Week 719 - midway reminder for the Mega Christmas challenge!

Good morning crafters.  Wow where did the last two weeks disappear to?  We cannot believe it’s only 6 days until the BIG day – we’re sure you are all super organised and are now sitting back and relaxing waiting for the day to arrive (or if you’re anything like me you are running around like a headless chicken lol!). 

Well we are now half way through our Mega Christmas challenge and we have to say we are stunned by all your gorgeous cards.  The theme is “add a sentiment” and don’t forget you still have until 2nd January 2024 to enter our challenge, although there is a maximum of 3 entries per person. 

We have some news for you before we show you the wonderful creations by Team 1.  Sadly this will be Julie's last challenge for us at PFM, after being here since almost the start of the blog she has decided to step down and devote more time to her family and her new grand baby.  We would like to say a huge thank you for all her hard work and the wonderful creations she has shared for us over the years.  We will miss you lots Julie.  However on a happier note we are happy to say that we have Sarah joining us in January and if you play along regularly I'm sure you will know her and her wonderful work.  Welcome Sarah!

Here is a quick reminder of the prizes up for grabs:

Dies to Die For are offering 1 lucky winner a £20.00 gift voucher

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Uniko Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner 1 stamp set (must be in stock)

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Leann’s World 101 are offering 1 lucky winner 2 digi images

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Colour of Love digis are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

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All Dressed Up stamps are offering 1 lucky winner 2 digi images

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Polkadoodles are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

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Sheepski Designs are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

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Alex Syberia Designs is offering 1 lucky winner a £10.00 gift voucher

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WOW amazing prizes – we’re sure you’ll agree!

In the last post two week’s ago we shared team 2’s beautiful creations so this time we are going to share the gorgeous creations from Team 1 (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Julie

Lisa 

Taking a short break

Lorraine 

Marie

Marlene

Sue

We’re sure you’ll agree that their cards are stunning.

So to re-cap the challenge will run until 2nd January 2024 and you can enter a maximum of 3 times.  Please continue to link up your cards with Mr Linky in our original post here.

We can’t wait to see your creations and look forward to visiting your blogs.  We’ll be back in 2 week’s time to launch our new challenge and also to announce all the lucky winners of our amazing prizes.  Don’t forget you have to be in it to win it lol!

Before we go we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year and thank you for all the love and support that you’ve shown us in 2023.  Without you and all of our generous sponsors our little blog would not be the success it is and still going strong after all these years.  We hope you will all continue to support us in the new year and make 2024 an even better year.

Love and hugs to you all.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT xx

Week 715 - 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 digi or stamp’ 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 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 Alex Syberia Designs and she offered one lucky winner a $10.00 voucher (valid on digital products only) to spend in her online store.  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 4

Lia

Congratulations Lia, what a beautiful card.  Your image is so cute and your frame is wonderful.  Please email us at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com with your choice of images 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.  It was a really tough decision but after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Coldwaters

Jane Savage

KT Fit Kitty

MeSi

Sarah R. 

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 promarkerchallenge@gmx.com.

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

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 715 - favourite digi or stamp

Good morning lovely crafters, we hope you all had a fantastic week last week. Thank you for your gorgeous entries into last week’s ‘embellish it’ 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 of their choice courtesy of All Dressed Up stamps and we will also be finding out who Marie has chosen as her top 5 Passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Karen from Team 2 and she has given you the theme of ‘favourite digi or stamp' to inspire you this week.  Karen would simply like you to use your favourite digi or stamp on your creations this week.  Now if you are anything like us your have lots of favourites which can change from day to day so will accept multiple entries as usual.  However please can you tell us why the image you’ve used is particularly your favourite.  We cannot wait to see what your favourite images are.  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 Alex Syberia Designs and they are offering one lucky winner a $10 gift voucher to spend in their online store (digital products only).  All the DT have used images from Alex Syberia 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):

Karen

(using Alex Syberia image 'sending love bouquet')

Kitty

(using Alex Syberia image 'love u giraffe')

Linda

(using Alex Syberia image 'almond blossoms')

Nat

(using Alex Syberia image 'love u giraffe')

Wendy

(using Alex Syberia image 'sketched hibiscus')

Elaine

(using Alex Syberia image 'Christmas berries')

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 700–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 ‘summer in full bloom’ 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 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 Alex Syberia Designs and they offered one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store (digital products only).  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 3

Gail K.

Congratulations Gail, your card is beautiful.  Your image is so pretty and your colouring is perfect.  Please email us at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com with your choice of images 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 Lorraine C. 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:

Jinny

Lynne R.

Maria

Silke

Susan Sudbury

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 promarkerchallenge@gmx.com.

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

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 700–summer in full bloom

Good morning lovely crafters, we hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Thank you for your gorgeous entries into last week’s ‘Christmas animals’ 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 $6.00 voucher courtesy of Di’s Digi Stamps and also who Wendy has chosen as her Top 5 Passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Lorraine C. from Team 1, and she has given us the fantastic theme of ‘summer in full bloom’.  Lorraine basically wants to see your floral creations this week; summer is the perfect time to see all the beautiful flowers in gardens and the countryside so we hope this will inspire you.  We can’t wait to see what you make.  Don’t forget you can enter any type of creation it doesn’t have to be a card but you must include a hand coloured image.  The only rule we have is use your markers and have fun!

Our generous sponsor this week is Alex Syberia Designs and they are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store (digital products only).  Most of the DT have used images from Alex Syberia 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):

Lorraine C.

(using Alex Syberia image ‘Tina’s garden’)

Marie

(using Alex Syberia image ‘hello summer’)

Marlene

Sue

(using Alex Syberia image ‘hello summer’)

Julie

(using Alex Syberia image ‘be you A2 card panel’)

Lisa M.

(using Alex Syberia image ‘full bloom’)

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