Passion for Markers - Animal Magic...

 Good morning, crafty friends! I hope that you are enjoying the sunshine, if you have it? It seems a very long time coming here in North Wales!...

It's time for a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week, the lovely Lorraine has chosen a theme of 'Animal Magic'...so we would like to see any type of animal on your creations (including birds)...

We are being sponsored by Hetty Clare who is offering one lucky winner a choice of 2 digital images from her only store...

We were lucky enough to get an image to play with and I went with the fun 'Pony'...

 I decided to create a wobbler card, so split the image into the horse and fence components and cut out the pony with rider, leaving a white border. I added a card spring on the back of the pony so that it wobbles on the front of the card and in my mind (which is a dangerous place to be?!) looked like the horse was jumping over the fence...

I coloured the image with my Pro/Flexmarkers and used the colours of my friend's daughter's pony, as this was a birthday card for her...but have you ever tried colouring a white pony??...no colour list today, sadly, as it was a case of grab and go...

I hope you an find the time to play along with our fun challenge this week and if anyone can find any crafty motivation, could they send it my way please? I am struggling to even want to open the door to my craft room at the minute, so if Mr Mojo makes an appearance in your vicinity, can you remind him where I live?! Thanks!

Passion for Markers - Pretty Pastels...

Good morning, dear crafty friends! It's time for a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week it's my turn to host....

I have decided to stay in my comfort zone and chosen a simple theme of 'Pretty Pastels', so banish the brights and ditch the darks, I want to see those pretty ice cream colour tones and more gentle colour palettes on your creations this week...

We are being sponsored by Di's Digi Stamps who are offering one lucky winner a £6.00 voucher to their online store...

 For my DT card, I picked out an old Time 4 Tea Designs image which I got as a freebie when they were retiring a bunch of old images called 'Happy Cat Mom Day Bonnie'...

 I coloured her up with my Pro/Flexmarkers, but sadly don't have a colour list to share today as there were just so many colours I used with all the different cats!

I found some coordinating papers in my scrap drawers (I do try to use them as often as I can but 3 pieces doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of using them up!) and went with a simple layered layout on a dusky pink 5"x7" card base. I added a white strip to lift the image from the patterns and stamped a simple sentiment (thank goodness for stamp platforms!) I finished off with a few crystal star gems and added the butterflies from the image separately...

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

Crafty hugs,