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Tuesday 20 December 2016

Megga Christmas challenge - Use your Dies/and or punches - Passion for Promarkers DT

Good morning, I'm here today with my card for the Passion for Promarkers Mega Christmas challenge.  This has been running for 2 weeks now and continues for another two. And oh my have you seen the number of prizes our wonderful sponsors have given us for this challenge.  When I saw the list I said I was resigning from the team, just to be eligible to enter the challenge :)
So here is my card, and I chose not to make a Christmas one. This is Himalayan Blue Poppy from Aurora Wings.



She is cut with a Spell Binders grand oval with two other layers behind her.  The DP are from Nitwits.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafrs. The corners are Memory Box. The larger butterflies are Cheery Lynn and the small ones from Martha Stewart. The dazzler and ribbon are from my stash.


A closer view, and I used Nuavo drops for the poppy middles. She is coloured with Triamarkers, flexmarkers and promarkers.


A view of the inside. I haven't added a sentiment as I think the card is suitable for many celebrations.


A side view to highlight the flowers.

Here is a list of all the wonderful prizes


Winsor & Newton are offering one lucky winner a Student Designer pack of 24 promarkers
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DigiStamp Boutique are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of a £10.00 voucher.
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Bugaboo stamps are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of a $30.00 voucher.
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Dies to Die For are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of a £25.00 voucher.
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Di’s Digi Stamps are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of a $12.00 voucher.
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A Day for Daisies is generously offering one lucky winner a prize of a $12.00 voucher.
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2 Cute Ink are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of 3 digi images.
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Clearly Besotted Stamps are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of 1 (in stock) stamp set.
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So if you would like to win one of these prizes you have until 3rd January to enter. Please state which pens (Promarkers, Flexmarkers, Triamarkers, Aquamarkers or Metallic markers) you have used. You can enter up to 3 times, so three times the luck.

The other ladies on the DT have made some really beautiful cards for your inspiration and you can find them here.






Friday 16 December 2016

Angels,Fairies, or Winter - Fussy and Fancy Friday DT

Back again with my Fussy and Fancy head on. (please excuse any plagiarism from my last post).

Today's challenge at Fussy and Fancy is being hosted by the wonderful  Jules  who has chosen this weeks theme of Angels, Fairies or Winter, so a great choice to work with.

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge



My card features an image from 'A Day for Daisies' 'Holly Dance'.
I think I went a little mad with all the embellishments, but it is for my sister.. She keeps all the cards I make for her, and displays them each year.  I can look back through them and see how my style has changed and improved.

She is cut using a C&C couture die with gold mirror board behind it. I have added a lot of leaf dies and then added flowers and berries. The DP is from LOTV, and so is the sentiment.
The berries and charms are from Live and Love crafts, and the flowers are from WOC.


A cropped image trying unsuccessfully to show the glitter and shine. I added Crafters companion clear glitter pen on her wings and Glossy accents to the berries.


A view of the inside.


We are being sponsored by 'Lawn Fawn'
 


Jules is also offering a generous prize of her own!
5 seam binding ribbons!
She is letting her winner choose their
own colours!

You have until 11th January to add your projects, and I hope you will check out the inspiration by the ~Fussy and fancy girls.

Thanks for taking the time to look



Holly Dance - A day for daisies - Winter Wonderland DT

Good morning, and welcome to our last challenge of the year at Winter Wonderland.  I runs through to 5th January.  We know that not everyone likes making Christmas cards all year through, so this is when we give you the choice of Christmas projects, or anything else as long as it fits in with the challenge theme.  This card is for a challenge that last's into January so it doesn't have to be Christmas themed, the choice is yours.  It is also a card for two  design teams (I think I have only managed to do that once before).

So my card today uses a sponsors image, Holly Dance which can be found here, and it is for my sister, so that is definitely someone special.

I think I went a little mad with all the embellishments, but it is for my sister.. She keeps all the cards I make for her, and displays them each year.  I can look back through them and see how my style has changed and improved.

She is cut using a C&C couture die with gold mirror board behind it. I have added a lot of leaf dies and then added flowers and berries. The DP is from LOTV, and so is the sentiment.
The berries and charms are from Live and Love crafts, and the flowers are from WOC.


A cropped image trying unsuccessfully to show the glitter and shine. I added Crafters companion clear glitter pen on her wings and Glossy accents to the berries.


A view of the inside.

We have two wonderful sponsors this week,

Sami at A Day for Daisies who is giving a voucher for $12 to spend in store







Who are giving a £10 voucher to spend in store.

So now it is up to you. We really look forward to seeing your creations, and have some fabulous inspiration from the DT for your inspiration which you can find here

Thanks for taking the time to look, and may I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas, and health wealth and happiness in the new year.





Sunday 4 December 2016

Eat, Drink and be merry - Saturated Canary - Passion for Promarkers DT

Good afternoon,  morning I'm here with yet another late card, and I'm not going to moan about why it's late, it's my fault.
This one is for the latest challenge at Passion for Promarkers 'Eat Drink and be Merry'.  I have had this image coloured and waiting to e used for a while, was just waiting for the right challenge. This one was chosen by our lovely Lisa, and can be any form of food/drink and can be Christmas or any other time.
I chose to use Coffee and Doughnuts by Krista.


Would you even guess how many layers are on this card? 6 on the front and 5 on the inside. My layers are straight cut with the corners rounded. Can you guess what I have forgotten to do?
Yes....... I forgot to crop the ribbon and didn't realise until I posted the images on here.
I layered up coordination card with mirror board, and there is a DP hiding in there with cupcakes on it.


A close up of the image.  The black layer comes with the image, but I added black sparkle paper, it's a shame it doesn't show on the photo's.
She is coloured with Triamarkers, Flex markers and Promarkers.

Our Sponsor this week is Clearly Besotted stamps 

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 they are offering one lucky winner 1 stamp set of their choice (which must be in stock) from their online store.  I know the store is currently closed but Jenny will very kindly send the chosen stamp set out straight away!  They have so many gorgeous stamps to choose from you will be spoilt for choice! 

The other ladies on the DT have made fabulous cards for your inspiration this week and they can be found here.

 Remember you can enter using any type of creation, it doesn’t have to be a card.  As always to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Winsor & Newton (formerly Letraset) products (promarkers, flex markers, Tria markers, aqua markers or metallic markers) and of course follow the theme.  Please can you help us by stating which Letraset products you have used on your creation i.e. ‘coloured with promarkers’ etc


Thanks for taking the time to look