Sammi's digi Beach Gal Tag for a Scrapbooking Page

Hope you are all well, I'm feeling a little sorry for myself at the moment lol!  Had toothache for four days, so went to see the dentist (Tues) and I had a choice of having the three nerves taken out and a cap fitted (approx. $4,000) or it being pulled, so after much pulling I am now one tooth less lol!  Dentist reckons my jawbone had a good grip lol!  There is an absess so on antibiotics for a week, so my mojo is AWOL!  Moaning out of the way lol!

Today I would like to show you a tag I have made using Sammi's digi image 'Beach Gal' available from the store here.  Thought she was just perfect for a Beach scrapbooking page.  The tag has the date and a little bit about the day.

The Great Ocean Road

Copics used

Hair E21, E23, E25

Skin E000, E00, E11, R20, Eyes B24, B26,

Eyes and Toe Nails - Spica Baby Blue

Clothes B0000, B000, B01, B02

Glasses Spicas Sky Blue and Black

Background BG10, BG11, G02, YR0000, YR00

Xpress It Double sided tape and foam tape

all available from Sammi over at the store

Don't forgot our current challenge to Copics R's or RV's we would love to see your creations.

Challenges

Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - TAG IT
Make It Monday Linky Party #76

Thanks for stopping by.  Happy Crafting and have a great weekend, 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:)

WOO HOO Intermediate Copic Certification, Blog Makeover and new Mad for Marker Challenge and news

Hi all

Hope you are all well, FIRST A HUGE THANKYOU TO SAMMI!!  My gorgeous talented DT buddy and boss, revamped my blog, as you know I am a little technically challenged with computers, so chuffed with what she had done, PURPLICIOUSX:)

Had an AMAZING day yesterday with the talented Mandi-Lee, was very lucky to do Intermediate Copic Certification with 19 other ladies, the first Intermediate course in Australia WOO HOO and we had a fantastic day, which flew by way, way to fast!!!  Mandi-Lee is an AMAZING teacher, she makes everything so understandable!  You can visualise what she is saying, then you get to have a practice and voila there it is in ink on paper!!

Now how special, a PURPLE Certificate with a matching purple badge!!!  Do you think they know how much I like Purple lol!

Forgot to take my camera, so Johnny (from X-Press Graph-X Supplies) their blog here, took this with my mobile phone, looked o.k. when small, just a little blurry when blown up, but I think you get the gist of it lol! 

Hopefully I am allowed to show you this as I am so chuffed with it, many of you know I do not have an art background, can't draw to save my life but, always loved colouring and have been inspired to learn by seeing all you talented bunch in blogland.

Some of what we were taught was, Shading, Shadows, Cast Shadows, colour, skin tones and this is my first face where I have managed to create the impression that a nose is there as well as shadows in the right places.  Is is almost like she is looking right at you.  She isn't quite finished yet, but I am so chuffed with her, think I might have said that already lol!



What we learnt at Standard Certification was a fantastic, but this course took colouring to another level for me, so can't wait to practice, my head is buzzing at the moment lol!  As is Edward's after listening to me waffle on last night lol!  We received a manual for future reference as well as a goodie bag.

This is my certificate from The Project Certification I took earlier this month, more info found here on my post dated 15th March.

Mandi-Lee and Kathy have more courses scheduled, you can find a list of dates and link to register on their Copic Oz blog as well as a fun challenge each month. 

Now this is the tag I made at the project class, left it till today to promote LALA Land Craft Stamps are now available at Sammi's Mad for Markers along with TGF stamps.

Our new Mad for Markers Challenge started yesterday and we challenge you to use Copic Colours from the following Colour Families YR, RV and BG, we can't wait to see you colourful creations.

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 (Fri & Sat), along with Sammi, her DH 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.  Details here.

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!!)
 
Thank you for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)
 
p.s. will be blog hopping later tonight to catch up on what you have all been upto over the weekend, I do have some more exciting news but that will have to wait for another day lol!

Inky Impressions Monochromatic Challenge

Hi all, the Inkettes this week challenge you to a 'Monochromatic Challenge' to use shades of one colour, now I have slightly misunderstood and thought the whole image/creation, everything had to be coloured in that shade!  So poor Lili is looking a little green, I now know for next time lol!  I have used the cute 'Bundled Up Lili' image available here.

Normally I would chose purple, but DH had a birthday yesterday and green is his fav colour so made him this gift tag as I already had his card made, which is definately green lol!  Kept it fairly plain as I thought flowers may make it too girly, though Rosanna assured me it was already girly looking!  He is in for an Inky Birthday as he has the 'Angelica Hearts Socks' easel card I made for his card lol!

A closer look at the special effects, the heart charm available from Inky Impressions Store I coloured green with my Copic, as well as the eyelet and ribbon, I still think she is still gorgeous!

Don't forget to pop over to the Challenge blog and see what gorgeous monochromatic eye candy the DT have for you.

Challenges

Delicious Doodles Challenge #16 - Use Green for St Patrick's Day
The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Leaping Leprechauns
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Happy Birthday
Creative Card Crew Challenge - Show us Some Green

Thanks for stopping by, happy crafting, take careX:)