tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072977515664606072024-03-16T01:09:22.638+00:00CraftyNatsCard-making CornerNathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.comBlogger430125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-21352142958074564872024-03-12T20:29:00.004+00:002024-03-12T20:35:31.256+00:00For You<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">We have a new challenge starting today at </span><a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: x-large;">Passion for Markers</a><span style="font-size: large;"> and this time Kitty would like to see </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">'Shaped Cards'</span><span style="font-size: large;"> -one of my favourite themes and I decided on a rocker card featuring an image from our sponsor - </span><a href="https://rachelleannemiller.com/" style="font-size: x-large;">Rachelle Anne Miller</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My DT card: (not my best colouring, but the image is really cute!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhX72ACWvwrbpD69Y27vI0C3qMGM4UoLGLOA-A2Cxt6DWDlU4X8AHm1jTN4hGOFwuWPFOVSwffVOjDd5P5O7HdOwum-NMppXaasiXDdwm6Ejpd6OKQiG5uwXR_2G1MS5QoYyR1Dq4RdHgkXFXcheAIOg2Tcnr-Nt-kqTlIaqueSgdUCOvO24fV11V26WwC/s800/pfmshaped24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="800" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhX72ACWvwrbpD69Y27vI0C3qMGM4UoLGLOA-A2Cxt6DWDlU4X8AHm1jTN4hGOFwuWPFOVSwffVOjDd5P5O7HdOwum-NMppXaasiXDdwm6Ejpd6OKQiG5uwXR_2G1MS5QoYyR1Dq4RdHgkXFXcheAIOg2Tcnr-Nt-kqTlIaqueSgdUCOvO24fV11V26WwC/w640-h584/pfmshaped24.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Image - 'For You' - <a href="https://rachelleannemiller.com/">RAM</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Papers - Docrafts (I think)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dies used - John Lockwood's 'Nesting Circle' dies and the sentiment is from Sue Wilson</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finished off with a bow and some tiny flower embellishments from The Hobby House</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Birthday' - <a href="https://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/">Incy Wincy</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="https://cinspirations.blogspot.com/">Creative Inspirations</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' -<a href="https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/"> C.R.A.F.T.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-3432310112077715572024-02-27T15:46:00.001+00:002024-02-27T16:01:37.010+00:00Feeling Flowery<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I have been enjoying some rather rare sunshine this morning, getting in the mood for crafting once my craft room re-vamp is done (yipee!) and so this week's theme at <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">Passion for Markers</a> seems vey apt - Karen would like to see 'Fabulous Florals' on your projects</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Our sponsor is <a href="https://www.colourofloveshop.com/">Colour Of Love</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVonH8GXjZJjXE9MbyB7JixUi1RKZbWJz0GQATXTKtN_1sIk9r0qOip065o_HjwBg5S9ebwsErRV8rp_sj_Z39LU8gGgZSSmXPPoFWNJJ6uGaG9EaB7a6gdW-Vi4RR4ffFjqutpgOZCi9cv8xSM2OXaC2rh4kpMjN3qpKEJ_sPajhPrd0LE9MyaMo9yrNb/s1575/logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="1050" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVonH8GXjZJjXE9MbyB7JixUi1RKZbWJz0GQATXTKtN_1sIk9r0qOip065o_HjwBg5S9ebwsErRV8rp_sj_Z39LU8gGgZSSmXPPoFWNJJ6uGaG9EaB7a6gdW-Vi4RR4ffFjqutpgOZCi9cv8xSM2OXaC2rh4kpMjN3qpKEJ_sPajhPrd0LE9MyaMo9yrNb/w133-h200/logo.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used an image from our sponsor as it fits the theme beautifully with all those pretty flowers! and made an inverted easel card - love this shape:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpgBWDt1GtQW77rBwbTnOOPPnurPe2yllFTsDYdb1dYH5kRYz-04CtJQP6AE8SMy12tgSfwry_Ai-fjhpSIXObz2wjzUAEML4FjxlF5NFNS6crEYWXClNp0uMve9Bt2XNxZovPs1dmeYagjq0Dfn4Yd-NoaaS6OhQpyzX27DelmCvCKYIiVp1Af_DPIW5/s800/pfmflorals24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="744" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpgBWDt1GtQW77rBwbTnOOPPnurPe2yllFTsDYdb1dYH5kRYz-04CtJQP6AE8SMy12tgSfwry_Ai-fjhpSIXObz2wjzUAEML4FjxlF5NFNS6crEYWXClNp0uMve9Bt2XNxZovPs1dmeYagjq0Dfn4Yd-NoaaS6OhQpyzX27DelmCvCKYIiVp1Af_DPIW5/w596-h640/pfmflorals24.jpg" width="596" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Image - 'Flower Petals' - <a href="https://www.colourofloveshop.com/">Colour Of Love</a> coloured with Promarkers and Spectrum Noirs</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The papers are from Nitwits</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">For the flowers I used 'Striped Nasturtiums' from Sue Wilson </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finished off with pearls, ribbon and a bow from my stash</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/">We Love Stamping</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting - hope you all have some sunshine soon! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/"><br /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-60526169242772239442024-02-13T09:00:00.017+00:002024-02-13T09:00:00.234+00:00Time to Sparkle<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello crafters! I'm dropping in to let you know that a new challenge is starting today at <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">Passion for Markers</a> and this time Elaine would like you to </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">'Add Some Sparkle'</span><span style="font-size: large;"> to your projects - nice and easy!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Our sponsor is </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://rachelleannemiller.com/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="823" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpX8PpF8Kz4tgO8rzXPvlIrUncK5GRffIaIFhGPC6HeC8BAXfY0Yj4lRWrBwYrdwTK6G0s2spuSsGU6fEaOl1DF6wyyXLpHjFl64R6Vnv9N_HYWjD1MGna4pLB5APT0haNziJ731Wy59vY7oVukrwpg-yDBRe97G78ffusEdJT0oDHbtUj71BQS2_ohoNI/w320-h80/RAM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I cut away the top half of the front of my card, but couldn't get a good photo standing it up! The DT got to play with some of Rachelle's cute stamps and here is my DT card:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQawPtP5zshVqojiNSrAugOu1xqtUTOs9_9P2h3m9NodQ8UTehbPFYxqa4kskUd47hIktXnGC0km8BPdjwFQN6kbfSAVIMgXHQiymeW-D2BFEq2Nu2ZjpGWgP7nhaoAdvu6MOSI6DIXxL0bv-mRQB0afF1VwcYFrPOU13S_26klNccw7B0x1XTyGO4PxXK/s800/pfmaddsparkle24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="800" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQawPtP5zshVqojiNSrAugOu1xqtUTOs9_9P2h3m9NodQ8UTehbPFYxqa4kskUd47hIktXnGC0km8BPdjwFQN6kbfSAVIMgXHQiymeW-D2BFEq2Nu2ZjpGWgP7nhaoAdvu6MOSI6DIXxL0bv-mRQB0afF1VwcYFrPOU13S_26klNccw7B0x1XTyGO4PxXK/w640-h618/pfmaddsparkle24.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And inside:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MgSwnV-D6RyJ9P26vxR1h6DV1qiI1wCge1KA9JTUh0cSzhje6TADyfVHoVLqkpHMg_TR_WKPplmil-KJ7lcC4j6swzZSKpGdthCG-ilJmB1FAtOkZeNYA0RXheU6h9u9HgDIy49j1PG6DoDrrVRj94l1wxsiqfL8x66QOXpRdiTVOKIMsD-UioRySMYx/s1920/pfmaddsparkle24b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MgSwnV-D6RyJ9P26vxR1h6DV1qiI1wCge1KA9JTUh0cSzhje6TADyfVHoVLqkpHMg_TR_WKPplmil-KJ7lcC4j6swzZSKpGdthCG-ilJmB1FAtOkZeNYA0RXheU6h9u9HgDIy49j1PG6DoDrrVRj94l1wxsiqfL8x66QOXpRdiTVOKIMsD-UioRySMYx/w240-h320/pfmaddsparkle24b.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Image(Bunny's Bike') and sentiment - <a href="https://rachelleannemiller.com/">RAM</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Papers - Hunkydory</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used a tag die for the sentiment and John Lockwood's 'Layering dies (circles) for the image</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Backed with kraft card, I made some 'card candi' from punched glitter card. and finished off with a bow</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes/Easter' - <a href="https://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/">I Love Promarkers</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Add A Sentiment' - <a href="https://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/">Dream Valley</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-37297645112214270682024-01-30T09:00:00.010+00:002024-01-30T09:00:00.131+00:00Friends<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Good morning! I'm dropping in to tell you that we have a new challenge starting today over at </span><a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: x-large;">Passion for Markers</a><span style="font-size: large;"> and this time Wendy has chosen the lovely theme of </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">'Friends/friendship'</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Our sponsor is <a href="https://leannsworld101.com/">Leann's World 101</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmt1SqwZ52EKHJ2IJsQt28704-46rW5uvDQfoAh2uUaqu919ujZSrFNKbXB5MFkrNxBoEq0tweftHNEdPxd9rj6wp10WVBiXSASF-RSzTqq__P-dgLfiFsAIkMFH6R1AkZP-wFhIokIe7nlUVVzNNr9mCau011_ZhHRYMPpmPY2RKfLBAqUFX9fMcZtt1z/s396/97655801_10221814292442466_7721192398851670016_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="396" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmt1SqwZ52EKHJ2IJsQt28704-46rW5uvDQfoAh2uUaqu919ujZSrFNKbXB5MFkrNxBoEq0tweftHNEdPxd9rj6wp10WVBiXSASF-RSzTqq__P-dgLfiFsAIkMFH6R1AkZP-wFhIokIe7nlUVVzNNr9mCau011_ZhHRYMPpmPY2RKfLBAqUFX9fMcZtt1z/w200-h127/97655801_10221814292442466_7721192398851670016_n.jpg" width="200" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I needed a little inspiration today as my mojo seems to be having a break! and so, I followed the sketch at <a href="https://sweetsketchwednesday2.blogspot.com/">Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1yZKN7DDutm9mKQEnpcVZZzBOSOswMYkiMKq5uCZ4YcnjHQqL0hpU4j9sa2phJeGhjH4UZnaT26aj0xkGNDedZWo7r2HuwrS3a1zrmGFlvVZNIP-6BSrhBkkfzCTZSc2nNFb9GDCONOFXWnq_sqCcFbDn7mWbGW5rzr_C2BMASAyYPPLMXQwGTsgwvpaq/s1012/270_Sketch%20%232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1012" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1yZKN7DDutm9mKQEnpcVZZzBOSOswMYkiMKq5uCZ4YcnjHQqL0hpU4j9sa2phJeGhjH4UZnaT26aj0xkGNDedZWo7r2HuwrS3a1zrmGFlvVZNIP-6BSrhBkkfzCTZSc2nNFb9GDCONOFXWnq_sqCcFbDn7mWbGW5rzr_C2BMASAyYPPLMXQwGTsgwvpaq/w200-h195/270_Sketch%20%232.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is my DT card:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieObsb2KBWz3z8iJ-chS6qQpwkc0TLftQ7AHmeioMw-QZG7IL6UO6_2toaWZvdRlCDW-v_zMJO6SL9FY2lku0E6bw5VtgpUMkwKpMifMnlhfOnsGl0U4AJkYDFkd-Vce3CFwRh0JfxFqd5i_iuMFZLaf4vG4Mr1qWcVPU4HbF1xX3pgaD9ZVg1VMekNjdf/s800/pfmfriends24-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="800" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieObsb2KBWz3z8iJ-chS6qQpwkc0TLftQ7AHmeioMw-QZG7IL6UO6_2toaWZvdRlCDW-v_zMJO6SL9FY2lku0E6bw5VtgpUMkwKpMifMnlhfOnsGl0U4AJkYDFkd-Vce3CFwRh0JfxFqd5i_iuMFZLaf4vG4Mr1qWcVPU4HbF1xX3pgaD9ZVg1VMekNjdf/w640-h618/pfmfriends24-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Image - 'Puppy Pals' and rectangle sentiment - Newton's Nook Designs</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Background paper - The Paper Boutique's 'Celebration Gnomes' by Beverley Eden</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pink dotty paper - Sue Wilson's 'Dots 'n' Stripes'</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Circular sentiment - Kanban's 'Holly Hobbie'</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finished off with a bow and some pink pearls</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'sketch #270' - <a href="https://sweetsketchwednesday2.blogspot.com/">Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Pink and pearls' - <a href="https://cinspirations.blogspot.com/">Creative Inspirations</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'2 or more papers' - <a href="https://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/">Dream Valley</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Something New' - <a href="https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/">We Love Stamping</a> (new stamp)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-43351609605092172282024-01-16T16:27:00.006+00:002024-01-16T16:33:30.708+00:00Thank You<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Hi there! I'm just popping in (belatedly!) to remind you that there is a new challenge starting today at <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">Passion for Markers</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This week it was my turn to choose the theme and I have been very kind to you all and have chosen</span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> 'Dots and/or Stripes'</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our sponsor is <a href="https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/">Polkadoodles</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0J0vohnF95GWCtN5epHvrc9s_tfuE8uqRKe30UwYSUGjAd7hX0Gj3BAkwbsclOThpu2c8W86RMtOY3M9VJqLbxyRVPqvT46xCbCQambqc9es24Wt9HHM21d3ppbKob5CKbtm1VixWWP2Pv4N34hnY29MWF_1wHi5lDHVRx_qG5vJwwm72CPKlVKOZa7T/s354/polka.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="354" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0J0vohnF95GWCtN5epHvrc9s_tfuE8uqRKe30UwYSUGjAd7hX0Gj3BAkwbsclOThpu2c8W86RMtOY3M9VJqLbxyRVPqvT46xCbCQambqc9es24Wt9HHM21d3ppbKob5CKbtm1VixWWP2Pv4N34hnY29MWF_1wHi5lDHVRx_qG5vJwwm72CPKlVKOZa7T/w200-h94/polka.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aS2_Ig-J1suw4ow37RivM0lJjT1zop7yjknSztkKv5rMsWZ_X3MVhaj-TyduFNl1kJf0zlbqstFVEB4EEnBksjLIr-tG_7jPH19LDEKHyK2TZB-4piYvqm1nItui9F5OW7pUqdU3oulgtyvJlyME0Hpc8WYKJjasmH2LV9T_9GxVxM3HiWVkdP26wnsu/s800/pfmdotsstripes24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="800" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aS2_Ig-J1suw4ow37RivM0lJjT1zop7yjknSztkKv5rMsWZ_X3MVhaj-TyduFNl1kJf0zlbqstFVEB4EEnBksjLIr-tG_7jPH19LDEKHyK2TZB-4piYvqm1nItui9F5OW7pUqdU3oulgtyvJlyME0Hpc8WYKJjasmH2LV9T_9GxVxM3HiWVkdP26wnsu/w640-h624/pfmdotsstripes24.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Image - 'Pickles flowers' - <a href="https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/">Polkadoodles</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Die-cut sentiment - Holly Hobbie</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found this paper in my stash - perfect for my theme as one side is dotty and the other stripey - Hunkydory</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used a Sue Wilson die - 'Looped Ovals' </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ribbon, flowers and pearls - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheHobbyHouse/">Hobby House</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And finished off with some white card candi</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes/Animals' - <a href="https://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/">I Love Promarkers</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'New' - <a href="https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/">C.R.A.F.T</a> (new image)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Something New' - <a href="https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/">We Love Stamping</a> (new image)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/">Polkadoodles</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/"><br /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-89948239787346753882024-01-02T09:00:00.003+00:002024-01-02T15:13:06.285+00:00New Beginnings<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Good morning and Happy New Year!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am here to tell you about the first challenge over at Passion for Markers for 2024 and Linda has chosen the theme of</span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> 'New Beginnings'</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">My DTcard is somewhat of an LOTV fest </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">😂,</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I chose to do an easel card which I always find difficult to get a good photo of!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0z28PP8jh61ikKCiqngerBdZJnDfe48VMQj8ourEe2_DAyO7PVTwaSF1z0zdJ5nr23dVepsM5f-dHBgBNprHF9JLXPD17yifgCO-M9MUy3EYkGiLdN1aoiKtL9CdN275QSa9XZutfykUiBpjbhKn9-OmAJTaKtbaMxWRIG2-zzU-pFoeGxUXswieiPlsW/s800/pfmnewbeginnings24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="709" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0z28PP8jh61ikKCiqngerBdZJnDfe48VMQj8ourEe2_DAyO7PVTwaSF1z0zdJ5nr23dVepsM5f-dHBgBNprHF9JLXPD17yifgCO-M9MUy3EYkGiLdN1aoiKtL9CdN275QSa9XZutfykUiBpjbhKn9-OmAJTaKtbaMxWRIG2-zzU-pFoeGxUXswieiPlsW/w568-h640/pfmnewbeginnings24.jpg" width="568" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I coloured this super cute image with Promarkers and used a deckle edge label die for the matts and layers.</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Image -'A New Adventure' and sentiment - LOTV</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Papers are from a discontinued LOTV paper pad</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Finished off with a bow and pink pearls</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">'New/Let's Celebrate' - <a href="https://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/">Incy Wincy</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="https://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/">Dream Valley</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-34950267903506584032023-12-19T09:00:00.001+00:002023-12-19T09:00:00.130+00:00REMINDER!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Morning Crafters!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm just popping in to give you a quick reminder that <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">Passion for Markers </a>mega Christmas Challenge is halfway through and you still have plenty of time to get your entries in</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Team 1 will be showcasing their DT cards today, so please pop in to the <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">blog</a> for some fab inspiration and to check out the wonderful prizes we have up for grabs!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NdlDqBIW9qnZIXn84ZxYhlN2A8cThkwOuaQGs5RCIyiUCt0g0_oRB2vxhyphenhyphenbWfqGjiQasvJMo9uBaK8qh_Q8A6Dnu_j2RdR9kMjZXZIMRPpHA3-dUz7IsigNPteIHHDPyvXOQ4v-SExFF_WUYdBcOHpz2PhmKDJbIiALFFsgVgekHOFNcoBoXeBaIIYGo/s265/pfmlogo%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="265" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NdlDqBIW9qnZIXn84ZxYhlN2A8cThkwOuaQGs5RCIyiUCt0g0_oRB2vxhyphenhyphenbWfqGjiQasvJMo9uBaK8qh_Q8A6Dnu_j2RdR9kMjZXZIMRPpHA3-dUz7IsigNPteIHHDPyvXOQ4v-SExFF_WUYdBcOHpz2PhmKDJbIiALFFsgVgekHOFNcoBoXeBaIIYGo/w320-h225/pfmlogo%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Good luck in the draw and I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">See you in 2024 :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></div>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-22595177116026396602023-12-05T09:00:00.016+00:002023-12-05T09:00:00.123+00:00DANCE<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Morning Crafters! Well, here we are again - it's time for </span><a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Passion for Markers</span></a><a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: x-large;"> </a><span style="font-size: large;">Mega Christmas Challenge</span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">and the theme is</span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> 'Add A Sentiment' </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We have some fabulous sponsors and prizes this year and we can't wait to see all your projects - please pop in to the <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">PFM blog </a>to get all the details</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This time it's all about the sentiment and I've been waiting for a chance to use this one. I realised that I hadn't used a Penny Black image for some time and apologies to readers of my blog as this isn't the first time I have used this stamp, but it is one of my most favourite ones and goes perfectly with my sentiment:) </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">For my DT card I followed an old sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday (they have some good ones on their blog - perfect when you need some inspiration!)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQ3sjPjtT3thdU1F8nm-g86H_hm85l2hfXlBTK_vsfSqUWS_m5AOjCIn5UGKEuHY3Dp_8srxdnYlB3_YFuun1qpPxfczUlHFE4ImHVXHx9s6eRwQGYgxrulXkgylRnTZZl_WlcvWGi6xZnyUkUWNXIY0ez_Qwy5sq88pkCKumYpLtFCYPLQl8h6Ee83ib/s800/pfmmegaxmas232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="800" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQ3sjPjtT3thdU1F8nm-g86H_hm85l2hfXlBTK_vsfSqUWS_m5AOjCIn5UGKEuHY3Dp_8srxdnYlB3_YFuun1qpPxfczUlHFE4ImHVXHx9s6eRwQGYgxrulXkgylRnTZZl_WlcvWGi6xZnyUkUWNXIY0ez_Qwy5sq88pkCKumYpLtFCYPLQl8h6Ee83ib/w640-h628/pfmmegaxmas232.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Image - 'The Sensations' - Penny Black coloured with Promarkers</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Papers - 'Perfect Partners' (mint and white) - The Paper Boutique</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used John Next Door's 'Layering Dies' for all my elements</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Challenges:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="https://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/">I Love Promarkers</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="https://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/">Dream Valley</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/">We Love Stamping</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="https://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/">Penny Black Saturday</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-57921543830766189062023-11-21T16:48:00.001+00:002023-11-21T16:48:16.127+00:00Winter<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Afternoon Crafters - I'm a bit late posting this, but better late than never right? </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">We have a new challenge today at </span><a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: x-large;">Passion for Markers </a><span style="font-size: large;"> and Kitty would like see </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">'Winter'</span><span style="font-size: large;"> themed projects. Our sponsor is <a href="https://www.colourofloveshop.com/">Colour Of Love</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_cAbI6KLElsDL3K0iY-1QAN-wCaPVrEVSvC1s7rqsVvBsY-1rxUF2RQFSmsqp0BXDsla4vRJGnpFkmz7Mr6lygyl7vidcspokuw9w-kXlM4ace60yzlnz8VcnihyenerNrXq_vJ_iNjUc__LBJlBVZDIfvuQ3XgfCNJ-9ow4VwMr29LDqS8V6092z-rM/s400/Colour%20of%20Love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="106" data-original-width="400" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_cAbI6KLElsDL3K0iY-1QAN-wCaPVrEVSvC1s7rqsVvBsY-1rxUF2RQFSmsqp0BXDsla4vRJGnpFkmz7Mr6lygyl7vidcspokuw9w-kXlM4ace60yzlnz8VcnihyenerNrXq_vJ_iNjUc__LBJlBVZDIfvuQ3XgfCNJ-9ow4VwMr29LDqS8V6092z-rM/w320-h85/Colour%20of%20Love.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkWTQXo3zN0inLigW52C4FLcHyXbfRhH08QEZdxZ76LQpyorq80nP8c0X7eoQFC_jtxxoDnD3qceGSq5_F5KCA3zURysXrN1VFe2B_WAg9XtdGM8EYDApNjzxzjrey7w-BYMsSil5c-_cCjc80-9tu7any5QirOBNjLJwX2itNkszrjz6EHu_TVBINwQp/s800/pfmwinter23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="587" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkWTQXo3zN0inLigW52C4FLcHyXbfRhH08QEZdxZ76LQpyorq80nP8c0X7eoQFC_jtxxoDnD3qceGSq5_F5KCA3zURysXrN1VFe2B_WAg9XtdGM8EYDApNjzxzjrey7w-BYMsSil5c-_cCjc80-9tu7any5QirOBNjLJwX2itNkszrjz6EHu_TVBINwQp/w470-h640/pfmwinter23.jpg" width="470" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have used an image from our sponsor - 'Snowy Days Rory' -<a href="https://www.colourofloveshop.com/"> Colour Of Love</a> coloured with Promarkers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Patterned paper - Craft Creations (rather old now)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finished off with punched snowflakes cut from glitter card, a red bow and some liquid pearls for 'snow'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="https://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/">I Love Promarkers</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Christmas' - <a href="https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/">C. R. A. F. T.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Christmas Time' - <a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Occasions Other Than Birthday' - <a href="https://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/">Dream Valley</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-23765567279133930292023-11-07T16:16:00.001+00:002023-11-07T16:19:07.844+00:00Framed Giraffe<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Morning Crafters,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm popping by (a bit late!)to tell you that a new challenge started today at <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">Passion for Markers</a> - this time Karen would like you to use your </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">'Favourite digi or stamp'</span><span style="font-size: large;"> on your projects</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our sponsor is <a href="https://alexsyberiadesigns.com/">Alex Syberia Designs</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApyoeWFWZ6x4xfg6bMRZ-Tak8l4cGEvM8SRpnpGoRCrvHumQ4dTbXW_drX85wSsuYPnDRGdVS_mzqQHH16zUvX9AC0oSjJMDW1j2IboWpmVDrhW2Va_H6P7SIDm3qQ-dlmODNkAYZv_s538Sc3K_UyLr5QAa91TqWahZkCqvOV-lvywS8RuMu2BGL1Pdc/s650/alex.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="650" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApyoeWFWZ6x4xfg6bMRZ-Tak8l4cGEvM8SRpnpGoRCrvHumQ4dTbXW_drX85wSsuYPnDRGdVS_mzqQHH16zUvX9AC0oSjJMDW1j2IboWpmVDrhW2Va_H6P7SIDm3qQ-dlmODNkAYZv_s538Sc3K_UyLr5QAa91TqWahZkCqvOV-lvywS8RuMu2BGL1Pdc/w200-h200/alex.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have used a digi from our sponsor which I coloured with Promarkers and cut out four times to fit my frame:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCUfeSFA9UYp5Xy3FURaumEzIeogtKO34MfWTI9dEvuvn3Tub5q6YxXPxqP3OSCUS5nEkD4yplxqmO9DSdy1FhKFvm38a2LhBFZ7ZpO5aEpXsiAfv2ZwqjVnPO1ZHUcZFxXDY2VL4NcvIVrC3VYlJVB0J_1-jwu54fZjGleTvmJVfWmh6hN61EJk76ong/s800/pfmfavdigstamp23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="790" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCUfeSFA9UYp5Xy3FURaumEzIeogtKO34MfWTI9dEvuvn3Tub5q6YxXPxqP3OSCUS5nEkD4yplxqmO9DSdy1FhKFvm38a2LhBFZ7ZpO5aEpXsiAfv2ZwqjVnPO1ZHUcZFxXDY2VL4NcvIVrC3VYlJVB0J_1-jwu54fZjGleTvmJVfWmh6hN61EJk76ong/w632-h640/pfmfavdigstamp23.jpg" width="632" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Image - 'Love U' - <a href="https://alexsyberiadesigns.com/">Alex Syberia</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Coloured card - Hunkydory</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Embossed cardstock - Kanban</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dies used : 'Easy Frame 7' - <a href="https://maximumcrafts.com/">Maximum Crafts</a> (an absolute godsend for me as I can't use nesting dies to make a frame to save my life!)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Birthday dies - Crafter's Companion</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finished off with Hunkydory gems</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">'Anything Goes' -</span><a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: x-large;">Allsorts</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for dropping by</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></span></div><p></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-10111429361752490132023-10-24T09:00:00.001+01:002023-10-24T09:00:00.146+01:00Magical Day<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Yet another Tuesday - yet another challenge at <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">Passion for Markers!</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">This time, Elaine would like you to </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">'Add Some Doodling'</span><span style="font-size: large;"> to your projects - I have to admit I struggled with this one as I'm not confident with anything free-hand, so I had to google some doodling that I thought I could cope with! Even then, I made a mistake, but I added some more 'mistakes' - I think I got away with it, lol</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our sponsor is <a href="https://leannsworld101.com/">Leann's World 101</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTc2PbGr9rsHjSmrVf3XznLE-4xzA5BYQztNZpsyK6cnJKZQ2fMj5dEjaTtR_OaeoBOgaOdXuGuooJ6j_AMLjBb_S50ZhYuMS9LfWyQJEFuvMmzuFoeV4vk8Mwt9Pl74CS3A4M0-MBEwGNeZvrjsyBXAXcbnDIxO5HsOjxFhG1jOkU0GB-yAgniyebwB0/s396/101logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="396" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTc2PbGr9rsHjSmrVf3XznLE-4xzA5BYQztNZpsyK6cnJKZQ2fMj5dEjaTtR_OaeoBOgaOdXuGuooJ6j_AMLjBb_S50ZhYuMS9LfWyQJEFuvMmzuFoeV4vk8Mwt9Pl74CS3A4M0-MBEwGNeZvrjsyBXAXcbnDIxO5HsOjxFhG1jOkU0GB-yAgniyebwB0/w200-h127/101logo.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I used one of Leann's sweet digi images for my DT card:</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdt3LY5-vIKD71rl2yriLU986cp6hZIHGrXv3UT_lbfNWRQ1F7N-QX4CnQhdu-lXKg_XTOPw0w7uuk66IzyIl75KHautTHAl4dLYorfXZ-9Lc2Tu4XjAHyAsgUH5lQ5Rxq50cE13reToF2JXvK_sgVX6f3IpfKCRA3rMjgTC3P6epZG6oUd8IgLR55kcz5/s800/pfmdoodling23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdt3LY5-vIKD71rl2yriLU986cp6hZIHGrXv3UT_lbfNWRQ1F7N-QX4CnQhdu-lXKg_XTOPw0w7uuk66IzyIl75KHautTHAl4dLYorfXZ-9Lc2Tu4XjAHyAsgUH5lQ5Rxq50cE13reToF2JXvK_sgVX6f3IpfKCRA3rMjgTC3P6epZG6oUd8IgLR55kcz5/w640-h640/pfmdoodling23.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Image - 'The Wizard' - <a href="https://leannsworld101.com/">Leann's World 101</a> coloured with Promarkers</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Papers - 'Soft Cuddles' (blue) - LOTV</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I used a star nesting die for the sentiment and added the image to a die-cut from John Next Door's 6" Layering dies</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I couldn't find any enamel dots or gems that were the right colour, so I coloured some white card candi with a green Promarker</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="https://challengeleannsworld101.blogspot.com/">Leann's World 101</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-29720140396706480822023-10-10T09:00:00.022+01:002023-10-10T09:00:00.139+01:00Wicked Day!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The year is absolutely flying along and here we are at another Tuesday which means we have a new challenge over at <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">Passion for Markers</a></span><a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/"> </a> <span style="font-size: large;">This week, we have a colour challenge for you and Wendy would like you to use </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">Blue, Green and Purple</span><span style="font-size: large;"> on your projects I must admit, at first I was a bit stumped as to what image to use to incorporate these colours, but , then I thought about it being Halloween soon and opted for a cute witch as my image</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our sponsor is <a href="https://www.diestodiefor.com/">Dies To Die For</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6FgHSek80fqYUQAmawbluSNLwBRutlDBSyn9bZJ4GSQX3NBwYV7_aRah97vMs246fU8UHE6LEHftg8QKVgGRlhzTdgkf_gzMPV93IXv6eFCQmvJyZpE4kuhMvaGWFlfKQHS-dbo5X92K30dnIcPURAw8-g5H4MMG25eJZ0ET-rmKazDhSWQlccSH5AI0/s229/logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="95" data-original-width="229" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6FgHSek80fqYUQAmawbluSNLwBRutlDBSyn9bZJ4GSQX3NBwYV7_aRah97vMs246fU8UHE6LEHftg8QKVgGRlhzTdgkf_gzMPV93IXv6eFCQmvJyZpE4kuhMvaGWFlfKQHS-dbo5X92K30dnIcPURAw8-g5H4MMG25eJZ0ET-rmKazDhSWQlccSH5AI0/w200-h83/logo.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82PCpKxDKZGaCIAF6m64m7ZOfkrTicfeDYjerSm2urwAC-KkAfrdk9IAKwOtSygeoqcn8Xzzcts08NLqI7LLq-7ohd_YVidY-Cv2JdJk48qnC5hFbfr-6yZZ3nFl6GxxlQP8t3weFE8wBDo9kLn_JfhYzvEpoSxYJFJzuzmBx4sC5J3z8FUl7XJirRKqG/s800/pfmbluegreenpurple23-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="775" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82PCpKxDKZGaCIAF6m64m7ZOfkrTicfeDYjerSm2urwAC-KkAfrdk9IAKwOtSygeoqcn8Xzzcts08NLqI7LLq-7ohd_YVidY-Cv2JdJk48qnC5hFbfr-6yZZ3nFl6GxxlQP8t3weFE8wBDo9kLn_JfhYzvEpoSxYJFJzuzmBx4sC5J3z8FUl7XJirRKqG/w620-h640/pfmbluegreenpurple23-001.jpg" width="620" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Image - 'Broomstick' - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LotvDigiShop">LOTV</a> coloured with Promarkers</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Papers - 'Gnome Halloween Too' digital paper pad by <a href="https://www.nitwitcollections.com/shop/">Nitwit Collections</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I framed the image using a Daisy Mae die</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used a cobweb die from Joanna Sheen for some decoration and finished off with a bow</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Autumn or Halloween' - <a href="https://cinspirations.blogspot.com/">Creative Inspirations</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Occasions Other than Birthday - <a href="https://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/">Dream Valley</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-31009452860615500352023-09-26T09:00:00.003+01:002023-09-26T09:00:00.161+01:00Boy Power<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Morning! Just popping by to tell you about our new challenge at <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">Passion for Markers</a> - this time I chose the theme of </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">'For A Man or Boy'</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Our sponsor is <a href="https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/">Polkadoodles</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82J2Imq8jq342ZXzGEd6Z4Zkor1Rg-s5uz4f6oFz1E3yLwD0nN-EdswwMUX7dN08ohBuZFkw6dT3lKMnnef_diAJfsa60ppmhoINmNnGF6M1fpTVIHlIAfg7MQ4P7Kult9akSirOQRGz3aCZ3AS5s4a6N9xMsRTbVYVJ8VCReMUjrG40JCTego8tck98w/s354/polkalogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="354" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82J2Imq8jq342ZXzGEd6Z4Zkor1Rg-s5uz4f6oFz1E3yLwD0nN-EdswwMUX7dN08ohBuZFkw6dT3lKMnnef_diAJfsa60ppmhoINmNnGF6M1fpTVIHlIAfg7MQ4P7Kult9akSirOQRGz3aCZ3AS5s4a6N9xMsRTbVYVJ8VCReMUjrG40JCTego8tck98w/w200-h94/polkalogo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and I have used one of their cute gnomes for my DT card </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I kept it simple as this is a male card, but it was very hard not to add gems or bows or glitter and went for enamel dots as the only embellishment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEk_9QrExAw7u_0jgyV298U593V1dSSuKCzHj5vRaW-G14v66gGWcIGBIHGBRsQrl0JMz0N_yW4b4JCxoKsCkziOLNtZCSKzMsiQPqSVvDKJ-68YSS1JrUlY-kx0kFh7_CQbImAzczDxjKvFqkb_3A_BijAMBegF4kwcQb5tkh2Ejy3J4VeeN3jwRK2K4G/s800/pfmmanboy23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="745" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEk_9QrExAw7u_0jgyV298U593V1dSSuKCzHj5vRaW-G14v66gGWcIGBIHGBRsQrl0JMz0N_yW4b4JCxoKsCkziOLNtZCSKzMsiQPqSVvDKJ-68YSS1JrUlY-kx0kFh7_CQbImAzczDxjKvFqkb_3A_BijAMBegF4kwcQb5tkh2Ejy3J4VeeN3jwRK2K4G/w597-h640/pfmmanboy23.jpg" width="597" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Image - 'Gnome Gardening' - <a href="https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/">Polkadoodles</a> (coloured with Promarkers and Spectrum Noirs)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paper - 'Celebration Gnomes' 8 x 8 pad - The Paper Boutique</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I printed the sentiment on my pc</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finished with enamel dots</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Make It Digital' - <a href="http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/">Dream Valley</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' -<a href="https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/"> Digi Choosday</a></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I look forward to seeing your challenge entries</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for dropping by</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><br /></span></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-57077068479978022992023-09-12T12:42:00.000+01:002023-09-12T12:42:04.671+01:00Feeling Blue<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Morning all, don't be alarmed by my post title - I'm not about to launch into a depressing monologue, but I am here to tell you about the latest challenge at </span><a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: x-large;">Passion for Markers</a><span style="font-size: large;"> where the theme is</span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> 'blue or pink (as your main colour)'</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Surprisingly, as my favourite colour is pink, I have opted for blue for a change, I got my dates mixed up and had to rush this card, so, it is not my best effort, but I think the sweet image carries it off ok!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Our sponsor is <a href="https://www.diestodiefor.com/">Dies to die for</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvNtuPolYCOiBxlz6GS9Cab235hXNOcLXnb4RCehsB-d26GaDu-Asx0446FKSWLmXAkX0IC8mcb_c8awV1wWfbpD-Vw2UEMUken8y7ygjEFx-dsnaIrzuAz2c2NMIgA6DhGnP3Jn9YfVNKw7rMhrW5Az7CPhWP3RxXgHxChJi-Ns-DwuICzhPsRbURydr/s229/logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="95" data-original-width="229" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvNtuPolYCOiBxlz6GS9Cab235hXNOcLXnb4RCehsB-d26GaDu-Asx0446FKSWLmXAkX0IC8mcb_c8awV1wWfbpD-Vw2UEMUken8y7ygjEFx-dsnaIrzuAz2c2NMIgA6DhGnP3Jn9YfVNKw7rMhrW5Az7CPhWP3RxXgHxChJi-Ns-DwuICzhPsRbURydr/w200-h83/logo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRuzIBTiRZXEE9Mf_AC9_kA6PoLn1v1Tg6zeR6DwyiApeSgOB5ZuVdAoDBZQvtUa3299m2Ciu3Dt9rQyHH9sySSdpeoZHj5LBdwB42hSiqCoEHtTRVpwEqRFdc24ZcnV4_11IL5GdmDRX_cM7D24tPruKB2veNpr1oIw9jL0Whms7cq0-urI8r6r-cruX/s800/pfmblue23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="791" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRuzIBTiRZXEE9Mf_AC9_kA6PoLn1v1Tg6zeR6DwyiApeSgOB5ZuVdAoDBZQvtUa3299m2Ciu3Dt9rQyHH9sySSdpeoZHj5LBdwB42hSiqCoEHtTRVpwEqRFdc24ZcnV4_11IL5GdmDRX_cM7D24tPruKB2veNpr1oIw9jL0Whms7cq0-urI8r6r-cruX/w632-h640/pfmblue23.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Image - 'Daddy's Little Helper' - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/alldressedupstamps">All Dressed Up Stamps</a></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blue dotty paper - Sue Wilson's 'Dots 'n ' Stripes' 8x8 pad</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used a flag die and some enamel dots for decoration and finished off with some sentiment strips I found in my stash</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'ATG' - <a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'ATG' - <a href="https://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com/">Pattie's Creations</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'ATG' - <a href="https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/">Digi Choosday</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for dropping by</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-15814908996945814202023-08-29T09:00:00.006+01:002023-08-30T11:56:27.123+01:00Cute Caite<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hi there! I am here to tell you about our new challenge at <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">Passion for Markers </a>which starts today and the theme chosen by Kitty is </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">'Make It Feminine' </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our sponsor is <a href="https://leannsworld101.com/">Leann's World 101</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQ-kpGPOs1bxBkc_K4mOOCOTFqQBnIvHHRH7P_7cB0ZepY9fviQEEyQRdWGIMVvcq7GCMFWwyXjAC4C-g6SlSAukkoPA9Xbo69vJPFsuaYNzDhjBjvkfJ3KmnfLB16k7zD0msztGnaoraIDxYPaFmiYXJCjGkMynSBXkU5gGPHyl1hrmxuEGN4B_ZOGcQ/s396/leann%20logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="396" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQ-kpGPOs1bxBkc_K4mOOCOTFqQBnIvHHRH7P_7cB0ZepY9fviQEEyQRdWGIMVvcq7GCMFWwyXjAC4C-g6SlSAukkoPA9Xbo69vJPFsuaYNzDhjBjvkfJ3KmnfLB16k7zD0msztGnaoraIDxYPaFmiYXJCjGkMynSBXkU5gGPHyl1hrmxuEGN4B_ZOGcQ/w200-h127/leann%20logo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Probably, like most of us crafters, I find feminine cards easier to make and here is my DT card:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7mh2_aMUS5j2KU95FKdCmwXm_MlYWpY_3H5JIBrJuGmKohl8ujJx6fZ8nMzopltwx0NiKuh20MjYOGv8XmgSQJMxNXk3tsOcWUbK8FwdtfXg0xLfgG9RuLyFF3yaFZEjTBzwfoYKs5UiI9Jm9Qjzd8PNeACWI8niUf9bnYyPVI7LfkcPbkxUS8ViBmwO/s800/pfmfeminine232.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="791" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7mh2_aMUS5j2KU95FKdCmwXm_MlYWpY_3H5JIBrJuGmKohl8ujJx6fZ8nMzopltwx0NiKuh20MjYOGv8XmgSQJMxNXk3tsOcWUbK8FwdtfXg0xLfgG9RuLyFF3yaFZEjTBzwfoYKs5UiI9Jm9Qjzd8PNeACWI8niUf9bnYyPVI7LfkcPbkxUS8ViBmwO/w632-h640/pfmfeminine232.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><br /> Image - 'Caite' - <a href="https://leannsworld101.com/">Leann's World 101</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dotty paper - Phill Martin 8x8 pad, daisy paper - LOTV </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dies used - Sue Wilson's 'Delicate Daisies' leaves from her 'Cosmos Flowers' and a banner die from The Works (cut twice to give a shadow effect)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finished off with a bow and pearls</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/">Digi Choosday</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="https://challengeleannsworld101.blogspot.com/">Leann's World 101</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-19151049523544064572023-08-15T09:00:00.006+01:002023-08-15T12:34:45.000+01:00Party Time!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This week at <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">Passion for Markers</a>, we have a nice open theme of <span style="color: #4c1130;">'Let's Celebrate'</span> so your project could be for any occasion that requires celebrating - how easy is that?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have used an image from our sponsor - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/alldressedupstamps">All Dressed Up Stamps </a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbat7b95gSmEIGas8YYvvMbpE8F8aFPGuCiJvuVlOk4RkFJhR_DzUZQXRoT7nB101Ru7mCRXtKaICMcRj6IozjnlkSbeKe3J8GUWYwS3O8YoO9iO26te0wK6uJJNUym-p1inAQbTpwItD9Dflwq98qgXS5Vo2mFu1kARymBA-kH2PNJmwnCNu0bhNMWjTq/s1024/adu%20logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="723" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbat7b95gSmEIGas8YYvvMbpE8F8aFPGuCiJvuVlOk4RkFJhR_DzUZQXRoT7nB101Ru7mCRXtKaICMcRj6IozjnlkSbeKe3J8GUWYwS3O8YoO9iO26te0wK6uJJNUym-p1inAQbTpwItD9Dflwq98qgXS5Vo2mFu1kARymBA-kH2PNJmwnCNu0bhNMWjTq/w141-h200/adu%20logo.jpg" width="141" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I tried something I have never done before for this card - I masked the image and used distress oxide inks over it for some background colour - it wasn't the easiest image to cut out (especially only using one hand, lol!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">and I was reasonably happy with the outcome:</span></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7m4bh3bpUx8I83OaayMGdrP7sTugWM8pB1pQoJxoU5r_SVLa4ZkM7PRWgtBT9wX0oEnUH8eGrMA7tPxW-1Gx1d-3Qde3cojNhfa_YAk9JmAKeu-_Ujim2ozkqEoRsmMSsgbs20bL-0YI6vphLeWqqv40KTM8H84eMSWRqUn1BNf_tINCJ6YWI09pfaxR/s800/pfmletscelebrate23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="766" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7m4bh3bpUx8I83OaayMGdrP7sTugWM8pB1pQoJxoU5r_SVLa4ZkM7PRWgtBT9wX0oEnUH8eGrMA7tPxW-1Gx1d-3Qde3cojNhfa_YAk9JmAKeu-_Ujim2ozkqEoRsmMSsgbs20bL-0YI6vphLeWqqv40KTM8H84eMSWRqUn1BNf_tINCJ6YWI09pfaxR/w612-h640/pfmletscelebrate23.jpg" width="612" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Image - 'Season To Sparkle' - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/alldressedupstamps">ADU</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used Crafter's Companion's 'Shooting Stars' decorative panel border die down the edge of a square card blank and backed it with turquoise glitter card, then printed the sentiment on my pc and added it to some die-cut glittery stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finished off with some tiny turquoise gems</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Fairies' - <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/">Creative Inspirations</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Your Favourite Things' - <a href="https://alldressedupchallenges.blogspot.com/">All Dressed Up</a> (fairies, glitter card, turquoise, gems)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Add gems or pearls' - <a href="http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/">Dream Valley</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-83752053799622260502023-08-01T09:00:00.002+01:002023-08-01T09:00:00.143+01:00In The Pink<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Morning, it's been wet and windy here recently - a perfect excuse to shut myself away in the craft room! and my latest creation is for the new challenge at</span><a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: x-large;"> Passion for Promarkers</a><span style="font-size: large;"> - Elaine would like to see projects in your</span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> 'Favourite Colour Combo'</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My favourite colour is pink with any other colour, but this time I have combined it with white and kraft, using an image from our sponsor - </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-J76DCqvy_KeyQyAR7xSig3U92QpuA5LkbEdJo1AZcybeMfelGKHY5uIfYsjP3MygMYTyQFbmNCnxjx2Yk4QlKxLZvm5mHqx71iZb47mx_5fL0DQz2XEIDbOsmXqtMEq4rMsLLlO1RgBPvc9AmtouJWYMphOP-a9x3JLRNuv51LrsRFBbISrrsTypGlfy/s2000/drdigilogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-J76DCqvy_KeyQyAR7xSig3U92QpuA5LkbEdJo1AZcybeMfelGKHY5uIfYsjP3MygMYTyQFbmNCnxjx2Yk4QlKxLZvm5mHqx71iZb47mx_5fL0DQz2XEIDbOsmXqtMEq4rMsLLlO1RgBPvc9AmtouJWYMphOP-a9x3JLRNuv51LrsRFBbISrrsTypGlfy/w200-h200/drdigilogo.jpg" width="200" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrvSZR_ERQDnoOWPRUv3viui7e-jMdjjT5DA9jMuZWpWLEy3O2buG7kl2e1L92hPJDZGvrlsWN6UrdMacA5wwOGJV9VDOqwiFaykYVR_eW9m3fpapjUxt9FMeRx9cXlEgq6XCgMxKFyvk0rmbucq_JA5S4Akt3jiC7G9sCEZf5bxDu8Im2gVEIAY3wikA/s800/pfmfavcol23-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="563" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrvSZR_ERQDnoOWPRUv3viui7e-jMdjjT5DA9jMuZWpWLEy3O2buG7kl2e1L92hPJDZGvrlsWN6UrdMacA5wwOGJV9VDOqwiFaykYVR_eW9m3fpapjUxt9FMeRx9cXlEgq6XCgMxKFyvk0rmbucq_JA5S4Akt3jiC7G9sCEZf5bxDu8Im2gVEIAY3wikA/w450-h640/pfmfavcol23-001.jpg" width="450" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Image - 'Octavia The Ostrich' - <a href="https://www.doctor-digi.com/">Dr Digi's HOS</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pink dotty paper - Sue Wilson's 8x8 'Dots N Stripes' paper pad</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Die-cuts are from Sue Wilson's 'Looped Ovals' and I used a dotty embossing folder on the smaller one for some added texture</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finished off with a bow, gems and some ostrich feathers (not real of course!)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'ATG/Use a die' - <a href="https://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/">I Love Promarkers</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Feathered Friends' - <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/">Creative Inspirations</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything But Square' - <a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-24034701159059437432023-07-18T09:00:00.028+01:002023-07-18T10:17:10.792+01:00BRrrrrrr!<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Hello Crafters!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">After a fabulous holiday, I am back to let you know about the new challenge at </span><a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Passion for Markers</span> </a><span style="font-size: large;">- this week, we would like to see</span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">'Christmas Animals'</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> on your projects - a perfect excuse for me to continue with my goal of getting my Christmas cards done by the end of August! All the details can be found on the <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">blog </a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Our sponsor this time is :</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlyhaSlqLMneEGTQU2TanFympQXOoGSWkgh9V1QZh5x-auktuZmaawLXjvMw99ijGCkhCXTLTNB5B6xP7E0ax1f9d5_cyDalyQrJeWzuk8uptWOv_--HdAdmdLszl-3pjb1aAtszSJpWfL9o17djbN45A4BEbqqdwUF9NuqARgWIHcekJfK2L4ETCWTauS/s960/di's%20logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="960" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlyhaSlqLMneEGTQU2TanFympQXOoGSWkgh9V1QZh5x-auktuZmaawLXjvMw99ijGCkhCXTLTNB5B6xP7E0ax1f9d5_cyDalyQrJeWzuk8uptWOv_--HdAdmdLszl-3pjb1aAtszSJpWfL9o17djbN45A4BEbqqdwUF9NuqARgWIHcekJfK2L4ETCWTauS/w200-h156/di's%20logo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">and here is my DT card using one of her fab images:</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWw6oAqwdzd8ip0HGIWy7VKR3rch61ZTbgwfRuRvLx9B2mE9cm9hba6CvtCgHM8RGZnc3wSOC3oQT-75AKnKa1e4MLaHyO5XPK__kzeYUkNI7fJAJhC6VaAFYy2K3hR17b573t7NhWj7OHIpKzdAV6zi9Yg9fu-Z9p1a1sg2B6uJ8fXNAbeQDoe-0f8iVw/s800/pfmchristmasanimals23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWw6oAqwdzd8ip0HGIWy7VKR3rch61ZTbgwfRuRvLx9B2mE9cm9hba6CvtCgHM8RGZnc3wSOC3oQT-75AKnKa1e4MLaHyO5XPK__kzeYUkNI7fJAJhC6VaAFYy2K3hR17b573t7NhWj7OHIpKzdAV6zi9Yg9fu-Z9p1a1sg2B6uJ8fXNAbeQDoe-0f8iVw/w640-h640/pfmchristmasanimals23.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Image - 'Three Chilly Polar Bears' - <a href="https://www.disdigistamps.com/#/">Di's Digis</a> coloured with Promarkers</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Papers are a mix of LOTV and Craft Creations (both rather old now!)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sentiment - LOTV</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I added some die-cut poinsettias and some cute mitten and hat buttons I found in my stash and finished off with some stickles on the hat bobbles of the bears</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I followed the latest sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and turned it around</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzZU_IulRYMR-nezMAdBzcLXk4xEoSLz6dvBhPf5cAdoVe5Qdj9E8rclco9UnxQn3hLpTBWKgh4Mmy8o6ioAHPcim0hHlRV9slrlRGBYM5Ao33avXstyztev_2WKVKaS-LlkqHk8oPI1OSgSaI5aLHUFh4eyxgPXQ_Payj11qSOqhd1D1EgXi7NbBw_fXw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzZU_IulRYMR-nezMAdBzcLXk4xEoSLz6dvBhPf5cAdoVe5Qdj9E8rclco9UnxQn3hLpTBWKgh4Mmy8o6ioAHPcim0hHlRV9slrlRGBYM5Ao33avXstyztev_2WKVKaS-LlkqHk8oPI1OSgSaI5aLHUFh4eyxgPXQ_Payj11qSOqhd1D1EgXi7NbBw_fXw=w197-h200" width="197" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges : sketch at <a href="http://sweetsketchwednesday2.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Something beginning with C ' ( Christmas)- <a href="https://carlinskaartenparadijs.blogspot.com/">Carlin's Kaartenparadijs </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Christmas' - <a href="https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/">C. R. A. F. T.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Use punches or dies (poinsettias) - <a href="http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/">Dream Valley</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for dropping by</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/"><br /></a></div><a href="http://sweetsketchwednesday2.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html"><br /><br /></a></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-85973194447658644452023-07-04T09:00:00.004+01:002023-07-04T09:00:00.140+01:00Christmas???<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">No, you aren't seeing things, the title of this post is Christmas - it's never too soon to start our Christmas cards is it? Says she who is usually frantically trying to get hers finished in November!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbo1xyJLmluQhJWzK7KRQRmcQ-Q2ZdLTMWtTIXgPbjT-4_KcdoibXk90xQSVrcGpq_H-1VDoncpZRTYe_qIEoNTxA09Jx616h6pzenwWjXr-e4Ttd_a2DN6iWXIU5_rWIxGSByptrBlNIibKApMXLGlT6-kwM1OybiS-sBfpjskGFgyikr48tY_lRRLXx4/s823/ram%20logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="823" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbo1xyJLmluQhJWzK7KRQRmcQ-Q2ZdLTMWtTIXgPbjT-4_KcdoibXk90xQSVrcGpq_H-1VDoncpZRTYe_qIEoNTxA09Jx616h6pzenwWjXr-e4Ttd_a2DN6iWXIU5_rWIxGSByptrBlNIibKApMXLGlT6-kwM1OybiS-sBfpjskGFgyikr48tY_lRRLXx4/w200-h50/ram%20logo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">My card is for our new challenge at </span><a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Passion for Markers </span></a><span style="font-size: large;">where it's my turn to choose the theme and I have gone for </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">'Shaped Cards'</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We are being sponsored by <a href="https://rachelleannemiller.com/collections/digital-downloads">Rachelle Anne Miller</a> who kindly allowed the DT to use some of her super cute images and I chose this one:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFFFnVZmd5cIHqoEcVy-wJmElpMDK0MwcV_oG3hI1ZDI4DuxkEVsSkc62LbgDmsiRc1wbjaSQtJX48PfcHtVz8ctetDIqR_dAO3AqW3YbKd4UWB3wJ-Q5BDeL1ERzuSonQ6c5EMFqPLEQRCrP3xgaAg2qF_wkZd3K-N63iV6F0hiwzHUJh84KfThyLjS6/s800/pfmshapedcards23-001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="800" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFFFnVZmd5cIHqoEcVy-wJmElpMDK0MwcV_oG3hI1ZDI4DuxkEVsSkc62LbgDmsiRc1wbjaSQtJX48PfcHtVz8ctetDIqR_dAO3AqW3YbKd4UWB3wJ-Q5BDeL1ERzuSonQ6c5EMFqPLEQRCrP3xgaAg2qF_wkZd3K-N63iV6F0hiwzHUJh84KfThyLjS6/w640-h478/pfmshapedcards23-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Image - 'Merry' - <a href="https://rachelleannemiller.com/collections/digital-downloads">RAM</a></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The papers are from years ago!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have used Christmas Tree dies from Marianne Designs, a spellbinders greeting (well, half of it!) and various snowflake dies and punches</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finished off with some gems</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-27774212957846879132023-06-20T09:00:00.010+01:002023-06-20T09:00:00.142+01:00Georgie<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Morning crafters, I am here with details on the new challenge beginning today at <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">Passion for Markers</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This week Linda would like you use</span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">'Dies and/or Punches' </span><span style="font-size: large;">on your projects, do pop along to the <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">PFM blog </a>for some inspiration</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our sponsor is <a href="https://www.colourofloveshop.com/">Colour Of Love</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1L6ChjxAzGjzBit4lCU3G7RmhYhbng3uMve57v0-pCosDL2zIM_ptc4v5-xi7dKtfqnr1xCGK2opVZlkpVpWXoi5XGxOpKkEdKhb2R-EjUtbsYxh66XJCp7_RNp7EgwYfJYt0QSe-vOUMECSh2eOCIHp7Ls2yjP0a8n4X5vOTwK6S2VOGMqbb4OTXQ19G/s1575/col%20logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="1050" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1L6ChjxAzGjzBit4lCU3G7RmhYhbng3uMve57v0-pCosDL2zIM_ptc4v5-xi7dKtfqnr1xCGK2opVZlkpVpWXoi5XGxOpKkEdKhb2R-EjUtbsYxh66XJCp7_RNp7EgwYfJYt0QSe-vOUMECSh2eOCIHp7Ls2yjP0a8n4X5vOTwK6S2VOGMqbb4OTXQ19G/w133-h200/col%20logo.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Here is my DT card -</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKzdIg9-lRQcb-uKF9QaJogfvXrKVpC0Y3VsRAiOTwbI8rRb_tWJaOqq-yCgezb9oYfCmusaR2Wjh4nxHclYHP2dCzO4TLoNGAv-wlq3CFpD1WLsGNQqpoyLLIU7A5fsTg_vLckP1HflJGIgylkff83iXorQxUU5Vpjh-eMHQ8bkDB7jvTEBhUAEm_B98/s800/pfmdiespunches23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="800" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKzdIg9-lRQcb-uKF9QaJogfvXrKVpC0Y3VsRAiOTwbI8rRb_tWJaOqq-yCgezb9oYfCmusaR2Wjh4nxHclYHP2dCzO4TLoNGAv-wlq3CFpD1WLsGNQqpoyLLIU7A5fsTg_vLckP1HflJGIgylkff83iXorQxUU5Vpjh-eMHQ8bkDB7jvTEBhUAEm_B98/w640-h636/pfmdiespunches23.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Image - 'Georgie Giraffe' - <a href="https://www.colourofloveshop.com/">Colour Of Love</a></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Papers from Sue Wilson's 'Dots n Stripes' 8x8 pad</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have gone to town with my dies and have used:a cute baby clothes die and 'Precious Hearts from Memory Box, Sue Wilson's 'Mini Congratulations' die, alphabet dies and a lacy frame die, so I think it qualifies for this week's theme!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="https://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/">I Love Promarkers</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/">Digi Choosday</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-90160840648664041932023-06-06T09:00:00.001+01:002023-06-06T09:00:00.137+01:00Drive!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> Morning crafters, I am here to remind you that we have another challenge starting today over at <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">Passion for Markers</a> and this week we would like to see projects </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">'For A Man/Boy' </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">For my DT card I have used a digi stamp that I have had so long, that I'm not sure what it's called! but it definitely covers the theme this week</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9luFxZR7zy5HGqONlr_eKzERJdhi757xbLRvscibI42-JrUVRm7PaCBJPoosWK4Cr7S7UmXyhtxP0_0wPJ-5pLnibzizI0FTu5MQKnDLRY_J_rCcmGNGK_B_hDRFE318Ng8G_PTnsdqT6qjbLZQ6Meebxb6RbwmJImkXhwfu8-klLVAeM5JrIM3x8YQ/s800/pfmboy-man23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="790" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9luFxZR7zy5HGqONlr_eKzERJdhi757xbLRvscibI42-JrUVRm7PaCBJPoosWK4Cr7S7UmXyhtxP0_0wPJ-5pLnibzizI0FTu5MQKnDLRY_J_rCcmGNGK_B_hDRFE318Ng8G_PTnsdqT6qjbLZQ6Meebxb6RbwmJImkXhwfu8-klLVAeM5JrIM3x8YQ/w632-h640/pfmboy-man23.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The image is from Little Miss Muffett (no longer trading, unfortunately) - I believe the bear is called Cuthbert and is coloured with Promarkers</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Green stripey paper - 'Dots 'n Stripes' 8x8 pad by Sue Wilson</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Spotty paper and black card from my stash</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I used some stitched flag dies for decoration and finished off with some enamel dots from Whimsy stamps, some driving related stickers and glossy accents on the headlights and windscreen.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">'Inspired by a film (Cars) - <a href="https://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/">I Love Promarkers</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">'Use your dies option Anything Goes' - <a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/">Dream Valley</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for dropping by!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natx</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-37662352423528288472023-05-23T09:00:00.010+01:002023-05-23T09:00:00.142+01:00It's Our Anniversary<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, as the title says, although I find it hard to believe that our anniversary at <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">Passion for Markers</a> has come around again! To celebrate, our theme this week is</span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> 'Anything Goes'</span><span style="font-size: large;"> so, no reason not to join in the fun! If you head over to the <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">PFM blog</a></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">, you can see all the fab inspiration from both DT teams as well as check out all the fabulous sponsors and their prizes</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of our many sponsors is <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LotvDigiShop?ref=shop_sugg_market">LOTV,</a> one of my all time favourite stamp suppliers and the company that got me into stamping all those years ago! So, I am using one of their gorgeous polymer stamps for my DT card:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKP-mkkpt6ogUn9KtyqM3CqfJnhKST8IDfV3CIzMzAEqNWlL7XDSCTuFEvwj7vExCm-7RUigDXckA3CHvfGbYEieV_6HBG6dc-yUc1hS0U_rIsT5nddmr_iCf74vNhbG1Nq7EYMnTYymcRRhSBo3zDLNfwRc5n4-TgWemwr174G93b19k7tOZ6xfZPpw/s800/pfmanythinggoesanniversarychallenge23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="800" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKP-mkkpt6ogUn9KtyqM3CqfJnhKST8IDfV3CIzMzAEqNWlL7XDSCTuFEvwj7vExCm-7RUigDXckA3CHvfGbYEieV_6HBG6dc-yUc1hS0U_rIsT5nddmr_iCf74vNhbG1Nq7EYMnTYymcRRhSBo3zDLNfwRc5n4-TgWemwr174G93b19k7tOZ6xfZPpw/w640-h638/pfmanythinggoesanniversarychallenge23.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Image 'Wedding Couple' coloured with Promarkers and sentiment - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LotvDigiShop?ref=shop_sugg_market">LOTV</a></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pink script paper from 12x12 'Garden Of Love' paper pad by Sara Davies</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finished off with some X-Cut die-cut hearts, flowers and a bow</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had a splurge recently and invested in these 'Postage Frame' dies from John Next Door</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Absolutely Anything Goes' - <a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-20567786877289216462023-05-16T09:00:00.009+01:002023-05-17T11:00:06.796+01:00Magical Day<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Morning! I'm just popping in to let you know about the latest challenge at </span><a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Passion for Markers</span></a><a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: x-large;"> </a><span style="font-size: large;">, this week, Karen would like you to</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: #4c1130;">'Add A Sentiment' </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">to your projects, couldn't be any easier, right?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our sponsor is</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tLZz-J1xni_MDEhHY_8tPYZNZqQE5JD9puRPOmOtN591ul37tHbbzgojm398f8FMNx4NTbv1ZlsuY-pcVdqSaLK16UuhBLmLnR5A6vjUpj8kFKgiW7yGfTj5lVlk5hC_zhctwjC3EmTZR1ZmZ32kqgv9xz2uuog0Hgm4_SiQ3TG2hc1inU376qBHug/s187/TPS_Adv200x200_17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="187" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tLZz-J1xni_MDEhHY_8tPYZNZqQE5JD9puRPOmOtN591ul37tHbbzgojm398f8FMNx4NTbv1ZlsuY-pcVdqSaLK16UuhBLmLnR5A6vjUpj8kFKgiW7yGfTj5lVlk5hC_zhctwjC3EmTZR1ZmZ32kqgv9xz2uuog0Hgm4_SiQ3TG2hc1inU376qBHug/w200-h200/TPS_Adv200x200_17.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I realised I havn't used a fairy for a long time, so here is a super cute one on my DT card:</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT82tDWdq5vxq5KTQ0QMqpJ9uagccByjPJVHG5JDwweQVn7dpXjwB6-1Dg17bVcYIBWuEYzZ4fCKKa5ovJioynG5ip4WvpgvzZ_mQRtDpCB3IzcUXwZ2RoWZxSebyH-71pHhAoJC8FBW2RfvNF4ekuPx9J9zBcx_XBd-mtiukIxFk5uYQpKMfekBuWrg/s800/PFMADDASENTIMENT23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="615" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT82tDWdq5vxq5KTQ0QMqpJ9uagccByjPJVHG5JDwweQVn7dpXjwB6-1Dg17bVcYIBWuEYzZ4fCKKa5ovJioynG5ip4WvpgvzZ_mQRtDpCB3IzcUXwZ2RoWZxSebyH-71pHhAoJC8FBW2RfvNF4ekuPx9J9zBcx_XBd-mtiukIxFk5uYQpKMfekBuWrg/w492-h640/PFMADDASENTIMENT23.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Image - 'Bookworm Fairy' - <a href="https://www.thepapershelter.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1">TPS</a></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Papers - Kraft paper and 'Celebration Gnomes' by Beverley Eden from The Paper Boutique</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used a Hobbycraft mini punch for the butterflies and added a tiny pearl to each one</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used Katy Sue/ Kanban label dies for the sentiment</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finished off with Stickles glitter on the fairy wings and a cute mini bow.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Birthday; -<a href="https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/"> C. R. A. F. T.</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Make It Sparkle' - <a href="http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/">Dream Valley</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-85190234889206334922023-05-02T09:00:00.004+01:002023-05-02T09:00:00.139+01:00Cute<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I can't believe it's Tuesday again! So, that means a new challenge at <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">Passion for Markers</a> and this time, Elaine would like to see you </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">'Use a cute character' </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">on your projects - nice and simple (who doesn't like a cute character?!) </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Our sponsor this week is </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="354" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoG79AJ1Y9lckII-vQFPREhZFP9xx51XhNVkZYsq_uQjkzX0oASW8Co1B649x1V6eVDjn3tbbsvPFJ6ql_brJIoT9rHlb-WWIZYn32B21b8F3b_AJ3K4xY2BGhP44VmiFxRPgU3uSBQ58ZpzdqMGR9u-3itcdWtAIaootNDRGqHlkYU_CE5SNUp7PrCA/w200-h94/polkadoodles%20logo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The DT got to play with some cute gnomes from Polkadoodles and here is my DT card featuring one of them and I have made a card with a cute little cut away front flap:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMqA7rUsocYP5OGfKjs6sqNv6TPy63Tqeh5XursLhXoYM5NR45ldQ4_vaxm13yabI0kmIeekPsUcgu163xjGcfNWqcG3uLm2cIfIErqMOA3LzKClQm6owgAIohlfwyV653oEAcHgOVp05IxpB1gUK4s7OyLyKENjhT76R7bXGXg0P7B-NVcJsujLuPw/s800/pfmcutecharacter23a-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="738" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMqA7rUsocYP5OGfKjs6sqNv6TPy63Tqeh5XursLhXoYM5NR45ldQ4_vaxm13yabI0kmIeekPsUcgu163xjGcfNWqcG3uLm2cIfIErqMOA3LzKClQm6owgAIohlfwyV653oEAcHgOVp05IxpB1gUK4s7OyLyKENjhT76R7bXGXg0P7B-NVcJsujLuPw/w590-h640/pfmcutecharacter23a-001.jpg" width="590" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Image - 'Watering garden plants - <a href="https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/">Polkadoodles</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The papers are from Sue Wilson's 8 x 8 paper pad - 'Dots 'n stripes'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finished off with some brads that I have had forever!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Fun Folds and/or Summer Fun' - <a href="https://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/">Incy Wincy</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707297751566460607.post-71656374776069697122023-04-18T11:40:00.002+01:002023-04-18T11:41:31.144+01:00In The Garden with LOTV<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I'm here to remind you that we have a new challenge starting today over at <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">Passion for Markers</a> where our sponsor is one of my all time favourite stamp shops - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LotvDigiShop">LOTV</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOY5n8n50qH5hhzIgOcCZKxyaGsMQ5M7wbndZxxk94gvFfxMmEqYsEyrsidP2Y6e739-1GqUi91nheN1IjW4fuXtVvnj-SKeMZbH5CEY-jjJSfpXTPG2T5SSoeScQnnJQfvgWMIXa-nQyjHKIrmmEVDG9I7iA3tFM52-JlmVrOG0H6ttgkOgCS8RP7sA/s500/lotv%20logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="500" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOY5n8n50qH5hhzIgOcCZKxyaGsMQ5M7wbndZxxk94gvFfxMmEqYsEyrsidP2Y6e739-1GqUi91nheN1IjW4fuXtVvnj-SKeMZbH5CEY-jjJSfpXTPG2T5SSoeScQnnJQfvgWMIXa-nQyjHKIrmmEVDG9I7iA3tFM52-JlmVrOG0H6ttgkOgCS8RP7sA/w200-h175/lotv%20logo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">This time Wendy has chosen the theme of </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">'In the Garden' </span><span style="font-size: large;">don't forget to visit the <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/">PFM blog</a> for all the details and some super inspiration</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I have boxes and boxes of their gorgeous rubber stamps, but they also do digital stamps in their Etsy store and I have opted to use one of them for my DT card</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlsWhIrEnKa8kwlG1J8kIDnh0iDjmIEIy8566tS9sW1s3pqOIr5MOEK9XYF5oxhhvo9cgZuEgzCUzI7Q3yPgv52PK3SgJ37aa7tcYaL4CvrrXxWZqolsiAfb12U7PqGYvNrh5Nc8Rcr6yKI8sz2q7xEWSZgBi4e9wuzEdY4HqtXOWrpPY74V9PgGKFA/s691/pfmingarden23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="691" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlsWhIrEnKa8kwlG1J8kIDnh0iDjmIEIy8566tS9sW1s3pqOIr5MOEK9XYF5oxhhvo9cgZuEgzCUzI7Q3yPgv52PK3SgJ37aa7tcYaL4CvrrXxWZqolsiAfb12U7PqGYvNrh5Nc8Rcr6yKI8sz2q7xEWSZgBi4e9wuzEdY4HqtXOWrpPY74V9PgGKFA/w640-h630/pfmingarden23.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Image - 'Watering Can' - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LotvDigiShop">LOTV</a> coloured with Promarkers</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Papers - LOTV</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The fences and bird house were cut with dies from Marianne Designs</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finished off with a die-cut Birthday sentiment and some cloud die-cuts</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/">Creative Inspirations</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Anything Goes' - <a href="https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/2023/04/wk-15-anything-goes-card-making-craft.html">Digi Choosday</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for dropping by!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natxx</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Nathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763651066593118061noreply@blogger.com2