Week 731 - Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends; we hope you’ve had a great day so far.  We’re back to announce our lucky Winner and Top 5 Passionista for last week’s ‘Easter' challenge.  Thank you for all your lovely entries; as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations.  I’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 All Dressed Up stamps and they offered one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice from their online store.  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 2

Lynne R.

Congratulations Lynne, what an adorable card.  Your image is super sweet and your papers are so pretty.  We have a new email address so please contact us at passionformarkerschallenge@gmail.com and let us know which images you would like and we will arrange for them to be sent to you.  We hope you will proudly display our winners badge on your blog:

Now onto the Top 5 Passionista and Sue had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing creations.  It was a really tough decision but after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Chrissy

Lolo

Lynne R. (must be your lucky week!)

Sheryl Hare

Silke

Congratulations everyone, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs.  If you need any help with this please email us at passionformarkerschallenge@gmail.com.

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to join in with our current challenge ‘use 3 of anything’ - full details in the post below.

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 732 - use 3 of anything

Good morning lovely crafters, we hope you all had a fantastic week last week. Thank you for your gorgeous entries into last week’s ‘Easter’ challenge.  It was lovely to have you join us 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 receive the 2 digi images courtesy of All Dressed Up Stamps and we will also be finding out who Sue has chosen as her top 5 Passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Linda from Team 2 and she has given you the theme of ‘use 3 of anything' to inspire you this week.  Linda doesn’t mind what you make this week as long as you have 3 of something on your creations.  It can be 3 images, 3 embellishments, 3 papers etc, it’s entirely up to you.  Don’t forget you can enter any type of creation it doesn’t have to be a card.  Such a brilliant theme, don't you agree; we can’t wait to see what you make.  Just remember your entry must include a hand-coloured image to be eligible for the prize draw.  The only rule we have is use your markers and have fun!

Our generous sponsor this week is Leann's World 101 and they are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice from their online store.  Most of the DT have used images from Leann's World 101 on their creations 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):

Linda

(using Leann's World 101 image 'Dan')

3 layers, 3 coffee beans, 3 sets of 3 buttons

Nat

(using Leann's World 101 image 'Alesea')

3 shells

Wendy

(using Leann's World 101 image 'Alesea')

3 shoals of fish, 3 seaweed plants

Elaine

3 flowers

Karen

(using Leann's World 101 image 'roses')

3 open roses, 3 enamel dots

Kitty

3 layers of tags, 3 buttons

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.

Stay safe and sending our love to you all.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 730 - Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends; we hope you’ve had a great day so far.  We’re back to announce our lucky Winner and Top 5 Passionista for last week’s ‘shaped cards' challenge.  Thank you for all your lovely entries; as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations.  I’ll be announcing Kitty'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 Sheepski Designs and they offered one lucky winner 3 digi images of their choice from their online store.  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 14

Lia

Congratulations Lia, what an adorable easel card.  Your image is so cute and the scene you created is fantastic.  We have a new email address so please contact us at passionformarkerschallenge@gmail.com and let us know which images you would like and we will arrange for them to be sent to you.  We hope you will proudly display our winners badge on your blog:

Now onto the Top 5 Passionista and Kitty had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing creations.  It was a really tough decision but after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Chris

Lia (must be your lucky week)

Lolo

Renske

Wendy Waldorf

Congratulations everyone, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs.  If you need any help with this please email us at passionformarkerschallenge@gmail.com.

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to join in with our current challenge ‘Easter’ - full details in the post below.

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 731 - Easter

Good morning lovely crafters; we hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Thank you for your gorgeous entries into last week's 'shaped cards' challenge.  It was lovely to have you join us and as always the DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs and seeing your beautiful creations.   Don’t forget to pop back later to find out who won the 3 digi images courtesy of Sheepski Designs and also who Kitty 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 theme of ‘Easter'.  As Easter is just around the corner Sue has chosen a really simple challenge, just make something suitable for Easter.  It can be super cute i.e bunnies, chicks, chocolate or even religious; we would love to see all your different creations.  Such an easy challenge, so let’s see lots of entries.  Please remember you can enter using any type of creation, it doesn’t have to be a card but whatever you make please remember you must include a hand coloured image to be eligible for our prize draw.  So come on, grab your markers, and have fun!

Our generous sponsor this week is All Dressed Up stamps and they are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice from their online store.   All of the DT have used images by All Dressed Up 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 ADU image 'bunny hairband')

Lisa

(using ADU image 'beret girl')

Lorraine

(using ADU image 'butterfly bunny')

Marie

(using ADU image 'butterfly bunny')

Marlene

(using ADU image 'Easter bunny')

Sarah

(using ADU image 'Easter chicks')

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.

Stay safe and sending our love to you all.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 729 - Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends; we hope you’ve had a great day so far.  We’re back to announce our lucky Winner and Top 5 Passionista for last week’s ‘colours of spring challenge'.  Thank you for all your lovely entries; as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations.  I’ll be announcing Marlene'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 Polkadoodles and they offered one lucky winner 3 digi images of their choice from their online store.  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 20

Pam's Pearls

Congratulations Pam, what a cute card.  Your image is adorable and your papers are so pretty.  We have a new email address so please contact us at passionformarkerschallenge@gmail.com and let us know which images you would like and we will arrange for them to be sent to you.  We hope you will proudly display our winners badge on your blog:

Now onto the Top 5 Passionista and Marlene had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing creations.  It was a really tough decision but after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Betta Scrap

Lisa J.

Lolo

Maz 

MeSi

Congratulations everyone, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs.  If you need any help with this please email us at passionformarkerschallenge@gmail.com.

Unfortunately last week's winner did not contact us to claim their prize so we have redrawn another winner. As always we used random.org.  

For the Colour of Love Digis prize of 3 digi images - the lucky re-drawn winner is:

No. 20

Jinny

Congratulations Jinny, your gift box is beautiful and the image is so sweet. Please email us (address above) and let us know which images you would like from Colour of Love Digis and we will arrange for them to be sent to you.  

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to join in with our current challenge ‘shaped cards’ - full details in the post below.

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 730 - shaped cards

Good morning lovely crafters, we hope you all had a fantastic week last week. Thank you for your gorgeous entries into last week’s ‘colours of spring’ challenge.  It was lovely to have you join us 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 receive the 3 digi images courtesy of Polkadoodles and we will also be finding out who Marlene has chosen as her top 5 Passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Kitty from Team 2 and she has given you the theme of ‘shaped cards' to inspire you this week.  Kitty doesn’t mind what you make this week as long as your card base is not a basic square or rectangle.  She would love to see any shapes such as circles, ovals, stars, whatever your creativity can think of.  Such a brilliant theme, don't you agree; we can’t wait to see what you make.  Just remember your entry must include a hand-coloured image to be eligible for the prize draw.  The only rule we have is use your markers and have fun!

Our generous sponsor this week is Sheepski Designs and they are offering one lucky winner 3 digi images of their choice from their online store.  All of the DT have used images from Sheepski Designs on their creations 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):

Kitty

(using Sheepski Designs 'butterfly curl - image no. 143')

Linda

(using Sheepski Designs 'tulips image - no. 216')

Nat

(using Sheepski Designs 'for you image - no. 259')

Wendy

(using Sheepski Designs 'dahlia's image - no. 263')

card open:

Elaine

(using Sheepski Designs 'tulip border - image no. 150')

Karen

(using Sheepski Designs 'dahlia's image - no. 263')

card closed:

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.

Stay safe and sending our love to you all.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x