Think Pink!

Hello Everyone!!  October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the team at Copic Oz are having a challenge to use your Copics to create a PINK PROJECT!  For EVERY entry, $5 will be donated to the McGrath Foundation to support women with Breast Cancer!  Come play with us and help support this very worthy cause!!!  You can find all the details HERE!!!

I've made my card with a base of pink bazzill and layered with white (cut with Romantic Rectangle Nestabilities).  Next is a piece of Kaisercraft Tigerlily DP.  Around this I've added a piece of white edged ribbon and I've coloured the edges with RV52 Copic Marker to make them pink!  The next panel is more white cut with Lacey Oval Nestabilities and layered with more Tigerlily paper cut with Large Oval Nestabilities.  My feature is a t-shirt with the Breast Cancer ribbon in the middle, both are stamps from Flourishes Think Pink stamp set.  The shirt is coloured with G40, G43, G46 and the ribbon with RV00, RV52, RV55.  I've cut the shirt out with scissors and popped it up on some X-press It High Tack Foam Tape.  The sentiment has been stamped on white and cut out with Fancy Framed Tags Shapeabilities and matted with pink cut with the matching die.  To finish I've coloured some clear rhinestones with RV66 Copic and also made them pink!!!

Stamps - Think Pink (Flourishes)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Pink Bazzill (2 shades), White, Kaisercraft Tigerlily DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Romantic Rectangle, Lacey Oval and Large Oval Nestabilities and Fancy Framed Tags Shapeabilities, White Ribbon, Clear Rhinestones, X-press It High Tack Foam Tape.

I truly hope that you'll consider playing the Copic Oz Challenge this month, you will raise $5 for Breast Cancer and have the opportunity to win the Flourishes Think Pink Stamp Set, an Acrylic Block and some X-press It Blending Card!!  The challenge is open from October 3rd through to October 29th (Australian Time).

Thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp!!!  :)

Introducing Botanical Butterflies!

Hello Everyone!!  Before we start the November Release, JustRite would like to say thank you to all of our loyal blog and facebook fans!!  JustRite appreciates each and everyone who visits and reads our blog posts.  As their way of saying thank you the blog team has an exclusive coupon code for our blog readers and facebook fans. Simply use this code JRBLOGTEAM (use all CAPS) during check out to receive 20% off your entire order  including sale items.  Coupon Code expires October 31st and can not be combined with any other Coupon Code offers. 

I know I've been quiet lately, but that's just because there is so much going on behind the scenes - including today's card which is to showcase the brand new CLEAR set by JustRite Stampers called Botanical Butterflies!!!  Now seriously, who doesn't love butterflies???  (Looking at you Danni!!)  Of course this is PERFECT for this week's Flutterby By Wednesday Challenge, not to mention perfect for this week's CopicOz Challenge for Springtime!  I sighed with joy when I saw this beautiful set because I loooooooove butterflies and these are divine!!!

I've created my card using a base of pink bazzill, old olive and white, topped with three panels of Papermania Rose Garden DP.  Across the bottom panel I've added a strip of pink punched with Deco Fan punch and topped with ivory satin ribbon, bow and the large single butterfly from Botanical Butterflies.  The butterfly has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics (RV000, RV32, RV34, E53).  My feature panel is pink bazzill cut with Labels 22.  I've used old olive cut with Lacey Circles and the floral panel also from Botanical Butterflies which has been coloured with Copics (RV000, RV32, RV32, G20, G21, G24, E50, E51) and popped it all up on foam tape.  I've finished with three pink pearls.

You don't want to miss the other beautiful creations made by the team today!!

JustRite InspirationBecca Feeken
Debbie Olson
Sharon Harnist
Kellie Fortin
Michele Kovack
Heidi Blankenship
Kathy Jones
Angela Barkhouse

That's all for today, thanks for visiting and enjoy the hop!!!  :)

CopicOz Challenge

Hi Everyone!!  This month on CopicOz, Mandi has challenged us to use Complimentary Colours!  I've used Red and Green to colour the apples on my card that I've also used for the Tutorial on pebbles this week!  To read more about complimentary colours and to link to the challenge - CLICK HERE!  Want to see the Pebbles Tutorial - CLICK HERE!  :)  There is a prize for EVERY ENTRY this month!!!!  Every person who enters will receive a SPICA PEN and the winner will receive Marianne Walker's Shadows and Shading Book.  On top of that --- WE WILL DONATE $5 PER ENTRY TO THE CANCER COUNCIL!!!  Everyone has been affected by cancer in some way, if not you personally, a parent, a sibling, cousin, uncle, aunt, friend......this is such a small way that you can help find a cure!

Copic Colours - R32, R35, R37, R59, G21, G24, G28, E31, E33, E35, C1, C3, C5, YG95, YR24, 0.

Stamps - Autumn Blessings (JustRite)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, White, Dark Green Bazzill, October Afternoon Modern Homemaker DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Large Circle and Eyelet Circle Nestabilities, MS Lattice Arch Punch, White Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Silver Rhinestones, Foam Tape.

Thanks for visiting, hope you will play along with us and win yourself a Spica Pen and we will donate $5 per entry to the Cancer Council, what better reason to get Copic Colouring!!!

Happy Birthday Fella!

Hello Everyone!  Today my Grandfather turns 93yrs old and this is the card I made for him!  To cut a long story short, due to a speech error during my childhood, I've always called him 'Fella'.  Fella has ALWAYS loved cricket, as a young man he played and still loves to watch it on TV.  So, when I saw this stamp by Papermania, I knew it would be perfect for his card this year.  :) 

The base is made of green bazzill and layered with white and then a piece of dark green Basic Grey Marjolaine DP.  Next I added two panels of more Marjolaine (which of course when I added all the stuff over the top you can't really see that there are two panels, never mind!!).  I stamped the Cricket Player from Papermania's Nostalgia Pastimes in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics (E000, E00, E01, E02, E11, E40, E41, G82, G85, C1) and cut it out with Labels 18 Nestabilities.  Next I stamped the sentiment from JustRite Stampers' Just Because set onto white and cut it out with the Happy Everything Mini Tag Kit die.  I adhered this to a piece of DP that has been cut with Ribbon Tags Trio Three and matted it with green bazzill cut with another of the Ribbon Tags Trio Three dies.  I've popped this up over a piece of white grosgrain ribbon.  (This card would also be perfect for this month's CopicOz challenge to make a sporty card using your Copic Markers!)

Stamps - Nostalgia Pastimes (Papermania), Just Because (JustRite Stampers)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Green Bazzill, White, Basic Grey Marjolaine DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Label 18 Nestabilities, Ribbon Tags Trio Three Spellbinders, White Grosgrain Ribbon, Foam Tape.

That's all for now, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

Let's Play Footy!

Hello Everyone!!!  Today is the last Wednesday of the month and that means it is Challenge time over at the CopicOz Blog!!  I'm the Hostess this month, so I hope you'll check it out and play along with me!!  :)


Today I've used Footy Luka from La La Land Crafts.  This little dude comes with a plain jersey, but since I love my boys in Red and Black, I've drawn in a sash with a .3mm multiliner to create an Essendon Bombers football uniform!  :)  Personally I think he turned out a little like Hirdy which is perfectly fine with me!!  LOL!!  However, I can see that I will be drawing in vertical stripes and colouring them black and white (Collingwood for the FIL) or yellow and brown (Hawthorn for my Dad) - don't you just love the versatility! Imagine colouring him in your fav team colours!  :)

I created my base with Black card, red bazzill, white card and some Kaisercraft DP.  The vertical panel is more black (punched with MS Zig Zag punch) and topped with (of all things) Kaisercraft Christmas DP!!  LOL!  I've used Large Oval Nestabilities to cut some red and Small Oval Nestabilities to cut a piece of white.  Did them both at the same time with the Grand Calibur......gotta LOVE that!!  :) The white oval was then embossed with Stars EF.

Footy Luka was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics (E000, E00, E01, E11, E13, E50, E51, E53, YR31, C3, C5, C7, R22, R24, R29, R59.)  I've cut him out and popped him up on X-press It Foam Tape.  To finish I added a couple of silver brads to the top corner.

Stamps - Footy Luka (La La Land Crafts)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Black, White, Red Bazzill, Kaisercraft After Five DP and Christmas Carnival DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Large and Small Oval Nestabilities, Stars EF, MS Zig Zag Punch, Silver Brads, Scissors, Foam Tape.

That's all from me today, thanks for visiting and hope you play along with me at CopicOz!!  :)

Mmmmmm.....Cake.....

Hello Everyone!  It's been a big week for me, for the first time since my kids were born I have a job!  Yep, back into the workforce 3 days a week.  I feel very fortunate that I've found something with great hours, close to home, working on the days my youngest is in kindy.  Even better, it's a creative type of field.....working at a cake decorating supplies wholesaler/retailer.  :)  I can't believe all the things there are for cake decorating, but then I think, well I suppose that's what a cake decorator would think of a papercraft store!  :)

Anyway, in honour of my new employment, I've made a card to resemble a Cake Shop!  :)  I used Flourishes' Let Them Eat Cake set.  I started with a white base and layered with blue, more white (pierced) and then some blue striped paper (except you can't see the stripes *sigh*).  Across the bottom I added some vanilla card embossed with a mosaic EF and sponged with Desert Sand ink.  Across the join I've added some pink satin ribbon.  Next I stamped my Cake in Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and lightly coloured the cake with RV000 and then matted the image with pink card.  I then created my 'Awning' with white card, punched with a scallop punch and scored on the low parts of the punched edge using my Scor Buddy and lightly sponged with Angel Pink ink.  To finish I added a pink bow and then coloured some clear rhinestones with RV34 so they would match my pink cake.

Do you like using your Copics to colour your embellishments too???  It's the perfect way of making co-ordinating embellishments and if you do it this month, you can link your card to the CopicOz Challenge and you could win a prize!!!  :)  This month it's a bottle of the AWESOME new X-press It Clear Gel Glue........I can't say this enough......I LOVE THIS GLUE!!!!  :)  So have I inspired you yet??  Come join me at CopicOz!

Stamps - Let Them Eat Cake (Flourishes)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Very Vanilla, Blue, Pink and White Bazzill, Misc American Crafts DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Angel Pink, Desert Sand
Accessories - Copics, Scallop Punch, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Scor Buddy, Pink Ribbon, Bow Easy, Clear Rhinestones.

That's all from me today, thanks for visiting and hope you play along with me this month at CopicOz!  :)

My Life is Blessed

Hello Everyone!!!  Today's card has been made for this week's CopicOz Challenge, hosted by yours truly!!!  :)  Instead of making a Mother's Day card, I've challenged you to create a card to Celebrate Women!  If you want to make a Mother's Day card, than GREAT that works, but you CAN make a card (or any kind of project as long as you use your Copic Markers!) for any of those special women in your life.....Sister, Grandmother, Aunt, BFF!  Let's see you celebrate those wonderful women in your life and link up your project to the CopicOz Blog HERE!!

For today's card I started with a base of white, layered with deep pink and more white and topped with some MME Quite Contrary DP which I sewed around the edge.  The flower image is from Flourishes' Lenten Rose stamp set and has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics (R81, R83, R85, G40, G82, G85, G99, BG000, BG0000, E51, E53, C0, C1, C3, 0).  It was cut out with Large Rectangle Nestabilities and matted with light pink bazzill cut with the matching scallop nesties.  The sentiment is from Flourishes' Spring Bouquet stamp set, also stamped in Tuxedo Black and cut out with Fancy Tags Three Spellbinders.  (I actually trimmed one of the top flourish bits so it would fit neatly under the flower petal.)  While it was still in the Spellbinders Die, I airbrushed it with my R85 Copic Marker.  Both the image and sentiment panels were popped up on foam tape.  I finished by adding a wide white satin ribbon and a couple of Kasiercraft Snow White Pearls.


Stamps - Lenten Rose, Spring Bouquet (Flourishes)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Deep Pink and Light Pink Bazzill, White, MME Quite Contrary DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Fancy Tags 3, Large Rectangle and Lg Scallop Rectangle Nestabilities, White Satin Ribbon, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Sewing Machine, Foam Tape.

That's all from me today, thanks for visiting and hope you play along with me at CopicOz!!  :)

Birthday Daffodils

Hello Everyone!!!  It's Featured Stamper Challenge time again and this week the honour goes to UKGEM!  I chose her Spring Colours card to case and altered the layout a little because it was a sketch challenge, keeping the yellow and green flowers, different image and added a sentiment.

This card also fits for the CopicOz Challenge to create a Summertime themed card with a twist to use Yellow and Green Copics!!!  :)  There's an awesome prize of 12 Copic Ciao Markers to be won, so come and play with us, you have until January 24th!!!  You can find all the details HERE!!

I started with an aqua base and layered with white, green and two pieces of Thrift Shop DP.  Over the join I added some yellow satin ribbon.  The Daffodils are from JustRite's brand new set called The Greatest Joy (which also has some roses and crocuses!) and I've stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics (Y21, Y35, Y38, YG11, YG13, YG17) and then cut it out with scissors and a scalpel.  I then stamped the border also from The Greatest Joy, in Memento Bamboo Leaves and cut it out with Large Oval Nestabilities and popped the Daffodils up on foam tape.  I framed this with yellow cut with Large Scallop Oval Nestabilites and then a frame of aqua cut with Label 8 Nestabilities.  I did all the cutting with my Grand Calibur.....and guess what.....you can cut them ALL AT ONCE!!!!  COOL!!!!  What a time saver!!!  :)  Then sentiment is from JustRite's new Happy Everything Mini Tag Kit - comes with 18 SENTIMENTS, a MINI BORDER, 4 TAG DIES and a clear STAMPER!!!!  I used the Birthday sentiment and the two smallest of the tag dies to cut and frame it!  Finished off by adding a yellow satin bow and a couple of small yellow pearls to the top corner.

Stamps - The Greatest Joy, Happy Everything Mini Tag Kit (JustRite)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Aqua, White, Green and Yellow Bazzill, October Afternoon Thrift Shop DP 
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Bamboo Leaves
Accessories - Copics,Happy Everything Tag Set, Label 8, Large Oval and Large Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Grand Calibur, Yellow Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Yellow Pearls, Foam Tape  

Before I go, I've had a lot of emails, comments and messages at SCS and Facebook asking if we are being affected by the Queensland Floods.  Although we have had a lot of rain, we live south and east of the massive flooding that you have been seeing in the news.  As I write this, my parent's town of Maryborough is experiencing flooding and roads in all directions have been cut off.  Their home is up on a hill and well away from the river and they are in no danger of flooding and taking it all in their stride.  Thank you so much for all your thoughts and prayers - it's so nice knowing that so many of you care - from all over the world!

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

Tigerlilies!

Hello Everyone!!!  Here is another card I made for the DTGD challenges (you'll only be able to see these if you are a fan club member of SCS) which incorporates Julie's second challenge, Joan's (again) and Edna's (to give her something other than blue to look at :D )!!  It also fits beautifully for the new CopicOz Challenge which is to use your copics to colour FLOWERS!!!  Anyone is welcome to enter and there is a PRIZE of a Pack of 10 sheets of X-press It Blending Card and a 24 Copic Wallet!!!  The challenge is open until 23rd August and we hope you can play along with us!!!!

I started with a base of Pumpkin Pie and layered with black bazzill and some Very Vanilla embossed with Gootchi Script EF.  The next panel is more black bazzill punched with the Fleur de Lis border punch and topped with Material Girl DSP.  Below that I added some black satin ribbon.  Next I stamped the Tigerlily from Flourishes' A Year in Flowers 2 stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics - YR12, YR16, YR18, G12, G14, G16. 

(For all my North American friends, you can now buy the X-press It Blending Card in the USA through Imagination International (Copic USA) and should be able to order it, Mask It and X-press It High Tack Tape through anywhere that stocks Copic!!!  For more info - check out Marianne's Blog for Blending Card, Mask It and High Tack Tape!!  For all my Aussie friends - you can buy these products through your local Copic Stockist!!)

I sponged a little around my tigerlilies and cut it out with Small Oval Nestabilities and matted it with Pumpkin Pie cut with Label 10 Nestabilities and popped it up on foam tape.  To finish I added a black satin bow made with my bow easy and a couple of black pearls.

Stamps - A Year in Flowers 2 (Flourishes)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla, Black Bazzill, Cosmo Cricket Material Girl DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Label 10, Small Oval Nestabilities, Fleur de Lis Border Punch, Black Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Black Pearls, Gootchi Script EF, Foam Tape.


That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)