Sunday 20 October 2013

Domestic Goddess

I’ve been very busy behind scenes lately making loads and loads of samples for our next launch at La Pashe. So yesterday I became a domestic Goddess and here is my results.

It has been ages sice i did this sort of thing because quite frankly it just doesn’t go hand in hand with being good and choosing the healthy options in food, especially if like me guissy pig comes to mind.

I know you are counting them knowing that one is missing.

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It was fun getting to this stage, I may even confess that some icing just fell into my mouth.

Some icing swirls.

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And some cheating wafer daisies

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Yum yum do you think?

Now before I let you go thinking that one of the cakes is buried deep inside my tummy, here is the reason and it isn’t Grandson Jack.

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As you can see from the one in front of the decorated cupcakes I didn’t eat any because…..

They’re FAKE they are props for my next launch.

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Friday 18 October 2013

Metallic Pan Pastels

So they arrived my metallic Pan Pastels, now if you are like me the first thing you need to do is………

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Dip your fingers in them ha ha!

I suppose I should get to making something pretty amazing with them don’t you think?

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Thursday 17 October 2013

Blog Hop of the Month - Birthdays

Its blog hop time again and your chance to win one of two $5 credits for Mo's Digital Pencil too...so don't forget your comments on our DT's blogs along the way...our host this month is Vili

Our theme is Birthday
 
This Month I chose Birthday Fairy Dee from Mo's Digital Pencil
 Just look at all of that frosting.

Coloured with Copic markers and chalk pencils.
 


she's such a cute little thing isn't she?
 




 Next up is the ever so talented Gretha

Remember to leave comments on all of the blogs for a chance of a $5 credit.
 

Wednesday 16 October 2013

Graph’It Markers

So.. what is all the fuss about, a Graph’It marker boasting to having around 20% more ink than many leading brands of alcohol markers with a range of around 158 colours 2 high quality nibs Chisel and fine bullet and also now an extra add on of a brush marker to replace the chisel tip.
What did I find
  1. Oh so Juicy, yes, the bullet nib was amply wet.
  2. Blending, very easy to blend with, a combination of the juicy nib (ink staying wet long enough to allow a smooth blend) and good tonal colours.
  3. marker shape fits and feels nice to hold.
  4. Transition from using my markers I often use to the Graph’It markers was easy.
I coloured this in 5 or so minutes using a Digi Stamp from Mo’s Digital Pencil, First Fish
 
 
 
 
I used no other medium bar the Graph’It markers.
Skin:- 4115, 4135, 4155.
Hat, Trousers and Hair:- 1250, 3110, 3140
Shirt:- 7125, 7130, 7170.
Impressed? I am.
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Compitition.

Mo had a great idea yesterday... so we decided to have some extra fun last night with the images from the “Owl the Same….or Not” blog hop.
For the hop we demonstrated how following a specific theme is not the same as copying, and now we are showing that looking at someone else’s art and drawing from it is copyright infringement…even if you make some changes to the image and do not trace. (I think we all agree that tracing is copying.)
Mission Copycat: We randomly selected another artist’s drawing and used that image as a reference to create a new drawing. As an extra twist, one of the copycat drawings is done by a not-so-secret Copycat Bandit…someone who does not draw on a regular basis. (Thanks, Jak!!) She did such a great job! We all agreed that if she decided to be a criminal, she co...uld go into the digital stamp business like other copycats, and she could successfully sell her “art” as stamps.
Originality is what makes something art, and creating something original takes creativity and time. It was eye-opening to see how quickly the copied drawings could be completed--a fraction of the time an original piece takes, as quickly as 15 minutes in some cases. It is a lot less work to fill a store with images by copying the work of someone else…much easier than trying to provide a variety of images that are original.
Remember, our own Copycat Bandit (who does not draw for a living) was able to draw a nice illustration by copying. She proved for us how easy it is to go into business by being a copyright infringer.


CONTEST!!

Now more FUN! See if you can guess who copied whom. There are prizes involved!! Everyone who guesses all of the copycats will have a chance to win a free digi or shop credit from the blog hop shops. Enter by sending an email to stampoutevents@gmail.com. The email should have a list from 1-6 and you can fill in who you think did the copy. The copied images are numbered and on the right of the originals, see the graphic provided. Your choices are Mabelle, Faith, Lori, Mo, Jak, and Elizabeth. Have fun!!See More
 




Thank you Faith for organising this.
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