Carnation Love - Ching-Chou Kuik

Good afternoon. I'm back with another Ching-Chou Kuik image 'Carnation Love'.  This was generously given as a freebie to enter the facebook May challenge 'Flowers in Bloom' which can be found here.

She is fussy cut and mounted onto a background I created with 'Craft Artist'.  She is then mounted onto a SB labels 1 and Decorative labels 1 with a mixture of co-ordinations and mirror card. The sentiment is from LOTV mounted onto punched circles.  The flower is a MB  die.

She is coloured with Tria, Flex and Promarkers and I added glamour dust to her tail and to the moon.  She also has tiny pearls on her bracelet and hair comb.

The glitter and mirror card actually show on this one.

I am entering the following challenges :- 

Pile it on challenge #71 - Focus on colouring

Incy Wincy Designs challenge May - All or nothing,(lots of layers or none)

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Peony - Ching-Chou Kuik

Good morning back today to show another Ching-Chou Kuik image, 'Peony'. I have to admit this one makes me think of Medieval times, she could be Lady Guinevere waiting for either King Arthur or is it Sir Lancelot?.....

She is straight cut and mounted onto a Tonic frame. I also cut the extra mount behind her using Tonic layering rectangles.  The lace die is from Tattered Lace and the sentiment is from Memory Box. Flowers from WOC, ribbon, pearls, dazzler and butterfly from my stash.  The backing papers are from Papermania.

She is coloured up with Tria, Flex and Promarkers, and I added glossy accents to her jewels.

The inside of the card with another Tonic frame as the focal point.

I am sorry these look a little dark but I gave up waiting for the sun to come out :)

I am entering the following challenges :-

Ching-Chou Kuik Blog May challenge - Lovely Lace

Creative Card Crew challenge #88 - For a teen

Deep Ocean Challenge #104 - Bingo (flowers, lace,butterfly)

Inky Chicks challenge #51 - Pearls

Craft-Dee BowZ - May challenge - Anything goes with a bow

The Crazy Challeng #198 - Use ribbon or lace

Allsorts challenge #312 - Happy Birthday

Brown Sugar challenge #147 - Favourite Color Combo (I love Jade and Pink)

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Octavia Rose - Polka Doodles - Passion for Promarkers DT

Good morning and welcome to a new challenge at Passion for Promarkers where Marie has chosen the theme 'Come Fly with me' something with wings which can be fairies, airplanes butterflies etc, so lots of scope this week.

I have used a beautiful image from Polka doodles 'Octavia Rose', couldn't resist buying the whole collection.

I decided to make a centre stepper card  and even made the backing paper with the rose in the set.  She is cut using SB Grand labels 11 and mounted onto co-ordinations card. The sentiment is from LOTV and the ribbon, pearls and rose are from my stash.

She is coloured with Triamarkers, Flexmarkers and Promarkers and I added a little distress ink around the edges.  Of course it doesn't show but I added Nuvo glitter to her wings and the leaves, and glossy accents to the ladybirds.

This shows the back of the card where I added a JS butterfly spray.

We are being sponsored this week by 'A Day for Daisies' who are offering a $12 gift voucher to use in store.

Don't forget to enter you must use Letraset products, Promarkers, Flexmarkers, Triamarkers, Aquamarkers,  Metalicmarkers.

The other girls on team 1 have made some fabulous cards for your inspiration this week and you can find their work here

Thanks for taking the time to look

Linnea Sprite - Aurora Wings

Good evening, rather late blog from me but I have just posted this one in the Aurora Wings challenge so had to blog it.

The lovely Mitzi, who is 'Aurora Wings' offered this image for free during the weekend when celebrating the 2 year anniversary.

She was such fun to colour up that a pink one will also be appearing soon :)

She is cut using Tonic rectangles and mounted onto co-ordinations card.  The DP is from DCWV. The flowers are all from WOC. Sentiment from LOTV and the leaf branch is a T.lace from the front of edition 18, there is also a T.lace border hiding under the flowers.  Pearls and ribbon from my stash. 

Finally used my orange family of Flex/pro/tria markers, which haven't been out for a long time. I also added distress ink to the image and the paper. (another first never used the ripe persimmon before).

The inside showing the lace border and branch better.

A slightly different view.

I am entering the following challenges :-

Aurora Wings Anniversary challenge - Use the Linnea Sprite image

Craft-Dee Bows May challenge - Anything goes with a hand made bow

Crafting from the heart challenge #61 - Anything Goes

Come and Get it challenge - tic tac toe (die cut, design paper, ribbon)

Lil Patch of crafty friends challenge #10 - Anything Goes

Fab'n'funky challenge #260 - Flora and Fauna

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Ugly Christmas Sweater - Saturated Canary - Winter Wonderland DT

Good morning. Today is the start of a new challenge at Winter Wonderland where Lynsey has chosen the theme of 'Festive Food'.  I have to admit to being a little stuck on what image to use for this challenge, but Candy Canes came to the rescue :)

So for my card today I have used an older one from the lovely Krista at Saturated Canary, 'Ugly Christmas Sweater'.  This one really makes me smile as I have a cream one that looks just like this.

Another almost CAS one. She is fussy cut and mounted onto a ? Crafter' s companion/Hunkydory background. Layered onto cordinations and silver mirror card.  The snowflakes are part of a Memory Box die, and the ribbon and pearls are from my stash. The sentiment is from Crafts Too.

I added glossy accents to her glasses. She is coloured with Triamarkers, Promarkers and Flexmarkers.

The inside again with the pre coloured background.

We are being sponsored this week by Crafter's Companion who are offering a £10 voucher to spend in store.

I hope you will take the time to check out the fabulous cards my teamies have made for your inspiration this week here.  It will be Christmas before you know it, so why not join in with our challenge and get started on some early cards.

Thanks for taking the time to look 

I am entering the following challenges :-

Christmas at Sweet Stamping Challenge Blog - Cute Christmas

Penny's Paper Crafty challenge #228 - Anything Goes

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Clean and Simple

Craft your Passion challenge #262 - Anything Goes

Diamonds - Aurora Wings - Passion for Promarkers DT

Good morning everyone. I hope you had a wonderful week last week and managed to fit some crafting into your busy schedules. I am here today with a card for a very special celebration at Passion for Promarkers, who are celebrating a 6th Anniversary.  

 Can you believe it's been 6 years since Gina and Denise started the blog to share a love of all things Letraset.  

I have used another beautiful image from Mitzi at Aurora Wings 'Diamonds'.

I have kept it very CAS to show off the image, with just a little diamond bling from my stash. I made the card with Centura Pearl, it's  8"x 6"

She is matted and layered onto co-ordinations card.

She is of course coloured with Triamarkers, Flexmarkers and Promarkers. I did add a little glossy accents to her jewels.

The inside does match the front.

As it's a special challenge we have a really easy theme for you of "no sentiment", although please note we are only accepting a maximum of 3 entries per person for this one challenge only.  To be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (i.e. pro, flex, tria, aqua, metallic or neon markers) and of course follow the theme.  As always we have some fantastic prizes up for grabs and our sponsors have been very generous as usual .  Here we go....

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Letraset are offering one lucky winner an exclusive (not available in stores) wallet and 3 sets of promarkers!

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Michele R Designs are offering one lucky winner a prize of $10.00 worth of digi papers

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DigiStamp Boutique are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher

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Polkadoodles are offering one lucky winner 2 digis from their Eden Collection:

      Eden Birdcage                  Eden Cherry blossom

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Bugaboo stamps are offering one lucky winner a $30.00 voucher to spend in their online store!

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Little Claire designs are offering one lucky winner a beautiful stamp called April Showers

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Sassy Studio Designs are offering one lucky winner a prize of 4 digis of their choice.

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Do have a look at the Passion for Promarkers site to see the fabulous creations both teams have made for your inspiration this week, and for more details of the prizes on offer

I am entering the following challenges :
Allsorts challenge #311 - No squares allowed
ABC challenge - J is for Jewels
Aurora Wings Challenge #15 - Dream Wedding (hope this image is okay, if not please delete)
Crafting from the heart challenge #60 - Anything Goes

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Lily - Wee Stamps - Passion for Promarkers DT.

Good morning everyone. Today is the start of a new challenge at Passion for Promarkers where Lou has chosen the theme of 'Blues and Purples', have to admit it is a colour combo that I really like.  I have used 'Iris' from the ever so talented Sylvia Zet at Wee Stamps.

She is cut using a T.lace die and then all of the other mounts are straight cut.  The flowers are all from WOC and I added some Cheery Lynn and Crealies leaves. The ribbon, dazzler and Jewel stems are from my stash.  The background is embossed using an Embossalicious folder.

She is of course coloured with Triamarkers, Flexmarkers and Promarkers. The background is distress ink. I added Nuvo glitter to the centres of the flowers and to the spots on her wings, but of course it doesn't show.

The inside does reflect the front.

We have Bugaboo as our very generous sponsor this week and they are offering a $21 voucher to spend in their store

Don't forget you have to used Letraset products the enter the challenge  (promarkers, flexmarkers, triamarkers, aquamarkers  etc).  My other teamies have made some beautiful cards for your inspiration this week, it would be great if you took the time to check them out here. 

Thanks for taking the time to look

I am entering the following challenges:-

I love Promarkers challenge # 269 - Flowers

Miyabi - Aurora Wings

 Good afternoon. Well I finally took the plunge and inked up another gorgeous image from Aurora Wings............... 'Miyabi'. Oh my did she take some colouring, this was my 5th attempt and I'm still not completely happy with my colour choices.

I followed the guide Mitzi gave us as to her skin colour and ornaments etc and then just went with the flow when it came to the flowers. She is straight cut and mounted onto gold Centura pearl and then red and black card for a dramatic effect. The ribbon, butterfly and charm are from my stash and the large butterfly is a tonic die.

I added silver Sakura pen to her hair slides and then coated them in glossy accents.  I also added lots of small pearls around the flowers.

This is the inside where I used  dies from Tattered lace.

I am entering the following challenges :-

Aurora Wings blogspot challenge #14 - Flowers

Aurora Wings May Contest - On the Wings of Joy

Allsorts Challenge #310 - Die Cuts (more than 2) I used 4 :)

Brown Sugar challenge #145 - Lots of layers

Fussy and Fancy challenge #148 - Lots of Flowers

Crafty Ribbons challenge #118 - Use a ribbon

Fab'n'Funky challenge #258 - May Flowers

I love Promarkers challenge #268 - Anything goes

Penny's Paper Crafty challenge #226 - Anything goes

Deep Ocean challenge #103 - Flowers
Pile it on challenge - Mother's Day/ For a lady
The Ribbon Girls May card challenge - Mother/female

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