Sakura Garden Paper Bag

Hi crafty friends! It is time for the new challenge at Magnolia Forever. The theme for this fortnight challenge is

Flowers

The April month has come. This is the hottest month in Thailand. Also, there are many public holidays in this month. So many people would like to spend this time to travel abroad to escape from super-hot weather. One of the most famous destinations is Japan, where Sakura flowers are full blooming during this time. This becomes my inspiration for the flower-theme project.

I made a paper bag using “Kokeshi Tilda” stamp from last year Sakura collection and “Japanese Tree of Luck” stamp from Summer Memories 2012 collection. The images were coloured with distress ink using no-line colouring technique. I found it a bit challenging to colour the tree and black hair but finally I was satisfied with the result.

Materials:

• Magnolia “Kokeshi Tilda” stamp from Sakura 2015 collection
• Magnolia “Japanese Tree of Luck” stamp from Summer Memories 2012 collection
• Magnolia DooHickey Club Volume 4 “Le Jardin” - Bamboo
• Magnolia DooHickey Club Volume 6 “Harvest” – Bridge
• Magnolia DooHickey Club Volume 8 “Pets & Animals” - Grass
• Magnolia DooHickey “Fruit Tree” die
• Magnolia DooHickey “Sakura Background” die
• Magnolia DooHickey “Sakura Branch” die
• Lawn Fawn “Grassy Border” die
• Penny Black “Interlocking” die
• Ranger “Queen Gold” embossing powder
• Patterned paper from Sheena A bit of Oriental collection, Origami Paper
• Seam Binding – Hand dyed with Distress Ink “Worn Lipstick” & “Aged Mahogany”

Here is the close up for Tilda. 

Most decorations are in Japanese theme – origami birds, sakura branch, sakura trees and bamboo. 

I would like to enter this project to the following challenges.

• Addicted to Stamps Challenge #123 – Buttons and/or Bows
• All About Magnolia Challenge #12 – All About Spring
• Country View April Challenge - Spring
• Craft Heaven Shop Challenge #10 – Bingo (Stamp, Distress, Patterned Paper)
• Deep Ocean Challenge #125 - Fave Color Combo (Pink, Green, Kraft)
• One Crazy Stamper April Challenge – Anything Goes
• Paradise of Stamps Challenge #39 – Ribbon or Lace
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
• Time for Magnolia Challenge #120 – Spring is in the Air!

Thank you for stopping by. See you again next time.

Autumn Paper Bag

Hello crafty friends! 

October has come. I wish I'm watching leaves and trees turning yellow like in many countries but it’s just hot and wet all year in Thailand. To share today is my project I created for the new Magnolia Forever challenge. The theme for this challenge is

Autumn

I picked up a shopping paper bag and altered it with autumn theme decorations. I stamped Tim Holtz “Leaf Line” rubber stamp with distress ink “Vintage Photo”, “Spiced Marmalade”, and “Scattered Straw” onto a piece of kraft paper cut from another paper bag to make autumn patterned paper. I really loved the result. Most decorations are die-cuts from Magnolia Doohickey Club volume 6 “Harvest”. I used Magnolia stamp “Chic Fringe Tilda” from latest Boho collection and old “Hiking Background” to be an image for this project.

Materials:

• Magnolia “Chic Fringe Tilda” stamp from Boho 2015 collection
• Magnolia “Hiking Background” stamp from Turning Leaves 2012 collection
• Tim Holtz “Leaf Line” wood mounted stamp
• Magnolia DooHickey Club Volume 6 “Harvest”
• Kraft paper, Crepe paper, and Brown burlap
• Paper flower, paper brown leaves, and dried wheat
• Stampendous Frantage “Chunky White” embossing enamel
• Embellishments: Ribbon, Button, string

The image was coloured with distress ink as usual. Here is a close-up.

I entered this project to these challenge:

• 7 Kids College Fund Challenge #135 – Anything Goes
• All About Magnolia Challenge #6 – Not A Card
• Creative Inspiration Challenge #329 - Anything Goes 
• Deep Ocean Challenge #113 – Autumn
• Magnolia-licious Challenge – Use Kraft Paper
• One Crazy Stamper October Challenge – Christmas/ Halloween/Fall
• Scrapy Land Challenge #26 – Add An Image
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes
• The Ribbon Girl Magnolia September Challenge – Button It Up

That’s all for today. Thanks for stopping by and see you later.