Star Wars - a learning experience

I recently made this card for a family friend who turned 11.  I showed it to my husband and asked his opinion because I am not really up with what 11 year old boys are into.  His response was you know he was evil right...uh no.  This got my thinking can I give an 11 year old boy a card that features Anikin.  Then I got confused about Anikin and Luke and as you can probably tell I am not a star wars fan.  I had no idea Anikin was evil and was Darth Vadar.  I figured he (the family friend turning 11) likes those Lego things that are star wars it'd be fine...then I realised that that's ninjago which has nothing to do with star wars at all..I know nothing about Star wars or boy Lego.  I think I need to brush up a little more when it comes to making cards for boys.  Anyway here is my card

I used
Digital Stamp The Force Boy from Saturated Canary
Copics used:
Skin E000, E00, E11, E93.
Hair E31, E33, E35
Clothes etc.  E08, E25, E27, E29 - B0000, B000, B00, B93, E97, B99 - C1, C2, C3, C5, C7 C9

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Birthday SOG

Some Odd Girl is celebrating their 3rd birthday.  They have started up a new community here and have lots of birthday challenges.  I thought I would join in the festivities and make a card to enter in their grey with a pop of colour (green, yellow, pink or blue) challenge.

 

I cropped Tropical Mae using this tutorial and coloured her with these copics

C1, C2, C3, C5, C7, C9, Y11, Y13 and Y15.

 

On a completely different colouring note Alyce from Kit and Clowder has just launched a  Kit and Clowder YouTube channel she is amazing and very generous in sharing her knowledge I recommend checking it out if you haven't already.

 

Thanks for stopping by

Gretchen

 

Australian themed Challenge and a good read.

Hi All,

This is my second post for the Mad for Markers January challenge - Australian theme.

This challenge got me thinking about what Australia means to me. Australia to me has always meant freedom, bush, beach, sun, surf, BBQs.  What symbolises Australia for me is gum trees.  Yes I grew up reading May Gibbs.  I saw a great image in a Christmas colouring book that I copied and modified.  I think I will make it into a card.  But I haven't got around to it yet!

I have just finished reading "The Little Coffee Shop Of Kabul" it is a fictional story about five women who meet in a coffee shop and how they come to form a friendship.  It gives the reader a fictional sneak peak into womens' lives Afghanistan.   The author based the book on some of her own experiences in Afghanistan.  I remember in the early 90's reading a magazine article about children working in Afghanistan.  I went to school and worked with women who were from Afghanistan but I was still a little naive.

 

 

I have always felt lucky to live in Australia to have all the opportunities and rights, but perhaps a little more so after reading this book.  I enjoyed reading it (Thanks Mum and Dad - they gave it to me for Christmas) and I'd recommend it to others if you enjoy reading about other cultures/countries.  I love reading a lot of different types of books.    Can you recommend any good ones to add to my reading list?

Wedding Anniversary

This week my husband and I celebrated our Wedding Anniversary.  We don't do anything for our wedding anniversary we do however celebrate the anniversary of when we started dated.  Even though we don't celebrate I made him a card.

I used Squeezey Hugs a digi from Some Odd Girl.  They are coloured with these copics

Hair E35, E29, E27, E25/E37, E35, E33, E53E

Skin E000, E00, E11

Jeans B37, B34, B32

Shirt C1, C2

Dress B99, B97, B93

Shoes C7, C5, C3/E29, E27, E25, E35

I am entering this in SOG January Challenge sketch.

Time to hit the beach...well not yet!

January 26th is Australia Day therefore we have continued the Australian theme this month over at Mad for Markers Challenge Blog.  Australia to me means sunshine and beaches although it hasn't been hot enough to venture into the water down here yet.  For my card I used Cali Girl from Saturated Canary.

I used these copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E93

Hair E08, E09, E19, E29

Eyes E09

Bikini and bag YG06, YG03, YG00

Towel Y11, Y13, Y15.

I have been playing around with hair colours and this is my new favourite.   What is your favourite hair colour combo?

Kaylee's closet

I bought Kaylee's closet (from Some Odd Girl) a while ago and finally got around to inking it up.  I also tried my hand at paper piecing after seeing Kristy's video.  I loved playing  with this stamp set.  Here is the card I made.  I think it needs some flowers or other embellishments added, it just looks unfinished.

I used these copics

Hair E50, E51, E53

Skin E000, E00, E11, E93

Shoes RV000, RV00, RV02

Eyes B0000, B000, B00

Shadows BV0000, BV00

I am entering it in Some Odd Girl sketch challenge.
Hope everyone has a wonderful New Years.
Gretchen

Happy Snaps

I am scheduling this post as I know I will be too busy.  I hope your Christmas and Boxing Day celebrations were happy, safe and enjoyable.  For my last post for the year I thought I would share with you this adorable image tourist available over at Saturated Canary. 

She was coloured with these copics

Hair and shoes E37, E35, E33, E31

Skin E11, E00, E000, E93.

Clothes B99, B97, B93, B05, B02, B00, B0000, BV00, BV00.

Camera C9, C7, C5, C3, C2, C1

I hope that you were able to capture some of your memories over the festive season.  Hopefully we did too.  We are looking forward to spending some time camping this year.  A little night away somewhere and hopefully a bit of bushwalking too.  Besides that we just intend to laze around over summer and enjoy time together. 
See you in the New Year.
Gretchen