Steampunk Ryan and Christmas angel by Blankina

Hi all,

Busy making Christmas cards?? 

 Did you get some of the new Nativity digi's??

For the new nativity/christmas digi see  qui- here-hier.

I wanted to show you also some other new Nativity digi's..

but my printer decided not to work.

Anyway I thought it was time for another male birthday card,

so I have got my cool steampunk Ryan out..

Which I had already printed out some time ago.

I have used these copics to colour the card ;

skin: E0000, E000, E11

hair: E31, E33, E 35, E 37

clothes : W 2, W 3, W 5. W 7, B 00, B97, B 99

shadow / confetti : W2, W 3, W 5, B 0000, E 000

This was the card I had made for the release.

A card in non traditional colours..but I think it suits this pretty angel designed by Sammi...

Have a great december month , happy crafting and see you soon!!

Would love to get your visit on my personal blog too.

Hugs Blankina

Spooky birthday (halloween) card

Hi all,

How are you?? Getting ready for Halloween ??

I have coloured up the sweet witch  image

 called Taya as a witch 

designed by Sammi.

To be honest I do not celebrate Halloween myself

 but this digi was also perfect for a spooky birthday card.

Don't you think??

Did you see the whole collection??

The copics I have used are :

YG 00,Y 38, YR 20, YR 23, 

W3, W5, W7, 

BV 02, BV 08, BV 29, V 09, 

100, E 35

You can hardly see it on the photo but her face is yellowgreen...( YG 00, blush YR 20 )

The first time I have coloured a face like this..quite fun!!

I am so happy that this coming month I will attend some copic classes.

I have followed a workshop once and I love to learn more copic colouring skills.

This time it will be official copic courses...

So hope to share my new skills soon at the Mad for Markers blog.

Enough for now..please remind that 

the firefighters digis

designed by Sammi are for sale...

all proceeds go to the NSW rural Fire service

Big hugs from Italy,

Blankina

PS I have a candy on my personal  blog , running untill the 20 th of november

Archie in hoodie birthday card by Blankina

Hi all , sure time flies...

It is my turn to show you a project with a M4M digi.

I have chosen to make a birthday card with one of Sammi's boys...

 this digi is called Archie in hoodie..

I thought he was perfect for the birthday for my sons friend..

The pretty dp are from Marianne Design ( dark vintage PK 9082 ).

The torn papers are made with a collectables die from MD.

A few stamps from Hero art and artemio  to complete it.

Hope you like it..did you check all pretty digi's in the M4M shop??

Keep checking...

In a while the new M4M release will be launched!

These are the copics used:

skin : E 000, E 00, E 11

jeans : B000, B00, B45, B99

jacket and hair  : E 31, E 33, E 37, E 18

See you soon with the new releases, 

and as always I will be happy with any comments and or visits at my personal blog too...

Hugs from Italy

Blankina

Steampunk Brianna in shocking pink and browns

Hi all,

Don' t you love these new steampunk digi's from M4M??

I have to admit before I did not do any steampunk cards,

 but since I have coloured up Rhys I am into the steampunk mood.

Today I am showing you Brianna..

I have coloured her with my copics, pinks and browns, 

a colour combo which I love.

Lots of different materials,

 it all started with a plain creme paper which I have passed in my cuttlebug 

with an old cuttlebug embossingfolder. I have torn the edges by hand.

Afterwards I have spraid my Dylusion inks onto the embossed paper.

I also did some frantage heat embossing.

Some stitching by hand and some faux stitching on the skirt.

The pattern on the skirt was made with my copics with the use of a template.

Some strass on the belts. Glossy accents on the glasses.

A chain and charm to give it that extra cool look on the side of the card..

Underneath the digi I have added some 3d foam and bended the edges of the image down.

Hope you like my card, please follow my personal  BLOG too...

I am also on pinterest....this can be find on my cute digi board.

M4M digi used :

Steampunk Brianna 

click here for mad for markers online shop

other stamps used:

Yourney stamp from Kaisercraft

airplane stamp and stitching stamp  from Marianne Design

copics used:

skin E 000, E00, E02

hair : E 18

outfit: E 18 , E31, E33, E35, R 20, R 32, RV 14

Keep watching out for the inspirational posts of the other DT members..

and shhhh don't tell anyone, the next release will be fantastic too!!

Hugs Blankina

Release day :: Steampunks

Good morning! Everyone :) Yay.. time for a new release here at Mad for Markers.

Whilst at the Papercraft show at Penrith earlier this year I was speaking to a lady about my images and she said she didn't "do cute" and I should do some Steampunk images .. so I  got to studying and sketching .. and here's the result - Today's release... thing is I can't seem to not do cute so we have a couple of cute Steampunkers ...

Rhys has a NEW (pretty awesome) guitar ... Blankina has created this great card with him ...

Taya has gotten into the spirit of Steampunk with her funky outfit ... Aren't those wings Fab!!

Nicole has used her for this lovely Filofax insert :D 

And I (Sammi) have used Taya and Rhys on a card here.. along with some G45 paper AND handmade cog paper using the new Cog stencil ... Available in the M4M store here

Ryan and Brianna wanted in on the action so here they are in their finest Steampunk gear..
The cogs have been cut out on the Silhouette and I will provide a FREE file to anyone interested :D Just email me :D

Here is one more creation using Steampunk Rhys AND the Silhouette cut cogs.

One random person who leaves a comment on this blog AND both Blankina and Nicole's blog posts for this new release will win the new images! Drawn Monday 19th :D

Pippi with umbrella, you make my world that much brighter!

Rain or sunshine, you make my world that much brighter!

A sweet digi of  Mad for Markers...coloured with my copics.

Sorry I forgot to write the numbers down...

A bit naughty...

This digi can be used for several occassions.

I think it is perfect for a  friendship card.

You can find it Pippi with umbrella here .

Soon new digi's of Sammi's hand will be released,

so watch out for them.

They are fun!!

Would love to get a visit on my personal blog too...

if you want to be updated daily you could  become follower..

See you soon, enjoy colouring up your digi's !

Hugs Blankina

Attitude girl in Christmas style

Hi all,

I do not now what the weather is out there where you live...

but here in Italy it is very hot!!

So I thought it would be fun to use the sweet 

attitude girl

from as the crow flies digi's on a Christmas card.

At least it makes me thinks of cold weather, ha, ha.

I love this little digi as you can use it on so many styles of cards..

Birthday, wedding, confirmation, christmas you name it.

I have coloured it with my copics

and I have added several dies, papers and the text stamp Merry Christmas

 from Marianne Design.

I have just come back from a little Europe tour in camper.

It was great to see my family in the Netherlands.

 Now I am looking forward to make many new cards.

Hope you will visit my personal blog too...

http://blankinacreations.blogspot.com

See you in a few weeks with one of the new  Mad for Markers digi's !!

Hugs Blankina

Hi all, I am back. 

Some of you might remember some DT posts made by me on the challenge blog.

After that Sammi had stopped with her challenges

 I was asked to join her Digital Design Team.

Sure!! They are lovely to colour up.

When you will be reading this post I will be far away from home.....

I am leaving Italy to travel Europe in camper with my family.

But I wanted to show you one digi 

of the latest release of 

   (M4M) designed by Sammi. 

Did you see their new digi's launced yesterday?

This sweet guy is called Rhyscoffees .

We all love to get some nice and hot coffee/ cappuccino  from this cool guy...

Coloured with my copics.

copics used:

jeans, jacket : B45, B99, BG 72 , E33

eyes: E31, E34

hair: E 57, E79

shirt : E25, BG 72, W2

shoes: E18, E37

skin: E 50, E53, E 02

The ribbon and design papers are from Marianne Design , 

the coffee cup is cut out of another dp of MD.

The cappuccino text comes from a clearstamp set of Artemio.

Would love to get a visit on my personal blog too,

Ciao from Italy

( or wherever in Europe )

See you in a few weeks!!

Hugs Blankina

NEW Digi DT

Good morning :) I'm excited to announce that things will be popping up here more frequently again ... I have been DRAWING and am hoping to have lots of images to colour. We have some new designers on the team and are getting organised with regular posting dates...  our first lot of NEW images coming Monday.... OK you might have already caught a sneak here and there (like in the header ;)

Now let's meet our new DT members....

I was born in the Netherlands...but since 1996 Italy has become my second home.

Now I am a SAHM of twins and happy wife, we live in the country side of Rome.

As little kid I used to draw and "copy" images, later I have found out stamps.

My little green cuttlebug came into my life about 8 years ago  and I did not stop using it ever since.

Now I am quite addicted to making cards and other crafty things, you could say it is my unpaid full-time job. Find out more at Blankina's blog!

I have been scrapbooking for about 7-8 years. It started out as a hobby and then became a passion. About 4 years ago I really begin to fell in love with paper crafting and I started learning new techniques & doing more research on this craft. I began card making and I love it now that I make cards more then I scrapbook. With cards came my love of stamps & coloring. I love bringing joy and inspiring others around me with my cards. Crafting, allows me to just be me. God has blessed me with this talent & I plan on sharing it with the world. I'm a social worker by day and a crafter for life. My husband and I have a beautiful lil girl. She keeps me on my toes. I'm excited to be designing for Mad for Markers. My blog is HERE!

DT you have seen posting on here before and you'll be seeing AGAIN are
Jac
Emma
Gin
and me (Sammi)

Now I couldn't leave without showing you at least oneCreation ... Check out this gorgeous card Blankina has made with Love Fairy - Venetia