Tuesday 28 March 2017

Passion For Promarkers Challenge #388 - Add a Button or 2

Hi Crafters,

How is everyone this morning? I think I've managed to get over the missing hour from the weekend, it really does play havoc with my body clock :o/
Well today is the start of our new challenge at Passion for Promarkers. We would like you to ...

ADD A BUTTON OR 2

Please remember to use your Winsor Newton (Letraset) Markers and to qualify for the prize and tell us where you have used them in your project.


Recipe
Image -  DigiStamp Boutique - Easter Baby Quack
Coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Decotime
Apple Blossom Stitched Banner Die
MFT & Cottage Cutz Stitched Squares and Rectangles
Buttons from stash
Sentiment - Magazine Freebie

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This is such a fun image for Easter and I loved colouring it with my Promarkers too, using the colours from the backing paper as a guide for my colour scheme.
He is called 'Easter Baby Quack' and is from our sponsor DigiStamp Boutique they are offering a £10 voucher for their store to the lucky winner.
DigiStamp Boutique logo
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Challenges I'd like to enter:
Creative Moments - #114 ATG op/twist Spring Colours
Creative Inspirations - #271 ATG
Double D Challenges - Things That Fly
Cute Card Thursday - #470 Spring Fever
Aud Sentiments - #176 Any Sentiment EXCEPT Birthday
As You Like It - Favourite Colour Medium and Why
( I have been using Promarkers for a number of years now, there are plenty of shades and I find that they blend nicely too giving depth to the images I'm colouring)
Crafty Catz - #363 ATG op/twist Buttons
DigiStamp Boutique - ATG DSB
The Cutie Pie Challenge - #109 Dies and Digi's
Addicted To Stamps - #144 Easter (Stamped Sentiment)
The Ribbon girl - Use Any Image
Come & Get It - #210 Spring Time
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #54 ATG
Sweet Stampers - #5 Easter/Spring
Crafty Cardmakers - #185 Spring into Spring

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Well that's it from me today, thanks for joining me and hope to see you at Passion for Promarkers challenge very soon.

Lorraine
xXx

Sunday 26 March 2017

Happy Mother's Day

Hi Crafters,

Just a quick post from me this morning to share a Mother's Day card and to wish all the mothers, grandmothers, mother-in-laws and fabulous ladies a lovely day.




I thought I'd create this Z fold card and used some pretty Kanban card stock for the mats, a Spellbinders floral oval die and a Waltzingmouse ( no longer available) word die.

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Challenges I'd like to enter:
Glitter n Sparkle - #232 Mother's Day / For a Female
Deep Ocean - #151 Flowers Everywhere
Fab n Funky - #343 Flowers
Creative Inspirations - #271 ATG
Aud Sentiments - #176 Any Sentiment Except Birthday
Brown Sugar - #243 ATG
Craft-Dee Bowz - March Challenge
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Mum's Day / Special Female
Crafty Purple Frog - Lovely Ladies
Crafty Girlz - #24 ATG / All About Mums

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Happy crafting!

Lorraine 
xXx

Sunday 19 March 2017

Christmas Card Club Challenge #6 - Two or more Patterned Papers

Hi Crafters,

It is that time again to share a Christmas make for our friendly Christmas Card Club.
We were to use...

TWO OR MORE PATTERNED PAPERS


Recipe
Craft Creations Decoupage Topper
Papers - Dovecraft 'Twelve Days of Christmas' Pad
Gold Peel-offs

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Challenges I'd like to enter:
Crafty Creations - #337 ATG
Double D Challenge - Things That Fly
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #407 Christmas
CHNC Every Saturday - #325 ATG
CHNC Extra - March ATG
CHNC Patterned Paper Challenge - March Challenge
Sparkles Christmas Challenge - #74 Use Silver or Gold

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The other ladies in the group have some fabulous Christmas inspiration on their blogs today so  please take a look, the list of links is in my CCC tab at the top of my blog.

Thanks for visiting today and I'll see you soon,

Lorraine 
xXx


Tuesday 14 March 2017

Passion For Promarkers Challenge # 386 - Add lace, Ribbon, Twine

Hi Crafters,

Thank you for visiting today, my blog has been rather neglected and posts have been sparse of late but today I am here to share my DT card for Passion For Promarkers.
This week our challenge is to...

ADD LACE, RIBBON, TWINE.

I've managed to use lace and ribbon in my design but you can use just one if you like.
Please remember to use your Winsor Newton (Letraset) Markers to qualify for the prize and tell us where you have used them in your project.

I've coloured an image that I had in my collection from our sponsor, Di's Digi Stamps, with my markers and added a little glitter to the icing on the cake - this is pink in real life but the light from the camera is turning it lilac.

Recipe
Image - Birthday Rascal - Di's Digi Stamps
Coloured with Pro/flex/brushmarkers
Papers - Decotime Glitter Pad
Go Kreate Frilly #10 Die
Guipure Lace
Ribbon
Pearls

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Challenges I'd like to enter:
The Cutie Pie Challenge - #109 Dies & Digi's
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Mum's Day / Special Female
Craft-Dee Bowz - March Challenge
Allsorts Challenge - #406 Ladies / Girls
Crafty Friends - #53 For a Child
Fussy & Fancy - #182 ATG
Crafty Catz - #361 ATG
Cute Card Thursday - #468 For Mother / Ladies Only
Crafting From The Heart - #130 ATG
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #53 ATG
The Ribbon Girl - March Card Challenge
Deep Ocean Challenge - #171 Fave Card/Project 2017
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Di's Digi Stamps are offering a $12 voucher to the lucky winner, now you can't pass up the chance to win that can you? .... so get out your markers and start colouring! :o)
Thanks for popping in today,

See you again soon,

Lorraine
xXx

Saturday 11 March 2017

Butterfly

Hi Crafters,

I recently won a blog candy from Pauline, check out her blog, she makes some fabulous projects. It was a magazine with dies and stamps attached and I couldn't wait to get started.
Here are the post-it note holders that I made and a card.


The die cuts the outline and a filigree centre, it's very pretty and versatile. Then there's the matching stamp too and some useful sentiments.


I love this wavy sentiment stamp, I can see me using this one a lot.


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Well this post is rather late in the day, I've been busy getting some orders finished, poor hubby hasn't seen me all evening :o/ Now I'm done in and ready for bed so I'll toddle off now and see you soon.

Lorraine
xXx


Sunday 5 March 2017

Christmas Card Club Challenge #5 - Off The Wall/Non Traditional

Hi Crafters,

It's a bright, Sunny morning here in Norfolk, a promise of what's to come.
An hour later
(well that was short lived....the promise of what was to come was...RAIN!)

Our Zoe has chosen a theme of 

OFF THE WALL/NON TRADITIONAL

This made me scratch my head a little but eventually I came up with a card that was somewhat quirky for Christmas.


Although it still has a Christmas tree the colours are not usual for Christmas. I bought this Britannia Christmas Tree die a long time ago with great expectations from it but each time I use it I find I don't like the result, but maybe that's just me.

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Crafty Creations - #336 ATG
Brown Sugar - #240 ATG
Crafty Friends - #52 All That Glitters
CHNC Every Saturday - #323 ATG Christmas
CHNC Extra for March - ATG Christmas

Well I hope you enjoy your Sunday and that the weather is kind where you are.

Lorraine
xXx

Wednesday 1 March 2017

Vintage Spitfire

Hi Crafters,

Happy St. David's Day!

 I recently won the challenge at Delicious Doodles and Teri kindly asked me if I would be a guest designer this month, of course I said yes!
The theme for this month is ...

ADD SOMETHING GREEN


Recipe
Image - Vintage Spitfire - Delicious Doodles
Coloured with Pro/flexmarkers
Papers - Well Traveled - Carina Gardner
LOTV Sentiment Stamp
Twine
Card Candy

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Challenges I'd like to enter:
Crafty Cardmakers - #183 Go Green
Come & Get It - #206 It's in the Male
Creative Moments - #112 ATG - op twist - Keep It Masculine
Moving Along with the Times - #39 For a Man
Creative Fingers - #125 ATG

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Well it is March now and time is just flying by again this year.
I can't wait for Spring to be in full flow, I'm ready for some warmer, brighter weather now.
Hope you are all well and thank you for visiting today.

Lorraine
xXx