TOMIC # 22 - Create a basket (tutorial)

Hello Magnolia lovers!

Before giving you the new challenge, we would like to thank you all for all the fabulous entries we received last week!!! And here is the randomly winner for this last week's challenge:

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number : 22 - Miriam

Congrats to you, please send name and address to : TOMICblog@gmail.com so Magnolia can send you your secret prize!

Welcome to TOMIC new challenge : This week we want you to create a basket and to decorate it with Magnolia stamps. Here is a tutorial i made to give you some ideas. This tutorial is just for inspiration and of course you can create any basket you want as long as you use Magnolia stamps to decorate it.

This is the basket i am making a tutorial for. It's an easy made basket in 4 steps.

STEP 1

Cut out 2 flare dies (14x14cm) in cardstock. Choose a printed paper (here, i chose to use Magnolia "strawberry plaid") and cut out 2 other flare dies but somehow smaller than the first ones.

STEP 2

In the same cardstock, cut 2 pieces called A and 1 piece called B following the measurement of the picture.

STEP 3

You will now fix the sides you just prepared as shown in the picture and there you have the structure of the basket.

STEP 4

Make a handle cutting a 2x30cm band in the same cardstock and decorate it with lace on the sides and printed Magnolia paper inside (1cm large).Decorate the other side too for a greater effect. Fix this handle in the inside of the structure with 2 brads.
 
Decorate your basket as you want and fill with candies or scrap stuff to make someone really happy!!!

Please read the rules on the sidebar before submitting.

For instance remember that you are allowed to combine your entry to TOMIC with no more than 5 other challenges and please respect the theme of the challenge, otherwise you won't be eligible for the draw and that would be a shame to miss a chance to win the fabulous prize offered by Magnolia...

And just take a look at what our wonderful Magnolia DT members have made for this challenge. You can find all our blogs on the sidebar and see more gorgeous Magnolia creations! Here you have different ways to make a basket to inspire you:

DT - Alberto

 DT - Angela

 DT - Camilla H

DT - Kianel

DT - Kylie

 DT - Tanja

DT - Yanitza

You have until Sunday 18:00 (Paris time) to enter using the Inklitz tool.

The randomly chosen winner will be published next Monday along with the new challenge.
Have fun!

 The Magnolia DT!

Top 5 & guest DT winner

Hello Magnolia lovers!

As we announced on Monday, we are now lauching the new TOP 5 & Guest DT formula. I am sure you are just going to love it as we are now voting to get the TOP 5 and Guest DT spot.

Once a month, we will choose our favourite entries from the past challenges and vote. The results will be published on Thursday around the 20th each month.

Each 1st Monday of the month, we will have a Guest DT joining us for the challenge.

We have more great news for you because on top of joining us as Guest DT for a challenge, the winner of the GDT spot will also receive a secret prize generously sent by Magnolia!!! So be sure to follow the rules to be able to join us.

The Magnolia DT is proud to present this month's TOP 5 . It was a tough job to narrow all the beautiful entries to just 5 and we would like to thank you all for joining us.

Here are the TOP 5 entries:

Kathrin

Dina

Louise

Artesania

Barbara

Please send us a mail to TOMICblog@gmail.com with subject "Top 5 - October" so we can send you the badge to put on your blog.

And the winner of the Guest DT spot is:

DINA!

Congrats to you!!!

Please send us a mail at TOMICblog@gmail.com with subject "Winner GDT spot - october" so we can send you the badge to put on your blog, the details of the challenge you will be joining and don't forget to also send us your adress so Magnolia can send you your secret prize.


We also wanted to remind you of our current challenge which is " Challenge 21 - BINGO" and that you can find here. Come and play with us for an opportunity to win a fantastic prize generously offered by Magnolia themselves!

Love from The Magnolia DT!

Challenge #21 ~ BINGO

IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION:
Please read carefully: TOP 5 and GDT spot are now back in TOMIC. On the 1st monday of each month will we welcome a guest designer among us. This guest designer will be chosen among the TOP5 entries that our DT will choose and that we will publish each month. So be there on thursday to discover the TOP 5 entries and the guest Designer spot.

Hello Magnolia lovers!

Before giving you the new challenge, we would like to thank you all for the fabulous entries we received last week!!! And here is the randomly winner for this last week's challenge:

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number : 17 Frosien

Congrats to you, please send name and address to : TOMICblog@gmail.com so Magnolia can send you your secret prize!

Welcome to TOMIC new challenge :

This week we'd like to play ... BINGO! And here is our BINGO Chart ...

I'm sure most of you know exactly how to play but in case we have some newbies, here are the rules: You pick one row of the chart above, it could be vertical, horizontal or diagonal and make your card with these 3 ingredients. That's simple, isn't it?

Please read the rules on the sidebar before submitting.

For instance remember that you are allowed to combine your entry to TOMIC with no more than 5 other challenges and please respect the theme of the challenge, otherwise you won't be eligible for the draw and that would be a shame to miss the opportunity to win the fabulous prize offered by Magnolia...

And just take a look at what our wonderful Magnolia DT members have made for this challenge. You can find all our blogs on the sidebar and see more gorgeous Magnolia creations!

DT - Camilla S

(bottom row: Magnolia Patterned Papers, Color Purple, Magnolia DooHickey Die)



DT - Gosia

(top row: Metal Embellishment, Pearls, Butterfly)


DT - Irene

(horizontal middle row: Ribbon & Bows, Lace, Magnolia Accessory Stamp)

DT - Janny

(vertical middle row: Pearls, Lace, Color Purple)

DT - Mindy

(middle row: Lace, Ribbon & Bows, Magnolia Accessory Stamp)

DT - Monique

(top row: Metal Embellishment, Pearls, Butterfly)

DT - Tina

(diagonal from top left to bottom right: Metal Embellishment, Lace, Magnolia DooHickey Die)

DT - Tanja

(left row: Metal Embellishment, Ribbon & Bows, Magnolia Patterned Papers)

You have until Sunday 18:00 (Paris time) to enter using the Inklitz tool.

The randomly chosen winner will be published next Monday along with the new challenge.
Have fun!

The Magnolia DT!

Challenge # 20 ~ LET'S GET SPORTY with a Sketch!

Hello Magnolia lovers!

Before giving you the new challenge, we would like to announce the winner for challenge #19 by random result. And the winner is

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number : 89
Brigitte

Congrats to you, please send your name and address to : TOMICblog@gmail.com so Magnolia can send you a secret prize!

Welcome to TOMIC's new challenge :

Let's get Sporty!

You will have to use the lovely sketch from Liza (DT Spain) 
+ use a sport themed Magnolia stamp.
So grab your Maggies that do some kind of sport! It can be everything from bicycling to surfing, boxing to dancing, or karate to golfing...
You will find many stamps with the sport theme in the 
The Winner Takes It All 2011 Collection, 
but we have also found some sporty Tildas and Edwins in other collections.
We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Please read the rules on the sidebar before submitting.

Here is the sketch:

And just take a look at what our wonderful Magnolia DT members have made for this challenge.
You can find all our blogs on the sidebar and see more gorgeous Magnolia creations!

DT - Camilla S

DT - Jodie

DT - Gosia

DT - Zoe

DT - Susan

DT - Irene

DT - Christine

DT - Tanja

You have until Sunday evening (6:00 pm) to enter using the Inklitz tool.

The randomly chosen winner will be published next Monday along with the new challenge. 

The Magnolia DT!

Challenge #19 - Magnolia for ever!

Hello Magnolia lovers!

Before giving you the new challenge, we would like to announce the random result of the Challenge 18 Magnolia Birthday special prize. And the winner is

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number : 49 Henny

Congrats to you Henny, please send your name and address to : TOMICblog@gmail.com so Magnolia can send you your special secret prize!

Welcome to the new TOMIC challenge : Magnolia Forever! Use a sitting Tilda or Edwin and at least one DooHickey die cut.

Please read the rules on the sidebar before submitting.

As our challenge this week includes the use of at least one DooHickey die cut, here's a step by step for those who may not have used dies. DooHickey dies are beautiful quality, intricately designed and will cut through a range of materials including patterned paper, cardstock, fabric including felt and lightweight chipboard.

Firstly some kind of die cutting machine will be required and there are several on the market, the most common are the Provocraft Cuttlebug and the Sizzix Big Shot. For this step by step a cuttlebug machine has been used.

 Using the A, C, B plates (other machines will have a different way of stacking the plates) the scrap of gold card is placed on top and then the die on top of that cutting side down (this can be done with the die facing up and the card on top but I find it easier to place the die accurately on scraps this way).

 The second B plate is placed on top to complete the stack.

 Now I engage the stacked plates into the machine and turn the handle which pushes everything through the rollers and keep turning until the plates have gone completely through the machine. Depending on the material being used this can be repeated to ensure a good cut, for example on chipboard I would probably run the plates through four times as my machine is well used and the rollers slightly looser but you can check if the cut has been made and run it through again if you need to.

 This is how the cut looks after running through the machine and before popping out of the card.

 This photo shows the die cut gently pushed out of the surrounding card and you can see how beautiful the cut is with this delicate and pretty snowflake DooHickey.

For this die cut I used the DooHickey Peony Petal die and cut out the flower from a scrap piece of linen fabric. Once again the DooHickey cuts it beautifully with two passes through the machine.

Here I've used a scrap of lightweight chipboard, slightly thicker than breakfast cereal box weight card and cut it with the Peony Petal DooHickey, I passed it through the machine four times.

Here are the petals and snowflake die cuts layered up and we have the start of a pretty embellishment made from scraps which may otherwise have been thrown away. My tag below shows how the embellishment looks when finished.

And here are the creations of the Magnolia DT members joining this challenge. You can find all our blogs on the sidebar and see more gorgeous Magnolia creations!

DT - Christine





DT Paola



DT Lillemor

DT - Debbie

DT - Lucy

DT Tina

DT - Jodie

DT - Tanja

DT - Irene



DT Susan

You have until Sunday evening to enter using the Inklitz tool.

The randomly chosen winner will be published next Monday along with the new challenge.

The Magnolia DT!