Magnolia Down Under Challenge #71 - Make Your Own Embellishments

This week our challenge at Magnolia Down Under Challenges is to make your own embellishments. You can add in some bought embellishments too but we'd like to see some hand-made embellishments too. I based my entire card around the little bird's nest. Recently I found THIS amazing tutorial from Cathe Holden at Just Something I Made while blog surfing and the next time I was out shopping I was buying beads and wire - LOL. This was my first attempt at these little nests but I'm sure they'll be popping up on my cards again - I LOVE them! I added a twist of wire to the top of the circle too - just to balance things off!

I also used some of my Magnolia DooHickey dies to create the central flower, the leaves and the paper lace - these are from Tickled Pink Stamps. My DP is from Memory Box and the ticket is a digi stamp from Bizzy Bec's Digi Downloads.

I'm sure the rest of the MDUC DT gals have some fabulous inspiration for you too - and how fun to find new ways to embellish our creations. I know I'll be picking up a few tips from the other girls! Check out the rest of the DT's work on our blog HERE and we hope you join in the fun!

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Tickled Pink Stamps Christmas Cherrie Blog Hop

Kellie is still in party mood after out AMAZING birthday celebrations last month - for the month of November we'll be having a release day blog hop after EVERY November release - AND you'd be CRAZY to miss this one as Kellie is giving away 2 full sets of the Christmas Cherrie ranges! Woohoooo - consider them early Christmas presents - LOL. There will be one digital set and one rubber set of the release. AND there are hidden stamps among the {PINK} Ladies too - Kellie is one generous gal!

You can find the COMPLETE hop list over HERE at the Tickled Pink Stamps Blog in case you get lost. You should have started there anyway so head back if you haven't! If you ARE already hopping you should have arrived here from the gorgeous Angela's Blog.

For my card I used the gorgeous Cherrie with Ornament - and decided to decorate the ornament with a reverse masking technique - I haven't done that in ages and forgot how much fun it was! I was also thinking it would be a great spot to add a special sentiment or photo! Both the digis AND the rubber are now in stock and ready to ship over at the TPS store HERE.

My DP are from basic Grey and I used my large sizzix snowflake die as a glittery background for my sentiment.

Your next Pink Stop is the fabulous Jane's blog

Winners will be announced on Monday 8th... So get hopping and HAVE fun and THINK PINK!


BREAKING NEWS FROM TPS

Pre-Christmas sale

Well as some of you would had read Kellie is in the middle of renovating to move at the end of November. She has boxes and stuff all over the place and has too much stock and more coming and at the moment not enough room! This is GOOD news for you as she is having a HUGE Pre-Christmas SALE!

10% to 30% OFF stamps such as Magnolia, Krafting Kimmie, The Stamping Bazaar THE LOT basically, paper pads, charms, the lot at a ridiculous price! We have the NEW Kellita and Lil Birthday stamps that arrived today with a new LOW price and even then they have 10% OFF..

So grab yourself BARGAIN or early Christmas presents for those crafting buddies! Or a little pre-present for yourself hehe!

Check it all out HERE... Better get in quick as people have seen the notices and already the sales are coming in.

Till Next Time Think {PINK}.... 

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A Bit Of Exciting News!

Check out this new badge I have - woohooo - I'm sooo excited! Earlier this week I got an email from Irina Blount (LLLC Owner) asking if I would be interested in a Guest DT spot with La-La Land Crafts - how could I refuse!!! I LOVE these new images Irina is producing - in fact I was super excited to get some of my very own stamps last week from Australia's first retail outlet stocking La-La's - my favourite Aussie store Tickled Pink Stamps! It's GREAT to have these cuties in our neighbourhood AND now to be invited onto the LLLC DT - wow - it's like it's meant to be! Of course for those non-Aussies these cuties are available from the La-La Land Store HERE.

This is my very first card for LLLC - and I have to thank my gorgeous friend Lisa for letting me stamp Birthday Marci off and colour her in while I was visiting her in Los Angeles - it was sooo much fun crafting with my good blog buddy after all this time just chatting via cyberspace!!! It's GREAT to finally put Marci on a card! Look at that sweeeeeet face! And these cuties are an absolute DREAM to colour too.

My DPs are by Pink Paislee and my nesties were well loved too - LOL. The little tassle is from Cristina Re and the border punch is from Martha Stewart! When I see the products I've used it makes me soo thankful for my ever supportive hubby who suffers my shopping addiction with a stoic sense of humour - LOL.

If I haven't convinced you yet how adorable these guys are you should check out some of the LLLC DTs work on our blog HERE. They are fabulously talented and I'm glad to be working with them for the next few months!

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Simply Betty Stamps Christmas Emo Release Day Blog Hop

It's here it's here! Christmas Emos Blog Hop and release day! Wooohoooo. All these fun cute Christmas Emos are in the house! But that's not all - Echo Park Everybody Loves Christmas has also arrived! Check out the online store HERE for all the goodies! These papers are going to look great with the new Christmas Emos! Especially for the upcoming 12 Days of Christmas!

Now if you are already on the hop you should have arrived from the fabulous Cheri's blog - but if you didn't head back to the start at the SBS blog. 

For my card I've used the gorgeous Candy Cane London. There's quite a bit of glitter on this - I just wish it would photograph well! The DPs are from Memory Box - I'm LOVING these papers! 

The Christmas Emos are now available in both Digi and rubber... but hurry the Digi Versions will be available for a very limited time! So don't wait grab 'em while you can!

After you hop along head back to the SBS blog and leave a comment and you could be the winner of two that's right TWO Echo Park Kits! You get 12 double sided papers, the Elements sticker sheets, and the Alpha sticker sheet!

TWO lucky people will win also the complete Jude and his Shenanigan Crew Christmas digis!

And last but by no means least THREE lucky people will win the complete Punky Teens Christmas digis!

Now your next stop on the hop is the gorgeous Eulanda's blog - so Happy Christmas Hopping to you all!

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Simply Betty Stamps Christmas Emos Preview Day 2

It's day two of previews at Simply Betty Stamps for the Christmas Emos and today I'd like to introduce you to the lovely "Prezzies for Lola". These guys will be available for purchase from this time tomorrow in both rubber and digi format - but the digis are going to be available only for a limited time so you can get your Christmas projects underway sooner!

Lola comes with the 2 presents as part of the image - I've cut them off and used them on the tag for a bit of fun! I love these characters and if you do too you can check out some more awesome projects from the rest of Betty's DT at our blog HERE. And tomorrow we have a special release day blog hop with prizes up for grabs - you won't want to miss THAT!

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Tickled Pink Stamps Christmas Cherrie Preview

Another fabulous Christmas preview for you all - this time from Tickled Pink Stamps. Cherrie is back in 3 fabulous Christmas poses ready to put the CUTE into Christmas. This is Cherrie with Lights. She and the other Christmas Cherries will be released for sale on Sunday, November 7th.

Now knowing the generosity of da Boss Lady - I'm sure she has a chance for some lucky person to win Cherrie - you'll find ALL the details on our blog HERE. And while you're there don't forget to see what some of the other talented TPS DT have done with Cherrie - it always amazes me how one image can look soooo amazing in sooooo many different ways.

For the lights here I covered them with glitter first and then some crystal effects to make them look more like proper lights - I think I pulled it off - LOL. I'm not sure where the DP is from - it was amongst the scraps in my "Christmas DP Box". The wire hearts I bought at Tickled Pink Stamps a long time ago and the glitter trees are from EK Success.

Hope you can join the gals over at the Tickled Pink Stamps Blog  tomorrow and Saturday for the rest of the Christmas Cherrie previews and prize offers.

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Merry Betty from Simply Betty Stamps

YAY - Today is day one of previews for the Christmas Emos from Simply Betty Stamps. This cutie is Merry Betty and I've used one of my favourite Christmas colour combos - blue and silver. I glittered up all of the "fluff" on Merry Betty's outfit for some Christmas sparkle and think she's looking mighty cute in her little Mrs. Claus suit.

 After I had my DP and layout sorted out I thought it needed a bit of a pop though - so I went with the black borders - inspired by my blogging friend the oh so talented Kylie K who uses black sooo beautifully! And after all - Emos do NEED a bit of an edge don't they - LOL.

There are some fabulous projects by the rest of the DT over at the Simply Betty Stamps Blog HERE and pop back tomorrow for another preview.

I LOVE Christmas - it's MY time of the year.

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Lumiere Tutorial

For anyone interested my Lumiere Tutorial has now been posted over on the Tickled Pink Stamps Blog - click HERE for a direct link.

I'd love to know if anyone makes one!

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Just INKlined DT Blog Hop

I can't believe it's November already - where has the year gone!!! But since it's the first Monday of the month it must be time for the Just INKlined monthly DT Blog Hop - woohooooo.

You should have arrived here from Lydia's blog - but if you didn't, head back over there as she's starting us off this month.

This month our challenge is to use punches - use at least 2 different ones. Considering I have 5 draws full of punches I figured this challenge shouldn't be too hard - LOL. I ended up using 5 different punches here  - MS border snowflake punch (and the little snowflakes that I punched out were used too), MS corner snowflake punch, corner rounder punch, SU 1 3/8" circle punch and SU scallop punch.

I have raised each layer from the one below it after the blue layer to add in some extra dimension. the sentiment is from Magnolia. The image I used is one of Just INKlined's gorgeous Christmas scenes called Little Church in the Snow - and you can find it HERE. There's quite a bit of glitter to sparkle up the snow - it's sooo pretty IRL!

Your next stop on the hop is Jak's blog. If you get lost along the way all of the blogs are linked on my sidebar under the Just INKlined logo - and here's the hop order....

Lydia, Debbie (ME), Jak, Peri, Cathy, Toni, Joyce, Karen

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Tickled Pink Stamps Preview - Wilfred Wombat

Meet Wilfred the Wombat - he'll be available for purchase from tomorrow over at Tickled Pink Stamps. And how exciting for us to have an Aussie Animal from our favourite Aussie store!

I decided to make something a little different - a lumiere. If you'd like to know HOW I made this you'll have to wait until Wednesday when my tutorial will be published on the Tickled Pink Stamps blog - it's really NOT hard and I'd LOVE to know if anyone else makes one! I wanted to keep the Aussie flavour going so I borrowed a gum blossom stamp from a friend of mine for the top corner - this stamp is from Fern Gully Stamps. My one regret is that I should have trimmed the white out between Wilfred and the tree - but I realised that too late! Ah well - live and learn!

And here he is all lit up....

Now don't forget to pop over to the TPS blog and see what some of the other DT gals have done with Wilfred - and I know there will be a chance to win this cutie too!

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