I'm teaching again featuring Copics, Magnolia and Wild Rose Studio- come join me!

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Feb. 8:  Copic Card Class with Andrea!  10 - 12:30   Ladies, if you love your Copic Markers, this is one class you don't want to miss!  Our amazing Copic Diva, Andrea, will teach you the ins and outs of creating magic with your markers!

Please note when you sign up you will receive a list of the suggested copic marker colours to bring. These are suggested based on how I coloured the cards but you are welcome to use which ever colours you have on hand!

See you there! Andrea

Crazy 4 Challenges- Put A Bow on it

It's Saturday so it is time for your weekly dose of C4C mojo!

This is Joycelyn's last challenge and she has asked us to put a bow on it!

I used one of the ca-ootie pie bear stamps from Magnolia called Cocco with Present. 

I coloured her up with my copics and used papers from the new Pink Paislee line City Sidewalks. 

And of course my big bow is ribbon from American Crafts- I am addicted to those little spools!

We would love to have you create and play along with us on this week's challenge!

Hop on over to the C4C challenge blog and prepared to be 'Bowed over' by the Crazies creations

hee hee- couldn't resist the pun ;)

Cheers, Andrea

Magnolia- Yoga Tilda- challenge card and who wants to win a Cricut Mini, Kindle, gift cards and digi stamps??

I am actually posting a Magnolia card for the first time in years! My stamping Bff Sarah has got me into the same stamps I swore I never needed to own. I think I have 12 of them now in a very short period of time. I have to wonder why I ever bother deciding I am not getting into something when all it means is I fall head over heels at some point lol!

Here are the current CMC challenge deets- I would play along with this incredible challenge that Suzanne has put together to raise money for such a wonderful cause! See below:

NEW CHALLENGE #33 will run until January 5th!
SO THIS RUNS FOR 1 MONTH!

Your challenge this time is all about

** HOLIDAY JOY--in Golds. Creams & Whites**

Show your holiday joy with sparkling colors of GOLD, CREAM & WHITE!

(yes you can use some other colors like hair/skin/etc but the majority of colors should be Gold, Cream & Whites)

For this Challenge we have LOTS OF PRIZES!!

AND A WAY TO DONATE TO A WONDERFUL CHARITY!!

WHAT YOU CAN WIN:

-1 person will win a NEW Provocraft CRICUT MINI machine

-1 person will win a NEW KINDLE E-READER

-1 person will win a $50 Gift Cert. to SCACD

-1 person will win a $25 Gift Cert. to the Paper Temptress

-1 person will win 5 digis from Tiffany Doodles and a $15 Gift Cert to 7 Kids College Fund and a Gilli Gift Bag

HOW TO PLAY:

4 different ways to enter

-Enter up to (2) TWO projects into the link system below by Jan. 5th

-Enter (1) one project into the BookEndz Challenge

-Donate a $3-5 donation to the Charity below for 1 entry

-Donate anything over $10 to the Charity and get 2 entries

OUR CHARITY:

Reading is Fundamental is the charity I have chosen to sponsor this season. As you all know I am an avid reader and it amongst my very favorite things to do in my spare time. I truly believe that literacy and reading opens up many doors in life for everyone. Not only can you find joy in books but it opens your eyes to other cultures, places and people that is so worthwhile. And just the fact that a huge part of life involves being able to read--to get through school, get a great job and navigate through life. For me teaching children to read early on in life is a MUST yet so many children are not provided with the basic materials to learn to read. So this charity is a non-profit that provides books to children and opportunities to bring literacy into areas that need it!

Click here to be taken to the challenge site to read more about the month long initiative and also to donate if you choose. 

I am also entering my Tilda in the following challenges:

Magnolia Down Under- Lost and Found- my doily

The sketchy challenges- sketch

Cute Card Thursday- Anything goes

I am really happy with how my Tilda turned out. I have to admit I put off creating for this challenge for awhile as I had no idea how to pull it off and it turned out to be soooo much easier than I had thought! I used the following colours:

Skin- E0000, E000, E00, E11, R01, R20

Hair- YR20, YR21, YR23 and E35 over the YR23 area then more of the yellow over top of the brown just to deepen it up. Thank you Sarah for that suggestion!

Yoga Pants- E50, E51, E53

Shirt- E40, E41

Ground-W1, W3, W5

I hope you get a chance to play along with some of these challenges too!

Cheers, Andrea

Princess Magnolia card and a huge storewide sale from my sweet friend Sheila

I made this card back in May and totally forgot to post it here. I have to say this card took me hours but I loved the final result. I used all different shades of E40's (copic markers) for the castle and stairs and then I dotted different green's for the tree's and bushes. I cut out my Princess Magnolia to help position her so that most of the background I spent so long on would show lol! I may try masking her next time.

My friend Sheila who I just adore is having a massive Canada Day Sale at her store Scrappingreatdeals.com. She is giving 15% off storewide until July 4th!!! Okay I told myself no more shopping for craft supplies for the next few days but I can't resist this! So click here to shop online or perhaps I will bump into you in the store hee hee!

Cheers and have a great day! Andi