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

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.

Our lucky winner will get 3 digi images from 

Thanks for visiting today xx

Down at the farm!

Afternoon Folks!
I was away yesterday and ran out of time to this post in advance for the new challenge over at Penny Black Saturday Challenges. 
As usual ANYTHING PENNY BLACK GOES

The optional 'Extra' challenge this time is

BLACK, WHITE and ONE OTHER COLOUR

I chose red as my additional colour and went for a CAS card with this fab farmyard scene. The stamp is called ".. to you" (2610K), I love the cow's expression and that bunch of crazy chickens!

I do hope you'll pop over to the main blog, just click on the picture below, to see the fabulous cards from the rest of the design team. 

We're also looking forward to seeing your entries, we are generously sponsored by 

The prize is a $20 voucher.

Thanks for visiting today and for any comments you leave.

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:

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.

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

Tropical Holiday

Morning Folks!

Our new theme over at Sparkles Monthly Challenges is 

TROPICAL VACATION

Now of course I'd love to be showing you a beautiful scrapbook page of a gorgeous white sandy beach that I have wandered along, but sadly that's still on my bucket list!!

Instead, here's my bright and cheery card using 'Pig Vacation' from Bugaboo and a very old piece of card from Kanban called Funky Daisy:

 Please visit the main blog

to see the inspiration from the rest of the design team!

Thank you so much for visiting today and for any comments you're kind enough to leave 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

Fresh baked Cookies?

Morning Folks!
We are into July and I'm feeling that summer has arrived, nearly the end of term, Wimbledon on the telly and finally some decent weather!!

The new challenge is just starting over at Penny Black Saturday Challenges , as usual ANYTHING PENNY BLACK GOES

The optional 'Extra' challenge this time is

FOOD AND DRINK

I have used a really sweet stamp from the PB T for Transparent Happy Critters set for a very CAS card:

I wonder if mice have bake off competitions??

I do hope you'll pop over to the main blog, just click on the picture below, to see the fabulous cards from the rest of the design team. 

We're also looking forward to seeing your entries, we are generously sponsored by 

The prize is a $20 voucher.

Thanks for visiting today and for any comments you leave.

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:

In a hurry to a party ...

Morning Folks!
It's just like buses again on my blog, nothing for ages then a flurry of posts!
This one is to say that the new challenge is just starting over at Penny Black Saturday Challenges 

As usual ANYTHING PENNY BLACK GOES

The optional 'Extra' challenge this time is

PARTIAL STAMPING

I needed a really quick birthday card last week for a young friend, here's what I made in a tearing hurry to catch the post. Actually, I think this might be a good way to work, I didn't hunt through lots of papers or stamps. I just grabbed some odds and ends that were left over on my desk  from making this card and cracked on!! 
I even had time to photograph it before posting !!

Card Details
Stamp - Penny Black T for transparent - Cheerful Critters
The papers are Docrafts Papermania
Sentiment - Letraset rub on
Die cuts - Stampin Up and nesties

I do hope you'll pop over to the main blog, just click on the picture below, to see the fabulous cards from the rest of the design team. 

We're also looking forward to seeing your entries, we are generously sponsored by 

The prize is a $20 voucher.

Thanks for visiting today and for any comments you leave. I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

Balloon Madness

Afternoon Folks!

Hope you're enjoying the sunshine? Brace yourselves for a long post ... biccys and a cuppa might be needed!

It's a very special day over at A passion for promarkers as we are celebrating our 10th Anniversary!!!!

I think you'll agree that's a long time in Blogland and worth celebrating in style!

We have a really easy theme for this week

 "anything goes".  

As the title suggests you can make anything you like, but please remember to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Winsor & Newton/Letraset products (i.e. pro, flex, tria, aqua, metallic or neon markers)  

We expect to see lots of entries this week so please note we are only accepting a maximum of 3 entries per person for this one challenge only.  

I know you'll want to enter when you see the fantastic prizes that are up for grabs and our sponsors have been very generous as usual.  Here we go....

Dies to Die For are offering one lucky winner a £15.00 voucher

Bugaboo Stamps are offering one lucky winner a $12.00 voucher

Di’s Digi Stamps are offering one lucky winner a $6.00 voucher

Crafty Sentiments designs is offering one lucky winner 3 digi images

Leann’s World 101 is offering one lucky winner 2 digi images

Dr Digi’s House of Stamps is offering one lucky winner 2 digi images

Cowling & Wilcox are offering one lucky winner a 12 pack of promarkers (set 1)

Wow, we told you there were amazing prizes didn’t we?  Definitely lots of reasons to join in the fun this week!! To give you lots of inspiration we have both Team 1 and Team 2 to share their creations over on the Passion for Promarkers challenge blog and here's a look at my DT card...

I used a really fun and jolly PB stamp called Balloon Madness, don't these little guys look like they are having fun

 The spotty paper is from my scraps folder, I used a Die'sire embossing folder called petite dot and a die by cut and make. 

Thanks for looking and get busy with those letraset markers!! 

I'd also like to join in the challenges at

Allsorts - Happy Birthday - Congrats on your 10th Birthday too!

& Penny Black and More - Feminine or Anything goes