Buttoms and/or Bows

Good morning crafters,

It's my turn to choose the theme for this week's challenge at Passion for Promarkers and I'd love to see your creations with 'Buttons and/or Bows'.  We are kindly sponsored by Crafty Sentiments Designs and they are offering the lucky winner a choice of 3 digi images from their online stores.  Their images are absolutely gorgeous and I've used one of them on my card this week.

I've used one of their gorgeous digis called 'Couples' for my Anniversary card.

I loved colouring this image with my promarkers - these little bears are so cute!  I used a layout from one of our workshops (which I really miss!!) and found some matching papers in my stash.  The flowers are all diecut and I punched out the leaves from the same card.  A stamped sentiment and some glitter here and there were the finishing touches as well as the little bow, of course!

I hope you can find some time to join in with this week's challenge.  Don't forget to use your Winsor and Newton products (formely Letraset) and follow the theme.

I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations!

Hugs, Karen x

Flower Power

Hi crafters,

Hope you are all keeping well and finding that crafting is still helping during these strange times.

I'm certainly crafting quite a bit at the moment as I'm not going anywhere!  So thank goodness I've got my crafting to keep me busy.

There's a brand new challenge at Passion for Promarkers and this week, our lovely Elaine has given us the fab theme of 'Flower Power'.  Nice and easy as I don't think I make many cards without flowers!!

We are kindly sponsored by Cowling & Wilcox who are offering the lucky winner a 3 pack of Neon Markers & bleedproof pad.

This is a card I made for a colleague in work who's just had their first baby.  I've used one of my favourite New Baby stamps and this one is from LOTV.

The papers are also from an LOTV paper pad and I've coloured the image with my promarkers and a bit of chalk for the rosy cheeks!  I've added lots of glitter too and I diecut lots of flowers and leaves. I added some chalk to the centre of the flowers as well - looked a bit more delicate for a baby card.

I printed the baby's name and weight on the computer in Welsh and cut it out using a heart shaped die - just makes the card extra personal.

Well I hope you're able to join in with this week's challenge,  Don't forget to use your Letraset products and of course, follow the theme!

I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations.

Hugs, Karen x

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Girl Power

Hi Crafters,
Well I don't know where July went to but we're certainly flying through this year aren't we? Let's hope we get some more sunny weather soon too!
It's also time for a brand new challenge over at Passion for Promarkers and this week, our lovely Nat has given us the fab theme of  'Girl Power'.
We are kindly sponsored by All Dressed Up Stamps and they are offering the lucky winner a choice of 2 digi images from their online store.  Their images are absolutely gorgeous and all the Design Team have used one of their digis on their cards this week.

The image I've used is entitled 'Pretty Lashes'.

I absolutely loved colouring this in with my promarkers and decided to give my card a bit of a vintage feel!  My sewing machine was still out so I decided to stitch around the layers.  I added some diecut bunting and also inked all the edges with distress inks.  I found some flowers to go with the colour scheme and added a touch of glitter here and there!

I hope you'll be able to join in with this week's challenge.  Remember to use your Letraset products and of course, follow the theme,

I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations.

Hugs, Karen x

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenge:
All Dressed Up Challenge - Anything Goes

Animal Antics

Hi crafters,
Another week flies by and it's time for a brand new challenge over at Passion for Promarkers!  Our lovely Lorraine has given us the fab theme of 'Animal Antics' and we are kindly sponsored this week by Cowling & Wilcox who are offering the lucky winner a 6 pk of Promarkers (rich tones).

This is a card I've made for my sister's Birthday and she absolutely loves hedgehogs so I thought this image would be perfect for her!

I've seen so many of these hedgie images lately so I dug out this old stamp again and thoroughly enjoyed colouring it with my promarkers.  I used some chalk for their rosy cheeks and added lots of glitter! I punched a couple of borders and found some fab gingham ribbon too.  I printed the sentiment on my computer and added a couple of diecut flowers.

My sister loved her card and I also made her a hedgie cushion as her present!

Well I hope you can find some time to join in with this week;s challenge.  Don't forget to use your Promarkers and of course, follow the theme.

I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations on your blogs!

Hugs, Karen  x

'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