It's nearly 2014!...

Good evening, dear Blogger friends and a Happy New Year's Eve to you all!  I can't quite believe where this year has gone to - they seem to get quicker every year!  I wanted to end the year by sharing a card with you as I can, at last, sit at my crafty table once more!

...I was quite happy with this whilst I was making it, but now I'm not so sure!?  (My photographic skills don't do it much justice either - one of my resolutions should be to try and take better pictures!)...

...It is, however, my one and only New Year's card and it is made to say a BIG 'Thank you!' to all of you who have visited me over the last year, despite my very sporadic and often dismal blogging!  I am hoping that the New Year will allow me some more crafty time and have managed to sit and do some colouring over the Christmas holidays - something I have missed doing - there's nothing more therapeutic than sitting down with an image and a bunch of colouring pens!  I wish you all a very Happy New Year and hope that 2014 brings you health and happiness!  I will raise a glass to you all at midnight!  Once again, thanks for being there and sharing in my crafty creations, and I'll see you in 2014!!!!
Big hugs,
Lisa xx

Happy Christmas!...

Good morning and a very Happy Christmas to all you lovely Bloggers!  I hope that Santa brought all that you wished for and that the day brings much happiness and time to spend with family and friends!  Fingers crossed that the turkey is cooked, the sprouts aren't hard and the roasties are crispy, then it's time for a glass of fizz, a boardgame or two and settling down to watch the Dr Who Christmas special!  (farewell Matt Smith!)  Wishing you all a fabulous day filled with fun and laughter, too much food, a little drink and a generous serving of Christmas spirit! (not the liquid kind!?!)  HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERBODY!
Hugs,
Lisa x

Passion for Promarkers Mega Christmas Challenge....

Good morning, dear Blogger friends and a very Happy Christmas Eve to you all!  Can't quite believe that the big day has come around so quick - I hope you are all ready for the man in the red suit's arrival! 

Today is Team 1's turn to show you our card inspiration for our current Mega Christmas Challenge at Passion for Promarkers - the challenge runs for a whole month and ends on January 7th 2014!
Our theme for the Mega Christmas challenge is a nice easy one “include a sentiment”.  You are welcome to make Christmas cards but as the challenge will still be running after the ‘BIG’ day you can of course make any type of creation as long as it includes a sentiment of some kind.  As time is precious for our DT at this time of year we are limiting the number of entries you can make to just 3 for this month long challenge.  Please remember to be eligible for our prizes you must use your promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, metallic or aqua markers...

 

For my card creation, I decided to use the ever so cute Isla fairy from Emerald Faearies.  I love this little imp and thought she would be sweet coloured in frosty colours and hanging from a snowflake instead of her usual dandelion seed head!

...I coloured Isla with my Pro and Flexmarkers and glittered her wings with Crystal Glamourdust glitter...

...I had to put this card together at the end of our last workshop as all my crafty stuff was still at Mum's due to the ongoing work at our house!  We are now able to see the light at the end of the tunnel and are getting things back where they belong and can actually start to live in our house again!  I promise I will post some piccies over the festive holiday (after I've tidied a bit more stuff up!?!) and I hope to be back creating and blogging again in the near future - not to mention doing a bit of crafty shopping in the January sales! 

So now for the exciting bit – the prizes!

Letraset are generously offering one lucky a winner a pack of their Autumn/Winter promarkers Ltd Edition set!

DigiStamp Boutique are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of a £10 voucher to spend in her store.

Bugaboo stamps are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of 10 digis of their choice.

Polkadoodles is offering one lucky winner a prize of a copy of their Bonbon Belles Double CD collection.

Clearly Besotted Stamps is offering one lucky winner 1 stamp set of their choice.

Dies to Die For are offering one lucky winner a £10 voucher to spend in their online store.

Bearly Mine Designs are offering one lucky winner a £10 voucher to spend in their online store. 

Don't forget to hop on over to the Passion for Promarkers blog to see what amazing inspiration my wonderful teamies have to share with you (A very Merry Christmas girls!) and it would be great if you could join in with our fabulous challenge this month!

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and that the New Year brings you health, happiness and a lot of crafty time!  Many thanks again for your patience with me during this time of upheaval, your support and kind words make it all worthwhile and I look forward to seeing what inspiration 2014 brings! All the very best, big crafty hugs,

Lisa x

Passion for Promarkers Mega Christmas Challenge...

Good morning, dear crafty friends! I hope you are all enjoying the festive season and are a little more organised than I am for Christmas! I am still trying to get the house decorated and have eventually managed to get my craft/computer/dining room painted and my new desk assembled! With any luck and a bit of hard graft, I should be finished enough by the weekend to get the rest of the furniture in and maybe even the Christmas tree up!

Anyway,  back to business! Today is a very special day over at Passion for Promarkers as it sees the launch of our Mega Christmas challenge which runs for a whole month and ends on January 7th 2014!  Both design teams have worked extremely hard once again this year and so we are having a little break to catch up on our last minute gifts and cards.  However to make up for the lack of challenges we have some fantastic prizes up for grabs.

Our theme for the Mega Christmas challenge is a nice easy one “include a sentiment”.  You are welcome to make Christmas cards but as the challenge will still be running after the ‘BIG’ day you can of course make any type of creation as long as it includes a sentiment of some kind.  As time is precious for our DT at this time of year we are limiting the number of entries you can make to just 3 for this month long challenge.  Please remember to be eligible for our prizes you must use your promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, metallic or aqua markers.

So now for the exciting bit – the prizes!

Letraset are generously offering one lucky a winner a pack of their Autumn/Winter promarkers Ltd Edition set!

DigiStamp Boutique are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of a £10 voucher to spend in her store.

Bugaboo stamps are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of 10 digis of their choice.

Polkadoodles is offering one lucky winner a prize of a copy of their Bonbon Belles Double CD collection.

Clearly Besotted Stamps is offering one lucky winner 1 stamp set of their choice.

 Dies to Die For are offering one lucky winner a £10 voucher to spend in their online store.

Bearly Mine Designs are offering one lucky winner a £10 voucher to spend in their online store.

We have asked both design teams to share some inspiration with you but as it such a long challenge we will be posting the inspiration from Team 2 today and then in two week’s time we will be posting inspiration from Team 1. So here are the links to the gorgeous cards from team 2 (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Andie

Anna

Donna

Jane B.

Kelly

Lotta

Sue

We’re sure you’ll agree that their cards are stunning.  So to re-cap the challenge will run until 7th January 2014 and you can enter a maximum of 3 times.  Unfortunately during the Mega Christmas challenge we will not be choosing a top 5 passionista but this will re-commence for the first challenge in 2014.

We can’t wait to see your creations and look forward to visiting your blogs. We’ll be back on 24th December to share Team 1’s gorgeous selection of cards, so don’t forget to stop by for more wonderful inspiration!

I hope you can find the time to join in with our fantastic challenge and wish you all good luck in the prize draws,  as there are some wonderful prizes to win! We look forward to seeing all your fabulous creations!  

Crafty hugs,

Lisa x