A Very Special Birthday!

How cute is this BIG Miss Anya! She was one of the 3 Birthday Celebrations that "The Greeting Farm' just recently released! All three BIG Anyas are available in the Mad For Marker Store!

I like how she is a bit older than some of the other Anyas, just a little bit more grown up...haha!

Anyway this card I made for my Beautiful Friend Sam, who just happens to be the BIG Boss lady over at Mad For Markers! It was her birthday in early September and I had just gotten my new Anya stamp and couldn't wait to stamp it off. Now I know that she has it because I saw her post it on her blog along with others that she got for her birthday and I saw it stuck up on her pinboard when I was at her house a couple of weeks ago...haha! I went up to Sydney for the M4M Copic Conference a couple of weeks ago and had such a great time, did HEAPS of coloring, which I can't normally do at home as there is always something else to be done first...haha! But I had a fantastic weekend with my beautiful friend Sam and I met so many Lovely ladies at the conference, it really was an Awesome day and weekend!

Ok so onto my card, got a little side tracked...haha!

Copic Colors Used:

Top - RV34, RV32, RV10, RV00

Shoes - E37, E35, E33, E31

Hair - E25, E31, E50

Balloons - C3, C1, C00, RV32, RV10, RV00, R20, R11, R000

Shorts - C3, C1, C00

My crad was colored on Xpress It Blending card with my Copic Sketch Markers of course! All of your Copic Supplies are available at the Mad For Markers Store!

Well hope you all have a very Creative weekend ahead of you and get lots of Coloring done!

Dream Big!

Last Friday my Daughter competed in the Karate National Championships and this is the card I made to give her as she was leaving, to wish her luck! I told her that it didn't matter to us where she came as long as she gave it her all then we were proud of her! She works so hard at her Karate, plus I think it helps that she just LOVES it!

I have to say it was one of the most nerve wracking experiences of my life. I felt physically ill as I was sooo nervous for her, so I can only image how she felt! When she started her first fight I swear I thought I was going to be sick...haha! But she did FANTASTIC, she had four fights and only lost one, which meant she missed out on the final, but she fought off for a Bronze medal and I am so proud to say she won! So my daughter is now the 3rd best in Australia...it's so exciting to write that...haha!

Copic Colors Used:

Hair - R08, YR07, YR14, YR21

Skin - E13, E11, E01, E00, E000, R20

Gi - C3, C1, C00

Brown Belt - E79, E77, E74

So my advice to any of my kids is to always Dream Big as you never know how far you can go until you give it a go!

It's an all AUSSIE Smash Hop!

Welcome to another SMASH Hop! I am sooo excited to be the first on the list of a bunch of very talented Australian Smashers, now this Smash Hop has a very Aussie feel to it today as all the girls today are AUSSIES! We have some Fantatic Australian Smashers and you are going to get a glimpse of just a few of us along this hop, you will not be dissappointed!

Ok So not too sure if I have said this before, but I LOVE PINK lol! So it's not too hard to believe that my next Smash page in my Copic Color Journal is another Pink Combo page! Can you ever have enough Pink Combo's! I think my favourite is the hot Pink Hair with the soft pink top. I have also used a few Freckles & Pigtails embellishments on this page, the gorgeous Fabric yo-yo and button, as well as  the library card!

This next page is a different take on using your Copics. A very good friend of mine, got me a little obsessed with using my copics to color in Distress ink Style, Thanks Sammi, lol! So my next Smash Page is about using my copics to color in Distress Ink style. I had so much fun using this technique, that I just kept coloring images lol! I think there will be a 2nd page to this one some time in the future!

I hope you have enjoyed my Smash Pages and don't foget to continue on with the hop as there are a lot more Inspiring Smash pages to see! So your next stop on the hop is Karyn!

Emma - Me

Karyn

Kellie

Sammi

Angie

Karen

Oh Happy Day!

I was looking through my stash of cards the other night and realized that I didn't have any little boys cards, so I had to make up one as our neighbour is turning 5 Today and my guys are all off to the party this afternoon! Happy Birthday Jason!

Jason is having a Lion King themed party, but I dont have any Jungle themed stamps so I went for the next best thing which is TGF's Oliver with his Dinosaurs!

Copic Colors Used:

Hair - E25, E31, E50

Tshirt - YG67, YG17, YG13, YG11, C3, C1

Jeans - B99, B97, B95, B93

Skin - E11, E01, E00, E000

Dinosaurs - Y19, Y17, Y15, W7, W5, W3, YG99, YG97, YG95, C3, C1

Don't forget that next week is Mad For Markers big birthday blog hop, you won't want to miss it!

Plus on the 2nd of June we have our Melbourne Copic Coloring day, so if you are in or near Melbourne we would love to see you. The day is going to be full of tutorials (I might even be doing some hair coloring tutorials) and lots of other tips and tricks relating to Copics. It will definitely be a fantastic day. The cost for the day is $90 and you get morning and afternoon tea as well as lunch and coffee through out the day. There is also going to be a little pack of goodies! So if you plan on coming head over to the Mad For Marker Store and book your place, we would hate for you to miss out as spots are limited! Hope to see you all there!

Smash Blog Hop!

Welcome to the FIRST ever Smash Blog Hop! I can tell you that all the girls are just soooo excited to be doing this. The very first time I saw the Video on Smash Books I knew that they would make an Awesome Copic Color Journal. So that is what my very first Smash Book is about. I do have some more on their way to me, casue as all of you Smash Girls know, you can't have just one...hehe! I plan to do one on myself when they come and I don't really know what the others will be for, but I'm sure I will find a use for them...hehe!

Ok so I have already done a couple of pages in my Smash Copic Color Journal, so these two pages are a continuation of those pages.

Here is more on my Brown Hair Color Combo's!

And the next one is a continuation of my Red Hair Color Combo's. I do a little bit of a soft spot for Red heads...hehe! I am one myself and 3 of my kids are Red heads as well!

Have you spotted the very Gorgeous Saturated Canary Digi that the very talented Krista drew just for us to Smash Hop with. I feel soooo lucky to be one of the very first people to color her up. These guys are just one of my Favourite images to color with, love, love, love them!

Do you love them just as much? Do you want a chance to win this new Smashin Digi? 

Of course you do...hehe! Just leave a comment and I will randomly pick 2 comments to win their very own Smashin Digi!

So make sure to hop around to all the girls blogs and get Smashin!

Krista

Kellie

Lizzie

Carisa

Kira

Emma - That's Me!

Yani

Crazy Times!

Ok so I though last week was crazy, well this week topped it off...hehe!

My twins started their first day of Prep last week and my son started his first day of High School all on the same day. I have to tell you that I did get a bit upset and emotional....ok so I cried my eyes out...hehe! My girls had such a hard start to life, so it was quite emotionl to see them all healthy and grown up and starting school like big girls! Today is their first full day of school, they have been going for half days to get used to it, so they will be tired come tonight!

I have had my Smash Journal for a little while now with the intention of turning it into my Copic Color Journal, but I have just never gotten around to it, so I was inspired the other day to make a start in it, so here is my first Smash Page!

I have been writing Copic color combo's down here, there and everywhere, but of course I could never find what I had done with the peices of paper. So, I have started my Smash Copic Journal of color combo's I like. The hope is that eventually it is nice and full and when I am looking for some color combos I can just flick through my book and there I will find the color combo I am looking for.

Here is my first page in my Copic Color Journal. Of course I have done Red Hair Combos first, I do have a house full of red heads, including myself, So thought this was the perfect first page!

We would love to hear how you keep all your Copic Color Combo's. Do you have pages here, there and everywhere or do you have some sort of system going?

I will make sure to show you my next page when it is done.

Happy Coloring! Oh and for those people who are after the new 2012 Copic Sketch Colors I have it on very good authority that they have arrived in the store today, so make sure to head over to the M4M store and get yours!

I am Famous!!!

Ok so maybe not Famous, but pretty close...hehe! I was lucky enough to have 3 of my cards accepted to be published early last year and FINALLY yesterday the magazine was released and there were my cards.....YAY! I have to say that everyone was home when my son brought the mail in and so when we realized that it was THE magazine we ripped it open and of course there they were. There were high 5's going everywhere...hehe!

So below is a pic of them in the magazine.

And here are the individual cards

Copic Colors Used:

Ian

Hair - E50, E51, E53

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20

Suit - E41, E42, W1, W3, W5, W7, W9, R22, R224

Flower - R20, R22, YG17, YG13, YG11

Anya

Hair - E79, E37, E35, E31

Skin - R02, R01, R000, R20

Dress- E43, E42, E41

Flowers - YG17, YG13, YG11, R20, R22, R24

 Copic Colors Used:

Hair - E79, E37, E35, E31

Suit - E44, E43, E42, E41, YG97, YG95, YG93

Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20

Flower - YG17, YG13, YG11, C1, C00

 Copic Colors Used:

Hair - E79, E37,  E35, E31

Dress - E43, E42, E41, E40

Vail - W1, W00

Flowers - R20, R22, R24, R02, R12. YG11, YG13, YG17

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20

I have used the Anya and Ian 'I Do' set, by The Greeting Farm, which is currently out of stock at the Mad For Markers store, but if you drop Sammi and email she will be able to order you one in!

Now don't forget too that Sammi has some Gorgeous Australia Day Freebie Images that she is giving away, just drop her an email with the one that you want! Just have a look at the Mad For Marker Special Australia Day Blog header to see which of the images you want!

So I hope all in Australia have a fantastic Australia Day and if your not in Australia have an Awesome day where ever you are!

Ahoy There!

Ok, so I know it's been a long time between posts...Sorry! I have had a lot going on lately and although I have been coloring and creating I haven't been posting. 

So here is my Mad For Markers Post, although a little late...hehe!

I love this TGF Oliver stamp, he is such a cutie! I haven't had a chance to use him for a while and when I was asked for a boys card recently I decided to pull him out and ink him up.

This was a card a made for a little boys 1st birthday. Apparently the Mother of the little boy who recieved the card was so happy with the card that she has framed it! Can't say that any of my cards have ever been framed...hehe! Well there's a first for everything!

Copic Colors Used:

Skin - E11, E00, E000

Hair - E29, E27, E25, E23

Clothes - B12, B14, B16, C1, C3

Boots - E37, E35

My card was colored Using Xpress It Blending Card and Copic Sketch Markers, all of which are available over at the Mad For Markers Store.

Merry Christmas!

We have a Gorgeous Sketch for you this week over at Deconstructed Sketches. It's one of those Lovely Clean and Simple type ones!

I decided that maybe it was time to make my first Christmas card of the year. So I now have one down and way too many to go...hehe! I just love this Gorgeous TGF Blush Girl, she is just sooo adorable!

Copic Colors Used:

Hair - E79, E37, E35, E31

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20, R22

Clothes - R59, R29, R27, R24, E41, E40

Background - E39, E37, G00, G000, 0

Of course my card has been colored using my Copic Markers on Xpress It Blending card, both of which are available from the Lovely Sammi over at Mad For Markers, not only is she just the Sweetest Person, her prices are Amazing, so make sure to check her out!

And make sure to check out the rest of the Amazing Deconstructed Girls

• Amber Hight
• Angela Sowell
• Anna Maria Nilsson
• Arielle Gordon
• Emma Eads
• Donna Wardle
• Jen Shults
• Jessica Diedrich
• Kadie Ensley
• Lori Boyd
• Sheri Gilson

Not much happening!

I'm sorry that I haven't been around lately, but I have had a lot going on in the last few weeks and to be honest I just haven't felt like creating.  So I haven't made a card for a good couple of weeks and although it is strange to not pick up my copics for that long, it has actually felt nice. Although I have been having a lot of fun playing with this whole Art Journalling thing, learning some new things and just having some fun getting messy! I will show you what I've been up to later.

Anyway it was my girls birthday in July and I know I showed you one of their cards, but I didn't show you the other one, so here it is!

Copic Colors Used:

Hair - E55, E53, E51

Dress and Shoes - RV29, RV25, RV23, RV00

Socks - BG72, BG70

Ground - W5, W3, W1, 0

Sky - C1, C00, B000, B0000, 0

I can see Clearly now at TGF!

It's gonna be a BRIGHT and SUNSHINY day for sure at The Greeting Farm!  Hooray!

Today is the day- two new sets are available for purchase as we are proud to debut our new line of CLEAR stamps!  

 

Here is my project using the My Fairy Princess set:

We are SO excited to begin today's hop combining some TGF 'alum' with our Farmers!   Be sure to check out the TGF BLOG for a complete list of links, as one lucky winner will receive BOTH sets just for commenting and participating in the hop!  And just in case you get lost along the way in all of the excitement that is CLEARLY mounting...here is the list:

TGF BLOG

Amber Hight

Tanya Tahir

Kadie Ensley

Kelly Booth

Pam Varnell

 Mary Giles

Amy Young

Kim Nath

Anna Maria Nilsson

Jen Shults

Traci Porter

Emma Eads

and our Farmers!

• Becca Fabozzi
• Carisa Zglobicki
• Denice Bartucci
• Kim Yu
• Tracey Pickersgill
• Jessica Diedrich

That's it for me today, but be sure to head over to the TGF BLOG, where it's ALL beginning!  HAPPY RELEASE DAY, everyone!

It's all about to become Cyrstal Clear!

Hey, everyone!

I am back to fully reveal what may have been just a cloudy snippet yesterday... did you see through our little surprise or are you CLEARLY stumped?

Well, wonder no more because some of the cherished members of the TGF alum along with the Farmers are thrilled to bring you a BRAND NEW line by TGF: 

CLEAR STAMPS!!!!

Before we go any further, these stamps are not replacing our rubber line.  We are testing the waters to bring you some fun new designs, and most of all QUALITY stamps!  To add to the fun, we also have the opportunity to bring you some RE-RELEASES, in addition to NEW releases and we are excited to get started with our first two sets!  

INTRODUCING..

Bantastic & Fairy Princess

I have used Fairy Princess and I have to say that these little darlings are just soooo adorable and perfect for all those little or big Princesses in your life!

I have kept my card nice and simple, which is not usually my style, but I have to say I really like how this came out! My Fairy Princess really stands out like this!

So, what do you think?  Are you CLEARLY stunned or could you see RIGHT THROUGH our snippet yesterday?   Anxious to try the new line?  Well, be sure to leave a comment on the TGF BLOG to see who ELSE is previewing the FUN today...you'll see some familiar faces in addition to our Farmers and there's a SET OR TWO UP FOR GRABS there, too!

See you tomorrow for the official release of our first two CLEAR stamp sets, Bantastic and Fairy Princess.  Thanks for stopping by!

Something New is coming to TGF!

"Something delightfully different is coming...to THE GREETING FARM!

Can you guess what it is?   I'm thrilled to be a part of an exciting preview to be revealed TOMORROW, August 14th!

Some of our dearest TGF alum is back along with the Farmers and we have a surprise for you coming... so be sure to tune into the TGF BLOG today and leave your guess as to what that might be!   Are we too transparent?  ANY idea as to what this special, mid-month release could be?  Well, stay tuned and I'll see you back here tomorrow to see if you're still stumped or if you've seen RIGHT THROUGH to what we're about to reveal!

Clearly excited,

Emma

One for the Boys!

I thought I had scheduled this post for Thursday night, but it seems I didn't.... I have had a really bad few days so I am sorry Jen that this is late, but here it is! Anyway some things are worth waiting for....lol!

I looked into my stash of cards the other day and realized that I didn't have any boys cards in my stash, so I decided to get my TGF Creepers out and make a boys card!

I have used this weeks Gorgeous Deconstructed Sketch, which of course is designed by the beautiful Jen. Here is this weeks sketch.

Copic Colors Used:

Hair & Thongs - C10, C8, C7, C5

Jeans - B99, B97, B95

Shirt - YG99, YG97, YG95

Make sure to check out the rest of my Fabulous Deconstructed Team mates.

Amber Hight

Angela Sowell

Anna Maria Nilsson

Arielle Gordon

Donna Wardle

Jen Shults

Jessica Diedrich

Kadie Ensley

Lori Boyd

Sheri Gilson

Something a Little Different!

I have something a little different for you today, I have been so inspired by all this Gorgeous Art Journalling that I have been seeing lately that I just had to have a go! Plus TGF is doing and Art Journalling like challenge and the first challenge is wings and things. So this is my entry for this weeks challenge.

The very first time I saw Art Journalling was on the very Talented Jen Shults Blog, WOW her stuff is Amazing!

I have to say that I had soooo much fun doing this and I am definitely going to be doing more and considering that it is my very first page I am really happy with how it turned out. But of course I had to use my absouletly favourite stamps, TGF and of course my Copics....they are always close by....hehe!

I have also enrolled in Christy Tomlinson's Art Journlling class and I am so excited to be learning from Christy, you just have to check out her blog to see her Gorgeous Work! And I apologize in advance if after seeing her blog you just HAVE to enrol in her class....hehe!

Copics Used:

Hair - E57, E55, E53, E51

Dress, Shoes & Socks - RV00, RV02, RV04

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R22, R20

Hope you like my Art Journalling and are inspired to maybe give it a go yourself! I definitely can't wait to play some more!

And don't forget for all your copic needs you can find them over at the Mad For Markers Store.

Happy Birthday to my Girls!

Yesterday was my Twins 5th Birthday! I can't believe that are now 5, time sure flies when your having fun! We did attempt to go to the Melbourne Zoo for the day, but as we headed off it started to rain, so we changed our minds and headed off to the Melbourne Aquarium. We had a Great time, one of my girls fell in love with the great BIG Grey Nurse Shark, she followed it around the Aquarium as it swum around!

Anyway so for Lily's card I have used this weeks Deconstructed Sketch. I have actually turned the sketch on it's side, so if your having trouble seeing the sketch in my card just image it turned around!

Copic Colors Used:

Hair - E08, YR07, YR04, YR02

Dress and Shoes - YG99, YG97, YG95, YG93, E50, E51, E53

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R22, R20

Ground - W5, W3, W1

Cloudy Background - W1, W00, B000, B0000, 0

I am going Away for a few days so will show you Charlotte's card when I get back!

Don't forget that if you are in Australia or New Zealand you can get all your copic needs as well as all the new The Greeting Farm stamps from Sammi over at Mad For Markers!

Purplicious!

So today is my friend Annette's birthday and ANYONE who knows Annette knows that her favourite color is PURPLE. So here is the card I made for her. I was going to go with all Purple, but I then decided that it needed something else so I added in a small bit of yellow, I am really happy with it! And so was Annette when I gave it to her this morning!

I have used this weeks Deconstructed Sketch, which was such a Pretty sketch this week! All the Girls have made some gorgeous cards this week, so make sure to go over and check them out!

Copic Colors Used:

Hair - E37, E35, E33, E31

Dress - V09, V06, V04, V01, V000

Shoes - Y17, Y15, Y13

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20

Eyes - E37, V04, V01

I have tried a different hair combination today, more of a golden brown! I really like it. I am about to start to put together a note book with all different copic color combinations that I have tried or am trying. Just to keep a record of different combinations that I like. So many times I try a new one, but then down the track forget what it was I used, so I am hoping this will expand my colors that I use, lets hope so anyway....hehe!

Don't forget that over on the Mad for Marker challenge blog we have a 'Red Hair' Challenge going on, and you know the saying, 'You've gotta be in it to win it!' So get over there and have a go!

5 Today!

How cool is WS Ryan. I love his hair, it is just so much fun to color. I thought I would show Ryan a little bit of love, as he was feeling a little left out seeing as his Princess Friends are getting plenty of Love over at the Farm due to the Fabulous TGF Royalty competition. Don't forget that you still have one more chance left to be a part of the final four. Our week 4 challenge is to create using the 4 c's, so Carriage, Carrat (Bling), Castle and Crown! 

So while you all show our Princesses some love, here is Mr WS Ryan!

Copic Colors Used:

Hair - E29, E27, E23, E21

Vest & Tshirt - C1, C3, YG07, YG04, YG02, W7

Jeans - BG78, BG75, BG72, BG70

Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20

A special friend of my girls is turning five just a couple of days after my girls, so this is the card we made for him.

Well I need to go and get my girls Dressed for the day and go and sort out what sounds like World War 3 going on in my lounge room....hehe! 

We have a busy weekend with my Daughter Ella going for her next Karate belt this afternoon, it is usually pretty full on and she always does sooo well! We also have my oldest Son Brody playing his 50th Footy Game tomorrow. So he has lots of family coming to watch him and we have spent last night making him a banner to run through, it has come up pretty well!

Hope everyone is having a great Weekend!

The Deconstructed Sketch meets Mad For Markers!

This week's Decontsructed sketch is meeting the Mad For Markers 'Brown Hair' Challenge!

So Brown hair challenge Meet Deconstructed Sketch...hehe!

I have to admit that I really struggled with this weeks Sketch! I did make a different card, but OMGosh I hated it and so you will not be seeing that card...hehe! I have been sick for the last week and it sure made an impact on my card making skills....hehe! So anyway I have done another card, which I am really happy with!

Copic Markers Used:

Hair - E29, E25, E23, E21

Hat - W7, R59, R29, R27, R24

Shirt - B99, B97, B95, C3, C1

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20

Background - B0000, B00, 0

Now over at Mad For Markers our Challenge is a Brown Hair Challenge, so obviously My Matey Oliver has Brown hair!

Now if you want the chance to win 2 Brown Copic Markers then make sure to get your entry, as this weeks Challenge winner will get to choose 2 brown Copic Markers! How exciting is that!

Now for all your Copic needs make sure to pop over to the Mad For Markers Store!

Week 3 of TGF Royalty Contest!

WEEK THREE:  DUTCHESS of DOODLING sketch by JESSICA:

YOur mission?  Create something Regal, Royal, or all of the above using the Sketch Jess provided...even if it's just a tiara, like Ballet Anya here, it all counts!

 Ok so I know I told you last week that my kids had been pretty sick, well lucky me they decided to share their germs and I have been in bed sick for the last 5 days. OMGosh I have never felt so crappy, no wonder the kids weren't happy! So anyway I am onto some antibiotics now and hopefully things will start to pick up! 

Hope you are all enjoying the TGF Royalty contest! I know I am, there are seriously so much fabulous entries in the Gallery!