James in a Santa Hat and a little farewell

Morning Folks!

This is a sad post to write but after much thought I have decided to step down from all my Design teams and to take a break from card making and blogging for a while... Life just gets in the way sometimes and I'm not actually enjoying making cards as much as I used to. I'm going to focus on hobbies, mainly crochet and cross stitch, that are a little more 'portable' and which I find easier to fit into my limited crafty time. 

It feels a little strange to say that this is my last card for Passion for Promarkers 

I've had a lot of fun over the last few years with the PFP themes and I'd like to wish Denise and all the rest of the fabulous DT all the very best for the future! 

On a positive note, this is not just any challenge - it is the MEGA CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE !

The theme is Anything goes!

My card features the adorable James the Bear from LOTV (an old favourite) and First Edition papers:

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 to see what the rest of the design team have made!

This week we are generously sponsored by multiple sponsors who are offering some wonderful prizes to our lucky winners!

All the details are on the main PFP blog post

Thank you to everyone who has visited my blog over the years and for all the kind comments - they mean so much to me xx
Wishing all my followers and visitors 

&

Much Love,

An old favourite !

Morning Folks!

This week, I've choosen the theme for the new challenge at Passion for Promarkers :

USE SOMETHING OLD  

I hope you'll be able to join us. I used an old favourite stamp from 2000, it's a Penny Black one called Cheesecake Party along with some old Forever Friends paper:

Here's the little gang:

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 to see what the rest of the design team have made!

Get creating with your Letraset / Winsor & Newton markers and join us!! Remember you can enter any type of creation, it doesn't have to be a card.

This week we are generously sponsored by:

who are giving 3 digi stamps to our lucky winner!

Thanks for visiting today xx

A little ballerina!

Morning Folks!

It's a tad dreary here in Hampshire, hope the weather isn't too bad where you are?

This week, the new challenge at Passion for Promarkers is 

ADD A SENTIMENT

We are sponsored by The Paper Shelter who provided this sweet ballerina digi for the DT to use:

 Card Details

Papers - Forever Friends

Sentiment - Craftwork cards

Ribbon - The Art of Craft

Die cuts - Memory Box

Flowers and gems - Dovecraft

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 to see what the rest of the design team have made!

Get creating with your Letraset / Winsor & Newton markers and join us!! Remember you can enter any type of creation, it doesn't have to be a card.

Our lucky winner will get 3 digi images from 

Thanks for visiting today xx

Mythical Creatures

Evening Folks!

It's a very quick post from me tonight, I realised on my way home from work that I didn't post my DT card for the new challenge at Passion for Promarkers yesterday - apologies to my teamies :-(

Anyway without further ado, here's my card for our new theme which is 

MYTHICAL CREATURES  

This fab digi stamp is from Dustin Pike

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 to see what the rest of the design team have made!

Get creating with your Letraset / Winsor & Newton markers and join us!! Remember you can enter any type of creation, it doesn't have to be a card.

This week we are generously sponsored by:

who are giving 2 digis to our lucky winner!

Thanks for visiting today xx

It's all about three!

Morning Folks!

This week, the new challenge at Passion for Promarkers is to 

USE 3 of SOMETHING 

Here's my card using 3 different papers and 3 pearls along with an image from our sponsor Bugaboo.

 This cutie is called Tall Flower Bear:

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 to see what the rest of the design team have made!

Get creating with your Letraset / Winsor & Newton markers and join us!! Remember you can enter any type of creation, it doesn't have to be a card.

As I mentioned, this week we are generously sponsored by:

who are giving our lucky winner a $12 gift voucher!

Thanks for visiting today xx

Elephant love

Morning Folks!

This week, the new challenge at Passion for Promarkers is nice and easy:

ADD A CHARM

I don't know about you but I bought lots of charms a few years ago, but now I rarely think to add them to a card! After a bit of a rummage through my charms box, which is largely unsorted, I found something suitable. Me and hubby  celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary yesterday and this is the card I made for him:

 This is a very old rubber stamp by Whimsy stamps that I bought about 6 years ago at a craft show. Looking at the Whimsy site I think it has sadly been discontinued. 

Love the way they are holding trunks!

Paper is Dovecraft and the sentiment is an odd one in my stash - could have been a magazine freebie?

Don't forget to pop over to

 to see what the rest of the design team have made!

Get creating with your Letraset / Winsor & Newton markers and join us!! Remember you can enter any type of creation, it doesn't have to be a card.

This week we are generously sponsored by:

who are giving 3 digi stamps to our lucky winner!

Thanks for visiting today xx

Zentangled Flowers

Afternoon Folks!

Sometimes things just don't go to plan - I meant to post this yesterday but just ran out of time! Anyway, hopefully better late than never, here is my card for the new challenge over at Passion for Promarkers which is

FLOWER POWER  

Here's my card using a stamp from Creative Expressions called Zentangled Flower Square. This was such a fun stamp to colour although it did take a while!! I rather stupidly coloured the stamp before thinking about adding a sentiment - yep cart before horse again!! To save messing up, I cut around the frame and aperture and then decided which sentiment to use. Good job I didn't risk my first choice of sentiment because it was too big! In the end I stamped this woodware sentiment in Versamagic and then stuck the coloured frame over the top. Finished off with a few sparkly gems.

Don't forget to pop over to

 to see what the rest of the design team have made!

Get creating with your Letraset / Winsor & Newton markers and join us!! Remember you can enter any type of creation, it doesn't have to be a card.

This week we are generously sponsored by:

who are giving our lucky winner 2 digis of their choice!

Thanks for visiting today xx

I'd also like to enter the challenges at:
Crafty Calendar - Anything goes
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Happy Birthday
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

Cream cake anyone?

Morning Folks!

Looking forward to a hot day here if the weather forecasters have got it right! 

This week, the new challenge at Passion for Promarkers has been chosen by yours truly so I hope you like it!

The theme is 

FOOD AND DRINK  

I've used a LOTV digi called 'Cream Cake' that has been sadly neglected since I bought it last year. The background paper is a magazine freebie from yonks ago and I thought a doiley might be appropriate to go with the cake!

 Can't help thinking that cream cake in hot weather might not be a great plan, especially when he has already lit the candle!!

Don't forget to pop over to

 to see what the rest of the design team have made!

Get creating with your Letraset / Winsor & Newton markers and join us!! Remember you can enter any type of creation, it doesn't have to be a card.

This week we are generously sponsored by:

who are giving 2 digi stampsto our lucky winner!

Thanks for visiting today xx

I'd also like to enter the challenges at:

A flowery Elephant

Morning Folks!

This week, the new challenge at Passion for Promarkers is nice and easy:

FLOWERS

Here's my card using one of my favourite Bugaboo stamps called Spring Elephant 1 which you can find here. 

 I used some old LOTV papers from their Bowties and Bonnets collection. I'm getting reluctant to cut into my LOTV papers that I have left because I know they are sadly no longer available, which is silly really because I probably have enough papers to last me for the next decade!

I added some flowers, ribbon and pearls from my stash and finished the card with a die cut sentiment fron Craftwork cards that I bought years ago at a craft show.

Don't forget to pop over to

 to see what the rest of the design team have made!

Get creating with your Letraset / Winsor & Newton markers and join us!! Remember you can enter any type of creation, it doesn't have to be a card.

This week we are generously sponsored by:

The prize is a pack 6 skin tone markers

Thanks for visiting today xx

Bad Kitty!

Afternoon Folks!

This week, the new challenge at Passion for Promarkers is right up my street :

4 LEGGED FRIENDS  

I used a PB stamp that I got for Christmas but hadn't seen ink until yesterday - there don't seem to be enough hours in the day lately!! It's called 'a little bird...' and it reminds me of the Sylvester and Tweety Pie cartoons I watched as a  kid!!  Anyway, here's my card

I do hope the feather's aren't the last traces of Tweety Pie!

Love the sentiment which came with this set:

Card Details

Papers - Dovecraft Baby Steps

Dies - The Works and Crafter's Companions

Card Candi coloured with promarkers to match the card!

Don't forget to pop over to

 to see what the rest of the design team have made!

Get creating with your Letraset / Winsor & Newton markers and join us!! Remember you can enter any type of creation, it doesn't have to be a card.

This week we are generously sponsored by:

The prize is a 6 pack of metallic markers

Thanks for visiting today xx

I'd also like to enter the challenges at: