Passion for Markers - Birthdays...

 Good morning, crafty friends! It's time for another brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week I am playing hostess. As it's my birthday this weekend, I decided to choose a super simple theme of 'Birthdays'!...

We are being sponsored by Colour of Love Stamps 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 sweet 'Sitting Pretty' cat...

I coloured the cute kitty with my Pro/Flexmarkers :

Fur - Soft Peach, Honeycomb, Spice, Cinnamon, Auburn, Champagne, Vanilla, Sandstone

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

Flowers - Pastel Pink, Cocktail Pink, Sorbet, Antique Pink

Grass and leaf - Apple, Forest Green, Camo Green (SN)

I went for a CAS design with a stenciled background using Peacock Feathers DI and fussy cut the cat leaving a white border, before mounting using foam tape. I stamped a two part sentiment, one directly onto the card and the birthday on a strip mounted onto a turquoise blue cardstock. I added a touch of glitter to the sentiment, a tiny die cut butterfly for a bit of dimension and finished with a couple of self adhesive pearls...

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

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Use a stencil...

Good morning, crafty friends and a Happy New Year to you all! I have been absent from crafting for a little while as my lovely Mum passed away at the end of November and I have been spending my time sorting out her affairs and house (no mean feat when she was a maker and crafter like me!) But now it is a new year and she would want us to move forwards and live life, which I'm hoping will continue to include crafting...

It is the start of a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and our newbie DT member Sarah (check out her fabulous creations!) has given us a super challenge theme of 'Use a stencil'...

We're being sponsored by Di's Digi Stamps who are offering one lucky winner a £6.00 voucher to their online store...

I must admit that I never really used stencils in crafting until a couple of years ago and am slowly building my stash (as you do?!), but one of my favourite things to do is find uses for the tools that I already have...so I made my own stencil from a piece of plastic packaging and my cloud border dies...(if you know me well enough, then what else was it going to be?!)...

 I used a sweet Clearly Besotted stamp set that I picked up from a destash page some time ago and coloured the elements with my alcohol markers before fussy cutting out, leaving a border...

I inked the clouds with Broken China, Cracked Pistachio and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxides and added a polka dot paper to the bottom third. I die cut some clouds from scrap and inked the edges with Broken China before adding with foam pads. I finished with some simple sentiments that I found in various sets and a few sequin sprinkles, just because...

I hope that you can play along with our fun challenge this week and look forward to seeing all of your wonderful creations. I hope to continue to share my inspiration with you and wish you all the very best for 2024!

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Occasions other than Birthdays...

 Good morning, crafty buddies! Gosh these Tuesdays are rolling around quickly! But you know what that means...yep, it's time for a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers...

The lovely Marlene is in the hostess chair with a super easy theme of 'Occasions other than Birthdays'... 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 this fun Christmas Angel image... 

I went with a super simple design, with an inked background in Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide and a die cut cloud for my fussy cut Angel to sit on. She was so easy to colour with a limited colour palette of Blush, Dusky Pink, Sunkissed Pink, Pastel Yellow, Champagne, Sandstone, Cappuccino, Cool Aqua, Duck Egg and Surf Blue. I added some glitter to the wings and a few tiny, gold die cut stars, then stamped a sentiment and wrapped some string around the panel with a small tied bow...

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, 

Passion for Markers - Embellish it!...

 Good morning, crafty friends! It's time for a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers with the lovely Marie in the hostess chair, giving us a super easy theme of 'Embellish it'...so whether it's ribbons, gems, glitter, buttons and more, we would like you to add them to your creations....

We're being sponsored y 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 'Perfect Walk' as I thought it was quite topical for the time of year with the weather here in the UK unsure if it's Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter?!...

I coloured the sweet image with my Pro/Flexmarkers -

Skin - Blush, Dusky Pink, Sunkissed Pink

Hair - Pastel Yellow, Champagne, Cappuccino

Dress - Duck Egg, Surf Blue, Marine Blue, Red, Poppy, Burgundy

Umbrella - Pale Pink, Baby Pink, Antique Pink, Storm Cloud

I wanted to cover up the writing that is on the image, so cut out a fence die cut, adding some details with my markers and some small peel off waste dots, then printed off the new sentiment words using Photoshop. I also die cut some clouds (of course?!), added some diamante raindrops and a couple of small buttons to finish...

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

Crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Spots and/or Stripes...

 Good morning, crafty friends! It's time for another fun challenge this week over at Passion for Markers and I have the duty of hostess with a simple theme of 'Spots and/or Stripes', so as it suggests, we would like to see either or both of these patterns on your creations...

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

I decided to colour up a cute stamp that I picked up from a destash site called 'Yeti to Party' by Darcie's Heart & Home and go with my favourite CAS style...

 

I coloured the cute yeti with my Pro/Flexmarkers and he was super easy to colour - 

Cool Grey, 2, 3 & 4, plus grey pencil for added texture

Putty, Tan

Primrose, Vanilla

Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide for the cheeks

I picked out some paper scraps from my overflowing drawers, inking the edges with black ink and used them to create a simple background design, then mounted the yeti on a circle over the top. I stamped one of the sentiments and cut out some small snowflakes to add along with a few pearls. I often wonder whether there is enough to this type of card but stopped myself from trying to add more!

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 - Colours of Autumn...

 Hello there, crafty friends, from a wet and windy North Wales! We have a new challenge starting over at Passion for Markers this week, with the lovely Julie choosing a topical theme of 'Colours of Autumn'... 

We're being sponsored by the wonderful Rachel Ann Miller Stamps who are offering one lucky winner a choice of 2 digital images from their online store...

We were lucky enough to get to choose an image from Rachel's new Halloween release and I picked out the super cute 'Ghost Greetings'...

I thought that the image would be perfect for a shaker card, so went with it and cut out the banner for the shaker element. This image was so quick and easy to colour, just using Pebble Blue Promarker and a blender pen for the ghosts, which were decoupaged on top. I used a random orange and green pen that was on my desk to colour the sentiment and added a touch of blush to the ghosts using Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide on a cotton bud...

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, 

Lisa

Passion for Markers - Christmas in September...

 It's Christmas in September over at Passion for Markers this week, with the lovely Sue choosing our festive theme. We're being sponsored by Colour of Love Digi's 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 'Sleeping Holiday Fred Gnome'...

I coloured Fred with my Pro/Flex Markers and here's the colour list I used -

Skin - Dusky Pink, Coral, Cinnamon

Beard and fur - Pebble Blue, Storm Grey

Hat and top - Pear Green, Moss, Olive Green, Denim Blue, Celestial Blue, Cadet Blue

Holly - Grass, Forest Green, Holly

Bow - Red, Poppy, Crimson, Burgundy

Bells/baubles - Champagne, Sandstone, Cappuccino

I kept my card clean and simple, just adding a touch of glitter, gems and die cut snowflakes. I inked the background with Broken China Distress Oxide and the edges with black, adding a strip of polka dot paper to ground the image...

I hope you can play along with our fun challenge this week and look forward to seeing all of your fabulous festive makes!

Crafty hugs,