Add some bling

 Hi crafters,

There's a new challenge over at Passion for Markers which has been set by our lovely Elaine from Team 2 and she has given us the super easy theme of 'add some bling'. Elaine would simply like you to make a creation that includes some type of bling on it e.g. gems, stickles, glittery card, sequins etc.  

Don’t forget you can enter any type of creation it doesn’t have to be a card.  Just remember your entry must include a hand-coloured image to be eligible for the prize draw; so grab your markers and have fun! 

Our generous sponsor this week is Clearly Besotted Stamps and they are offering one lucky winner a £15.00 voucher to spend in their online store.  

I made an Engagement card for my niece!  They were on a lovely beach whilst on holiday and when Lucy turned around from looking at the sea, her boyfriend had gone down on one knee and proposed!  It was so romantic that I wanted the card to remind them of this very special moment!  I hope it does anyway!

I tried the eclipse method that I've seen so much of lately and coloured the bears with my promarkers to match the sunset colours,  I added some bling in the form of glitter and pearls and personalised the card with their names!

I hope you can find some crafty time to join in with this week's fun challenge and I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations!

Hugs,

Karen x

Christmas

 Hi crafters,

The new challenge over at Passion for Markers this week has been chosen by our lovely Wendy and she has given us the super easy theme of 'Christmas'. Wendy would like you to simply make a Christmas themed creation this week.  

Don’t forget you can enter any type of creation it doesn’t have to be a card.  Just remember your entry must include a hand-coloured image to be eligible for the prize draw, so grab your markers and have fun! 

Our generous sponsor this week is Lili of the Valley stamps and they are offering one lucky winner 4 digi images of their choice from their online store.  All of the DT have used images from Lili of the Valley on their creations this week.

I've used one of their images and this is called 'Christmas mouse house'

It's such a sweet image so I wanted it to be the focal point of my card. I therefore just added some plain embossed squares behind the image to match the colour scheme.  I coloured some diecut holly and berries to match and added some bunting to match those in the image!

I added lots of glitter and finished the card with an LOTV sentiment.

Hopefully this will kickstart my Christmas card making now so if you want to do the same, why not join in with this fab challenge!

I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations.

Hugs, Karen x

Spots and/or stripes

 Hi crafters,

This week's challenge over at Passion for Markers has been chosen by our lovely Nat and she would love to see your creations with spots and/or stripes this week.

We are kindly sponsored by Dr Digi's House of Stamps and they are offering the lucky winner a choice of 2 images from their online store.

I've used one of their fab images on my card this week and this one is called 'Dunderton Decorators Ltd'

I coloured the image with my promarkers to match the scraps of papers I added behind him. (I hoped they'd look like wallpaper samples as he's decorating!!)  I added some doodling to my card and inked all the edges with distress ink.

I stamped the text to finish off the card.

I hope you can find some crafty time to join in with our challenge this week.  Remember, you can use any of your markers but you must follow the theme to be in with a chance of winning a prize.

See you soon!

Hugs, Karen x

Fun Folds

 Hi crafters,

There's a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week, our lovely Kitty has given us the fab theme of 'Fun Folds'.  There's so many different types of folds you can use on your cards so this should be a lot of fun.

We are kindly sponsored by Di's Digi Stamps who are offering the lucky winner a £6.00 prize to spend in their online store.

I made a Welsh Engagement card and it's an easel card, which is quite tricky to photograph!!

I've used an image from LOTV and coloured it with my promarkers.  The flowers were diecut with an enamel dot added to the centres.  I kept the colour scheme quite neutral as I love pink, grey and white.  I added their names and a sentiment and a few heart shaped gems.

I hope you have fun with this challenge and can’t wait to see what you create this week.  Don’t forget you can enter any type of creation it doesn’t have to be a card; the only rule we have is to use your markers and have fun!

See you soon,

Karen x

Favourite Colours

 Hi crafters,

It's my turn in the hot seat at Passion for Markers this week and for this week's brand new challenge, I've chosen the theme of 'Favourite Colours'.  Nice and easy this week as I'm sure you all have your favourite colour combo!  

We are kindly sponsored by Colour of Love and they are offering the lucky winner a choice of 3 digi images from their online store.

I've used one of their gorgeous images on my card this week and this one is called 'Rory's hollyhocks'.

Quite a few of the Design Team have used this image on their cards too this week so pop over to Passion for Markers for some more amazing inspiration!

My favourite colour combo (well, one of them anyway!) is brown, cream and pink.  I've added my layers onto kraft card and used a postage die set for the frame shapes.  I coloured the image with my promarkers and added some glitter here and there!  I coloured the flower to match and added some LOTV sentiment tags.  All the edges were inked too!

I hope you are able to join in with this fun challenge this week.  Don't forget, you can use any of your markers but make sure you follow the theme to be in with a chance of winning this fab prize!

I look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations!

Hugs, Karen x

Anything floral

 Hi crafters,

It's time for a brand new challenge at Passion for Markers and this week, our lovely Elaine has given us the fab theme of 'Anything Floral'.  

We are kindly sponsored by Sheepski Designs and they are offering the lucky winner a choice of 3 digi images from their online store.

I've used one of their gorgeous images on my card this week.  This one is called 'Daisy Panel'.

I coloured the image with my promarkers and then did some masking so that I could stamp a text stamp behind the image.  I also inked a pinky background to make the flowers pop!  I added a mount with kraft card and finished off with some enamel dots.  I then stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment in the corner of the card!

I hope you are able to join in with this nice and easy challenge this week!  Remember, you can use any of your markers but don't forget to follow the theme to be in with a chance of winning a price.

I look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations!

Hugs, Karen x

For a boy

 Hi crafters,

It's time for a great new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week, our lovely Wendy has given us the fab theme of  'For a boy'.

We are kindly sponsored by RAM Stamps who are offering the lucky winner a $10 voucher to spend in their online store.

I've used one of their gorgeous images on my card this week and this one is called 'Stacked Frogs'

I coloured the cute frogs with my promarkers and added some white highlights to make them shine!  I added some gingham paper behind the image and added an LOTV sentiment.  Some enamel dots were the finishing touch to my card!!

I hope you're able to join in with this fun challenge.  Remember, you can use any of your markers but make sure you follow the theme to be in with a chance of winning this great prize!

Hugs, 
Karen x