My first Side Step Card for Christmas

 Hi all, Continuing our 'non traditional Copic Colouring Christmas Creation Challenge over at Mad for Markers I finally had a go a making a side step card using the cute TGF snowmen, the tree is an SU stamp and I have used spicas to make it sparkle.  The sentiment is heat embossed.  I have used kindyglitz around the edges of the sentiment, on the snowmen and along the top edges of the steps.  Handmade snowflake and the pom pom is off some ribbon, I think it is a little big but it is stuck on now.

I sprayed the whole card with Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer mist and it warped it a little but is sure does sparkle lol!

Copics

B21, B24, B26, BG10, C00, C1, R20, R24, R29,YG41, Spicas, Lavender, Gold, Red, Blossom and Clear

ust a reminder Sammi over at the Mad for Markers Store can cater for all your copic requirements, as well as markers, there are various sticky tapes, Xpress Blend It Paper, masking paper etc. and new to the store Flourish with bling embellishments.  Posting to New Zealand and Australia. .  Also check out our new challenge blog each day for more wonderful inspiration from our DT.  We so look forward to visiting your space in blog land to see your wonderful creations.

Sammi is now offering an Online Beginners Copic Class, details here

 

Challenges

CMC Copic Challenge Group - Photo inspiration and three elements

Stamps R Us Challenge #10 - Holiday Card

One Stitch at a Time Challenge Blog - Glitz it Up, using sparkle, glitter and bling

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Let it Snow

Copic Oz Challenge #5 - Christmas with a Twist

Alphabet Challenge Blog - E is for embossing

Thanks for visiting, hope you are all well, happy crafting, take careX:) 

Oh No another Purple Christmas card LOL, a little family fun and Mad for Markers Copic School

Hi all, Continuing our 'non traditional Copic Colouring Christmas Creatlion' over at Mad for Markers I have used this cutie Magnolia snowman to create another purple Christmas card.  Added kindyglitz to him and the snowflake paper.  Part ribbon bow, (sorry photo not to clever, this ribbon is a gorgeous purple with sparkly purple trim edging) added purple rhinestones.  I just had to use my Tim Holtz on the edge snow flurries on glitter card again.

A close up to show some of the sparkle

Copics

C00, C01, BG10, V12, V15, V17

Just a reminder Sammi over at the Mad for Markers Store can cater for all your copic requirements, as well as markers, there are various sticky tapes, Xpress Blend It Paper, masking paper etc. and new to the store Flourish with bling embellishments.  Posting to New Zealand and Australia. .  Also check out our new challenge blog each day for more wonderful inspiration from our new DT.  We so look forward to visiting your space in blog land to see your wonderful creations.

Sammi is now offering an Online Beginners Copic Class, details here

Challenges

Stampin Vacation Lot's of Paper Challenge - Paper with Snowflakes
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Holiday
Pile it On #46 - Winter means Snow
One Stitch at a Time Challenge #40 - Choose a season or event
Paper Play Challenges Week 40 - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Southern Girls Challenge #6 - Your favourate Colour
Creative Cowgirls Challenge #1 - Anything Goes
ABC Christmas Challenge - X = Xmas
Simon Says Challenge - Sparkle


Personal Stuff for those who are interested

This weekend took time away from the computer, the boys went to the factory after shopping at Laverton Market to get some of the pieces needed to make Morgan's Bike Trailer, my little fella is so chuffed with himself, this is so he carry his little friends on.

 He can go round in circles to

 

He hopes to put a post on his blog soon.  Now the boys made better progress than us girls.  But in all fairness we had food shopping, washing, cleaning, weeding etc (or I did most of it lol), you know what it is like, put the washing out and then see a weed or two before you know it an hour has gone lol!  It was really good to chill out together especially as Rosanna picked up a sore throat and head cold.  Feeling much better today.

We had a trip to Spotlight to get some more plastic canvas for our canvas bags we are cross stitching as we mess up on the cutting out lol!  This is how far we have got!

Sunday we started our latch hook projects (last years Xmas Pressies), Rosanna is making a Rudolph cushion and I am trying to make a snowman, never done this before took forever to cut out the canvas and have not mastered how to use the latch hook yet.

Reaching 32 degrees today and tomorrow with a thunderstorm due, sounds like crafting weather to me lol!  Let's hope DH thinks so too.  Off to the factory now, catch up with you all later.

Thanks for visiting, hope you are all well, happy crafting, take careX:)

Purple Fairy Holly over at Mad for Markers Untraditional Christmas Colour Challenge

Hi all,

Welcome to our new Mad for Markers Challenge to Copic Colour an Untraditional Christmas Colour Creation!  Now try saying that aloud LOL!

Well Christmas wouldn't be Christmas in our house without a little bit of purple lol!  So I have used my favourate image from Mo Manning 'Fairy Holly' and decorated a gift box for Christmas.  Now I don't usually use a lot of glitter but the sun has not shone much over here and I think I got a little too carried away.  Originally used 3d purple kindygliltz on the frilly underskirt and got carried away when I glittered the wings and spoilt the underskirt and didn't have time to start again so she is very sparkly!

Around the edge I have used my Tim Holtz on the edge snow flurries on glitter card then added a couple of glittered snowflakes (from my stash) with rhinestone brads coloured with V17.  Then added purple rhinestones for a snow falling effect.

A side view to try and show the sparkly cardstock, spica pens used in hair, lips, snow globe and dress

The ribbon around the box

Just a reminder Sammi over at the Mad for Markers Store can cater for all your copic requirements, as well as markers, there are various sticky tapes, Xpress Blend It Paper, masking paper etc. and new to the store Flourish with bling embellishments.  Posting to New Zealand and Australia. .  Also check out our new challenge blog each day for more wonderful inspiration from our new DT.  We so look forward to visiting your space in blog land to see your wonderful creations.

Copics

E00, E50, E51, E53, R20, V12, V15, V17, Y26 and 0.  Spica Pens, Clear (00), Lavender (01), Gold (11) and Blossom (14)

Challenges

Pollycraft Monday Challenge #70 -A Glittery Christmas
Michelle's Make It Monday Party - Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #12 - Christmas Theme
One Stitch at a Time Challenge #39 - Choose your Favourates (Purple, Image and Snowflakes)
ABC Christmas Challenge 'W' - Winter Wonderland
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #138 - Anything Goes
A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #129 - Snow/Snowflakes

Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - Time for you to Sparkle

Bee Crafty Challenge #39 - Christmas with a Digi Image
Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - It's all about snowflakes
CMC Copic Challenge Group - Photo inspiration


Better get to work now lol!  DH's last words were don't get distracted blogging, as if!  HE HE, hope to catch up with you all tonight.

Thank you so much for visiting, happy crafting, Take CareX:)

WOO HOO! I am so EXCITED just had to share my wonderful news and a few photos

Hi all,

First I hope you are all well and having a wonderful weekend, my MIL is on her way back to England and has a fantastic time, it really has been lovely having her but I have so missed my blogging!  Shall be round tonight to see what gorgeous creations I have missed out on.

Now on to my exciting news, I am now an INKETTE, for Inky Impressions  Challenge Blog, WOO HOO (picture me Happy Dancing LOL!) have been since Nicole asked me and now I can tell everyone.  It is like a dream come true, I just looove these gorgeous images!  Nicole has been busy designing the new Winter Release, did I say I am so excited!!!!  Thank you Angela and Crystal for introducing me to these gorgeous images.  So looking forward to working with all the new DT and GDT found here.

Off to catch up on the cleaning, washing, shopping etc and then hope to create with Rosanna, we made 18 Christmas cards for a friend fundraising in England and filled grannies journal up with lots of photos of her hols here with us, now I need to make my M4M card for Tuesday, how lucky am I to be on two wonderful design teams, would never have believed it this time last year.

 A few photos to share
just love this happy family photo, I am sure Rusty is smiling too,

this is at St Andrews Market

Pressing flowers etc for Rosanna's homework

 

Next to a bottlebrush  in the Rose Garden, usually granny's first and last place she visits.

another at the Rose Garden

Thank you all for visiting, happy crafting and see you all soon, take careX:)

Snowflakes for Mad for Markers

Hi all, just a very quick post again, off out with my MIL her time with us has flown by, she wants to go to Spotlight, for some buttons, she loves this shop.  

I haven't had much time for crafting but managed to quickly make these last night, for our Mad for Markers 'Anything but a Card challenge'.  I love these cute TGF snowmen (Keep Cozy), the snowflakes are felt covered with kindyglitz, I had to colour the pink sparkly thread with V15 and used red string for the TGF challenge.  Will be putting this on or in Christmas cards for our little people we send to.

 PURPLE SNOWFLAKE

 WHITE SNOWFLAKE - TGF Entry

 

 BLUE SNOWFLAKE

Copics

B21, B24, B26, BG10, C00, C1, C7, R20, R24, R29, V12, V15, V17, YR07

Just a reminder Sammi over at the Mad for Markers Store can cater for all your copic requirements, as well as markers, there are various sticky tapes, Xpress Blend It Paper, masking paper etc. and new to the store Flourish with bling embellishments.  Posting to New Zealand and Australia. .  Also check out our new challenge blog each day for more wonderful inspiration from the DT and you still have a few days to enter our current challenge Anything but a Card.  We so look forward to visiting your space in blog land to see your wonderful creations.

Personal

We took MIL to St Andrews market on Saturday, then onto Whittlesea Show, fantastic day out, the craft tent was just amazing!!  Could have spent hours in there lol!  Can't wait to go again next year there was so much to see and do for every age!   Granny leaves us late Saturday night, the time has just flown by.  Granny is a gardener more than a crafter, so we have spent quite a bit of time gardening and planting more plants out.  She also likes cleaning windows I can now see out of them lol!  I hope to try and catch up on your blogs soon but I am sure you understand we are spending as much time as poss with granny.

Sweet peas from the garden placed around the house with the most gorgeous scent, would love to share them for real with you all if you lived closer, sorry you shall have to make do with the photo and your imagination lol!

Challenges

The Greeting Farm Challenge - All Tied Up
One Stitch at a time Challenge #38 - Winter Wonderland

Thank you for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)  Hope to catch up with you all soon!!

Angela's Birthday Blog Candy

Hi all, just had to tell you about my lovely blogging buddy Angela's Gorgeous Birthday Candy!

Magnolia stamp - Tilda With Birdcage
Magnolia stamp - Dangling Tilda
Magnolia stamp - Wedding Singer Tilda
Inky Impression stamp - Cowgirl Lili
Sweet Pea stamp - 1 stamp unmounted from Plate 21
Sugar Nellie stamp - Blossom
Bildmalarna stamp - Wedding couple
Paper Makeup stamp - Swirlie tree
K&Co Mat pad - Berry Sweet
K&Co cupcake embellishments
Cookie cutter button embellishments
Various colored stick on gems

Some of you already know Angela and those of you who don't pop on over and have a look at her gorgeous creations.  Full details HERE.

Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

Christmas Decoration for our Mad for Markers Challenge

Hi all

First, blog hop post below and not to blow our own trumpets lol!  But the girls made some AMAZING creations, I was so excited too, my first ever hop which I have been part of, though it was late last night before I got hopping, don't forget the hop is open till Sunday.

Back to today's post, carrying on our challenge Anything but a Card I Thought I would make another Christmas Icing Decoration, (I made some last year with the idea from the 1st Magnolia Ink Magazine), they really do keep, I have two purples ones still hanging up.  Think they make beautiful gifts.  I have used Tilda unwrapped and of course coloured her using my copics.  The ribbon says Merry Christmas, I did try adding bows, charms etc but decided to keep it simple.

Spica has been added to her hair, ribbon in her hair and red wrapping paper.

Copics

0, C00, C1, BV11, BV13, E000, E00, E02, E11, E35, E50, E51, E53, R24, R27, Spica Pens Lavender, Gold & Red

Just a reminder Sammi over at the Mad for Markers Store can cater for all your copic requirements, as well as markers, there are various sticky tapes, Xpress Blend It Paper, masking paper etc. and new to the store Flourish with bling embellishments.  Posting to New Zealand and Australia. .  Also check out our new challenge blog each day for more wonderful inspiration from the DT and for our current challenge Anything but a Card.  We so look forward to visiting your space in blog land to see your wonderful creations.

On a personal note, we had a fantastic time yesterday in the Dandenong area, visiting The National Rhododendron Gardens in Olinda, which included a half hour bus tour ride, stunning flowers, gorgeous scenery and it was Free entry.  Then onto The Big Bouquet (now in the proud possession of a gerbera plant and flowers (don't often buy cut flowers but couldn't resist these, only $7 for 20 stems, bargain!), there are over 62,000 plants under one roof, then visited a stonefruit orchard covering 40 acres, we are going to go back in January when there is lots of fruit to pick.  Weather was just perfect a little damp to start off with felt like being back home in the Lake District, especially since I got to wear my walking coat I bought there, not had too many outings over here lol! Not sure what the plan is for today, everyone is still in bed!

For those in Melbourne having a fantastic day off, lets hope we don't get as much rain as predicted, we already have plenty of water standing in the garden lol!

Challenges

One Stitch at a Time Challenge Blog - Christmas Theme
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #66 - Anything Goes


Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

MAD FOR MARKERS FIRST BLOG HOP introducing the New Design Team

Good morning all,

Welcome to our first ever Mad for Markers blog hop. WOO HOO!  If you have come here from the gorgeous  Alicia's blog then you are on the right track, if not then please hop on over to http://www.madformarkers.blogspot.com/ to start this fun hop from the beginning (full list of the hop below.

Firstly, we would like to say a HUGE THANKS to the departing Design team ladies - Sue, Louise and Tracy who have been wonderful members of the Mad for Markers Design team and it is with sadness that we say farewell! Please pop by their blogs and give them some love and lots of THANKS for all the gorgeous inspiration they’ve shared with us all using Copic markers!

We would like to give a very warm welcome to the new team and are so very excited to have them on board.  You are going to love seeing their work which of course you will see as you are hopping…. you can also take a little detour to read more about the new team HERE

Now for some more exciting news Mad for Markers as from today has a separate challenge blog!  This is where you will  finish the hop!  We have lots of FUN things in store for you there!  On the existing Mad for Markers blog (stay tuned) we will have daily inspiration coming soon from our wonderful new team!

Make sure to leave all the Girls some love along the way and become a follower of the new challenge blog to be in the running to win a Wonderful Prize Pack OF:

3 Copics, 1 Multi Liner, a small pack of Neenah and XPress It blending card, plus a small sheet of X Press It Mask It Paper. 

There will ALSO be a couple of random winners chosen along the way. You have until next Sunday to complete the hop.

That's the blurb out of the way lol!  I just had to have a go at this gorgeous picnic basket inspired by Leonie over at the Bizzy Becs Challenge Blog.  Perfect to celebrate a cyber picnic with my new DT ladies!  Have used Inky Impression's 'Birthday Lili' but it can still be a celebration cake to new friends!

I have used kindyglitz on the icing for a little sparkle, spica pen on bobbles and nails, special effects eyes, lips, shoes.  Isn't she just a cutie!

  A close up of the various flowers (from Bizzy Becs), with a little touch of kindyglitz

Copics

0, B24, B91, B95, B97, BV02, R20, R29, E000, E00, E11, E13, E15, E17, E19, E50, FV2, RV21, RV23, RV91, V04, V06, V12, V15, V17, Spica Purple

BLOG HOP order

MAD for MARKERS blog 

Cassandra

Marcia

Alicia

Annette

Suzanne

Sheree

Michelle

Emma

Melissa

Tracey

Mel B

Linda

Rachael

Sammi – http://www.stuffbysammi.blogspot.com/

Our new MAD for MARKERS CHALLENGE BLOG

Thank you for hopping by  - now please hop on over to see what the gorgeous  Suzanne  has created.

Challenges:  (will link tonight, hope this is o.k.:)

Inky Impressions Challenge - Flowers

Happy Hopping/crafting, take careX::)


p.s.  this is scheduled (hopefully lol!). Rosanna and Morgan are off school Mon/Tues. so off showing Granny more of Australia, so will catch up with you all soon X:)