Sparkly Tobie and Christmas Stockings and Krista's fundraising Butterfly Stamp for The Butterfly Babies

Hi all, hope you are all well, where is the time going!!!  We had a fantastic day out with my sister on Saturday, went to St Andrews Market (DH got me a Christmas pressie, hand carved wooden trinket box) then onto Healsville Santuary, weather was just perfect.  As she flew back to England my MIL flew here and arrived on Tuesday morning for eight weeks and will be celebrating her 88th Birthday with us on the 11th October.

For my inspiration this week over at the Mad for Markers Store Blog I have used Deck the Halls Tobie, from Some Odd Girl and she is available from the M4M Store here. This is a fantastic set, it includes Tobie, two stockings, two sentiments, a cute reindeer, candy cane and bell.

 

A closer look at stamped and coloured stockings using my copics lol! Then versamarked the coloured image and sprinkled with Embossing Powder Sparkle.

 

Copics and spicas used

 

Copics and Spicas, double sided tape, mounting foam and a huge selection of stamps, papers, digi images are all available from our Mad for Markers Store.

 

You still have time to enter our challenge using copic colours from G and YG family

Mad for Markers Spring Sale all of September

All our Copic Sketch Markers have been reduced by 15%

and Copic Ciao by 8%

New to Mad for Markers

Saturated Canary Rubber Stamps and

new Digi Designer Ardith Trump "When the Crow Flies"

and finally Flourishes Stamps

 

Challenges

 

Make it Monday #108 - Anything Goes

Some Odd Girl September Challenge - Sketch ( I rotated it 180 degrees)

ABC Christmas Challenge 2012 - S for Santa

The Paper Shelter Challenge #83 - Anything Goes

Heck of a Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

 

I also wanted to share this fundraiser that Krista from Saturated Canary has going to help raise funds for -

 

 

I had never heard of this illness and am truly blessed that I can give my two children hugs all the time.

 

She has this cute SC Baby image for sale full details here on her blog here

 

Thank you for stopping by, hope to catch up with you all soon, happy crafting and have a lovely weekend, take careX:)

 

 

Crochet Snowflake Tia Christmas Card, knitted baby blanket

Hi all, hope you are all keeping well, all good here apart from the cold bug, still busy at work to.

Today for my inspiration over at the Mad for Markers Store Blog I have used the cute Warm Wishes Tia from Some Odd Girl available here and created this Christmas card, this is my first go at crocheting a Snowflake, fairly pleased lol!  The sentiment I made using shrink plastic.

I have used spicas to add a zig zag pattern to the hat and tights as well as for colouring the skirt, pressies, bell, bracelet and adding highlights to her hair. 

Copics and spicas used

Skin - E000, E00, E01, E11, R20

Hair and Eyes - E31, E33, E35, E37. W10

Clothes - V12, V15, V17, RV10, RV21, RV23, RV25

Spicas - Lavender, Lilac, Pink, Blossom, Gold, Red, Olive

Copics, spicas, multiliners used as well as a huge selection of stamps, papers, digi images are all available from our Mad for Markers Store

We would love to see your creations in our Mad for Markers Anything Goes Challenge

For some exciting news Sammi has just started a New Online Copic Club full details here on our Mad for Markers Store Blog with an AWESOME video, (not geeky enough to get in this post lol)

Challenges

Make It Monday Challenge #102 - Anything Goes
No Matter Which Challenge #1 - Anything Goes
Copic Oz Challenge - Winter Theme
Some Odd Girl Challenge - Sketch
Creative Card Crew Challenge #17 - Maps/Newsprint/Sheet Music/Script

Personal for those who are interested

Had my knitted head on again lol and made this beautiful blue baby blanket, now on with a lilac/pink one

A photo from the garden had to show how vibrant this looks

Thank you for stopping by, happy crafting, take careX:)

Vintage Icing Decoration, Holiday Photos and Festive Wishes

Hi all, hope you are all well and not too stressed!!!

For my post this week over at the Mad for Markers Store Blog I have made a vintage icing decoration, I did have two but the star shape broke.  Hoping to fix it lol!!  When I get the chance.

I really struggled getting a good photo, but it definately sparkles from using the spicas!  I have used them on the outline of the images and to colour too!  Some of the embellishments were coloured with copics.

Copics and Spicas used

B28, BG10, BV08, C00, C1, RV66, YR12

Baby Blue, Black, Clear, Garnet, Lilac, Lavender, Lipstick, Melon, Olive, Pitch Black

You still have eight days to enter our current Mad for Markers Christmas Challenge we look forward to seeing your festive creations.

Challenges

Inky Impressions Challenge #38 - Christmas Cheer

Creative Inspirations Challenge #143 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Let's Play Bingo (Ribbon, Gems, Sparkle)

Try it on Tuesday Taggers Challenge - Anything Goes

Bizzy Bec's Store Challenge Blog - Christmas

Make It Monday Linky Party - Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge Blog - Let's Celebrate
Craft your Days Away Challenge #35 - Snowmen
Copic Oz Challenge - Christmas

Personal for those that are interested.

We took a break (9th-16th) and went to the high country and stayed near a place called Mansfield.  It was like a bigger version of the Lake District, we saw Kangaroos, Deer, Wallaby, Wombat, Yabby, Kookaburra, Long necked Turtle, three types of parrot and two types of Heron and this doesn’t include the zoo! Oh and I nearly forgot, Morgan got quite a scare from a Tiger snake.

The view from our accomodation at Liptelvin, pet friendly, so Rusty came away with us and even had his own accomodation which he shared with Ben his play buddy.

The fog on one side of Mount Buller (ski resort in the winter)

How awesome is this sculputered water melon!!

A wombat at night, on the road to the accomodation

A quick break on our 40k bike trek from Mansfield to Bonne Doon

Rosanna and Morgan horse riding

This was taken at the zoo

A long Necked Turtle, which we nearly run over, we rescued him/her and the children placed it in the creek

How fluffy are those clouds, took this one for inspiration when I have another practice at colouring clouds with my copics lol!

We had a wonderful family holiday (the first time we have had a chilling out one) Edward’s injury to his foot slowed him down some. (Accident at work a job jumped on his foot and just missed his safety shoe, so he ended up with 3 stitches across the top of his foot). Though we did manage a 40K bike ride, bike riding is a little easier on his foot. Rosanna and Morgan both went on a two hour horse ride and thoroughly enjoyed it! We keep saying we must do more of this!  Got to be one of our best family breaks. The views were breathtaking.  Came back and have worked since lol!  Still haven't got my Xmas Tree/Decs up yet, hopefully tonight.

Hope to catch up with you all soon

Wishing you all a magical Christmas and a fun and healthy 2012, take careX:)



Christmas Tree Keepsake Baubles/Decorations, Cards and Tags

Hi all, today I would like to show you some Keepsake Christmas baubles, one each for Rosanna and Morgan and one for us, one side has a coloured image and the other side is for a photo I hope to take on Christmas day.  This is a tradition each year I buy some Christmas decoration so when they leave home they will have a selection of goodies for their own trees.

This is a look at them before I put them in the plastic bauble as it was hard to get a photo without a reflection, you know what I mean lol!  They are coloured using copics available from Sammi over at the Mad for Markers Store.  You still have a day and a half to enter our Anything Goes Challenge here

I have glittered around the edges and here and there lol!

The background has been embossed, then distress inks and glimmermisted.  (These are the inserts from some window cards I have made. 

just had to have a purple dressed snowman lol!

This is Santa inside the bauble, I have put the date on the top.  I am going to buy some flowersoft, as the sparkly fluff was too fine and give it a snowy ground.

 The two snowmen (just had to have a purple one lol!)

Took a class with Jennifer McGuire on using distress ink and learnt quite a bit, this is my interpretation of her window card.  Added a few pearls on the embossed background.  The snowman is heat embossed and I added a little more colour with my copics.

After embossing and colouring I used sandpaper to take the colour off the top of the dots to make them white.

 The glimmermist really adds a beautiful sparkle

Finally a couple of simple, sparkly gift tags

Challenges

Shirley-Anne's get organised for Christmas Challenge, I am so way behind!

Make It Monday Linky Party- Anything Goes

Copic Oz - Christmas Creations (The Baubles)

Simon Says Challenge Blog - Tag your it!

Now onto making up twelve calenders with photos to send overseas, so guess I won't be getting up to mischief lol!

Thank you for stopping by, hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  Happy Thanksgiving to those of you that celebrate, take careX:)

Warm Wishes Tia Non Traditional colour Christmas Card with Shrink Plastic Sentiment

Hi all, hope you are all well, running a little late, the camera was at work, took the card into work and couldn't find the cable to connect to the computer, so brought her back home again lol!  Today for my inspiration post over on the Mad for Markers Store Blog I have used the gorgeous Some Odd Girls Stamp 'Warm Wishes Tia'  set which comes with a cute penguin, sentiments and presents, now available from Sammi.  She is coloured with some of my new favourate copic colours.   Kindyglitz Glitter around the edges and in places on embossed background, which is metallic card.

A closer look at all the sparkle, she was also sprayed with glimmermist after I cut her out and glossy accents on eyes, bell and shoes.

Had a little play with the shrink plastic as I had an idea to make a tag/label using it and this is some of what I came up with, on the card I coloured the edge with Copic V09 and punched a hole for the twine.  Below are a few different variations, if you click on the photo, you can see the writing is very clear.  Need some different coloured inks pads now.

Papers are mainly Kasiercraft from the 'Dear Santa Collection'.  Sentiment SU 'Many Merry Messages'. 

Copics Used

Hat - RV63, 66, 69, Spica Garnet

Hair - V09, 20, 25,

Clothes - V04, V06, 09, BV01, 02, 04

Skin/Face - E000, E00, B24

Parcels - FRV1, FV2, RV21, BV11R85 and Spica Garnet

You still have time to enter our 'Black and Orange' Challenge over at our Mad for Markers Challenge Blog.

Challenges

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #129 -
Sundays with Chrissy Challenge #23 - Christmas Card Using Non Traditional Colours
Inky Impressions Challenge #32 - Glitter It Up
Make It Monday Challenge #62 - Anything Goes
Shirley-Anne's Blog - 50 cards by 1st December, thought this was going to be easy lol, way behind!!  Hi Shirley-Anne remember me lol!

Better go got to make tea, going to be a little late tonight lol!  Thanks for stopping by, happy crafting, enjoy the rest of your week, take careX:)

Decoupage 'Forever Friends' Christmas Cards

Hi all, just a quick post before I am too late lol!  Where is March going!!!

Finally got these adorable cards finished, I bought this gorgeous 'Forever Friends Cosy Christmas Collector's Pack' sometime last year intending for Rosanna and I to be organised for Christmas 2010, looks like we will be organised for 2011 lol!  My gorgeous blogging buddy Cheryl has a little fun going on for her followers to win a gorgeous rubber stamp, Victorian Sweetheart Olivia, as well as encouraging us to start getting organised for Christmas and to create 5 Christmas cards (thought I would have been finished last weekend lol) and the lovely Shirley-Anne, has challenged her followers to create Christmas cards too, 50 before 1st December and has a little goodie bag too!

EDITED thought I had till the 25th actually 24th just pipped Mr Linky LOL!!

Always fancied a go at decoupage and this was so easy lol!  All pre cut designs, just had to pop them out lol!

 such adorable images

  Cute little robins

 gingerbread people

 feel the warmth from the fire lol!

 such fun

 love this sentiment

 adorable

These were so much fun to make, though I did miss using my copics lol!

Rosanna has five part made just need putting onto cards

Would also like to enter the following challenges

Creative Card Crew Challenge - No Stamps???

Southern Girls Challenge - To add an animal

Make It Monday Linky Party - a place over on Michelle's blog to share your creations

Stampin Vacation Animal Applause Challenge

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

Inky Impressions Embossing Challenge

Hi all

Hope you have all had an Wonderful Australia Day!  We set out early this morning and went to Healesville Sanctuary, and have had a fantastic day, then went into the city and had a meal in Lygon Street at an Italian Restaurant.  So yes we have all been spoilt! Just wished Edward's Aunty Nan A Very Happy 85th Birthday, she is celebrating with a party on the 5th but unfortunately we can't make it.

Anyway onto our Inky Impressions Challenge 7 which is 'Embossing', we would love to see any kind of embossing on your creation!  I have heat embossed the snowflakes (dots) and sentiment.  I have used Nicole's new winter release 'Winter Fashion Marlee' available here isn't she gorgeous!  Aren't those eyes just amazing!

A closer look at the Marshmallow Glimmer Mist and Sugar Sparkly Fluff, kindly glitzed all the edges and dots on the dsp

 Heat embossed Inky Impressions sentiment with Brad

Crafting goodies used

Inky Impressions -Winter Fashion Marlee, Sentiment and Brad
Papers Papermania 'Festive Folics' - just loove these papers
Cardstock SU

Don't forget to pop over to the Challenge blog and see what gorgeous 'Embossed' creations the DT have for you.

Challenges

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #88 -so missed doing these sketches but being a little behind with my DT work I managed to use the sneak peak
Let's Ink It Up Challenge #8 - Anything Goes
Glitterbabe's Challenge #28 - Anything Goes with Sparkle
Crafty Creations Challenges - "Let's Heat it Up'
CMC Copic Challenge Group - Red and Pink



Thank you for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

Inky Impressions Winter Wonderland Challenge

Hi all

Welcome to our Inky Impressions Challenge 5 which is 'Winter Wonderland' and today I have used Nicole's new winter release 'Sophia and Snowman' available here isn't she just cute!  Can't believe how wonky that ribbon looks in the photo, must use a ruler next time!!

A closer look at the Glimmermist Marshmallow I think it adds a lovely snow effect. Added Kindyglitz to the edge of the oval, snowman and flowers.

Challenges

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #93 - Sketch Challenge
Let's Ink It Up Challenge #8 - Anything Goes
Bizzy Bec's Store January Challenge - Recipe, 3 flowers, 2 buttons, 1 Ribbon
Copic Creations Challenge #41 - Sparkle
Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings Challenge #15 - Something New plus ribbon
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #146 - Out with the Old
ABC Challenge A - Anything Goes
The Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenges January - Anything Goes
CMC Copic Challenge Group - Fur
Papertake Weekly Challenge #9 - Cold and Frosty Morning
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge #17 - Anything Goes
Stamping Vacation Challenge No No No - No Tags

Crafting goodies used

Inky Impressions - Sophia and Snowman Stamp
Papers - Kaisercraft 'Home for Christmas'
Bizzy Becs - Flowers
Crafty Ribbons - Ribbon
My Stash - Snowflake Buttons

Don't forget to pop over to the Challenge blog and see what gorgeous winter creations the DT have for you.

Thank you for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)