Mad For Markers - New Challenge - Sketch

Hi Copic fans, how are you today?

I'm running behind this week something terrible. As much as I love long weekends they seem to put my routine way out of whack and I find myself playing catch up all the next week.

I'm here today to share a card with you for the current challenge over at Mad For Markers.

This time around my fabulous teamie, Bron, has come up with a wonderful sketch.

For my card I have used a gorgeous image stamp from the Oliver and Amelia range called "Happy Day"

Please click on the image to get a better view, one of these days I will take a decent photo!!

The following Copics were used :

Skin - E000, E00, E11 and R20

Hair - Y21, Y23, Y26 and Y28

Clothes - R81, R83, R85, B91, B93, B95

Here's a look at the fabulous sketch Bron has done up for you.

It's a beauty!!

Please come on over and join in the fun at the

Mad For Markers Challenge Blog.

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 today

Michelle :o)

Make It Monday #47 with Crafty Emma's Store

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Hey Ho MIM fans, here we are again!!

These linky parties sure do come round quick!!

Loads and loads of amazing entries last week. Congratulations to this week's featured blogger and to the winning commentor.What a super friendly bunch you are!

It get's harder each week to pick an entry to feature here on my blog as my favourite for the week. Please see my pick at the bottom of this post.

We have had an absolutely fabulous long weekend here (local show day). The weather has been glorious, so have been spending loads of time outside with the boys.

Did find a little time to craft though to make a card for this week's

Make It Monday linky party that starts today.

I have used one of my own images "Man In Suit" available over at

Pink Paper Paradise Designs

As always, please click on the image to see it more clearly

Papers are "Hattie Papers" from My Minds Eye available here from our sponsor this week

Crafty Emma's Store

What you can't get at Emma's fantastic store is not worth having!! She has a fabulous store full to the brim with craft tools, papers and embellishments.

The lovely Emma is generously offering a £10 voucher (ex p&p) to the winning commentor this week over at

Make It Monday.

all you have to do to be in the running to win this fantastic prize is leave a comment for an entry in the Make It Monday linky party. Be sure to mention you saw their entry on Make It Monday.The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning.

Now, let me show you who I chose to feature this week from last weeks linky party

after much consideration I chose this terrific card by

Martha at I'm Black Martha

Isn't it just so fabulously fun!! Martha has done a brilliant job of creating this summer scene.

From what I can see Martha has only started her blog this year but it is already full of beautiful cards and scrapbook layouts. Please hop on over and say Hi to Martha, I know she will be happy to see you and you will see more examples of her skillful colouring in both Copics and Pencil.

I look forward to seeing your creations this week too, over at Make It Monday.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Michelle :o)

Mad For Markers - Current Challenge - Pink and Yellow

Hi

So glad you dropped by today.

Hope you have all been having a pleasant week. Mine has been pretty good, but it will get a whole lot better around 3pm today when I pick the boys up from school and we head in to a three day weekend!

But before that I want to show you my card today.

Mad For Markers current challenge still has a couple of days to go and I hope to inspire you to join in the fun.

For my card I have used one of my very own images called "Ballet Lesson" available over at my new digi store

Pink Paper Paradise Designs

Copic Markers used

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E21 and R20

Tutu - R81, R83 and R85

Hair - Y21, Y23, Y26 and Y28

I am linking my card to the following challenges
Copic Creations - Pastel Colours

There have been some really fabulous entries submitted so far and the Design Team have been working hard to create some beautiful cards to inspire you.

Please come on over and join in the fun at the

Mad For Markers Challenge Blog.

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 today

Michelle :o)

Well, I finally went and did it.....

Hi

I bet that title has you wondering, lol!

Sorry, no juicy gossip for you here, but I do have some exciting news.

Well, it's exciting for me and hopefully you will find it at least a little bit interesing, lol.

I have finally gotten around to opening my own little
 Digi Image Store

Little being the operative word, so far I only have  few images there but I'm working on some more that will hopefully be up soon.

For now, let me give you a little peak at what's available.

Today I have a card that I made using my "Wedding Couple" image

The Bride and Groom are available as individual images too.

A few of my wonderful Blog friends have created some cards with a few of my other images available over at
Pink Paper Paradise Designs

Please head on over to their blogs to see the cards in more detail.

Shirley-Anne




Lisa

Chrissy

Mary J




Thanks Ladies, your cards look amazing!!

I hope you like this little preview of my new images. Please drop by the store and add yourself as a follower so that you don't miss the next release of images.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Michelle :o)

Make It Monday #46

Hi there

Another beautiful morning here in Far North Queensland. Weather report says we are in for a very mild day.

Being Monday, I'm here today to remind you that the Make It Monday linky party is on again.

Each week the Design Team and I just love to see all the fabulous entries linked up. And we especially like seeing all the lovely comments left for the entrants by you all.

This week I have used one of my favourite images from The Greeting Farm (available from our sponsor this week) called Oliver and Amelia Buddy

I just love this image,so perfect for those hard to make boys cards.

Copics used to colour this image were

Skin - E000, E00, E11 and R20

Hat & Shorts - YR61, YR 65, YR68, E31 and E33

Shirt and Shoes - YG91, YG93 and YG95

Dog - E53, E55 and E57

Make It Monday #46 is sponsored by the fabulous Sammi over at

Mad For Markers - http://www.madformarkers.com.au/catalog/

and she is generously offering a fabulous

Prize of a Copicendium Magazine

all you have to do to be in the running to win this fantastic prize is leave a comment for an entry in the Make It Monday linky party. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning.

Now, let me show you who I chose to feature this week from last weeks linky party

(It's so hard to choose!)

after much consideration I chose this absolutely amazing creation

Une Histoire De Scrap by Poupette

Isn't it just amazing?!

You will have to hop over there and check it out in more detail.

I look forward to seeing your creations this week too, over at Make It Monday.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Michelle :o)

Fabulous Candy Up For Grabs

HI

No card from me today, I'm just popping in to let you know about some amazing candy up for grabs over at Aussie Cards For Sale

Here is what the lovely and generous Alicia has to say over at Aussie Cards For Sale

"For every card purchased during the month of July you receive an entry in our amazing Card-Making Supplies Prize. Included in this prize is everything to get you started if you have never made cards before, or a wonderful addition to your supplies if you are already an established card-maker or scrapbooker. There are four Magnolia stamps, a punch, ink pad, paper doilies, tape, gems, design papers, pearls, ribbon, lace, chipboard, crocheted doillies and lots of lovely flowers. One of our beautiful Aussie Cards for Sale customers will be the lucky winner!! Every card you buy earns you an entry so if you purchase six cards from our online store in the month of July you receive six entries in the competition. You never know it could be you! Happy shopping and good luck!!"

Are you still here?? Go on head on over to Aussie Cards For Sale and check out all the fabulous cards for sale and get your self in the running to win this amazing crafting candy.

Michelle :o)

Mad For Markers - New Challenge - Pink and Yellow

Hi there Copic fans!!

Can you believe it is Thursday again already?! Now that we are in to July it's like a down hill run, I'm sure the days are just going faster!

I'm here today with a card to share with you that will hopefully get you all inspired to take part in the current challenge over at Mad For Markers.

We want to see your pretty PINK AND YELLOW creations.

Sammi is offering a couple of Copic Markers to the winning entry ( Pink and Yellow of course!)

For my card I have used a fabulous image from Kenny K called Download Diva.

I'm loving the pale pink and yellow but gee, it was tough to photograph! It really does look so much better in real life.

click on image for a better view

Pretty yellow crochet flowers are from my friend Helen over at Let's Create.

Copics used were

Skin - E000, E00, E11 and R20

Hair - Y21, Y23, Y26 and Y28

Shirt and Socks - C1, Y21 and Y23

Jeans and Shoes - R81, R83, R85 and C1

Ground - E33, E31 and E30

Shading around image - B0000, B000, B00

I'm entering my card in to the following challenges:

Diva's By Design - Pastels

The current Mad For Markers challenge is open now and the fabulously talented Design Team have already posted some stunning creations to get you all inspired over on the Mad For Markers challenge blog. Hop on over there now and check them out.

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 today

Michelle :o)

Make It Monday #45

Hi!

Have  you all had a fabulous weekend?

We had a fantastic weekend, took the boys up to the tablelands to go see the Herberton Historic Village and the Steam train at Ravenshoe. Wow, fantastic!! But sadly today is the last day of our school holidays, guess they had to end some time but the two weeks seems to have gone so fast.

But on a high note, today is Monday and that means it's Make It Monday time again and that makes me happy!!

Congratulations to the winners of last week's linky party.

Make It Monday #45 is now open

For my card this week I have used a fabulously fun image from our sponsor called "Wagon Full Of Cupcakes"

Please click on image for a larger/clearer view

This week we are sponsored by the wonderful Kerry at Ladybug Crafts Ink

and she is generously offering the winning commentor a stamp of their choice to the value of £6.50.

There are some really awesome new stamps available over at Ladybug Crafts Ink including the new range of Christmas Jack and Robin.

Ok now, lets have a look see who I chose as my favourite pick from last weeks entries.

After spending a lot of time browsing through the many amazing entries I kept coming back to this one by

Grace from Th-ink-ing Of You

I mean really! Just look at it, is it not just absolutely stunning?! Who would not feel better receiving this fabulous gift basket.

Grace has also kindly posted a brilliant tutorial for it.

Thank you Grace for sharing this with us at Make it Monday.

Head on over to the Make It Monday blog and check out the cards by the wonderfully talented Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Michelle :o)

Mad For Markers - Current Challenge - Red Hair

Hi there Copic Fans!!

It's Thursday again and that means it's my turn to create and share a card to inspire you to participate in the current challenge over at Mad For Markers.

There is still a couple of days left for you to submit your entry so don't be shy, give it a try.

I have actually enjoyed the challenge of RED HAIR this time. On previous occassions I have gone straight for the dramatic bold reds  but this time I wanted to create a more traditional red head, using the same colours as my previous card for this challenge.

To me, this is the best part of participating in challenges, you get to try something you may not otherwise have been inspired to do. Traditionally I have stuck to the standard brown or blonde hair but I have fallen in love with this particular hair colour now.

For my card i have used this fabulous image from Tickled Pink Stamps called "Lil Pinkette - August".

Copic used to colour this image

Skin - E000, E00, E11 and R20

Hair - YR61,YR65, YR68, E33 and E35

Clothes - B91, B93,B95, Y21, Y23, YR61,YR65, C1 and C3

The current Mad For Markers challenge is open now and the fabulously talented Design Team have already posted some stunning creations to get you all inspired over on the Mad For Markers challenge blog. Hop on over there now and check them out.

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 :-)

I'm being featured over at Creating My Way To Success

Hi

The lovely Jill over at CREATING MY WAY TO SUCCESS has asked me to feature on her blog today.

Jill has a fantastic blog full over interesting and informative blog tips and ideas as well as some fabulous upcycling ideas. Well worth a look!!

Jill is also co-hosting a worldwide blog hop today see details below.

With multiple hosts from all corners of the globe this blog hop is set to be a whole world of fun!!

Here's what Jill had to say...................

I hope you'll come on this weekly world tour with us - as together we network and expand the reach of our individual blogs.

Do you work together with others on projects? Share your respective skills and networks to achieve bigger and better results? What success have you had in this?

I've been doing my Wednesday 'Creating to Success' interviews for 6 months now, and added the blog hop just 4 weeks ago. So it will be interesting to see how much bigger it can grow, with the help of teamwork!

Hop on over to the different continents and see the host's featured blogger.

Australasia - Creating My Way To Success

Europe - http://theshinybubble.blogspot.com/The Americas - http://www.suzyssitcom.com/Asia - http://ofpinksandfairytales.blogspot.com/Africa - http://www.peekadot.blogspot.com/  See you there!! Michelle :o)

Make It Monday #44

Hi there!!

I hope you have all had a fantastic weekend. We certainly enjoyed ours. We have been making the most of the school holidays with some quality family time. Took the boys to the movies to see Cars 2. It wasn't too bad, a bit loud I think with so many explosions and car chases etc (real James Bond stuff) and most of the humour was a bit too adult for the boys but all in all it was still a fun outing.

Being a Monday means it is time for another linky party over at Make It Monday.

The rainy weather we have been having here has been perfect for crafting and I had a lot of fun making my card for this week's linky party.

I have used an image from our wonderful sponsor this week called "Blue Tit".

I used this image last time Make It Monday was sponsored by Delicious Doodles you can see the card I made then here.

I could have chosen another image from the fabulous range at Delicious Doodles but I really love this image and it is so much fun to colour I just had to use it again.

I have used the following Copic Markers to colour this image

B91, B93, B95 and B97

YG91, YG93, YG95 and YG97

Y21, Y23, Y26 and Y28

I am entering my card in to the following challenges:

Crafty Emma's Store Challenge Blog - Woodland Creatures

Our wonderful sponsor this week is the love Teri from

Delicious Doodles - http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.com/

and she is generously offering 4 digi images of winners choice to the chosen commentor for this weeks linky party.

Ok now, lets have a look see who I chose as my favourite pick from last weeks entries.

After many a browse through all the entries linked up last week I finally chose this card which really stood out to me.

It is by Emma at Paper Addicts Anonymous

I just think it is so much fun, I love the  bright bunting and the way the middle hedgehog pops with colour against his grey friends.

Fabulous card Emma, thanks for sharing with us at Make It Monday last week.

Thank you too for stopping by today, it's always lovely to have you drop in.

Michelle :o)

A Card Just For Fun

Hi

Thanks for swinging by today.

I am loving the school holidays!! The weather has been pretty ordinary with a week of unseasonal rain but it has still been fun.

I even found time today to make a card just for fun. Now that is something I rarely get to do these days.

I saw the current challenge over at Less Is More and thought I would join in for the first time.

I have used one of the cutest stamps I own called "Lil Monster's Balloon" from AnnaBelle Stamps.

I stamped the image straight on to Neenah Paper 352 GSM (available through Mad For Markers) and coloured with my copics. This paper is brilliant for one layer cards as it is so thick that the Copics don't bleed through at all.

Copics used were

B91, B93, B95 and B97

Y21 and Y23

R20, R22, R24, R27, R29 and R46

N0, N1 and N3

Sentiment is is stamped with SU Not Quite Navy and the border is hand drawn with a SU Not Quite Navy Marker.

The second balloon is actually an after thought, as I accidently made a smudge with the ink. Don't you just love it though when a mistake actually works in your favour!

I am also linking my card up to the following challenges -

AnnaBelle Stamps Challenge - Say It With Frames ( I'm hoping the border around the outside edge counts as a frame)

Thanks for stopping by to see me today!

Michelle :o)