Friends / friendship

 Hi crafters,

There's a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week, our lovely Wendy has given us the fab theme of 'Friends/Friendship'.

We are kindly sponsored by Leann's World 101 and they are offering the lucky winner a choice of 2 digi images from their online store.

I've used one of their images on my card this week and this one is called 'Friendly Walk'.

I coloured the image with my promarkers and found some co-ordinating strips of paper in my stash.  I die cut a couple of frame shapes and added them behind the image on an embossed background.  I inked all the edges with some distress inks and added some matching enamel dots.  

I hope you are able to join in with this week's challenge.  Remember you can use any of your markers but don't forget to 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,

Another week has flown by and it's time for a brand new challenge at Passion for Markers.

This week, our lovely Nat has given us the fab theme of 'Dots and/or stripes' and we are kindly sponsored by Polkadoodles who are offering the lucky winner a choice of 3 digi images from their online store. 

The Design Tem were lucky enough to have one of their images to play with this week and I chose this one called 'Butterfly Flowerpots'  

I pasted the image twice and flipped it over so that I had more pots for my card!  I coloured the image with my promarkers and added lots of glitter!  I added some stencilling to the corners and added some dotty ribbon underneath the image - it matches much better in real life!!

The stripey paper was added to fit the theme and some enamel dots were the finishing touches to my card along with the stamped sentiment.

Well I hope you can join in with this week's nice and easy challenge.  Remember, you can use any of your markers but make sure you follow the theme to be eligible for this week's fab prize!

I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations!

Hugs, Karen x

 Hi crafters, 

A very Happy New Year to you all!  Hope you've had a lovely Christmas and are ready for a brand-new challenge over at Passion for Markers.   

Our lovely Linda has given us a fab theme of 'New Beginnings' i.e. new house, new baby, new job etc.  We will also accept entries using new crafty goodies (please tell us what they are so we can go shopping). We are kindly sponsored by Uniko Stamps who are offering the lucky winner 1 product of their choice - stamp, stencil, die set etc (any value).

I've made a new baby card this week and I've used a gorgeous digi from LOTV called 'Baby with Teddy'

I coloured the image with my promarkers and I've added glitter here and there!  I used up some papers from my stash and inked all the edges with distress inks.  I die cut some hearts and added some matching papers to them and the sentiment is also from LOTV.  

I was really pleased with this card as it is so useful to use up those scrap papers that we all have but can't bear to throw away!!  Some enamel dots were the finishing touch to my card.

I hope you'll be able to find some crafty time to join in with this week's challenge.  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 fab prize! 

I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations!

Hugs, Karen x

Hi crafters, 

This week we are launching our very special “Mega Christmas challenge” which runs for a whole month and ends on 2nd January 2024! 

The Design Teams are taking a little break and to make up for the lack of challenges, we have some fantastic prizes up for grabs!

Our theme for the Mega Christmas challenge is “add a sentiment”.  We don't mind what you create for this challenge, as long as you include a sentiment and colour with your markers!  You are welcome to make Christmas creations but as the challenge will still be running after the ‘BIG’ day you can of course make any type of creation.  We are limiting the number of entries you can make to just 3 for this month long challenge.  Please remember to be eligible for our prizes you must use your markers such as Promarkers, Copics, Spectrum Noir, Karin, Zig Clean Color etc

So now for the exciting bit – the prizes!

Dies to Die For are offering 1 lucky winner a £20.00 gift voucher

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Uniko Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner 1 stamp set (must be in stock)

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

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Colour of Love digis are offering 1 lucky winner 3 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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Alex Syberia Designs is offering 1 lucky winner a £10.00 gift voucher

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Wow we are sure you’ll agree our sponsors have been super generous once again this year!  We are so grateful to have their continued support.  

Both design teams will share some inspiration with you but as it such a long challenge we will be posting the inspiration from Team 2 today and then in two week’s time, we will be posting inspiration from Team 1.  

This is my card for the Challenge using my favourite Snowman stamp!

I've used some Lavinia stamps for the wreath and created a little snow scene in the centre with the hill stencils and some stamped trees.  I coloured the snowman and the berries with my promarkers and used a white gel pen for the polka dot scarf and hat.  I added lots of glitter here and there and added a text stamp around the edges of my card. I then inked it with distress inks and some red gems were the finishing touch to my card!

I hope you all manage to find some crafty time to join in with this great challenge with the amazing prizes.  Don't forget to use your markers and follow the theme to be in with a chance of winning!

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and all the very best for 2024!

Hugs, Karen x

Winter

Hi crafters,

It's time for a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week, our lovely Kitty has given us the fab theme of 'Winter'. You can enter using any type of creation, it doesn’t have to be a card but whatever you make please remember you must include a hand coloured image to be eligible for the prize draw.  So come on, grab your markers and have some fun!

We are kindly sponsored by Colour of Love this week and they are offering the lucky winner 3 digi images form their online store.

The Design Team were lucky enough to have one of their images to use on our cards this week and I chose this one called 'Gabriella Illuminations'.  This image is so beautiful and I loved colouring this one using my promarkers.

I added lots of glitter to the image and added some wintry flowers to go with the theme.  I diecut a lamp in white card and coloured it to match those in the image.  Some silver ribbon and gems were the finishing touches to my card.

I hope you can find some crafty time to join in with this week's challenge.  You can use any of your makers, just let us know what you've used in your blog and remember to 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

Fave digi/stamp

 Hi crafters,

It's my turn in the hot seat this week over at Passion for Markers and I've chosen 'Fave digi/stamp' as the theme for the new challenge!  I'd love to see your creations using your favourite image - whether that's a digi image or a stamp - nice and easy!

We are kindly sponsored by Alex Syberia Designs who are offering the lucky winner a £10 voucher (digital products only).

The Design Team were lucky enough to have one of their images to play with this week and I've used this one called 'sending love bouquet'.

I coloured it with my promarkers and fussy cut the image.  I placed it on foam pads over a die cut circle and added some black leaves.  I added a die cut sentiment and then did some splatters with a white pen.  I added some enamel dots and some faux stitching around the card.  I love pink on kraft card and so I was really pleased with how this card turned out.  

I hope you can find some crafty time to take part in this week's challenge.  Don't forget, you can use any of your markers - just remember to follow the theme to be in with a chance of winning this great prize!

I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations. 

Hugs, Karen x

Hi crafters, 

The new challenge over at Passion for Markers has been set by our lovely Elaine and she has given you the theme of ‘add some doodling’ to inspire you this week.  Elaine would like you to create something that includes some doodling.  Please remember you can enter using any type of creation, it doesn’t have to be a card but whatever you make please remember you must include a hand coloured image to be eligible for our prize draw.  So grab your markers and have some fun!

Our generous sponsor this week is Leann's World 101 and they are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice from their online store.  All the DT have used images from Leann's World 101 on their creations this week.  

I've used this one called 'Cindy's umbrella'.  I've coloured her with my promarkers and did some paper piecing for the umbrella.  I added lots of different papers from my stash and doodled on the edges of them all!   I added some gems to look like rain drops and plenty of clouds to go with the theme!  I printed a sentiment on the computer and finished off with lots of glitter here and there!

I hope you can find some crafty time to join in with this week's theme.  You can use any of your markers but don't forget to follow the theme to be in with a chance of winning this fab prize!

Hugs, 

Karen x