Juice Carton Card

Posted on 18th June 2011 by perfectly4med

I’m teaching my card project today in Leicester – and I think this may be another innovation… For the squares on this card, I’ve cut up a juice carton (the foiled type Tetrabrik) into 3.5cm squares before embossing using a Big Shot and Fiskars texture plates and then colouring with alcohol inks and mounting onto black cardstock. I took off the ink with a cut’n’dry nib soaked in blending solution, and outlined the areas with a black permanent fine tip marker. The ‘leading’ is Pewter Liquid Pearls from Ranger. Recycling at its best!

Pink/Brown – Flower Power

Posted on 13th June 2011 by perfectly4med

I’m not sure what the rules are on multiple entries to the Passion for Promarkers challenges, but I’m submitting this one too! This is the second of my winnings from Some Odd Girl, Flower Kaylee. I found the combination of pink and brown a little tricky, but hopefully it’s come off.

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Blue/Brown – Singing in the Rain

Posted on 13th June 2011 by perfectly4med

Week #103 over at Passion for Promarkers: ‘blue/brown’ or ‘pink/brown’ colour theme. This is obviously an entry for the former category. The image is from my winnings for the anniversary challenge, Puddle Hopping Tia from Some Odd Girl. The background and raindrops are my own additions to make the card. I just couldn’t quite come up with the right sentiment!

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Hit for Six

Posted on 6th June 2011 by perfectly4med

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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All the 2’s

Posted on 29th May 2011 by perfectly4med

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

Posted on 23rd May 2011 by perfectly4med

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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Chic Chick

Posted on 16th May 2011 by perfectly4med

Ok, so I wasn’t a child in the sixties, but Flower Power inspired this entry into the Passion for Promarkers Challenge Week 99. The stamped images were from a set of clear stamps from Woodware, with the border and text drawn freehand. I just love the bright colours, not a palette I normally use!

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Cool Dude

Posted on 16th May 2011 by perfectly4med

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

Posted on 9th May 2011 by perfectly4med

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

Posted on 27th April 2011 by perfectly4med

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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