I love ProMarkers - challenge 63

This is my card for this week's I Love ProMarkers challenge blog. The theme for this week is 'No Designer Papers', so instead of using patterned papers I have created a background of birthday images.

I used Papermania 'Celebration' range of stamps to create the birthday background and greeting. I stamped the images with a black Memento ink pad and coloured it in with ProMarkers. I added Stickles and used metallic pens for some sparkle.



I cut a square of dark blue card for the background onto this I added the background. I used my Cricut to cut out the 30 from dark blue card. This was added to the card with foam pads. I stamped the birthday cake image from the 'Celebrations' stamp set and again coloured it in with ProMarkers. This was added to the card with foam pads.

Clare's weekly challenge - inspiration

This is my card for Clare's weekly challenge on the DoCrafts website. This week's challenge was an inspirational challenge. From the photos I used the colours and winter theme as my inspiration. The card was made using 'Classic Christmas' range of papers by Papermania.

The main image was mounted on a panel of silver card. I cut the holly from a sheet of patterned paper and added it to the main image with foam pads. I added red Stickles to the berries.



For the background I added a panel of patterned paper to a panel of silver card. Across the bottom right hand corner I added a strip of white ribbon. I tied a bow using the same ribbon which I added to the card with double sided tape and PVA glue. To finish the card I added gems to the corners and silver dots around the edges with a silver Sakura pen.

Festive crafting

These are four Christmas cards I made yesterday at a DoCrafts crafting get-together arranged by the lovely Lisa. It was a fun afternoon and looks forward to another craft afternoon (or day) next year. I had made sample cards for Little Claire but until yesterday I hadn't started making my own christmas cards, whoops!



My first card (above) was a sketch challenge set by Sandra (bashnee). The card was made using 'Classic Christmas' range of papers by Papermania. The oval greeting is my Craftwork Cards. To finish the card I added green and red Stickles.



For my second card I used Stampin' Up 'Medallion' stamp for the main image. It was heating embossed using WOW silver bells embossing powder. The circle was cut out using the large circle cutting die from Little Claire. I added small silver dots around the edge of the stamped image circle with a silver Sakura pen. The circle greeting is by Craftwork Cards.



My third card used Stampin' Up 'Dasher' stamp for the main image and the greeting is from 'Seasons of Joy' set. Again it was heating embossed using WOW silver bells embossing powder. The layers were cut using Nestabilities. I added small silver dots with a silver Sakura pen and black brads.



My final card used a tree from Stampin' Up 'Seasons of Joy' stamp set. Again it was heating embossed using WOW silver bells embossing powder. I used layers of silver, black and green card. I used green ribbon to match the green card panel to finish.

Take note!

This is my first project using my new Cinch binding machine.

I used Papermania chipboard shapes for the cover. As these covers already had hole in them but weren't in the right place for the Cinch, I cut off the left hand edge straight. I punched the row of holes using the Cinch. I painted the cover pink using acrylic paint. I stamped a small rose directly on the pink covers. I used white Craft stamp pad by Stampin' Up.



The main rose design on the cover was stamped on white card. The stamp set I used was 'A rose is a rose' by Stampin' Up. I cut out the rose and leaf shapes and attached them to the cover using double sided tape.



I cut square of cream paper for the inside. I punched holes in the pages using the Cinch. I stamped roses and leaves on the pages before binding the notebook together.