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Good morning to you all and hope that you enjoyed your weekend. I’m just quickly nipping on here today to tell you that the very lovely Nikki from Bunny Zoe Crafts is having a 10% off everything today in celebration that it’s Halloween. To take advantage of this fantastic offer, you’d better be quick because it ends Midnight tonight 31st October 2011.

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New Digi Papers Added

 

Good morning and hope that you’re enjoying the weekend.

Just wanted to let you all know that I’ve just added these new Christmas design sheets to my website Michele R Designs

Double Posting:- Passion for ProMarkers & Elisabeth Bells World Challenge DT Card

Hi there everyone and hope that you’re keeping well. Today I have a double posting to show you and the first one is for Passion for ProMarkers where the challenge this week is to make a card/project for a child.

For my card I’ve used the adorable Tilda with Daffodil from Bunny Zoe Crafts and I’ve coloured her using my ProMarkers, AquaMarkers and FlexMarker pens.

 

The DP is Magnolia from Bunny Zoe Crafts and I’ve distressed the edges and then applied white acrylic paint around the edges.

The dies that I’ve used on my card are the Magnolia DooHickey Mini Doily from Bunny Zoe Crafts, Grass and Tag die both from Whiff of Joy.

The flowers I’ve used are all from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Challenges I’m entering this card into are as follows:

Just Magnolia – Pink

Magnolia Down Under – Getting Punchy
The Official Magnolia Inspiration Challenge - Bingo (diagonal: Magnolia papers, lace & butterfly)

Elisabeth Bell’s World Challenge DT Card

Here is my DT card for the Elisabeth Bell’s World Challenge blog and this month the theme is all the P’s – Pink Purple, Pearls & Pretties. 

 

 

For my card I’ve used the gorgeous Lil Janiel’s Harvest and I’ve coloured her using my ProMarkers, FlexMarkers and AquaMarkers.

 

 

The DP is Tim Holtz and I’ve distressed the edges using my scissors.

Most of the flowers I used are from Wild Orchid Crafts except the red one which I made myself.

I hope that you get the chance to join us this month.

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Belles n Whistles Guest Designer Card

Good morning to you all and hope that you had a good weekend. Today I’d like to show you my card that I’ve made for my GD position at Belles n Whistles Challenge blog

For my card I’ve used the gorgeous Lil Janiel’s Harvest and I’ve coloured her using my ProMarkers, FlexMarkers and AquaMarkers. 

The DP is Tim Holtz and I’ve distressed the edges using my scissors. 

Most of the flowers I used are from Wild Orchid Crafts except the red one which I made myself. 

I hope that you get the chance to join us this week 

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Truly Scrumptious Challenge DT Card

Hi everyone I’m back again this morning with my DT card for the new challenge over at Truly Scrumptious where the challenge is to create either a shaker card or box.

Our sponsor for this fortnight is the very lovey Christine Dark from Sketching Stamper and one lucky person will receive 3 digi images of their choice.

For my card I’ve used the gorgeous Sweet Tilda which is available from Bunny Zoe Crafts and I’ve coloured her using my ProMarkers, AquaMarkers and FlexMarker pens.

The DP is Pink Paislee and I’ve distressed the edges and then inked them up using Brushed Corduroy.

The flowers are a mixture of my own handmade ones and also from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The gorgeous lace that I’ve used is from Bunny Zoe Crafts.

Challenges I’m entering this card into are as follows:-

Magnolia Down Under – Sketch

Please see the next post below for my Elphine House Australia DT card

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Elphine House Australia Challenge DT Card

Hi there and thanks for stopping by. Well today is Wednesday so that means we have a brand new challenge for you at Elphine House Australia.

The prize for this fortnight is two stamps of your choice from Elphine House Australia.

For my card I’ve used the gorgeous ‘Daisy’ from Elphine House Australia and I’ve coloured her using my ProMarkers, AquMarkers and FlexMarkers.

The DP I can’t remember as I’ve had it for so long now.

The flowers are a mixture of my own handmade ones and also Wild Orchid Crafts.

I hope that you get the chance to join us this fortnight.

Passion for ProMarkers Challenge DT Card

Good morning everyone and hope that you had a good weekend. Well as today is Tuesday we have a brand new challenge for you over at Passion for ProMarkers and this week it’s Lisa’s turn and she has chosen the theme ‘Stars’.    

Our sponsor for this week is Crafters Companion and they are offering a one lucky person a £20.00 gift voucher to spend online.  

For my card I’ve used the gorgeous Christmas Kisses from Sugar Nellie and I’ve coloured her using my ProMarkers, FlexMarkers and AquaMarker pens. 

The DP I’m not sure of I’m afraid as I’ve had it for soooooo long.

The flowers I made myself using various techniques and dies. 

The white web ribbon and green wired ribbon are both available from Bunny Zoe Crafts

 

The stars I cut out using my quickutz die and the holly I made using the Holly die from Whiff of Joy. On my card I also used the Grass die from Whiff of Joy which is behind the diamond shape, to create a frosty effect. 

Challenges I’m entering this card into are as follows: 

Sugar Bowl – Sketch + photo inspiration 

It's My Birthday Today - NOW CLOSED

As it's my 21st Birthday (again) today, I thought that I would share with all you lovely people my digi papers. For just today only ALL of my digi papers are free for you to download. 

Please go to Michele R Designs where you can download the files.

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Bouquets of Wishes

Good morning everyone and hope that you’re having a lovely relaxing Saturday. Today I’d like to show you a card that I’ve made using the gorgeous Mia with Bouquet which is available from Bunny Zoe Crafts.

I’ve coloured in the gorgeous image using my ProMarkers, AquaMarkers and FlexMarker pens.

The DP is the very yummy Blue Rainbow Flower and Turquoise Plaid from Magnolia and is available at Bunny Zoe Crafts. I’ve distressed the edges and then inked them up using Brushed Corduroy.

I made the tag using the Sweethearts Tag die from Whiff of Joy and I’ve used a little bit of the gorgeous lace from Bunny Zoe Crafts along with some blue wired ribbon. 

The flowers I made myself using my slice machine and other dies. 

The sentiment Bouquets of Wishes is from Whiff of Joy. 

Challenges I'm entering this card into are as follows:

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - So Distressing
Totally Gorjuss - Bingo

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Passion for ProMarkers Challenge DT Card

Good morning to you all and hope that you’re having a good week so far. Today I’d like to show you my late DT card for the new challenge over at Passion for ProMarkers. I was meant to post this yesterday but I didn’t get round to finishing my card and then I had to go to work in the afternoon and wasn’t back till late last night.

Our sponsor for this week is the very lovey Sally-Ann from Digi Stamp Boutique and she is offering one lucky person 6 digi images of their choice.

Myself and the rest of the DT was able to chose one of Sally-Annes adorable image for their card and I decided to use this one. I’ve coloured in the cute Polly Penguin using my ProMarkers, AquaMarkers and FlexMarker pens.

The DP I created myself and they are available from my online shop.

 

The holly and snowflake I made using the Whiff of Joy dies and the sentiment is also from Whiff of Joy.

The flowers I made myself using various dies. The snowflake charm and wired ribbon is from Bunny Zoe Crafts.

Challenges I’m entering this card into are as follows:-

Sketch n Stash – Sketch (new items I’ve used is the image and ribbon)

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Bunny Zoe’s Monthly Challenge DT Card

Good morning everyone and hope that you’re keeping well. Today we have a brand new challenge over at Bunny Zoe’s Monthly Challenge blog and this month we have a theme for you which is ‘Lace It Up – incorporate lace somewhere on your project.

For my card I’ve used one of the old Tilda Christmas images and I’ve coloured her using my ProMarkers, AquaMarkers and FlexMarker pens.

The DP is Basic Grey Nordic Holidays from Bunny Zoe Crafts and I’ve distressed the edges and then inked them up a little bit using Brushed Corduroy. 

The flowers I made myself using various dies. 

The holly I created using a Whiff of Joy die and the lace, red hat pin and snowflake charm are all from Bunny Zoe Crafts. 

Challenges I’m entering this card into are as follows: 

Sketch Saturday – Sketch 

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Elphine House & Truly Scrumptious Challenge DT Card

Hi there and thanks for stopping by. Well today is Wednesday so that means we have a brand new challenge for you at Elphine House Australia and also at Truly Scrumptious. This week Elphine House Australia the challenge is a theme for you which is ‘Tasty Treats', so if you have ANY Elisabeth Bell stamp and has something tasty on it, then why not enter our challenge.

The prize for this fortnight is two stamps of your choice from Elphine House Australia.

The challenge that we have for you over at Truly Scrumptious this week is a theme, which is 'Distressing' and our sponsor for this week is the very lovely Katharina from Whiff of Joy.

For my card I’ve used the gorgeous ‘Lauras Yummy Pudding’ and I’ve coloured her using my ProMarkers, AquaMarkers and FlexMarkers.

The DP is Basic Grey Nook & Pantry, which is available from Bunny Zoe Crafts and I’ve distressed the edges and then inked them up using Brushed Corduroy Distress Inks.

The tag I created by using the Sweetheart Tag die from Whiff of Joy along with the Pennant die which is also from Whiff of Joy.

All the flowers I made myself using my slice machine and other dies.

Challenges I'm entering this card into are as follows:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
BnW Challenge Blog - Your Colour Choice
Paper Sundaes - Lots of Layers
Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge Blog - Flowers

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Passion for ProMarkers Challenge DT Project

Good morning everyone and hope that you had a good weekend. Well as today is Tuesday we have a brand new challenge for you over at Passion for ProMarkers and this week it’s Anja’s turn and she has chosen the theme ‘Altered but not Square’.   

Our sponsor for this week is Joanna Sheen and they are offering a one lucky person a £10 gift voucher to spend online. 

For my altered project, I decided to decorate a wine bottle which I intend to give one of the kids Teachers as a Christmas gift. The image I’ve used for my card is the gorgeous ‘Lil Victorian Christmas Lolita Christina’ from Tickled Pink Stamps which you can also get from Bunny Zoe Crafts and I’ve coloured her using my ProMarkers, AquaMarkers and FlexMarker pens. 

The DP is Basic Grey Nordic Holiday and is available from Bunny Zoe Crafts. I’ve distressed the papers by first crumpling them up into a ball and then running my distress ink pads over them to create an aged look. 

The Christmas Tree shape I made using a quickutz die and the Holly I made using the Holly die from Whiff of Joy. 

The poinsettia flower I made myself using the Spellbinders die and the bow and red hat pearl pin are from Bunny Zoe Crafts.