Mysterious Valentine

Hi everyone, I've got a little smash book page to show you today.  I've picked up some Prismacolour pencils and here what I came up with in my first play with them.  I used Ruby, a fabulous Make it Crafty image from the new masquerade range.  

Ruby comes with two different masks and you can use a program like paint.net or photoshop to put her mask on or like me you print it out and pop it up on top.  I cut tiny little holes to put the stem of the mask in her hand.

 This is the full page, I had this idea going round my head to make a fan, I have images from the movies of masquerade balls with gorgeous dresses, lace fans and glittering masks.  I used some textured pink butterfly paper that I've had for an age as it fit the theme perfectly.

The chipboard here is from Make it Crafty I love how delicate Zoe makes her chippies.  Gorgeous to work with and perfect for cards.  Here I've coloured the butterfly with BG13 and BG57 then coated it with clear spica pen, it's gone a very different colour with the spica over the top, it seems to have added more yellow.  still they do look so pretty.

The corners are painted with nail polish!  two coats of colour and one of clear to bring  out the shine just like you would paint your nails!  

I'm entering Ruby into the following challenges.

Our Creative Corner - Picture inspiration - Mask
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Flutter By Wednesday - Anything Goes (butterfly or fairy)
In the Pink - Pink Valentine  (Valentine's are usually a mystery hence the mask)

Thanks for stopping by, it feels really good to be back creating for challenges again!

Cheers,
Kasey ~ in Oz

Happy New Year!

Update:  This project was selected as a runner up at Eclectic Ellapu!  Thank you so much.

Hi everyone, I hope you managed to celebrate the arrival of 2013.  I spent a lovely time in my craft room just colouring images and popping them into my little A5 pocket folder along with the list of colours I used, ready for when I need a quick card made.

This little one however I decided to add to my smash book, I've been putting copic images in there to use when I want a colour combination inspiration.

 Here is a close up of Fairy Dahlia from Make it Crafty, she's super cute!  I tried a multi coloured dotty background and I think it really makes her pop on the page.

 I was also playing around with some dies, and cut out several La Rue Flourishes from Memory Box and then cut them up and made the corners and backing mat for the image.  I'm really happy with how it looks so delicate and of course I did add bling, actually the dies and the kraft page are spritzed with Champagne shimmer mist.  LOVE that stuff for shimmer.

Here is a pic of the two Pink Pages together.  These little beauties just look so adorable in pink!

I'm entering this smashbook page into the following challenges.

Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
ABC Challenges - New Year Sparkle
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Digi Makeover Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting, I wish you all the best 2013 has to offer you.  Make it a fabulous year.

Cheers,
Kasey ~ in Oz

Malice ~ always and forever

Just the title makes you think of nasty things that could be just around the corner.  I just had to colour up this stunning newish image from Delicious Doodles, yes I'm on Teri's Design Team but I couldn't wait to post her so she's not a DT inspiration card, although I do hope you find inspiration with her.

I kept the colours fairly simple in Black, Gold and Red, her sword is coated in gloss so it really shines, her nails and lips are all lipstick spica and there is gold spica patterns in her eyes.  She brings to mind one of those glamourous  amazon fighting women or a warrior princess!  She is stunning and I loved colouring her.

Copics used are
Skin:  E000, 01, 11 R20, 
Eyes: Y26 & 28 
Lips and Nails R46 Lipstick Spica
Hair: E40, 42, 43, 44
Armour:  C9, Y26& 28, Gold spica
Sword: C3 and gloss.

Basic Black and Real Red SU card, Platimum Gold paper, DCWV Stardust matstack
Ribbon and ribbon flowers from my stash.
Nesties Labels 28  Lily of the Valley sentiment.

Malice is going into the following challenges, she's seriously ready for them!  

Make it Monday - #113 Anything Goes

Stampin' for the Weekend - #20 Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy - #74 Anything Goes 

Sparkle & Glitter -  #2 Sweet or Spooky Halloween ( hope she counts)

That Craft Place -  tic tac toe - Gems, Sentiment, Ribbon

Thank you so much for stopping by, I appreciate your visit and comments.  Don't forget I am celebrating reaching 200 followers, so please enter my candy here.  It is open to all.

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Animal Crackers at Southern Girls

Opps...I'm must have been really keen to post this since the Mojo returned as I've posted it a week early!  Well you get an extra week to do your challenge entry for Southern Girls!  Opps sorry Lou and Tracy......I'm blaming the antibiotics and sore mouth.


Hi everyone, it seems my mojo made quick return the other day.  I was asked to select an image from The Paper Shelter for my Southern Girls DT make this challenge and I went to look, I was so excited browsing through all the gorgeous digi's that I forgot to check what the challenge theme was!

My little granddaughter just loves Rapunzel and plays that she is swinging through the house on her long, long hair.  So I just had to do this image up for her.

I took a couple of  pics prior to placing this in behind the glass in the frame.  I printed Rapunzel out on an A4 sheet of Xpress It card then using my Multiliner, I extended the brickwork both horizontally and vertically.

 Here is a closer shot of Rapunzel herself, I just had to do her in similar colours to the image at the store, although her hair is darker here in the photo, it's not quite this red in reality!  Of course there had to be bling in the flowers in her hair and there is clear spica pen over the green to make it sparkle.

At some point AFTER this was completed, I realised that the challenge was animals!  EEK!  I thought of trying to draw in a Chameleon but my drawing skills are not that good, so what better than die cut butterflies filled with glitter?  That's my animal contribution, technically, butterflies are insects, but insects are animals, so I hope I'm covered....LOL

 Here she is in her frame, it was difficult to get a clear picture without reflections showing up in the glass, so I tried again once she was hanging on the wall.

I hope you're inspired to join our challenge this fortnight, Animal Crackers! at the Southern Girls, I think you can even get away with using a butterfly or three!

While you're at it, why not join in on these fabulous challenges as well !!!

Fashionista Challenges - Anything Goes 
Make it Monday - Anything Goes 
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Girls, Girls, Girls


Cheers,
Kasey ~ in Oz

Gorgeous Green Faerie Marci and a Copic Marker SALE!

Hi everyone, I hope you're enjoying this months challenge to get those Greens and Yellow Green Copic markers out and colour up a storm!

I have to confess that the yellow greens are not my first choice, but I've made an exception here and jumped out of my comfort zone and into this fabulous combo of Purple and Yellow Greens!

 There are a couple of little extras included with Daisy Faerie Marci, it's that little cluster of daises on the background paper, I've stamped and coloured that up to make my own paper.  There is also a little sentiment but I haven't used it here.

Copics used...

Skin E000, 01, 11, R20

Hair:  YG00. 03, 05, 09, 17,Melon spica
Dress:  BV0000, BV00, BV01, BV11 Lilac and Gold spica
Wings: BV0000, BV01, BV11, YG00, YG05 Clear and Lilac spica
Daisys: C1, G41 & G45, Gold, Lemon, Orange and Buttermilk 

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We all LOVE a bargain and if you need some copic markers, 

I suggest you check out Sammi's Copic Marker SALE!  

For the whole month of September 

Sketch markers are only $6.80 (aud) and 

Ciao markers are a crazy $4.60 (aud) each!  

Head on over and stock up!
(Sammi only ships to Aus and NZ)

Linking this up to ...


Make it Monday ~ Anything Goes

Hope you have fun creating and can't wait to see what you link up!

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Beautiful Butterflies

Hello there everyone!  welcome to those of you new to following my blog.  Thank you for that lovely compliment.

On to my make for today, I printed this digi off twice then cut the three butterflies out and layered them to add some dimension.

I added a Cheery Lynne die and a LOTV sentiment.  The dots are embossed using a cuttlebug embossing folder, I love that you can extend the dots out to cover a square card as it's a repeating pattern.  Lots of spica pen to make this sparkle too.


My followers know that I am on a few design teams and one of them is Delicious Doodles where the main image above comes from, one of the others is Mad for Markers, an online store in Australia, well I have some exciting news for all you Copic lovers....Sammi (boss lady at M4M) is having a Copic Marker sale!  for the entire month of September.  Need markers?  check it out!
Don't forget to check out the Mad for Markers challenge this month, it's to use your copic marker Gs and YGs.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges.

No matter which challenges - Die cuts or punches (I used a die cut)

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Thank you for dropping by and if you've taken the time to leave me a comment, I usually reply to them within a day or two to say thanks.

Cheers,
Kasey ~ in Oz

A fond Farewell card

Hello to all my new followers.  I'm thrilled that I've gathered so many over the past few weeks!  Thank you.

This card was one I made as a farewell card for a fabulous lady who worked in one of my teams at work.  She is a crafter herself so it's always daunting to be creating for someone who also creates.

The background is watercolour paper spritzed with my new collection of Starburst mica sprays, such a glorious shimmer to these colours.  Once this was dry, I then ran it through the bigshot with an embossing folder to give some texture. I cut this gorgeous Cheery Lynn flourish die and then popped some multicoloured roses on the die.

I wanted the card to be just a little different so layered the background on black then mustart and then cherry card and punched the scalloped border on the edge, as you can see in the next photo, the inside is layered with mustard and black to create the border where I added black rhinestones between the scallops.  I'm really happy with the design of this one.

I'm entering this into the following challenges.

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge - Summer Colours

Anything Goes - Make your own background

Make it Monday - Anything Goes.

Let me know you visited by leaving me a comment, I love reading your thoughts.

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Oh those cheeky girls!

Yes that's right, Christine (Posh Priscilla) and Sylvia (aka Pretty Patricia) have started their new challenge site 'In the Pink' in a very cheeky way.  Fifty Shades of Pink, with veiled references to the racy trilogy by E L James.

I created this card a while back and have been waiting for just the right challenge to post her and this is certainly the one!  I'm not so sure what the 'Fifty Shades' connection is here, I could make a few suggestions but perhaps not in this timeslot!  So I'll just go with lots of different shades of Pink and leave it safely at that.

Close up of Telephone Marci, lots of RVs and Rs used here and spica pen too.  Lots of beautiful Wild Orchid Crafts flowers and bling and some Nesties.

 Here you can see the crystal lacquer on her telephone and glasses, to give lots of lovely shine.

 Another one of my all time favourite challenge sites is Make it Monday so TM is being entered there as well.

Copics used.

Skin:  E50; 51; 53; R11

Hair and clothes:  RV000; 02; 04; 06; 52; 63; 66; C1 

Silver, Pink and Blossom spica

Thanks for stopping in, if you've taken time out to leave me a comment, I do try to respond to them so stop back in a few days to read it if you like.

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

A few false starts...

You know your mojo has deserted you when.... you have a few false starts at colouring an image and it's just not working for you.  That's what has happened to me this weekend, it's been a hectic month with training and a short holiday and more training plus lots of changes at work.  

Being away from home for more than two of the past four weeks has been hard, I think I left my mojo sitting on some plane somewhere along the east coast!  There were 8 flights in total and flying is not one of my favourite pastimes, the good thing is I used my traveling time to read a few books!


After all that, when I printed out a couple of digi images, they are too big for cards!  So, what do you do with images that are too big for your cards?  You make a journal page!

 Have you seen the amazing tutorial that Alyce did for colouring folds?  OMG that woman is insanely talented and her ability to colour pleats and folds is legendary.  So, using her tutorial I coloured up this stunning Saturated Canary image 'Jules'.

I had a great time making up my page, it's full of firsts, just like this post! 

• I cut an extended nesti rectangle frame for the first time.  
• Used my new La La Land corner die;
• coloured 'Jules' 
• used a new colour combo on hair
• entered No Matter Which Challenges 
• entered Charisma Cards Challenge

Colours used on 'Jules'

Skin:  E000, E01, E11, E20, B00 (eyes)

Hair:  E30 base, E39, E13, E11, Sand Spica

Dress, Shoes, Bow: R81, R83, R85. RV000 Clear Spica

Cat: C1, C3 R81, R83

Challenges

No Matter Which Challenges - Anything Goes

Charisma Cards Challenges - Pink plus 1 

~~~~I used various shades of Pink plus Golden Browns (hair and page)
Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Sultry!

Hey all, I found some time today to colour up the newest Delicious Doodles image Thorne.  She's a sultry vixen this one and I coloured her up with vivid red hair, lips and nails!  

This is my take on the Summer theme for Delecious Doodles challenge, Thorne is such a sultry, hot vixen and summer here in the northern part of Australia gets sultry and hot too.

 for some reason, my camera has not reproduced the red hair as deep as it really is.  I've used R46, R27, R17, R05, R02 for her hair so I do promise you it's a lot darker than is appears in the photos, she also looks a bit washed out.  I've tried taking photos in other locations but to no avail.  Sorry this is as good as it gets!

This photo shows the double layer of flowers and the sparkle of the spica pen, Lemon, Buttermilk and Gold on the flowers and Lipstick in her hair.  There is also some Lilac spica around her eyes which are smokey with B66 and B0000 as eyeshadow.  Her Earring is done in Lipstick spica and I went over her Tattoos with Black spica.

I threaded some narrow satin ribbon in deep red through the black lace and also added some Red pearls.  The little metal butterfly is from Wild Orchid Crafts and has little dots of Red glitter on the edge of the wings.  I've used Bohemian rage papers from Kaiser craft and a rich orange bazil CS base.

I'm entering my Sultry Thorne into the following challenges

Delicious Doodles ~ Summer theme
Make it Monday ~ Anything Goes

Black Pearl

Hi all, welcome to a new Southern Girls Challenge.  This time we are asking you to use Pearls.  It's that easy!  So get your creative juices flowing and make those beautiful  pearly and girly creations.

I went in a slightly different direction, while my card has pearls and flowers, they're black, I had to as I'd selected Black Pearl from Delicious Doodles

Teri has just advised some of her images are now in rubber over at SweetPea stamps! Awesome!

Teri has created a true mermaid, as you may know, in stories of mermaids, it is said some would use their beauty and charm to lure sailor men to their deaths.  So here is Black Pearl in all her glory surrounded by the skulls of the sailors she has lured to their watery graves.

 I've coloured her with copics and used the clear spica pen to provide a sheen over the scales on her tail.  IRL it looks fabulous.  I had some gold netting which was perfect with this image.  

 I sprayed some Wild Orchid Crafts flowers with black ink and Champagne Shimmer Mist to sparkle them up.  I've used a Gold Foil pen to paint the centre of one flower and to change the colour of the stamen that are then added around the black flowers to take away the denseness of the black.

 The sentiment is embossed with Obsidian Teal embossing powder from Moonglow.  It's stunning as it gives off this teal shine and glimmer but looks black.  Not being the best photographer, this looks a tiny bit washed out, but I couldn't get the adjustments right when I tried, so I gave up!  I need to learn this stuff. LOL

Copics used

Skin:  BG000

Eyes:  BG15 

Lips: V25

Hair:  BV0000, BV00, V25 Lavender and Turquoise spica

Tail: BG11, BG15, BG18 Clear spica

Background:  E40, E42, E44, E50, E51, E53, E71, E77, YR02, YR04, YR07, YR18, G40, G43, G46, B0000, BG000

Pearls:  100

So now it's your turn.  We can't wait to see your fabulous creations.  You can enter your projects at Southern Girls Challenges.


I'm entering this into Make It Monday - Anything Goes.

Cheers,
Kasey ~ in Oz

2nd Entry for Copic Marker Europe's 1st Birthday

Yes, lots of posts from me today, I guess I'm finally getting finished after a flurry of colouring on the weekend!

Copic Marker Europe is turning 1 and they are having a month long celebration.  

See my earlier post using the Saturated Canary image drawn by Krista Smith.  Here is the gorgeously cute Wee Stamps image by Sylvia Zet.  She is such a darling.

Isn't she cute!  I decided that she said happy birthday all by herself with that fabulous cake and candle so I've left the sentiment off.

I've used two Cheery Lynne heart dies. and as I cut the image out, the little circles that Sylvia had drawn are now pearls!

Copics used here.

Skin:  E0000; E00; E01; E93

Hair:  E50; E11; E15

Jumpsuit:  R81; 83; 85 YR28

Cake: E51; 53 R81; 83; 85 Baby Pink spica

Balloon: RV000; RV00

Another entry for Make it Monday too!  -

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Happy Birthday Copic Marker Europe!

Copic Marker Europe are celebrating their first birthday, and what a celebration.  They have two amazing images that have been especially created for their challenge.  Krista Smith from Saturated Canary and Sylvia Zet from Wee Stamps

Here is the first of my entires using the image designed by Krista Smith from Saturated Canary.

 

I'm also entering this into Make it Monday - Linky Party  

Cheers, 

Kasey ~ in Oz

Covered Journal

Hello there, welcome to my new followers, I hope you find some inspiration while you're here.  I love reading that you've dropped by, so please leave me comments, I do try to respond to them.

On to my post....Mad for Markers has a month long challenge and for June we are asking you to do something different with your copic markers.  Anything but a card or layout.  

The design team has done some amazing projects which take you away from the norm so please go and check out all the fabulous ideas!  There are some pretty neat entries too, although we might have scared you all off as only a few brave souls have entered so far.

I got this Urban Lily journal in a bulk selection of items as a bonus for renewing a magazine subscription.  It was basically heavy chipboard with the internal pages in the ring binder.  Great idea but it sat around for some time until I needed to make something else for the M4M challenge this month.

 I really dug around in my stash and pulled out some things I've had for oh about 4 years.  this stitched paper is one of them!  The lace as well, then there were all the little pink rhinestones.  Well they were just waiting around for the right project!

 The image is a Some Odd Girl 'Royal'.  Isn't she divine?  She was such a joy to colour, I used soft violet shades for her and even her hair uses plum browns.

I've used some cotton lace around the edge and then added the metal filigree corners, I had to hold them down with pegs while the glue dried, but they held quite fast.  I LOVE this X-Press It gel glue.

You know what I think I'll use my journal for?  I'm going to keep track of my favourite copic colour combinations,  hints and tips, techniques and ideas so that I have a 'go to' book to help kickstart that mojo. 

Copics used for Royal 
Skin E0000, 00, 01
Dress: V91, 93, 95
Hair: E71, 74, 77 W 1, 3, 5

Royal is destined to be shown off at Make it Monday ~ Linky Party

Cheers,
Kasey ~ in Oz

It's as easy as 1, 2, 3!

Delicious Doodles has a very simple challenge this week to have one of something, then have two of something then three of something on your card.

I'd coloured this stunning Delicious Doodles Fairy Fae up in gorgeous purples, she has these pretty butterflies fluttering around her.  Isn't she just stunning?  Love her to bits.

 I have One silver charm

 Two die cut embellishments, the black strip on the side and

 the black corner pieces are one square cut in half diagonally 

(I hope that counts as one!)

(The other two is two types of gems. Black Pearls and Green Gems)

 Three textured papers the deep purple strip, 

the gorgeous pale lilac textured paper under the image which the dots embossed lavender cardstock layered on the black base.

This final picture show more of the sparkle of the spica pens, I love using these on my images they add such a beautiful sparkle.

Copics used for Fairy Fae are

Hair: V04, V06 & V09  Lavender and Clear spica pens

Skin: E50, E51, E53 & R20

Wings:  BV0000, BV00, BV02 Clear spica pen

Butterflies: E70, E74, B00, B02, B04, BG000, BG15 & G0 Turquoise, Pink and clear spica pens

Loved colouring this little beauty.  Hope you like her.

This card is being entered into

Delicious Doodles Challenges ~ #22  1,2,3 recipe

Make it Monday ~ Anything Goes

Hope you all have a fabulous crafty weekend!

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Mad for Markers DT

Hi all, fabulous news to share, I'm the newest member of Sammi's team at Mad for Markers!  How fantastic is that?  AWESOME!

You may have seen my entry into this months challenge with my flower shoes.  Well now I'm here with a 3d item for you.

This amazingly is a card, I know, this challenge is supposed to be anything but a card, I also copic'd some of the flowers so I'm hoping that lets me off the hook!  Warning this post is quite photo heavy, perhaps you should grab a cuppa!

 Skin:  E50, 51, 53.  Hair:  E21, 33, 35, 51.  Shorts and headband:  BG000, 11, 15.  Shirt and shopping bags paper pieced. Turquoise spica pen

Skin:  E50, 51, 53 Dress socks flowers and bow:  V22, 25, 28  Hair: E11, 21, 31, 33 Clear and Black spica

 Skin:  E50, 51, 53. Hair: E40, 42. Top and skirt: B91, 95, 99.  Headband,bows, bag and boots R27, 29, 46 Gold and Lipstick Spica

I hope you're inspired to do your own off the page, 3d or other item to enter the Mad for Markers Anything but a card challenge this month.

You can restock your Copic Markers, Accessories and Stamps from Mad for Markers store.

I'm also entering this creation into Make it Monday 

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Buttons and Bows at Whimsy

Welcome to a new challenge at Whimsy Inspirations Challenge.  This week we bring you Buttons and Bows.  Here is what I made as my inspiration card.

I've used the Butterfly Bonus digi stamp that comes as a bonus when you purchase the new release Butterfly Border a StampArt Design by Kathryne.  You can find it here.

I've also used the new release butterfly papers from Michelle Roos design.  Love this paper!  My bonus butterfly has been printed 5 times, a tad smaller each time.  Don't you just love digi stamps!  I have to say I wasn't exactly a fan when they first came out, but wow, you can do some much with them.

My butterflies are coloured with copics.  BG000, BG15, B00, B02, B04, G000, E71 & E74.  Mint, Turquoise and Blue spica.

Hope you get out your buttons and bows this week and enter the challenge at Whimsy Inspirations.  

This card is also being entered at ...


Hand Stamped Sentiments ~ Peacock / bird photo inspiration.  I used peacock colours.

Craft your Passion ~ Anything Goes

Make it Monday ~ Anything Goes
 

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz