Woohoo!! I Won Magnolia Ink's Contest!!!!

 Wooohoooo!!!!!!!!  Lot's of exclamation marks today for some very exciting news!!!!!  I have been bursting to show this card ever since I made it at the end of May as I just loved how it turned out!  I had this idea in my head and you know sometimes you just can't seem to execute the idea on paper - but this time I managed to create exactly what I had in mind :)!!!  At last I can share it as I made it for the last Magnolia Ink competition which was to create a card themed around sports, school or pets.  I had an email from Magnolia last week to say that I was the winner of the competition :)!!!!!  I haven't seen the new magazine as mine hasn't arrived yet (typical lol) but it is going to be in there which is so exciting!!!  So, here are a few details (and lots of pics lol) of my card.

Tilda and Wiola #245 and all the little houses from Edwin's Town #511 were coloured with copics.  I have used the Doohickey Fence  # 12 behind Tilda.

I stamped the town stamp three or four times (can't remember now lol) and coloured some in peach and lilac shades and some in grey.

The backdrop of the whole scene was stamped with some Claudine Helmuth stamps in foam and clear stamps, called Dwellings.  All the houses have been layered on foam pads.  As you can see, nestling among all the town houses is the Eiffel Tower, also a Magnolia stamp.

You can see all the many layers of the background in the photo above.

I added a lamp post to the scene using the Paris Night doohickey #5DH and added a cluster of flowers around the base.  The leaves were punched with a Martha Stewart punch.

I added some more flowers on the other side of the card too.

A view from the top.................

..................and the card when folded up for posting (not that it's going anywhere now lol).

I hope you like it and thanks for looking! x

Magnolia Ink Contest Entry

Today I am sharing the other creation that I sent to Sweden to enter the Magnolia Ink competition to be on the cover of the current issue. I used Magnolia papers throughout. This was the only stamp I had that fit the Chocolate/Candy theme in any way.

I coloured the peppermint cane with copics and then added glossy accents to it so that it looked more realistic.

You can see just how delicious and glossy it looks in the photo above!

I wanted some form of candy embellishments and so came up with the idea of covering buttons with some celophane wrapping so that they looked like little sweets! The lace die cut is Tilda's Lace doohickey.

The sentiment is from Whiff of Joy, stamped with Victorian Velvet distress ink and I added a lace bow and a rose from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I added a selection of flowers from my stash along with some doohickey die leaves. The butterflies were punched with a Martha Stewart punch and the pearl brad is from Whiff of Joy.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking! x

Magnolia Ink contest - I have been published!!

Woohoo!! I was so excited over the weekend to discover I have been published in the latest issue of Magnolia Ink with one of my entries to their cover competition!! So, I thought I would share the whole project with you now as it no longer needs to be a secret. Magnolia Ink only published the ice cream part of my gift set too so I wanted to show you the rest of it. The ice cream cone is a little gift cone to hold some sweets. I was so pleased how this turned out and am thrilled that they chose to publish a picture of it! The cone started out life as some kraft cardstock which I have scored and inked before making into the cone shape.

The ice cream is lots of lush satin ribbon and I created the flake from cardstock.

I have used mini Jam Tilda on the doohickey tag, coloured with copics and the sentiment is from Whiff of Joy. The flower is from Magnolia and the ribbon is from my stash.

Sorry, I took lots of photos before I sent it to Sweden - such a shame they don't send things back! Maybe they will have it on display in the shop!?!? that would be so exciting for me!

The top of the ice cream is hinged so that you can place the sweets inside and I added my personal stamp on the underneath.

The matching gift card is a glass bowl of ice cream :). I used the same mini image and sentiment as the ice cream cone, and the same ribbon and flower so that they match perfectly.

It was difficult to get a good photo but I think you can just about see that I embossed the acetate to look like an engraved glass bowl.

I also cut the edge of the "bowl" with the Tilda's lace doohickey die for a fancy edge.

I love these flowers by Magnolia, they're so pretty with the tulle layer.

The wafer was created in the same way as the ice cream cone and is actually a little pull out card to write your message!

I stamped my personal stamp on the back of the "strawberry ice cream"! I hope you like both my creations and thanks for looking! x

Magnolia Ink sketch contest - I came 2nd place!!!!

Here is the creation I have to show you that I made back in November for the Magnolia Ink sketch contest............I was thrilled to discover that they had given me 2nd place and published it in the magazine!!!!! I was still recovering from seeing my double page spread when I flicked through and was hit by another whammy!! (still haven't come back down to earth yet, sorry LOL) I used the sketch to make a valentine's card for my hubby. He knows it got 2nd place but refuses to look at this page of the magazine as he still wants it to be a surprise LOL! (bless!) The papers are Magnolia's vanilla dots, Bo Bunny St Nick's sleigh and Sandylion valentine words. All have been distressed and sponged with brushed cordoruy distress ink and stitched.

I love this Tilda, I think she is my all time favourite!! She is Lazy summer day Tilda, I've coloured her with distress inks and used gold flock for her wings. I stamped the new years swirl from Magnolia around the edges with antique linen distress ink and stickled over the top.

The large heart is from Tim Holtz grungeboard elements set, painted with picket fence crackle paint, distressed with brushed cordoruy distress ink and sprayed with glimmer mist. I wrapped some jute string around it, tied with a bow and hung a heart charm from it. The heart charm was silver (from the Hobby House) but I coloured it gold with Lionet Gold copic. I added lots of roses, the pink and red small ones are all from Wild Orchid Crafts, sprayed with glimmer mist and a touch of stickles.

The large red rose is from Hobby Craft, also glimmered and stickled!

The gorgeous Sandylion paper has a lovely gold swirl and lots of valentine sentiments. I added some cotton lace along the edge.

Hope you like it and thanks for looking! x

My Magnolia Ink project!

Thank you all soooooo much for your lovely comments yesterday, I really appreciate it and you made my little celebration even more special, thank you! As promised here is my project that made it into the Magnolia Ink magazine.........

......Some paper mache letters for my daughter's bedroom wall!! They started out life as plain brown paper mache and I painted them with Paper Perfect which is like a paint with bits of paper in it that I found on a trip to Hobby Craft. Once it had dried (which takes ages by the way) I inked all the edges of the letters with brushed cordoruy distress ink and then stickles and then set to work decorating them. Each one is different as you can see....

"K" has Tilda as a Butterfly, coloured with distress inks and as I was cutting her out completely I made her some wire antennae rather than trying to cut around the stamped ones. The gorgeous large frose is from Wild Orchid crafts as are the white blossoms and the other flowers are from Hobby Craft. All of them were sprayed with glimmer mist. The butterflies are chipboard shapes from Hobby Craft. I painted them with Tim Holtz picket fence crackle paint and then distressed them with brushed cordoruy ink and sprayed them with glimmer mist. I then added tiny gems to the bodies.

The first "A" has Sweetheart Tilda perched on some lace.....

The "R" has Lazy Summer Day Tilda on it looking like she is leaning out of the top of the letter almost like a window. I have used some gorgeous gold metal flock which was a fabulous gift from a blogging friend (you know who you are, thank you soooo much). I tried to use the flowers, lace, butterflies and leaves in different ways on each one so that when they were hung together it looked more pleasing.

The final "A" has this cute little Tilda from the summer kit with her watering can and flower. The large roses have stickles on ends of the petals also. This has taken pride of place in Kara's bedroom above her cot.

Hope you like it and thanks for looking! x