Passion for Markers - Holidays...

 Good morning, crafty friends! It's a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers with the lovely Julie choosing a topical theme of 'Holidays'...these can be any type of holiday, including that event that happens in December?!...or something you might do whilst on holiday, maybe scuba diving or mountain climbing! (Doesn't sound like a holiday to me?! Ha, ha!)...

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

We were lucky enough to be able to choose an image to play with and I picked out 'Travelling Tricia' and made a suitcase shaped card...

I used a new pocket die that I HAD to purchase after seeing a cute card by Dee Lamb over in the Tracey Hey and Pals Facebook group, colouring Tricia up with my alcohol markers and just using the main image and suitcase from the design...

Skin - Dusky Pink, Sunkissed Pink, Coral

Hair - Pastel Yellow, Mocha (SN), Cappuccino

Top - Cool Aqua, Duck Egg, Surf Blue, Petrol Blue

Jeans - Blue Pearl, Chine Blue

Bag - Champagne, Sandstone, Cerise, Shocking Pink, Vermillion

Suitcase - Pebble Blue, Storm Cloud, Cool Grey 5, Cerise, Shocking Pink, Vermillion, Cool Aqua, Duck Egg

The card base itself is just a rounded rectangle with added elements for the wheels and handle, plus there's a pocket on the back to add a gift card or maybe some holiday money??

I hope you can join in with our fun challenge this week and look forward to seeing how you interpret the theme...

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Clean and Simple...

 Good morning, crafty friends! It's another hot and sunny Tuesday here in North Wales and the start of a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers...the lovely Sue is in the hostess chair with an easy theme of 'CAS or Clean and Simple'...so ditch the decorations and banish the bling, this time less is more!...

We're being sponsored by SheepSki Designs who are offering one lucky winner 3 digital images of their choice from the online store...

We were lucky enough to get an image to play with and I picked out the fun 'Tropical Image no.239'...

 

I coloured him up with my alcohol markers and the colour list is as follows :

Bird - Black, Storm Cloud, Cool Grey 2

Beak - Sunset, Bright Orange, Pumpkin, Gold, Pebble Blue, Storm Cloud

Bib - Gold, Primrose, Blender

Leaves - (SN) Pale Citrus, Lime Green, Grass, Alpine Green

Branch - (SN) Mocha, Umber, Coffee Bean

Flower - Baby Pink, Cocktail Pink, Blender, Vermilion, Shocking Pink

I cut out a circle from copy paper and used this as a stencil to create the inked sun behind the bird, using Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey Distress Oxides and added a stamped sentiment from the Little Birdies freebies on SC&P magazine. I mat the panel onto a navy blue pearl card base and finished with some peel off border and a few gems...

I did actually make another card first, but on upload didn't think that it was simple enough for the challenge theme, though I do love how it turned out and even stepped out of my pastel comfort zone for a change!...

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you can find the time to play along with our fun challenge this week...I look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing all of your wonderfully simple makes this week...

Crafty hugs,