'New' Challenge at Passion for Markers

Well it's the new year and time for a new challenge at Passion for Markers after our month long special Christmas challenge!  And, appropriately enough, I've chosen a theme of NEW for this week's challenge.  My 'new' is that the image from our sponsor, The Paper Shelter, is new to me, and also the small rectangular die set from Marianne Designs which is new out this month! (Full list of Marianne goodies below.)

The Paper Shelter are offering three digis to the lucky winner of the challenge so do get crafting!

If you take a look at the makes by my teamies here, you can see just how versatile 'new' can be.  It could be a new item, a new technique, a card for a new baby or new home - endless possibilities.  Just remember to tell us what your 'new' is, and also what type of markers you have used.

The papers I used are Showtime from Graphic 45, the sentiment is from Mama Elephant.  And, as I said deets of Marianne products are below.

Marianne Products used

 Picot Edge Small Rectangle Die - NEW!

Large Distress Edge Rectangle Die - CR1569

Curtain Dies - LR0502

Text Label Dies - CR1605

Happy New Year to you all, and I look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your version of NEW!

Happy Crafting

Juliexx

The Walking Dead!!

I made this card for brother-in-law's birthday this week.  He's currently binge-watching The Walking Dead  (which I love!)  so thought Mo's Digital Pencil Zombies was the perfect image! Great fun to colour too as all skin shades and tones go completely out the window!

Full list of stash used below

Products Used

Sizzix - Fab 50's set (TV)

Marianne Designs - Banner stamp and Die set - CS1058

Everyday I'm Shuffling Sentiment - Mama Elephant

Break Out the Birthday Moves and Happy Birthday sentiment- Woodware.

Happy Weekend folks!

Juliexx

Passion for Promarkers - We're all Squares this week!

Nice and easy-peasy challenge starting today at Passion for Promarkers where we want you to be Square!  So it can be just as easy as a square card blank!

Our sponsors this week are the fab Dr Digi stamps where you can always be sure of getting a great image, especially for those difficult male cards.  This one is Caveman Klob - what a beaut eh! Just click on his name to find him in the on line store.

I've coloured him with my Promarkers of course then matched him up with some free papers from the May 19 edition of Making Cards Magazine and also some from DCWV - Safari Chic.

The sentiment is from Mama Elephant and really suits this cool dude somehow.

The winner of this week's challenge will be able to choose two digi images of their choice from Dr Digi's store  so hope you will join in the challenge with us!

Check out the fab makes of my teamies here if you'd like some inspiration.

Hugs, Juliexx

Mo's Grad Girl for our Emily!

Woah!  We've just had the glorious few days with our Emily home and the weather has been glorious!  We finished off with a BBQ last night and Nick has just taken Em and Jack to Carlisle to carry on their journey with a visit to Jack's family in Edinborough.  

This image , Glad Grad Girl from Mo's Digital Pencil was perfect to give Em her congratulations for achieving a First in her Art Degree from Camberwell School of Arts.   As the card says, so proud of her (a Stampin Up sentiment).  The papers are V&A William Morris papers, the Oh Em Gee stamp is so appropriate and is from Mama Elephant.

The arty brush strokes and cross hatches are Marianne Mixed Media stamps ( MM1608/1624 and EC0162) as is the little scroll (LR0419).

And, I finally found a use for a box of die-cut squares that I bought from Hobbycraft nearly 15 years ago when I first started making cards!  I stuck a few together and added a tassel to make the mortar board!!

Always so sad to see them go but we will see Em next month when we head south for her graduation ceremony.

Have a great weekend.

Hugs, Juliexx

Sassy!

I managed to find a little crafting time this week to make this little beauty- Sassy is the image from Mo's Digital Pencil and Sassy she is!  

The papers are My Mind's Eye and I just felt this OH EM GEE sentiment from a Mama Elephant set suited her perfectly.  The It's Your Birthday is a die/stamp combo from Paper Trey Ink which I layered onto sticky foam before die cutting to get the dimension.

We've had family visiting for the last couple of weeks and it's been just lovely, the house is so quiet tonight!  And Violet has just loved playing with all our great-nieces and nephews!

Hugs, Juliexx