The next

"Lets get shabby " tutorial is up.

This month Yumiko has shared with us how she altered a glass jar. It is just gorgeous.

Aussie scrap jack and some blog candy

Wow three posts in one day. That's a first I think.lol

Not long after I posted the second post I noticed that the ASJ blog had been updated. Yes blog. We have gone back to using the blog now so make sure if you had the ning site saved anywhere to change it back to the blog.

Here is what I created. A card inspired by Peg's layout. The photo inside the heart on the layout inspired me to cut out one of my favorite Stampavie stamps and pop her onto a doily.

Thinking of you.


and a close up of my copic colouring.


Yes I still need to keep on practicing but I think I am getting there slowly.

Here are the colours I used.

Hat-E33
Hair-E42
Skin-E00,R20
Top-E04
Jeans-G21

And now for that blog candy. Pop on over and check out all the details here.


Ok I'll be back but not till Sunday now.
Till then thanks as always and happy creating.

I'm back

to share another card.

lol I missed that deadline after all.

I needed to do up card for my brother in law who had a 40th b'day party on Saturday. Here is what created with the Purple Onion Doodled birthday stamp set.

Happy birthday


and a detail pic of the present bow. I stamped up the image twice cutting out the bow to give it a 3d look.


I played around with my copics on this one.

Here are the colours I used.

Present-E33
Bow BG 93 and 96

I used my blender pen to take out some of the colour around the spots on the present and doodled the extra line with my multi liner.

I popped out to my LSS on Friday as they had some new Copic colours come in and I had some teaching credit that was calling my name. lol My little bag of copic pens is now pretty much full and they are in need of a new home seeing as I will be adding some more to my collection very soon. I have caught the copic bug bad haven't I.

If you would like to know more about them make sure you are checking out the Marker Monday posts over at Lime Tart. Nic has been working very hard putting them together. She has been going through some of the Copic background in introductory posts over the past few weeks and has worked on getting a Copic club starter kit and ongoing resource folder started too. The copic club starter kit has been very popular and next week she will start to share some colouring tips with us all.

I've had a pretty relaxed long weekend out here. Enjoying spending time at home in my pjs and playing with my latest Lime Tart kit. Can't wait to show you what I have created.

Well that's it from me. I think I will get out of my pjs now.

Thanks for popping in, any comments and happy creating.

Quick post

So I can pop this card into a chal over at Colour Q. Hopefully I haven't missed the deadline.


Will be back with a few more cards later.
Thanks for popping in, any coments and happy scrapping.

Blog candy

Over at Scrap Matrix. How scrummy.

My retreat projects and some more pics

Here is some of what I did while retreating last weekend.


Another layout for my friend Lou at my lss. Just loved these pics of her two children playing in a lupin patch.

Discover


I have used two of my favorite Purple Onion stamps on this one. The doodled frame set and a butterfly from the butterfly set.

Beautiful

This one I did up for a Aussie scrapjack sample but as the jacked layout had been accepted for publication and pulled down we couldn't use it. When I remember which Nicole did the layout I jacked I will pop back in and add the rest of her name. lol


Just for you

I have been playing around with my copics to get the shine right on the hair and finally managed it on this one. Although looking at it here I think I need to touch up her face just a little.


Happy birthday easel card

After seeing Teresa's easel card up on the Lime Tart blog a few of the girls at the retreat wanted to have a try at it too. Here is mine.


I picked up my first popcorn bear while retreating. Isn't he so cute.

While I was packing some of my bags Missy kept on coming out offering my some of her toys to remember me by. After about 5 attempts we finally settled on my favorite pet shop toy, the shaggy dog and her triplet kittens. They were put in my handbag and had just as much fun as what I did.

Here they are raiding my scrap stash.


I have a few more snaps of them and they will be appearing on a layout of some sorts very soon.

And here are my table buddies. My shabby partner in crime, Mandy and my roomie Sandra. We had so many laughs. Thanks guys.


I did do a few classes as well but will share those pics later as I need to add a few things to one of them.

Well that is it from me for now. Till next time thanks for popping in, any comments and happy creating.

Retreat run down.

I had a blast out in QLD over the weekend so much so that I am planning on trying to go back in two years and this time will make it a family holiday.

I left here on Wednesday night and got into Cairns early on Thursday. After a yummy breakie and a walk or two I meet up with my roomie Sandra and we then met up with Danny who took us out to Babinda to meet Lee anne and to see the shop. We met up with Carol and Kristen there and then Danny took us all out to see some of the sites.

Here's a snap of Danny, Carol and Kristen walking along one of the paths we went along.


When I got back into town I popped on over and met Missy Mandy, my shabby partner in crime and her family. Mandy and I have chatted online for a few years now and since staring the shabby blog together a year ago it has always been a dream of mine to meet up one day.


We had a great time chatting and catching up over the weekend and I am so glad that I can call Mandy a friend.

Here is a pic of some of the other girls.


Thanks everyone for making the trip out to catch up with you all so worthwhile. I enjoyed every minute of it all.

I will be back tomorrow with my projects and some more photos.

Till then thanks for popping in, any comments and happy creating.