Mad for Markers - Bron's Sketch Challenge

Hi Blogging Beauties,

Today it is my day to remind you about the fabulous sketch challenge we have going on this week at Mad for Markers.  I can tell you I was so motivated by Bron's sketch I have had my card ready for a month!  I made this for my three-year-old niece's birthday.

Here is the sketch to follow:

I coloured with Copics:

Skin: E00, E21, E11, E95, R20

Hair: E35, YR31, Ys1, E31, E33, E35, E15

Dress: RV10, RV21, RV23, RV13, RV06

Outline: C-0

Button: YR07 and Kindy Glitz 

(I was trying to make it looks like a lolly)

I am so looking forward to seeing your entries, so load them up here!

While you are here please check out my current candies.

Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you have a wonderful day : )

Alicia xx

Southern Girls Winter Inspiration Challenge

Hi Blogging Beauties,

Hooray! It is time for a new challenge at Southern Girls!

There is a photo this fortnight for inspiration and this is it...

It is a winter scene...so you have to use this picture as inspiration and make a wintery card!

Could be perfect for those motivated and organised card-makers who have started their Chrissie cards.  (Sadly I am not one of them!)

We were given Meljen images for this challenge and I chose this cute mailbox snuggled up in a winter scarf.  I coloured with Copics and these are the colours:

B00, B93, B12, B32, B23, B45, BV31, V12, C-1, C-0

Dont forget to check out my candies in the sidebar before you head off to enter your card at Southern Girls.

Thanks for dropping by and have a great day : )

Alicia xx

New Delicious Candy

Hi Blogging Beauties,

I am loving having a candy on-the-go on my blog.  It is fun sending out little parcels of crafting fun to my blogging friends.  This candy consists of 5 papers and 3 flowers from the very new and very gorgeous Manor House Creation range.  I have been making some cards with these papers and flowers and they are lovely to use.  The papers are quite thick and very good quality.  The flowers are large enough so you only need one per card.

To enter this is what you need to do:

1.Become a follower of my blog (easy peasy)

2. "Like" Aussie Cards for Sale on Facebook.

I am really trying to get the word out there about ACFS so if you could "like" our page and even suggest it to your friends I would be very grateful.  Go to our page here.

3. Just leave me a comment on this post so I know you have entered.

Good luck!!

Alicia xx

Male 60th ~ Bus Theme and My Little Vegie Patch

Goodmorning Blogging Buddies,

Last markets we had the gorgeous butterfly 40th card (below) made by the talented Aussie Cards for Sale designer Fran Ashton on display.  As well as a few more lovely cards made by Fran with different numbers such as 30, 50 and 60.

The customers loved them and one requested a special order: a Bus 60th.  So I did my best and came up with the above card.  I followed Fran's design quite closely and made it as masculine as I could (boring, I know).  I posted the card off to the customer and I havent heard how it went, but I hope they liked it : )

Also, I wanted to show you my Mini Vegie Garden.

We bought a big tank garden thingy from Bunnings to plant some vegies.

But we havent got around to filling it up with dirt yet.

In the meantime I thought I would plant some seeds and grow them on my windowsill.

I doubt anything would grow outside at the moment it is so cold here.

In the two white pots I am growing brussel sprouts, in the middle container it is broccoli and in the container on the right are carrots.  This is my first time ever at growing vegies so I am pretty excited about it.  I water my little babies every day as they get quite dry sitting behind the glass.  It is kind of like a mini greenhouse I guess.

Thats about it from me today.  

I hope to post some new candy very soon so stay tuned.

Alicia xx

Expressions of Interest for Aussie Cards for Sale

Hi Blogging Beauties,

Each week I get emails from talented card-makers who are interested in selling their cards at Aussie Cards for Sale.

My aim when I started ACFS was to provide an online space for crafters to sell and for consumers to buy hand-crafted cards.  The site has now been running for almost a year and we sell about 100 cards a month.

We currently have about 20 designers.  I am currently looking to include some more designers to cater for the many card-makers who make lots and lots of cards and who would like to sell them online.

So at this stage I am looking for expressions of interest.

What you need to do:

1. Go and check out the website here if you havent already. 

2. Blog an expression of interest and link it up to this post.

3. Showcase some of your cards that you have ready to sell.

4. Email me your details and a quote for how many cards you have available and your asking price.

5. Like our Facebook page here.

If you are interested you need to know a few details.

1. You will need to pay for postage to get your cards to me.

2. Your cards need to come with a matching paper envelope in a clear sealed plastic bag.

3. Your cards need an ACFS Label on the back (which I will email to you)

4. Your cards need to have one layer of card on the inside or a paper insert.

5. If you are an international designer you are free to apply, but please consider postage costs.

6. You will need to provide email contacts to add to our contact list as we do three to four emails per month to our contacts.

Thanks for reading and have a lovely day.

Alicia : )

Dog Cards and my Candy Winner

Hi Blogging Beauties,

I was asked to make some dog cards by a lady who is a regular customer at Aussie Cards for Sale.

She has her own website selling dog products called Midget Muttz and she sells a variety of products for small dogs.  She wants to add some of these cards onto her site.

The top card you have seen before, except it was just the image, not yet on a card.  I finally got around to putting her on a card.  I kept the card very simple because it is such a big image not much else would fit on.

These next two are very similar...

The Copics used in these two are:

Pinks: V06, RV06, RV13, RV34, RV23

Browns: E71, E57, E47 (a new brown combo that I love!)

Greys: C-0, C-1

Then I made some more cards that she has bought before.

All are the same but have two different quotes.

Finally I think it is about time I drew my Candy Winner!!

I used Random.org this time and the lucky winner is:

Denise Goeldner

Congratulations!!!

I am off to email you now.

I will post more candy soon...

Finally I would like to link up with 

Creating Success Around the World Blog Hop

and

Michelle's Make it Monday.

I hope you are having a relaxing day like this little kitty!!

Thank you so much for stopping over at my blog.

I really appreciate it.

Alicia xx