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

Special Occasions

Hi crafters,

There's a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers which has been set by our lovely Nat and she has given us the fantastic theme of ‘special occasions'. Nat would like you to make something for a special occasion such as a wedding, anniversary, christening or a special birthday.   

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 come on, grab your markers, and have fun!

Our generous sponsor this week is All Dressed Up Stamps and they are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice from their online store.  All of the DT have used images from All Dressed Up on their creations this week.

I've used this gorgeous image from their online store and this one is called 'Country Girl'

I coloured the image with my promarkers and found some matching papers in my stash!  I inked all the edges and added a diecut flower as well as some corner dies.  Some enamel dots finished off my card!

I hope you can join in with this week's fab challenge and don't forget to follow the theme to be in with a chance of winning this great prize!

See you soon,

Karen x

For a child

 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 'For a child'

 

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

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

I coloured the image with my promarkers and added glitter here and there.  I found some co-ordinating papers in my stash and used a layout from a workshop that I used to attend.

A stamped sentiment and some matching ribbon were the finishing touches to my card!

I hope you're able to join in with this week's challenge and I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations.  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!

See you soon,

Karen x

Die cuts and/or punches

 Hi crafters,

It's my turn in the hot seat this week over at Passion for Markers and I have chosen the nice and easy theme of 'Die cuts and/or punches'.  I don't think I ever make a card without them now so I'd love to see your creations using them as well!!

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

I made this Birthday card for my youngest who's just had his first little car!  I coloured an image from LOTV I thought would be perfect and added glossy accents and white highlights here and there!  I used one of my new dies from Craft Addiction as a background and die cut some stars in various sizes.  I added a welsh sentiment and personalised it with his name to make it extra special!

I hope you can find some time to join in with my challenge this week.  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 visiting your blogs and seeing all your gorgeous creations!  

Hugs, Karen x

'Add Flowers'

Hi crafters, 

It's time for a brand new challenge at Passion for Markers.  This week's theme has been chosen by Elaine from Team 2 and she has given us a theme of ‘add flowers'.  Elaine has given you a super easy theme this week and would like to see flowers on your creations.  It could be a floral image, floral papers or even die cut flowers (as long as you also include an image coloured with markers).  Hopefully this will be a popular challenge and we can’t wait to see what you make.  Please remember you can enter using any type of creation, it doesn’t have to be a card but whatever you make you must include a hand coloured image to be eligible for our prize draw.  So just grab your markers, join in and have some fun!

Our generous sponsor this week is Sheepski Designs who are offering one lucky winner 3 digi images of their choice (the shop is closed but you will be sent a link to be able to choose your images).  Most of the DT have used images from Sheepski Designs on their cards this week. 

I have used this gorgeous digi called 'gerbera daisy'.

I coloured the image with my promarkers with glitter here and there!  I embossed and die cut the squares and added extra diecut leaves behind the image.  I inked a large text stamp and placed it on the card  behind the squares and added gems too!

I hope you can join in with this nice and easy challenge and I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations!

Hugs, Karen x

Beach vibes

 Hi crafters,

We have a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week, our lovely Wendy has given us the fab theme of 'Beach vibes'.  We are kindly sponsored by Uniko Stamps and they are offering the lucky winner 1 product (stamp, die, stencil - any value) from their online store.

I've used a cute digi image from LOTV and this one is called 'Busy Bears Deckchair Dreaming'.

I coloured the image with my promarkers and added some white highlights here and there!  I created a cloudy background with my distress inks and added some freehand seagulls in the corners!  I stamped the Beach sign and fussy cut it after colouring it with my markers.  I found some co-ordinating papers and the sentiment is also from LOTV.

I hope you're able 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

    

Animals

 Hi crafters,

We have a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week, our lovely Nat has given us the fab theme of 'Animals'.

We are kindly sponsored by ADU Stamps and they are offering the lucky winner a choice of 2 digi images form their online store.

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

I colored the image with my promarkers and added some white highlights here and there.  I found some matching papers and used one of my fav embossing folders on the centre panel.   I stamped the sentiment and inked all edges with some distress inks.

I hope you'll be able to join in with this fun and easy challenge this week.  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

'Let's get in shape'

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 'Let's get in shape'.  Kitty would love to see your different shaped cards this week - no rectangle or square cards. It's a great challenge as I know I get stuck in a rut with my square cards!

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 'Beetle Bug'.

I diecut the card shape and coloured the image with my promarkers.  I added lots of embellishments including stars, cogs, banners as well as a tag shape.  I inked all the edges with distress inks and added a computer generated sentiment.  

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 prize!

Hugs, Karen x

Anything Goes

 Hi crafters,

We have a very special challenge over at Passion for Markers this week as it's our 16th Anniversary. 

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!

Dies to Die For are offering a £20.00 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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Di's Digi Stamps are offering one lucky winner a £6.00 voucher

I've used a cute LOTV image on my card this week.  My father-in-law loves tractors and so this image was perfect!  I coloured the image with my promarkers and coloured it in the same colours as a tractor he once owned!

I added glossy accents to the headlights and also added highlights with a white gel pen.

Some enamel dots, a sentiment and twine were the finishing touches to my card!

Please remember for this challenge we will only accept 3 cards/projects per person.  Also just for this one week we will not be choosing a Top 5 Passionista as we have lots of extra winners, however this will go back to normal next week.

Have fun!

Hugs, Karen x

Fave Colour Combo

 Hi crafters,

I'm in the hot seat this week over at Passion for Markers and for this week's challenge, I would love to see your creations using your fave colour combinations.  

We are kindly sponsored by The Paper Shelter and they are offering the lucky winner a choice of 3 digi images from their online stores.

All the Design Team have used one of their gorgeous images on their cards this week and I've used this 

one called 'Hammock Days'.

I coloured the image with my promarkers and used colours to match my papers!  I added some leaf diecuts to hold up the hammock and added a fence diecut to create a little garden scene!  I diecut some flowers and coloured them in the same green, orange and pink colour combo which is my favourite at the moment!

Some enamel dots and a sentiment finished off the card!

I hope you can join in with this nice and easy challenge!  I'm looking forward to trying some new colour combos after seeing your gorgeous creations.  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|!

See you soon.

Hugs, Karen x

Birthdays

 Hi crafters,

There's a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week, our lovely Elaine has given us the nice and easy theme of 'Birthdays'.

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 used one of their fab images on my card this week and this one is called 'fuchsias'.

I coloured the gorgeous flowers with my promarkers and added white highlights here and there.  I added some splatters to the card in the same colours and added a layer of embossed card underneath.  I mounted both pieces onto some black card and stamped this gorgeous sentiment onto a banner shape.  I finished the card with a button and some gems.

I hope you are able to join in with this fab 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 great prize!

Hugs,

Karen x

Easter

 Hi Crafters,

There's a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week, our lovely Wendy is in the hot seat and she has given us the fab theme of 'Easter'.  

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 cute Easter card using an image from LOTV and I coloured it with my promarkers.  

 I used some papers from my stash and I think this layout might be quite handy for using up those scraps of paper we collect!  

I added a scalloped die cut and the sentiment is from LOTV as well.  The inside of the card says 'at easter time'.

I hope you all have a lovely Easter and are able to find some crafty time to join in with this week's challenge.  Don't forget, you can use any of your markers.  Just make sure to follow the theme to be in with a chance of winning this fab prize!

See you soon!

Hugs, Karen x

Anything but Birthday

Hi crafters,

It's time for a brand new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week, our lovely Nat has given us the fab theme of 'Anything but Birthday'.  It can be anything from Anniversary to new baby card - you choose!

We are kindly sponsored by Uniko Stamps who are offering the lucky winner 1 product of winner's choice.

 I have made an Anniversary card for my husband using a gorgeous LOTV image called "Little Ted Together".

I coloured the image with my promarkers and added highlights here and there with a white gel pen.  I found some coordinating papers in my stash and printed a circular LOTV sentiment too.  I finished my card off with some twine and diecut hearts!

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