A Sketch for you

 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

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

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

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

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

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......

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....