Friday, March 25, 2011

Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop





Hi and welcome to the third Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long blog hop for 2011. The ladies from the Magnolia-licious Yahoo group have a hop on the 25th of every month.  By December, you have a good selection of Magnolia cards ready to send. I participated in most of the months last year and really enjoyed it.

You can find the order of the hop on the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog. And Magnolia-licous on line always has the best selection of Magnolia stamps, if you see something you need while hopping. If you arrived here from Angelique's blog you are in the right place. Now hop on over to Lauren's blog and see what she has crafted up for this month. Thanks for hopping along with us, hope you will join us on the 25th of March!



Challenges:
ABC Christmas~F is for Freebie and sketch (didn't use their freebie)
Christmas Cards All Year Long~March challenge (3 patterned papers, 3 brads)
ABC Challenge~Q is for quilting/sewing
Crafty Creations~in stitches
Dutch Dare Card Challenges #105~celebrations


Card Recipe:
Stamps: Magnolia Edwin and sled
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI ssw, Scarlet Jewel, SU Old Olive, MM and October Afternoon patterns
Embellishments: copics, nesties, crystal effects, sewing machine, Recollections brads and jingle bells, SU gold cord, Hug Snug seam binding, dimensionals

25 comments:

Peggie said...

Great card. Love the bells and bow.

Imke said...

Kathy, your card looks fantastic. I like the jingle bells and that you put Edwin on the slide- great idea !

Corinne said...

Very nice! You did a wonderful job and your coloring is very good. Love the colors and the bells added to the bow make a nice touch.
Hugs~
Corinne

Anonymous said...

Oh wow!! This is really sweet!! LOVE the colors!! TFS! HUGS

Danielle Champagne said...

Hi Kathy, Isn't Edwin cute holding to his package? I love your background paper andthe color your have chosen, bringing them bakc in coloring Edwin's clothes makes a nice harmony. Love the little bells in your bow.
Hugs. Danielle.

AN said...

aivan ihana kortti1 todella kauniit väritykset Edvinissä ja kortti muutenkin aivan loistavasti sommiteltu!
Kiitos osallistumisestasi ABC-haasteeseen
Paljon onnea arvontaan
Ihanaa kevään odotusta sinulle! :)

Dawn♥ said...

OH I really like the image and his coloring. Great job!

Colleen said...

Oh this is so cute! Love the colours and thanks for playing along with us at Christmas Cards All Year Round!

Beth said...

Gorgeous card, Kathy! Love the colors! Great coloring of cute Edwin too!

Suzanne said...

Gorgeous card! Lovely image and love all the stitching. Thanks for entering ABC challenge this week.
Hugs Sue x

Dorte said...

Lovely card with Edwin holding his gift. Thank you for joining us at ABC Christmas Challenge this time. You still got time to make a card with our freebie if you want. Hope to see you again.
Dorte,x

Barb Hardeman said...

Gorgeous!!! Edwin is so beautifully colored and looks so full of the Christmas spirit! Love the Seam Binding with the bells and gold twine! Fabulous card...hugs...Barb

Anonymous said...

Hi Kathy, lovely card, so pleased you could play along with us on the ABC Christmas Challenge.... good luck with the Top 3.... If you would like to be in with a chance of winning a prize you still have time as Dorte said to play again with a stamp fairy image :0)
hugs Samantha :0)

Julie said...

Edwin is super cute! Great card. Thanks for joining the blog hop this month!

Julie

Carissa said...

Wonderful card. I love Edwin and don't use him nearly enough. Glad to see him featured here on your card. Love the addition of the little jingle bells. Hugs, Carissa

TRACEY O said...

Super cute. Thanks for joining us at CCAYR this month.

Robin said...

Fabulous card!!! I love the you used Edwin. Great paper and colours!

mudmaven said...

He's such a sweetie. Great job on this month's challenge at CCAY. Thanks so much for joining us. ~chris

Monique said...

Beautifull card ! I love all the layers :)).

Hugs Monique

Joanne Gilch said...

Gorgeous....love that little man.

Dorcas said...

Lovely layout and design! Thanks so much for playing with us at DDCC for our 105th challenge celebration! We really love to have you with us.:-)
Hugs,
Dorcas

Karli said...

OMGosh! How did I miss this one!!! Luuuv the Maggie Christmas Hop we're treated to every month :) thanks for playing with us at ABC Challenges :) Hugs~

Helen said...

Beautiful card - love the papers!
Thanks for joining us at the ABC Christmas Challenge!
Helen x

Juls said...

so sweet!!! I love the colours and the little bells! Hugs Juls

Marianne-db said...

Wow, what a wonderful Christmas Card! Love Edwin,beautiful colors!
Thanks for joining CCAYR!