Wednesday 11 January 2012

I ♥ Promarkers #99 - Cute & Cuddly


Wow the week is flying  by ... Wednesday already, which means it is time for another  I ♥ Promarkers Challenge. Thanks as always to everyone who entered last week's Buttons & Lace challenge - there were some really pretty creations, and the winner is on the main challenge blog.

This week we have a theme of

Cute & Cuddly

which ties in very well with the type of images produced by our sponsor, Stamp Fairy, who are offering a $10 gift certificate for their online store where you can find a wide selection of whimsical and cute digi images.


Don't forget to be eligible for our prize you should submit a new piece of work that follows the theme, and where your image is coloured using Promarkers, Flexmarkers, Aquamarkers or Tria pens by Letraset.

Stamp Fairy very kindly provided some digi images for the DT to play with, and I chose the adorable Molly Fairy ... here's my card.


This is really rather a departure for me, as I have always deliberately steered away from stamps where the faces have no mouths - I find eg. Tilda really creepy for some reason (I can still admire other people's Tilda cards for their composition and details, but I don't like the images per se). However this stamp seemed to me to have a more appealing face than many stamps of that type, and in the end I really enjoyed colouring her :-)  Here's a closeup to try to show the sparkle on her wand and wings!


I decided to go for a spring-like colour scheme ... partly to distract myself from the dark miserable days of January, but also so that I could use my brand new Me To You "Spring Chic" papers - just bought a 12" * 12" pad and they are absolutely scrumptious! I think they will be appearing on here a lot over the next few weeks lol!

Stamp: Stamp Fairy "Molly Fairy";
Media: Promarkers (Dusky Pink, Blush, Ivory, Sandstone, Vanilla, Duck Egg, Cool Aqua, Buttercup, Primrose) and Flexmarkers ( Soft Aqua, Pale Citrus, Lemon Chiffon, Tea Rose, Nutmeg); glamour dust on wings and wand;
Papers: Docrafts "Me To You - Spring Chic";
Supplies: flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts & Sweet Lilac; lace from The Ribbon Box; pearls from The Hobby House; ribbon from my stash;
Tools: X-Cut nested star die; Marianne D "Branch Forest" (LR0150); Martha Stewart small monarch butterfly punch; Cuttlebug "daisies" embossing folder.



Challenges:
Craft Your Passion #92 - Mythical Creatures
( papers and star shaped die)
Crazy 4 Challenge #118 - New Toys / New Techniques
Crafty Creations #152 - Something New
Papertake Weekly - Die Cute Special
Really Reasonable Ribbon #39 - Sparkle & Ribbon
Passion For Promarkers #131 - Inspired By A Song
("Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star")
Sweet Stampin' - Spots & Dots 
(2 of my 3 papers have dots on)
Simon Says - Spots &/or Stripes
(as above, plus one of my papers has both spots & stripes! :-)  )
(flowers, diecuts/punches, embossing) 
Dream Valley #23 - Anything Goes
CES #67 - Anything Goes
Magical Mondays - Anything Goes
Anything Goes #58 - Anything Goes
Sketch Saturday #189 - sketch 


Looking forward to seeing all your cute and cuddly creations ... have a great week! 

21 comments:

Squirrel x said...

Gorgeous card hun, and such a cute fairy! Love your colour scheme too - may have to take me a peek at those papers, lol! Thanks for your links to the sentiment hun, much appreciated. Hugs Sxx

debby4000 said...

Oh fabulous card Pauline, love the sweet image.
luv
Debby

Hanneke said...

What a sweet card! Love all the details such as the flowers and pearls. Hugs, Hanneke

Annette said...

Pauline your Molly card is just stunning. I love the soft colours and your colouring is fab. Annette xx (Stampfairy)

Anonymous said...

Oh Pauline, I am so with you when it comes to Tilda stamps and any others where the characters have no mouths - really freaks me out!! However, Molly Fairy is more appealing somehow and your card is absolutely beautiful (as always!)Love your fresh and pretty colour scheme. xx

I'm also developing a bit of a 'thing' about Teddy Bo images without trousers, lol! Really don't like looking at them!

Bente said...

Wonderful card, thanks for joining us at Sketch Saturday this week.
Hugs, Bente

Jo Price said...

A fab card, so fresh for the new year. Thanks for joining us at OSCC, hope to see you next time.

Jo xxx

Deb said...

awww, this is so cute and so pretty!
Many thanks for joining in the first Cute Card Thursday Challenge of 2012!
happy creating, Debxx

Cathy Lee said...

Fabulous card, Pauline. Your image is so cute. And I love all those sweet little details especially that gorgeous lace trim. Thanks for sharing with us at Craft Your Passion Cahllenge this week.
Hugz,
Cathy Lee

Natali said...

Another lovely card Pauline. So many fabulous details. Great job!!
Thank you for joining us again at Sweet Stampin` Challenge.

Congratulations with your Top on our last week challenge!!
Hugs
Natali

Doreen said...

Your card is gorgeous.Thanks for sharing this with us at Craft your Passion this week.xxx

mags said...

Really sweet card with some lovely papers and colours used. Thanks for joining us at Dream Valley.
Mags
x

Unknown said...

Your coloring is beautiful. What a sweet image and card! Thanks for sharing with us at Craft Your Passion. Shelley

Dawnll said...

Oh she is such a cutie for sure-love the colors of your design.
So glad you could join us at
Really Reasonable Ribbon

Lorraine A said...

Gorgeous card Pauline :-) the image is very cute and the papers and colours are lovely :-)

thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge :-)
luv
Lols x x x

Julie said...

Gorgeous card Pauline - love the layout! Thanks for joining us at CES Challenges this week, Juliexx

An Occasional Genius said...

Such a beautiful card, I love the soft subtle colours & a lovely image too! Thanks so much for playing along with Sweet Stampin x

Becca Fabozzi said...

I love the colors you used, so soft and pretty. Thanks so much for joining us at Simon Says STamp

Sharon Caudle said...

Super cute! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us at Papertake Weekly and hope you join us again soon!
hugs, Sharon

Claire Phillips said...

Thanks for playing along at Crafty Creations in our "Something New " challenge! Love it and that image is lovely.... Cheers Claire x

Lin said...

This is just darling. I adore that sweet image and wow the lace *licks lips* lush!

Thank you for joining us at Dream Valley.

Lin xx