Passion For Markers Challenge # 675 - Use Die Cuts

 Hi Crafters,

I'm back again today to share my Design Team inspiration for the new challenge at Passion For Markers.

This week I'm in the hostess chair and have asked that you USE DIE CUTS on your project with your Markers of course.

I have made one of my favourite types of cards this time, a shaker card.

Recipe:

Image - Fabulous Floral Slimline Card Panel by Alex Syberia Designs

Coloured with Copics

Paper - Ditsy Florals by Papercraft House

Die Cut Frame - Tonic Studio Scalloped Rectangle Nesting Set

Cheery Lynn Butterfly Die

Banner Tag Die and Bow Die - unknown brand

Crafters Companion 'Happy Birthday' Embossing Folder

Ric-Rac Ribbon, Flower Brad, Sequins and Beads from stash

Woodware Sentiment Stamp

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - ATG

Little Red Wagon - #689 Happy, Happy Birthday

Can You Handle The Pressure - ATG Embossing, twist, Borders

Our lovely sponsor this week is Alex Syberia Designs

who are offering a $10 gift voucher to the lucky winner.

It can be any project but please remember to use your Markers and Die Cuts this week. The lovely ladies in the design team have been busy creating their gorgeous projects to inspire you, take a look here.

I'll see you again soon,

Lorraine

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Boys and Men at Allsorts

 Hi Crafters,

It's our new challenge at Allsorts today and we would like to see your creations for 

#713 - BOYS AND MEN

Recipe

Image - LOTV Topper

Background and Sentiment created using a Woodware Stamp Set - JGS638 On Your Bike

Tonic Scalloped Frame Die

Cottage Cutz Stitched Square dies

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Dream Valley - #285 Hip to be Square

Cardz for Guyz - #314 Pets

Critter Crazy - #70 ATG Featuring a Critter

Pearly Sparkles - #80 No Designer Paper

Moving Along with the Times - #150 Use Kraft Card

Winners prizes for the next 4 challenges are shown below but the Top 5 will be chosen each week as normal.

WOWVOW, Craft Stash, AALL and Create and Ruth Hamilton Design

Have a great time creating for those boys and men in your life, if you need any inspiration then the Design Team have been busy creating for you HERE.

Take care,

Lorraine

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Christmas Card Club Challenge #2 - Two or More Patterned Papers

 Hi Crafters,

It's cold and very frosty here this morning at -7 degrees but the sun is shining which helps to lift the mood. Just the weather to be sharing another Christmas card! :0)

We have a new challenge this week of TWO OR MORE PATTERNED PAPERS

 I have used one of the Christmas Die and Download collections from Carnation Crafts and created this easel card.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge - #32 ATG Christmas

CD Sunday Plus - #102 ATG

My Time To Craft Christmas - #52 Patterned Paper

ABC Christmas Challenge - A - Anything Christmas

I hope you have a lovely Sunday.

Lorraine

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Spots and or Stripes at Allsorts #712

 Hi Crafters,

I'm staying with the SPOTTY theme from earlier in the week but this time it's the turn of our weekly challenge at Allsorts.

I have used a magazine freebie kit with image and matching background paper which I've had in my stash for quite some time. I thought it was perfect for this 40th birthday card. The bottle and cork are an Xcuts die which has been inked and shaded.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Crafty Catz - #621 ATG opt. Add a Die Cut

Crafting Happiness - #138 Celebrations

Crafty Calendar - Add a Sentiment

This month's prizes come from Oakwood, Stamp Addicts, Sizzix and AALL & Create, these links take you to their individual websites and you can read more about each on our Patrons' Page here.

Have a fun day!

Lorraine

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Going Dotty at Passion For Markers

 Hi Crafters,

We are seeing Dots before our eyes at Passion For Markers this week - well our theme for challenge #673 is....

GOING DOTTY

....and we'd love to see your creations using your Markers and lots of dots!

I've used this fabulous image from our sponsor this week All Dressed Up Stamps and paper pieced her dress with a digital dotty paper. I then coloured her skin, hair and shoes with my Promarkers.

For the lucky winner they are offering 2 digital images from their online shop.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

The Crafters Cafe - #293 Colours of the Rainbow

Creatalicious Challenge - #251 ATG

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #197 ATG

Make My Monday - # 192 Favourite Theme of 2022 (#177 Colouring Any Medium)

For a full list of our easy to follow rules please visit the challenge blog HERE. Plus there is a DT Call going on at the moment, we are looking for a new member for Team 2, so if you would like to join a friendly bunch of ladies then to apply just add 'DT' in the title of your entry this week.

Thank you for popping in today,

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #711 - ATG/Winter Blues

 Hi Crafters,

We have a new challenge at Allsorts starting today, the theme is 

ANYTHING GOES with an option of

WINTER BLUES

The Design Team have all gone with the Blue theme and there are some fabulous creations so please pop over and take a look HERE.

If you go for the option we'd love to see all your winter cards in shades of  blue.

I have created an inky background for this fabulous tree trunk die cut using Distress Oxides (the die cuts were purchased on eBay so I do not have the brand name). The dotty stamps are from Stamp Addicts and the Sentiment is a combination of two sets cut from another inked piece of card.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Little Red Wagon - #687 Baby It's Cold Outside

Creative Fingers - #246 ATG

Crafting Happiness - #138 Celebrations

Love To Craft - #72 ATG

613 Avenue Create - #1 ATG/Winter Theme

The Cutie Pie Challenge - #178 January Blues

As announced last week we are still giving prizes away each week but they will be announced once a month in future so below you can see what's on offer this month.

This month's prizes come from Oakwood, Stamp Addicts, Sizzix and AALL & Create, these links take you to their individual websites and you can read more about each on our Patrons' Page here.

Well that's all from me today, happy crafting,

Lorraine

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2023 Christmas Card Club

 Hi Crafters,

It's the first of our Christmas Card Club challenges today and our theme is 

EMBOSSING FOLDERS

Recipe

Creative Expressions Embossing Folder

Two Red Robins Stag and Christmas Foliage Dies

Tonic & Duo Dies Sentiments

Carnation Crafts Diamond Sparkle Spray

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Can You Handle The Pressure - ATG Embossing opt. Snow

Incy Wincy Designs - Christmas + / Movement

Pearly Sparkles - #80 No Designer Paper

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - 1 of Something/Tree (1 Stag)

I've had this lovely embossing folder for a few years now and often use it on my Christmas cards, it's an 8" x 8" folder and embosses really well too. This stag is also a great image for male cards and I made a few cards similar to this last year. The rest of the ladies on the team have been busy too and to take a look at their creations just click the links to their blogs under the CCC tab in my sidebar.

Lorraine

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'Something New' at Allsorts - #710

 Hi Crafters,

We are resuming with our weekly challenges at Allsorts from today and our theme very aptly at the start of this New Year is

SOMETHING NEW

As you can see I have made a New Baby card, a mixture of Tonic Dies, Lisa Horton Embossing Folder and some ribbon and enamel dots in my stash.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Unicorn Challenge - #83 Baby

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #663 New

My Time To Craft - #498 Welcome to the World Baby

We have a new way of announcing our Top 5 and Winners for the challenges. Our Top 5 post will still be published at 6pm GMT each Friday but our Winners post will be published ONCE A MONTH on the last Friday covering the preceding weeks challenges. There is a list of Winners post dates on the Challenge Blog sidebar for ease of reference HERE.

This month's prizes come from Oakwood, Stamp Addicts, Sizzix and AALL & Create, these links take you to their individual websites and you can read more about each on our Patrons' Page here.

The design team will be round to visit your blogs soon, we look forward to seeing how you interpret this theme - it could be a New arrival, like my card or some New crafty item that you received for Christmas or a New technique that you have tried in your crafting. Whatever you create just have fun doing it.

It's lovely to see you here,

Lorraine

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'NEW' at Passion For Markers

 Hi Crafters,

The New Year has started and at Passion For Markers we'd like to see your projects with a 'NEW' theme.

It can be New Year, New Baby, New Home, a New Technique or a New Die or Stamp in your stash, the choice is yours. Please use your Markers on your project to qualify for the fabulous prize - details below. Here is my card which is using 'Cabaret Lolly' from The Paper Shelter.

She is bursting out of the stage and is a 'Wobbler' card (this is my 'New' item - I got a pack of wobbler springs as part of a Christmas present)

Hopefully on this second photo you can see how far she stands out from the card, she is attached by her head and when you touch her foot she boings wonderfully! :o)

I have coloured her with my Promarkers and added glitter embossing powder over her hat, leotard and eye shadow which really does give it that sparkly, cabaret feel. The 'burst' effect on the background is a Woodware stamp which I stamped twice and layered for a more 3D effect. It is called 'Surprise' and I have used the sentiment that comes with it on a banner die.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

to be added

Our sponsor this week is The Paper Shelter

and they are offering 3 digital images to the lucky winner.

For more inspiration please pop over to the challenge blog HERE to see what the Design Team have been up to this week.

Take care,

Lorraine

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Happy New Year at Crafts Galore Encore

 Hi Crafters,

A Happy New Year to all my followers, commenters and friends.

It's been a rather strange few weeks as hubby has been unwell and in and out of hospital over the festive period with kidney problems but he seems to be making a good recovery now thank goodness.

I hope you are looking forward to this new year of 2023 and excited for what it might bring.

We are starting a new challenge at Crafts Galore Encore today with our always ANYTHING GOES theme and would love for you to join in.

 This fun image is from our sponsor Hetty Clare Art and is called 'Happy Hour', those little birds look like they are having a fun time don't they? I think they are drinking a Strawberry Daiquiri as one of the little birds is holding a strawberry so I have added a strawberry die cut to follow the theme. The image is coloured with Promarkers, Copics and Pencils.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

to be added

Come and join in the fun HERE, you can enter up to 3 times - provided each one is a new project, make sure that you link back to our challenge blog in your post too that way you are eligible for the prize which is 2 Digital Images from Hetty Clare Art.

Lorraine

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