Simply Magnolia (DT) - Easel Card

Hello lovely people

Thanks so much for popping around to see what I've created for the Simply Magnolia challenge this fortnight.  A warm welcome to another new follower who has joined my blog. 

Our challenge at Simply Magnolia is for you to make an Easel Card.  I haven't made one for absolute ages, so this was a real challenge for me too.  

Aren't these new Christmas Tilda's just too gorgeous ? Love them!  Tilda with Two Gifts was a purchase from Sir Stampalot.  Excellent service!  This one has been coloured with copics and mounted with double-sided tape onto to Marianne die.  The background paper is from the Nitwit collection, which you can purchase from LOTV.

The Christmas tree is unfortunately the last one I have...boohoo... cut for me by one of my bloggy friends.  The sentiment is also one of Magnolia's.... Northpole 25.

Here's another view from the side.  Please pop around to view the other DT girls creations, they are awesome eye-candy.

 

Thanks once again to our wonderful sponsor for this challenge, Creative Treasures.  Please pop around to view their awesome products, you will not be sorry! I have purchased from them before and their service is excellent.

That's it from me.  If you have the time, please pop around and leave a comment as I really enjoy reading them.

Hope you all have a wonderful week.

hugs Sharon x

Simply Magnolia (DT) - Fancy Folds & Friendship

Hello and Welcome

At Simply Magnolia we have a stunning new creation for you... Tracey would like us to make a card with more than 1 Fold and to include a Friendship theme too. 

Well, this one was easy enough for me to do as I have a whole lot of beautiful pre-scored folded cards from Which Craft in the UK and a stunning supply of friendship stamps.  My Recipe for Friendship sentiment was a purchase from Dies To Die For and is a Bildmalarna stamp.  Here's my little number... I hope it will inspire you to join in the FUN this fortnight!

The papers are from my brand new 12x12 Martha Stewart pad, purchased from Scrap-a-Doodles in Pretoria.

Our sponsor this fortnight is from Creative Treasures in the UK.  I have purchased from them before. I usually buy all my cherry blossoms from them. Excellent service!

Thanks for popping by and I hope you'll visit the other SMDT ladies to see what awesome creations they have created for your inspiration.

hugs Sharon x

Simply Magnolia (DT) - Pink / Brown / Cream

Hi everyone and welcome to another challenge at Simply Magnolia, where all Maggie-lovers meet.  Today we have a super challenge for you.... a colour combo of Pink, Brown and Cream.... how fab is that ?? One of my favourite colour combinations.

For the base of my card, I've chosen a cream cardstock and have used the same colour to cut my scalloped nestie from. The gorgeous DP is from one of my purchases from Crafty Emma's Store, paper pack by Prima called Annalee.  The most beautiful pack ever!  The papers are far too nice to cover completely, hence me only using the corners to embellish.  I've kept it to a minimum by using pearls from my stash and some gorgeous new cream seam binding and flowers from Creative Treasures. The postage stamp sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps.

Our kind sponsor this week is Phooka.  The winner of our challenge will win some digi's by Myriam. 

We love visiting you and making new friends.  Thanks for joining our previous challenge. We hope you'll be back again to join in this new one.

Thanks for popping by and happy crafting.  If you'd like to leave a comment, it would make my day!  hugs Sharon x

Birthday Card (DT) - Simply Magnolia

Woohoooo.... I must be the happiest girl in blogland right now... I am thrilled to be on the Simply Magnolia DT.  Thanks so much to all my lovely blogfriends who left me congratulatory messages, I value your support so much.

For those of  of you who don't know, our challenges are bi-weekly and we'd like YOU to make a Birthday Card, using a Magnolia image of course.  I really hope you'll feel inspired to join in the FUN, as there are wonderful prizes to be won. Our sponsor for this challenge is De Egel Kaartenmakerij.   The prizes shouldn't be your only incentive to enter though, think how many new Maggie-lover friends you'll be meeting.  For me, that's the most exciting part!

For my first DT card I've used Tilda with Balloon.  I've gone for the distressed look which I'm really into right now.  I hope you like it!

I was thrilled to receive my new Postage Sentiment stamps from Whimsy Stamps... isn't this one on the left just too gorgeous???  The sentiment on the bottom right is from LOTV.  The flowers are from my stash.  The image was kindly stamped for me by a dear friend in Belgium, thanks Lins.  Plain cardstock is Bazill purchased from my favourite local store The Scrapbook Shop in Bellville. Estelle is the Manageress and she's a honey !  Visiting the store is NEVER a 5 minute affair, as Estelle loves to chat...LOL.  The pink satin ribbon is new - I bought it in 2 sizes and whole rolls of it!  The lovely scalloped card was purchased from Creative Treasures - love them!

Wishing you all a FABULOUS crafting weekend.  I hope to see your name on our list of entrants.

[Edit: It appears that the challenge date and day on our DT blog did not coincide, apologies for that. My post is therefore a day early.  Please pop around to the SM challenge blog tomorrow as challenges run bi-weekly on Sundays. The positive is that you have a whole day in advance to think about what you'll be making for the challenge...hehe]

hugs Sharon x