Showing posts with label passion for promarkers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label passion for promarkers. Show all posts

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Yellow & Pearls at Passion for Promarkers

Evening all!  Nearly forgot the time then lol!  Been scribbling all evening and trying out some new cardstock.  Will put a review of my findings tomorrow ;)


Righto its a new challenge over at Passion for Promarkers and this week the theme is Yellow & Pearls.  We're sponsored by Crafts & Me who's offering a prize of 3 digis of your choice and what a choice!

For this I used the new Stamping Tilda coloured in yellows and added a flower and ribbon with a heart shape die cut and a doily (From The Doily Dealer) and when I sorted out my stash the other day I found a LOAD of lace my nan had bought me so have used some of that too and added some pearls and a little butterfly.

Short n sweet from me tonight, I'm engrossed in a card at the mo so quick brew then back to work (or play as my OH calls it!)




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My time to craft - Doilys and flowers

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Distressing at Passion for Promarkers

Evening all!  Huff puff just about making it tonight!  Been making one for tomorrow and been totally engaged with it, ever had them where you just cant put it down from start to finish?

Tonights creation is for Passion for Promarkers DT and the theme this week is distressing.  There is a £10 voucher up for grabs for the winner from Joanna Sheen.

For this I did something a bit different.  I started with a die cut from my Go Kreate set then folded it in half, adding paper from Tim Holtz.  The image is Magnolia Hawaiian Flower Tilda and I actually coloured this in bed in the dark using my flashlight app lol!  I used all browny colours and I love love love the look of it.  That colour doesnt work well with everything but looks splendid with that stamp :)

If I remember rightly I used cocoa, cinnamon and the new Ltd Edition pens, March Hare and Daffodil Yellow.

I added distress stickles (antique linen and vintage photo) to parts of it and the flowers and added vintage photo distress ink around the edge and stamped a flower pattern.  The swirls are gold and are a sizzix die.

Hope you can come join in our distressing challenge this week!



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Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Colour theme at Passion for Promarkers

Evening all!  Its Tuesday again (just about but you know I'm a cinderella blogger!) and that means another challenge over at Passion for Promarkers and this week is a colour theme of Purple, Lilac and Grey.  I was a bit dubious at first but I think it turned out nicely and the grey complements the purple really well.
There is a great prize from Whiff of Joy stamps this week - you get to choose one from their store and theres loads of gorgeous ones!

For this I used a new Magnolia stamp - Tilda with peony tails which is coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers and added glamour dust to the peony.  I used the flexmarkers to create the shadow around her and mounted on card and papers cut with a go kreate die.
Fnally treated myself to some new C & B plates really cheap off ebay,  Not official ones and you need to use a shim but for the price I can live with that :)  Means everything is cut out much cleaner now so I've gone a bit mad die cutting everything lately!

Anyway hope you like my DT offering this week and hop you have a go at the colour theme as you can see it works out really nice :)


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Tuesday, 31 January 2012

New Beginnings at Passion for Promarkers

Its time for some New Beginnings over at Passion for Promarkers this week with a £10 voucher up for grabs to spend at JOANNA SHEEN.  Wouldnt mind that myself, can get more pens *shake shake*

For this I went with a really old cutie that is Baby Alvin who is by Magnolia.  I kept him really light using the cool aqua promarker, soft aqua flex and the blender pen and blonde hair using ivory, pastel yellow and a touch of cinnamon.

I added broken china distress ink around the edge of him and the edge of the card and mounted onto gorgeous starburst stains and some papers which have all boy phrases on them.  The wording Baby boy is individually stamped onto 1cm squares and edged with distress ink then Ive added gems and some organza ribbon and a little baby feet charm which I bought some before xmas as I knew they'd come in useful!  Also added stickles to his wings and star :)

Sorry my pic is a bit rubbish but I havent found lens cleaner yet for camera so still using me fone.  Although to be fair the fone pics do pc up a truer colour but just less detail.

Anyway I've got a little treat planned for you on friday so grab a stamp, any stamp will do and colour it in any way you like then pop back friday ;)


Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Passion for Promarkers - Recycle something

Evening All!  The new challenge this week over at Passion for Promarkers is to recycle something.  I was a bit stumped for this one having had a clearout before xmas until I remembered the belt my DD was getting rid of.  Its a chain belt filled with charms, get rid????  I don't think so lol!  I pilfered one of the metal hearts off it, cleaned it with blending solution then added wild plum distress ink to colour it to match the papers.  I then intended to paint a small amount of 3d gloss on it and add glamour dust but the nozzle was blocked so a bit of prodding with my poky tool and it started to flow so aimed over the heart and splodge!!  A massive blob came out and drowned it!  Not to be deterred I spread some glamour dust on a piece of card, picked the soaked heart up with my poky tool and gave it an all over dusting :)

The image I used is one of the new Tildas (cozy heart) from the 2012 sweet crazy love collection coloured with promarkers and I added 3d gloss (this time with a paintbrush!) and sprinkled with glamour dust,  I've added random crystal hearts and a little butterfly.

The inside is also decorated with lovely pink hearts papers and the card is cut with a go kreate dye.

Hope you can recycle something and come join us this week!  There is a prize of 4 digi's from Pink Gem Designs up for grabs!



I'd like to enter into...

Tuesday Throwdown - So charming
Cupcake Craft - All you need is love
Card Cupids - Valentines
Stampin sisters in christ - Make a heart stand out

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Some humour at Passion for Promarkers

Morning all!  I'm a day late posting this, couldnt get on PC last night but this card is very apt for that too lol!  I'm always late unless its something really important then I won't sleep for fear of being late!  This text stamp is me all over isnt it!  We want to see some humour at Passion for Promarkers this week with the winner receiving 4 digis from Pink Gem Designs

I sent this to Dot so I hope it raised a smile :)  Its Tilda waiting coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers :)  The text stamp is by Inky Antics in case you *really* need it like I do!



Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Girls just wanna have fun

Evening all!  Theres a new challenge this week over at Passion for Promarkers chosen by Gro and it is to Be inspired by a song.  For this I had a rummage through my images to see which one 'spoke' to me and this is the one that came out - she's SO Cyndi Lauper!
We have a fab prize up for grabs from Letraset too - one of their stamping kits!

The image is a rubber stamp by Hannah Lynn called Birthday Girl coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers with lots of added clear sakura stardust pen so its very sparkly.
I've used y new papermania papers, silver holographic card and blue paper from Bearly Mine with organza ribbon, a puffed heart charm and some sticky gems.



I'd lke to enter this into...

Crafty Emma - ANything goes
Card Crafters Circle - Make it colourful
Simply Create Too - More than 2 layers

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Fit for a Princess and some Safmat

Its challenge time again over at Passion for Promarkers and its my choice this week on the challenge and I've opted for Fit for a Princess given Fridays lovely wedding and our new Princess William or Duchess Catherine.  If I was her I'd be kicking off saying I didnt want to be a duchess I wanna be a pwincess!
For this I made a little notebook, tutorial for which is here and used the pretty Tilda Princess stamp coloured with promarkers.  On the inside I stamped the princess circle (from stamping all day) surrounded by tapestry stamps and glued this to the back of the image so theres something to look at on the inside too.  Flowers are from QVC and the punched leaves are mother of pearl.  Papers are from Bearly Mines Spring Flight set here.  You can get the notebooks in Asda (18p!)

Hope you can come over and join in at Passion for Promarkers and make something fit for a princess, there is a stamping kit from Letraset up for grabs yay!

Inside view


Princess circle stamp with tapestry stamps (I knocked my heart shaped gem off but fixed now!)

This is my new moniker for my cards using a nearly invisible film called Safmat by Letraset.  I've used it for years mainly for scrapbooking, printing text on to put anywhere on the layout, its printable and you can use your punches and nesties with it easily.  Here I've used it for my personal stamp, printed and punched out.  For more ideas have a look on the letraset blog here.  Set your printer to transparancy and lower the print quality to everyday and leave it to dry for a while before cutting out and burnishing on your design.
Safmat on white card.  Fairies on my design used with permisson from Stitchy Bear Stamps

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Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Pre-Historic at Passion for #Promarkers

Oooh its all dinosaurs over at Passion for Promarkers this week!  There is a £20 prize from Crafters Companion up for grabs too! 

I don't think I've coloured a dinosaur before, have done dragons here and there!  I chose an image by Dustin Pike I've had for ages and found some great papers to match on The Boys Zone set from Bearly Mine Designs.  I thought this would be nice for one of the little boys on postpals so I wrote the little Hello sentiment and added big pearls as a tactile element.
I had fun colouring this so do hope you can join in this week!

Would like to enter into...

Corrosive - Animals
Little Claires - Animals
Bunny Zoes - One for the boys
Cards for Men - Circles

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

White on White at Passion for #Promarkers

Sorry I'm running late with this one, will ramble about it on next post lol!  The theme this week over at Passion for Promarkers is white on white (except for image) only I didnt see the brackets bit so this is as close to white as I'll go!  We're sponsored by Digistamp Boutique who are offering a choice of 6 images as your prize. 


For this I used an anya and used baby pink and cool grey 1 and 2 on the clothes and used the blender pen to make it really pale.  I edged the die cute and the embossed card in pink brilliance ink and machine stiched around the edge adding white ribbon and embellishments.

Would like to enter into...

Stamp with fun - Birthday
KB Cute monday - Birthday

Tuesday, 29 March 2011

Bugs!!! At Passion for #Promarkers :)

Its a bug theme this week over at Passion for Promarkers and that can be creatures or cars!  We also have a fab sponsor, Some Odd Girl whos is offering 3 digi stamps!  I Luuuuurve their stamps so good luck!

I was a bit stumped with the bug theme as I have several bug digi stamps but you know when you just don't fancy any of them at that time and I'd leaned towards Tilda dressed as a butterfly (Which also counts!) until I went to the park on Friday afternoon with Sarah armed with promarkers, a picnic and sunshine for the kids to play :)  It was a 'Promarkers in the Park' you never know we could make it into a big event lol!  Anyway flicking through Sarah's stamps she had a BUG yay!  Sarah's are all organised in a folder, mine are just chucked in drawers lol!  So I've used this one by Sweet Pea Stamps coloured with promarkers and sakura stardust.  Speaking of ladybirds, there seems to be a lot of them around this year!  I couldnt get a decent pic of this for some reason so it looks a bit washed out :/


Would also like to enter into...

In a sweet pea dream - Spring
I love promarkers - Go Dotty
Paper Sundaes - Photo Inspiration



Sarah and I doing Promarkers in the Park lol!


Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Sketch at Passion for Promarkers

Gro has designed a sketch for us to play with this week at Passion for Promarkers and as always there is a great prize up for grabs, this week it is 6 digi stamps from Digistamp Boutique!

For this challenge I've used Hanglar & Stanglar Girl with Heart String stamp coloured with promarkers, the olive green works really well with the meadow and bright greens to create that shadow and shine.  The dress is baby pink, rose pink and one of my favs mulberry.  I've used distress ink around the edge (spun sugar) and added glossy accents to the hearts with some glamour dust sprinkled on.  Papers are by Bearly Mine and are from Delicious Delights and Spring Blossoms sets.

Hope you can come join us for our sketch challenge this week!

Would also like to enter into...

Bunny Zoe - Happy Birthday + Pearls
Kaboodle doodles - Happy Birthday
Shabby Tearoom - Birthday
Fun with shapes & more - Happy Birthday (Die cut image and sentiment, punched butterflies)
Top Tip Tuesday - Happy Birthday

Tuesday, 15 February 2011

One stamp, two challenges

Blimey I've been a bit of a mix bag on here lately haven't I?  From pretty altered boxes through to airbrushed lightning bolts, promarkers, pencils and paint I've really had a dabble and todays two are no exception.  Both are waaaaaay outside my comfort zone, the safety of my beloved bold brights and moody blues.  I do like to dabble in different styles, mediums and colours sometimes :)

This is a double DT post so first up we have a new challenge over at BEARLY MINE CHALLENGES and we want to see Ribbon & Pearls.  There are a number of prizes up for grabs: Bearly Mine Designs - 2 Digi sets of the winner's choice, Crafty Emma - offering Memory Box Fernbrae Paper Pad 6x6, Kenny K - 5 Digi's of the winner's choice, The Ribbon Girl - a selection of cut lengths of ribbon, pins, dewdrops

For the first one I have used a new digi image by Sara Burrier called Noon from Crafts & Me and have gone for a very pastel whimsey look using a base of promarkers then mostly Derwent Coloursoft pencils.  I've painted over the wings with an iridescent blue pearlex watercolour paint. The image is actually 3 I've put together, the swing and tree are from Make it Crafty.  I don't normally do pastels but I loved the new papers so wanted to use them :)
Papers on this one is a new pretty set by Bearly Mine Designs called Spring Flight which is a collection of pastel tones including various flying creatures such as butterflies, dragonflies and bees, its a gorgeous set.  I've also used some heart printed organza ribbon and some flowers from wild orchid





I've painted over the wings with an iridescent blue pearlex watercolour which only shows when tilted in the light :)

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Next up is the new challenge at PASSION FOR PROMARKERS and this week the theme is Coffee & Cream!  I must admit my heart sunk when I saw the theme as I love my bold colours and wasn't looking forward to it one bit so I decided on a sketch (Sketch saturday) and thought I'd also do the same image as above.  The original of this image is a very blonde little girl but every time I looked at her I could see a little black girl instead so both of these designs are in afro-caribbean skin tones.  I enlarged and cropped the image and coloured with promarkers (Vanilla base, tan, caramel, burnt sienna with the cool greys and a touch of brown in the hair)  I used the same colours throughout and added a little bit of coloursoft pencil for depth and texture.  I've edged the image with distress ink in antique linen and vintage photo also distressing the scallops on the bottom.

Papers are Bearly Mine again from designer extreme 3 disc for the backgrounds and stampin up and MME.  Pearls are coloured with promarkers to match.  I was going to leave it as an open greetings card but spotted its STITCHYS BIRTHDAY BASH so went for the birthday theme :)
Samuel Taylors also have a monthly challenge and they're asking for copic or promarker creations so here's mine :)

Hope you can pop over and join in with this theme, I wasn't too keen at all but have to say really enjoyed making this one and surprised myself that I quite like that colour combo!



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Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday, 8 February 2011

Love at Passion for Promarkers

Love is in the air again over at Passion for Promarkers and this week they also have a love theme!  I've stayed with the red and brown theme of yesterday and also used an image I won from Allsorts challenge a couple of weeks ago and its called Mister & Mr by Digistamp Boutique.  I've wanted to do civil ceremony cards for a while but been frustrated by the lack of choice for that market, searches just tend to bring 2 shirts stuck on a card or a pair of top hats so I was very chuffed to find this stamp on Digistamp boutique!  My best selling wedding image is a cutesy one so I hope this will also prove popular (I'm doing market research by asking gay friends!)  I was unsure about the sentiment so I just gave a shout out on Twitter and the response is half and half between wedding day and civil ceremony so I've gone for wedding day first.
Image is coloured with promarkers and a teeny touch of pencil, I scribbled some red onto a piece of gold pearly card, embossed with a script folder then die cut the hearts.  The Love sentiment is stamped and I scribbled pencil in a cross hatch pattern.  That stamp was actually the first one I ever bought by Anitas, its ancient!  I've added some detail to the image with some sparkle for the bubbly and I've glazed the glasses with a sakura glaze pen.  DP's are from Bearly Mine again (Love Dreams)

Hope you can come join us at Passion for Promarkers!  There is a £10 voucher from Joanna Sheen up for grabs!



Thanks for looking!  Would also like to enter into...

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - Romance
Crafty Ho's - Love
Creative Cowgirls - Love is in the air
One stitch at a time - Digi
Crafty Emmas - Red & Romance
Sarah Hurley Challenges - Die Cuts
Bunny Zoes - Love is in the air
Cards for men (2nd entry) - Valentines/Love
Cupcake - Seeing Red
Incy Wincy - Love
Paper Playtime - Cupid or Hearts

Tuesday, 1 February 2011

Photo Inspiration at Passion for Promarkers

I just sat staring at the screen then as I couldnt remember what the theme was LMAO!  Oh yes, its a photo inspiration at PASSION FOR PROMARKERS which you will find over on the blog along with the teams creations!  We're sponsored by Letraset for this challenge so do hop over and join in!

For this challenge I picked out the blues, white and browns from the photo and used a new digi by Hannah Lynn called Forever Rose.  She's coloured with promarkers and on the rose I added sparkle with sakura stardust clear pen all over the globe and stickles to the rose.  I coloured the bottom of her hand in a pale blue to look like reflection.  The sentiment is by Stamping All Day here and papers are by Bearly Mine Designs and flowers are Wild Orchid.  I used my newest embossing folder, a brand I've not seen before which I got from my LCS called Craft Concepts and this one is called Wings, its so pretty, oh here you go, Cuddly Buddly have them here.  Added some ribbon and a rose charm to finish :)  Oh and lookie - REAL Stitching!  Took me 20 mnutes to read the instructions how to thread the machine again but I did it yay!

Would also like to enter into...

Magical Mondays - Flowers (2nd entry)
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes (digi)
Sketchy Colours - Blue, Brown & White
A gem of a challenge - Ribbon & Lace (Used ribbon and punched lace)
Totally Gorjuss - As YOU like it



 Close up of the sparkle on the rose.

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

A big day!

Sorry I'm a bit late posting my DT card for this weeks Passion for Promarkers challenge but I've really been flat out as today is my eldest DD's 18th Birthday!  Last week she passed her driving test and all and sundry have been offering her cars to buy but unbeknown to her whilst she was out taking her test we were picking her up a shiny red Micra!  Its been so hard trying to keep it quiet, I even had to phone her boss as a relative of hers was offering her a red micra and we've already got one lol!

We all went out for a pub meal and my friend works there so I'd popped round last night with a cake and balloons so she could sort the table out which she did (Fankoo Maz!)  Staci being 18 of course wanted a drink so I managed to steer her away from that but told OH we're going to have to tell her soon before her mate buys her a drink!  Anyway I gave her a keyring I'd made with a car charm on.  She said she already had one (no that was a pure swarovski bag charm at least 4 times the size!) then my OH said its a keyring to put this on and gave her a key.  She went running round the car park looking for potential cars and decided it must be one of the 2 red micras there (The other one is Maz') and found it!

Staci hugging her new wheels!

 Staci's Birthday cake!

And this is her 18th!  The theme at Passion for Promarkers this week is 'Let it Shine' so I chose an image by Some Odd Girls called Dancin' Mae as my DD is a bit like that!  The card is not my usual style or colours, it was more aimed at her tastes, black and pink, bold, fun and SPARKLY!  She's coloured with Promarkers and I've added shading with pencil and sparkle with sakura stardust pens.  The background I scribbled on with pencil, used sansador to spread and mingle the light and hot pinks then scribbled over again (Staci is VERY messy!)  The flower in her har is iridescent gems, Stace usually wears a huge flower in her hair and I've used Coredinations black magic (hocus pocus) and embossed with a divine swirl folder and rubbed with a nail file.  The flowers are all wild orchid and added stickles so they're all sparkly too!  18 logo is die cut from foil.

There is a prize of a pack of promarkers from Crafty Emmas Store so use promarkers or aqua markers and Let it shine and it'll fit!

Thanks for looking!

Also entering into...

Some Odd Girl - (I thought it closed Friday, nevermind!)
Sarah Hurley Challenges - Birthday Girl
Crafty Purple Frog - Distressing (Coredinatons card & background to image)
My time to Craft - Emboss
Tuesday Throwdown - Distressing
Craft your Passion - Use 2 patterned papers


Tuesday, 4 January 2011

Passion for Promarkers #81 Thank You

New Year and New Challenges from Passion for Promarkers and this week ts all about giving thanks for all those prezzies we got over xmas!

The sponsor is Simon says Stamp who are offering a $10.00 voucher for their store!

Image is by Aspects of Design and is Funky Flowers by Kay Carley which I've coloured with promarkers.  Its not my regular choice of colours but the pantone colour for 2011 is apparantly Honeysuckle which is a kinda pinky red so I decided to have a play with it (I used promarkers in Antique Pink and Salmon Pink with a touch of cool grey 4)  DP's are various including MME and papermania.


Also entering into...
CRAFT - Thank You
Allsorts - Thank You

Thursday, 30 December 2010

Challenge Reminders

Its nearly the New Year, have you got any plans?  I'm a stay at home person, have been out once on New Year in 18 years lol!  Prefer to be around my kiddie winks as they're important to me so I like to see in the New Year with them :)

Anyway just a few reminders of challenges if you're looking for an excuse to use all that new stash you got!  I got a letrajet for my birthday on Tuesday, the promarker airbrush system so will be playing with that soon!

Tomorrow over at The Stampman we will be hosting an end of year blog hop with candy to be won!  It will run for 2 weeks and all will receive an award for presenting their favourite project of 2010!  It starts at 12pm tomorrow so hope you join in the hop!


Meanwhile over at the ranch - CRAFTY CARDMAKERS is asking to see your first or oldest projects (Scroll back to your first blog posts if you have nothing older)  Its a bit of fun, shows you how far you've come and some inspiring words from guests including Suzanne from Joanna Sheen's DT, Jill from The Stampman and Linda Elbourn designer for Craft Stamper.  You can make an anything goes with it but you must show an old card!


There is also an Anything Goes Mega Christmas challenge over at Passion for Promarkers, it can be any theme but you just need to use your promarkers or aqua markers and loads of great prizes up for grabs!


Finally there is also an Anything Goes theme at Crafts & Me until Wednesday and the prize being 2 stamps from their new artist and let me tell you my jaw hit the floor when Teresa told me who she'd signed, wowwwwweeeeee!  I am so excited to be working with this stamp range! 

I'll be back tomorrow to show my favourite Stampman project so pop back!

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

Mega Christmas Challenge at Passion for Promarkers

Following on from our blog hop & special challenge we now have a Mega Christmas challenge for you which will last until January 4th 2011.  I’m sure you’ll agree that the design team deserve a little break to catch up on their last minute gifts and cards.  However to make up for the lack of challenges we again have some magnificent prizes up for grabs. 
Our theme for the Mega Christmas challenge is a nice easy one “anything goes”, just remember to use your promarkers or aqua markers to be eligible for our prizes.  Don’t forget you can enter as many times as you like and combine with any other challenges. 

So now for the exciting bit – the prizes! 
Letraset are generously offering a set of 40 promarkers in specific craft colours stored in two promarker wallets – fab eh!
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Simon Says Stamp are generously offering 3 x $10.00 gift certificates to their online store!
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Just Tracy’s are generously offering a variety of prizes including 3 promarkers, a memento ink pad, 10 sheets of suitable smooth white paper and a stamp from their own range
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Whiff of Joy Stamps are generously offering 1 stamp of winner’s choice
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Some Odd Girls are offering 3 digi images of the winner’s choice
if that wasn’t enough - they are also offering a 25% discount to everyone on any order placed on their site during the challenge period using code PRO25 (excluding sale items)!!
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For this challenge I wanted to step away from the Christmas cards and challenge myself a little bit. I don't do pastels very often (as you may have noticed!) so I went for a really pastel look using my new stamp I actually won from Passion for Promarkers before I was on the DT a few weeks ago.  Its called Dancing Willow by Whiff of Joy and I liked the fun she seemed to be having!
I've coloured her with promarkers using baby pink, salmon pink and coral for the dress and pear green and moss for the green bits.  I've added a little bt of sparkle in her hair with a sakura stardust clear pen.  Papers are a mix of Bearly Mine Designs and My Minds Eye, ribbon is Stampin' Up, flowers are from Wild Orchid (gosh how excited do you get when you're waiting for a delivery from there lol!)

Hope you like my NON Christmas card and join in the Anything Goes fun at Passion for Prommarkers!


Would also like to enter into...


One Stitch at a Time - Old stash new stash (Old is the MME papers, New is the stamp)
Gingerloft - Bows

Thanks for looking!