OK I couldn't resist any longer I just had to use this stamp and a couple of challenges gave me the push that I needed :) So first I HAD to play with some of my new colours from Lindy's Stamp Gang (couldn't wait any longer!!!!), I wanted to combine this with the Copic Oz Challenge, where I needed to use BV00, G82 and RV21 - I've just learned how to do some copic shadowing with the BV's so this... Read more →

Woohoo - I just completed my Intermediate Copic Certification with the gorgeous Mandi Klinger in Brisbane, so I am now officially a Copic Intermediate Designer. Now I felt pretty lucky taking this class (not only for the obvious reason that I was taking the Copic Intermediate Class !!!!), but sitting in on the class with me were Kathy Jones (Regional Instructor Australia), Trevor from Copic Australia, Toshi from Copic Japan, Jonny Felbel (Aussie Copic Distributor from XPressIt), talk about a... Read more →

Hi All - this is a quick post to let you know that my next Copic Class is on at A Craft Affair in July, please check instore for date and to sign up! This time we will be having a play and creating 3 gorgeous sparkly backgrounds, techniques you could easily use for cards, journals or scrapbook pages – using the ultra yummy Starbursts! Then I will be teaching you techniques for colouring LIGHT objects with you Copic markers... Read more →

I bought this fantastic Kenny K digi-stamp a while ago but haven't found a project to use it on until now. When I saw the Skull Appreciation day Blog Hop advertised on Smeared and Smudged and the free digi stamps on offer I KNEW I had to use the 2 stamps together, I pawed over my new papers and ribbons from The Paper Temptress and saw a new challenge on Stamp Something and another on Kenny K's Krafty Girlz and... Read more →

OK like many others out there I have a tiny little complex about my own art-work! I've never taken a formal art lesson, didn't get to take art as a subject in High School, know nothing about painting, lighting, shading, shadow, art theory and if you held a gun to my head and insisted I draw a realistic looking horse from memory you'd be lucky to recognise the finished object. For some reason these things for me are inextricably linked... Read more →