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Oooops a little late

2012-02-26T16:27:00.001+11:00

Good afternoon everyone I hope you are having a great weekend. We are having a very hot weekend here in Melbourne and have to say I am looking forward to it colling down after tomorrow.

I am a little late for my post today for the new Magnolia Down Under Challenges. We had Internet issues yesterday and then I have been busy all day not getting a chance to turn the computer on till now.

So this week at MDUC we have a colour challenge for you, PINK, ORANGE & WHITE. At first I thought uuummmm that's interesting but I have to say these colours are stunning together.

I decided to play with my Koala Hugs Tilda again too. She is just sooo cute.

So pop over to MDUC and check out the awesome inspiration and then get crafting!

Thanks for stopping by today, until next time

Lil Easter Pinkette - Daisy August

2012-02-25T17:00:00.000+11:00

Hi everyone hopefully this post finds you well.

Life here is slowly returning to normal with the kids back at school and the routine back in place. Not sure how long normal will last though as we are about to embark on some major renovations! I am excited I think!!!!

Anyhow today it is preview day over at Tickled Pink Stamps showcasing the new Lil Easter Pinkette - Daisy August. She is just adorable I think anyhow.

A fairly simple card for me but I think with the Pinkette's sometimes simplier is better. They are such adorable images you dont want to detract too much attention away from them.

Now be sure to pop by Tickled Pink Stamps and check out hte other amazing creations for the preview and to also find out how you could win this little cutie for yourself.

Enjoy the rest of your day. Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Just a little fun

2012-02-13T16:00:00.002+11:00

A few weeks ago I caved I purchased my first Saturated Canary image. It is not that I don't like them, I actually LOVE THEM, but I really did not want to start another addiction! Now I am so glad that I brought one as I had so much fun just colouring her up.

My card is using a sketch that was at The Sketchy Challenges a few weeks ago. Such a simple layout and no fluff on my card which is a change!

Not sure maybe perhaps I should have reversed the black and kraft as feel there is a tad too much black.

I am entering this into:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Craft us Crazy - Anything Goes

Charisma - Things with wings.

I hope you enjoy my card. Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Just one word at Magnolia Down Under Challenges

2012-02-12T07:00:00.000+11:00

Morning I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.

This morning I am bringing you my DT Card for the new challenge at Magnolia Down Under Challenges, being one word sentiments. I have to admit it took a while for me to come up with just one word but finally I did.

I have made my card using the sketch that is in the latest Magnolia Ink Magazine and also my one of two stamps from the latest release. Whilst I did think there was a lot of gorgeous stamps this release they were all a bit to lovey for me and I just knew I would not use them heaps so I was a really good girl and just brought the two!

Look at all that purple on my card, I know so out of the ordinary for me! Having said that combining it with the black I really like how it looks. My sentiment is made using the kaiser craft alpha stickers and off cuts of cardstock.

Now be sure to pop by the MDUC blog and check out the other AMAZING samples.

I hope you get the time to join in with us this week.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Tickled Pink Preview - Lil Futuristic Christina

2012-02-10T17:00:00.000+11:00

Hello again....Hopefully you have been enjoying the previews for this release over at Tickled Pink Stamps. Today we are previewing I think my favourite of the release Lil Futuristic Christina......I actually needed some tags so I decided to make some using the other Lil Lolita's from this release too and here is what I came up with.

I love making tags as they are super quick yet are really effective on those small gifts.

So don't forget to stop by the TPS blog and check out the other Dt's members previews and if you leave a comment there you could win her for yourself!

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Tickled Pink Stamps - Lil Futuristic Stefan

2012-02-09T17:00:00.000+11:00

Good afternoon everyone I hope you are all well. I am finally back after my small break and today am sharing with you one of the new images being released on the 11th from Tickled Pink Stamps. I am loving this futuristic release they possibilities are endless.

So today Lil Futuristic Stefan is being previewed. My card is perhaps a little plain but it is a boys card so I did not want to over do it also perhaps my mojo has not returned fully yet!

The photo makes it look quite dull bit the papers are really quite bright. I love this range from My Minds Eye.

So anyhow there is my preview for you. Be sure to pop by the TPS blog and check out the other DT members work and I believe if you leave a comment over there you could win this little cutie for yourself!

Thanks for stopping by, until next time.

TIckled Pink Stamps - Australia Day Sale

2012-01-26T09:47:00.001+11:00

Good morning everyone, Happy Australia Day to you.

To celebrate Australia Day Kellie is having a fantastic sale over at Tickled Pink Stamps.

Be sure to pop over the store and grab yourself a bargin!

Enjoy your day everyone

Tickled Pink Stamps _ Lil Greek gods Lolita Aphrodite Willow

2012-01-19T17:00:00.000+11:00

Good afternoon everyone thank you for taking the time to stop by. As I mentioned in my last post I am currently taking a little break but had this card made already so am posting it for you today.

There has been a fantastic release at Tickled Pink Stamps this week and I hope you have been enjoying them. This new release is just gorgeous.

I have for you today my card showcasing Aphrodite Willow.

She is stunning hey? The paper is from Graphic 45 and I just love it.

Don't forget to stop by the TPS Blog as I am sure there will be an opportunity for you to win her.

Thanks for stopping by, I will be back in a few weeks. Until next time

Some News & the Latest MDUC Challenge

2012-01-15T07:00:00.000+11:00

Morning everyone I know it has been a while since my last post but you see a lot has happened since then. The same day I did my last post my beautiful Nana who has been battling illness for a few years suffered kidney failure and the heartbreaking decision was made to put her into palliative care. The following afternoon aged 79 years old my Nana lost her battle. My Nana has been a huge part of our lives (as I am sure many of your Nana's have been to you) and I have not taken this very easily. Although we knew it was coming the reality of no longer having her to visit and knowing that she will never walk into a room again is heart breaking.

I had a feeling before this happened that this was coming and had made a start on some of my DT cards. As such I have one for you today and once for you later in the week. I am taking a short break from my cards but promise I will be back soon. Currently I look at my crafting stuff and think blah.....I know this will change again soon.

Today at Magnolia Down Under Challenges our new challenge is Black & White. We want to see Tilda/Edwin coloured in black and white only. Your card can have colour but not your image. It has been a ling time since I have coloured in black and white and have to say it was good fun.

My card is pretty uninspiring as I had so many things on my mind when I was making it.

We look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations. Don't forget to drop by MDUC and check out the awesome samples from the DT.

Thank you for taking the time to read my post. Until next time....

Trying a New Colour Combo for the New Year

2012-01-03T07:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning everyone I am hoping that you had a wonderful Christmas with your family and friends. Our family had a great day.....I just cant believe after all the work and thought going into christmas it is all over again.....sigh! I would also like to wish you all a very Happy new Year. Lets hope our year is filled with love, laughter, good health and most importantly lots of crafting!!!

To it is my turn to post for the new challenge over at Mad for Markers which is try a New colour Combo!

When I first started making my card I thought I would try some of my purples as they are my least favorite to use....Anyhow after making my card (which I always do first) I realised that although I have used purple patterned paper it is not that prominent but the peachy/pink is. So off I went scribbling away with my pinks and this is the combination I have some up with. R14, R22, R43, R11 & R00.....And here is what it looks like!

The photos are a little dark but it is so hot here in Melbourne that it is just too bright to get a photo outside without it distorting it. Hopefully the second picture gives you a better idea of the colour although saying that it is still a bit pinker in real life.

So here are the copics that I used:

Dress: - R14, R22, R43, R11 & R00

Apron: W7, W5, W3, W1, Roo, YG93

Top: YG99, YG95, YG93, YG91

Hair: E19. E99, E97, Y21

Basket: E77, E19 & Y21

I know I say this allt he time but if you are after some copics or even some cute stamps why not head over to Mad for Markers and let Sammi help you...

I am also going to enter my card into the following challenges:

Thanks for stopping by, until next time.

MDUC Colour Challenge - Red, Gold & Cream

2011-12-18T10:38:00.002+11:00

Good morning everyone I hope you are ready for another Magnolia Down Under Challenge. This time we have a colour challenge for you - red, gold and cream. I LOVED this colour challenge and had fun making yet again another Christmas card.

I have actually used gold embossing around the layer between the designer paper and the red cardstock. There snowflakes on the panel behind Tilda are also embossed in gold. The snow droplets around Tilda and the ground she is standing on are gold stickles. Oh course the photo does it no justice.

I am also entering this card into the Simply Magnolia Challenges - Christmas.

So we look forward to seeing what you come up with. We are now going on a break over Christmas but will be back in January.

In case I don't get back here before Christmas now I would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas and hope that the day is filled with lots of love and laughter. May the year ahead be kind to you and your loved ones. Thank you for all the lovely comments you leave me and to my regulars thank you for always making the effort to pop in.

I know I have been a bad blogging buddy this year but I promise next year to improve.

So until next time,

Tickled Pink Stamps sponsoring Cute Card Thursday

2011-12-15T21:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning everyone

We are getting closer and closer to Christmas now and I am hoping that you are all organised. We have one week left of school and for me work before some much needed time off, yippee....

This week Tickled Pink Stamps is sponsoring Cute Card Thursday. The theme this week is stripes, nice and easy.

I have used Pinkette August for my card today. Isn't she cute?

A fairly simple card but the paper was very full on and adding lots on just did not work so I had to go plain and simple. I really liked the end effect though.

The sentiment is also from tickled Pink Stamps. I love them because they are so crisp...

Anyhow that is all for me today, thanks for stopping by until next time

Some reviews over at Tickled Pink Stamps

2011-12-09T00:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning everyone hopefully this post finds you all well.

Today at Tickled Pink Stamps we are reviewing some of the gorgeous Pinkette christmas images. I loved this range and have used them heaps this season as they are really quick and easy to use.

So I am showcasing Pippa today. I have to admit with every release Pippa has been my favorite.

So if you still have a few chrissie cards to make why not jump over to the TPS store and grab yourself one of these cuties.

Off to work for me today so this is where I will leave it. I am looking forward to the Christmas holidays as I will be able to slow down a bit and actually write proper posts and visit everyone and leave comments.

Thanks for stopping by today, until next time

Maggie Lovers Challenges - Aussie Christmas

2011-12-06T14:20:00.001+11:00

I'm sorry my post is a few days late but I had it set in blogger and it did not post and then I just have not had a chance till now to get it posted.

It's time for a new challenge at Maggie Lovers Challenges and this time we want to see your Aussie Christmas Cards. By now most of you would know that Bron has organised her own exclusive Tilda called Koala Hugs Tilda and it was with this stamp in mind that she created the theme for this current challenge.

So I have gone for earthy colours and my flower with sentiment in it actually to me represents the sun.

So what are you waiting for...start creating!

Thanks for stopping by today until next time

Magnolia Down Under Challenges - Christmas Ornament

2011-12-04T07:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning everyone hopefully you are all well and the silly season is not effecting you too much at the moment.

We are off to take the kids to the carols tonight which end with fireworks. They are slightly excited.

This week at Magnolia Down Under we would like to see your creative juices flowing and you to create a christmas ornament/decoration. This can be something to hang from your tree of perhaps it could be a like mine and a banner.....I have to say that the DT have excelled themselves this time and the creations on show are just fantastic. Plenty of inspiration for you all.

Now I showed you the other day my coloured christmas magnolia images and today I can show you the final project.

Here is a close up of each individual piece

I have to say that I am really happy with how this turned out and my kids just love it and cant wait for me to hang it up. I love making something each year to decorate the house for christmas and seeing the kids eyes light up.

I am also going to enter this into the current Just Magnolia challenge- Anything Goes

Well that is all for me today. Thank you for stopping by and your lovely comments they really make my day.

Until next time

Yippee! Some exciting news...

2011-11-29T17:08:00.001+11:00

Hi everyone......Just a really quick post today to share with you my exciting news. Last week Kellie (from Tickled Pink Stamps) asked if I would become a Pink Lady and after deliberating for lets see about 1.2seconds I responded with a BIG YES! I have already worked with Kellie as Pinkette lady and orignally on the Lil Lolita's Challenge Blog so I know that she is a delight to work with.

I will be starting my DT committments with Tickled Pink Stamps in January and I can tell you, after already seeing the new Lolita's & Lad's that will be released in Jan I can confidently say you will love them.

I look forward to being part of this team.

Thanks Kellie for asking me to join you....

It's Christmas at Mad for Markers Challenges

2011-11-29T07:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning I hope you are all well.

I am slightly stressing about the fact that Christmas is just around the corner. I would love to know where the year has gone it feels like just yesterday that it was the middle of the year and I considered starting my shopping. Anyhow today my hubby had the day off so we went shopping, other than our frustration nearly killing each other we did manage to get a lot of Christmas shopping done so I am feeling slightly better.

So if you are anything like me by now you would realise that we are quickly running out of time to be making chrissy cards so our current challenge at Mad for Markers is a great opportunity to get some christmas cards out the way and to join in the fun!

I am sharing with you today just some colouring as I am in the middle of making a project that I will be back to share with you later in the week.

Now if you are clever and have finished you cards have you thought about putting your crafting skills to making a christmas ornament or project? If so that is another way that you can join in with us this fortnight.

I am going to apologise now because I will be rather absent from here other than my DT work as you would all also be experiencing it is that silly season!

Hope you all have a great day

Thanks for stopping by, until next time xoxoxoxox

Its time for a sketch at Magnolia Down Under Challenges

2011-11-20T07:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning all I hope you are all having a great weekend...

So its Sunday morning which means it is time for a new challenge at MDUC. This week the super talented Debbie P has drawn a sketch to challenge us all. Be sure to pop by the blog and check out all the great interpetations of this sketch.

So here is my card.....

and here is the sketch:

I have used a combination of old and new Magnolia Paper. Lots of fun colouring this little Tilda she is so sweet. I really tried to get the effect of where her dress falls over her legs (as in where the legs would be). As always you get a better effect of it in real life.

Anyhow that is all for me today. Hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time xoxo

Mad for Markers - Anything Goes

2011-11-15T07:30:00.000+11:00

Good morning I hope you are all well. Just a quick post for me today as still not feeling 100% which has not been helped by the fact that I knocked my head yesterday leaving myself dizzy, vomiting and concussed! Only I could do that.

Anyhow this fortnight at Mad for Makers we have an easy challenge - anything goes. As I am still trying to get christmas cards made i decided to make another chrissie card. I used the gorgeous Elf from Make it Crafty they are so much fun to colour.

Really happy with the brightness and lush colours of my card.

Now don't forget to go and check out the Mad for Markers Blog each day for fresh inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by , until next time

Candy Winner

2011-11-07T13:56:00.001+11:00

Good afternoon everyone...Just a quick post to say thank you to everyone that entered my candy and those that choose to spread the word on their blogs for me.

So I went into Mr Rand thingy and asked him to crank out a number for me with the lucky winner being Shirl from Creations by Shirl...Congratualations Shirl and thank you for all your lovely comments you always leave me..Please send me your slow mail address to 'bronwen_beekman at yahoo.com' so that I can arrange for your prize to be sent.

Once again thank you to those that choose to enter my candy...

Until next time

Maggie Lovers Challenge - Christmas anything but a card

2011-11-07T00:00:00.000+11:00

Today is the start of a new challenge at Maggie Lovers Challenges and this month we would like to see you create something Christmas just not a card. I admit when I first saw this challenge I was fretting and racking my brain as to what I could do. In the end I ended up pulling out my old Magnolia Ink's and gained inspiration from a couple of the creations by Tab and Claudia in lasts year Christmas edition. I believe that I have made it totally my own though.

So still not entirely sure on what I was going to create I headed off to spotlight and started grabbing stuff and thinking that could work....By the time I got home I had about 10 ideas floating in my head but decided to go with the bauble choice. I am now going to show you my creation (be warned a few pics coming on) and then talk about it a bit further...

here is a pic with the reverse side of the scalloped circle. I just printed the text out on the computer and added a little colour

Here is a picture of it hanging

Here is a close up of the bauble

Here is a close up of the Scalloped section

So the bauble is a Polystyrene ball which I have painted gold ( took a few coats). Then I simply pinned the ribbon on and into place. The second hanging section I have also just pinned on to the ball and added the bow. It is actually a really quick and easy thing to make and think that I may be making a few more between now and Christmas.

So get your creative minds on, or if yours is suffering like mine flick through some old Magnolia Ink's and get creating! I look forward to seeing all your gorgeous creations.

Thanks for stopping by until next time

Magnolia Down Under Challenges - Charms and Bling

2011-11-06T07:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning everyone I hope this post finds you all well.

This week at Magnolia Down Under Challenges our challenge to you is to use charm and bling. Nice and easy...

I am still quite off colour and as I am having house guests this weekend (scheduling this post in advance) so was really pleased when I went through my stuff to find my image already coloured. I forgot I had it but I coloured it up when I was at Debbie P's house the other week.

I am loving My Minds Eye papers at the moment so I have combined some of their Christmas paper with some of their normal range.

I tried something a little different with my image this week and that is I coloured an golden glow around Tilda (well at least that is the effect I was after!) and went really basic on embellishments allowing the gorgeous image and papers shine...

There is lots of bling on the card and you can see it slightly in the photo..Her wings, halo and ruffle on dress have stickles on it.

Anyhow I best be going now as I have a few others things to get ready before our guests arrive on Saturday morning.

Thanks for stopping by until next time

Orange & Black at Mad for Markers

2011-11-01T07:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning everyone if you are in Melbourne I hope you enjoy your day off....My kids have had an extra long weekend as there is no school Monday and no school Wednesday either.....I came home from work on Friday really looking forward to the time off...the excitement was short lived as I was sitting down with hubby in the evening to suddenly have my nose start dripping and my body feeling like it had been hit by a train...Saturday I tried to go out with him and look at stuff for the house but it was short lived...Yesterday was spent resting and today (being Monday doing post in advance), feeling slightly better, I have managed to get some colouring done...

No card to show yo today just some colouring I have been working on....I have done this for the new challenge over at Mad for Markers Challenges being in the spirit of Halloween using orange and black....This would be the first time I have used Orange in a bit scale....

I do not have the energy to make this into a card to be honest but have had lots of fun with it. I drew the wall behind Tilda and have been playing with it all morning trying to get the effect of texture.Not too sure if I have managed to achieve this...

I am going to enter this into the current Make it Colourful Challenge....

Each day at the Mad for Markers Challenge Blog there is some new DT inspiration for you so be sure to stop by and have a look. Of course we would also love to see your creations for this challenge too.

For all your Copic Needs (and more) go see Sammi's store...

Well off to feeling sorry for myself again!

Purple Christmas

2011-10-26T13:07:00.000+11:00

I am quite excited to be posting this post today as it is my first post in ages that I have done just for fun....I love the DT work I do as it keeps me motivated and making regularly but sometimes I enjoy not having any design restrictions (as in need to do something specific and have fun)...

I got my stamp club from Bron's last week and well I fell in love with it all but in particular I LOVED my purple papers. Now if you know me Purple is the colour that I can not create with...I love everyone else's work with it and purple in general but for crafting I normally take a wide berth! However I was itching to use the paper and then I saw the TOMIC Challenge this week and decided what the heck, jump out of your comfort zone!!!!

So here is my card:

and here is a close up of Tilda where you can see the sparkly tinsel I have done...

Not too sure if my card is balanced quite right but after playing and playing with the arrangements this is the best I could come up with..It will probably hit me later today what I could have done to balance it better. Anyway I have to say that I am in LOVE with my card and think that perhaps I should jump out of my comfort zone a bit more often!!!!

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:

The Official Magnolia Inspiration Challenges - Bingo - I have used the bottom line

Pink Ink Sketches - I have used the sketch and flipped it to the side

Deep Ocean Challenges - Sweet - I think she is really sweet and she is from the Sweet Dreams Collection!

Paper Sundaes Challenges - Sundae Bar - I used sparkles, flowers and distressing

Well I best be going and getting back to doing some stuff around the house....

Don't forget I have some blog candy up for grabs...if you are interested see my post here.

Thank you for stopping by, until next time

Come Join me at the new Maggie Lovers Challenge Blog

2011-10-24T00:00:00.000+11:00

Yipppee I am so excited for my post today as it is my first post as a member of the brand new Maggie Lovers Challenges....The challenge blog has been created by the awseome Bron of Shop Bron. For our very first challenge we have got a fairly simple one for you, Christmas (well seeming most of us have new maggies to play with this should not be hard) and then a colour challenge of either red and brown or pink and brown....

Now I was super lucky to get some of the new collection from Bron which included Edwin which meant that I was going Red and Brown....I have to admit I was a little hesitant using this colour combo but they fit perfect with this image and I have to say that I LOVE how it came out. Feels really old worldly to me..

Anyhow enough gibber from me here is my card:

I have used me fav red combo for Christmas cards being R59, R46 & R35...Not much of the way in pleats on the top (other than the sleeve) but I did manage to get some movement and his pants and boots.

Of course the photo does not show it but the snowflakes around Edwin are in gold ans there is a fair bit of gold smudging on my card too. Really quite a pretty effect...

Anyway I hope you like me card I had lots of fun making it...

Now you be best to pop by the Maggie Lovers Blog and check out the rules, the other fab DT's work and what Bron has on offer (I believe it may be the new exclusive to Shop Bron Tilda)....If you have not seen her yet be sure to pop by and have a look...My order is in and hopefully I will have it really soon....

Anyhow best be off now...I will look forward to seeing your beautiful creations.

Thanks for stopping by today, until next time

Magnolia Down Under Challenes - Dies and Punches

2011-10-23T07:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning everyone hopefully you are all enjoying your weekend.

Today is the start of our new challenge over at Magnolia Down Under Challenges being dies & Punches....

I used one of the new Christmas images that I stamped and started to colour last weekend at Debbie's house. I am in love with this new collection and wish I could have them all.

I based my card on the Sketch we had last week that Eulanda created...My card actually has heaps of fine details that you just cant get with a camera so I will briefly explain what they are....Tilda's dress has stickles on the white fluffy bit and the present also has stickles as does the snowflakes. The edging of the panel Tilda is on is actually gold embossed and the very edges of the main piece of paper has white embossing powder on it....

Now be sure to stop past the blog and check out the other amazing creations, I promise you will not be disappointed.

Thanks for stopping by today, enjoy your Sunday.

Until next time....

My weekend catchup and current Mad for Markers DT card

2011-10-18T07:30:00.000+11:00

Morning everyone I hope you are all well...I had an awesome weekend this week as I got to meet some of my gorgeous blogging buddies....Saturday night was quite nerve racking as I was asked over to Debbie P's (fellow MDUC DT) house to join in a girls night in with the awesome, Karen Yates (fellow MDUC DT), Bronlyn Jones (Shop Bron), Zoe Mitc (Make is Crafty) and Bron's sisters Sharon & Christine but as soon as I arrived at Debbie's house and was welcomed by a big hug from her and Karen my nerves were gone...We had a great night enjoying some champers, colouring, making a candle and of course just gas bagging..It is strange as I said I have never met these ladies but we talk so often over email etc I felt like I have known them for years....The sad thing is that Debbie and I only live about 25 minutes apart and it has taken us this long to meet IRL...I just know that we want take that long to see each other again..

Sunday I went down to the Picture 2 Page show at met up with all the ladies again..I was a very naughty girl and forgot my camera so I will be waiting for the other ladies to put their photos up and stealing them to share!!

Thank you ladies for sharing such a fabulous weekend with me...now when is the next one so we can catch up again, LOL!

Anyhow I best get onto today's post..

Today I am bringing you my DT card for the latest Mad for Markers Challenge which is a sketch by the super talented Susan. I love this sketch and had lots of fun using it..

I used my new Some Odd Girl Christmas Stamp that I got through Sammi last week. These are such cute stamps and they are fun to colour. My kids LOVED my card as it is bright and a bit funky rather than the normal sweet...The blue around him is perhaps not so bright IRL and for some reason it looks a bit smudgy where the blue meets the grey....

and here is the sketch

I changed the sentiment section for the bell & then used a sentiment where Susan had made a place for embellies. That is what I love about sketches it is up to your interpretation.

Now you have two weeks to get in and make a card using the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by today, until next time...

Time for Spook at MDUC

2011-10-09T08:39:00.001+11:00

For my Tickled Pink Lil Party Pinkette Pippa post see below

Good Morning Magnolia lovers today I have sample for our new challenge at Magnolia Down Under, Halloween...As you know being Australian we don't celebrate Halloween so the thought of Halloween projects/cards do not excite me!

At the start of the week when I looked up what our challenge was I started to fret, as I had no Halloween images, but after a short call out expressing my drama I was saved by the lovely Debbie P who sent me some to use. Thanks Debbie you are my life saver! Anyhow once I received the Tilda's I actually got excited because they are just so darn cute!!!

The challenge this week actually brought up a big discussion about how you can use any Tilda/Edwin to make a Halloween project it is just how you interpret it....One of the best suggestions I heard was to colour Tilda green....freaky!!!! So don't be narrow minded like me and think you have to have a Halloween image to participate let you imagination take over and see what you can come up with..

I wanted to make a project rather than a card so I set off to make a treat box...It was actually a little smaller than I anticipated so could heavily decorate it but never the less I still like the end result...

and here is the side view

I am also entering this into

- TOMIC challenge being Halloween - everything but a card.

Be sure to pop by MDUC to check out the prize for this week from our generous sponsor Stampyland and to also see the other DT's creations. If you have the time stop by and give them some commenting love, it always makes our days a lot better!

Thanks for stopping by, until next time...

For my Blog Candy please see here

Happy Birthday Tickled Pink

2011-10-09T08:23:00.003+11:00

**For my blog candy please see here.**

Today I am bringing you the third Lil Party Pinkette Range for Tickled Pink Stamps. These stamps have been created to celebrate the 2nd Birthday of Tickled Pink Stamps.

I have one of my favourite Pinkette's today to show you, Pippa..

Isn't she gorgeous? I think so....What I love about the Pinkette's is that they are perfect for doing cards for the kids and their friends birthdays..So cute and young but trendy.

Now as it is the 2nd Birthday at Tickled Pink Kellie has organised some old DT members to come back as guests so be sure to look at the blog to check out past and current DT creations. There is also a chance to win Pippa but you will have to check out TPS to see how...

A big congratulations to Kellie the owner of TPS on the 2nd birthday of TPS.

Thanks for stopping by today, until next time

Lil Party Pinkette Coraline Preview

2011-10-07T00:00:00.000+11:00

* For my blog candy please see here*

I am again with the beginning of a Preview for the new Lil Party Pinkette Range from Tickled Pink Stamps. Today I am bringing you Lil Party Pinkette Coraline, isn't she cute. I have tried to do a clean and simple card, would think this still does not classify as one but closer than my normal.

Purple is not normally my favorite colour but I was given some of this paper from my one of my dearest friends Dee, who is a stampin up demonstrator and was really taken by how pretty it was and thought it would be perfect for the pinkette images.

Now you know what Kellie is like, if their is a release she has to have a give away! So be sure now to pop by Tickled Pink Stamps to find out the details as to when you can start purchasing and how to possibly win one..

Thanks for stopping by today, have a a great day until next time

Mad for Markers - Favorite Colour Combo

2011-10-04T07:30:00.000+11:00

Good morning everyone, hopefully you have a great weekend and start tot he week.

Today it is my turn to share a creation for the current Mad for Markers Challenges. This fortnight we want to see you favorite colour combinations. Easy hey! I thought so too until I realised that I have a few that are my fav and could not decide so I ended up using them all in my image.

So my favorite combinations are:

Red - R59, R39, R37& R35

Brown (hair) E29, E37, E35, E33 & E31

Boots - E49, E79, E74, E72

Other colours used -

Skin- E00, E11, E21, R20 & R21

Apron - E53, E51, E50 & W3

I have been wanting for ages to join in on the new challenge blog Pink Ink Sketches but I always seem to run out. This week though I have managed to get a card done in time, with plenty of time actually, to join in.

I am also entering my card into a few challenges:

Simply Magnolia - Autumn colours (the reds and yellows and brows)

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Distressing

Paper Sundaes - lots of layers

The Southern Girl Challenges - Anything Goes.

I really do hope you come and join us on this new challenge. It is a easy one to play along with. I will look forward to seeing your entries.

Thanks for stopping by today..until next time

Pink Ribbon Lil Pinkette Charity release preview

2011-10-02T17:00:00.000+11:00

Hi everyone hope you are having a great weekend. I am back today with my card showcasing Pink Ribbon Lil Pinkette Charity. Isn't she just gorgeous..... In case you did not see my post yesterday Kellie from Tickled Pink Stamps has had some images created which she is selling in digital format only for the month of October at the cost of $1.00 with all the proceeds going to Pink Ribbon Appeal.

So today I am showing Lil Pinkette Charity...

I know that there are so many Nana's, Aunts, Mums and good friends out there that are battling, beaten or fallen to this horrible disease. It just makes you stop for a moment and realise how lucky we are..... To everyone out there that has been touched in some way of form by breast cancer I admire your strength and courage and I wish you the best for now and the future.....

I would like to leave today with these few words.

hope...faith...courage...strength...

Pink RIbbon Lil Pinkette Hope Preview

2011-10-01T17:00:00.000+10:00

Today is a special post as I had a privilege to make a card using the new Pink Ribbon Lil Pinkette Hope. Kelly the owner of Tickled Pink Stamps has had some images created which will be in digital format only and sold at $1.00 each with all the proceeds being donated to pink ribbon. I believe that there are also some sentiments to go with them as well.

When doing some reading on breast cancer whilst making my card I came across the saying which I have inserted into the card that Hope is holding...Pink - Not just a colour of a ribbon but a symbol of Hope..

Now stop by the TPS Blog and look at the other DT creations and I hope that by the end of the release you have stopped by the store and brought an image and donated to such a wonderful cause.

During my reading on encouraging words to say to breast cancer patients I learnt that there are a few words that are like a mantra in the breast cancer community so I would like to leave you with them today....

hope...faith...courage...strength...

Fancy Folds at Madnolia Down Under Challenges

2011-09-25T07:00:00.000+10:00

To see my blog candy please click here

Morning Magnolia Lovers it is Sunday which in turn means a new challenge at Magnolia Down Under. As you can see by the title this week our theme/challenge is fancy folds....

I set about doing my favorite type of fold card the gateway fold card (well at least that is what I think it is called)....with that in mind and also the thought of wanting to use some of my magnolia paper I set off on my card....Now the problem being that I was absolutely wrecked all day as I did not had much sleep (due to hubby's snoring) so it just took for ever to do. I would do a bit then leave it, come back to it and so the pattern went...End result is a mediocre card...My photo does not do it much justice either as it shows no contrast in my colouring even though I do have some...I had to take the photo pretty late in the afternoon, probably not the best conditions.

semi open

Please make sure you drop by MDUC blog as there are some amazing fancy fold cards on display and of course don't forget to join us this week if you have a chance.

Anyhow we are off the the Melbourne Show today with the kids should be fun. They cant wait to see the cows and horses.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

I have Candy.......

2011-09-19T17:18:00.000+10:00

Yep that is right I have some candy to give away....I am talking crafting Candy too you know...

Anyhow last week Kellie from Tickled Pink Stamps was doing a bit of stock take and decided to offer to us Pinkette's some rubber stamps for us to use as Candy on our blogs...How generous is that! Thank you Kellie I am once again blown away by your generosity.

I have been thinking and thinking of what my conditions would be and do you know what I dont have any. You see I dont normally like it when people offer Candy but they make you become a follower, I would prefer if people followed me because they like what they see not because they are forced to, does that make sense! However in saying that I would perhaps like this to get out a bit so I am going to leave it up to you as to whether or not you would like to post a pic in your sidebar or not or you may want to do a quick post letting your current followers know that I have some candy. I will not be offended if you do not.

So here is what is on offer 4 Pinkette rubber stamps from the Lil Spinks and Spooks collection by Tickled Pink Stamps.

Here is what you need to do:

Leave a comment
If you like mention it on your blog and perhaps leave a pic in your sidebar

I will randomly choose a winner on the 1st November. Good Luck!

Thanks for stopping by everyone xoxo

Lil Christmas Pinkette Pippa

2011-09-18T00:00:00.000+10:00

I'm back again with my last preview card for the Tickled Pink Stamps Lil Christmas Pinkette range and today I have Pippa to show you. I always love the Pippa images as there is something about her hair I like!

This card is using my favorite of the new Christmas papers I picked up and although they are not traditional they are not way out there either. I love the snowmen just sooo cute.

I coloured Pippa really lightly to match in with the light tones of the tag. The swirls I had sitting in my stash and I just painted them lightly with cream. I also added so smudging with the cream pain to the edges of the Tag. Very simplistic Tag but these Pinkettes are just too cute to cover up with heavy embellishments. I have also decided this year that I need to make simpler Christmas cards as I always stress out with getting them all done in time.

Now don't forgot to stop by TPS blog to see how you can win Pippa and to see the other Pinkettes that have been previewed this week and to find out when you can get your hands on some of them. I hope you have enjoyed these previews and look forward to seeing these Pinkette's pop up over blog land.

Thanks for stopping by today, until next time

New Friday Sketch Challenge

2011-09-16T17:00:00.000+10:00

Its an exciting day today with the launch of a new sketch challenge blog called Friday Sketch Challenge. The new challenge blog has been created by Tracey....I am lucky enough to be joining this bunch of hugely talented girls.

This week the sketch has been created by Deb...I have flipped it on its side though.

I have mixed the older traditional colours with some black (my favorite colour) added some cheesecloth. I have had this Santa from Magnolia coloured up for a while now and seeming I have made such a good start on my Christmas cards this week I thought I would continue my current theme. I have also used the presents falling from Santa's sack (well at least that is the effect I was going for!) as the embellishments for the edge of the circle that was on the sketch...I finished my card by adding some smooch spritz from Stampin Up. I love how this does not soak your paper like the tattered angles glimmer mist does. They also have a few colours to choose from. If you are interested at ordering some, or even looking through the new catalogue contact my best friend Deeanne from Deelish Designs she is a Stampin up demonstrator and has lots of great deals that she often runs on her own (separate from Stampin Up) and ribbon shares. If she gets enough interested people or requests she would have paper shares and embellishments shares too. She is very quick to order and can even have it delivered to your house....Be sure to let her know that I have sent you her way!

I believe our challenges are going to be fortnightly so that gives you lots of time to get creating and join us. I know that we are going to be trying to get some sponsors on board soon so we can give away some prizes.

So that is all for me today thanks for stopping by, untl next time

Lil Christmas Pinkette - Faith

2011-09-16T00:30:00.000+10:00

Hi again I am here to show you another of the new Pinkette Stamps from Tickled Pink Stamps - Lil Christmas Pinkette Faith.....

Hopefully you have been checking into Tickled Pink Stamps to see the other previews and are enjoying them as much as I am.

Once again I have chosen non traditional papers/colours for my card and even decided to go an transperancy paper for my base card. Not sure if the photo will show it too well..

I added some puff paint to under her feet to make fake snow but have to admit that perhaps I was a little heavy handed and it ended up a lot fluffier than normal...oh well..

I know I say this all the time but honestly take the time to stop by the TPS blog to check out the other creations on show and to see how you can win Faith!

Thanks for stopping by, I will be back again in a few days with another preview.

Until next time

Lil Christmas Pinkette Coraline

2011-09-14T00:00:00.000+10:00

Good evening everyone today I am bringing you a preview card for the new Tickled Pink Stamps Pinkette range - Lil Christmas Pinkette's. The first one we have to share with you is Coraline and how cute is she?

I decided when Kellie sent through these Pinkette's that I needed non traditional Christmas papers and have to say I am really chuffed with the ones I found....Anyhow I suppose I better show you Coraline....

The colours are perhaps a little brighter than in real life but I think they match her so well. I loved colouring her dress and had fun adding in the folds... The sentiments are from Tickled Pink Stamps too.

So there you have it the first of the release...be sure to pop by Tickled Pink Stamps blog to check out the other amazing inspiration and to find out how you could win this little cutie. Also check back each day to see the whole release. I will be back in a few days with my next preview.

Thanks for stopping by today and having a peek. Until next time

Its Sketch Time at Magnolia Down Under Challenges

2011-09-11T07:00:00.000+10:00

Good morning Magnolia lovers! I hope you are enjoying your weekend and getting some time to craft.

This week at MDUC we have a sketch challenge for you which was designed by our very own Karen.

I have tried to stick the the sketch as much as possible but I dont have any banner dies or banners so could not add that element. My card is a good example of how you can interpret it.

So here is my card:

My photo is a little dull but I only got a chance to make the card last night so I had no natural light to take a picture in. If I get a chance (or remember) I may take another today..

and here is the sketch

Hubby is off to golf today so I am having a home day with the kids. Hopefully some crafting will be had! We have had a really busy week with my kids school production, which was very cute, and lots of other activities so I think a day at home resting will do us all good.

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

Make it Colourful - Purple (I have used V99, V95, V93 & V91 my fav combination)

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Simply Magnolia -Anything Goes

Stamp Something - Anything Goes- this is the last challenge at Stamp Something so sad to see it go.

Thank you for stopping by today. Please dont forget to stop by MDUC to see the other DT examples, you will not be disappointed.

Have a great day. Until next time

Mad for Markers - Spring

2011-09-06T07:30:00.000+10:00

Good morning...

Hopefully you are all enjoying this beautiful start to spring. I have thoroughly enjoyed the start to spring and think I can quickly get used to this sunshine again!

So this fortnight our challenge at Mad for Markers Challenges is Spring. Yep how easy is that, just add some spring to you creations.

I really enjoyed making my card and have used lots of butterflies, my favorite thing about this time of year, Cherry blossoms and spring colours in the papers and my image.

So i have used the following copics:

Skin - E37, E11, E13, R21 & R22

Hair - E49, E79, E75 & E72

Coat - R59, R49, R47 & R35

Dress & Hat - BG79, BG75, BG72, BG11, BG10 & BG000

I would also like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz Challenges - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - a Pinch and a punch

Cant wait to see what gorgeous creations you will create to join in with our challenge.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Getting Ready for the next Tickled Pink Release

2011-09-01T15:02:00.002+10:00

Good afternoon everyone

hopefully you are enjoying the first day of Spring...The weather is beautiful here in Melbourne today, could get used to this!!

Anyhow just wanted to remind you that the monthly Tickled Pink Stamps release is fast approaching and this time we have for you...

This Christmas collection of Pinkette images are adorable. Be sure to stop by Tickled Pink Stamps blog from the 14th to see the previews.

If you are in Melbourne keep enjoying the sunshine.

Thanks for stopping by today....

Add some texture to your card

2011-08-27T14:00:00.000+10:00

Morning everyone I hope you are all having a great week.

I can't believe that it is already Sunday which of course also means its time for a new Magnolia Down Under Challenge. This week we want to see you use texture on your card, the possibilities are endless such as embossing, cardboard, crimping, fabric...

I had a birthday card to make for my niece this week who also happens to be a little tomboyish. So my new Skateboarding Tilda was a perfect match for her.I still wanted the card to be girly which I think I have achieved. My texture was added by using a bit of an old cardboard box!

Anyhow here is my card:

I am also going to enter this in this weeks challenge at TOMIC which is recycle. MY piece of recycling is the cardboard which I have taken from an old cardboard box and here is the pic of my sheet of cardboard.

I have just ripped off the top layer of paper to reveal the corrugated paper. I also take the back section off too to make a a little less chunky on the card. I hope you understand what I mean!

Cute hey? I think I achieved that tomboy but still pretty effect. I really enjoyed making this card...

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look today. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Mad for Markers Challenge - Create a Scene

2011-08-23T16:14:00.001+10:00

Good morning everyone I hope this post finds you all well.

Today it is my turn to share with you my DT card that I have created for the current Mad for Markers Challenge. This fortnight we would like to see you create a scene and of course use your copics. This is not an area that I feel very comfortable with but as a blessing I have just received the new soccer Edwin and also the soccer goal stamp. A little bit of masking and wolla there is a scene!!!

I normally stay way clear of the Edwin Stamps but this new collection has some awseome ones that you just cant go past.

Anyhow enough of me and my waffling here is my card:

You will see from the next photo that I have cut Edwin out and mounted him to give the impression that he is actually running towards you. The picture as always does not really show it but in real life I believe it is effective.

I have used the surrent sketch over at Simply Magnolia for this card.

I have used the following copics on this card:
Shorts - B05,B24, B32 & B37
Top - R59, R46, R27, R35, R14
Hair - E29, E37, E35, E33
Skin - E00, E11, E21, R11, R20
Field - YG67, G02, G05
Hill - YG99, YG95, YG93
Shoes - C9, C7, C5, C3

Now for all your copic need be sure to visit Sammi at the Mad for Markers store.

Thanks for stopping by to visit me today, until next time

Lil Pinkette Haunting Witch Audrey Preview

2011-08-14T00:05:00.000+10:00

Hello everyone hopefully you are enjoying your weekend and enjoying all the gorgeous previews over at Tickled Pink Stamps we have had over the last week.

Today I am bringing you my preview card for Lil Pinkette Haunting Witch Audrey.

Now I am not sure why but the orange flowers have really come out ORANGE in the photo but in real life they are quite a dull colour which matches the purple paper.

Now don't forget to pop over to Tickled Pink and see the other cards on preview and also to find out how you can win yourself one of these gorgeous stamps.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time xoxo

Mad for Markers - Spica Pen Challenge

2011-08-09T07:10:00.002+10:00

Good morning Copic Markers this morning I am bringing you my card for the new challenge which is Spica Pens. We would like to see you use 3 spica pens on your creations.

I have actually only got a few spica pens so I was not able to use three different colours but I have used two colours in different ways. My biggest problem is that my photos would not pick up where I have used the spica pens, no matter which angle I took the phtoo from. There is one photo that you get an small idea of it on so I will show you and explain where I have used them!

Here is the up close shot and if you look at the pants you can see it in there. Also the fish is completely covered in clear spicia and I have also used it around the outside of the image. Sorry I could not get a photo for you that showed it.

Anyhow this card is a gate fold card and is based on a card that I saw by the gorgeous Kellie. I am sure you will see though that I have made the card my own....I did however love how she had the sentiment stamp behind the image so I opened word and made my own and then just printed it on some Kraft cardstock.

I am also entering this card into this weeks Stamp Something Challenge - Digi week.

Now dont forget to drop by to Mad for Markers store for all your copic needs.

Thanks for stopping by today...until next time

Tickled Pink Stamps - Spinks and Spooks Collection - Lil Pinkette Haunting Robot Timmy

2011-08-08T00:05:00.000+10:00

Hi everyone today I am excited to bring you a preview of Spinks and Spooks Collection - Lil Pinkette Haunting Robot Timmy from Tickled Pink Stamps.

When making my card the biggest problem I had was trying to make it scary as they are just so darn cute I couldnt. Also as you know we do not really celebrate Halloween in Australia so making these style cards are always a challenge for me. I ended up deciding rather than going the scary spooky option I would play on the cuteness of the image. I have also come up with a few sentiments which I have used on this card and my other card I will have for you in a few days.

Anyhow here is my card:

Now this would not be a Tickled Pink release without some prizes. So make sure you pop over to the blog, check out the other awseome cards and read about how you can enter to win some prizes.

I am going to enter my card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by today to look at my card. I will be back later in the week with another preview card for you.

Until next time xoxo

Magnolia Down Under Challenges - BINGO

2011-07-31T07:05:00.000+10:00

Good morning Magnolia lovers hopefully you are all having a wonderful weekend.....

This week our challenge at Magnolia Down Under Challenges is BINGO which the wonderful Karen has created. Basically we have a bingo card, see below and you need to pick a line of elements to use, they can be horizontal, diagonal or vertical just must be a continuous line. Of course if you are like me and cant resist some of the great choices on there you may end up using two lines!

I had so much fun making my card this week and loved all the choices that I had to play with.

So here my card using the doo hickey, ribbons and flowers and also flowers, pearls and lace lines

and here is the Bingo board.

Sorry the picture is not very clear but for a better view see the MDUC blog and whilst you are there check out the amazing eye candy!

I am also entering this card into the TOMIC Challenge which is stitching real or faux.

Thanks for joining me today I hope you have enjoyed looking at my card.

Until next time

Mad for Makers new challenge

2011-07-25T09:53:00.000+10:00

Good morning everyone I hope you are all feeling re energised after your weekend and are ready for the week ahead.

This fortnight it is my turn to host the challenge over at Mad for Markers and I have to say when I first heard I had to do this I was quite scared as I had never had to come up with a challenge by myself. I ended up deciding to create a sketch…. Now I remember a very wise lady telling me, the talented Kellie, once that when you create a sketch you have to look at it and ask yourself OK how would I use that? If you struggle to come up with possibilities then you know it is no good. I took this advice on board when I created this sketch, being that it is my first sketch ever, and although it is fairly simple I could imagine lots of possibilities when I looked at the sketch.

Here is my card using the sketch:

and here was my sketch:

I have used the following copics for my card today:

Hair - YG24, YG23 & YG20

Top & hat - R59, R46, R35

Jeans - B97, B95 & B93

Shoes - E79, E77 & E72

Skin - E00, E11, E21, R20 & R11

I am going to enter my card into the following challenges:

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenges - Summer Birthday

Craft us Crazy - Anything Goes
Southern Girls Challenges - Happy Birthday

Totally Gorjuss - Punch or Die

Stamp Something - Something Embellished

Now dont forget for all you copics needs to head over the the store as Sammi has a great range of copics and accessories and some very cute stamps too.

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you will come along and play using my sketch. I cant wait to see how everyone is going to use it.

Until next time Bron xox

Magnolia Down Under Challenges

2011-07-17T07:59:00.000+10:00

This week at Magnolia Down Under Challenges our challenge to you is to create a scene. Now all I can say is wow what a big challenge this was for me!!!!!!!

After racking my brain for what seems like ages I finally sat down and started my card on Thursday and very slowly have been adding and doing bits since.

I ended up going onto Make it Crafty and grabbed the free landscape pack and put all the elements together and then coloured it using the technique showcased in the current Magnolia Ink and this is what I came up with.

Now the photo is not the best as it is very hard to photograph and I had to take it this evening but you get the gist of it anyhow.

This ended up being a very fiddly project but I have had fun and enjoyed challenging myself and trying out new techniques. Possibly could have used a few more embellies but I just could not figure out what or where to put it!

Please stop by the MDUC blog and look at the AMAZING eye candy and then give yourself a challenge and start creating. I cant wait to see what you come up with.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time xoxox

Mad for Markers - Pink & Yellow Challenge

2011-07-12T12:13:00.000+10:00

Good morning everyone hopefully you are all well. I am here today to share with you my DT card for the current challenge over at Mad for Markers.

We are over the halfway mark of school holidays here and have to say have been enjoying it. We have done a few things with the kids but poor little Robbie has developed a middle ear infection (which set in whilst we were at Science works) and as such we are a bit housebound at the moment. It is great for me though as I spent all of yesterday cleaning out my crafting corner. I did realise though whilst doing this that I am a very impulsive buyer with my papers and need to stop that as I came across a lot of papers that have been sitting there for a year or two untouched and when I looked at them yesterday I thought what the heck was I thinking!!!! My daughter loved this clean out though as she has scored lots of papers and embellishments!

Anyhow the new fortnightly challenge at Mad for Markers is Pink & Yellow. I must admit that that I only ended up using a little bit of yellow (as I am struggling to come up with a combination that I like) so i will be looking at my fellow teamies and checking out their yellow combos!

I love the way that lots of people have been using their different swirls/flourishes together so decided to give this a go. I also in my haste purchases last year just HAD to have the tag die but have rarely used it so I decided to challenge myself and use it! I struggled with the layout of this card as I was originally following a sketch over at LOTV but I could not get it to work so I gave up and just moved the bits of cardstock I had cut around till I came up with something I liked.

At Make it Colourful this week the challenge is pleats and folds. I am a huge admirer of Zoe's colouring skills and have watched lots of her tutorials in the past so I decided to sit down and give it a go (you would have noticed been trying to do this a bit over the last few months) without watching any tutorials but instead going with my instincts and just going for it. I have to say I am pretty happy with the result (still a long way to go though). I have tried to add folds to her hair were the waves would be and also a little to the socks as well.

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:
- Totally Tilda - distressing
- Simply Magnolia - Birthday
- Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Summer Flowers

- Stamp Something- Bugs or Butterflies

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

The Couture Collection Blog Hop

2011-07-04T07:32:00.001+10:00

How excited I am today to be part of the blog hop showcasing the gorgeous paper collection designed by our very MDUC Lady Denise. If you have come from Denise's blog then you are on the right track, if not pop back over to Meg's blog to start the hop.

When I received my paper in the mail I knew that I had to make a clean card that showcased these gorgeous papers.... The biggest problem I had with making this card is which papers to use!

If you like what you see they are available from Megs Garden just click here to see the range.

Your next stop is the amazing Debbie Pamment's blog....

Oh yeah I forgot to mention that there is some Blog candy on offer as well. Just leave a comment on each stop of the hop to be in the running to win Denise's blog candy.

Now in case you get lost along the way here is the blog hop order

Meg
Denise

Bron- thats me you are here already
Debbie Pamment
Debbie Dolphin
Janiel
Fran
Jane
Karen
Louise

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Magnolia Down Under Challenges - Sketch

2011-07-03T07:40:00.000+10:00

Good morning Magnolia Lovers today I have for you my current card for the new Magnolia Down Under Challenge which is a fantastic sketch by Kristy.

I have had such a busy week that I did not get a chance to sit down and make this until Friday evening when I was absolutely beat. I feel that the card is missing something but no matter what I try to add it unbalances the card. I have come to the conclusion though that it is the the light background paper just makes it look a tad washed out. I do however love the sketch and layout and will be using it again with a few variations.

Now be sure to pop over to the blog as there is some amazing cards there from the ladies (including some of the new collection) for you to drool over!!

It is now school holidays here for us so I will be extra quite over the next few weeks as I will be busy spending time with the kids.

I will be back tomorrow morning though for a blog hop showcasing the gorgeous new papers designed by our very own MDUC Denise.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Oops I forgot.....

2011-06-29T16:02:00.000+10:00

How bad am I I forgot to post my Stamptacular Sunday card on Sunday, oops! IT was only now that I saw fellow teamie Leonie's post and realised that I had forgotten too!

Anyhow this week at Stamptacular we want to see starts and stripes. When I first saw this challenge I thought bright bubbly card but then I started going through my stash and realised that I did not have anything that would suit. Instead I changed my frame of mind and ended up making, wait for it, another Christmas card, LOL!

So here is my card

Once again you have ti excuse the blurry photo but its that time of year when everything is just dull.

I won this stamp Sarah Kay a few years ago now and I have never got to ink it up. I think it will be seeing a lot more ink this year as it is really quick and easy to colour.

Now dont forget to stop by Stamptacular to check out the other great cards from the DT.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Mad for Markers Red Hair Challenge

2011-06-28T07:00:00.000+10:00

Good morning everyone today I am bringing you my card for the new challenge over at Mad for Markers which is Red Hair.....

I realised when I sat down to make my card that I really never do red hair so after sitting down for 20 minutes reading every ones suggestions and pouring the net I came up with a combination of two highly recommended combinations. I have used E19, E18, E17, R08 & R02. I have to admit that the hair in real life is no where near as bright as the photo has picked it up. If I had more time to get a better light I would have waited and redone the photo but alas time was not on my side. Having said that though it is still quite a vibrant red!

Copic Colours used:

Hair - E19, E18, E17, R08 & R02

Dress - R85, R83, R81

Boots - B97, B95, B93

Skin - E00, E11, E21, R20, R11

I am also going to enter my card into the following challenges:

The Sweet Stop - Sketch

Paper Sundaes - Paper Piercing, Wings and Gems

Crafts and Me - Were in Stitches

All that Scraps - Pin Wheels

I can not wait to see what you all come up with and hopefully I will pick up some new combinations that I can try.

Have a great day everyone.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time xoxo

Stamptacular Sunday Challenges - Fun in the sun

2011-06-19T20:00:00.001+10:00

For my Magnolia Down Under post please see below*

Good evening all I hope you have had a great day. This week at Stamptacular Challenges the challenge is …

“Fun In The Sun!”

For this weeks challenge you will create a card or project that has something to do with having fun in the sun! What do you associate with summer, sun and fun? Let your creative skills roam!

This week we are sponsered by:

THE STAMPING BOUTIQUE

PRIZE: Winners Choice of 5 Digi Images!

AND

TEDDY BO

PRIZE: Winner’s Choice of 3 Digi Images!

So summer to me means so many things but with my Nana being quite ill at the moment when I read this challenge I was taken back to my childhood when I would visit the fairies in my Nana's garden. My Nana has a wonderful imagination and would dream up the most wonderful scenarios for us...I always believed that the little part of the garden was were the fairies lived as she would leave notes from the fairies to us and many more wonderful things. We are so lucky to have a Nana like ours we had endless hours of fun joining in Nana's wonderful games and things from dressing up as French Tarts to talking to Mr Pipeman, the man who lived in the house pipes and would talk to us and send us Postcards and christmas and birthday presents. For many years I believed he was real and never twigged that when Nana was away so was Mr Pipeman I was devastated when a friend told me (after I excitedly got them to come talk to Mr Pipeman) it was Nana talking through the vents. I felt like I had lost a family member...It was about this time that I became suspicious of things that I believed in and I slowly learnt that so many of my magical moments and times of my childhood where all down to my Nana and her imagination...

So my card for today is about fairies!

I brought this Lili of the Valley stamps a while ago now and although she has been inked she has been sitting at the bottom of my stash for a while now. The other week I was at the gorgeous Kirsty's house and we were talking about easel cards and since then I have been wanting to give a circle one a go and I just love how delicate this one has come out.

Anyhow I hope you enjoyed my reminiscing......

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Magnolia Down Under Challenges - ACETATE/TRANSPARENCY

2011-06-19T09:46:00.000+10:00

Good morning Magnolia fans my post is a little late today as I ran out time to type it up yesterday...Hopefully you are all enjoying your weekend.

So this week at MDUC our challenge to you is to use ACETATE/TRANSPARENCY. I have been racking my brain all week trying to come up with a cool idea for this challenge but in the end I went for a Acetate card as I have never actually made one.....It is really funny (well to me anyhow) the other week when we had our Christmas challenge I really struggled embracing it but this week I went straight for my Christmas stamps and papers! My card is fairly simple but I think it needed to be.

I suppose I should stop rambling on and show you what I have made...

You have to excuse the slightly blurry photo but it was overcast here all day yesterday and after several attempts of trying to get a good pic this was the best of the lot.

Now I know I always say to pop over to the blog and look at the DT works as you want be disappointed but it is always the case! Some of the projects made this week by the DT are fabulous and had me kicking myself thinking why did i not think of that!!!!

I am going to enter this into Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Anything Goes challenge.

Well I best be going..Off for a trip to Scouts Emporium for some home ideas and then I think a DVD afternoon with the kids is in order...

Enjoy your Sunday and I will be back later tonight with my Stamptacular card.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Mad for Markers Brown Hair Combo Challenge

2011-06-14T07:30:00.002+10:00

*please see below for my Tickled Pink blog hop post*

So this weeks fornights challenge at Mad for Makers Challenges has been set by Emma and it is Brown Hair. There are so many wonderful combos out there so lets get creative ladies and gents and get making..Oh yeah I nearly forgot to mention that there is a prize up for grabs too...
I ordered a Some Odd Girl Stamp from Sammi a few weeks ago and have been itching to ink her up so of course I have used her for my card....So I teamed it up with the current sketch at CLP Challenges and off I went.

I have used the following copics:

Hair - E79, E37, E35, E33 & E31 (my favorite combo)

Top - R32, R20, R11

Pants - C9, C7 & C5

Skin - E00, E21, R20, R11

Until next time.....Bron xo

Lil Tom Boyz Pinkette Collection Blog Hop

2011-06-14T00:05:00.002+10:00

So you have enjoyed a week of releases and now it is time for the end of release blog hop..If you have come here from Asa's then you are in the right place, if not then you should go Amy's blog and start the hop there. Now dont forget being a Tickled Pink Release there will be a prizes up for grabs and as always some hidden prizes along the way. All you need to do is go on the hop and leave comments at each stop before finishing back at Tickled Pink Stamps and leaving a comment there and then you are in with a really good chance of winning....

The blog starts today and will go until the 17th June. Winners will be announced on the 18th June.

The Tickled Pink Stamps store site is is currently down for maintenance but will be up and running again in a couple of days and then you will be able to purchase these little cuties.

So I choose to used Pinkette Faith for my hop card today...

I have followed a sketch but for the life of me now can't remember where it was from. I am not a huge green fan but combined with the pink I think it is really quite pretty and think I will be using it again.

So you now need to be off to the next stop the super talented and gorgeous Regans blog...

In case you get lost along the way here is the order of the hop:
Amy
Angela
Debbie
Eulunda
Fran
Jane
Kylie C- aka Brown
Kylie K - aka Blondie
Louise
Stephanne
Yani
Tasha
Sonja
Agnes
Annette
Asa
me
Regan
Tickled Pink Stamps

I hope you enjoy the hop...Thanks for stopping by, until next time

One to cheer me up!

2011-06-09T16:11:00.000+10:00

I have had a bit of a blaa week this week as my Nana is really quite ill in hospital at the moment and after I saw her on Monday night I have really had no inspiation to do anything of the card variety. I think sometimes being a bit emotional zaps all your creative energy.

Anyhow this morning I sat down to do some commenting and remembered all about The Office Magnolia Challenges and was suddenly feeling inspired to give something a go. I am so glad that I did as by making this card today it has lifted my spirits a bit and it has been nice to just loose myself in it.

So obviously I have made a card for this weeks TOMIC challenge whic

h is Birthday as it is Paulines Birthday and here it is

I am also going to enter my card into the following challenges:

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Basic Grey Challenges - Shabby Chic

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

I have used the folloiwing copics:

Jeans - B37, B32,B93,B95,B97

Hairband and top - R39,R85,R83,R81

Boots-E79,E77,E71

Skin-E00,E11,E21,R20&R11

Thats all I have for you today, thanks for stopping by, until next time

Tickled Pink Stamps Lil Tom Boyz Pinkette August Preview

2011-06-09T00:30:00.001+10:00

Whoo hoo how exciting today I bring you my very first card as a member of the Pinkette DT!

I hope you are enjoying the previews that have been happening over at Tickled Pink Stamps over the last few days. I think this Lil Tom Boyz range is too cute!

As soon as Kel sent these over last week I knew that I had to play with August. I immediately heard my sentiment in my head and had all these great visions come to life and I knew that I had to combine boy colours with the prettiness of girlie embellies. Hope that makes sense!

So I have used really basic colours, pastel blues, creams, kraft and a hint of red for my card.

So be sure to pop over to Tickled Pink Stamps and check out the awesome cards made by some Tickled Pink ladies and some Pinkette ladies. Oh course there are few more from the release to come and then we will have a hop for you. Oh yeah and simple by leaving a comment over at Tickled Pink Stamps you are in with a chance to win this cute to boot stamp!

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Guess What?

2011-06-06T13:32:00.001+10:00

I received an email from the gorgeous Kellie from Tickled Pink Stamps last week asking if I would like to join her new Pinkette DT. After I picked myself up from the floor of course I said Yes!!! You see the range of Tickled Pink Stamps have increased so much over the last year that there is too much for the TPS DT to keep up with. Hence why Kellie has created the Pinkette DT as we will concentrate on this gorgeous range bringing you the releases etc and the TPS Team will concentrate on the Lil Lolita/Lad ranges.

I have done a few things with Kellie over the last year such as being part of the Lil Lolita Challenges, being a guest on the store blog and more recently I was a guest at the Challenges site so I just know that I am going to have lots of fun!!

I am being joined by some super talent so be sure to go check out their blogs (in my sidebar).

Look at the cute DT badge she has made us too...

You may or may not be seeing me soon with a Pinkette image *wink wink*!!!!

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Stamptacular Sunday - Colour Challenge

2011-06-06T13:02:00.000+10:00

arrgggh silly blogger I had this post scheduled but it appears that it sent it to drafts again....

Anyhow this week at Stamptacular Challenges we have a colour challenge for you..Bright Pink, Black, Cream and Tan, with no other colours allowed. Well at first I thought easy these are my favorite colours then I realised that I actually did not have much in the way of Papers that suited the colour challenge and then I think I over thought it and ended up making a card that I like just not love. I have since decided that I do not like colour challenges and much prefer a sketch challenge.

So we have some fantastic sponsors for you this week being:

SIMON SAYS STAMP

PRIZE: $20 Gift Certificate; winner pays shipping!

AND

ELISABETH BELL DIGIS

PRIZE: Winner’s Choice of 2 Digi Images!

Here is my card...

Now don't forget to pop over to Stamptacular and check out the Dt's projects. I can assure you that there is some simply stunning work there.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Come join us for a colour challenge at Magnolia Down Under Challenges

2011-06-05T07:40:00.000+10:00

This week at Magnolia Down Under Challenges we have a colour challenge for you...purple, peach and cream....Now if you were in the vicinity of my house you would have heard me running and screaming when I read this colour combo....not because it is not nice but because it required me to use purple, a colour in real life that I love but hate using on cards as I can never normally get it right.

So with a lot of hesitation I set off to make my card for this week and in the end I am really happy with how it turned out. Admittedly I have used not much peach (only in my flowers) but I have managed to use lots of purple.

Wow I had so much fun making this card as I got to play with my new magnolias and papers that came in the mail this week, yippee! I also challenged myself and did some masking (something that I normally admire on every ones cards) and although it is not perfect with the proportions of the rainbow I am still happy with how it came out.

Now be sure to pop over to the MDUC and check out the amazing cards, i just love how everyone has taken on the challenge and the diversity of cards on show.

I am also entering this into the following challenges:

Dream Valley - Stamp Something

All That Scraps - Anything Goes

Just Magnolia - Anything goes

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Flower Power

Off to the football today with my sister and kids so hopefully my boys (Hawthorn) will do me proud and win. I possibly will have no voice tomorrow though!

Enjoy your Sunday. Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Mad for Markers Challenges - Sketch

2011-05-31T08:00:00.000+10:00

Hi everyone today I am bringing you my latest creation for this fortnights challenge at Mad for Markers.

This fortnights challenge has been set by Melissa and she has designed an awesome sketch for us all to play along with. I had so much fun with this sketch as I would not normally do a tag so I suppose you can say it brought me out of my comfort zone. Of course if you want to incorporate the tag into a card or layout you can too.

Anyhow here is my tag using the sketch for you:

I have used the following copics

Hair - E99, E97, E79, Y21 & Y11
Skin - E00, E11, E21 R20 & R11
Jeans - B97, B95, B93 & B32
Top - R85, R83 ^ R81
Headphones and backpack - R32, R20, C9, C7 & C5

and here is the Sketch

I am also going to enter my card into the following challenges:

Anyone for Anya - Polka Dots
Sentimental Sundays - Anything but a card
Tuesday Throwdown - Stripes
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Something Sentimental
Polka Doodles - Anything but a card

Cant wait to see what you have all come up with.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Stamptacular Sunday - Bugs & Boys

2011-05-29T20:00:00.001+10:00

Wow it has already been a whole week since my last post. The weeks just seem to be going by in a blur at the moment. I have another busy week ahead so that means now much time to craft for me, oh well.

Anyhow this week our challenge at Stamptacular is to create and card or project with either Bugs or Boys on it. If you create a card for both on it you will have your name entered two times into the weeks drawing.

This week we are lucky to have two awesome sponsors:

THE PAPER SHELTER

PRIZE: $10 Gift Certificate

AND

SPESCH STAMPS

PRIZE: Winner’s Choice of 3 Digi Images!

The DT were lucky enough to choose a stamp from Spesch Stamps to use for the challenge this week and I could not go past Max, he is so darn cute!

My card is super bright but I think really appropriate for youngish boys. It also means that you dont need lots of embellishments on it as the bright colours bring so much to the card anyhow. I had so much fun colouring this little dude and once again just stopped thinking about what I was doing and just colouring and having some fun. I even for the first time every managed to leave some WHITE in my colouring, lol!

I really struggled with ribbon in the end though I ended up going really simple with this black stringy stuff and the button. Happy with the overall effect.

Now be sure to pop over to Stamptacular and catch the amazing inspiration. We hope to see you join us this week, come on it is a perfect opportunity to get a male card made (as so many of us hate making them).

I am going to enter my card into the following challenges:

Fussy & Fancy Friday - recipe challenge

Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - String

Stamp Something - Something sentimental

Charisma Challenges - Boy oh Boy

I will be back on Tuesday with my card for the new Mad for Markers Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Mad 4 Markers Colouring your own embellishments challenge

2011-05-24T10:36:00.000+10:00

Morning everyone, I hope you are all well and keeping warm. I got a big pot of soup on the stove and after a very busy few days I am finally sitting down to read my emails catch up on the blogs etc.

The current challenge at Mad 4 Markers Challenges is to colour up your own embellishments. Such an easy challenge and as I mentioned in my post last week something I do all the time, especially with my flowers.

Here are a couple of examples of some coloured embellishments:

Here I have coloured my chipboard up to match in with he card and then printed off a sentiment and placed it behind the chipboard....

Here I have coloured my cherry blossom to match the card....

So don't by shy colour something up and enter our current challenge and don't forget to stop by the store and check out the new range of The Odd Girl stamps being listed.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Stamptacular Sunday BEARnecessities

2011-05-22T20:00:00.002+10:00

Wow another week has passed by which means it is time for some Stamptacular fun! This week our challenge is called "BEARneccessities" and we were lucky enough to be given another image from Teddybo to play with. I know I have said it before but I love these bears they are so darn cute and so much fun to colour.

Our sponsors this week are:

BUNNY ZOE’S CRAFTS
PRIZE: $10 gift certificate

AND

TEDDYBO
PRIZE: Winner’s Choice of 3 Digi Images!

Without sounding egotistical I really like my card that I have for you this week. The sketch I pulled out from my folder very basic but effective I think. I also love how everyone is just using a bit of die punched paper in with the embellishments (you will get what I mean when you see the pic) and the double bow thing so I just had to give this a try!

The colouring I had heaps of fun with again and tried some different things with. I have used some deep purple to go with the red giving it a bit of a dirty feel and for the boots I have added a tinge of red to them to try and pick up some of the reflection from the boots. Now I realise that if I had of done this properly (as in using an artists approach that the reflection on the boots are probably in the wrong place) but to be honest I really don't care!!! Well that's not totally true I do care but I sometimes find that I am trying so hard to get the light direction and this and that right that generally forget to have fun with the colouring.

Ok ok enough rambling from me, boy I seem to be doing that a lot lately, here is my card:

Now dont forget to drop by Stamptacular and check out the amazing DT cards and of course to pop in your entry!

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Ingredients :

Image - Wish upon a star from Teddybo

Coloured using copics - Hat - V99, R35 & E71

- Dress - R59m R39, R37, R46 & R35

- Fur - E37, E35, E33, E31

- Boots - V99, E71, R35 & E77

Papers - Cosmo cricket

Embellishments - Cherry Blossom from my teamie Celine (coloured one using my R29 copic), Rose also coloured using R29, Ribbons, stickles on the wings and pearls

Other elements - distressing, paper piercing, faux stitching and Tilda's lace

2011-05-22T07:10:00.001+10:00

Yep you read it right this week at Magnolia Down Under we want to see Christmas cards....

I know when i saw this challenge initially I admit that I groaned...Not that I dont like making Christmas cards its just that it reminded me that before I know it Christmas will be approaching and that the mad panic will start to set in. I think it is for that reason that this challenge has almost inspired me to get started on my Christmas cards so I don't come to that realisation in October that bugger I only have about 4 weeks to get my cards made. Having said that though as much as I tried to stick with traditional colours for my card I could not embrace those colours (probably as I was not in the Christmas spirit) so I have a mixture of traditional and non traditional colours on my card.

A few weeks ago I had my first attempt at colouring on Kraft and although I liked it I was not in love with it. It seems though that everyone is trying it at the moment as such I have picked up lots of tips by reading every ones blogs. Fellow teamie Kylie posted a card a few days ago where she had coloured on kraft but had used mainly copics. Her card was so beautiful that it inspired me to give it a go again using my copics and just a few prismi's for my highlights. I am pretty happy with how it came out and think that I will be having a play with this technique again soon.

So there you have it my first Christmas card for 2011....One down about a trillion (at least it feels that way) to go!

So I hope you can dig deep and find some Chrissie spirit and join us this week. There is plenty of inspiration on the MDUC blog for you to get you started. I look forward to seeing what you all come up with.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Mad for Markers - Colour your own Embellishments Challenge

2011-05-17T09:00:00.003+10:00

I am so excited as today I get to bring you my first Mad for Markers DT Card! Our challenge for this weeks fortnight is colouring embellishments, easy peesy! I have a huge stash of plain white or cream flowers which I will colour to suit my cards.

So for my card today I have coloured up some of my flowers (the cherry blossom by adding a touch of pink the the edges, the dark pink flower ) and my flourish to match in with the papers.

Now I used my dazzling diamond for this card (to the edges of each layer) but as the weather has been so yucky the photo does not really show this just makes it look like it has sand on it! Trust me in real life it is very blingy, LOL!

A bright colourful card for me but so much fun making it and it kind of made me feel that I was somewhere warm, well one can only dream!

Please come and join in with us at this fortnights challenge. Don't forget to stop by the Mad for Markers Online Store for your Copics, X-Press It Blending Card and stamps from The Greeting Farm!

Copics used:
Skin - E00, E21, E11, R20 & R11
Hair - E29, E37, E35, E33 & E31
Jeans - B37, B32, B24 & B000
Top, R39, R85, R83 & R81
Sunflowers & Grass - Y17, Y11, G05 & G02
For the embellishments - Cherry Blossom - R20 & R32
- Rose - R81
- Flourish - R32, R20

I am entering my card into this months Creatalicious challenge - flourishes.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

a little bitof fun

2011-05-16T10:15:00.000+10:00

Morning (or evening depending on where you are) I hope you have had a great weekend. It has been freezing here this last week so we took the opportunity this weekend to spend some time at home which meant for me (as I was ahead with my DT work) that I could make a card just for the fun of it.

So last week Kellie had a sale of her unwanted stash and I picked up a cute Sweet Pea stamp. I love these images but I find they can be difficult to use as they are out of the normal for me. I have had some old Graphic 45 paper sitting in my stash for a good year now and I keep pulling it out to use but for some reason it never makes the cut and it goes back into the my pile. This time however I thought it matched the image really well so I took inspiration from the colours of the paper and coloured up my image. I love the green and brown together. I had so much fun colouring her up and for once I did not over agonise over the colouring and just let myself go. Now I should do this more often as I am happy with the end result especially how I managed to get the shadowing in for the nose to the eyes (hope you know what I mean). Anyhow that is enough rambling from me now I will just show you my card.

I have gone very light on with embellishments for this card as I just think the images are so sweet that it would be a waste to take away it by adding heavy embellishments. The white stamen I made myself after reading on how to on my blogging buddy Eulanda's blog.

I am going to enter my card into the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe - Lace

Craft us Crazy - use fav embillishment or use something new (ribbon my fav embillie and new stamp)

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - old supplies (my paper)

Stamp Something (happy 3rd Anniversary) - Anything goes

Paper Sundaes - Birthday

Moving along with the times 2 "B's" - bow, brown, butterfly, blossom

Cute card Thursday - its so distressing.

I will be back tomorrow with my first DT Card for Mad for Makers challenges.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Ingratiates:

Stamp - Sweet Pea

Coloured using copics :

Skin - E00, E11, E21, R11, R20

Hair - E29, E49, E37, E35, E33, E31

Dress & Butterfly - YG99, YG95, YG93

Eyes - V99, V95(make up) BG05, B000

Background - E72

Papers - Graphic 45

Embellishments - Lace, Ribbon, blossom, sticker, pearls & handmade stamen

Other elements - distressing and paper piercing

A Sketch for you

2011-05-08T20:45:00.002+10:00

For my Magnolia Down Under Post please see here

WOW what a day, I hope you have all enjoyed your mothers day and that you got to enjoy lots of cuddles and fun times with your kiddies.

My day started rather early (seeming we had been out last night to an awesome 80's party) but after giving myself a quick 5 minutes to wake up I could enjoy the kids and the lovely presents they had given me (even getting to add some of the headache balm to my temples to soothe my slightly throbbing head, LOL!!)....

Hubby went all out this morning and made a cafe style (as he should he was a chef) cooked breakfast with yummy spinach, tomatoes, poached egg and bacon..We had a really nice late lunch with mum, dad and my sister and then have come home and done some chillin!

Anyhow onto this weeks Stamptacular Challenge, a sketch! As you all would know I LOVE my sketch challenges and the we have for you was lots of fun to use.

This week our sponsors are:

The Stamp Fairy who are generously donating the winner with 4 digis of their choice and;

MY FAVORITE THINGS who are donating a $25 Gift Certificate to our lucky winner.

The Stamp Fairy provided some images for us to play with for our challenge this week and I had so much using Patsy. It was also a great excuse to bring out the bright colours...Now I have been playing around with my playing (trying desperately to add dimension, folds etc in clothing) so you have to excuse the rather amateurish attempt here....

I have added sparkles to the water and also around the edge of that panel. I think the rest of it is reasonable self-explanatory.

So be sure to pop by Stamptacular and check out the gorgeous work there and come join us with our sketch if you can this week.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Magnolia Down Under Challenges - So Krafty

2011-05-08T07:30:00.003+10:00

Good morning everyone hopefully you are all enjoying your weekend and if you are a mother HAPPY MOTHERS DAY! I am typing this post in advance but I know that I will be spoilt with love from my kids and cant wait to see their handmade gifts for me. I think about now I will be sitting in bed having cuddles and a cup of coffee...

So the challenge at Magnolia Down Under this week is So Krafty. Yep we want to see some Kraft cardstock on your card, how easy is that.

I LOVE Kraft (one of my normal go to colours) so I found this challenge not so difficult. I did however challenge myself to use the Jack & Jill papers. I am rapt with how this card has come out using Kylie's sketch she had on her blog last week. I don't think i have ever made a card with such soft colours before. I did however go slightly overboard with my colouring and think that the colours are perhaps a tad dark for the rest of the card but oh well.... I suppose I should stop rabbiting on and actually show you my card so you know what the heck I am talking about, LOL!!

This card is for my mummy for mothers day. My mum is the best (I know we all say that about our mums) but it is true. My kids adore her and love nothing better when Nannie picks them up from school on a friday. She is always there to help us when we need it (within reason of course!) and is very thoughtful of us all. Love you mummy, Happy Mothers Day xoxo

Sorry for the mushy bit there, lol! I have added heat stick powder and dazzling diamonds to the edges of my patterned paper and some kinder glitz to the flowers. Here is a pic that shows it a bit better.

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Dream Valley Challenges - Flowers

Top Tip Tuesday - Open Challenge

Crafty Catz - quote/sentiment

The Shabby Tearoom - Photo inspiration - I took the blue and softness

Southern Girls Challenge - One for the Girls

So anyway there you have it, my card for this weeks challenge. Now be sure to pop over to MDUC and check out all the amazing talent and if time permits join in with our challenge this week.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Ingredients:

Image - Tilda with armful of tulips from magnolia

Coloured using copics -Dress R81, R83, R85, B02, B00 & B00

Hair - E29, E37, E35, E33, E31

Tulips, V99, V95, V93, V91, YG95 & YG93

Skin E00, E11, E21, R11 & R20

Boots - E79, E75, E72

Paper - Jack n Jill Collection from Prima, cream and Kraft Cardstock

Sentiment - hand made on computer

Embellishments - Flowers, Pearls, Dazzling Diamonds, Ribbon, Button

Other elements - paper distressing & faux stitching

Stamptacular Sunday Challenges - Mums the word

2011-05-02T09:15:00.000+10:00

Ooops sorry this post is a little late but I remembered half way through the night that I forgot to post it. Anyhow this week our challenge at Stamptacular Challenges is "Mums the Word". Yep that easy we just want to see creations that have the word mum, mother, mom on it somewhere.

We are sponsored this week by

Simon Says Stamps

PRIZE: $20 Gift Certificate for PRODUCT ONLY! Winner pays shipping!

Some of you may remember me telling you a few weeks ago that my great friend Dee has become a Stampin Up! demonstrator and that she is now running card classes each fortnight. Anyhow with Dee starting up Sampin Up! I have been inspired to bring out my stash of Stampin Up! stamps and make some cards. Today's card is so not my normal style anymore (as in no pretty little girl/boy image on it) just some flowers. Having said that though I thoroughly enjoyed making this card and using my copics to colour the flowers, i think they are quite striking. I think I am inspired to bring out my stash more often as it is always nice to do something different and something that is relatively quick to make.

The flowers have been cute out and are actually mounted but the photo does not give such a great impression of this. In fact my photo is a little blurry cant quite work out why.

Anyhow that's all I have for you today. Be sure to stop by the Stamptacular and check out the cards and if you have time we would love to see you join in the fun this week.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Some more exciting news

2011-05-01T09:45:00.000+10:00

Wowzers feels like I have been posting heaps on here with exciting news lately and today I have some more to share. Last week I was made a DT member at Mad for Markers, yippee!!! We all know how much I love my copics and I love the challenges that they have over at the challenge blog! Be sure to pop over to the store and check out the great range of copics. Sammi also has the gorgeous range of stamps. Thanks Sammi for having me on the team and I look forward to getting to know all the ladies on the team.

Hubby is at golf today so were heading into the city to see my sister and let the kids hit the pavements (something we don't have much of up here so they find it a novelty) with their scooters. Should be a nice day and looking forward to catching up with my sis.

I will be back later today with my Stamptacular post.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Tickled Pink Challenges #17

2011-04-29T00:30:00.000+10:00

Today is my last challenge as a guest DT at Tickled Pink Stamp Challenges. I have had so much fun joining in with these challenges and am sad to be finishing. However in saying that I can now start entering the challenges again so that's a bonus LOL!

So this week our challenge to you is to use some lace and pearls. easy hey?

I picked up these Graphic 46 papers the other day and have been hanging out use them so this was the perfect opportunity. In saying that though today I really struggled getting that vintage look and feel that my card is missing something? Not sure what but just look at it and think it looks incomplete but no matter what I try to add it does not look right either. Oh well......

I am also entering this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp & Show - Buttons (I hope my one counts)

Tip Top Tuesday - Square Cards

Paper Sundaes - Toppings - peals and die cuts.

Now be sure to pop over to the challenge blog and take a peek at what the ladies have made, you will not be disappointed.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

Swinging Edwin

2011-04-28T17:35:00.000+10:00

So i have a confession, I brought this stamp for myself for Christmas and coloured it up shortly after only to find that every time I have gone to use it the papers have been wrong or I just could not do anything with it. So the other day I sat down and had another play with it and can honestly say that I am happy with how it came out. Being a boy card it is quite plain but I think that having all the layers of cardstock etc make up for the lack of embellishments. I also used a chipboard border thingy that I have had in my draw for about a year now and just coloured it up in red then printed up my sentiment and stuck it behind.

So there it is. Hopefully you like it!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Simon Say Stamps - Anything Goes

Fab & Funky - Red White & Blue
Bunny Zoe - one for hte boys
Craft your passion - layers

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

A Big Thank You to my super talented friend Kirsty......

2011-04-25T17:21:00.000+10:00

Since I started blogging my girlfriend Kirsty has been offering to do a custom blog for me. I have always resisted as the urge to take her up on the offer as she is a super busy mum & works just about full time. However recently I have been trying to snazzy up my blog but could not find anything on the freebie sites that were just right (they were not bad just not exactly what I wanted). I was talking to Kirsty about it last week and she once again offered me so I went home and had a think about it....I had a play around and loaded some of the freebie stuff that is out there (as a guide) and then gladly accepted her offer. So this weekend she has been a busy lady and making my blog and look what she came up with. It is everything I could of wanted and then some more. So to Kirsty

You are a super talented lady who is so generous, I am so lucky to have a friend like you....

Stamptacular - Pile it Up!

2011-04-24T20:12:00.000+10:00

*For my Magnolia Down Under Post please see previous post*

Happy Easter everyone, I hope that you have all had a good day today and that Easter Bunny made a visit to you all! I have to say that after having hypo kids all day I am now very pleased that they are tucked up in bed!

At Stamptacular Challenges this week the challenge is called…

“Pile-It-On!”

For this weeks challenge you will create a card that has at least FIVE layers! The images you use, the pattern papers you include, the colors you choose…all up to you! As long as there are at least FIVE layers…it’s all GOOD!

MAGNOLIA-licious

PRIZE: Lazy Summer Tilda and Shy Tilda MINIs

AND

TEDDY BO

PRIZE: Winner’s Choice of THREE Digis!

We were lucky enough to be given a Teddy Bo image to have a play with this week and have to say that I have fallen in love with these little bears. They are soooo cute!

As this card is for a male I have kept it very simple. I had fun weaving the thread through to make my fishing line on his rod.

Well after a busy day now going to sit back with a cuppa and relax.

please stop by the blog to see the wonderful work of the DT and don't forget to stop by their personal blog and leave some lovin.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time xoxoxo

Sketch time at Magnolia Down Under

2011-04-24T07:08:00.001+10:00

Yippee today is my first card as a DT member at Magnolia Down Under Challenges. I have to admit that I am slightly nervous and feeling pretty intimidated the level of work on this team is very high. Having said that though I am so chuffed that I was asked and am enjoying getting to know this talkative bunch of ladies.

So this week we have one of my favorite challenges, a sketch by the wonderful Kylie. It is a great sketch so I am sure you all with have no problems playing along with this one.

I have pretty much stuck to this sketch I just changed the position of the tag and flowers.

With all the hype of the upcoming royal wedding I thought that using princess Tilda would be fun sort of getting into the spirit!! I also went a bit crazy and decided that I wanted real stitching on this card and as I don't own a sewing machine I had to pull out the old needle and thread. It was actually quite nice sitting back sewing on this card although it is a tad time consuming so don't think I will be doing that too often!!!

So there you have it my first MDUC DT card...Be sure to pop over to the blog and check out the amazing work of the other ladies and if time allows stop by their personal blogs and show them so lovin.

I hope you all have a fantastic Easter and enjoy your day. We are spoilt in that we are loosing our kids for a few hours to my parents and will be able to go and enjoy an nice cuppa together.

I would like to also enter the card into the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown - polka dots (used my polka dots embossing folder on the Kraft)

Lets Ink it Up - Stitches

Totally Gorjuss - Bling it on (see her tiara & the butterflies)

Thanks for stopping by, until next time xoxo

Ingredients:

Stamp - Princess Tilda

Coloured using Copic Markers

Patterned paper from Websters and Bo Bunny

Kraft and white cardstock

embellishments - Ribbon, pearl ribbon, lace, flowers and butterflies, pearls

other elements - polka dots embossing folder, hand stitching (as in real stitching by hand), scallop punch from stampin up!, Tilda's lace die & Tag die from magnolia

Tickled Pink Stamp Challenges #16

2011-04-22T00:30:00.002+10:00

Good evening (or morning to some) I hope this post finds you all well. Today is Good Friday so I am looking forward to indulging in some hot cross buns in the morning.

This weeks challenge over at Tickled Pink Stamp Challenges is Spring Colours (pastels etc). I have to admit not one of my favorite type of challenges as I often struggle to use lots of pastel colours. Anyhow determined not to be beaten by the challenge I headed off to make my card. I tried a new technique for this card, which is colouring on Kraft. Now this is a technique is going to take lots of practice however I am happy with my first attempt. I think I need some spirits for blending my prismicolours rather than using my aqua painter. I decided in the end that the less than perfect colouring suited the style of this card which I decided was rather vintage. My hubby is convinced these new images from TPS are like something we would find in our old Golden books. Anyhow enough waffling from me....here is my card (all mine not sketch followed or influenced!)

I have mixed pastels colours with my all favorite black. Make sure you pop over to the Challenge Blog and check out the other DT members work, you will not be disappointed.

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

Cupcake Challenges - Layers

Saturday Challenges - stitching

Truly Scrumptious - Vintage

Fussy & Fancy Friday - Card or Project for a Girl

Hope you all have a great Easter. I will be back on Sunday morning for my first Magnolia Down Under Challenges DT card.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time xoxoxo

Ingredients:

Stamp - August from Tickled Pink Stamps

Coloured using aqua painter and prismicolour pencils
paper - kaisercraft & websters & coloured cardstock from Stampin Up!

Embellishments- flowers, pearl spray, pearls & ribbon

other elements - faux stitching, paper piercing, ink smudging, distressing, tilda's lace & swirl dies by magnolia

MAGNOLIA-licious time at Stamptacular

2011-04-17T20:30:00.001+10:00

Hi there everyone. I hope you are all having a fantastic weekend. By the time you are reading this (scheduling the post) it will be Sunday evening and we would have had a lovely day taking the kids to the local open garden which has a mini railway and vintage cars followed by our weekly dinner and family catch up time at my mum and dads house....By now we should be home and hubby and I be sitting with a cuppa reflecting on the day.

So its time for another challenge at Stamptacular and this week our challenge is called...

“MAGNOLIA-licious!”

In honor of our April Sponsor, MAGNOLIA-licous, for this weeks challenge you will create a card or project with your favorite MAGNOLIA stamp! There are hundreds so the possibilities are endless!

So our wonderful sponsers this week are....

MAGNOLIA-licious

PRIZE: Mummy Edwin and Tilda with Jolly Roger MINIs

AND

ELISABETH BELL DIGISPRIZE:
Two digis of your choice.

I have used one of my most recent favorite Magnolia's birthday Tilda. I have tried to make this card cheerful and bright.....It is not my normal colour choice but as I mentioned previously I am trying to challenge myself a bit more and stop grabbing the same old stuff.

The paper is from Websters which I have teamed up with my good old stampin up cardstock.

Talking of stampin up my gorgeous friend Dee has recently become a Stampin Up demonstrator and taken he plunge and started up her own blog, which looks very snazzy thanks to our super talented friend Kirsty (who does a small amount of web designs in between work and running after her gorgeous family). I love Dee's cards and projects and would love for you all to drop by and show her some support. If you live locally she runs stamp & Stack classes once a fortnight at her house you can find all the details here.

Anyhow that's all I have for you today..Off now as I mentioned with my family for the day.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time xoxox