2 Sisters Challenge blog

oopsie!! I forgot to post this on Saturday .. what a duffer I am... Inky Impressions are sponsoring 2 Sisters Challenge blog this week .. and I made a card for the challenge.. using Angelica's Heart socks... although you might notice a slight difference to the image??

I inked up my stamp and then used a baby wipe to remove the handbag Angelica usually holds... then I stamped the image and drew in a teddy bear where her handbag was previously!

This is the result ...



This card is a little more subdued than my usual cards... It's all that brown which I was practising using all brown Copics as this month the Mad for Markers challenge is Male cards - using brown Copics!

Thanks for popping past and don't forget to check out 2 Sisters challenge blog for your chance to win a gorgeous Inky stamp!! :D

Happy Birthday and an arty, crafty day trip

Monday is our first god-daughter's birthday ... and so I had to make a special card for her! LOL!
This is the card that I sent... using my current favourite stamp!! Miss Anya from the hats off set from The Greeting Farm ... I have also used this gorgeous Sweet November Unicorn! So sweet don't you think??


I had fun with this one... and I'm really loving the Copic Opaque white at the moment too.. it's just lovely to put on and it shows up brilliantly on the Copics!

Today I went to along to Magnolia Square with a friend... which was lots of FUN! There were some lovely products and the displays were all awesome!! :D I was very self controlled but I did buy myself a roll of washi tape and a headband (pictured below .. although you can't see the flower on the side too well in the pic)!




Thanks for stopping by .. hope you are having a fun weekend!

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge

Good afternoon! It's time for a new challenge over at Pixie Dust Studio Challenge blog and this is my last week as a Guest Designer at the Studio! Thanks for having me .. I had fun!!! :D

Ok.. now... on to the new challenge for this week

To get you in the sunny vacation mood :)

"Vacation Time"

Create a card/project using Summer colors and/or elements (beach, water, etc.)

Here is my card using "Happy Bug" which I have decided to make bright, fresh and fun... this is one of my first attempts at using the fluorescent Copics too! It's pretty bright!! :D

Thanks for stopping by.. check out the awesome DT creations on the Pixie challenge blog!!

Hats off Miss Anya

I was thrilled to win The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh Friday Hats off challenge last month and I now have my prize.. Yipee!!! THANKS TGF!!! These GORGEOUS Miss Anya with hats stamps.... They are certainly my new favourite stamps right now! LOL! I'll be back later with my absolute favourite... but here are all three of them .. stamped in rich cocoa ink on a brownish cardstock.. I like the way the copics work on this but with a muted tone!!



Thanks for stopping by... I'm off for some eye tests now and will be back to blog and comment on people's blogs soon!!! :D

The Altered Alice... Chapter 1 - Week 4!!!

"Alice crouched down among the trees as well as she could, for her neck kept getting entangled among the branches, and every now and then she had to stop and untwist it. After a while she remembered that she still held the pieces of mushroom in her hands, and she set to work very carefully, nibbling first at one and then at the other, and growing sometimes taller and sometimes shorter, until she had succeeded in bringing herself down to her usual height.

It was so long since she had been anything near the right size, that it felt quite strange at first; but she got used to it in a few minutes, and began talking to herself, as usual. `Come, there's half my plan done now! How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another!"
-- Chapter 5, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Well, just like Alice we have been through a change in location and changed form from weekly to monthly, but the challenge chapters remain familiar despite all these puzzling changes!
To reflect all these puzzling changes, the challenge is to make something that features a dress form, OR to make something that changes in form! While it is not required that your project include Alice in Wonderland, we do encourage it. If your project does feature Wonderland you will get two chances in the prize drawing instead of one!

STAMPOTIQUE ORIGINALS is sponsoring our first challenge with a $30 gift certificate for one lucky winner, and their design team is going to play along! Be sure to visit their Stampotique Designer's Challenge blog where you can play every week!

I am back this week with another project as inspiration for this challenge .. this week I am sharing a little ATC that I created using the mushroom group stamp that I was lucky enough to receive from Stampotique for this challenge!! They are very generous to give us on the twisted team a stamp to work with!!! THANKS!!

I also used Alice from The Greeting Farm's signature set! I love this little Alice!! As you might be able to ascertain from this ATC little Alice just drank that bottle saying "Drink me" and now she is smaller than those mushies there! tee hee!!


Alice is coloured with Copics.. R000, R00, R11, E50, 51, 53, Y11, B12, 14, 000, N1, blue spica
the mushrooms have LOTS of Rs and Lots of Es!!! I also coloured the flower in with blue Copic.. B18 I think it was :D

Make sure you check out The Altered Alice for some GORGEOUS inspiration!!

Hope you are all going well!! I've had a busy weekend!! A friend that I've known since I came to Sydney 13 years ago got married! This was something I've been praying for - for a long time so it was very exciting!! :) also had some friends come and stay ... they came for the wedding.. that was FUN!! :D LOVE these girls!!!

Wee Suzy

I just love this little image.. I mean wee image of Suzy that the lovely and talented Sylvia has designed.. isn't she adorable!! If you missed Sylvia's launch with her very generous giveaway you can purchase an image of Wee Suzy along with some other beautiful images HERE!

I coloured Suzy on 352GSM Neenah.. this is a little heavier and softer than the Xpress It I normally use.. so my colours have feathered a little more than normal... I still love her though.. and I love that the colours come up more vibrantly on this CS!

Thanks for popping past!

Pixie Dust Studio :: Don't be Square

Hello.. There is a new Pixie Dust Studio challenge live now.... the new challenge is ..

"Don't be Square"

Here is my card...

Inky Impressions DT call

Inky Impressions are having a Design Team call... Want to display this blinky on your blog??

then hurry on over to the Inky blog for more details. This is a great team to work for and Inky stamps are stunning to stamp and colour!!

Details are also posted on the challenge blog.. make sure you scroll down after reading the post to see the wonderful new challenge!!

Inky Impressions Challenge :: Spots and Stripes

Hello!! It's time for a new Inky Impressions challenge! Yay!! This time the lovely Joey has set us the challenge to use spots and stripes!!
mmm.. hard one eh, I thought so at first ... but spots and stripes do kinda go quite nicely!!


I have paper pieced Hazel baking cookies in paper to match the background spots and stripes... and found some mottled paper for her fur!! The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions :)
I have added in some fake stitching/ doodling!!

I am also entering this card into these challenges...

Our Creative Corner - who want us to cut it out... so I cut out an oval with my CM cutters and then I cut out the image from bits of paper! :D

CES Challenges is "cute and cuddly" well whilst I'm pretty sure not all Koalas are that cuddly IRL - ie. sharp claws tee hee - Hazel looks pretty cuddly!! :D

Papertake Weekly Challenge is "putting on the glitz" .. I hope my little rhinestones are enough sparkle for this challenge!! :D

Make sure you check out Inky Impressions Challenge blog to see the rest of the Inkettes gorgeous work with spots and stripes!

Lollipop Ladies - Smarties

Good morning!! Today it's time for anew Lollipop ladies challenge and it's a yummy one. Firstly we have to say a very sad goodbye to our candy stripes Chantelle, Mel H, Mel P and Michelle! They have done an awesome job on our DT and I for one have loved drooling over their creations!

Ok... now onto this next challenge the pic is below and the bonus theme is hearts :D


Here is my card... I have used a lovely My Favourite Things stamp .. from the Stamp Spot and coloured her in with Copics... to match the smarties .. and look at those little "hearts" on her shirt!


I'm not that keen on this card actually seems Mr Mojo did a runner!!
Have a great day!

Pixie Dust Studio

"Have a Ball" is available NOW!!!

I am so thrilled to have been asked to Guest Design for Pixie Dust Studios this month for such a wonderful release... These gorgeous images are now fresh in the STUDIO!!

Here is a card I've made with another of the NEW images...

I'm a hopeless romantic and dreamer so these images are perfect for me! LOL
Also the images Kathy draws are not only cute but so fun to colour! :D

Wee Stamps

Wow... Guess what? Sylvia .. the lovely and talented designer behind some of those gorgeous Spesch stamps is starting to sell her own digi stamps now... click the gorgeous Wee Suzi to go and see her shop.



also... Sylvia is going to be giving Wee Suzi to those who follow, comment and spread the news! So hop on over to her blog to read about this great new venture!

Pixie sneak peek

Well I am a bit slow... sorry.. was not feeling too well last night and so I have not posted up my
sneak peek for Pixie Dust Studios upcoming release... This release - coming out on the 15th is called HAVE A BALL and is just beautiful!!!

Here is my card using to lovely image ...

"When Will my Prince Come"

Hop on over to the Pixie Dust Studio blog to see more peeks at this gorgeous new release!!

Pixie Dust Studio :: Be My Valentine

Hello!! It's time in the week for another Pixie Dust Studio Challenge.. and
The new theme for this weeks challenge is

"Be My Valentine"

Create a Valentine or Heart card/Project using Pink/Red.

Here is my card... It's not your "Standard" Valentines card.. but I wanted to use Harry and well he was protected by the sacrificial Love of his mother right...so I thought it would be a good theme for my card :D

Hop on over to the Pixie challenge blog to see the gorgeous lovin' from the Design Team!!

Colours used: E000, E00, E11, E74, 77, 79, N5, 7, Y11, 15, 17, R35, 37, 39, N4, 4, 7, 9 + Glossy accents on his glasses (does not show up extremely well)

Rock the Farm Winner + 2

Good morning. we have a winner + 2 more runners up!!

Firstly the winner of the Rock the Farm stamp set is...
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Gin Oak said...
Wow, what 'a great catch!' You always do a 'great job!' and are willing to give 'a helping hand'. I love the way these two are so typical - the woman working hard to keep the house and garden while the guy just goes fishing - although I suppose he does supply food for dinner that way (although she'll probably have to cook it ;-) ) so yes I suppose 'it takes two' and these 2 really 'rock the farm' ;-)
Cheers, Gin.
(p.s that was probably one of my favourite comments to write ;-) )
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a couple of runners up...
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Honor said...
Oh Sammi, these are such cute stamps. My little man loves fishing, just like his dad and would make a cute birthday card for his upcoming 4th b'day. Thanks for the chance to win.
xo
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Aussie Loz said...
Oh, you've reminded me of my own neglected TGF stamps... these are gorgeous! Thanks so much for the chance to win ♥
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Have a wonderful day!!!
xxx

winner + NEW blog candy...

Hello everyone... I picked a random winner of an Eclipse tin filled with embellishments... and the winner is:

Lynne Armstrong said...

LOVE the Twilight tin Sammi...haven't seen those around so will have to look harder. Spearmint are my favourites too so your hubby wouldn't want me around or we'd be fighting over them lol
hugs xx
PS Great idea to use them for little embellies :)

I will pop it in the mail for you!!

OK.. I have another blog candy too... This was my first TGF stamp set of Anya and Ian I bought and I got another one by mistake so I am giving it away...

*ed* Image removed... Rock the Farm Stamps set!!

Please leave a comment and I'll reveal the lucky recipient tomorrow!!

INKY IMPRESSIONS WHOLE LOT OF LOVIN' BLOG HOP

Hello everyone... Welcome to my Inky Impressions Whole lot of Lovin' blog hop post... you should have come here from Joey 's delightful blog... if you didn't and just popped in here then please start the hop on the Inky Impressions blog - HERE!

Today we are showing you the GORGEOUS Valentines animal images that Nicole has designed and I have used the beautiful Hazel Baking cookies stamp ... such a sweet little Koala!!

Now your fun continues as your next blog to hop along to is the lovely Giovanna and she has a beauty to share with you!!

Make sure you complete the hop and leave comments along the way for everyone... one lucky hopper will receive a wonderful prize...
2 images from the new release, 1 sentiment and some embellishments

Thanks for stopping by!

Spesch new release

Good morning! Yipee... it's time for a long awaited release day at Spesch stamps!!

The wonderful Sylvia has designed more stunning fairytale images for us again and I just love them and hope you will too! I'm telling you that they are very fun to colour!

Here's my cards... Firstly a pic of all the cards together ...

and now a closer look at each individual card...

Loves Me Not

Winter Birdy

Meadow Girl

Princess and the Frog

The tickets I've used for my sentiments .. came from Bizzy Becs Digi store :D

Hop on over to the Spesch stamps blog to see all the gorgeous creations from the rest of the team!!

The Altered Alice

Today is week two of inspiration for week one of the challenges at The Altered Alice (the new home for Oh, Alice challenges)!

Our excerpt is...

"Alice crouched down among the trees as well as she could, for her neck kept getting entangled among the branches, and every now and then she had to stop and untwist it. After a while she remembered that she still held the pieces of mushroom in her hands, and she set to work very carefully, nibbling first at one and then at the other, and growing sometimes taller and sometimes shorter, until she had succeeded in bringing herself down to her usual height.

It was so long since she had been anything near the right size, that it felt quite strange at first; but she got used to it in a few minutes, and began talking to herself, as usual. `Come, there's half my plan done now! How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another!"
-- Chapter 5, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

The challenge is to make something that features a dress form, OR to make something that changes in form!

Remember that - STAMPOTIQUE ORIGINALS is sponsoring our first challenge with a $30 gift certificate for one lucky winner, so get your entries in!

Here is my inspiration...

I have used paper from Graphic 45 - Alice in Halloween .. both the 12 x 12 sheets and the 8" paper pack... I like how I was able to have both the different sized keyhole papers as a result!!

I have used on of The Greeting Farm's Creepers.. I think she makes a good Alice! :D And she is wearing a pretty dress.. so that is my dress form .. and as for the changing form... I've used some of the G4 paper - cutting out the image of Abosolem (the Blue caterpillar) and then the trail leading to a butterfly!
Other additions include.. using my Tim Holtz distresser for the edges AND a metal key :D

Thanks for coming along on another crazy Alice adventure!!!

Sammi
xx

Tickled Pink Copic'ed with Love

Hello! Not sure where this weekend has gone but it is almost over.. I have spent a lot of it cleaning up my craft area so that is nice :D Boy this weather is bizarre at the moment.. thinking of friends and everyone on Vic who are having excess rain and flash flooding! :P It's been hot and humid as anything here in Sydney!! Ok enough on the weather....

Last week I received a lovely happy mail package filled with lovely stamps that I won on the Tickled Pink stamps blog! YAY!! thanks Kellie I love them so much!!
Tickled Pink are having a preview of their upcoming release tomorrow.. look forward to seeing them ... I just had to make a card this weekend using this Lil Valentine Lolita Lilith . LOVE her!!

I am entering this into the current Copic Oz challenge which is a love challenge!! So come on all you Copic lovers why not get your red and pink markers out (well I think you can use whatever colours you like! lol) and colour something for this challenge!!

the markers I've used are:

Hair: N5, 6, 7,9,
Shirt: N0, 1
Face: E000, E00, E11, R81
Heart/ Stockings: R81, 83, 85 and N0
Skirt: R24, 46, 59 (my current favourite red combination!)

Spesch Stamps :: Cute Unicorn

Hi everyone, Just wanted to share with you a card I've made using the very "cute Unicorn" Stamp from Spesch stamps.. this gorgeous unicorn is a rubber stamp (you can also get it in digital if you prefer) and it stamps beautifully .. so clear!! It is also fun to colour. Although for tonight's card I have not done a huge amount of colouring.. I know SHOCK, Horror! Instead I have paper pieced the Unicorn with some of the DCWV Fairytale paper .. added a bit of shading/ colouring with Copics and some sparkle with Spica.. then combined the image with a sentiment from The Greeting Farm ... some paper and embellishments and voila!!

Here's a closer look...

Thanks for dropping past... I have tried to do some blog hopping today but the pics are not showing up... bizarre... is anyone else having this problem???