I love ProMarkers challenge - week 92

This is my card for this week's I Love ProMarkers blog challenge. The theme of the challenge is use Christmas Tress on your project.

A few more Magnolia stamps have finally made it to the ink pad following my rediscovering of them this week. I begun my stamping the Tilda image. I coloured her in with ProMarkers. I added gold highlights with a gel pen and crystal Stickles on the fur areas of her coat.



For the background I cut a square of light blue card and a circle of white card. I stamped a snowflake pattern on them using Baja Blue and Craft White Stampin' Up ink pads. I used the large snowflake stamp around the edge of a white card blank. I stamped this with Night of Navy ink pad. I also used this for the greeting. The Christmas Trees were stamped using Old Olive ink pad. The greeting, tree and snowflakes stamps are by Magnolia.



I layered all the pieces onto the card blank as well as diecut snowflakes. I added faux stitching around the edge with a dark blue fineliner. To finish the card I added PolarWhite FlowerSoft and diamond Stickles to the trees and snowflakes.

Passion for ProMarkers - week 126

This is my card for this week's Passion for ProMarkers blog challenge. The theme of this week's challenge is “white on white”.

I have rediscovered my Magnolia stamps this week. It's been awhile since they have been out of their draw. I had forgotten just how much I enjoy colouring them in. There will be more little Tilda cards to come for sure.



For this card I begun by stamping the Tilda image. The Tilda and bench are separate stamps so I create a mask to cover the original Tilda image before stamping the bench image over the top. I coloured in the complete image with ProMarkers. I used Nestabilities to cut out the image and the frame.



For the background I embossed two panels of white card with a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder. I attached these onto a card of white card. Across this square I added a punched strip of white card and then a strip of snowflake embossed card. The punch I used for the strip is Stampin' Up eyelet punch. The square was then added to a square card blank.

I added the stamped image and oval greeting to the card with foam pads. I cut the snowflakes with my Cricut and again added these with foam pads. I added diamond Stickles to the snowflakes. To finish I added two gems and gold dots.

Passion for ProMarkers - week 61 challenge

This is my card for this week's Passion for ProMarkers challenge. The theme of this weeks challenge was to use 'distressing' on your card.

The stamps I used for this card are from the Summer Magnolia Stamp Club set.

I started by stamping Little Mermaid Tilda with a Memento ink pad. Using the masking technique I stamped the Seaweed around the Mermaid. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I added Stickles to the bubbles and Mermaid's tail to finish. I mounted this onto dark teal card.



I cut a large panel of the dark teal card for the main background. The circle paper is by DCWV.To keep with the distresses theme I tore the edges. Around the edges I used a sponge dauber, from Stampin' Up, and VersaFine sepia ink pad to add an aged distressed look.



I tore a strip of blue Whitewash Co'ordination paper. I screwed it up to and sanded it before adding it to the card. I stamped the Shells with VersaColor ink pad.

To finish I added a greeting by Craftwork Cards with foam pads. Around the edges of this I sponged the sepia colour.

I am sailing, I am sailing...

I received some very exciting post yesterday. It was the Summer Stamp Club set from Magnolia! It's a lovely range of stamps with a nautical theme. I just had to make a card. So this is my first card using the set of stamps. All the images are from the set.

I'm also entering this card for Clare's Weekly Challenge of the DoCrafts website. This weeks challenge is a sketch.



All the images were stamped with a Memento ink pad and coloured in with ProMarkers. Around the edge of all the image I added a distresses look using a VersaFine sepia ink pad and a sponge dauber from Stamping' Up.



The circle image, the image frame and the Kraft coloured circle were cut out using Nestabilities. I added Glossy Accents to the screw heads to add dimension. I also added Glossy Accents to the torch and buttons of Sailor Edwin. The greeting is by Little Claire Designs. The scroll was attached with foam pads.



The cloud pattern paper is from Craftwork Cards 'Little Boy Blue' paper pack. The Kraft card I used for the background panel is by Stampin' Up. The seashells were stamped with the sepia VersaFine ink pad and attached with foam pads.

Just Magnolia challenge card

This is my card for this weeks Just Magnolia blog challenge The theme of the challenge was 'In the garden'.

The main image is Tilda with Tulips. I have sat her on a watering can. The background scene, watering can, butterflies and little Tilda are also all by Magnolia.



All the elements were stamped with using a Memento ink pad and coloured in with ProMarkers. Gold highlights were added using a gold Sakura pen.

I cut a large square of green card for the background. Onto this I attached the background scene. I added stitching with a white Sakura pen and green pen to the card blank. I added the watering can and Tilda next. The butterflies and little Tilda were added around the main image. To finish I added a greeting by Craftwork Cards.

Friendship Card

This is card I made for the June friendship card swap on the DoCrafts website. The card I received was so lovely I really felt I had to put extra effort into my card.

The card gave me the chance to use a some new Magnolia stamps I had recently bought. These were 'Love me' Tilda, a watering can, a snail and a grass & flowers stamp.



I stamped the watering can first. Using masking I stamped the grass around the watering can. On a separate piece of paper I stamped Tilda, the snail, daisy head and the butterflies. These were all coloured in with ProMarkers. I added Glossy Accents to the bodies of the butterflies and flower to add dimension. I used Nestabilities to cut out the watering can image and mounted it onto dark blue card. I attached the other stamped items onto the watering can image with double sided tape or a Quickie glue pen. I attached daisy head with foam pads. I used a gold Sakura pen to the flowers to finish.



I cut a large panel of dark blue card slightly smaller than the A5 card blank I was going to use. Onto this I attached a panel of blue and green flower patterned paper from the DoCrafts Hugs & Honey range. I punch two trellis patterned strips using the Martha Stewart Garden Trellis punch. I attached these with a Quickie Glue pen. Across the centre of the card I attached a strip of pink spotty ribbon. I attached the stamped image panel to this using foam pads. To finish I added a flowery brad and a greeting by Craftwork cards.

Passion for ProMarkers - week 54 challenge

This is my card for this weeks Passion for ProMarkers blog challenge, http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/

The theme of the challenge is 'books'.I decided to make a mini book for the front of the card. I made the pages from rectangles of parchment paper. On one of the rectangles I stamped Sherwood Edwin from Magnolia's Fairy Tale Collection. The words were by Magnolia as well. Both these stampers were from the Magnolia Club Spring set. I stamped them with a Memento ink pad.



I also stamped Edwin on white smooth paper and coloured him in with ProMarkers. I cut him out and attached him to the parchment page with double sided tape and a Quickie glue pen.



To make the book I cut out rectangles of brown card for the book's cover. I stuck two of the rectangles to the brown card to form the first left and right pages. The right hand side pages after this I attached to the centre of the 'book' first and then curved the pages up before attaching it to the left hand side with double sided tape.



The bookmark was cut using my Cricut. I used a screw punch to drill and small hole which I then attached a tassel through. I drew stitching with gold Sakura pen. The birthday greeting was a peel-off.

I chose to used a green and gold paper for the background as it complimented the books' colours.

Magnolia & Tilda

One of my favourite stamp companies is Magnolia. I love their little Tilda stamps. They are a joy to colour. You can see them coming to life as you add the colour to them.

I wanted to share some of the Tilda cards I've recently made. They were made as part of a raffle prize I put together for a friend.

All the images are stamped with a Memento ink pad and coloured in with ProMarkers. All the greeting are by Craftwork Cards.

My first card uses 'Tilda holding magnolias' stamp.



This card used 'Tilda with blueberries' stamp. I used a blue colour scheme for this card to be in keeping with the basket of blueberries that Tilda is holding.



For the last card I added crystal Stickles to the wings.

Passion for ProMarkers - week 50 challenge

This is my card for this weeks Passion for ProMarkers challenge, http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/

The theme of this week's challenge is 'gratitude'.

I started by cutting the green 'thank you' panel. I used my Cricut New Arrivals cartridge to cut the panel. I attached this to card blank with double sided tape and a Quickie Glue pen for the small sections around the words.



The stamps I used are all by Magnolia. I stamped the Tilda with bike, the summer background panel and butterflies (these were from the Spring stamp club set) with a Memento ink pad. I coloured them all in with ProMarkers. I cut around all the elements.



I attached the background to the card blank first. And then on top I attached my Tilda and the butterflies. To finish I outlined the flowers and sections of the butterflies with a gold Sakura pen. I added gold Dimension Pearls to plants in the background panel and Glossy Accents to the mushrooms.

Passion for ProMarkers - week 49 challenge

This is my card for this weeks Passion for ProMakers challenge. http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/

The theme of this weeks challenge is a sketch challenge and you also had to make you own flowers.

The stamp set I used was the Spring Magnolia Stamp Club set. Tilda, the stone window, butterflies and frog were stamped with a Memento ink pad and coloured in with ProMarkers.



The stone window was stamped separately from Tilda. After I coloured Tilda I cut her out and attached her inside the open window. I also cut the butterflies out separately and attached them with a Quickie Glue pen. I added Glossy Accents to the body of the butterflies and Tildas hair bow. I outlined the butterflies with a gold Sakura pen to add a bit of sparkle. The rectangle behind the window is grey Core'dinations paper. I added the texture with a Cuttlebug mesh embossing folder. I sanded top layer to expose the lighter coloured core. The pink circle is DCWV patterned paper.



The grey background paper is by Laura Ashley. This was mounted onto black card.I layered up the design as per the sketch. I added the prince frog and the wording 'Kiss me I'm a prince'. The wording was stamped with white Kraft ink pad by Stampin' Up.



Lastly I added the flowers. These were made using the Martha Stewart flower punch. I punched two pink and two light pink flowers. I attached them together with a yellow pad and added gold Stickles. I finished the flowers centre with pink ProMarker and metallic pencil.

Friendship Card

This is a card I made for the March Do Craft Friendship card swap. It was the first swap I'd taken part in. It was nice to get a card in return and a very nice card it was too.

My card was a bit of the old and a bit of the new. The old being my usual stamping and colouring-in and the new being the technique I used for background design .



I chose to use one of my favourite Tilda stamp, Tilda picking lilacs. She was stamped with Memento ink pad and coloured in with ProMarkers. I added highlights in the lilacs with a Sakura pen. Once I'd finished the colouring I cut her out. I added a strip of light green card to the card base for the grass. I cut two slits in the card and thread lilac gingham ribbon through. I tied a bow and added it with PVA glue. The greeting is a stamp by Hero Arts.



The new technique I tried on the background was for the flowers and butterflies in the blue sky background. I drew the flower design lightly in pencil on the blue card. I then used a Screw Punch tool to punch the holes out. I regularly use this tool but not to create patterns. I used a variety of hole sizes to create interest. I used the same technique for the butterflies.

On the back of the blue card I attached coloured paper so it would show through the holes. I used Sakura pens for the centre of the flowers and butterflies. To finish I added my Tilda with foam pads.

Passion for ProMarkers - week 39 challenge

This is my card for this weeks Passion for ProMarkers challenge.
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The theme of the weeks challenge is "buttons and bows". As you can see I've added two ribbon bows, green buttons top left and red button for the cherries.

The cherry background paper was stamped using Hero Art Cherries stamp. The stamp was smaller than the size I needed so I restamped the edge of the stamp three time to make a strip that was long enough for the bottom of the card.



The cherry image was stamped using Memento ink pad and coloured in with Promakers. I stuck two red buttons over the large cherries. The greeting is a peel-off which I coloured in with a black pen.



The Tilda stamp is Cherry Tilda. She was stamped with Memento ink and coloured in with ProMarkers. I drew around Tilda with an oval nestabilities and mounted her on a scalloped red oval. Across the centre of the card I placed a white strip with I punched a flower edge using Martha Stewart flower punch. I added red stripped ribbon across the middle and to the top of the red oval. To the ribbon strips I attached bows. I tied two green button to the top of the card with linen thread by Stampin' Up.



I like to use square cards and I have done again but this time I used a 8x8 card which is large than normal but I think this design needed a large size card.

Passion for ProMarkers - week 38 challenge

This is my card for this weeks Passion for ProMarkers challenge.
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The colour theme of the weeks challenge is to use ProMarkers cool aqua, sky blue and aegean.

The stamp image is Magnolia Blueberry Tilda. This is the first Magnolia stamp I've used. I though the Blueberry Tilda was in keeping with the 'blue' colour theme of this weeks challenge. Tilda was stamped using a Memento ink pads. The hair was coloured in with three shades of brown and ivory. Her top was coloured in with aegean and the jeans with sky blue. Her shoes, apron, basket lace and the cut out flower in the top left hand corner were coloured in with cool aqua.



The image and background panel were cut out using nestabilities. The stitching was added with a white Sakura pen. The lace edge boarder was cut with Martha Stewart's flower punch, QVC's TSV from with week. The background paper is Daisy & Dandelion Picnic Patch. The greeting is by Craftwork Cards. I added some blue brads and ribbon for a finishing touch.