I ♥ PROMARKERS DT Card - Use The Colour Blue

Good Morning,

Again sincere apologies for the lateness of this post.  Family life has had to take main priority over the last couple of weeks and I'm just starting to play catch up!

Here's my DT card for the current I Love Promarkers Challenge.  Our theme is 'Use the colour Blue' and if you are quick you will still catch it!

I've used an image called Littlie Siannie Christmas Stamp from our sponsor Stitchy Bear and it's been coloured with Promarkers of course.

The paper is by Graphic 45 and I've embossed a kraft card panel using an X-cut snowflake folder.  The sentiment is by LOTV and the tag was die-cut using a new mini die from X-cut.  The snowflakes were punched.

That's all from me, hopefully I'll start to get a bit more free time for crafting and blogging shortly!

Hugs, Shona x

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - September

CHN Christmas Challenge Extra - September

Dream Valley DT Card - Back to School

Good morning,

Apologies this post is so late.  I've been really struggling to fit any crafting in over the last few weeks never mind blogging.  I've had my daughter and I's birthdays.  A big dance competition that my daughter took part in that also involved extra practice sessions, family visiting and I'm also on my own at work at the moment.  I am so busy just now that I had to buy my daughter a shop bought card for her birthday!

Anyway, here's my card for the Dream Valley Challenge that's running just now.  The theme is 'back to school'.

The image is Cool Student from our sponsor The Paper Shelter coloured with Promarkers and the papers and sentiment are by Studio Calico.

Hugs, Shona x

CRAFT Challenge DT Card - Fantasy

Good morning!

I'm trying very hard to keep up with my DT duties and scheduling when I can so this is a scheduled post from me today.  I'm not much of a morning person so unless I'm on holiday I don't have time to do this real time you're more likely to catch me packing schoolbags or making breakfast while yelling at Iona to get a move on!

Todays offering is my DT card for this week's CRAFT Challenge where our theme this week is 'Fantasy' our sponsors are The Stamping Boutique and Dr Digi.

I've gone for a Dragon for the fantasy theme and used a fab image from Dr Digi called BBQ Dragon which I've coloured with Promarkers.

As it's a male card I've kept the layout simple and made the image the focal point.  I've added a Personal Impressions sentiment, Papermania Capsule Collection papers and a couple of buttons.

We'd love you to join us with your 'Fantasy' creations.

Bye for now,
Shona xx

I♥Promarkers DT Card - Anything Goes

Good morning,

Ah well the first day back to work wasn't too bad after all although I only slept about 2 hours in total the night before as my brain wouldn't seem to switch off :(  Iona faired a lot better and had a good sleep and had no complaints with her first day in Primary 6 either.  I think she must be expecting lots of homework this year with the size of the bag she insisted on getting.  I take less away for a weekend!

We went out for dinner last night too so that was a real treat not to have to cook on my first day back!  Hubby got on ok at doctor so he is signed back to work with effect from Thursday which is a week earlier than expected.  He is getting fed up - I obviously didn't find enough chores for him to do lol!

So, without further ado...We have a fab new challenge over at I♥Promarkers this week.  Our theme is everyones favourite Anything Goes!!!  So there's nothing to stop you joining in as long as you use ProMarkers, FlexMarkers, AquaMarkers or Tria's on your project!  Our sponsor this week is the fab Dr Digi.

I've used a Dr Digi image called Man About The House for my card which luckily tied in with a commissioned card I was asked to make for a 60th Birthday.  The image has been coloured with ProMarkers.

The papers are from a Hobbycraft own brand pad and the sentiment is from the PC.  I've added some die cut buttons using a new die set from Die'sire.  A few black gems finish off my card.

Hugs, Shona x

Dream Valley DT Card - Use A Charm

Hi folks,

Well, I'm a bit sad today as it's the last day of the holidays, back to school and work tomorrow and hubby has the doc today to see if he can get signed back to work early on light duties as he's getting fed up!  Bit ironic that as Iona and I would both like a bit longer time off!

Ok, back to business...  Today we have a fab new challenge starting over at Dream Valley Challenges - our theme this time is use a charm!  Our sponsor is the fab

I've taken the chance to make another Christmas card for my stash and used a fab rubber stamp from the Crafter's Companion S.W.A.L.K. collection!

As usual I have coloured it with Promarkers.  I have loosely based the layout on a card I saw on Pinterest but I've added my own twist.  The snowflake embossing folder is from X-cut and the paper is from the elderly Papermania Noel collection.  The sentiment is by LOTV and I've finished off my card with a snowflake charm, spotty organza ribbon and a button and gems from my stash.

That's all from me just now.  Enjoy your day.

Shona x

I ♥ Promarkers DT Card - Balloons!

Good Morning,

A sheduled post from me today - after being soaked twice on Monday after being caught in a thunder storm we faired a bit yesterday and went on a short local walk which has fab woodcarvings mostly in the theme of The Gruffalo with some others such as dragons, etc.  I think the one below is supposed to be Gandalf from LOTR.  Then it was cheerleading for Iona and her pal then we went ten pin bowling after that so it was a busy day but we had a lot of fun.

It's been a couple of weeks since I shared a card for the I ♥ Promarkers design team as I took a bit of time out while my husband was having his op but I'm back now and delighted to be using one of my favourite stamps for this weeks challenge which is themed 'Balloons'

Our sponsor is

The image I've chosen for my card is Peek A Boo by Sugar Nellie, one of my old favourites.  It immediately sprung to mind when I heard the theme was balloons!  She's been coloured of course using Promarkers to match my Boofle papers.

I've matted everything on black cardstock for definition and added black and white spotty organza ribbon to match and I've topped the bow with a heart shaped button and pink raffia.  The sentiment is another from my Personal Impressions set and I've finished off with a few black gems.

That's me for now, have a lovely day whatever you have planned.

Hugs, Shona x

Cutie Pies Challenge DT Card - Cute & Girly!

Good morning,

So it's just over a week now until I go back to work and Iona goes back to school.  I have to admit to being a bit lazy last week and we didn't do very much except for a bit of catching up with friends.  Having said that Iona was tied up with dancing on 3 of the days that we couldn't have gone very far afield anyway.  Must try to do better this week, I also want to tackle a bit of de-cluttering in the house so we'll see how that goes!

Anyways, I'm here to share my Cutie Pies DT card and tell you about our fab new challenge we have for you this month.  Our theme is 'Cute & Girly' and as always we want to see cute/whimsical characters on your projects.  This month we are also having a  DT Call, this is a great opportuninty for anyone who loves creating projects using cute images as we get fab sponsor images to work with and we are a really friendly team.  This was my first DT post and I would recommend it to anyone!

Our sponsor this month is the fantastic

who have provided the DT with some super cute images.  I chose Dr Autry for my get well card and coloured it with Promarkers.

The papers are all LOTV/Nitwits Bonnets & Bowties.  You can's see from my photo but I've gone for an aperture effect with the image sitting underneath the raised up frame.  I used black pom pom braid to edge the aperture.  The flowers were die cut using Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die set and I've added a Gorjuss button to each flower.  The sentiment is by Personal Impressions and I've finished off my girly card with gingham ribbon topped with a heart shaped button from Hobbycraft.

We'd love you to come and share your girly projects with us and don't forget about our DT call too!

Hugs, Shona xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - August

Through The Purple Haze - Flowers

Glitter n Sparkle - #149 Add Some Flowers