I Love Promarkers - Challenge 435 - Paper Nest Dolls

It's Wednesday so time for a new I ❤ Promarkers challenge!  The theme this fortnight is

Anything Goes

And we are sponsored by Paper Nest Dolls and I've been able to use the cute Gone Fishing digi, coloured with Promarkers and I've managed to use up some oddments of printed papers that I've had in my stash for years!  These are Echo Park, Splash.  I've added some brads also from my stash, handwrote the tag sentiment and added some waxed cord to finish.

Good luck with the challenge!

Quackers

Here is a quick card I've made using Rubber Duckie from Dr Digi which I've coloured with Promarkers and then used offcuts of papers from Echo Park - Splash which I have had printed for a number of years and they have been languishing in my stash, just waiting to be used!

I've added some bakers twine from my stash and a computer generated sentiment.  I'd like to enter the following:

Crafting By Designs:  Anything Goes
Arty Diva's:  Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenges:  Add a Sentiment
CD Sunday Plus:  Anything Goes

Daring Card Makers Challenge - Elemental Inspiration

Hello!  It's the first Friday of the month for the Daring Card Makers Challenge and that means its an Elemental Inspiration week!

Pick at least 3 elements from the picture below to create your project:

I've gone for the aqua and orange colours, the patterns on the surfboards, star shape on the shell, drinks and straws.

The bottle dies are MFT and I've cut them and the banner using offcuts of card.  The patterned paper is Echo Park, Splash which I found in my stash and the embroidery thread is from my stash.

Good luck with the challenge!  I'd like to enter the following:

Creative Fingers:  Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft:  Anything Goes
Crafty Hazlenuts Patterned Paper:  Anything Goes
Scribbles Design Challenge:  A Slice of Summer

Rubber Duckie

Sometimes you just need a digi in your collection and for me it is this - Rubber Duckie - from Dr Digi.  I've coloured it with Promarkers and added glossy accents to its eye.  Papers are Splash from Echo Park and I've added a faux running stitch around the edge of the card with a fineliner black pen.

Sentiment was computer generated and the button and waxed cord are from my stash.  I'd like to enter the following:

Stamping Sensations:  All Things Bright and Beautiful
2 Crafty Critter Crazies:  Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft:  Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Challenge:  Anything Goes
Crafty Animals:  Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 27 - Kinda Cute

It's Friday so time for another Colour Crazy Challenge!  The theme as always is

Anything Goes

And the sponsor this week is Kinda Cute.  I've used both images provided (because I couldn't decide which one to use!) and first up is Boy Playing Video Game which I've coloured with a combination of Promarkers and watercolour pencils.  Papers are from a no longer available collection from Funky Hand and the sentiment is a magazine freebie.

And I've used Mermaid Monster, coloured with watercolour pencils and I've used Echo Park splash papers plus waxed coloured cord and buttons from my stash.

Good luck with the challenge!  I'd like to enter the following:

Video Game
4 Crafty Chicks:  Birthday
Art Impressions Stamps:  Masculine
Creative Knockouts:  Birthday
I Love Promarkers:  Anything Goes

Mermaid Monster
Crafting With An Attitude:  Anything Goes
Moving Along With The Times:  Masculine
The Male Room:  Fish / Fishing
Paper Craft Crew:  By The Sea

Colour Crazy Challenge Week 11 - Dr Digi

There is a new Colour Crazy challenge starting today and our sponsor is Dr Digi!  The DT were generously provided with some images and I've used Rub A Dub Dub.

The challenge theme as always is

Anything Goes

I've coloured the image with Promarkers and then used Echo Park Splash papers that I found during the Christmas Clear out.  I've made the floorboards with kraft card and the sentiment is a Clearly Besotted die.

Good luck with the challenge!  I'd like to enter the following:

Crafty Creations:  Anything Goes
Creative Moments:  Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination:  Anything Goes
Crafty Addicts:  Anything Goes

Wilbur The Whale

Here is a cute digi from Dr Digi - Wilbur The Whale!  I've coloured him with Promarkers plus added glitter glue to his splash and glossy accents over his eye.

Papers are all Echo Park - Splash and I've hand written the sentiment and the buttons and embroidery thread are all from my stash.

I'd like to enter the following:

Sketch Aunts:  Sketch followed
2 Crafty Critter Crazies:  Anything Goes
Crafty Animals:  Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge:  Anything Goes

From The Heart Stamps Sketch #75

As you'll probably know from my previous post, I'm one of two Guest Designers during August and September over on From The Heart Stamps! I was already a big fan of the digis so its a bit like Christmas - getting to play with my favourite toys!

The current challenge is a fab sketch and it has a twist - to use buttons. Normally, the sketch challenges last just a week but during the summer its a fortnight, so here I am with some extra inspiration - and here is the sketch:

I've used Sick Chick, colkoured using Promarkers and papers from Echo Park - Splash; the buttons are from my rather extensive collection. I treated myself to a We R Memory Keepers stitch tool from Amazon a few weeks ago - I'd bought one of the heads for £1 in Hobbycraft (partly becuase it was a bargain!) and needed the actual tool. I used the needle that came with it and in hindsight I should have used one of my own finer ones as it was a bit clunky.

Half pearls and embroidery thread from my stash - the sentiment comes with the digi - perfect! Good luck with the challenge - please make sure you only use FTHS but if you join in, you'll be emailed a code to use off your next purchase in the store and its worth $1 and you can combine them so you get a free stamp!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafting When We Can: Bright Colours
Hobbycuz: Buttons Galore
Pile It On: Stitching
A Little Bit Crafty: Sew what?
Live and Love Crafts: Stitching

Pesky Felt Flowers

There is nothing worse than trying to glue felt flower layers and they just won't stick! I've used a fab From The Heart Stamps digi - Birdbath Chick, coloured it with Promarkers and some stickles.

The papers are a mix of Funky Hand and Echo Park that I found in my box of bits along with Nursery Rhyme from Debbie Mumm. The flowers are cut from felt and I've used various Cuttlebug dies.

I did, in the end get the glue to dry - I put the card in the sun!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

From The Heart Stamps: Sketch and Twist followed (sketch rotated)

Di's Digi Designs Challenge: Use Your Markers
Bloggers Challenge: Things With Wings
Craftitude: Use A Die
Crafts 4 Eternity: Use A Die

Banana

The Birthday Sentiment Sheet by Dr Digi is perfect for those last minute Birthday cards, especially when you really do need to poke fun at their age.....  And you get 18 sentiment to the sheet - bargain!!

I've used Echo Park Splash papers, ribbon and HUGE button from my stash along with bakers twine, a bit of doodling and the card is complete! 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create:  Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenges:  Say It With Words
Sentimental Sunday:  Clean and Simple

Quick Birthday

A cute but quick Birthday card! I've used the Shine image that I bought from From The Heart Stamps - this is a fundraising image too. I've coloured her with Promarkers and used left over papers from Echo Park - Splash.

The pink backing is card from my stash and I printed the sentiment on the pc. I've added stickles around the edges of the image and sentiment but its not shown up too well!

Another busy weekend for us - Christenings and Karting. And all on the same day too!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

I Heart Sketches: Sketch followed and the twist - used the colours for inspiration

Di's Digis: Birthday

Crafts 4 Eternity: Use Up Scraps
Fairytale Challenges: Cute
Sister Act Card Challenge: Anything Goes

Jellypark Stamp Spotlight - Ice Cream Van

The stamp spotlight of the moment at Jellypark is this cutie:

It's called Ice Cream Van and I've coloured it with Promarkers and then watercolour emails for the background.  Paper is from Echo Park - Splash and I've added a faux stitching around the edges and two buttons.  A quick card to make!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers:  Anything Goes
Inky Impressions:  Summer
Scrappers Delights:  Summer Brights
Crafting For All Seasons:  Bingo (Buttons, Digi Image, Twine)
Creative Card Crew:  The Great Outdoors

Image:  Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers and Watercolour Pencils
Papers:  Echo Park - Splash
Everything else:  My stash

Rock Pools

Here is the second of the older new release digis from Jellypark (that I forgot to blog when they were released!) This one is called Boy In Rockpool and I've coloured him with Promarkers and then watercolour pencils for the sky and sand.

I found some dark blue card in my stash so I used that for layering and the patterned papers are from Echo Park - Splash.  I'm quite pleased how my bunting turned out and it does look like it is flapping around in the breeze!

A little bit of doodling here and there and the card is complete!  Makes you wish you were there doesn't it in this weather?!  I certainly know where I'd rather be than stuck in an office all day!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

C is For Challenge:  Summer
Get Inky:  Summer Fun Sun
Emergency Crafters:  Summer
Heck Of A Challenge:  The Sea
The Crafting Cafe:  Summer Is Here

Image:  Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers and Watercolour pencils
Papers:  Echo Park, Splash
Everything else:  My stash

Happy Birthday To Ewe!

Even though Flossy can't speak she can certainly make a banner to wish you a Happy Birthday!  And here she is!  You can find Flossy in the store for £1 - ewe won't find a better baaargain!

I've coloured Flossy with Promarkers and used Sizzix dies for the fence and grass.  I made the banner myself with a cocktail stick and some offcuts of green card - sentiment is handwritten.  And the backing paper is Echo Park - Splash.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations:  Fur or Feathers (does wool count?!)
Pause, Dream, Enjoy:  Anything Goes
The Paper Nest Dolls:  Animal Love
Pan Pastels:  Lots of Layers
My Sheri Crafts:  Birthday

Image:  Dr Digi, coloured with Promarkers
Papers:  Echo Park, Splash
Dies:  Sizzix grass and fence
Sentiment:  Handwritten
Everything else:  My stash

Having Fun

Here is one of the new release digi's from Jellypark, its called Dad with Kids and it is one of the Charity stamps so all proceeds will go to the Jellypark charity of the year, which currently is The Sick Children's Trust.  So for each stamp that is bought, all the proceeds go to the charity!

I've coloured it with Promarkers and then coloured the grass and sky with watercolour pencils.  The stripy paper is from Echo Park - Splash and I've used an offcut of kraft card for layering along with some green I found in my box.

The sentiment is also a new release and it's part of a collection of 10 for only £2.25 and each of the stamps has a various Father's Day sentiment on them.  I've also coloured it with a combination of Promarkers and watercolour pencils before adding it with foam pads.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Dl.Art: Thankful:  Fathers Day
DRS Designs: The Great Outdoors
Little Miss Muffet:  Happy Families
I Love Promarkers:  Anything Goes

Image and Sentiment:  Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers and Watercolour pencils
Papers:  Echo Park, Splash
Everything else:  My stash

Cake!

Here is one of the new releases from Jellypark and this one is simply called cake!  If you are quick you can buy it for the reduced price of just £1!

I've coloured it with Promarkers and added glossy accents over the rather wild and unusually coloured icing!  The papers are from Echo Park - Splash and I've made the bunting from offcuts and some black card from my stash.

The embroidery thread is from my stash.  Don't forget - pop over to Jellypark to grab the digi for £1!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Inky Impressions:  Birthday
Penny's Paper Crafty:  Birthday
Inkspirational:  Colour Challenge

Image:  Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers and glossy accents
Papers:  Echo Park, Splash
Everything else:  My stash

Sun Shiny Day Flip Flops!

I am really late in blogging this new release digi from Jellypark - it was released two weeks ago and I sort of lost it within all my other posts in the dashboard!  This one is called Summer Flip Flops and the sentiment also comes with the image - and available to buy for only £1.25!

We've spent all day karting as Samuel had his ARKS test - which he passed! - and that now means he is licenced to race go-karts although he competes initially as a novice so we need to get him some white on black numbers for the kart to show his status! To compete in MSA races is a whole new ball game for us!

I've coloured it with Promarkers and added a pearl to the centre of each of the large flowers and stickles too.  I used one of my new Nesties to cut the background and then threaded some embroidery thread through as it looked a little bare.

The backing paper is Echo Park Splash and the card stock is from the generous donation from my cousin Claire as its all the left overs from making her Wedding Stationery last year!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Sassy Studios Designs:  Hit The Beach
Crafting With Dragonflies:  One For The Girls
I Love Promarkers:  Die Cuts
Simon Says Stamp:  Anything Goes

Cardstock:  Donation from Claire
Image and Sentiment:  Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
Dies:  Spellbinders
Everything else:  My stash

Twice The Celebration

Deirdery isn't afraid to overdo things and because of this she feels she deserves a good soak and time to read the paper. So, you may wonder what Deirdery has been upto.

Well, just look behind her at the wonderful new wallpaper - she choose it and hung it. So you can see why she is looking rather pleased with herself!

It was one of those Never To Be Repeated sales that Deirdery knew she had to grab what she could see before it was snapped up by another wallpaper enthusiast. And she bought that much, she could probably decorate at least another two or three rooms.....


I've coloured Deirdery with Promarkers and added stickles to the bubbles and liquid pearls to her bath cap.  I made the floor from an envelope that had been used and the skirting board is an offcut of card.  The lovely wallpaper is Echo Park Splash and I've added a few bling gems along the side.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Make It Monday:  Anything Goes
Stamp and Create:  May Colour Challenge
Scrappy Frogs:  Anything Goes
Image:  Dr Digi, coloured with Promarkers
Papers:  Echo Park Splash
Everything Else:  My stash

Wish You Were Here?!

I'm trying to be really good and use up all the odd sized offcuts of printed papers that I have in my rather large and overflowing shoe box.  The cloud papers (Echo Park Summerday papers) I've had to piece together in the centre (don't look too hard!)  and I've cut down the waves one (Echo Park Splash papers) and printed on the reverse too and used that.

I've added two extra clouds that I cut from the remnants as I wouldn't be able to use them again as they were too small.

The image is From The Heart digi stamps and is called Tropical Chick - its been coloured with Promarkers and then cut out and I've added it to the card with some free thin foam pads that I got in a magazine.

And that's about it!  Wouldn't mind being that chick right now - I could do with a bit of me time and a break!!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

I Heart Sketches:  Sketch followed
Pumpkin Spice:  Nature
Sweet Stampin':  Anything But Birthday
Word Play Saturday:  Weather


Image:  I Heart Digital Stamps, coloured with Promarkers
Papers:  Echo Park, Summerdays and Splash
Everything else: My stash

Dude Time Doodles - Buttons

Time for a Dude Time Doodles challenge and the theme this week is:

Push My Button

I've gone for something a little different as I do like this rather sour faced fishy - which has been coloured with Promarkers and then added to the background paper with foam pads.  All the papers - the background and flash of fishes are from Echo Park - Splash papers.

The buttons are from my stash and I had great fun sorting through the tub to find ones that suited the card!  The little bubbles I've made with a Sharpie marker and glossy accents and I've handwritten the sentiment!

Good luck with the challenge - for more details and inspiration, pop over to the challenge blog!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Deep Ocean:  Deep Blue
Bunny Zoe's Crafts:  Summer
Forever Friends:  Anything Goes
My Craft Spot:  Splishy, Splashy Summer
Ooh La La Creations:  All At Sea
Paper Pretties:  Primary Colours
Songbird Challenges:  Over The Rainbow

• Image:  Dude Time Doodles, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers:  Echo Park, Splash
• Sentiment:  Handwritten
• Everything else:  My stash