Saturday, July 6, 2013

Magnolia Summer Love!

Hi Bloggers! Happy Saturday to you! I'm pleased to bring you some lovely Magnolia inspiration provided by the amazing and talented Mandy Stacey! I thought these cards were both so summery and fun, with just the right amount of embellishments and perfect coloring! Enjoy!

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116 comments:

  1. Gorgeous cards by Mandy!!
    Hugs, Hazel xx

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  2. Such cute cards, love your coloring.

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  3. The die cuts are seriously awesome!!!

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  4. Amazing! Love all the details.

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  5. Fab cards! Love all the accents and details! More things to add to my wish list!

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  6. There's so many pretty details on these cards and they're beautiful to look at. The layering of embellishments is done so well! Love the shabby chic look!

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  7. The card is fabulous. So soft and pretty.

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  8. I love these little summer scenes! So adorable! :-) xx

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  9. Very cute, loving all the SSS dies in that first one!

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  10. What an amazing card. It would take me a week to do all that.

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  11. These cards are gorgeous! Tilda is too cute.

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  12. These cards are Beautiful!! Awesome job!

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  13. I'm so impressed with these cards...I just stare in awe and wonder because they are put together so beautifully. Thank you for the inspiration.

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  14. Gorgeous cards. Love all those embellishments
    and design.

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  15. How sweet are these cards - and ever so intricate! Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful works of art!
    c

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  16. How I love those intricately die cut trees!

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  17. Two beautiful cards. Ger x

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  18. Lovely cards, thanks for sharing.

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  19. I must say that these are just stunning. Love all the fab details and the colouring is gorgeous. Makes you wish you were there.

    Hugs ~ Mette

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  20. Very sweet cards--love the trees on the first one.

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  21. Absolutely sweet cards, love all the beautiful details!!

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  22. Cute cards, the magnolias are super sweet.

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  23. What beautiful layering. The coloring is exquisite.

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  24. Such cute cards, and awesome coloring. TFS

    Vithya

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  25. Gorgeous cards - love all the little details!

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  26. These are really gorgeous and the coloring is so perfect!

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  27. Adorable cards...love all the fabulous detail!

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  28. Gorgeous cards. I love all the little flowers and butterflies you've got framing your images. And what amazing colouring jobs!

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  29. What sweet cards! Love the soft colors!

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  30. Great cards... gotta get that tree die!

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  31. I am waiting for that tree die. I think it is the cutest and just makes any card adorable!

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  32. It's a random detail, but I just decided that I have to have that May Arts twine. So thanks for enabling!

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  33. Lovely card. And Tilda is so cute.

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  34. I just adore how she is sitting on the ledge!! too too cute

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  35. Sweet cards! And fun layers. TFS ;-)

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  36. Wow! Both amazing cards - wonderful coloring and embellishing!

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  37. These cards are fantastic!!!

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  38. So glad to see the tree die used again. It's so versatile. The coloring on these images is great. Oh, how I need to practice. There's lots going on in each card to keep my eyes busy for some time.

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  39. great cards today thanks for sharing with us today

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  40. The coloring on these cards is fantastic! Now I'm a bit intimidated to try myself.

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  41. Such a sweet card. Love the pale colors because they don't overpower the lovely die-cuts and perfect stitching.
    <3 J

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  42. Two gorgeous cards from Mandy. Beautifully coloured and perfectly embellished...as always.
    xx

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  43. These are very beautiful cards - I love the trees - too cute!

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  44. Stunning cards! I really LOVE that Tree die!

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  45. Love the second card, so soft...

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  46. Love both of them, perfect for a shadowbox. Miranda is SO cute. Thank you for sharing.

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  47. I need the fisher girl
    stamp as I love tofish!
    Cute cards.
    Carla from Utah

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  48. Coloring and piecings are fantastic...thanks so much for sharing these.

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  49. Adorable! Would Mandy mind sharing the colors of the copic markers she used?

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    1. Hi Deborah :)
      I always list the copic colours I use in each of my blog posts. The colours used for these cards are listed HERE and HERE
      I hope this helps x

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  50. So many beautiful things to look at on both of these wonderful cards.

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  51. These cards are stunning!!!Love the coloring...:)

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  52. how cute those cards are. love all the different dies used. especially that tree on the first one.
    I still dont own a magnolia stamp but seriously thinking about getting one. She's always been alittle too cute for my style but you guys have turned me before

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  53. As always, these cards are just over the top!

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  54. Gorgeous cards, love all of the details! Thanks for sharing.

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  55. The attention to detail in these cards is outstanding!

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  56. wow, those cards are works of art... thanks for sharing

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  57. Oh my gosh, these cards are amazing--every time I go back and look one, I notice another detail I missed before. I love the colors, the stitching, the die cutting...everything is just so amazing!

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  58. Absolutely beautiful cards...Stunning

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  59. What sweet cards. Reminds me of wonderful summers past. :)

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  60. Oh my, these are so incredibly adorable! Lovely coloring!

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  61. I like the die cut trees and butterfly.

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  62. Awww, sweet cards! I especially love those little tree dies :)

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  63. Beautiful work! Thanks for the inspiration--I have to get these dies!!!

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  64. Beautiful full of details card

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  65. Both cards are awesome...great colouring and fab details...lovely use of the dies!

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  66. These are absolutely fabulous! I love all the details!

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  67. Gorgeous cards and dies!
    ~God bless~

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  68. What gorgeous cards. So much detail and fun scenes

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  69. Really cute cards. The coloring is beautiful.

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  70. I love the way the sun die is used on that first one. Too cute for sur

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  71. So amazing and absolutely wonderful coloring o luv them both

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  72. These cards are unbelievable. The coloring is amazing, and I love the tree and butterfly dies.

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  73. WOW!AWESOME CARDS!!!Beautiful!!!Love your work!!!

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  74. Okay this is real inspiration to the making cards not so simple! Beautiful. Laura

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  75. Stunning cards! Love the images and coloring! The embellishments are fabulous! :)

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  76. This little girl is the cutest thing ever. Great job on the coloring.

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  77. These are so adorable! Love the cute images, the coloring... the dies and embellishments are fabulous! :)

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  78. MAGNOLIA sitting in the tree tops! SWEET:)

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  79. Wow, the trees are really cute!

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  80. Very beautiful!!! Just lovely!!!
    Very professional!!!

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  81. Sigh. Yet another fun die to buy. Love your dies. Great inspiration.

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  82. I have always loved Magnolia stamps. There is something very special about them. Your cards are beautiful!

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  83. These are so so gorgeous! Mandy never fails to delight and inpsire. Nicola x

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  84. Wish I could get the hang of coloring! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  85. OMG!!!! Both of these cards are just too cute!!

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  86. Such a sweet image and amazing colouring!

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  87. Fabulous little scenes, and such beautiful coloring done too. :) hugs, Kimberly

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  88. wow! these cards are just gorgeous!

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  89. These are works of art. So beautiful.

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  90. Gorgeous, gorgeous and gorgeous! These dies are so awesome. I really need to save up some money to get some. I love the tree, the butterfly, the sun rays. The coloring is just fabulous on your card. Very well done. Thank you for sharing.

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  91. Oh My Goodness! I didn't even know this blog existed until I received Mandy's email today. Crossing my fingers for some goodies though. Mandy, these cards are super fantastic!!! I just love them!

    Laura C.

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  92. Love all the detail!! So pretty and I'd be thrilled to be able to pull something like this off! But I need more practice....lots more practice!!
    Thanks for sharing Mandy!

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  93. Love the use of the SSS dies with these stamps.

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  94. I love the SSS tree die. It is so intricate

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  95. These are 2 gorgeous cards! Love the dies and I doubt I can make these cards one day:-)

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  96. Both card are super gorgeous

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  97. These are adorable cards. Great coloring and I love the tree die.

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  98. So cute and such details, love these!

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