Mad For Markers - Crazy Hair Colouring

Hi

I have had the chance this week to get in to my craftroom and make a few cards for upcoming DT posts which you will see in the next few days. It is so nice to finally get back in to the swing of things.

I did my second day of my new job yesterday and I am LOVING IT! 

The current challenge over at Mad For Markers still has a few days to go. There have been lots of fabulous entries. So much fun to see the different crazy hair colours people are coming up with.

For my card today I have kept it pretty tame by just adding some pink streaks in the hair. I quite like the look I have to say. I think if my hair was straight ( my hair is very curly and this time of year it is pretty much just a fuzz ball, got to hate the humidity!) I would definitely go with pink streaks.

I have used an image from Kenny K called "Wasn't Me".

I must have had my head on crooked when I made this card, cause I can plainly see now that the centre strip is definitely not straight.

There are still a few days to go with the current challenge so get your Copic Markers out and colour yourself up some fun with crazy hair colours and get it submitted over at the Mad For Markers Challenge Blog. I'd love to see what you come up with.

While you are at it hop on over to the Mad For Markers store and check out the new arrivals.

The Mad for Markers Store now is now stocking 'The Greeting Farm Stamps' and coming soon "La-La Land  Crafts Stamps!!



For all your Copic and related supplies head on over to Mad For Markers online store.

Mad For Markers post to Australia and New Zealand and stock a large range of Copic Markers, Blending Card, Masking Paper etc.

You can also check out the store blog and challenge blog for tips, tutorials and inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by

Michelle :-)

Mad For Markers - Australia Day Colours

No Way!! Thursday again?! And its the third week of January already!

This is not good news for me, only 4 more sleeps until my youngest starts big school. Oh I am so not ready for this!

Moving right along, before I have to break out the tissues, lol. I have a card to share with you today for the current Mad For Markers challenge, which is a colour combo to use either Red White and Blue or Green and Gold.

For my card I have used Kenny K's digi image "Skateboard".

I really wanted this image to be 3D and pop off the page so I printed it twice and cut out the boy and the skateboard separately and stuck them on the the first image with some 3D tape. I tried to take a photo of it for you but it's a bit hard to see.

I even managed to decorate the inside of the card this time too.

Copics used to colour this image were:

Skin - E00, E000, E1 ,R20 and R22

Clothes, helmet and skate board - B21, B24, B26, B28, R24, R27,R29, C1, C3, C5, N0, N1 and N3

I used my red Spica pen to colour the red star on the front and the ones inside of the card.

You still have time to submit your project to our current challenge so come on, show us what you got!!

Head on over to the Mad For Markers Challenge Blog to get your daily dose of inspiration and to link up your creation. I can't wait to see it!!

For all your Copic and related supplies head on over to Mad For Markers online store.

Mad For Markers post to Australia and New Zealand and stock a large range of Copic Markers, Blending Card, Masking Paper etc.

You can also check out the store blog and challenge blog for tips, tutorials and inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by

Michelle :-)

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz Challenge #21 - In the Pink & Competition Winners

This is a long post with two cards, one for Kenny K's Krafty Girlz Challenge #21 and one for  the release of Kenny K's Sizzling new images - Krash Kittenz.

 To see the winners of the NAME THOSE KITTENZ competition head on over to Donna's blog.

Hi

I hope some of you somewhere are keeping dry cause it's getting down right soggy here as our wet season swings in to gear.

It's been fabulous weather for crafting though and I have been particularly industrious this week and have two cards for you today!! Now that's something that doesn't happen often around here lol!

The new challenge for this week over at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz Challenge Blog is - In The Pink

For my card I have used "Devilish Donna" one of my absolute favourite images to colour.

I even took a leaf out of my blogging buddy Mary J's book and tried my hand at decorating the inside of this card too.

I'm really happy with how it came up except I definitly need more sponging practice. Thanks for the inspiration Mary J! I also felt that this card is just crying out for some real stitching but alas me and sewing machines.............. well, maybe that is a challenge I will set for myself during the upcoming six weeks school holidays.

I have used Rose Red cardstock from Stampin' Up! and double sided designer paper from kaisercraft called Hustle.

Image is printed on Neenah Solar White Super Smooth Classic Crest paper and has been coloured with Copics.

Skin E000, E00, E11 and R20

Hair, clothes, boots, flowers and rhinestones R81, R83 and R85

Eyes B93, B97 and Y13

Papers have been distressed with Stampin' Up Rose Red ink.

Now on the the NEW RELEASE of Kenny K's KRASH KITTENZ.

Kenny K has release a new set of images and they are SIZZLING!!

for my card I have used "Jessi Jane" and I have merged her with Kenny's "Xmas Accessories".

Sentiment was computer generated.

The papers are Christmas papers I had in my stash but I can't tell you where they are from sorry.

Image is printed on Neenah Solar White Super Smooth Classic Crest paper and coloured with Copics.

Skin - E000, E00, E11 and R20

Hair, Clothes and Boots - E25, E29 and E53

Eyes - B93 and Y13

Presents - R22, R24, R27, R29, R46, YG91 and YG93

I have used E29 to colour white Gross Grain Ribbon to match.

Now head on over to Kenny K's Krafty Girlz Challenge Blog and check out Team A's sizzling cards for this week's challenge.

Remember to be in the running to win some of Kenny K's images you need to use a Kenny K image on your card.

You can see the new fast and furious and super sexy KRASH KITTENZ over at Kenny's shop.

Whew, sorry for the big super long post!!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Michelle :-)

Colour me untraditional - Mad For Markers

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Hi Copic fans!!

Thursday again that means it's my turn to inspire you to reach for your Copics and create yourself something fabulous.

The current challenge over on the Mad For Markers Challenge Blog is to create a Christmas Card - using copics to colour with non-traditional Christmas colours.

I am so excited to see so many fabulous cards already submitted. You guys are amazing!! If you haven't already been over to check them out you should and there is still plenty of time for you to get your markers out and join in the fun.

For my card this week I have gone with one of Kenny K's fantastic images "Mistletoe"

Now, I'm pretty sure these papers are from Stampin' Up but I can't tell you what they are. But I'm sure when my wonderful Mum reads this post she will let me know.

But the basic colour combo I have used is Brown, Blue an Green (there's a bit of orange in there too :-D )

I've used a my Peach Spica Pen to add a little shimmer to the trim of her jacket and boots. Here's a photo to hopefully show it up a bit better.

Copics I have used for this image are:

Skin - E000, E00, E11 and R20

Hair - Y26, Y21, C1 and C3

Clothes and Boots - B91, B93, B97, (E53, E25 and Peach Spica Pen for trim)

Holly - B93, Y13 and R46

Head on over to the Mad For Markers Challenge Blog to get your daily dose of inspiration and to link up your Non Traditional Christmas card. I can't wait to see it!!

For all your Copic and related supplies head on over to Mad For Markers online store.

Mad For Markers post to Australia and New Zealand and stock a large range of Copic Markers, Blending Card, Masking Paper etc.

You can also check out the store blog and challenge blog for tips, tutorials and inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by

Michelle :-)

Acrylic Post It Note Stand

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Hi there Copic fans!!

I'm so excited, Its my first Mad For Markers Thursday post. 

Our current challenge over at the Mad For Markers Challenge Blog is - Anything But A Card.

Now seeing as how I am on a count down to the end of the school year (only 22 more school days to go) I am madly trying to get all my teachers gifts and cards made in time. Between my three boys I have over a dozen to gift sets to make! So this current challenge is just perfect for me.

Today I am sharing my Acrylic Post It Note Stand.

These are just so super easy to make. All you need is one of those cheap Acrylic photo stands and your half way done!

The image and sentiment are from the Stampin Up! set "For Father" which is retired now I believe.

Here's a close up of the image

Here's a list of the Copic colours I have used:

Apples - R22, R24, R27, R29, Y13, B91 and B93

Crate - E53, E25 and C29

Crate Label - R29, Y13, B91, B93, E25, E53, Y21, Y26, YR61 and YG 93

Hat - B91, B93 and B97

Gloves - YG 91 and YG93

Shading - N1

Head on over to the Mad For Markers Challenge Blog and check out the inspirational creations that have been linked up to this months - Anything But A Card challenge.

For all your Copic and related supplies head on over to Mad For Markers online store.

Mad For Markers post to Australia and New Zealand and stock a large range of Copic Markers, Blending Card, Masking Paper etc.
You can also check out the store blog and challenge blog  for tips, tutorials and inspiration.
Thanks for stopping by
Michelle :-)

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz Challenge #10 - Embossing

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Hi

Woo Hoo, challenge time again over at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz Challenge blog. Team A is on the job this week and the challenge is - Embossing.

So many fabulous entries again last week. Glad its not up to me to pick the winners!!

Kenny's images are just so much fun to colour up I just couldn't resist playing along this week.

For my card I have used "Vikki Lee Vicious".

Flowers are coloured with copics and I have used a silver embossing powder for the flourishes. Silver brads are in the centre of the flowers as well as on the turned corners.

Even though I am still learning how to colour with the black and gray Copics I am really happy with how this card turned out.

Head on over to Kenny K's Krafty Girlz Challenge Blog and see Team A's gorgeous cards for some awesome inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by.

Michelle

Skateboard Boy

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Hi

Wow, two posts in two days!! It's been a long time since that's happened. I've been so pre-occupied that I even missed my 100th post milestone.

My sick little guy is such a trooper, still smiling through his spots!! Lucky for him (and me) his case of chicken pox is mild. Thank you to all my sweet blogging friends that have emailed with kind messages.

 I'm still feeling a bit disapointed at having to reschedule my trip to Adelaide to see my family. My second son who I was taking with me is being so good about it though. I have promised him we will rebook it as soon as possible.
On a positive note though, one of my brothers we were going to be catching up with down there for the first time in 15 years is going to come up here to visit us!! He is bringing his two boys and his new girlfriend. It will be the first time he has met my husband and my boys. So we are all very excited about that. They arrive on the 10th sept and are staying for a week. YAY!!

Anyway, enough about me and more about today's card!

I was meant to be working on a couple of Father's Day cards but I decided to use this image from Kenny K called "Skateboard Boy" that I have had coloured up for weeks now.

I have real shortage of papers and embellishments for boy/men cards and seeing as how I can't get out to the shops with my little guy covered in spots, I decided to get creative with my Copics and create the stars and stripes background papers.

I used an outline of stars stamp from the "Starring You" stamp set from Stampin Up! and just coloured around them. The sentiment is from"Kaszazz.

I hope you are all having a fabulous day!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Michelle :-)

Kenny K New Release Blog Hop

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Hi

Today sees the launch of the new ROCK SQUAD in Kenny K's Shop and to celebrate Team A are doing a blog hop. Each DT member will be featuring 2 or 3 images from the new release, and the theme for this weeks challenge is MUSIC.
There are the most amazing prizes up for grabs (scroll down for more prize details).
 
To start the hop you need to head on over to Kenny K Krafty Girlz Challenge Blog.


As always I wanted to join in the with the fun too so I created this card using the new "Groove Dude".

This was an awesome image to colour and I tried to make it more of a masculine card. This is also the first time I have tried colouring African American skin tone. I am pretty pleased with how this card came up.

But for some really awesome inspiration for your weekly Kenny K Krafty Girlz challenge card you just have to check out Team A's cards. They have out done themselves this time.

We have Cult Pens offering £25 worth of copic markers and a wallet for storage.

Link to their site is http://www.cultpens.com/acatalog/Copic.html

Fantastic Ribbons is offering 10 rolls of ribbon of the winner's choice

Link to their site is http://www.fantasticribbons.co.uk/acatalog/index.html .
Bearly Mine Designs is offering a Digi Set of the Winner's choice

Link to the site is http://bmd-creations.blogspot.com/
Wild Orchid Crafts is offering a package of pearls and flowers

 

Link to their site is http://www.wildorchidcrafts.co.uk/  
and finally Kenny K is offering 3 Digi's of the Winner's Choice and 5 Decoupage Sheets

and the link to his site is http://www.kennykdownloads.com/

To be eligible to win the GRAND PRIZE you must leave a comment on each blog and then leave your name on the Inlinkz at the last blog in the hop. The challenge closes on Saturday evening and the winner will be drawn by Random.org.

There will also be prizes along the way, But you will have to hop to each design team members blog to find out who has them.

Thanks for stopping by today and I look forward to checking out all your cards.

Michelle

Skateboard Girl and Blog Candy Alert

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Hi

Wow, what fantastic weather we are having this weekend! The boys have been outside playing in the sandpit all morning.

I'm going to miss all this sunshine when I head down to Adelaide in just over a week. The drop in temperatures will certainly be a shock to my system. But it's worth it just to spend a little time with my Mum and Dad who I haven't seen for a couple of years and hopefully my two brothers as well who I haven't seen for atleast 15 years!

I actually managed to make a card last night, the first in ages that wasn't a Design Team challegne card. Kenny K released a few more All Starz images last week and I decided to colour up "Skateboard Girl".

Image and setiment are coloured with Copics and I have used Glossy Accents (same as Crystal Effects) on the helmet, skateboard, sentiment, scollops and corners.

I'm really happy with how this card turned out although it has one minor flaw, it doesn't fit in a 16cm x 16cm envelope!!

I am linking this card up to the following challenges:

Stamp Something - Digi Stamp

Creative Card Crew - Sparkle and Shine

Now on to the blog candy alert

My wonderful Mum, Shirley-Anne from Stamping for joy has a little blog candy give away on her blog.

Unfortunately, this time around she is only offering it to Australian Residents but maybe next time it will be world wide

This candy consists of :

Simply Sent Card Elements Kit " Flower Power",

Punches Three stamp set,

a paper pack , Patterns Pack 11

a container of rhinestones brads, Ice Circles.

I will be picking the winner on September 4th when I am down in Adelaide visiting Mum so be sure to swing past her beautiful blog and leave a little comment for her.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Michelle

Kenny K Blog Hop

Hi

Exciting news!!

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz are hosting the first Kenny K Blog Hop to celebrate the release of Kenny's new Gothic Angelz images.

This is also my first blog hop so how excited do you think I am on a scale of 1 to 10?!

This is a long post today, so please scroll on down to check out my card and all the wonderful prizes that are up for grabs in the blog hop.

If you have arrived here from Sarah's blog then you are heading in the right direction but if you have just popped in for a visit and you want to join in the blog hop then you will need to start at Amy's blog. From my blog you will need to head on over to Jill's.

Just wait till you check out these amazing new images from Kenny, Va Va Voom or what!

My hubby even took the time to take a good look at this card and commented on how well my colouring skills are developing, how sweet of him to take the time to notice..........hee hee.

To be eligible to win the GRAND PRIZE you must

leave a comment on each blog, ending up back at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz challenge blog..

Link your name to the linkz once you have done so.

Check out these fantastic prizes that are up for grabs.......

Grand Prize

2 sets of Promarkers from LETRASET

Other prizes

Fantastic Ribbons - offering the winner 10 rolls of ribbon of their choice

Bearly Mine Designs - offering a Digi Set of the winner's choice

Kenny K - offering 3 Digi's of the Winner's Choice plus 5 of his Decoupage Sheets.

Now come along, join in the fun of the blog hop to be in with a chance to win a prize.

Start here and visit each blog in the hop and leave a little comment to let us know you visited. Also,

remember  that the regular weekly challenge is running over at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz challenge blog too so get your cards linked up there too to be in the running to win some free Digi's from Kenny.

Thanks for stopping by.

Michelle

Tennis anyone?

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Hi

Not a lot of crafting going on here for me this week as the boys are back at school an that means I spend a good percentage of my day in the car! But I do have a card for you today using another fabulous image from Kenny K. This one called "Tennis" is available now over at his Digi Store.

I have used a flower stamp from Stampin Ups Flower Fancy set to stamp So Safron cardstock with So Safron ink (both from SU) to create the background. Designer papers are also from SU.

I have used the following Copics to colour the image

Hair - E29, E25 and E53

Skin - E11, E00, E000 and R20

Clothes - R85, R83 and R81

Scollop circle was cut on the Big Shot and I dotted around the edge with rhinestones.

You still have plenty of time to join in the fun over at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz challenge blog. Hop on over there and check out all the amazing cards.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Michelle

Queens Cutie

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Hi

I hope those of you celebrating the 4th July this weekend are having a wonderful time with family and friends.

I can't help myself, ever since being asked to join the Kenny K's Krafty Girlz design team I haven't stopped colouring the fab new images.

Kenny has a new freebie available this month over at his digi shop KennyKdownloads.com so hop on over and grab it for yourself and join in the fun. The new challenge begins on July11th.

I know, I know, I really need to start stretching myself a bit more. I use way too much pink, but I just can't help it. I did try for a few days there to make a few masculine cards but very quickly slipped back in to my all time favourite pink and girly cards.

I coloured this fabulous image (Queens Cutie) up first with my copics and then realised that I didn't have the papers to co-ordinate with it. So I decided to make up some papers of my own.

I made the floral paper by stamping Stampin Ups A Rose Is A Rose on Very Vanilla cardstock with Pretty In Pink ink.

For the striped paper I used Very Vanilla cardstock again and used E25 and R83 Copics to create the pattern.

I also had a try at making my own paper flowers for this card too. There are so many great tutorials out there for making these wonderful flowers. I have a set of three scollop circle punches that I used to create these flowers. It was so easy and I'm really happy with how they turned out.

I cut out the coloured image and sat it on top of two nesting ovals and then adhered that on top of an embossed panel of Pretty In Pink carstock. I used my Stampin Up Eyelet Border punch to create the decorative corners.

Copics  I used on this image are:

Hair - E29,E25 and E53

Skin - E000, E00, E11 and R20

Clothes and shoes - R85, R83, R81, E29, E25 and E53

Thank you so much for stopping by today.

Happy 4th July!

Michelle