Hello and a warm welcome to The Official Magnolia Inspiration Challenge (TOMIC) blog which is made especially for you Magnolia lovers by the International Magnolia Design Team!

Monday, 11 July 2011

Challenge #6 ~ make a scene (dimensional)

Hello Magnolia lovers!
Before giving you the new challenge, we would like to announce the random result. And the winner is

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number : 81 NELA


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



Welcome to TOMIC new challenge :


Please read the rules on the sidebar before submitting.

Our Challenge this week is creating a scene with Magnolia stamps but not only with masking, it has to be dimensional.
This challenge is all about creating a dimensional scene with Magnolia stamps. We want you to create 3D scenes in every possible way and to help you out, here comes a tutorial for doing a stairstep card. Using this tutorial is not mandatory, just use whatever technique you like the most. On your blogs, you will have to show us picture of your card but we also want to see details about the dimensional part (side pictures or close ups). If you don't show us the dimensional details, your card won't be selected for the draw as we won't be able to see if it fits the challenge or not.
One way to make it dimensional is by creating a Stair Step Card, so I like to show you how to make a Side Step Card ...

It's not my idea, but I took some pictures when I was making a new decoration for our entrance and made a template. I chosed the size for a A6-Card, which you can send in a regular envelope if you won't add to much decorations - like me :)




You have to cut the bold line and fold the stitched black ones. You can see how to fold on the next pictures.





It's nearly done ... now you can decorate the card as you want.




If you'd like to place it as decoration somewhere, it's better to add a piece of cardstock for stabilasation in it or bind it together with a ribbon like I did on my card, otherwise it could slide away ...




Magnolia stamps are so funny to play with because of the many characters, accessories and backgrounds that you can mix together.
So here come the marvellous creations made by our talented dt members for your inspiration, showing you several techniques to build dimensional scenes. You can find all our blogs on the sidebar and see more gorgeous Magnolia creations. Click on the name to go directly to the member's blog):
(Stair Step Card)









DT - Tanja
(Stair Step Card)




DT - Mindy
(3D Pads)







DT - Monique
(Stair Step Card)





DT - Irene
(Stair Step Card)


DT Jodie
(3D Pads)


Thank you for being my Rainbow -side view - jodie from oz
DT Chris
(Frame Card)





DT Kianel
(Pop-Up Card)






DT Silvie
(Pop-Up Card)






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


The randomly chosen winner will be published next Monday along with the new challenge. The top 5 will be revealed on Wednesday.



The Magnolia DT!






Wednesday, 6 July 2011

TOP 5 and guest dt TOMIC #4

Hello Magnolia lovers!

Before we give you the lucky winners of the guest dt spot and the top5 entries for challenge #4, we have
IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION TO ALL PARTICIPANTS:
We have been running this blog for a month now and are getting more and more entries to our challenges, we would like to thank you all. What we noticed lately is people re-posting old cards in a new post on their blogs to enter our challenges. You'll see in the rules that your entry has to be a new creation ONLY. You have 6 days to enter a NEW card that fits the challenge theme. If an entry does not respect that rule it will be cancelled. We have cancelled several entries lately for the same reason and we also decided to disqualify monday's randomly chosen winner because her entry was an old one.


So here is the new randomly chosen winner for TOMIC#4:

# 43 Manuela


Please send your name and adress to tomicblog@gmail.com so Magnolia can send you your secret prize.

We also would like to remind you that all the creations of the Magnolia DT that you can see here and on our respective blog is for your inspiration. That means it is not okay to copy any of our work to enter any challenge especially when no credit or link is given to the DT member. We are very honoured that you like our work and are very happy to inspire you all. We would like it to remain an inspiration though. Thanks for your understanding.

The Magnolia DT is proud to present last challenge's TOP 5. It was a tough job and we would like to thank you all for joining us.
Here are the TOP 5 winners:









Congratulations everyone please email us at TOMICblog@gmail.com, putting 'Top 5 Winner' as the subject so that we can send you your badges!

The winner of our GUEST DT SPOT is Marika

Congratulations Marika! Please can you email us at TOMICblog@gmail.com, placing 'Guest DT Spot' as the Subject and we can send you your Guest DT badge and the theme of the future challenge. If you are unable to join us please let us know and we will then pick another guest.

We also wanted to remind you of our current challenge which is "make an easel card" and that you can find here, we hope you can join us this week.

Love from The Magnolia DT!

Monday, 4 July 2011

Challenge # 5 ~ Easel Card

A big hello to all you Magnolia Lovers,

We would like to say a huge thanks to all of you who made projects for last challenge, Shimmer and Pearls.
WOW, your creations were amazing!!
IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION TO ALL PARTICIPANTS:
We have been running this blog for a month now and are getting more and more entries to our challenges, we would like to thank you all. What we noticed lately is people re-posting old cards in a new post on their blogs to enter our challenges. You'll see in the rules that your entry has to be a new creation ONLY. You have 6 days to enter a NEW card that fits the challenge theme. If an entry does not respect that rule it will be cancelled. We have cancelled several entries lately for the same reason and we also decided to disqualify monday's randomly chosen winner because her entry was an old one. Thank you all for your understanding.


So here is the new randomly chosen winner for TOMIC#4:

# 43 Manuela


Congrats and please send your name and adress to tomicblog@gmail.com so Magnolia can send you your secret prize.

We also would like to remind you that all the creations of the Magnolia DT that you can see here and on our respective blog is for your inspiration. That means it is not okay to copy any of our work to enter any challenge especially when no credit or link is given to the DT member. We are very honoured that you like our work and are very happy to inspire you all. We would like it to remain an inspiration though. Thanks for your understanding.


Welcome to TOMIC new challenge:
EASEL CARD
Please read the rules on the sidebar before submitting.

This week we have the very talented LORI with us as our first Guest Designer!!
Please visit her blog to read more about her card.
And here is her gorgeous card:

Guest DT - Lori

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! Besides, you also can see some of the new stamps (space themed) that Magnolia will be releasing very soon and that were in the last STAMPCLUB. Isn't she the cutest spacegirl ever? Be sure to go see there to order the next Stampclub and enjoy Magnolia new stamps before the others!

The randomly chosen winner will be published next Monday along with the new challenge. The top 5 and guest dt member will be revealed on Wednesday.

The Magnolia DT!




Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Top 5 For Challenge # 3......

Hello,

We are here today to give you a little reminder that our current Challenge #4 is up and running 'Shimmer and Pearls'. So to enter we would like you to add some Shimmer to your entry with Pearls so why don't you join in the fun with us we would love to see all your projects! Click HERE to go see all the details to enter Challenge #4!

Also, we are delighted to announce the Top 5 Entries from the number 3 TOMIC challenge 'Summer'.

So without further ado here are the names of the Top 5 entries.












Congratulations everyone please email us at TOMICblog@gmail.com, putting 'Top 5 Winner' as the subject so that we can send you your badges!

The winner of our GUEST DT SPOT is Marina
Huge congratulations Marina! Please can you email us at TOMICblog@gmail.com, placing 'Guest DT Spot' as the Subject and we can send your your Guest DT badge and the theme of the future challenge. If you are unable to join us please let us know and we will then pick another guest.

We hope you will be able to join us for this weeks challenge!

The Magnolia DT

Monday, 27 June 2011

Challenge #4 - Shimmer and Pearls

A big hello to all you Magnolia Lovers,

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who joined us for last weeks challenge. Your creations were amazing and I am very pleased to announce the winner who was drawn using Random.Org.


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number: 153 - Sarah Jane



Congratulations ! Please can you email your name and address to TOMICblog@gmail.com so that Magnolia can send you your secret surprise!
And come back here to the blog on Wednesday to discover which entries our dt members chose for TOP 5 and who is the lucky winner of a guest dt spot for a future TOMIC challenge!

Now onto this week's challenge. We would like you to make a creation using the theme 'SHIMMER and PEARLS' which begins this week. We want to see shimmer on your creations which could be shimmery card, shimmer spray/paint, shimmery glitter glue, there are lots of options for adding shimmer and we would also like to see some pearls. Please read the rules on the sidebar before submitting, and to give us a direct link to your creation which has to be new :)

Here we have the work that the designers at Magnolia have made for your inspiration. Please do click on the members names which will take you to their blogs for further details of their creations.

Oh dear!!!

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Debbie Dolphin

Angie Hunt 


BabyCard Silvie 


Tanja Challenge #4 


Camilla S. 


You have until Saturday evening 20:00 Paris time to enter using the Inklinkz tool. The randomly chosen winner will be published next Monday along with the new challenge. The top 5 will be revealed on Wednesday next week.

We are looking forward to seeing your wonderful creations and will be so happy if you can join us!

The Magnolia DT x