Tuesday 1 December 2009

Passion for Promarkers Mega Christmas Challenge

Well what a challenge have we got for you and some amazing prizes too!!! the Christmas challenge will run till Jan 5th and it is to make anything but a card using any colours you like
for this weeks challenge i've dreated a gift box the image is from high hopes "stackable santa " coloured with promarkers and cut with scalloped square nesties the ribbon is from my stash and the scalleoped punch is by EK success.
The promarkers i've used are
Skin: sunkissed pink , dusky pink, blush and ivory.
Belt: ice grey 1-3
Boots: Ice grey 1-5
white fur shadows : Pastel blue
sants suit : crimson, berry red and lipstick red.
Outline: warm grey 1-5



The grand prize donated by letraset is a full set of 148 promarkers both the original and the new colours they have also donated two packs of 5 promarkers





Joanna sheen has donated a £10.00 voucher to spend in her online store .






Funky kits have kindley donated 8 sets of stamps
4 x maggie and hamish stamps and 4x home grown stamps







Stampeeze have donated a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store.




Whiff of joy have kindly donated a fred celebrating elephant stamp designed by Alison Acton.




And we have a gorgeous stamp set called"A little bit of happiness " and a roll of red gingham ribbon kindly donated by Julie who is an independant stamping up demonstrator


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Tuesday 24 November 2009

passion for promarkers week 27

This weeks challenge is a vintage theme and was chosen by maria, you can use any colour combination you like i chose to use sepia tones as they shout vintage to me. we are sponsored by yellow moon and the prize is a £ 10 voucher to spend from their fab catalogue





For this card i used a Sarah Kay image "Fanny's cuddle" coloured with promarkers and cut with the oval and scalloped oval nesties the paper is papermania and the edges are inked with tea stain distress ink and are distressed with the tim holtz distressing tool, the mesh ribbon is from hobbycraft and is also distressed with the tea stain ink. The sheer ribbon is from my stash and the roses are from wildorchidcrafts.
Dont forget to check out the design teams blogs to see their fabulous vintage cards.
The Promarkers i've used are
Skin: sunkissed pink, dusky pink, blush and ivory
Hair: Tan, cinnamon & vanilla
Dress: cinnamon, almond apricot
Shoes: tan
Dog: raw sienna
Outline: Warm grey 1-5
Highlighted using inkssentials opaque white pen.


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Wednesday 18 November 2009

passion for promarkers

This week we are sponsored by letraset and the prize is a 5 pack of promarkers to boost your collection .

This weeks challenge is set by Barbara one of our guest designers and is the colour combo Burnt umber and Marsh green

The image i've used is manga boy by sugar nellie coloured with promarkers the papers are basic grey and the star gems are papermania.

The promarker colours i've used are :
HAIR: Cinnamon, Tan and Vanilla.
FACE: Sunkissed pink, Dusky pink, Blush and Ivory.
TSHIRT and BOOTS: Burnt Umber.
TROUSERS and SOCKS: Marsh green.

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Tuesday 10 November 2009

Passion for promarkers wk 25



I cant believe its week 25 already at passion for promarkers and this weeks challenge is a free colour choice with a fabulous sketch set by Ida.


We are sponsored this week by
and the prize is 6 promarkers of your choice. For this card i used a sugar nellie manga coloured with promarkers and cut with the circle, scalloped circle and inverted circle nesties. the card is from the papermill and the DP is basic grey ambrosia the text is printed on the computer and cut with the ribbon tags spellbinders die the ribbon is from my stash .

Go check out the design teams blogs this week their cards are gorgeous.


The promarker colours i've used are :


SKIN: Dusky pink, Blush, Ivory

HAIR: Ice grey 1-5

TOP & SOCKS: Ice grey 1 and 3

DRESS , RIBBONS & BOOTS: Bright orange, Orange & Pumpkin

OUTLINE: Warm grey 1-5

HIGHLIGHTS: inkssentials opaque white pen

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Tuesday 27 October 2009

passion for promarkers

This weeks challenge at passion for promarkers is Animals and is set by me , you can use any colours you like on your card, we are sponsored this week by LETRASETand the prize is a 5 pack of promarkers (colours may vary from those shown)


This is my card i've made using the image i coloured for last weeks weekend workshop tutorial the image is a dustin pike digi download, coloured with promarkers and cut with the scalloped square nestie, the papers are basic grey cupcake and the red card is from the papermill the zigzag border punch is martha stewart and the star gems are papermania .


The promarkers i've used are :


ELEPHANT: Warm grey 1-5

TUSKS : Ivory

HAT : Azure and Sky blue Lemon and Sunflower yellow

CUPCAKE : Tan, Lipstick red , Crimson ,

CANDLE : Ivory, Berry red, Sunflower yellow, Bright orange

OUTLINE: Cool Grey 1-5.

Dont forget to check out the rest of the design teams creations this week .

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Tuesday 29 September 2009

passion for promarkers

This weeks challenge has been chosen by Sam who is one of our guest designers for this month her challenge is the colour combo cool aqua and apricot
with the extra twist of making your own flowers. check out the design teams cards they are fabulous.

we are sponsored this week by a company i have used often, their service is second to non, they have a special deal on the 56 new promarker colours at just £ 1.50 a pen!! click on the pic to go and browse their shop, go on you know you want too!!

this is the prize you could win
this week

The image is a sugar nellie manga coloured with promarkers and cut with nesties the flowers are cut with the retro flower punch and x-cut punch the die cuts were then run through the stylised flowers embossing folder the ribbon is from stash and the adhesive gems are kanban the paper is brenda pinnick.

The promarkers i've used are :

Hair: Henna, Raw sienna, Mustard
Skin:Dusky pink, Blush & Ivory
Dress Tights and Hairbow: Turquoise, Cool Aqua
Boots, Tights & Dress: Apricot, coral
Outline: Warm grey 1-3
Highlights: Inkssential opaque white pen.


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Tuesday 22 September 2009

passion for promarkers

This weeks challenge at passion for promarkers is set by Sarah B and is the colour combo Emerald and Marine and to make something other than a card, well i can tell you i'm a card girl all the way so creating something else got me in a bit of a tizz, never mind the colours, and this is what i came up with ....

i got the template from splitcoast stampers here and it's so easy to make with just 1 sheet of A4 card,

the card is from the papermill, the design paper is brenda pinnick, the flowers i stamped using emerald and marine promarkers instead of ink , the sentiment and flower stamp are both woodware, the sentiment tag is cut with a nestie. the flowers are prima and cut with a retro punch and the roses wildorchidcrafts, the roses i've also coloured with the emerald and marine promarkers, the ribbon, which was originally peach coloured , is from my stash and has been coloured with the emerald promarker, the scalloped border punch is ek success and the pearls are papermania.
this week we are being sponsored by yellow moon


And the prize is a £10 voucher to spend, click on the picture to visit their website.


check out the dt blogs their creations are fabulous
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