Cosie's Creative Corner

Lazy Sunday Love this image this month from Grateful Heart Digis and I just had to make an Aussie scene with it. I printed the gum trees from Make it Crafty  first then drew in the ground and coloured them with oxide distress inks to make the background. I then printed the store, extra dog on xpress it card, coloured them with copics and fussy cut them out. Used flat tape to adhere the store and mounting tape for the dog. The birds are from a set called Spread Cheer from Penny Black. The dog is from an old Sparkle and Sprinkle set called Scratchy. Copics:  Store:  Walls: E41,43,44. Veranda/roof/posts: E70,71,74. Doors/windows: B32,34,99,BG0000. Books: YR31,YG61,R05. Signs: R46,C0. Barrel: E13,17. Pumpkin: YR04,07,YG67. Dogs: E31,33,35,79,C0,5,9.

Halloween Faeryink are having a Halloween ATC swap and I decided to have a play. I like ATCs and it makes me think out of the box and is a change from card making. My monthly stamp group does one and have done a few others. This one was easy as I only had to do three and they could all be different. I downloaded a few great images from Faeryink and used the Raven Nevermore and Witchball on two of them and a witch image from DeliciousDoodles . Sorry this post is so long but I like to list the colours I use and it is usually only for one project. On the raven ATC I used Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolours to colour all the images. The house and bats are from SU 's Halloween Scares stamp set and the gravestones from a Make it Crafty  digi image. I fussy cut the raven and two of the gravestones to fit and used a circle dye for the moon. Added some Wink of Stella clear to the moon for some sparkle and glossy accents on the house windows. Watercolours: Windows 33,40. Sta...

Tap Dancer I had so much fun with this ATC this month. The topic was dance etc and I have not used this adorable stamp from Make it crafty and it is available here . To make the saying, fit I first had to stamp it and then reduce it and print it out on a piece of x-press it paper. As an ATC is only 31/2 x 2/12 I didn't have a lot of room to stamp Fred so I stamped him on an other piece of xpress it paper, coloured him with copics and fussy cut it out. Coloured the background with distress oxide inks, added a strip of PP from kaiser's Hello Today 61/2 X 61/2 pad for the floor and hand drew some lines to resemble floor boards . Needed something for Fred to tap on and like the way it turned out. Adhered him to the ATC then onto a grey base. This was probably not the easiest way to make this but so happy with the end result. Copics:  Suit: N3,5,7,9. Shirt: C0,1. Tie: Y04,YR16. Shoes: E25,27,C9. Sock: C9. Skin: E51,53,55. Belt: YR24,C9.

Australia Day Thanks Every Australia Day two lovely friends open there house for their Annual Australia Day get together. It's so much fun with a typical Aussie Barbecue, yummy sweets included, plenty of cool drinks and the quiz. You have to answer 10 multi choice question on Aussie topics (also some about the hosts) but no googling allowed. Tony does not make them easy and his word is final. Just a beaut day to catch up with a great bunch of mates.This is the card I made as thanks to Tony And Venessa for all the hard work they put in to it. The image is made from three digi's from Make it Crafty and coloured with copics. The PP is Kaiser pad Called Base Coat. Copics:  Skin: E111,13. Beard: W1,7,9,10. T/Shirt: B34,37. Shorts: N1,3,9. Hat: YR15,18,E40,41,42,44,44,77. Thongs: W3,7,9,10. Can: N1,3,G03,09,14. Tree:YG95,97,99,E07,40,44,47. Fence Posts: E71,74,79. Grass: YG79,G99. Ground: E19,51,53,95. Sky: BG0000,000.

Merry Christmas From Down Under This is the a different snowman card as the weather here is hot, hot, hot. It just didn't seem right to make a card with snow when I was sitting in my room with the cooler on a steady 20c and outside it's 32c. We have had a run of hot days and with Christmas I just haven't had the time to post my card. I made a Sandman chilling on the beach and like the way it came together. The background is a Digi from Make it Crafty  that I reversed and added a computer generated sentiment to. The sky is coloured with tumbled glass and salty ocean distress inks and the rest with copics. I fussy cut the sandman after I coloured him with copics and layered him on the background with mounting tape. This was then adhered to a brown mat and then unto a kraft card. Added some glossy accents to the buttons and carrot. Copics:  Sandman: E55,51,53,55,57,W10. CarrotYR07. Flower: R08,37,89,YR16. Hat & Scarf: B00,12,14,N1. Sign: E23,25. White ...

The Swinging 60's This month the theme is all about the 60's and this girl fits perfectly. Love the flower patterned dress and those long white boots. I can relate so well to that time and I had a pair of boots just like these. The image is melody from Make it Crafty and after colouring her with copics, fussy cut her out and  adhered her to the base with mounting tape. Had fun with the base and love the way it turned out. First I used scrunched up cling wrap dipped in Jo Sonja pale gold acrylic paint and daubed over a white card 21/2 x 31/2 leaving lots of white space. Next just picked some bright distress inks and blended them over the card. Hard to see the gold shining through but it looks great. Decided it needed some stencils but used a translucent paste instead of white and love the subtle finish. The title was computer generated and the black makes it pop against the bright colours. Copics: Skin & eyes: E00,01,13,R20,B12. Hair: E40,41,42,44. Dress ...

Parachute Piggy The Freebie this month is this cute image of a pig parachuting and since I am on a roll this week with Christmas cards it had be a card to add to the pile. I printed the image twice, one for the base panel and one to colour and fussy cut. The base panel was cut to 5 ins and I masked an area at the bottom for the snow bank and used distress inks for the sky. When I was happy with the colour I stamped the tops of the trees from the SU Wonderland set in versafine black ink, removed the mask and added Shaded Lilac to the snow bank. Added snowflakes with MIC Falling Snow background stamp using SU Whisper White ink. Coloured piggy and the parachute with copics, fussy cut them out and adhered them on the card panel. The banner is from SU Hello December and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink Vintage Ornaments and I used mounting tape to adhere it for some dimension. The panel was then mounted onto a 51/4 in white card base. The distress inks used Tumbled Glass, Salty O...

Autumn's Splendour The image for this months challenge is this Autumn image donated by Gerda Steiner Designs and it was so much fun to colour. Gerda has so many cute images as well as clear stamps and her critters are just gorgeous. I decided to make a scene so added this Make it Crafty  tree, drew in the grass and then coloured it with my copics. I wanted to have a feel of the cold weather that follows Autumn and happy with the way it turned out, especially the sky. The PP is an old scrap from Hot of the press and added some burlap over the top of it before adhering it to the card base. I then adhered the matted image with mounting tape to the base to give it some dimension. A touch of Wink a Stella clear to the hat trim to finish, though it does not show on the photo. Copics:  Skin: E000,02,11,R20. Hair: E49. Hat & Coat: R24,29,87. Scarf: B26,29,Y13. Boots: N1,5,9. Wagon: N1,3,5,7,E70,71,74,79. Pumpkins: YR04,18,21,YG93,99. Tree: E27,55,57,YG95...

Wishful Asha I can't believe it's the end of the month and that means my card for the progressive challenge is due. The image for August is this adorable Asha from Make it Crafty  that Zoe was so generous in donating. She is from the Meadow Girls Digi Stamp Collection and is sold separately as well. This is the first time I have coloured an image with such flowing hair as I didn't think I had the confidence but it's not as scary as I thought. It just takes time and the old saying is plenty of practice makes it perfect. I need lots and lots of practice. Used my copics and added a greeting from an old Hot of the Press set. The circle dies are from Spellbinders and the Stitched Squares from Simon Says Stamps. The image and PP was taped to green card stock then I used dimensionals to add it to a pink card base. The PP is from and old Pink Paislee pad called Spring Jubilee and I added clear Wink of Stella to the butterfly and flowers..    Copics:  Skin: E00...

The Outlawz Digi Freebie Challenge Gidday From Australia Had trouble for a few days on just what I would do with this great image from Jen at  Jencraftygoodies  Then it was like a light bulb going off. Make it Crafty is an Aussie site that have lovely digis that you can create scenes with and I had my card. I used some element's from this collection  that I coloured with copics for the background and then coloured the freebie and cut it out. So happy with the way it turned out and I had to add a typical Aussie greeting. Found an old piece of corrugated card, added my scene then added it to a top folding card base.   Copics Boy Skin: E50,51,,53,R20. Hair: Y26,38,YR24,31. Eyes: B14, White Gel Pen. Jeans: B93,95,97. Shirt: R14. Shoes: E25,27,29,33. Scene  Sky: B00,01,02. Fence:E35,37. Windmill: N1,3,5,E08. Grass: YG63,67,97,99. Ground: E08,11,13,37. It takes a while but  I love to colour and find it really relaxing...