Last week at PfP

It's my last week as a guest designer at Passion for Promarkers awww....
The challenge this week is to use Poppy & Forest Green. Mmmm this shouted out Christmas to me, another opportunity to increase my stock of Christmas cards. I started colouring a Edwin & Tilda skating but it just wasn't happening so went for plan b - Miss Anya and my stash of DCWV papers - couple several Xmas stacks to chose from!

I embossed a strip of gold pearlescent card with the CB embossing folder, added a couple of snowflakes using my MS punch, sentiment and shapes punches from SU! and finally a bit of ribbon from stash. Another card sorted.

Passion for Promarkers - 3rd week as Guest Designer

It's my third week as a guest design at Passion for Promarkers and what a great challenge it is..... It's Gina's turn to set the challenge and she has decided on a sketch challenge, go and check out the PfP blog to see the sketch and other DT members wonderful cards. The sponsor this week is Secret Crafter who are offering 6 Promarkers as the prize for the lucky winner this week.



I coloured Miss Anya with my Promarkers, can't remember which colours tho, sorry they got mixed up on my desk.... The pink sparkly paper and plain purple is from my stash, the purple patterned is from a DCWV stack. The sentiment and punches are from SU!

I'm looking forward to seeing your creations.....

Passion for Promarkers - Guest Design Team woo hoo....

Wooo hooo, I am lucky enough to have been given a one month guest design team post with Passion for Promarkers and today is my first challenge. I was asked to choose the challenge, so I selected Cool Aqua and Apricot as the colours for this week, as I thought they would go with my favourite papers, MME Bloom & Grow, however once I started colouring with them realised how wrong I was.....



As you can see, I had to go back to the drawing board for the papers, but good old DCWV came to the rescue with some papers from the Citrus stack. The optional extra was to use flowers you have made yourself. It was pretty late when I was making these otherwise they would have had a few more layers....

Thanks girls for the opportunity to take part in the design team, hope I don't let the side down. Looking forward to seeing all your cards this week.

I am going to enter this for the Anyone for Anya challenge as I used this week's sketch for this card.

Miss Anya stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa
Sentiment from Hero Arts set
Ric-rac and brads from stash

Christmas in August

I've had a busy couple of days, not made any cards since Thursday, thought I had better put that right today! When I eventually got up, I ventured into my craft room and have only left it to eat! Been busy catching up on commissions and challenges and trying to avoid football which is on almost every telly in the house - its gonna be a long winter!



I am entering this card for 5 challenges
Winter Wonderland - Twinkle Sparkle
Sunday Sketch and Stamp - sketch challenge
My Time To Craft - Christmas
Dutch Dare - Christmas in August
Passion for Promarkers - Cocoa & Rose Pink

I'm doing quite well making Christmas cards so far this year, think this one takes it into double figures! It will be so nice not to have to burn the midnight oil in December making cards, I'll probably find something else to keep my busy tho!
I love this Edwin & Tilda image, one of my favourites, it reminds me of when I was a keen ice skater - a long time ago, too much of a wuss now!

Recipe
Stamps - Magnolia, Edwin & Tilda skating, Cuddly Buddly, Xmas sentiment
Paper/Card - Paper Mill, DCWV Xmas paper stack, Snow White pearlescent card from the Range
Inks - Memento, Rich Cocoa, Promarkers, various shades including Rose Pink & Cocoa
Embellies - Card candy from Craftwork cards, Glamour dust
Tools - MS snowflake punch, SU! circle, scalloped circle and corner rounder punches

Back tomorrow, lets hope for a bit warmer weather.....

Manga boy rocks 3 challenges

Must have tempted fate with my earlier comment about the beautiful sunshine as no sooner had I posted that then the sun went in and its been quite dull and chilly ever since! What an excuse to shut myself away in my craft room.

I had a look through the current challenges and with some of these in mind this is what I came up with.....



I used some new rubba, Manga Boy from Funky Kits, which arrived last week, but I haven't managed to ink up, until today. I coloured the image with Promarkers as shown in the picture below and used Basic Grey Archaic papers and offcuts in varying shades to match.



I am going to enter this into the challenges listed below:-
Passion for Promarkers - sketch challenge this week, no specific colours
MTTC - neglected or forgotten stash, the papers and Super Stars stamps from Banana Frog which I found lurking in the back of my cupboard - never inked up I think!
Creative Inspirations - doodling.

Miss Anya at Passion for Promarkers

Here's my card for the challenge at Passion for Promarkers this week. The colours are Pastel Pink and Cool Aqua and there is a great sketch to follow.



I struggled to find papers to go with the pastel pink, but finally found one in a Kay & Co paper stack which I thought went quite well, discovered some gorgeous mulberry paper which had traces of the 2 colours of the week running through it, how lucky was that and some aqua coloured bazzil type card. I really love the Miss Anya stamps, can't wait to get my hands on the new set!
I was quite pleased with this card, it looks much better IRL, my photography skills are up to much and it looks quite plain in the picture. I will probably stamp the sentiment again in an aqua colour as the pastel pink doesn't show up very well.

OMG where has the last week gone?

I can't believe it's been a week since I last posted! My feet haven't touched the ground, nothing exciting though believe me..... School finished on Wednesday and I had hoped things would slow down after that! I spent Thursday and Friday in work, Saturday clearing up the house and all day Sunday stripping wallpaper in the hall stairs and landing. I had a well earned day off yesterday, I was even too tired to make a card, until the evening, when I thought it was time I caught up with a few challenges.



I am entering this card for 2 challenges:-
- Passion for Promarkers - colours are Rose Pink and Lime Green
- Friday Sketchers - a great sketch to work with, one I will use again I am sure.

I used Goth Girl from Gorjuss Giirls set 2, but covered the skull & crossbones hairslide with a flower brad. The papers are from a HOTP citrus pad that I've had for ages, I thought the colours matched well. The flower made from scraps of paper using SU! 5 petal flower punch, the flower centre is a glue dot covered with micro beads. The pink layer has been stamped with Kelly Pancinni border stamp and versamark ink, you can just about see it, then run through Swiss Dots CB embossing folder. Ribbon is fron stash, swirls cut from off cuts of card. Finished off with 3 sticky gems which I thought picked out the colours of the card.

Am off to get a shower now, going into work today - last day hopefully until September :-) Hope to catch up on blog hopping and challenges over the next few days.

Shine, Shine, Shine

Where did that weekend go?
Here's what I spent this evening making..... what a challenge this was, I ended up getting in a right mess with this card, kept trying different border punches and scissors for the edging on the image and sentiment, ended up with little bits and pieces all over! Think I quite like it, its a bit plain but I couldn't find any patterned papers that would go with the plaid effect paper.



I am going to enter this for 2 challenges, Mojo Monday, it looks like Mr Linky is still open on this one, so fingers crossed, if not I still enjoyed using the sketch and Passion for Promarkers which is to use Lemon & Meadow Green, really liked these colours together.
I used the last uninked Anya from Rain, Snow & Shine, made my own backing paper using the chisel end of my Promarkers, first time I've used that end, always use the fine end of the markers, quite like the end result, just don't look in my bin and see all the attempts that didn't end up on the card! I didn't want to get my Cricut out so resorted to border punches and scissors, settled on the sunflower border punch (Fiskars) but opted to put it on 2 sides only as it was far too busy on all 4 sides. I added some Glossy Accents on the glasses but don't look too closely as I put my finger in it before it was properly dry!

CS - Paper Mill & Range
BP - K & Co paper stack, Citrus pack from HOTP
Stamps - Shine Miss Anya, sentiment from Hero Arts set
Ink - Memento, Rich Cocoa
Promarkers - Lemon, Meadow Green, Dusky Pink, Terracotta, Raw Sienna & Warm Grey 1
Tools - Fiskers Sunflower border punch
Embellies - Brad - Papermania, Sticky Gems - Craft Barn.

Am off to bed now, otherwise I won't want to get up in the morning......

Pop Up Miss Anya

Finally, I have inked up one of my Miss Anya stamps...... can't believe they have been on my desk for over a week, I just don't seem to get that much time to craft at the moment.

I am using this as my entry for the challenge at Passion for Promarkers this week which is to use Cinnamon & Pumpkin.
This is how the card looks when it is taken out of the envelope, well nearly, but I couldn't get it to stand flat IYKWIM but think this is a great picture showing Miss Anya peeping over the top of the card.



And this is what she looks like when she has escaped...



This style of card always goes down well with the recipients.

Card - Brown Bazzil Bling, scraps from stash
DSP - Sweet Always - Stampin' Up!
Inks - Memento Rich Cocoa
PMs - Blusk, Dusky Pink, Cinnamon, Pumpkin, Sandstone, Warm Grey 1
Stamps - Miss Anya - The Greeting Farm, Oval All - Stampin' Up!
Tools - Oval, Scalloped Oval and Tab punches - SU! Swiss Dots embossing folder - CB
Ribbon - The Range

Passion for Promarkers/Sketch and Stash challenges

This little baby has been patiently waiting to be added to a card for a couple of days now. It took me ages to find backing papers to go with the colours on the image, which are Apple Green & Pastel Pink, the colours needed to qualify for the challenge at Passion for Promarkers this week. Sketch from Sketch & Stash challenge.

PMs used - Pastel Pink, Apple Green, Satin, Dusky Pink, Cocoa, Henna, Warm Grey 1, some old, some new
BP - Basic Grey, Two Scoops, never used, just had to have it, spent far too long stroking it, took a deep breath and broken into the pad!
Stamps - Gorjuss Girls set 2 - fairly new, Best Yet - SU!
Punches - SU! - not old or neglected!!
Ribbon - stash
CB embossing folder
Metallic rub ons to colour the embossed panel - new stash.

Had better be off now, school tomorrow....