Love Moose

 Hi guys,

Our first challenge of the year started yesterday over at I Love Promarkers. I am late posting as I was out at a music bingo event last night - which was very unique!

Anyway - here is my DT creation using Mortimer the motivational moose from Dr Digi.

I actually coloured him using chameleon pens and then fussy cut the image. I layered him onto a piece of newsprint patterned paper that was die-cut with a stitched square die from M&C (The Works). This was then layered onto a purple glitter cardstock die-cut from the largest square. This was all layered onto a purple base card.

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

TheCardConcept #203 New Year Love (Inspired by the theme)

CraftyCalendar - Anything Goes

SimonSaysWednesday - Cute Critter

I am currently watching Supernatural (which is getting a little far fetched at season 5, but still enjoyable to watch whilst stitching). I am reading Dr Alexander Shulgin's The Nature of Drugs, which I will be aiming to review for you once I have finished it. I am also currently watching 'The Mist' the series, which I am almost at the end of, so I will try and provide a review for that for you in the next few posts.

However, back to the live music bingo. This is a Bingo card with artists/songs or both on there (three rounds - first is songs, second is artists and third was a combination of the two). There is a guitarist that plays the song (just the first 30 secs -1 min) and you have to be the first to shout if you get a line/two lines/full house. My team won diddly squat, but it was certainly great fun!

Hope you are all having a good start to the year,

Hugz Tinz

Paper piecing @ I Love Promarkers

 We have a new challenge over at I Love Promarkers, with the option of paper piecing. Don't forget we do need to see your colouring on the image too! We are sponsored by IKEsART digis  for this challenge and I have used Quirky Parrot.

I paper pieced the head and tail and coloured the beak, eyes, feet and feathers with promarkers. I fussy cut the image and then layered onto a heat embossed flower background and stamped the sentiment in brown.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Allsorts #619

CCEE2114 Zoo

intaas #106 Winged creatures

dragonflydreams - feature a creature

I am also working on this Wrendale Designs Llama at the moment:

Emergence of ribbon

 Hi all,

We have a new challenge starting over at I Love Promarkers, with the optional theme of use ribbon or twine. We are sponsored by Bugaboo stamps, and as it is getting warmer I wanted to make my card to celebrate the emergence of ladybirds once again! So I used ladybug.

I coloured her using promarkers before fussy cutting. I had a rainbow sunlight panel in my stash so I popped her on this. I then used a papermania nature themed patterned paper to layer this onto, using a strip of ribbon along the bottom of the panel. To finish I added some 3D ladybirds.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

MMM #145 Spring

TIOT - Hello Spring

AYLI - Fav springtime critter - Ladybirds always shout spring to me!

PFP #585 Something beginning with B (Bug)

CRAFT #592 Easter

Numbers @ I Love Promarkers

 Hi guys,

We have a new challenge starting today over at I Love Promarkers. We don't have a sponsor for this challenge so the DT could use any image they wanted. I have a selection of images that I have printed out, but haven't got round to using, so I decided to use one of these on my card. Unfortunately I cannot find where the image came from :(.

The image was coloured with Promarkers and then fussy cut. I added purple glitter glue for the number and highlights on the image. I made an easel card base and use a flower die-cut topper to make the stand. I added a sentiment to the inside of the card.

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

Animal Friends #96 Rabbit

DigiDoodleStudio #36 Something beginning with F (Flowers/Fauna)

dragonflydreams - Include flowers

audsentiments #270 Sentiment inside

intaas #104 Bunny

Daringcardmakers - Flowers

polkadoodle wk11

modsquad - Springtime bunnies

I have recently rehoused one of my big tarantulas and I thought I would share her with you:

Hugz Tinz

Birthday @ I Love Promarkers

 Hi all,

We have a birthday themed challenge starting today at I Love Promarkers. Of course the theme is optional, all you need to do to join in and have a chance to win is ensure that you have used letraset promarkers on your design.

We are sponsored by Dr Digi House of Stamps, and I have used the fantastic Pablo the Painter with sentiment.

I coloured the image using promarkers and trimmed down. I used a 3x3" ferm patterned paper to layer the image onto (the paper pad is from the Range. I used a 6x6" card blank and added a patterned paper that looks as though it might have been painted to make a patterned base. I then used a speckled kraft square from the same 3x3" paper pad to add a dimensional layer under the image. Before adding the image layer I used a previously die-cut border to edge the image panel and then layered all together. Finally I added a best friends scrapbook sentiment.

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

Cheerful Sketches

DigiDoodleStudio #35 Include a sentiment

AYLI - Rubber, clear or digi - I like using digi stamps because there are lots of options with them, and I don't have to wait for them to dry before I can start colouring them.

Allsorts #611 Masculine

PFP #579 Use 3 or more papers

Thanks for looking, and do pop along to the blog and enter the challenge,

Hugz Tinz

All about the food!

 Hi guys,

It is time for a new challenge over at I love Promarkers - and the optional theme is food!

We are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps, and I have used Cupcake Tower.

I coloured the image with the following Promarkers - Honeycomb, Khaki, Umber, Henna, Winter Berry, Plum Preserve, Antique Pink, Rose Pink, Cyan, Duck Egg, Cornflower, Pastel Green and Soft Green. I used pearlescent white card to make a base, of which I cut the centre front away. I layered orange glitter polka dot paper inside the card, then added the image to the front, layering washi tape underneath first. Finally I added some domed diamantes.

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

PFP #575 Anything Goes

SweetSketchWednesday #198

notjustcards - Anything Goes

And here are some guinea pigs (also I think there may be a problem with my salad??)

Colourful Thank You

 We have a new challenge starting today at I Love Promarkers - the first one for 2021!! Welcome back everyone, hope you all had a good Christmas, whatever you managed to do. Hope some of you got to see some of your loved ones, even if it wasn't quite how you imagined it!

Our first challenge of 2021 is an easy Anything Goes challenge - just remember to use those promarkers :)

We are sponsored by the delightful  IKEsART digis, and I have used Blue Tit.

I used Cool Grey 5, Ice Grey 4, Warm Grey 4, Indigo Blue, April Shower, Blue Sky, Olive Green, Lime Green, Summer Sun, Sandstone, Morning Mist, Soft Peach, Ruby and Maroon.

I used M&C stitched square nesting dies from The Works t die cut both the image and the patterned paper behind this, which is a double sided paper from my stash. The off cut is the piece placed along th bottom for the easel stand.

I made an easel card out of a 6x4 blank and added some paper out of my scrap box in bright colours. I added the image panel off to one side so that the bright paper could be seen. I then used peel-off markers to colour the letters before spelling out 'thank you' and adding a flower.

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

modsquad - Fly Away

ATSM #396 Make Your Mark

TheMaleRoom #146 Animals

DigiDoodleStudios #34 Anything Goes

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Keep it Simple over at I Love Promarkers

 Yes you guessed it - we have a CAS twist to our anything goes challenge this month over at I Love Promarkers. We are sponsored by Dr Digi's House Of Stamps and I have used cuddly critters rabbit.

Coloured with Promarkers - Spice, Pink Lobster and Ruby (even keeping the colouring nice and simple).

Fussy cut and stuck directly onto a white base card. Frame from papermania glitter paper (Capsule collection) and die-cut using M&C stitched square nesting dies. I then simply added a white ribbon bow, and a sentiment.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

TIOT - Autumn colours

PFP #562 Anything but Christmas

CASology #375 Spice (I used the colour)

Please do pop along to the blog and see what the rest of the T have created to inspire you - and don't forget to join in (just use those Promarkers, Aquamarkers, Trimarkers or Flexmarkers).

Hugz Tinz

Christmas in July #1

Good morning,

We have a new challenge starting over at I Love Promarkers today, with the optional theme of Christmas in July. Our lovely sponsor is Dr Digi's House Of Stamps and I have used Simply Santa.

I coloured him using the following promarker colours - Tawny Owl, Cinnamon, Black, Cardinel Red, Tropical Orchid, Pastel Beige and Daffodil Bloom. I then die-cut him using an X-cuts scalloped circle die. I cut a circle from patterned paper and layered them together. I took a 6x6" card blank and cut the front panel down the middle. I used a patterned paper on the inside and a Papermania vellum on the outside before layering the image onto the card. I accented with diamantes and added a foiled sentiment.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Ikesworld #134 S for Show us Xmas
ABC Christmas - O for OTT (lots of patterned papers)
ChristmasCraftCreations - Christmas characters 
Winterwonderland - Hip to be square
DigiDoodleStudio #29 Christmas in July
SOS #424 Christmas in July
craftyhazelnuts #497 For a man/boy

Do pop over to the blog to see the rest of the DT's creations and drop us your entry.

Hugz Tinz

All about the boys @ I Love Promarkers

We have a new challenge started at I Love Promarkers today, with the optional theme of - for a boy. Our lovely sponsor is  Knitty Kitty Digis.

For my card I coloured Congrats it's a kitten with promarkers (supplies to be listed below). I die-cut the image and layered it onto some camping patterned paper on a navy blue base card. I fussy cut the sentiment from the same paper set and overlapped the image panel slightly. Finally I added a blue present.

Products - Promarkers in Henna, Cocoa, March Hare, Ruby, Cool Grey 2, Lilac, Lavender, Orchid, Metallic Silver, Canary Yellow, Fuchsia Pink.
           - X-cut large labels nesting dies
           - Papercraft magazine free papers.

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

SUYP #55

dragonflydreams - make it masculine

TIOT - make it masculine

AlphabetChallenge - E for Earth Bound animal

SimonSaysMonday - It's a man thing

SweetStampin' - Masculine/Father's Day

Do pop along to the blog to see what everyone else has created, and to add your own creations too. Just remember we need to see those letraset products (pro, aqua, flex, tria-markers).

Hugz Tinz

Magic circles @ I Love Promarkers

Hi guys,

We have a new challenge started at I Love Promarkers (please make sure you do use promarkers on your creation to be eligible for the prize draw), and our optional theme is Circles. We are sponsored by Paper Nest Dolls Digis , and I have used Magician Owen.

I coloured him using Amethyst, Spice, Winter Berry, Blossom, Black, Umber, Ducky Pink promarkers. I then fussy cut him and added him onto a square base card with some scalloped circle die-cuts and a masculine brad.

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

SimonSaysMonday - Going Round in circles

TIOT - cut it out

notjustcards - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Get Well with I Love Promarkers

Our new challenge has started today and our optional theme is Get Well Soon. We are sponsored by SheepSkiDesigns  and I have used Giant Daisies .

I coloured the image with promarkers and then used some border toppers to create a frame. I cut and inked a sentiment panel with Distress Inks in evergreen Bough, Scattered Straw and Crushed Sapphire. Then I added a peel-off sentiment, sme flower toppers and a butterfly.

Promarkers used - China Blue, French Navy, Pink Lobster, Metallic Green, Warm Grey 3 and 4, Sunkissed Pink, Cerise, Yellow, Black, Mustard, Terracotta, Lavender, Lilac, Holly.

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

SundayPostcardArt - Bonnets/Big Hats

AlphabetChallenge - A for Anything Goes

DragonflyDreams - Add a flower/s

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Flying things @ I Love Promarkers

Hi guys

Firstly I hope you are all safe and coping with the current upheaval we seem to be going through!

We have a new challenge for you over at I Love Promarkers, with the optional theme of things that fly. Our lovely sponsor is:  Knitty Kitty Digis.

I have used Snow Scene No 57, and here is my card combining all the images from the set:

 

I coloured the images using the following promarkers - Slate, Plum Preserve, Mint Green, Pastel Beige, Dusky Pink, dusky Rose, Carmine, Ice Grey 3, Pine, Pale Pink, Cool Grey 1, Mustard and Soft Green.

I then fussy cut each of the images individually. I took an aperture base card and removed the inner fold, ripping it to make icy hills. I layered the images together using the aperture and the hills to create my fun snowy scene. I then added some stickers to finish.

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

notjustcards - Anything Goes

ikesworld #130 O for out of comfort zone (this is so not something I usually do lol)

MMM #118 Something Tropical (Flamingos are tropical aren't they?)

AlphabetChallenge - Y for Youngsters

inkspirational #208 Animal

catchthebug - Things with wings

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Mermaid wishes for I Love Promarkers

Hi guys,

So sorry my post is late :O We have a new challenge starting over at I Love Promarkers, where the only requirement is t use your promarkers on your project. The optional theme this time is to add a sentiment and we have been sponsored by Paper Nest Dolls Digis. I have used Mermaid Ellie with Seahorse for my card.

Promarkers - Lime Twist, Buttercup, Ducky Pink, Soft Peach, Sunkissed Pink, Fuchsia Pink, Lavender, Khaki, Walnut, Cardinal Red, Poppy

I layered the image over a digital scene before printing. I then simply added two sentiment roppers.

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

SOS #415 Is it summer yet (digital background and sentiments from stash)

inkspirational #208 Leap (she is jumping out of the water)

dragonflydreams - make it feminine

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz#ilo

Snow White @ I Love Promarkers

Welcome to another Wednesday and a new challenge at I Love Promarkers. Ok the optional theme this time is actually one for the girls, and we are sponsored by IkesArt. I have used  Snow White  for my card.

I used a patterned base card, coloured the image with Promarkers before fussy cutting and then added several sentiments from my stash. Nice and easy.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Daring Cardmakers - Someone or Something you love 

ATSM #377 Make your Mark

notjustcards - Anything Goes

ikesworld - N for Nice

I also have a little recipe to share with you for Italian-style Pork Chops.

Firstly, heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large frying pan/skillet. Add the pork chops in a single layer and fry for 5 minutes, until browned. Remove from the pan.

 Finely chop 1 onion and fry until softened and browned.

 Crush 2 garlic cloves and add to the pan with 1tsp fresh chopped Rosemary.

Add the zest of one lemon and 150ml Chicken stock to the pan and allow to simmer for 10 minutes.

 Add the pork chops back to the pan, then add a can of chopped tomatoes and cook until heated through and the chops are fully cooked (about 10-20 minutes).

 Dish up and enjoy!

Hugz Tinz

Love is in the air @ I Love Promarkers

Hi guys,

Challenge #403 starts today at I Love Promarkers and this time the optional theme really does have to be love/wedding (we are in the month of love after all). Our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps   and I am using Love Blocks Love Conquers All for my card.

I coloured the image using my Letraset Aquamarkers for a change. I don't use these very often at all. I then used Distress inks on the base card, using Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw and Carved Pumpkin. I was using the colour wheel to really make the accents pop against the blue wash of the sky. To finish I added an orange butterfly and flower.

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

Catchthebug - Anything Goes

TIOT - Share the love

dragonflydreams - It's a love thing

DigiDoodleStudio #24 It's a love thing

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Cats @ I Love Promarkers

Hi guys,

We have a new challenge starting today at I Love Promarkers - with an optional theme of cats. Our sponsor is Knitty Kitty and I have used Kleokatra #47 for my card.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and then cut it on my paper cutter. I drew around the edge with Promarker fineliner. I then layered onto patterned paper and drew around the outside of the image area, and the outer edges of the paper. Finally I added some floral washi tape around the edges and a paper flower coloured in the same promarkers as the cats headdress, and a white pearl.

Promarkers used - Orange, Magenta, Canary, Ruby, Green, Lavender, Cool Grey 1, Tropical Orchid and Pink Carnation.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

SUYP #46 Furrything Goes

notjustcards - Anything Goes

TIOT - hot, hot, hot

Hugz Tinz

3 layers @ I Love Promarkers

Hi guys,

We have a new challenge starting today over at I Love Promarkers, and the optional theme is to use 3 layers. We are sponsored by Oddball Art by Lizzy Love, and I have used Tiffs Garden  89.

I used some die cuts and a papermania panel to create the layers and fussy cut the image. I coloured the image with Promarkers.

Promarkers used - Poppy, Grass, Henna, Cool Grey 5, Tawny Owl, Eggnog, Sunkissed Pink, Pine, Amethyst, Buttercup, Satin, Warm Grey 2, Daffodil Bloom and Walnut.

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

craftingbydesign - Anything Goes

intaas #66 Layer it up

ATSM #357 Make your Mark

We can't wait to see what you create for our challenge this time,

Hugz Tinz

Anything Goes @ I Love Promarkers

Our new challenge at I Love Promarkers does not have an optional theme this time. We are sponsored by the lovely IkesArt, and I have used Great Tit on a pine cone.

I used one of my patterned base cards to add interest. I then die-cut the image using a stitched square before colouring with promarkers. Finally I die-cut some pine cones and branches using some glitter, patterned, linen paper from my scrap box.

Products used:

Promarkers - Icicle, Polar Blue, Marine, Ivory, Gold, Burnt Sienna, Wild Cranberry, Ice Grey 4.

Dies - M&C stitched square nesting dies
         - Marianne Creatables - pine cones

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

Country View - Texture

notjustcards - Anything Goes

TIOT - In my garden there is...a Great Tit

The Male Room #118 Flight

As many of you will already be aware I shaved my hair to donate it to the Princess Trust. I thought you might like to see Chucky's reaction when he saw me for the first time afterwards.

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Birthday Alpaca

Hi guys,

We have a new challenge that started today at I Love Promarkers, with the optional theme of Birthdays (A nice easy one for everybody). Our sponsor is  Dr Digi'sHouse Of Stamps.

I have used Alice the Alpaca for my card:

I coloured the image using promarkers in cyan, Bluebell, Fuchsia Pink and Rose Pink. I then fussy cut the image and layered onto a patterned paper. I believe the sentiment is a Dr Digi one also.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

SimonSaysMonday - Happy Birthday
PFP #505 Flower Power

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz