Support Our Soldiers.

This will remain as top post for a while. To see recent posts, please scroll down. I am collecting cards for the UK Soldiers in Afghanistan. If you have any cards lying around that you may not use or that may be suitable, and would like to donate them, please email me at michelle.bayliss@gmail.com and I will send you my address Many thanks Shell

Copic Colour challenge + Cupcake Challenge

First an apology for not blogging too much. I have been so bogged down with doing the cards for troops that it overtook me. unfortunately now though, I am sick of the sight of Christmas cards….lol.

So we are round to Wednesday again and the last week of October!!!!!! Wednesday can only mean one thing. Time to grab your copics and have a go with the Copic colour challenge. The colours this week are:

And here is my card, I used the sketch from the Cupcake challenge also for this one.

Recipe: Images: In Style Stamps Chrismas Tree Chick

Papers: Papermania Home For christmas Tools: Woodware Snow flake punch

Ribbon from stash

Pink Gem

Good morning all. Not sure where the week has gone to again!!!!!  Half term already next week ARRGGHHH.

Todays card is for a newly found blog, PINK GEM. Don’t know how I only just found it as I love Pink Gem stamps. There is a fabulous prize up for grabs so hop over and have a look.

This is the card closed Card Open

and of course this card will be joining the pile and making the total up to 79 to send to the troops in Afghanistan.

Forever Friends

Over on the Forever Friends blog today, the challenge is simply ‘CHRISTMAS’. Great for me as it means another card to go in the pile for the troops out at Afghanistan.

Closed card

open card

Mojo Monday

Blimey, Sunday already. I nearly missed the cut off for the Mojo Monday challenge. It has been sat on the desk done since wednesday but I have been so busy doing cards to send the troops in Afghanistan it nearly got missed out.

Here is my take on the sketch, and of course this is being added to the pile that is off to the troops.

 

Copic Colour Challenge

Good morning all. Well, Wednesday is upon us again. Half way through another week.

Copic colour challenge colours this week are:

And if you manage to join in this week you have the change of winning 'Henry Ice Skating' which is the prize on offer this week, kindly supplied by Whiff Of Joy.

Here is what i came up with

Image is one I received in a swap

Papers are Papermania

Flowers Prima

Gems Paper Cellar

Sentiment HOTP Rub-ons

All colours used: E33, E35, E37, E50, E51, E53, B02, BG05, G07, YG17, R27, R46

I don’t have G02 so substituted with G07.

Mojo Monday

ARGH!!! I thought I had posted this and now the new Mojo Monday challenge is due up today. So, this is a quick post for Mojo Monday week 106

Image: Great impressions

Sentiment: Cuddly bubbly

Cuttlebug folder: Snowflakes

Ribbon from stash

Friday Sketchers

Good morning all. Very windy and chilly here this morning, great for the washing, not so good for me…bbrrr.

Today’s completed challenge is from the Friday sketchers. Their sketch is supplied from Tanja this week, and it is fantastic. I love it.

Images: Sugar Nellie. 2 different images masked and put together and coloured in copic.

Papers and die-cuts: My Minds Eye

Close up of the coloured image

This is to try and show you how I have layered the pieces and not just stuck them all on flat. Also to try and show that I added glitter to the snowflakes on the accent paper.

Thanks for looking

Whiff Of Joy

Good morning all, chilly and overcast here today. HAPPY OCTOBER ALL. At least i can think, well it’s October, it’s bound to be getting chilly. It has occurred to me also how the nights are drawing in already.

Onto something brighter though….this weeks Whiff of Joy challenge.

 

Image and sentiment: WHIFF OF JOY (FALL KIT) and coloured in COPIC

Papers: HOT OFF THE PRESS

Flowers and leaves: PRIMA

Ribbon from stash

Close up of Bling, not bad from a non bling girl but I seem to be converted

 

 

 

Close up of coloured image (and some bling)

Copic Colour challenge

Hello Bloggers. Welcome to the last day of September!!!!! Only 86 days til Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AARGGHHH. To take your mind of all thise Christmas presents you have to get, why not pop over to the Copic Colour challenge and have a go at this weeks colours and have a look at the amazing DT work over there.

Here are the colours and what I came up with.

 

Image WHIFF OF JOY

Papers PAPERMANIA

Gems from Stash