Midweek Magnolias Challenge #154 "Anything Goes AND a BLOG HOP!!!"

Good Wednesday morning dear blogging friends!!

Well we're getting down to the wire here with Christmas being only a few days away now...SO...we at Midweek Magnolias would LOVE for you to join us in our "Blog Hop"!!! 

Our theme is SUPER easy..."Anything Goes" AND you have chances to win not just on our main blog BUT along the way you may find some of my team mates offering up some "candy" of their own!!

Okay so here's how it works...for your chance to win our Magnolia Sweden prize you need to enter out challenge...for a chance to win the fabulous prize from 7 Kids College Fund you need to comment on all of our team projects...AND...check out each of my teamies' blogs for a chance to win their "candy"!

I have four Magnolia stamps and a package of assorted Mini- Magnolia stamps to offer to one winner...you MUST be a follower and leave a comment in order to qualify for my "candy"...also along with the stamps I will add a bag of assorted embellishments including some charms, ribbon, lace etc.!!!

Okay let's get going now!  I can't wait to see what my teamies have to show us...none of us have seen the other's work...we've just had sneak peaks SO we will be in on the FUN along with you!!

Here is the order of our hop...

Suzi

Cathy Lee 

Julie P

Celine 

Beth (that's me)

Nikki

Kirsty-Anne

Jane

Emma

If you've come here from my wonderful team mate Celine's blog then you're on the right track!!

Here is what I came up with...

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I have been seeing these "loaded envelopes" and thought that I'd give one a go...

I made a three pocket envelope...

DP is from Maja Design "Home for the Holidays" and "Vintage Frost Basics"

I've added lots of ruffled ribbon, lace/rhinestones, cheesecloth and chiffon ribbon...

this is the envelope "loaded"...

 empty...

 some of the tags...

 I used the "Christmas Tree" and "Santa's Reindeer" die cuts from the Aspen Holidays 2016 collection...

 I used a Tim Holtz tag die for the tags...

 the snowflake die is Joy Craft 6002/2019...

 more tags...

 the top of the envelope...

bow is cheesecloth, pearl strand and pink chiffon ribbon...

I added a snowflake diamante charm and somewhere there are two small pine cone charms...

the snowflake is Crealies CL CF 18...

 love this gorgeous reindeer die cut...

 and last is "Me and My Snowman" from the Aspen Holiday 2016 collection...

coloured with my copics...

dusted with Chunky White Frantage and finished with a frame of white ruffled ribbon and lace/rhinestones...

And that is my first filled/stuffed/loaded envelope!!  It sure was FUN to make but there certainly was a lot of cutting and other work to this!!! 

All materials are listed/linked above.

Challenges I wish to enter:

Live and Love Crafts Challenge Blog-Challenge #54 "Smorgasbord"-Sub challenge-Louise's Bingo Board-I have everything but the Doily and Flowers

Love to Scrap Challenge Blog-Challenge #92 "Anything Goes"

Magnolia-licious-"Anything Goes"

Noor Design Challenge Blog-December Challenge "Sparkle"

World Wide Design Team Open Challenge-15th December Challenge #17

613 Avenue Create-Challenge #192 "Anything Goes w/Optional Twist "Holiday Happiness"

Now it's time for you to hop on over to Nikki's blog to check out what is in store for you there!!

Now just to re-cap...we have many prizes along the way...our Magnolia Sweden which you are eligible for when you enter your project and...

 with this wonderful prize...

which you become eligible for when you comment on ALL the blogs!! 

And some prizes along the way for followers who comment on our blogs!!!

In closing I would just like to wish everyone a most wonderful Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year!!!!

Fussy and Fancy Challenge #179-"Angels/Fairies or Winter"

Good Friday morning dear blogging friends!

Well we're almost at the BIG day!!  And are we prepared??!!  It certainly looks a lot like Christmas here with all the snow that came our way Sunday and Monday! 

Today at Fussy and Fancy we begin the last challenge of 2016...this challenge will run for four weeks bringing us into the New Year!!  Our hostess is our talented Jules who has chosen "Angels/Fairies or Winter" as her theme!  We have Lawn Fawn as our wonderful sponsor!

I've been trying to use up stash in my quest to tone down my craft room...it is currently taking up about 1,000 square feet of the finished part of our basement...I've been asked to bring it down to about half that...YIKES!!!  Not sure how I'm going to achieve this??!!

Anyway the point is that I've been wading through stuff I didn't even know that I had!!

Here is what I came up with...

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I found these DARLING decoupage images...I've NEVER done decoupage so thought "YUP...let's do this!"

these darling little Angels fit right into Jules theme...

 this one I made into a little sitting Angel by taking a half circle...forming it into a cone... covering it with lace...then topping with this darling decoupage image...

 I added sparkly ribbon to the back with a tag punched from Maja Design DP and "Merry Christmas" ribbon...

the stamp is Whimsy...

 I cut two tags using a Tim Holtz die and Maja Design DP...

added a scalloped oval matt cut with a Spellbinders die and Maja DP...

added one of my favs...cheesecloth and then the image...

finished with sparkly ribbon and "Merry Christmas" bow and tag...
oh and lovely lace bottom of course...

 the other image...

And those are my "Angel" gift tags!!  Now it's time for you to pay my talented team mates a visit at Fussy and Fancy...then come on and join us...we always LOVE to see what you have to inspire us with!!

All materials are listed/linked above.

Until next time...thank you for taking the time to stop by!!  Your visits and comments are SO very much appreciated!!!

Midway Reminder at Simply Magnolia December Challenge-"Anything Goes"

Happy Holidays dear blogging friends!

Can you believe that we are already half way through December??!!  What a crazy hectic month December has been...we celebrated our sweet little Max's (my youngest Grandson) second birthday on Sunday...what a DARLING he is!!!  We've been trying to teach him that he's two but it seems that he wants to be anything but two...when he woke up on his birthday my DIL wished him a happy second birthday...his response...he got quite upset and said "NO!!!  I five!!" 

Anyway onto my post for today...we're at the midway point of our December challenge at Simply Magnolia...our theme is super easy..."Anything Goes" and our wonderful sponsor for this month's challenge is Magnolia-licious!!

Here is what I came up with...

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my card base was cut using Go Kreate #360028 and Maja Design paper from the I Wish 6x6 paper pad...

I used a door frame die cut but it seems to have gotten lost in everything else...lol!!...

 I thought the door frame would make it look like Tilda was hanging her wreath on it...

 this is sweet "Holly Wreath Tilda" from the Aspen Holiday 2016 collection...

coloured with my copics...

dusted with Chunky White Frantage...

framed with some cheesecloth...

 I added holly leaves Scrapiniec chipboard pieces that I inked with Ranger's Bundled Sage...

a Merry Christmas Scrapiniec chipboard piece inked in Ranger's Festive Berries...

added some berries and bow made with shabby chic seam binding, cheesecloth and chiffon ribbon...

And call it done!!  Now it's time for you to get busy and come on over and join us at Simply Magnolia for your chance to win the fabulous Magnolia-licious prize!

All materials are listed/linked above.

Challenges I wish to enter:

Magnolia-licious-"Anything Goes"

Until next time...thank you for taking the time to stop by!!  Your visits and comments are SO very much appreciated!!!

Midweek Magnolias Challenge #153-"Christmas"

Happy Wednesday dear crafty friends!!

I hope that everyone is in good shape as far as their Christmas prep goes!  I have my big annual family party that we're hosting here on December 17th...still lots to do but not in panic mode just yet...give me a couple days and I'll be hyper ventilating I'm sure...lol!!  I'm always well prepared in my head...it's just the logistics of actually following through that I have a hard time with...GROAN!

Okay onto to today's post!  Today at Midweek Magnolias we begin a brand new challenge...and it fits right in with getting those Christmas cards/projects done cause our theme for the next two weeks is "Christmas" and as usual we are sponsored by the wonderful Magnolia Sweden!

Here is what I came up with...

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I've had it in my head to make a poinsettia plant out of the fabulous Foamiran...

now the problem was that I couldn't find any in red...SO...I went with white and inked it red...

well you should see my hands...three days after finishing my project I'm still trying to get the red off my hands...LOL!!...

the poinsettias were made using Tim Holtz poinsettia die...

I used a paper mache pot which I covered with some Christmas tissue and decoupage...

anchored it onto two scalloped circle matts and then silver doilies...

the tag is a Tim Holtz die...

DP is Maja Design "A Gift For You"...

 without the tag...

I ran lace all around the rim of the paper mache pot...

I added this wired ribbon decorated with a diamante star and dear charm...

 top view...

the Foamiran poinsettias with chiffon/pearl flower clusters throughout...

 smaller poinsettias were cut using Magnolia Doohickey Kit Volume 2 and Maja Design from "It's Christmas Time"...

 this is sweet "Lace Hood Tilda" from the A Lovely Christmas 2015 collection...

coloured with my copics and dusted with Chunky white Frantage...

framed with rhinestone lace...

I added tiny red bows for her hair ribbons...

 the tag...

 back of tag for a personalized sentiment...

And that is my poinsettia plant!!  Time for you to check out the gorgeous creations that my talented team mates have to show you...then come on over and join us in this fun Christmas challenge!!

All materials are listed/linked above.

Challenges I wish to enter:

Classic Design Team Open Challenge-December #9

Craft Your Passion-Challenge #341 "Anything Goes"

Crafting With Friends Challenge Blog-Challenge #33 "Anything Goes"

Magnolia-licious-"Need a Little Christmas"

Noor Design Challenge Blog-December Challenge #25 "Sparkle"

Paradise of Magnolia-Challenge #49 "Sparkle at Christmas"

World Wide Open Design Team Open Challenge-November 15th challenge #16

613 Avenue Create-Challenge #192 "Anything Goes w/Optional Twist-Holiday Happiness

Until next time...thank you for taking the time to stop by!!  Your visits and comments are SO very much appreciated!!!

Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #141-"Anything Goes"

Happy Sunday dear blogging friends!!

Well are we all caught up in the "Christmas Frenzy" yet??!!  We did our tree trimming yesterday...so FUN to do it with the family!!!  Looking at all the decorations collected over the years...especially the home made ones...some that are a little worse for wear...lol!!  I had each one of my boys put their homemade ones on the tree...some being held together with more glue on them then my cards!! 

Okay onto today's post!!  Today we begin our last challenge of 2016 at Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia AND it is SUPER EASY cause it's "Anything Goes" AND we are being sponsored by the wonderful Sandy at Live and Love Crafts!!  So come on over and celebrate the Season...let's send 2016 out in style!!

Here is what I came up with...

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I was visiting Suzi's blog one day and saw this fabulous style and thought I really needed to give it a go...thanks Suzi for the inspiration...
lots of circle matts, two silver doilies, crafting straw painted silver and embellies went into this FUN lollipop card...

the poinsettia is Tim Holtz...

set on sparkle ribbon. (Live and Love Crafts)..

flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts...

Tilda's matt is set on a bit of cheesecloth...

matt under that is framed with white ruffled ribbon. (Live and Love Crafts)..

 one of my favourite Christmas Tildas...

"It's Cold Outside Tilda" from the Waiting for Christmas 2014 collection...

coloured with my copics...

accented with White Liquid Pearl...

"Merry Christmas" ribbon is from my stash...

I used lots of layers for the poinsettia... 

love this sparkle ribbon...
I added a double star set with two rhinestones (Live and Love Crafts)...

 the back...
tag is Whimsy  which is re-moveable for personalization...
"Merry Christmas" is Hero Arts...

Oh my goodness this was SO MUCH FUN to make!!  I showed it to my Granddaughter Calla...my little crafting buddy...and her eyes popped...she's SO good for my self esteem...LOL!!!

Now I know that you will be enchanted with the gorgeous makes that my wonderfully talented team mates have to show you over at Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia!!  Go on over and pay them a visit...then get busy...we can't wait to see what you have to inspire us with!!!

All materials are listed/linked above.

Challenges I wish to enter:

Classic Design Team Open Challenge-December Challenge #9

World Wide Design Team Open Challenge-November 15th Challenge #16

Craft Your Passion-Challenge #340 "Anything Goes"

Crafting With Friends-Challenge #33-"Anything Goes"

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog-Challenge #90 "Anything Goes"

Sweet Stampin' Christmas-"Anything (Christmas) Goes"

Magnolia-licious-"Need a Little Christmas"

Magnolia Forever-Challenge #47 "Winter"

613 Avenue Create-Challenge #192 "Anything Goes w/Optional Twist-Holiday Happiness

Until next time...thank you for taking the time to stop by!!  Your visits and comments are SO very much appreciated!!!

Marvelous Magnolia December Challenge-"Christmas is Coming"

Happy December everyone...can't believe that we're at the festive season already!!

Time to kick it into HIGH gear and get that shopping, wrapping, baking and entertaining going!!  Okay I'm tired already...lol!  We are going to start things off on Saturday with a family tree trimming day...lots of food...letting the kids craft an ornament of their own for the tree...OH...and I have a family project to surprise everyone with!  My youngest son and my grandsons LOVE Lego...SO...I bought the Lego "Disney Castle" for the family to chip away at whenever we're together...one of our spare rooms is a Disney room so I'm going to set it up in there and we'll build when the mood strikes...I think it's over 6000 pieces...YIKES!!

Okay onto today's post...we begin our December challenge today at Marvelous Magnolia...our theme is "Christmas is Coming"...so no excuses...here's your chance to get another Christmas card or two done!

Here is what I came up with...

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I decided to make a little Christmas themed storage box...

the base and top were made using Go Kreate #380010...

card base is Go Kreate #360030...

DP is Maja Design...

I found these "drawer handles" in my stash...not sure where they came from...

snowflakes are Joy Craft...

bow is Cheery Lynn Design...

"greetings of the season" stamped on ribbon is Stampingbella...

this is "Snowy Tilda with Gifts" from the A Lovely Christmas 2015 collection...

coloured with my copics and dusted with Chunky White Frantage...

framed with cheesecloth...

 tree is Scarpiniec chipboard...topped with a diamante circle/star...

painted white and dusted with Glamour Dust...which is hard to see in these pics...

beaded berries are scattered randomly...

And that is another Christmas gift done!!  Now won't you pay a visit to Marvelous Magnolia and check out the gorgeous creations that my talented teamies have come up with...then come on over and join us!

All materials are listed linked above.

Challenges I wish to enter:

All About Magnolia-Challenge #18 "All About the Holy Night"

Magnolia-licious-"Need a Little Christmas"

Magnolia Forever-Challenge #47 "Winter"

Craft Your Passion Challenge Blog-Challenge #340 "Anything Goes"

Love to Scrap Challenge Blog-Challenge #90 "Anything Goes"

Sweet Stampin' Christmas-"Anything (Christmas) Goes 

Until next time...thank you for taking the time to stop by!!  Your visits and comments are SO very much appreciated!