Copic Card Challenge!

Hello Everyone!!!  There are only THREE WEEKS to the Papercraft Expo in Brisbane, can you believe it???  How many of you are coming??  If you are coming, make sure you pop by the Copic/X-press It Stand (No.31) and say hello!!!  :)

Now, of course that means that there are only TWO MORE WEEKS to enter the Australia Copic Card Challenge which is open to all Australian and New Zealand Residents!  What do you have to do???

Create a card in A6 size (when folded) coloured using your favourite Copic colours to take us ‘somewhere over the rainbow.’ All cards will be on display at the Brisbane Papercraft Expo.

The best entry will win a set of 36 Copic Ciao, a pack of X-Press It Blending Card, 2 La La Land Crafts Stamps, a Flourishes Stamp Set, a roll of 6mm X-Press It Double Sided Tape and an acrylic block. (Valued approximately $300)

Two runners up will receive a set of 6 Copic Sketch markers, a pack of X-Press it Blending Card  and an acrylic block (valued approximately $65)

EXTRA CHANCE TO WIN!

Use any La La Land Crafts Stamp and you could win a bonus prize of 3 La La Land Crafts Stamps (Valued approximately $40)

Use any Flourishes Stamp and you could win 2 sets of Flourishes Stamps (Valued approximately $40)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE ENTRY FORM!

BONUS - if you are one of the first five to send in a card and mention THIS BLOG (Inspired to Stamp), you will receive a FREE SPICA just for entering!!!  :)

What does 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' mean??  The theme is pretty much anything goes - be colourful, be creative, just have fun and remember to send in your cards!

Cards have to be in by June 1st - we can't wait to see what you create!!!!

Happy Colouring!!
Kathy  :)

A Colourful Catch

Hello Everyone!!!  Yes, it's the dreaded MAN CARD!!!  I know many of you will be preparing for Father's Day (here in Australia, that event doesn't occur until September), so today's tutorial on the Flourishes Blog shows how I coloured this hat and reel image from the What a Catch stamp set.

There has been some shuffling, but you can now find my Copic tutorials on the Flourishes Blog every Second Monday as part of their Create with Me Monday posts, I'd love it if you stopped by!!  :)

The card itself is made of a base of Pear Bazzill, layered with Kraft, Chocolate Chip and some Kaisercraft Up, Up and Away DP.  Over this is a piece of striped grosgrain ribbon.  The image has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Copics.  This has been cut out with Small Oval Nestabilities and matted with Chocolate cut with Large Oval Nestabilities and then matted again with more Up, Up and Away DP cut with Labels 17 Nestabilities.  The sentiment, also from What a Catch has been stamped in black in each corner of the Label.  To finish I've added a few Kasiercraft Pewter Pearls to the top corner.

In case you missed it - my Crafty Aussie friends, you can now buy or order your Flourishes stamps through any store that stocks Copic in your local area!!  YAY!!!  EVEN better - if you are coming to the Papercraft Expo in Brisbane over the Queens Birthday long week-end in June, you can MEET the Number 1 Flourish herself, the divine Jan Marie Caruso who will be doing Make and Takes on the Copic/X-press It Booth (Stand 31)!!!!  Make sure you stop by and say Hello, she's looking forward to meeting you all!!!


Stamps - What a Catch (Flourishes)
Paper - Blending Card, Pear Bazzill, Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Kasiercraft Up, Up and Away DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Large Oval, Small Oval and Labels 17 Nestabilities, Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Kaisercraft Pewter Pearls.

That's all from me today, thanks for visiting!!!

For the Love of......Spellbinders Compatible Sets

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop.  If you've come from the ODBD Blog, then you are in the right place!  This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop for the For the Love of ODBD Spellbinder's Compatible sets! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, go to the ODBD Blog for the full link list.  One of the post is a hop hot spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15 ODBD store gift certificate.  So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love!  You have until Wednesday, May, 23rd at 6pm.  The winner will be announced May 24th!  Enjoy all the awesome inspiration using For the Love of ODBD Spellbinder's Compatible sets!

For today's card, I've chosen Bird and Butterfly Labels which matches the Spellbinders Labels 18 Nestabilites to showcase as part of the ODBD Spellbinders Compatible Sets.

I've used a base of yellow bazzill and layered with white, aqua and some MME Howdy Doody DP.  Across this is a piece of white punched with the Woodland Branch Punch and topped with more MME DP.  Around this I've also added a piece of white satin ribbon.  The label has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black, die cut with Labels 18 Nestabilities, airbrushed (still in the die) with Copics (Y35, R02, BG72) and coloured the butterflies with Sand Spica.  I've tidied up and airbrushing outside the lines with my Colorless Blender and stamped the sentiment from the Sentiment Collection.  It's been popped up on a layer of yellow cut with Labels 23 Nestabilites.  Between these two layers is a ZVA pearl flourish and finished with a bow.

Stamps - Bird and Butterfly Labels, Sentiment Collection (ODBD)
Paper - White, Yellow, Aqua and MME Howdy Doody DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Sand Spica Pen, Labels 18 and Labels 23 Nestabilities, MS Woodland Branch Punch, White Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, ZVA Pearl Flourish, Foam Tape.

The next blog for you to visit is the amazingly talented SILKE!!!

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the hop!!!  :)

The Beauty of a Garden

Hello Everyone!  As Spring begins to sprout in many parts of the world - let's honour Mother Nature by showing off the beauty of what we find in the garden. Pick your favorite flower and make it the centerpiece of your card or creation! Link up your Bringing Back Beautiful Challenge creations on the Flourishes Blog to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB22. You have until May 31 to enter! As we unveil our challenge for next month, we’ll share our True Beauties – those card makers who wowed us with this challenge! Winners will be featured on the Flourishes Blog and will receive a True Beauty blog button to display proudly on their blog!

Our favourite Beauty from this challenge will also be asked to play along with the team for the next challenge, so play along and let's see all those beautiful Garden creations!!

I've made my card on a base of aqua bazzill and layered with yellow, a piece of Very Vanilla and some Prima Sun Kiss DP.  Down one side is another piece of Sun Kiss matted with more aqua and wrapped with yellow grosgrain ribbon.  The sentiment, my New Zealand friends will notice, is a Maori Proverb from Sunflowers and has been stamped directly on the checked Sun Kiss paper, cut with Large Oval Nestabilities and framed with Vanilla cut with Floral Oval Nestabilities.  The large Sunflower image also from Sunflowers stamp set, has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Copics (Y21, Y35, Y38, R35, R37, G20, G21, G24, G28, YR24, E33), cut out and popped up on foam tape.  I've finished by adding a bow and a few Yellow Pearls.

Stamps - Sunflowers (Flourishes)
Paper - Blending Card, Aqua Bazzill, Yellow Bazzill, Very Vanilla,  Prima Sun Kiss DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Floral Oval Nestabilities, Large Oval Nestabilities, Yellow Grosgrain Ribbon, Bow Easy, Yellow Pearls, Scissors, High Tack Foam Tape.

Don't miss all the beautiful garden creations the team have for you this month!

• Betty Wright
• Claudia Rosa
• Iwona Palamountain
• Kathy Jones - you are here!