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 #807 - Anything floral - Sponsored by SheepSki Designs

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day - So after a wonderful holiday in Mallorca I'm back and raring to go !  Ha Ha Ha ....not quite!, I've not quite got my crafty mojo back - its probably sunning itself on holiday still! but hopefully it will return soon as I have lots of new goodies to play with.

So to get things moving there's 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 'Anything floral' has been chosen by Elaine for team 2 and is being sponsored by Sheepski Designs. The online Etsy store is now sadly closed but the lucky winner will be sent a link to download their chosen 3 images.

If you know me then you know I love strong vibrant colours but I decided to create a more delicate looking card for today and chose to use this fabulous Daisy Panel image.

We have some beautiful daisy type flowers in our garden in some striking vibrant colours...I always thought they were called Livingstone Daisies or Mesembryanthemums but I'm not so sure now so I will have to do a bit of research.  There are some white ones too which have a hint of shocking pink at the centre so that's my inspiration for today.

The image was resized to suit the DL card, printing onto alcohol friendly card stock before colouring  with my Promarkers.  I also printed out 5 extra flowers and fussy cut these out, layering up with foam squares for dimension.

To create the background I used a pale teal green promarker around the flowers, blending out to white. Then I chose a couple of distress inks and blended these into the design.   I splattered some distress ink around the flowers and the finishing touches were some clear drops around the flowers.

The sentiment was printed directly onto the panel.

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: Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

SheepSki Designs Digital stamp - Daisy Panel

LOTV digital sentiment - Fairy Sentiments

Distress inks - weathered wood, speckled egg, picked raspberry

Button Galore gems - Island Breeze

Posca Pen - white

   

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 #805 - For a boy - Sponsored by RAM Stamps

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! I hope you are all well and the week has started well. 

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 RAM stamps and our theme of 'For a Boy' this week was chosen for team 2 by Me ... 

I chose to use a really fun called Stacked Frogs, they look like they are having so much fun, perfect for a card for a little boy

I have created a simple DL card for today, resizing the image to suit before printing onto alcohol friendly card stock and then colouring with my Promarkers.

I decided to go for a rainbow of frogs, they do come in loads of fabulous colours after all...not just green !

Once the frogs had been coloured I used a blue distress ink to create a cloudy sky and added foil at the bottom for the ripples of water.  I used a quickie glue pen to create the water ripples.

Next I used a frame die to cut out the panel before layering onto the card blank, adding foam tape to the centre panel for dimension.

The sentiment was stamped using blue ink and finally I added glossy accents to the frogs eyes.

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:

RAM Stamps digital stamp -Stacked Frogs

Polkadoodles stamp - Toadal Sweetheart

distress ink - salty ocean

Lawn Fawn stencil - cloudy

Crafters Companion foil - electric blue

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 Blog Spot Challenge #801 - For a Child - Sponsored by LeAnn's World 101

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! I hope that your week is going well so far.

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 LeAnn's World 101 and our theme of 'For a Child' this week was chosen for team 2 by Kitty. 

I chose to use a really sweet image called Annette coloured with Promarkers, before fussy cutting out.  The sentiments are from Polkadoodles Rebel Girl collection.

I decided to keep the colour palette bright and simple using stencils and distress inks to create the background beach scene.   To add detail to the foam on the waters edge I've used a little white gesso on my finger and white gel pen on the waves.

 Anette was coloured with my promarkers before fussy cutting out and adding to the scene with glossy accents on the bobbles in her hair.

The two sentiments have been foiled  for a touch of shine.

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:

LeAnn's World 101 digital stamp - Anette

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Rebel Girl Collection - Sentiment bundle

Distress Ink - Salty ocean, cracked pistachio

Distress Oxide Ink - scattered straw, wild honey

Pebeo Artist Gesso - white

Minc foil - rose gold, teal

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

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 Blog Spot Challenge #799 - Die Cuts / Punches - Sponsored by Di's Digi Stamps

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day - Were nearly at the end of July so I thought I would squeeze in another Christmas in July post.

There's 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 'Use die cuts / punches' has been chosen by Karen for team 2 and is being sponsored by Dis Digi Stamps

I've had a cute little hedgehog digital stamp from Di for a while now just waiting to be used.  I think this little cutie may have been a freebie from Di in her Facebook group!

The cute little Festive Hedgy was coloured with Promarkers to begin with and then I've used a stencil to add the confetti over the background with some distress inks. I foiled the sentiment in the balloon with silver foil and added some white gelly roll pen highlights around the design.

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: Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

Dis Digi Stamps - Festive Hedgy 

Distress inks - candied apple, mustard seed, mowed lawn

Minc foil - silver

Studiolight layered mask - Exploding confetti

Studiolight Cutting Die - party card shape

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

   

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 #795 - Beach Vibes - Sponsored by Uniko Stamps

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! I hope you are all well and the week has started well.  Its my son's birthday today - he's 28 years old which I cant quite believe as it makes me feel very old indeed!  

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 Uniko stamps and our theme of 'Beach Vibes' this week was chosen for team 2 by Me...

I think spending days at the beach in the Summer is the perfect way to cool off - especially when the beaches are quieter ! 

For my challenge I chose to use one of my favourite digital images by Krista Leigh Smith aka Saturated Canary - this is called Toes in the sand. Sadly Krista has closed her shop due to other commitments but she's promised us shell pop up every now and then with images for us to colour. 

I have created a simple A7 card with a distress oxide ink background to coordinate with the fun surfer girl image.  I wanted to give the effect of sun rays from behind the surfer girl so used a stencil and a baby wipe to lift some of the ink off the sky section of the design.

I resized the image to suit my card blank and then printed out onto alcohol friendly card stock before colouring with my Promarkers and fussy cutting out.  The digital sentiment was added to the panel before printing.  The image was adhered to the card with foam tape for dimension.

I added white gelly  roll pen highlights to the water and some sparkly sequins around the design.

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:

Krista Leigh Smith digital stamp - Toes in the sand

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Winnie Starfish & Sandcastles - sentiment bundle

Distress Oxides - dried marigold, scattered straw, salty ocean, salvaged patina, wild honey

Clearly Besotted stencil - shooting star

Sugar & spice sequins - unicorn mix

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

     

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 #788 - Favourite Colour Combination - Sponsored by The Paper Shelter

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day - We're back after a wonderful long weekend away in Mallorca, had a fabulous time and it was great to have a break away too with lots of sightseeing and lots of relaxing too.

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 'Favourite Colour Combination' has been chosen by Karen for team 2 and is being sponsored by The Paper Shelter. 

For my eclipse style card today I chose to use a pretty digital image Hammock Days to create a pretty birthday card.

I resized the image to suit a 6" x 6" card and then printed it on alcohol friendly card before colouring with promarkers and then fussy cutting it out.

The image also comes with a pretty background paper to match so I resized this to suit the card blank and added a sentiment to the panel before printing.

To create the eclipse effect I used a smaller die to cut out the centre of the paper, adhering this directly onto the card blank.  Then I added foam tape to the outer border of the paper, tucking the sweet girl underneath before adhering the frame to the card.  The little girl is hanging free between the outer frame sides.

The finishing touches were some drops of stickles to the flower  centres at the bottom and some white gel pen highlights.

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:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

The Paper Shelter Digital stamp - Hammock Days

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment 

Stickles - diamond

Sakura Gelly roll - White Pen

   

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 #784 - Easter - Sponsored by DisDigiStamps

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! I hope that your week has started well.

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 DisDigiStamps and our theme of 'Easter ' (Well it had to be really LOL) this week was chosen for team 2 by Me. 

I don't make lots of Easter cards each year but this one was such a sweet image I couldn't resist it.

There are some absolutely gorgeous Easter themed digital stamps in the Etsy shop so I would recommend taking a look.

I chose to use a really sweet image that Di very kindly gave to her Facebook group member as a freebie in March. If you are not a member of the group then why not pop over and join the group.... here is the link to the group

My card today  is a smaller A6 size - we are all really conscious of postage these days sadly so I find I'm making more and more smaller cards but they are so sweet it doesn't really matter.

I resized the sweet chicks image to suit my card adding a couple of sentiments to the main panel before printing out on my LaserJet printer as I wanted to do some foiling later on.  After colouring with Promarkers, I fussy cut out the top of the image as shown in the design.  

The fabulous sentiments are from Polkadoodles from the Spring into Easter  collection  

Once cut out I then applied black foil to the whole image and to the extra sentiment for the top of the card

For my background I have a layer of pretty lemon polka dot paper from my stash and then adhered the partially cut out image over the top with foam tape.

To finish off the card I added some gold confetti around the design.

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:

DisDigiStamps - Etsy Store

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Spring into Easter - sentiment bundle

Polka dot paper from stash

Minc Foil - black

Spellbinders confetti - gold

     

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 #782 - Anything but birthday - Sponsored by Uniko Stamps

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! I hope that your week has started well.

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 Uniko Stamps and our theme of 'Anything but birthday' this week was chosen for team 2 by Natalie. 

I chose to use a really sweet image by Polkadoodles from the Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep collection.

I've created a DL card for today so resized the sweet chick image to suit my card and added a couple of sentiments to the main panel before printing out.  I also printed out the chick image a second time to decoupage. The images were coloured with Promarkers and then I fussy cut out the top of the egg, beak and bows.  

The fabulous sentiments are from Polkadoodles from the Tons of Love collection 

I created a simple background with stencils and distress inks and then foiled the sentiments for special shine. 

The decoupage elements were added to the main image using foam tape for dimension.

To finish off the card I added white highlights around the design and glossy accents to the flower centre.

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:

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Tons of Love - Sentiment bundle

lawn fawn stencil - cloudy, hillside

Distress inks - tumbled glass, salty ocean, twisted citron, mowed lawn

Minc Foil - teal

Glossy Accents

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

     

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 #780 - Add a sentiment - Sponsored by LeAnn's World

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! I hope that your week has started well.

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 LeAnn's World 101 and our theme of 'Add a sentiment' this week was chosen for team 2 by Kitty. 

I chose to use a really sweet image called Abigail coloured with Promarkers.  The fabulous sentiment is from Polkadoodles from the Rebel Girl collection 

I have used a pretty pastel paper from the latest Polkadoodles Party Time release and added a glittery die cut arch for my Princess after all every Princess loves sparkle.

To finish off the card I added white highlights around the design, confetti and glitter die cut stars for some extra magical sparkle.

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:

LeAnn's World 101 digital stamp - Abigail

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Rebel Girl - Sentiment bundle

Polkadoodles digital paper - Party Time collection - paper pack

Spellbinders confetti - gold

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

     

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

 Wendy x