2 in 1 Challenge

Hi folks

Hope you are all well. It's miserable here - hope the weather's a bit better where you are. We were taking the kids fishing yesterday. They needed new nets so off we went to the shops. Out they came with their nets and down came the rain! You should have seen the wee one's face. How do you explain to a 2 year old that immediately granny gets some time off you can expect the monsoon season? He demanded soft play instead so away they went. I don't do soft play so I came home to finish my card. We tried the fishing again today and the sun was blazing down, then came home late afternoon to thunderstorms!

I haven't managed to make many cards this week; we've been really busy at work and I've been a bit bushed by the time I get in. Then there's been Springwatch to keep up with so I haven't had a lot of time. However, I'm off next week and if the weekend's weather is anything to go by, I won't get out much so I might get a bit more done.

This is a 2 in 1 challenge. I thought I was dead clever getting 2 or 3 challenges out of each card; I haven't really got time to make a separate card for each challenge I would like to enter. Then Suzanne saw someone who did a 10 in 1. Honestly, 10 in 1! I don't know how they get their heads around them when there's that much to think about. Anymore than 3 and my head's mince!

This card's for this week's Passion for Promarker Challenge which is a Pumpkin and Cinnamon colour combo and I can combine it with this week's C.R.A.F.T. Challenge which is a recipe: 3 flowers, 2 papers and 1 ribbon. It's the first time I've done a recipe and I really enjoyed it. I didn't think I would be able to stick to three flowers but I managed it fine in the end.

I edged the image with distress ink. It's the first time I've done this and although I can see it's far from perfect yet, I'll persevere because it's a technique I'm definitely going to use again. I used a tutorial from the Just Magnolia Challenge Blog which Kim kindly provided. Thank you Kim. The instructions were very clear and helpful. If you haven't seen Kim's work, please take a look; it's beautiful.

Here's my card:

Card Recipe:
Farmer Tilda by Magnolia. The fence is from a farmyard set by Kars (Ollyfant stamps)
Promarkers:
Saffron & Pumpkin - Scarf
Blush & Satin - Skin
Safron - Wings
Spice, Coral, touch of Cinnamon- Hair
Pumpkin - Blouse
Cinnamon and Spice - Dungaree straps and bottoms
Saffron/Pumpkin - Dungaree pocket
Cinnamon - Dungarees
Coral & Spice - Boots
Apple and Limegreen - Grass
Touches of Spice, Coral, Cinnamon and Pumpkin - Fence
White Sakura Gellyrol pen for highlights
Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink
Papers - My Minds Eye Bloom and Grow
Coredinations Cardstock
Selection of brads, flowers, spacers, charm, pin and curly thingie from stash
Ribbon from Hobbycraft (it's dark brown, honest, not black)
Inside: Fiskers Border Punch
Oval Nesties cut on Cuttlebug

What a long list - must be all those Promarkers! I've never used a Promarker blending pen but I saw the great tutorial and now that I can see what to do with it, I might buy one to try it out.

Inside:



That's it for now. Thanks for dropping by. I'm having a bit of a blog hop this week. I've been keeping my eye on what you've all been up to but hoping I'll be able to get around to leaving some more comments.

Lynne.