Week 734 - 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 ‘use a die' 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 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 Rachelle Anne Miller and she offered one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher in spend in her online store.  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 10

Nancy E.

Congratulations Nancy, what an amazing card.  I love how you added your own touch to the die cut image; your colouring 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 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:

Chris

Jinny

Maria

Rachael

Vannessa

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 ‘check it out’ - full details in the post below.

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

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 733 - 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 ‘monochrome' 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 Sarah'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 Dies to Die For and Tracy offered one lucky winner a £15.00 voucher in spend in her online store.  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 11

Hazel (Didos)

Congratulations Hazel, what an fab CAS card.  Your snowman is so cute and your colouring is fantastic.  We have a new email address so please contact us at passionformarkerschallenge@gmail.com and we will arrange for your voucher code to be sent to you.  We hope you will proudly display our winners badge on your blog:

Now onto the Top 5 Passionista and Sarah 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:

Chrissyxx

Eve

Hazel (Didos) - must be your lucky week!

Katrina Bufton

Lolo

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 we have had to redraw another winner for Week 729. As always we used random.org.  

For the Polkadoodles prize of 3 digi images - the lucky re-drawn winner is:

No. 6

Bettascrap

Congratulations Betta, your fun fold card is beautiful and the image is so sweet. Please email us (address above) and let us know which images you would like from Polkadoodles 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 ‘use a die’ - full details in the post below.

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 734 - use a die

Good morning lovely crafters, we hope you all had a fantastic week last week. Thank you for your gorgeous entries into last week’s ‘monochrome’ 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 £15.00 voucher courtesy of Dies to Dies For and we will also be finding out who Sarah has chosen as her top 5 Passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Nat from Team 2 and she has given you the theme of ‘use a die' to inspire you this week.  Nat doesn’t mind what you make this week as long as you include a die cut panel or shape on your creation.  There are so many lovely dies around so we cannot wait to see all your gorgeous entries.  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 Rachelle Anne Miller and she is offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in her online store.  Most of the DT have used images from Rachelle's new 'happy birthday creator' digital stamp set 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

Wendy

Elaine

Karen

Kitty

Linda

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