Passion for Markers - Summer in Full Bloom...

 Hi there, Blogger buddies! It's time for another brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers with the lovely Lorraine in the hostess chair giving us a simple theme of 'Summer in Bloom'...as the title suggests, Lorraine would like you to use floral elements on your creation...

 We're being sponsored by the talented Alex Syberia who is offering one lucky winner a £10 voucher to spend (on digital products) in her online store...

 We were lucky enough to get an image to play with and I picked out 'Full Bloom'...

 I decided to go with a bolder colour palette than usual (mainly because the colours where on my desk at the time, not because I am an organised crafter and was matching it to papers in my stash...oh, no?!), using the following colour list :

Lemon, Gold, Pumpkin, Bright Orange, Sunset

Baby Pink, Cerise, Shocking Pink, Vermilion

Primrose, Lemon, Tulip Yellow

Blue Pearl, China Blue

Grass, Forest Green, Holly

I really like dark card bases at the moment, so mat a watercolour pink paper onto a navy pearl card base. I used the chisel end of my Blue Pearl marker to create the mat behind the white panel and added my bouquet, fussy cut leaving a white border, using foam pads. I added a couple of die cut flags in green gingham and my favourite Spellbinders Yana Smakula Sketched Sentiments die with a simple stamped and embossed wishes...I finished off with a few gems and a touch of gold glitter on the stamens...

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

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Go Wild!...

 Good morning, crafty friends! I am playing hostess over at Passion for Markers this week, with our brand new challenge starting today and for the theme, I have chosen 'Go Wild!'... you can interpret this however you like, whether it be wild animals, animals that live in the wild, wild flowers or just wild patterns and colour! So, from hedgehogs to hippos or bluebells to bananas, if it lives or grows in the wild (either in the UK or anywhere else in the world) then I would like to see it on your creations!...

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

We were lucky enough to pick an image to play with and I chose the super sweet 'Earlie Hedgehog Balloon'...

Although not the wildest of animals, hedgehogs are a native animal that lives in the wild here in the UK...plus they're pretty cute, especially when they have stripey socks and a balloon!?!...

I coloured this sweet FuzzyPuff with my alcohol markers and here's the colour list I used :

Body - Primrose, Vanilla, (SN) Mocha, (SN) Umber, (SN) Coffee Bean, 

Muzzle and inner ears - Putty, Tan, Baby Pink, Cocktail Pink

Stripes and Bow - Cool Aqua, Duck Egg, Surf Blue,

Balloon - Ruby, Amaranth Red, Burgundy

I raided my scrap drawers for some papers (but it still doesn't seem to make a dent in them?!) and mat the image onto a die cut scalloped rectangle. I cut some balloons from glitter and pearlised card, adding strings and a gold die cut sentiment. I stamped the second part of the sentiment and attached over the 'y' of happy, then finished with some gems, pearls and a touch of glitter...

I hope you can find the time to 'go wild' and join in with my fun challenge this week and look forward to seeing all of your wonderful creations... 

Crafty hugs, 

 

Passion for Markers - Holidays...

 Good morning, crafty friends! It's a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers with the lovely Julie choosing a topical theme of 'Holidays'...these can be any type of holiday, including that event that happens in December?!...or something you might do whilst on holiday, maybe scuba diving or mountain climbing! (Doesn't sound like a holiday to me?! Ha, ha!)...

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

We were lucky enough to be able to choose an image to play with and I picked out 'Travelling Tricia' and made a suitcase shaped card...

I used a new pocket die that I HAD to purchase after seeing a cute card by Dee Lamb over in the Tracey Hey and Pals Facebook group, colouring Tricia up with my alcohol markers and just using the main image and suitcase from the design...

Skin - Dusky Pink, Sunkissed Pink, Coral

Hair - Pastel Yellow, Mocha (SN), Cappuccino

Top - Cool Aqua, Duck Egg, Surf Blue, Petrol Blue

Jeans - Blue Pearl, Chine Blue

Bag - Champagne, Sandstone, Cerise, Shocking Pink, Vermillion

Suitcase - Pebble Blue, Storm Cloud, Cool Grey 5, Cerise, Shocking Pink, Vermillion, Cool Aqua, Duck Egg

The card base itself is just a rounded rectangle with added elements for the wheels and handle, plus there's a pocket on the back to add a gift card or maybe some holiday money??

I hope you can join in with our fun challenge this week and look forward to seeing how you interpret the theme...

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Clean and Simple...

 Good morning, crafty friends! It's another hot and sunny Tuesday here in North Wales and the start of a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers...the lovely Sue is in the hostess chair with an easy theme of 'CAS or Clean and Simple'...so ditch the decorations and banish the bling, this time less is more!...

We're being sponsored by SheepSki Designs who are offering one lucky winner 3 digital images of their choice from the online store...

We were lucky enough to get an image to play with and I picked out the fun 'Tropical Image no.239'...

 

I coloured him up with my alcohol markers and the colour list is as follows :

Bird - Black, Storm Cloud, Cool Grey 2

Beak - Sunset, Bright Orange, Pumpkin, Gold, Pebble Blue, Storm Cloud

Bib - Gold, Primrose, Blender

Leaves - (SN) Pale Citrus, Lime Green, Grass, Alpine Green

Branch - (SN) Mocha, Umber, Coffee Bean

Flower - Baby Pink, Cocktail Pink, Blender, Vermilion, Shocking Pink

I cut out a circle from copy paper and used this as a stencil to create the inked sun behind the bird, using Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey Distress Oxides and added a stamped sentiment from the Little Birdies freebies on SC&P magazine. I mat the panel onto a navy blue pearl card base and finished with some peel off border and a few gems...

I did actually make another card first, but on upload didn't think that it was simple enough for the challenge theme, though I do love how it turned out and even stepped out of my pastel comfort zone for a change!...

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you can find the time to play along with our fun challenge this week...I look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing all of your wonderfully simple makes this week...

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Make it Square...

 Good morning, crafty buddies! Another Tuesday whizzes around with a brand new challenge starting at Passion for Markers...

This week it's the lovely Marlene in the hostess chair with a simple theme of 'Make it Square'...so ditch the circles, banish the triangles and come be a square with us!...We're being sponsored by the talented Rachel Ann Miller who is offering one lucky winner a choice of 2 digital images form her online store...

We were lucky enough to get to work with Rachel's latest 'Positivity' release on our DT cards this week and I chose the 'Feel like Sunshine' image to play with...

I will be honest and admit that this was a rushed, last minute creation after getting our Team weeks mixed up (I blame the change over after our Anniversary challenge?!) and so I'm not sure whether I like the finished result or not?!...I do love the image and might even make a larger, framed version for in my hallway...when I can get some crafty motivation that is!...

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

Oh, and if you'd like to make the 3D box frame that I used for this card, there's a tab at the top of the blog labelled Tutorials where you can find the template and full step by step instructions...happy crafting!

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Special Anniversary challenge, Anything Goes...

 *** WARNING – LONG POST ***

Grab a cuppa and a biscuit (or two) and make yourself comfortable!

Good morning, dear crafters. This week's challenge has started today over at Passion for Markers and we have a very special one for you this week as it's our 14th Anniversary. Can you believe it's been 14 years since Gina and Denise started our little challenge blog?  Time flies when you’re having fun!...

As it's a special challenge we have a really easy theme for you of "anything goes".  As the title suggests you can make anything you like this week as long you colour with markers.  We are hoping to see lots of entries but please note that as we have extra prizes up for grabs this week we are only accepting a maximum of 3 entries per person for this one challenge only.  Remember the only rule is use your markers and have fun!

As always we have some fantastic prizes up for grabs and our sponsors have been very generous as usual.  Here we go....

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Dies to Die For are offering a £20.00 voucher

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Leann’s World 101 are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images

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All Dressed Up stamps are offering 2 digi images

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Uniko Stamps are offering 1 stamp set (which must be in stock)

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Polkadoodles are offering 3 digi images

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Colour of Love digis are offering 3 digi images

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Sheepski Designs are offering 3 digi images

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Lili of the Valley are offering 4 digi images

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Alex Syberia is offering a £10 voucher (valid on digital products only)

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Wow we told you there were amazing prizes didn’t we?  Definitely lots of reasons to join in the fun this week!!

For my card I used the ever so fun 'Edna' by JMC Designs (although I think she may have been retired now)... I coloured her up with my Pro/Flexmarkers but sadly forgot to write down the colour list... 

I am struggling to find crafty time at the moment, mainly due to work commitments and the fact that when the sun is shining, I hate being indoors?! But I do hope that you can find the time to play along with our special challenge this week and be in with a chance of winning some fantastic prizes!...

Crafty hugs, 

Lisa x

Passion for Markers - Layer it Up...

 Good morning, crafty buddies! It's time for another new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week the lovely Marie has chosen a theme of 'Layer it Up'...so ditch the CAS and embrace the layers - whether it be multiple paper layers or decoupage elements, this time more is more!...

We're being sponsored by Jan's Digi Stamps who are offering one lucky winner a $6.00 voucher to spend in their online store...

We were lucky enough to get an image to play with and I went with the pretty 'Traces of Spring'...

I coloured the pretty pansies using my Pro/Flexmarkers, decoupaging the main flower and leaves, and here's the colour list I used...

Flowers - Primrose, Vanilla, Mustard, Gold, Lilac, Wild Orchid

Leaves - Lime Zest, Apple, Forest, Holly

Small flowers - Soft Peach, Rose Peach, Sunset, Yellow

Stems and shadows - Tan, Tea Green, Storm Blue

I raided my scrap drawers for papers to coordinate with my image (I know, I know...you're supposed to do it the other way round?!) and just played about with a layout until I was happy! When I'd finished, I felt that the crad needed some sort of contrast as everything was very pale and delicate, so dug out some scalloped peel off borders and used them round the edge to look like a doodled border...this drew the eye to the centre of the flowers...or that was my intention anyway!?! I finished off with a couple of tag die cuts, a touch of glitter and a sprinkling of gems...

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

Crafty hugs,