Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

Seems i am heading back into my old ways of being late, i think not! just having a hectic day.
for this week on Mo's challenge blog its "Anything but square"

So i decided to do a reflection card which i havent done for a while, but think this image is perfect for it. 

This delightful little mermaid is available in Mo's store HERE
now before anyone goes ahead and thinks i am so clever, i gotta tell you i am way techno challenged.  This technique actually has nothing to it, and the good thing is that the image is digi so you can flip it once you have opened it into you editing software on your puter.

i decided to make the swing panel so one could write on the inside without having to ruin the whole card.  Image was colored with my copics and embellished to within an inch of no longer recognising this as a card, lol.

Do join our challenge this week the fab dt have some great inspiration
smiles
Paola

Mo's challenge blog dt

Time for out weekly challenge on Mo's digital pencil and this week its time for " Lets chill"  I'm sure those of you on the opposite side of the globe to me are chilling right now, as we are sweltering in the heat where i am.  Oh yes, i have the aircon cranked up and never wanna leave my craft room, its so hot!!
I have another Christmas card to share this week:  Lots of layering and some heat embossed white embossing powder that has been laying in a box for ever, i remembered it and used it, but i think the gesso does a far better job, so will have to rethink this idea.

I gotta say at this point, the red on my card was all wrong for the paper, just couldnt seem to get the right shade of red, but other than the little red issue i am quite pleased.  Of course the image is available from Mo's online store and i look forward to seeing all the fabulous takes on Mo's great images.
have a great crafty weekend
smiles
Paola

Christmas spotlight tag

i gotta tell you straight off my bloggy friends that this business of Christmas cards is wearing me a little thin.
However having said that i know that a few of my Christmas celebrating friends and family will be quite cross me being a card maker if i dont make the effort to make something for them.
So i am on a bender of making tags.  I saw the challenge on Moving along with the times to use a spotlight technique, which i havent done for a while, so here i am entering their challenge.  will list another couple at the end of my post.

of course the stamps from Magnolia Sweden, the background is the winter day background, i just strategically masked my Edwin on top of the house so you couldnt see it.
the papers are from Graphics 45
i gave my layers a good going over of Gesso which i gotta say i am loving, and then of course everything got the stickle treatment and loads of pearls, buttons and some jute twine.
smiles
Paola
challenge i am entering with this card:
Addicted to stamps: tags
Stamptacular Sunday: for the love of Tilda
MAWTT: spotlight technique

WHATS IN A NAME?

Apparently NOTHING! it doesnt matter that you spend years building a blog, if someone else spent a few months working on a conflicting blog with the same name, you can blow it through your butt.
It doesnt matter that i have worked my butt off trying to get my blog going and followers up, someone else worked hard to get a dt together, and a banner made, etc, etc.  So the bottom line is get over myself and live with it!  If the intent was not there when they chose a conflicting name for their blog, IT MAKES IT ALL OK!  Because the challenege blog looks proffesional, IT MAKES IT OK!
Well as sorry as they are that i am disgruntled, i am not sorry that i am having my say.
Do i wish them succes?  HELL YES
Magnolia's are a fabulous stamp range and i love them or i wouldnt be working for Magnolia Sweden, it just doesnt make me any more comfortable, when they say, "We didnt know about you, and chose the name before we heard about you"
What is the bottom line they say:  "BUILD A BRIDGE AND GET OVER IT, WE ARE USING THE NAME, OUR BLOG IS PROFFESIONAL, WE HAVE A DT! AND BLOGGER SAID ITS OK!"
the fact that it took me two years to build my blog and am sponsored by Magnolia Sweden:  means naught
compared to:
getting a dt together, challenge sponsors and the proffesional look of a blog and the fact that it took a couple of months to put together.

STEALING!!!

Time for another one of my rants:  Yes i know i do this from time to time and i appreciate all your patience with me when having one of my rants, but this is just ludicrous.
We all of us as bloggers know how hard we work for the upkeep of our blogs and take tremendous pride in them even when we get busy with real life and our blogs take a bit of a back seat in the big scheme of things.  I started a Magnolia blog two years ago and called it Marvellous Maggies i gotta tell you i haggled over this name for quite some time before deciding on it, lo and behold if someone doesnt decide to call their challenge blog Marvellous Magnolia, now how close is that for comfort?  Really original wouldnt you say?
I really just wanted to have a little rant and ask those of you that read my blog how you would feel if your blog name was stolen reused?  Couldnt they come up with anything more original?  how do you stumble upon a name and decide well if i misspell marvellous and call it the full Magnolia name, is that acceptable?
Really i often wonder if this blogging lark is worth the trouble.  I have had my Marvellous Maggie blog since early 2011, and now this challenge blog has popped up in October 2012.
Good one! let me hear your thoughts
have a great weekend while i stew in my juices, lol
smiles
Paola
P:S:  the saddest thing is that there is nothing i can do about it besides for rant on my blog, since this is MY blog i can say what i like. 
i find it hard to believe that the owner of the abovementioned challenge blog didnt know about my name since its been in the Magnolia Ink magazine for two years now and its been all over the Magnolia Sweden blogs etc

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

hi there friends, this week on Mo's challenge blog our challenge is "C is for......"  and mine is for "Challah"  in case you're wondering what "Challah" is, it is also known as Kitke.  It is the bread that we break on Sabbath for the blessing at our Sabbath table, and the plaited bread that this adorable image is holding in her hands.

I colored my image with copics, and i wanted to try my hand at the shabby chic thing since i dont feel like i do it very well, i am quite pleased with this little beauty.

 i added lots of distressing and a few torn details to give it the shabby look, a bit of antique linen around the edges, and some corrugated board all to add to the feel.

 the sentiment is computer generated and translates as 'happy holidays"
i hope my card inspires you to join our challenge this week on Mo's
smiles
Paola
P.S: gonna use my card for the challenge on at Charisma cardz :  feeling blue

A filler post

this is just a post to fill the empty space that has become my blog, lol

A friend of mine whose grandson was turning two asked if she could have this card for him, he is nuts about aeroplanes.

love this paper from Best creation Inc, sadly i only had one sheet of it.

hope everyone is enjoying their weekend
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp2 challenge dt

We have a new challenge for you on Mo's challenge blog and this week you can do anything that takes your fancy since its time for another "Anything goes"
so much scope at Mo's dontcha think?  For my contribution for inspiration i made a simple card, however i do have some friends who dont like too much going on, on their cards so this one is going to one of those friends at the end of the year.

i used this darling Ragged Angel available HERE at Mo's online store.

I wanted to go with the softer tones since the paper was so busy and the flowers that i chose to use are quite deep in color.  Mo's amazing team of designer have some great inspiration so head over and play along.
smiles
Paola

A couple of Christmas cards

So yesterday i was gabbing on about being so busy and that yes i had started making an effort to make a few Xmas cards for friends of mine who are gonna be celebrating Christmas at the end of the year.

 Just so you know that i wsnt totally laying around idle here they are.

 the first one i made i just felt i had to use these two newish cuties from the most recent kit, which came with the sentiment too

 And i just love the white on white feel, however i wanted my images to pop!

i thought i might enter this card in the challenge on at Tilda town

 For this card i having been leaning toward the kraft paper now for a while and i just love the way some of the crafters make the shabby chic cards look so easy even when i find it so challenging.  They have a challenge on WOC for "Bling" and there is a lot of bling here on the tree and flourishes aswell as lots of stickles all over the tree and images.

 the Tree i made using a Marianne die, which i just cut four times and glued together so i would have a 3d tree to decorate.  This card was made for a specific friend who told me in no uncertain terms, she didnt want a snowy card for Xmas since its hot as Hades in SA at this time of year

the little lights on the tree were sent to me by my BFF sometime ago when i expressed an interest in them and couldnt find any in SA.  I have been so frugal with them in the hope that i dont run out of the little lights i think they great for this kinda card.  I used glittering Tilda and another of the images from the new stamp kit that i dont have a name for right now.
hope you enjoyed seeing what i have been up to
smiles
Paola

I am still around

I know that my blog is sorely neglected and it seems that i am only really posting what i need to for my dt's, however for those of you still hanging in there and keeping an eye out for when i do post, i wanted to let you know that there is a lot going on behind the scenes.

I have decided to redecorate the girls bedroom, so have knocked up these two headboards, lots more to come besides.
I have been trying to get my A into gear and do a few Xmas cards for those of my friends who will be celebrating the holidays at the end of the year.
Of course i still have the three little ones that have swimming and extra murals and homework, and not to meantion that we all go ice skating on a Wednesday evening and now on Sundays too since our academy exams are coming up soon so we gotta practice,
So here is a card that i can show you for now:

 I was planning on entering a challenge with it last week, but time just seems to get away from me these days.
You know how life gets in the way of all our good intentions...

if you pop in for a visit and are gonna leave a comment and can think of a challenge for me to enter with this card i would love for you to give me the heads up
have a great week