I love ProMarkers - challenge 35

This is my card I made for this week's I Love ProMarkers challenge blog. The theme of the challenge was 'Think pink'.

I begun by stamping the main image, Mermaid Tilda, and the seaweed with a Memento ink pad. There were coloured in with ProMarkers. I added sparkles with Stickles. I mounted the image on panels of light and mid pink card.



I stamped the spotty background on a card blank with Stampin' Up Pixie Pink ink pad. The spotty stamp is also by Stampin' Up. I added the image to the centre of the card. I stamped the seashells on pink card with Pixie Pink and White ink pads. I added these to the card with double sided tape. To finish I added an oval greeting, by Craftwork Cards, with foams pads.

I love ProMarkers - challenge 26

This is my card for this week's I love ProMarkers challenge blog. This week's challenge was a sketch challenge and you could only use a maximum of three colours.



I used my new Chinese Tilda stamp. I been waiting weeks for her to arrive so I couldn't wait to use her. She was stamped with Memento ink pad and coloured in with ProMarkers. I drew around an oval nestabilities and cut Tilda out leaving the secions of her that were out side the oval. I used an scalloped oval nestabilites for the brown frame. This was later attached to the card with foam pads.



I cut a large square of brown card for the background. Onto this I added a square of pink patterned paper. The centre lace piece was punched using a wide Martha Stewart flower punch. The tan flowers were also punched with a Martha Stewart punch. These were attached to the card with brads. To finish I added a brown bow.

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.

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 51 challenge

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

The theme of this weeks challenge was 'strawberries and cream'. To keep with the theme I have given my Tilda a basket of strawberries and I have kept to a red and white colour scheme.



Tilda was stamped with Memento ink pad and coloured in with ProMarkers. To finish the Tilda I coloured over the berries with a clear Sakura pen. I used Nestabilities to cut out Tilda and also a red frame. Around the edge of the red frame I drew white stitching with a white Sakura pen.



On a scalloped edged card blank I attached a panel of red stripped and checked papers. I punched a white lace strip with Martha Steward flower punch and attached this over the join of the two papers. Over the lace strip I added red gingham ribbon and a bow.



The greeting and oval was cut using Beyond Birthdays Cricut cartridge. I attached it to the card with double sided tape. The circles were punch with a small Stampin 'Up punch. I drew stitching with a white Sakura pen. These were attached with Tombow glue.



The white edge flowers were from the Simply Said stamp set by Stampin' Up. I used Stampin' Up white kraft ink pad to stamp these.

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.

Tilda with a citrus twist

This is the card I've made for this fortnight Tilda challenge on the DoCrafts website, www.docrafts.co.uk

The theme of the challenge was to use citrus colours, so as you can see I used lemon yellow, lime green and orange for the tall flowers and also for the flowers in Tildas hair.



The stamps I used for this card are the spring Magnolia Stamp Club set. They only arrived a couple of days ago and I couldn't wait to use them. I used a Memento ink pad to stamp the images and they were coloured in using ProMarkers. I used masking on Tildas right hand so I could get the tall flower to appear like it's behind her. The coloured image was cut out and mounted into a square of gold card.



For the background I chose a colourful flowery paper. Although it's highly patterned, its colours are quite pastel so it doesn't detract from Tilda. I also added a scalloped punched strip of pale yellow paper. I used my Stampin' Up scalloped punch for the edge.

When I stamped the main image I also stamped three additional butterflies and also a mini Tilda. These were also part of the spring stamp set. I coloured this in with ProMarkers and attached them with double sided tape. The mini Tilda is so cute. I just had to use her.

Cards for friends

These cards were made for two friends. The pink Tilda card was for my April friendship cards swap on the DoCrafts website, www.docrafts.co.uk. The lilac Tilda card was a postcard I made for a friend who is having an exhibition of handmade postcards.



This is my friendship swap card. The Tilda is Tilda holding lilacs. She was stamped with Memento ink pad and coloured in with ProMarkers. I added highlight with a gold Sakura pen. I created a masking for the Tilda with a post-it-note so I could stamp with flower background. The flower background was stamped with a green Memento ink. The flower stamp is part of a set called Simply Said by Stampin' Up. These flowerheads were again coloured in with ProMarkers.



I mounted with Tilda on a rectangle of magenta card. I used the same colour card for the main background panel and the punched edge. The punched edge was created using Martha Stewart Hydrangeas punch. I punched both sides of a strip of magenta card. I stamped a white panel in pale pink using a flower stamp from the Simply Said set.



The flower heart was also part of the Simply Said stamp set. The hearts were cut out with the new Stampin' Up heart punch. I added stitching with a white Sakura pen.



This postcard with made using the Simply Said stamp set again. The Tilda I used is Tilda with bike. I added a strip of ribbon along the centre of the card. The white flowers were stamped with white Kraft ink pad by Stampin' Up.

Patchwork Tilda

This is the card I'm entering into DoCrafts website Tilda Challenge. The theme of this weeks challenge is patchwork.

I used my new 'Tilda with bike' stamp for this card. She was stamped with Memento ink pad and coloured in with ProMarkers. I added a light green and blue background for grass and sky. This was coloured in with colour pencils. I added Glossy Accent to the bunch of flowers and her hair bands to finish. She was mounted on a cream backing paper. When I cut cream background out I made sure the height of the stamped image was in proportion with the width. This made the square patchwork easier to make work. The height was three 35mm squares and the width two 35mm squares.



For the background I cut out 35mm squares of various patterned papers. The paper are mostly from Forever Friends, Stampin'Up and Laura Ashley. I drew a 35mm square grid on the white card base. I them stuck double sided tape along the lines. This made attaching the patchwork a lot quicker than sticking tape onto each square. Once all the squares were attached I drew stitching with a Letraset black fine liner. To finish I added a pink bow and a greeting by Craftwork Cards.

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.