Paper Sundaes #82 Just Saying Hi

This week over at Paper Sundaes the challenge is

"Just Saying Hi"

and our sponsor is Pink Cat Studio.

Pink Cat Studio have some fabulous stamps and digital images. This image is 'Betty holding flowers'.

One of the best things about these images is that they are so clear and simple and just perfect to colour with my Copic markers (or even your Copic markers).

I recently purchased 'Copic Colouring Guide' by Colleen Schaan and Marianne Walker and in the intro to the book it says that:  "The act of colouring itself becomes a meditation that relieves stress, relaxes the body and clarifies the thought process".

Well at the moment I am super relieved, incredibly relaxed and amazingly clarified 'cause I have 16 images of Betty all coloured differently.

Looks like quick and easy pasta for dinner - again .... (he he)

Pop over to Paper Sundaes and see what the other girls have come up with - amazing as usual.

Just swingin' by

I really miss swinging! I wish I had a dollar for every hour that I spent on our swing as a little girl.

I miss that - not a care in the world - where your only decision was either: will I go higher, will I spin around or will I try to touch the fence. 

So on my manic day of dropping kids off, food shopping, picking kids up, driving in the rain, cooking dinner between deliveries and putting on a load of washing  - I would really like to do some swinging.

But...

I have realised - it is not the same without an actual swing.

This adorable image is from Lili of the Valley and I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Lili of the Valley #108 Roses

2 Sisters #51 Colour challenge

Make it Colourful #29 Colour with Pink
Divas by Design #8 Birthday
Simply Create #49 Favourite Animal
Birthday Sundaes #21 Birthday card
Tuesday Throwdown #61 Birthday  
Have a great day everyone.

Hooked on Sweet Treats #5

Sweet Treats - Yes please! I would say that I am a little partial to the odd piece of chocolate. Maybe that is not quite true ... what I meant to say was that 
I NEED CHOCOLATE EVERY DAY!!!!
Just the other night I baked a batch of brownies - (say that fast 20 times) - and so it was really easy for me to get into this challenge at Hookedoncraft this week. (Luckily there is not a chocolate smudge on my card - although YOU can't see the back).
Both the image and the doily are from the Hookedoncraft on line shop and the papers are from My Minds Eye Life of the Party paper pad. Check out the hookedoncraft challenge blog to see what yummy things the other girls have come up with AND don't forget to join in!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Craft us Crazy #14 Anything Goes
Stampin for the weekend #14 Spots and Dots
Allsorts #115 Red card

Paper Sundaes #81 Tickled Pink

The Paper Sundaes challenge this week is sponsored by Tickled Pink and we have a sketch for you all to follow. Check it out here. The image I have used is 'Christina' from Tickled Pink and the papers are from the 'American Made' range of My Minds Eye.  

I have just recently bought myself a pair of mid length black boots, which I had been looking for for ages, so all I need now is Christinas hair, figure and spunk and you wont be able to tell us apart. I will be the one without the red glasses :)

Check out the fabulous creations from the rest of the team over at Paper Sundaes.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Craft your days away #26 Birthdays

Stamps R Us Happy Birthday

Partytime Tuesday #27 Birthdays

Card Makin Mammas #26 Birthday cards

Craft us Crazy #14 Anything goes

Stampin for the Weekend #14 Spots and Dots

Stamp Something August Digi Day

Allsorts #115 Red card

Paper Sundaes #80 Clouds

This week over at Paper Sundaes we are having a "Cloud" challenge sponsored by Letraset. I had great fun making this card. I used two sizes of the Fiskars cloud punch and attached 7 of them to a long strip of card. That way you can move the clouds so that each layer doesn't have to line up perfectly. I sponged along the edge of the cloud template onto my white cardstock using Distress ink Tumbled Glass and Voila! clouds. So teamed with this cute Lili of the Valley stamp and grass and banner die cuts and Voila! again.

You should definitely have a go at making clouds - the template even works if you use different size circle cut outs and attach them to a strip.

Check out Paper Sundaes blog to see what the other girls have come up with.

Thank you all so much for your well wishes. This cold/flu/sinus thing is really hanging around me and I am very sick of myself. Plus it has been very hard to look at all your blogs and leave comments when my eyes keep wanting to shut and my pillow is calling me.

I have decided that I am going to use the power of positive thinking and get better now! I said now! I mean NOW! and possibly just a few drugs just in case that positive thingy doesn't work.  ;)

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Polka Doodles #30 In an English Country Garden

If the Shoe fits #87 Summer

Stamp Something Summer Fun

Paper Play #30 In the Garden

Divas by Design #7 Summer

Top Tip Tuesday #44 Make it Girlie

Partytime Tuesday #26 Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts #35 Summer Birthday

Stampin Royalty #82 Summer

Hooked on Cute and Cuddly #4

This is my first card as a new Design Team member for

Hooked on Crafts

 - an on line store right here in Victoria Australia.

Thanks so much to Karen for inviting me to be a part of this fabulous team.

Cute and Cuddly is the theme this fortnight so yes, you have plenty of time to enter - no excuses. I have used one of the Hooked on Craft images together with some of their fabulous flowers and coloured in with my Copic markers.  I cant wait to see what you all come up with and dont forget to check out all the inspiration that the rest of the design team have given you.

I am also entering this card in the following challenges: 

Do you stack up #29 Wings

2 Sisters #49 Anything Goes

Allsorts #113 Free and Easy 

Paper Sundaes #79 Summertime

There needs to be a 'rule' that women should not get sick. Kids - we can look after. Men - we can sympathise with, sort of.

BUT how can I possibly cook dinner, make cards, clean the house, make cards, go to work, make cards, pick up the kids and make cards when my body is telling me "lie down - lie down - lie down"?

I am definitely reviewing that rule book :)

This week at Paper Sundaes we are having a Beachy/Summertime theme sponsored by Michelles Scrapbooking and More. It did cheer me up to sift through my bright and colourful papers and my summery stamps and create a card that reflects what I am dreaming of during our cold Melbourne winter.

Check out all the great products at Michelles and also take a look at all the inspiration that the rest of the design team have given you over at Paper Sundaes.

Just a bit of advice from a still sniffly woman - don't attempt to put a bow on a card while you are not well. The bow on this card took me longer to tie than it did to make the card.

So, while you are all doing a "Where's Wally" search for the bow, I will retrieve it from the rubbish bin and try again when I am feeling better. Have a good and healthy week all.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Craft your Days Away #25 Summertime

Fussy and Fancy #41 Summer

Allsorts #113 Free and Easy

2 Sisters #49 Anything Goes

Card Makin Mammas #25 Food and Drink

Craft us Crazy #13 Anything Goes

Lollipop Crafts  July Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts Ink July Summer Birthday

Christmas in July #78 Paper Sundaes

July! What! It can't be. It was only February just the other day. How does that happen?

This week over at Paper Sundaes we are having a Christmas in .... you guessed it - July - challenge which is sponsored by

Simon Says Stamp.

This is Sneaky Tilda and the papers are from those fab little 6 x 6 paper pads from Basic Grey. Love those!

 Check out the rest of the Design team for some Christmas inspiration and maybe you might start your Christmas cards early this year.

I have got one done now - only 37 more to go. I am planning to get onto them any day now ... yeah right!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

2 Sisters  #48 Christmas in July 

Simply Create #48 Christmas time 

Stamping with the Dragon Christmas in July

Stamp Something Christmas in July

The Crafty Pad #130 Christmas in July

The next thing someone will be telling me is that it is nearly 2012.

I am not ready!!!

I am just "Hooked on Craft"

I am so thrilled to now be a Design Team member for Hooked on Craft. This is an Australian store and they sell fabulous flowers, embellishments and stamps. Check out the website here.

There is a fortnightly challenge starting on a Monday and ending on a Saturday night (Australian time) so you have plenty of time to create and enter.  This fortnight, the challenge is "With Love".

I made this card using Small Pink Mulberry Paper Rosebuds. I can't wait to join in the fun of the challenges and be inspired by the rest of the team. 

Paper Sundaes #77 Paper Piecing

What another great challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes. Who wouldn't like these super cute images from Heather Ellis Pure Innocence range! They are so clean and simple and their outfits are perfect for paper piecing - as you will see when you visit the Paper Sundaes blog and check out the cards made by the rest of the team.

I never thought that I would still be cutting, pasting and colouring at my age. And loving it!

The paper is from My Minds Eye, the white flower is a Cherry Blossom from Hooked on Crafts, the border punch is from Martha Stewart and everything is coloured with Copics (even the flower spray).

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Stamps R Us There was a little girl

Partytime Tuesdays #23 Square cards

Craft your Passion Anything goes
Thanks for stopping by.

Paper Sundaes #76 Stitching

It arrived, yay! it arrived - or perhaps I should say - They arrived, yay! they arrived. My new Lili of the Valley stamps from the latest collection. Did you really think that I had just ordered one? Lili of the Valley have such adorable images and "Milly Just for You" is my favourite (this week).

What an amazing coincidence that Paper Sundaes are having a 'Stitching' challenge sponsored by LOTV this week. You should check out what the other Sundae girls have done - fabulous!

The funny thing is that, as I ripped the envelope from the letterbox saying "Let this be Lili, let this be Lili, let this be Lili" - my daughter commented "How many other parcels are you expecting Mum?" Oooops!

Note to self: Stop talking out loud!

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

LOTV #103 Celebrate

Stamps R Us There was a little girl

Ooh La La #83 Summer Flowers

Craft Room Challenge #3 Summer Birthdays

Divas by Design #5 Die Cuts and Punches

4 Crafty Chicks #27 Stitching

2 Sisters #46 Birthdays

Emerald Fairies #4 Girly

Celebrations!

I am just going to take a wild stab in the dark here and say that there might be a significant day coming up in the US shortly.  Now the 4th of July does seem to ring a bell. Red White and Blue challenges everywhere! Yay! I will join in the celebrations - or at least the blogging celebrations and add a card to a few of those many challenges.  Happy 4th of July everyone!

I am entering this card into the following:

Stamptacular #117 Stars and Stripes

Totally Papercraft #72 Spots and Stripes

Stamp Something 4th July/Celebration

Cupcake Inspiration #117 Red White and Blue inspiration

Card Makin Mammas #23 Red White and Blue

Paper Play #25 Stars and Stripes
Tuesday Throwdown #55 Red White and Blue
Use it Tuesdays  #10 Red White and Blue
Craft your Passion #64 Seeing Red
Paper Playtime #49 Digi and Red White and Blue
Fab'n'Funky #79 Bermuda Triangle

Summer Lovin'

                                   

Summer Lovin! Well ... I am not so sure about that. The temperature here in Melbourne today has been about 16 degrees celcius (approx 60 degrees F). Not exactly favourable for any sort of summer 'sport'.
But, I have been very inspired by all of the 'Summer' challenges on at the moment. So, I turned the heating up to 22C (72F) put on a T shirt and made this card.
The family have been complaining about how hot the house is, but I simply replied "Take off some layers - can't you see that I am making a card" They just don't seem to get the connection.
You all understand. Don't you?

I am entering Fleur Anya from The Greeting Farm into the following challenges:
Stamp and Create June challenge Summer
Try it on Tuesday Here comes the Sun

Papertake Weekly Here comes the Sun

Anything Goes #43 Here comes Summer

Paper Shelter #19 Fun in the Sun

Fab'n' Funky #78 Summer Loving

Delightful Challenges Fun in the Sun

Paper Sundaes - Sundae Bar

Together with our sponsor for this week - Stamp and Create - Paper Sundaes are having a 'Sundae Bar' challenge. Just use two or more of the following: purple, gems, paper piercing and wings.

When you look at my card the purple should be fairly easy to see, the gems are some of the raindrops (not so easy) and the wings are the butterflies. The paper piercing - I didn't quite manage - although I could claim that the dot paper is self made pierced dots - but that would be a big big fib!

Check out the rest of the design team at the

Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog.

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

Stamps R Us 1,2,3 Recipe

Crafty Sentiments Monochromatic

Southern Girls #21 Anything Goes

One Stop Craft  #137 Get Well Soon

If the Shoe Fits  #84 War of the Roses

Hooked on Craft #2 Show us your flowers

I really do appreciate every single comment that I receive. 

Thank you all so much.

You make my day.

Paper Sundaes - Easel Card

This week over at Paper Sundaes we would love you to make an Easel card or even a twisted Easel card. Our sponsor is Simon Says Stamp and you should definitely have a look at that store!

I have used a Hero Arts stamp - Heart Winged Butterfly and coloured it with my penc... just kidding - Copics of course! As if you didn't know that.

Check out the fabulous inspiration that the rest of the design team have given you. Cant wait to see all of your amazing creations.

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

Southern Girls #21 Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday #38 Open

Polka Doodles #24 All of a Flutter

Crafty Catz #87 Fancy Folds

Totally Papercrafts #71 Die Cuts and Punches

Delicious Doodles #30 Things that Flutter

Simply Create #46 Fly with us

Just for you Dad

I am so incredibly organised!

Stop laughing!

Unfortunately I can't take all the credit. The UK have recently celebrated Fathers day then the US is next but Fathers day in Australia is not until the first Sunday in September.

I am not complaining - it just means that I have my Fathers day card all made and ready - clever huh!

Now all I need to do is to pretend that Christmas is in March, Easter is in November and Halloween is in July and I would be set for every other occassion. Off to make cards on this lovely Tuesda.... ooops I mean Thursday. What day is it?

This very cute image is from Annabelle Stamps and I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Stamptacular #115 Dads or Grads

Oh La La #82 Fathers Day/Special man

Incy Wincy #98 Fathers Day/Masculine

Cupcake Craft #146 Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy

Papertake Weekly Dads and Lads

Party Time Tuesday #20 Fathers Day

One Stop Craft #135 Fathers Day

Creatie Inspiration #61 Fathers Day

and

Hooked on Craft #1 Anything Goes.

I thought that this little guy would be perfect for this brand new challenge blog. Do you see where I am going with this - fishing - hook - hooked on - hooked on craft. Anyway... you should check out their store for fabulous flowers and accessories!

Paper Sundaes - Girly Girl

The challenge at Paper Sundaes this week is to create a Girly Girl card - super easy! Who am I kidding? This card started off just pink and then it became red with a bit of aqua - and finally when I was happy with the design of that card - I changed it all back to pink and added heaps of green.
BUT, looking at the positive side .... hang on .... I'm thinking ... Oh I know! I now have lots of bits of cut up card and paper to use for another card. I hope there is a 'patchwork' challenge coming up somewhere soon. LOL.

The easy thing was choosing an image from our sponsor, My Favourite Things as I just happen to have quite a few of these really cute stamps to choose from.

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

Do you stack up #23 Birthday

Aud Sentiments #30 Summertime (notice 'warm' wishes)

Totally Papercrafts #70 Summer (ie: warm)

Stamp Something Something Punched (dont need to explain)

Party Time Tuesday #19 Summer birthday (there it is again)
Prairie Fairy Fridays #54 Summerfun (happy summer colours and for the last time ... 'warm' wishes)

Now - your challenge is to whip up a Girly Girl card in less time than it took me - not hard - and enter it into this weeks Paper Sundaes challenge.  

A Sideways Step

Bugaboo have some fabulous images - so fabulous that sometimes you don't even have to colour them. They look fine just on their own. I know I know I know - you are shaking your heads and saying "What!!!! Jenny hasn't coloured!" (okay maybe you are not saying that at all) But just in case you are saying that - dont worry, I just decided to step sideways from my comfort zone and I was quite pleased with how it turned out.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Catch the Bug Anything Goes

Craft your Passion Anything Goes

Stamp Something Use a Digi

Oh La La #81 Happy Birthday

Papertake Weekly Anything Goes

Must be off now - My Copics are feeling very unloved and I can hear them calling me.

Paper Sundaes - Sentimental

This week over at Paper Sundaes we are having a 'Lets Get Sentimental' challenge with Whiff of Joy as our fabulous sponsor. I love this image of Willow with Coffee. She is so very chic and trendy.

She reminds me of me when I was ... DREAMING! LOL. 

I do love the message that she sends - "Hey friend, lets get together for a coffee and chat soon." I can think of lots of people that I like to say that to.

Head on over to Paper Sundaes and see all of the other cards by our wonderful design team and check out the many irresistable Whiff of Joy stamps. Dont forget to enter the challenge too.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Catch the Bug Anything goes

Dream Valley #8 Stamp Something

Divas by Design #3 Florals 

Creative Craft Blue Brown and Cream

Men Rule! ... ???

Men Rule! Well actually - No. Just at the moment they seem to be ruling over my blog. My last post was Steampunk Luca and now, here is my golfing buddy from Karens Doodles. As soon as I saw him - I had to have him. My Dad is a golfing nut! He plays without fail every Wednesday and every Saturday - rain hail or shine! Yes, he is one of those golfers! This picture does not show how he plays (cause he is pretty good) but it probably shows how he feels some days. Oh a man on a bad golf day! :-)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Karens Doodles #65 Fathers Day

Aud Sentiments #29 Card for a Male

Party Time Tuesdays #18 Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion #60 What a Guy

Here Comes the Boys #3 Fathers Day

Stamptacular Sunday #113 Bugs or Boys

Crafting for all Seasons #2 Fathers Day

Birthday Sundaes #11 Masculine card

Paper Sundaes - Vintage Luca

Is there an old saying that says "Try something new - you might like it"? Well if there's not, then there should be, because I DID and I DO! I did try it and I do like it. 'Vintage' wasn't a style that I naturally leant towards but you may find me falling all over it from now on. I really enjoyed using these subtle coloured papers and embossing those chipboard cogs. Plus, I loooved colouring in Luca with Copics that have not seen much action before.  

This week over at Paper Sundaes we have a Vintage/Shabby Chic theme. Tickled Pink are our sponsors and they have some fabulous Vintage images. Here I have used Steampunk Lad Luca but there are heaps of others to see. Have a look at the Paper Sundaes challenge blog to see the other creations by our fabulous design team.

I am entering this card into the following challenges.
2 Sisters #41 Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments #29 For a Male
Charisma Cardz #21 Boy Oh Boy
For your Inspiration #6 Photo Hot Air Balloons
Tuesday Throwdown #50 Stripes

Too much ribbon?

Do I really need as much ribbon as I have? Do I really need to buy more? Do I really need every shade of every colour - just in case? 

And the answer is: YES I DO.

Luckily for me Shopping Our Stash are having a - use your ribbon challenge. I have been wanting to make one of those twisty curly flowery things for ages. You know the ones - put some tape down on some card, make a knot and place it in the centre then twist and curl and twist and curl and twist and curl (like we did last summer, come on, let's twist again, like we did last year!)

Oooops - back on track now.

It hasn't really made a dent in my ribbon collection but I will work on that.
Also entering this card with:
The ABC Challenge V for Violet and
Crafting for all Seasons Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes - Pop It Up!

The challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes is to - Pop it up! and so I did. I 'popped' Tilda, the cherries, the butterfly, the words and finally the card. Do you think I got a little bit carried away :-) 

I had such fun making my first card as a DT member for the Paper Sundaes Challenge blog. I hope that you will all 'pop' over to Paper Sundaes and see the fabulous cards the rest of the team have made.

I will just sit here and breathe a sigh of relief that the first one is done. Phew!

The Magnolia image is called "Cherry Tilda" and the papers that I used were from the Kaisercraft range Nan's favourites. You can find them both here at Michelle's Scrapbooking and More - our sponsor for this week. 

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

Ooh La La #80 Fancy folds

Flutterby Wednesday #155 Open challenge

CES #37 Embellish it

Prairie Fairy Fridays #53 More than one fold

The ABC challenge U is for unusual fold 

Thanks so much for 'popping' by.

A quiet week?

It probably appears that I haven't been doing anything all week - re: lack of blog posts - but just the opposite. Three class cards, one challenge card, a birthday card for a friend and another card for a friends friend and now I am ready for a ... shoulder massage.  My partner, Rich is on night shift this week and doesn't sleep all that well during the day so he is walking around like a sleep deprived new mum. I don't like my chances of getting that shoulder massage from him. I am entering this card in the following challenges cause he may be sleep deprived but I am challenge deprived.

Crafty Catz #83 Anything Goes

Delicious Doodles #26 Let the Sun Shine

Totally Papercraft #67 Don't be square

Little Red Wagon #81 Use a Tree

Cupcake Craft #142 In the Garden

A New Look and .....

I am just bursting with excitement as I have been chosen to be a Sundae Girl with the fabulous team over at Paper Sundaes. I thought that I would celebrate by changing the look of my blog and by making a card to go with the current challenge, Magical and Mythical. Thank you to all over at Paper Sundaes - I cant wait to get started.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Whoopsi Daisy Things with Wings

Sir Stampalot #May Challenge Magical Worlds

Divas by Design #1 Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes DT call

Paper Sundaes is having a Design Team call which you can read all about here. These are three of my favourite cards that I have chosen for my submission. Fingers crossed!

A Great Day

This morning it was just a bit chilly for me to get out my strappy little summer dress like Miss Marci here. It was a very cool 5 degrees celcius when I went to collect the newspaper from our frosty lawn.  There seems to be some confusion between Autumn and Winter here in Melbourne. Let me set you straight - Autumn is the falling leaves, fine days and chilly nights season - nothing there says anything about 5 degrees when I wake up. If someone could just fix that - I would really appreciate it. 

Entering this card in: 

Card Makin Mammas #20 For a Loved One

Incy wincy Design #93 Girlie

The Crazy Challenge #66 Anything Goes

Stamp Something May Digi Day

The Importance of Shopping

 My Mum would have a giggle at this cause we have done our fair share of shopping together. And - it is a fact that shopping is a learned skill!! I know that for sure because not everyone can do it well. It is important to have a good role model to learn from. 

Thanks Mum!

Gave that paper piecing thingy another try.

Note to self: Use a bigger image next time!!!!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Divas by design #1 Anything goes

Top Tip Tuesday #32 Open Challenge

Southern Girls Lets hear it for the girls

2 Sisters #37 For a Mom

Stamptacular #109 Mums the word

Tuesday Throwdown #47 Mothers day

PaperPlay Challenges #11 Show us your style

Papertake weekly Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesday #14 Mothers day cards

Ladybug Craft #26 Going dotty

Ooh La La  #79 Tres chic

Card Makin Mammas For a Loved One

Cupcake Inspiration #109 Mothers day inspiration 

Craft us Crazy #7 Mothers Day and/or Flowers

Cupcake craft #140 Starting with 'C' (Carrying bags just might be a stretch for this challenge - or - I could call it Carefree and Casual - or - Classy and Confident. But possibly it is more like Clutching at straws - me that is. LOL)

Such a Sweetheart

I had a 'Princess party' at my house last Friday night with my crafting pals. I won't claim that I made this card on that night as most of us were glued to the TV to watch "The Wedding". I did think that this colour scheme and love heart banner just seemed to 'fit' the mood this week - with lots of photos of the happy couple in the paper and on the front pages of every magazine.

Too bad that this little Sweetheart Marci doesn't have a handsome Prince to kiss ;)

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers #44 Red White and Blue

Party Time Tuesday #13 Anything Goes 

Top Tip Tuesday #31 Square

as well as the LaLa customer gallery

Darling Marci

Thanks heaps to Susan from Stamp on Me who gave me the inspiration to create this circle card using this cute image, Darling Marci from La-La Land Crafts . Susan has a tutorial on her blog that you should pop over and have a look at. It even shows some paper piecing that I didn't quite get to - I was having too much fun with my Copic colouring. I have a few more La-La cards to post so stay tuned - please :)

I am entering Miss Marci into the following challenges:
C.R.A.F.T challenge #99 Flowers (cause there are some there)
Delicious Doodles #22 Anything Goes (My favourite type of challenge)
Crafty Pad #118 Circles (Done that!)
Craft your Passion #55 Show us your layers (I'm showing you)
Creative Inspiration #58 Use a digi (That's Miss Marci)
Paper Sundaes #66 Sparkle and Yellow (Duh!)
Stamptacular #108 Pile it on (Again with the layers)
Ellephantastic #25 Anything but square or rectangle (Will circles do?)
 and I am also uploading her to the La La Land gallery and Copic Australia facebook page (I sound confident, don't I? I may have to ask my teenagers for help on that one)
 

Dream Big

Now this is a card that I just made. No more of those "had it for a while" cards (well maybe I have got a couple more of those stashed away). I love colouring these Kenny K images with my copics. Actually I love colouring anything with my copics.
The dog better watch out or he might have highlights soon. LOL.
This week Kenny K have an "Anything Goes" challenge #41,
Flutterby Wednesday #151 and
Top Tip Tuesday #30 both have "Open" challenges and
Incy Wincy have a Bright and Bold challenge #90 

Find Joy Every Day

This image makes me think of a Spring day. I am sure that only Snow White or Cinderella actually had birds come and 'willingly' land on them while they were singing a tune and dancing amongst the flowers on a sunny day.....  and obviously this little girl from Pure Innocence too.
Another card that I made a while ago - just waiting for a 'Spring' Challenge so I will enter it in the following:
Totally Papercrafts #62 Springtime
Card Makin Mammas #19 Spring Colours
Cupcake Craft #138 Lots of Layers
Incy Wincy #90 Bright and Bold
Do you Stack up #15 Scallops

Hello Friend

So far, April has been a busy month for me. A son who turned 18, a niece who turned 22 and close friends who also keep having birthdays. Not that I mind - any excuse to raise a glass and make a card is okay with me.
Note: Be careful of wine drinking and card making at same time.
Plus, I have been planning classes for this coming term. I did say 'planning' but not actually 'making'. Must get onto that!!! I know what will happen - I will have the perfect card planned in my head, sketched out on my notebook and when it finally comes time to put it together - Euck! So then back to the drawing board. Does that happen to anyone else?
I made this simple card a few weeks ago now (love doing that poking holes technique thingy) and thought that I would enter it into a few Easter challenges.
C.R.A.F.T #98 Easter
Delightful Sketches Easter
Simply Create #41 Egg-tra Special
Belli Challenge #115 Eggs/Bunnies
Crazy Challenge #62 Easter
Ooh-La-La #77 Happy Easter
StampsRUs #18 Easter Theme
Allsorts Challenge #98 Not a square

Hectic life!

I am in severe withdrawal!!! I have missed my blog, I have missed all of your blogs and I haven't entered a challenge in ages.  Life has been hectic - Copic courses, classes at work, sample cards, paper shows and just when it is starting to return to some kind of normal - the kids will be on school holidays any day now for two and a half weeks. I hope that I am able to sleep in - on at least some of those days.
I made this card a while ago for a friend recovering from an op but for all of you who are overwhelmed with 'stuff' at the moment - I hope that you get some 'me' time soon. 
I don't actually mean 'me' - I mean 'you' :-)
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
One Stop Craft Challenge #125 Spots and Dots
Card Ideas Spotty Dotty
By the Cute and Girly #April Cute and Girly
CES Challenge #30 Children

Guess what I did?

Guess what I did on Monday? I coloured in!!! I can hear you asking - Why is that different from any other day? But this time I was part of the Intermediate Copic Certification Course run by X-Press Graph-X with the fabulously talented Mandi-Lee. This was the first Intermediate class in Australia. A group of 20 of us spent the day learning more about shadows, shading, skin tones, composition, design and even ambient light (how professional sounding is that!) and much much more. We learnt so much and in such a relaxed way and ... we were allowed to colour in! Bonus! Here is my Certificate which I very proudly display here on my blog. So now I am off to re- read that manual and practice practice practice. Ohhh well... if I must.

Angled just right!

Sue from My Inner Reflection inspired me with her ribbon on an angle, so I thought that I would give it a go.
I had three matching ribbons in my ribbon box and all I needed was some matching bazzill, some matching inks and some matching copics - all to tie in with the colour scheme of the ribbons.
Then... the other day I bought an inexpensive turquoise coloured bangle - very nice - and then realised that I had nothing in my wardrobe that matched it. So a handbag and an outfit later and that bangle didn't seem so cheap any more.
Next, I am planning to buy myself a Porsche key ring - cause I am on a roll.
I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Totally Papercrafts #58 Add Buttons
Incy Wincy #85 For the Boys
Paper Sundaes #61 Embossing
Ooh La La #75 It's a Man Thing
Paper Play #11 Embossing
Delightful Challenges Green

What Luck!

Green is certainly the flavour of the month out there in 'challenge land'. For this card I was trying to work out how to make a four leaf clover to add that extra 'touch' - cut it freehand, four punched hearts joined together, clip art - when I looked in my punch drawer and I actually have a four leaf clover punch. I couldn't believe my luck! Who has a four leaf clover punch??? I can't remember buying it. I can't remember if I have ever used it before and I can't think why I would have ever wanted one. Not that I am complaining because it was the good luck that I needed to symbolise 'good luck'. Fancy having something that I have never used. ;-)
Now what else is in that drawer .....
I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Cupcake Inspiration #102 Photo
Scrappy Frogs challenge Good Luck
Allsorts #94 Luck o' the Irish
Card Makin Mammas #16 Something Green
Simply Create #39 Monochromatic
Stamp Something Cream and Green
Paper Play Challenge #10 Shades of Green
If the Shoe Fits challenge #70 You feeling lucky
Delicious Doodles #16 Use Green