Cuddly Teddy Bea :)

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

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 :)

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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