Passion for Markers Things with Wings

Our new challenge starts today over at a Passion for Promarkers with a great theme of Things with Wings as chosen by our lovely Marlene.  I've gone with a fairly simple design with this Stamping Bella image which I've fussy cut and laid over a print I made with this Hero Arts background stamp a while ago.  The sentiment is Stampin' Up and then I added a few dots of highlighter pen in her hair and some gold pearl drops for extra dimension.

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Di's Digi Stamps who are offering our lucky winner a $6 voucher for their store.

You can check out the winged beauties of my PFM teamies here then I do hope you'll come and join in the challenge.

Juliexx

Spring is Coming Marianne Designs

It was lovely to make a spring-themed card using the February release from Marianne Designs.  I absolutely  love the new barrel die set.  I then decided to make a gift topper for the gift bags - I thought it would be nice to fill with mini eggs for Easter.  I've not brought any yet though as they wouldn't last till then!

Full list of Marianne products used below and you can also see a step by step guide over on the Marianne Inspiration blog here.  Don't forget to look at your older products too - there are often small dies in the sets that you can use - this is true for the clouds, sun, and die cut bows!

Marianne Products Used

Peekaboo Lamb/Calf - CS111 - NEW!

Wooden Barrel Pond Die – CR1618 - NEW!

Gift Bag – LR0047

Gift Bag Topper Die Set – COL1509

Springtime Papers – PK9174

Grass Dies – CR1615/LR0650

Daffodils – LR0755

Fence Die – CR1441

Clouds/Sun – CR1402

Text Labels – CR1605

Sentiments – MM1639/CS1044

I'm stuffed full of cold at the minute - just when I thought I was getting over it!

Hope you're enjoying your weekend.

Juliexx

Phill Martin Sentimentally Yours New Magazine

I was delighted to be asked to create some   simple, layered, mixed media cards using a  fabulous collection from Phill Martin's Sentimentally Yours,  available from the this Thursday, 23rd February.  I even got a pic on the front cover - pink rectangle card bottom left!   So thrilled to be doing this - and with a gorgeous collection of products. 

You can buy the magazine  online here from Craft Stash if you can't find it locally.

Happy Days!  Watch this space for some more magazine collections from me in the coming months!!

Juliexx

PFM Challenge Add flowers

Today's card is for our new challenge at Passion for Markers where our lovely Marie has asked for some flowers on your card.  I've used some older Marianne goodies for my card including the fabulous XL floral die backing my Dahlia - it really is a gorgeous die and I need to use it more!  Full deets of Marianne stash below.

Marianne Products Used

Dahlia Flower stamp and die - TC0892

Leaf Design Folder and Die set - DF3414

Art Texture XL Floral Die - CR1586

Mini Labels Tag and Sentiment Set - CS1029

I've also listed the blue tone Copics that I used - as I hadn't used a gazillion different pens on this one!

Copics Used - BV17/BV04/BV13/BV02/B63

Our challenge this week is being sponsored by Colour of Love digis and you can see some fab makes by my teamies here using some of their digis.  You could also win 3 digis of your choice from their catalogue so do come and join in the challenge!

I look forward to seeing your creations!

Juliexx

Man Mixed Media Marianne Products

This is a quick mixed media tag card that I made at the end of last year using lots of Marianne products, as per below. The motorbike part of the stamp was particularly relevant for the recipient.

Marianne Products Used

Tag Dies - Large - CR1576

                -Small - CR1510

Mixed Media Toys for Boys Stamp - MM1643

Cross Hatch Stamp - MM1624

Coffee Cup Circles Stamps - MM1623

Paint and Ink Stamps - CS1095

Eline's Brush Stamps - EC0162

Texture Stamps - MM1603

Wishes Sentiments Stamp sets - CS1079

Hugs, Juliex

Passion for Markers Die challenge

Hi folks 

I was helping out in Holly's shop this morning so I'm a bit late sharing this card, which is for our new challenge at Passion for Markers - our lovely Lorraine has chosen a great theme of use die cuts, right up my street.  

We also have a new sponsor for PFM - Alex Syberia Designs and we were able to choose one of their fab images to work with - I just love this gnome line up -it's called Valentine Gnomes Slimline panel but I think it is also perfect for sending anyone a cheer up/thinking of you card - especially with this sentiment from Inkadinkadoo.

Of course there's a few Marianne Designs products used which I've listed below. The Rainbow papers are so pretty!.

Marianne Products Used

Rainbow Paper set - PK9175

Tag Die - CR1510

Grass Die - CR1335

DL Stitched Frame Die Set - CR1537

Other products used - the Sun die is from Lawn Fawn and the clouds are Memory Box.  

The lucky winner of this week's challenge will win a £10 voucher to spend in their digital store so do come and join in - just remember to tell us what markers/pens you've used.

All my teamies at PFM have used an image from Alex so check them out here - gorgeous makes!

Juliexx

Freida Kahlo No 2

Another Freida Kahlo card and a bit of Mixed Media - I have two S-I-Ls who are both Freida fans.  

An inky background with Distress Inks and Oxides and a little water colouring on top with Arteza brushes The stamp is from Craft Stash and I think the sentiment was a magazine freebie.

You can see my earlier make with this stamp set here,

Have a great weekend.

Juliex

New Marianne Products for January

I've been so busy making cards at the minute that I've forgotten to post this one which uses loads of new stash from Marianne Designs.  I made the banking paper using the pretty new floral stamps and matched them with some older ones.  Love the little gardener gnome too.  

My list of products used is below and you can find more details on the Marianne Inspiration blog here.

Marianne Products Used

Mr Garden Gnome stamp and die set – CS1125 - NEW!

Floral Stamps – CS1117/CS1118- NEW!

Colourful Silhouette Floral Stamps – CS1047

Watering Can - LR0792- NEW!

Scalloped Squares Die Frame Set – LR0767

Text Labels – CR1605

Wild Flowers – CR1516/CR1517/CR1529

Design Papers- Rainbow – PK9175

Thanks for popping by.

Juliexx

New Marianne products for January

I made this card today to showcase this beautiful flourishy, foliage die released by Marianne Designs this month.  I also made a couple of background mats use some leaf stamps that I heat embossed with translucent embossing powder and then sprayed with Distress Oxide sprays.  However, as you can see I then proceed to cover most of this up but still like the overall effect.  I do love the barely there oval behind the foliage which I stamped with Spun Sugar Distress Ink pad- it's so soft but gives a gently frame for the stem.

Full list of stash used below.

Marianne Products Used

Rectangle foliage frame die - LR0788 -  NEW!

Silhouette oval background stamp - CS1123 - NEW!

Foliage Stem stamp - CS1117

Text Label die set - CR1605

Vase Die Set - LR0694

Sentiment - Art Stamp sets - MM1639

Happy Hump Day!

Juliexx

Going Dotty at PFM

Today’s card is for our new Going Dotty challenge at Passion for Markers-as chosen by our lovely Lorraine.  The sponsor is All Dressed Up so you can see lots of fab makes with their images on the challenge blog here.  And if you join in you could be the lucky winner  of two of their fab digis-this one is Prosecco. 

I used these gorgeous old  Basic Grey PB&J papers as I love the colours.  And of course a list of Marianne products below -isn’t this new Rectangle die pretty!

Marianne Designs Products Used

Picot Edge Small Rectangle Set -  CR1613 -NEW!

Text Labels - CR1605

Cheers Sentiment Set - CS1057

So you have a week to join in using any kinds of dots you like-papers, image, background-limitless!!  And you can use any type of marker-but please let us know in your post which ones!!

Happy Tuesday folks.

JULIEX

Crochet Bags

I've been busy making these bags out scrap yarn (well initially) and made four before Christmas for presents and this one is my latest for myself.   I followed this free pattern here on My Poppet Makes and also got some help from FB!  They're a lovely thing to make of an evening as it doesn't take much concentration - the whole thing is worked in a spiral.  And once you get the pattern basics, you can pretty much make all sorts of containers. 

The one above was for Harry and the one below for Emily.  As you can see these all turned out slightly differently!!

The one below was for Holly and I think I didn't follow the measurements correctly but it still looks nice with a pot in it!

And I hadn't intended to make one for Violet but she saw the first one I made and asked for it, hence the first one at the top of this post is my latest for me!!

Holly has asked if I could make some smaller bowl sized ones for her shop so watch this space!

Juliex

Whale Card - Emily

This is my birthday card for Emily who loves the sea, water and dolphins and whales!  I made the background first with a bit of spritzing of distress spray pains, then added some Gesso through a Lavinia mask.  Added a few Lavinia fish stamps and then cut out the matt with a Marianne DL Distress Edge die - CR1569. 

Can't believe my baby is 28 years old now!xx

Paddington Bear

I made this card for my daughter's partner, Jack.  I chose this Paddington stamp, partly because Emily had bought me the stamp, and also because Jack was running the toy museum.  Turns out he loves Paddington Bear and had watched the film on the day before his birthday!  Of course I knew that!

I've coloured him with Copics and just kept the design CAS.  And, I know his name is Paddington but I didn't have a rail ticket stamp with that name!

Got to do my tax return this week, so trying to get a few other jobs out of the way before I get stuck in!  Bleugghhh!

Juliexx

'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

Tim Holtz Couple Dies - Xmas card

This is my Christmas card to hubby, again using the Tim Holtz die set (Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 664731).- such a great set and so effective against scenic background papers,

We're still doing Christmas here - still have Holly, Emily and Violet staying over for a few more days.  Em's Jack will also be joining us in the new year for a week or so - and to celebrate Em's birthday!

We've had a great Christmas and hope you did too.xx

Juliexx

Passion for Markers Mega Christmas Challenge - use Die Cuts

Hi Folks 

Well it's that time of year - yep, time for our Mega Christmas challenge over at a Passion for Markers The challenge runs for the whole month of December and into the New Year, ending on the 3rd January 2023.  

Our theme for the Mega Christmas challenge is “use die cuts”.  We don't mind what you create for this challenge, as long as you use some die cuts and colour with your markers!  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 markers such as Promarkers, Copics, Spectrum Noir, Karin, Zig Clean Color etc

My die cuts are from the November release from Marianne Designs, - I love these cute animals carolling around the tree and so great that you can die cut them out to add to your make.  My full list of products used is below.

Marianne Products Used

Tree Die - LR0787 

Musical Notes - LR0785

Singing Animals Stamps and Die Set - EC0196 

Eline's Christmas Carols Sentiment Set - EC0198  

And now for the exciting bit – the prizes!

Dies to Die For are offering 1 lucky winner a £20.00 gift voucher

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

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 3 digi images

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

Polkadoodles are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

Di’s Digi Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner a $6.00 voucher

Sheepski Designs are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

As the challenge is a month long, Design Team 1 - check them out here -  are posting their fabulous makes today, and team 2 will follow in a couple of weeks to give you some more inspiration.

Happy Crafting!

Juliexx

A Floral card today!

This is my card for my sister's birthday last week.  I made the background in a great online Eileen Godwin workshop which I haven't yet finished!   More inspiration was taken from the fabulous Chrissy Ballingal on Facebook here - love her style.  Do check out the wonderful creations of these two ladies - I think they create beautiful pieces!

I've used a Visible image stencil and gesso for the background with distress sprays.  I've then added the die cut flowers which are a Honey Bee Cone Flower Die Set.  The sentiment is from a PaperTrey Ink set.

I also made my sister a sunflower throw which I'll share soon!

Juliexx

Lavinia Lupin and Berries

I've been getting inky fingers with these cards using the gorgeous Lupin from Lavinia Stamps and following a tutorial that Tracey from Lavinia posted on social media - showing how to use the new Distress Glaze from Tim Holtz.  It's fabulous!!

I'm always nervous when getting inky fingers and often wonder how to get started so the tutorials are the perfect way to dive in until you grow in confidence with this way of making cards.

It's nice too as you get to do a bit of colouring - I've used Arteza watercolour brushes to colour Lupin here.

Have a great weekend.

Juliexx

Passion for Markers Traditional Christmas Colours

Ther's nothing like some lovely traditional Christmas colours at this time of year which is just as well as it is the theme chosen by my lovely teamie Sue for this week's challenge at Passion for Markers. There's also something to be said for a traditional image which this sort of is as a Gingerbread lady - Noel Tannenbaum from our sponsor this week, Colour of Love,

My papers are some Stampin Up pads that I picked up in a charity shop a little while ago - hole in the head springs to mind but I can't resist a bargain!  The Poinsettia and sentiment are both from Marianne Designs - details below.

Christmas Carol Sentiments - EC0198 - New and already a firm favourite!

Poinsettia Die - LR0779 a new this year die set!

As I mentioned, this week's sponsor is the Colour of Love Digi images and they are offering the lucky winner a choice of 2 images from their online store.

You can see how the DT have used their images this week here and then I hope you will come and play along!

Juliexx

Marianne Designs Gnome Snow Globe

Marianne Products Used

Isn't this snowglobe set lovely!  Marianne Designs have now made a die set and an acetate window to make snowglobe cards!!  I've used one of their Stamp and Die Gnome sets, and an older Igloo and Mountain set which is so cute!!  Full list of Marianne products used below.

Snow Globe Die Set - CR1610 - NEW!

Acetate Globe Window - LR0045 - NEW!

Sentiment - Christmas Carols - EC0198 - NEW!

Papers - Winter Wonderland - PK9181 - NEW!

Gnome Stamp and Die Set - CS1107

Igloo and Mountain Die Set - COL1417

Another one for the box - I've only a few more cards to make for this year!

Thanks for stopping by.

Juliexx