I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge #19

Welcome to another challenge, i am back from my hols feeling refreshed lol

This is what Karen has to say over on the blod.

Good Morning everyone, it's Wednesday and time for a new challenge. Thankyou to all of you for taking part last week, we really do enjoy looking at your work.

Last weeks winner is
#2 Sande
Sande, please can you email me, Karen, (email in sidebar) with your postal address so that I can forward it on to Beckie at Lilac Lemons and I'll also send you your winners badge.

Top 3
#12 Nicola
#20 Marit0
#21 Crafty Emma
Please can you all email me too and I'll send you your Top 3 badges.

Onto this weeks challenge, we have a theme for you this week and we'd like to see 'Bears' on your work. This can be any kind of bears you wish.
This weeks sponsor is SIMON SAYS STAMP and the prize is a $15 shopping spree, and they'll also pay your postage!


I look forward to visiting you this week, have fun and remember the rules.
Hugs Lisa xxx

Welcome To The I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge #17

Hello and welcome to another fantastic challenge, thank you to everyone who took part last week and well done to our prize winner and to our top 3.

Here is what Karen had to say over on the blog.
Hello everyone and I hope you're all ready for a new challenge.
First I need to let you know the winner of Challenge #16 and the lucky person, chosen at random with Random.Org is
#9 Annie (Ink & Rubba)
Annie please can you email me, Karen, email in the sidebar, and I'll sort out your prize with Digi Doodle Shops Best, and send you your winners badge.
Now for our Top 3
#19 Tina
#5 Tom
#12 Tine
Please can you also email me and I'll send you your Top 3 badge, that's if you don't already have it..... lol.
And our GDT for the rest of June is
#12 Tine
Once you contact me, Tine, about your Top 3 badge, I'll send you the details of the future challenges.

Ok now onto this weeks challenge. This week we've got a recipe for you. We would like to see you use 2 different papers, 3 buttons and 1 ribbon.

Remember you have to complete the recipe and use your promarkers to be entered into the prize draw.
Good luck
Lisa xxx

I ♥ ProMarkers challenge # 16

Well what a weekend was it not just glorious!!!! We spent the weekend with out best friends and had a wonderful time, then i came home and tried to make my DT card for this week, only to find my printer not working. Hubby spent most of last night trying to get it to work but no joy :0(
Any way i have made a card using this weeks fab sketch by Karen and a dimension fourth stamp which i rarely use now.
Please pop over to the blog and check out this weeks winner and our top 3 this week.
We are sponsored by Pollycraft who gave us some wonderful dig images to use....sadly as i said i was unable to use mine.
Have fun and i will be round to see what you come up with over the following week xxxx

I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge #15

Here is what the lovely Karen has to say this week.
Thanks to everyone who joined in last weeks challenge, as usual your cards were all great.
Our winner for challenge #14 was drawn using Random.Org, and the lucky person is
#19 Tine
Well done Tine, please can you email me, Karen, (email in sidebar on blog) so I can pass on your email address to Paula at Pollycraft and I'll also send you the winners badge to wear on your blog.
And our Top 3 for last week are
#5 ToM
#6 Freckleface
#24 Beckie
Please can you all email me (Karen) and I'll send you the Top 3 badge to wear on your blogs.

Ok, now for this weeks challenge. Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp and the prize is a $15 shopping spree.
This week we'd like to see you use your own handmade flowers on your projects.


wow some great inspiration from the rest of the team, so run and check it out.
Hubby goes back to work tomorrow after his op.....did not think he was this needy lol still i will lose my shadow now yay lol and will be able to craft more big yay
hugs Lisa xxxx

I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge #14

Welcome to challenge #14, we have a brilliant sketch to follow this week so pop over to the blog and check it out.
We are sponsored by the wonderful pollycraft who very kindly let us choose a digi stamp to play with.....i picked Critters and cogs balloon, it's brilliant lol
I did not use the balloon as i wanted my alien to bounce on some acetate to look like it was flying...aliens can fly right!!! hehe

Sympathy cards

Sadly these are 2 cards i did not want to have to make this week, a friends husband passed away and also another friends father.
Hugs Lisa xxx

I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge #13

Welcome to a new challenge this week.....as always i will let you see what Karen has to say :0)

Hi everyone and welcome to challenge #13. As usual first I'll give you the winner and top 3 of last weeks challenge and also our GDT for the rest of May.
So the winner, chosen by Random.Org is ................
#2 Kobie
Well done! Please can you email me Karen (email in the sidebar) with your postal details and I'll get your prize in the post to you and I'll also send you your winners badge to wear on your blog.
Top 3#3 Meeshka
#16 Tine
#21 Fliss
If you can all email me I'll send you your Top 3 badges to wear on your blog.Now for our GDT to work with us for the rest of May, chosen this month by Lisa,........
Meeshka
I'll send you the challenge details when you email me Meeshka.
Now for this weeks challenge, sponsored by the lovely Joanna Sheen. The prize is a £10 gift voucher to spend in her online store, and she has lots of goodies to choose from, including ProMarkers..... lol. This week we have a theme for you to work with which is 'Wings' now that gives you alsorts of choices doesn't it. Please remember to be entered into the prize draw you must use ProMarkers in your project and follow the theme.

Ok now on my card i created a background by stamping the bench on to some white card and also onto a post it note.
I then cut the mask out and placed it over my stamped image.
I then stamped the fence twice, straight over the post it note.
Next i stamped the tilda onto card coloured with promarkers and cut her out, i coloured the bench and fence and stuck tilda down so she looked like she was sat on the bench.
I then stamped some leaves onto the card to frame it....again i used promarkers not ink.
Then i chalked a sky and grass.

Thanks for stopping by to see me......i may not be visiting your blogs this week as hubby goes into hospital for an operation this afternoon.
Hugs Lisa xxx

I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge #12

Welcome to this weeks challenge, and what a fab sketch we had to work to. Sadly Vix has had to step down as a DT member and we wish her well, Kate out guest member this month had said she will join us full time...whoop whoop :0)

Here is what Karen has to say.......
Hi everyone and welcome to Challenge #12. Let me give you the winner of the $15 voucher from Simon Says Stamp and Top 3 from challenge #11.
The winner, chosen by Random.Org is
#14 - Julie
Julie please can you email me, Karen (email in sidebar) and I'll send you the instructions for claiming your prize, along with your winners badge to wear on your blog.
Now for the top 3 chosen, with difficulty, by the DT girls.
#17 - Kaylou
#18 - MaritO
#29 - Meeshka
If all 3 of you can email me, Karen, I'll send you your Top 3 badges to wear on your blogs.

Sadly Vix has decided to step down from our DT due to other commitments, and not having enough hours in the day to spread herself amonst all that she does. We're sorry to see her go, her work is lovely, but she is hoping to come along and take part in the challenges when time allows her to. Vix, we wish you lots of luck in all that you do.
So now we have a new DT member to introduce to you. Kate has been our GDT for this month so we decided to ask her if she would like to join us, and we're pleased that she said she would.
We're still without Julie, her mam is still poorly and in hospital, so naturally Julie is spending all of her time with her mam. We're all wishing your mam well, if you're looking in Julie and don't forget to make sure you look after yourself too. xxx

Ok for this weeks challenge we have a sketch for you to follow. Please remember to be entered into the prize draw you must use ProMarkers, we must see the sketch in your work, and also leave a link back to us, from your blog.
This week we're being sponsored by Susie at Die Cut Dreams

Thanks and well done for getting to the end of todays post lol
Hugs Lisa xxx

I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge #11

Hello welcome to another challenge, i had a great time visiting your blogs:0)

Here is what Karen has to say about this weeks challenge.

Hi everyone and welcome to challenge # 11.
The entries last week were all lovely, we enjoyed looking through your blogs too.
First of all, let me announce the winner of challenge #10, sponsored by Whimsy Stamps.
#10 Debbie
Debbie, please can you email me, Karen, (email in sidebar) and I'll arrange your prize for you and send you your Winners badge to wear on your blog.
Next we have our Top 3
#20 Rosie
#9 Sarah S
#11 Lalkygirl
If you can all email me, Karen, I'll send you your Top 3 badges to wear on your blog.

Okay onto this weeks challenge. Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp and the prize is a $15 voucher to spend in their online shop.
This week we have a theme for you to follow, which is Black and White, plus 1 other colour. We all enjoyed this one and we hope you all do too.

Ok my card includes a digi image from mo, and everything else was from my stash the ribbon comes from hobby craft and it is so nice to make into bows etc
So off you go and i will be along to look at your work over the coming week:0)
have fun
Hugs Lisa xxx

Commission card

I do very few commission cards these days, about 18 months ago i was getting quite stressed trying to keep up with orders/work etc, so when Robs mum was very poorly i stopped them as i had to help care for her.....now she is better i have still not started doing them again but a good friend at work is 50 this month and is also a crazy Donny fan so i agreed to make her card.
Not to fussy all i had to do was Donny and purple and knew she would be happy, as they are her 2 fav things lol This is a A4 card big enough for everyone to sign at work.
Thanks for listening to me drone on
Hugs Lisa xxx

PFP and cute card Thursday

The challenge this week on PFP was to make your own background using promarkers, so I made a tartan background on the large nestie behind the little girl....and speaking of the little girl this is the 1st time I have coloured a darker skin tone, think i need a bit more practice but she is so cute :0)And the challenge at Cute card Thursday was to use texture, i have used ribbon and a pin and a embossed background.
bye xxx

I ♥ Promarkers #10

Welcome to this weeks challenge, we have a lovely sketch for you to follow this week.
And a big welcome to all the new peeps who joined us for the first time last week.

Here is what Karen had to say........

Hello everyone and what alot of entries we had last week, 56 of you took part, that's the most we've had since the new look I ♥ ProMarkers started in February, so I'd like to thank you all for joining us and look forward to you all joining us again. Myself and the DT girls enjoyed looking at your lovely work, there are so many talented ladies out there!

Okay, let's get on and announce the winner of Challenge #9
Roz from 'A Creative Muddle'
Roz please can you email me, Karen, (email in sidebar) with your postal details I'll get them off to Joanna Sheen so they can send you your prize. I'll also send you your winners badge to wear on your blog.
This weeks top 3 are
Maz
Little K Smith
Sharon
If you can all email me so I can send you the Top 3 badge to wear on your blogs.
And this weeks sponsor is Whimsy Stamps and their prize is $15 to spend in there onine store.


Thanks everyone, i look forward to visiting your blogs this month xxx

Two challenges in one !!

Its not very often lately i get to join in many challenges but today i managed to combine Penny Black Saturdays challenge of using buttons with Friday Sketchers beautiful sketch.

Thanks for stopping by
hugs Lisa xxxx

I ♥ promarkers #9

Welcome to this weeks challenge, my card is made using a mo digi image, coloured with my markers and using My minds eye papers.

Here is what Karen has to say over on the blog.

What lovely cards by everyone for challenge #8, well done all of you. We really do enjoy looking at your work and the way everyone interprets the challenge in a different way.

The winner of challenge #8, chosen by Random.Org is..................#15 Julie Well done Julie, please can you email me, Karen (email in the sidebar) with your postal details and I'll pass them on to Sharon at Willow Designs. I'll also send you our winners badge to wear on your blog. If the prize isn't claimed by Friday, I'll draw another winner.

Now for our first ever top 3! and they are:

Marit
Katesacraftybugger
Kine
Please can you all email me, I'll send your your Top 3 badge to wear on your blogs.

Our GDT for the rest of April is Katesacraftybugger. So Kate once to contact me I will send you the details for the challenges for the rest of the month. You'll also get a GDT badge too.
Ok, onto our next challenge. This week we're sponsored by the lovely Joanna Sheen and the prize is a £10 gift voucher to spend in their online shop. For this weeks challenge we have NO sketch for you to follow but we have a theme of Animals and yes butterflies and dragons are allowed..... lol. We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week, and for a bit of inspiration, here's what the DT came up with this week.

Right off you go lol and i look frward to visiting you all.
Hugs Lisa xxx

Passion for promarkers.

Been poorly all weekend and do not feel much better now, full of cold urrrgh lol
Hugs Lisa xxx

Happy Easter & Sketch Saturday

Happy Easter everyone, one more tin to show you, and i used The sketch over at Sketch Saturday to decorate it.
The tin has been sat on my desk all week with just the backing paper on.
Hope she likes it......she will probably not think i made it lol
Hugs Lisa xxxx

Easter Treats

Good morning and as promised I am back today to show you mu Easter treats, I found this fantastic idea on Split Coast Stampers site........even my hubby has been impressed with this one lol
You take the bottom of a can off using a safety opener(I used spaghetti hoops with a ring pull) clean it, being very careful as the edge is sharp I have a lovely cut to prove it hehe.
Fill with treats, I have used mini eggs, mini cream eggs and a little chick lol then run some glossy accents around the base of the can.
Stick to the rest of the tin and weight it down and leave to dry.
Then decorate, as I said hubby was impressed so I have had to make mother in law one as well as all our nieces, nephews godchildren----thing is she does just not get stuff like this but never mind.
Hugs Lisa xxx

I ♥ ProMarkers challenge #8

First of all welcome to this weeks challenge, and next i would like to give a warm welcome to our new team members :0)

Here is what Karen has to say this week.

This week has flown over for me, it doesn't seem like 2 minutes since I was setting last weeks challenge....... lol
It's been great looking at your blogs and lovely to see some new people joining us too, everyone is welcome!
The winner of Challenge # 7, chosen at random using Random.Org is
#1 - Jane Middleton
Jane please can you email me, Karen (email in the sidebar) and I'll send you the details for how to claim your $15 prize from Simon Says Stamp.
If the prize isn't claimed by Friday, then I'll draw another winner.

As from next week our challenges are changing slightly. We're going to have a sketch every other week and a theme for the weeks inbetween. Just gives a bit of variation for you all and that way we can see how you work on your own cards.

This week sees the first challenge for our new DT members. I'm sure you'll have seen their lovely work while hopping around in blogland. Our sponsor this week is Willow Designs and the prize is a CD with a selection of downloads designed by Sharon and a pack of ProMarkers.
Here's the CD.

What a great prize and remeber to be in with a chance of winning you must link back to us, follow the sketch and the theme.
Thats all folks, check back tomorrow to see some cute Easter gifts.
Hugs Lisa xxx

Baby boy

Card #2 for the card comp

Ok this card i entered in the same comp as yesterdays card, this was the boy card......i love this mo digi image, i have glazed the goggles and the water. It went out as a birthday card on Saturday to my friends boy.
What i did not tell you yesterday was all 3 of the cards i entered came in the top 3....i was stunned i have to tell you.
So my male adult card came 1st this card was joint second and tomorrows card was joint 3rd!!!
Hugs till tomorrow
Lisa xxx

Card comp

Good morning, I belong to a lovely forum of friends and each month we have a themed comp, this month we had to make a baby, a boys and a adult males card......I happen to like making men's cards :0) this is my adult male card.

Challenge #7 I ♥ ProMarkers

Welcome to challenge #7 can you believe its been 7 weeks already !!! So before i tell you aboutmy card here is what the lovely Karen has to say.

First of all, thank you to everyone who took part in Challenge #6, we've really enjoyed looking through all your cards, loads of inspiration out there.

The winner of challenge #6, the pack of ProMarkers kindly donated by Letraset is ..............
.............................. #2 JOSEPHINE...............................
Well done Josephine, please can you email me, Karen, (email in side bar) your postal details and I'll get the prize off to you as soon as I can.
If the prize isn't claimed by Friday, I will draw another winner.

This week we're being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp and the prize is $15 worth of goodies from their brilliant online store. They have a great selection of crafty things to choose from, so wouldn't it be great to win this prize.

As usual, this week there's a sketch for you to follow and we'd also like to see spots/dots on your project somewhere.
Here's this weeks sketch and please remember to be entered into the prize drawer you must follow the sketch and theme and also provide a link back to us from your blog.


Well done Josephine:0)

Right on to my card and i have to say it is a lovely sketch this week, I have used a image i got from ebay, promarkers to colour, my minds eye backing papers, card candy, bazzil basic card stock and flowers from my stash.


HAve fun ladies and i look forward to visiting your blogs to see what you come up with. Remember to stick to the sketch and theme to be in with a chance of winning that brilliant prize.
Hugs Lisa xxx

Morning this is another card i made at the weekend meet up and another MO digi design, she is so Talented. I went to see specialist about my knee yesterday and after him being very rude it turns out there is some arthritis in that knee and tearing the ligament in October in the same knee started all the pain up i have had.
Still a couple of injections in my knee they should take 2-3 weeks to kick in and fingers crossed i could be pain free for up to 6 months. Bring it on i say lol
Hugs Lisa xxx

Challenge #6 I ♥ ProMarkers

Hello everyone welcome to this weeks challenge.....let's see what Karen had to say :0)

Hi everyone we hope you're all ready for a new challenge. The cards for last weeks challenge were all so lovely, I'm so glad I don't have to personally choose a winner, it would be soooooooo difficult. I'm glad we've got Random.Org........ lol. So with that let me announce the winner of last weeks challenge. The winner is......................... #10, Loreal Blondi. If you can email me, Karen, your postal details please, (email in the sidebar) I'll get them emailed off to Joanna Sheen so they can forward your voucher. Enjoy your prize!

Ok, onto this weeks challenge which is sponsored by LETRASET and the prize is a pack of ProMarkers.
We've got the usual sketch for you, but this week we don't want to see any backing papers on your project. We'd like you to make your own backing paper. You could emboss it, distress it with inks, stamp on it, heat emboss, whatever you like really, just no backing papers please.
Here's this weeks sketch and please remember to be entered into the prize draw, you must follow the sketch and theme and also, provide a link back to us, from your blog.

Ok i stamped my background with a set of stampin up stamps, and to get the colour match i coloured the stamps with my markers to match the picture, the image was given to me at the weekend crafty meet up I arranged for some forum buddy's :0)
Some matting and layering and some ribbon and ta da lol
Thanks to all that visit me, please leave a comment just so i know i am not alone in blog land lol
Bye Lisa xxx

Another mo digi download

Great weekend

I have had a great weekend, a load of friends off an internet forum came to visit my neck of the woods and we hirede a local village hall. We talked crafted and ate all day lol
Then on Sunday i went to support Gloucester Rugby Club in Cardiff playing Cardiff Blues and we had a good win.
Here is one of the cards i made on Saturday xxx

Mothers day card

This was for an order from a friend at work, lucky for me she liked it xxx

Challenge #5 I ♥ ProMarkers

Hello everyone, welcome to challenge #5 at I ♥ ProMarkers we had great fun looking at your shaped cards last week, but sadly there can only be one winner and that lucky lady is APRIS, please email KAren with your details and she will pass them on to Regina at the Cutting Cafe. Now on to this week challenge which is a sketch and is sponsored by the lovely Joanna Sheen.
To be in with a chance of winning the £10 voucher you must follow the sketch, use some embossing on your card and also link back to the challenge blog.

Please pay a visit to all the other designers and show them some love, i am looking forward to seeing all your lovely cards this week.
Hugs Lisa xxxx

Clubbing!!!

Is not the place to go with a bad leg lol
but i gave it my best shot, but i am having trouble walking today....still seeing a specialist in 2 weeks
thank gawd!!!!
off to drink more water lol, as i am feeling a bit dehydrated and not much like crafting hehe
hugs for now
Lisa xxx

Challenge #4 and DT call

Hello everyone and welcome to Challenge #4. Thanks to everyone who took part in last weeks challenge and we're hoping you'll be coming back for more this week........ lol

Ok, now onto this weeks challenge. This week we're being sponsored by The Cutting Cafe, who have some lovely downloads in their online store. This weeks prize is any 3 sets of the winners choice.

The challenge this week is a little bit different to the norm. We were sent some shaped card templates by Regina at The Cutting Cafe, so this weeks challenge is to make a shaped card. It can be any shape you like, just not square or oblong (the usual..... lol) There's no sketch to follow, but please remember you must use ProMarkers and toplease remember add a link back to this blog from yours, to be entered into the prize draw.

DT call

Sadly, Lynsey has decided to step down from the DT, so we're looking for 2 people to join our DT. If you fancy applying for a DT position please can you email me, Karen, a sample of your work along with a link to your blog. My email address is in the sidebar. Myself and the rest of the DT will then pop over to your blog and look at your work.

As part of the DT you'll be required to make 1 project each week, follow a sketch and theme and, of course be able to use ProMarkers. You'll also be required to pop over to entrants blogs and leave comments on their work.

You have until 24th March to apply, and I will email the lucky 2 people within a couple of days and announce you on 30th March along with that weeks challenge.

No previous DT experience is necessary, anyone can apply.

Ok good luck everyone and i can not wait to see what you create this week and i look forward to visiting your blogs xxxx

Mothers Day card

Challenge #3

Welcome to challenge #3 last weeks winner was #30 *shaz*.
My card is A5 in size and the sentiment inside reads "side by side or miles apart dear friends are always near at heart" hence the 2 tilda friends on the front, and i am sending this to my best friend :0)
this week we are kindly sponsored by

Who will be giving some lucky crafter $15 to spend in there online shop and will even pay the postage for you, how brilliant is that!!!

and last but not least our fab sketch this week, and you must also use real or faux stitching on your card along with the sketch to be in with a chance of winning this weeks prize.
Hugs and thanks for looking, please leave me some comments if you visit
and also check out the rest of the design team xxx
Lisa

Blog Award

This is the last of my new stamps, and i think she is so pretty all dressed up..............i will be using this for prom cards i make later in the year.
But this might be my sil 60th birthday card she is having a party so it could work.
Hugs Lisa xxx

Cute card Thursday

This weeks challenge is Metal Mania, you have to use something metal on your card........plus i have used another of my new stamps by Whiff of Joy.
My minds eye papers , and image coloured with promarkers.
Hugs Lisa xxx

Friday sketchers

Here is another new stamp from Whiff of joy, and i have used this fab sketch from Friday sketchers xxxx