Passion for Markers - Summer in Full Bloom...

 Hi there, Blogger buddies! It's time for another brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers with the lovely Lorraine in the hostess chair giving us a simple theme of 'Summer in Bloom'...as the title suggests, Lorraine would like you to use floral elements on your creation...

 We're being sponsored by the talented Alex Syberia who is offering one lucky winner a £10 voucher to spend (on digital products) in her online store...

 We were lucky enough to get an image to play with and I picked out 'Full Bloom'...

 I decided to go with a bolder colour palette than usual (mainly because the colours where on my desk at the time, not because I am an organised crafter and was matching it to papers in my stash...oh, no?!), using the following colour list :

Lemon, Gold, Pumpkin, Bright Orange, Sunset

Baby Pink, Cerise, Shocking Pink, Vermilion

Primrose, Lemon, Tulip Yellow

Blue Pearl, China Blue

Grass, Forest Green, Holly

I really like dark card bases at the moment, so mat a watercolour pink paper onto a navy pearl card base. I used the chisel end of my Blue Pearl marker to create the mat behind the white panel and added my bouquet, fussy cut leaving a white border, using foam pads. I added a couple of die cut flags in green gingham and my favourite Spellbinders Yana Smakula Sketched Sentiments die with a simple stamped and embossed wishes...I finished off with a few gems and a touch of gold glitter on the stamens...

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

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Go Wild!...

 Good morning, crafty friends! I am playing hostess over at Passion for Markers this week, with our brand new challenge starting today and for the theme, I have chosen 'Go Wild!'... you can interpret this however you like, whether it be wild animals, animals that live in the wild, wild flowers or just wild patterns and colour! So, from hedgehogs to hippos or bluebells to bananas, if it lives or grows in the wild (either in the UK or anywhere else in the world) then I would like to see it on your creations!...

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

We were lucky enough to pick an image to play with and I chose the super sweet 'Earlie Hedgehog Balloon'...

Although not the wildest of animals, hedgehogs are a native animal that lives in the wild here in the UK...plus they're pretty cute, especially when they have stripey socks and a balloon!?!...

I coloured this sweet FuzzyPuff with my alcohol markers and here's the colour list I used :

Body - Primrose, Vanilla, (SN) Mocha, (SN) Umber, (SN) Coffee Bean, 

Muzzle and inner ears - Putty, Tan, Baby Pink, Cocktail Pink

Stripes and Bow - Cool Aqua, Duck Egg, Surf Blue,

Balloon - Ruby, Amaranth Red, Burgundy

I raided my scrap drawers for some papers (but it still doesn't seem to make a dent in them?!) and mat the image onto a die cut scalloped rectangle. I cut some balloons from glitter and pearlised card, adding strings and a gold die cut sentiment. I stamped the second part of the sentiment and attached over the 'y' of happy, then finished with some gems, pearls and a touch of glitter...

I hope you can find the time to 'go wild' and join in with my fun challenge this week and look forward to seeing all of your wonderful creations... 

Crafty hugs,