Trying to make it simple

 I have been wanting to get back in to the card making again and have somewhat but have been finding it hard to sit down and dedicate a lot of time to each of the cards. In the meantime I have been colouring lots of Christmas images - as I don't want to get caught with no Christmas cards at the end of the year like I did last year. Don't get me wrong I loved making the cards I made for a friends sister but in doing so I did not have any time to make my own. 

So I am starting early on Christmas cards and just cards in general for throughout the year. Even though I have a few too many cards made up already cardmaking is a passion. It is something you do as you enjoy it not just because you have an occasion that comes up. 

The below card was made with my new thinking in mind - that new thinking is simplicity. I am trying to make all my cards a lot more simple. 

This image is Winona from my stamp shop - Spesch Designer stamps. She can be found HERE, along with all the other gorgeous chibi stamps in this line by Max. Click on Max's name and it will take you to the page on my website that has all of his stamps. 

I printed the image on to a A5 size piece of Copic Blending card which you can pick up here at Mad for Markers (along with all your marker needs). Sammi is currently having a wonderful trip overseas right now so be patient she will be back in business soon. 

After printing her on to one side of the paper I coloured her like normal but instead of cutting out the whole image to stick, she has just been backed with some purple card. I am quite happy with the way this turned out. The sentiment is something I found free online. I don't recall where I got it from. If you do a search you should be able to pick up a few images in PNG that you can put on your card if you don't have any sentiment stamps. 

Copics used:

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 04

Hair: E53, 35, 44

Skirt and ribbons/grass: YG21, 03, 13, 67

Vest: V01, 05, 06, 09

Stocking/shoes: C05, 07, 09

Eyes: BG23, 18

Background: BG0000, W01

Preview Day 1 - Dark Fairy

Good morning my sweets. It is always a long time between posts for me lately but I have other projects that I deem more important than my paper crafting at the moment so I apologize.

Today at Spesch Stamps we have a preview of the new stamps by Max. This stamp is 'Dark Fairy'. I love her. She is not sweet I can tell you that. She is fabulous though and great to colour. Pop in to the Spesch blog to see the previews by the DT. They once again have done a wonderful job. This card was made with a fabulous sketch by The Sweet Stop. I didn't get creative today. I just did the exact sketch. I wanted to show off our lovely girl. Enjoy your day. Will see you tomorrow for more previews for Spesch.

Spesch Release Day

Good morning peeps. Sorry for the lateness of my post - I had school testing for my son who just started prep and it took forever. No matter.

Today we have a new release for Spesch Stamps. We have some super cute stamps for you from Jessica once again. Today I am showing you Butterfly Girl and Cosmic Girl.

I made a star eisle card for this image. If you would like to see a tutorial and get a free template I will do one if I have enough interest. Please comment on this post and I will do one.

Friday Sketch Challenge #7 by Genevieve

Good morning. I am so late with this post. So sorry. This fortnight at Friday Sketch Challenge we have a wonderful sketch from the very talented Genevieve. I love this sketch. At it the bomb....!!!! Anyway. I used one of the new images from Spesch that came out on the 8th. If you go to the store you can purchase them now. Enjoy. Make sure you pop by the FSC blog and see the creations by the talented DT.

Alice in Zombieland

Good afternoon everyone. How are we all....??? I am too excited. Over at Spesch Stamps we have a out of the ordinary release for you. I got the very talented Max to design an Alice in Zombieland range and boy am I chuffed with them. They are wonderful to colour and so gruesome. If you are a zombie fan like myself you will love them. Make sure you call in to the Spesch blog to see the previews.

So I made three cards with three different sketches.

First up is the sketch from Sketch Saturday using Zombie Alice.

I covered the rabbits head with the text for a reason.

Look what is in Alice's hand.

Next up is the sketch from Stampin' for the Weekend using the Zombie Queen.

Last but not least is the sketch from The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge.

Spesch Stamps Christmas release

Spesch release day is today.

We have some super cute images from Jessica.

Pop in to the Spesch Blog for more inspiration.

Stamps will be available soon.

Spesch Halloween Release day

Hello my sweethearts. Hope we are all well. Today is release day over at Spesch Designer Stamps. We have some gorgeous Halloween stamps available for you - designed by Jessica. Gotta love the va va voom on most of the stamps. Check out the DT's creations here.

Penguin Lolita - Release Day

It is release day at Spesch Stamps. Woo hoo....!!!

All stamps that we have previewed over the last couple

of days will be available in store later today.

Spesch Preview Day 2 - Lamb Lolita

Welcome to preview day 2 of the Spesch Designer stamps release of the Lolita stamps by Star. How cute is this one...!!!! I can't stop thinking 'Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb'. LOL. Stop by the Spesch Blog and check out the DT girls amazingly cute creations.

I used the below sketch from The Sweet Stop for my card.

Spesch Preview day & FATHERS DAY

Today is the first preview of the Spesch Designer Stamps

release by Star. Yep that's right

the talented Star has designed the cutest

little Lolita's with pets stamps for us.

Pop in to the Spesch Blog to see the previews by

the talented DT.

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Today is Fathers Day here in Australia.

Here is a photo of Mick and the kidlets this morning.

The creations by the kids.

Digital stamps are curtesy of Dustin Pike.

Colouring chibi/anime eyes

I have had many enquiries on how to colour the eyes on most of our stamps at Spesch so I thought I had better do a tutorial on it. More like a show and tell as there isn't much to it really. Below are three photos showing my progress with the eyes.

Colour the whole eye with a light colour. I used B21

Grab a darker colour and put it in the middle. I used B02

Lastly I grabbed my 0.5 liner and coloured her iris.

Here is the whole image coloured.

If you want to get tricky you could go darker in the middle and blend with the lighter colour but I like the colour to be close so I don't blend (most of the time).

Spesch Release Day - Fairytale & Max stamps

Good morning everyone. Once again we are here with a new release from Spesch Designer Stamps. We have three gorg stamps from Christina and four Max/Goth stamps from Max. Everyone loves them hey....????!!!! I must say that I adore the new stamps especially today's stamp which is 'Goth Girl with Cat'.

I made this card for two challenges. The first is the sketch from Sketch Saturday and the second is Addicted-to -Stamps challenge which is 'Anything Goes'. Enjoy your Monday. Make sure you pop by the Spesch Blog to see the DT's amazing creations for this release.

Preview Day 3 - Snow White and DS

Unfortunately I had one of those days yesterday where the last thing on my mind was making cards. So I have left it up to the girls today. Here is DS by Max. If you want to see the fabulous samples for today's preview go to the Spesch Blog. Have a good one.

Preview Day 2 - Goth boy & Cinderella

Good morning. Wow it is the weekend. The weeks seem to go so quickly and I reckon the older I get the quicker it goes. Before I know it - BAM - it will be the start of another week. Phew. Better make it worth it huh....!!! LOL.

Today I have another preview for you for Spesch Stamps.

We have 'Goth Boy with ring' by Max and 'Cinderella' by Christina. I must admit that I do love both of them very much but the Goth Boy is a favourite. Talk about Emo. LOL. Cinderella is too cute to boot and is perfect on any type of card (I reckon).

This card was made for the Deconstructed Sketch

challenge #13.

This card was made for the Digital Tuesday Challenge

#122 which is to use 'Doilies'.

If there is any tebby/bear makers out there I need your help. I am after Chenille fabric and am finding it terribly hard to find it. If you know where to get some please let me know. TIA.