Mr Postman is still Alive...........................see why here

Good evening to you all in the land of blog

I just cannot wait to write this post and hope Mr Blogger plays nicely for me.

Firstly I want to thank the ladies at the Pink Ink Sketch Challenge for choosing my card as one of their top three :) if you have not joined in the challenges please hop over and join in the fun.

and if that is not thrilling enough, after badgering the Postman for the last week, yesterday my parcel arrived from Sammi from Mad 4 Markers.  It was exciting to know my work had been published in the very first edition of the Copicendium but to actually have my hands on a copy and to see your work in print for the very  first time, is a very rare and special moment, so thank you Sammi, for using my work and storage idea in your first edition and hope that the success of the Magazine goes from strength to strength and cannot wait to see the next edition.

If you would like to see a copy of the Copicendium you can order your copy here 

So I would like to show you a snippet of the Copicendium, it has lovely glossy pages so I did struggle to photograph the page, it also contains so many lovely creations from some other fabulously talented people, so well worth the price.  

Here is the page showing my card

The image used is a digital image from the Secret Crafter called "Poor Boy"

The papers as always my favourite GCD Studio "Paris Nights"

Here is the page of my storage solution for my copics

Some great ideas and even more ideas in the Mad 4 Markers store.

Here is a close up of my storage solution, although if you attend the Grimsby Crafts Copic classes you will have already seen this in action, so to speak.

I suppose finally and after what seems an eternity I can blog the card within the magazine.

So here is my creation

The base layer is some antique gold paper with some MS corner punched GCD Studio papers on top.  To highlight the corners some Hobby House pearls have been added.  On top of this a grand nestie circle of some more of the GCD Studio "Paris Nights" papers.  The image has been coloured and cut out, along with a tree stump from Whiff of Joy and some little grasses.  Both have been decoupaged onto an embossed white plate, distressed with Tim Holtz antique linen.  The sentiment is I believe by Woodware and the flowers a mixture of Wild Orchid and Hobby House.  The inner compliments the outer.

Here is a close up of the image coloured in with the fabulous copics

I would like to welcome all my new followers and wish you all well in the 300 follower candy.   For those of you that have not yet entered the 300 follower candy you can do so here, thank you to Feline for now advertising my candy too.

As always and very importantly I would like to say thank you to all my wonderful visitors who take the time to leave such inspirational comments on my blog, allowing me to hop back over to see your own beautiful work. THANK YOU!!

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges

AliFactory - Anything Goes

Art Impressions - One for the boys

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes in August

Pixie Dust - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

My Mum's Craft Shop - Monochromatic

The Paper Shelter - Flowers

Anything Goes - Flowers

think that is me today as I watch the rain come down that quick that the gutters cannot cope, must go check for flooding, been a lot of flash floods around recently

Hugs and Enjoy your evening

Kate

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