Christmas in July

 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

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

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???!!!

...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

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

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 :)

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

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