Magnolia DT~Easter Candy Box & Doo Bee Pops Egg Tutorial

Hello friends,
I can finally show my Easter project today. I called it Easter Candy Box. All materials which are rubberstamps, patterned papers, Doo Bee Pops paper from Magnolia rubberstamps Sweden. I will send this box to Magnolia shop , so you can have a look there:-))

 This is my Easter Candy Box which I made from a paper-mache box. You can alter the box with any decoration.

 Patterned paper from the new Easter collection, very beautiful.

I decorated the box with paper flowers, feathers, miniature bird, resin eggs and an pink egg made with doo bee pop paper, the new product from Magnolia.

 View from another side. Very easy to create, just decorate as you wish.

 Inside the box. I have made some eggs from Doo Bee Pop papers. Stamped the "Happy Easter" sentiment on new Easter collection patterned paper and added some chocolates too:-)) Sweet and delicious stuff...yumm...

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So, here I show you how I made the eggs, is very easy indeed.

 Punch out the oval size with puncher and trace it on Doo Bee Pops Paper.

 Cut the oval out and cut it half.

 Take one of the halve and glue it with adhesive.

 Take another halve and stick on the glued halve.

 It will look like this.Then, put some glue on one side of the egg and "open" the paper and stick on the other side.

Viola ! You have your easter egg ! Enjoy :-))

My sweet Magnolia teamies had made some very beautiful creation using Doo Bee Pops paper, please pop over their blog to have a look !

Thanks for viewing =))

Magnolia Little Christmas Layout

Hello my dear friends around the world:-))

I have a layout to show you with Magnolia new release Little Christmas stamps!

It's always fun to play with new release stamps ( Off course I love "old" stamps too:-))

 

I don't usually scrap, because I don't have any scrapping skills. I don't attend any scrapping class/workshop. I love to see scrappers' layouts, and wish that I can obtain those fabulous techniques too.

Basically when come into scrapping, I love being messy. Getting those paints on my project was really FUN !!

I hope you don't mind I am going to share this layout with you with all the messy=))

For the base, I choosed Magnolia patterned paper 12"x12", from the collection Sweet Crazy Love-Vintage Red.

I also used other collection of Magnolia patterned papers-Merry Little Christmas, Pion Design patterned papers.

I distressed all the edges of patterned papers with distresser and Ranger Walnut Stain Ink.

I also used doily 4" on my layout, small kraft tag and the most beautiful vintage red Washi tape.

I stamped "Love" background on the small tag then again stamped a post on the small tag too.

The beautiful "Holiday Treasures" from Bo Bonny product.

You can notice that I did some white polka dot on the left side of the patterned paper, you can scroll down on the post, I do some little tutorial how I made it.

I teared a bit the patterned paper and underneath I placed a piece of small paper which I stamped the "love" sentiment.

 

I twisted and distressed a piece of patterned paper with Ranger Walnut Stain ink.

If you are a Magnolia lovers you can notice that little Magnolia Made with Love tag. It's on the Magnolia product , it's so lovely and I wanted to use it on my project, so easy and you don't need any other decoration, I distressed it with Ranger Walnut Stain ink too.

I make a lasso using raffia to make the Magnolia tag "stand"

A pearl string also used to make the layout more elegant look.

I used a lot gesso paint on my layout.Around the photo, on the corrugrated board, here and there.....

The very cute "Cocco with Present" stamp was stamped with Tsukineko Memento Black ink on 200gsm Canson watercoloring paper and colored with Ranger Distress inks.

 

and the very innocent Cozy Christmas Bear stamp, also colored with Ranger distress inks.

The sentiment " Merry Christmas" from Magnolia Sweet Christmas Dream Collection 2011.

I stamped it with Tsukineko Memento Black ink on a piece with white paper.

Beautiful paper flowers from I am Roses, Magnolia.

I whitewashed all the edges of the patterned paper with gesso paint and Snow-tex from Deco-Art.

The dies "fence" from Magnolia DooHickey dies cut.

Ribbon and lace from my stash ( so sorry I really forgot where are they from?)

I made two beautiful poinsettia flowers with Magnolia DooHickey christmas poinsettia dies cut on Magnolia patterned papers.

I painted the flowers with snow-tex.

Do you have any used spool or you can buy a new spool too? Use it on your project:-)

I also teared a bit of patterned paper at the bottom right side. Then, I stamped "Love"background on a piece of paper and placed it below the patterned paper.

Here you can notice I used the very beautiful Washi tape again ( can't resist !):-))

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Here I show you how I make the white polka dot. I handmade my mask by using a piece of plastic sheet then punched with ticket puncher.

Then I arranged my patterned papers to get what I want my layout look like.

Then I know where I should make the white polka dot.That's at the top left hand side.

I placed the handmade mask on the patterned paper then painted with gesson paint on the dot.

I painted three or four times.

Then misted with some ink, I used alcohol ink then mixed with some water.

After I done with this I decorated the layout as I wish :-))

 

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I hope that you will get some inspiration from my layout specially if you wanted to make your Magnolia Little Christmas stamps more special. A special layout is recommanded! :-))

This is a long post and if you have any questiions or comments , don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you very much in advance for your viewing and support !

 

Happy Magnolia-ing !!

 

Supplies used: Stamps: Magnolia Little Christmas, Magnolia Sweet Christmas Dreams, You are so Special.

                           Patterned papers: Magnolia, Pion design
                           Flowers: Magnolia, I am Roses
                           Half Pearls: Melissa Frances
                           Other : Gesso Paint, Snow-tex(Deco art)

Distress inks coloring tutorial for beginner

Hello my dear friends,

I am very excited to show you my very first distress inks coloring tutorial for beginner. I wish to apologize that I took so long to post this tutorial because I have mixed up the photos and I have a very hard time to make them in to pictures files.

My english is very poor so that I just can use very basic and simple english to write down my coloring experince. These are the steps I used to color my Tilda. I am NOT a coloring expert and I just want to share what I do with you:-)

OK, some people asked me why I choose distress inks not copic?

I have some reason, the first thing is, because it's cheaper compare to Copic, secondly, it's easy to use:-))

If you have any questions that you are not clear, you can email me, I will try to answer if I can.:-))

::Please click the pictures to make it more clearer to read::

If you want to link my tutorial to your site, please let me know beforehand, thank you very much.

I hope that you will enjoy my tutorial and try your own!

Edit: I received many emails regarding watercoloring papers that I use, well, it's from Norway and it's a gift from my friend Helle, I really don't know the brand of the papers. But there has many brand like Canson, Fabrino, Arches out there, try googled them and if possible get the "hot pressed" one:-)

Tutorial: How to make a Magnolia Card ( Version2 )

Hi friends, I wanted to make this tutorial for a long time and I am not an expect, I just want to share my passion. Everyone has their unique style and techniques. This is my experince with making Magnolia cards. I am more than happy with you to give me feedback and comments, I am so sorry that I am not a good bloggers, I didn't comment back your blog, but please know that I appreciate you all from my bottom of my heart.

OK, let's start the tutorial. Please view my pictures and do the questions and answer together, then I hope you will be inspired by my tutorial.

Magnolia card is not same as other handmade cards because it needs coloring and embelishments to make the cards look stunning.

So, the important thing is: {Coloring and embelishments.}

Some people let me know that, they are wondering and feel wasted if they use a lot of patterned papers and embelishments on the card, but you don't be worry about it, because it's worth, the layout of the card is more important, we view the beauty of the card on it's layout { the whole card, that I mean}

Pratice 1: What's the main colors can you spot on this card?

Yes, it's red and green.

So, the color combination is very important in making Magnolia cards.

First, decide what rubberstamp you want to use for your card. For this card, I choose Tilda with Big ribbon {You are so special collection}

Because I want to color my Tilda with Ranger distress inks, so I stamp the image on 300gm aquarelle paper with Tuskineko Memento Tuxedo Black ink.What is aquarelle paper?

It's watercoloring papers that can absorb water.

If you want to color your Tilda with Copic markers then you might stamp it on Neenah paper. Please note that Neenah paper may NOT work with distress inks. So, the papers play an  important role in coloring.

After you stamped the image , don't color first. Don't get too excited and rush to color, otherwise you may have difficulty on choosing patterned papers.

Think a bit what theme of card you want to make? I want to make a Valentine card, I want a typical Valentine card, so it's regarding RED color. So I am going  to choose my card stock first in red color. Then I looking for my patterned papers.

Magnolia patterned paper collection is so soft and pretty. I look for red scheme, so I decided that I want to use these two type of patterned papers. You can use up to 2-3 different patterned papers on a card.

Pratice 2: What's the main colors on these two patterned papers? I just want the main colors. It can be two colors.

Yes, it's red and green.

Now it's time for coloring. Don't simply color. Just now you have decided the two patterned papers and spotted the main colors on the patterned papers, so choose the right distress inks to color Tilda.

I choose Victorian Velvet ( pink color) to color Tilda's dress and Bundle Sage( light green) to color ribbon.These two distress inks are the color family in red and green, so you are do the right thing.

Tilda's dress is very important to make the card looks stunning, if you color the right color then you are success in 60%.

Please remember that don't color any color that are not in the red and green color family, for example: blue color for Tilda's shoe...OH NO!! You spoilt the whole card, or you choose black for Tilda's shoe...OH NO!! I can't help you anymore....LOL

You can color neutral colors like light brown or grey because they work with any colors, for example, I colored Vintage Photo ( brown) for Tilda's shoes.

After you done with your coloring then you can start to decorate the card. You can base on sketch or your own idea. Play around the papers to make the best result.For my card, I usually mat a full sheet of patterned paper on the cardstock then working on another.

Paper doily has a soft and feminine touch, I like to use in my card.

Place it on the patterned paper.

Cut a strip of another patterned paper mat it on cream paper and glue it on the paper doily.

These are all the embelishements I want to use:

paper flowers that I made my own, you can view the tutorial HERE and some I bought online(http://www.iamroses.com/), two hearts that I made myself too, lace from friend.

Pratice 3: Name three colors you can found on my embelishements?

Yes, again, it's regarding colors. Please choose the right colors, that's mean, you need to choose from red and green color family.We have red hearts, pink and green leaves,pink flowers,green stems. All these colors are in the same color family, so it's fine.

Please don't ever put a blue big ribbon, for example, because it's not in the same color family with RED and GREEN:-))

OK, now. We will esemble all the embelishemts. Every cardmakers have their own style, and I can say this is the fun part, you can play around the stuff until you satisfied. I just want to show you how I make on this card.

Place the lace on the top of the card.

Stamped the sentiment on cream paper to make the background as a focal point on the card and mat on the red cardstock as well as the sentiment besides the focal point. Glue it on the card.

Glue another strip of ribbon on the card as shown on the picture. I want to make a seat for Tilda.

I used therm O web pop up foam to make Tilda "sit" on the card.

Now I wish to add all the embelishemts. Play around them and get the best result but DON"T glue them first. Just make them still on their place that you wish.

Glue them one by one, one by one.........

Pratice 4: Why I want to glue it one by one?

If you done anything wrong, you can quickly take it up and do it again and this can make sure you know the right place they are( that you want them to be:-)) and you can play around them again if you are not satisfied.

Glue the paper flower.

one by one...untill you done all the embelishments.

At last part, you can add some Ranger Ice stickles, half pearls, add some white spot on Tilda, just to do the final touch.

Then, your card is voila !

I hope that you enjoy my tutorial, please bear with me that my English is so poor as my mother tongue is not English. If you have any question to ask, please don't hesitate to email me:-)

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So, again, I make a summary here for my tutorial to help you understand it:

1. decide what stamp to use.

2. Choose the patterned papers and spot the main colors.

3. Coloring - based on the spotted colors.

4. Decorate the card.

5.Place the embelishements-based on the spotted colors.

6.Final touch

Product used on this card:

Magnolia rubberstamp~Tilda with Big Ribbon {You are so special collection}

Magnolia patterned paper~Fairytale collection

Ink for stamp the image: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Inks for Coloring : Ranger distress ink pads

Paper flowers from iamroses.com

half pearls ~ Storyteller{ You can purchase from Camilla's hubby webshop Here}

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If you follow my tutorial and make a card, please don't forget to let me know, I always LOVE to see your creation !!

Hope that you have a very happy stamping and crafting day!