Mad For Markers Current Challenge - Last Days.

Hi

Gosh, here it is Thursday already, these school holidays and long weekends really play havoc with my sense of time. We just had a five day weekend and now we are heading towards another three day weekend! Hey I'm not complaining, lol!

Being a Thursday it means it is my day to create and share a card with you for the current Mad For Markers challenge. This months challenge has been to use Copics in the YR, RV and BG colour families.

For my card I have used a Kenny K image "Download Diva"

This colour combo for this months challenge has been tricky for me. I have to be honest and say it is a bit out of my comfort zone. I don't actually own any BG's yet so I tried to get a bit creative and use a couple of different colours on her jeans to try to achieve a blue green colour.

The following Copics were used:

Skin - E000, E00, E11 and R20

Hair -E29, E27, E25 and E53

Eyes - B93 and Y11

Shirt  and Shoes - RV91,RV93. RV95, RV99, YR61, YR65, YR68, N1 and N3

Jeans - YG91, YG95 and B91

Head on over to the Mad For Markers challenge blog to check out the current challenge and for some fabulous inspiration from the Design Team.

There are only a couple of days left for the current challenge to run but you still have time to link up your card to share with us.

Sammi also has an exciting new project underway

Here's what Sammi had to say a few days ago

Good morning, I am excited today to be able to reveal more about that project I mentioned earlier in the week ... Copicendium ... is a mini-magazine/ ideas booklet to be produced by M4M - devoted solely to the use of Copic markers... HUGE Thanks to Tracey Feeger for creating the gorgeous card partially shown on the Magazine cover/ advertisement... using Creeper Harlow from The Greeting Farm's Creepin' Kit!

Would you like more ideas on using Copics?


Want to see more Copic'ed creations in print?


Want to know everything there is to know and more?,


well this little mini- mag is another step in that direction, providing a range of Copic projects, tutorials and ideas for your viewing/ flicking pleasure!
Copicendium will be an A5 booklet ... scheduled to be available in late June... We will therefore be accepting Submissions* and Advertising* up until 20th May!
*Submissions


We are looking for creations using Copics .. from beginners to advanced colourers!
This first issue - we are particularly looking for:


- creations using Copic coloured digi images


- pictures of your Copic storage solutions


- Scrapbooking projects incorporating Copics.
Please email your submissions to sales@madformarkers.com.au
* We do ask that you only send NEW creations that have not been published online or in print .. and that you will not publish in either until after Copicendium is released.
* Please be prepared to send through instructions, a product list and most importantly the Copic colour codes you used in your project (on acceptance).
* Please also be prepared to send your project to us (with a self addressed envelope should you want it returned to you)!
*Advertising


We have limited room set aside in Copicendium for stamp companies wishing to purchase some advertising... please contact Sammi at Sales@madformarkers.com.au if you are interested/ would like more information!
I can't wait for the first issue of Copicendium!! For more information head on over to Mad For Markers store blog.


Thanks for stopping by
Michelle :-)

Make It Monday #34 and a NEW BEGINNING!!

Hi there blogging buddies!

I hope you are all enjoying this Easter long weekend. The weather is absolutely fabulous here for us. We have a five day weekend thanks to ANZAC Day falling on the same weekend and I have to say, it doesn't get much better than that!.

I'm very excited today and a little bit nervous too. Today is a special day because it marks the first day of the new blog for the Make It Monday linky party.

You guys have been so wonderful in your support every week and the linky party has grown so much that it now deserves a blog of it's own.

There are some fabulous sponsors that have come on board to offer wonderful prizes each week. The new Design Team have amazing cards to share with you and to inspire you if you find your Mojo lacking.

So please head on over to the new MAKE IT MONDAY blog and become a follower. I look forward to seeing the creations that you link up for us this week.

My card for this week has been created using a free digi available from this week's sponsor

I printed out the flower image twice and fussy cut the head of the flower and popped it up on some dimentionals.

This week's Make It Monday linky party #34 is sponsored by



with this fabulous stamp set from Sunshine Design

Platypus Creek Stamping and Craft have a wonderful selection of stamps and crafting supplies all at very reasonable prices. Head on over there now and check out what's in store!

Thank you for stopping by my blog today and I do hope you will all join me and the wonderful ladies on the MIM Design Team over at the New MAKE IT MONDAY blog.

The Make It Monday linky party is open again.

Its a great way to show case your favourite card or project to new people.

You can even revive an old post. It may be old news to you but there are so many new blogs coming online every day that it is NEW to them. So come along link up and check out the other submissions and remember is all about just sharing the creativity and you may even find yourself making some new blog buddies.

I look forward to seeing what you link up for us this week.

Michelle :-)

Pink Alert!!

Hi

Gee, I hope no one has a pink allergy, lol.

Apologies in advance!

This "Fancy Flower Pony" image from Meljens Designs is one of my favouites

I have cut the image out and popped it up on dimentionals along with the photo corners too.

The embossed carstock came in a lovely crafting care package from my wonderful Mum.

Image coloured with the following Copics

R81, R83, R85

N0, N1, N3

Y11

B91

See Mad For Markers for all your copic related supplies.

Head on over to the Mad For Markers challenge blog to check out the current challenge and for some fabulous inspiration from the Design Team.

Coming Soon

Also

Check out the new range of stamps from "The Greeting Farm" and "La La Land Craft Stamps" that Sammi has in store now.

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 :-)

Make It Monday #33 - Welcome to the New MIM Design Team

Hi

Hope you have all had a wonderful weekend. We are finally enjoying some wonderful weather here in Far North Queensland. The wet season this year seemed to go on forever but I'm hoping that this recent improvement in the weather signals better things to come.

Another great week last week for Make It Monday. It is wonderful to see so many of you joining in the fun and I really enjoy coming to visit you all. I see too that quite a few of you got in to the spirit of MIM and were leaving lovely comments for some of the entries.

Winners from MIM#32

 This week's featured blogger as chosen by random.org is...................

Carissa from Lady Guinevere's Inky Fairies

with this stunning journal

Carisa just loves Fairies, Mermaids, all those mythical beautiful creatures and her blog is over flowing with the most amazingly beautiful creations. Her colouring is completely out of this world.

Please take a tour of Carisa's amazing blog and remember to leave her a little message to say hi.

Second prize winner from last week was won by

Emily from Cool Cricut Creations who left a lovely comment for Rochelle

Emily please contact me at mgissel70@yahoo.com.au so that I can tell you how to claim your prize.

The new Make It Monday Linky is open at the top of my blog.

Our sponser this week is the lovely Kerry from Ladybug Crafts Ink



Ladybug Crafts Ink



Here's a little note from Kerry



My name is Kerry and although I'm originally from Vancouver , BC I've lived in Glasgow Scotland for the past 27 years.



I'm married with 3 grownup kids and in the process of planning a wedding with my daughter for next year!



I started making cards 11 years ago and brought out my own range of stamps in summer 2009. I felt the stamp world needed a new character and Nikki & Friends was born. Since then Nikki's got herself a boyfriend and a dog and Magnum & Lily are causing havoc. I have designed 10 different ranges under the Ladybug Crafts Ink (LCI) name so I'm sure there's a character for everyone!

I am very excited to be a sponsor for Make IT Monday and wish Michelle and her team much success.

Thank you Kerry, it is great to have you here with us on MIM.

Kerry is kindly offering this weeks second prize

the Stack of Cupcakes stamp from the Cupcake Cuties set.



Head on over to Ladybug Crafts Ink and check the rest of the Cupcake Cuties here.

Welcome to the new Design Team

The Design Team call ended last Friday and I just want to say thank you to all the wonderful ladies who applied. I can honestly say it was pretty tough to choose the final four to join my Mum, Shirley-Anne and I on the MIM team. You are all incredibly talented and I hope that you will continue to join us here every week.

 

The new team have put together some beautiful cards to inspire you this week

Please hop on over to their blogs and say hello and help me welcome them to the MIM team.

First up here is my card

I have used "Wagon full of cupcakes" from our sponsor Ladybug Crafts Ink

And now meet the new Design Team

 

Mary J

 

Lisa Jane

Shirley-Anne

Chrissy



Unfortunately the final member of the MIM DT was unable to share a card with you this week but please head on over to Kerrie's blog and say hi. She will be on deck next week to share her fabulous creations with you all.

Now one final card created by our wonderful sponsor this week

Kerry from Ladybug Crafts Ink.

Thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing the creations you link up this week.

Michelle :-)

Mad For Markers - Colour Challenge

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Hi blogging Buddies how are you?

For those of you still thinking about putting your hand up for the Design Team call for the Make It Monday linky party you still have until tomorrow evening (Friday 15th April -AEST).

Today I have a card to share with you that I created for the current challenge we have over at Mad For Markers which is to use Copics from the following colour families on your creation

YR, RV and BG

For my card I have one of my newly aquired stamps from the Oliver and Amelia set "Happy Day" available over at Mad For Markers

Colours used for this image are

Skin - E00, E000, E11 & R20

Hair - Y21, Y23, Y26 & Y28

Clothes - RV91, RV93,RV95, YR61, YR65 and YR 68

These images are so much fun to colour I still have a couple I haven't inked up yet that I'm sure you will be seeing soon. Sadly though, I wasn't overly happy with this card in the end. You know how it goes, it just doesn't go right from the start but you keep perservering when really you probably should of just scrapped it and started again...............oh well. 

I do like the backround paper that I created though. I started off with a piece of whisper white cardstock and used a babywipe and Pumpkin pie ink and just kept sponging it till I got this effect.

Head on over to the Mad For Markers challenge blog to check out the current challenge and for some fabulous inspiration from the Design Team.
Check out the new range of stamps from "The Greeting Farm" and "La La Land Craft Stamps" that Sammi has in store now.
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 :-)

Make It Monday # 32 and last week's winners

 Hi there to all my wonderful blogging buddies, old and new!!

It's Monday again and I am on count down now to the school holidays, four more sleeps YAY!! I love it when my boys are on holidays, I miss them now that they are all at school. It's only a short break (12 days)  but the weather is looking like it might be ok so there should be plenty of fun to be had.

I tell you what, I had a whole stack of fun checking out all of your entries in last week's Make It Monday linky party. You guys are AWESOME!!  I am so happy to see that so many of you really got in to the spirit of MIM and left a little blog love for the entries that you visited and I have  a little prize for one of you. Featured blogger and random comment prize at the end of this post

This weeks Make It Monday linky party is sponsored by

 

Delicious Doodles



Teri is kindly offering this week's random commenter 4 digi images of their choice

 Here is a little message from Teri

Delicious Doodles is a relatively young company with myself, Teri, as the Sole Trader. I have doodled and sketched all of my life, but only started selling my images in the Autumn of 2009.

I design and hand/mouse-draw all of the images that are sold in the Delicious Doodles Shop. Some are cutsie animals, some are sketched flowers, there are a few men's images, some fantasy items and also some 'darker' images featuring Vampires, skulls and Gothic stuff, something for everyone!
Delicious Doodles has also recently begun it's own Challenges on blogger and has it's own blog page featuring inspiration from the Design Team.
I hope you enjoy using your Delicious Doodles images!
Hugs,

Teri xx
Delicious Doodles Shop -  Delicious Doodles Blog - Delicious Doodles Challenge - My Personal Blog:

Thanks Teri it is wonderful to have you join us here on the Make It Monday linky party.

Well, I actually managed to find a bit of crafting time this week even though I was thrown an extra days work this week working as a teacher aid at my boy's school. It was so much fun!

For my card I have used one of my new stamps from The Greeting Farm that I got from Mad For Markers.

This is Oliver from the "Happy Day" set.

The Design Team call for Make It Monday is still running with just a few days left, more details available here.

Shirley-Anne from Stamping for Joy is the first member of the Make It Monday design team and she has created this beautiful card for you this week.

Hop on over to Shirley-Anne's blog for a closer look and more details. I'm totally loving those pretty pink flowers!

Now, what I'm sure you have all been waiting for (well, those of you who didn't scroll straight down to the bottom, lol).

The winners from Make it Monday #31

First up, lets have a look at this week's featured blogger as chosen by random.org

Which is

Paper Bagley

with this sweet layout

Check out kitten embellishments!! Cute or what?!

Paper Bagley's blog is a creative wonderland. There is something there to suit everyone from gorgeous cards, stunning layouts and the most amazing and intricate inchies you can imaging. Pop on over and browse around and be sure to leave her a little blog love to say you dropped by.

Random Comment winner

As I mentioned a the beginning of my (very long :-P) post, I was so happy to see so many of you getting in to the spirit of the Make It Monday linky party and sharing a little blog love around.

The chosen comment for MIM#31 was from

Rochelle from Paper Dreams of  Mine who left a lovely comment for Helen over at Let's Create

Congratulations Rochelle, please contact me (email address in my side bar) so I can get a little mystery bag of craft supplies over to you.

 The Make It Monday linky party is open again (see top of my blog).

Its a great way to show case your favourite card or project to new people.

You can even revive an old post. It may be old news to you but there are so many new blogs coming online every day that it is NEW to them. So come along link up and check out the other submissions and remember is all about just sharing the creativity and you may even find yourself making some new blog buddies.

And you just never know, next week's featured blogger may be you!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Michelle :-)

Best Bud's

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Hi

How's your week going?

I hope you are having a good one.

I am having a fabulous week, the Make It Monday linky party is in full swing and the Design Team call still has about a week to go so contact me (email addy in my side bar) if you want to throw your hat in the ring.

We have some wonderful sponsors coming on board so keep you eye out for some fabulous prizes up for grabs in the coming weeks.

I have even found some time between commenting on all your fabulous entries to MIM to make a little card.

For this card I have used the fabulous Oliver and Amelia "Buddy"  set from The Greeting Farm available over at Mad For Markers.

I have only just recently discovered this gorgeous images (I know, I'm a bit slow hey!) since Sammi started to stock them at Mad For Markers.

I have used the following copics to colour this image:

Skin - E00, E000, E11 and R20

Hair and Dog - E25, E29 and E53

Hat and Shoes - YG91, YG93, YG95 and YG97

Shirt, Shoes and Collar - R24, R27, R29 and B23, B24, B26, B28

I just love this image of Oliver and his little buddy. So typically boyish don't you think? And oh so much fun to colour!!

Head on over to the Mad For Markers challenge blog  to check out the current challenge and for some fabulous inspiration from the Design Team.

Check out the new range of stamps from "The Greeting Farm" and "La La Land Craft Stamps" that Sammi has in store now.

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 :-)



Make It Monday #31 - Changes,Searching for Sponsors and a DT call

Well hello there my blogging buddies.

This is a long post with lots of info about changes to the Make It Monday linky party and a search for Sponsors and DT members. Please scroll down past the feature blogger for more info.

Aren't you just the most wonderful, sharing, caring bunch of people.

I am thrilled at how many of you are choosing to share your beautiful creations here each week and it is twice as nice to see so many of you leaving a little blog love for others too when you visit their blogs to check out their submission to Make It Monday. Everyone one loves to get comments.

This week's featured blogger as chosen by random.org is.............................

Tammylee from Tammylee's Stamp Corner

with this fun card

Brilliant colouring Tammylee!! I'm loving the green and blue colour combo. There is some serious layering going on on this card and it looks fantastic.

Tammylee has a fabulous blog filled to brim with a wonderful selection of cards. She also has a page with an awesome tutorial for glassy looking flowers here.

Please be sure to hop on over and say hi to Tammylee and let her know you saw her card here on Pink Paper Paradise's Make it Monday linky party.

The Make It Monday linky party is open again (see top of my blog).

Its a great way to show case your favourite card or project to new people.

You can even revive an old post. It may be old news to you but there are so many new blogs coming online every day that it is NEW to them. So come along link up and check out the other submissions and remember is all about just sharing the creativity and you may even find yourself making some new blog buddies.

Now on to the details for the changes to Make It Monday, Sponsor search and DT call

My humble little linky party has grown so quickly and I would like to thank each and every one of you. I would also like to thank the wonderful team over at Feline Playful for helping make this possible with all their hard work at compiling the list of challenges and winners every week.

This linky party has grown from 15 to 20 submissions each week to a whopping 154 last week (up from 134 the week before).

There were 1175 views and 400 link clicks. That means that there are a lot of people out there enjoying the inspiration you are providing and that my friends is the whole idea!!

It also means that it is taking a VERY long time to get around each of you to comment on your beautiful creations and I have had enlist the help of my wonderful Mum, Shirley -Anne from Stamping For Joy. So I have decided to promote her (LOL) to the first Design Team Member of the Pink Paper Paradise Make It Monday linky Party.

Prizes

I have decided to start offering a prize to one person each week but in a slightly different way.

As well as randomly choosing one submission each week to feature on my blog  I am going to also award a prize to a random commentor.

Because this linky party is all about sharing inspiration, a little blog love and making new friends I am going to randomly choose a person who has commented on another submission in the weekly linky party to receive a small prize pack consisting of crafting supplies. To be eligable for the prize the commentor must make mention in their comment that they saw the card/papercraft project in the Make It Monday linky party.

I am also putting out a call for 4  more people who would like to join the Make It Monday team.

The following is what will be required from you:

1. You must have an active blog that you post to atleast once a week.

2.Create some sort of paper project (anything goes) each week and post it on your blog in a post promoting the Make It Monday linky party. You are welcome/encouraged to link your creation up to any and all other challenges.

3. Comment on your share of the submitted entries to the Make It Monday linky party each week.

In return you will receive:

1. Your creation displayed on the Make It Monday post here on Pink Paper Paradise each week with a link back to your blog.

2. A small pack of crafting supplies each month.

(Keep in mind that this is an inspriational linky party hosted by myself with the help of my Mum to promote the sharing of inspiration and the making of new friends. Any prizes or crafting packs sent out are supplied by us out of our own stash.)

Please email at mgissel70@yahoo.com.au  or leave a comment here on this post with a link to your blog if you are interested in applying. Please tell me why you think you would enjoy being part of the Make It Monday team. This call will be open until the  15th April.

I am also searching for any companies that may wish to sponsor the Make It Monday linky party and offer a prize for the winner and or products for the Design Team to promote.

Please email me at mgissel70@yahoo.com.au.

Your company button/blinky will be prominently displayed in my sidebar as well as being included in the post for the week's linky party you choose to sponser.

To those of you who have made it this far south of my post, lol, I thank you for your patience.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Michelle :-)

New Challenge - Mad For Markers

Hi

Wow, I know, I'm a little surprised too!!

I actually managed to make a card this week!!

Don't get me wrong, I am absolutely loving my new job, and I know it is only one day a week (soon to be two) but it has really thrown my crafting time in to chaos. That and the fact that my Mojo seems to have taken an  extended vacation and I'm just finding that there is not much creativity happen here at the moment. Let's hope that changes soon hey!

But on to my card for today......................

Mad For Markers has a new challenge running - We want to see the copic colours from the YR, RV and BG colour families.

Now, I don't have any markers in the BG family (YET, lol) so I opted to go for the RV colours.

I have used Anya from the Hats off Anya set available at Mad For Markers.

Copics used

Skin - E00, E000, E11 and R20

Hair - Y21, Y23, Y26 and Y28

Hat, shoes and clothes - RV91, RV93, RV95 and RV99

Shading - N0, N1 and N3

Head on over to the Mad For Markers challenge blog for some fabulous inspiration.

Check out the new range of stamps from "The Greeting Farm" and "La La Land Craft Stamps" that Sammi has in store now.

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 :-)