Bubbles & Red Velvet!

I just LOVE Masterchef and in a couple of the latest episodes the have made these Red Velvet Cupcakes, so I decided to look them up and find a recipee and give them a go. While I was making these I was chatting away to the lovely Sammi and she demanded that I take pictures to show her the finished result...hehe! So Sammi, this is for you...hehe! Here is what they looked like and I have to say the were absolutely delicious, everyone loved them.

Ok so onto some Scrappin!

There seem to be lots of these Gorgeous Banners floating around on LO's lately and so I decided to give them a go on  this page of my youngest playing with his bubbles. I am really happy with how it turned out. I wanted to keep this LO simple to show off the photos of Oscar playing with the bubbles!

 I am having so much fun scrapping at the moment, you will definietly be seeing more from me! Especially after today I recieved my July Nook kit and OMGosh it is Gorgeous! Lots of October Afternoon 5 & Dime, and it is very NICE...hehe!

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!

Welcome to the First EVER Deconstructed Blog Hop!

It's a Deconstructed Sketch Vacation Blog Hop! Jen is on vacation this week so she thought it would be fun to mix things up a bit this week and have a blog hop. And you know what a blog hop means... that's right PRIZES!! For this blog hop there will be TWO prizes, one for one very lucky commenter and one for one very lucky randomly drawn participant in the sketch challenge.

So what do you need to do? Well, hop around to all the design team blogs and leave a comment. The list is below so you can hop in your own order. Very easy! Second, take a look at the sketch and make a project using the sketch as creative inspiration, post it online (blog or gallery) and link it back to the InLinkz on Jen's blog. Again, very easy!! On June 27th, 2011 Jen will announce the winner of the comment prize on her blog. The winner of the sketch participation prize will be announced on June 30th along with the next sketch.

So what are the prizes? Well Jen has kept that a secret so you will need to take a trip to her blog to find out what the prizes will be! But they are sure to be BIG!

I have been playing around with my shading lately trying to get my skin to have more depth, you know like where you can make out a nose and shadowing in the corner of the eyes. Well my first attempt was pretty bad so I kept going wih another image and this is what I ended up with. I am pretty happy with her face, but I still need to practise! But, Oh well practise makes Perfect right?

Make sure to pop past the rest of the DT blogs to see what Gorgeous ceations they have come up with using this Sketch!

Deconstructed Sketch Vacation Blog Hop List:

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

Thanks so much for hopping with us today! 

Another Scrap LO!

I created this LO for the Purple Pumpkin Sketch Challenge! I just love the embellishments you can get from them. I have used a Purple Pumpkin flower on this LO, I love how bright and funky it looks!

I have also used my April 'Nook' kit to create most of this LO with. I have to say that the colors and Papers from the April Kit are so not papers and colors I would normally pick, but I have to say that I have really enjoyed using this kit. Maybe I will get a chance to use my May kit before the July kit comes along...hehe!

Anyway here is the Sketch for the Purple Pumpkin Challenge

And here is my LO

I just realized that my lace bow is not sitting right in the photo as it was pretty windy when I took the photo of this LO this afternoon, oh well!

Ok I have played on the computer long enough, time to go and put my washing out and clean my bathroom....Aaarrrggghh! I hate Housework...hehe!

Somewhere Over the Rainbow!

We took these photos of a Rainbow that was over our house a month or so ago and I have been wanting to scrap them ever since. I just love how the Rainbow goes right over the top of our house, it's looks pretty cool!

Over at My Scrapbooking Nook, one of the girls came up with a great challenge which was to use a Song Title in your LO, so here is mine, whch I have also created using the April Nook kit. I am slowly going through this one, so hopefully I will get to the May kit before the July one comes...hehe!

I do have another LO I have finished earlier this week using the April Nook kit as well. I will try to photograh it and put it up in the next few days. I am finding photograhing Scrap LO's a little harder than cards. Does anyone have anything in particular that they do when they take photos of their LO's?

Ok so I need to go and make a start on some Pumpkin Soup that I have been promising Hubby I am going to make for the last week...hehe! Should make him happy when he gets back from taking Ella to her State Training Karate session!

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!