Mo's Little Miss Bossy

I just think this little gal from Mo Manning is too cute - her name is "Bossy" - for obvious reasons - LOL. I chose a sentiment that I thought would suit her and also could be used for many occasions by finishing it off inside - such as No Way...I couldn't have missed your birthday or No Way...you're seriously not THAT old are you? I'm sure I'll find just the right ending when I need to.

I'm happy with how the simple blue and white colour scheme worked out too.

Copics Used - Skin (E21, E11, E000, R20, R11) plus E44, E43, E42, E41, E40, C8, C6, C4, C3, C2, C0, B99, B97, B95, B91

Sunshine with Sparkle Creations

This week we're starting a new challenge at Sparkle Creations with a bright and cheery theme - "You are my Sunshine". I chose to use Shopping Emily for my card and paired her with a sentiment and sun stamp from The Craft's Meow. I love to go crafty shopping with my friends - it always add a sunny smile to my day!

You can check out the rest of the DT inspiration and challenge details on the SCRSC Blog.

Copics used - Skin (E21, E11, E00, R20, R11) plus E44, E43, E42, E41, BG78, BG75, BG72, Y26, Y21, Y11, R56, R27, W3, W2

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #163

This week at Magnolia Down Under Challenges we have a colour challenge for you - Red, White and Silver. I though it would be the perfect combo to get working on another Christmas card. 

I used one of my favourite Tilda's from last year's Christmas release and stamped her in a pale ink. You can see how this changes the look of the stamp in my close-up on the left. This "no lines" technique is a little bit more challenging than regular colouring but the effect is well worth the effort. The chipboard sentiment is from Scrapmatts.

Make sure you head over to the Magnolia Down Under Challenge BLOG to check out what the rest of our fabulous DT have created to inspire you.

Copics Used - Skin (E13, E11, E00, E000, R20, R11) plus R29, R27, R24, R22, C6, C4, C2, C0, C00, E89, E44, E43, E42, E41

Sparkle Creations Preview Blog Hop - Soccer Josh

Apologies to those that hopped along yesterday - I had a bit of a mix-up with my time conversions - my Videogame Oliver preview card is in the post below this one....

This is the second image from Sparkle Creations that I have the honour of previewing during my GDT time here this month - this is Soccer Josh. My son is a keen soccer player so I was rapt to have an image to play with that he would like. I cut the net out using my Cameo and used my son's soccer colours as a base.

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Soccer Josh. Sparkle will be giving away Soccer Josh to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Soccer Josh post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced on Monday!

Danielle Lounds

Debbie Pamment - September Guest Designer

Joni Wilson

Kim Yu

Piali Biswas

Shaela Odd 

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith 

Stephanie Kraft 

Yvonne Yam

Copics Used - Skin (E21, E11, E000, R20, R11) plus C8, C6, C4, C2, C0. E19, R27, B18, B16, B14

Sparkle Creations Preview Blog Hop - Videogame Oliver

September is an exciting month - I've been asked to be the GDT for Sparkle Creations and have the  pleasure of joining the DT to showcase this fabulous new image called Videogame Oliver. I was excited to be a part of this release as I have a 14yo son and this guy is perfect for his age group. I popped him on a card I cut out using my Cameo - the file is from Silhouette and easily converted into a card. I used some Kaiser twinklets for the control buttons - just colouring them appropriately with my copics!

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Videogame Oliver. Sparkle will be giving away Videogame Oliver to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Videogame Oliver post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced on Monday!

Danielle Lounds

 Debbie Pamment - September Guest Designer

 Joni Wilson

 Kim Yu

 Piali Biswas

 Shaela Odd 

Simonne Clay

 Sparkle Smith 

Stephanie Kraft

 Yvonne Yam

Copics Used - Skin (E21, E11, E000, R20, R11) plus B97, B93, B91, B21, C7, C6, C4, C2, C00. R39, R29, R24, YR31, E35, E33, E31

La La Land is in Bloom

Recently I've seen some stunning creations by our very own LLLC Boss Lady Irina using just the dies from LLLC. Since this week's theme is flowers I decided to have a go at making a stamp free card myself - unheard of I know - LOL.

I've always loved old movies and this quote from Audrey Hepburn inspired this work - of course having the gorgoeus Eiffel Tower die from LLLC to use helped a lot too - LOL. The rolled roses were tipped with white before rolling, these dies are soo easy to use - I use a quilling tool to help roll mine.

Don't forget to check out the amazing inspiration from the rest of the LLLC DT on our BLOG - I'm sure you can get your stamped images fix there if you need it  ;-)

La La Land Dies used - 

Eiffel Tower Die

Butterfly from Butterflies Set 1 Dies

Rolled Rose Small and Medium Dies

A Mo Christmas Ornament

Last year I bought some fabulous clear plastic Christmas ornaments that open up in half making them easy to decorate. I have several decorations for my tree featuring Mo Mannings cute images and decided to add to my collection. I printed out this cute elf called Sticky so that he would fit inside. I've popped him on a glittered rosette to add some dimension and use some of the space inside. I used some chunky clear glitter on the candy cane to look like sugar crystals.

On the flip side I glittered up the background and added a pre-painted chipboard sentiment from Scrapmatts and a small flower spray.

I took the first 2 photos without the ornament put together so you could see the details without any reflective glare  - but this photo shows Sticky inside the ornament - doesn't he look cute?!?!?! Now I just have to wait until December and find a spot to showcase him on my tree!

Copics used - Skin (E21, E11, E000, R20, R11) plus YG67, YG63, YG03, YG01, R39, R29, R24, E47, E44, E43, E42, E41, E19, E17, E13, Y19, Y06

Sizing Digital Stamps to Suit Your Project

Recently on Facebook a friend posed the question - "What size do you print your digis?".  I must admit I was rather surprised how many people responded with a specific size as I nearly always size to suit the project I am working on - this is one of the joys of a digi image - you aren't restricted to one size! Since I have a fairly simple technique for choosing what size to use I thought I would share - but be warned - I'm a visual person so there are lots of pictures.

I use Microsoft Word to import my photos in to print and I discovered that if I set the screen to show the page at 100% then what prints out is fairly close to the size on the screen. This works out well with my computer but it may pay to check with yours - you can always change the size on your screen by using the slider at the bottom to change the percentage.
 

Now it's time to insert the image you want - I've chosen this cute angel from Make it Crafty. When she opens up she is nearly 12cm (~5") tall.

Unfortunately this is too big if I want to use this Spellbinder frame in my project - so I hold the frame up to the computer screen and drag the corner of the image to re-size to fit.

Then I thought I may use a round Spellbinder so I pop the one I want over the image and it's too small so I need to re-size to fit so I drag the corner to make it bigger.

That's better - now she fits!

I also use this method if I want to use a particular frame like this chipboard one from Make it Crafty. Please note I have left the extra chipboard in the frame to protect it - I'll be sure to remove it before I use it on my project.

Here are my angels in all three sizes to suit my different frames.

The other thing I use my frames for is to format the images on my page for printing so I give myself enough space around to cut them out after printing.

I also use my screen to work out if I have space to print an image onto a scrap of paper if I'm only printing one image - I hold the scrap over the image - you can see it peering through faintly. I like to use all the scraps I can - LOL.

And here they are printed and cut out using the different sizes.

I managed to card up one of the gals - here she is - the largest one set into the Circle Flourish Frame.

I hope this has been a little bit of help to someone - please ask if you have any questions.

Make it Crafty Products -
Angel Singing Carols
Circle Flourish Frames
Swirly Corners Chipboard 

Copics Used - Skin (E21, E11, E000, R20, R11) plus E44, E43, E42, E41, Y28, Y19, Y00, Y0000, YR14, B0000  
 

Back to School in La La Land

This week at La La Land Crafts we are heading back to school. I find this a bit strange as here in Australia our school year is nearly 3/4 over - LOL. Our kids start a new school year after our long Summer holidays over Christmas.

I wanted to make a little backpack so went in search of a tutorial and found THIS one for a backpack mini album - such a cute idea! I did change some of the imstructions and the measurements slightly to suit my needs - my backpack is 1/2" wider that the one in the tutorial and the front pocket is only for show and doesn't open.

When you open up the backpack you can see all of Luka's stationary ready for use!

Inside the album there are 8 pages. I've used some school based DP from Fancy Pants Design to decorate my pages - I just need to add in some photos and embellishments to finish it off - although my son is 14 now so I may gift this to someone who will appreciate it - LOL

The back of the pack has some cord straps to finish it off.

La La Land Products - 

Back to School Luka

Filigree Corner Die

Copics Used - 

Skin - E21, E11, E000, R20, R11

Hair - E44, E43, E42

Clothes - BG57, BG53, BG49, C8, C6, C5, C4, C0, Y28, Y26

Apple - R46, R43, G24, E44

Skateboard - 100, C6, C4, R46, R43

Ruler - E43, E42

Colouring with an Iron On

A while ago I saw some cute T-shirts appearing around FB with iron-on images using digi stamps. I had it in mind to make something for my great niece when she was born last December but never got around to it! Recently I saw Trudie's fabulous new tutorial on how to do this with wonderful hints and tips HERE and I was all inspired again to give it a go. I bought a little white tee and purple short set to play with from K-Mart. 

I used Mo Manning's gorgeous new ballerina image Odette to play with - I figured I could get away without too many strong colours on my first attempt at this technique! I found a quote I liked to add as the sentiment and used WordArt to add it to the image before printing off - and like Trudie says - make sure you print off your words backwards so they are the right way round once you've ironed on your image!!!

And here she is close up - there are a couple of spots where the colour bled past the lines but that just adds to the hand coloured effect - well that's what I'm telling myself anyhow - LOL. Also I found the blending isn't as smooth as when you use blending paper - but that just adds to the challenge.

I painted on some Jo Sonja Opal Dust for some glitter - this works well on fabric but I did have to grab the hair-dryer out so my copic ink didn't bleed as it was quite wet going on - and make sure you have something sandwiched between the front and back of your tee to stop any unwanted marks going through.

The one thing I hope is that my iron on media has the same qualities as the one Trudie used as there are several different ones on the market - in particular I hope it stands up to washing - I guess time will tell...

Copics Used - Skin (E21, E11, E000, R20, R11) plus V17, V15, V12, V01, V0000, E35, E33, E31, E08