DOODLEBUG DESIGNS

Dustin Pike Monkey Box

2012-03-02T17:00:00.000+11:00

Hello there...it's Friday...already!!...boy, do they come around fast! We have a new challenge up for our Copic/Promarker group at The Outlawz. Our theme this week is Men Only...a hard one for me as I'm not too good with the guy stuff, unless of course it's cute lol

Here's my project:

I've been going to make this little pressie for a very long time...like, for over a year! I wanted to say a thank you to my lovely friend Helen's hubby, for loaning her to me for a visit. Was going to do it after her last visit but haven't managed to get organised, so this time when she went home I was determined to make sure I did something to send!! Still took me a few weeks but at least we're not a year down the track this time :)

Helen's hubby isn't much of a chocolate eater (I sure wish I had missed the chocolate eating gene!) but apparently he likes Wagon Wheels, so that was what I went and bought...this is the third lot since deciding on this pressie because the first 2 lots went out of date before I got the box made LOL Sadly we had to eat them...couldn't be sending stale Wagon Wheels as a pressie now could we!! :)

Here's a view of the box open:

And one from the top:

And another one showing the Wagon Wheels inside :) (Yes, I really am sending them this time!!)

I based this little box on a fabulous tutorial from Bronwyn which you can find HERE. Mine ended up being a whole box, rather than a treat holder because the WWs are quite large. I made the box with a flap opening in the top for easy access. The cute images are from Dustin Pike. The monkey's sign comes blank so I added the text and arrow with My Memories Suite...the more I use it, the more I love this software. The monkey inside has a half-eaten cupcake in the original image, which I removed for this project, and looks like he's over-indulged :) The images were coloured with Copics...not even any glitter pens on this one :( Wonder why boys don't have the same fascination with bling that us girls do lol

Copic Colours:

Thanks for looking....have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Not Quite Navy & Choc Chip

DP: Kaiser

Stamps: Dustin Pike, SU Yummy

Colouring: Copics

Other: Glaze pen, SU Bashful Blue chalk (for sky), 7/8" circle punch, foam dots

Lily Calendar Page

2012-02-24T17:00:00.000+11:00

Happy Friday everyone...time for a new challenge at The Outlawz Copic/Promarker group. Our theme this week is Anything Goes...and of course we have a new calendar page file ready for you to download, so hope you'll come and join us :)

I've made another calendar page...going great guns with this project so let's hope it continues right through the year!!

This is the very beautiful Lily from Michelle Perkett. I LOVE this image, it's one of my favourites from Michelle. I started with a basic calendar page and cut a circle in JAC paper so I could glitter it with SU Dazzling Diamonds, to make a sparkly moon.....

Then I coloured Lily with Copics and cut her out. I placed her over the moon with foam dots. I've been keeping the pages to only one or two layers but this image needed to sit over the moon to achieve the effect I wanted...one fat page probably won't hurt lol

Here's a CU of Lily in all her splendour:

She's VERY, VERY SPARKLY!!!!! I had a bit of a disaster with her wings :( I had them coloured and blended nicely, using 2 different colour families and decided to try out my new tub of SU Champagne Shimmer Paint...BAD MOVE!!!!....made her wings look all muddy...GRRRRRRR...was supposed to make them all beautiful and shiny! This was the last touch to finish the image and I thought I was going to have to bin her and start again...not happy Jan!!! My wonderfully inventive friend, Helen was here and suggested I try the new iridescent SU embossing powder to see if it would fix it...it's definitely IRIDESCENT lol (I love it and will get some next time I order) It helped but I'm still not 100% happy with it as it's not what I envisioned :(...and they looked so lovely before I stuffed them up!! Oh well, you live and learn...and that's one thing about me, I won't make the same mistake twice!! The leaves wrapped around her dress are finished with SU Crystal Effects.

Copic Colours:

Thanks for looking....have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Very Vanilla

DP: Digi from My Memories

Stamp: Lily from Michelle Perkett

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens

Other: JAC paper, SU Dazzling Diamonds, Champagne Shimmer Paint, Iridescent EP & Crystal Effects, foam dots

Twisted Thursday - Lots of Layers

2012-02-18T00:56:00.002+11:00

Hello, I'm back already with another post! I spent a lovely day with a friend today, playing in her craft room...*waving to you Heather* :) I could have spent all week rummaging through Heather's stash and not been one bit bored lol It's always fun to explore someone else's hoard of craft stuff and try out different techniques. I came home all inspired to dabble in a few new things and get out of my comfort zone.

I'm not much of a stamper but Heather had some lovely Dark Room Door stamps that I took a shine to...for colouring of course lol So I stamped one of the lovely ladies from the 1920s Chic set and sat and coloured her with Heather's pencils...most of the ones I chose were Crayola pencils, they have a nice, soft lead. I'm still very much at the practising stage of pencil colouring but I would like to get better at it, for a change from using my Copics...I like the different look of the pencils.

Anyhow, I came home and was determined to put her on something, not in the drawer and forget about her, so I made a card (which has taken me ALL night!!) to put in the Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz. The theme this week is Lots of Layers. Of all the challenges to decide I was going to play in for fun, I had to pick this one...I'm not very good with lots of layers lol I usually keep my cards fairly simple. I think this card has more layers than I've ever done on anything so far! Here it is:

The gorgeous DP is all from Graphic 45 Fashionista collection. I've had this for quite a while and haven't used it cos I'm a bit scared of vintage :) Thought it went well with this stamp. I didn't have the perfect colour CS for the light matting so inked up some SU Very Vanilla with Old Paper Distress Ink to give it an aged look. Then the panels were matted with black and layered on to the vanilla. The card base is SU Soft Suede.

I made the rosette the same way...inked Very Vanilla before folding, etc. The centre of the rosette is an antique-y looking shank button from my sewing stash.

PS LOOK Helen...I have a skewed panel...bwaahaahaaahaaaa...never say never lol

Thanks for looking.....have a wonderful day :)

Mo's Digital Pencil Toddler Taming :)

2012-02-17T17:00:00.000+11:00

Hello everyone...another week has flown by! We have our new challenge up and running for the Copic/Promarker group at The Outlawz. This week we'd like you to make a project that's inspired by a Book, Movie or Song...lots of ways to interpret this, so come on over and play along with us, we'd love to see what you come up with.

This week I have a card to show you:

This is Jill Two from Mo's Digital Pencil. I bought the set of cute 2 year olds quite a while back and they've just been biding their grumpy time waiting for me to pull them out and colour them up :) Isn't she just sooooo cute with her little attitude and those crossed arms. I was going to make a tag that said Little Miss Grumpy but then wasn't sure who would want a card with that on it lol so changed it to Hey Cutie. This so reminds me of my little granddaughters when they get stroppy :)

The inspiration for this card came from the book Toddler Taming by Dr Christopher Green...a best seller I've never read!!! I was trawling through my digis looking for inspiration when this idea came to me...so it was a good reason to break out one of these cuties.

I love pink & green together and immediately thought of using this cute 6" paper pad by Imaginisce called Enchanted...another thing from my stash that's been waiting to get used. I think I have too much stuff!!! Jill's little dress has crowns on it so the princess theme is very fitting...and doesn't she just look like a temperamental little princess?! :)

Unfortunately I forgot to photograph the Copic colours for this project :( The hair is done with E30s, the dress with R80s, the top with the pale RVs and the green on the tights are the paler YGs. I used the Ns for the shoes...hope that helps...sorry!

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Rose Red
DP: Imaginisce Enchanted 6" paper pad
Stamp: Jill Two from Mo's Digital Pencil, Sentiment from Amy R
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Other: SU Crystal Effects, foam dots, Kaiser rhinestone, SU Jewellry Tag Punch

Saturated Canary Queen of Hearts

2012-02-10T17:00:00.000+11:00

It's Friday again and I'm back with a new challenge for our Copic/Promarker group at The Outlawz. Our theme this week is Valentines/Anniversary/Friendship...any form of love will do lol Hope you'll come and play along with us this week and show us some LOVE-ly projects :)

From this month we will be offering a tutorial as part of our challenge in the middle of the month....the first one up is a fabulous Copic/Promarker technique tutorial by our very own Dawn. This is such an easy technique and lots of fun to play around with, so come on over and have a look at it (and download the free PDF). The technique is OPTIONAL for the challenge, so if you'd rather not use it, you don't have to...we'd still love to see your LOVE projects!!

Here's mine...I've done another calendar page:

The colour blocking technique is lots of fun and because our theme is Valentines, etc, I decided to make a heart with it. I started off with a solid heart but wasn't happy with it...thought it was a bit heavy...so cut the middle out to give me a frame. You can't really go wrong with this technique, it's very free-form. A bit out of my oh-so-balanced comfort zone lol but I really enjoyed playing with it.

The gorgeous image is Queen of Hearts from Saturated Canary. I'm loving colouring Krista's images, their faces are sooo pretty, and for me it's often the face that makes or breaks an image.

She's been matted with Swiss Dots embossed SU Bashful Blue and SU Night of Navy. I've coloured her with my trusty Copics and glitter pens then glazed her boots with SU Crystal Effects.

Copic Colours:

Missing colour numbers: R32, B23

I'm also entering this in the CMC Colours of Love challenge

And the Copic Oz challenge to win the new 12 Copic Marker colours

Thanks for looking.........have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Bashful Blue, Night of Navy & Very Vanilla

DP: Digi from My Memories (layered on V.Vanilla for calendar page)

Stamp: Queen of Hearts from Saturated Canary

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens

Other: Swiss Dots embossing folder, Su Crystal Effects, SU Dazzling Diamonds, Diamond Stickles, foam dots

Sureya Bookmark

2012-02-03T17:18:00.000+11:00

Happy Friday everyone :) We have a new challenge at our Copic/Promarker group on The Outlawz. The theme this week is Mardi Gras...purple, green & gold. I had to Google this festival as I had no idea what it was all about! As far as I know, it's not something we have in Aus. Green & Purple being my favourite colours, I loved making this project.

I made a bookmark using a Sureya drawing. I've had a hoard of these for quite a while but hadn't coloured any...was a bit scared of the manga/anime eyes lol so I kept putting off trying one out. (They really aren't any harder than ordinary eyes now that I've tried!!)

I've coloured her with Copics and glitter pens. Her headband, gloves, gold dress band and eyeshadow have been clear Spica'd...her green bow, glove trim and boot trims have been coated with a glaze pen, as have the coloured sections of her eyes. Her skirt has been coated with SU Crystal Effects & glaze pen and her boots were embossed with Polysparkle embossing powder. She looks sooooo pretty IRL! I'm really happy with how this turned out...might have something to do with it being green & purple lol

I coloured her hair with Copics and then added some hair strands and highlight with a couple of Prismas. I wanted her hair to look spiky and sharp...I find it hard to get the exact effect with the Copic brush nib so add a little detail with the sharp pencils :)

If you click on the picture to enlarge you will see I actually managed to capture some of the gloss and sparkle this time...YAY...let's hope I can repeat the process again!

Here's a CU of the image before I put the bookmark together:

Copic Colours:

Missing colour # YG11, Y17

Thanks for looking...........have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card

DP: Digi from My Memories

Image: Sureya

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens, prisma pencils for hair highlights

Other: SU Crystal effects, glaze pen, Polysparkle EP, Kaiser rhinestone, SU Ticket & Circle Punches, ribbon from stash

Saturated Canary Frog Princess

2012-01-26T20:28:00.001+11:00

Hello everyone, it's Friday again! They certainly come around fast. Time for a new challenge at our Copic/Promarker group on The Outlawz. Our theme this week is everyone's favourite I think lol...Anything Goes...and we have our optional calendar page twist. If you'd like to make one of these calendars, head on over to our challenge and pick up the template. There is also a PDF with instructions on printing. We'd love to see what you make with this, then at the end of the year we'll be having a random draw for a prize from all the completed calendar entries, so come and play along with us :)

Here's my February page:

I've used a gorgeous Saturated Canary image for this page. I love these images by Krista, they have such pretty faces :) I've had some of these for a while and haven't managed to colour any until now. I thought this little sweetheart was perfect for February, being Valentine's month. I've layered her with PSE onto some digi paper from Misses Bee Haven...thought this paper was just perfect for this project. She's been coloured with Copics, with a little glitter pen detail on her eyeshadow. Her gloves and dress drape have been painted with some gold shimmer mist.

Here's a close up of the lovely princess:

For some reason this photo looks a bit hazy...maybe it's just my eyes lol, they seem to be getting worse by the day :(

Copic colours:

Thanks for looking.....have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Purely Pomegranate

DP: Digi from MBH

Stamp: Frog Priincess from Saturated Canary

Colouring: Copics, glitter pen

Other: SU Crystal Effects

Mo's Digital Pencil Housework Fairy

2012-01-20T21:08:00.000+11:00

Hello all, happy Friday to you :) We went back to work this week after our lovely, long 3 weeks off...I so enjoyed the time off and wish it could be longer...oh well!!

This week's challenge theme for our Copic/Promarker group at The Outlawz is GIRLS ONLY...a really easy challenge, so hope you'll come on over and play along with us.

For this challenge I've made a large, hanging tag:

The tag measures 3 3/4" x 5 3/4". I've used the Housework Fairy from Mo's Digital Pencil and coloured her with Copics and glitter pens. The tag has been cut with my trusty KNK Maxx from a free cut file by Birds Cards. The backing mat is heavy weight Antique Gold metallic CS...the tag is cut from a tealy coloured CM CS from my stash. I matted the image panel with SU Perfect Plum.

There's a bit of a story to this.....for the last couple of years one of my BFF, Helen, and I have had a bit of a joke going backwards and forwards...we have both promised that if we ever found a housework fairy (housework not being our favourite pastime lol) that we'd share her :) Imagine my delight when I found one at Mo's while browsing!!! I just HAD to buy her and colour her up for Helen.

I chose to do the tag so I could send a little note with instructions on how to use it..."Hang on the door of whichever room you want cleaned and the fairy will work her magic"....BWAAHAAHAAHAA Hmmmm...now to make one for myself and hope it works LOL

Unfortunately the photo doesn't show all the sparkly bits :( The teal has been liberally spritzed with shimmer mist and the image details, such as the spots on her dress, have been coloured with glitter pens. I wish I knew the secret to getting it to show in the photos!! Looks really pretty IRL:)

Copic Colours

Thanks for looking..........have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, Antique Gold metallic CS, CM Teal Blue, SU Perfect Plum
Stamp: Housework Fairy from Mo's Digital Pencil
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Other: KNK Maxx, tag file from Birds Cards, shimmer mist, foam dots, Versa Copper metallic ink

A "Nothing" Challenge lol

2012-01-19T09:19:00.000+11:00

Hello everyone...don't fall off your seats, this is my second post this week!!! I actually found a little time to play in The Outlawz Greeting challenge, which is to honour National Nothing Day! by using nothing on your project but your sentiment and an embellishment. Not that easy for me lol

Here's what I came up with:

And LOOK...NO colouring to be seen LOL!!! I've used heavy weight Antique Gold CS for the base card and a gorgeous specialty DP from a Kaiser 6" paper pad for the background. Can't see it in the photo but the 'lace' across the top is embossed...so pretty IRL. My embellie is a Spellbinders die cut frame with a handmade paper flower. The sentiment is an SU stamp from my favourite sentiment set.

I'm addicted to these handmade flowers now lol I have to stop myself putting one on every project :) This one was made from Penny Duncan's grungy Rose cut file and the spiky flower from SU Boho Blossoms punch for the centre. I've inked the edges before assembling, then liberally sprayed with gold shimmer mist when finished.

Thanks for looking....have a wonderful day :)

Life's a Beach

2012-01-13T17:51:00.000+11:00

Hello everyone....time for another new challenge at our Copic/Promarker group on The Outlawz. This week we have a colour theme for you....Blue, Aqua, Turquoise & Sand...with an optional twist of a beach/ocean theme. Perfect for us southerners who are in the middle of summer :)

I chose to do another calendar page for this theme....thought it was perfect for January here...

For this page I used a cute Sonny Honeycloud from Pollycraft called Life's a Beach...isn't she cute! I'm a big fan of Paula's art and have quite a stash, which I'm working my way through slowly. The quote is included in the set of Sonnys I bought.

I created a little beach scene for her with my Copics. I'm sort of happy with the result...wish I was more artistic-ly (is that actually a word??!!) talented lol I would SO love to be able to draw, etc. I used some SU Crystal Effects, brushed on, along the water line to represent the wet area of sand and some puff paint to create the little foamy waves.

I'm keeping the calendar pages fairly simple...the image panel and maybe one mat...and no bulky embellies...so that the calendar isn't too bulky when finished.

Here's a CU of cute Miss Sonny:

Copic Colours:

Sheesh...there's a lot of colours here lol And silly me didn't check that the numbers on the Ciao markers were all showing before I photo'd the stack :( Here's a list of all the missing numbers for anyone that's interested: BG01, BG10, BG15, BG23

BV00, BV02, BV04

B00

E33, E35

R20

RV42

I'm also entering this in: Pollycraft Challenge - Anything but a Card

Copic Oz - Summertime Challenge

Thanks for looking............have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Very Vanilla

DP: Digi from Story Rock

Stamp: Sonny Honeycloud...with quote from Pollycraft

Colouring: Copics

Other: SU Crystal Effects, puff paint, glitter pen

Cameo

2011-12-31T11:22:00.001+11:00

Hello everyone...hope you had a wonderful Christmas and NewYear. It's hard to believe it's 2012!! Where did last year go??!! Hopefully this year will slow down a bit and take its time instead of flying by in a rush.

We have our first challenge for the year up and running at The Outlawz Copic/Promarker group. The theme this week is Monochromatic Vintage.

Here's my card:

I've used a freebie from Digital Two for Tuesday called Cameo. There's not much colouring on her so this was a fairly quick project :) The DPs are digital from StarSunflower Studio and have been layered in my MMS software, then printed onto 200gsm CS. The lacy oval is a free cut file from Monica's Creative Room, cut with my trusty KNK Maxx. And I've made another flower :) I really love this flower pattern and it's so easy to make...the petals were also cut with Maxx...and it's been liberally sprayed with Glimmer Mist :)

Copic Colours:

Thanks for looking.........have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: Neenah Ivory, SU River Rock

DP: Digi from StarSunflower Studio

Image: Freebie from Digital Two for Tuesday

Colouring: Copics

Other: Lacy oval cut file from Monica's Creative Room, KNK Maxx, flower cut file, Scrapbooking Bitz pearl flourishes, Glimmer Mist, foam dots, Kaiser pearl, Old Paper distress ink

Miss Anya - January

2011-12-30T14:52:00.000+11:00

Hello happy crafters...I'm in a very cheery mood because I'm on holidays...yay We have a break over Christmas/New Year with our business and this year we are taking 3 weeks off!!! I think we really need the rest. This year has been sooooo full-on!

It's Friday and that means a new challenge for our Copic/Promarker group at The Outlawz. This week we have something a bit different...and a freebie for you if you're interested :) This is our regular Anything Goes challenge, which we run at the end of each month, but for the next 12 months we have an OPTIONAL twist...to make a calendar page! At the end of the 12 months you will have a completed 2013 calendar to either keep for yourself, or give as a gift....all done in time to give as a Christmas pressie next year. The calendar file is a freebie...created by me in My Memories Suite. The file and instructions are available at our challenge...so if you'd like to play with this optional twist, hop on over and grab the file :)

Here's my first page:

This is another version of the calendar file that I made in MMS. I've used the 'January' from an MMS digi kit and layered the DP background in the program. I've then printed this onto SU Very Vanilla CS. The digi kit has all the month papers in different colours so I've made my pages for each month and used different colour backgrounds. The file prints out as half an A4 page.

I've used a gorgeous Miss Anya from The Greeting Farm, which I stamped while staying with my BFF Helen...thanks Helen...waving :) I'm ashamed to say she's been sitting in my drawer for a loooong time, with her sisters, waiting to be coloured up :( The image panel was then matted with SU Merely Mustard and adhered to the background page with repositionable glue so that it can be removed and recycled...can't bear the thoughts of having to throw her away when the calendar expires!!

I intend to either make another calendar for the following year and transfer the images over to the new one, or remove them and use them on other projects :) Once finished the calendar will either be punched and bound for hanging or made into a desk calendar style.

The blank page:

And a CU of Miss Anya:

Copic Colours:

Missing numbers: B32 & BG01

Thanks for looking.....have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU merely Mustard & Very Vanilla

DP: Digi from My Memories Suite

Stamp: Miss Anya from The Greeting Farm

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens

Other: SU Crystal Effects, glaze pen

Recipe Folder

2011-12-23T22:41:00.000+11:00

WISHING YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy Friday everyone...can you believe it's only 2 days 'til Christmas...yikes, where did the year go??!! Christmas seems to be coming around faster and faster the older I get!

We have a new challenge for you at our Copic/Promarker group at The Outlawz. Our theme this week is FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD :) We all seem to be preoccupied with this subject at this time of the year LOL By the end of the Christmas week we'll all be groaning and wondering how we fit all that food in!! My DTeamies have created some amazing projects...hope you'll check them out and play along with us.

Only 2 challenges left to be in the draw for the awesome Pollycraft prize!!

This is a project I made a few years back for my BFF Helen. We saw the idea while on a scrapbook shop crawl, on one of my visits with her, so I came home and recreated it. The original cover had an image panel coloured with the ink pad & water brush technique (which BTW I'm HOPELESS at!!)...done waaaaaay before I found Copics and my colouring addiction. Every time I saw that panel post Copic colouring, I cringed...so I decided to make a replacement :) The replacement panel is my project for our challenge...here it is:

The images are from The Paper Shelter. I've grouped them together in my editing program, coloured with Copics then used dimensional glaze and glitter pens to highlight. The panel has then been matted onto SU Choc Chip and Old Olive to match the original panel colours.

The new look folder:

I've had to 'cheat' here and overlay one photo over the other as I don't have the folder...not perfect but it gives you the general idea :)

This is what the folder looked like when I made it:

Ummmm...I think the new panel might be a bit of an improvement lol

The folder laying out flat:

The flaps on either end overlap and have magnetic strips to hold them together...then the folder stands up like a desk calendar.

I made index pages from CS and laminated them. This is the inside...tabs for Starters, Mains, Desserts & Sweet Treats. The blank pages for the recipes are inside 8 x 8 page protectors so they can be wiped down if needed :)

Copic Colours for new panel:

Thanks for looking..........have a wonderful day :)

Owl Pocket Card

2011-12-16T17:29:00.002+11:00

Hello everyone...I'm running late again :( Seems to be the norm lately! It's time for a new challenge at our Copic/Promarker group at The Outlawz. Our theme this week is Celebration...a really easy one for this time of the year :) Hope you'll come and play along with us...and don't forget we have a FABULOUS Pollycraft prize up for grabs when our December challenges finish.

Here's what I came up with for this theme:

I went with a birthday celebration theme. I think this may end up being sent to one of my nieces for her birthday in January. If I don't get organised before Christmas, her present ends up being late.

I've made a pocket fold card with a flat tag card insert for the greeting and a bookmark to slip in with it. The cute little owl (YES, another owl lol) is from Pink Cat Studio. I think they are my favourite owls out of all the ones I have :) AND....ta dah...I've made a FLOWER!!!! Are you proud of me or what Helen LOL My lovely friend Helen has been making these for a while now and I fell in love with them. Not bad for someone who was never fond of paper flowers! I've been going to have a go at one of these for ages...they are SOOOOO easy to make. I think I feel another addiction coming on :) If you'd like to see a FABULOUS tutorial, head on over to Helens' blog and you'll find a few different flowers to make with this method. My flower parts were cut with my trusty KNK Maxx as I don't have the necessary punches. The wording on the bookmark was created with the Word Art feature in My Memories Suite...which I'm absolutely LOVING!

Here's a close up of the Bookmark:

And one of the Pocket with the lovely flower:

Copic Colours:

Thanks for looking..........have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: Neenah Classic Ivory, SU Soft Suede & Very Vanilla

DP: Spice Cake from SU

Stamps: Pink Cat Studio, Amy R sentiment

Colouring: Copics

Other: SU Crystal Effects, glaze pen, Kaiser rhinestones & pearl, SU border punch, Crop-a-dile for eyelets, ribbon from stash, CM corner rounder punch

Snowflake Fairy

2011-12-09T18:03:00.000+11:00

Happy Friday everyone :) Can't believe it's getting soooo close to Christmas! Only 2 more weeks to go...where has the year gone!? Anyhow, on to why I'm here lol Our Copic/Promarker challenge this week over at The Outlawz is....Non Traditional Christmas Colours. As much as I LOVE the red & green Christmas theme, it's nice to see something a bit different for a change, so come on over and check out my teamies amazing creations and play along with us this week :)

WE HAVE AN AMAZING PRIZE FOR DECEMBER ENTRIES....A MEGA BUNDLE OF 50...YES 50!!!... POLLYCRAFT DIGIS, SO COME ON OVER AND PLAY ALONG WITH US FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN THIS AWESOME PRIZE!

Here's what I came up with for my non-traditional colours:

And a front view:

I've used the gorgeous Lilybean Snowflake Kisses Fairy from Pollycraft.....isn't she beautiful! I LOVE the Lilybean series and have most of them in my collection. I've used them a lot as they are so versatile and can be used for almost any occasion. I only recently added this one to my collection (sssssh....don't tell hubby lol) as I thought she'd be perfect for this challenge theme :) I've removed her little dangly bits from the sleeves and her hat...as much as I love to fussy cut, they were waaaaay too fiddly for me!!

LOOK at all those embellies!!!! I've outdone myself this time lol I'm not good with adding stuff to my projects, so for me this is going a bit overboard! The little snowflake buttons have been in my stash for a couple of years, waiting for a suitable project. I don't really know why I got them as we don't have snow here, so a bit hard to put them to use! They've all been either glittered or sprayed with shimmer mist to give them lots of sparkle....shame it doesn't show in the photos :( And Miss Lilybean has been blinged to within an inch of her life :) Wings & 'fur' trim have been stickled and the points on her top & hat, plus the tips of her wings, have little rhinestones added.

Now to find someone to send this to who lives somewhere snowy :)

I'm entering this in the Pollycraft Christmas Fun challenge.

Copic Colours:

Missing numbers: BG10 & 15

Thanks for looking..........have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Elegant Eggplant & Very Vanilla

DP: Deck the Halls from 3 Bugs in a Rug

Stamp: Lilybean Snowflake Kisses from Pollycraft

Colouring: Copics

Other: Computer generated wording, superfine glitter, shimmer mist, rhinestones, Diamond & Frosted lace Stickles, foam dots, CB embossing folder

Owl Christmas House

2011-12-02T17:00:00.000+11:00

Eeeeeeek....it's December already! That dreaded "C" word is nearly upon us!!! I can only hope I'm organised by the time it gets here!

Anyhow, enough waffling and onto the reason for my post....our new challenge at The Outlawz Copic/Promarker group is HOME. Can't wait to see how you interpret this one. I've gone a bit outside the box with mine....an owl Christmas house :) Anyone who's been here before will probably know about my love of all things owlish lol Here's my card:

Unfortunately this is a night photo so it's not the best...sorry! I'll try and replace it in a couple of days when I get a chance to take a daylight one. I'm going to be away for a few days so will see how I go when I get back.

The very cute image is from Pink Cat Studio and the background is all digi from various sources, layered in my new software program....My Memories Suite 3....which I'm LOVING...thanks Dana :)...then printed out onto photo paper. Thought I'd try this for a change instead of using the CS I normally print my papers onto. Looks great IRL...beautiful, deep, rich colour but a PITA to photograph...especially at night under artificial light!! And I think I should have tried matte as the semi gloss is a little bit shiny, otherwise I'm really happy with the result.

Copic Colours:

Missing # B00

Thanks for looking......have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

Will come back and do this when I get back home :)

Bugaboo Housework Stella

2011-11-14T09:09:00.001+11:00

Happy Friday everyone :) Our challenge this week at The Outlawz Copic/Promarker group is our regular monthly Anything Goes....a nice easy one for you to play along with....hope to see you there.

This week I have a hanger for you.....haven't had one for a while :)

This is one of the hilarious Stella images from Bugaboo....they are all sooooo funny, it's hard to choose which ones to have. I haven't used the sentiment that comes with her this time, I've done my own....printed onto the DP before adhering to the wood hanger (made by hubby, of course). Stella has been fussy cut and popped up on dots.

Copic Colours:

Thanks for looking........have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card

DP: Kaiser

Stamp: Stella from Bugaboo

Colouring: Copics

Other: Wood hanger by hubby :), computer generated quote, wire from stash, foam dots, ink for sponging edges

Teddybella - So Happy

2011-11-14T08:37:00.001+11:00

Hello everyone....well, it's time for another challenge over at our Copic/Promarker group at The Outlawz. Hope you'll come on over and play along with us this week...and check out my lovely, talented teamies amazing creations.

I had a week off last week so I missed the Goth challenge but have managed to get in some serious crafting during the week and get a bit ahead....YAY. This week's theme is Shopping. Initially I was going to do a Christmas themed card with lots of pressies but then I found my poor, neglected Teddybella stamp and thought I'd ink her up instead :)

Here's what I came up with:

I've made this 5 x 7 for a change. I felt the larger image panel needed a bit more room to move lol The embossed mat is a free Penny Duncan Shaplie cut file....I thought this shape went perfectly with Teddybella's round belly :) And I seem to be on a bit of a pink & brown binge lately, it's such a lovely colour combo. The DP is gorgeous and comes from the 6" Love Letters pad by First Edition. Half the papers are DS and half have glitter effects. The little spotty panel is all glittery and looks very pretty IRL.

Here's Teddybella CU:

Copic Colours:

Missing numbers: B23 & 24

Thanks for looking.........have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Choc Chip

DP: Love Letters from First Edition 6" pad

Stamp: Teddybella from Stampingbella

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens

Other: PDC Shaplie, KNK Maxx, sewing machine, SU border & circle punches, Kaiser ribbon, computer generated sentiment, foam dots, glaze pen, SU Crystal Effects

Star Chester

2011-11-12T17:35:00.001+11:00

YAY...I've actually managed to play in the Pollycraft challenge this week!! It feels like forever since I played along :( This week the challenge theme is a fabulous sketch by Cazza.

Here's my card using one of the cute Chesters from the Christmas set:

Isn't he the cutest :) I've used 3 Sprinkles in the opposite corners instead of the strips in the sketch. I felt very rusty making this and it took me half a day....for one little card...and nothing would go right to begin with....grrrrrr......hopefully things will improve as I'm hoping to have a bit of a crafting frenzy over the next week. I'm having a week off from my DT duties at The Outlawz and want to make the most of my 'free' time :)

...and here's the sketch:

Copic Colours:

Missing number is Y17

Thanks for looking........have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Cherry Cobbler, Handsome Hunter (retired) & Crumb Cake

DP: December 25 from Kaiser 6 1/2" pad

Stamp: Chester Star from Pollycraft

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens, puff paint

Other: Sewing machine, mat cutting file from Bird's Cards, KNK Maxx, Sprinkles, Kaiser rhinestones, foam dots, gold cord from stash, red & clear Kindy Glitz

Thanks

2011-11-06T09:53:00.000+11:00

"I'm late, I'm late, I'm very, very late!!" Now, where have I heard that before....hmmm...oh I know, just me repeating myself lol

As they say, better late than never! This is my DT card for our Copic/Promarker challenge at The Outlawz this week. Our challenge theme this week is Thanks....hope you'll come and play along with us.

Here's my card:

While staying with my lovely friend Helen earlier in the year, I stamped some Penny Black images. I love the hedgies and have a couple of the clear sets but none of the wood mounted stamps. These stamps belong to a lovely lady that Helen knows.....*waving* to you Marg. A big thank you for letting me use your gorgeous stamps :) This little guy is such a cutie!

Sorry....no Copic colours for this one...although I can tell you the colour families I used: R80s for the pinks, E11-17 for the terracotta pot, YG60s for the grass....hope that helps!

Thanks for looking...........have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Bravo Burgundy & Almost Artichoke

DP: Kaiser English Roses collection

Stamps: Penny Black hedgie, Amy R sentiment

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens

Other: SU ink pads for sponging, foam dots, brads & ribbon from stash

Too Cute to Spook

2011-10-28T22:48:00.000+11:00

Hello everyone...our new challenge this week at The Outlawz Copic/Promarker group is Halloween...so we're hoping to see lots of cute, spooky creations from you :)

Not many Aussies celebrate Halloween so I have no idea what I'm going to do with this card but I had fun making it:

This is a very different fold card which I saw on Deneen's blog: A Path of Paper. She has instructions for how to make this type of card....called a Bendy Fold....HERE. I altered the dimensions of mine to make it my fave size.... 5 1/2" square....and to accommodate the fence :) It's a really easy card to make, unless you try to be really clever like me and make a fence that matches up!!!!!!! That bit was a little tricky lol It would be lots of fun to decorate and would suit any occasion. I'm definitely going to use this style again.

Here's the left front flap open....the wording says "Too Cute to Spook":

And with both flaps open:

The cute little witch is from Stitchy Bear Stamps and all papers are digi from Summer Driggs. The howling wolf and moon, with the starry sky, are one image, to which I've added the bat and sentiment panel from the elements in the kit. The fence and cat are also elements in the kit. I've layered the cat onto the fence, tweaked the fence panels to the right size (that was fun!!) then printed and fussy cut. To finish the back of the card I used a Halloween DP, cut slightly smaller than the card size.

Although I'm not a huge Halloween fan, I love how this turned out :) Not often I'm really happy with the end result of my creative labours but this is one of those rare ones that I just love...why, I have no idea!

It's hard to see in the photo....her underskirt, hat band and dress bodice have been painted with shimmer mist and the stars twinkle thanks to a bit of Diamond Stickles :) Looks very pretty IRL!

Copic Colours:

Missing number: YG03

Thanks for looking...........have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, Regal heavy black

DP: Digi from Summer Driggs

Stamp: Starr from Stitchy Bear Stamps

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens

Other: Shimmer mist, Diamond Stickles, foam dots

Asian Tea

2011-10-21T19:21:00.000+11:00

Happy Friday....it's challenge time again at The Outlawz Copic/Promarker group. Our theme this week is Asian Inspiration.....I'm looking forward to seeing how everyone interprets this one :)

I made a card:

I've used a cute little geisha girl serving tea from Whimsie Doodles. The gorgeous DP is a digi freebie from Numb Bumm. I've had this for quite a while and been wanting to use it, it's a beautiful set.

The background mat, background scene, bamboo screen and image have been layered in my photo editing program and printed onto X-Press It blending card for colouring the image. The words on the fan were created digitally before printing, and the fan was then fussy cut and popped up on dots.

I chose this theme.....don't know why on earth I did (other than I wanted to use the digi papers!) as I hate colouring black hair :(

Hope you'll come and play along with us this week.....we'd love to see what you come up with!

Copic Colours

Missing number is R32

Thanks for looking..........have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Not Quite Navy

DP: Free digi kit from Numb Bumm

Stamp: Whimsie Doodles

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens

Other: Glaze pen, Kaiser rhinestone, foam dots, brad

Save the Hooters!

2011-10-15T14:54:00.000+11:00

Ooooops...I'm a bit late posting this :( Silly Blogger and its scheduling probs...grrrrr
The challenges at our Copic/Promarker group at The Outlawz are a bit out of kilter due to our HUGE week of celebrations for our 1000 Member Party. Our challenges resume their normal postings from yesterday :)

And before I get onto my project.....our Copic/Promarker group have a FABULOUS prize for the rest of our regular October challenges......THE FULL SET OF POLLYCRAFT "CHESTER" DESIGNS!!! These are SOOOOO cute, you won't want to miss out on a chance at winning them. Plus, we have some other great prizes at The Outlawz for October....so come along and join us for some fun :)

Now that the business stuff is out of the way, our theme this week is Pink/Opal/Breast Cancer Awareness. As October is BCA month, I decided to go with that theme for my card....

I've gone with a humorous approach. How could I resist these cuties?? By now I'm sure you've figured out I'm a bit mad for owls lol The image is Save the Hooters from Whimsie Doodles and I've coloured with my trusty Copics and glitter pen. I've blinged the bra up a bit....what self-respecting girl doesn't love a bit of bling!! The band has been glazed with a Sakura glaze pen, to look like satin, and some little rhinestones added. The 'cups' have shimmer mist painted on them for a little added sparkle....looks a bit like the lycra stuff used in lingerie :) Hard to see in the photo but IRL it looks very pretty.

I think we all know someone who has been touched by this awful illness. Over the years I've lost a couple of friends to breast cancer and 2 years ago one of my nieces was diagnosed with it. She ended up having a mastectomy, chemo, radiation and eventually reconstructive surgery....a long, difficult journey. I'm very happy and relieved to say that she is now doing really well....thank goodness!

Copic Colours

Thanks for looking............have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU (retired) Pink for card base

DP: All retired digi papers from Scrap Orchard

Stamp: Save the Hooters from Whimsie Doodles

Colouring: Copics, glitter pen

Other: Computer generated wording, Kaiser rhinestones, glaze pen, shimmer mist, SU Crystal Effects, foam dots

The Outlawz 1000 Member Party

2011-10-03T15:10:00.000+11:00

WOO HOO...party week at The Outlawz has started. Come on over and join in the fun with us. There's LOTS of challenges to choose from...something for everyone...and the prizes are AWESOME!!

Along with the challenges for the party, we also have games, a blog hop, and many other ways to win prizes. We have over $800 in prizes to give away!!

Be sure to check out the main page to see all of the party activities and and the details for each activity.

Our Copic/Promarker group have a Fall Colours/Theme with a twist of making a different fold card. The DT have all made a Z fold card from a tutorial written up by Jo. It's a fabulous tute so hop on over to Jo's blog and have a look.

PLEASE NOTE: You don't have to make a Z fold...any fold other than a standard card is fine...the DT wanted to use Jo's tutorial, that's why our cards are all the same style!

Here's my card:

I cut the card shape with my trusty KNK Maxx. The dimensions are the same as Jo's tutorial...the base shape is still 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" The digi stamp is from our lovely, talented teamie, Anne Fenton. I've sponged SU inks around the image for the sky and ground, then coloured with Copics. The DP on the front is digi from Go Digital and has been printed onto SU Natural Ivory CS, for a nice firm base. The DP inside is from Kaiser.

Hope you'll come and join us this week and help us to celebrate our big milestone...we'd love to see your creations.

Copic Colours

Thanks for looking.......have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: Neenah Ivory, SU Choc Chip & Ivory Naturals

DP: Digi from Go Digital October '10 Collab kit, Kaiser Up, Up & Away 6" pad

Stamps: Gate & Pumpkins from Anne Fenton, Sentiment from SU Itty, Bitty Backgrounds (retired)

Colouring: Copics

Other: SU Baja Breeze, Regal Rose, So Saffron, More Mustard, River rock & Always Artichoke Ink pads, glaze pen, foam dots

Pollycraft Bookmark

2011-09-28T20:51:00.000+10:00

Woo hoo...I'm playing in the Pollycraft challenge and it's not at the last minute lol The theme this week is Tags & Bookmarks...one of my most favourite things to make are bookmarks, so I just had to fit this one in :)

I've used one of the gorgeous Pollycraft cuties from the Swings & Slides set. I love all the images in the sets Paula has released, it's such a hard decision which one to colour when I go to them.

The shaped bookmark and tail tag have been cut with my KNK Maxx from a Penny Duncan Shaplies file. DP backing is SU and the little verse has been computer generated.

Here's a close up:

No Copic colours for this one....sorry!

Thanks for looking........have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card
DP: SU
Stamp: Swings & Slides from Pollycraft
Colouring: Copics, Prismas, glitter pens
Other: Ribbon & flowers from stash, Penny Duncan Shaplies file, KNK Maxx, computer generated verse, SU Baja Breeze ink pad

Bugaboo - Out of my Mind

2011-09-23T17:58:00.000+10:00

Hello everyone.....this week our theme for the Copic/Promarker challenge at The Outlawz is our regular, monthly ANYTHING GOES. Hope you'll come and play along with us this week.

I've made another hanger. This one uses one of the hilarious Stella images from Bugaboo...LOVE these...they are so funny...and true lol

This is how I feel most days LOL. This is another hanger that hubby made for me and I decorated...I have a little stack of these to use, so you'll be seeing lots more yet!! I've printed the wording, which comes with Stella, onto the DP before adhering to the hanger. Stella has been cut out and popped up on dots. The phone 'line' is lightweight craft wire. And again, I've used my Prismas for her hair...my bad...don't tell my Copic teamies or they might sack me :)

No Copic colours this week...sorry :( Must have missed doing that!

Stay tuned for all the excitement next week at The Outlawz....we're having a HUGE party with lots of wonderful prizes to be won....including 2 x $100 GC!!!!! Yes, I said TWO!! Come on over and join us in all the fun for our 1000 member party...see you there.

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card

DP: Kaiser

Stamp: Stella from Bugaboo

Colouring: Copics, Prismas, glitter pens

Other: Wood hanger made by hubby, craft wire, foam dots, SU Crystal Effects, glaze pen

Mini Tissue Cover

2011-09-20T15:19:00.000+10:00

I've been playing in my little craft haven for the last 2 days....can't remember the last time I was able to play for more than a couple of hours at a time! I found a cute free cut file on The MTC (Make The Cut) forum last night, so when I woke up this morning I decided I was going to make one...just for the fun of it :) They are soooo cute. Here's what I did with it:

WHAT???? I hear you say.....no colouring or stamping in sight lol I did think of doing a coloured image for the top but decided to do something different for a change...AND it has a flower on it...wonders will never cease :)

The file is a freebie from "Quicklabs"....found it in the MTC forum under the Masterpieces heading. It cut beautifully. It fits the little travel pack size tissues. Thank goodness for clever people who share their work because I haven't tried making my own cut files yet and don't know if I'd have the patience to learn!

The DP is all from the Kaiser English Rose Collection 6" pad. I've used an antique SU brad and some glittery hat elastic for the closure. The top is decorated with some rhinestone swirls from my stash and a gorgeous Prima flower.

I think I'm going to send this to my older sister as a little "just because" pressie :)

Thanks for looking......have a wonderful day :)

Pollycraft Baby Love

2011-09-17T14:55:00.000+10:00

Woo hoo....I'm finally back playing in a Pollycraft challenge!! I was beginning to think that life was going to get in the way for ever! I don't think I've played along since coming home from our holiday :(

The theme this week is Baby Love....oh good, something cute to play with lol I've made a hanger instead of a card this time:

PS...Go and check out the DT inspiration HERE....they are ALL fabulous!!!

I've used one of Paula's very cute new star baby designs...Sent From Above. The star has been cut separately from CS and JAC paper so I could glitter it, then the whole image has been popped up on dots. The hanger is another one that my hubby cut for me from craftwood. The little verse is computer generated and printed before adhering the digi DP to the hanger.

I've added the name in PSE before uploading so you get the idea....IRL this area is blank so I can add a name as required by cutting it out with my KNK Maxx and popping it up on dots for dimension :)

On that note....I lashed out and bought PSE 9 this week. I was SOOOOO over taking my photos from one place to another to get them edited, framed, etc. I have a Mac and can't use my old photo editing program on it....it's on my PC, which never goes on the internet, so it's been a pain to get everything done and loaded to my blog.

A BIG thank you goes out to the lovely Heather who gave me a lesson on how to get around PSE....made it so much easier....*waving* to you Heather :) What an amazing program for such a small price!!

Copic Colours

Thanks for looking.....have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card

DP: Digi from Go Digital

Stamp: Sent From Above from Pollycraft

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens

Other: Wood hanger by hubby, JAC paper, foam dots, ribbon from stash, computer generated verse, superfine glitter, SU Barely Banana ink pad (retired)

Ching Chou Kuik Fairy

2011-09-16T18:20:00.000+10:00

Happy Friday everyone....it's challenge time again at our Copic/Promarker group at The Outlawz. Our theme this week is Fantasy...one of my favourites :) I'm a sucker for fairies and fantasy things, as much as I am for 'cute' things. When I get time to read I love to escape into a good fantasy book....Harry Potter, Twilight, Lord of the Rings, etc I wish I had more time to indulge in reading, I used to be SUCH a bookworm! Anyhow, enough waffling...onto my project :)

I've used a gorgeous ching chou kuik image that my lovely friend Helen stamped for me. I have a few Sweet Pea stamps, but not this one. The beautiful fairy has been cut out and adhered onto the DP, which is digi from Key to my Imagination. It's hard to see in the photo but I've sprayed Glimmer Mist all over the DP...looks lovely IRL. The stunning frame has been cut with my trusty KNK Maxx from a free cut file by Monica's Creative Room...it cut beautifully!! I used a Zig glue pen on the frame as the swirly bits are quite fine :)

This is a large 6x6 card....looks huge to me lol I normally make 5 1/2" square...my fave size, but to fit the image into the frame I had to enlarge it. The base card, which you can barely see! is SU Not Quite Navy. And I cheated on her hair...I've done it with my Prismas...ssssshhhhh...don't tell my Copic group LOL

Copic Colours

AND...we have some exciting news this week....preparations are underway for our HUGE 1000 member Party, starting on 3rd October. There are AWESOME prizes to be won, so you won't want to miss this one!! Come and join in the fun and play along with us.

Thanks for looking....have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Not Quite Navy

DP: Key to my Imagination digi

Stamp: Ching Chou Kuik from Sweet Pea Stamps

Colouring: Copics, Prismas, glitter pens

Other: Glimmer Mist, glaze pen, frame by Monica's Creative Room, KNK Maxx

School is Cool

2011-09-09T22:28:00.000+10:00

Another week has flown by and it's time for our Copic/Promarker challenge at The Outlawz. The theme this week is "School"....you can do whatever you like with this...first day, graduation, etc. I was a bit stumped with this one for a while...didn't know what to do, then I had the idea of making a bookmark....and ended up making 2 :)

The first one is for my little grandson, Brody, who turns 7 at the end of this month and the owl one (yes, another owl lol) is just because I wanted to make it....such a CUTE little owl, I couldn't resist him :)

Here they are:

The very cute images are from Pink Cat Studio...I'm having a bit of a run on Melissa's images...they're SO cute :) I've layered the images onto school themed digi paper from Scraporchard and coloured them with Copics. The tails have been made with #8 pearl embroidery cotton.

One of my fave shops had a 20% off storewide sale recently so I bit the bullet and bought a Crop-a-Dile. Been thinking of one for aaaages but didn't really know what they did!! I LOVE it and used it to punch the eyelet holes and set the eyelets...brilliant :)

Copic Colours

There's an awful lot here!!!!!!!

Thanks for looking.....have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Real Red

DP: Digi paper from Scraporchard

Stamps: Pink Cat Studio

Colouring: Copics

Other: SU Crystal Effects, glaze pen, computer generated wording, #8 pearl cotton

Feathered Friends

2011-09-02T17:55:00.000+10:00

Time for a new challenge over at our CPC Outlawz group. Our theme this week is Feathers...interpret that any way you want :) I couldn't find any 'feathery' images I liked and have been a bit pushed for time this week so I've used one of my favourite stamps from Pink Cat Studio. Yes, a REAL stamp for a change lol

I have a LOT of birthdays to remember in September so thought I'd start making some of the cards for them. Here's what I came up with:

When I bought these unmounted rubber stamps I decided to cut the wording away from underneath the image so it would be more versatile...it says 'Birds of a feather hoot together'...cute eh! I can still use it if I want by adding it before stamping, or using my stamp-a-ma-jig and adding it in a different colour afterwards :) The wording on the card has been computer generated and I actually used FLOWERS!!! I'm not good with embellies and even worse with flowers...put them on, take them off, put them on, take them off....and on it goes lol

Copic Colours

Thanks for looking....have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Crumb Cake & Choc Chip

DP: Kaiser beachside Collection

Stamp: Pink Cat Studio

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens

Other: SU Crystal Effects, flowers from stash, foam dots, Kaiser rhinestones, sewing machine

Loralei Knitter

2011-08-26T00:00:00.000+10:00

Happy Friday...it's time for another challenge at our Copic/Promarker group over at The Outlawz. Our theme this week is Anything Goes...a nice easy one, so hope you'll come on over and play along with us.

I've made another hanger....still have lots more ideas for these so you'll probably be seeing a bit of a procession of them lol

This is another Loralei stamp...am loving colouring these, they're so much fun :) Hubby made the hanger for me and I decorated it and printed the wording before popping Loralei up on foam dots. The little knitting sample has been done with fine yarn on toothpicks!! Yes, I know I'm mad but I wanted a little sample in the corner and this was the only way I could think of getting one :) It's the fiddliest bit of knitting I've ever done! To finish the 'needles' off, I added the beads to look like the needle ends.

Thanks for looking....have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card

DP: Kaiser

Stamp: Loralei Knitter

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens

Other: Wooden hanger form made by hubby, toothpicks, beads, yarn, computer generated wording, wire, foam dots, glaze pen

Jen's Cute Chef

2011-08-25T22:03:00.000+10:00

Don't fall off your chairs...I'm actually posting another project for the week lol I wanted to play in the CDAC Free Digi Challenge this month and I'm running out of time!! I couldn't resist JenLee's very cute chef and knew straight away what I wanted to do with him :) Thanks Jen for giving us such a cute freebie to play with *waving*

I've made ANOTHER hanger.....

Isn't he gorgeous! The hanger was made by hubby...the wording printed onto the DP before adhering to the wood...and the flour and egg stickers are ancient CM from my stash :) The cute chef has been cut out and popped up on dots.

Copic Colours

Thanks for looking....have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card

DP: Kaiser

Stamp: Chef by JenLee

Colouring: Copics

Other: Wood hanger by hubby :), SU Crystal Glaze, CM stickers from stash, SU Creamy Caramel stamp pad (retired), foam dots, craft wire, computer generated wording

Miracle Grow

2011-08-19T17:00:00.000+10:00

Hello everyone....It's Friday AGAIN!! They are coming around far too fast for my liking lately. That "C" word is going to be upon us before we know it...shudder...and I probably won't be organised :(

Anyhow, enough panic....it's time for a new challenge at The Outlawz Copic/Promarker group. This week our theme is 'How Does Your Garden Grow'....interpret this as you like....anything to do with gardens will be great :)

And while I'm talking about The Outlawz, we are nearly at 1000 members....WOWSERS...how exciting is that. There's going to be a HUGE party when we get there, so if you haven't joined yet, get on over there and join in the fun. Help us to reach 1000 so we can start the partying....there'll be LOTS of fabulous prizes to win....so what are you waiting for....click HERE to hop on over there!!

Here's my card....at last lol:

My inspiration for the layout of this card comes from VICKY. I love Vicky's cards...they are always so clean & fresh looking and the image panel is always the feature. The papers are thanks to Vicky also lol They come from Pink Petticoat and are all digi. I discovered Pink Petticoat when I started following Vicky's blog....she's a great enabler :) The layout is one that Vicky used a while back. I filed it away for future reference. Thanks for being so inspiring Vicky.

The cute image is from Cheryl Seslar. I have a few of her sets and they're lovely to colour. Like I've said before, I'm a sucker for all things cute!!

Copic Colours:

Thanks for looking......have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, CM Blue, Regal White

DP: Digi from Pink Petticoat

Stamp: Digi from Cheryl Seslar

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens

Other: Computer generated sentiment, foam dots, glaze pen, Kaiser rhinestones, button & thread from stash

Toadally Love You

2011-08-12T17:00:00.003+10:00

Happy Friday everyone :) It's time for our new Copic/Promarker challenge at The Outlawz. Our theme this week is to Colour an Animal...any animal will do! :)

I chose to colour one of Anne Fenton's free cute froggy digis....available at The Outlawz. Look for the Freebies tab on the top menu bar. Both Anne & Sandi are lovely DTeamies and are very talented ladies. They very generously offer their art for us to use for FREE, so go check out the freebies tab and get yourself some cute digis!

Here's my card:

I've kept it fairly simple. The DP is a freebie that came with my favourite card magazine, Australian Simply Cards. The oval panels have been cut using my KNK Maxx and then embossed as per Penny Duncan's instructions for her Shaplie files. (You can find Penny's link on my sidebar) The 'button & ribbon' is an embellie from the same free paper collection. I made a circle mat for the button and popped the whole thing up on foam dots. The image panel has also been popped up on dots.

Copic Colours:

Thanks for looking....have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Rose red

DP: Freebie from Simply Cards

Stamp: Digi from Anne Fenton

Colouring: Copics

Other: KNK Maxx, foam dots

NICHE - All Wrapped Up

2011-08-08T09:25:00.000+10:00

Loads of Love

2011-08-05T17:00:00.001+10:00

Hello everyone...my-oh-my, how the weeks are flying by!! It's Friday again and time for a new challenge at our Copic/Promarker group over at The Outlawz. Our theme this week is to use the Colours of Your Country's Flag. I think we'll have a lot of red, white & blue entries this week lol Being an Aussie, these are the colours of our flag too :)

I had a hard time deciding what to do for this challenge. I think my mojo is still on that boat, floating around having a holiday without me...BAD mojo...come home immediately or sooner! I NEED you!! And on top of that hubby decided to share his flu/cold with me, so I've been feeling a bit poorly :( Oh well, hopefully I'll be over it soon. Onto my card....

I've used the truck and heart stack from the SU set Loads of Love. A 'real' stamp for a change lol I love this set, it was one of the first sets I bought from SU :) It is so versatile, I really should use it more often! I've kept the whole card simple...the red, white & blue is such a clean, fresh combo. The heart stack has been cut out and layered on the truck to give a little dimension, along with glazing and glittering the hearts.

Copic colours:

Thanks for looking.....have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Real Red & Night of Navy
DP: Gingham digi from Pink Petticoat
Stamps: SU from Loads of Love set
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Other: SU Crystal Effects, foam dots

Rain, Rain, Go Away...

2011-07-29T17:00:00.000+10:00

Hello everyone...happy Friday :) This week our theme is Anything Goes over at The Outlawz Copic/Promarker challenge...a really easy one, so why don't you come over and play along with us :)

I've made a staggered side step card with the gorgeous Sonny Honeycloud from Pollycraft. The DP is all digi from Pink Petticoat and the wording is computer generated. It's getting near the end of winter here, hence the little verse :) And we've had SOOOO much rain this winter!! Lucky we live on a hill and haven't been flooded out...the ground is so water logged. At least everything is nice and green.

Miss Sonny's umbrella has been paper pieced and painted with shimmer mist.

Copic colours:

Missing numbers: C1, C3, C5, C7

Thanks for looking....have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Not Quite Navy

DP: Digi from Pink Petticoat

Stamp: Sonny Honeycloud from Pollycraft

Colouring: Copics, shimmer mist, glitter pens

Other: Foam dots, computer generated wording

Fairy Drawers

2011-07-22T17:00:00.000+10:00

Hello everyone...this is a scheduled post for our Copic/Promarker challenge at The Outlawz this week. I should be sitting on a deck chair somewhere in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean right now, soaking up some relaxation time, good food and good company...hubby is with me :) A loooong overdue holiday...it's been 8 years since our last one! We've never done a cruise so I hope we're enjoying it lol

Our challenge theme this week is "Things With Wings". I've been wanting to get these drawers done for my little granddaughters for a while, so I'm getting organised for their birthdays...one in August (this set is for Kate) and one in September (the next set is for Amy). I daren't give one of them something and not replicate it for the other lol They are only 13 months apart and behave a lot like twins!! :)

The gorgeous fairy is a freebie from one of our very talented teamies at The Outlawz, Anne Fenton. You can get her by going to The Outlawz and clicking on the Freebies tab on the toolbar at the top of the main page :) She was beautiful to colour...thank you Anne *waving* The drawers are from Kaiser. I really enjoy decorating the Kaiser wood forms.

I hope you'll come on over to The Outlawz and join in our challenge this week, we'd love to see what beautiful winged things you create.

Copic colours:

Missing colour numbers: B00, BG10, BG23

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-press It blending card

DP: Magic Happens from Kaiser

Stamp: Fairy freebie from Anne Fenton

Colouring: Copics

Other: Kaiser fairy castle drawers, Stickles, SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter, foam dots

Christmas in July

2011-07-15T17:00:00.013+10:00

Hello everyone...happy Friday :) Only 1 more sleep and we're off on holiday...YAY....it's been 8 years since we had a holiday and I'm SOOOO needing it!!! Last time we went on holiday we bought a house, went back home and sold up then moved 'overseas' lol From the mainland to Tasmania...well, okay then...interstate :) We've had strict instructions not to do that this time! So I'll be missing for nearly 2 weeks...no phone, no computer = no commenting, visiting blogs, etc. I'll try to catch up on things when I get back home. Be good while I'm away...and don't do anything I wouldn't do LOL

What would July be without a Christmas challenge lol We haven't disappointed you...we have a theme of Christmas in July at The Outlawz Copic/Promarker challenge this week. An easy challenge so come on over and join in the fun :)

I've made a hanger...yes, another hanger lol...there's still lots more to come yet :)

The gorgeous Santa is from Hero Arts. He was a joy to colour :) To give him a little texture I used puff paint on his beard and fun flock on his trims. The Chrissy tree had little buttons drawn on it but I opted for rhinestones to bling it up a bit. I'll definitely be using this Santa again.

A close up of Santa:

Copic colours:

The missing numbers are YG63, G21, Y06, Y17

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card

DP: Kaiser

Stamp: Hero Arts

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens

Other: Craftwood hanger by hubby :), Puff paint, Fun Flock, Kaiser rhinestones, computer generated verse

Baby Blues

2011-07-08T17:00:00.006+10:00

This week our challenge at The Outlawz Copic/Promarker group is Monochromatic...with a twist of...BLUE tones. I had to put my thinking cap on for this one...this is what I came up with:

A cute baby card :) I have no idea who will get it...no babies on the horizon that I know of. The little giraffe is a HOTP stamp that's been hiding in my drawer for a while and hadn't been christened. I stamped him with Versamark & SU Night of Navy then clear embossed him so I could colour.

Copic colours:

Missing numbers are B00, B23

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Night of Navy

DP: Grant 12 x 12 from a pack I've had for years, out of my scrapbooking days

Stamps: HOTP giraffe, Netty's digi sentiments, SU Short & Sweet

Colouring: Copics

Other: SU border punch, SU Night of Navy ink, American Crafts brads, foam dots

Lil Star

2011-07-07T00:05:00.001+10:00

YAY...I've managed to get my Pollycraft entry in with lots of time to spare this week :) I did make a card for last week's challenge but didn't get it uploaded in time...oh well :(

The challenge this week is Celebrations, with stars & stripes as an optional extra. Pollycraft is celebrating their 100th challenge...a fantastic effort...and I hope there'll be many more hundreds to come :) So...CONGRATULATIONS to Paula and the design team, and thank you for all the wonderful inspiration you have for us each week.

Onto my card...

I've used Lil Star from Pollycraft...one of the new releases this week. I love this cute little guy so had to buy him as soon as I saw him...and 2 of his brothers so he wouldn't be lonely lol I separated off the star so I could make it and the string 3D. All the DP is digi from Peppermint Creative...I thought it was perfect for this theme and I love the colours.

Copic colours:

Missing colour numbers: B00, B05, B24, C1

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Ballet Blue (retired) & Whisper White
DP: Twinkle Toes from Peppermint Creative
Stamps: Lil Star from Pollycraft, sentiment is a free stamp that came with a magazine
Colouring: Copics
Other: String, foam dots

Who stole my hubby???!!!

2011-07-01T17:00:00.004+10:00

...and put him on this card LOL This looks just like my hubby and our Beagle boy, Barney. The only difference is that Barney is usually on hubby's lap, not the floor...but he does love to lie upside down like this :)

Anyhow...onto the reason for this post :) It's time for another challenge at The Outlawz Copic/Promarker group. The challenge this week is to show us your 'Male' themed projects. I don't find male projects as easy as girly ones...not quite right to put bling & pretty things on for the boys :)

Here's my card:

I've had this image from S2G for a long time, wanting to use it on something for my hubby, but hadn't gotten around to it. Our challenge this week gave me the perfect opportunity to make a Father's Day card for my DD and grandbabies to give to hubby. Father's Day here in Australia is the first Sunday in September...I'm being SOOOO organised lately lol...wonder how long it's going to last??!!

I wanted it to look as similar to our lounge as possible so removed the check pattern from the recliner and coloured it as close as possible to the colour of our recliners...ours are a bit more on the green side but I couldn't quite match it with the Copics. Then I made a skirting board and floorboards and coloured the wall as close to our wall colour as I could manage. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the result!!

My lovely, but very cheeky friend, Helen said it looked like hubby is lying on the chair starkers as you can't see any clothes...bwaahaahaahaa...she then suggested that maybe it's summer and he has stubbies (shorts) and a t-shirt on...cracked me up no-end :)

Copic colours:

Oh dear...I forgot to write down the missing Ciao numbers...sorry!

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, Regal Black
DP: Basic Gray from the Marjolaine 6" pad
Stamps: Shirley's 2 Girls, SU Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Colouring: Copics
Other: Glaze pen, foam dots

Maurice on Holiday

2011-06-25T12:27:00.002+10:00

Woo hoo...I'm getting my Pollycraft entry in with LOTS of time to spare this week lol...just how I like it!
This week the theme has been set by Cazza and is Travel/Holidays. I had to think about this one a bit, there were a few ideas bumping around in my brain...in the end I came up with this:

I LOVE Maurice and haven't used him for anything yet...isn't he a hunk lol He's from Pollycraft of course and I've teamed him up with the Journey Car from the On The Road set. The background DP is digi...I added the hand cut 'road' and a tree & little bird from the Kaiser Hey Birdie collection. The car has been coloured, glazed and cut out, then popped up on dots. The windows have acetate behind them :) Maurice has his glasses & camera lens glazed and is also cut out and popped up. I enjoy making little scenes for backgrounds, so this was fun to create.

Copic colours:

The missing numbers are C1, C3, C5, G21 & YG67. I wish the dratted dots would stay on the Ciao markers!!

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

OOOOOOPS...I was so excited to get my Chibi signature on this post I forgot to add the supply list :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Night of Navy, Regal Black
DP: Digi for background from ScrapDish, Kaiser Hey Birdie collection for tree & bird
Stamps: Maurice Say Cheese & Journey Car from Pollycraft
Colouring: Copics
Other: White gel pen, SU Crystal Effects, computer generated greeting, foam dots, acetate

Tiana's Card

2011-06-24T17:00:00.008+10:00

Happy Friday everyone...time for another challenge at The Outlawz Copic/Promarker group. Our theme this week is Anything Goes...easy peasy...so come on over and join in. We have some great prizes on offer, which you can read about on the Main page and don't forget this is your last week to get an entry into all 4 June Copic/Promarker challenges to be in the running to win the fabulous prize of 10 Pollycraft digis!!!

Onto my card for this challenge...I used one of the very cute Sugarplums from CC Designs to make a birthday card for my workmate's daughter, Tiana.

The number four and its mat was cut with my trusty KNK Maxx then popped up on dots on the background DP. Miss Sugarplum was coloured, cut out and popped up on top of the four. Her balloon has been painted with shimmer mist, to look pearly...love that stuff :)

I'm not overly thrilled with this card. I know I keep my layouts fairly simple but I'm thinking this is too simple and lacking something. Maybe I should have embossed the four before putting it on the card...oh well, next time!!

Copic colours:

The missing number is BG10

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Barely Banana & Whisper White

DP: DCWV Glitter pad for background, Kaiser 6" pad for 4

Stamps: CC Designs Sugarplum, Cute Stamps Birthday Numbers (on tag)

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens, shimmer mist

Other: SU Scallop Circle & Circle punches, SU So Saffron Ink, foam dots

I'VE BEEN CHIBI'D :)

2011-06-22T12:46:00.000+10:00

Hello everyone...I've been seeing Kristy's Chibis (from Some Odd Girl) around a few blogs lately and thought it would be a bit of fun to get one done. Not sure what I'm going to do with her yet lol but I think she's pretty cute!!

Here she is:

Kristy does a great job of these. If you're interested in having one done there's a badge in my sidebar that will take you to Kristy's Chibi page, where you can read all about them and see a few others :)

Hope to see you Chibi'd soon :) Have a wonderful day......

Blue's Branch Note Folder

2011-06-20T15:44:00.000+10:00

Post #2 for the day...woo hoo...doesn't happen very often lol, so I'm allowed to get a little excited :) This is my Pollycraft entry for the challenge that ends in about 2 hours! At least it's not 5 mins like last week's effort!! The challenge theme is Ribbon & Flowers and I've made a little folder for some envelopes & notelets to send to my sister for her birthday next month...how organised is that!! :)

Here's the front cover:

and...the folder open:

I tweaked THIS TUTORIAL by Makeesha from Inkspirations to make the folder. Changed the measurements a bit to fit the envelopes and notelets I used. I'm going to add a watermarked version of Blue to the notelets and maybe a border, before sending them off. Didn't want to be doing that now and having to panic about getting this into the challenge on time again! I've printed Blue's flower twice and popped it up on foam dots, then painted it with some shimmer mist.

Copic Colours

The brown without the dot is E47 and the blue is B00.

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card

DP: Jack 'n' Jill from Prima

Stamps: Blue's Branch from Pollycraft, PTI for sentiment

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens

Other: SU Crystal Effects, foam dots, SU Soft Suede ink, ribbon from stash, shimmer mist

Sonny's Party

2011-06-20T11:32:00.001+10:00

Hello everyone...this is my submission for the Pollycraft DT call, which is open until 27th June. Paula has posted 2 freebies HERE and asked that we use one of them on our project. They are both gorgeous but after some deliberation I chose Sonny's Party for my card...mainly because I had the perfect DP to go with her :) I really love the cute little Blue's Branch birdie too and have a project half done for him, which I'm hoping to get into the challenge before it closes...another "in by the skin of my teeth" effort, if I make it in time lol I really must stop doing that!!

Here's my card:

The background paper is from a 12 x 12 Franchville specialty DP. I had to butcher it and layer it to get it how I wanted lol but I think it worked okay. This is the BLINGIEST background I've ever seen!!!! And definitely way more bling than I've ever used but IRL it looks really pretty....and suits Miss Sonny to a tee :) If you click on the photo to enlarge you'll see the bling in all its glory... To add a bit of dimension, I've printed and coloured a second balloon & hair flower and popped them up on dots. The balloon has been glazed then the dots Stickled (is that a word lol??) Her hair flower has a little gem in the centre.

A close up:

Copic colours:

Unfortunately I forgot to include the greens for her eye colour :( Put them away before taking the photo...they are G17, YG05 & YG11... I think??!!

The section of balloons I layered underneath the main panel didn't have any bling on them and looked a bit out of place, so I used LOTS of Stickles and blinged them up to match the others.

Please wish me LOTS of luck.....I would soooo LOVE to be on Paula's team.

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Perfect Plum

DP: Franchville

Stamp: Sonny's Party from Pollycraft

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens

Other: SU Crystal Effects, Stickles, Foam dots

Shopping Hanger

2011-06-17T17:00:00.002+10:00

Happy Friday everyone. It's time for another challenge at The Outlawz Copic/Promarker group. Wasn't the summer party a blast!! Lots of gorgeous entries to drool over :) This week's theme is Pleats & Folds

This month we are offering a prize of 10 Pollycraft digis...to go into the draw for this prize you must enter a project into each challenge for the month. There is no cut-off for the challenges until the last one, so you can enter the challenges anytime during the month, up to 30th June!!! The winner will be randomly drawn on 1st July...so what are you waiting for...get those entries in!!

Okie dokie...now onto my project for this week...Pleats & Folds....I've made another little hanger. You're probably going to be over looking at hangers by the time I've made a few more lol When I have a fad for something, I do it well!!

I've used Juliet Shopping from Enchanted Cards...Girls About Town set. I'm ashamed to say I've had this set for a loooong time and not used any of it. I've had great plans a couple of times but not done anything with them. It's a very versatile set that I'm definitely going to make a few more things from. More hangers, for a start!! lol The quote comes with the set and I thought it went sooo well with this image :)

The base board for this has been cut from thin craftwood by my lovely hubby. He's cut & drilled me a little stack of them so I really do have to use them now :)

A close up of Juliet:

And I remembered to photo the Copics again :)

Her jacket colour is a bit deceptive in the photo...looks a bit like purple but it's coloured with the E70s, as have her boots & handbag. And before you go thinking I'm super clever colouring little pink flowers all over the shopping bag...it has been paper pieced :)

Thanks for looking and I hope you'll come over to The Outlawz and play along with us in our challenges. Have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card
DP: Digi paper
Stamp: Juliet Shopping from Enchanted Cards
Clouring: Copics
Other: Craftwood base, bag charm from stash, foam dots, craft wire from stash

Chester in Love

2011-06-13T16:53:00.003+10:00

Hello everyone...sheesh...I managed to get this posted with 5 mins to spare for the Pollycraft challenge of Love & Marriage!!! Far too close for comfort for my liking!! Hello Helen *waving* I think you've taught me some bad habits...bwaahaaahaahaahaa!!!!!!! I don't think I'll repeat the experience, it's definitely not good for the blood pressure :) I loaded the photo so I could link him up and I'm now back to do the post!!

I've used the sketch from this week's Inkspirations challenge for cute little Chester, who is of course from Pollycraft. I've been wanting to get back into playing in the Inkspirations challenges but haven't seemed to find the time lately :( My lovely friend Helen is one of the very talented members of the DT and creates some very clever, totally gorgeous projects. I happened to be the oh-so-lucky recipient of her DT creation this week, which you can see HERE. It's even more stunning IRL!!! Thanks so much Helen...MWAH

Righto...onto some deets about the card...The background has been made with DP using the inlaid embossing technique. Another lovely friend, Wendy, has made a ton of cards using this technique and I really loved the look of it so just had to order the SU embossing folder to have a play. This is my first try and I'm really happy with it :) I think it will be great for using up scraps. I'm such a hoarder and have lots of little bits I can use :)

A close up of little Chester:

I was in such a hurry to get Chester coloured up and posted that I totally forgot to outline his little heart in gold glitter pen and then glaze it with Crystal Effects :( I'll go do that after I finish here! And no photo of the Copic colours this time...sorry!

Thanks for looking....have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Purely Pomegranate
DP: Made With Love from Kaiser
Stamp: Chester in Love from Pollycraft, SU Short & Sweet
Colouring: Copics
Other: SU Purely Pomegranate ink pad, SU embossing folder, foam dots, SU Crystal Effects

Emma Surfer

2011-06-10T17:00:00.007+10:00

Hey everyone, we're having a SUMMER PARTY over at The Outlawz this week. Hope you'll come and join us...there are some FABULOUS prizes to be won. Our Copic/Promarker challenge for party week is to Create a Background with a summer theme.

Here's my card :

I've used the very cute Emma Surfer from CC Designs. Her background has been created using the Boathouse digi, also from CC Designs, and then creating the sun, sky & sand with my Copics. I didn't find this the easiest challenge lol I like to do my skies with sponged ink, so this was out of my comfort zone! The sun was easy...just made a circle and coloured it. I've never coloured sand before so it was probably the biggest challenge of the lot!! I can't say I'm overly thrilled with any of it really!

And a close up of cute Emma :

Colours used:

Hope to see you at our challenge this week...and good luck for winning one of those fabulous prizes.
Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Not Quite Navy
DP: Seaside from Kaiser 6" paper pad
Stamps: Emma Surfer & Boathouse from CC Designs
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Other: Shimmer mist, SU Crystal Effects, foam dots

Emma Bug in Pink & Green :)

2011-06-03T17:00:00.000+10:00

Hello everyone...it's time for another challenge at our Copic/Promarker group over at The Outlawz. Our challenge this week is an easy one...Colour using pink & green. Who doesn't love that colour combo?!
This week I've made a birthday card for a sweet little girl...Tameka...who turned one on Wednesday.

This is Emma Bug from CC Designs...isn't she the sweetest thing :) I've used one of my favourite DPs from Kaiser...Hey Birdie. The background is one of the specialty papers from the 6" paper pad. It's all sparkly & gorgeous. The frame and mats are another Penny Duncan Shaplies file, cut with my KNK Maxx.

I am impressed...I actually got the bling to photo okay this time...yay If you click on the photo to enlarge it, you'll be able to see the bling in all of its magnificence lol I used a small paintbrush and painted over her little suit & socks with some shimmer mist. I really like this effect...more than spraying it on I think...it gives a lovely, all over pearlised finish.

And I'm going to try and be good and photo the Copics I use from now on...just have to remember not to put them away as I go...might take a bit of practice!! The one without the number is YG67. Didn't realise the dot had come off the top :(

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Purely Pomegranate
DP: Hey Birdie from Kaiser
Stamp: Emma Bug from CC Designs
Colouring: Copics
Other: PDC Shaplies, KNK Maxx, computer generated wording, Diamond Stickles, shimmer mist, foam dots

Wedding Book Card

2011-05-30T17:28:00.000+10:00

Hello everyone...sadly today is the last project for my Pollycraft GD spot :( The theme this week is Be My Teddy Bear. I've LOVED working with all the lovely, talented girls on Paula's team. Thank you so much Paula for having me as one of your Guest Designers...BIG hugs xx

My project this week is a book card. I found this idea on Tracy's blog and loved it. Tracy has a fab tutorial HERE for making these, which is very easy to follow. They are much easier to make than they look :) Thanks Tracy...*waving*

Front:

One of my nephews is getting married in July so I've made this as a little wedding keepsake box. The tag in the inside pocket is for a little wedding photo, so it's been left blank. The cute couple are Cuthbert & Kiki Wedding from Pollycraft...aren't they sweet! The gorgeous frame & mat they are sitting on is a cut file from Paperthreads, cut with my trusty KNK Maxx.

Here's a photo of the 'card' open:

And one of the 'book' part:

Pop on over to the Pollycraft challenge blog and check out all the gorgeous DT inspiration...and come and join us in the challenge, we'd love to see what you create.

Thanks for looking....have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: Regal Craft shimmer card, watercolour paper, SU Shimmer White, CM Gold
Stamp: Cuthbert & Kiki Wedding from Pollycraft
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Other: CB embossing folder, KNK Maxx for cutting Paperthreads frame & mat and gold vinyl wording on inside pocket, Kaiser paper flowers, organza ribbon from stash, MS border punch for pocket border, foam dots

Stamper Loralei

2011-05-27T17:00:00.002+10:00

Another week has flown by...don't know where the time's going these days...I'm sure it was only Friday a couple of days ago!! Being Friday, it means a new challenge at our Outlawz Copic/Promarker group. The challenge is a very easy one...Anything Goes...so get out those markers and show us your projects! :)

For my project this week I made a little wall hanging with the gorgeous Crafty Girl stamp by Loralei Designs...yes, I actually STAMPED this image lol I'm pretty hopeless with "real" stamps, I think that's why I stick to my digis :) Here's a photo of the finished project:

Isn't she gorgeous!! I've blinged her up a bit...she has a little bling on her top & shoes and a pearl bracelet and earrings. Don't we all head out to craft classes looking like this??!! I wish I could look like her anytime, let alone going to class looking like her lol In her craft caddy are her Cuttlebug plates...I've given the top 2 the letter B and left the back one (the A plate I'm assuming!) white. The 2 'B' plates, the handle on the CB and her glasses have been glossed using SU Crystal Effects...LOVE that stuff!!

I found the idea for the hanger and the wording, in a craft magazine I was browsing through while staying with my lovely friend Helen, back in February...so filed it away for future reference :) I'm going to make a few more of these with different subjects...sewing, scrapbooking, reading, etc

Here's a close up of Loralei before I added her to the hanger:

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card
DP: Kaiser from the Empire Collection
Stamp: Crafty Girl from Loralei Designs
Colouring: Copics
Other: Chipboard for hanger, jewelry wire from stash, kaiser pearls & rhinestones, SU Crystal Effects, power punch for hanger holes, computer generated wording, foam dots

Tea in the Twenties

2011-05-23T18:00:00.001+10:00

Happy Monday everyone...although I guess it's back to work for a lot of you so it's probably not such a happy day lol but I'm happy coz it's time for another Pollycraft challenge :) This week's theme is an Embellie Bingo challenge. Following the chart below, you must use 3 embellies in a row...either horizontal, vertical or diagonal. I chose to use the row of : lace, gems, tag after a lot of procrastinating!! I'm not that good with embellies at the best of times, so this challenge stretched me a bit, which is the whole idea of a good challenge...to get you out of your comfort zone and trying new/different things :)

Here's the bingo card:

And here's my card:

I've used the lovely Cherry Kisses Tea in the 20s from Pollycraft. I haven't really tried vintage much so thought I'd give it a go. I'm obviously hopeless at the distressing bit as I couldn't bring myself to tear or rough up any of the elements lol I did manage to give the edges a bit of distressing by sponging with ink so I hope that counts as vintage! All the DP used in this project is from a digi kit by Digi Chick.

I had a go at some tricky bits with this card...I paper pieced the dress with the same design as the shadow mats, printing it onto my Copic paper and cutting out the dress and arms as one piece. I also placed Miss CK onto a panel of the printed design paper and printed it on my Copic paper so I could colour her. A bit of messing around but I'm really happy with the result...this has opened up more options for backgrounds for me :) I then used my Copics in coordinating colours to highlight and shadow the DP dress.

And a close up:

Originally I made this rosette as the 'flower' element for my card but changed my mind and went with the other embellies instead. FYI it's made with an MS border punch, the DP is cut 1" wide after punching and it's the width of an A4 sheet of paper. I've scored the fold lines 1/4" apart. Here's a close up:

These are SOOOOO easy to make, and for someone who's not into using many embellies, I really like them :)

If you've stuck with me this far, you deserve a medal lol This has been a longer post than normal for me.

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Basic Black
DP: Digi kit from Digi Chick
Stamp: Cherry Kisses Tea in the 20s from Pollycraft, SU Short & Sweet (sentiment)
Colouring: Copics
Other: SU Oval & Scallop Oval punches, MS border punch, paper lace from stash, Kaiser rhinestones, SU Antique brad, foam dots

Fairy Sweet Day

2011-05-20T17:00:00.007+10:00

Hello everyone...yay, it's Friday and time for a new Copic/Promarker challenge over at The Outlawz. The theme this week is to show us your Colourless blender or Promarker techniques...a nice easy theme so come over and join in the fun, we'd love to see what you do with that colourless blender and those fab Promarkers :) And don't forget there are some awesome prizes to be won!!

Here's my card:

I've used the very cute Birthday Gretel from CC Designs. I'm such a sucker for "cute" and CC Designs have LOTS of tempting cuteness to choose from...ahem...and I have a considerable collection of them!!

My colourless blender technique is on the balloons. I flooded the balloons with colourless blender before colouring them, starting with the back balloon and working forwards to the front one. This gives a lovely translucent effect when dry. Then I painted lightly over the top with some shimmer spray to give that soft, pearly look. It's SOOOOO frustrating that I can't get the blingy bits to photo well :(

I love it when something I have in mind actually turns out the way I envisioned it LOL I'm really happy with this whole card! I don't do lots of pink things...and this is very pink!...but I still like it, even in all of its 'pinkness' :)

And a close up of the little lady:

I'm absolutely LOVING these Shaplies from Penny Duncan...*waving* to you Penny...they are SOOOO much more versatile than Nesties!! I can make them any size I want and alter them to suit my images. I stretched this one sideways to accommodate the wider image...just wonderful!! If you have an electronic cutter, go and check out Penny's site. These files are ALL FREE over there. The link to Penny's site is in my sidebar :) I'm sure most of them are also in PDF/JPEG format so if you don't have a cutter, and you do have some patience lol, you can still use them.

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Regal Rose
DP: Background paper is from the Party Time 6" pad by Papercraft, all other DP and the tag is from the Sweetcakes digi collection by Summer Driggs
Stamp: Birthday Gretel from CC Designs
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Other: PDC Shaplies from Penny Duncan Creations, Shimmer Spritz, SU Crystal Effects, computer generated wording, Cuttlebug, KNK Maxx, foam dots

Follow Your Dreams

2011-05-16T18:00:00.006+10:00

Happy Monday everyone :) Here's my Pollycraft GD card for this week's challenge, which is Music, set by Paula.

This is Jerry Kisses Drummer Boy from Pollycraft...isn't he cute. I've given him punk hair with a blue streak, just for fun :) I printed the drum kit again, without the two drums at the back, and popped it up over the original image to create some depth. IRL it really looks like he's sitting behind the drums. The sketch I used for the layout is from this week's Inkspirations challenge.

Here's a side view of the raised drums:

It's very hard to see in the photo but I've added SU Crystal Effects to all the "metal" bits on the drums. I just wish it would photo better!! The blue star has "You're a Star" written in gold glitter pen. The background DP was created from SU So Saffron CS and the SU music stamp wheel with So Saffron ink.

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Choc Chip, So Saffron & Brilliant Blue (retired)
Stamp: Jery Kisses Drummer Boy from Pollycraft, Inkadinkado stamp for sentiment, SU Music Wheel
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Other: SU Crystal Effects, KNK Maxx to cut stars, foam dots, gold metallic stamp pad, SU So Saffron stamp pad, the 2 little 'brads' are the centres from jeans buttons I had in my stash :)

Cuddly Teddy Bea :)

2011-05-14T08:18:00.002+10:00

I don't know who broke Blogger lol but I'm very happy it's working again!! Here's my Outlawz challenge post at last:

Hello everyone...time for our Copic/Promarker challenge at The Outlawz. This week our theme is to Colour Something Cuddly.....so dig out all those cute, cuddly images/stamps and come play along with us :)

I used a cute Teddy Bea digi to make my card:

I won't go into details but suffice to say this card gave me a LOT of grief...starting with my mojo taking a hike just when I needed it...oh well, there was obviously something in the air...it even broke Blogger!!! :) The gorgeous panel and mat Teddy Bea is sitting on was created using one of Penny Duncan's Shaplies files, cut with my KNK Maxx.

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Not Quite Navy, Shimmer White & Rose Red
DP: Marjolaine from Basic Grey 6" paper pad
Stamp: Teady Bea from Teddy Bo, Kaiser stamp for sentiment
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Other: SU Circle & slot punches, Penny Duncan Shaplies, SU NQ Navy ink, American Crafts button, ribbon from stash, foam dots, Frosted Lace Stickles

All Boy

2011-05-09T18:00:00.000+10:00

Here is my second GD project for Pollycraft. The theme this week for the challenge is Boyz to Men, set by the lovely Joanne. I've had this idea in my head for ages but needed an appropriate image to use with it...Paula came up with just the right one for me...thanks Paula...*waving*

I've used the cute new Hoppy Days image from the Swings & Slides collection by Paula at Pollycraft for the frame and card. What I love about digi stamps is that you can tailor them to suit your project...in this case, one large image and one small one :) Having said that...I'm not used to colouring such small images (for the card) so that was a bit challenging lol.

I LOVE this paper from Kaiser. It's from the Jungle Buggy collection...they are seriously cute boy papers. The frame uses one of the 12 x 12 papers and the card uses papers from the 6" pad. Hoppy Days has been coloured with Copics. If you look closely you'll see that (on the frame image) I even gave him grubby knees and boots...after all, what self-respecting little boy would come home totally CLEAN after being out chasing bugs LOL I know my son never did!!! Nor does my grandson :)

The frame:

and...the card:

I usually struggle with male themed projects...girly stuff is sooo much easier! I'm REALLY happy with how these turned out and will be doing more with that cute little bug-catching boy :)

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
Frame:
CS: X-Press It blending card
DP: Jungle Buggy from Kaiser
Stamp: Hoppy Days from the Swings & Slides collection by Pollycraft
Colouring: Copics
Other: Kaiser 25cm square wooden frame, blue craft paint, KNK Maxx to cut words & shadow mats, foam dots, SU Baja Breeze ink for sponging edges
Card:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Brilliant Blue (retired) & Pumpkin Pie
DP: Jungle Buggy from Kaiser 6" paper pad
Stamp: Hoppy Days from Swings & Slides collection by Pollycraft
Colouring: Copics
Other: Froggy charm from stash, foam dots

Something for ME :)

2011-05-06T17:00:00.000+10:00

Happy Friday everyone! Our challenge over at The Outlawz Copic/Promarker group this week is to colour Ethnic Skin...something I've not tried before so it was a challenge for me too lol I knew straight away what I wanted to make...a large tissue box cover...for OUR bathroom. Something for me for a change...I don't make for me very often :)

Here it is:

And from the top:

I've made a couple of these in the past. I really enjoy decorating these wooden covers by Kaiser and particularly like the beautiful image of Princess Lotus Flower from Michelle Perkett, for these covers. She looks like she's giving a blessing...love a play on words...bless you, when someone sneezes...etc :) The words & shadow mats have been cut with my wonderful KNK Maxx. Princess Lotus Flower has been glitzed up with rhinestones and glitter pens but it's sooo hard to get them to photo well :( She's very pretty IRL!!

Thanks for looking. Hope you'll come on over and play along with us this week...we'd love to see your beautiful creations. Have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: Express-It blending card, SU Soft Suede, Bazzil Old Gold
DP: Steampunk Debutante Collection by Graphic 45
Stamp: Princess Lotus Flower from Michelle Perkett Studio
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Other: Large wooden tissue box cover from Kaiser, Kaiser rhinestones, foam dots, black craft paint

Once Upon a Time Bookmark

2011-05-02T18:00:00.007+10:00

YAY...it's May and I get to be one of the Guest Designers for Pollycraft for a whole month :) Can you tell I'm excited??!! This is my first time as a GD and I'm really looking forward to working with all the very talented girls on the Pollycraft DT.

Anything Goes is the first challenge for the month and has been set by the lovely Marit. For my project I made a bookmark with the cute Cherry Kisses Princess:

And here's the back:

The 12 x 12 DP I used on the reverse inspired me to make the bookmark...it has a castle on one side of the paper and the words "Once upon a time" across the bottom. Unfortunately I couldn't fit the whole castle graphic on the back but I think it still looks cute anyway! The little tag is from another sheet of 12 x 12 DP which has an allover pattern of glazed and glittered castles & carriages. I've glittered the edges of the image panel and the little castle panel on the tag.

Hop on over to the challenge blog and check out all the amazing DT inspiration :)

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Pink Passion (retired)
DP: Adorn It: Princess Collection, Best Creations: Once Upon a Time
Stamp: Chery Kisses Princess from Pollycraft
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Other: Organza ribbon from stash, SU Circle & Scallop Circle punches, CM Corner Rounder punch, superfine glitter, foam dots

No Girls Allowed!

2011-04-29T17:00:00.003+10:00

It's time for another Copic/Promarker challenge over at The Outlawz. Our theme this week is Colouring Wood. For my project I've used a digi by one of our lovely Outlawz DTeamies, Amy Beaver. As soon as I saw this image I knew what I wanted to do with it :) I've made a door hanger that would be perfect for a boy's room. I'm not sure if Amy is selling her digis yet but I'm sure if you paid her a visit and contacted her, she could arrange for you to get it :)

Here's the hanger:

The wooden door hanger is from Kaiser. I've painted it black on all the edges and the back, then papered the front with some retired Kaiser DP. I grunged the DP up a bit with some grey ink sponging and printed the wording on the computer.

Thanks for looking. Hope you'll come on over and play along with us this week.
Have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card
DP: Kaiser (retired)
Stamp: Treehouse by Amy Beaver
Colouring: Copics, glitter pen (for the nails)
Other: Kaiser wood door hanger, SU Going Grey Ink Pad, Foam dots, computer generated wording

Youth Fairy

2011-04-22T17:00:00.000+10:00

It's Friday and time for another challenge over at The Outlawz Copic/Promarker group. This week's theme is Anything Goes...an easy one...so come along and join us. We'd love to see what you create :)

I saw this fairy at Mo's Digital Pencil a while back and loved her 'real woman' body lol...there are 3 of these fairies to choose from and they are all very cute! I wanted to make a birthday card for a friend with a good sense of humour and remember seeing a card on a blog somewhere with a male fairy and this wording:
"Many years ago the Youth Fairy flew into your bedroom and, waving her wand, said "..... shall be forever young" then inside the card it says... "but you rolled over and squashed her and now look what happened!!" I'm generally pretty good at noting where I find things I want to use, so that I can give credit to the creator, but this time I've been very remiss and not noted the blog address :( If anyone knows who posted the original card, could you please let me know so I can post a link back to their card.

The frame around the gorgeous fairy is one of Penny Duncan's Shaplies files. Penny is the most amazingly generous lady...all her cut files are FREE to download from her blog HERE. So if you have an electronic cutter, go check out Penny's site...and leave her some love for all her generosity :) I think some of the files are also available as PDF for those who don't own a cutter. Penny also has some free digital stamps to download...so hop on over there and say hello to her :)

Here's a close-up of the lovely lady :) She reminds me of a sassy fairy godmother lol!!

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU River Rock & Purely Pomegranate
DP: Basic Grey from the Lemonade paper pad
Stamp: Fairy 3 from Mo's Digital Pencil
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Other: Sewing machine, superfine glitter, PDC Shaplies, KNK Maxx, American Crafts rhinestone brads, fairy charm (was an earring!) & jewelry spacer from stash, computer generated wording, SU Ticket Punch, foam dots

Easter Bunny Box

2011-04-16T09:33:00.002+10:00

Well, I'm on a roll since getting back to crafting. The poor house still looks disgusting coz I haven't done the housework yet :( Tomorrow maybe...today is work...YUK!

For the Pollycraft challenge this week I thought I'd make a treat box. The theme is Easter so I wanted something big enough to put small eggs in. This is what I came up with:

The cute little bunny is from Spring & Summer Things by Pollycraft. I've coloured him with Prismas...more practising lol I'm really enjoying the pencils. They are very different to Copics of course, but that's what I like about them...a completely different effect :) The box template and instructions can be found on Splitcoast under the resources tab. It's a really quick & easy box to make up. The Easter egg paper is digi from Digichick.

And open:

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: Splendorgel 190 for image, SU Blue for mat
DP: Digi paper from The Digichick Shop
Stamp: Spring & Summer Things Bunny from Pollycraft
Colouring: Prisma pencils & OMS, glitter pens
Other: SU Crystal Effects, glaze pen, foam dots, SU Large Oval & Ticket punches

Flower Girl

2011-04-15T17:00:00.004+10:00

I'm baaaack!! Sadly I missed last week's challenge at The Outlawz...I had to use a card from last year as I just couldn't get any free time to create a new project :( We've had visitors, conference and more visitors over the last 2 weeks...not to mention still keeping up with the work stuff!! I loved having the visitors and the conference was fun...but...I missed my creative time soooo much. I've been having withdrawals!! So it was very nice to sit and make something for this week's challenge...which is Grounding Your Image.

Here's what I came up with:

I've used Flower Girl from the Swings & Slides Set 2 available at Pollycraft. Isn't she sweet :) I've given her a footpath , some grass and a sponged sky to ground her. The footpath was created by following a tutorial HERE by Amy R at Prairie Paper & Ink.

I also christened my new SU Ticket Punch...sent to me by a lovely Outlawz teamie friend, Maureen. I've tried everywhere in Aus to buy one of these and they're just not available :( I LOVE this punch...thanks sooo much Maureen...*waving* :)

AND....drum roll....I've PUT A FLOWER EMBELLIE ON MY CARD LOL!! I'm not good with embellies...put them on and then usually take them off again!! Especially flowers...love them on everyone else's cards but struggle to use them on mine!

Here's a close up of the lovely little flower girl:

I hope you'll come and join us for this week's challenge...we'd love to see how you ground your images.
Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Always Artichoke
DP: Tea at Elsie's from Kaiser
Stamps: Flower Girl from Pollycraft's Swings & Slides Set 2, SU Teeny Tiny Sentiments (For You)
Colouring: Copics, Glitter pens, SU Baja Breeze stamp pad
Other: Copic Olive Multiliner, foam dots, flowers from stash

Just For You

2011-04-15T14:15:00.000+10:00

Well...we've been to our conference, all the visitors are gone and I think I'm nearly up-to-date with the work stuff...YAY! I'm sooooo tired that I can't really be bothered doing anything (meaning the housework, which badly needs done) so last night I sat and played with my poor neglected Prisma pencils. I've been wanting to practise colouring with them since I bought them and haven't seemed to find the time...or the confidence to have a go. Thanks to some awesome tutorials and advice from the lovely (not to mention very talented) Dorcas & Dana, I had a much better idea of how to start :) Thanks so much girls for all your help and encouragement.

I coloured three images last night and decided to make this one into a card to enter into the POM challenge this week over at The Outlawz, which is "Get out of your comfort zone and use a new technique or product" Well, I can tell you that using the Prismas to colour is well out of my comfort zone right now lol Here's my card:

This is Teatime Teddy from Cuddly Buddly...isn't he cute :) The gorgeous DP is from the Eva 6" paper pad by Basic Gray. I really enjoyed using my pencils and will be alternating between them and my Copics from now on :)

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: Splendorgel 190 for image, SU Bravo Burgundy, CM Heritage Pink
DP: Eva from Basic Gray
Stamp: Teatime Teddy from Cuddly Buddly
Colouring: Prisma Pencils & OMS, glitter pens
Other: KNK Maxx to cut circles, glaze pen, SU Crystal Effects, Kaiser rhinestones, superfine glitter, foam dots

Time for Beauty

2011-04-01T17:00:00.001+11:00

Our challenge theme for the Copic/Promarker Challenge at The Outlawz this week is to Colour an Embellishment. This one had me putting my thinking cap on for a while because, in case you hadn't noticed, I'm not very good in the embellie department lol. While I love them on everyone else's cards, I struggle to get them on mine and be happy with the end result...I think that's why I stick to fairly CAS layouts...or make 3D stuff!!

This is what I came up with:

I've coloured the Kaiser rhinestones on the mat with my Y26 Copic marker...the photo below shows them better :) The beautiful image is from Gingerloft Designs. And woo hoo...I stitched on this card! My sewing machine is very happy :)

Here's the bling :)

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: Express It blending card, SU Choc Chip

DP: Origins from Basic Gray (6" paper pad)

Stamp: Beauty from Gingerloft Designs

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens

Other: Superfine glitter, glaze pen, metallic gel pen, Kaiser rhinestones, foam dots

Pot o' Pansies

2011-03-25T17:00:00.000+11:00

It's time for our Copic/Promarker challenge over at The Outlawz. This week's theme is Colouring Flowers...hope to see you there :)

Here's my card:

I've used Pot of Pansies from Digi Doodles. To do the colouring I downloaded a free pansy image from the internet and then proceeded to do my best to copy the colouring. I really wanted to put the image in this gorgeous new CB embossed frame that I recently bought....made the card quick & easy to put together...and it really makes the image pop :) Then I masked the centre oval and sprayed the embossing with shimmer mist. That's it. There's not even any glitter pens on this one lol...my fave accessories!

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, Dark Purple CS
Stamp: Pot of Pansies from Digi Doodles
Colouring: Copics
Other: CB embossing folder, Pssst! Frost Shimmer Spritz

Thinking of You

2011-03-24T18:21:00.001+11:00

WOO HOO...it's only Thursday and I'm getting my Pollycraft entry in!!!! It's not a last minute rush at the weekend :) The challenge this week is Swirls & Pearls. I've made a card to send to one of my cyber friends who recently lost her mum...such a sad thing to happen to this lovely young woman.

I used one of the beautiful Lillybean fairies from Pollycraft. I haven't used one of these for a while and was having withdrawals lol...I use them a lot b/c they are so versatile as well as being beautiful :) The gorgeous DP is from the new Magic Happens paper pad from Kaiser. I love the little paper pads...they have a few specialty papers and 4 pages of borders & die cuts. This is one of the specialty papers...the swirls are glazed...very pretty IRL.

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Whisper White & Perfect Plum
DP: Magic Happens from Kaiser (6.5" paper pad)
Stamp: Clover Dreams Lillybean from Pollycraft, Sentiment from SU
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Other: SU Crystal Effects, superfine glitter, Kaiser pearls, foam dots

Codi Stylin' Bag

2011-03-20T18:45:00.001+11:00

Well, it's Sunday and I'm doing my Pollycraft entry again...*sigh*...one of these weeks I'm going to get this done before the weekend and shock myself!! The challenge this week is Teen Cards. I haven't actually made a card but my project is teen themed, so I hope that's okay.

I'm into bag making at the moment...loved making the little totes from my last post so thought I'd keep the bag thing going while I'm in the mood :) I love sewing bags and have made quite a few over the years but I'm not back into the sewing as yet so I'm getting my fix with paper lol.

I had a brainwave in the middle of the night, sometime during the week, and decided to have a go at a denim bag...perfect teen pressie...although it's not all holey and ragged, so it might not pass muster :) In the past I've made bags from old jeans, so thought I'd give that idea a go in paper. I've had the denim DP for years...from my scrapbooking days...so set about creating this after working this morning. It's taken me all afternoon to create...I can see why I couldn't make a living out of papercrafting...reckon I'd be on about $2 hour lol!!!

I even SEWED the pieces with my poor, neglected sewing machine :) Then I made a tag to hang from the handle using Codi Stylin' from Pollycraft. The DP was a bit tricky as it was single sided so I had to do everything twice to 'line' it...would be much easier with d/s DP :) I really love how this turned out and will make another one one day, if I can find some more denim patterned paper.

Here's the back :)

Please excuse the difference in colours of the 2 photos...I had a terrible time trying to get this to photo true to colour and I don't know if either is exactly right...the bottom one (no pun intended...does look like a bottom doesn't it lol) is probably the closest.

The bag open from the side:

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card
DP: From my stash...have no idea where it came from :(
Stamp: Codi Stylin' from Pollycraft
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Other: Sewing machine, SU Antique Brad, star & round eyelets, beading wire & wooden beads, ball chain, all from stash, SU Brocade Blue stamp pad for sponging edges

March 18th Challenge at The Outlawz

2011-03-18T17:00:00.000+11:00

It's that time of the week again...our Copic/Promarker challenge over at The Outlawz this week is either an Easter OR Mother's Day theme. I decided to do one of each...and something a bit different :)

First up is an Easter treat bag:

I've used the gorgeous little Leisel with her wheelbarrow from CC Designs and filled her wheelbarrow with Easter eggs.

My other project is a couple of cute little totes that could be used for Mother's Day:

I've had the template to make these for ages but hadn't got around to trying it out...I LOVE them!! I'll definitely be making more of these. And I'm going to stitch the next ones :) I used stamps from the retired SU hostess set called Time Well Spent...one of my fave SU sets :)

I hope you'll come and play along with us this week. Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Passion Pink (retired)
DP: Doodlebug (treat bag), Jack 'n' Jill from Prima and digi papers from Go Digital
Stamps: Leisel with wheelbarrow from CC Designs, SU Time Well Spent (retired)
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Templates: Haute Tote from Creations by AR & 2,5,7,10 Treat Bag from Splitcoast Stampers
Other: SU Crystal Effects, SU Circle & Scallop Border punches, fine glitter, brads & ribbon from stash, ball chain, foam dots

Super Maud :)

2011-03-12T09:46:00.001+11:00

Well...I've outdone myself this week...I'm posting my Pollycraft entry with 3 days to spare LOL!!! Much better than scraping in at the last minute :) The challenge this week is Fly Me To The Moon. This had me a bit stumped to begin with...then I thought of Super Maud :) {I think Maud might be Maurice's significant other half...they make a really spunky pair hehehe...I love 'em!!}

Anyhow...here's my card:

I've fussy cut Maud and popped her up on dots over the moon, in a flying pose. I was rapt when I found this digi paper in my stash...it's perfect with its splash of stars across the page :) Isn't Maud gorgeous! I seriously thought about putting Super Gran or Super Nanny...to the rescue...on the card somewhere but then thought better of it...would limit its use.

Here's a close up of the cute Granny/Nanny, showing the blingy bits :)

Let's face it, what self-respecting Superwoman would be seen without her bling?? :) :) :)
Isn't the sparkle on the moon brilliant! Love that shimmery, sparkly mist stuff.

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, CM Navy, SU Whisper White
Stamp: Super Maud from Pollycraft
DP: Digi paper from Peppermint Creative
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Other: Frost Pssst! Shimmer Spritz, SU Crystal Effects, glaze pen, CB embossing folder, CM Circles cutting system, foam dots, Spellbinders tag die, Kaiser ribbon, computer generated sentiment

Colouring Transparent Objects!

2011-03-11T17:00:00.010+11:00

Our challenge at The Otlawz Copic/Promarker challenge this week really challenged ME!! Our theme is to colour a transparent object...sheesh...talk about out of my comfort zone LOL I wanted to find something a little different and remembered I had Predictabella from Stampingbella in my stash and hadn't used her yet, so thought I'd give that a go...her crystal ball is clear so there's the something transparent....and I also thought of a freebie from The Creative Mind of Sylvie that was also sitting is my stash, waiting to get used....2 images, one of a glass jug and the other of 2 glasses.

I found colouring the transparent bits quite daunting as they didn't turn out how I'd envisaged them :( In the end I couldn't decide which card to submit for the challenge so I'm posting both!! I'm not overly happy with either...I think I need LOTS of practice with this...you need to click on the photo to enlarge to see the colouring on the crystal ball! Here are my cards:

And a close up to show the bling :)

When Life gives you lemons...make lemonade:

You need to use your imagination here...the sparkly buttons are supposed to be lemon slices and the rhinestones, the pips :) The sentiment was computer generated.

Hope you'll come and play along with us this week. Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant & Kiwi Kiss
DP: Digi papers from Misses BeeHaven Digital Scrapbooking
Stamps: Predictabella from Stampingbella, Freebie from Creative Mind of Sylvie
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Other: Ribbon & buttons from stash, Computer generated sentiment (Lemonade card) SU So Safron stamp pad, Kaiser rhinestones, foam dots, Purple Sprinkles

Art Deco Sepia Bride

2011-03-04T17:00:00.001+11:00

I'm home again and back into the everyday routine...so nice to have holidays occasionally to get out of the rut!! It's Friday and that means a new challenge for our Outlawz Copic/Promarker challenge group. This week we want to see you colour an image in either Black & White OR Sepia...you can use any DP but the image must be the set colours :) I chose to do sepia as I don't find blacks the easiest to colour with...and I chose to keep the theme sepia instead of using coloured DP.

Here's my card:

I've used the beautiful Art Deco Bride from Michelle Perkett. She's been printed onto Neenah Classic Crest cream CS and coloured using a variety of Copic markers from the E family. The embossing on the backing panel has been done on SU Shimmery White CS, which looks gorgeous IRL.

Here's a close up of the gorgeous bride:

Thanks for looking...hope you'll come and play with us this week. Have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: Neenah Classic Crest cream, SU Shimmery White, Very Vanilla & Soft Suede
Stamps: Art Deco Bride from Michelle Perkett, Perfect Punches (congratulations)
Colouring: Copics
Other: SU Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder (thanks Helen....waving...), foam dots, SU Soft Suede stamp pad

Diamonds & Pearls Star Fairy

2011-02-28T13:12:00.002+11:00

The Pollycraft challenge this week is Diamonds & Pearls. I'm getting in by the skin of my teeth AGAIN!! But this week I do have an excuse...I'm interstate, staying with my lovely friend Helen, so I'm posting this from her house :) Today is the last day of my visit...I head home tonight :(

Here's my card...

This is Star Fairy from Pollycraft...coloured with Prisma pencils...I need LOTS of experimenting & practice with this medium as I'm not really happy with the shading :( I love the look of the pencils and am determined to stick with them until I work out the best method and paper to get the result I want. Being at Helen's was the perfect excuse to play with this medium as I couldn't bring my Copics with me or my luggage would have been overweight lol!! I've been wanting to play with the pencils for ages but seem to always reach for my Copics...the pencils have pushed me well & truly out of my comfort zone!!!

I'll post all the details when I get home :)

Have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Whisper White, Purely Pomegranate, Tempting Turquoise
DP: Kaiser from the Magic Happens collection
Stamps: Star Fairy from Pollycraft, SU (sentiment & background star)
Colouring: Prismacolor pencils & OMS, glitter pens
Other: SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter, SU Purely Pomegranate ink, Kaiser rhinestones & pearls, Versamark ink (for b'ground stars), SU Oval & Oval Scallop punches, foam dots

Dreams are like stars...

2011-02-25T17:00:00.002+11:00

Hello everyone...it's Friday AGAIN...they seem to be coming around very fast these days lol!! And Friday means a new Copic/Promarker challenge over at The Outlawz. Our theme this week is to colour hair in depth. Sheesh...this isn't my favourite colouring pastime!! Being on the DT is challenging me to get out of my comfort zone and try different things...thanks Tammy :)

Here's what I came up with this week:

This beautiful goddess is Billie Mann Goddess from Gingerloft Designs. I thought she'd be perfect for this challenge with all that hair to colour lol The little tag reads: Dreams are like stars...you may never touch them but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny. I created the tag on the computer, using the wording from a Kaiser tag in the gorgeous new Magic Happens collection. The colours weren't right to use with this, so I made my own :) I thought it was a perfect sentiment to use as she's surrounded by little stars.

And a close up of the beautiful goddess :)

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:
CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Choc Chip & More Mustard
DP: Kaiser Devonshire Collection from the 6" pad
Stamp: Billie Mann Goddess from Gingerloft Designs
Colouring: Copics, glitter pens
Other: Glaze pen, mesh ribbon & brad from stash, Kaiser rhinestones, foam dots, Old Paper Distress Ink

Cupcake Kiki

2011-02-19T21:42:00.000+11:00

Well...I'm a bit earlier getting my entry into the Pollycraft challenge this week...but not by much! The theme this week is "Special Birthdays". There are a few babies coming up to one soon so I've made a card...for a beautiful little girl called Elke.

Card closed:

I used the very cute Kiki with Cakes & the single Cupcake from Pollycraft and made a tri shutter card...a style I love but haven't made for ages. They are so much fun to decorate :) The gorgeous papers are from a digi kit by Shabby Elements. I actually managed to get this finished in daylight hours for a change but still had probs with the photoing because it's been pouring rain and very grey here today :( AND tri shutters aren't the easiest things to photo at the best of times!!

Open

Flat

I coloured 4 of the little cupcakes for the corner sections and matted them with the green CS. The sentiment panel was computer generated, using one of the ribbon elements for the frame. I've left the centre panel inside the card plain for a hand-written greeting.

Thanks for looking...have a wonderful day :)

Supplies:

CS: X-Press It blending card, SU Old Olive, CM Dusty Pink

DP: Lots of Dots from Shabby Elements

Stamps: Kiki with Cakes & Cupcake from Pollycraft

Colouring: Copics, glitter pens

Other: Glaze pen, Stickles, SU Circle Scallop & Circle punches, fine glitter, Copic multiliner, foam dots