Add a banner with calm

 Good evening all,

We have a new challenge started today at I Love Promarkers, with the optional theme of add a banner. We are sponsored by Dr Digi and here is my creation.

The image was coloured using promarkers and then fussy cut. I added the image to a 3x3 square of purple patterned paper from The Range. I then added the panel to a KRAFT base card. To finish I added the birthday banner to the top.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

PFP #833 Spring Colours (purples, greens and pinks)

AYLI - Simple or fussy - I have for simple as simple keeps the cards calm and quiet

dragonflydreams - CAS

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Gone but not forgotten

 Our new challenge has started today over at Creative Moments and this month we are remembering those designers who no longer create for whatever reason. It is time to get those papers, digital images and products out and put them to use!

I have lots of Bugaboo images in my stash and I think they were a great company with images for literally every occasion and style - all with a bit of fun added. Therefore, I decided to use one of these images.

I coloured the image using Promarkers and then fussy cut closely to the outline. I used a patterned paper than came from with a craft magazine quite a few years ago to back the image. I layered this onto a peach base card, to match the wooden plinth of the image. I then used peel-offs to finish the design.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Dragonflydreams - CAS

TheMaleRoom #209 Vehicles or Transport (a sleigh is definitely transport)

Thanks for taking the time to look - and do pop along to our main blog and enter our challenge, showing some love for those designers that no longer design.

Hugz Tinz

Four Seasons

So I have been doing some more fluid art recently and I decided I wanted to do a four seasons set using a flip cup technique for all four. I decided to mix the paint with floetrol first to assess the consistency and then use floetrol and water to ensure this was consistent across the paints.

A flip cup involves placing the colours into a cup in layers, taking care which colours to put together. You then place the canvas on top of the cup and flip it so the cup is upside down on top of the canvas. The paint is then stretched and the composition created.

This was the Spring themed flip. Besides the blue, green and white that can be seen, there was also pink and yellow in the cup. Unfortunately, the pink and yellow disappeared completely on this one, so it is not as Spring as I was anticipating.

For the Summer one I used Cobalt Blue, Spring Green, Cerise, Christmas Green and Buttercup Yellow. Once again the yellow has almost completely vanished from the pour, however the other colours are still present. This turned out darker than I was anticipating, but it does have the feel of summer holidays to me.

This was the Autumn flip, which used Raw Sienna, Antique Metallic Gold, Brick Red, Umber and an orange (I cannot remember which orange I used). This one kept the definition between the colours well, and gave a woodgrain-like effect due to the cells that formed with the flip. This one really does represent Autumn to me.

This final one was for Winter and I used Pearlescent White, Metallic Black, Silver, a small amount of Christmas Green and Pearlescent Blue. All the colours are visible, with the green being diluted by the silver that was at either side of it in the layering. This has given an icy landscape.

I would love to hear your thoughts on which of these represent the season they are supposed to be for you.

I would like to enter them into the following challenges:

SimonSaysMonday - Not a card

CRAFT #777 Seasons/Weather

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Fluid art magnets

 Hi guys,

I thought I would share some more of my fluid art with you today (even though my first post didn't get much interaction). So this time I am sharing my magnets from my recent creations.

So first up is a magnet that was dipped in a set of silvers, black and pinks, to create this lovely effect. This one has already been requested and will be personalised before sending off to its new home.

This next one is a little mini canvas that I used in the same way. This one was dipped into turquoise, cobalt, black and white drippings.

These next 5 were done after each canvas in my 4 seasons collection (coming soon). The first was pinks and whites, then came in a little spring green. Next we see the cobalt, bronze and yellow coming through. Then we have the lovely silver and grey tones mixing with the pink and finally I managed to make a magnet that combined the colours in a much more 'fluid' outcome.

I would like to enter these creations into the following challenges:

SimonSaysMonday - Not a Card

Colormyheart #698 Shades of pink + 1 colour (1st circle has a slither of green added to it, alongside the free colours)

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Fluid Art

 Hi everyone,

Any of you that are friends with me on facebook may have already seen that I have started to do some fluid art. I wanted to share some of my makes with you here today. These are not finished with varnish and have not had any further paint added to them once dried.

This one is a magnet that was dipped in the run-off paint from some of the pink pours.

This was my first attempt at a feather pour, and I really like the fact that is does resemble a peacock feather in an abstract way.

 absolutely love the colours on this and the cells that formed are absolutely amazing! This is definitely one of my favourites so far.

This was the very first pour that I did. The black paint has glitter in it that came to the top as it driend, which looks really cool. I am planning on surrounding this with little mirrors as a focal point for one of my walls.

This one was a straight pour, again using the turquoise, black and white colour scheme. The cells on this are much larger than the flip cup one above, simply because of the variation in the movement of the paint.

This was my second attempt at a swipe, which I think worked quite well. I love the neon pink shining through the white, and the 'rivers' of lava through the centre.

This was an experimental swipe that did not work as the pearlescent purple was too light with the orange, so I took some darker purple and used that to swipe over the orange creating this great laced effect that looks like ink in water.

This was a ring pour with white, neon pink and red. I love the definition in the centre creating the rose and the pops of bright pink around the edges.

This was my first ring pour. While it hasn't kept the shape of a ring pour this is still one of my favourites (it was the second piece I did) simply because I think it looks like a whale (white area at the top) sitting in the ocean and creating a ripple as it is turning.

Again this one with the turquoise, white and black created a stunning effect due to the formation of the cells throughout the piece. These pieces did have silicon oil in the turquoise paint.

This one I cannot take credit for - this is a piece that my partner created, but I love it so much I had to share it. It looks like an amethyst geode to me!

Thanks for looking at my new craft obsession. I am sure I will have more to share with you.

Hugz Tinz

Whimsical Fantasy, Springtime Birds and Floral Bunnies

 Welcome to another new month and we have a new challenge at I Love Promarkers where our optional theme is Cute and Whimsical, with Dis Digi Stamps as our sponsor. Here is my creation for this challenge, using Pretty mushroom house:

I coloured this image with my Promarkers and then fussy cut the image. I have a paper stack of fairy patterned paper so I chose one of these that worked well with the mushroom house to give a whimsical feel to the card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenge:

CraftyCatz #710 Anything Goes

Next up we have the new challenge at Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT), where the theme is Anything Spring.

For this one I used a decoupage set, that I think is a papermania set but I no longer have the packaging. I layered the decoupage image and then used the remaining pop-outs to decorate the edges. Finally I added peel-offs for the sentiment.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

AYLI - Fav Embellishment - One of my favourite embellishments are peel-offs as they are so easy to use in a variety of ways to suit the card you are creating.

Allsorts #846 Springtime

Finally, we have our winners post over on Creative Moments, where my DT inspiration for our current challenge is below, using Party Bunny from our sponsor Polkadoodles.

I tried to spray various Tim Holtz distress inks (including one of the mica ones) through a stencil, however the ink seeped under the stencil, hence the abstract effect. Therefore, I used a fineliner pen to draw the basic outline of the flower. I coloured the rabbit with pencil crayons (something I am starting to experiment more with) and then fussy cut her.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

TheCardConcept #225 Spring Flowers

TIOT - Make it cute

Thanks for looking at my creation, and do check out our blog posts.

Hugz Tinz

All about the girls

Good evening - we have a new challenge started today over at I Love Promarkers, with the optional theme of For the Girls. We are sponsored by Colour of Love and here is my DT card.

I coloured the image with my new pencil crayons, and I am really happy with the way the hair has turned out. I might just need to get a set that has more than 24 pencils in it. I then layered the image onto some floral patterned paper. I then added a foiled sentiment panel to the card under the image and added some diamantes to this.

CraftyCalendar - Spring

TIOT - Spring

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Bunnies and Blooms

 Happy Mother's Day to all those celebrating today!

We have a new challenge started over at Creative Moments, with the optional theme of Bunnies and Blooms - just in time for Easter if you celebrate it. Otherwise, think Springtime!! We are starting to see some more sun so it will be with us soon! This challenge is sponsored by the amazing Polkadoodles.

Here is my creation using Party Bunny.

I used the pre-coloured image from the set for this card - do keep your eyes open for a card using the outline image too. I took a butterfly die-cut that I had stamped using the matching stamp set from Marianne Creatables and placed this over the bunnies ear. I then took a flower die-cut from some texture paper and added my printed sentiment to the centre of this.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

colormyheart #695 Use 4 colours (yellow, coral, green, orange)

TIOT - Make it feminine

CRAFT #775 Spring/Easter

TheCardConcept #225 Spring Flowers

Thanks for taking the time to look at my blog post.

Hugz Tinz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:

DragonflyDreams - floral

MMM 269 Use paper with pattern

SundayStamps 377 A trio of fun

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Love and Romance

Our first challenge of 2026 starts today over at Creative Moments, with the optional theme of Love and Romance.

I used some patterned papers from my odds box to die-cut the hearts (using X-cuts nesting hearts dies and some Marianne Creatables dies. I stamped the Tim Holtz image onto the large heart and then used a free sentiment that was then heat embossed in red embossing powder to finish.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

AudSentiments #333 Anything Goes

MMM #269 Use paper with pattern

SimonSaysWed - Emboss it

Thanks for taking the time to read my blog post and I hope to see your creations on ur challenge blog!

Hugz Tinz

Fairytale spells

 Our first challenge of 2026 over at I Love Promarkers is a fairytale themed, sponsored by the lovely Colouring Nook.

Here is my card:

For this card I used various patterned papers from my stash and layered them up using the sketch from Cheerful sketches, and layered the image on top, which I coloured with my chameleon pens. You can now use any medium at all to colour the images on your creations.

I would also like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CraftyCalendar - Anything New (The image is a new one from a new sponsor)

SOS #504 Free is Good (image from sponsor)

SimonSaysMonday - Something New - image

PFP 819 dies/punches (die-cut circle and wood panel)

SimonSaysWednesday - Something New - image

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Flowers and butterflies

Happy New Year to all!

Our first challenge at MAWTT for 2026 is to use Stencils and/or Dies.

I used Nuevo pastes through a floral stencil for my background. I then added some flat-backed diamantes to some of the flower centres to add a little extra sparkle. I used a Hunkydory foiled sentiment label for the centre of the card and then added die-cut butterflies around the edges.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

SimonSaysMonday - Sparkle and Shine

SimonSaysWednesday - Add a sentiment

Please do pop along to the challenge blog to see all the details, more DT inspiration, and enter your own creations for others to look at!

Hugz Tinz