Summer is here again - at least at MDUC

Hello everybody! 

Good middle of the night (Thank God for scheduled posts ;) lol)) 

We at Magnolia Down Under  are so exited to wish you all a huge welcome to this our first challenge of the year. The theme is SUMMER DELIGHTS and we hope you can join us. We have decided to change our dear blog a little and spiced it up with additional challenges in our new Facebook group. If you wish to know more please read this. 

Summer delights sounds to me like a perfect challenge to join after all those christmas cards. I hardly made any this year but as some of you know summer is my fav season of the year so Im always ready to make one of those. 

Ive used one of the Tilda's from last years summer stamp kit club. She has never seen ink so that was a natural choice. I inked her with my Copic sketch markers. 

Dp from Magnolia. The tulips is also from Magnolia as is that lovely sentiment. All other flowers are WOC. The BEAUTIFUL and utterly elegant Blue crystal and diamante embellie is from the The Ribbon girl. 

Please, don't forget to head on over to the MDUC blog to see amazing work by my lovely fellow dt members. 

Thank you so much for looking :) 

Love 

Honored LLC guest, theme: Perfume

Hello to you all on this first day of 2014! Welcome here, Im so happy you still make your way here :) 

I have some exiting news to share! I was asked on as a gdt for Live and Love Crafts by my lovely friend and ex dt mama Sandra. What a perfect way to start 2014! 

When she told me about this month theme I was a very intrigued but I must confess I found it a bit of a struggle. It is PERFUME! Maybe your first thought is like mine, but hey there is nothing like a REAL challenge ha? Besides she mentioned some ways to interpret the theme that made it a lot easier right away: you can create in the same colors as your fav perfume, your choice of image can reflect the name of the perfume of your choice, you can alter a box and add a vintage perfume label and so on! 

I chose to try the decoupage technique for the very first time. I had this idea I wanted to use this gorge digi by Saturated Canary called Starla. She has this theatrical look that reminds me of a moviestar or a superstar currently living in Hollywood just  waiting to announce the release of her new fragrance. Its named Stardust. I bought the beautiful vintage bottle from Panduro Hobby and firstly colored my image with my Copics and then made a little label out of her and printed it. Then I used decoupage to add her to the bottle.  It was a bit messy! But it turned out pretty good. I also added some rolled roses, di paint, ribbon, embossing powder and a resin piece. You can read all about the products I have used at the end of my posting. If you click the picture it will take you right there. Then of course Starla had to be made into a gift set so I made a matching card. The sentiment is one out of three that is included in the digi. Love it, it has the right amount of spunk to it ;) 

In the pictures below you can see my makes a little better. Do not forget to head on over to the amazing Live and Love Crafts Blog to look at the utterly stunning creation and different takes by my former teamies. Im sure you will find awe inspirations there! 

WOC Open Roses, 20mm	Melissa Frances Resin Embellishment - Dorchester Keyholes	Pearl Lace with Beads	Lace "Amélie" (35mm)	Stampendous Fran-táge Embossing Enamels
Organza Ribbon (40mm)	Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint	Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool	Pion Design - Studio of Memories 6x6 - Pink Butterfly & Letters	Resin Cameo Lady
Tim Holtz Paper Distresser Tool	Kort & Godt Rolled Paper Roses	Ranger Stickles Glitter Glue	Kitchen Craft Cheese Cloth	LLC Shabby Seam Binding
Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso

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My top 10 of 2013 (Ops, its a top 13 but don't tell anyone)

 Its a bit of a tradition for me to end the year sharing my top 10. 

This year will be no different, even though I didn't create anything between September and late December. 

Here it is:  

TH Distresser Januari 2013, Image Magnolia  

TH Distresser February 2013, Image: Whiff of joy 

TH Distresser February 2013, Image: Magnolia

TH Distresser March 2013, Images: Magnolia 

TH Distresser May 2013, Image: Magnolia 

TH Distresser May 2013, Image: Magnolia 

TH Distresser June 2013, Image: Magnolia

TH Distresser June 2013, Image: Magnolia 

Copic Sketch Markers July 2013, Image: WEE stamps 

Copic Sketch Markers July 2013, Image: Magnolia 

Copic Sketch Markers July 2013, Image: WEE stamps 

Copic Sketch Markers July 2013, Image: WEE stamps

TH Distresser August 2013, Image: Magnolia 

Thank you so much for taking a look! 

I always enjoy making a top eh, eh 10 because it gives me a reason to reflect on the year that has past. I think 2013 is the year I can say I started using my Copic markers. In 2014 I will hopefully like the result I get using them. Muhahahahaha! 

Hope to see you in the new year! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 

Lots of love 

Bella (and some pics of my new room)

Hello everybody! 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! 

As I write this Im a little bit in a "come back" mode ;) I can hardly believe it BUT seems my room is all ready! At least construction wise. Im still decorating and thinking long and hard about where and how I want my stuff displayed.

Heres some pictures of my new place: 

As some of you may know there is no room inside our house for a whole room that I can have all by my self so we started thinking outside the box. My husband had an idea that I quit fancied. He had thoughts about turning our outside garden storage area into a craft room. We have isolated it, painted it, added a new door, windows and new wooden floor. It doesn't look much but I looooove it! Finally I have my own place AND…I can lock the door ;) lol! 

Here´s a picture from inside with my new desk. 

I will buy a shabby office chair as soon as I get the time ;) 

My sewing machine has its own area on the desk ;) 

 I want some of my stuff near and dear but I want some of the things that I don't use that much to be "covered" up so it doesn't look to messy and cluttered. Im so not a fan of clutter! I have placed all my small decorations such as Embossing powder, buttons, Kort go godt flowers (the ones in containers) resin pieces, prima stuff and so on. I have also finished my ribbon organizer. It looks great!  

Here´s some pictures of that (they are on Insta with the rise filter thats why they are a little yellow) 

So enough about my new room ;) 

Here´s the very first card I made in there :) It features beautiful Bella from Saturated Canary. 

She is inked with my Copics as I have found I have no watercolor paper left!? OMG! Major catastrophe! ;) And I also have no glue!? Even bigger catastrophe! I have to admit Im still no huge fan of using my markers. I just don't think Im good enough with them. But as my friend says: I need to practice more often so maybe its a good thing I have no paper ha?

If you have made your way all they way down here Im proud of you! 

You guys are THE bestest followers!! 

Love you! 

Thanks for being here :)