Passion for Promarkers #34

Wow, 2010 is flying by already.
This weeks colour theme at PfP was chosen by one of our new GDT's - Sam, and she's chosen the lovely COOL AQUA and COCOA for us all to use as the predominant colours. 
So I decided to make a boy card - something I don't do terribly often. And it was the perfect opportunity to use my lovely Max stamp that I got from my PfP secret santa, Natalie - thankyou once again Natalie.

Image: TT Max from TGF, coloured with promarkers: pastel pink and blush for his skin, Cool Aqua and Duck Egg for his top, Caramel & Cocoa for his hair, Cocoa and Chestnut for his trousers. Cool Grey 2 and 4 for his controller

Cardstock is core'dinations, papers are Papermania Capsule Collection, greeting is Hero Arts and Craftwork Cards card candy

So pop on over and check out all the other DT designs, they are stunning as always. And remember to join in with the challenge.

This weeks prize is 2 Sugar Nellie stamps, kindly donated by Karen at 

Passion for Promarkers #33

My goodness, didn't December just fly by??
Here we are at week #33 over at Passion for Promarkers and our first challenge of 2010. The incredibly talented Michele has chosen this week's theme of Love/Valentine plus a sketch - and you can use ANY COLOURS of ProMarkers.


We like to be ahead of the game here at PfP so this will give you a chance to make your partner/hubby/boyfriend/significant other a card in plenty of time.


Michele has put together this fabulous sketch for you all to use, and you know how I love a good sketch - takes all the hard work out of the card and lets the creative juices flow a bit easier.

This weeks prize is a pack of 5 ProMarkers which is kindly sponsored by Letraset.

 So, here's my effort. I really enjoyed putting this card together - I used a stamp I've had since before xmas that had never been inked up and some fabulous papers that I bought quite a few months ago from Simply Create in Alford.

 Image: Sassy Suzi from TGF, coloured with promarkers: Blush for her skin, Burgundy for her mouth, Maroon for her coat, Fuchsia for her top, IG 1-5 for her hair and jeans and Fineliner for her gloves and boots.

Papers are Tilda, card is core'dinations - both punched with Martha Stewart Loop punch. Half pearls are papermania and greeting is from stash

Here's Suzi's close-up...

Last Day of School - argh!!

Well, this is the start of chaos and mayhem for me - Graham goes away the day before xmas eve and the kids finish school this afternoon.

I've already shown you the teachers gifts I made,  so I thought I'd show you the quick teachers' cards I made the other day.

 

  

 The image is Teacher Anya from The Greeting Farm (many thanks once again Natalie for stamping all of those up for me) Coloured with promarkers

The paper is Fancy Pants from Simply Create, the snowflakes were cut from scraps of card and Daisy & Dandelion xmas paper. The mats behind the image are D&D xmas paper and SU Kraft card, inked up with Distress Ink. The ribbon was from Hobbycraft and the greetings are Kanban.

 Tomorrow I'll be sharing the last 2 of the xmas cards I made for crafty buddies

Passion for Promarkers - December Extravaganza

Have you entered the December Extravaganza over at  Passion for Promarkers yet? the new challenge runs until 9am on the 5th January 2010 
You can use ANY COLOURS of ProMarkers and you can make ANYTHING BUT A CARD.


We have loads and loads of prizes to give away, so there will be loads of winners - want to see the prize list?

Grand Prize: 148 ProMarkers from the fabulously generous Letraset - that's the entire collection including all the old and new colours

Plus they have donated another 2 x 5 Promarker Theme Packs

 Sugar Nellie/Funky Kits have donated 8 prizes of Sugar Nellie stamps: 
4x Maggie & Hamish stamps PLUS 4x Home Grown stamps

Joanna Sheen has donated a £10 voucher to spend in her online shop

Stampeezee have also donated a £10 voucher to spend with them

Whiff of Joy have donated a Fred, Celebrating Elephant stamp designed by Alison Acton


Julie is an Independent Stampin Up! Demonstator and she is giving away a stamp set and ribbon



To give you all a bit more inspiration, the design team have made some more "anything but a card" creations, you'll get all the links on my sidebar. 


This time I decided to make crackers for the xmas dinner table, I don't know about you - but I'm totally fed up with the rubbish they put in shop-bought crackers, the only alternative seems to be to pay through the nose for expensive ones that have half decent gifts inside - but they still end up in the bin after xmas anyway. So I decided to make my own. Graham's offshore for Xmas and New Year this year, so my mum and dad are coming over for their Xmas lunch with me and the kids. I'm going to make a cracker for everyone.

I cheated a bit and used a cracker making kit from Hobbycraft which includes the cracker body, cracker snaps, jokes, and paper hats.
The image is a digi stamp from The Greeting Farm, coloured with promarkers: Baby Pink and Blush for her skin, Caramel, Cocoa and Walnut for her hair, Ruby and Burgundy, Pine and Holly for her clothing and Silver for the bells on her hat and boots.
I cut the image with oval nesties in the cuttlebug and attached with Anita's xmas ribbon, and also added ribbon from my stash at either end.
So this was a very quick make, just need to find something nice to put in it now lol
Here's the image close-up...

Passion for Promarkers - December Extravaganza

You are in for such a treat this month over at Passion for Promarkers, the new challenge runs from 9am today (1st December) until 9am on the 5th January 2010 
You can use ANY COLOURS of ProMarkers and you can make ANYTHING BUT A CARD.


We have loads and loads of prizes to give away, so there will be loads of winners - want to see the prize list?

Grand Prize: 148 ProMarkers from the fabulously generous Letraset - that's the entire collection including all the old and new colours

Plus they have donated another 2 x 5 Promarker Theme Packs

 Sugar Nellie/Funky Kits have donated 8 prizes of Sugar Nellie stamps: 
4x Maggie & Hamish stamps PLUS 4x Home Grown stamps

Joanna Sheen has donated a £10 voucher to spend in her online shop

Stampeezee have also donated a £10 voucher to spend with them

Whiff of Joy have donated a Fred, Celebrating Elephant stamp designed by Alison Acton


Julie is an Independent Stampin Up! Demonstator and she is giving away a stamp set and ribbon


So, have we whetted your appetite yet? would you like some inspiration? the design team have some fabulous creations to show you, so please go have a look - you'll find all their links on my sidebar.
We'll also be showing you even more fabulous creations on the 15th of December - so look out for those too.

You can enter as many times as you like, so get creating all those non-card christmas creations.

I made some post-it note holders for Scott's teachers... 

 Image: Teacher Anya from The Greeting Farm (thankyou to Natalie for stamping these up for me), coloured with promarkers: Blush and Sunkissed Pink for their skin, Pastel Yellow, Mustard & Raw Sienna for the blonde hair, Caramel, Cocoa & Umber for the brunette hair, Pine & Holly for the socks and pullovers, Ruby & Burgundy for the apples, shirts and skirts/
I also added some Glamour Dust to the skirts and shirts.

I made the post-it holders from plain green cardstock, matted a panel of Fancy Pants Christmas paper onto plain red cardstock and adhered to the front. The greeting is Daisy & Dandelion. Martha Stewart snowflake punched from red cardstock and added a red gem to the centre. I used the cropadile to add the red eyelets and used Papermania xmas trims for handles. And of course added a pencil/pen and post-it pads

Here's the close-ups...

 

Tomorrow I'll show you the pink version I did for Willow's teacher.

Happy Birthday Ana

Today is the 15th birthday of Ana, my chum in Ibiza, Rachel's daughter. Hopefully we might get back there next summer to see them all. 

 Image: Hippie Anya (kindly stamped for me by Gina) coloured with Promarkers: Lime Zest, Lime Green, Mango, Amethyst, Purple, Cerise and Ice Grey 3 for her clothing, Blush for her skin, Crimson and Burgundy for her mouth, Tan, Caramel, Cocoa, Burnt Sienne and Umber for her hair.

I also used a Quickie glue pen and glamour dust for her jewellery

Papers are all Basic Grey Lime Rickey and the cerise organza ribbon is from my stash. The stamped greeting is Hero Arts. The image and mat were cut using Labels 9 nesties in the cuttlebug

Here's her close-up...

Anyone for Anya? #2

I'm not very happy with this card - it was done in a rush as I relised the new challenge starts tomorrow for Anyone for Anya? and I'm not sure when the deadline is.

Image: Anya Snuggle which Gina kindly stamped up for me. Coloured with promarkers; Ivory & Blush for her skin, Primrose, Vanilla, Pastel Yellow, Lemon and sandstone for her hair, Blue Pearl and Pastel Green for the bunny and her clothes.

Pink polka dot paper is Doodlebug, card is whitewash core'dination embossed in the cuttlebug and sanded, ribbon is white satin Anita's ribbon coloured with Cool Aqua promarker, the flower was punched with EK success retro flower punch and coloured with pastel green promarker, a white mulberry papermania flower and pink papermania brad. Greeting is Daisy & Dandelion

Here's her close-up...

Passion for Promarkers #14 - Lilac, Lavender, Amethyst & Aubergine

Well I'm just in my element this week on Passion for Promarkers, the lovely Sue has chosen 4 shades of purple for her challenge colours, and just in case you're worried, you can use any combination of 2 or more - if you don't have all 4 shades its not a problem. So if you have  any of these Lilac, Lavender, Amethyst or Aubergine you can join in with the fun.

As you'll probably already know from my blog, I love purples, and I think this has to be my favourite challenge yet. And to make it even more fun, my new Miss Anya Dressy stamps arrived last week from the US and they are stunning.

The prize for this week's challenge is a pack of 5 promarkers kindly donated by Letraset themselves, so if you want to boost your promarker collection you really must have a go this week.

I couldn't choose which of the 3 new Miss Anya's to use for this card, so I decided it might be fun to make a step card and use all three...

Images: Miss Anya Dressy from The Greeting Farm, coloured with promarkers; Blush for the skin; Lilac, Lavender, Amethyst & Aubergine for the clothes and shoes; Blonde Hair: Vanilla, Sandstone, Mustard, Saffron. Brunette hair: Raw Sienna, Sandstone, Cocoa & Umber. Black hair: Cool Grey 1-5 & Black

Lilac cardstock is Papermania, Lilac pearlescent card for mats was cut using oval scallop nesties in the cuttlebug, adhesive stones are Kanban and pink lace is from Papirloftet. Greeting is Daisy & Dandelion.

Here's a close-up of the new girls...

Experimenting with Kraft

I thought I would experiment with promarkers and kraft card. Obviously, because the kraft is darker, I've had to use something more opaque for the skintones and highlights. I found the SU Kraft cardstock was fine for blending the promarkers - no bleeding. So, this was my first attempt...

Image: Miss Anya Rain by The Greetings Farm, coloured with: light peach prismacolor pencil for the skin tones, promarkers: cinnamon, raw sienna and cocoa for hair; blossom & rose pink for jacket and socks; pastel green and turquoise for skirt and umbrella; rose pink and maroon for boots. (and I've just realised I've forgotten to colour in her buttons! argh) Highlights are done with sakura gelly roll med.

Papers are all Clare Curd's Signature Range - The Big One

Kraft and black cardstock are Stampin' Up

Greeting is Daisy & Dandelion

Kars paper lace ribbon

EK Success retro flower punches to make the flower, Papermania brad for centre, Floral Punchcraft Ash Branch punch.

Miss Anya's close-up....

50th Birthday commission

I was asked to make a 50th birthday card for one of Angela's friends - Hi Angela if you're reading this, I hope you like what I've done!

I decided to go big and bold with this one...

Image: Shine Miss Anya from the Greetings Farm, coloured with promarkers; saffron for the skin to give her a bit of a tan, blossom and rose pink for the top, magenta for her bow and sun specs, cinnamon and cocoa for her skirt, sandstone, cinnamon, umber, raw sienna, cocoa for her hair.

Paper is Pebbles Inc, pink satin ribbon I won in Fran's blog candy recently, flowers are punched with the EK Success retro flower punches from Pebbles Inc paper and from a free polka dot paper from Simply Cards and Papercrafts magazine and embossed. Papermania brads and the numbers were cut from gold mirri card and embossed with the happy Birthday folder in the cuttlebug.

And as ever, here's Anya's close-up...