A bit of Texture

Is what we're looking for at Make it Colourful this fortnight. We want to see how you COLOUR texture  ie how you would draw cloth, grass, fur etc .   I found this cute little cat & doggie digi at Tiddly Inks and put them in front of one of the new winter scenes called Simple Winter Scene from Make it Crafty.

First I coloured the dog and cat with copics, then went over with prisma pencils for the fine fur look.
I found this paper tucked away...well buried actually, under a ton of paper!  Its Bo Bunny Midnight Frost collection and its yummy! I distressed the edges then painted them with crackle paint. The sentiment is stamped onto acetate then stuck over DP .
  The Dt at Make it Colourful has done a fab job with this challenge, go check out the gallery now.

I'm entering this in Ooh La La - Let it snow
Crafts & Me - Use Blue

Clouds....

Well I wish we had nice fluffy clouds like this, instead its grey and dull outside. I'm sick of spring and its extreme swings in  temperature too. Roll on summer!

This week the challenge at Little Miss Muffet is to add clouds to your project.  I put Melanie on a bench with a background from MIC and drew in the clouds freehand. I have tried using a template and sponging ink on but find freehand scribbling works for me! LOL!  The amazing Annika has a tutorial on colouring skies the messy way HERE .
Now hop on over to the challenge blog and check out the gorgeousness!

Just playing around...

Have had a few days to myself this last week and I decided rather than get stuck in and clean the house...I was gonna play instead!  Housework is evil!!

I bought this Chrissy Armstrong stamp from Whimsy a while ago and she's finally been inked. I used a light blue ink , to give the "no-lines" effect and it took AGES to colour! And I'm peeved that the mushie looks streaky...hmmmmmph! I don't like the colouring at all!!

Anyway, slapped lots of gesso around , slapped the card together and shoved it away in a box! So there! LOL!

I'm going to enter this in Fab 'n' Funky - distressed or torn

and Scrap affair- photo inspiration

Ping! Got ya!

Tonight we have the second two images of this weeks release at Little Miss Muffet stamps .
I've used Agent Popcorn Aiming on this card and I love the colours of this paper!  Its from Sassafras Lass but can't remember the name sorry.....

The gorgeous swirls are from Whimsy , I've used some muslin with some paint slapped on and Viva pearls. A bit of distressing and here it is!
  And we have some absolutely gorgeous examples from the DT over HERE so go check them out.

Cute as a Button!

Meet Button, your xmas gift kitty from Little Miss Muffet!   Yep, time start be getting your christmas cards ready, though I know some people started months ago! LOL!
I've used non-traditional colours for this card for a change. The paper is Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather and Kaisercraft Christmas carnival and I painted the distressed edges with gesso. . I've also  painted some chipboard snowflakes from MIC  then sprinkled them with polar white flowersoft while they are still wet. The big snowflake is a whimsy die, and the sentiment is from Whimsy also. I used a MS icicle punch and covered the icicles with stickles.

Now check out the DT examples using the new releases over at Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog and don't forget to check back tomorrow for the second release of the week! 

Polka Dots & Stripes

The Southern Girls challenge for this fortnight is to use stripes and spots. Well, that was easy, NOT! Finding spotty and stripy paper that matched....well I had to go back to my huge pile of SU paper and yes Lou, you've seen this stuff before! LOL! I have a huge box of papers that I just can't be bothered using up......sigh.....its so much more fun to buy new stuff and use that instead!
Anyway, I coloured up this gorgeous hanglar girl for the first time since I bought her months ago. Yeh, yeh, I know, really slack but at least she's seen ink, so many of my rubber stamps haven't yet!

The hessian and white corrugated card arrived in my parcel from The Funkie Junkie last week and I couldn't wait to play with them. Linda has so many cool and different items in her etsy shop!
The gorgeous chipboard corners are from MIC and I don't know what I'd do without those goodies now!

Now on a sad note, we are losing 3 DT members from Southern Girls who have been with us since the beginning. We're gonna miss you Alicia, Karen & Sue!  

Birthday Blog hop candy winner

We've drawn our winners for Zoe's birthday blog hop and my winner is 

Alessandra of http://alessandrassonderausgaben.blogspot.com/!!!!~!

Congrats Alessandra, contact me on gavviv@xnet.co.nz and I'll get your details!

Don't eat yellow snow!

cos it means Brodie has been there! But blue is OK!!!! Hahaha!

This fortnight's challenge at Make it Colourful is all about colouring snow.  I've used B0000 and BG0000 and CO and C1 on my snow .   The fab background is Cold by Light from MIC and I've also used Gingerbread dance. I didn't have a Tilda suitably dressed to sit on the bench.... :(    The papers are kaisercraft Dear Santa.  The snowflakes are punched and stickled. The sentiment is from CatsLife Press. 

Now check out the gorgeousness from my teamies at the Make it Crafty gallery HERE.

A wee bit girly...

And a wee bit late!  Just got back from dog training and realised my post wasn't ready to go! Oooops!

The challenge this week at Little Miss Muffet is to make a girly girl creation.  I've used the sweet Breena Stitching  which was one of the new releases last week.

Paper is Prima, flowers from Wild Orchid, doily is a Cheery Lynn die .    Once again the DT have done some absolutely gorgeous cards so hop on over and check em out! 

Here's Peeping at you!

The second new release I have for you today from Little Miss Muffet is  Agent Cupcake spying.  Isn't she gorgeous?  I used another MIC background, some MIC chipboard embellies ,some Viva pearls, Bo Bunny paper and a computer generated sentiment.

There is another image being releases today too, and you can see some gorgeous examples of both images at the  Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog.

Squawk!

Pluto is here with a pressie for you! Wish my dogs could wrap like this.....their talents lay in unwrapping and shredding however!   

The new releases for this week are out at Little Miss Muffet today and tomorrow.  I've used the cute Pluto today and  made a fairly simple card, well for me it is anyway! 

As always, the lovely LMM ladies have made some beautiful projects for this release so go have a looksee at the LMM challenge blog. 

And check back tomorrow for another gorgeous new release!

Punch it!

Hi guys Are you all ready for a new challenge at the Emerald Faerie garden?

The challenge for this fortnight is "Punches/Dies"

I've used the gorgeous Isabella and put her in front of Pond-a-lily from MIC.  I also dug out punches I haven't used in ages, including the retro flower punches .  Coloured with copics, lots of stickles and pearls and voila! 

Now off you go and create

***Now please ensure that you link back to Emerald Faerie Garden Challenge in your Blog Post and link your post not your whole blog***

She's rude!

This week's challenge at Make it Colourful is to colour sheer clothing...I think I went overboard!!!!!!  She should have something more substantial on under that blouse! LOL!

I've used some Websters paper, my new wreath die from Memory box ( LOVE it!!!!) , chipboard butterflies from MIC and some pearls to finish.

From this challenge onwards, Make it Colourful challenges will be fortnightly....gives you more chance to play with techniques and join in the challenges! Yay!  And once a month there will be a special challenge also.

I'm entering this card in Scrap Creations - Its a girl thing

Animals and Monsters

This weeks challenge at Little Miss Muffet is to use an animal or a monster on your project.   I've used the adorable Adela & Dida ...why...cos it has a cute puppy of course! LOL!
The gorgeous stitched paper is a sheet of Prima  which I chopped up after much gnashing of teeth and I love it!

Check out the cool signature Barbara designed for me, she has made one for all of the Dt members. Thank you Barbara!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZOE!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZOE!!!

To commemorate this joyous occasion, we're so excited to bring you a Birthday Blog Hop disguised as a Christmas Blog Hop!! We wanted to celebrate Zoe's Birthday in style so there are lots of inspiration, prizes, freebies and even a gallery album for you to express your own birthday greetings. This is one hop you don't want to miss and it only goes from now until October 12th!

The general theme for this hop is Christmas and what fun would a hop be without some new images?! Zoe has released some fabulous new holiday themed images and they are a must on anyone's holiday list - but the best part is you get 15% off ALL the Christmas digis from now until Sunday, October 2nd.  Click on this link HERE to see them all and the discount will be automatically deducted from the cart. Please be aware the discount is only for this week even though the blog hop is for two weeks - so make sure to grab them at this sale price while you can!

Before we get to the hop, there's more details and a surprise in order... Everyone in this blog hop is giving away Blog Candy!!  Whoohoo!! You'll have two weeks, until October 12th, to visit each member in the hop below and winners will be announced on Friday, October 14th on their individual blogs.  Feel free to grab the badge below and display it on your sidebar to spread the word about Zoe's Birthday and Blog Hop!

My blog candy !!!

I'd ask if you're ready for some inspiration yet, but wait... we've got yet another surprise for you!! We contacted one of Zoe's artists (S.H.) who also wanted to participate and drew us this gorgeous party girl for the occasion. Thank you!!

This is "Party Girl Zoe" and isn't she ca-ute! We wanted to make sure everyone was included in our celebration so we're giving away Party Girl Zoe as a freebie to everyone who wants to join in and spread some birthday cheer!! All you need to do is create a new project using a Make it Crafty image or chippies and upload it into the gallery HERE by October 12th. Then email  Barbara, at ForgottenScraps@gmail.com with a link to your project to claim her!

Now are you ready for some Christmas inspiration? Grab a cuppa, sit back and relax, and get ready to enjoy a plethora of inspiration from the design team. 

I used these gorgeous naughty elves from MIC called Crackerd Elf and they are available as digis from the store .   The paper is Kaisercraft  Dear Santa, the sentiments from Whimsy.  And I made a card for Zoe too, with who else but Zoe Celebrates!  

Happy Birthday Zoe!!!!!!!!!!

Make it Colourful
Jane
Jen
Viv -- you are here
Angela- Head on over here now!
Annika
Delphine
Elaine
Tracy
Debbie
Maria
Beccy
Carole
Barbara

We hope you've enjoyed the hop and make sure you head on over to Zoe's personal blog and wish her a Happy Birthday! Grab the Christmas Blog Hop badge and display it on your sidebar to spread the word about Zoe's Birthday and Blog Hop! Until then, happy coloring!

I stole Solly's toy!

And look at me! Rar!  I keel it!

MINE!!!!!!

Thanks Janie for taking the pics!!!!

Southern Girls Birthday Blog Hop

Woohoo! Time for the winners!   The Southern Girls birthday bloghop was sponsored by a multitude of companies and my blog post was on behalf of Zoe and Make it Crafty!  

The winning commenter and gorgeous card entry for my blog prize is Ike.  

   You need to contact Lou or Tracy at

southerngirlschallenges@gmail.com to collect your prize!!! 

More new releases!

Barbara has been busy again this week and has 4 new images for this release from Little Miss Muffet.  I've only had time to make one card but I'm happy with this one, it just came together easily. I've made an easel card, with some yummy papers from memory Box.

The big white flower I made from crinoline ( from The Funkie Junkie Etsy shop)  cut with sizzix dies and scrunched up and held together with a fab brad from SU. 

I've used the gorgeous Megan from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and put her on a bench from MIC and the tree is also from MIC. 

Now pop on over to the challenge blog to see what the others have done with these gorgeous new images. 

Anything goes!!

Woohoo!  How easy is that! Anything goes, you choose. 

Southern Girls Challenge this week is being sponsored by Robyn's Fetish and Paper Pretties.   I saw this cute christmas mouse called Swisserland, at Paper Pretties and decided to get started on my christmas cards. OK, I know some people have done heaps already , I'm a bit slow as always......

Anyway, I had this yummy paper from Websters Pages so it was no hard decision what to use, I love thses colours. The xmas tree is a Marianne Die, the snowflakes are lasercut chipboard from MIC covered with frosted lace stickles. The sentiment is from Catslife Press.
 Right now go check out the gorgeous cards and layouts from my teamies and why not join in our challenge!

Scared?

Its time for the Make it Colourful challenge again and this week we want you to use orange and black. Well, with all the spooky backgrounds and gorgeous halloween characters Zoe has released recently this was an easy scene to create!

I've used this soooo cute Mini Dracula and put him into the Spooky Graveyard . The card is pretty simple, just some scary branches and black mesh and a couple of bats I cut out and popped up.
If you want to see the rest of the DT projects, head on over to the gallery .