Manly Make

I hope everyone is keeping well at the moment and for those of you in self-isolation, think of all the crafting you can get done! - silver lining and all that!

At Passion for Promarkers we are asking you to make 'Masculine' cards this week, please pop in to the blog to see some inspiration

My DT card:

front -

inside -

Image - 'Wheelbarrow Ted' - Di's Digis

Inside stamps and die-cuts - magazine freebie

Paper - LOTV/Nitwits

Finished off with some cloud die-cuts

Challenges:

'Embellish It Awesome' - Di's Digi Challenge

'One For The Boys' - Dream Valley

Thanks for visiting and keep safe!

Natxx

Favourite Colour Combo

Another Tuesday - another challenge at Passion for Promarkers - this time we want you to use your 'favourite colour combo'

Mine is pink and green, and I decided on a shaker card this time:

I have used an image from our sponsor Leann's World 101 her name is Nixie and you can find here 

Glitter card - Crafter's Companion

Pink stripey paper - 'Pastel Days' 12 x 12 pad from The Works

Pearls - The Hobby House

Wooden embellishments, lace & bow from my stash

I've used various leaf and vine dies as well as a bubble die cut from vellum

Clear sequins of different sizes for the shaker element

There is glitter on her body, but as usual my photographic skills have not captured it very well!

After I had put the acetate on I realised that I hadn't coloured her eyes - what a wally! It did bother me, but the thought of taking it apart and sucessfully putting it back together was just not a good one!

Challenges:

'Hand coloured images' - Incy Wincy

'For Girls Only' - Dream Valley

Lots of Love

I can't believe we are over half-way through February already! Unfortunately that means my stint as GDT for Conie Fong Art & Design Group is coming to an end and here is my last card:( Isn't he the cutest?!?

Image - 'Penguin Bundle of Hearts' - Conie Fong Etsy shop

Papers -  Phill Martin's 'Frosty Essentials' 8 x 8 paper pad

Yellow card - Hunkydory 'Adorable Scorable'

Dies used: 'Square Notched Corners' - Crafts Too, Banner die from The Works and 'With Love' sentiment die from Hunkydory's Moonstone die set 'Multi- Aperture Frame'

I have also used Creative Expressions 'Lovehearts' embossing folder on the yellow card (hard to see in photo)

Finished off with ribbon and a cute heart gemstone.

Challenges:

'Anything Goes' - Incy Wincy

'Anything Goes' February challenge - Creative Inspirations

'Hand-coloured Image' - Dream Valley

Thanks for visiting!

Natxx

Seeing Triple

Gosh, the year is really disappearing fast! The challenges at Passion for Promarkers come around so quickly! we have a lovely easy one this week - 'Use 3 of Something' don't forget to pop in to the PFP blog to get all the info and see some amazing inspiration from the Team 2 girls

I have used 3 cute cat images from Bugaboo for my DT card

Papers - Dovecraft's 'Paper Posies' 6 x 6 pad

Dies used - 'With Love' from the  Hunkydory Moonstone 'Multi Aperture Frame' set

Finished off with ribbon and bows from my stash and some enamel dots from Whimsy Stamps

Challenges:

'Anything Goes' - Incy Wincy

'Hand -coloured Image' - Dream Valley

Thanks for visiting!

Natxx

A bit of a 'hearty' card!

I'm back to showcase my 3rd GDT card for Conie Fong for the February Challenge on Facebook  The theme is 'Love' and I think I might have over done it with the hearts! The image is called 'Sweetheart Bella with Love' and I think you will agree with me that she certainly is a sweetheart! The hardest thing about being a GDT for this challenge is narrowing down my choice of images from Conie's Etsy shop - it is jammed full of beautiful images!

Sorry about the photo heavy post, but as usual, I wanted to do a shaped card and chose this 'peek-a-boo' style of which there are several Youtube tutorials 

Front:

Middle:

Inside:

This one looks a bit lop-sided, but I didn't get the aperture central and had to jiggle my image to fit!

The gorgeous papers are from Dovecraft's 'Paper Posies' pad and I have inked the edges with 'Abandoned Coral' distress oxide ink

I have used Creative Expression's'Lovehearts'embossing folder on the front flap

Dies used: X-Cut 'mini filigree heart' and the 'large filigree heart' ( for the small hearts 'waste')

Finished off with a mini bow and enamel dot

Challenges:

'Love,love,love' - Incy Wincy

'Anything Goes with the option of love' - I Love Promarkers

'February Anything Goes' - Creative Inspirations

'Anything Goes' - Cute Card Thursday

'Love/Valentines - C. R. A. F. T.

'All you need is love' - Sweet Stampin'

'Add A Heart - Allsorts

'Love' - Dream Valley

Thanks for visiting!

Natxx

Floral Fancy Fold

It's my turn to choose a theme for the challenge at Passion for Promarkers and I have gone for 'Fancy Fold'so nice and simple - use any image, just make sure your project has some folds

Our sponsor is Uniko Stamps and I have used their free download from 'Simply Cards & Papercraft'- so pretty! My fancy fold is a twist 'n' pop card:

Front - 

Inside:

Papers - Hunkydory's 'Flowers of Britain'

Green card - Hunkydory's 'Adorable Scorable'

Dies used - Crafter's Companion 'Love' sentiment and Tonic's 'Ribbon & Bow' layering die

The gold hearts are the waste from using an X-Cut filigree heart die

Finished off with ribbon, a bow and pearls from my stash

Challenges:

'Love, love, love' - Incy Wincy

'Valentines' - Cute Card Thursday

'Love' - Dream Valley

Thanks for visiting!

~Natxx

Sweet Yuki

Where is January going, it's been a blur so far. I am popping in to show off my latest creation as GDT for Conie Fong Art & Design on Facebook

I have made an easel card using this darling image- 'Yuki' from Conie Fong, you can find her on Etsy here.

green card - Hunkydory 'Adorable Scorable'

Pink paper - Nitwit Collections

I have made the mini fans using a fan wooden stamp that has been in my stash forever!

Dies used - 

Hunkydory moonstone dies 'Scalloped corner rectangles' Xcut swirly die

Crafter's Companion 'Fancy Font word die (Birthday)and stamps('Wishes')
And I have used the Martha Stewart Circular edge punch with the 'Deco Shell' cartridge

Finished off with a bow, pearls and flowers from my stash

Challenges:

'Anything Goes' - Incy Wincy

'Anything Goes' - I Love Promarkers

'Green' - Cute Card Thursday

Thanks for visiting!
Natxx

Tag!

Well, here we are  3 weeks into January, christmas a distant memory! We have a new challenge starting today at Passion for Promarkers and the theme this time is 'Include A Tag'

Our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps  and I have used one of their images for my card and a different one for my tag:

Card image - 'Love Monsters'

Tag image - ' Birthday Monster Sign'

Papers - Dovecraft

Dies used: X-Cut flower and Sue Wilson 'Double Stitched Octagons' 

Finished off with Whimsy Stamps enamel dots, some red ribbon and glossy accents for their eyes

Challenges:

'Children's Card + Stripes/Squares' - Carlin's Card Paradise

'Anything Goes' - Incy Wincy

'More Than A Single Word Sentiment' - Allsorts

'Spots and/or Dots' - Dream Valley

Thanks for stopping by

Natxx

Tori The Dragon

Hello Crafters 
Just a quick post to share some lovely news I had  just before Christmas - I have been invited to be a part of the GDT for Conie Fong Art & Design Group in January and February.

 I absolutely adore Conie's wonderful images and am super excited and honoured to have been invited to design for her.

As part of the GDT I was allowed to choose an image to work with, oh, my gosh, such a hard decision with so many fabulous images! In the end I went with this cutie

Image - 'Tori With Heart Cake' - Conie Fong Etsy shop
Papers - LOTV
Flowers and bow from stash
Dies used - XCut filigree heart (mini) and 'Precious Hearts' by Memory Box

I do hope you will enter the January Challenge at Conie Fong Art & Design Group on Facebook, I can't wait to see all your creations!

Challenges:

'Anything Goes' - Incy Wincy

'Anything Goes' - I Love Promarkers 

'Embellish' - Cute Card Thursday

'Anything Goes' - C. R. A.F. T.

Summer Holiday!

Happy New Year everyone!

We have a new challenge to start the year off over at Passion for Promarkers, the theme is 'For Grandparents/Older People'

What do we start thinking about once Christmas is over? No, not Easter! lol, but booking our summer holidays, so I thought this image called 'Summer Holiday' was just the ticket:

Image - 'Summer Holiday' - Dr Digi's House Of Stamps

Papers - 'Soft Cuddles (blue) '- LOTV

Wooden embellishments, ribbon and kraft card from my stash

Finished off with glossy accents

Challenges:

'Anything Goes' - Incy Wincy

'Something New or Something Old' - Creative Inspirations ( something new - the image)

'Anything Goes' - Cute Card Thursday

'Something New' (image) - Dream Valley

Thanks for visiting!

Natxx