Wednesday, 4 March 2026

Birthday Wishes

 Our new challenge started today over at I Love Promarkers, with the theme of Birthday. Do remember that you just have to colour your image now - you no longer need to use promarkers.

Our sponsor is Sheepski and I have used their wine image for my celebration card.


I bought some new colouring pencils the other day, so I decided to try using these, and I am quite pleased with how t worked out. The background was created using distress ink pads, to look like a field, before adding the fussy cut image. I sued peel-off's to finish the design.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
SimonSaysMon - Make your own background
MMM #272 Card for a male

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Monday, 2 March 2026

Stormy Sky

 Our new challenge started yesterday over at Moving Along with the Times and our theme for the month is *birds and/or bees*. I decided to attempt to use one of my fluid art panels to create a picture - called stormy sky.

I took a previously created fluid art panel and stamped birds onto it. I then used Heat It Up embossing powder to create the bird effect. For the top ones I used Seafoam White, and the bottom ones had silver glitter in the embossing powder too. This didn't work as well as I hoped it would and I wish I had gone for gold flakes instead.

I would like to enter this into the following challenge:
SimonSaysMonday - Make your own background

Thanks for looking - I will share more of my creations soon so you can see the development, and see my experiments.

Hugz Tinz

Wednesday, 18 February 2026

Magical

 Our new challenge at I Love Promarkers has started today with the optional theme of *Magical*. We accept colouring of any kind now - not just Promarkers, but I did use Promarkers to colour my image, from our sponsor Dr Digi, this time.


I created the background with distress oxide ink sprayed onto a plastic bag and then laid the cardstock onto this. I layered this matt onto a pale blue 6x6" base card. I coloured the image using Promarkers, then cut it into a square before edging it with Promarkers, matching the background colours. To finish I added the diamante letters to spell out magic potion.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
ATSM #511 Make your Mark
Polkadoodles - Male Birthday

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Monday, 16 February 2026

Girly and sweet

 Our new challenge started today over at Creative Moments (slightly late in the day as I forgot to organise the post!!). The theme is Feminine, but we still accept anything goes creations too.

Here is my card using an old image from our sponsor - All Dressed Up.


I coloured the image using pastels as it is for a younger girl. I die-cut this into a circle and added to a pale yellow base card. I have recently started trying fluid art, and I dislike waste, so I have been using the run off paint to create paper strips for my cards. I used a blue on for this card, added a peel-off sentiment and some pastel diamantes before layering to the top of the card.
I then die-cut some little flowers and added them along the bottom, using the same pastel diamantes for the flower centres to finish.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
inspirationstation #82 photo (inspiration taken from the pale colours and blossoms)
Avenue613 Animal Magic
MMM #271 use 2 dies
ATSM #520 dies/stencils

Thanks for looking and do pop along to the challenge blog to shows us your creations.

Hugz Tinz


Wednesday, 4 February 2026

Love Gnomes

 Hi everyone,

Our new challenge started today over at I Love Promarkers, with the optional theme of 'Love and Romance'. We are sponsored by Polkadoodles for this challenge and here is my card using Love Gnomes:


I coloured these guys using a mix of Promarkers, Flex markers and Aqua markers before fussy cutting the image. I then simply added to a red card blank, added some heart diamantes and a peel-off sentiment.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
TheMaleRoom #207 CAS
MMM #270 CAS
ThePaperPlayer #771 Love is in the air

Thanks for taking the time to look at my creation, and do pop your own entry into the blog!

Hugz Tinz

Sunday, 1 February 2026

Yet more flowers

 We are now in February. and that means we have a new challenge that has just gone live at MAWTT! Our theme for this month is Floral. Here is my DT creation for your inspiration:


I used a die-cut and embossing folder for my card this month. I added a die-cut sentiment inside the die-cut heart created by the embossing folder. I used Papermania watercolour markers to colour the raised embossed areas of the floral design.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
SOS #566 Love me do (Embossing folder and marker pens from stash)
AlphabetChallenge - T for Texture (embossing folder)
Allsorts 842 Create your own background
SimonSaysMonday - Have a heart

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Wednesday, 21 January 2026

Spring time flowers

 Hello there,

We have a new challenge started today over at I Love Promarkers, where you can now use any type of colouring medium on your images. The optional theme is Easter/Spring.

Here is my card using a wonderful image from Last Minute Manda.


I coloured the image using watercolour pencils this time and then fussy cut it out. I found a floral patterned paper in my scraps, along with a plain blue and used these for the background, layering the image over the top. To finish I added a peel-off sentiment.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
MMM 269 Use paper with pattern
SundayStamps 377 A trio of fun


Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz