Die Cuts and/or Punches

 Hi crafters,

It's my turn to choose the theme for this week's challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week, I'd love to see your creations using your die cuts and/or punches.

We are kindly sponsored by All Dressed Up 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 'Potted Plants'.

I coloured the image with my promarkers and added some details with a white gel pen.  I chose some coordinating papers and diecut the lace border.  I also diecut some flowers and a pot to match the one in the image!  I stamped the sentiment in the corner and finished off with a couple of matching buttons.

I hope you can find some crafty time to join in with this week's 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 fab prize!

I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations,

Hugs, Karen x

Birthdays

 Hi crafters,

Our lovely Elaine has given us the fab theme of 'Birthdays' for the new challenge over at Passion for Markers this week.  

We are kindly sponsored by Beccy's Place and she is offering the lucky winner a $10.00au voucher to spend in her online store.

All the Design Team have used one of her images on their card this week and I've used this gorgeous Flamingo from the set called 'Flockstar'.

I coloured the image with my promarkers and added some white highlights with a gel pen here and there.  I found some matching papers and used a layout that we used in one of the workshops I attended a while ago.  Some doodling and enamel dots were the finishing touches to my card!  The sentiment comes in the same set of digital stamps from Beccy's Place with a choice of different flamingos which are all fab!

I hope you are able to join in with this week's nice and easy challenge at Passion for Markers.  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!

I look forward to visiting your blogs to see your gorgeous creations!

Hugs, Karen x

Autumn Friends

 Hi crafters,

This week's challenge over at Passion for Markers has been set by our lovely Wendy and she would love to see your creations on the theme of 'Autumn Friends'.

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

I created this autumnal card for my son's girlfriend and thought it would be perfect for this week's theme.

I coloured the image with my promarkers and added some highlights with a white gel pen here and there.  I found some co-ordinating backing paper and inked all the edges with some distress ink.  Some die cut flourishes, a flower and some ribbon were the finishing touches to my card.

I hope you are able 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 visiting your blogs to see your gorgeous creations.

Hugs, Karen x

Make it Masculine

 Hi crafters,

Another week flies by and so it's time for a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers.  This week, our lovely Nat has given us the fab theme of 'Make it Masculine' and we are kindly sponsored by Sheepski Designs who are offering the lucky winner a choice of 3 digi images from their online store.

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

I really enjoyed colouring this image with my promarkers and was really pleased with how it turned out!  I found some suitable masculine papers to co-ordinate with my colour scheme and did the sentiment on my computer.  

I hope you can join in with this week's challenge - it's great to make those tricky men cards sometimes!!

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

Include a flower

 Hi crafters,

There's a brand new challenge at Passion for Markers and this week, our lovely Linda would love to see your creations that 'Include a Flower'.

We are kindly sponsored by Leann's World and the prize this week is 2 of their digi images.  

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

I decided to use some different colours for a change and went with this green and black colour combo!  I coloured the image with my promarkers and added lots of glitter to her wings!  I found some co-ordinating papers and added lots of diecut flowers to go with the theme.  Some enamel dots and a stamped sentiment finished off the card!

I hope you'll be able to join in with this week's challenge.  Remember, you can use any of your markers but you must follow the theme to be in with a chance of winning this fab prize.  

Have fun and I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations!

Hugs,

Karen x

Hi crafters,

This week's challenge at Passion for Markers has been set by our lovely Kitty and she would love to see your Shaped cards.  

We are kindly sponsored by Dr Digi's House of Stamps who are offering the lucky winner a choice of 2 digi images from their online store.  They have a fantastic range of digis and you will certainy be spoilt for choice!

I've used one of their images on my card this week and this cutie is called 'Patient Pets'.

This is a Welsh new home card I made for my son and his girlfriend who recently moved into their new flat!  They love cats and dogs so I thought this image would be just perfect for them!

I made a stepper card which is ideal for adding extra details and sentiments!  I coloured the image with my promarkers and added the cat and dog die cuts which matched the image perfectly I thought!

I inked all the edges and added a few enamel dots as the finishing touch to my card.

I really enjoyed colouring this image and they both loved the card and have settled in really well in their new home!

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

Hugs,

Karen x

Add a Button

 Hi crafters,

It's my turn to choose the theme this week for the challenge at Passion for Markers!  I've gone with a nice and easy theme of 'Add a button'.  A good chance to use up some of our button stash!!  

Our generous sponsor this week is Polkadoodles and they are offering one lucky winner 3 digi images of their choice from their online store.  Most of the DT have used images from Polkadoodles on their creations this week so don't forget to check them out at Passion for Markers if you need any inspiration!

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

I really enjoyed colouring her in with my promarkers.  I added lots of glitter and some white dots to give her a polka dot dress!

I added some coordinating papers and even added some paper flowers! (Need to use up my stash of flowers too!)  I added some die cut clouds and a little picket fence as well as the buttons to match my colours!

I hope you are able to join in with my challenge this week!   Don't forget you can make anything you want, it doesn’t have to be a card, all creations are welcome.  The only rule we have is that you must have a hand coloured image on your creation.  So grab your markers, join in and have some fun!

I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations!

Hugs, Karen x

Spots and/or stripes

 Hi crafters,

There's a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week, our lovely Elaine has given us the fab theme of 'Spots and/or stripes'.

We are kindly sponsored by Beccy's Place and she is offering the lucky winner a $10.00 voucher to spend in her online store.  There are some gorgeous images available - you will certainly be spolit for choice!

The Design Team were lucky enough to have one of her images to play with this week and I've used this one called 'Simple Daisies'.

I really enjoyed colouring this image with my promarkers.  It's a gorgeous image that would suit so many different occasions.  

I couldn't find some stripy paper to match my image so I made my own with my promarkers!!  I used all the colours that I used in the image and just coloured a lot of lines!  I've never done this before but will definitely use this technique again!

I then die cut lots of banner shapes from the paper and added doodles to them!  I saw this design in a crafty magazine so thought I'd give it a go!

The sentiment is also from Beccy's Place - I just sized it up to go with my image,

I hope you can join in with this week's challenge.  Remember, you can use any of your markers but you must follow the theme to be in with a chance of winning this great prize.

Crafty hugs,

Karen x

Christmas in July

 Hi crafters,

We have a new challenge at Passion for Markers which has been set by our lovely Wendy.  She has given us the fantastic theme of ‘Christmas in July’.  Wendy knows that's it’s never too early to get started on those Christmas cards and although we know some of you have been making them all year, some of you haven't started yet, so come on and get your entries in!  Don’t forget you can make anything you want, it doesn’t have to be a card, all creations are welcome.  We hope you’ll have fun and can’t wait to see what you create this week.  The only rule we have is that you must have a hand coloured image on your creation.  So grab your markers, join in and have some fun!

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

I've used this fab image called 'Snowmen Selfie - image no 100'

I had great fun colouring this image with my promarkers and adding lots of glitter!!  I added some snow by flicking a white pen over the image and all the edges were inked with a 'Vintage Photo' ink pad,

I die cut some leaves and a poinsettia and finished off the card with some enamel dots.

I hope you can join in with this week's fab 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 week's amazing prize!

Crafty hugs,

Karen x

Favourite colours

 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 done in your 'favourite colours'.

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.  

                             

We were lucky enough to have one of their images to play with this week and I've used this one called 'spring bouquet'.

I really enjoyed colouring this one with my promarkers and decided to use some stronger colours for a change!  I've recently joined a lovely group who meet up to colour images with promarkers and I've really learnt so much about using different colours.  I added some white dots to the flowers as well as some highlights here and there and plenty of glitter to the butterfly of course!

I found some coordinating papers and ribbon and added some doodling around the edge of the card!

I hope you can find some time to join in with this nice and easy challenge|!  Remember, you can use any of your markers, just let us know what you've used in your post and don't forget to follow the theme.

I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations.

Hugs, Karen x

Add a Number

 Hi crafters,

We've got a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week, our lovely Linda has given us the fab theme of 'Add a Number'.  A nice easy theme and we are kindly sponsored by  The Paper Shelter who are offering the lucky winner a choice of 3 digi images from their online store.  

We were lucky enough to have one of their gorgeous images to play with this week and this one is called 'The Queen Bee'

I coloured this fab image with my promarkers with lots of glitter added to her wings.  I used a template for the hexagons and I thought they'd look good as a beehive pattern to go with the image!  I found some co-ordinating papers in my stash and used some paper that had some numbers on it to go with the theme!

I added some die cut flowers and added some enamel dots here and there to finish off my card.

I hope you'll be able to join in with this week's challenge.  Remember, you can use any of your markers - just tell us what you've used on your blog and most importantly - follow the theme and have some fun!

I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations.

Hugs, Karen x

Animals

 Hi crafters,

This week's challenge at Passion for Markers has been set by our lovely Kitty and she would love to see your creations featuring 'Animals'.  

We are kindly sponsored by Sheepski Designs and they are offering the lucky winner a choice of 3 digi images from their online store.  Their images are all fab and you'll be totally spolit for choice with this great prize!

I used one of their gorgeous images on my card this week and this one is called 'Curly',

I loved colouring this image with my promarkers!  I found some matching papers and die cut a couple of stars as embellishments.  This is a card for my brother-in-law and I was really happy with how it turned out!

I hope you'll be able to join in with this week's challenge.  Remember, you can use any of your markers - just let us know what you've used in your post and don't forget to follow the theme to be in with a chance of winning this great prize!

See you soon,

Karen x

Go dotty

 Hi crafters,

There's a brand new challenge over at Passion for MarkersPassion for Markers and it's my turn in the hot seat!  I've chosen the theme 'Go Dotty' for this week - nice and easy!  

We are kindly sponsored by Clearly Besotted Stamps who are offering the lucky winner a £15.00 voucher to spend in their online store.

I've made a 30th Birthday card for a friend this week.

The image has been coloured with my promarkers and I did some paper piecing for the dresses to go with my dotty theme!  I added some glossy accents to the wine glasses and some glitter here and there.  I die cut some flowers and added some black enamel dots to the centres, I also added a couple of dots around the image.  I personalised the card to make it extra special too!

I hope you can join in with this week's challenge.  Remember you can use any of your markers - just let us know in your post what you've used.  Have fun 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 

Anything Goes - Special Anniversary Challenge

 Hi crafters,

There's a special 15th Anniversary Challenge over at Passion for Markers this week.   

As it's a special challenge we have a really easy theme for you of "anything goes".  As the title suggests you can make anything you like this week as long you colour with markers.  We are hoping to see lots of entries but please note that as we have extra prizes up for grabs this week we are only accepting a maximum of 3 entries per person for this one challenge only.  Remember the only rule is colour your image with your markers and have fun!

We have some fantastic prizes from our generous sponsors:

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Dies to Die For are offering a £20.00 voucher

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Rachelle Anne Miller is offering a £10.00 voucher

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Polkadoodles are offering 3 digi images

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Colour of Love digis are offering 3 digi images

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Sheepski Designs are offering 3 digi images

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All Dressed Up stamps are offering 2 digi images

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

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I've made a Wedding card this week for my nephew.  The image is coloured with my promarkers and then I fussy cut it out and placed it over some stencilling.  
I inked all the edges in the same ink and added a border across the front with a die cut sentiment.

I added some flowers and the card was personalised to make it extra special.

I added some pearls and glitter as the finishing touch!

I hope you can join in with this fab challenge this week and I'm sure you'll agree that the prizes are amazing.

See you soon,

Karen x

Birthdays

 Hi crafters,

I'm here to let you know about the brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers.  This week, our lovely Elaine has given us the nice and easy theme of 'Birthdays'.

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

The Design Team were lucky enough to use their images on our cards this week and I've used this one called 'Cheshire Cat'

I printed the papers from Lisa's Animal Antics CD and coloured the image with my promarkers. The sentiment is also from the CD and I thought it was perfect for this image!

All the papers have been edged with distress inks and I added a touch of glitter too!

I hope you can join in with this week's fab 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.

See you soon,

Karen x 

For a boy

 Hi crafters,

It's time for a brand 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 Di's Digi Stamps who are offering the lucky winner a £6.00 voucher to spend in their online store.

I made this new baby card for a friend using one of my favourite LOTV images.  

I've used a layout from a workshop which includes lots of layers and die cuts!  I stencilled the background on the left and added a diecut frame, stars and teddy bear!  I made an envelope and personalised the card inside with baby's name, date of birth and weight.  I added some co-ordinating papers in blue and green and added some enamel dots as the finishing touch!

I hope you are able to join in with this week's challenge.  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 great fab prize!

I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations.

hugs, Karen x

Use a die

 Hi crafters

Our brand new challenge this week at Passion for Markers has been chosen by our lovely Nat and she would love to see your creations using a die. A nice and easy challenge as I don't think I make many cards now without adding a die or two!

We are kindly sponsored by Rachelle Anne Miller who is offering the lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to be spent in their online store.

I've used one their images on my card this week and this one is called ''Happy Birthday Creator - Characters' Digital Stamp '

This was great fun to colour with my promarkers and I fussy cut her out and added lots of glitter.  I added a pink background with my distress inks and added some white splatter to add texture.  I added some doodling around the edges as well as a die cut frame.  Some enamel dots and a couple of die cut flowers finished off the card!

I hope you can join in with this nice and easy challenge!  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

Use 3 of anything

Hi crafters,

It's time for a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week, our lovely Linda has given us the theme of 'Use 3 of anything'.  Linda doesn’t mind what you make this week as long as you have 3 of something on your creations.  It can be 3 images, 3 embellishments, 3 papers etc, it’s entirely up to you.  

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.  Most of the DT have used images from Leann's World 101 on their creations this week. 

I used this image called 'Roses' on my card this week.  

I really enjoyed colouring these roses and wanted them to be the main focus of the card.  I decided therefore to stamp some text behind the image and did some inking too - this then made the roses pop! (hopefully!)  I stamped the large sentiment directly onto the card and embossed the smaller sentiment with white embossing powder.  Three enamel dots (to go with the theme) finished off the card.

I hope you can get some crafty time over the Easter break to join in with this week's 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 fab prize.

hugs, Karen x

Shaped Cards

 Hi crafters,

This week's challenge over at Passion for Markers has been set by our lovely Kitty and she would love to see your 'Shaped Cards'.  

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 have used one of their images on my card this week and this one is called 'Dahlias'.

I have made a twisted Easel Card and I coloured the image with my promarkers.  I printed an extra dahlia and mounted it on foam pads to give it some dimension.  I wanted the flowers to be the main focus so I kept my background papers in the neutral colours of grey and dark blue.  I printed the sentiments on the computer and added some pearls in the corner as the finishing touch!

It's a bit tricky to get a good photo of an easel card so this is how it looks when it lies flat!

Well I hope you can join in with this week's 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!

I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations.

Hugs, Karen x

Kitty - Team 2

Shaped cards

Sheepski Designs - 3 digi images

Fabulous florals

 Hi crafters,

It's my turn in the hot seat this week at Passion for Markers and I have chosen 'Fabulous Florals' for the new challenge.

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

I have used one of their images on my card this week and this one is called 'Rory's Marigolds'

I coloured this gorgeous image with my promarkers and added touches of glitter here and there.  I kept the image white on white as I wanted the image to be the main focal point of the card.  I added some die cut banners in matching papers as well as a couple of enamel dots in co-orodinating colours.

I also stamped the sentiment directly onto the card using my stamping platform,

I hope you are able to join in with my challenge this week and don't forget, 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,

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 sparkle' to inspire you this week.  Elaine would like you to include something sparkly on your creations!  

Our generous sponsor this week is Rachelle Anne Miller and she is offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in her online store.  All of the DT have used images from Rachelle Anne Miller's newest release on their creations this week.  

I have used this gorgeous image called ''Bunny's Easter Egg'

I coloured the image with my promarkers and added lots of glitter - it just doesn't show very much in the photo!!  I also added some sparkly ribbon to follow the theme for this week's challenge!  I added a die cut border as well as a flower and some leaves.  The sentiment comes with the image which is perfect!  Some enamel dots were the finishing touches to my card!

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

See you soon,

Karen x