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:)

3D Paper Napkin Zebra Journal

Hi all, hope you are all well, all good here just been super busy at work and family stuff, we had the pleasure of Rosanna having the baby for the weekend from school as part of her health programme, so not much sleep was had for the new mum lol!  She had a friend sleepo ver with her baby too.  We got to the Fantastic Quilt show held in Melbourne on Sunday with thebaby that was a different experience lol!  Anyway finally got to take a class to do 3D Napkin art and this is my effort.  On the front cover we used moulding paste to create a 3D effect.  Loved the class and looking forward to trying this technique again.  I love my new journal lol!

The finished result after using my copics and multiliner black to repair some of the tears

Front and back before the copic repairs

A closer look at some of what needed repairing, I used E74, E79 and multiliner black

used T3, N3, W10, E81, E84

 After colouring some of the fix ups 

Also used my E79 to repair our new settee which got a little damaged when the boys picked it up, this is a close up but from a distance you dont notice it as much now lol!

Copics used

E33, E74, E79, E81, E84, T3, N3, W10 and multiliner 0.1

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

Challenge

Inspire Me Friday #69 - Anything Goes

Try It on Tuesday - Anything Goes







Thank you for visiting, happy crafting and enjoy the rest of your week, take careX:)

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:)

Tiny Baker Tia Ear-rings

Another quick post for me lol!  Got a pass out from my lovely boss lol!  Hope you are all well!  We had the most wonderful time in Sydney with Irina and the girls, not quite finished my project, hopefully soon, the weeks are flying by super quick, DD and DS finish school again on Friday, only feels like they just went back lol!

Today for my inspiration over at the Mad for Markers Store Blog I used Tiny Baker Tia, to make these cute ear-rings, to fit in with our new Challenge over at the Mad for Markers Challenge Blog anything but a card/scrapbook page. I just loove her she is so cute and from Some Odd Girl and is available from the M4M Store here.  

Copics Used

Copics, spicas and a huge selection of stamps all available from our Mad for Markers Store

Challenges I would like to enter

Some Odd Girls Colour Inspiration Challenge
Inspire Me Friday #63 - Anything Goes

Try it on Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything But a Card
Stampin with the Dragon - Anything Goes

We would love to see your creations in our new Mad for Markers anything but a card/scrapbooking page Challenge

and don't forget

Copic Colour Conference 21st-23rd September in Sydney full details here, Rosanna and I had so much fun last year.

a photo of us with the lovelyIrina

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

Fairy Lili Easel Card

Hi all, hope you are all well, just a quick post, tired and need to be in bed lol!  Just finished this easel card off tonight, using one of my favourate Inky images 'Fairy Lili' and sentiment 'Wishing you a Fairy Happy Day!".

She is coloured using copics and spica then glimmer misted, she is very sparkly lol!  Also used special effects on her eyes, hair bobbles, earings, nails and spica shoes.

I have used two different ribbon, the thinner one I used to make the bows and I also cut some flowers from the sparkly ribbon and stuck them in different places.  Bought crochet flowers and wooden buttons.  Papers Basic Grey sugar rush.

Friendship message and cute charm

Copics and spicas used

Challenges I would love to enter:

Inky Impressions Challenge #62 - Red, Orange and Yellow
Southern Girls Challenge #46 - Things with Wings
Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Butterflies and Bows
Bearly-Mine Challenge $39 - Tic, Tac, Toe (Dies, Flowers, Sentiment)
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #167 - Fairy Fever
Make It Monday Linky Party#93 - Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays #62 - Anything Goes

Copics, spicas and a huge selection of stamps all available from our Mad for Markers Store

We would love to see your creations in our new Mad for Markers anything but a card/scrapbooking page Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by, happy crafting and enjoy the rest of your week, take careX:)

Tiny Baker Tia Apron

Hi all, hope you are all well and safe, especially those of you who have had stormy wet weather.  We are still busy at work so only a bit of crafting happening lol!  Those of you who work and have or have had kids no what I mean lol!  Though Rosanna and I did have a wonderful fun day on Saturday at our Copic colouring day here in Melbourne.

Today for my inspiration over at the Mad for Markers Store Blog I used Tiny Baker Tia, to decorate this apron, to fit in with our new Challenge over at the Mad for Markers Challenge Blog anything but a card/scrapbook page.  I just loove her she is so cute and from Some Odd Girl and is available from the M4M Store here.  The cupcakes are an SU stamp.

Modelled by Rosanna.  If I had had more time I think Tia would have looked good stamped random all over lol!

Copics etc used

Copics, spicas and a huge selection of stamps all available from our Mad for Markers Store

Challenges I would like to enter

Some Odd Girls Colour Challenge
Make It Monday Linky Party #92 - Anything Goes
Try It Out Tuesday - Anything Goes
Inspire Me Friday #61 - Anything Goes

We would love to see your creations in our new Mad for Markers anything but a card/scrapbooking page Challenge.

JUST A REMINDER

IMPORTANT DATES
Rosanna and are still super excited as Sammi has the lovely Irina Blount, LaLa Land Crafts taking a project class in Sydney (16th June) details here.

Copic Colour Conference 21st-23rd September in Sydney full details here, Rosanna and I had so much fun last year.

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

Inky Impressions Sizzling Summer New Release Blog Hop

Hi all, hope you are all well, just a quick post from me to tell you about Nicole's fantastic new release of Inky Impressions Images, this has to be one of my favourate releases.  Christopher mowing reminds me of Morgan mowing the garden and Gardening Lili is a younger version of Rosanna and Sassy Lili is the now older version lol!  The DT have done some AMAZING Inspiration for you to grab a coffee or a glass of wine and hop lol!  I did mine today at work, was lucky the cycle time on the CNC was 8 mins so brightened my day up by hopping along when I could lol!

Soon off to take Rosanna to a party finishing at 10.30pm, better social life than me lol!  Just a shame her friends mostly live 40+ minutes away, off into the country tonight, would be nice if it wasn't raining and soon to be dark lol!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, happy crafting and hopping, take careX:)

Faerie Marci in the Garden

Hi all, hope you are all keeping well, another busy week here and another scheduled post.

For my inspiration this week over at the Mad for Markers Store Blog I have made this one layer card using this beautiful image Faerie Marci, from LaLa Land Crafts and is available from the M4M Store here.  I have wanted to try and make it look like she is fluttering around in the garden, I originally wanted to colour a little pond but a little to ambitious for me lol!  Maybe in a year or two lol!

Two closer looks to show the added spica, couldn't show it all with one photo lol!

This one shows the her tight, shoes and some of her wings better

Copics and Spicas used

Grass and Flowers - YG03, 05, 06,  07, 09, 11, BV04, Y19, Spicas Lemon & Lavender

Sky - C00, C1, B000, B00

Hair - E15, E18, Y21, YR12, YR14, Spica Gold

Skin - E000, E01, E11, R20, Spicas Blossom & Red

Dress - BV01, BV02, YR00, YR02

Wings - V000, V01, BV000, Spicas Lilac, Blossom

plus Spicas Gold, Orange & Lavender

Copics, spicas and a huge selection of stamps all available from our Mad for Markers Store

Sammi is coming to Werribee in Melbourne (2nd June) for a copic colouring day details here

Rosanna and I are super excited as Sammi has the lovely Irina Blount, LaLa Land Crafts taking a project class in Sydney (16th June) and guess what, we are going WOO HOO! Details here.

Copic Colour Conference 21st-23rd September in Sydney full details here, Rosanna and I has so much fun last year.

Check out this fun promotional video Sammi has made for The Copic Conference

Challenges I would like to enter

Make It Monday Linky Party # - Anything Goes
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #164 - In the Garden
The Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge - In the Garden
LaLaLand Crafts Customer Gallery 
http://lalalandcrafts.blogspot.com/
Bearly-Mine Challenge #36 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting, happy crafting and enjoy the rest of your week, take careX:)

We would love to see your creations in our Mad for Markers It's Raining Men Use Masciline Colours Challenge.

JUST A REMINDER

IMPORTANT DATES

Six Fold Baby Card, Baby Blanket and Irina's Awesome Project class

Hi all, just a quick scheduled post today, hope you are all well, I really can't believe how fast time is flying by.  Sorry my post is a little picture heavy but pictures are better than lots of words lol!  Made this card for a lovely blogging buddy.  Kept it fairly simple as I love the paper.

Chipboard sentiment and lots of little brads

I used BOO, B02, silver and baby blue spica and sponged the edges with SU ink

How cute is this baby pram brad

CHALLENGES

Make It Monday Linky Party #89 - Anything Goes

Inky Impressions #59 - Use lace or trim

Creatalicious Challenge #34 - Bingo (Anything but a square card, ribbon, monochromatic

Inspire Me Friday #58 - Anything Goes

and this is the baby blanket I knitted using pom pom wool, what a challenge that was lol!  Had a few false starts but was happy with the finished result, Rosanna and Morgan both want one now lol!  As it has a lovely soft feel to it

My lovely DH unknotting the wool, tip don't use from the middle lol!

happy in her work lol!

Copics, spicas and a huge selection of stamps all available from our Mad for Markers Store

We would love to see your creations in our Mad for Markers It's Raining Men Use Masciline colours Challenge.

JUST A REMINDER

IMPORTANT DATES

Sammi is coming to Werribee in Melbourne (2nd June) for a copic colouring day details here

Copic Colour Conference 21st-23rd September in Sydney full details here, Rosanna and I has so much fun last year.

As you know Rosanna and I are super excited about going to Sydney to take Irina Blount, LaLa Land Crafts project class (16th June).   This is the AWESOME project we will be making (photos borrowed from Irina) Details here.

This gorgeous album

with a gorgeous matching trinket box to store it in

Can't wait lol!

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

Three generations baking a special cake together

Hi all, hope you are all well, life has certainly been very busy here lately, but did get time to play on Sunday and had another go at a scrap booking page, this is the day before Rosanna's 11th Birthday (she is now 14, way behind lol, she is taller than the oven now!), with her Aunty Jen and her granny (Jen's and Edward's Mum) when they were here on holiday.  As you can image it was a very special cake. 

Also so chuffed got picked as a Some Odd Girl Fav for my Mooey Slippers, WOO HOO, thanks girls, hello to my newest followers can't believe I am at 200!!  Couldn't visit you all as some didn't have blog links.

Anyway onto my inspiration over at the Mad for Markers Store Blog I made this page using Tiny Baker Tia, I just loove her she is so cute and from Some Odd Girl and is available from the M4M Store here.

Scrapbook Sisters have a challenge to stamp some of your background and thankfully you have a month, so this gave me time to play lol!  I have also followed Some Odd Girl's Sketch.  The photo is not the best as I took it with my phone at the time (you can actually see my reflection in the oven lol)

Sorry it is not a good photo, didn't matter how many I took lol!  I think it is because it is 12 x 12?

A closer look at the spicas, special effects, dazzling diamonds glimmer mist, I also made a frame of SU blue glitter around the photo, for extra sparkle!  There are lots of rhinestones added to the papers, ribbon etc,

Just love this beautiful sentiment from LOTV, which I bought with my voucher from Lorraine (thanks again Lorraine)

Copics, spicas and multiliner used

Copics, spicas and a huge selection of stamps all available from our Mad for Markers Store

We would love to see your creations in our Mad for Markers It's Raining Men Use Masciline colours Challenge.

JUST A REMINDER

IMPORTANT DATES

Sammi is coming to Werribee in Melbourne (2nd June) for a copic colouring day details here

Rosanna and I are super excited as Sammi has the lovely Irina Blount, LaLa Land Crafts taking a project class in Sydney (16th June) and guess what we are going WOO HOO! Details here.

Copic Colour Conference 21st-23rd September in Sydney full details here, Rosanna and I has so much fun last year.

Challenges

Some Odd Girl Challenge #5 - Sketch
Scrapbook Sisters Challenge - Stamped background
Lets Ink It Up Challenge #23 - Bling
Make It Monday Linky Party # - Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays #57 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Challenge - Sweet Tooth
The Paper Shelter Challenge - Anything Goes





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