Don't be Square

 Hi crafters,

There's a fab new challenge over at Passion for Markers!  Our lovely Nat has chosen the theme 'Don't be Square' and we are very kindly sponsored by Leann's World 101 who are offering the lucky winner 2 digi images from their online store.

The Design Team were lucky enough to have some of their images to play with and I've used this one called 'Bookworm'.

I've made this for my son's girlfriend and she loves green and blue!  I coloured the image with my promarkers and added some text around her!  I also stamped and embossed in white some more script on the blue background and I was really pleased with how it turned out!  

I found some lovely vintage papers and added a green ribbon over a die cut border.

The sentiment says ' Birthdays are like a good book.... and inside - Each year is a new chapter'

She loves reading as well so I thought this image would be perfect for her and I hope she likes it!

I hope you can join in with this week's challenge and remember, you can use any of your markers.  Just make sure you follow the theme and have fun!

Thanks for popping by and I'll see you soon,

Hugs, Karen x

Ribbon and/or lace

 Hi crafters,

It's time for a new challenge at Passion for Markers and it has been set by our lovely Kitty who has given us the theme of ‘ribbon and/or lace'.  

We hope you’ll have fun 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!

RAM Stamps are sponsoring this week's challenge and they are offering the lucky winner a £10 voucher to spend in their online store.  They have some gorgeous images and the Design Team have used some on their cards this week to inspire you.

I have used one of their images and this one is called 'giraffe and bird'.

I really enjoyed colouring this image with my promarkers and also found some co-ordinating papers for this Welsh 'New Baby' card.  I dicut some flowers and inked all edges with some distress inks.  I coloured the swirls with my markers to match the colours I'd used in the image and added some matching ribbon on the edge of the frame.

A button and bow were added to the corner and I found the perfect colour pearls in my stash for the flower centres! 

I'm really happy with this card and I'm going to make some baby girl cards too by changing the bird and embellishments to pink!

I hope you can join in with this fab challenge and don't forget you can use any of your markers but remember to follow the theme to be in with a chance of winning this great prize!

Hugs, Karen x

Fave digi or stamp

 Hi crafters,

It's my turn to host the challenge this week at Passion for Markers and I've chosen 'Fave digi or stamp' as the theme!

Don’t forget you can enter any type of creation it doesn’t have to be a card.  So pull out your favourite markers and get colouring!

We are kindly sponsored by All Dressed Up Stamps who are offering the lucky winner a choice of 2 digi images.

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

I coloured the image with my promarkers and found some matching papers to add some layers to the card.  I embossed the white background with a brick embossing folder and added an LOTV sentiment.

Some pearls and enamel dots finished off the card!

I hope you can find some crafty time to join in with my challenge this week.  Don't forget you can use any of your markers and make sure you follow the theme to be in with a chance of winning this fab prize!

I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations!

Hugs, Karen x

 Hi crafters,

We are half way through our Mega Christmas challenge over at Passion for Markers and we have to say we are stunned by all your gorgeous creations.  The theme is 'add a sentiment' and don’t forget you still have until 6th January 2026 to enter our challenge, although there is a maximum of 3 entries per person. 

Here are the prizes up for grabs:

Dies to Die For are offering 1 lucky winner a £25.00 gift voucher

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Uniko Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner 1 product of your choice (must be in stock)

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Leann’s World 101 are offering 1 lucky winner 2 digi images

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All Dressed Up stamps are offering 1 lucky winner 2 digi images

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Polkadoodles are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

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Sheepski Designs are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

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RAM Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner a £10.00 voucher

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Di's Digi Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner a £6.00 voucher

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Colour of Love Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

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WOW amazing prizes – we’re sure you’ll agree!

This is the card I made at our recent Promarker workshop.

These little cuties were coloured with my promarkers and I found some co-ordinating papers to go with them.  I added a diecut poinsettia as well as some branches to match those in the image!  I added some glitter and white gel pen and of course, a sentiment to go with this week's theme!

I hope you can find some crafty time over the Christmas holidays as there are some amazing prizes for the lucky winners!

Hope you all have a lovely Christmas!

Hugs, Karen x

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