Passion for Promarkers - Recipe

Good morning, dear Bloggers!  I hope all of you here in the UK had a good Bank holiday weekend?...ours was wonderful!  We had a well earned weekend away with family friends in South Wales, the sun shone brightly, we ate out most days, visited fabulous places, saw beautiful scenery and finished off with a bit of off road Segway-ing! So much fun! I didn't think I'd get the hang of it as my balance isn't the best, but soon got to grips with controlling it and thoroughly enjoyed our trek!
It's very nearly the end of August (and the children's Summer holidays), so it'll be back to a more normal routine next week!  These holidays seem to have flown by, though it's always a challenge to keep the children occupied!  Speaking of Challenges, today is Tuesday which means we see the start of a new Challenge over at Passion for Promarkers!  Our lovely Nic (aka Coops) is in the hostess chair this week and she has a fabulous recipe for us to follow - 3 papers, 1 image, 1 sentiment and 3 embellishments.  This week we are sponsored by the wonderful Bugaboo Digi Stamps, who are offering 7 digi images to the lucky winner picked at random!  Wow!

Don’t forget 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.

...I decided to go Christmassy this week, using one of the fab Paper Shelter images called Snow Angel - isn't she adorable?!  I went for quite traditional colours, which is unusual for me as I normally like the lighter, frosty colours for Christmas...

...The papers I used have been in my stash for literally years - I think they are from a Dovecraft pack and all the coloured layers are white cardstock with the edges coloured with markers.  (I began doing this method because of my crafty stash being packed away in the shed, but it has become second nature now and means I can have any colour card I like to match my image!)  I coloured my image using Pro/Flexmarkers and here's a list of the colours I used :

Skin : Blush, Dusky Pink, Sunkissed Pink

Hair : Linen, Champagne, Sandstone

Hat and Skirt : Red, Crimson, Burgundy

Jacket : Meadow, Leaf, Bright Greens

Scarf : Muted Pink, Tea Rose, Watermelon

Tights : Ivory, Vanilla, Tulip Yellow

Boots and Gloves : Sandstone, Caramel, Cinnamon, Umber

...My 3 embellishments were 3 Marianne Snowflake die cuts, highkighted with Glamourdust and pearls.  I created a sentiment in PS using a couple of different Serif fonts - one of which is a favourite of mine - Holiday Springs...

...I then finished the inside with my usual insert with the black and white line image and the sentiment, 'May your days be Merry and bright...'

I hope you can join in with our fun challenge this week and don't forget to check out the fabulous cards that my wonderful teamies have created, by hopping over to the Passion for Promarkers blog.  Crafty hugs,

Lisa x

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

Challenges 4 Everybody

Anything Goes

Creative Creations

Bingo

(sentiment, image, pearls)

Creative Inspirations

Christmas in August

Fashionista Challenge #19

Christmas Week 2 

ABC Challenges

No flowers

In limbo...

*If you're looking for my Passion for Promarkers DT card, please scroll down a post!*

Good morning, dear Bloggers!  Well, firstly, I must apologise for my absence - I was hoping that it would be because of the fact that the house would now be nearing completion, when the harsh reality is that they haven't even started yet!!  It is the school summer holidays and I, as the title suggests, am in a total state of limbo!  Half of our belongings are packed away in various places and my crafty stash is still partly in the shed, and with not knowing when the work is likely to start, I am reluctant to unpack it all!  I had been so good, getting ahead with my DT cards and making sure that all my card orders were up to date and now, I am back to square one, trying to get ahead again in case work suddenly does start!  We are waiting for the gas board to come and connect us to the mains - our wonderful council only put the order in about 5/6 weeks ago, despite knowing since last August that we wanted to switch (as you can imagine, not very happy with our local council at the moment!).  So, I'm afraid that it means I will likely be sporadic in my posting for the near future!

On the plus side, I have managed to sit and colour in a few of the CAS cards that I printed out when work was first supposed to start, so I do have a little craftiness to share with you all today!...

Card number one is using the ever so cute Wee One from Wee Stamps...

...I coloured her as a little girl this time, using brighter pinks than I normally would, but I quite like the results.  Here's the colours I used :

Skin : Blush, Dusky, Sunkissed Pink

Hair : Linen, Buttercup, Champagne, Sandstone

Pram : Tea Rose, Cocktail Pink, Watermelon, Antique Pink, Primrose, Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Sandstone, Caramel

Bird : Glacier Blue, Cloud Blue, Sunflower

Horse : Tea Green, Soft Green, Blossom, Sorbet, Ivory, Vanilla

I used Stickles Frosted Lace on the trim around the hood and added some pearls to the wheel centres and top corner...

...Card number 2 was using the fabulous free image from MayZArt.  We are big Doctor Who fans and the tenth Doctor (aka David Tennant) was probably one of my favourites, so I just love this image!  I forgot to write the colours down for this one, but I think that they were :

Tardis : Midnight Blue, Navy Blue, Blender for highlights, Tulip Yellow, Gold, Ivory, Champagne, Cool Grey 4, 5 & Black

Skin : Blush, Dusky, Sunkissed

Hair and Jacket : Cinnamon, Cocoa, Umber

Trousers : Pastel Beige, Soft Khaki, Khaki

Tie : Crimson, Burgundy,

Shoes : Cool Grey 1 & 3

...Card number 3 uses the sweet Alyssa Relaxing from Digi Stamp Boutique.  I decided to colour the bath this time, rather than paper piece and am not totally convinced on the result - I used my blender to add some polka dots and added Frosted Lace Stickles to the bubbles.  Here's the colours again for all you Promarker fans :

Skin : Blush, Dusky, Sunkissed Pink (my usual combo at the moment)

Hair : Nutmeg, Saddle Brown, Auburn, Rosewood

Pillow : Tea Rose, Watermelon

Bath : Tea, Pastel, Soft Green, Ivory, Champagne

Bottle : Aniseed, Lime Zest, Pear Green

So there we are, like buses, you wait ages for one and then 3 come along at once! (Unless you live where we do and then you're lucky to get one every 2 hours!! lol!)  I do hope that work starts soon - most people will be glad when it's finished, I'll just be glad when it starts!  I will try to post when I can and I do keep dropping by you all to see what you're up to.  Enjoy the rest of the Summer and hope to see you soon, big crafty hugs,

Lisa x

Passion for Promarkers - Lou's Sketch

Hello again, lovely Bloggers!  As you are reading this, it will be almost 2 months since I scheduled this post!  I'm hoping that by now, all of the messy work that is due to take place on our house will be completed and we will be back to some sort of normality...or organised chaos, in our case!  If all has gone to plan, we should have a new bathroom, kitchen, central heating and complete rewire and I will hopefully be picking out paint colours and wallpaper by now!  I'll let you know if it's any different!


Anyway, today sees the start of a new challenge over at Passion for Promarkers and this week, the lovely Lou has set us a nice and easy Sketch...

...and this week, we are spospored by the fabulous Saturated Canary who is offering one lucky winner the choice of two digis from her store...

Don’t forget 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.

...I decided to use a new image that I bought today (well, I bought it 2 months ago now, but hey ho!)...

...This is sweet Oklahoma and the lovely Krista offered her for just a dollar in her shop, for one day, with the proceeds going to a family who were affected by the recent tornado in Moore, Oklahoma (how cool is that?!)  The card was made using First Edition Boho Chic paper pad and this tulip paper is one of my faves...man, I say that a lot, but it is!!

...I coloured Oklahoma with my Pro/Flexmarkers and here's the colours I used :

Skin : Blush, Dusky Pink, Sunkisssed Pink

Hair : Rosewood, Firebrick, Saddle Brown, Spice

Dress : Light Fawn, Soft Peach, Rose Peach, Spice, Ivory, Vanilla, Mustard, Red

Wellies : Meadow, Leaf, Birght, Forest Greens

Bow and puddle : Soft Aqua, Cool Aqua, Duck Egg, Surf Blue

Umbrella : Ivory, Vanilla, Mustard, Light Fawn, Soft Peach, Rose Peach, Spice, Blush, Dusky, Sunkissed Pink, Meadow, Leaf, Bright Green, Pumpkin, Mandarin

Shadow : Sea Mist

I cut some cloud shapes from white card and glittered then used the waste from the bows on my Precious Stars die to make the raindrops.  I chose the sentiment as I thought it fit the image perfectly and cut out using standard and eyelet SB circle dies...

...As always, I finished with an insert with the black and white line image and the sentiment ' May your day be filled with sunshine'  I'm giving this to my BF for her Birthday which is (was) in June!

It's a bit weird writing my post for the middle of August in June, but I had to get ahead in order to keep up with my DT duties and to have some inspiration to share with you!  Hope you're all having  a wonderful Summer and that the fickle British weather is being kind!  Crafty hugs, Lisa x

Passion for Promarkers - Summertime Blues

Good morning, my lovelies!  My, where are these weeks going to?  It's time for another Challenge over at Passion for Promarkers and this week, I am playing host, setting the theme 'Summertime Blues' - so I would like to see your creations with Blue and one other colour (not including skin and hair)  Our sponsors this week are the fabulous Whiff of Joy who are offering a prize of 1 stamp of choice to the lucky winner!  

Don’t forget 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.

...I decided to go with the colour theme Blue & Green as I haven't used this colour combo for ages - probably because my First Edition Up, Up and Away paper pad is almost finished, I just had a couple of pages left to use on this card and I teamed it with greens from Love Letters and Boho Chic...

...I love this card shape as you can use a larger image than normal, which allowed me to do a bit of paper piecing on this sweet Pink Gem Designs image, Chloe in the Rain...

...I coloured Chloe with my Pro/Flexmarkers and paper pieced her coat using the green flower paper from Love Letters and her umbrella with the blue cloud paper from Up, Up & Away.  I added some shading to the patterned pieces to give them more depth and here's the colours I used :

Skin : Blush, Dusky, Sunkissed Pink, Coral

Hair : Sandstone, Caramel, Cocoa, Henna, Umber

Coat and bow : Meadow, Birght, Forest Greens

Umbrella and collar and cuff : Glacier, Dolphin, Cloud Blue

Boots : Glacier, Dolhpin, Cloud, Cobalt Blues, Sapphire

Handle : Cool Grey 3 & 4

...I freehand drew and cut out some small cloud shapes and added a spotted satin ribbon and bow.  Then finished the inside with a panel to write on, with the black and white line image in the bottom right corner.

...The sentiment was cut with a SB circle die and matted onto a Marianne sunburst circle die from my doily die set.
I'm hoping by now that the only Summertime Blues we will be having is that of beautiful, blue skies and not of rain!?!  I'd love it if you could join in with my challenge theme this week and look forward to visiting you all and seeing your fabulous creations!  Don't forget to hop on over to the Passion for Promarkers blog to see what my wonderful teamies have been up to aswell!  Thanks for dropping by, crafty hugs,
Lisa x

Passion for Promarkers - Create a Scene

Good morning, dear Blogger friends and welcome to another fabulous Challenge for Passion for Promarkers!  Our theme this week has been set by the lovely Lou and she would like us to 'Create a Scene', i.e. cloud background, etc.  For this challenge, we are sponsored by the wonderful Digi Stamp Boutique who are offering one lucky winner the chance to choose 6 digi images from their shop (thanks, Sally-Ann!), such a great prize!

Don’t forget 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, without further ado, here's what I made...

...I kept the card quite CAS, making a feature of the image and background scene.  I am enjoying playing around with my images at the moment, so this one is Saturated Canary's Jules, but with a bit missing!

...I coloured Jules with my Pro/Flexmarkers, but left out some of the image, then cut around to get this...

Here's the colours I used for all you Letraset fans :

Skin : Blush, Dusky, Sunkissed Pink

Hair : Ivory, Vanilla, Mustard, Gold, Sandstone, Caramel

Dress : Red, Crimson, Berry, Burgundy

Tights : Soft Aqua, Duck Egg, Surf Blue

Shoes : Satin, Tan, Cinnamon

Cat : Blue Grey 1, Cool Grey 3, Pastel Pink, Cocktail Pink

...I created the sky background using Glacier Blue, Dolphin Blue and Cloud Blue and added grass near the base using a selection of greens (I just kept adding strokes until I was happy with it).  I created the fence using my SB Parisian Accents border die, some thin strips of white card and the border waste.  Finally, I embellished with a touch of glitter, some small punched flowers and a satin bow for her hair.

I haven't had a go at background scenes very much, so I was quite pleased with how this turned out and am starting to gain a bit more confidence to have a go - I think creating the scene separately and adding a cut out image makes it easier to have a go as you won't ruin your coloured image if you bodge it up! (As I did the first time around!)  So go on, get your pens out and have a play around at making background scenes, you might just surprise yourself and don't forget to link it up to play along with our fab challenge this week!  Remember to hop over to the Passion for Promarkers blog to see what my wonderful teamies have been up to and grab some inspiration!
Thanks for looking and enjoy your week!  Hugs,
Lisa x

Spring Swing easel...

Good morning, dear Bloggers!  Well, it's another day of sunshine and it looks like the summer weather is set to stay over the weekend too!  The children are spending most of their time in the little river in our village, splashing around and trying to catch fish and the BBQ has been lit more times in the last fortnight than it ever has been!  School breaks up at the end of next week and I'm just hoping that the weather doesn't turn sour on us and confine us to indoors!

I've been lucky enough to get a couple of top 3s with some of my projects recently and thought I would share them with you - I got a Top 3 with Natalie and Amy for their Fantasy  Challenge...

...Top 3 with Crafting When We Can Challenge #47 with my Wee Florist card...

...and a Daily Talent Spot over at Joanna Sheen with my Time is Precious wall hanging!

Anyhow, today, I have a card to share with you using another one of my digi choices from my win at The Paper Shelter a couple of weeks ago...

...this is Spring Swing - I decided to make an easel card and use some of the pretty First Edition Dreamcatcher paper pad...

...I coloured this little sweetie with my Promarkers and here's the colours I used for all you Letraset fans :

Skin : Blush, Dusky, Sunkissed Pink

Hair : Sandstone, Caramel, Cocoa, Walnut, Umber

Dress : Soft Mauve, Lavender, Orchid, Amethyst, Purple

Sash and Bow : Muted Pink, Rose Peach, Watermelon, Antique Pink

Bird : Glacier, Cloud, Dolphin Blues

Swing : Vanilla, Sunflower, Soft Khaki, Khaki

Flowers : Cerise, Vermillion, Meadow, Birght Green

Shoes : Dove Grey, Cool Grey 1, Cool Grey 4

...The theme over at The Paper Shelter this week is 'Swirly Girly', so I added a couple of glittered Marianne swirl die cuts and some punched flowers with pearl centres.  I decided to add the sentiment on little tabs to create some more interest on the card and finished (of course) with some little pearls...

...Lastly, I added a panel for a hand written sentiment - all of my coloured layers are white cardstock with the edges coloured with Promarkers, so that I don't have to keep bringing in too much stuff from the shed!  The structural engineer came on Wednesday to see about knocking through the pantry, but there's still no news as to when work is supposed to start and with Summer holidays around the corner, I hope we find out soon!  Thanks for dropping by to see me and I hope to be able to keep cardmaking, if only occasionally, until the work starts!  Enjoy your weekend, whatever you're doing...crafty hugs,

Lisa x

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

The Paper Shelter

Swirly Girly

Southern Girls Challenge

No Spoolin'

A Gem of a Challenge

Lots of Layers

Dream Valley Challenges

Make your own flowers/embellishments

Christmas in July!...

Good morning, dear Bloggers!  I don't normally 'do' Christmas this early, but having thought that the house would now be in turmoil and that all I would be able to do is colour, I printed off a load of digi stamps ready and this little cutie was one of them!

..This is Mo Manning's Kai in the Snow and I thought he would be just perfect for a First Christmas card...

...I decided to make an aperture card and then half way through remembered why I don't do aperture cards very much - because they're a pain in the tush!!  I used 2 Marianne doily die cuts to create the lace edge around the aperture and my Martha Stewart Snowflake border punch along the edges of the card...

...The paper is one that has been in my drawer for EVER and I think was an old Dovecraft pad?!...

...I created a faux nestie behind the image by drawing around my largest circle die and cutting out.  To save me having to bring in loads of different papers from the shed, I used white card which I coloured the edge of with my Promarkers - this also means that you can have perfectly coordinated cardstock to your image!...

...I embellished with some Marianne snowflake die cuts, holographic snowflake and crystal stars which Mam gave me some of about 5 years ago! (I only have 1 left now!)  The image and snowflakes were glittered with Crystal glitter, pearls added and a couple of blue pearl stars to finish.  I created the sentiment in PS using Papyrus font and will probably add a name somewhere before sending it out in a few months! (Can't quite believe we're in July already!)
My little man had his school trip yesterday to Drayton Manor - they left school  at 8.15am and didn't get back until about 6.30pm, but he was so on a high!  He loved every minute of it and went on quite a few rides, despite the fact that he's only ever been on the little dragon coaster at Rhyl!  I had the full explanation of all the rides, complete with hand gestures to show the ups and downs and how wet everyone had got on the log flume!  It'll be summer holidays before we turn around and then the dreaded 6 weeks of trying to keep occupied - let's hope that the weather plays it's part and that we can get out in the sunshine, especially as it looks like work might start just in time for then!?!  Oh, joy!
Thanks for dropping by to see me today and I hope you like my little card, despite being a Christmas one!  Enjoy the rest of your week and have a great weekend- it's workshop for me and our village Carnival, so I'll have to make a costume for little man before Friday!  At least the forecast is good!  Hugs,

Lisa xx

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

Papertake Weekly

Anything Goes

The Squirrel and the Fox

Christmas in July

ABC Challenge

Quite a Few (layers)

Here come the Boys

Use a Digi stamp