Week 813 - 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 'spots and/or stripes' 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 Nat'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 Dr Digi's House of 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. 1

NGCards

Congratulations Natalie, what a gorgeous 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 Nat had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing creations. After much deliberation here are her favourite 5 (in linky order):

NGCards (must be your lucky week!)

Helen

Lorraine B.

Inkami

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 'CAS' - 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 803 - Winner & Top 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 'special occasions' 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 Nat'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. 13

Pam's Pearls

Congratulations Pam, what a special birthday card for your daughter.  The image is lovely 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 Nat had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing creations.  After much deliberation here are her favourite 5 (in linky order):

Anet

Kathy

Marjetina

Wendy

Chrissyxx

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 'anything but square' - full details in the post below.

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 803 - special occasions

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 ‘spots and/or stripes’ 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 Polkadoodles and also revealing 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 fantastic theme of ‘special occasions'. Nat would like you to make something for a special occasion such as a wedding, anniversary, christening or a special birthday. Such a brilliant theme, don't you agree and we can’t wait to see what you make.  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 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):

Nat

(using ADU image 'over the moon')

Wendy

(using ADU image 'over the moon')

Elaine

(using ADU image 'country girl')

Karen

(using ADU image 'country girl')

Kitty 

(using ADU image 'country girl')

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 793 - 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 'animals' 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 Nat'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. 21

Julie O.

Congratulations Julie, what an adorable card.  The image is so cute and your colouring is perfect.  Please email us at passionformarkerschallenge@gmail.com with your choice of images and we will arrange for them to be sent out to you.  We hope you will proudly display our winners badge on your blog:

Now onto the Top 5 Passionista and Nat 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 (in linky order):

Irene

Julie B.

Pinky

Chrissy

Lorraine

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 'masculine' - full details in the post below.

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 793 - animals

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 circle' 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 £10.00 voucher courtesy of RAM Stamps and we will also find out who Sue has chosen as her Top 5 Passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which was chosen by Nat from Team 2 and she has given us a theme of ‘animals'.  Nat knows how much we all love our animals so she simply wants to see your cute critters (including birds) this week. It doesn’t have to be an animal image it could be animal themed patterned paper or an animal die-cut/embellishment as long as you also include a hand coloured image. Hopefully this will be a popular challenge and we can’t wait to see what you make.  The only rule we have is use your markers and have fun! Don’t forget you can enter any type of creation it doesn’t have to be a card.  So just grab your markers, join in and have some fun!

Our generous sponsor this week is All Dressed Up Stamps who are offering one lucky winner a prize of 2 digi images of their choice from their online store.  All the DT have used images from ADU 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):

Nat

(using ADU image 'butterfly bunny')

Wendy

(using ADU image 'a time to give')

Elaine

(using All Dressed Up image 'hedgehog flower')

Karen 

(using ADU image 'two little mice')

Kitty

(using ADU image 'woof u' - not in the shop at present)

Another week of wonderful inspiration from the DT and so many different shaped cards! 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 782 - 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 birthday' challenge.  It was lovely to see so many of your entries and as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations.  I’ll be announcing Nat'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 Uniko Stamps and they offered one lucky winner 1 product of their choice from their online store (stamp, die or stencil which must be in stock).  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 17

Lynne

Congratulations Lynne, what a pretty card. The flowers are gorgeous and your colouring is perfect.  Please email us at passionformarkerschallenge@gmail.com and let us know what item you would like from the Uniko Stamps store and we will arrange for you to receive it. We hope you will proudly display our winners badge on your blog:

Now onto the Top 5 Passionista and Nat 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:

Carrianne

Inkami

Lisa J.

Natalie

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 '3-2-1-go!' - full details in the post below.

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x