Passion for Markers - Food and/or Drink...

 Good morning, Blogger buddies! It's Tuesday (again!) which means it's time for a fun new challenge over at Passion for Markers!...

 I'm playing hostess this week and was inspired by all the Food festivals and markets that seem to be happening at this time of year...so I went with a theme of 'Food and/or Drink'. We're being sponsored by the wonderful Polkadoodles who are offering one lucky winner a choice of 3 digital images from their online store...

We were lucky enough to get an image to play with and I picked out the pretty 'Ruby Birthday Cake'...

I coloured Ruby with my Pro/Flexmarkers -

Skin - Putty, Tan, Cinnamon

Hair - Cappuccino, Umber, Coffee Bean (SN), Pencils

Dress - Yellow, Mustard, Gold, Cocktail Pink, Watermelon, Antique Pink

Shadows - Pebble Blue

I used an old layout from 5 years ago (where does the time go?!) and wanted to incorporate yellow into my make as I see so many lovely creations using yellow, but never seem to make anything myself! I did have to pair it with a touch of pink, of course...just because I find it such an easy colour to work with. I resisted the temptation to add a couple of clouds, like in my original creation...but only just?! Ha, ha!

The sentiment was part of a stamp set that came free with SC&P and I used the Happy from my WoW! stamp set, fussy cut with a white border.

I hope you can find the time to play along with my fun challenge this week and look forward to seeing all of your wonderful creations!

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Favourite Tool, Product or Embellishment...

 Hello there, crafty friends! My these days are whizzing by and we are sliding our way into Autumn with speed! The days are getting shorter and we'll soon be digging out the cardigans and 'big' coats...

But before we do, it's time for a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and the lovely Julie has given us a clever theme to use our 'Favourite Tool, Product or Embellishment'...

We're being sponsored by Dr Digi's House of Stamps who are offering one lucky winner a choice of 2 digital images from their online store...

We were lucky enough to get an image to play with and I picked out the fun 'Morag the Moo'...

I may be a little controversial in my choice of favourite tool and my Big Shot machine would have to come in a close second, but for me, I love my little orange scissors! I am a real fan of paper piecing and decoupaging images and the way I can make a card really simple but still add interest and dimension in some 3D or paper pieced elements. They are one of those items that if I only had my scissors, some paper and glue, I would be able to while away many a happy hour! I also have developed a love for white borders around my images and sentiments and can't afford to buy every matching die set, so my trusty scissors do the job just fine!

I coloured Morag with my Pro/Flexmarkers and sadly, forgot to write the colour list down :( but hope you like her just the same?! I decoupaged her up with 3 layers and added what's supposed to be an icicle die, but works great as grass! Of course, I had to add in some die cut clouds, a touch of doodling and a great card pun for good measure!

I hope you can find the time to play along with our fun challenge this week and look forward to visiting your blogs and finding out what your favourite tools/products are...

Crafty hugs,