Week 815 - Christmas

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 ‘CAS’ 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 3 digi images courtesy of Polkadoodles and we will also find out who Sarah has chosen as her top 5 Passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Wendy from Team 2 and she has given us the super easy theme of 'Christmas'. Wendy would like you to simply make a Christmas themed creation this week.  We know most of you have started your Christmas cards/tags etc production by now but I'm sure there are quite a few you that haven’t begun yet and hopefully this challenge will give you a little kickstart!!  Don’t forget you can enter any type of creation it doesn’t have to be a card.  Just remember your entry must include a hand-coloured image to be eligible for the prize draw; so grab your markers and have fun! 

Our generous sponsor this week is Lili of the Valley stamps and they are offering one lucky winner 4 digi images of their choice from their online store.  All of the DT have used images from Lili of the Valley 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):

Wendy

(using LOTV image 'top hat snowman')

Elaine 

(using LOTV image 'carol singing hedgehog')

Karen

(using LOTV image 'Christmas mouse house')

Kitty 

(using LOTV image 'Christmas mouse house')

Nat

(using LOTV image 'James balancing act')

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 776 - include gems or pearls

Good morning lovely crafters, we hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Thank you for all your gorgeous entries into last week’s ‘use red and/or pink’ challenge; 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 3 digi images courtesy of Sheepski Designs and we will also find out who Lorraine has chosen as her Top 5 Passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which was chosen by Elaine from Team 2 and she has given us a theme of ‘include gems and/or pearls’.  As the title suggests Elaine doesn’t mind what you make this week as long as you have some gems or pearls (or both) on it.  Now we know how much crafters love bling so I’m sure this is going to be an easy challenge for you all.  Remember you can enter using any type of creation, it doesn’t have to be a card. Such a great challenge and we cannot wait to see what you create.  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 Lili of the Valley who are offering one lucky winner 4 digi images of their choice from their online store.  All of the DT have used images from LOTV 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):

Elaine

(using LOTV image 'candles')

Karen

(using LOTV image 'Jasmine coffee')

Kitty

(using LOTV image 'Jasmine magazine')

Linda

On her extended break

Nat

(using LOTV image 'Christmouse pudding')

Wendy

(using LOTV image 'James with jug of flowers')

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 760 - 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 ‘anything but square' challenge.  Thank you so much for the lovely entries; as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations.  I’ll be announcing Lisa'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 Lili of the Valley and they offered one lucky winner 4 digi images of their choice from their online store.  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 15

Jenn Borjeson

Congratulations Jenn what a cute ATC coin. The cat image is adorable and your colouring is fantastic. Please email us at passionformarkerschallenge@gmail.com with you 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 Lisa 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:

Lisa J.

Lori Podolsky

Marjeta Gomboc 

Nancy E

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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 'autumn friends' challenge - full details in the post below.

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 760 - anything but square

Good morning lovely crafters, we hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Thank you for all your gorgeous entries into last week’s ‘make it masculine’ 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 3 images courtesy of Sheepski Designs and also revealing who Nat has chosen as her Top 5 Passionista.  

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Lisa from Team 1, and she has given us the fantastic theme of ‘anything but square'. Lisa would like you to think outside the box this week and make a card that is not square.  It could be round, star, snowflake or simply just a rectangle card.  Sounds like fun doesn’t it!!  Such a brilliant theme, don't you agree and 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; so grab your markers and have fun!

Our generous sponsor this week is Lili of the Valley and they are offering one lucky winner 4 digi images of their choice from their online store.  All of the DT have used images from LOTV 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):

Lisa

(using LOTV image 'balloon & gift')

Lorraine

On an extended break

Marie

(using LOTV image 'snow cute')

Marlene

(using LOTV image 'cobweb')

Sarah

(using LOTV image 'Patch & Puss peekaboo')

Sue 

(using LOTV image 'penguins noel')

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 735 - check it out!

Good morning lovely crafters; we hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Thank you for your gorgeous entries into last week's 'use a die' 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 £10.00 voucher courtesy of Rachelle Anne Miller and also who Nat has chosen as her Top 5 Passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Lisa from Team 1, and she has given us the theme of ‘check it out'.  For this challenge Lisa would like you to use checks, ginghams, plaids etc on your projects; it can be in the form of patterned paper, stamping or even ribbon!  Don't forget 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 Lili of the Valley and they are offering one lucky winner 4 digi images of their choice from their online store.   The DT have all used images from LOTV 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):

Lisa

(using LOTV digital image 'if friends were flowers')

Lorraine

(using LOTV digital image 'James big sign')

Marie

(using LOTV digital image 'sweet peas in a jug')

Marlene

No card this week

Sarah

(using a LOTV image from the 'so mice' polymer stamp set

Sue

(using a LOTV image from the 'Alphabears' digital stamp 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.

Stay safe and sending our love to you all.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 691–special anniversary challenge winners!

Hello again crafters,  I’m back to announce our lucky winners for last week’s special anniversary challenge “anything goes”.  There were so many gorgeous entries and the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs.  Myself, Gina and all the DT would like to thank you for all your lovely comments and we really appreciate your support over the years and for making our little challenge blog the success it is today – without you it would be nothing. We would also like to say a big thank you to our sponsors for offering such amazing prizes each week.

Anyway enough of the sloppy stuff, here is the real reason you are here – the winners!  There are multiple winners this week as we had lots of lovely prizes up for grabs.  As always, to be fair, we used random.org and these are the chosen ones!:

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Dies to Die For offered a £20.00 voucher and the lucky winner is:

No. 6

Jenimc

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Leann’s World 101 offered 2 digi images and the lucky winner is:

No. 37

Paper Whims

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All Dressed Up stamps offered 2 digi images and the lucky winner is:

No. 2

Susan Sudbury

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Uniko Stamps offered 1 stamp set (which must be in stock) and the lucky winner is:

No. 24

Sheryl

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Polkadoodles offered 3 digi images and the lucky winner is:

No. 31

Chrissy

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Colour of Love digis offered 3 digi images and the lucky winner is:

No. 17

Lynne

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Sheepski Designs offered 3 digi images and lucky winner is:

No. 13

Alexandra @rookiecardmaker

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Lili of the Valley offered 4 digi images and the lucky winner is:

No. 57

Glittertastic

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Alex Syberia Designs offered a £10 voucher (digi products only) and the lucky winner is:

No. 46

Kathy Asper

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Congratulations to everyone who has won a prize, we wish we could give you all something but we would need lots of prizes to do that lol!  Please can the winners email us at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com (please state the sponsor in the subject line) and let us know which images you would like and we will arrange for you to receive your prizes.  Unfortunately if you do not contact us before the next challenge goes live we will have to re-draw a new winner.

Thank you again for making our challenge blog such a success and we look forward to spending many more years with you!!

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

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x