Make It Crafty Australia Day Blog Hop

Good evening everyone I hope your enjoying the Make it Crafty Australia Day blog hop so far..If you came here from the lovely Delphine then you are in the right place if not you can begin the hop at Aeryn's page. 

It is Australia Day here tomorrow and what a better way to celebrate than to have some Aussie style projects. 

I have made a small calendar that you can hang above your desk..

here is a close up of The Gumnut Girl

I went on the search for some Australian papers the other week and lets just say the variety was pretty sparse so I came home with only two sheets to play with. I think this was an error as I was restricting myself so much that it gobbled up my creativity. I coloured the gorgeous Gumnut Flower Girl, because how could I resist, and then  set to work on my card and blank....I shuffled the paper and embellishments around all afternoon and came up with nothing until the last minute when I decided to scrap what I was doing and the idea of the calendar came to me. It is fairly basic, as in not covered in embellishments but every time I tried to add something to it, it just did not look right. 

Your next stop on the hop is Stephanie . Now be sure to leave comments along the way as there is come hidden candy on the hop which will be announced next week. 

Here is a complete list of the hop for you as well just in case you get lost.

Aeryn 

Trudie 

Daria 

Delphine 

Bron -that's me your here!

Stephanie 

Debbie 

Åsa 

Franz 

Jen J  

Ruby

Julie 

The copics that I used:
Dress - YR23, Y18, Y15, Y11 & W3
Leaves - YG45 & YG93
Gumnuts - Rv25 & YG1
Hair - E29, E25 & E1
Skin - E00, E11, E21 & R22
Background - B34, B32& B00
Ground - E18 & E13

Thank you so much for stopping by today I really appreciate you taking the time it takes. 

Until next time......

My exciting news!

So I am very excited to share with you that I am now a part of the Make It Crafty (MIC) Design Team. Oh my gosh was I so excited as I love the different ranges of products at MIC. The stamps range from dorky to glam and the chipboard elements well I am love! I have to say I am a little nervous as the talent on this team is beyond amazing ....I kind of guess though that Zoe wants us all for different reasons and that we each have our own thing to bring to the table so to speak.

 Today I would like to share with you a card I have made using the gorgeous Crystal. Our challenge this week for the inspiration was to use the colour red and I think I stepped up to this pretty well!!

I had so much fun colouring her up there is something about her that reminds me about my younger sister so it is for this reason I choose her as I have made this card for her (she lives interstate) as a little cheer her up. 

I used my copics and prisma pencils (mainly for added some extra highlights to the dress)  to colour her up.

 I have created me own grass and flowers and used dots (suing different blues) for the sky. 

 Products:

Crystal Digi Stamp from Make it Crafty 

Copic's Used:

Dress -R46, R35, R29 & R14 & BG78, BG75 & BG72

Hair - E37, YR24 & YR20

Skin - E00, E11, E21, R20

Grass - a mixture of greens try a range of darker and lighter

Sky - A mixture of blues once again try a mixture of light and dark

As I mentioned I also used my white prisma pencil to add some highlights and to also give the dress a sort of vintage look. 

Thanks for stopping by today, until next time 

First Challenge Back at Magnolia Down Under Challenges for 2013

Good morning everyone

I hope you have all had a wonderful festive season spending it in whatever way makes you happy. 

This week is our first challenge for 2013 at Magnolia Don Under Challenges and we have decided to ease our way back into challenges but not making it too difficult and having the theme flowers. 

I have decided to start my year with something a little different and have made a project rather than a card. I have decided I want to try and do more of this in 2013 so I can decorate my new crafting space.... 

I went and made an actual flower! My daughter has now decided she loves it and wants to claim it for her room...Or as she says oh mum you can make this into a card by adding a circle card on the back! I think I have a little crafter o my hands!

So there you have it my first MDUC Card this year. I really hope you make the time to join us this week.

Please make sure you visit our blog as there is as always delicious eye candy there for you to drool over. 

Many thanks for stopping by and having a look today, I really appreciate every visitor that I receive. 

Until next time 

Our last challenge for the year at MDUC (sorry its late)

 

eeek silly logger, I thought my post was scheduled but just realised it had not gone live. I guess now I have realised it is 4 days late I will update what I had written :-)

Well by now we should have all had Christmas and recovering. I hope your Christmas celebrations where wonderful and that you were all spoilt rotten....I know I was! My husband worked Christmas morning so it was very weird for the kids and I to wake up without him here. The kids were so good and had actually decided that they wanted to wait for Michael  to get home from work before they opened their presents which truly melted my heart as they did not want him to miss out on the fun. They have become very good with this and also choose on their birthdays to wait to after school when he is home to open birthday presents. Of course we always give them something small to open in the morning. So I can say that I was very proud of my children. 

Now it's time to relax for a few weeks as I am on holidays and the kids are on holidays so lots of relaxing mornings coming our way!

This week it is our last challenge at MDUC for the year and it will be remaining open until the 12th January as we are all taking a break. To make it nice and easy for you we have gone with the anything goes theme..I have seen already this has attracted a lot of entries! Our gorgeous teamie Janiel has donated so rubber as a prize so be sure to stop by the MDUC blog and check it out and the beautiful work o display.

My card is very simple as I just find crafting at this time of the year to be a challenge as I want to be outside enjoying the elements and then by the time I come inside I am just too tiered to craft. Having said that this morning I am going to finish a card I started a few days ago. Anyhow enough waffling here is my card:

So I look forward to seeing all your work and  catching you all in blogland next year. 

Until next time xoxo

MiC Christmas Advent &your chance to win the goodies I have used

You may remember me posting a couple weeks ago about the MiC Christmas Advent that Zoe has going at the moment and that I was lucky enough to be asked to join the the fun...

Today  it is my turn. Just to refresh your memory here is the details again...........

There's only 24 days til Christmas!

The MiC gang and our Special Guests thought it would be fun to have a 'grown up' advent calendar as we count down the days til Christmas full of inspiration just for us creative minds!

Each day a sneak peek will be revealed on the MiC store blog with a link for you to follow "to open the door".

All you have to do is stop by the store blog each day to open the next door!

PLUS Zoe has Christmas Candy full of lots of crafty goodies that you don't want to miss out on!

AND THERE'S MORE GIFTS

But what's even more exciting is that you will have a chance to win the Make it Crafty goodies that I have played with today!!

By leaving a comment on this post you could win

Chantelle at the races stamp

Flower swirl frame chipboard pack (oh my how I  LOVE these)

Ornate Corner's chippies (these just add a touch of class to your projects)

How cool is that and how easy is it for your to win these goodies yourself.

The comments will stay open until the 31st of December and the winners will be announced in the New Year on the MiC store blog. You can join us for all 24 days - giving you 24 chances to win some MiC goodies! If you join us late, simply go back to the start and catch up!

This is what I have created with my MiC goodies!

I had so much fun colouring up Chantelle...I really wanted to put her in a little black dress but realised halfway through  it is hard to get good folds in the dress using the grey copics but I did not want to give up so I kept going.

 I have to say I am happy with the end result even if she looks a little sassy, lol!

I coloured my frame using my water colour crayons and aqua brush. 

Don't forget to leave a comment below before December 31st and stop by the Make it Crafty Store blog to 'open the door' to 24 other inspirational projects!

Thank you so much for joining us and we wish you and your loved ones a wonderful loving Christmas.

So that is it from me today. Thank you for joining me today...I will announce the winner in January 

Until next time xoxoxo

It's sketch time at Magnolia Down Under Challenges

Good morning all....I am slightly late with my post today but have been enjoying a very quiet morning. My husband has been away since Friday on his annual golf trip and last night Robbie went to his very first sleep over party. So this morning it has been just me and Lizzie and it has been peaceful!

So this week at Magnolia Down Under Challenges we have a sketch challenge for you.

Its a great sketch hey and very versatile. 

Here is my card:

I decided to go non traditional Christmas colours this time and have to say had fun with the blues not a normal colour for me.

So there it is I am looking forward to seeing your creations. 

Be sure to pop by the MDUC blog and see what surprise we have on offer and also to check out the other mind blowing gorgeous cards on display.

Thanks for stopping by today 

Make it Crafty Christmas Event

I hope you are enjoying your Saturday...I am very excited to bring you this post today as I have been asked by the lovely Zoe of Make it Crafty to join in Make it Crafty's special Christmas event. Here is some info on the event for you.

There's only 24 days til Christmas!

The MiC gang and our Special Guests (me being one of them!) thought it would be fun to have a 'grown up' advent calendar as we count down the days til Christmas full of inspiration just for us creative minds!

Each day a sneak peek will be revealed on the MiC store blog with a link for you to follow "to open the door".

All you have to do is stop by the store blog each day to open the next door!

PLUS Zoe has Christmas Candy full of lots of crafty goodies that you don't want to miss out on!

But what's even more exciting is that you will have a chance to win the MiC  goodies that I will be creating my project with!!
All you will have to do is join me on my day and leave a comment on that post.

The comments will stay open until the 31st of December and the winners will be announced in the New Year on the MiC store blog. You can join us for all 24 days - giving you 24 chances to win some MiC goodies! If you join us late, simply go back to the start and catch up!

Don't forget  stop by the Make it Crafty Store blog to 'open the door' to 24 days of inspirational projects!

I will be back later in the month with my reveal and details on how you can win what I have used and look forward to hearing from you all then.