Favourite Mo project for 2011!

Hi there my dear friends! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday and your batteries are fully charged now and ready for a new year abounding in wonderful things!

This is our last challenge for 2011 at Mo's Digital Pencil Too and we have something special in mind for you. All you have to do in order to be eligible for 5$ shopping spree in Mo's store is to share with us your favourite Mo project you made in 2011. As simple as that.

I have lots of favorite cards but I chose this one because it's somehow special and a bit different than my usual style.

Recipe:

Stamp: Mo Manning: Dare

Coloring medium: copics/promarkers

DP: K&Co and Prima- Botanical, the golden globe is from a greeting  card

Embellishments: compass from stash, meatl corner from WOC, Tim Holtz film strip ribbon, gold dew drops from Robin's Nest

Misc: stickles, DI (antique linen and vintage photo), nestie labels 8

Sentiment: Mo Manning- came along with the image

Since I found it so hard to narrow down my favourite Mo projects, I thought maybe a top 5 would be also welcome; so here are my top Mo cards for 2011:

 

 

 Hope you like my selection:)

Thank you  everyone for visiting my blog today and over the past year; wish you all a wonderful 2012 with lots of accomplishments and especially  great health for you and your loved ones!

Big hugs,

Punches and/or dies at Digital Pencil Too

Hi everyone!

I have a \short post today; I really didn't anticipate Christmas was so close and lots of stuff to be done before this; I'm sure you know what I mean:)

This week's theme at Mo's Digital Pencil Too is  

Punches and/or dies. 

Here's my card:

This gorgeous image was a freebie a while ago for Mo's fans on Facebook, so those of you who don't want to miss these occasional presents Mo has for us now and then, you'd better check her page on Facebook here. This cutie can be found now in Mo's store here.

Supplies:

Stamp; Mo Manning- Snow day

Medium: copics

DP: My Minds' Eye- Colourful Christmas 12x12 paper pack, Prima 6x6" Paper Pad - Madeline

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, metal corner, pins, ribbon, pom-poms and lace from the Ribbon Girl

Dies: Magnolia Doohikeys tag,  Marianne Design snowflake, nestabilities ovals grand and scalopped

Misc: ultrafine glitter, flowersoft-polar white

Sentiment: Papermania

That's it from me today! You have time to enter our challenge till the 29th o December. So if you want to take a break from the holidays madness...lol, you are most welcome to join:)

Till then, I wish everybody a wonderful special Christmas, lots of joy and laughs and feeling good time with family and friends!

Hugs,

In the Manger

Hi there my lovelies! It's been a topsy-turvy week for me and the following ones don't seem to be much more peaceful either; but I'm glad family and friends will be there to fill up my days and ears:)).
It's challenge day at Mo's Digital Pencil Too and I'm going to show you  the last Christmas card I made with Mo's images. Unfortunately I run out of black in my printer and since I was in such a hurry to have the cards done I printed this one in an awkward colour; the image is really wonderful, you can check it here in Mo's store, but they way it turned out, even coloured is not that successful...lol. 

The challenge theme we have for you over at Mo's today is 

The fabric of our lives!

or, less fanciful put- add some fabric:). I inserted a thick golden ribbon and some tassels, hope at least one of them counts for fabric...lol. Sorry for the bad photo, my sister borrowed my good camera:(.

Supplies:

Stamp: Mo Manning- In the Manger

Medium: promarkers/copics

DP: Audrey Jeanne- Nature's Christmas Paper Pack, one of my favorite papers ever:)

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, metal corner and charm, ribbon from stash, tassels from Joanna Sheen

Dies: Marianne Design pine branch

Sentiment: handwritten and glittered, means "Merry Christmas" in Romanian

Challenges: 
Charisma Cardz - Last Minute Xmas Makes; Delightful Challenges -Anything Goes; Paper Crafting Journey - Christmas;  Rainbow Lady's - Angels; Crafts and Me -Christmas; Freshly Brewed -  Christmas; Bearly Mine - Un-Traditional Christmas (No Red or Green)

Ok,that's it from me; if you can squeeze some time this week to make a card or if you still have some Christmas cards to get done share them with us in Mo's challenge; don't forget they need to have a Mo image on and some fabric too:)!!! You can always find inspiration on my teamies blogs, so feel free to check their beautiful work starting from the challenge blog here.

Thank you for coming by and till next time I  wish you all a wonderful week!

Hugs,

Candy Winners

Hello everybody! 

Thank you all who entered my candy and left so many beautiful words for me. I'm so happy I can thank at least some of you for making life on blogland so beautiful! I know time is of the essence these days so you being around means so much more. I only wish I could thank all of you with a little something. Well, till I become rich...he he... here are my three winners as picked by Random.org:

My 1st winner who gets a 6 $ voucher to spend on Mo's Digital Pencil  shop! is:

....Kelly Neis!!! Congratulations sweetie, hope you'll enjoy coloring Mo's gorgeous images!

My 2nd winner  who receives a 10 £ gift voucher  to spend at Lili of the Valley is:

....Shandie H! Congratulations sweetie, let me know of your details as soon as you see this:)

-My 3rd winner who receives a 25 £ voucher to Bunny Zoe's Crafts is:

 

...and the lucky girl is... Marjorie!!! Cogratulations hon! Have a great time shopping!

I shall contact the winners in  minute, please Shandie let me know of your details.

Thank you all who entered my candy! Have a happy week!

Hugs,

1 Year Blogaversary Giveaway!!!

The candy is now closed. Thank you!!!
 Hi everyone and welcome to my 1st year Blogaversary!
I can't believe only one year elapsed since I started blogging, I had the feeling I've been doing this forever:) But with Christmas drawing near and all the fuss and Chrissy cards, it just dawned on me I had to celebrate something else too:)

So, I thought I'd take advantage of this landmark...lol... to thank each and everyone of you for being there for me over the past year. I have met the most beautiful people from all over the world and I'm really thankful for that. I only wish days had more hours to spend them with you all and also to make lovely cards! I also hope I could provide a little inspiration for some of you on the way and hope to be able to do this in the future too!

Thank you everyone!

Here's my candy for you:

I chose 3 of my dearest shopping places:) and thought I'd leave it to you to visit them and get whatever fits your imagination! So that means I'll be having 3 winners by December 14th!

- 1st winner will get a 6 $ voucher to spend on Mo's Digital Pencil  shop!

Mo Manning's images have been my very first stamps and their realistic unique sweetness, humour and versatility quickly turned them into my favorite images. I'm so proud and happy to have joined Mo's design team a few months ago and thus continue to work with her images on a permanent basis! It's like a dream (I never dreamt of...lol) come true!

- 2nd winner  will receive a 15 £ gift voucher  to spend at Lili of the Valley. These cute little stamps have found a way into my heart and I just cannot resist their innocence and delicacy. So I thought I'd include them in my gift for you:)

-3rd winner will receive a 25 £ voucher to Bunny Zoe's Crafts, one of my favourite places to shop for crafting supplies! They have great shipping prices too and ships all over the world. So everybody is welcome to enter my candy!

Now, I only have a few requirements for you in order to enter the draw. Please, don't mind, I find them completely honest:)

1. Please be or become a follower of my blog.

2. Leave your name and blog link with Mr. Linky below. If you don't have a blog just check back on December 14th see if you won and let me know of your details then.

3. I would love you to add the candy picture with a link back to my blog on your sidebar but this is not mandatory.

I will use random.org to pick the winners on the 15th and post them here. I will then contact the winners so no need for you to check back if you leave the contact info...lol.
Hope all of you will take a moment to enter Mr. Linky below, don't forget, I have 3 prizes for you so more chances not to be missed!!!

Thank you everybody for your continuous support over the past year; love you all! 

 

Dreaming of a White Christmas

Hi my lovelies! It's Friday finally so you have all the reasons to sit, relax and enjoy a brand new challenge at Just Magnolia and Hanglar and Stanglar. Our lovely super talented DT mate Julie has come with a great challenge theme: 

use white or snowflakes or both!

This is what I came up with:

 

I'm really keen on these "window cards" and also love shaker cards. So I have a mixture here,hope you like it; especially since I put quite some work into it.

This is the inside, a lovely scene from Just Inklined; the houses and church are barely noticeable because I added lots of snow marker then glitter and white glittery sand.

Supplies:

Stamps: Magnolia- Magnolia Sweet Christmas - Edwin on Christmas Eve, Magnolia Sweet Christmas - Something for you Tilda

Just Inklined- Little Church in the Snow

Medium: copics/promarkers

DP: Papermania

Embellies: WOC poinsettia and metal corner, brad and charms from Bunny Zoe

Dies: Magnolia Doohikeys- Tilda Lace, nestabilities- grand ovals

Misc: Polar white flowersoft, glitter, white sparkling sand, ultrafine glitter

Sentiment; computer generated- Romanian for "Happy Holidays"

Challenges: 

Hanna & Friends - Winter Card; Paper Crafting Journey -Christmas; Pixie Dust Studio -Glitter and Bling, Sassy Studio Designs - Non Traditional Christmas Colours, Shelly's Images -Snow; ABC Christmas Challenge - anything goes; Crafts and Me -snow/snowflakes; Freshly Brewed -Christmas; Whimsical Wednesdays - holiday plus sparkly; Simon Says Stamp - photo insp*;  Heart Song Inspirations -Christmas and /or Red, Green, White, Ooh La La Creations Lots of Sparkle; TOMIC - Christmas is in the Air PLUS Shaker Box; The Shabby Tea Room - Photo Inspiration* "The Magic of Christmas"; Christmas Card Challenges -One Layer, Dream Valley Challenges Sparkle;

Hope you will join us for this week's challenge look forward to admire your gorgeous creations!

Thanks for coming by today! Those of you who haven't already entered my CANDY, feel free to do  so; there's still some time left:)

Wish you all a happy weekend!

Hugs,

Mo's Digital Pencil Too- Banners and Tags

Hi everyone! I've been busy creating this week, I even managed to make three cards in a day, which is quite an accomplishment, still, on the other hand, I really need some time off from crafting...lol. I guess a card now and then is ok but well, I don't react well under time pressure:)

Here's one of the cards I made, it is for this week's challenge over at Digital Pencil Too, where our super sweet and talented sister Dorcas wants to see:

Banners or Tags!

This was my first card to make, so I really enjoyed it; plus I made it on a special occasion for a friend's daughter who will be 2 next week. This is one Mo image I've been looking forward to color, it's perfect for any birthday and for anyone; it's called Birthday Fairy Lee and you can find it here, in Mo's store.

Supplies:

Stamp: Mo Manning- Birthday Fairy Lee

Medium: promarkers/copics

DP: My Mind's Eye - Fine & Dandy Girl 6x6 Pad,  

DCWV TRY ME Mariposa

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, Seam Binding Ribbon, and aqua divine twine

pearls, stickles from Bunny Zoe, paper doily from Joanna Sheen,

Dies: Sizzix- Tim Holtz- Once Upon a Time alphabet set (the letters are cut from colored felt), nesties (standard and scalloped circle and ovals), Magnolia Doohikeys heart swirl

Sentiment: Lili of the Valley

Challenges:
Divas by Design -anything goes; Inky Impressions -  ribbon; Paper Shelter Challenge -it's a celebration ; Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes; Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes PLUS Glitter; Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - Something Sweet; Nettie G's Digital Gems -Happy Birthday  ;Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Pearls; The Crazy Challenge Anything goes

Now it's your turn to make a  card or 3D project following this week's theme of Tags/Banners and join us in the fun! Make sure you use at least one of Mo's wonderful images; there are so many choices, wow!

If you're looking for some inspiration you can always check back on the lovely creations my teammates have created for you! Don't forget to leave some love on the way:)

Wish you all a wonderful day!

See you tomorrow!

Hugs, Iulia

Red, Pink and White at Just Magnolia

Hi there my sweet friends! As promised, I'm back with a Magnolia card and a brand new challenge over at Just Magnolia, which is a color combo Claudia set for us:

RED/PINK/WHITE with an optional of LOVE/VALENTINE.

I struggled a bit with this one; I don't usually do pink; thought of making a Christmas card then I changed my mind for a sweet girly one. It didn't turn out as I wanted; I kept having the feeling more colours had to be added, lol, you know me, I love colourful, but well, it's a challenge and I did my best.

Supplies:

Stamp: Magnolia Sweet Christmas - Tilda with Hellebores

Medium: promarkers/copics

DP: digital- Raspberry Road Designs

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, metal corner and ribbon; lace from local store, charm from Bunny Zoe

Dies: Magnolia Doohickey swirl and flower

Sentiment: Lili of the Valley

Hope you will find some time to join in this week's challenge. There are some lovely prizes waiting for you, who knows, you may be the lucky winner:)

Thank you for coming by and wish you all a happy weekend!

Hugs,

Ragged Santa

Hey there my lovelies! It's a cold winter day; no snow here yet but looking forward to get some! First, I would love to send warm wintry wishes to all my friends out there celebrating Thanksgiving and hope you will enjoy great quality time with your beloved ones! We don't celebrate this here but I'm definitely gonna make a pie this afternoon:)

Now, onto the purpose of my post today: it's challenge time over at Digital Pencil Too and therefore a great moment and opportunity for me- that is to play with Mo Manning's wonderful winter images because our hostess with the mostess- my dearest Pat, wants to see:

Elves, fairies, Santa, or snowmen

on this week's cards/projects!!!

Have you seen Mo's recent Christmas images? You can check them up on the Digital Pencil Too blog, they are all fabulous! It was such a joy to color this Ragged Santa- he's just  the way I've always imagined him; funny, joker-like and full of patches on his tattered clothes. Oh, I just love this image!

The background I added is from Make it Crafty- called Gift Way, thought it would work nice with my Santa who seems to be in need of some directions:)

Supplies:

Stamps: Mo Manning - Ragged Santa

Make it Crafty- Gift Way 

Coloring medium: promarkers/copics

DP: MME (I think:))

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts flowers and metal corner; lace from stash, glossy accents on the poinsettias;

Misc: lots of ultrafine glitter, Twinklets- Diamond dust, snow marker;

Sentiments- Whimsy Stamps- Christmas Sentiments

Challenges for my card: 
Hanna & Friends - Red and Another Color (white); Paper Crafting Journey Anything Goes; Little Red Wagon -Christmas; Scrapbook Sisters - Christmas ; Crafty Sentiments Metal; Digital Tuesday - Sparkle & Shine, Everybody-Art-Challenge Christmas Card; Partytime Tuesdays -Snow Us What You've Got, Paper Take Weekly - Christmas Crackers!

That's it from me! Now it's your turn to pull off one of Mo's elves, Santas, fairies or snowmen and make your own card/project for Christmas/winter! I look forward to see what you come up with!

If you're looking for some inspiration you can head over to DP2 Blog and marvel at the wonderful cards of my DT sisters!! Don't forget to leave some love on the way too:)

Wish you all a great day and thanks so much for paying me a visit ! It's always great to hear from you! Also, would love you to enter MY CANDY if you haven't already:); 

I'll be back tomorrow with a Magnolia card! Have a great day till then!

Hugs,

Wintertime at Mo's!

Hey there, my sweet friends! It's great to be back with another great challenge at Mo's DP2 Challenge Blog! set by our super-smart, -talented and -funny sistah Pat :

WINTER!

As simple as that! Now, this is one of those tasks you were just about to do but only needed a hint, weren't you?:) ; I know we are all into Christmas and winter cards these days, so all you have to do is to share them with us! Of course, you'll just have to make sure they have a Mo image on before submitting it to Mr. Inlinkz:)!

I have no idea how to call the "thing" ...lol I have to show you today; it's a sort of card in  a box or with a box; well, it's something I meant to hang on the wall and it's quite lovely and bright if you could see it on my dining room wall, well that was before my 2 year old came home and started pointing at it. Generally, he takes no interest in my cards which are all over and even within his reach. Moreover, when one happens to fall from a shelf he immediately brings it to me, knowing he is not to play with. But this one he just had to examine closely and started laughing and making faces; "grandes chaussettes" he said- meaning "big socks" lol; that's what he got from it. I had to hide it eventually before starting pulling the tiny bells!

This was my first Mo Manning image and since last year I only had the time to make one card with it just thought I'd use it again. The image is called Christmas Morn and I love it to bits!

Supplies:

Stamp; Mo Manning- Christmas Morn

Medium; copics, promarkers 

DP: Basic Grey Nordic Holiday 6" x 6" Paper Pad

Embellies: Wild Orchid Crafts poinsettia, metal corner, golden bells and pearls, lace and ribbon from stash

Dies; Marianne Design snowflakes

Sentiment: freebie from Bizzy Becs

In case any of you would love to try this out, it's quite simple: make a box lid- mine is 5.5 inches square and just glue it to a thick base cardstock (mine is 7 per 7 inches). You can embellish the edges however you like. Just a tip: next time I would use paper lace - it's easier to adhere it and make a frame round the window:)

Challenges:
Creatalicious Challenges -  Christmas and make sure it SPARKLES

 Marianne's Design Divas -  Sparkle and Shine

Paper Shelter Challenge - snowflakes

Digital Tuesday -  Christmas Time

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Little Present

Sassy Cheryl's -Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Anything Christmas with Pearls

Forever Friends - Christmas is Coming

Heart Song Inspirations - Gold OR Glitter

Karens Doodles - Anything BUT a Card

Ok, that's it from me; now it's time for you to head on over to Mo's DP2 Challenge Blog HERE so you can check out the wonderful projects my talented DT sisters have prepared for your inspiration! Then make your own Mo Manning challenge project and join the fun!! Just remember to use one (or more) of Mo Manning's images (you can find them in Mo's online stores HERE and HERE)! One lucky participant (chosen at random, of course) will receive a $5.00 shopping spree at Mo's online store.

Thanks so much for stopping by...and for your kind comments! Those of you who haven't entered my CANDY are most welcome to do so:) Have a great end of the week!

Hugs,

Just Magnolia DT- A Gift for you

Hi again! This is my 3rd card in two days, not that bad, says I:). I made a window card for our new challenge at Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar;

We have a color challenge this week, so you will have to make sure your card has mainly black/grey, red and white  on it before submitting it to the blue frog on the challenge blog.

Although it might look simple to you, this was not the easiest card to make. I had to cut through all those layers of papers, not all at once, and believe me, they were quite some. Plus I did some paper piecing with some huge old scissors, as all my other 10 (lol) were somewhere well placed all together...lol. Hope someday when I'll be looking for my glasses (which I don't have yet)  I shall find them all. 

Here's my card:

And the inside:

Supplies:

Stamp: Magnolia Sweet Christmas- A Little Gift Tilda

Medium: copics/promarkers

DP: digital- have no idea where it came from- let me know if you guys do:)

Embellies; poinsettias, pearls and metal corner from Wild Orchid Crafts , ribbon from The Ribbon Girl;

Dies: Marianne Design fir tree and snowflakes, nestabilities circles (grand and scalopped)

Sentiment: digital from Whimsy Stamps

So, let's get crafting with black/grey, red and white. It was a real challeenge for me as I usually do more colorful but I like a bit different too:)

Since you are here, I invite you all to enter my CANDY!!!. It's been a great year since I started blogging and wanted to thank all of you for your continuous support! Mwahhh!

Big hugs,

Fancy Folds- Organizer

Hi everyone! It's time for challenge 108 at Digital Pencil Too and this time we would like you to think a bit outside the box and do some fancy folds- either a card or a 3D project, it's entirely up to your imagination.

Now, it ocurred to me to try something sweet and useful at the time; it's been a while since I wanted to color up these sweet teenage (!) fairies from Mo Manning and here they are eventually. I just adore them- aren't they sooo beautiful!!! They are called Mia and Pia and can be found here and here in the store:). I wasn't sure which one I loved more so I used them both:)

 I also included a calendar and cut lots of papers ; still, there's room left, as I made quite a deep box:). It is made of cardboard and looks quite elegant IRL. The dimensions are only 4 per 5,5 inches and the papers I used are all digital from Zoe Pearn.

Hope you guys can figure it out; sorry for the many pictures; just tried to show it as thoroughly as possible. And here's a close-up of the little pencil. I thought I might "dress it up" with the same patterned paper:)

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Mo Manning- Teen Fairy Mia and Teen Fairy Pia

Colorin medium: copics/promarkers

DP: Zoe Pearn- Blissful

Embellishments: Wild Orchi Crafts flowers, leaves, pearls and ribbon; lace from stash, ultrafine glitter

Sentiment and calendar : Photoshop

Challenges:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Lace;  The Crazy Challenge - Something with Wings ;C.R.A.F.T. - Cute; Crafty Ribbons -Anything BUT a Card  ;Cooking It Up With Katie -fancy, flowers, unusual fold; Crafts and Me -birthdays; Inky Impressions - glitter; Paper Shelter Challenge -all in pink; Ruby's Rainbow -something with wings; Stampavie and More -Anything Goes (2nd wk); Truly Scrumptious - Bingo* (lace, flowers, ribbon); Anything Goes Challenge - Stitches Real or Faux Create Me Pink Challenges - Flower Challenge; Digital Tuesday - include a digital element Anything Goes; Heart Song Inspirations -Anything Goes;

That's it from me for today. Since you are here don't forget to enter my CANDY . I myself would be thrilled to win some of it...lol!

Hugs and have a happy rest of the week!

Little Miss Muffet Challenges GD Card

Hi dear all! I have a sweet Christmas card for you today, something different from what I normally do. A couple of weeks ago I won some digis from Little Miss Muffet and  since I found them so cute I really wanted to be their guest designer for this fortnight. I had in mind more like a child's card, a shaker card naturally:), so I chose this Christmas Dino, perfect for a sweet Chrissy card.

The theme for this week at Little Miss Muffet Challenges is "Simplicity wit a charm"; for me, that's super difficult because I don't normally do simple, well, never, says I:) So I did my best to cut from adornments, added a charm and voila:

Supplies:

Stamp- Little Miss Muffet- Christmas Dino

Medium: copics, promarkers

DP; digital from a Christmas Tradition paper pack

Embellies: Wild Orchd Crfats poinsettia, charm and double end red holly berries

lace, ribbon, pebbles, buttons from stash, stickles.

Sentiment: Doodlebug

Challenges: 
Samuel Taylor's Challenge - Christmas Card; Sassy Studio Designs - Kid`s Cards; Partytime Tuesdays -Bling It On (anything sparkly); Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Christmas Goes; Cards For Men -  Christmas Card ; Cutie Pie Challenge - Use a Charm, Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge  - Anything goes with a Digi, Forever Friends -  must include animal - Bling Bling; Lexi's Creations -Use Charm,

Thanks for coming by today. Since you are here, take a moment to enter my CANDY!!!

Higs and have a happy day!

Thank you card!

Hello everyone!

It's Thursday again so time for another fun challenge at Digital Pencil Too! First of all I have to tell you we were amazed at the awesome number of entries we had last week: 64!!! Wow! That's truly fantastic! Not to mention they were all spectacular; it seems Mo's images are perfect for celebrations and holidays:) I already knew this, I'm glad you also agreed with us:) Now,  my dear DT sister Pat would also like to see you 

Giving thanks

or choose a 

Thanksgiving theme

Now, I'm happy she had in mind a thank you theme because, firstly, we don't celebrate Thanksgiving here, so I would be totally at a loss with this one and secondly, I was just about to make a thank you card  for my son's teacher. It's not for a special occasion; just a gift as if from the kiddos:) Hope she will like it.

For my card I merged these two cuties Mo recently drawn; they are simply adorable and so versatile . I can think of so many card themes with them on:)  They are called For teacher (the little boy), and Kisses (the adorable girl).

And a close-up of the kids:

Supplies:

Stamps- Mo Manning- For teacher and Kisses

Coloring; promarkers/copics

DP: My Mind's Eye Stella & Rose - Gertie 6x6 Pad

Embellies; WOC flowers,leaves, ribbon, lace and pins

Dies; Nestabilities Grand Circles, Magnolia Doohikeys Tilda lace and swirl; nesties scalloped circles

Sentiment: computer generated- german (says Thank you, Mama Rodi- my little one goes to a German speaking kindergarten)

Challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Die Cuts

Digistamps 4 Joy - gratitude

Freshly Brewed - Anything goes

Little Darlings Challenges - not square

My Mum's Craft shop -gratitude

Scrapbook Sisters -Anything Goes

7 Kids College Fund -Fancy Folds (2nd wk)

365 Cards - combine stamps to make a new image

Anything Goes Challenge - Stitches Real or Faux-1st Week

Sweet Stamps -So Thankful (whatever makes you thankful)

Try It On Tuesday - Unusual Shaped Cards

Tuesday Throwdown - Thanks 

Thank you all for being here today! Hope many of you will join us for the Thank you challenge! Look forward to see your beautiful creations!

Please take a moment to visit my wonderful teammates over at Digital Pencil Too- they all work hard every week to provide great inspiration for all of us!

Hugs and have a happy day!

Just Magnolia DT- Christmas Gift Box

Hi everyone! Hope you are having a great week and that your weekend is going to be splendid! 

It's Friday, so we have all the reasons to enjoy and moreover, it's time for a great new challenge at Just Magnolia and hAnglar and sTanglar blog; Mandy is our super-talented hostess for this week and she decided it was time for us to ink up our adorable  Christmas Maggies, get into a holiday mood and create!

I made a gift box for today using one of my favorite Maggies called Tilda with wedding gifts from a wedding collection, which I always thought as being from the Merry Little Christmas one...lol  and a decorated Christmas Tree from Mo Manning. I think these two work well together. 

I love working with acetate and thought I could cut a window in the lid and sew acetate. It's just a simple box, not an exploding one, I had in mind a simple gift holder so the inside is not decorated.
I also added some cookies just to have an idea.

Materials and tools:

Stamps: Magnolia- Tilda with wedding gifts

Mo Manning-  Christmas Tree

Coloring medium: copics/promarkers

DP- Basic Grey- Nordic Holiday

Embellies; WOC flowers, metal corner and crystal stem; pearls and charm from Bunny Zoe; ribbon and pom-pom lace- The Ribbon Girl; 

Sentiment: The Cutting Cafe

Challenges for my box:
Bearly Mine- Anything but a card
Crafty Ribbons- bingo
Paper Pretties -  Embellish

Thank you all for coming by today! I will do my best to catch up with my visits. I haven't been blogging lately, sorry for having been such a stranger. I'm really  grateful you keep coming to my blog and hope you will always find something to inspire you:)

Wish you all a happy weekend!

Hugs,