Challenge #5 – Pink and Chocolate

Welcome Magnolia Lovers!! Today our new challenge is to use the colors Pink and Chocolate. This is a favorite color combo of our sponsor, Stamping Scrapping.

To begin this challenge our featured designer is none other than Vivi.

Vivi used the adorable Cross Stitched Tilda for her image. For more details on her creation hop on over to Vivi’s blog.

We will be back in a few days with a new posting of our next featured designer.

We would love to see your creations and this challenge will be open until March 14th at 10:00 pm so come on and join the fun. The winner of this challenge will receive a copy of Magnolia Ink Fairy Tale issue!!!

In order to enter the challenge we only have three requirements:

• Love Magnolia stamps
• Use a Magnolia stamp
• Be a follower of this blog

We also would like to send out a congratulations to:

Michele Hileman

Michele is the winner of Challenge #4! Congrats Michele, please contact Cindy at stampingscrapping@gmail.com AND stampingscrapping@charter.net with Lovers Blog Winner challenge #4 in the subject line and sending your mailing address info ASAP.

Challenge 4 :: Carnaval & Mardi Gras! Party time!

Hello all darlings Magnolia fans out there! It is time to bring all that blings and shine! We will be celebrating Carnaval in this challenge! YAY! I had a load of fun preparing the inspiration card for this challenge. As you can see I dig deep into my boxes to bring all the little things that makes a Carnaval a happy season! I hope you will all join us in this party and bring your colors to our Magnolia Stamp lovers Challenge!

We thank Cindy from stampingscrapping.com for sponsoring this challenge and the awesome prizes that are given in each challenge!

The Party is on! You could win a Magnolia stamp and a scent your card!

The rules: 

1 -You must to use a Magnolia stamp and make a Carnaval/Mardi Gras themed card. 

2- Be a follower of this blog.
3- Post a comment in this challenge post mentioning your unforgettable (or dreamy) costume!

4- Link your challenge post (not your general blog) using Mr Linky. No direct links in comments. :: Mr linky will be activated soon.

5- HAVE FUN!

** if you do not have a blog, just upload your card in one of Cindy's group and link back here to Mr. Linky.

** you must follow all the 4 (5 for sure) to be eligible for the prize.  We will check! We want you to win!

** Entries can be linked to challenge #4 until February 28, 2010 at 11:50 pm EST.

The card:

Magnolia stamp

Copic markers

Half pearls

Ribbons & Lace

Glitter

Glass beads

Cardstock

Memento Ink

Hand made embelishments

Nestabilities

More detailed info in my blog..

Magnolia stamps and other supplies can be be found at STAMPINGSCRAPPING.COM

The design team members are in full party mode with beautiful cards to parade this coming 2 weeks!

Now for the moment of truth! 

The winner of Challenge # 3 is....

Congrats Natalie! I hope you will have a load of fun with your goodies from stampingscrapping.com

Please e-mail Cindy at stampingscrapping@gmail.com & stampingscrapping@charter.net with  Lovers Blog Winner Challenge #3 in the subject line, acknowledging your prize and sending your pony express info (mail address) ASAP.

Thanks to all of you that participated in Challenge #3. I hope you all had fun. We were so delighted to visit your lovely posts! See you in the Challenge #4.

v Magnolia Stamp Lovers Design Team  v

Bringing the confetti...Linda!

Look who is bringing fun and confetti to our challenge...Linda! Maggie looks so sassy all dressed up for the party. Take a look at the sparkles of those fancy shoes! Maggie is here to shine (don't you love the wings?). The bead count made with seed bead is just a wonderful way of bringing dimension to a fabulous card! Take a peak at Linda's corner, you will have a ton of fun!
How about you? You still have a few days to dress up your Maggie for a party! Don't forget, the winner takes home a magnolia stamp and a scent your card from stampingscrapping.com! It is party time!

Flowers,fun and confetti! Vivi's party!

Vivi's Maggie is all dress up to a great party time with us! Look how Vivi adjusted her image to fit her vision of the theme! How about that cute embellished mask that Maggie is holding? I bet she will charm a lot of princes at the Mascaraed ball tonight! How about you? Ready to bring your creation to party? Jump over Vivi's blog and learn how you can reinvent what you already have in your stash to make beautiful embellishments for a beautiful card!

Jumping into the Party...Stephanie!

Stephanie is bringing you an amazing card. Look at these supercool effects she pulled of with papers! I loved that frayed frame..don't you? Now tell me..how clever was the use of that bead string! Maggie is super happy partying with her beads! Jump over Stephanie's blog and she will tell you more details about her recipe (then grab a list and go grab NEW MAGGIES coming this week at Cindy's store. Don't forget that now stampingscrapping has copic combo colors specially put together for coloring Magnolias. All these goodies and many other neat cool toys at stampingscrapping!!!! YAY!

Cindy C bring a shiny card!

One more beautifully done card from our design team....CindyC..Isn't this a lovely card?! The detailing is just perfect, the mask and the plumes..Oh la lah!
It seems like the Little magnolia is letting the good times rule! Mag rule and she is the queen!
Thanks Cindy for a shiny card! Cindy has more details to inspire you in her blog. Stop by to shout a hello!
Come on ladies it is PARTY time so bring your PARTY to our challenge! We want to see your interpretation of a party time.

Banquett of colors :: Mindy!

Mindy bring us all the happy colors from Mardi Gras! Don't you love all the little details that she used. For sure this lovely and cheerful card will bring some sparks in our creativity! Thanks Mindy! Let go party at Mindy's blog to find some details on what she used in this card!
Come on girls we want to see your colors too!!!

Challenge 3 - Buttons or Bows or Both

Welcome to the third Magnolia Stamp Lover's Challenge using a Magnolia image AND Buttons and/or Bows. Super simple. The challenge prize is offered by Cindy Echtinaw, our sponsor, at StampingScrapping and will be a Magnolia Tilda with Roses stamp AND a ScentMyCards Rose Fragrance.

Challenge 2's grand prize is a year's subscription to Magnolia Ink Magazine and goes to

 #23, Kim

 2nd prize is a Magnolia Tilda with Lilacs and goes to

 #28, Moshie

 Cindy offered a third prize of a Magnolia ScentMyCards fragrance and it goes to

 #12, Julie

 Congratulations to all three of you and please don't forget to keep Cindy's Blinkie on your blogs for a year. Send your e-mail addy, name and snail-mail address to stampingscrapping@gmail.com AND stampingscrapping@charter.net with Magnolia Stamp Lovers Blog Winner in the subject line. Thanks to everyone who entered, we all enjoyed seeing your projects.

MSL will host a guest designer in February. ****Watch this space for more information****.

So, to recap: Challenge 3: Use a Magnolia stamp with buttons and/or bows. Link the project on your blog in Mr. Linky or link it to the photo section in one of Cindy's groups: As always, we very much appreciate your participation. It's both fun and enlightening to see what other artists are doing and how they're doing it. And don't we love our Maggies? This is my take on the challenge:

This purse was cut from the new Cricut Forever Young cartridge. The diecut on the front is from Spellbinders as is the tag. The sentiment is Whipper Snapper. Ribbons were from my stash. There are two bows and three buttons, 1 in the sunflower, 1 on the sentiment and 1 in the big bow on top. Copics used were: R02, E00, RV32, RV34, E50, E31, E25, E27, E51, G99, Y02, Y17, Y38. A Spica was used on the sunflower. You can purchase the image and Spellbinders dies from StampingScrapping.

Now, join us and let's see what you do.

Last but not least, Froggy

Don't these colors just jump out at you? They make me think of kettle drums and jerked chicken, very tropical.



If you'd like the details, Froggy will tell you on her blog.

This challenge closes at 11:59pm February 14th. Join us for the next challenge on February 15 and thanks to everyone who joined, please stop back often.

And...here's Vivi

This sweet card was created by Design Team Member, Vivi. If you'd like to know how she created it, visit her here.



Only one more Design Team Member to be heard from during this challenge. Tick Tock, Tick Tock.

Anary's card makes an appearance

And isn't this a cutie? If you want details, please visit Anary's blog



Tick tock, tick tock.

We hear from Steph

Our next design team member, Stephanie, has given Tilda wings. To see how she did it, check out her blog, My Card Shack.



Remember: the challenge ends 2/14, tick tock, tick tock.

Linda weighs in

Our next design team member to show her work is Linda. Instructions for this card can be found at Linda's blog. It's easy to see why Linda is the design team leader, isn't it?



This challenge will end on February 14 at 11:59 pm at which time Challenge 4 will be launched. Hurry, time is running out...tick tock, tick tock.

Mindy's up first....

This is Mindy's take on Challenge 3:



Mindy's beautiful card is all pretty in pink. Check out Mindy's Blog for instructions and WISH HER THE BEST OF ALL BIRTHDAYS TODAY. You might also sneak one in for Anary, her birthday was yesterday.

OK, we promised you a guest designer and it's my honor to get to introduce Patricia Garcia to you.



Hello my name is Patricia Garcia, I am native from Mexico but have lived most of my life here in California. I am a stay at home mom to 5 kids, 3 boys and 2 girls. I have always liked paper crafts, and not too long ago I was introduced to the wonderful world of Magnolia. I really enjoy making my own greeting cards and my family really appreciates them. Thanks Linda for having me here as a Guest Designer!

And here is Patricia's challenge card: