TGF Hoppin in the Holidays!

TGF are Hoppin into the Holidays and there was no way that I was goint to miss out! I have used Creeper Tuesday with Cheeky Santa's hat! I think she looks very christmassy in her Santa hat and Red dress, what do you think?

Make sure to do the rounds on the hop as there are plenty of prizes are for grabs as well as the release party on TGF's PCP Page, so make sure to head over and say hello!

Merry Christmas to all you TGF lovers!!!!

I am entering this card into Club Anya's Saturday Sketches!

CHAPTER 41: Off With Their Heads!

`Let's go on with the game,' the Queen said to Alice; and Alice was too much frightened to say a word, but slowly followed her back to the croquet-ground.

The other guests had taken advantage of the Queen's absence, and were resting in the shade: however, the moment they saw her, they hurried back to the game, the Queen merely remarking that a moment's delay would cost them their lives.

All the time they were playing the Queen never left off quarrelling with the other players, and shouting `Off with his head!' or `Off with her head!' Those whom she sentenced were taken into custody by the soldiers, who of course had to leave off being arches to do this, so that by the end of half an hour or so there were no arches left, and all the players, except the King, the Queen, and Alice, were in custody and under sentence of execution.

So Welcome back to the land of wonder and where the saying, 'Off with her head' is a regular statement! Well here in wonderland this week, that is exactly what we want you to do. This week we want you to take your stamps and yep you guessed it,'Off with their heads'. So we are asking you to alter your stamps and mix it up a little by giving them a new head or body. Ohhh this is going to be sooo much fun seeing what you come up with!!!

Up for grabs this week is a Scor Buddy from the lovely people at http://www.scrappingreatdeals.com. So off with their heads for your chance to win this awesome prize. You have until the 3rd of Dec to play along with us.

Make sure to pop past the Oh Alice blog to see the rest of the DT's Gorgeous Creations!

So onto my card, I have used the very Gorgeous Cheeky Santa head with Sweet and Toxic's Creeper Girl body! I really liked how they turned out, it kind of looks like she is singing carols...hehe!

So I am entering this card into a couple of Challenges:

7 kids Chalenge - Untraditional Christmas Colors

Club Anya - Kristy's Altering Embellishments - I have colored my pearls red to match my card.

A Very NON Tradional Christmas!

I won this Gorgeous Birthday Kellita a little while ago over on the Tickled Pink Blog, isn't she just adorable, you can get yours from the Tickled Pink Store here! I know that she is called Birthday Kellita, but I could just see her as a Christmas Kellita as well!

Don't forget that our current Mad For Markers Challenge is to Use Non Tradional Christmas Colors! Now this card certainly does that. I couldn't go past Pink, so I think there will be a few Pink Christmas cards given out by me this year...hehe!

Copic Colors Used:

Hair - E79, E37, E35, E31

Jeans - BG78, BG75, BG72

Shirt - R20, R01, R000

Eyes - E37, E35, E31

Headband & Belt - R81, R83, R85

Present - E44, E43, E41, R83, R81

 Background - R01, R000, 0

I made the centre of my flower and I have to say that I am very happy with how it came out!

My card uses Copics and Xpress It Blending card, which are all available from the Mad For Marker Store!

Some exciting Mad For Markers News is that we are now offering online classes! How exciting is that! So for all those people who can't get to a copic class you can now take lessons in your own home! Head over to the store you book yourself in!

Ella's 2nd time using Copics!

Today is my son's 11th birthday, Happy Birthday Brody!

So yesterday his sister Ella, who is 9,  decided she wanted to make him a card, which is a big thing, as most of the time these two are trying to kill each other, so the fact that she wants to do something for him is very nice! She asked me if she could use my copics and so I sat with her and told her what colors to put where in order to get the depth and shadow into her coloring. 

This is the card she came up with. Now I have to say that she has colored this all on her own with a bit of direction from me and I have to say that she has done a Fabulous job! Considering this is only the 2nd time I have let her use my copics, I can be a tad protective of them!

We may have another Copic lover in the family!

Chapter 40: Hooka Are You?

"Who are YOU?" said the Caterpillar.
This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, "I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then."
~Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,Chapter 5

Welcome to the mad world of Wonderland! Once again we are here to inspire you to create great things! The Caterpillar (Absalom) was the wisest creature in Wonderland. At least he thought so, and so did most of the others.

He is a fascinating character because of his wisdom, and his lack of understanding metamorphosis. Kind of a weird oxymoron, don't you think? Our challenge this week is to use either a caterpillar or a butterfly in your project. If you'd like to go one step farther, use a definition or dictionary paper in your design (any subject is fine).

If you are fortunate, you may find yourself wisely winning your choice of three 4x6 reprints from our sponsor, Maigan Lynn Beaudoin Shaw. Make sure to pop past the Oh Alice Blog to see what the Dt have done with one of Maigan's images, just Gorgeous!

I have had this stamp for a little while now and have been waiting for someone to have a baby so that I could ink it up, well my neighbours have just become grandparents for the first time and I have made this card to give to them. 

Remember, you have all week to play this challenge! Link your project to the Oh Alice! Challenge blog by midnight, Friday, November 26th to be entered in the drawing. Happy creating!!

Sparkly TGF Birthday!

This is my 2nd post for today, to see my Mad For Markers Post please click here!

It's Farm Fresh Friday and this week for FFF we want you to create a Sparkly Birthday Card. The more sparkle the better!!

Today I have used Beanie Anya, she is just sooo cute! I have also used a free digi sentiment by the wonderful Bec from Bizzy Bec's. I kept looking at this card thinking that it needed more, but everything I tried was too much, so I came to the conclusion that the flower was big enough and that I really didn't need anything else.

Up for grabs this week is 'Sweet Anya'. So pull out all your sparkle and get creating! Make sure to pop past the TGF Blog to see the rest of the DT's Sparkly creations!

Mad For Markers Snowmen!

Over at the Mad For Marker Challenge Blog, we have a new challenge going which is to Make a Christmas Card using Non Tradional Colors. so for my card I have used these gorgeous TGF Snowmen. I have had them for a while, but haven't inked them up. I seem to have a few of these lately, which haven't seen the love of ink yet....hehe! Sometimes I think I shop more than I stamp...hehe!

Copic Colors Used:

R20, R01, R000, BG75, BG72, BG10, BG000, W1, W00

So make sure to get creating and enter our current challenge, there are already lots of gorgeous cards been entered!

My card was colored on Xpress It Blending card and colored using copics, all of which can be purchased from the lovely Sammi over at Mad For Markers!