Happy Mothering Sunday

I have a busy day ahead of me tomorrow so I thought I would wish all you Mum's a happy Mothering Sunday tomorrow and I hope you all get spoilt rotten (I guess if you are like me you end up doing the spoiling!!!).

This is the card that I made for my Mum which you can see here, but I decided to make it into one of these fab boxes that I have been seeing on lots of blogs.

Have a lovely day and thanks for looking Sue :o)

Birthday Card for Jayne

My colleague at work has her Birthday on Sunday and she is feeling a little cheated this year as she will be celebrating Mothering Sunday and her Birthday together.
Here is the card I have made for her and for the first time in a while I actually like what I have made!!!
I think I am veering more and more towards the simple clean and simple style of card.
This very cute LOTV Teddy was bought just before Christmas and this is his first outing... there are lots of new ones available from LOTV that are super cute but I decided I must use this one before even thinking about ordering any of the new ones.

Don't forget it is DIGI FRIDAY over at PFP

Thanks for looking Sue :o)

Passion For Promarkers Week 42

This week at PFP we have a colour challenge for you from our GDT member Sarah W.
The colours are bright green and mango I have used this sweet little Geisha girl from craft work cards I bought them a couple of years ago and this is the first time I have used them.
The papers are Blue Hill Collection by Crate Paper which are double sided I have stamped some little flowers on the plain side to mirror the flowers on her dress.

The sketch is the one from Sketch Saturday this week.

Thanks for looking Sue :o)

Passion For Promarkers Week 41 Theme

This week at PFP we have a theme for you to play with chosen by our DT member Caryn and it is "Back to Nature".
You will see from our DT examples this is very open to interpretation.

I have used a Hangler Image that was sent to me by a very kind person some time ago.
My colour scheme is yellow and green these colours remind me of nature at this time of year with all the new buds appearing and the primroses and daffodils I really love Spring Time.

The papers are Kaiser "little Miss" the sentiment and ribbon are SU and gems from my stash.

Have fun and I look forward to seeing your cards.

Thanks for looking Sue :o)

New Digi Friday at Passion for Promarkers

How do you fancy $15 to spend at the soft Pencil digi website?
Yes you do!!!
Well all you have to do is pop over to PFP this Friday and leave a comment on the wonderful tutorial at the weekend workshop which has been done by our own talented Caryn with one of the fabulous images form Soft Pencil.

This will be a regular Friday Digi draw with different digi sponsors each week and one of the DT doing a tutorial for you with one of the images.

One lucky person will be chosen by the random generator thingy

Good luck everyone Sue :o)

Passion For Promarkers Week 40

Wow where is the time going the last challenge at PFP for February the time is just flying past..Spring will soon be here!!!

This week we have a colour Challenge chosen by our guest DT member Tracey.
I am going to be very honest...when I saw the choice of Baby Pink and Tulip Yellow I just though HELP what am I going to do these are not colours I would normally put together but that is the great part of a challenge that's exactly what it is !!!
Oh and there was stitching too so Dameon the Demon sewing machine had to come out from the back of the cupboard.

I decided to use this gorgeous PB stamp called "Rain or Shine Friends" which I love but is rather large so when you use it it takes up the bulk of the card.

After all my worries I am pleased with this card I love the colour combo and even though the stitching is a little wonky its the best I have managed with the machine so far.

The flower is a combination of bits from my stash and the sentiment is SU.

So all and all I am quite pleased with this card and I will be keeping it for my friends Birthday in March.

Thanks for looking Sue :o)

Saturday Secret Crafter & Sunday Sketch and Stamp

This Sunday Sketch and Stamp is a new challenge for me and I am loving the sketch for my first go at this one.
I dust this snowdrops stamp off every year at about this time as I always use it for my Mum's Mothering Sunday card she love snowdrops so it has become a bit of a tradition to make her a card with this image.
This is also for Saturday Secret Crafter which calls for a card for MUM.
It also fits in with Quixotic challenge which is also something for MUM

The papers are Nana's nursery from DCWV and I have used my MS heart punch for the border but I was I little disappointed as it didn't show up to well so I put some pearls in the middle of the hearts.

Coloured with promarkers and stickles on the snowdrops.

Thanks for looking Sue :o)

I ♥ ProMarkers Sketch Challenge

I have made this card using the I ♥ ProMarkers sketch Challenge.
It was an image I had already coloured when I was practising with my promarkers I just love to sit and colour the images sometimes I am happy with them sometimes not!!!

The theme is spring as well as the sketch so this little Tilda picking the petals off her flower seemed perfect.
The papers are BG and the flowers are from my stash

Thanks for looking Sue :o)

Passion For Promarkers Buttons and Bows

Hi this week it is my turn to choose the theme for the PFP challenge and I have gone with a nice easy one "buttons and bows".

My card has been made with the two tutorials available over the past 2 weeks the first one was the heart shaped card and the second was to colour the images with promarkers in more subtle colours.
If you are interested you can find the tutorials on the PFP blog there is a link at the top of the page called "weekend workshop".

I am also going to enter this for the Simon Says Challenge "what's love got to do with it".

The papers are BG two scoops and my latest favourite thing "Kraft Card" the bow was made with the fabulous Bow-Easy available here.
Hope you like the challenge this week.

Thanks for looking Sue

Too Distressing Playing in the Sugarbowl

Hi I have made this card for the Sugarbowl Challenge which is a fab sketch by Tiets and a receipe of 3 flowers 2 brads and 1 button.
I am not happy with this card and I wasn't going to post it but I guess we must share the good and the bad!!!



When I see these multi layer sketches I always get the urge to try some distressing but then when I have tried it I always regret the decision!!!

I have used MME free papers again but this time I have distressed them and I also added some glimmer mist, I don't like the button on the blue flower and the colours in the image look to bright (Ok enough of the moaning).

Hope you are all having a great Valentines Day.

Thanks for looking. Sue :o)

Friday Sketchers

There is a fab sketch at Friday Sketchers this week and I already had this image coloured on my desk from some practising I had been doing with promarkers.

I have used kraft card again this time I made a blank and used it as my base the papers are Laura Ashley from last year with co-ordinating ribbons and brads.
The background paper and ribbon is glittered but doesn't show to well in the picture.
I am being very good at the moment and not buying any new craft papers or stamps so the Tilda is also an older one.

Hope you all have a great weekend and thanks for looking Sue :o)

Valenswine

Hi today I am showing you my Valentines Day card for Hubby, he has many obsessions but 2 of them are chocolate (a day never passes when he doesn't eat some)and pigs (apart from dogs his favourite animal).

This High Hopes sweet little pig eating all the chocolates is just the ticket and I have used the Papertake Weekly sketch this week.
It also fits in with the Die Cut Dreams Challenge have a Heart.

The papers are BG two scoops, I have invested in a Bow-Easy available here and it is fab it is just so easy to tie bows especially with slippery ribbons like satin and chiffon.
I would have loved to use some brown chiffon ribbon but sadly I didn't have any and the brown grossgrain was too solid a colour.
The flower has been made with my nestabilities blossom dies.

Thanks for looking Sue :o)

Passion for Promarkers week 38 Colour Combo

This week at PFP we have a fabulous colour combo for you from our guest DT member Emma.
The colours are Aegean,Sky Blue and Cool Aqua these colours work really well together for shading and contrast.

I have used a GF stamp and my last sheet of Daisy Bucket Sweet Pea papers...I do so love these papers.
I have let Dameon the demon sewing machine out from the back of the cupboard, he came to me the Christmas before last and he has only been let out twice in all that time, it is crazy because I used to do lots of dressmaking years ago but I just find it quite different sewing on paper.
The little bows in the corners are made with SU ribbon and brads.

Thanks for looking Sue :o)

Moving and Friday Sketchers

Firstly I want to say sorry for the rubbish photo...I have taken it with my daylight lamp this evening but I find it difficult to get the angle just right.

This card is for the Sir Stampalot challenge which has the theme of "moving" see side bar for details and also here for how to enter. The theme is open to interpretation and I am guessing that dandelion seeds move!!
The sketch is this weeks Friday Sketchers sketch.

The stamp is PB "Cheesecake Wish" and the papers are the free "My Minds Eye" pad which came with this months cardmaking magazine.

Thanks for looking. Sue :o)

Passion for Promarkers All Creatures Great and Small

This week at PFP we have a theme for you to play with "all creatures GREAT and SMALL"
Now my first thought was to use one of my cute PB mice or hedgehogs then I found this High Hopes Carpenter Ant and nothing can be much SMALLER than an ant but what fab little creatures they are such GREAT workers!!!

The papers are a mixture of BG and SU with a simple little layout and I have the perfect card for my brothers birthday this month.

Have fun with this weeks challenge and thanks for looking. Sue :o)