Tuesday 23 December 2014

Merry Christmas at Passion For Promarkers


Hello, Merry Christmas one & all. Just popping by with a reminder of the Passion For Promarker challenge that is running over the festive season. I know it's a busy time of year, but I'm hoping you'll find time to relax with a bit of craft therapy & play along with us. Don't worry, you've got till 6th Jan 2015 to get your entry in.


This is the card I made for my lovely niece for Xmas. She's form Sugar Nellie & the papers are Echo Park. The snowflakes were cut with Spellbinders dies. I use Glamour Dust to add sparkle to her fur trims.


We've got a Bingo board for you to use in this challenge, but don't worry, the challenge is not restricted to Xmas themed creations.

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But, with Xmas being the season of giving, we do have a whole host of prizes, so kindly donated by our wonderful sponsors.

Letraset are generously offering 4 lucky winners a 6 pack of promarkers (blending set)!
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DigiStamp Boutique are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of a £10.00 voucher to spend in her store.
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Bugaboo stamps are generously offering one lucky winner a $30.00 voucher to spend in their store.
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Polkadoodles is offering one lucky winner 2 gorgeous digis called ‘Dollie Sleepyhead’ and ‘Dollie Trendsetter’.
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Michele R Designs are offering one lucky winner a €10.00 voucher to spend in her store.
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Little Claire Designs are offering one lucky winner a gorgeous stamp set called ‘changing birdhouse’.
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A Day for Daisies is offering one lucky winner a $12.00 gift certificate to spend in their online store.
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Crafty Sentiments Designs is offering one lucky winner 3 digis of their choice from their online store.
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Please pop on by the Passion For Promarkers blog to see the wonderful creations of my fellow D-Teamies.

I would like to enter this at The Sugar Bowl, where 'Anything Goes'.

So that's it from me. I've not been a very prolific blogger this year, so thanks for visiting me & sticking with me. I hope that everyone has a wonderful time over the festive season & that Santa brings you everything you could wish for. Maybe a little bit of crafty stash, who knows?! But Christmas is a time for family & I wish you & yours peace & joy & happiness throughout 2015.

Big Christmas Hugs,
Andie xx

Tuesday 2 December 2014

PASSION FOR PROMARKERS DT


Hello! Time for another challenge at Passion For Promarkers & I'm sorry to say that our Uber talented D-Teamie, Jane is leaving us. But she is going out on a high because she has chosen a lovely theme for you all this week, which is

HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING


I've used SCACD Angel of Hope for this card. I love this image. The papers are Echo Park & the die & sentiment is from W Plus 9. I went over it with glossy accents & sprinkled it with Glamour Dust. I love the effect.
 

I hope you'll pop on over to the Passion For Promarkers blog to see the fabulous designs of my wonderful D-Teamies. This week we are sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs who are offering our lucky winner 4 digis of their choice for the prize.


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I would like to enter this at Papertake Weekly, where this week, 'Anything Goes'.

I would also like to enter this at Winter Wonderland where they want you to use a die or a punch. I used spellbinders behind the image & W plus 9 for the sentiment.

So are you ready for Xmas yet? I'm doing my first ever craft fair at Sale Masonic Hall on Sunday. So for once I'm doing well on my Xmas card making. We'll just have to see how it goes!

Thanks so much or looking,
Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Tuesday 18 November 2014

Passion For Promarkers DT

Hello! Can't believe it's time for another new challenge at Passion For Promarkers.  The lovely Donna has chosen this weeks theme & she wants you to get inspired by film or song titles &

ENTERTAIN US!



I used mainly Lawn Fawn stamps & dies for this. In case you can't guess, my inspiration it is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. The sentiment is by Paper Smooches.


We are sponsored by Digi Stamp Boutique this week, who are offering our lucky winner a whopping £10 voucher to spend in their store.

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Check out the Passion For Promarkers blog to see the wonderful creations of my fellow D-Teamies.

So that's me for now. Hope everyone is having a good week. Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Tuesday 4 November 2014

Passion For Promarkers DT - Beatles!

Way Hay! It's my turn to choose the theme for the new Passion For Promarkers challenge this week. I've gone for something a little different, but hopefully fun. I want to see your creations inspired by a 

BEATLES SONG TITLE


This is 'Angel Gabriel' from LOTV. Such a cute little image & the song that led me to choose this image is Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds! The paper is Echo Park & I added a little  Sakura Gelly Roll glitter pen over some of the snow flakes to add a touch more sparkle.


Our wonderful sponsor this week is Letraset themself, who are offering our lucky winner a pack of skin tone Flexmarkers

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Check out the fab inspiration of my fellow D-Teamies at the Passion For Promarkers blog.. Their cards are all wonderful. I hope you'll play alog with us this week. I look forward to seeing your wonderful creations.

I am also entering this at Papertake Weekly where 'Anything Goes'.

At Totally Gorjuss, they want to see 'non traditional Xmas colours'.

So that's all from me for now. Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Wednesday 22 October 2014

Passion For Promarkers DT

Gosh I'm such a bad blogger. I totally forgot to write this post for the new Passion For Promakers challenge that started yesterday - smacks hand! So if you haven't already seen it, our challenge has been set by the fabulous Sue, who wants to see you all 

GETTING KRAFTY


This is Uptown Girl, Catherine nibbling Chocolate by Stamping Bella. The problem with these images is their size for a 6x6 card, so I kept everything else really simple.



Our fabulous sponsor, this week, is Digi Stamp Boutique who are generously offering our lucky winner a £10 voucher to spend at their store.

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Check out the awesome creations of my fellow D-Teamies at the Passion For Promarkers blog & play along with us.

So that's me done for now. Hope you're all having a good week. I'm very much looking forward to the weekend when my sister, BIL & my gorgeous niece & nephew are over. So lots of family time; it's bound to be fun (& noisy!) when all the children get together. Can't wait!

Whatever you are up to. Have fun! Thanks so much for looking.
Hugs,
Andie xx

Tuesday 7 October 2014

Passion For Promarkers DT - Favourite Colour Combo


Morning! Team 2's turn again at Passion For Promarkers. This week our challenge has been set by the gorgeous Natalie, who wants you to use

YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR SCHEME


I don't have a favourite colour scheme, it depends on my mood. I coloured this sweet LOTV image to match the fab Echo Park - Winter Wishes papers. It's a shame the photo quality doesn't do justice to the purple, blue & silver colour scheme.


Check out the wonderful inspiration of my fellow D-Teamies  at the Passion For Promarkers blog. Our wonderful sponsor this week is Little Claire, who are offering our lucky winner one of their wonderful stamps.

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I used the fab layout at Sketch Saturday for my card, so I would like to enter this there.

At the Lili of the Valley monthly challenge, 'Anything Goes', so I am entering this there too.

So that's all from me for now. Hope y'all having a good week. Went to see Alan Davies - Little Victories at the weekend. If you get the chance, go! He was hilarious, way better than Michael McIntyre 2years ago!

Anyhoo, must go. Thanks so much for looking.
Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Tuesday 23 September 2014

Passion For Promarkers DT - Autumn Colours

Good Morning Bloggers! It's lovely Lotta's turn to choose our new challenge theme at Passion For Promarkers this week. As summer starts to fade (not too quickly I hope!), she wants to see cards with 

AUTUMN COLOURS


This is a bit of a change of direction for me. I'm inspired by the cute simplicity of companies like Lawn Fawn & Mama Elephant at  the moment & this card was created with stamps from the Lawn Fawn - Joy to the Woods set. The papers are Cosmo Cricket & the 'sunset' was created with Distress Inks sprinkled with Cosmic Shimmer Mist. Did I go a bit OTT on the Fall theme?!!


So it's time to pop on over to the Passion For Promarkers blog to see the fabulous inspiration of my fellow D-Teamies.

I am entering this at Cute Card Thursday, where their theme is Awesome Autumn.

Well that's all from me for now. Hope everyone is having a good week. Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Tuesday 9 September 2014

Passion For Promarkers DT


Hellooo! Time for another Passion For Promarkers challenge & this week we want to see your creations featuring our 

FOUR LEGGED FRIENDS


This is 'My Best Friend' from All Dressed Up & the papers are from MME. Not much else to say really!!


I love this image, but I can't decide if I like the card or not! I thought the papers would look lovely, but they're actually a bit much.

I'm entering this at Sketch Saturday as I used their fab sketch for my layout.

I also realised I entirely forgot to post my last DT card for Passion For Promarkers last fortnight. So here it is. Two for the price of one!


This is a Sylvia Zet image for Whimsy Stamps & the papers are Lili of the Valley.


So that's all from me today. Hope you're having a good week. Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Tuesday 12 August 2014

Passion For Promarkers DT

We're back at Passion For Promarkers with another fab challenge to get your teeth into. This week, our lovely Jane has chosen the theme of

MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS


This is the wonderfully cute & totally yummy, Strawberry Cake Birthday Fairy from a Day for Daisies. I made her quite CAS, for my little niece. I'm imagining tiers of delicious cheesecake with lashings of fruit.


So get yourself on over to the Passion For Promarkers blog & check out the fabulous inspiration of my fellow D-Teamies. We've been sponsored by Letraset & the fabulous A Day for Daisies this week. I love their cute & quirky images.

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Sorry this is a little late this morning. Posting totally went out of my head when I learned of the sad news about Robin Williams, one of my all time favourite actors & comedians. They say that laughter is the best medicine & I know how much his humour made me happy. What a shame we couldn't do the same for him. RIP xx

That's all from me for now. Thanks so much for looking.
Big Hugs,
Andie xx


Wednesday 6 August 2014

Divas By Design DT... Finally!

Didn't quite get chance to post this this morning, but I've finally managed! Here's my card for this week's Divas By Design challenge, where our theme for you this week is 

UNDER THE SEA


I dug out some of my oldest stamps for this challenge. They're all (probably long retired) High Hopes stamps, coloured with Distress Inks. With a touch of white acrylic marker & lots of Glamour Dust! Sadly the photos do not do the sparkle justice. I covered the fish in Glossy Accents & immediately regretted not using Crackle Glaze. But then I accidentally dropped one face down & voila, texture!! So I then had to 'drop' the other too!


This is for our wedding anniversary next month. Not an obvious choice for an anniversary card I hear you cry. But the sentiment on the inside (below) makes it a little more romantic! I actually made him a very similar card years ago. There's a test for him. I wonder if he'll remember - no pressure, lol!


I hope you'll join us at Divas by Design for our challenge this week, which will is sponsored by the wonderful Crafty Ribbons


I am entering this at Papertake Weekly & Crafting from the Heart, where their theme is 'Anything Goes'.

Well, in Dec 2011 I made my first card for the Divas By Design DT. All good things must come to an end & it is with a heavy heart I have decided to step down. I want to try lots of new crafty things. With 2 gorgeous children, an almost full time job & just life in general, crafting time is increasingly scarce to experiment in new directions. My decision also opens the way for some new lovely & mega talented ladies to join the Divas family. I'm sure they will enjoy the journey as much as I have. I'm also grateful for the opportunity to have worked with lots of wonderful crafters on the Divas DT & will miss them all.

 So watch this space to see where my creativity takes me!

Thanks so much for looking.
Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Tuesday 29 July 2014

Passion For Promarkers DT - Weddings

Hello! There's a new challenge on at Passion For Promarkers, chosen by my lovely D-Teamie, Donna. Her theme is 

WEDDINGS


This is 'To Have & To Hold' from All Dressed Up. I love the simple, naive elegance of it. I kept this simple, but added Glamour Dust to give her wedding dress a bit more wow! I've seen a lot of sequins around blogland & thought they would make perfect confetti.


So I hope you'll join us for this week's Passion For Promarkers challenge. Our lucky winner will receive these uber cute images from our lovely sponsors, PolkaDoodles.

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That's all I've got to show you for now. Just enjoying the Commonwealth Games. What a wonderful summer of sport we're being treated to. I just wish it could inspire my efforts at the gym a little more. This hot weather is making it really hard work! Oh, that sounds like I'm complaining about our lovely weather. I'm not, I love it, or at least when I'm outside in it! No, my main gripe is that I need to go to the gym at all. If only I was naturally slim & athletic. I make running look like such hard work!

That's all for me then. Thanks so much for looking.
Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Wednesday 23 July 2014

Divas By Design DT - Favourite Colour Combo

Good Morning Blogland! Time for a new challenge at Divas By Design. This week we want to see creations that feature 

YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR COMBO
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I went for a lilac/green colour combo. I don't really have a favourite, it depends on my mood. But it generally does contain pink or purple! This little Tilda was coloured with Daler Rowney Watercolour pencils & the papers are Maja Design - Vintage Spring Basics.


Hop on over to the Divas By Design blog to see the fabulous creations of my fellow D-Teamies.

So there you go for now. Thanks so much for looking

Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Tuesday 15 July 2014

Passion For Promarkers DT - Xmas in July

Morning! I've got another card to show you for our new challenge at Passion For Promarkers. This week our theme is

XMAS IN JULY


I used this adorable Sugar Nellie digi with First Edition - Festive Treats papers. The little snowflakes are from a Martha Stewart border punch. I never actually use it for borders, just the off cuts!


Pop on over to the Passion For Promarkers blog to see the fab inspiration of my fellow D-Teamies.

I am entering this at Sketch Saturday where I used their fab layout for my card.

At Creative Inspirations they want to see cards celebrating 'your favourite occasion'. Xmas is the "most wonderful time of the year" for sure!

So that's all from me for now. Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs
Andiexx


Wednesday 9 July 2014

Divas by Design DT

Yo Yo!! How're things? I've got my latest DT card for Divas By Design to show you today as we launch another fab challenge. This week it's

THINGS WITH WINGS


I think I'm getting deja vu. This is the same challenge theme as for my last card for PFP. However, I used Distress Inks to colour this little cutie form Sugar Nellie. She quite an old image I think, but new to me, called Hello Little Robin & I've wanted her for ages. The papers are LOTV - Woodland Wishes, & the sentiment from Memory Box.


So you need to get on over to the Divas By Design blog to see the wonderful creations of my fellow D-Teamies. Our sponsor for this week's challenge is the wonderful Crafty Charlie.



I've used the fab layout at Sketch Saturday for this card so I would like to enter this there.

At Totally Gorjuss they're looking for 'Bling'. I've used lots of gems & I hope you can see the sparkle OK.

So that's me for today. Hope you're all having a good week & enjoying the lovely weather while it lasts :~)

Thanks so much for looking.
Big Hugs,
Andie xx