A Passion for Markers Blog Spot Challenge #809 - Favourite Colours - Sponsored by Colour of Love

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! I hope you are all well and enjoying the week so far - it's still really quite hot here during the day with cooler mornings which is lovely for sitting outside with a cup of tea .

Today I'm here to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge.

This weeks challenge is being sponsored by Colour of Love and our theme of 'Favourite colours' this week was chosen for team 2 by the lovely Karen.  

I chose to use a really sweet image called Pretty Possum Sunflowers and have created a simple A7 5" x7" card.

Out challenge theme is Favourite colours but I have lots and it changes from week to week.  I love different and striking colour combinations, one of my favourites being teal and yellow gold.

I resized the image to suit my card blank and then printed out onto alcohol friendly card stock before colouring with my promarkers.  The sentiment was stamped onto the panel with Versafine Clair ink

The coloured panel was then layered onto the card blank with layers of teal  and yellow gold cardstock.

The finishing touches for my card today were teal sequins, white gelly roll pen highlights and clear sparkle to the leaves.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card today and will drop by again to see my next project and don't forget to join in with the challenge over on the Passion for Markers blog

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Colour of Love Digital stamp - Pretty Possum Sunflowers

Versafine Clair ink  - nocturne

Sugar & Spice sequins - unicorn mix

Woodware Stamp Set - Garden Dream catcher

Sakura Gelly roll pun - white, clear star

Crafters Companion sparkle pen - clear

     

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

A Passion for Markers Blog Spot Challenge #772 - Favourite colours - Sponsored by Colour of Love

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! I hope you are all well and keeping warm - its freezing here at the moment and I just cant seem to get warm at all - brr

Today I'm here to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge.

This weeks challenge is being sponsored by Colour of Love and our theme of 'Favourite colours' this week was chosen for team 2 by the lovely Natalie.  

I chose to use a really sweet image called Sitting by the Lake and I have created a simple A7 5" x7" Z-fold card for this with pretty papers from Craftwork cards layered onto purple cardstock.

I resized the image to suit my card blank adding a digital sentiment at the bottom of the panel and then printed out onto alcohol friendly card stock before colouring with my promarkers.

My all time favourite colour is purple ( if you hadn't guessed) and I like this with teal or shocking pink so decided to use teal.  To make the colours stand out even more, I decided to colour the rest of the image with sepia tones..something I haven't done before but I have to say I really like how its turned out.

The finishing touches for my card today were purple card candi that I have added glossy accents to.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card today and will drop by again to see my next project and don't forget to join in with the challenge over on the Passion for Markers blog

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Colour of Love Digital stamp - Sitting by the lake

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Rebel Girl collection - sentiment bundle

Craftwork Cards papers - Hedgerow collection

Craftwork Cards candi - Hedgerow collection

glossy accents

     

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

A Passion for Markers BlogSpot #767 - Fall or Winter - Sponsored by Colour of Love

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Tuesday and a wonderful week!

Well we have started pruning the olive trees... OK, I have to admit its been John pruning so far as I haven't felt too good lately with one thing and another but I'm starting to have a bit more energy so hoping to get outside this morning to help.

Today I'm here to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge and I hope that you will join in.

This weeks challenge theme of 'Fall or Winter' has been chosen by Kitty for team 2 and is being sponsored by Colour of Love

For my card today I chose to use a sweet digital image called Little Pumpkin Fairy  I'm probably a little late with an Autumn or Fall card in some parts but its definitely Autumnal here during the day time with lovely sunshine to work in...definitely more Wintery at night though...brr  

But its Thanksgiving in the USA on 28th November so perfect timing for any of my US friends, it can be a virtual card for them !

This is a simple A6 card. The image was resized to suit the card and printed out onto alcohol friendly card stock  before being coloured with my Promarkers.

I then adhered the entire panel to a card blank behind an arched frame cut from green patterned paper that was left over from an earlier project.

Once finished I added some clear sparkle to the little fairies wings and a very simple strip sentiment.  I was going to add a few extra die cut leaves to the design but I decided less is more as its such a pretty image on its own.

I hope that you join in with the challenge as there is a prize from the sponsor for our lucky winner!

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card today and will drop by again to see my next project and don't forget to join in with the challenge over on the Passion for Markers blog

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Colour of Love digital stamps - Little Pumpkin Fairy

Craftwork Cards Paper - Hedgerow collection

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - Clear

Promarkers used :

Skin:            almond, blush, oatmeal, soft peach, dusky rose

Hair:            umber, caramel, sandstone, vanilla

Eyes:            french navy, storm cloud

Wings:          pastel green, tea green

Jumper:        marine, turquoise, sky blue, pastel green

                    burnt orange, orange, pumpkin

Pumpkins:     burnt orange, orange, pumpkin

                    lavender, lemon chiffon

                    khaki, caramel

                    pesto, moss, pear green

Sunflowers:    sunflower, tulip yellow, buttercup

                    saddle brown, deep mocha

Flowers:        french navy, storm cloud

                    burnt orange, pumpkin

                    

Sky:              sky blue, cool aqua

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

I Love Promarkers #562 - Use pink, blue & yellow - Sponsored by Colour of Love

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Wednesday! 

I'm on my blog today for the new bi-weekly I Love Promarkers blog challenge , it would be wonderful if you joined us over there if you love to colour with alcohol markers and don't forget there are prizes up for grabs.  

You can find all of the rules and details for the challenge over on the blog. 

This fortnight long challenge is being sponsored by Colour of Love

Here is my inspiration card for the current blog challenge with the theme - Use pink, blue & yellow, so the primary colours, using this very sweet digital stamp of this sleepy little bee in the flower.  This is Sleepy time Buzlee

Its such a sweet card and perfect for the chosen colour palette.  This is an A7 or 5" x 7" card and I started by resizing the digital image and adding a sentiment to the bottom of the panel before printing out and colouring with 

promarkers (see below for colours).  

Next I used some distress ink and a cloud stencil to create a simple background.  

I used a scalloped die to cut a frame from pink card stock and then assembled my card, matting the design panel on a panel of sky blue card.  

To add dimension I used foam square to adhere the scalloped frame.

The finishing touches were white, gelly roll pen highlights, clear sparkle to the little bee's wings and some clear iridescent sequins around the design.

I really hope that you like my card today and will drop by again to see my next project and don't forget to join in with the challenge over on the I Love Markers blog

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Colour of Love Digital Stamp - Sleepy time Buzzlee

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Lilybug Ladybird collection - sentiment bundle

distress ink - salty ocean

Lawn Fawn Stencil - slimline cloudy

Sugar & Spice sequins - Unicorn mix

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

Promarkers used :

Bee:            yellow, buttercup, primrose

                   blue black, cool grey 7, 5

                   cool aqua

        

Flower:        hot pink, carmine, cerise

                   gold, sunflower, buttercup

                   marine, ocean teal, mint green, cool aqua

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

A Passion for Markers Blog Spot Challenge #728 - Fabulous Florals

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day !

Today I'm here to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge and I hope that you will join in.

This weeks challenge theme of 'Fabulous Florals' has been chosen by Karen for team 2 and being sponsored by Colour of Love

I chose to use one of the digital images called Little Black- eyed Susan Flower Cup for my card today.... Isn't she a sweetheart.

This is a 5 x 7 portrait card with two die cut frames of black and honey yellow card to coordinate with the image.

The image was resized to suit the card, printed on a laser printer and then coloured with my Promarkers.  After colouring I have used a black Minc foil to add gorgeous shine to the image.  The Minc foil is basically applied to all of the LaserJet printed areas - so the outline of the image and it gives a wonderful and very professional look - far better than black heat embossing as the detail is amazing.

The sentiment from Polkadoodles was also printed out and foiled in black and I added this to the bottom of the card, matted on black card strips.

To finish off my design I have added a touch of clear sparkle to the wings of the little fairy.

I hope that you join in with the challenge as there is a prize from the sponsor for our lucky winner!

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card today and will drop by again to see my next project and don't forget to join in with the challenge over on the Passion for Markers blog

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Colour of Love Digital stamp -  Little Black- eyed Susan Flower Cup

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Springtime Smiles collection - Sentiment bundle

Minc Foil - Black

Promarkers used :

Black-eyed Susan:     gold, tulip yellow, buttercup

                                pumpkin

                                forest green, bright green, leaf green

                                warm grey 7, deep mocha, umber

Skin:                         almond, blush, oatmeal, soft peach, dusky rose

Blush:                       pale pink

Hair:                         vanilla, caramel, sandstone, umber

Eyes:                        Egyptian blue, verdigris, pebble blue

Wings:                      cool aqua

Dress:                      hot pink, carmine, cerise

                                yellow, soft lime

Pot:                          marine, turquoise, pastel green

                                burnt sienna, burnt mahogany

        

Background:              khaki, sandstone

                                cool aqua, pastel blue

     

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

I love Promarkers #547 Love is in the air Sponsored by Colour of Love

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Wednesday! I hope that you are having a lovely week.

We finished harvesting our olives on Sunday and they have all been pressed at our local mill...quite a good harvest this year, just under 1 tonne in weight which has yielded around 160 litres of olive oil so not bad considering.  

We have 80 Olive trees and it's taken us around 7 years to get them back into a good shape, lots of pruning to bring the height down and get rid of all the dead wood so it's not as time consuming when we pick.  We pick by hand, no machines and no help, just me and John which is hard work, but it's definitely worth the time and effort and the taste of our own olive oil is amazing.

I'm on my blog today for the new bi-weekly I Love Promarkers blog challenge , it would be wonderful if you joined us over there if you love to colour with alcohol markers and don't forget there are prizes up for grabs.  

You can find all of the rules and details for the challenge over on the blog. 

This challenge is being sponsored by Colour of Love

Here is my inspiration card for the current blog challenge with the theme - Love is in the air, using a sweet digital stamp called Rory's Owl Friends and this is going to my cousin for her Christmas card this year.....Owl's are a favourite so I thought this was the perfect image.

Its a simple a6 Christmas card, with a layer of pink glitter card stock and the focus on the beautiful image.  Once coloured in I have gently blended blue distress ink around the image and added white dots of snow in the sky.

The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed and added to the bottom of the card using card scraps for dimension.  I've added some blue distress ink around the sentiment and then scattered heart clay confetti around the design to finish it off and to add to the them of Love is in the air.

I really hope that you like my card today and will drop by again to see my next project and don't forget to join in with the challenge over on the I Love Markers blog

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Colour of Love digital image - Rory's Owl Friends

Woodware Craft Collection Sentiment Stamp - Bauble Owl

Cosmic Shimmer Detail embossing powder - Clear

Versafine Clair ink -  Twilight

Heart clay confetti 

Distress ink - tumbled glass

Sakura Gelly Roll Pens - white, black, clear star

Cosmic Shimmer - Cosmic Twinkles - Icicles blue

Promarkers used :

Skin:              almond, dusky rose, soft peach, oatmeal, blush

Blush:             pale pink

Hair:               vanilla, caramel, sandstone, umber

Eyes:              denim blue, cool aqua

Outfits:           hot pink, carmine, cerise

                      marine, turquoise, pastel green

                      cool aqua, blender

Tights

Pom poms 

Bows:             mango, peach , soft peach

Feathers:        umber, caramel, pastel beige

Feet

Beaks:            pumpkin, sunflower

Snow:             cool aqua, blender

Fence:             caramel, sandstone, umber

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

A Passion for Markers BlogSpot Challenge #695 - Use dies and/or Punches

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all !

I'm here today to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog.

This weeks challenge is being sponsored by The Colour of Love

There are loads of lovely digital images and colouring pages by the very talented Heather Valentin in the on line store so I would highly recommend taking a look as I'm sure you will find loads that you love.

The theme this week chosen by Linda for Team 2 is use Dies and/or punches.

I chose to use a sweet image called Lil Cassi Boo's Butterflies for my card, coloured with my Promarkers.

Don't forget there will be a prize for the Winner of the challenge - there are more details over on the Passion for Markers blog.

I coloured the sweet image with my promarkers, used a stitched die to cut out the panel to fit an A6 card blank and then fussy cut the top portion of the image. Next I have created a cloudy background using a stitched die to cut a panel the exact size of the coloured image.

Next I have used foam tape to adhere the image over the cloudy background.

Finally I have used a butterfly die to cut out 3 small butterflies, adding these around the design with small gems for detail.  I added lots of clear sparkle to the image and stickles to the flowers in the grass.

The sentiment strip at the bottom of the card is from Lisa Horton Crafts, mounted on card for height.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card today and will drop by again to see my next project and don't forget to join in with the challenge over on the Passion for Markers blog

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Colour of Love digital stamp - Lil Cassie Boo's Butterflies 

Card Making Magic A6 Nesting Die Set

Distress Ink - Story Sky

Lawn Fawn stencil - Cloudy

Tonic Studios Butterfly die

Stickles - Stardust

Lisa Horton Crafts Sentiment Strip

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear, tangerine

orange gems

Sakura Gelly Roll pens - black, white

Promarkers used :

Skin:        almond, blush, oatmeal, soft peach, dusky rose

Hair:        vanilla, caramel, sandstone, umber

Eyes:        midnight blue, true blue, sky blue

Lips:         antique pink, pale pink

Dress:       bisque, apricot, ginger

shoes

Tights:      sunflower, tulip, buttercup

Flowers:    sunflower, buttercup

                antique pink, pale pink

                bisque, apricot, ginger

    

          

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

I Love Promarkers #537 - Add Some Sparkle

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Wednesday! I hope that you are having a lovely week and the weather is being kind to you.  

I'm on my blog today for the new bi-weekly I Love Promarkers blog challenge , it would be wonderful if you joined us over there if you love to colour with alcohol markers and don't forget there are prizes up for grabs.  

You can find all of the rules and details for the challenge over on the blog. 

This challenge is being sponsored by Colour of Love

Here is my inspiration card for the current blog challenge with the theme - Add Some Sparkle, using a beautiful image called Snowflake Fairy Ballerina. 

Isn't She just beautiful and believe me she is very sparkly !

For today's  A6 (UK size) card I have added a digital image in my graphics software before printing the image out onto alcohol marker friendly card.  

For anyone that is interested I like to use Transotype Perfect Colouring Paper for all of my digital images that I am going to colour with Promarkers. 

I added a touch of distress ink around the edge of the image to create a halo effect around the fairy and then layered this onto a panel of Lisa Horton Crafts Euphoria Glitter cardstock - its one of my favourites and super sparkly. 

The finishing touches for my card today are lots of glitter around the image using a quickie glue pen and some Glamour dust.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my magical Inspired by a Film card for today and will drop by again to see my next project and don't forget to join in with the challenge over on the I Love Markers blog

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Colour Of Love digital stamp - Snowflake Fairy Ballerina

Polkadoodles Free digital sentiment

Lisa Horton Crafts Euphoria Glitter Card stock

Distress ink - peacock feathers

Lisa Horton Crafts Mermaid Tails - Stardust & Magic - Night Sky

Glamour Dust - Crystal

Promarkers used :

Skin:            almond, blush, oatmeal, soft peach, dusky rose        

Hair:            vanilla, caramel, sandstone, umber

Blush:          pale pink, dusky rose

Lips

Eyes:           ocean teal, pastel green

Dress:         dusky rose, pale pink, dusky pink

Tutu:            ice grey 00, 1, 3, 5

Wings:         pastel green, tea green

 

These are the challenges I am entering

dis digi designs challenge Weekly Beverages (4) (1 of 3) Milk for the kitties
lil patch of crafty friends Weekly (74) (3 of 3)
Creative Fingers challenge (95) (3 of 3)
Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - (39) ( 5 of 5)
Moving Along With The Times  Man or a boy (66) (2 of 5)
Pearly Sparkles Challenge Man or boy (45)
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (161)
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes (98) (3 of 3)
Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes (154) unlimited
Avenue 613 Anything Goes (118) (5 of 8)
Sheep ski designs Anything Goes man or boy (36) (2 of 3)
Mirtillamente Challenge -   (7) (5 of 5)
LeAnn's World 101 Challenge (on hold) unlimited
colorful options peach () unlimited
through the purple haze Buttons / flowers () ( of 3)
Critter Crazy Challenge (76) (4 of 5)
We love stamping CAS or AG (39) (2 of 3)
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge AG (42) (3 of 3)
Dragonfly Dreams fancy folds (4) (1 of 3)
Crafty Calendar Challenge Summertime (66) (2 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges  (109)       

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x