Super Hero LaLa Land Star Luka Easel Card

Hi all, hope you are all well, I've been am extremely lucky girl in blog land recently, I won The Southern Girls Challenge a couple of weeks ago ($20 to spend at The Paper Shelter), on Tuesday I won a set of 12 spicas over at The Copic Oz Challenge (Rosanna's very happy lol! she looves spicas), then a beautiful fiskar punch over on Tara's blog, then last night I won Karen's gorgeous Easter Candy, (all links or pics in side bars).  Thank you Girls!  Definately cheered me up lol!   Shall celebrate by having some candy of my own soon.

Anyway, today for my inspiration over at the Mad for Markers Store Blog I would like to show you this fantastic boys image from LaLa Land 'Star Boy Luka' available here.  I have made an easel using papers from DCWV 'All about the Boys Stack', perfect for our super hero. 

Used Silver, Gold and Clear Spicas on his cuffs, star, buckle and boots.

I have coloured the beige Happy Birthday Ribbon with R29, B14 & Y15 to match the papers, love this paper, reminds me of Batman and Robin when I was a kid with all the bubble speech marks lol!  So dated now!

Gorgeous copic and spicas used

Xpress It Double sided tape, Xpress It foam mounting tape, copics, spicas and a huge selection of stamps all available from our Mad for Markers Store

There is still a couple of days left to enter yours creations in our Mad for Markers Monochromatic March Challenge.

Challenges

LaLa Land Crafts Blog - Customer Gallery - http://lalalandcrafts.blogspot.com/
Make It Monday Linky Party #82
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting, happy crafting and have a wonderful weekend, Rosanna and I are off to Paperific and Sunday, she is so excited lol!  Take careX:)

Monochromatic Tiny Baker Tia and Happy Birthday Edward

Hi all, hope you are well, (another scheduled post as am at work), today for my inspiration over at the Mad for Markers Store Blog I would like to show you this cutie Some Odd Girls Image 'Tiny Baker Tia' day' available here from The Mad for Markers Store and to keep in with our New Monochromatic March Challenge I have coloured her in shades of brown.

I made this card for My DH whose Birthday is today (X:)), he has a sweet tooth and loves homemade baking, so with a little imagination, image a slimmer, younger me lol presenting him with a cupcake lol!  (Morgan says it is too girly for his dad but gonna take the chance lol).

All the edges have been distressed, got to get one of those gadgets, instead of using scissors lol!

I placed one of the sentiment from this set on the inside, the dotted paper is handmade in India it has such a lovely feel to it.

A closer look at the spica and special effects

Copics and Spicas used all available from Sammi along with the double sided tape and mounting foam

Don't forget Mad for Markers is celebrating it's 2nd Birthday, with giveaways on our facebook page each day, so what you waiting for come and join in the fun.

We would love to see your creations over in our Mad for Markers Challenge, our current challenge is Monochromatic.

Also don't forget our Birthday Blog Hop on the 22nd March, you still have a few days to put your name down to take part, see the top left sidebar of our Store Blog here.

Challenges I would like to enter

Make It Monday Linky Party #80

Prairie Fairy Fun Friday Challenge #74 - Distress It
Midnight Madness Monthly Sketch #136

Copic Oz - Be Challenged
The Paper Shelter Challenge #55 - One for the Boys

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

My first saucy easel card using the beautiful Heidi from Victoria Case

Hi Everyone

Today I would like to show you this fun, beautiful girl called Heidi who is from Victoria Case, when I first saw her I knew she was just perfect for a friends 40th!  She was fun to colour not sure I have her just right but I am fairly pleased, I so suck at male cards, not going to say how long this one took lol trying to find the right bits, really wanted a music note/guitar charm but did not have one.   Don't forget our Mad for Markers Challenge this month Red and/or Pink R's/RV's, I chose Bright Pink not Purple lol.

I have tried a new colour hair combo

I dotted gold spica in the beer for bubble effect, then added special effects to the pots, also her eyes, ear-ring and the trinket on the necklace the wooden numbers were coloured using a clear Gelly Roll Pen

A closer look at the pocket to hold the money

Copics used

Hair - E33, E35, Y21, Y23

Clothes - RV0000, 00, 02, C00, C01

Beer - E93, 97, 99, W00, W1, C00, C01, Gold Spica

Skin - E000, E01, E11, R20, lips Blossom Spica

all available from The Mad for Markers Store

Challenges I would like to enter

Sourthern Girls Challenge #38 - So Distressed
Creative Card Crew Challenge #4 - Masculine
Colour Me Copic Challenge Group - Bright Colours - Bright Pink and Yellow (in her hair)
Outlawz Friday Copic/promarker challenge - Inspired by a song, book or movie
Make It Monday Linky Party #77 - Anything Goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Use a Digi Image

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

Zentangle Doodling with Copics and a Birthday Card

Hi all, hope you are all well.

How many of you doodle when you are on the phone or sat thinking lol! Today I would like to show you my first time at Zentangle using Copic Multiliners available from The Mad for Markers Store. The colours are part of a set Cobalt, Olive, Sepia and Wine nib 0.3.

A Birthday card for Morgan's Birthday on Sunday he will be a teenager (13), that makes two in the house, going to be fun lol!  Now still not sure about the doodling, definately different lol!  Think the card is growing on me, just hope Morgan likes it.

Copics used to colour Surfer Ian available from the Mad for Markers Store

+ B0000, B000, B00, B01, B02 for the background around the sentiment, it looked too white

I would like to enter the following Challenges:
Copic Oz Challenge - Summer
Lets Ink It Challenge #19 - Anything Goes
Bizzy Bec's Store January Challenge - Anything Goes
Inky Impressions Challenge 42 (IIC42) - Shape It Up
Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes
Stamps R Us Challenge - Just Kidding Around
Make It Monday Linky Party #72

Some of the Zentangle Doodling on the card

A Birthday sentiment

A flower using olive and wine

 A heart border using black

I thought I would colour the Birthday Greeting in bold colours that I wouldn't normally put together, which fits in with our New Colour Combo Challenge this month. Pop over and see what gorgeous coloured creations the DT have created as well as the gorgeous entries so far.

Copics and Multi liners used

Have you heard about the Copic celebrating 20 years in Australia, there is a reward system happening until 30th June 2012 for copic markers and refils bought they carry points, then you can choose a gift that reflects your points, I'm saving for this AWESOME Copic Carry Case

Full details here

Thank you for visiting, happy colouring and doodling lol!   Take careX:)

My Last Post for Mad for Markers

Hi all

It is with sadness that I have stepped down from my DT positions, so this is my last post for Mad for Markers, I have been with Sammi for a year (where did it go), I have had a wonderful crafting journey, learnt so much and met some beautiful blogging buddies! Lucky enough to meet some in person when helping Sammi at Paperific.  I am sure gonna miss you girls!!!:(  You are an amazing talented bunch of crafters and lots of fun too!

They reason why:

For sometime now I have fancied having my own craft store and finally took the plunge and l am hoping to buy a craft business, I have never run a store before, so have much too learn and will be spending time with the owner learning as much as possible.  We will have to move house if all goes to plan so in trying to get the house and garden ready to sell, all the travelling, working for Edward, plus Rosanna and Morgan, I just don't have the time to fulfill my DT duties properly.  So keep your fingers crossed everything goes to plan. I will still be around in blog land (hopefully with a creation or two) if not just looking at the gorgeous creations you all make.

Onto our new challenge over at  Mad for Markers is colouring grey, now this was a challenge for me as I have never done this before, so here is my attempt I have used this image and sentiment from The Greeting Farm Set 'A Journey', which I thought was just perfect.  (This came in my blog candy stash from Debbie, thank you).  You do not have to colour all your image grey if you don't want, just use some grey copics somewhere on your creation, your papers don't have to be grey either, I think my mood was grey at the time, so everything was grey lol!

All papers are SU, distressed all the edges, image stamped on XPress Blending Card, the background was created dotting around the image with the grey copics.
 

 Copics  C00, C01, C03, C5, C7 (never used so few copics before lol!)

We have some new members to the team and the lovely Bron will be filling my Tuesday post over at Mad for Markers so don't forget to stop by and see the wonderful inspiration each day from the DT.

Copics and Xpress It Blending Card as well as LaLa Land Stamps and The Greeting Farm Images are all available from Sammi over at the Mad for Markers Store.

Challenges

Inspirational Card Sketches Challenge #112 
Make It Monday Linky Party #35 - Michelle's place to share your creations
By The Cute and Girly May Challenge - Anything Goes

Being British just had to share this photo of such a beautiful couple, just for any of you who haven't seen it yet lol!  I remember watching his parents get married nearly 30 years ago, where does the time go!  Now I do feel old!!  Didn't Kate look gorgeous and William so handsome!

Now better get moving off to the other side of the city, Dandenong South, to pick up a load of metal, so catch up with you all soon.

Thank you for visiting, Happy Crafting, take careX:)

HOWDY Star Easel and Homemade Apple Pie etc

Hope you are all well, continuing our challenge over at the Mad for Markers Challenge Blog is to create a Male Creation using some of your brown copics!  Today I have used TGF 'Sheriff Ian' and created this star easel card.   This challenge finishes Saturday.

The stars have been made using shrink plastic, which was coloured using E47, then used a CM star punch and the SU Crop a dile for the hole in the centre (ish). 

 and the image cut out from the cardstock DCWV All About Boys Stack (love them)

This is personal stuff, so please skip if you wish

Another update on our goodies from the garden, here is Rosanna peeling the freshly picked Granny Smiths Apples last night (Monday), they love the new gadget, so much quicker too and I get help lol!

This is some of the apple sauce we made

These are two of the pork mince and apple puff pastry rolls using some of the apple sauce

Rosanna and Morgan love them, work perfect in the lunch boxes, I get Rosanna eating

meat and Morgan eating fruit lol!

This is one of Edward's favourates homemade apple pie, mmmmmm

and these are my favourates, they smell gorgeous and so much better for my figure lol!

these are being cyber sent to you my crafting buddies

Showed two pics to try and show the colour properly a very deep purple colour, a mixture of

copics BV08 and V09 and no I haven't coloured them lol!

Copics

Hat E33, R35, R37, R24, R27

Hair - E50, E51, E53, E55, E57

Skin - E00, E11

Clothes - B91, B95, B97, R24, R27, Y35

Boots - E35, E37

Now don't forget Mad for Markers will be at Paperific on 1-3 April - with the full range of Ciao and Sketch markers as well as THE April release of The Greeting Farm stamps including the NEW Creeper kit!

I shall be there, along with Sammi and her DH, Tracey from the DT and other blogging buddies, we sure would love you to pop by and say hi!

Finally Don't forget our COLOUR Conference in October deposits need to be in by April 7th.

Guaranteed to be a fun weekend - a chance to colour, learn and be inspired.. and there might be a few goodies up for grabs during the weekend (as well as a chance to SHOP!!)

Challenges

Charisma Cardz Challenge #11 - To 'Die' for
Let's Ink It Up Challenge #11 = Die Cuts/Punches and Rubber/Clear Stamp - NO Digis
Make It Monday Linky Party #29 - Michelle's blog where you can share your creation with other crafters
One Stitch at a Time Challenge #54 - One for the boys

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

The Greeting Farm meets Mad for Markers

Hi all, we have some exciting news for all you Australian/New Zealand  TGF fans, Sammi is now stocking TGF stamps in her Mad for Markers Store.

Our new challenge over at the Mad for Markers Challenge Blog is to create a Male Card using some of your brown copics!  So I have used Pirate Ian and created this little fun easel card. 

A closer look at the buttons and the Happy Birthday ribbon which was orignally cream coloured I used B24 and coloured it to match my blue colours. 

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

Copics

B21, 24, 26
C00, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
E00, 11, 31, 33, 35, 51, 55, 57, 59
W5, 7, 9
Y26 and 0

Challenge

Outlawtz Monday Birthday Challenge - Birthday Sentiment and twist is ribbon or string and at least one circle

Prairie Fairy Challenge #47 - 'Inspired by a Song'  Looove The Pirates of the Carribean, the theme tune is 'A Pirate's Life for Me' Lyrics by Xavier Atencio and music by George Bruns.

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

Finally The Engineer

Hi all, hope you are all well, I have loved this image 'The Engineer" by Mo Manning every since I seen Debbie P use it (I think last year), I never knew my grandads but just imagined that one of them could have been this guy here, can't you just see the joy in his face! One of our customers is turning 40 at the end of the month we have become friends and he was saying how he would so love a train set (he feels he missed out when he was a kid lol, so big grin on my face, yeah straight home and bought this lovely image) he doesn't look as old as this guy lol but he sure looked happy thinking about trains.

As most of you know I do struggle with male cards, but I am fairly happy how this turned out, I did try flowers on the grass but just didn't look right, I did colour embossed holly to go up the sides that didn't look right either, so kept it plain. The happy birthday is embossed, then sponged and I added two metal brads to make it look like a sign.

I drew the rail track, it really needed a black outline (my multi liner is on its way from Sammi). Tried to give it a stoney effect using my copics.

I have used special effects over the front of the train to make it nice and shiny. It just so happens Angelo's favourate colour is PURPLE (and our birthdays are only one day apart!) So our engineer is coloured in using Copic (available from Mad for Markers) shades of purple (nearly had a purple train too).

Challenges


Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge #36 - Dry Embossing
Magical Crafts Fortnightly challenge #17 - Something for a Male/Dad Fathers Day
Cowgirl's Sunday Stampen Blog Hop Challenge - Anything goes

All links to stores mentioned are in my sidebar.

Thank you for visiting, happy crafting, take care AnnetteX:)

Morgan and mine joint Pirate creation

Hi all, just a quick post, because my little girl is back from camp, busy having a shower (proper one lol). This is a joint effort card by Morgan and I for his friend James. Morgan drew the map which we had burnt with a match around the edges to try and make it look old. He also generated the compass using the computer (far more gifted than his mum in that area). The cute pirate is from Pollycraft which I coloured with my wonderful copics, available from Mad for Markers.

YO HO a Pirates life for Me (from Pirates of the Carribean) theme tune by George Burns

Inside the card I made a treasure chest which contained James treasure ($$$).

My two have finished school today, till the 13th July so we are hoping to do some family crafting and visit Kaisercraft. I do have a birthday coming up soonish around the time of my one year having a blog, where does the time go, so am putting together some goodies for a little celebration blog candy later in the month and the children are helping put this together, I am so excited, never done a blog candy before.

Challenges

Simon Says Challenge - Shiver me timbers, thar be a Pirate

Catt's Scratching Post - Fabulous Friday extra chance at winning a Simon Says Says prize

Pollycraft's Monday Challenge #47 - Let's have a sing song

Rosie D's Challenge #73 - Blue + optional fish (they are swimming in the sea lol)

Magical Crafts Fortnightly challenge #17 - Something for a Male/Dad Fathers Day

Cupcake Craft Challenge #95 - One for the boys

Thank you for visiting, happy crafting, have a fantasic weekend, take careX:)

Tax-evadin' Sully Dregg (Morgan) and Cap'n Mae Bloodgut (Me)

Simon Says and Catt had this fun link on there blogs go here to get your own pirates name.

Yorkshire Air Ambulance - Ronnie Relaxing

Hi all, hope you have all had a wonderful weekend, just wondering where ours went, they seem to go far to quickly!!!

Today I would like to bring your attention to a fundraiser for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance (England). For full details visit Emma, but the basics is Paula from Pollycraft has created this lovely Digi 'Ronnie Relaxing' for Emma and all monies (1.50 GBP) made are being donated to Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Emma has also got a challenge going with some wonderful prizes so if you have time please try and support her and take part.

Not that this is anything to do with it but had many enjoyable stays/wanderings around Yorkshire, beautiful place, especially loved the Shambles in York and the castle.

This card is for a good friend in Englands, now I cringe when it comes to male cards but think this has turned out o.k.

Challenges (hopefully will spread the word a bit more)

Allsorts Challenge #50 - Animals

Rosie D's Challenge #70 - Sooooooooooo Yummy (Biscuits, crisps and a lovely cuppa tea)

The Corrosive Challenge Blog #62 - Lets Celebrate

Pile it on Challenge #17 - Boyish colours

Alphabet Challenge Blog - A is for Animals

Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, I will be back tomorrow with my First DT card for Mad for Markers, take careX:)

The Royal Doodle Palace Express Train to Fun Town

Hi all, I am back again with this weeks latest Digital Image from Doodle Palace, Animal Train, also released this week is Chibi Girl Strawberry. As you can imagine this is quite a large card but you could easily be made smaller that is what I so love about Digital Images!! The Teddy Train is purple took loads of pictures inside and out and still looks blue:(

A Close up of Teddy Engine

Elephant and Lion
Hippo and Giraffe

Materials used are SU, I tried to create a cloud effect sponging, Rosanna says the clouds were too big and I think she could be right lol! Used my first bought and one of my fav SU sets Lovely as a Tree and track roller, Special effects on wheels, light, teeth, eyes and noses.

Please pop over to Doodle Palace tomorrow and see what the other wonderful creations by the other Doodle Princesses.

Challenges

Doodle Palace - Use Black

Pollycraft Monday Challenge #38 - Anything Goes they are celebrating their new DT and going weekly on their challenge

Many thanks for visiting, hope you have all had a great Easter, we managed to get out walking in the Lerderberg State Forest, fantastic day, happy crafting, take careX:)

SNEAK PEAK Doodle Palace

Hi all, another week yet again has gone by cannot believe the children are on holiday in 2.5 weeks where does the time go!! Today I only managed to show you one of Doodle Palace images Teddy Bear on a Trike, (how cute is he) going to send this to DH's nephew's son! Who will be two soon, tried to fit a little number plate on the front of the trike but my SU punch didn't go small enough and my skills at cutting circles is limited lol!

Please visit the other gorgeous Doodle Palace Princesses on Wednesday to see their wonderful creations.

Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

SNEAK PEAK - Doodle Palace

Hi all, this is a sneak peak of one of the new release Digital images at Doodle Palace, male cards are definately not easy for me, but thought I would challenge myself!

I used grit 60 sandpaper for the sand effect, SU cardstock for everything else, the sentiment is sponged with only orange and yellow yoyo (sun effect), didn't matter how many pics I took, still looks brown. This card has been made for a friend who has just got the all clear, so definately cause for celebrating. Now hubby tells me I have a freshwater fishing rod for sea water (not that he has done much fishing), just think he likes to tease LOL!! Used kindyglitz along the edge of the sandpaper and special effects on boots, catch and rod.

Doodle Palace have a new challenge - lots of layers, so please come and join us if you can.

Challenges

Rosie D #64 - Just for Men
ABC 'N' - New (new digi image and sandpaper)

Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

Anya Ink #7

Hi again, finally got this card made, had the idea all week, this is for Anya Ink #7, create a male card, had Rosanna and Morgan help with this one, they created the fifty for me on the computer, then coloured my Anya image courtesy of my friend Emma, used special effects for splashes of water and barely banana cardstock for the background with distressed edges. This is for my friends husband they have just been away celebrating, he went watersking while Julie read a book by the pool.

Again sorry for poor photography (blaming lateness of the night, nothing to do with my photography skills) lol.

Thanks for looking, happy crafting, take careX:)

SSCC#13

Hi all the first of two quick posts, this card was for Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge #13, to create a shadow box, my very first attempt, not sure if I have quite got it right. I have made it for my friend's son's 10th Birthday, the image is video boy from Mo's Digital Images I have tried to make it look like it is a T.V. with the boy appearing on the t.v.

Brody likes green so I got Morgan (my son) to repeat the image rotating it at different angles then we printed onto to A4 sheets of green paper and wrapped his pressie up with it.

Thanks for looking, happy crafting, take careX:)

4 in 1 Challenges, CCC56, DS6, PD16 and ACB17

Hi all, this weeks Cupcake Craft Challenge 56, is a colour challenge, Red, White and Blue, while I was thinking about it, I visited Teri's blog and came across Delightful Sketches #6, then Polka Dots #16, their challenge is Spots and Stripes and this sprung to mind, I have changed the sketch slightly, so may not qualify for that challenge but the sketch nevertheless led me to this, using Patrick Patrol Car and Muscle Superbird, digital images available from Sunshine Stamps. Also qualifies for Allsorts Challenge Blog, for allsorts of challenges, challenge #17, something for the boys. This card was created for our friend Lee whose birthday is next month, really wanted to put Muscle Superbird on the front but he just blended in with the red, so he is on the back with the Aussie Flag, they were here last month so thought it might be a momento of the hols.

this is the back, Lee loves his cars and that was my reason for getting Muscle Superbird, sorry for quality of photos but had to take them at night. Yes I have cheated, printed a flag for the back, it was fiddly enough doing a Union Jack on the front, didn't fancy a smaller one, wanted to get onto my next project, water colouring with the Fifty Avenue Stampin Up set. Hopefully will get them on later.
Thanks for looking, happy crafting, take care X:)

Creatalicious Challenge #1

Hi all, promise this will be the last post, only had this much time to craft as the cnc machine (Maizie) decided to she needed some TLC which involved $$$, so she has been out of action for a couple of days, so not one to waste an opportunity thought I would do some blogging and crafting, found a new challenge via the lovely Debbie P, at Creatalicious Challenges.

The challenge was to include the colour brown and metal, set with Father's Day in mind but that was optional.

Anyway only metal items I have are brads, so went back to one of my favourate Stampin Up sets, For Father and created this card using all Stampin Up Cardstock Close to Cocoa, Really Rust and Very Vanilla, the stamp image is coloured in using Stampin Up Watercolour Pencils and a Blender Pen. Just need to improve my printing! Must admit this card seems fairly plain to what I have been doing! Didn't know what else to do with it!

Thanks for looking, happy crafting and take careX:)

Hay Seed Hanks, Cheers for You & More

Hi again, just a quickie, have a few birthdays coming up only found out about the first one last night, so quickly whipped up a Hay Seed Hanks, digital image from Sunshine Stamps, love these images! Not going to go through the blurb, as most of you know much more than me!

The second card is for a friends fortieth, just love this Cheers for You Set and my old faithful last years in-colours.

The third is for a bit of fun, Ida at Little's Stash and Dash is celebrating a blogoversary and has three candy options on offer, one is to send her a card via snail mail, so this is the card I am going to send, her blog candy is in my side bar.

Sorry for the gaps tried to minimise them and kept deleting the pictures, so a tad frustrated!

The last isn't a card but a bunch of my shades of purple sweet peas from the garden, I was taking a picture of the cards and thought it would make a nice photo, so count yourselves as receiving an blog bunch of sweet peas, they smell absolutely beautiful.
Thanks once again for looking, Happy Crafting, Take CareX:)