Passion for Markers: February 2018

Tuesday, 27 February 2018

Week 432–Winner and Top 5 Passionista

I hope you are all keeping warm now the Beast from the East has struck, being in Stafford we have only had flurries of snow, so I hope if you have had it bad, you can keep warm in your crafty area by joining in with our new challenge, all details are on the post below.

For last week’s challenge we were sponsored by A Day for Daisies who offered one lucky winner a $12.00 voucher to spend in their online store.. As always we used random.org and he chose:

pinky

Congratulations Pinky. Please email us at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Nat from Team 2 has chosen the following gorgeous cards -

Michelle Lancaster

Nick

pinky

Teresa

wendy rudd

Congratulations ladies, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs. If you need any help with this please email us.

We hope you all have a wonderful week, stay safe and warm and don't forget to join in with this weeks challenge of 'Cats and/or dogs'

Hugs

Gina, Denise and the Design Team xx

Week 433 - 'Cats and/or dogs'

Good morning to you all on this very cold morning, I hope you are all keeping warm with the 'Beast from the East' heading towards us all. Denise is off this week with flu (get well soon xx) so I am taking over for the week.

Thank you to everyone who joined in last week, the winner of last weeks challenge and Top five will be announced later on today. In the meantime why not give this weeks challenge a go.

The challenge has been set by the lovely Hazel from Team 1 and is a theme I am sure we all have stamps and images for 'Cats and/or dogs'. Remember you can enter using any type of creation, it doesn’t have to be a card. As always to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Winsor & Newton (formerly Letraset) products (promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, aqua markers or metallic markers) and of course follow the theme. Please can you help us by stating which products you have used on your creation I.e. ‘coloured with promarkers’ etc.

Our sponsor this week is Dr Digis House of Stamps who have some fantastic images for all occasions and they have generously offered 2 images to the winner of this challenge

If you need some inspiration for this weeks challenge of 'Cats and/or dogs' just take a look at the Design teams cards, gorgeous as always. Please check out their blogs by clicking on the link above the cards.

Sue

Hazel

Julie

Lisa

Marie

Nic

Shelly

Another week of wonderful inspiration from the DT!! We hope you can join in with our challenge this week and we look forward to seeing what you create.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

1.	Iwona	7.	jenimc	13.	Lyn
2.	IKE	8.	wendy rudd	14.	Michelle Lancaster
3.	Julye Bott	9.	crafty	15.	glennis f
4.	Ellie	10.	Jo	16.	Teresa
5.	Krafted Kards	11.	CraftyNatalie
6.	Teresa	12.	Lyn

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Tuesday, 20 February 2018

Week 431–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends, I’m sorry I’m a little late tonight with my post. I’m back to announce our lucky winner and top 5 passionista for last week’s “add an embellishment” challenge. It was fantastic to see all your lovely entries and as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations. We’ll be announcing Sue’s top 5 passionista in a moment but firstly let’s find out who our lucky winner is!

For last week’s challenge we were sponsored by DigiStamp Boutique who offered one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store. As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 19

Michelle Lancaster

Congratulations Michelle, your card is so pretty. I love the sweet image and your colouring is perfect. Please email us at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Sue had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing creations. She had a really tough decision this week but after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Congratulations ladies, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs. If you need any help with this please email us.

Top 5 Passionista Blinkie

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to enter our current challenge ‘have a heart’– full details in the post below.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 432–have a heart

Good morning lovely crafters, I hope you all had a fantastic week last week. Thank you for your gorgeous entries into last week’s ‘add an embellishment’ challenge. It was lovely to see so many entries and as always the DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs and seeing your beautiful creations. Please remember to come back later as we will be announcing our lucky winner who will win the $10.00 voucher courtesy of DigiStamp Boutique and we will also find out who Sue has chosen as her Top 5 Passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Nat from Team 2, and she has given us the theme of ‘have a heart. As the title suggests Nat would like you to make something that includes a heart or is heart shaped. It can be on your image, your patterned paper, a die cut or even an embellishment such as a heart shaped gem. Whatever you use it’s up to you as long as there is one heart on your creation somewhere! Remember you can enter using any type of creation, it doesn’t have to be a card. As always to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Winsor & Newton (formerly Letraset) products (promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, aqua markers or metallic markers) and of course follow the theme. Please can you help us by stating which products you have used on your creation I.e. ‘coloured with promarkers’ etc. Thanks x x

Our generous sponsor this week is A Day for Daisies and they are offering one lucky winner a $12.00 voucher to spend in their online store. Their images are beautiful so why not pop over to their store and check them out. Some of the DT were lucky enough to use images from All Dressed Up stamps on their cards this week.

The design team have worked their magic once again this week and have created beautiful cards to inspire you (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Nat

Outside of card:

Inside of card:

Donna

Still recuperating so no card this week.

Elaine

Jacky

Karen

(using ADFD image ‘you may kiss the bride’)

Kitty

(using ADFD image ‘spring flower hair’)

Linda

(using ADFD image ‘baby’s smile’)

Lorraine C.

(using ADFD image ‘happy love day’)

Another week of wonderful inspiration from the DT!! We hope you can join in with our challenge this week and we look forward to seeing what you create.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 432 - have a heart

1.	Michelle Lancaster	6.	pinky	11.	wendy rudd
2.	ileana artuffo	7.	crafty	12.	jenimc
3.	Ginny♥	8.	Suzi McKenzie	13.	Alison B
4.	Nick	9.	Wendy F
5.	NanaConnie	10.	Teresa

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Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Week 430–Winner and Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends, I’m back to announce our lucky winner and top 5 passionista for last week’s “love and kisses” challenge. It was a popular challenge and it was fantastic to see so many of your lovely entries and as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations. We’ll be announcing Lorraine C.’s top 5 passionista in a moment but firstly let’s find out who our lucky winner is!

For last week’s challenge we were sponsored by All Dressed Up stamps who offered one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice from their online store. As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 25

Lyn

Congratulations Lyn, your card is so cute. I love the fun image and colouring is perfect. Please email us at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Lorraine C. had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing creations. She had a difficult decision this week but after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Congratulations ladies, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs. If you need any help with this please email us.

Top 5 Passionista Blinkie

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to enter our current challenge which is a gorgeous ‘add an embellishment’ – full details in the post below.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 431–add an embellishment

Good morning lovely crafters, I hope you all had a fantastic week last week. Thank you for your gorgeous entries into last week’s ‘love and kisses’ challenge. It was lovely to see so many of your entries and as always the DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs and seeing your beautiful creations. Please remember to come back later as we will be announcing our lucky winner who will win the 2 digi images courtesy of All Dressed Up stamps and we will also find out who Lorraine C. has chosen as her Top 5 Passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Sue from Team 1, and she has given us the fantastic theme of ‘add an embellishment’. Sue would simply like you to make a creation using one or more embellishments. It can be as simple as adding a gem or pearl or if you prefer you can add an abundance of die cuts, flowers, sequins, buttons etc. Easy peasy, right? Remember you can enter using any type of creation, it doesn’t have to be a card. As always to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Winsor & Newton (formerly Letraset) products (promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, aqua markers or metallic markers) and of course follow the theme. Please can you help us by stating which products you have used on your creation I.e. ‘coloured with promarkers’ etc. Thanks x x

Our generous sponsor this week is DigiStamp Boutique and they are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store. Their images are super cute so why not pop over to their store and check them out. Some of the DT were lucky enough to use images from DigiStamp Boutique on their cards this week.

The design team have worked their magic once again this week and have created beautiful cards to inspire you (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Sue

(using an image from the DSB ‘chubby celebration set’)

Hazel

Julie

Lisa

(using an image from the DSB ‘tweet hearts collection’

Marie

Nic

Shelly

(using an image from the DSB ‘cute kitty set’)

Another week of wonderful inspiration from the DT!! We hope you can join in with our challenge this week and we look forward to seeing what you create.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 431 - add an embellishment

1.	Jane	13.	Teresa	25.	Irene M
2.	Nicola Gold	14.	Kym	26.	Teresa
3.	Krafted Kards	15.	Lorel Blondi	27.	CraftyNatalie
4.	Jennifer H.	16.	Nick	28.	Teresa
5.	NanaConnie	17.	Crafty Kiwi Mama	29.	SallyannB
6.	pinky	18.	wendy rudd	30.	NanaConnie
7.	Lisa J	19.	Michelle Lancaster	31.	Alison B
8.	jenimc	20.	Danii	32.	MARLENE
9.	Nick	21.	Diane Louise	33.	Gina
10.	Nick	22.	Diane Louise No2	34.	shuly
11.	Tinz	23.	Helen	35.	Nicola Gold
12.	MARLENE	24.	Helen

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Tuesday, 6 February 2018

Week 429–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends, I’m sorry I’m a little late tonight with my post. I’m back to announce our lucky winner and top 5 passionista for last week’s “inspiration photo” challenge. It was fantastic to see your lovely entries and how you interpreted the photo and as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations. We’ll be announcing Shelly’s top 5 passionista in a moment but firstly let’s find out who our lucky winner is!

For last week’s challenge we were sponsored by Lacy Sunshine who offered one lucky winner 3 digis of their choice from their online store. As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 10

CraftyNatalie

Congratulations Natalie, such a gorgeous card. I love the fun image and your colouring is perfect. Please email us at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Shelly had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing creations. She had a really tough decision this week but after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Jackie T.