School is Cool

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

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

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

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

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

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

Loads of Love

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...

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

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