Week 812 - Winner and 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 'Halloween' challenge. It was lovely to see your entries and as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations. I’ll be announcing my Top 5 Passionista (on behalf of Sue) 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

Silke

Congratulations Silke, what an adorable card. The images are so cute and your colouring is perfect. Please email us at passionformarkerschallenge@gmail.com and let us know what 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 I had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing creations. After much deliberation here are my favourite 5 (in linky order):

Vannessa

Lorraine B.

Renske N.

Jenny

Silke (must be your lucky week!)

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 'spots and/or stripes' - full details in the post below.

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 813 - spots and/or stripes

Good morning lovely crafters, we hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Thank you so much for your gorgeous entries for last week’s ‘Halloween’ challenge.  It was lovely to see your wonderful entries and as always the DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs.  Please remember to come back later as we will be announcing our lucky winner, who will receive 2 digi images courtesy of All Dressed Up stamps and we will also find out who I have chosen (on behalf of Sue) as my top 5 Passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Nat from Team 2 and she has given us the super easy theme of “spots and/or stripes”.  Nat would simply like you to create something which includes either spots or stripes or both!!  You can have spots and stripes on your papers, ribbons, image or even background stamps!  Such a lovely theme and we hope to have lots of entries this week!  Please remember you can enter using any type of creation, it doesn’t have to be a card, the only rule we have is to use your markers and have fun!

Our generous sponsor this week is Dr Digi's House of 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 from Dr Digi's HOS 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 and see more views of their amazing makes this week):

Nat

(using Dr Digi's HOS image 'not a happy bunny')

Wendy

(using Dr Digi's HOS image 'Dunderton decorators ltd')

Elaine 

(using Dr Digi's HOS image 'Dunderton decorators ltd')

Karen

(using Dr Digi's HOS image 'Dunderton decorators ltd')

Kitty

(using Dr Digi's HOS image 'nightcap Derek')

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 811 - 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 'fun folds' challenge. It was lovely to see your entries and 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 Di's Digi Stamps and she offered one lucky winner a £6.00 voucher to spend in her online store. As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 10

Kathy A.

Congratulations Kathy, what a cute shaped card. The image is adorable and your colouring is perfect. Please email us at passionformarkerschallenge@gmail.com and let us know what 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. After much deliberation here are her favourite 5 (in linky order):

Irene

Kathy

Kathy A. (must be your lucky week!)

Betta

Jenny

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 'Halloween' - full details in the post below.

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 812 - Halloween

Good morning lovely crafters, we hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Thank you so much for your gorgeous entries for last week’s ‘fun folds’ challenge.  It was lovely to see your wonderful creations and the DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs.  Please remember to come back later as we will be announcing our lucky winner of the £6.00 voucher courtesy of Di's Digi Stamps and we will also find out who Kitty has chosen as her top 5 passionista.

Onto the new challenge which this week has been chosen by Sue from Team 1 and as it is just around the corner she has given us a very easy theme of ‘Halloween’.  Sue would like you to create some Halloween themed creations this week, will yours be cute or creepy, we can't wait to find out.  Another fantastic theme and really simple I think you’ll agree. Don’t forget you can enter any type of creation it doesn’t have to be a card; the only rule we have is to use 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.  Most of the DT have used images from All Dressed Up 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 and see more views of their amazing makes this week):

Sue

Taking a short break 

Lorraine

(using ADU image 'monsterific')

Marie 

(using ADU image 'magical day' - not currently in the store)

Marlene 

No card this week

Sarah

(using ADU image 'witch hat')

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 810 - 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 'only square cards' challenge. It was lovely to see your entries and 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 Leann's World 101 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. 11

Paper Whims

Congratulations Wendy, what a cute card. The image is adorable and your colouring is perfect. Please email us at passionformarkerschallenge@gmail.com and let us know what 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. After much deliberation here are her favourite 5 (in linky order):

Jane Savage

Carol Gill

Pinky

Silke

Lisa J.

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.

Last week's winner Kathy has kindly asked me to gift her prize to someone else (how lovely is that?) so using random.org the lucky re-drawn winner of the 3 digis from Colour of Love is:

No. 6

Tinyworks

Congratulations Maria, what a cute card. Please email us at passionformarkerschallenge@gmail.com and let us know what images you would like and we will arrange for them to be sent to you. Please grab the winner's badge (above) for your blog.

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

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 811 - fun folds

Good morning lovely crafters, we hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Thank you for your gorgeous entries into last week’s ‘only square 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.  Please remember to come back later as we will be announcing our winner of the 2 digi images courtesy of Leann's World 101 and also revealing 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 us the fantastic theme of ‘fun folds'. Kitty wants you to step out of your comfort zone this week and make a card with more than one fold.  It could be as simple as an easel card, z-fold card or even a stepper card.  Whatever you decide to make we cannot wait to be blown away by all your beautiful fun fold creations, which can be for any occasion and theme.  So come on, grab your markers and have fun!

Our generous sponsor this week is Di's Digi Stamps and Di is offering one lucky winner a £6.00 voucher to spend in her online store.  

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

made a cute Halloween z-fold card

the image is a freebie from Di's Digi Stamps

Nat 

No card this week

Wendy

made a bright and happy centre pop up card

Elaine 

made a cool winter easel card

Karen

made an elegant wedding easel card

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 809 - 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 'favourite colours' challenge. It was lovely to see your entries and as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations. I’ll be announcing Karen'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 Colour of Love Digis 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. 19

Kathy

Congratulations Kathy, what a gorgeous card. Your colouring is fantastic and we love your shimmery background.  Please email us at passionformarkerschallenge@gmail.com and let us know what 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 Karen had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing creations. After much deliberation here are her favourite 5 (in linky order):

Silke

Chris

Pinky

Betta

Kathy (must be your lucky week!)

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 'only square cards' - full details in the post below.

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x