Passion for Promarkers #144–DT card

Happy Tuesday dear friends.  Oh dear it’s back to work for me today *groan* but on the plus side it’s a shorter working week *yay*.  Another plus is that it’s time for a brand new challenge over at passion for promarkers challenge.  This week the lovely Maya has set the theme and she has chosen “white on white”, such a pretty theme isn’t it.  We only want to see your image coloured, all your papers/card must be white but we will allow lightly inked edges!  The only problem with WOW cards is photographing them (and you know that’s not my strongest area anyway lol!).  Here is my card:

I have used a beautiful stamp from Crafts and Me called ‘city girl’ and coloured her with promarkers.  It is a brand new stamp and even though I stamped it about 4 times I couldn’t get a perfect impression.  I even tried blotting the stamp with cellotape to try and remove any residue – any ideas for next time I use it!  I went a bit mad with all the dies I used including Marianne creatables rolled roses, die-namics butterflies and die-namics border die.  The embossing folder is from sizzix and is called ‘folksy fun’.  I inked the edges with a cats eye chalk ink pad and added some white pearls to finish. 

Our sponsor this week is Letraset and one lucky winner will receive a Promarker Stamping Kit.

The rest of the design team have created amazing cards as always, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate the comments you leave for us.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

I’m rushing to do the post before work so will add this later!

I hope you can join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Image: crafts and me – ‘city girl’

Papers: none, white digital stamping card from craftwork cards

Tools: promarkers, white pearls from the hobby house, Marianne creatables rolled roses, die-namics butterflies die, die-namics monarch border, memory box elegant scrollwork die (which I chopped down), rectangle nesties, cats eye chalk inkpad, sizzix embossing folder ‘folksy fun’

Stamp with fun #136–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and maybe enjoyed a bonfire night party.  We didn’t have any fireworks this year as my boys didn’t want any but the rest of the community did so we enjoyed theirs instead lol! 

I’m here this morning to share my DT card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge and this week we have a fantastic sketch by Tina46 to use.  Here is my card:

and here is the sketch:

I have used another image from saturated canary digis (I think I’m addicted to them!) and coloured her with flex markers and promarkers.  The papers are basic grey from the ‘green at heart’ paper pad.  The flowers are punched out, embossed with a cuttlebug embossing folder and inked with a chalk ink pad.  I don’t know why my pics look so fuzzy as they looked ok when I edited them – user error once again I’m afraid!!

The rest of the design team have created amazing cards as always, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Dream valley challenge – anything goes (3rd entry)

OSAAT challenge – use a digi

The squirrel & the fox challenge – hats or flowers (2nd entry)

Stamptacular challenge – sketch (it is spookily similar to our sketch lol!)

Papertake challenge – anything goes

I love promarkers challenge – glitter & glitz (my gems)

Truly scrumptious challenge – BINGO (embossing, gems & lace)

4 crafty chicks challenge – die cuts

Crafty purple frog challenge – sparkle

Paper crafting journey challenge – use a digi

Saturated canary challenge – 1 image/2 papers/3 embellishments (lace, flowers, gems)

Crafty Ann’s challenge – floral frenzy

Basic grey challenge – anything goes

Catch the bug challenge – anything goes (1st entry)

CES challenge – entertain us – inspired by song/film (pretty woman)

One stop craft challenge – 3 is a magic number (3 flowers, 3 gems, 3 layers)

Bizzy becs challenge – distress your edges (I inked all the edges)

Bunny Zoe’s challenge – lace it up

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I will be back later with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge but until then thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: saturated canary digis – ‘Nevaeh’

Papers: basic grey – ‘green at heart’ paper pad, SU cookie crumb cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, ek success retro flower punch, cuttlebug ‘script’ embossing folder, gems from stash, cats eye chalk pads in pastel pink and ice jade, lace from wild orchid crafts, doily from Joanna Sheen, sentiment created on the pc

Stamp with fun #124–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you had a good weekend.  I’m not happy today as I have to go back to work after two week’s holiday – not looking forward to it, although it will be nice to catch up with my all my friends!!  I’m sure it will be fine 5 minutes after I get there but I would rather win the lottery and be able to stay home and craft lol! 

I’m here this morning with my card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge and this week the lovely Tina has given us a gorgeous sketch to use.  My card was made for an order and is A5 in size.  Here is my card (you may need your sunglasses lol!):

The super sweet image is by Spesch Stamps and is called ‘engagement’ and I coloured it with my promarkers.  The papers are DCWV from the ‘sorbet’ paper pad and the heart was punched out with my MS punch. 

The rest of the design team have created gorgeous cards as always, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps challenge – anything goes

Cutie Sunday challenge – lace puncher

OSAAT challenge – anything goes

Whoopsi daisy challenge – anything goes

Crafty Ann’s challenge – scallops and/or fancy borders

Fussy and fancy challenge – use a lot (7 adhesive gems – 1 in place of ring!)

Crafty calendar challenge – hot colours

Sassy studio designs challenge – distressing (inked all the edges)

Simply create challenge – time to distress

Catch the bug challenge – distressed/shabby chic

Mark’s finest papers challenge – distressed

So I hope you can join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest followers Lis-m and Rachel *waves hello* – thanks ladies, I hope you will visit me often.  Have a wonderful day and I’ll be back later with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.

Card ingredients:

Image: spesch stamps – ‘engagement’

Papers: DCWV – ‘sorbet’ paper pad

Tools: promarkers, papermania adhesive gems, MS heart punch, small heart punch from stash, sentiment created on the pc, MS cherished border punch, cat’s eye chalk ink pad for distressing edges

Passion for promarkers #112–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you had a good Monday – as I’m still off work it was wonderful to have a lie-in and although I didn’t achieve very much it was nice to just “potter” around the house lol!  I’m back this morning as it’s time for a brand new challenge over at passion for promarkers challenge.  This week the lovely Anja has set the theme and she has chosen “divas with glam & glitter”, so basically any glamorous ladies are allowed with a bit of a diva streak haha!  Here is my card:

I have used a digi image from Karber Digital Images called ‘pet Denny’ and I think she certainly looks like a diva lol!  I cut her and her little doggy out (no mean feat for me I can tell you!!) and added 3d foam to raise her slightly from the oval nestie.  I used papers from the Basic Grey ‘Olivia’ paper pad.  I have a small confession – I was planning on stamping the sentiment in the top right hand corner but accidently dropped the inked up stamp just as I was going to stamp therefore a quick cover up job was needed and the gems were my lifesaver lol!  So not what I was intending to do but it looks ok I think!  Not really happy with the flowers however but they’re stuck down now so it’s too late. 

Our sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen and the lucky winner will receive a £10.00 voucher to spend in her online store.

 

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples once again this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Cutie Sunday challenge – flower power

OSAAT challenge – use a digi

Sentimental Sunday challenge – flowers & a sentiment

Incy wincy designs challenge – something old, something new (old – papers flowers, buttons, new – ribbon, gems, digi)

Karen’s doodles challenge – buttons and bows

The pink elephant challenge – butterfly

Let’s craft and create challenge – go digi

Little darlings challenge – girly

Little red wagon challenge – put a critter on it

Penny’s paper crafty challenge – watermelons (I went with the colour scheme)

Truly scrumptious challenge – buttons and bows

4 crafty chicks challenge – coral, poppy, pear and white

Colour create challenge – pink, green and white

AI factory challenge – anything goes

Mami doodles challenge – flowers

Craft your days away challenge – birthdays

Little Claire’s challenge – things with wings #

Karber challenge – free style

Ok, that’s all from me today.  I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Have a brilliant day and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: Karber digital images – ‘pet Denny’

Papers: basic grey – ‘Olivia’ paper pad, SU green cardstock (not sure of colour name)

Tools: promarkers, SU whisper white ribbon, gems were gift, personal impressions sentiment, ek success retro flower punch, buttons from stash, MS frond punch, MS butterfly punch, oval nesties, cats eye chalk ink pad (for edges of paper/card)

Winter wonderland challenge–DT card

Good morning everyone, thank goodness it’s Friday!!  Well I wish the weather would make up it’s mind, one minute it’s gorgeous sunshine and blue skies, the next it’s grey skies and pouring with rain.  I got drenched walking from work to the car park yesterday but at least they are promising a mini heat wave this weekend so that will make a nice change!  It will be nice to catch up with my mountain of washing, boring I know but I’m not a sunbathing type of person, but I think everyone is much happier when the sun is shining. 

Anyway onto the reason for your visit – to see a card lol!  Over at the winter wonderland challenge we have a brand new challenge and it’s my turn to choose the theme.  Obviously it has to be a Christmas card but I want to see all your “pretty in pink” creations.  I would like it to be predominantly pink but I don’t mind a hint of other colours.  Here is my card:

 

I have used a gorgeous image from pollycraft called ‘cherry kisses – warm Christmas’ and coloured it with my promarkers.  The papers are dovecraft from the ‘Christmas fancy’ paper pack.  I think I went a bit overboard with the gems but they do look very sparkly and pretty IRL. 

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp and the lucky winner will receive a $15.00 voucher to spend in their online store. 

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples once again this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Aly’s Sunday challenge – all about kids

Sketch n stash challenge – sketch (used old embossing papers and new image)

Totally stampalicious challenge – something old, something new (new image, old embossing folder)

I love promarkers challenge – anything goes (2nd entry)

ABC Christmas challenge – M is for monochrome

Crafty creations challenge – let is shine (all my gems)

Creative belli challenge – embellishments beginning with G (gems)

Craft your days away challenge – monochrome

CCEE stampers challenge – include the colour pink

Crafty sentiments challenge – monochromatic

Do it with digis challenge – monochromatic

Rainbow lady’s challenge – use a digi

I hope you will have a chance to play along with my challenge and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Have a wonderful Friday and thanks for stopping by today.

 

Card ingredients:

Image: pollycraft – ‘cherry kisses – warm Christmas’

Papers: dovecraft - ‘ fancy Christmas’ paper pack

Tools: promarkers, personal impressions sentiment, circle nesties, cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder, SU basic rhinestones, cat’s eye chalk ink pad (rouge)

Charisma cardz #19–DT card

Happy Thursday dear friends, I hope you’ve all had a brilliant week so far.  Mine has been busy and I can’t believe it’s Thursday already.  However that means it’s time for a brand new challenge over at charisma cardz challenge and this week’s theme has been set by Leah and she has chosen ‘under the weather’.  Here is my card:

I used a super cute image from Pink Cat Studio called ‘Lily nurse’ and coloured her with my promarkers.  I kept the layout really simple and only added a few embellishments.  I have to say it looks much better IRL but as usual my photography skills are lacking lol! 

We have 2 sponsors this week – Pink Cat Studio are offering one lucky winner 5 digi images of their choice and we also have The Stamp Shoppe we are offering a $15 voucher to spend in their shop.

The rest of the DT have created amazing samples once again this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate the lovely comments you leave for us.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Karen’s doodles challenge – pastels

Pear tree designs challenge – spring (my colour scheme)

Everybody art challenge – flowers (my felt lollipop flowers)

Scrap creations challenge – circles (my flowers and dotty paper)

Top tip Tuesday challenge – flower frenzy

Crafty creations challenge – anything goes

Creative belli challenge – the letter s (spots on my paper)

Paper pretties challenge – add texture (my felt flowers)

Penny’s paper crafty challenge – anything goes

Fairy fun challenge – here come the girls

Raise the bar challenge – flower power

CES challenge – fave colour scheme (pink & green)

Crazy 4 challenges challenge – flowers

Sweet stampin’ challenge – childhood dreams (dressing up as a nurse)

Sunday sketch and stamp challenge – sketch

Ok, so that’s my lot for today.  I would like to welcome my newest follower Jemima’s Jems *waves*, thanks for following me and I hope you visit often.  Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Image: pink cat studio ‘Lily nurse’

Papers: DCWV ‘nana’s nursery – baby girl’

Tools: promarkers, SU ‘sweet pea’ felt flowers, pearls from the hobby house, sentiment created on the pc, card blank from QVC, cat’s eye chalk ink pad

Passion for promarkers #99–DT card

Good morning dear friends, I hope your Monday was good and that today turns out to be even better.  I cannot believe how quickly the weeks are flying by – we’re in the second week of May already, although you wouldn’t guess by the freakish weather we’re having at the moment!  This week over at passion for promarkers challenge I had the honour of setting the theme and as it was my son’s 17th birthday on Sunday I thought it would be quite apt to have ‘for a teenager’ as our challenge this week.  You can make anything you like as long as it’s appropriate for a teenage girl or boy.  Don’t forget you must use your promarkers or aqua markers to be eligible for our prize draw.  Here is the card I made for my son:

My son plays drums in two local bands (with some friends from school) so this image from Kenny K is just perfect for him – and I’m pleased to report that it was well received!!  I distressed all the edges to within an inch of their lives and inked the image panel with a cats eye chalk ink pad.  The papers are a bit of a mish mash but the overall result is ok I think.  The music notes were bought from eBay when I first started crafting!!

Our sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen and the lucky winner will receive a £10.00 voucher to spend in her online store.

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples once again this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate the lovely comments you leave for us.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

I love promarkers challenge – song title (mine is rock star)

The beary sweet challenge – sketch

Pile it on challenge – funny bone (funny image or sentiment)

Cards for men challenge – for someone special

Craft your passion challenge – use checks, plaids or gingham

Pollycraft challenge – boyz to men

Creative inspirations challenge – embossing (the grey card is embossed)

Delightful challenge – mother’s day or someone special

The pixie cottage challenge – sketch and/or one for the boys

Crafty Ann’s challenge – happy birthday

Phindy’s place challenge – embossing

Stamp something challenge – May digi day

2 sisters challenge – distressing

Craft your days away challenge – music and dance

One stop craft challenge – special birthday (my son’s birthday is special to me)

Secret crafter Saturday challenge – dust off your stash (all the papers have been in my stash for years)

I hope you will be able to join in with my challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I’ve just noticed that it is my 3rd blogoversary tomorrow – wow that crept up on me.  I have to say that the past 3 years have been the most enjoyable of my life.  I have ‘met’ so many wonderful and generous people.  I will have to get some candy together to celebrate!!  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by. 

Card ingredients:

Image: Kenny K – ‘metal drummer’

Papers: checked glittered paper – DCWV from glitter stack, grey card and red paper from stash (sorry no names) bazzill bling cardstock (I used the matte side),

Tools: promarkers, SU ribbon, music notes from eBay, sentiment created on the pc, quickutz star cookie cutter, cuttlebug forest branches embossing folder

Passion for promarkers #74 – DT card

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Well the weather has turned a bit chilly hasn’t it?  I think my winter woollies will be out soon.  Enough of my rambling I’m here today to share with you my DT card for this week’s passion for promarkers challenge.  This week’s challenge has been set by the lovely Anja and she has chosen “make a pink/white or purple/white Christmas card”.  Don’t forget you must use your promarkers or aqua markers to be eligible for our prize.  Here is my card:

Now as I thought most of you would probably go for a pink/white Christmas card I decided to plump for a purple/white one instead and chose this gorgeous LOTV image.  It’s the first time I’ve inked him up but it definitely won’t be the last!  The papers aren’t actually Christmas papers but I thought the dotty paper looked a bit like snow falling :)

Our sponsor this week is whiff of joy stamps and one lucky person will win 1 stamp of their choice.

The rest of the design team have created amazing cards for your inspiration once again this week, so why not pop over and take a look.  Your support and kind words really mean the world to us.

I am also entering my card into the following challenges:

Wild orchid challenge – pastel colours

Delightful challenges – metal mania (my charm)

Quixotic challenge – Christmas is coming

Simon says stamp challenge –

3 embellishments, 2 papers and 1 image

Simple doodles challenge – winter warmers

Our creative corner challenge – at least 3 embellishments

Crafter’s companion monthly challenge – sketch and/or untraditional Christmas

Tip tip Tuesday challenge – anything goes

I hope you will have a chance to join in with our challenge this week and I can’t wait to see what you create.  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: Lili of the valley – James bear pile of presents

Papers: making memories – emma paper pack, SU whisper white card

Tools: promarkers, ribbon and charm from stash, marianne snowflake dies, pearls from the hobby house, pebbles inc rub-on, cats eye chalk ink pad

Cupcake craft challenge - one layer!

Well here we are, week two as a designer for the cupcake craft challenge. This week we were challenged to create a card with only one layer! Now as you know I love my dp and cs so this was really hard for me (in fact I left it until the very last day to make lol)!! Now we were allowed to use one piece of dp as well as the card base but I decided to simply use the card base as my one layer. I stamped my new (well new to me) gorjuss girl image by sugar nellie and coloured her with my pro-markers. I then framed my image by stamping the floral swirl image by inkadinkadoo all around the edge of the card. I coloured the flower heads and leaves with pro-markers and inked the edge of the card with a light brown cat's eye chalk ink pad. I also smudged some of the same ink over the frame for an aged look. Finally I added stickles to the flowers, leaves and the heart in the girl's hair. I did umm and ahh about adding embellishments but I liked the simplistic look of the card so left it as it was. I am really happy with how this card turned out and think maybe I should make more in the same style, what do you think? I would love to see your one-layer creations so if you have time why not join in with the challenge. Thanks for stopping by.

Mojo sketch challenge #73

Here is my card for this week's mojo monday sketch challenge, which is obviously a sketch (d'oh!). I stamped the elzybells image and lightly coloured it with my pro-markers. The plain cs is from the papermill shop and with the light blue cs I stamped the PM clear stamp image in a contrasting cat's eye chalk ink pad for a subtle background (click on the pic for a closer look). The sentiment is by stamps away and the ribbon is from my stash. Around the image panel I pierced some holes with my pokey tool and added faux stitching with a white gel pen. The adhesive stones are PM. Thanks for looking.

CCT #46/DDCC #34/Charisma cardz #5

Hello, this is my card for three challenges this week. I'm plodding along but struggling to keep up this week, I seem to be making all my cards the night before the challenges end. I need to get my act together. Anywoo this card is for the cute card thursday challenge, which is metallica, the dutch dare card challenge, which is 'love theme but no pink or red' and the charisma cardz challenge is a recipe, 3 papers, 2 flowers and 1 ribbon. I printed off the benji and bex download from pollycraft and coloured the image with my pro-markers, adding highlights with a white gel pen. All the dp is from a pack that I got a while ago from QVC. The sentiment is hero arts and it originally was a square sentiment but I punched it out with my woodware oval punch and lightly coloured it with my cat's eye chalk ink pad (it's not quite as dark IRL). The flowers, brads and ribbon are from my stash and the heart pin is from ebay. I used my fiskars threading water punch on the bottom edge of the patterned dp. I also added some highlights around the card with a white gel pen. Thanks for looking.

Sorry for the 'wonky' pic but I was in a rush to upload it before bedtime LOL!

Whiff of Joy #17/LOTV #17

This is my card for this week's Whiff of Joy challenge, which is a sketch by Donalda and the Lily of the Valley challenge, which is 'men'. I stamped the WOJ Charlie 007 image and coloured him with my pro-markers (adding stickles to his drink). The sentiment is also by WOJ. The dp is all BG from the granola paper pad. The buttons are from my stash although one button was originally cream so I distressed it with a sanding block and added colour with a cat's eye chalk ink pad (it looks orange in the pic but it is actually light brown). I used my fiskars threading water paper punch for the decorative edge on the light brown dp and woodware scallop circle for the dark brown dp in the corner. I'm really pleased with this card, as I really struggle with men's cards usually. Thanks for looking.

PB challenge #31/SCSC #14/Mojo Monday #69

I don't make ATC's very often but I am trying to do them more as they are so quick to make and look great as a topper if you've not got anyone to swap with. I made this ATC for the penny black challenge which this week is 'pink and brown', the secret crafter saturday challenge is 'anything but a card' and the mojo monday challenge is a sketch as usual. I used a penny black stickeroo which is super cute and great for a baby card. The dp is by creative imaginations, the brown cs is bazzill bling and the pink cs is from the papermill shop. The flower brads are from my stash (to be honest as soon as I get my brads, buttons, ribbons etc I open the packets and put them away in organisers so I can rarely remember where I got them from). The scallop circle was punched out with my marvy paper punch. All the edges were inked with a cat's eye chalk ink pad. Sorry for the poor pic but due to the reflection from the stickeroo it was really hard to photograph. Thanks for looking.

Stamp Something challenge

Here is my card for the stamp something challenge, which this week was a sketch. I stamped the three small images (which were freebies from a cardmaking magazine) and coloured them with my pro-markers. The red cs is from the papermill shop and the dp is by craft creations. I actually stamped the red snowflakes (stamp doesn't have a name on it) over the top of the dp to help it match my colour scheme a little better. The sentiment is by elzybells and the adhesive stones are PM. The white card is from my stash and again it was put through the CB using the snowflakes embossing folder. I lightly touched over the top with a red cat's eye chalk inkpad. Thanks for looking.