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

Good afternoon, crafty friends! Gosh, these Tuesdays are rolling round and an alarming pace...but you know what that means, don't you? Yep, that's right! We've started a brand new challenge over at Passion for Promarkers...
The lovely Marie is in the hostess chair and has given us a nice, easy theme of Dies and/or punches, so we'd like you to use these items on your creations...
We have a set of 6 Promarkers for one lucky winner, donated by our wonderful Denise, so what are you waiting for? Why not get out your pens and get colouring?!…

I decided to go with a sunny, cocktail theme for my card and used my new Sizzix die cut alphabet for the sentiment.  The image is one of my own, as are the papers and I added some sprinkles and a touch of glitter for some sparkle...
It's a bit of a short and sweet post today as I forgot to post this morning, plus I'm off to get the hedges cut whilst it's not too hot...Hope you can find the time to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing all of your wonderful creations!
Hugs,

A couple more...

Good morning, again my dear Blogger cuddies! Hope you're all having a wonderful Wednesday!
I'm back again to share a couple more of the embossed cards that I have been making...

I've really got into colouring dry embossing and love the way this pretty floral panel turned out. I inked the Cuttlebug Stylized Flower folder with Mustard Seed Distress Ink before embossing, then coloured some of the details with my Promarkers...you may notice that frame die making an appearance again!

Again, some more colouring, but this time just a subtle touch of colour on this Sizzx folder - not sure of the name...

And this is what my stash loos like so far...I have to replicate a few more of them, to sell in a local store but it should keep me busy for a wee while!
Thanks for dropping by and I hope to be back soon with some more paper creations!
Crafty hugs,

Embossed cards...

Good morning, crafty friends! I have been completing a few card orders of late and was asked to make a batch of cards for a lady who loves dry embossing...although I love embossing myself, it can be a bit difficult to know what to do with it, other than just matting and layering it onto a card and this is what I came up with...

 Firstly, a wedding card using Couture Creations Ornament Hearts folder...

 I really like this pretty, doily frame folder from XCut...

Finally, this Get Well card uses the Dandelion Whisper embossing folder from Craft Concepts and was coloured lightly with Promarkers...
I do have a couple more in progress and will share them tomorrow...
Hugs,

Passion for Promarkers - Hip to be Square...

Good morning, Blogger buddies! Well, another Tuesday rolls around and you know what that means, right?!...Yep, you guessed it, it's the start of a brand new challenge over at Passion for Promarkers! I am playing hostess this week and have given an ever so easy theme of 'Hip to be Square'...so I want to see square card bases, boxes, or canvasses, if that's your material of choice! Whatever your style, as long as it's square, it's hip!
We are being sponsored by Uniko stamps who are offering one lucky winner a choice of stamp set from their online store (has to be in stock)...so what are you waiting for? Get out those pens and get colouring!...

I tend to create with whatever is on my table at the time and often find that my cards go through phases because of this...at the moment, this frame die is one that is taking up residence on my crafty table, so is getting used quite often in my creations! The sweet unicorn and papers are my own designs...I'm hoping to update my Etsy shop over the Summer holidays, so this may just appear over there! And clouds had to make an appearance on my card...just because...I don't know what it is about them, but I just love to use them in my crafting!
I hope you can drag yourself away from the sunshine and find the time to play along with my challenge this week and look forward to hopping round and seeing all your wonderful creations!
Crafty hugs,

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

Crafty Cardmakers

#215 At Least Two Dies/Punches closes 15th

The Sketchy Challenges

#144 Anything Goes until the end of July

Love to Craft Challenge

#24 July Anything Goes

Passion for Promarkers - Weather...

Good morning, crafty buddies and a happy Tuesday to you all! Who would have thought that Julie's challenge theme this week, over at Passion for Promarkers, would be so topical?!
The weather...
Here in Blighty we love to talk about the weather - I think because it is so changeable and it is possible to get all 4 seasons in one day! Who'd have thought that such a tiny little island could get rain, sleet, snow, gales and sunshine all in the space of 24 hours and even then, it 's probably not happening a mile down the road?!…
So whilst we make the most of the sunshine here in the UK (and I know it's not everyone's cup of tea!), why not get out your pens and play along with our weather themed challenge? Now it doesn't just have to be sunshine and Summer time makes, you could always go with a wintery theme to cool you down...or even that thing we don't talk about until December?!…
We are being sponsored by Di's Digi Stamps who are offering one lucky winner a $12 voucher to their online store...

For my card, I made a little collage with some of the Weather digi stamps from Another Play on Words...I have to say, I wasn't too pleased with my colouring on this one, but I suppose we all have 'off' days?! (Plus I didn't have time to start all over again?!) My lovely teamie Elaine said that it looked like the weather forecast for Scotland in one day...ha, ha!...so true!
Well, enjoy the weather, whatever it throws at you and I hope you can find the time to join in with our fun challenge this week!
I'm off to have my hair chopped off - I keep swaying whether to go short or chicken out and just get a trim...we'll see how brave I am?!
Have a terrific Tuesday! Crafty hugs,

Twist and pop cards...

Good evening, crafty friends! I've been meaning to post these fab cards that the lovely Linda (one of the girls from our workshop) made using the twist and pop card template from my Etsy store...
Instead of using the butterfly or grapevine design elements that come with the card template, she mixed it up and used some of the images from my CDs...

For the first one, she used the BBQ toppers and papers from A Play on Words...

And the second used the travel images from Another Play on Words and the Globe from A Play on Words...
I love the way they turned out and it's so nice to see what someone else does with my designs! Thank you Linda for sharing your fab creations and allowing me to share them with my crafty friends!
Hugs,

Passion for Promarkers - Make it Manly...

Good morning, crafty friends! Another Tuesday rolls around, which means it's time for a brand new challenge over at Passion for Promarkers! The lovely Hazel is in the hostess chair and she's given us a topical theme (with Father's Day on Sunday) of 'Make it Manly'...so we'd like to see all those masculine creations or something for the boys in our lives...
We're being sponsored by Lacy Sunshine who are offering one lucky winner a choice of 3 digi images from their online store...

We were lucky enough to get an image to play with and I went with, the ever so fun, Ten Gallon Ted!   I coloured him up with my Pro/Flexmarkers :

Skin - Blush, Dusky Pink, Coral

Hair - Champagne, Linen, Buttercup

Hat and Belt - Caramel, Cinnamon, Cocoa, Henna, Umber, Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Gold

Neckerchief - Red, Berry, Crimson, Burgundy

Jacket - Denim, Cadet, Midnight Blue

Fur Chaps - Cool Grey 2, 3, 4, 5, Storm Cloud

Shoes - Cool Grey 3, 4, 5, Storm Cloud, Black

I added real string to the lasso, cutting slits at the edge of his trousers and threading it behind the image...

I created a U shaped card to give plenty of dimension and added the Spellbinders Rustic Western Elements fence die, and grass and cloud dies in the background.  I made a sheriff's badge from gold cardstock, thinking it would be a good place to add an age number and finished off with a Birthday sentiment...
It looks like the good weather may finally be coming to an end, as it's much cooler here today...it is always a shock to the system to get change after such a lengthy spell of sunshine, but hopefully, it'll be back before we know it! We may just squeeze another day of fair weather until the rain comes in...
Enjoy your Tuesday, whatever you're up to and I look forward to hopping over to see all your wonderful creations, if you can find the time to play along!
Crafty hugs,

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

The Sketchy Challenge

#143 Sketch or Anything Goes until the end of the month

Crafty Catz

Anything Goes optional Ribbon or Twine closes 14th

Cute Card Thursday 

#533 Anything Goes closes tomorrow

Love to Craft Challenge

June Anything Goes until the end of the month