May Your Days Be Merry and Bright

 Wow, only 2 more months until Christmas! It is October 25th and that means that it is time for the Magnolia-Licious Christmas all Year Long Blog Hop.

If you have made your way here from Angelique's blog then you are on the right track. If not, you will want to pop back there as she is the first stop along the way.

If you lose your way pop back to the Magnolia Christmas All Year Long Blog for a full list of participants.

For my card today, I have used Lighting Edwin and coloured him with copics in nice bright and cheery colours to match my new MME paperpad. I have added a touch of glossy accents to the little lightbulbs to make them shine and added a soft pink glow around them.

CLP Challenge

I wanted to make a fun masculine card. The DP is from a MME paper pad called 12 Days of Christmas that I picked up the other week at the local Scrapfest. I have based my card on the sketch from the CLP Challenge. In keeping with the fun decorating theme of the image I have finished it off with a great dotted ribbon and some fun ornament stickers that I have dangled from a diecut swirl.

 I want to thank you for stopping by today. Before you leave, I hope that you will leave a little comment to let me know that you were here. Now it is off to your next stop on the hop Cordine who I am sure will have something gorgeous to share with you.

Hugs!

Magnolia-Licious Christmas All Year Hop

Good morning, if you are looking for my ABC Christmas post please click here.

It is May 25th and that means that it is time for the Magnolia-Licious Christmas all Year Long Blog Hop.

If you have made your way here from Angelique's blog then you are on the right track. If not, you will want to pop back there as she is the first stop along the way.

If you lose your way pop back to the Magnolia Christmas All Year Long Blog for a full list of participants.

For my card today, I have used Sitting Angel Tilda and coloured her with copics in soft pastel shades of pink and purple and added some stickles for sparkle on the wings and around the edge of the image.

I wanted to make a sweet and girly card. The DP is a remnant from years gone by that I found in my scraps. I have used a lace doily for a feminine touch and added lots of flowers from Wild Orchid and Michael's. To boost the sparkle factor, I have used a Magnolia swirl that I cut from silver glitter paper and if you look close, you will also see a silver leaf that I cut from a Christmas pick and tucked behind the flowers.

I want to thank you for stopping by today. Before you leave, I hope that you will leave a little comment to let me know that you were here. Now it is off to your next stop on the hop Cordine who I am sure will have something gorgeous to share with you.

Hugs!

This card will be entered into the following challenges:
Winter Wonderland - P is for Purple
Papertake Weekly - Pale, Pretty Pastels
A Spoonful of Sugar - Things with Wings
PaperPlay - Sparkle Galore
Magnolia Down Under - Christmas in May
CES Challenge - Embellish It
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Flower Power
Jingle Belles - Visions of Sugarplums
ABC Challenge - V is for Violet
Inky Impressions - Shine On

Christmas All Year Long

Good morning and welcome to the Magnolia Licious Christmas All Year Long BlogHop. This group was created for Magnolia lovers who want to get a jump on the Christmas season by creating a Christmas card each month. I hope that we will inspire you to do the same. If you have arrived here from Barb's blog then you are right on track. If not, be sure to hop back to the beginning because you don't want to miss a thing.

This is my first shaped card that I have made using my new Grand Calibur machine and some large format dies from Spellbinders and Go Kreate. I can see that I will be using these more and more in the future.

I decided that this shaped card would be perfect to create a little scene. I started by masking the Winter Forest which is available here from Magnolia Licious with the Starry Sky background stamp from Hero Arts. I embossed the sky and used distress inks to create the evening sky.  The image Tilda with Fir appears to be out of stock at the moment but I am sure that if you contact Diana she will be more than happy to order it for you. She has been coloured with Copics and popped in front of the background using popdots for some dimension.

I hope that you will be inspired to join us today and start making your Christmas cards. Your next stop on the hop is Cordine who I am sure has something gorgeous to share with you.

Happy Hopping!

Carissa

Christmas Wishes

Good morning and welcome to the first Magnolia Licious Christmas All Year Long BlogHop of 2011. This group was created for Magnolia lovers who want to get a jump on the Christmas season by creating a Christmas card each month. I hope that we will inspire you to do the same. If you have arrived here from Barb's blog then you are right on track. If not, be sure to hop back to the beginning because you don't want to miss a thing.

For my card I have chosen to work with Heartbreaker Edwin. He does not appear to be in stock at the moment but I am sure that Diana will have him back in the store soon. I will admit that I had actually coloured Edwin before Christmas and had not gotten around to putting him on a card but when I found these papers in the pile on my desk, I knew that I had to use him.

I will admit that I had actually coloured Edwin before Christmas and had not gotten around to putting him on a card but I knew that I had to use him when I found these Basic Grey papers in the pile on my desk. As I love adding some sparkle to my Christmas cards, I have also used some glitter paper from Best Creations that has been punched out using some of my wintry Martha Stewart Punches. I just love the icy feel of this card.

Thank you so much for dropping by, I hope you will enjoy the hop. Now continue on and hop over to Corrine who I am sure will have something great to share with you.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Sketch and Stash - Sketch

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Being Sentimental

Christmas Cards all Year Round - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Bling

Winter Wonderland

Welcome to the Magnolia-Licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop. If you have made your way here from Nadyne, you are on the right track.  If you have just stopped by to visit be sure to start from the beginning as you won't want to miss any of the lovely creations that we have to share with you today.

 It would be fair to say that this card came about as a series of happy accidents. Back in the summer I came across a card on a blog (I wish that I could find it again to share with you) and decided to try and copy the background paper. It was done using an emboss resist technique that I had just learned how to do. The paper turned out great, almost the same as the one that I was copying but it sat on my desk unused for months until one day a glittery snowflake happened to land on it and an idea started to form.

Once I had the idea, this card came together pretty quick.  I chose to work with one of my favourite Magnolias, Tilda and Edwin Skating, Diana has this stamp in stock over at the Magnolia-Licious store. They have been coloured using Copics and given an icy sparkle using stickles. A few more punched snowflakes and a shimmery ribbon was all it took to make this icy winter wonderland come to life.

I hope that you have enjoyed your little visit here and I hope that you will come back soon. Now be sure to hop over to Tanja's blog and see the wonderful creation that she is sure to have to share with you.

This card has also been entered into the Challenge at Fussy and Fancy Friday.