Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Fantastic Discount Offer


A Word From My Sponsor


Hi

I am very happy to be able to offer my readers a wonderful special offer from my sponsor



As readers of my blog you will be able to enjoy 
20% off
 store wide using this code

MPPP20

(offer only available to Australian residents)

Alacraft  stock a wide range of craft supplies including lace, ribbon, yarn, stickers, iron on motifs, quilting fabric, craft flowers, bridal accessories and much more all at great prices. 

A browse through their scrapbooking section and you will find beautiful albums, ribbons, flowers and diamonte buckles  like these ........ and much more



This is just a sample of what is available in store.

Take a wander over there now and browse through their extensive selection.

Happy shopping!

Michelle :o)

Monday, January 28, 2013

Make It Monday #125 with Meljen's Designs

I'm late, I'm late!!

Don't think I have been this late for MIM before.

Where I live in Queensland Australia we have been hit by the devastating force of ex tropical cyclone Oswald for the last week. Wide spread flooding, power outages and some of the areas worst hit have only just started to recover from the same thing two years ago.

We are more fortunately up here in the norther part of the state as we have the infrastructure set up to cope with the deluges and destructive winds. We copped a lashing earlier last week and this weekend we were without phone or internet services for the last 24 hours, which is nothing in comparison to those down south. My heart goes out to them as they struggle to deal with it all.

Here I am now though,with my card for this week's 
MAKE IT MONDAY linky party. 


I used a cute little image from our sponsor called Teeny Mouse Hugs


This week we are being sponsored once again by the everfun and cute Meljen Designs Digital Stamps!
Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical rubber and digital images inspired by her kids and family. Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog, and freebies and promos now and then on our facebookFAN PAGE!  Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at our store HERE to browse through all of Melissa's lovely designs! You can also see Melissa's rubber stamps at her corner of Whimsy Stamps, too!



Meljen Designs Digital Stamps  are giving away the lovely prize of the winner's choice of 4 single digis!

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!


The MAKE IT MONDAY linky party is up and running.

My fabulous teamies have created a selection of gorgeous cards to get things started.
Please stop by their blogs to say hi and to see who they picked as their favourites this week.


Now, on to my favourite for this week.

I absolutely love this card from


StirringInLoveLN

Fantastic layout and the black matting really makes it pop.

Thank you for sharing with us Laura.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you will join us at Make It Monday this week.
I look forward to seeing what you have been creating.

Michelle :o)

Monday, January 21, 2013

Make It Monday #124 with Bugaboo Stamps

Hi , it's a wet soggy Monday here.

Although the sun is out now, it's been a pretty wet 24 hours.
While the southern states of Australia are enduring scorching 40 degree days and devastating bushfires the tropical north of the country is on watch for developing cyclones in the west, north and east.

It was a lovely weekend actually with the rain coming down all day Sunday. The boys were happy playing with their leggo and coming up with great Ninjago episodes of their own (love listening to their imaginitive play) and Hubby was napping on the couch. Makes him sound lazy doesn't it, but he is such a hard worker, both at work and around our one acre property. It was actually quite nice to see him just kicking back and relaxing.

I managed to get a fair amount of time to myself to do some blog housework and to get my card made for today's
linky party.


I love this cute  Lil kitty on a limb image from our sponsor

I wanted to create a card with this image that was suitable for either male or female so I kept the design quite simple.

is now open

We are very excited to have again our fun sponsors Bugaboo Stamps!  Everyone loves these fun and sweet digis!



Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay
As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing!  From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week! 

 If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps   atTotally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT   for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug


Bugaboo Stamps are offering a very generous prize of winner's choice of 7 single digis!


Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!



I played around a bit with the way I coloured this sweet little kitty. I wanted to create the look of fur but I'm not sure I quite got it right. I used quite a few Copic markers to get this effect as well.

Fur - E30, E31, E33, E35, YR20, YR23, YR31, YR61, YR65 and YR68
Ears and nose - R20YR20, E31
Branch - E50, E51, E53, E55, E57, E59, YG93, YG95 and YG97

Currently Pink Paper Paradise is offering free postage on orders over $75.00 (Australia only)


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The MAKE IT MONDAY linky party is up and running.

My fabulous teamies have created a selection of gorgeous cards to get things started.
Please stop by their blogs to say hi and to see who they picked as their favourites this week.


Now, on to my favourite for this week.

As always it is so difficult to choose just one but after taking a while to go back over the entries I kept coming back to this one from




I think I am drawn to the pink, lol. But it is really pretty isn't it. Gorgeous papers and a fun little image (so well coloured too).

Thank you for sharing with us  Andrea.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you will join us at Make It Monday this week.
I look forward to seeing what you have been creating.

Michelle :o)

Monday, January 14, 2013

Make It Monday #123 with Milk Coffee

Hi

Welcome back!
How has your week been?

It's been another busy one here. With only two more weeks left of school holidays there seems to be an increased urgency to get out and about and do as much as possible while we can.

Today though I'm here to show you the card I have created for the 
linky party that starts today.

(Paper is actually a darker red than it appears here)

For my card this week I have used a fantastic image called Soccer Boy provided by our sponsor this week that is just perfect for my middle son. Even looks like him! :o)


We are thrilled to have another new sponsor joining us this week 



MilkCoffee Stamps is a digital image shop specialized in cute and girly images. We provide high quality digital images with high resolution so you could resize it at big enough size. And we have many different image style, sophisticated lady, cute girl, whimsical image, cute stuff, fairytale creature, and many various themes so it could fit any crafter with different style. Visit and play along with us, we'll be very happy! :)


They are generously offering a prize of 

 3 fabulous digis of the winner's choice


Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!



I have coloured this fab little image with Copic Markers available through my store

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E21, B60, R20
Hair - Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28
Clothes - C00, C1, C3, C5
Shading - B0000, B000, B00
Grass - YG91, YG93, YG95


It's all happening over at Make It Monday this week.

My fabulous teamies have created a selection of gorgeous cards to get things started.
Please stop by their blogs to say hi and to see who they picked as their favourites this week.


Speaking of favourites here is mine


Created by

I think it is such a cute design but I particularly liked the sentiment behind the card.

Thanks for sharing with us Kaylee. I hope you will join us again this week.

Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Michelle :o)


Monday, January 7, 2013

Make It Monday #122 with Saturated Canary

Hi, how are you?

Have you been crafty this week?

We are about half way through our school holidays here and my boys are keeping me pretty busy so I'm finding that I don't do any craft during the day and by the evening I'm pretty much exhausted.

But I did managed to get my card made for this week's


thought there were some moments there I didn't think it was going to happen.

I was super excited about this week's linky party too, as we are being sponsored by one of my all time favourite digi shops.

I have used an absolutely gorgeous image from there called Ava.


I just adore the is image, she is so pretty. Those eyes!


I'm really pleased with how this card turned out and the rolled roses are a first for me too.

This week's

linky party

is now open

We are extremely excited to have a new sponsor for a brand new year of Make It Monday! 

We welcome Krista from


Hello friends! My name is Krista and I design Saturated Canary digis and rubber stamps.  I love drawing quirky little characters!!  And I love even more seeing them colored in by you fantastically talented stampers out there!!  What an inspiration... The coloring brings them to life!  I'd love if you stopped over to my blog and said 'hello.'  It's a place full of family, art, crafts, and the occasional outfit post...hopefully you'll find something there to make you smile!  Happy coloring, lovelies!! x

Krista is generously offering
2 Digis
to our winning commenter.

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!




My wonderful teamies on the MIM Design Team have created some absolutely beautiful cards to kick start things this week.


Be sure to stop bye and say hello and check out who they chose as their favourite pick for the week.



And now on to the hard part....

Picking a favourite form last week, so many to choose from!

I really loved this one form



Love this card!! The gorgeous papers or the fabulously fun image that is awesomely coloured.........everything actually!

Thanks for sharing with us Steph.

Ok, that is it for me this week, I hope you will come on over and join in the fun at Make It Monday this week. I can't wait to see what you have been creating!

Also, if you are an Australian crafter I would love you to come visit my new store



and you can stop by and say hi on the Pink Paper Paradise facebook page

Have a great week!

Michelle :o)



Saturday, January 5, 2013

Exciting News!

Hi there!

I have been keeping this little bit of news under my hat for a while now but now that it is ready I can share my exciting news with you.


My new online store is now open!! 
(to Australian residents only sorry)



stocking all your Copic colouring supplies.

Sketch and Ciao Markes
Refills
Blending Card and more

Stock being added daily.

Hope to see you there!

Michelle :o)