Finally a card using Some Odd Girl Royal

Hi all, finally a card, did you miss me:)  Between work, family, other stuff happening and my mojo going on holiday, I haven't paper crafted or blogged anything like I would have liked!!  So hoping to remedy that and catch up with you soon.  Hope you and your families are all well. 

Today for my inspiration over at the Mad for Markers Store Blog I have used the gorgeous Royal from Some Odd Girl available from the store here, she comes with a crown, sentiment and banner stamp all of which I have used.

It was great to craft again and I had a lots of fun creating this card, tried a few different techniques new to me as well as using lots of pearls and flowers.

I stamped Royal using Lulu Lavender Memento, then I outlined her dress with my new Multiliner 0.3 PURPLE (a wonderful gift from a lovely friend, thankyou).  I thought it would be fun to have pink hair with added pearls (like those fancy pins you get for your hair), I slit her hair to place the crown coloured with spicas and added special effects.  I also used the sepia multiliner to outline some of the face and black multiliner to the eyes and lashes (which were a fiddle to cut round lol).  Sprayed her with Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer mist. Added pearls to the birds and flowers.

The banner was stamped with Lulu Lavender Momento ink and black memento for the sentiment.

One of my first tries at crocheting a flower, the pearl flower and butterfly are made using a template.  Got the gorgeous pearl flower ribbon from my local craft store.

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

Skin/Face - E000, E00, E01, E11, R20, E33, E37, multi liner Black and Sepia, Spica Lavender

Hair - RV10, RV11, RV13, RV14

Dress - V01, V12, V15, V17 and the new multiliner Purple (part of the brights set available here)

AND the colourless blender for correction and to blend out some of the colour in the dress and hair

BV08 and RV14 to colour some of the cream half pearls to match

Paper 6" Paper Pad La-Di-Da Collection and SS card stock.

We would love to see your creations in our Mad for Markers Colour Challenge to use either B, BG or BV or all if you wish.

Challenges

Some Odd Girl Challenge - Sketch
Copic Oz - Blender Challenge
Papertake Weekly Challenge - All Things Girly
Bearly-Mine Challenge #44 - Girly Card
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #172 Wings N Bling
Bizzy Becs Store Blog Challenge - Flower Power

Look what is fighting the wind in the garden had to rescue them, the scent is just amazing, so this bunch is sent out to you all, I counted 15 little heads on one of the daffodils.

Thank you for stopping by, happy crafting and have a lovely weekend, take careX:)

Lili's Flower Card, Koala, Parrot and The Great Ocean Road

Hi all hope you are all well, I am sooo excited I am off to see Dolly Parton tomorrow night and I can't wait, so we have had Dolly songs for the last couple of weeks lol!

DH didn't need me today so had a little time to play this morning, while my MIL pottered in the garden.  So Inked up 'Lili's Flower' isn't she gorgeous.

A closer look to show the glimmer mist, special effects and glitter, also to show the embossed edge on the pink scallop but hasn't shown up to well.

I would like to enter for following Challenges

Inky Impressions Challenge #33 - Give Thanks
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Thanksgiving/Thankyou
Southern Girls Challenge #32 - Embellishment Bingo embossed, ribbon, pearls
Make It Monday #64 - Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door Challenge #14 - Giving Thanks
One Stitch at a Time Challenge #92 - Anything Goes
Pile it On Challenge #47  - Anything with a 'P'
Stamps R Us Challenge - Bling It On
Copic Oz Challenge - Spring Time

Personal photos for those that are interested

As some of you will know my MIL is with us at the moment, we also had Edward's brother and wife come and stay for a few days and they wanted to see The Great Ocean Road, so I took them along with Rosanna and Morgan, we covered 468 kilometres and had a wonderful day!  Here are some pics for those who have never been.

Our first main stop was at Kennett River to have a drink/snack and see the birds and koalas, what a surprise we got when this parrot landed on Rosanna's head lol!

This is another one and he took a little bit of biscuit from me

How cute is this fella, we were so lucky to see him move around, though we did have neckache from looking up for so long lol!

Uncle William wanted a silly photo lol!

How blue is that ocean?

The Twelve Apostles, or what is remaining of them

This is just a round the corner from the Twelve Apostles, there is a cave too

A closer look

 Honest mum we will just paddle, these two ended up soaked lol!  Somethings never change!

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed the photos, gotta say took lots lol!  Have a wonderful week, take careX:)  Off to bed as soon as I link up the challenges so shall try and catch up with you all later in the week.

Mad for Markers Colour Challenge and DT call

Hi all, Tuesday again already!  Continuing our Mad for Markers Challenge this month we would love you to use Copic Colours from the following Colour Families YR, RV and BG.      

Today I have used Fleur Anya, coloured of course with my copics lol!  The dollie has been airbrushed (thanks Sammi), I have coloured the flowers using copics (but only the centre of the peach flower)

A side view to capture the spica colours dotted to the centre of the flowers and in her hair

Copics

Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20

Hair - E31, E33, E35, E37, Spica Gold

Dress - R81, R83, R85

Flowers - BG10, BG11, BG13, YR00, YR02, YR04, Spicas Orange and Turquoise

Paper Flowers - BG10, BG11, BG13, YR02, YR04

Dollie - RV06

Papers - Kaisercraft 6.5" Paper Pad Bubblegum Hills Collection
Sentiment - Inky Impressions

Don't forget our COLOUR Conference in October full details here.

Also Sammi is now stocking LaLa Land Stamps and The Greeting Farm Images as well as all your Copic requirements.

We are also having a DT call, so if you fancy having fun colouring with us girls check here for full details.

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Truly Dimensional

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Free and Easy

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

Inky Impressions Easel Card Challenge

Hi all, for our new Inky Impressions Challenge  we would like you to make an easel card, now you know how much I love my Easel cards, decided I needed to have a go at a side/twist easel.

I have used the cute Inky Image 'Lili's Stuffed Bunny', which was one of my first images I bought, at the start of  my Inky obsession lol!  Now not sure if I have the twist right but this is my version lol! 

Now this is very, very ribbony and flowery for me and so not sure I have got the mix right!  Now if you look closely at the butterfly buttons their embroidery thread antenna have stickles on the ends, DD said this helped them look more like butterflies lol!  The papers are Kaisercraft La-Di-Da Collection, love the colours.  The little butterflies are from my MS border punch and a cute little bunny charm.  No guesses who wants this card for her 14th Birthday lol!

 A closer look at Glimmer Misted Lili with her Bunny, also got the sewing machine out and stitched around the outer edges, used some green dewdrops on the flowers.

A photo of the side  view stamped the inside using a SU stamp

The flowers are all hand stitched, my poor thumb got stabbed a few times! Have used a sparkly button and brads for centres, some of the brads are coloured using Copics.  Finally used my SU leaves sizzlits Little Leaves die

Challenges

Make It Monday Linky Party #26 -Michelle's blog where you can share your creation with other crafters

Allsorts Challenge Blog Week 92  - Make your own flowers

Southern Girls Challenge #13 - Brads, Gems or Dew drops

Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Ribbons and Buttons
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Let's Get all Cute

Stamps R Us Challenge - For the Girls
By the Cute and Girly Challenge - Springtime

Creative Inspirations Wednesday Challenge #101 - In the Garden
Sunday Stitching Crissy Challenge #15 - Stitching
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes plus optional extra something old

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

Penny with Sunflower

 Hi all

Just a very quick post, first apologies for being AWOL in blog land, been flat out at work and just too tired for blogging in fact been hitting the bed at 10pm which is very early for me.  So will catch up with you all soon!

Now my DH gave me a pass out this morning which expires soon lol!  So I could colour up one of my favourate images Penny from Spesch Stamps, been messing a little with colours and used E33, YR00, YR12 for her hair, not as crazy hair colours as last week, you still have time to enter our Crazy Hair Colouring Challenge over at the Mad for Markers Challenge Blog

Had a go with the flower soft not to sure if I like it or not, always looks wonderful on other crafters creations.  Sponged around the edges and background with Lavender Lace and Apricot

Copics

Skin - E000, E00, R20, Eyes B24, Eyeshadow BV02

Hair - E33, YR00, YR12
Clothes - BV000, BV01, BV02, YR0000, YR00, YR02
Sunflower - E33, E35, E37, Y11, Y13, Y15, Y19
and 0

Sammi over at the Mad for Markers Store now has the full selection of Sketch and ciaos in stock for a faster delivery service, there are various Xpress It sticky tapes, Xpress Blend It Paper, Flourish with bling embellishments. Posting to New Zealand and Australia. We the DT look forward to seeing your amazing creations, don't forget to stop over at the blog each day for more crazy hair colouring inspiration from the DT. 

Challenge

CMC Copic Challenge Group - Flowers

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

Crazy Hair Challenge over at Mad for Markers

Hi all, finally got sometime to play lol!  Continuing our Crazy Hair Colouring Challenge over at the Mad for Markers Challenge Blog, we would love to see hair not coloured in the usual blondes, browns and brunettes.  Now you can use one of Sammi's from her chart here or make up your own (which could then go onto Sammi's soon to be released new hair colour chart, so please let us know which colours you use.

Now I think I have tried to be a little too ambitious for my colouring talents but so had to have my fave colour purple and next fav colour orange together. 

Anyway here is 'Sweet Pea Blue Eyed Fairy' how gorgeous are her eyes, lightly distressed all the edges.

 A side look to show the gorgeous lip colour using Lavender Spica pen and special effects (I do have to confess to having a gorgeous sparkly lippy just like this), also used Lilac Spica for eye shadow.  First time I have tried dotting, love this effect when I have seen it on other crafters creations and finally sprayed with glimmermist.

  Shows the special effect on the paper toled flowers, eyes and choker, also a closer look at the orange copic coloured roses.

Copics

Hair - V12, V15, V17, YR00, YR02, YR04 & 0

Skin & face - E000, E00, B26, R20, & Lilac Spica for the eyeshadow

Choker and dress BV01, BV02, BV04, BV08 & Gold Spica

Spotted Outside, V0000, V000, V01, V12

Sammi over at the Mad for Markers Store now has the full selection of Sketch and ciaos in stock for a faster delivery service, there are various Xpress It sticky tapes, Xpress Blend It Paper, Flourish with bling embellishments. Posting to New Zealand and Australia. We the DT look forward to seeing your amazing creations, don't forget to stop over at the blog each day for more crazy hair colouring inspiration from the DT.

Challenges

Bizzy Becs Store Blog February Challenge - Sketch (to the right)
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes + flowers
Forgotten Scraps Challenge #2 - Anything Goes
PaperPlay Challenges 11, week 5 - Stamp It Out
Stamping with the Dragon Challenge - Anything Goes
The Outlawtz Copic Challenge Group - Show us your Favourate Technique

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

Inky Impressions Fairy Lili Blossom Easel card for our Black, White + One Challenge

Good Morning/Evening

This was a scheduled post lol but I am still up and about and this week our Inky Impressions Challenge is Black, White + One other colour, starting Wednesday 7.00am EST, now postie still hasn't brought me my new images:( so I have used one of my favourates Inky Girls Fairy Lili, now this was a challenge for me, I have hardly used black and white and had to dig deep in my stash lol!  I tried something new on Lili's wings and used kindyglitz and sprinkled SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter while still wet and boy do they sparkle, then sprayed with Glimmer Mist Dazzling Diamonds.  Special effects for the eyes, hair bobbles and shoes.  I have used my spellbinders blossom for the shape and MS punch using black glitter card stock for the butterfly.   Sentiment is also from Nicole at Inky Impressions.  Now I have to say I pleased with how she turned out!

A closer look at Lili's gorgeous sparkly wings

Had another go at flower arranging using these gorgeous flowers from Bizzy Bec's.

Don't forget to pop on over to the Inky Impressions Challenge blog and see the gorgeous creations the DT have made using Nicoles gorgeous new Inky Images, there are some cute animal images in this Winter Release too!

Also dont forget there is also the chance to become a Guest Inkette you can find all the details HERE

Challenges 

Flutter By Wednesday Challenge #135 - Anything Goes using either a Butterfly, Fairy or Angel

Copic Creations No 41 - SPARKLE

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Christmas Birthday

Stamps R Us Challenge #11 - Anything Goes

One Stitch at a Time Challenge #43 - Anything Goes

Craft Your Days Away Challenge #10 - Use your Punches/ Die Cuts

Alphabet Challenge Blog - G is for Glitter

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #142 - Floral Frenzy

Now I am going to quickly link to the challenges and get off to bed a busy day tomorrow, I would like to say gorgeous creations to the DT on the challenge blogs and sorry for not leaving a comment tonight!

Thank you for visiting, happy crafting and wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2011, take careX:)

Cowgirl Up Sunday Stampen Challenge 3 Flowers and 3 papers

Hi all, hope you are all having/had  a wonderful weekend, we have been busy in the garden and making slow progress, but we do have part of the garden path done and have redone the grass seeds.

Today the Cowgirls challenge you this week to use 3 different flowers and 3 design papers, now I was given Gerry's Birthday from the talented Roberta at Prairie Fairy Designs one of our sponsors this week, so I hope you don't mind Roberta, Gerry is now Geraldine!  Thought this would make a beauitful 1st birthday for a little girl, equally so for a boy without the flowers!

Sorry about the photo, this is the best I could get!  The two top papers have glittered images so I kindyglitzed the cake and flowers.

Our First Sponsor is Prairie Fairy Designs whom the winner will receive five images of choice and our Winners Badge.

Top 3 will each win one image of choice from Phoebe at  The Town Scrapper and one image of choice from our CJ and our top 3 badge.  We would like to wish Phoebe a very Happy Birthday (today), wishing you all the best from the CowgirlsX:)

Don't forget to pop over to the ranch and see what the talented DT have come up with.

Challenges

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Animal Magic
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Anything Goes
The Lollipop Ladies Challenge #4 - You say gelato, I say Gelati  (photo inspiration)

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

Pearls and Swirls Easel Card for Bizzy Becs and Oh Alice

Hi all, over at Bizzy Becs they have a store challenge going to use Pearls and Swirls on your creation, now this definately took me out of my comfort zone, can't remember using pearls, only just started using rhinestores lol! Our Sammi from Mad for Markers designed the sketch below for the Oh Alice Challenge with a twist, to break the rules meaning you have to redesign the sketch, not often you can have fun breaking rules without getting into trouble lol! First rule I broke was to make it circular, so hope thats o.k. and counts.

Finally, I have used Snow Queen from Tracey Spesch Stamps, coloured her gorgeous gown and gloves lightly using BV0000, BV00 and C00. The flower ribbon was coloured using BV00 then I glued a little pearl on for the centres, the pearl necklace and earing were coloured also using BV00. Some parts of the flowers were also coloured using BV00 then added Stickles Frosted Lace. Pearl ribbon across the middle.

The background I used my SU So Swirly Wheel, versamarked then heat embossed with purple powder. Used special effects on crown top and pearl images on the dress and hair, gold spica for the crown base.

Now this is my first attempt at using more than three flowers!! With a swirl of pearls leading away. Distressed and kindyglitzed around the edge of the base.

Copics
BV0000, BV00
C01
E000, E50, E51, E53
R20 & Y26
Spica Gold Pen

DSP SU Cottage Wall, Pearls and Ribbons my stash, Roses and pearls in flower arrangement from Bizzy Becs.

Challenges

Bizzy Becs July Store Challenge - Pearls and Swirls

Oh Alice Chapter 21 - Breaking all the Rules - Sketch with a twist

Alphabet Challenge Blog - K is for Kids




All your copic requirements can be found via Sammi at her Mad for Markers Store posting to Australia and New Zealand.

Thanks for visiting, Happy Crafting, Take Care, AnnetteX:)

P.S. If anyone is interested I have some celebration happening till the end of July here

Feather Blended Sunflower Easel Card for Mad for Markers

Hi all, first just gotta tell you, I got picked in the top 5 for Creatalicous Challenge #9, can't tell you how chuffed I am! There were over 240 entries! Still floating on cloud nine. Another tick on my achievement list, now back to why I am really here lol!

Today is the second day of our 'Feather Blending Challenge over at Mad for Markers, I finally got Penny coloured up (she is available from my DT sister Tracey), isn't she just gorgeous! She really lends herself to lots of blending. She is of course coloured using copics which are available from Sammi, who also has a tutorial on feather blending here. Just to show you how versatile these copics are I coloured the pearl embellishment on the small flower. Used my MS butterfly punch for the butterfly with pearl embellishments and kindyglitz. Originally I cut blue to the sunflower shape and didn't like it I felt this looks like a blue sky background.

A close up of Penny, used special effects for her beautiful eyes.

Colours Used

Clothes - B00, B02, YR00, YR02
Skin - E000, E00, R20
Hair - E50, E51, E53, E35, Y26, YR00
Sunflower - E53, E35, E99, Y11, Y15, YR00, G05
and 0 (colourless blender) be lost without this one lol!

Please pop back each day to see the Design Teams wonderful creations and we are looking forward to seeing your creations too!!

The PRIZE for this challenge will be the Copic Basic set of 12 Ciaos and a pack of Xpress IT blending card.

As Mad for Markers is only currently selling to Australia and New Zealand, only residents of these countries are eligible for the prize however everyone is invited to join in our challenge just for the fun of it and may be picked in our top 3. The prize winner will be a random selection.

Entries close Sunday 30th May at 9am (Sydney time). LINK your entry up in the sidebar.

Challenges

Cupcake Craft Challenge #91 - Blooming Charming
Pollycraft Challenge *44* - Summer Blooms
Incy Wincy Designs #40 - Blast from the Past (I used to have a puff ball skirt many, many years ago)
Rosie-D's Challenge #42 - Easel Card
The Corrisive Challenge Blog #64 - Easel Card
Allsorts Birthday Challenge Week 52 - Birthday (They have a blog hop going on to celebrate)
I love Digi Challenge 7 - Charming
Sew Many Challenges #14 - Easel it
ABC Challenge 'U' - Unused Stash (embellishment flower, dsp)
Quixotic Challenge #25 - Let Your Garden grow
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #112- Someone Special
Inky Impressions #34 - Summer Creation

Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

Lili having Fun in the Sun

Hi all, Been playing again, thought I would have a go at using my new butterfly punch again, did I say how much I looooove it lol! So had a go at shaping it around this circle easel card. Thought Lili Scooting was so appropriate for summer fun. Coloured her using Copics, must say just a little tricky cutting her out, been lots of tricky/fiddly bits with this card. Over at Inky Impressions Yahoo Group, there are a couple of challenges going on and a Mingle, there is a Mingle each month, after signing up has finished you get assigned a partner and you send each other a card, have taken part 3 times now, it is so much fun, if you like this idea you should come and join the group, they are a wonderful bunch of ladies.

A close up of Lili, I used special effects on her eyes, lips, knee pads and scooter. The sun charm has written on the back "Made with a Smile".

A close up the flowers I made, sat last night with needle and thread and ribbons and just messed and this is what I came up with, must say I am quite pleased with them, don't know what to call them. Didn't have peach in my stash so shall just have to go shopping lol! Going to buy some white and have a go at colouring with my copics, should be fun!

Challenge

Inky Impressions Challenge #34 - Summer Creation

Inky Impressions Yahoo Group Challenge 1 - Flowers

Inky Impressions Yahoo Group Challenge 2 - Summer Fun

Copic Colour Challenge #64 - Goo, BG23 and BV02

SG2 Challenge #56 with a Twist - Home with Ribbon (Lili Scooting from and too home lol!)

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #112 - Someone Special (my Inky Mingle Partner)

Flutter by Wednesday Challenge #109 - Paper Piercing (holes for the brads)

Quixotic Challenge #25 - Let your garden grow - make your own flowers

ABC Challenge U - U for unused Stash (brads and SU dsp)

Wild Flower Wednesday Challenge #14 - Ribbon, Sparkles and dimension (flowers, etc)

Little Red Wagon #28 - Brads

Tuesday Taggers Challenge - Step Out of Your Comfort Zone

Crafty Creations Challenge #67 - Around the world, (Lili will be going postal to my Mingle Partner, the last 3 have been in the USA)

Lots to Do Challenge #18 - Friendship

Easy Craft Projects Challenge #12 - Spring

Alphabet Challenge Blog B - B is for Butterfly

Creatalicious Monthly Challenge #9 - Flowers and Wings

Thanks for stopping by, happy crafting, have a wonderful weekend, take careX:)

My First Copic Challenge with Inky Lili

Hi all, hope you are all having a great weekend or about to start to depending from where you are in the world. This is my first Copic Challenge and I was so pleased that I had all three colours BG15, R20 & E00, Sammi has set up a new Challenge Blog called Mad for Markers as well as opening an online store here in Australia for us Copic Addicts and to celebrate her first challenge the wonderful prize is a set of 36 Copic Ciao Markers WOW! For international entries there is a lovely gift voucher for Tracey's new digi store Spesch, anyway enough waffle here is my entry below, using one of my Inky Impressions Stamps, just so love these girls, one are two more should be crossing my doorstep any day soon. Decided to to a shaped flower card, my cutting skills are not the best so did a little distressing lol! Got the sewing machine out but I think it got a little confused with the zig zag and as you know not like sewing material I couldn't unpick and start again.

Couldn''t decide which photo was best

Coloured some whisper white with BG15 and then punched with my Martha Stewart Punch, then used stickles to sparkle and pearl embellishments. The little butterflies are an image that I coloured and wasn't happy so I punched little butterflies and stickled their bodies, so been a little sticky today.

Isn't Lili just adorable with her cute bunny,
A close up of one of the butterflies

A butterfly charm with yellow ribbon, also used special effects for the hairband, butterfly, eyes, cheeks, nails and bunnies teeth.

Challenges

Mad for Markers #1 = Use Copics BG15, R20 & E00

Inky Impressions #33 - Charm It

Oh Alice Chapter 8 = Use Flowers

Flutter By Wednesday #104 = Sparkle plus a Butterfly, Angel or Fairy

Sew Many Challenges 10 = Stitching

Simon Says Challenge - A card for a child

Allsorts Challenge 47 - "Petals and Pearls"

Thanks for visiting, have a great weekend, happy crafting, take careX:)