Passion for Promarkers #27 - Maria's Theme - Vintage

Its week #27 over at Passion for Promarkers and our penultimate challenge for 2009. Maria has chosen "Vintage" as her theme this week and you can use ANY COLOURS of promarkers.


Now this challenge has had me worried for weeks because its so far out of my comfort zone, I have never even attempted anything vintage before. BUT, I think I like it! 


So if you fancy having a go at this challenge, remember all you need to do to qualify for the prize draw is use ANY COLOUR of promarkers AND create something "Vintage".
And this week's fabulous prize is a £10 voucher to spend at

They have a fantastic range of kids and adults crafts - some fabulous ideas to keep the kids busy and some super stocking fillers and gifts. If you do place an order with them, can I be cheeky and ask you to enter the source code: SSH10729. If you do this then our charity Extra Special Parents will receive the commission at NO EXTRA COST TO YOU. So not only will you get some super crafty bits, but you will also be supporting parents and carers of children with additional needs.

Image: Poise from Sugar Nellie, coloured with promarkers: Blush for her skin, Baby Pink for her lips, Apricot, Raw Sienna, Chestnut & Walnut for her hair, Mulberry and Plum for her dress and the flowers. I then covered the entire image with Ranger Sepia Accents for a "vintage" look.

The card base is core'dinations card which was sanded, Paper is K&Co and the edges were distressed and inked, the lace is from my stash and coloured with Caramel Promarker. The image is matted onto core'dinations card. The large flower is made from core'dinations card and the K&Co paper, retro flower punch and the petals are then punched with the Martha Stewart Deco Shell punch. The wee flowers are Prima, all the gems were coloured with Plum promarker

And here's a close-up of the lady...

At last - some creativity

It seems like ages since I've shared a card, apart from my DT creations for PfP. I have actually been making things, but I can't show you them yet. I haven't been sitting on my fat bum twiddling my thumjbs you know lol

I thought I'd share this quick little card with you, I recently won Jackie's blog candy (thanks again Jackie) and part of that candy was a couple of digi stamps from Dewdrop Craftz and this is one of the ones I chose, Butterfly Swirls.  

 

Image: Butterfly Swirls from Dewdrop Craftz, coloured with promarkers: Arctic Blue, Orchid, Cool Aqua, Purple, Blush

Paper is K&Co Sparkly Sweet, the swirls were cut using a sizzix die and coloured with Lime promarker, flower gems are Hero Arts, mat was cut using circle scallop nesties in the cuttlebug from core'dinations card and the greeting is Daisy & Dandelion

Here's the close-up...

 

Birthdays in Ibiza

As some of you already know, I have a dear friend who lives in Ibiza - great for some eh? Anyway, Rachel and I "met" through the Extra Special Parents charity as her son has Diabetes and last year we met for real when we went on holiday to Ibiza. Rachel's birthday was at the end of June, her youngest daughter Emily turned 13 last week and her youngest, Aiden is 8 in a fortnight. So I thought I'd share a couple of the cards I made for them. I have also sent her a wee care parcel of chocolate in the bag that I made for the Cocoa and Cornflower challenge at PfP. I haven't made Aiden's card yet, but I'll share it when I have.

Image: Flower Girl from Sugar Nellie, coloured with promarkers; Ivory & Blush for skin, Blossom & Rose Pink for hair and tights, Lime with Cool Grey 3 shading for dress and tights, Carmine for flowers.

Papers are K&Co Sparkly Sweet, mats and layers cut using oval and scallop oval nesties in the cuttlebug, flowers are Doodebug, Kars paper lace ribbon coloured with Lime promarker, greeting is Daisy & Dandelion and I have used last week's sketch from Sketch Saturday which I rotated.

Image: Sitting from Sugar Nellie, coloured with promarkers (you might recognise this image from some of my tutorials); Ivory & Blush for skin, Sandstone, Cinnamon, Cocoa & Umber for hair, Lilac, Lavender & Amethyst for dress and tights, Meadow & Apple for tights and flower. Highlighted using the sakura white med gel pen.

Papers are K&Co Sparkly Sweet, ribbon is HOTP, greeting is Daisy & Dandelion, Papermania adhesive stones.

And here are the Gorjuss Girls' close-ups...

Passion for Promarkers - Challenge #6 - Moss Green & Poppy

Hi there and welcome to another challenge at Passion for  Promarkers, can you believe we are on week 6 already?

This week's challenge colours (remember to use Promarkers) are Moss Green and Poppy and they were chosen by my fabulous team-mate Caryn. She added a wee twist to the challenge this week to keep everyone on their toes and that was to include "something tasty". So I immediately thought of one of my favourites... Willow with Hot Chocolate from Whiff of Joy. Remember to check out the other DT's blogs for more details on their fabby creations.

This week's fabulous prize is a £10 voucher for Joanna Sheen 

Remember to check the rules in the sidebar on Passion for Promarkers to make sure you qualify for the prize draw.

So, on with my DT card for this week...

Images: Willow with Hot Chocolate and Willow's Armchair, both from Whiff of Joy, coloured with promarkers of course: Ivory & Blush for skin, Moss and Olive for trousers and  jumper, Poppy for socks, jumper and chair, Maroon for shading on chair, Sandstone, Cinnamon and Cocoa for chair, Sandstone, Cinnamon, Cocoa and Umber for hair,  Cool  Grey 3 for shadow under chair. Lime Green and Moss for the mug

Papers are both K&Co Classic K Bailey, moss green core'dinations card cut with MS Doily Lace punch for border and large oval scallop nestie in the cuttlebug for mat

Jute ribbon from Bunny Zoe's Crafts

greeting is Daisy & Dandelion

As per usual here's Willow's close-up...

The Sugar Bowl #12 - Lia's Sketch

I love working from sketches, it means I can concentrate on other aspects of the card rather than the layout. And this sketch from Lia at The Sugar Bowl was fantastic to work with. I love all these layers. The added option was blue and green which I've included.

Image: Poise by Leanne Ellis @ Sugar Nellie, coloured with promarkers; saffron for skin, blue pearl, cornflower & china blue for hair, sleeves and flowers, moss and olive green for dress, sleeves and stems, pastel blue to outline

the image is mounted onto kraft card and the edges distressed with the Tim Holtz distressing tool

papers are all K&Co Classic K Bailey, distressed and inked edges with papermania inkpads (except kraft paper at back), flower cut from papers using EK Success retro flower punches and embossed. Papermania brad, Kars paper lace ribbon

Yay - I got one! - Scallop Punches R Us

A wee parcel arrived today..... in fact I forgot I had ordered it the other day, the lovely Angela from Angel Crafts sent my order: 2 journalling stamps and the infamous threading water scallop punch from Fiskars, woohooooooo! Now I just need to get some peace to play with them lol
I also just wanted to say that Angela puts that wee bit extra into her packaging, the stamps and punch were wrapped in tissue paper and tied with a ribbon - freebies! YAY!
Right after I ordered the punch from Angel Crafts (and I hunted all over the internet for it) I noticed I had received an email from the lovely folks at Craft Obsessions letting me know they now had stock of the Fiskars Threading Water punch - so if you want one, you better be quick!

Decided yesterday that I didn't like a couple of the layouts I did for our holiday scrapbook - the one of Scott, Graham and the owls, and the macaw & cockatoo one. So I pulled them apart and managed to re-do the Owls one. I am definitely favouring the simpler style, the previous one was far too busy and unco-ordinated for my mathematical brain lol I do think my journalling needs a bit of work though - I seem to have a mental block when it comes to thoughts and feelings or even witticisms

I used some Cosmo Cricket - Honey Pie paper and ribbon, Papermania Secret Garden acetate (inking the edges), a journalling spot from the Bo Bunny Beau Jardin sheet, chipboard letters (inking them to give them more definition) from the K&Co Wild Saffron range and some green and gold coloured adhesive stones to pick out random owls eyes on the acetate.

I have also finally got round to making up Rachel's care package. Rachel is a lovely friend of mine who lives in Ibiza with her 3 gorgeous children. We "met" through the Extra Special Parents website and met for real this summer when we had our holiday in Port d'es Torrent. I made up a wee mini book for her as a memento of our visit (early version in August posts) and have been adding to it when the mood took me. Rachel and the kids are flying over to Wales next month to see her family, so I've also enclosed 3 Scotland woolly hats for the kids to wear when they come over. I added in a copy of Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (the book) - I believe the film is out in the cinema just now, but I'm not brave enough to go and see it because I know I will bawl. And I'll have to get some sugar-free sweeties for Aidan and Galaxy chocolate for Rachel, Ana and Emily.