Passion for Promarkers Anniversary Challenge

Hello and welcome to our 5 Year Anniversary here at PFP Challenges, and in honour of the 5 years that PFP has been setting you weekly challenges, Teams 1 and 2 are coming together, for one big celebration.  The theme is to use your dies and we have lots of lovely prizes for you from our lovely sponsors - see my list at the end of my very long post!!    To be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (i.e. pro, flex, tria, aqua, metallic or neon markers) and of course follow the theme. 

As you can see, I've used a fabulous Mo Manning Digi image called Naunet-she is so adorable!  I took my colour scheme from a new pad of Graphic 45 papers On the Boardwark.

I've coloured  her with my Promarkers and Trias and then entered embellie heaven to finish off!  The little shells were a gift from best matey Lesley, who picked up a whole lod from the beach while she was in Florida.  I made the flower ages ago using a flower punch which I then scrunched up and added some glitter for that extra sparkle.

My die cuts include this little Memory Box Whale which I bought in the sales and wasn't sure when I would use it but here it is!  The bubbles, large and small, are also cut with Memory Box dies.  Finally, I mde the three little starfish using a star mould and some Cloud Clay which I'd heard good things about and it is indeed as light as a feather and very easy to use.  I curled the points of the star while the clay was still drying to get that starfish feel going and then stained them with Antique Linen Distress stain and some gold liquid pearl from Tulip.

What I really love from the Graphic 45 papers is the Mermaids Wanted sign - just perfect!!  I've also used a Tim Holtz flourish edge die but have then proceeded to cover it up!

 As it's a special challenge we have a really easy theme for you of "use your die-cuts", although please note we are only accepting a maximum of 3 entries per person for this one challenge only.  To be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (i.e. pro, flex, tria, aqua, metallic or neon markers) and of course follow the theme.  As always we have some fantastic prizes up for grabs and our sponsors have been very generous as usual .  Here we go.....

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Letraset are offering one lucky winner a pack of 12 Promarkers - Set 1

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Michele R Designs are offering one lucky winner a prize of $10.00 worth of digi papers

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DigiStamp Boutique are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher

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Polkadoodles are offering one lucky winner 2 digis from their Work & Play range:

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Little Claire designs are offering one lucky winner a beautiful Silhouette Elephants clear stamp

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Angel Crafts are offering one lucky winner – prize to be confirmed

That is one serious list of prizes - if you need any more enticement to join us, take a look here at the cards made by my fab  PFP teamies - they are fabulous!!

Lavinia Stamps - card for my one of my lovelies!

My darling daughter number one, Holly, was 26 last week and this is the Lavinia Stamps card that I made for her birthday.  I had to watch a couple  of Tracey's tutorials on brayering as I kept getting it wrong but love how it turned out in the end. 

We had a girls night out on Friday to celebrate and went to this fabulous jazz club called Hideaway in Streatham. Holly's cousin, Bel, and my 80 year old MIL also came and it was brilliant.  They had Sharon D Clarke (of Holby City (UK) and We Will Rock You (the queen show) and she was amazing!!  We also saw a guy called Liam Tamne who was just awesome (was on The Voice here in the UK) - he had the most amazing falsetto!  What a great night, so close  to home - picture below of the birthday girl(on the right) and my other daughter, Emily.

The next picture is of the card with the tag on that I wrapped around the middle, appropriate sentiment for my musical lovely! 
I've not been about much recently, what with birthdays, house valuations and now my son has just gone up to the Lake District for a few months to live as he has got a job in a hotel up there, change of direction for a while!  One day he heard about the job, and the next he was on the train!  Hoping he'll find life more fulfilling and peaceful in that beautiful landscapexx
That's all for today - hope you've enjoyed the glorious weekend here in the UK!

Hop Day with Mo's Dream Team - Ribbons!

Helloooo!  I love the third Thursday in the month when we have a gathering of the clan at Mo's Dream Team! This month's theme is Ribbons so that's what you should be seeing as you hop on through the DT creations! Hopefully you should have arrived here from the awesome Gretha's blog and this is also the start of the hop this month!

For my card, I've used the wonderful Housework Fairy (wouldn't we all love one of those, especially one who goes about her work so merrily!)  I've popped her up on some folded acetate to give her a bit of spring.

 I've created the housework scene using various Memory Box/Poppy Stamp Dies (window, curtains and staircase), and some Marianne Dies (Frame and Lampstand). The papers are by Tilda and the gorgeous roses are part of the paper, so I just popped the frame round them to showcase their loveliness!

For my ribbon element I've taken some white organza ribbon and pleated it around my card base to make a frame.  The little window bows are from stash. The Paper Trey Ink sentiment is cut with a Spellbinders label die and popped onto the Martha Stewart punched border. 

Your next stop on the hop is over to the fabby Debby Y who will have a delightful creation to share with you!

Here's the  full blog hop order in case you get lost  along the way.  AND, very importantly, don't forget to leave a comment on each of the DT's posts as there will be a  $5 voucher hidden somewhere along the line for two of the lucky commentators!

Gretha, Julie, Debby Y, Heidy, Alice, Vili, Alexandra,
Anneke, Danielle, Kaly

Alisa With Roses

I have yet another favourite Mo image to share with you tonight - this is the beautiful Alisa with Roses, love her I do! I coloured her to match these gorgeous My Mind's Eye papers that I picked up for £3 a pad at T.K.Maxx! Except I can't remember what they're called! 

The butterfly flourish is a a Joanna Sheen die and the large Pinwheel flowers are Memory Box and the teeny ones Impression Obsession. 

That's all  from me for now - short and sweet!

Hump day tomorrow, and my eldest daughter's birthday, so a nice day ahead!!

Sketch N Stash Monday

Another Monday and it's time for our new challenge to start over at Sketch N Stash using the fab sketch below.

I've not used a coloured image this time but have gone for a vintage look using this repo image from old postcards.  I've teamed it up with some Marianne papers and then used some goodies from Live and Love Crafts, including the Kort and Godt pinwheel posies, the lace with the pearls and the little cork heart.

The wooden Love embellie was from a recent craft fair visit with the rest of my goodies coming from my stash.

We are being sponsored by the fabulous Ooh La La Creations this challenge with the winner getting to choose a CD of their choice -wow!

Prize - Cd of winners choice

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate every visit!!xx

And go and show some love to my fellow teamies at Sketch  N Stash, they've made some gorgeous cards to inspire you.

Uptown Girl coming up roses

I bought this little lady from Stampin Bella - Charlie has a Pressie - from Quixotic Paperie last week.  Love the Uptown Girl images but they're not cheap so I took advantage of the 20% discount that Elaine was offering last week and bought a couple!  And they arrive the next day - great service!

I've coloured her with my Promarkers and some Shin Han Touch Brush Markers which I love!  Like Copics but much cheaper (from Jacksons's Art Supplies here in the UK). The  papers are My Mind's Eye, the border die was cut with a Martha Stewart punch and the rest of my embellies were from stash. Oh, and the sentiment is from Stampin Up.

The card is for one of my wonderful M&S girlfriends (we all met when we started out at M&S head office over 30 years ago).  Love them all dearly - we've all been through at lot together over the years, and we still meet up for every couple of months to put the world to rights (haven't quite succeeded yet but we'll get there!)xxxxx

I'm entering my card into the following challenges

4 Crafty Chicks - Use flowers

Red Rubber Inspirationals - Celebrate Friendship

Divas by Design - Pink

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Distress

The Crafty Bloggers Network - Ribbon and Pink

New Challenge at Passion for Promarkers - Yummy food

Today's card is for our new challenge starting today over at a Passion for Promarkers with a great theme of Yummy Food as chosen by our lovely  Loopy Lou.  I think I may have stretched the concept with my choice of coffee but I do love a Latte and often have one as an alternative to the chocolate cravings!!

This is also my second GDT card for Funky Hands, and as soon as I saw the digi of the coffee cup, I'm a Mug for You - Coffee Love, I knew I had to team it up with this gorgeous Saturated Canary image. The papers are from the Prima Introspection pad and the corregated strip is actually one of those bands to stop you burning your pinkies!

The little heart is a wooden one from Live and Love crafts and the frame is cut with a Fiskars corner/border combo.

Our sponsors for this challenge are Whiff of Joy with the lucky winner getting a stamp of their choice!

Don't forget to check out the rest of my fabby teammates's  cards here!

Rory from Mo Manning

This little lovely is Rory from Mo's Digital Pencil.  There is something so sweet about a little girl in Mum's shoes -not so sweet when they grow up and start pinching them!

My papers are Thrift Shop from October Afternoon, and I've used various dies including the hanging daisies and the bow scroll from Memory Box, the heart border which  is a Martha Stewart punch and the mat border which is a Spellbinders nestie.

Nice to think I have another day off tomorrow but don't feel I've made the most of the three day weekend here so might do a spot of shopping tomorrow.

Funky Hand Digi Stamps!

Hi there - Happy May to you, of course it's rained all day here in London - welcome to Spring!

I've made today's card with a fab digi stamp from Funkyhand - I love the name - this is Where the Fairies Live, No 3 Stump Lane (there are other residences available too!).  Just click on the link to take you to the site.

I've made a New Home card , which the image is made for!  I've teamed it up with some My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline papers, a Spellbinders die set for the image and matting and the sentiment.  The flowers are a Cheery Lynn die - Sweet Williams, and the butterfly is a Marianne die. Oh and can you just make out the birds on a wire die-cut from Memory Box!

Just got to find someone who's moving now, to send it too!  Could be me!!

Nearly the extra-long weekend here in the UK - hooray!