everyone and welcome to another Anya Ink Sunday. This weeks challenge is monochromatic. When I saw this I first planned to do a whole card in black and white, but then I had an idea to use browns and try the cracked glass effect, you can find a tutorial here, there are a few around but they all are pretty much the same. I have tried to go for vintage-ish feel. The DP is magnolia and everything is from my extensive stash :) Here is a close up of the cracked image.

i am also going to enter this over at Anyone for Anya, good enough to eat, the colours are pretty chocolatey to me, and Farm Fresh Friday want vintage-esque :)

Thanks for coming by today and having a look. I must apologize for my lack of posting lately, I am leaving for holidays tomorrow so I have been working on some DT stuff in order to get ahead and not have to stress. So I apologize if I cannot get around to comment on everyones blogs over the next week, I do not know if I will have any internet access, gasp!!

Black Saturday

Hi all, this is not a crafty post, I just wanted to share a little something with you all. Today is the 1 year anniversary of the Black Saturday bushfires, that devastated Victoria. While my home was never under immediate threat the fire destroyed homes and many lives were lost in near by towns. My fiancee was supposed to be playing cricket in one of these town on this day and I am just thankful that it was called off as the fire tore through these grounds and destroyed everything that day.
Below are some photos taken from our front door at around 4 in the afternoon. I have never shown these to anyone and have only looked at them once or twice myself. In this one the ash has completely blocked the sun, I have never seen anything like this before in real life, and only once or twice on tv, you can even see the ash falling from the sky, it looks a bit like snow.

Anyway, thanks for looking, I just thought it was a day worth mentioning and remembering.

Magnolia Down Under yummyness!!!

Welcome to the new weekly format at Magnolia Down Under Challenges! Exciting, isn't it :) You may or may not know that the DT has been split into 2 groups so that even though the challenges are weekly the DT are still working on a fortnightly basis and alternating challenges, so Group 1 is up this week and seeing that I am on group 2 I don't have anything to show you... except the crafty goodness up for grabs from the always generous Kellie, a collection of some of her favourite things, and aren't they yummy!! So if that is not inspiration enough to get inky I don't know what is!! So get out your pink and grey goodness and let the mojo flow...

Oh, on another note, I just realised this is my 100th post! yay!! I'm kind of amazed that I made it past 10 :D