Tiddly Inks

Tiddly Inks are having a DT call with a difference.

Usually Tiddly Inks hand pick their Design Team but for the first time they have decided to open it up to give everyone a chance.  Now ordinarily I am intimidated by DT calls but I really like the way Tiddly Inks are running this as you can see all the entrants blogs and their creations, somehow it makes it way less scary.

All you need do is create a special card using one of the wonderful  images from Tiddly Inks and post a link via their linky.  The hardest thing is chosing an image to work with.  My favourites have to be the super cute Wryn and Annabelle & Faythe Colllections. If you haven;t already you really must pop over and check them out and if you hurry you can get 25% discount. 

For my card I have used the sweet little digi Image Bugs N Kisses which is coloured in pencil as I eagerly await my markers to arrive (as mentioned in a previous post).

Wish me luck!!! This would be a first for me and I would love to be on the Tiddly Inks Design Team and create with the wonderful Tiddly Inks people and these gorgeous images.

Fingers and toes crossed.

xo

Karen

A Summer Breeze on Monday

I know that is just what a lot of my northern hemisphere friends are wishing for, A summer breeze on Monday..  Down under it is grey and dreary, its not raining though so that is good.

I just heard the royal baby is born, a little boy, how wonderful.  Imagine having the eyes of the world upon you from the minute you are born.  I do think that William and Catherine will do their utmost to give this little fellow as close to normal a life as is possible.  Despite being royals they seem very level headed, I hope the press give them some space.

Back to the summer breeze on Moonday.  "The Shabby Tea  Room" challenge for this week is cream/aqua and pale pink with lace and flowers.  "Make it Monday" is a chance to showcase your creations.  So I am entering this card into both challenges.

Something Shabby

I just made this little gem using the sister image to the one I posted earlier (Sherri Baldy).  Different style completely. Oh so cute and oh so shabby, the look I like the best but one I seem to have misplaced for a while.  It felt good to create in pinks and with lace and pearls and flowers and to just keep adding little extras. I do believe the over embelishment fever is back.....yay!!!  The Shabby Tearoom Challenge this time round is "Romantic" I think this qualifies.

No Spoolin and Foolin with Markers

Yesterday we sat and watched the Hunger Games.  I have to say it was not what I expected at all, I kind of knew a little of what it was about but I didn't realise it was so literally a game.  I did enjoy it and a friend has lent me the book so it will be interesting to see how they align.  I can also fill in the little bits I missed whilst checking on the dinner cooking.

I have been practicing using the Promarkers that I was sent by a friend.  I actually really enjoy colouring images and for some time now have yearned for Copics but they are so darned expensive to buy here (Ciao's $9). I have found an Art store that sells Promarkers but only in sets and each one comes with a blender and not really the colours I want and again a little costly.  I know Kaisercraft are about to launch a marker, they will retail around the $6-7 mark, cheaper than copics but about the same price point as Promarkers and Specturm. Thats still $60 for only 10 pens.  So I decided to do some surfing and discovered Shinhan Touch Three Markers.  I have never heard of these before but the reviews are very positve they seem to come up well as a Copic Alternative and wait for it......60 pens for $75 with free delivery, choose your own colours.  Worth a try right...yep I think so....I will let you know the verdict.  

Over on Southern Girls Challenge the theme for this fortnight is nothing on a spool.  So no ribbon, no twine, no trim, no anyhing that comes on a spool.  Not so easy as it sounds as ribbon, twine and lace are those go to items that you always use, well I do anyway. My card for this challenge uses an image from Sherri Baldy Designs. She is coloured in Promarkers except for the skin which is Copics (the only ones I have) and her hair in pencil (haha no brown markers....yet).

Colour or Color......

I don't know if you have noticed that the English way to spell colour is "Colour" and the American way is "Color".  I always have this urge to correct it when I see it as color and even spell check on word wants to change it for me to color.  Seems it is the same with honour, harbour, neighbour and labour.  One of those funny little idiosyncrasies of the english language.

Anyway talking of colour heres a little card I have made using the colours as chosen for the Color Throwdown Challenge.  They are not the exact colours but pretty close.  I was inspired by the idea of beach balls. I haven't participated in a challenge for quite a while and this is the first time at the Color Throwdown and it just so happens that it is their 5th Anniversary Celebration. http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.co.nz/

Revamp Complete

I came to take a look at my little blog this morning and thought hmmmmmm...not great.  It was dull and boring and desparately lacking.  Is it any wonder I find it difficult to visit myself let alone anyone else.  So here it is in its new form, bright and cheerful and lovely to visit.  I have removed some things and added a pinterest key so you can follow me over there and see what inspires me.  That and all the "other" stuff is now at the bottom of the blog.  Its taken several hours I have to say but I am pleased with the result.

Anyway I found this whilst I was taking a break from blog revamping and thought I would share it.

You know the plastic animals all kids love to play with, well this is a fantastic use for them when they have outgrown them.  (I currently have a supermarket bag full sitting in my garage).  You simply cut them in half spray them with paint and mount them to a frame.  I think this is very clever and very effective.

Looking for a reason

Its been a little while, actually longer than I realised before I popped into blog land and made a post.  I think I need a reason to post more regularly.  Its not that I don't have things to share or a point of view on many subjects, just not a specific reason to blog about them.  I may have to try and change that and come up with a reason to share more often.

I am looking out my window as the day comes to an end the leaves are yellow and hang limply on the trees.  The watery winter sun is nearly gone for the day and the air is very chill yet also very still.  We could be in for a frost in the morning, it just has that feel about it.

These are a couple of recent little projects I have made.  The first is a card with a tea theme I made for a swap I actually used an empty tea bag wrapper on this.  I like the bold colours and the simplicity of this one.  If you lift the lid you can pop a tea bag inside.

I have also been playing around with altering things that are just laying around the house looking for a use. This is a frame that I distressed and decorated. A great way to turn an old frame into something more useable and to make something old new again.

 

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