Passion for Promarkers - Doodleicious

Good morning, dear Bloggers!  My, these weeks are just flying by, can't believe we are already half way through May!  So today, it's time for another Challenge at Passion for Promarkers and this week the theme has been set by the lovely Shelly - she has chosen Doodleicious, so we want to see any sort of doodling on your cards!

 

We are sponsored this week by the fabulous Digistamp Boutique and they are offering one lucky winner 6 digis of their choice...how cool is that?!

 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, for my card, I have used the sweet DSB image from Off to School Rosie and Dan...

...I decided to make an easel, easel card!  I created the easel shape from kraft card, then placed on the front and drew around the outside to know where to cut my card base.  I then made a frame and attached a printed blackboard behind with the sentiment 'For a Special Teacher' on...

...I coloured little Dan with my Pro and Flexmarkers, so here's the colours for all you Letraset fans :

Skin : Blush, Dusky Pink, Sunkissed Pink

Hair : Sandstone, Caramel, Auburn, Firebrick, Rosewood

Shirt : Blue Grey 1, Cool Grey 1

Trousers: Cool Grey 1, 3,4 & 5

Tie : Red, Berry Red, Burgundy

Apple : Aniseed, Lime Zest, Pale Pink, Cocktail Pink, Antique Pink, Ruby

Rucksack : Glacier Blue, Arctic Blue, Celestial Blue, Sapphire

Lunch bag : Glacier Blue, Vanilla

Shoes : Sandstone, Caramel, Cocoa, Umber, Black

...I added some Glossy Accents to the apple and lunch bag and blushed his cheeks with pink chalk - I find I get a much softer effect using chalk...

...I attached a gold star and some diamantes as nail heads, then set about with my doodling...

...I was quite brave and added some childlike doodling to the exercise book paper on the base, some faux stitching on the blue plaid and a swirly doodle on the easel.  A 'Thank you' sentiment printed using Serif's Darling font and cut with my nesties Label Seventeen finished off the card.  I hope you like my little creation and that you can join in with us at Passion for Promarkers this week!
Don't forget to drop by my lovely teamies and see what wonderful creations they have come up with - Cathy, Julie, Lou, Nic (Coops), Shelly, Vicky, Lucy (LoopyLou) - and we look forward to seeing what creations you make! 

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

Cards for Men

Fancy Folds

Dream Valley Challenges 

No Squares Allowed

I Love Promarkers 

Thank you

P.S. A big 'Hi!' to Shirley-Anne, my latest follower, thanks for following me and Ihope you enjoy your visits!

Clean and simple...

Good aftermorning, Bloggers! (It is morning as I start typing this, but will probably be afternoon by the time I finish and post it!)  What a difference in the weather this last couple of days...we've gone from 23 degrees and wall to wall sunshine, to 12 degrees (if we're lucky!), torrential rain and gale force winds!  Oh, the fickle British weather, never ceases to surprise you!?!
Anyhow, I'm here today to share a couple of CAS cards that I have made using my new Memory Box Precious Hearts, Stars and Corner Bow dies.  I absolutely ADORE these dies and decided to have a go at cutting something different with them...cue big man's latest empty trainer box!  I was pleasantly surprised at how well the dies cut through the box grade cardboard, which it did without a fuss - I just passed the plates back and forth a few times and the results look almost like chipboard.  Since getting these dies, I have wanted to hang the hearts/stars from the bow in some way, so this is what I came up with...

...I just love the result!  It was a little fiddly to glue the swirls on, but a fine tipped applicator and a little patience paid off!...

...I paper pieced the hearts by drawing around the aperture in the die and cutting from small patterned papers.  Some little pearls finished where the hearts join the flourish, and there you have it!  I loved it so much that I went on to make another version using the Precious Stars...

...Just as pretty!  You can see better in this pic just how thick the card was that I used.  I paper pieced the stars with a blue plaid and polka dot and added diamantes to this one...

...I added an insert with a printed verse inside both of the cards and the sentiments on the front were printed using Palace Script font.  It's great when an idea works and I think I'll defintiely be cutting up more cardboard in future - that'll save the recycling bin!  Hope you like my little creations and take inspiration to look at your dies a bit differently!  Thanks for dropping by and I'll see you soon, hugs, Lisa x

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

Totally Papercrafts

Challenge #166 CAS

Crafty Catz

Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge

You Can Say that Again

Divas by Design

Anything Goes

As You Like it Challenge #1

Your Favourite...Die or Punch

(My favourite dies of the moment are definitely my newest Precious Hearts and Stars dies!  I keep just cutting them out of scraps and looking at them, they are so pretty!  Plus, they are so versatile too - they can be just a small embellishment on a card, or like here be the main focal point...I LOVE them!)

Canary love...

Good evening, lovely Blogger friends!  It's been a bit of a mixed bag of a week since I last posted...last Thursday was the funeral of a friend's daughter who was in school with my eldest and lived in our village.  It was such a sad day and to be honest I wasn't prepared for how hard it would hit me and I spent most of Friday feeling down and unmotivated.  On Friday evening, hubby's cousin came down from Scotland to stay for the weekend, so it was spent out and about, chatting, barbecueing, pitching tents for my eldest and his mates to camp (!?) and then packing it away again in the morning!  Monday and Tuesday was spent making the most of the fabulous weather and I did a bit of gardening - however, as with any project, it looks ten times worse than when I started at the moment!  I also have a friend's wedding invites to do and the prospect of having to make 100 of the same thing makes me hyperventilate, but I have at least made a start!  So, that's why today I decided I would sit at my crafty table and create something to share with you all!
I was inspired by the lovely Jane's card - I adore her patchwork background and though I don't have the hexagon dies (this may have to be an investment in the near future!) I decided to have a go at a quilt style background using triangles...

(I must apologise for the rubbish photos in advance, but I had to use the flash to take them!)
Like Jane, I made a criss-cross card using my new First Edition Dreamcatcher paper pad...love this purple, pink and lemon combo!  After creating the patchwork pieces, I decided to prick the edges to add to the fabric feel, then had the bright idea to hand stitch them!?! Oh my word!  I now have the utmost respect for all you ladies who hand stitch your cards...it takes FOREVER!  By the time I had got half way down the second edge, I was starting to regret my decision and by the second piece I was getting tetchy!  After all that, I wonder if it was really worth it and next time I'll probably just get out my fineliner pen!?!

...The image I used is SC Canary Love and she was coloured with my Pro/Flexmarkers (the more I use my Flexmarkers, the more I love them!)  Here's the colours for all you Letraset fans :

Skin : Satin, Dusky Pink, Sunkissed Pink

Hair : Champagne, Sandstone, Caramel, Saddle Brown, Cocoa

Top : Muted Pink, Honeydew, Watermelon, Antique Pink

Dress : Pink Lavender, Orchid, Wild Orchid, Red Violet, Cloud Blue, Celestial, Sapphire, Royal Blue, Ivory, Vanilla, Mustard

Shoes : Ivory, Vanilla, Mustard, Muted Pink, Honeydew, Watermelon, Champagne, Sandstone

Bird : Ivory, Vanilla, Tulip Yellow

...I used some of my favourite Marianne Dies to make the doily and added some rich, polka dot, purple ribbon...

...I used some of the triangles to decorate the corners of the insert and a simple sentiment in the centre.  I also made a stand for the card to sit on using the template from A Year in Cards.   For those of you who are beady eyed, you will notice my latest crafty addition...

...Yes, I gave in and ordered the stunning Memory Box Precious Hearts dies and you'll never guess what happened?!  The Precious Stars and Corner Bow just fell into my basket too!!  Love them all!
I'd just like to say a big 'Hi!' to my latest follower Ali - welcome to my little corner of Blogland and I hope you come back often!  I have also been quite lucky recently and won 4 digis at Crafts4Eternity, a bundle of delicious ribbons from Crafty Ribbons and then discovered that I was the lucky winner of Mandy's pin candy - can't wait to get those! (This lady makes the most beautifully embellished cards, if you've not been over to visit her, it's well worth a look in my opinion!) So, that's it from me for another day and I hope to be back with some more crafty creations before long...thank you so much for dropping by and if you'd like to leave me a comment, I'd love to hear from you - they really are very much appreciated!  Crafty hugs, Lisa x
I'd like to enter my card into the following challenegs :

Simon Says Stamp

Things with Wings

Make it Monday

Linky Party #139

No Matter Which Challenge

Things with Wings

Natalie and Amy

Things with Wings

Forever Friends Fortnightly Challenge #61

Pastel Colours

Papertake Weekly

Anything Goes

Passion for Promarkers - To die for...

Good morning, lovely Bloggers and welcome to another challenge at Passion for Promarkers!  This week our theme has been set by the lovely Nic and she has chosen, 'To die for'  - so, we'd like you to use at least 1 die cut or punched item on your card!  Easy!

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.

So, here's my card :

...If you read my last post, you will know that I had a bad day yesterday, my crafty inspiration had deserted me and it took me forever to come up with a card for the challenge!  I still don't know if I'm 100% happy with this one, I just feel that there's something not right!  I think I need to get myself some more paper pads so that I can use some different colourways, but one thing I do know is I'm lovin' the orange still!  The papers are from in my stash and the image is Pink Petticoat's Lola Rose...

...she is so easy to colour!  Here's the Promarker colours I used :

Skin : Blush, Sunkissed Pink

Hair : Cappuccino, Caramel, Saddle Brown

Top : Pumpkin, Mandarin

Trousers : Cloud Blue, Denim, Cadet Blue

Bird : Soft Aqua, Dusk Egg, Surf Blue

Greens : Meadow, Bright Green, Forest

The dies I used are Spellbinders Circles and Eyelet Circles...

...I added an insert with the line image and a sentiment to finish.  

Many thanks for dropping by to see my creation and I hope you can join in with our challenge this week!

Don't forget to drop by my lovely teamies and see what wonderful creations they have come up with - Cathy, Julie, Lou, Nic (Coops), Shelly, Vicky, Lucy (LoopyLou)

Having a bad day!...

Good afternoon, Bloggers!  Have you ever had a day where nothing seems to go how you want it to?  Well, that's what I've had today!  Here's my story...
...After suddenly realising the date and that I was supposed to have a DT card made for tomorrow's Passion for Promarkers Challenge, I sat at my crafty table to create...6 hours later and I am tearing my hair out because I am still not happy with what I've made!  The day began with a little bird sat outside my craftroom window chirping at the top of his voice - I wouldn't have minded if it were singing, but it was a constant high pitched cheep, cheep, cheep that went on for over an hour!  Despite being a nature lover, I was close to going out and shooing the damn thing off when it decided to stop only for next door's dog to take over with a constant barking!  I tried to block out the outside world and coloured a digistamp that I had chosen after winning the Crafts4Eternity challenge a couple of weeks ago and shuffled some paper around!  This is the card that emerged hours later...

...I'm still not happy with it, despite the fact that I cut that many different colour layers that I could have made half a dozen cards with all the pieces!  It had been pinks, orange and greens, browns, every colour you could imagine!  Fed up with that, I then decided to do something different and made a butterfly box...

...not happy with this either!  Plus, it took me four attempts to get the lid and base to fit, something I never usually have trouble with!  My table was now resembling a jumble sale as I had got out paper pads, dies and cardstock to try and find inspiration!  Eventually, I managed to get my DT card made, but I'm not sure if I'm happy with how that turned out either!  All in all, I have had a pretty awful crafty day - let's hope the Mojo returns tomorrow!  Lisa x

Hummingbird...

Good evening, dear Blogger friends!  Well, that's another weekend over and nearly another month - can't quite believe that it will be May next week!  I thought I would drop by and share the cards that we made at our workshop, yesterday...

...This first card was made using a Hummingbird stamp from Anita's - I coloured the image with my Promarkers, then scanned it in and removed the Hummingbird wording that was below the flower.  It also uses the Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch that I used for my Dreamy Dragon card a couple of weeks ago and is made with First Edition Boho Chic papers...

...The second card features one of my favourite sketches of the moment, which is Mojo Monday's sketch #257 and the ever so pretty Wee Kitty digistamp from Sylvia Zet.  The papers are First Edition Love Letters and as you've probably noticed, I took inspiration from my Love Owls card for Passion for Promarkers Button it Up challenge.  (This is one sketch which I think will definitely get well used!) 
I hope you all had a good weekend and that the sun shone for you - I managed to get out in the garden this morning and give the grass (well, moss and weeds mainly!) a bit of a tidy up and got rid of the rubbish that seemed to have collected round about.  I'm hoping that we get some more decent weather so that I can spend a bit of time on my very neglected garden and maybe get it looking a little prettier than it does at the moment!  Best wishes for the week ahead and happy crafting!  Hugs, Lisa x

Daisy...

Good afternoon, lovely Bloggers!  Sorry to have been MIA this last week, I've just been busy doing other things...sometimes life just takes over!  I hope you're all enjoying this lovely Spring weather that we're having, it's so nice to feel a bit of warmth in the air and to see the sun shining!
Anyway, I have a card that I made to share using the sweet Sugar Nellie 'Daisy' image...

...It's quite a simple layout - the papers are from First Edition Love Letters paper pad and I coloured Daisy with my Promarkers and Flexmarkers...

...I kept the colours quite soft on the image and as usual, here's the colours for all you Promarker fans :

Skin : Satin, Blush, Sunkissed Pink

Hair : Light Fawn, Sandstone, Caramel, Saddle Brown, Walnut, Umber

Jeans : Glacier Blue, Cloud Blue, Denim, Sapphire

Tee : Blue Grey 1, Cool Grey 3

Flowers : Sorbet, Shocking Pink

Leaves and Grass : Meadow, Bright Green

The butterfly is one of my new Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterfly dies - these are so pretty and just a nice size for cards.  I managed to find a bit more of the luscious lime green polka dot ribbon and added a couple of buttons and touch of glitter for decoration...

...I finished off with a printed insert.  Off to try and tackle the huge pile of ironing that is the result of the fine weather and rustle something up for tea!  Thanks for dropping by to see me and I hope you're having a good week!  Lisa x

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

The Sugar Bowl Challenge

Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp

Anything Goes

Oldie but a Goodie

Make it Girly

(oldie is the sweet Daisy stamp)

Southern Girls 

Button Up or Show us some Flair

Inky Chicks

Happy Birthday Girl!