Passion for Markers - Food and/or Drink...

 Good morning, Blogger buddies! It's Tuesday (again!) which means it's time for a fun new challenge over at Passion for Markers!...

 I'm playing hostess this week and was inspired by all the Food festivals and markets that seem to be happening at this time of year...so I went with a theme of 'Food and/or Drink'. We're being sponsored by the wonderful Polkadoodles who are offering one lucky winner a choice of 3 digital images from their online store...

We were lucky enough to get an image to play with and I picked out the pretty 'Ruby Birthday Cake'...

I coloured Ruby with my Pro/Flexmarkers -

Skin - Putty, Tan, Cinnamon

Hair - Cappuccino, Umber, Coffee Bean (SN), Pencils

Dress - Yellow, Mustard, Gold, Cocktail Pink, Watermelon, Antique Pink

Shadows - Pebble Blue

I used an old layout from 5 years ago (where does the time go?!) and wanted to incorporate yellow into my make as I see so many lovely creations using yellow, but never seem to make anything myself! I did have to pair it with a touch of pink, of course...just because I find it such an easy colour to work with. I resisted the temptation to add a couple of clouds, like in my original creation...but only just?! Ha, ha!

The sentiment was part of a stamp set that came free with SC&P and I used the Happy from my WoW! stamp set, fussy cut with a white border.

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

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Favourite Tool, Product or Embellishment...

 Hello there, crafty friends! My these days are whizzing by and we are sliding our way into Autumn with speed! The days are getting shorter and we'll soon be digging out the cardigans and 'big' coats...

But before we do, it's time for a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and the lovely Julie has given us a clever theme to use our 'Favourite Tool, Product or Embellishment'...

We're being sponsored by Dr Digi's House of Stamps who are offering one lucky winner a choice of 2 digital images from their online store...

We were lucky enough to get an image to play with and I picked out the fun 'Morag the Moo'...

I may be a little controversial in my choice of favourite tool and my Big Shot machine would have to come in a close second, but for me, I love my little orange scissors! I am a real fan of paper piecing and decoupaging images and the way I can make a card really simple but still add interest and dimension in some 3D or paper pieced elements. They are one of those items that if I only had my scissors, some paper and glue, I would be able to while away many a happy hour! I also have developed a love for white borders around my images and sentiments and can't afford to buy every matching die set, so my trusty scissors do the job just fine!

I coloured Morag with my Pro/Flexmarkers and sadly, forgot to write the colour list down :( but hope you like her just the same?! I decoupaged her up with 3 layers and added what's supposed to be an icicle die, but works great as grass! Of course, I had to add in some die cut clouds, a touch of doodling and a great card pun for good measure!

I hope you can find the time to play along with our fun challenge this week and look forward to visiting your blogs and finding out what your favourite tools/products are...

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Christmas...

 Apologies for the late posting, the Bank Holiday Monday has thrown my ability to know what day of the week it is?!...Turns out it's Tuesday, which means it's time for a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers!...

The lovely Sue is in the hostess chair with a simple theme of 'Christmas' (unless you're me, in which case you find it really hard to think of that event in December until around the 30th November! Ha, ha!) We're being sponsored by Lili of the Valley (LOTV) who are offering one lucky winner a choice of 4 digital images from their online store...

 We were lucky enough to get an image to play with and I picked out the pretty 'Woodland Baubles' and went with a clean and simple design...

I coloured the image with my Pro/Flexmarkers and used a Spellbinders wave border die to cut the edge of the cardstock. I layered over some traditional plaid paper, then matted onto red before adding some red grosgrain ribbon. I decoupaged some of the bauble elements of the image and highlighted with glitter and gems. I added peel off waste dots to the border scallops and mounted everything onto a 6x6 kraft card base....

I hope you can find the time to play along with our simple challenge this week and look forward to seeing all of your festive makes...

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Things with Wings...

 Good morning, crafty friends! It's Tuesday, which can only mean one thing...yep, that's right, it's time for a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers!...

 This week it's the lovely Marlene in the hostess chair with an easy challenge theme of 'Things with Wings'...this could be butterflies, dragons, birds, fairies or any other creature with wings....

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

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

 I kept my card clean and simple, using up some of the ever increasing scraps that I keep accumulating and coloured in my favourite pink and aqua colour combo...I decoupaged the image for a bit more dimension and added some tiny butterfly die cuts (more things with wings!)

Life is pretty hectic at the moment, so I'm finding it hard to craft in between challenges, but hope to be back soon to share the cards that we made at workshop on Saturday....until then, I hope that you can play along with our challenge this week and look forward to seeing all of your wonderful creations!

Crfaty hugs,

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

 Good morning, crafty friends! Wow! These weeks are really speeding by and we're already into August...life is so busy at the minute, I don't know if I'm coming or going?!

 It's time for a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and the lovely Marie is in the hostess chair with a super easy theme of 'Dies and/or Punches'...it doesn't get much easier than that! We're being sponsored by All Dressed Up stamps who are offering one lucky winner a choice of 2 digital images from their online store...

 We were lucky enough to get an image to play with and I picked out the super cute 'Play Day'...

 

 I coloured the sweet girl and her dog with my Pro/Flexmarkers and mounted her onto a concertina front card. I paper pieced her wellies, glasses and hair ribbon for a bit of added dimension and used papers from my scrap drawers for the panels. I added my favourite sun and cloud die cuts, some fishtail flags and a couple of stamped sentiments...

I I hope you can find the time to play along with our fun challenge this week (and if you do, can you send some of that time over to me, please?!) and I look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing all of your wonderful creations!

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Something beginning with 'B'...

 Good morning, crafty friends! Hope you're all coping in this extreme heat that we're having here in the UK...best place to be is indoors crafting?! (If only I had the inspiration!)...

I'm here to share my DT card for this week's challenge over at Passion for Markers. The lovely Lorraine is in the hostess chair with a fun theme of 'Something beginning with B'...maybe bears, bugs, bows, blue, buttons or butterflies...

We're being sponsored by Dies to Die For who are offering one lucky winner a £15 voucher to spend in their online store...

 For my card, I dug out a die that I picked up in the Sizzix sale, possibly 4 or even 5 years ago and have never really known what to do with it, so cut it in white card and decided to colour it up with my alcohol markers...

I attached the bird (my something beginning with B) onto white card with the intention of cutting it out with a border but liked the way it sat on the slim panel and went with it...Some delicate papers and embellishments and a stamped sentiment were enough (I thought) to showcase this pretty die cut, and all mounted onto a light grey pearlescent cardstock...

I hope you can play along with our fun challenge this week and look forward to seeing how you all interpret it...

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Bingo...

 Hello there, dear Blogger buddies! My these weeks are whizzing by, we're already into July and I don't even know where June went?!

It's my turn to host over at Passion for Markers and I've made up a super easy Bingo board for you to play along with...whether you play along with just one line or try to go for a 'full house', as long as you use your markers somewhere on your project, we'd love it if you could join in with us! (Please let us know which line you've used)

We're being generously sponsored by Pattie's Creations this week who are offering one lucky winner a choice of 3 digital images from their online store...

We were lucky enough to get an image to play with and I picked out the pretty 'Peace Doves with Bow'...

I decided to use it as a Wedding card and coloured the doves with my Pro/Flexmarkers -

Blender, Pebble Blue, Storm Cloud, Canary, Sunflower, Blue Pearl, Cornflower, China Blue

I used an embossed and inked layer for the background and layered up some patterned papers from my scrap drawers along with some die cut fishtail flags. I fussy cut the birds and decoupaged the bodies for a bit of dimension, then added some inked leaf sprigs and pearl hearts. I finished off with some gems and a stamped sentiment, so in total managed 4 lines on the board...

I hope you can play along with my challenge this week and shall be visiting all of your blogs to see your wonderful creations!

Crafty hugs,