Animals - new challenge at Passion for Promarkers

Tuesdays are new challenge days at Passion for Promarkers and this week it's the turn of my lovely teamie, Sue, to choose the theme- which is a fab, easy one of animals!  I've gone with this House Mouse rubber stamp - love his cuddly tummy after all that pizza!!

The papers are DCWV Safari Chic Mat Stack, the sentiment is by Woodware and there's a few Marianne Dies as listed below.

Marianne Products Used

Oak Tree Trunk Dies - CR1338

Grass Border  Die set  - CR1335

Tag Die - Big/Little Tag Die set - CR1353

 You can check out the makes by my teamies here at Passion for Promarkers.  Do come and play along - we have a fab sponsor this week- our very Cowling and Wilcox, the makers of our wonderful Promarkers!!




Hugs, Juliexx

Saved Herself

Morning folks and Happy Saturday!  I love this image from Mo's Digital Pencil - partly because of the expression on her face and also because of the sentiment that comes with it!!   This is Saved Herself and doesn't she just look the business!

The dies are all Marianne, list below, and the papers are from Prima.

Oval Lace Frame Die - CR1446

Gates Die - LR0613

Book Die - LR0253

I used half of the book die for the sentiment and  cut the actual page by hand using the die as a guide.  Oh, and the cutlass is a really old Quickcutz die ( I think!).

Have a great weekend everyone - we have Emily and her partner, Jack, back home for a few days to celebrate her 25th birthday!  Can't believe she's 25!!

Hugs, Juliexx

A little bit of Mixed Media

Something a bit different from me today - using an inky background made with Distress Oxides, and then stamped using a Prima stamp, and some Marianne Mixed Media Stamps -the splodges (Tiny Mixed Media stamps - Watercolour, MM1615,  and the butterflies, (Tiny's Butterflies 2 - MM1614).

I've then punched out lots of tiny flowers and butterflies from the same background papers and finished off with a little Stickles at the centre of each flower.

Hugs, Juliexx

New Year New Baby Card

My first post for 2020 so Happy New Year everyone and appropriately perhaps, I've a new baby card for you using Jessie from Mo's Digital Pencil. I kept things fairly simple with just a couple of die cuts from Marianne Design (Duck Rattle LR0307  and Safety Pin LR0217).

The sentiments with dies and stamps are all from Paper Trey Ink.

We intend to our decorations down today - it's nice to get back into normal routines and make non-Christmas themed cards.  Having said that I feel determined to make at least one Christmas card a week so that I don't have the mad rush at the end of the year - watch this space!!

Hugs, Juliexx

Mega Christmas Challenge at Passion for Promarkers - midway reminder!

This may be the last card I post this side of Christmas and it's for your midway reminder for the month long Mega Challenge that we hold at Passion for Promarkers at this time of year.   It's a bumper challenge with an Anything Goes theme with a list of prizes from our sponsors that just seems to go on and on!!

I've used Miles in Winter for my card ( need I say from Mo's Digital Pencil!) with a full list of Marianne goodies again (below).

Marianne Products Used

Christmas Frame Die Set - LR0627 - NEW!

Swedish Winter Papers - PK9159

Sentiment - Happy Holidays set - CS1009

Squirrel Die - CR1340

 The challenge runs for a whole month and ends on 7th January 2020! 

  You are welcome to make Christmas creations but as the challenge will still be running after the ‘BIG’ day you can of course make any type of creation.  As time is precious for our DT at this time of year we are limiting the number of entries you can make to just 3 for this month long challenge.  Please remember to be eligible for our prizes you must use your promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, metallic or aqua markers.  Please can you help us by stating which Letraset products you have used on your creation i.e. ‘coloured with promarkers’ etc.  Thanks x x

So now for the exciting bit – the prizes!

Dies to Die For are offering 1 lucky winner a £15.00 gift voucher

Uniko Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner 1 stamp set (must be in stock)

Di's Digi Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner a $12.00 gift voucher

Dr Digi's House of Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner 2 digi images

Leann’s World 101 are offering 1 lucky winner 2 digi images

Crafty Sentiments Designs are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

Colour of Love digis are offering 1 lucky winner 2 digi images

All Dressed Up stamps are offering 1 lucky winner 2 digi images

How amazingly generous are our sponsors!!

Hugs, Juliexx

Merry Moments!

I made a couple of cards this Christmas using this fun image, Kitten Christmas from Mo's Digital Pencil - I'm sure  it's a familiar sight for many of you with cats!

There's  a full list of Marianne products used too!

Marianne Products Used

Lattice Frame Die Set - LR0483

Poinsettias Die - CR1478

Papers - Berry Xmas - PB7053

Sentiment Set - Happy Holidays - CS1009

And then in the green colourway.

Have fun!!

Hugs, Juliexx

Mo's Tot with Presents

I do love this little cutie from Mo's Digital Pencil - Tot with Presents.   And you get the sentiment too!

I've kept it fairly simple with just a Poinsettia Die from Marianne Designs - CR1478 - and a sledge which I think is from Joy crafts.

Busy day today, getting ready for our Em's homecoming tomorrow - - it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!

Hugs, Juliexx

Marianne Designs Christmas Silhouette stamps

I've made a few cards this year using this fabulous  silhouette stamp set from Marianne Designs (CS1039).

I make batches of the backgrounds with Distress Oxides never really knowing what you're gonna get, and sometimes they look a bit messy but then you stamp them and you get lovely scenes with that look so pretty!  I admit though, I think I may have a been a bit heavy-handed with the snow on some of them!!

We're just about getting there for Christmas - Em comes home on Sunday and then we will be in full celebration mode!!

Hugs, Juliexx

Little Match Girl

I just adore this new image from Mo's Digital Pencil -  Match Girl - our family was such a fan of this film  when the children were all younger!

She does come with a fabulous sentiment too but I felt this was is better for the recipient I have in mind!

The  Double Stitched Oval Die (CR1467) is from Marianne Designs, along with the Candle Bridge Die (CR1427).

It's quite icy here today and we've had hailstones too, so it's quite apt today - keep warm peeps!

Hugs, Juliexx

Don't Keep Calm its Christmas!!

I'm  a little late sharing this but feeling a little better now the antibiotics have done their stuff!  Still not 100% but getting there.  

This was my card for my spot on the Marianne Inspiration blog this week.  You can find it here on the blog and also a bit more detail of how I made it.

Must admit I just love the cats looking at him as though he's nuts!!  Full details of Marianne products used below.

Marianne Products Used

Autumn Gnome Stamp - HT1647

Stitched Oval Die -CR1467

Cats Dies - LR0591

Big Little Labels Die - CR1353

Holly Border Die - LR0488

Trees - Spar LR0378

          - Small Spar  LR0136

Christmas Sentiments Stamp set - CS0980

Berry Christmas Papers - PB7053

I'm helping out at Holly's Goodness and Grain market tomorrow  so need to get myself sorted soon!

Hugs, Juliexx

Craft Creations Journals

Did you catch Jak Heath demonstrating decorating these new MDF journals from  Craft Creations on Create and Craft yesterday?  I made these two samples for the show and was thrilled to see them featured on the show (just been watching on catch up).  Proper cheered me up for two reasons  - 1 - I've just had to get more antibiotics for a chest infection, and B - I really didn't feel I'd done them justice, especially when I saw the work from my teamies!  Now I am honestly not saying that to invite praise, but  genuinely felt a bit disappointed with my samples!  However, I was ok with that as it's the first time I'd done any journalling, so knew it was a learning curve - like being able to take the covers off and decorate the covers and pages separately!!  

That probably would have helped with  using the front cover as a stencil for these inside pages and made them a little less messy (although I was ok with that too!).

Lovely to try new skills and techniques and they really are a wonderful range of journals to choose from!

Gonna put my feet up now, didn't even feel well enough to go and see Violet in her Nativity, although there was a strong chance she wouldn't want to take part!  I'll see it on film though I'm sure.  Proper windy here too today, so not a day to be out and about!

Hugs, Juliexx

Mo Sharing a Song

I love this  Mo's Digital Pencil image so much and I love the papers I've used too - so have let them do the talking a kept my card fairly simple!  The image is called Sharing a Song - click on the link to find it in Mo's Store.

The papers are  from the fabulous new Brocante Winter pad by Marianne Designs- love it- as are the little holly leaves (from a larger die set), details below.

Brocante Winter Paper Pad - PK9165

Holly Leaves from set LR0627

That's all from me for now - have a great weekend.

Hugs, Juliexx

Christmas Critters - Passion for Promarkers

It's new challenge day at Passion for Promarkers with a Christmas theme to help you along with that card count!  The theme, chosen by the lovely Shelly, is Christmas Critters and what could be better than a cute House Mouse image!  The image fit perfectly inside this bauble die cut from Marianne Designs too - details below.

Marianne Products Used

Christmas Bauble - LR0560

Soft Glitter Paper

Our generous sponsor this week is Clearly Besotted Stamps and they are offering one lucky winner a £20.00 voucher to spend in their online store.
 

Don't forget to check out the rest of the team's makes here over at PFP HQ!

Thanks for popping by!

Juliexx