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

DigiStamp Boutique are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of a £10.00 voucher.

Bugaboo stamps are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of a $30.00 voucher.

Dies to Die For are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of a £25.00 voucher.

Di’s Digi Stamps are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of a $12.00 voucher.

A Day for Daisies is generously offering one lucky winner a prize of a $12.00 voucher.

2 Cute Ink are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of 3 digi images.

Clearly Besotted Stamps are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of 1 (in stock) stamp set.

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.

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.

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

and Crafter's Companion

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.

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 

 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

Christmas Seasons - Crafty Sentiments DT

Good afternoon. I am back with another late DT card.  This time it's because it has never stopped raining for the past 4 days. I tried to take pictures using a daylight lamp but all it did was to make the gold, red, and green reflect their colours. It is still raining today, but I took another set of photo's today and they are slightly better.

This real cutie is of course by Crafty Sentiments and is the last one I have completed as a Guest Designer with the team.  My life has been so chaotic, over the past 6-8 months, that I thought they would have fired me months ago. Thank you for being so patient with me Celine.

Now back to my card.

I decided to make a shaker card as I think they are great for use during the Winter, Christmas period. Now who doesn't like Poinsettias? It does make me think of Christmas. I cut an oval in the middle of a three panelled card for the front and middle of the card, and made panels with the cut outs.  The berry branches are by 'Sue  Wilson. the largest flower is SB and the two smaller ones are from Marianne Dies. The sentiment is by Whimsy an the charms and gems are from my stash .

I added ice crystals and Frantage silver crushed glass glitter.for the snow.

                                                                                                                                                                                      A view of the centre.

This week our theme is

Anything Goes

Our Prize this week.

3 images if the winner used a Crafty Sentiments Designs image.

1 image only for a winner who has not used a Crafty Sentiments Designs image.

The ladies on the team have mad some fabulous cards for your inspiration this week, and they can be found here.

Thanks for taking the time to look

Different folds or Shaped Cards - Multiple Dies and Stamps used - Fussy and Fancy DT.

Good evening everyone, I'm back with another card that should have gone on line this morning.  This time it's a different sort of card for me, a trifold. Our lovely Annie is the host and she has chosen a theme of  'Different folds or a shaped card.' I cut a diangular strip off some black A4 card going from 5 1/2 " to 8" and divided it into 3 equal panels with score lines. I did the same to a piece of white but with  made it 1/2 an inch smaller. I then did some masking and layering. I then sprayed it using an Ebrush. Once the back was dry I then stamped on the extra trees.

This time I cut rather than creating scoring lines

This is a view of the middle layer on the front

The last front panel

The middle panel on the back, there are another 2 panels  for ad

ding messages. I have used a 

Clarity stamp for the main image.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Wild Orchid Crafts who are offering the winner £15 to spend in store

So now it's up to you.

 the other ladies on the team  have  created some fabulous projects for your inspiration this week and you can find them here

Thanks for taking the time to view their blogs 

Poinsettias or Snow is falling Winter Wonderland DT

Here I am late again. !!!!!!

I have been demented trying to sort out the images for today's posts. When I started I couldn't access the photo's on my camera. the part of the cable that plugs into it was damaged, I rembered  I caught it under the castor of my computer chair. I spent about 4 hours trying to sort out another cable. I finally went to bed at 4 pm. Started looking again this morning, but again no Joy. I had a GP appointment and called into the local computer shop on my way back. he didn't have one instock, but asked me if I had card reader slots on my printer.  Now that was one I hadn't tried, but I managed to down load them straight from the card.

So I had sorted out that problem, but then I couldn't get on line and finally  sorted out the problem. I have to admit that the camera was nearly thrown against the wall swiftly followed by my key board.

Back to the challenge. This week Louise has chosen the theme of 'Snow is falling or/and Poinsettias.  So lots of scope for the next 2 weeks.

I have used a really cute image from Tiddly Inks, 'Skater Wryn'. She is fussy cut and mounted onto a WRS  Christmas frame.The sentiment is LOTV. The poinsettias are from Spell Binders, Mariaanne dies, and Noor designs. The ribbons and gems are from my stash.

A close up to show the image which was coloured with Letraset pens

A view of the inside.

We are being sponsored this week by Crafty Sentiments Designs who are giving the lucky winner their choice of 3 images from the shop.

The Snowflake ladies have made some fabulous cards for this challenge which can be found here.

I hope you will join us in this challenge, please don't forget that it is 

Christmas projects only.

Thanks for taking the time to look

Christmas is Coming - LOTV - Passion for Promarkers DT

Good morning and welcome to another challenge at Passion for Promarkers, where the hostess is Julie, and our theme is 'Christmas is coming'.

I have used one of the new images from LOTV, Regency Christmas.

She is straight cut and then I rounded the corners. She is mounted onto a SB Christmas die with a faux nestie behind it. The DP is from Nitwits and the sentiment from LOTV. Flowers and berries from WOC. Ribbon, dazzler and gems from my stash.

A side view to show the flowers, (think I went a little mad with the number I used.)

I coloured with Tria markers, Flex markers and Promarkers. I used Glamour Dust on the snowflakes and the fluffy trim on her coat, and lots of red pearls on the holly.

A view on the inside, but the frame I used is from WRS.

We would love you all to join in with this challenge where our sponsor is '2 Cute to Ink', and they are giving the winner their choice of 2 digi's.

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 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.  

My other teamies have again made some fabulous projects for your inspiration this week and you can find it here.

Thanks for taking the time to look