Passion For Promarkers - Family

Good Morning! I'm back with my Passion For Promarkers DT card, where this week, my lovely D-Teamie Donna, has chosen the theme of 

FAMILY
(ie, a card for a family member)

This is the card I made for my hubbie, Paul's 40th birthday. He's a bit (lot!) of a gamer. This image is 'High Score Hugh' from Dr Digi's House of Stamps. OK the stomach is a little larger (only a little!) & the hair a little bit greyer (not much!) than Paul's, but otherwise he's an almost spot on likeness! The papers are MME - All Spice.

I hope you'll pop on over to the Passion For Promarkers blog & check out the fabulous creations of my fellow D-Teamies. Our sponsor this week is Michele R Designs who is most generously offering our lucky winner $10 worth of her fab digi papers.



So there you go for now.  Hope everyone is having a good week. Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Spotlight on Passion For Promarkers

Good morning & a Happy Tuesday one & all! Time for another fab challenge at Passion For Promarkers. Our theme is chosen by the wonderful, Jane. She wants to see your cards 

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

I kept this very simple as my image is so large. This is an old (but classic) Penny Black stamp called Fashionably Wrapped. She's so chic & elegant, she totally reminds me of me... not! I wish!!

I've never used this technique before & in all honestly, for this card at least the jury is out! My favourite bit is the red Stickles on the holly berries. I have to say, it was very quick & easy to make. But I wish I'd left room for a sentiment.

So how're you getting on with your Xmas cards? I need to get cracking on mine. But I got a bunch of birthdays as well. Oooh I'm scaring myself now! Don't you find it hard to choose the right image or look for those most important in your life. Because I make my own cards, I want the recipients to enjoy them almost as much as the present I buy. That's quite a pressure to put myself under! Anyhoo, I'll have to get cracking sooner rather than later.

So that's it from me for now.

Thanks so much for looking,

Hugs,

Andie xx

Getting Digi with it at Divas By Design!

Hello! Oooh I'm rather late posting this as our latest challenge at Divas By Design went live this morning. I've had such a busy day I'm only just getting round to doing it. Our theme for this week is to 

USE A DIGI

I love the cute robin images at Bugaboo. This one is Winter Scarf. He's coloured with Promarkers & the papers are by Memory Box (love these!). The fir die is by Marianne Design.

We are thrilled to be sponsored, this week by Bugaboo. Pop on over to the Divas By Design blog to see the fabulous creations my wonderful D-Teamies have made with more Bugaboo images.

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

At Totally Gorjuss, 'Anything Goes with Snow'.

So what's taken me so long to get around to writing this post. Well, yes OK I should have had it scheduled, but I thought I'd have time to do it before work this morning. But this evening, I went to see Jack perform, with his school class at the Royal Northern College of Music. He has a couple of lines & sang brilliantly. I am sooooooo proud of him.

So there you go for now.. Thanks so much for looking.
Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Divas by Design are getting Spooked!

Good Morning! There are lots of challenges around Blogland at the moment in preparation for Halloween. At Divas By Design, we're no exception because this week we're getting

SPOOKED!

This is Wolf Man by Mayzy Art. As soon as I saw him I knew he was perfect for my boys. He is right up their street, they love monsters, as long as they're not too scary. He's coloured with Promarkers & the papers are Fancy Pants-Oct 31.

I hope you'll now pop on over to the Divas by Design blog, where my fabulous D-Teamies have really had fun this week & excelled themselves. Our fabulous sponsor this week is Stamp & Create.

I would like to enter this at The Pink Elephant, where their theme is 'Trick or Treat.

I also used the fab sketch at Sketch Saturday for my layout.

Finally I just wanted to show off! Well not me, but my super smart son Jack, who passed both his entrance exams to Grammar school with flying colours! We had lots of tears & stress in the run up & preparation. I do not think any child should have to endure that at the age of 10, but he nonetheless came through it. We're so proud of him!

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

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Spooky Goings on at Passion For Promarkers

Good Morning Passionistas & all the other lovely people of Blogland! Tuesday means it's time for another fab challenge at Passion For Promarkers. With Halloween just around the corner, this week's theme, chosen by my wonderful D-Teamie, Anna, is to make it

SPOOKY

I made this card for my niece, Emma. The digi I've used is another super cutie from A Random Fan. This one is called Arie the Witch. Perfect for Halloween! The papers are Fancy Pants-Oct 31. The railings were cut from a Cheery Lynn die & the teen tiny bats from a CC Cutter.

I hope you'll pop on over to the Passion For Promarkers blog to see the fantastic creations of my fellow D-Teamies. I hope you'll play along with us & you could win a £10 voucher to spend at Digi Stamp Boutique.

 I used the sketch at  Crafting Life's Pieces for my layout, so I would like to enter this card there.

I don't know if my little bats are big enough to count but I hope they will be enough to enter at Totally Gorjuss where the challenge is 'Wing & Things. 

At The Pink Elephant they have fantastic Halloween photo inspiration.

At Sweet Stampin, the theme is Halloween

I am super excited about Halloween this year. Although we won't be there for Halloween itself, we are going to Copenhagen for a few days just before Halloween. Apparently Tivoli Gardens is decked out for Halloween prior to the big event itself & it's fantastic by all accounts. Don't tell my hubbie though. It's all a big surprise for his 40th in November, but I've had to arrange it over half term so the boys can come. We are so excited we could burst, but Paul has no idea. I can't believe how well the boys have done to keep it all secret! It's OK though, Paul never reads my blog so I think our secret will still be safe.

So that's all from me for now. Hope you all have a good week. Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Casing Craft Stamper For the Weekend

Well Hello! I've got something a bit different (for me at least) to show you tonight. I've been playing with my Promarkers & Distress Inks on the same card to create something way out of my comfort zone.

A very, (very) similar card to this appeared in September's issue of Craft Stamper & was inspired by the creations of Kay Carley. The stamps are JOFY. I just love their simplicity. A bit of glitter & gold embossing just gives it a bit of a WOW factor, in an understated way - does that make sense?!

I made it for a colleague at work who was leaving for another office today. It's perfect for those people for whom 'cute' may not quite be appropriate. Anyway, I hope you like it. I've got my eye on another JOFY Xmas set to make those cards I need to make a lot of. I'll let you see my creations when they're done.

I am entering this at Simon Says Stamp where they want you to used a stamped image, rather than a digi.

Also, at Stamping For the Weekend, 'Anything Goes.'

So what are you up to this weekend? I think I might pop over to Leigh for the Sincerely Yours Papercraft Show tomorrow. See if I can't find the stamps I'm after there & a few others no doubt! Say Hello if you see me. I'm rather tall & still look pretty much like the photo on my blog, but the wrinkles are a little deeper. I blame my children for that, LOL!! Whatever you are up to have a good weekend.

Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Lacey Xmas

Good Morning! Back with another fab challenge at Divas By Design. In contrast to the CAS cards last week, this time around we want to see your creations that have 

3 LAYERS OR MORE

This little cutie is 'Knitted with Love' by Sugar Nellie. She's coloured with Distress Inks & the papers are Marianne Design. The die was cut with a DooHickey.

Check out the fabulous DT inspiration at the Divas By Design blog. Our wonderful sponsor this week is Delicious Doodles.

I am entering this at Deep Ocean Challenge where the theme is 'Christmas is around the corner.

Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs,

Andie xx