Tuesday, 27 August 2024

Passion for Markers - Hip to be Square...

 Good morning, crafty friends! We're almost at the end of August...how did that happen?!...and who stole Summer?! There has been a definite shift to a more Autumnal feel here in North Wales, but hubby predicted at the beginning of the season that Summer would be two weeks in September, so I'm still hopeful! 

Another Tuesday appears, which means it's time for our brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers. The lovely Marlene is in the hostess chair with a simple theme of 'Hip to be Square', so we don't mind the project, as long as it's square and you've used your markers (alcohol or water based) to colour an image...

 

We're being sponsored by Rachel Anne Miller Stamps who are offering one lucky winner a £10 voucher to spend in her online store...how cool is that?


 We were lucky enough to get an image from Rachel's current new release called 'Candy Shop' to play with and I used the fun gumball machine image...


 

I must admit that I wasn't overly keen on this finished card, but knew I wanted to create a shaker element for the glass bowl of the gumball machine and used punched waste, coloured with my markers and diamond art gems for the shaker bits.

Colour List -

Reds - Sunset, Red, Berry Red, Burgundy
Greys - Cool Grey 2, 4 & 5
Yellow - Lemon, Tulip Yellow, Gold
Pink - Baby Pink, Cerise, Shocking Pink
Green - Lime Zest, Lime, Bright Green
Blue - Pastel Blue, Sky Blue

I am trying to make use of the many paper scraps that I have accumulated and thought that this paper was perfect for the gumballs (almost a typo there - not good when your gumballs start with 'B'!?!)  I also have a box (or two) with left over die cuts from workshops and other projects, hence the fishtail flags...I still can't seem to shake my lack of motivation to craft, well to do anything really and it's only my DT work that forces me to go up into my craft room, so if anyone finds a touch of Mojo somewhere, can they send some my way, please?!...

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

Crafty hugs,



Tuesday, 13 August 2024

Passion for Markers - Add a sentiment...

Good morning, dear Blogger buddies! It seems that the short spell of hot weather has been broken by rain here in North Wales, although I will be glad of a fresher feel as it's been terribly humid here for the last few days...

It's Tuesday, which means the start of a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers. The lovely Marie who has chosen a super simple theme of 'Add a sentiment'...we don't mind what type of creation you make, just as long as you use your markers and follow the challenge theme...

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

I picked out an image that I have previously used from Colour of Love called Maiara Indian Maiden...


 I have to say that I really enjoyed colouring this pretty image up (although I notice that my colouring is not what it used to be with having to wear glasses now?!) and here's the colour list I used :

Skin - Tan, Cinnamon, Caramel
Hair - Walnut, Henna, Umber
Eyes - Pear Green, Moss
Feathers and shawl - Gold, Honeycomb, Spice
Cool Aqua, Duck Egg, Surf Blue
Soft Peach, Tea Rose, Rose Peach

 I fussy cut her out leaving a white border and mounted her with foam pads. I used a rectangle and cloud border stencil to create the background with Wild Honey and Broken China Distress Oxides, but inevitably, it went a little green around the edges?! Oh, well...

The clouds and stars were from my ever increasing bit box and the sentiment is a new one from Crafter's Companion - they were having a 10 for £10 sale, so who could resist?!

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

Crafty hugs,