Friday Sketch Challenge #1 by Debra

Good afternoon everyone. What a wonderfully glorious day it was here in Melbourne - makes this all the better to announce. Yay...!!! The first ever challenge over at Friday Sketch Challenge. The very talented Debra has designed this sketch for us this fortnight. I love it.

I have used Sasha from the Creeper Crew set from TGF. She is just so darn chic with those cowboy boots. I actually coloured her up at Paperific in April but forgot I had her. So here she is.

Please join us in our first challenge. The prize is awesome. As well as an awesome prize pack I put together with the help of Sammi at Mad for Markers, we also have Make it Crafty putting up a $15 worth of Digital stamps as a prize. How awesome is that...!!! Remember this challenge will run for a fortnight so you have lots of time.

SS #163

Good morning darlings. How are we all....???? I am feeling kinda tired this week already. Can't wait for the school holidays to be over. Sick of the fighting, whinging and just plain silly screaming going on in the house. The only thing I am looking forward to is a dear old friend coming to visit us with her girls. Haven't seen her for a long time so am very much looking forward to a catch up.

Anyway I made this card using the Sketch Saturday sketch #163. I used the new stamp from TGF - Piper. Love that name. I picked her up from Mad for Markers but unfortunately she is currently sold out - wow - I know. Stay tuned. I am sure Sammi will have her back in stock soon.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, 11, 04

hat: W0, 3, 5, blender

Hair: E50, 51, 53, 55

Leggings: C5, 7, 9

Scarf: R14, 24, 29, W5

Skirt: B91, 95

Top: Y11, 21, 26, blender

Grass: G21, 24, 26

Red Hair Challenge

Good morning everyone. It is Monday and that means it is time for a new challenge over at Mad for Markers challenge. I am host for the new challenge. Did we all enjoy the Brown Hair challenge....??? Hope so as this fortnight we have another hair challenge.

Red Hair

There really are a lot of red hair combinations that you could use. I like to try and stick to the natural 'Strawberry blond' colours but I am sure if you are so inclined you could go for more red red colours. The possibilities are limitless. Try YR02, 04, 07 or E95, 97, 99. On this image I used E11, YR14, E08 but if you wanted to make it a bit darker I would have used E39 or E29. Have fun most of all.

Can't wait to see what you create.

Copics used:

Hair: E11, YR14, E08

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11

Jeans/shoes: C5, 7, 9

Top: C7, 9, 5, Gooo, 02, 05, 17

Armbands: Y02, 35, 28, C1, blender

Just coz........

Good morning. Gosh another week has passed us by and what a slow week it has been for us here. School holidays. My first ones basically as my eldest is in Prep this year. Ahhhh they really are driving me crazy LOL. Shopping by myself is in order tomorrow after I have my official weigh in at Zumba in Melbourne - will be nice to see how much I lost - and please cross your fingers for me. I want to win the challenge LOL.

Anyway on to this card. I coloured this image in at the Paperific Craft Show at the start of the month at the Mad for Markers stall. I fell in love with this cutie. Got myself the Creeper Crew for myself yay. Stay tuned for lots of Creeper creations. This one is Harlow. Ain't she the coolest chickie. LOL. Enjoy your Friday. Might get busy creating and might be back later.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, 00, 21, 11

Jacket/hat: R14, 24, 46, 59

Jeans: B91, 93, 95

Hair: E50, 51, 53, 55

Because of you

Morning everyone. Just thought I would show you a card I made for my Mad for Markers Thursday post. Over at Mad for Markers challenges this month the challenge is to use: BG, YR and RV (all of them) on the one creation. After last weeks post I was stuck as to what colours to use as I didn't want to use the same ones but came up with these.

I got my inspiration from Chrissy at Paper, Ink, Color! I am in awe of her colouring ability and watch her tutorials all the time. So much detail in one little image.

Copics used:

Skin: E0000, 000, 00, 11

Hat button/shirt: RV11, 13, 14, 95, 99

Top/hat trim: BG10, 11, 01, 02, 000, 05, 07

Hair: E49, 47, 44, 43

Jeans/hat brim: Y15, 17, 38, YR14

Other: W9, 7, 5, 3, 1, blender.

Airbrush System with Spica Pens

Over this past weekend Mad for Markers were at the Paperific Craft Show at the Royal Melbourne Show Grounds. We all had an absolute ball and I met so many gorgeous crafting friends - Hello to you all.

At the show we had Mandy from Copic Australia (Express Graphics) come over and show us how to use the Copic Airbrush System with the Atyou Spica pens. It takes a lot of getting used to as you can't sit the pen in the 'barrel' (so to speak) but it is effective. Unfortunately these photos don't do it justice. It is so much more sparky in real life. I used the TGF Syren stamp that I purchased from Mad for Markers (Sammi) at the show. I love colouring her hair. So cute.

I did a side view just to show you the sparkle on the card airbrushed but still

doesn't look quite as nice as IRL.

I airbrushed the swirls with Purple Spica pen.

Copics used:

Skin: E0000, 000, 00, 21

Hair: YG21, 23, 63, 67, blender

Tail: BV000, 02, 04, 08, Purple Spica

Airbrushed with a Green spica pen

Rhinestones: YG23.

Box with the lot

Good morning Copic lovers.

Hope we are all enjoying the wonderful challenges we have

had for you all here at Mad for Markers. We have all certainly loved

showing you all the things that you can make other than cards.

Today I would like to show you a box I altered and put a gorgeous

TGF stamp on coloured with Copics (of course).

This box started out as a pepper grinder box. I just covered in DP

and attached a coloured image to it. Simple - right...!!!!

Copics used:

Hair: RV19, RV17, RV14

Skin: E000, E00, E21

Dress: C10, C9, C7, C5, BG10, BG11, BG23, BG13

Boots: C10, C7, C5.

That's all for today. Hope you got some inspiration from my creation.