Passion for Promarkers - In the Pink...

Good morning, crafty friends from a sunny North Wales! It's my turn to host this week over at Passion for Promarkers and in homage to my love of pink when it comes to crafting, I have given you all the theme 'In the Pink'...you can create anything you like, not just a card and use any other colours, as long as the predominant one is pink!
We are kindly being sponsored by JMC Designs who are offering one lucky winner a complete digital collection of their choice, from her online store...

Don’t forget you can enter any type of creation it doesn’t have to be a card but remember, as always, to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Winsor & Newton (formerly Letraset) products (promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, aqua markers or metallic markers) and of course follow the theme.  Please can you help us by stating which products you have used on your creation I.e. ‘coloured with promarkers’ etc.  Thanks x x

We were lucky enough to get an image to play with and I picked out the pretty 'Camille Amore'...

I didn't want to go all out PINK, so paper pieced her dress and hat in a lovely blue ticking stripe - I am a big fan of contrasting colours and I think the cool blue stops the whole card being to sugary sweet...

The papers are whatever I found in my scrap drawers, as I am still trying to use them up rather than cutting into new sheets, but I know that the floral and pink dots are from The Works Sweet Garden Roses and the blue ticking is from the Cooker and Washer set of Words at Play...

I once again tweaked the layout of the flamingo card I made in November 2017, making it fit a square card base and added a touch of glitter and some sparkly hearts for a touch of bling...

I hope you can find the time to play along with my challenge this week and look forward to visiting you all and seeing your wonderful creations...it's always difficult choosing a Top 5!

Crafty hugs,

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Papercraft Challenge - May

Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday

Feminine closes tomorrow

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Anything Goes closes tomorrow

Wild Rose card...

Good afternoon, crafty friends!

Following on from my last post on inspiration and how I often use sketches, I am back with a card created using one of my all time favourite Mojo Monday sketches #257...

I have also revisited my Wild Rose Project Kit, which has been relisted in my Etsy store HERE...

Now I have been a little bit dim in my choice of colour scheme, as the whole point of this post was to show you how to paper piece the roses instead of colouring them, but as I've done them in pink, you could just use the precoloured images instead...duh! But anyway, here's how I did the paper piecing and you could try it in a different colour!...

 I opened a 4x6 photo size page in my graphics program and added all the digistamps to the page, resizing them to 60% so that they all fit on. I printed 2 copies on 4x6 sized paper and then put the paper back in the printer, before printing the green gingham and pink circle patterned papers over the top - by changing the printer settings to 4x6 photo paper and the sizing to Shrink to Fit, it resizes the pattern so that it is smaller...

 I added some shading to the flowers using Dusky Rose, Pale Pink and Blender Promarkers with Buttercup and Mustard yellow in the centre, then cut out the flower areas, removing the leaves...

 I shaded the leaves with Forest Green, Apple and Blender and cut this layer out, being careful to cut around the leaf areas properly, but roughly cutting the rest...

I then adhered the pink layer over the green, using the second individual flower as a decoupage layer over the top of the flower with leaves to make a fuller bloom...

Here's the layer dimensions, if you would like to recreate this card, or use your own papers and image...

Pink circle - 14 x 12cm

Pink plaid - 12 x 5.5cm

Pink - 12 x 1.5cm

Green - 12 x 9cm

Green gingham - 11.5 x 8.5cm

Cream - 17.5 x 4cm (fishtail one end)

If you'd like to recreate this exact card, you can find the Wild Rose project Kit in my Etsy store, HERE - it is just £2.40 for 9 A4 printable sheets, including these 3 coordinating papers, plus all the elements to use in your graphics program

I hope you like my floral creation and if I have given you the inspiration to try a card like this, then please share your post and let me know...

Crafty hugs,

Inspiration...

I often see posts of people asking where do you find inspiration for cardmaking and I have to say that one of my biggest inspiration is sketches....When asked to make a specific card for someone, or when I have a certain image to use, I can visualise different sketches I have used over the years depending on the image shape - circular, square, or fussy cut, etc...and obviously tend to have a few old favourites...

I just wanted to share a couple of places that have given me HUGE inspiration over the years - the first is Jen's Deconstructed Sketch (I don't think that it is still going, but it is still a great source for me and her cards are always fabulous too!) She still blogs her creations, so you can find inspiration there too...

Secondly is Mojo Monday...I thought that this too had stopped, but then I discovered that the fabulous Julee now posts on her personal blog (how did I miss this?!) Her cards are pretty inspirational anyway, but having a sketch and challenge, so you can see other people's take on them is an amazing wealth of inspiration...

I hope that, like me, you will find inspiration from these places and hopefully a little from myself too - I love to share my passion for crafting and if I can help a fellow crafter in any way, I am so happy to do so...

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Promarkers - Make it Digital...

Good morning, lovely Bloggers!  Tuesday has rolled around again and it's time for a new challenge over at Passion for Promarkers.  This week it's the lovely Marie playing hostess and she has chosen a nice easy theme of 'Make it Digital' ...so as long as you use something digital on your creation, be it a digital image, papers, etc, and use your Letraset pens, then you will be in with the chance of winning a £10 voucher from the wonderful Digistamp Boutique, who are sponsoring us this week!..

The lovely Sally-Ann gave us the opportunity to choose an image to work with and I picked the ever so cute Christmas Tweet Family...

...I went with quite a simple design, utilising the sketch that I had used for my Boys/Men DT card here...

 ...I coloured the sweet robin family with Pro/Flexmarkers and decoupaged the little robin chicks for a bit of dimension.  Here's the colour list I used :

Birds : Sandstone, Caramel, Cocoa, Walnut, Umber

Red breasts : Red, Crimson, Burgundy

Santa hats : Amaranth Red, Crimson, Burgundy

Scarves and chick hats : Pastel, Arctic & Sky Blue, Leaf Bright & Forest Green, Buttercup, Mustard, Sunflower Yellow, Wild Orchid, Purple, Slate

Branch : Umber, Shale

Sky : Midnight Blue, Blender

...I used Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder for the background and the green polka dot paper from the Telephone design set of A Play on Words.  The blue plaid was a scrap from my stash and I added a Memory Box Corner Bow die cut from box cardboard, with white plastic snowflake embellishment...

...I finished the inside with a printed insert with the second image from the set in black and white and a simple sentiment.

Well that's another Christmas card to add to my stash, I think I'm up to 4 now!  Have a wonderful week, whatever you're doing and I hope you can find the time to join in with this week's easy peasy challenge!  Don't forget to hop on over to the Passion for Promarkers blog to see what my lovely teamies have been making for your inspiration!

Crafty hugs,

Another Christmas creation...

Good morning, lovely peeps!  Half way through the week already!  Hope that you're all well and that the sun is shining wherever you are!
I'm back again today (boy am I on a roll!) to share a Christmas card that was inspired by Jen's brilliant Deconstructed Sketch #167.  I love a good sketch and often turn to Jen's blog to find inspiration for a layout and to see her amazing inspiration too!...

...For the papers I have used the Postbox plaid and flower paper, Lantern dots and Church snowflake, stripe and sentiment from my disc 12 Cards of Christmas.  I have inked all the edges and matted using various colour cardstocks.  The sentiment was cut using Spellbinders Labels Eleven (they're Mum's, but ssssh, don't say anything!) and I decorated with Spellbinders Pointsettia dies (they're Mum's too!), Cheery Lyn leaf border and All Occasions Dies Holly...

...I finished the inside with a printed insert from the Pointsettia design set and added my signature pearls to the front!  I really like the way this one turned out and I think this is another sketch that will be used regularly...thanks Jen!
I'll be back again with another creation tomorrow and have you noticed, even my photos are looking better thanks to the September sunshine!
Happy crafting! Hugs,

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra

Anything Goes until the end of the month

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned paper Challenge

Anything Goes until the end of the month

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge

R,E or D (until 14th)

I have used R- Red and D- diecuts

ABC Christmas Challenge

Red for Pointsettias (until 16th)

Sentimental Sundays

A Touch of Vintage (until 13th)

Passion for Promarkers - Embossing...

Good morning, lovely Bloggers!  It's Tuesday again, which means the start of a new challenge over at Passion for Promarkers!  This week it's the lovely Julie playing hostess and she would like to see embossing (dry or heat).  We're sponsored by the fabulous Polkadoodles this week...

Don't forget to be eligible to win the prize, you MUST use your Letraset products (i.e. promarkers, flex markers, aqua markers, tria markers, metallic markers or neon markers) and of course follow the theme.

...So for my card, I have made another Christmas card (and it's not even the end of March!?!)...

...I went back to one of my all time favourite sketches from Mojo Monday, number 257 and used different embossing folders instead of patterned papers...

...The sweet image is one I chose from my win over at Fab n Funky and it's called Frosty Friends.  I coloured with Pro/Flexmarkers and used the following colour list :

Hat - Sandstone, Caramel, Cocoa, Walnut, Meadow, Leaf, Bright Green

Heart - Tea Rose, Watermelon, Antique Pink

Scarf - Royal, Egyptian, Indigo Blue, Blender, Glacier, Cloud Blue

Carrot nose - Honeycomb, Pumpkin, Mandarin

Snowflake hat - Ruby, Crimson, Burgundy

...I finished the inside with a printed insert and highlighted the image with Crystal glitter, fabric snowflake and a couple of diamantes....
So, that's it for today, I hope you can find the time to join in with our challenge this week and look forward to seeing your wonderful creations!  Hop on over to the Passion for Promarkers blog to see what fabulous inspiration my amazing teamies have come up with and I'll see you soon!
Take care,

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Crafting from the Heart

Anything Goes/Spots or Stripes (until 30th)

(I've used a spotty embossing folder and polka dot ribbon and my snowman has a stripey scarf!)

Crafts4Eternity

Anything Goes (until 27th)

Sister Act Challenge

Anything Goes (until 27th)

Crafty Ribbons

Anything Goes with Ribbon (closes today)

Alannah & Snowball...

Good morning, dear Blogger friends, I hope you're all having a terrific Thursday!  Amazingly, I have another crafty creation to share with you all today...I know, I know, I'm doing quite well this week! Despite the lovely Spring weather we've been having here in Wales this week, my make is on a Wintry theme with my first Christmas card of 2014!!

...This is Alannah & Snowball, another sweet digi that I chose from Kathryne's StampArt range at Whimsy Stamps, after my recent challenge win - isn't she a sweetie?!  I decide to re-use the fab sketch that I had used for my Love Owls card, but just turned it upside down!  The only patterned paper I used is from First Edition Dreamcatcher and I thought looked a bit like snowflakes.  The back panel is embossed with Cuttlebug's Snowflakes embossing folder...

...I coloured Alannah & Snowball with my Pro/Flexmarkers and here's the list of colours I used :

Skin - Blush, Dusky, Sunkissed Pink, Coral (my usual combo - if it ain't broke, don't fix it!)

Hair - Light Fawn, Champagne, Sandstone, Caramel

Jacket - Lavender, Orchid, Amethyst, Purple

Trousers - Muted Pink Tea Rose, Watermelon

Hat - Glacier, Cloud, Cadet Blue

Boots - Pastel Beige, Soft Khaki, Khaki

Snowball's scarf - Soft Aqua, Duck Egg, Surf Blue, Sea Mist

Snowball's Hat - Light Fawn, Pastel Beige, Soft Khaki, Khaki, Red, Crimson, Burgundy, Linen, Vanilla

Carrot nose - Pumpkin, Mandarin

...I added lots of glitter to the image and used my Marianne Snowflake die set to replace the circle on the sketch.  I created a sentiment in PS which is Welsh for 'Season's Greetings' and added a printed insert inside.  Of course, my little polka dot buttons made an appearance again and I also added a couple of extra fishtail flags with pearls and glitter edging.
I hope that we don't see any snow for a while (other than on cards, of course!) and that Spring is definitely here to stay!  Thanks for taking the time to come and see me today and I love to read any comments you'd like to leave me!  I'll be back soon with some more craftiness...enjoy the rest of the week!
Crafty Hugs,

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges :

One Stitch at a Time

Anythign Goes (until 8th)

The ABC Challenge

G is for Girly (until 13th)

Just Inspirational Monthly Challenge

Anything Goes

Noah's Ark...

Good morning, lovely people!  I hope you're all having a happy Tuesday filled with sunshine!  Yesterday was the first real sign of Spring, with stunning blue skies and (slightly) warm sunshine - I hope it stays a while as the Winter seems to have been so long and grey!  Also, I love this time of year as you can see the days getting longer and the promise of what's to come with all the new shoots and Spring flowers!

Whilst looking through my folders for files to print and colour, I came across one that I didn't recognise and when I opened it, discovered one of the digis that I had chosen after winning over at Whimsy Stamps...a long time ago! (Slap on the wrist!)  So, I thought it about time that it got printed out and used on a card!...

This card came Top 3 at Creative Inspirations!  Thanks, ladies!

Also came second at C.R.A.F.T Challenges! Woo hoo!

..This is the ever so cute Noah's Ark from Crissy Armstrong at Whimsy Stamps and I teamed it with papers from Prima's Forever Young and Hello Pastel paper pads...

...I coloured the sweet image with my Pro/Flexmarkers and here's the colours for all you Letrasetters! :

Elephants - Cool Grey 1, 3, 4, Satin, Blush

Monkeys - Caramel, Cocoa, Henna, Champagne, Sandstone, Watermelon

Giraffes - Buttercup, Vanilla, Mustard, Caramel, Cinnamon

Ark - Ivory, Vanilla, Mustard, Glacier, Cloud Blue, Muted Pink, Tea Rose, Watermelon

Umbrella - Meadow, Leaf, Bright Green

...I followed another of Jen's fabulous sketches (I am addicted to these at the minute!) and this one is Deconstructed Sketch #3 but I changed the circle for a rectangular sentiment, which means 'Happy Birthday' in Welsh.  I highlighted the image with some crystal glitter and added a couple of polka dots buttons (said you'd be seeing more of them!) then finished with a printed insert.

I am trying to increase my stash of Welsh cards (as you have probably guessed) as I'm hoping to do a craft fair next weekend and of course, they are always the first to go.

Thanks for dropping by to see me and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

 

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Card Mania

Add a sentiment (until 7th)

Crafty Catz

Anything Goes (until 6th)

C.R.A.F.T Challenge

Inspired by a Film - Evan Almighty (until 5th)

Creative Inspirations

It's a Boy Thing! (finishes today)

 Delicious Doodles

One for the Boys (until 6th)

Love Owls...

Happy Monday, lovely people!  Hope the sun is shining where you are - we have beautiful blue skies and Spring sunshine and as a result, my line is full of washing!  It's back to normality here now as the boys are back to school after their half term, to be honest, I'm glad to get the house back to some sort of order as it always seems to descend into chaos when the boys are off!  Kitchen and bathroom have been cleaned, hoovering will be finished later (that's Jason's chore on a Monday!) so all that's left to do is find my craft room under the explosion of craftiness!  (I am SUCH a messy crafter!)
Last week, I was lucky enough to win over at Fab 'n' Funky Challenges and got to choose 5 digis from StampArt Design by Kathryne's fabulous range, so I'll be sharing some creations made using some of these wonderful images in the near future!

Anyway, I have a little card to share with you all today using the fabulous Digistamp Boutique's Love Owls...

...The sunny papers I used are from the aptly named, Prima Sunny Days paper pad and I followed another of Jen's amazing sketches at Deconstructing Jen - this one is #11...

...I wanted to give my owls a bit of texture, so tried to give them a feathery look using my Pro/Flexmarkers.  I didn't write the colours down for this one as I just sort of pulled pens out and kept adding colour!...

...The sentiment is Welsh for 'On your Wedding Anniversary' and I added a printed insert inside with the line image on and 'Best wishes for a very happy day'.  I finished off with some cute polka dot buttons which have found their way onto quite a few projects at the moment!
I have to say, I am really enjoying getting some more colour into my projects - maybe it's the sunshine that makes me want to use oranges, bright pinks and other Spring colours, but I love the cheery nature it gives to the finished card!
Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today, it really is appreciated!
Big crafty hugs to you all!

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges :

I Love Promarkers

Use die cuts, no Punches

Scrap that!  Sorry ladies, just realised I've used my corner rounder punch, please remove me from the draw!

A Gem of a Challenge

Anniversary

Digistamp Boutique

March Customer Competition

Passion for Promarkers - Make it Digital

Good morning, my lovelies and a Happy Tuesday to you all!  Today sees the start of another fab challenge over at Passion for Promarkers and this week it's the lovely Marie in the chair and she would like us to 'Make it Digital' - so use a Digital image and/or papers.  This week we are sponsored by the talented Nikky from Polkadoodles and she is offering 5 lucky people the chance to win her Dollie Daydreams 'Glitz' digistamp.

For my card, I decided to use the fabulous Soccer Boy digistamp that I bought from MilknCoffee after discovering their digistore and also the brilliant sketch that is running over at Fussy and Fancy Friday this week...

...I didn't want the card to be specific team colours. but just a little boy playing football, so went with papers from Prima's Bohemian Bamboo paper pad in red, blue, grey and green.  The great sketch has lots of layers, but because of the different patterns on my papers, I decided not to mat my layers as I felt it would make the card too busy!...

...I inked all the paper edges with Walnut Stain DI and just matted the image to give it more of a focal point (well that was the intention anyway!?!)...

I coloured Soccer Boy using my Pro/Flexmarkers and here's the colour list I used :

Skin - Blush, Dusky, Sunkissed Pink, Coral (my usual combo)

Hair - Cappuccino, Caramel, Cocoa, Umber

Top - Red, Crimson, Burgundy

Shorts - Cool Grey 1, 3, 4 & 5, Pacific, Cadet Blue

Boots - Cool Greys, Lime Zest, Pear, Moss

Ball - Dolphin Blue, Glacier Blue, Cool Grey 1

Grass - Meadow, Leaf, Bright Green

...I finished my card with a printed insert using the black and white line image and the sentiment ' It's your Birthday!'.  I really like the layout of this card and will definitely be using this sketch again!  Hope you like my little creation and can join in with Marie's challenge this week!  Don't forget to hop on over to the Passion for Promarkers blog to see what my lovely teamies have been up to and I look forward to seeing your creations too!

Big crafty hugs,

Lisa x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges :

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge

Sketch Challenge

My Mum's Craft Shop

Spots & Stripes

Crafty Little Fairies

One for the Boys

Fickle crafter...

Good morning, dear Bloggers!  The sun is shining...and it's raining?!  Work that one out?!! 

Some of you may know that I am a bit of a fickle crafter and my style and likes tend to change with the weather (which is quite frequent!), but I am finding more and more that I am swayed towards the clean and simple style of card making!  I have also found a love of colour and really love the clean lines of a simple design with bold colour schemes.  Until recently, I would never have dreamt of making a card without mat and layering...God forbid!  And I felt a card was not complete until every inch was covered in something!  But now, I embrace the white spaces and modernity of a CAS design, I love the crispness of the geometric shapes and the lack of 'foofiness', the simplicity of  the layout and the way it focuses on the image or sentiment......well, for this week anyway!!! 
So with this in mind, I have a little creation to share with all you lovely peeps!...

...I found this AMAZING sketch over at Deconstructing Jen - I have noticed her sketches before, but never really used them until now, but I have to say I am converted!  I have only really found sketches in the last couple of years or so, but they are so handy when you're not quite sure where to start and are a real inspiration starter!  I have also discovered YELLOW thanks to the lovely Sue Bearhouse who has been using it a lot lately on her designs, which always looks so bright and cheerful! Thanks Sue!...

...The sketch I used is Deconstructed Sketch #139, the yellow polka dot is from Prima's Hello Pastel paper pad and the gingham is one of my own.  The rest of the papers are just scraps from my stash.  The sweet image is another from the Digistamp Boutique's Rosie Collection and she's coloured with my Pro/Flexmarkers.  Here's the colours I used :

Skin - Blush, Dusky, Sunkissed Pink, Coral

Hair - Caramel, Cappuccino, Champagne, Light Fawn

Dress - Buttercup, Canary, Sunflower, Gold

Hairband - Honeydew, Pastel Green, Soft Green

Shoes - Pastel Beige, Cappuccino, Umber

Flower - Blossom, Sorbet, Fuschia, Meadow, Leaf, Bright Green

The little Hello tag came from one of the sheets in the Prima pad and I added some buttons and pearls to embellish...

...I decorated the inside of the card to match the front and have added a sentiment circle with Happy Birthday on.  I really like the bright and sunny feel of this little card and hope you do too!  Thanks for coming by to see me and I'll be back soon with some more crafty creations!

Big crafty hugs,

Lisa x

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges :

I'm joining in with The Deconstrusted Sketch #139

Digistamp Boutique

Fabruary Customer Challenge (2nd entry)

Fab n Funky Challenges

Spots or Stripes

MilkCoffee Challenge

Girly (2nd entry)

The Sketchy Challenges

Anything Goes