Oops I Nearly Forgot!

Hi everyone,

I was in the shower this morning and suddenly realised I hadn't drawn the winner of The Craft's Meow giveaway I had - I'm so sorry! I'm here to rectify that right now!!!

To refresh your memory this is the "In Tandem" set that I'm giving away.

And the lucky winner is.......

SUE

Congratulations Sue - email me at rdpam@hotmail.com with your address to claim your prize.

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Tickled Pink Stamps Preview Day 6

It's the final day of previews over at Tickled Pink Stamps for our new Victorian Christmas sentiments, Lolitas and Lads. Today we are introducing Lil Victorian Christmas LeStat. This dapper guy with his morning coat on and carrying a traditional nutcracker is just fabulous for Christmas for both the guys and the gals in your life!

These stamps will be released over at the Tickled Pink Stamps store on September 13th - that's TOMORROW - woohooooo. In the meantime pop into our blog each day to check out the new previews and comment for a chance to win one of these new images for yourself!

And don;t forget to check out the Lil  Pinkette Christmas previews starting on September 14th.

Ciaos used = skintones - E08, E00, E000, R11 and those in the picture - R29, R27, R22, YG67, YG63, YR23, Y15, B93, B49, E47

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Magnolia Down Under Challenge #113

Over at Magnolia Down Under Challenges this week we have a fabulous sketch for you designed by our very own DT member Karen - isn't it fabulous! And we have our fabulous sponsor Stampyland joining us again this week and offering a fabulous prize for our winner.

I've used some gorgeous Bo Bunny DP and actually made my card up using the sketch and THEN chose my image and coloured it - it was soo much fun to work in reverse for a change - LOL. Please excuse the wet stickles but the weather here was awful when I was trying to take my photo so I took advantage of a short burst of sunshine but unfortunately the stickles weren't dry and it looks a little "gluggy".

If you want to see some amazing eye candy using this sketch check out the other gorgeous inspiration from my fellow MDUC teamies on our BLOG and then give it a go yourself.

Copics - E29, E27, E25, E23, E11, E02, E00, E000, R20, R11, BG18, BG13, BG11, BG10

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Tickled Pink Stamps Preview Day 5

It's day 5 of previews over at Tickled Pink Stamps for our new Victorian Christmas sentiments, Lolitas and Lads. Today we are introducing Lil Victorian Christmas Kellita - isn't she GORGEOUS as is the fabulous sentiment and die set! I decided to make a circle card for this special Lil Lolita - or maybe I just needed a change from square cards - LOL.

These stamps will be released over at the Tickled Pink Stamps store on September 13th. In the meantime pop into our blog each day to check out the new previews and comment for a chance to win one of these new images for yourself!

Ciaos used  = Skintones - E08, E00, E000, R20, R11 and those on picture - R59, R37, R35, R32, Y15, Y11, Y00, YR23, G05

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Make It Colourful - Colouring With Purple

This week we have a fabulous sponsor for our Make It Colourful challenge - Some Odd Girl. We have challenge that I've heard some people find hard - we want you to colour with purples.

I've used the adorable Sigh Mae from SOG and popped her into a scene with the Daffodil Dell and the Ivy Swing digital images from Make It Crafty. The fun thing about purples is all the different hues they can be - from soft lilacs to deep plum purples - I've used a range in my scene.

Don't forget to enter your card and check out the other amazing inspiration from the DT in our new gallery HERE.

Ciaos in picture - E11, E00, R20, R11, Y02, YR23, B95, B93, V17, V15, V12, V09, V06, V04

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Tickled Pink Stamps Preview Day 3

It's day 3 of previews over at Tickled Pink Stamps for our new Victorian Christmas sentiments, Lolitas and Lads. Today we are introducing Lil Victorian Christmas Scrooge Damon. I've paired him with one of the sentiment frames and sayings - isn't this snowflake frame fabulous!! Or maybe it's just me because I lurve snowflakes in any shape or form. I added some extra snowflakes to create a chilly Winter scene for Damon.

These stamps will be released over at the Tickled Pink Stamps store on September 13th. In the meantime pop into our blog each day to check out the new previews and comment for a chance to win one of these new images for yourself!

Ciaos used = skintones E08, E00, E000, R11 + those in photo - E77, YG63, R29, R27, R22, YR23, Y15, Y000

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Some Halloween Fun from Mo Manning

Here's a cute little Halloween image from Mo Manning called 'Mummy'. Although I have a lot of fun creating for the darker side of my personality at times, it's also great to see that Halloween doesn't have to be scary! With his torch in hand and his empty pumpkin bucket it looks like he's all set for some trick or treating as long as he can get past that scary spider he has his eye on - LOL.

Ciaos in picture - E11, E08, E00, B95, YRO7, YR04, YR02, YR00, R27, R22.

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Tickled Pink Stamps Preview Day 1

YAY it's preview time over at Tickled Pink Stamps with our Victorian Christmas release - woohoo my FAVOURITE time of the year! We not only have one release this month but two, PLUS a fabulous new sentiment set by Ann Vento. This set goes with the TPS Christmas Die from last year - and also the Spinks and Spooks set released last month.

First up we are introducing you to our Victorian Lolitas and Lads by Christina Dee and release day for these is September 13th. Then on the 14th you'll get to check out the previews for the new Pinkettes from Stephanie Corfee

Today I have used Lil Victorian Christmas Christina and one of the Victorian Christmas sentiments on my card. My DP is from Websters and these go soo beautifully with the style of these images. Now I'm sure there are some more gorgeous cards using this lovely lass for you to check out on OUR BLOG - and don't forget to pop in there every day to check out each new preview and have a chance to win!

Copics used - skintones (not in picture) R20, R11, E08, E00, E00 and ciaos in picture - R37, R35, R32, G99, G85, E37, E35, E33, E31

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Tickled Pink Stamps is Sponsoring The Pink Elephant this week

Tickled Pink Stamps is proudly sponsoring The Pink Elephant Challenge this week where there's a fabulous sketch for you to play along with and some great TPS prizes to be won. I've created a Halloween card using the fabulous Lil Haunts Vampire LeStat. I've also used the Spinks and Spooks sentiment and die set available HERE. My DP is from Martha Stewart - a pad I picked up when I was in The USA this time last year - I can't believe it's been a whole year since I was there!!!!

Apologies there are no copic colours listed - I coloured this one up before I started being good about taking notes - LOL.

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Make It Colourful - No Black Lines

Oopsie - I'm running a little late with this post - but then I wasn't sure I was going to get this done in time anyhow as I've had a nasty head cold since Thursday! Our challenge this week at Make It Colourful is to colour without using black lines on our images - so stamp in light coloured ink or reduce the opacity of your digital image before printing.

This was my first attempt at this technique and I probably used an ink that was too dark - I used a pale blue. I had meant to try again for this challenge with a pale pink ink but being ill made it hard to concentrate - and I couldn't figure out how to change the opacity of my digital images with the programs I have - it's on my to do list when I feel better!

There is a little bit of black on my Tilda - I felt her eyes and eyebrows needed to be seen so I used my black spica pen to pop them back in - the slight shine in her eyes almost makes her seem like she's watching me - LOL.

I admit I put this card together in a bit of a hurry after a nana nap and wish I'd had a chance to think about my ribbon choice - I worry it's a bit too overpowering for the softness this technique gives Tilda - ah well -  live and learn!

The Gorgeous ribbon slider is a lasercut chippie from Make it Crafty and is one of the Fancy Ribbon Sliders set.

Check out all the AMAZING tips on this technique at our blog HERE and then head on over to our NEW MiC GALLERY to see the DT examples and join up to showcase YOUR Make It Crafty masterpieces.

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