Have you met the new Letraset Flexmarkers yet?

Well well well what do we have here?  A brand new product from Letraset called Flexmarkers!  They differ from the promarkers in that they have a brush nib so can give really and I mean really fine detail and great ease of use.  They also contain the familiar chisel nib!

Paul from Letraset kindly gave the Passion for Promarkers team a sample pack each to try and boy were we blown away!  I think the whole team not just wants but NEEDS them ALL!

In my sample pack I received these new colours;

Antique White
Light Fawn
Pale Blossom
Watermelon
Celestial Blue
Cadet Blue

(NB: This is not one of the packs, this is a sample pack using half of set 1 and 3)

If you didn't manage to get hold of the sets from the recent C&C show then these will be available in sets of 6 and 12 from September and come in 72 colours with 12 brand new exclusive colours and 51 colours not available in promarkers.  I really REALLY want these!!  If you do too then Letraset are also offering a giveaway of the full set woo hoo!  Log into their facebook page and follow the instructions to take part.  If you really can't wait then they will be available very soon!

So what have I created?  Well I have just messed around just to try them out so ths is my first complete piece.  I'm loving the antique white to blend as its less harsh than the blender pen so gives a really good tone.  I used the celestial blue and cadet blue on the blouse with some french navy (promarker) and blended with the antique white.  The jeans I used the celestal blue and antique white again and the watermelon on the tiny flowers.  I've used the fawn as part of the hair to blend and add highlights, it also makes a nice skin tone too.  Image is by Make it Crafty called Zoe celebrates - quite apt as she looks how I felt when trying out the new lush pens lol!
Can't wait to start collecting these, they really are A+++++

Would like to enter into...

Make it colourful - Ground your subject
Corrosive - girlie
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Try something new
Stamps R Us - Anything goes
Sketchy Colours - Shades of blue
Designed to delight - Anything goes
One stop craft - Bold & Bright
Craft us crazy - anything goes
Papercrafting Journey - anything goes

Popping back!

Helloooooo!  Been taking a break with the kids over summer, are yours driving you nuts yet lol!  Mine aren't too bad, the first week was terrible as it was a change of routine Ethan didnt like but he's settled down now.  I still get the "Am I going to mrs parry's class today" every single morning though!  Have booked some holidays so will be going bank holiday week yay! 
Also taken up face painting this week which keeps them amused for a while but I think they're getting a bit fed up of me wanting to practice haha!  Normal service shall resume in September when I get a minute to myself hooray!

Heres a little one I made which also fits the theme for Crafts & Me this week which is Blues or Blues and Greens.  Still playing around with the simple designs so this one is only one DP with a panel from a martha stewart around the page punch.  Image is coloured with promarkers and the letrajet (*Letrajet is the airbrush to use with promarkers & aqua markers) with loads of gems around the edge.  Also on the tail I used 3d gloss and a sprinkle of glamour dust.  Image is Columbine which is a digi. 

Whilst I'm here just to let you know that Crafts & Me now have a new group on Facebook where you can pop in and chat with members of the DT and other friends, upload your work, ask us if you get stuck on anything.  You'll find us HERE!

Would like to enter my ickle card into...

Craft us Crazy - Anything goes
Scrapbook sisters - Blue
Bearly Mine - Bring on the bling
Paper Playtime - Anything goes

Shall be back soon as I have more!

Teachers Notebooks

Evening all!  What a busy week!  My lad had graduated from nursery this week and is off to Big School in September, wow!  I remember having him and working out what year he'd start school and 2011 seemed so far away then but its come in no time.  He's well prepared for it and knows exactly whats what and is ready, several times a day I'm getting "Am I going to Mrs Parry's class today?"  Its kinda like Are we there yet??  Only another 6 weeks to go lol!

For his leaving prezzies I made all the staff little notebooks and he made a card.  Here they are below with some destructions!  All were coloured with promarkers and have added lots of glitter and bling to them.  Most of the papers are by Bearly Mine

Gina did a tutorial for these previously but heres a quick and easy one.

Use the notepads from asda and remove the front cover so the top lined sheet shows.  Cut a piece of card 19cm x 13cm and score at 2", 2.25", 5.5", & 5.75".  Decorate then glue the pad inside.
To decorate I just minus 4mm so for the front panel which is 2" by 13cm I cut that size and take of 4mm and thats it!  The pieces are 13cm x 2" (2 of these), 13cm x 0.5" (4 of these) 13cm x 1.75" (2 of these) and 13cm x 3.25"

Image was a printable colouring page.

Image is by Wee Stamps

Image is by Victoria Case

Image is by Wee Stamps

Image is Forever Rose by Crafts & Me

And one for Claire his favourite teacher.  Ethan thought this image by The Greetings Farm looked like her, does a bit too!

And Ethans lovely card which is 2 of Mo Mannings digis merged and I added the extra writing on the wall.  These two remind me of Ethan and Molly so much lol!  I cant believe I let him loose with my promarkers eeeek!  Ahhh well he did great :D

Encaustic Fairies

Theres a new challenge this fortnight over on The Spotlight Challenge and we're looking at Artist Trading Cards or ATC's for short.
For this I went a bit mad and made 14 of them lol!  They're in 2 series, one using the larger set of 3 fairies from The Stampmans Aspects of Desgn 59 Starburst Fairies stamp set and the other series uses the smaller 3 fairies from the set. 
The backgrounds are done with Encaustic wax using the iron and stylus tool on some.

Here's a couple of the set..



Number 8

Number 10

These are AVAILABLE TO TRADE, leave me a message or email me to arrange a swap, they are numbered below the card.

Would lke to enter into...

Take a word - Flight

ATC Challenges - Anything goes

In the Summertime...

Evening All!  Gosh we've got a mix bag of weather lately haven't we?!  Woss goin' onnnnnn??  I never know whether to wear a jumper or a t-shirt and usually get it wrong and overheat or freeze lol!

I've been having one of those paper shuffling weeks this week, you know where there's so much you want to do but you cant decide what to do first then before you know it its bedtime?!  I think its coz my desk was messy so I've sorted that out now and much happier :) 

Got one to show you today and its for the new challenge I'm hosting over at Crafts & Me and the theme this week is Summertime.  For this I went completely away from my usual style as I'm practicing with CAS cards lately only I usually do them with a digi background and flat so this was my brave step into WHITE SPACE eeeek!  For someone like me who loves colour and papers and sparkly fings this was actually a difficult thing for me!  I printed the image which is May by Sara Burrier central onto card with the sentiment and trimmed it down square leaving white space then coloured with promarkers and sakura stardust pens, adding glamour dust to the wings.  I felt something was missing and I remembered seeing someone using multi coloured dots instead of a solid outline around the image - I *think* it was Chelsea I saw it first so I added that with promarkers and sakura stardust pens then added stickles around the edge dusted with more glamour dust then simply mounted it on plain orange and yellow card.

I think normal service shall resume shortly lol!  I like it but its not really my style, I prefer them busier even if its plain and simple with a digi background I dont think I *do* white space!

Would also like to enter into...

One Stitch at a Time - Anything goes
Clear it Out - Wings
Papertake Weekly - Hot colours
Bunny Zoes - Fun in the sun
Crazy Challenge - Summer
Creative stamp friends - Summer
DDH - Summer
House of Gilli - Sparkle
Paper playtime - Summer
Stamping Scrapping Central - Simple
Dream Valley - Summer
Lollipop - Anything goes
2 sisters - Summer fun
Allsorts - Anything goes
Catch the bug - CAS
Crazy for challenges - Summer
One stop craft - summer
Totally gorjuss - Summertime
Gingerloft - Make it sparkle
Crafty Purple frog - Summer fun
Dutch Dare - Summer fun
Meljens - No more than 2 layers
Stamp Insanity - Anything goes

 Originally I'd planned to use Poppy by Sara Burrier and left it out to start along with my box of promarkers which Molly has learnt how to open and decided she was going to do some colouring in whilst I wasn't looking!  You know you can't get mad as she was so proud of herself and even put the pens back, even if they were upside down she put them back!  Little monkey!