Passion for Markers - Embellish it!...

 Good morning, dear crafty friends! We have a brand new challenge starting today over at Passion for Markers with the lovely Marlene picking a super easy theme of 'Embellish it!'...whether it be flowers, gems, ribbons or buttons, we would like you to add embellishments to your card...

We are being sponsored by the wonderful Conie Fong Art who is offering one lucky winner a choice of 3 digital images from her online store (and there are lots of lovely ones to chosse from!)...

We were lucky enough to be able to choose an image to play with and I picked out the super cute 'Sending Hugs Koala'...isn't he adorable?!...

I decided to make an easel card (having not made one for ages!) I coloured up the sweet Koala bear with my alcohol markers and here's the colour list I used :

Bear - Cool Grey 2, 4 & 5, (SN) Brown Grey 5, Champagne, Putty, Tan

Inside ears - Baby Pink, Cocktail Pink

Tree trunk - (SN) Mocha, Umber, Coffee Bean

Leaves and flowers - Lime Green, Grass, Forest Green, Lemon, Gold

I mat the image onto green paper and added some washi tape, jute ribbon, gems and die cut clouds, plus a touch of glitter on the flower heads...

I used an orange gingham for the bottom half of the card, again mat onto green and used the woodgrain washi tape to cover the join. I added a sentiment from Altenew Beautiful Day and decorated with some die cut leaves that I coloured in the same as the image, before adding veins with a fineline pen and running the chisel end of a black marker along the edges. I also added some tiny die cut flowers with gem centres...

I hope you can join us this week over at Passion for Markers and look forward to seeing all of your wonderful creations...

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Dies and/or Punches...

 Good morning, crafty friends! Another Tuesday races around with a brand new challenge starting over at Passion for Markers! The lovely Marie is in the hostess chair with a super simple theme of 'Dies and/or Punches'...I think for many of us these days, it is rare to make a card without using a die or punch of some description, even if it is just mats and layers or a sentiment...

 We are being sponsored by Sheepski Designs 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 'Twiggy'...

I printed Twiggy out onto a panel to fit a DL card, with a themed sentiment and coloured him up with my Pro/Flexmarkers (although I seem to have mislaid my colour list!) I used a Spellbinders curved border to add to the top of the panel and added some gold twine before matting onto a rich, red cardstock...

I added some die cut leaves and acorn, then embellished with some glitter and brown gems...

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

Crafty hugs,