TOMIC Challenge 1

Hello everyone and welcome to the very first challenge at The Official Magnolia Inspiration Challenge (TOMIC) we are all very excited to be here and we hope you will all join us for lots of fun. For this first week all of the DT are taking part, but for forthcoming weeks we will be split into teams as there are so many of us. This week we have a theme of Happy Birthday and Magnolia are sponsoring our challenges with a surprise package for the winner.

For my card I have used Bridesmaid Tilda from the Magnolia Wedding Collection 2010 and she has been coloured with copics and embellished with silver stickles. The lush DPs are from K & Co and they have quite a vintage feel. I planned my layout around the little bird in the bottom right hand corner so you could see him peeking through. I used an MS punch for the scalloped edge and the sentiment is from cats life press. To embellish my card I used some cream twill, pearls, twine and a charm

I finished off the inside of my card with the left over DPs from the front. I put them together in a patch work effect and used some zig zag stitches for the joins. I really love how this turned out.

Supplies
Card/Paper: Dark red and white card, K & C - Flora and Fauna
Stamps: Magnolia - Bridesmaid Tilda - Wedding Collection 2010
Colouring: Copics - E00, E02, E11, R20, V12, V17, E53, E25, E29, E43, E47, E49, R81, R85, YG11, YG67, G21, C1, C3, C5, W1, W3, W5, W7, 0
Embellishments: Twill ribbon, pearls, twine, charm
Tools: Sewing machine, nesties, trouvaille, MS Trellis punch
Thanks for looking x

Strawberry Tilda

For my card I have used Strawberry Tilda from the Magnolia Lazy Summer Days Collection 2009 and she is coloured with copics. The DP is from Colorbok and I used my MS trellis punch for the border. The charm is from WOJ and I finished off with some ribbon and jewels.

Supplies
Card/Paper: Orange and white card. Colorbok - Sorbet
Stamps: Magnolia - Strawberry Tilda - Lazy Summer Days Collection 2009
Colouring: Copics - E00, E02, E11, R20, E51, E31, E25, Y11, Y17, YR23, YR00, YR02, YR04, YR07, YG11, G21, YG67, G00, YG41, G02, G05, C1, C3, C5, W1, W3, W5, W7, 0
Embellishments: Charm, ribbon, jewels
Tools: Sewing machine, nesties, trouvaille
Thanks for looking x

Exciting News!!!

Hello everyone, I'm so please to share with you some exciting news....

The 6th June will see the launch of The Official Magnolia Inspiration Challenge (TOMIC). This is the official challenge from Magnolia Stamps and all the DT are really excited to be taking part.

There will be a new challenge every Monday starting from the 6th and all of the design team will be creating projects for the first challenge, after that we will be split into teams and each team will take a turn hosting the challenge.

So, please pop on over to the challenge blog and become a follower so you don't miss out on any of the fun.

Thanks for stopping by. Liza x

Tilda with Armful of Tulips

For my card today I have used Tilda with Armful of Tulips from the Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011 and she is coloured with copics. The DP is also from the Magnolia Butterfly Dreams collection of papers and it is one of the mini 6 x 6 sheets, just perfect for a card! I have inked the edges of my image and the DP with tea stain distress ink and I have finished off with a doily, ribbon and some jewels. The sentiment is computer generated and I have attached it like a little charm.

Supplies
Card/Paper: Yellow and white card. Magnolia - Butterfly Dreams
Stamps: Magnolia - Tilda with Armful of Tulips - Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011
Colouring: Copics - E00, E11, R20, E25, E31, E51, E53, E57, Y11, Y17, YG11, YG41, G21, W1, W3, W5, W7, 0. Distress ink - Tea Stain
Embellishments: Doily, ribbon, jewels
Tools: Sewing machine, nesties, trouvaille
 Thanks for looking x

Tilda with Bunch of Roses

Hello everyone, for my card today I have used Tilda with Bunch of Roses from the Magnolia Chasing Butterflies Collection and she is coloured with copics. The DP is from K & Co and the sentiment is from Crafty Sentiments. I finished off with some ribbon and jewels.

Supplies
Card/Paper: Cream and green card, K & Co - Small wonders girl
Stamps: Magnolia - Tilda with Bunch of Roses - Chasing Butterflies Collection
Colouring: Copics - E00, E02, E11, R20, E53, E25, E29, B93, B95, B97, E43, E47, E49, YG11, G21, YG67, Y11, Y17, R32, R35, C1, C3, C5, C7, W1, W3, W5, W7, 0
Embellishments: Ribbon, jewels
Tools: Cuttlebug, nesties, corner rounder punch, sewing machine
Thanks for looking x

Tilda with Spring Bundler

Hello everyone, for my card today I have used Tilda with Spring Bundler from the Magnolia Hoppy Easter Collection 2010 and she is coloured with copics and highlighted with stickles. The DP is from K & Co and the sentiment is from Waltzing Mouse Fancy Phrases set. The doily, ribbon, ribbon slider, jewel and pearls are all from my stash.


Supplies
Card/Paper: Ivory and pink card, K & Co - Amy Butler - Belle
Stamps: Magnolia - Tilda with Spring Bundler - Hoppy Easter Collection 2010
Colouring: Copics - E00, E11, R20, E31, E35, E37, E29, E43, E47, E49, B93, B95, B97, R81, R85, RV000, RV02, RV04, YG11, G21, YG63, C1, C3, C5, W1, W3, W5, W7, 0
Embellishments: Doily, ribbon, ribbon slider, pearls, stickles, jewel
Tools: Sewing machine
Thanks for looking x

You Make Me Smile

Hello everyone, for my card I have used Secret Tilda from the Magnolia Merry Little Christmas Collection 2010 and she is coloured with copics and accented with silver stickles and a ranger inkssentials pen. The sentiment is one of the Magnolia minis and it is just the perfect size to pop on the side of an image, and the flourish is also from Magnolia but it is actually a long stamp for a border, but I just partially stamped it to get the effect I wanted.

My DP is from DCWV and the doily is from Create4fun. I used a spellbinders fancy tag to create my two white tabs, which also came from Create4fun. Finally, the ribbon and jewels are from my stash.

Supplies
Card/Paper: Black and white card, DCWV - Linen Closet
Stamps: Magnolia - Secret Tilda - Merry Little Christmas Collection 2010, Magnolia - flourish and mini sentiment
Colouring: Copics - E00, E11, R20, C1, C3, C5, C7, W1, W3, W5, W7, 100, 0
Embellishments: Doily, stickles, inkssentials pen, ribbon, jewels
Tools: Cuttlebug, sewing machine, spellbinders fancy tags
Thanks for looking x

Colibri

Hello everyone, for my card I have used Colibri from the Magnolia Pet Collection 2009 and I have coloured it with copics. For the wings and tail I used a technique called feather blending and where the yellow and blue colours overlapped, they formed the green area. The DP is from basic grey and the ribbon, butons and jewels are from my stash.

Supplies
Card/Paper: Ivory and green card, Basic Grey
Stamps: Magnolia - Colibri - Pet Collection 2009
Colouring: Copics - Y00, Y02, Y06, Y11, Y17, YR23, B00, BG10, W3, 0
Embellishments: Buttons, ribbon, jewels
Tools: Cuttlebug, nesties, sewing machine, floral fantasy embossing folder
Thanks for looking x

Brunte

For my card I used Brunte from the Magnolia Spring Collection 2008, I masked him off then stamped the flowers behind him to make him look like he was standing in a field of flowers. I coloured the image with copics and added a little stickles to the background. The decorative edge was done using my Martha Stewart punch and the designer paper is MME Bloom and Grow. The ribbon and flowers were provided by Magnolia and I used my sewing machine to stitch around all the elements of the card.

Supplies
Card/Paper: Orange and cream card, MME - Bloom and grow
Stamps: Magnolia - Brunte - Spring Collection 2008, Flower Background
Colouring: Copics - E21, E33, E35, E37, Y11, Y17, Y21, YR23, YR00, YR02, YR04, YR07, YG03, YG11, G21, YG67, W1, W3, C1, BG10, B00, 0
Embellishments: Ribbon, flowers, stickles
Tools: Leone Em branch punch, MS punch, sewing machine
Thanks for looking x

Tilda with Ice Cream

For my card I used Tilda with Ice Cream and the post strawberry sentiment from the Magnolia Lazy Summer Days Collection 2009. The image is colored with copics and the DPs and embellishments were included in a Magnolia DT kit from a while ago. I used my MS trellis punch for the punched edge and I stiched around all the elements with my sewing machine.


Supplies
Card/Paper: All provided by Magnolia.
Stamps: Magnolia - Tilda with Ice Cream and Post Strawberry Sentiment - Lazy Summer Days Collection 2009
Colouring: Copics - E00, E11, R20, E50, E51, E53, E33, Y21, YR23, RV10, BG10, BG01, BG09, W1, W3, W7, 0
Embellishments: Flowers, ribbon and jewels
Tools: MS garden trellis punch, cuttlebug, nesties, sewing machine
Thanks for looking x