'Make us smile'

Hi crafters,
Hope you are all doing OK!  I'm back in work now so I'm going to miss my crafty days!  Crafting really did help during lockdown though and I hope it's been helping you all too!
Hopefully you'll find some crafty time to join in with a brand new challenge over at Passion for Promarkers.  Our lovely Linda has given us the fun theme of  'Make us smile' and we are kindy sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps who are offering the lucky winner a $12.00 voucher to spend in their online store.

The Design Team were lucky enough to have one of their images to play with this week and I chose this gorgeous image called 'Sunbonnet Flowers'

I've coloured her with my promarkers and added lots of glitter! I came across these papers during a recent stash tidy up and I'm trying really hard to use these papers so I don't buy any more!!!

I die cut some flowers and coloured them in to match those on the image.  I diecut a tag shape and I've inked all the edges with some distress ink.  I also got my sewing machine out and stitched around all the edges.  I've forgotten how nice this looks so you'll probably see a lot more stitching on my cards - especially as the sewing machine has been dusted down and will stay out for a bit now!!

I thought the sentiment tied in with the theme for this week and shows that you don't have to use a funny image for this week's challenge - happy thoughts will make you smile just as much!

Well thanks for dropping by and I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations this week.  Just remember to use your Letraset products and of course, follow the theme!

See you soon,

Karen x

Flowers and Pearls

Hi crafters,
I hope you are all doing OK.  I'm here to let you kow that there is a brand new challenge over at Passion for Promarkers and our lovely KItty has given us the lovely theme of 'Flowers and Pearls'.
We are kindly sponsored by The Paper Shelter and they are offering the lucky winner a choice of 3 digi images from their online store.   Their images are amazing and the Design Team have all used the same image from their store this week - it's amazing how 1 image can look so different!

The image we all used is called 'Tulips' and I really enjoyed colouring this in with my Promarkers.

I wanted her to be the main focus of the card so I actually kept it clean and simple!  Not like me at all!!  I found some lovely papers whilst having a recent tidy up and coloured the image to match this paper.  I added some pearls to the centre of the flowers on the paper and added some enamel dots just to break up the white a little bit.  Some diecut banners at the top stopped it from looking too bare and then I stopped before adding anything else!!  

Have a look at the Design Team cards too - she looks so different in all their cards!

Well I hope you're able to find some crafty time to join in with this week's challenge.  Don’t forget you can enter any type of creation it doesn’t have to be a card.  Remember as always to be eligible for the prize draw you must use your Winsor & Newton (formerly Letraset) products and of course, follow the theme.

Hugs, Karen x

A Celebration

Hi Crafters,
It's my turn to choose the theme for this week's challenge at Passion for Promarkers and I've gone with 'A Celebration' - nice and easy!  Could be a Birthday, Anniversary, New Baby - absolutely anything and don't forget, it doesn't have to be a card - just make sure you use your Letraset products!
We are kindly sponsored by Crafty Sentiments Designs and they are offering the lucky winner a choice of 3 digi images from their online store.  The design team have all used one of their images this week so you have an idea of some of the fab digis they have.

I've used one of their images entitled 'Little Friends' - isn't she cute!  

I used a layout from a recent workshop we did on Zoom!  I was getting major withdrawal symptoms and missing our Saturday morning workshops with the girls and then Lisa arranged a Zoom meeting for us all - it was fab!  

I was also running out of layout ideas so this was perfect timimg for my card!  I used some papers I found after a recent sort out and decided to use a completely different colour combo for a change!  I coloured the image with my promarkers and edged all the papers with Walnut Stain distress ink.  I added some diecut flowers and leaves which I also coloured with my promarkers, some ribbon and of course, glitter!

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

Hugs, Karen xx

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenge:
Crafty Sentiments Design - Anything Goes