Passion For Promarkers Challenge #536 - Lace & Flowers

Hi Crafters,

So how are you all coping with life at the  moment? 

I'm surprised that I can remember what day it is, they are all beginning to run in to one another :)

I'm trying to concentrate on my crafting if only to keep some sort of normality to the day, progress is slow though as my concentration isn't great at the moment and hubby is working from home too.

Well, on to why I am here today...

It's time to share another project for our new challenge at Passion For Promarkers.

We would like to see your projects using LACE & FLOWERS and your Winsor Newton Markers of course. Please tell us in your post where you have used them to help our Design Team when they visit your blog.

Recipe

Image - Dreamerland Crafts Stamp - Friends are always there for you.

Coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Lemoncraft 'House of Roses'

Lacy Frame Die - The Works

Flowers - Recollections and Hobby House

Lacy Trim - From my Stash

Scalloped Frame Die

Sentiment - Woodware Stamp

Cheery Lynn Corner Die

Gems

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Creative Moments - #187 ATG
Penny Black & More - Spring Flowers
Crafty Gals Corner - #205 Use Flowers

Our sponsor this week is

Dies To Die For

who are offering a £15 Voucher to the lucky winner.

What a fab prize!

Please take a look at the other Design Team members blogs for their fabulous inspiration on this theme here.

Stay safe and well!

Lorraine

xXx

Christening Dress

Hi Crafters,

 I'm sure that many of you, like me, have a stash of lace and trims in your craft room and when I was asked to create a Christening card recently and the brief was 'pretty and girly' I came up with this design.

Recipe

Crafters Companion Brick Embossing Folder and Arch Window Die

Tattered Lace Picot Edge Frame die

LOTV Sentiment Stamp

Pearls and lace from my stash

I set about making the dress by drawing half the shape on a folded piece of paper and cutting it out. When unfolded it makes the full dress shape, an easy way to ensure it is symmetrical. I used this template to cut out the dress in pearl card and embossed this to create the swirly pattern.

Then I added the layers of lace for the frills of the dress and trimmed the neck and sleeves with pearls.

The card turned out quite chunky so I had to make a box for it too.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Embossing Wet/Dry

Creative Inspirations - Lace & Pearls

I said I'd share some of my holiday photo's with you so here are a few of Portmeirion which we visited, with it's brightly painted buildings.

We walked across the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct alongside the canal boats. It crosses the Dee Valley and is 38m high. I really don't like heights but held on to the rail tightly. :o/

This is the view looking back over the side after we'd walked across...

The holiday cottage where we stayed

...and after climbing the hill behind it this was our reward.

 See you soon,

Lorraine

xXx

Wedding Box/Keepsake

Hi Crafters,

I was asked to create a Wedding Box or Keepsake so that money could be given to the happy couple in something a bit more presentable than just an envelope, it is also big enough to keep mementos of the day ie. garter, place name, confetti etc.

I used lots of lace, pearls and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The chipboard 'Mr & Mrs' is from Anna Marie Designs.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Moving Along With The Times - #78 Texture

A Bit More Time To Craft - #74 ATG

Not Just Cards - #58 ATG

Lorraine

xXx

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

Passion for Promarkers Challenge #347 Ribbon and or Lace

Hi Crafters,

I would just like to say a big thank you to all visitors of my blog over the last fortnight and for the lovely comments regarding my mums recovery from her op. She is now able to get about and look after herself so my services are no longer required and I am back home now. I just need to get my own house back in order.

I was able to get a little colouring done while I was away and this is a card I created for a friends birthday. I used some measuring tape ribbon for this challenge and my Promarkers of course.

Recipe

Image - Knitting Bag and Sentiment - Woodware Stamp

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

Embossing Folder - Knit One, Purl One - Crafters Companion

Measuring Tape Ribbon

Buttons from stash

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Fab 'n' Funky - #305 No Designers Papers
Brown Sugar - #199 ATG
Allsorts  - #364 Happy Birthday
One Crazy Stamper - May ATG
Penny Black & More - ATG with a Stamp
Crafty Girlz - #15 ATG
The Ribbon Girl - May 'Any Image' Challenge
Incy Wincy Designs - Add Texture
Crafty Cardmakers - Stitching Real or Faux

Take a peek at the challenge blog where you will find the details of the pen set from Letraset for the winner and the fabulous projects from the Design Team.

Lorraine

xXx

As You Like It Challenge #77 Anything But a Card and WHY

Hi Crafters,

I'm here today for the new challenge at As You Like It which is 'Anything But a Card'.

We'd like to see your favourite non-card creations and WHY you love making them.

I love decorating wooden trinket boxes for presents and for selling on my stall.  This beautiful lace and pearl trim worked beautifully together and I'd had these porcelain and ribbon flowers in my stash for ages and wanted to incorporate them in the design too.

Recipe

MDF Trinket Box

Purple Paint

Lace Heart shaped Doily

Purple Guipure Lace

Heart Pearl Trim

Velvet Ribbon

Spellbinders 'Lovin' Diamonds' Die

Porcelain/Ribbon Flowers - Stash

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Creative Fingers - #106 ATG
Crafty Friends  - #28 ATG
Crafty Girlz - #13 ATG
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #31 ATG

Our sponsor this time is Lawn Fawn

and they are offering a Stamp Set and 6x6 Paper Pad of the winner's choice.

For more details on the theme and some fantastic samples from the Design Team please hop over to the blog here.

See you soon,

Lorraine 

xXx

Decorated Trinket Box

Hi Crafters,
Hope you are all well. It's very misty and murky here today, hope it brightens up soon.
Between making cards I have been trying my hand at decorating a wooden trinket box. With a couple of craft fairs coming up soon I decided to create a variety of projects for my stall, some of which I will share with you in the future.

I got my hot glue gun out of hibernation and used my stash of lace, trims and flowers to create a pretty box for your bedroom dressing table.
Here's the inside...

After painting the bare wood I sprayed it with two shades of Perfect Pearls Pearlescent Shimmer, but unfortunately what looks like blotches on the inside in this picture is actually how the camera has picked up where the shimmer is :(  -even the white pearls have a creamy/peach tone here too :/ very frustrating, but in real life it is very pretty.
I lined the inside with matching paper to take away the plainness.
Hope you like my little box and I would like to enter it in to these challenges,

Scribble & Scrap - # 27 Anything Goes

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Diva's By Design - Anything But a Card

Charisma Cardz  - Lace & Pearls

A Creative Romance - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoes Crafts - Lace

 

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you soon,

 

Lorraine