Category Archives: ProMarker Projects

A record of some of the things I’ve coloured in using Letraset ProMarkers or Tria pens.

Hit for Six

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This week’s challenge at Passion for ProMarkers is ‘sporting marvels’ [Week #102]. I couldn’t find an image I liked, and being of a non-sporty inclination I don’t have any stamps either. So I created my own digistamp, tracing a picture out of Saturday’s Times newspaper, scanning it, tidying it up in an image editor and then printing it out onto coated cardstock before colouring in. The figure six and the ball were hand drawn. A couple of bits of ephemera (gleaned from the net, printed in colour and then distress inked), layering with foam pads, and the card is complete.

Incidentally I was one of the winners in their grand second anniversary draw last week 🙂

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Creative Minds Are Rarely Tidy

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‘Creative minds are rarely tidy’ – a rather wonderful quote from an unknown author. And it ought to go on to say that their workspaces are rarely tidy either! I was inspired to do this freehand doodle, coloured with ProMarkers, after reading an article in the current edition of ‘Cloth Paper Scissors’ magazine [May/June 2011] by Joanne Sharpe. She uses Copics for her artwork, but I reckon ProMarkers are just as good, though the Copic colour coding seems to be simpler than the ProMarker system. I drew the doodle using my fountain pen and Noodler’s Bulletproof Black Ink, but on normal 90gsm copy paper as it was to be a trial run… I carried on. I think the blending would be better on my favourite cardstock for ProMarkers (Ryman’s 200gsm coated card). And note to self: scan the doodle and heat set the ink before starting to colour.

 

All the 2’s

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I got a bit confused by this week’s 2nd anniversary theme at Passion for Promarkers “all the 2’s”. Back when I was a doctor, all the twos meant the extension number to call for a cardiac arrest or other on ward emergency alert to go out. And here in Leicester, dialling all the two’s will get you through to the local police! However, reading the rules set me right, and here’s my entry 🙂

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Red, White and Blue Shoe

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This week at Passion for Promarkers, their 100th challenge is ‘red, white and blue plus a charm’. It’s taken a few days of mulling over, and an hour in the construction, but here is my card. I didn’t want to go down the flag route and remembered bowling shoes the last time I was at the ten-pin skittles alley – you know the ones… laces that are too long, and they feel like clown shoes. They fit the challenge perfectly. The charm laced onto the shoe is ‘live’ – bound to encourage a bowling aficionado.

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Cool Dude

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Passion for Promarkers Challenge Week 99 theme: ‘for a teenager’. This DL sized card is my original design. The black base of the skateboard is wet’n’dry very fine sandpaper adhered to the card with Glossy Accents (a glue stick just didn’t do the job). The wheels and graffiti were drawn freehand, coloured with ProMarkers and given white highlights with white gel pen. The wheels are mounted on foam pads for a bit of depth.

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Fit for a Princess

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Another card for the weekly Passion for Promarkers challenge – this week the theme is ‘fit for a princess’ [Week 98]. I paid for a digistamp princess from Tiddlyinks as I couldn’t find my ideal princess for free. The castle and the frog are both drawn freehand. The sky and grass background were airbrushed using ProMarkers and Letrajet tool. I’m rather pleased with the result, and it’s going to be sent as a birthday card to our young princess friend 🙂

UPDATE: I was in the top five for the challenge 🙂

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Dino Decoupage Card

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This week at Passion for Promarkers, the challenge theme is ‘pre-historic’ [Week #97]. For some reason, once I’d found my image, the need to decoupage it seemed overwhelming! I’m really pleased with the results. I also experimented with colour choice and used only ProMarkers with the middle digit 2 or 3 – this helps keeps the tones complementary. Please let me know what you think.

UPDATE: I was in the top five for the challenge 🙂

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