You deserve the Royal treatment!

We all do!  

Hi there everyone.  Wow, I'm so thrilled to see I've got over 160 followers now, how amazing is that?  Thank you so much for the lovely compliment, I love visiting new blogs and reading all the lovely comments you leave.

This month at Mad for Markers the challenge is Anything Goes, as long as you've used copic markers in your creation.  We are more than happy to see scrapbook pages, off the page, journal pages, cards, 3d items, in fact, anything that you copic on, you can post it to this months challenge!

 Last time I coloured 'Royal' from Some Odd Girl, she was all soft pretty purples, this time I wanted something a bit brighter and picked out some BGs.  I've fussy cut her out and popped her up with foam squares to add a little dimension from the background.

Here's a close up of Royal. 

Hair:  E13; 27; 30; 39

Skin:  E50; 51; 53; R20

Dress: BG000; 01; 05  Baby blue spica

Head on over to join in the Anything Goes fun at Mad for Markers monthly challenges blog.

Thanks for visiting!

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

Hearts and Flowers Shaker card

This is my first attempt at a shaker card. Not sure I like them actually, the hearts won't go where I want them to! LOL

When I looked at the list of challenges that I covered off here I was pretty stunned 9 of them. woah! But then this close to Valentines it was bound to be easy.



4 Crafty Chicks ~ Valentines

Colour Create ~ #64 Chocolate, Strawberries and Cream Colour Challenge

Crafty Creations ~ #105 Three Little Words

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ #73 Valentines Card

Cute Card Thursday ~ #151 Hearts and Flowers

Easy Craft Projects ~ #31 Love

Just Add Ink ~ #55 Just Add Love

Some Odd Girl ~ Hearts, Hearts, Hearts

Stampin' Royalty ~ #58 Hearts, Hearts, Hearts

Shabby Chic

Thank you to Stampin 411 for selecting this entry among the winners in Stampers Showcase #188 PLUS

This card also won at 4 Crafty Chicks in challenge #22

I did up this crumb cake embossed piece a few weeks ago and lost what I was going to do with it, so it's been sitting on my desk amongst the pile of UFOs (unfinished objects) and in looking at the challenges this week, I found the inspiration to use it.


I did have a little bit of a Oh No moment when trying to fit the green into the design as part of the colour challenge from 4 Crafty Chicks....lol I have just a tiny teenie bit peeking out from under the sentiment. whew! What I like most about this card is the Shabby Chic look.

This card seems to qualify for a number of challenges so here is the list...

4 Crafty Chicks ~ Colour Challenge

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ Shabby Chic

Paper Pal Arts ~ Bows

Pile It On ~ Love is in the Air

Some Odd Girl ~ Scallops Galore

Stampin 411 ~ Sketch