some drawing....

Well today I did some drawing for the first time in ages.... thing is though, I cannot show you what yet... as I am sending a card off to someone and I don't want to spoil the surprise... just in case she sees this before the card arrives! lol!

It was fun to draw again...and I'm thinking that I might have to do it a bit more... just for fun I think as there are soo many digi-images out there that I'm not sure mine are needed as well! But you will be seeing a few on here the next few weeks!

Whilst I'm rambling then I might add here.... I missed my blogoversary.... oops! so, I guess I will need to organise something (in lieu) this week! Stay tuned!!

This is my card for Club Anya's Monday Mania challenge... this week it is a challenge from Jen Shults to use the following "Recipe":

Olive green, Pink, Dark Brown and Sparkle!

Huge thanks to Tracey for sending me this image... I love this Miss Anya .. isn't she funky!
I'm loving this colour combination too and think you might see a few more cards from me in these colours. lol! Have a great Friday!!!

Copic Creations challenge

So... I found a new challenge I have not entered before ... Copic Creations and I believe I will be a regular visitor, enterer now :D This week the challenge is Ethnic skin tones... I did not have the exact colours suggested and the colours I used did not blend particularly well.. so I think I'll try to perfect this a bit later :D
This challenge is sponsored by Phindy who draws the most gorgeous images... I'm hoping to get some at some stage (although I have put a ban on spending just now).
Anyways, here is my card for this challenge...

I love this image from The Greeting Farm, which my blogging friend Tracey stamped up for me! Thanks Hun!! The bling and rose flower are from Bizzy Becs... am loving these little roses!

Inspired by Kristy's gorgeous creations I've been trying a bit of distressing recently but not sure I like my attempts.

anyway thanks for stopping by.

Colours used: E11, E35, E37, E43, E47,E77, G94, G95, G99, BG94, R22, R59, E04)

Thursday

As you can see I have used the Peek A Boo stamp by Rachelle Anne Miller, once more.

Details on this card can be viewed at The Stamp Spot blog... which you might want to visit anyway and see the wonderful creations the other gorgeous DT have been creating!!

Have you checked out Marcia's moving sale yet??? Snap up a bargain for yourself today at The Stamp Spot store!!


Thanks for your kind words and well-wishes - I am feeling much better... just slightly 'blah' now.

Magnolia Down Under :: Valentines

The Current Magnolia Down Under Challenge is to make something for Valentines. I used this gorgeous Tilda I got in a swap... coloured her in with Watercolours, adding some stickles and white gel pen. The large flower is from the Stamp Spot and the smaller one on top + the leaves are Bizzy Becs. The rest of the papers are from my stash(most came from Tina).

Thanks for looking.. sorry I have not been about much..this cold/ flu is really knocking me around... and my mojo too.

*edited* Red = pink + white right???

The Stamp spot is having a moving sale...

NEWS FLASH>>>>
The Stamp Spot is moving home, and to save moving the stock, are offering between 30% and 70% of most items in the store. Australian residents only, sale ends February 19th 2010 or while stocks last. No rainchecks.

Anya Ink :: Flowers

I'm stoked to be a Guest Designer for Anya Ink this week :D
For this challenge Marcia has asked us to make a project that uses flowers ...



I had a bit of fun with this .... I used Anya from the Rock the Farm stamp set... which I purchased at The Stamp Spot! She is coloured with Copics and then stuck onto a flower-y shape... The other flowers in the pot are blooms layered and stuck onto the stem (paper wrapped around a bamboo skewer). The pot is filled with dirt/ wood chips! Here's a couple of other shots for you to see my flower creation in our garden. lol



Pop on over to Anya Ink and check out the fabulous DT creations... and why not enter this week - as it's an easy one ... you can make anything that uses flowers (and contains a The Greeting Farm image on it)


I've come back home from Canberra with a headcold (I thought it was just allergy initially but not now :P) and thus I think it will be bed for me today... not much crafting, colouring or bloghopping...plans amended - next week will be my catch up time

I love Flutterbys *scheduled post*

The other day as I was walking back to our unit from the letterboxes I saw a very pretty butterfly so I hurried inside to get the Nikon and then thinking it would be gone by the time I got there went back out... it was still there so I could get a fre piccies.... here is my favourite one.

this afternoon I'll be home again! Catch you soon!

xxx

Monday Mania at Club Anya

Caz set the Monday Mania challenge at Club Anya this week.... she wrote:
"I thought it would be fun to get everyone masking their Ian & Anya stamps so that we can get them both on a card close together....so they look like a happy couple
so... Here you have my happy couple!

As these images are digis... I masked them in photoshop and then printed it out.... coloured with ??? Copics of course!!! I am liking the greyscale + a hint of red for my Valentines cards right now... Thanks for looking... I'll be back tomorrow to visit everyone who's popped in here this week!!! YAY!

Thursday is my Stamp Spot day.....

This is my creation.... I used the wonderful stamp (Peek-A-Boo) which Marcia sent as the DT kit for this month.... and decided to try some paper tole.... layering different parts of the image :D
ALL other details can be found at THE STAMP SPOT!





thanks for stopping by again :D

Just Magnolia - Paper Pleating

There is a special monthly challenge of paper pleating at Just Magnolia.. and a fab tutorial by Mina on how to do paper pleating :D
Here is my card ....

This Tilda was one I received in a swap last year (or the year before even) and coloured her in with watercolours.... I have a pile sitting there I should colour... they are all in alcohol based ink so I can't use my Copics... think I'll have to have a crack at improving my watercolour skills!! lol!

Tomorrow I'm off to Canberra for a few days ... road trip with a friend ... to visit another friend - should be fun... I'm going to catch up with a friend from High School for coffee on Thursday and another from Primary School for lunch on Friday (how good is facebook)! I'm also going to go and see THIS exhibition with paintings from the Musee D'Orsay. Should be great! I love Van Gogh, Cezanne and Gauguin :) So, I'll have some scheduled posts set up... but won't be round to comment on blogs till sometime on Sat and beyond!!

FFF :: Mary's glitter + glue challenge

So... this is my card for the current Farm Fresh Friday ... hurry you can still enter yourself.. until tomorrow!! Details from the Greeting Farm blog are:

Mary challenges us this week to Use Glitter....and Glue! in your project. Could be loose glitter (ack!), Stickles, whatevah ;) Just make it sticky and sparkly, LOL....and you're there!

I coloured Lolli Anya in with my Copics ... loving them so much (in case you did not tell)! Just recently got the Momento Tuxedo black ink and it's AWESOME!!! Now.... apparently if I also get "really good" paper then it will be an absolute joy to blend colours! I added PVA glue to her hair and skirt and then added fine glitter dust... oooh... I love glitter!!! I also put some stickles on the border around the outside of the card!

Think I might set myself a challenge to use no doodling on a card as I seem to have to put some on every card I make. :D I've been having fun with some other projects today but can't show you yet ;)

Anya Ink :: Just one layer

The challenge this week at Anya Ink... is one layer cards.... So for my card with only the one layer - I have stamped directly onto the card base and then coloured the images with my copics.

thanks for looking... back tomorrow :D

xxx

Inky Impressions sketch challenge

There is a sketch challenge on at Inky Impressions Challenges ... it's a lovely sketch by Domi.
Here is my card following the sketch!

I've coloured Angelica in with Copics and sat her on the oval, the dotty paper is DCWV and the rest is from my stash.

Thanks for looking! I'm off to have lunch with some girlfriends and probably see a movie too... catch you later!

xxx

Bizzy Becs Challenge #5

Here is my card for the Bizzy Becs Creatalicious challenge #5 which is:

Something Old, Something New, Something Torn and Something Blue.
You do not have to make a Wedding themed creation,it can be anything as long as it includes the above.

Old = the paper and cardstock have been in my stash for a while now... the image is one I drew a while ago when I was trying to sell some of my images.
NEW = the gorgeous flowers that came in my order from Bizzy Becs :D
torn and blue are more obvious from the piccy!

Happy Sunday ... Hope you all have a wonderful week!!
xxx

Flutter by the Diedrich dare

I made this card for
the Flutterby Wednesday Challenge - the "challenge this week is to use the theme *NEW* along with your butterflies, fairies and angels".

and Whimsical Wednesdays - Diedrich Dare Challenge - the "challenge this week is from Madelynn! She has picked out this PERFECT Makeup kit as the inspiration for DDSC17".

So here is my card.... I used my new Spring Fairy digi from the Greeting Farm :D (bought with Christmas money .. yay!)

I tried to copy the colour scheme from the makeup palette AND this ribbon seemed perfect.. same colours and circles too! lol!
I coloured her with Copics... R00,11,22, 59, 85, RV36, E31,33,35,37, V00,12,15,BV13.

thanks for stopping by... (I am ALMOST finished updating my blog (just have to fix up blog list and challenge list/ blinkies)....

Pollycraft Winter Birthday...

I just adore these Winter Elves from Pollycraft... so I was thrilled when last year they were available as limited edition digis. AND since I have them I can now enter the Pollycraft Monday challenges.. whoo!!

This week the challenge theme is "Winter Birthdays" :D It sure is hard to make wintery cards when you are sitting in a hot room.. think I'm moving my craft desk into our bedroom (under the air-con. lol). Anyway ... pop on over to Pollycraft Monday and check out the Gorgeous DT creations :D

Thanks for looking.... I'll be back a bit later (it's 2 posts a day atm)

Jodi's Valentine's candy - click the pic

Anya Ink :: Black + White + ?? pink !!

I'm on a roll.. this is post #2 for today... please scroll down for Digital Tuesday entry...



Anya Ink is back and the challenge is....
A colour challenge, Black, White and one other colour of your choice.

so as you can see I used pink (seems to be my flavour of the month - surpassing purple surprisingly). I used Hope and Grace Snuggle that was sent me in a swap. Looks like I have to add another stamp to my evergrowing wish list. lol! Coloured with copics and the paper used is DCWV!

I don't list the colours of Copics I use generally... but i often write them down.... do ppl think it's a helpful thing to see on a post or do you just skim past it like me??

Digital love for Valentines

For this card I followed the Friday sketchers sketch here.... but I'm too late to enter...

However I am still in time for the digital tuesday challenge
.... these gorgeous elves are Pollycraft images (when they were available as digis :D)
and the theme is a Valentines card for a loved one... so there you have it!!

Recipe:
I used Copics (of course) to colour the image..and the flowers and brad to match!
paper and cardstock is from my stash. The sentiment "love" is a Kaisercraft rubon.

I've been organising and cleaning up

We found this great shelving trolley that looked perfect for craft stuff....
so that it can be taken from room to room.... and so I've spent a day and a bit
re-organising and cleaning up... I can't believe how many scraps of paper I have... will be doing something about that... anyway.. whilst it's clean and tidy here are some pics of my crafty area (I have taken over our spare room)!!

The Stamp Spot - Thinking of you!

Here is the card that I've posted up at the Stamp Spot today.... details for my card are on The Stamp Spot blog and materials used on this card are available for purchase from The Stamp Spot online store! Pop on over there to see what the other wonderful DT ladies have been up to this week!! :D

Magnolia Down Under :: Stamp with another use

YAY!! I'm finally entering another MDU challenge!!

I promised something different for my next post (although I had yesterday off as I made some cards but then we had a blackout in the afternoon... power for about an hour and then no power again most of the night.... so here I am today!)

Well I've had this little cutie coloured for some time (she was one I got in a swap) ...and I thought I better pop her on a card ... The current Magnolia Down Under challenge is:
Stamp with another use.... now I'm fairy certain this Tilda was not designed to be used on a baby card... but I think it works... cookies for the family?!


Speaking of Magnolias... I was given some money for Christmas and I've ordered the Spring Kit! oooh.. how exciting!!! Can't wait to see what will be in it!!

thanks for stopping by! Tomorrow I'll be back with my first STAMP SPOT creation for the year!