Mad for Markers 2nd Birthday Blog Hop

How exciting! The Mad for Marker's 2nd Birthday Blog Hop!! I am so thrilled to be a part of it!!

If you have come from Marie's blog you are on the right track!!  If not head to Sammi's Blog to start the hop. Trust me it will be worth it there is some great inspiration and great prizes to be won!! 


For the hop I have made a card using "Some Odd Girl" Sweet Thinkin' Mae.  She can be purchased here at the Mad for Markers Store.  The seam binding I used can be purchased here at the Mad for Markers Store


Copics Used:


Hair: E29, R46, E08, YR16
Eyes: G17, G05, G02
Skin: E00, E21, E11, E04
Pinks: RV21, RV23, RV34, RV29
White gel pen
Lots of Kindy Glitz

While you are here why not enter my Spring Candy? See the post above!

Now you are off to Gretchen's Blog.

Happy hopping!

Alicia xx

Mad for Markers - New Colour Combo Challenge

Hi Copic Lovers,

Alicia here.  Today I want to share with you a card I made for our current Mad for Markers challenge - Use a New Colour Combination.  The stamp I coloured is one from Sammi's store.  She is a "Some Odd Girl" stamp and her name is "Balloon Kaylee".  Sammi sells her here at the Mad for Markers store for $9.00.  Isn't she a cutie! Perfect for a birthday card.  She comes with a Happy birthday sentiment as well, but my card was a bit too small to fit it on so I had to use one of my own sentiments.

The new Copic Combinations I used were:

Hair: E35, E31, YR20

Reds: R29, R27, R22, R20

Oranges: YR07, YR04, YR23

Peachy Pink (Balloon): R22, R20, R00

The not new combos were:

Skin: E00, E21, E11

Eyes: W-7, W-5, W-3

Outline W1

I made this card for my cousin Jess who turned 21.  I wanted it to be bright and cheery.

I used a Sassafrass paper on the background and the red and white polka-dot was a scrap. 

I added the 21 number stickers in the bottom corner and outlined it all with white gel pen.

Will you join us for our new Colour Combination challenge?

If you want to try some of the colouring combinations I have used I made a list of them on my blog here.  Why not pop over and take a look.

I hope you have a lovely weekend full of colouring!

I am off to do some whipper snipping and cleaning up out in the yard, then later to my sister-in-laws to pick up baby furniture! I am a little excited about that.  I will tend to blogging comments later this weekend...stay tuned for some nursery photos (hopefully) next week!!

Alicia xx

Anything Goes Challenge at Mad for Markers

Hi Blogging Beauties,

There is a  fresh, new, fortnightly challenge over at Mad for Markers 

and the theme is Anything Goes.

I made this card for my cousin Caitlin who was sitting her HSC this term.

I wanted to let her know we were wishing her well and supporting her through her exams.

I used this cute little Some Odd Girl stamp called "Thinking Mae".

I purchased her through Sammi and you can buy her here.

The sentiment comes with the stamp.  Which I think is a great bargain for just $9.

She is fun and easy to colour.  Her hair is quite a simple style .

These are the Copics I used:

Purples: BV08, V17, V15

Skin: E00, E21, E11

Blacks: 100, C7, C5

Greens: G17, G05, Go2

Outline: C1

The papers were all out of my scrap drawer.  I added a lilac bow and some gems and glitter to finish it all off.

Are you going to join in our Anything Goes challenge this week?

No excuses really...link up a card or project you have made with Copics here.

I cant wait to see what you create!

Alicia xx

Dance like no one is watching....

Hi Blogging Beauties,

Here is another image I coloured up at the Conference.

At the conference I was sitting next to Annette and for those of you who know Annette, know that she LOVES the colour purple.  I am not a big purple fan, but I was really trying to get out of my comfort zone and learn new techniques at the conference.  I wanted to have a go at colouring hair with black and purple Copics.

When I got home I put her on a card and then I posted her off to Annette and she received the card yesterday.  Consequently I didnt have a lot of purple papers or embellishments in my stash.  But I found a scrap of purple paper and teamed it with some black and white.

I layered three flowers together and sprayed them with glimmer mist.  The top little rose I added Kindy Glitz to the edges.  The swirl I made using Kaisercraft gemstones.  This cute little Odd Girl stamp is called "Dancin' Mae" I bought off Sammi.  If you want her too you can get her here.

The Copics I used were:

Hair: 100, C-7, C-5, BV08, V09

Skin: E00, E11, E21, E04, R20

Purples: BV08, V17, V15

Greys: C-1. C-3

So I thought I would enter her in:

Paper Pretties - Embellish

Thanks for stopping by,

Alicia

P.S. Carol, in answer to your question about how Tommy and Ellie are getting on....It took Ellie about a week to accept Tommy.  But now they are pretty good mates.  They sleep together during the day and play together.  Ellie does tire of Tommy's constant playfulness and did snap at him and left a scar on his forehead...but I think he deserved it as he is going through that puppy nippy phase.  We take them for a walk every day.  Tommy still likes to be picked up and cuddled.  Ben has been training Tommy every day and he is pretty smart.  Even Ellie is learning a few new things too.  Overall we love them both to death and are so happy we got Tommy as he has brought a lot of fun into our lives.