Background Effects with Graph'It Markers...Week 11

Hi Graph'It fans - it's Friday challenge time! 

So let's get to the challenge! Last week we challenged you to colour Reds and Greens - but this week we want you to show us your....

Background Effects

You can use ANY brand of alcohol marker to enter our challenges!

Before we get to this week's inspiration and prizes, it's time to announce the winner of last week's challenge. We're so pleased to announce that our Top 2 entries are:

1.  Lucy Patrick

2.  Laine

We loved all your work and congratulations to Lucy who won our fabulous prize of 6 Graph'It Skintones, a Mix'It palette and Mix'It Fluid!! Laine has also won this week and will be receiving a 3pack of Graph'It Romance colours too! Well done! Please email Nikky here to claim your prize and please grab your winners blinkies from the sidebar.

The winner of this week's challenge will win a fantastic prize of 6 Graph'It Xmas Colours - perfect for this time of year!

So let's get to the great team inspiration this week...Remember to join our Facebook group too, Graph'It Markers UK, where we have daily inspiration and share some of our favourite makes & hints and tips every day, it's a great place to be!

Claire C

I've used an image from the fab Polkadoodles CD 'Here Comes Christmas' , coloured it with my Graph'Its and overlaid it with acetate. My background was actually created on the acetate by colouring with 7130 for the sky and 1280 for the light from the lamp, I sprayed with Mix'It spray to create the snowy effect ... easy!

Colours used: 

Greens: 8120, 8110. Red: 3160, 5245, 5220

Blue: 7130,7125,7110,7105. Black: 9909, 9507, 9505, 9503

Skin: 4180, 4155, 4115, 4120

Karen

I also used an image from the PolkaDoodles CD 'Here Comes Christmas'. I wanted to create a winter sky so I used 3 different shades 7105 7110 9100 layered over each other and then used my Blender to bring them together and  lighten some areas, really easy and very effective I think!

Hair - 1210 1250 2120

Skin - 4120 4144 4170 5110

Skirt - 9100 9103 9104

Red - 4220 5245 3170

Brown - 9401 9403 9405

Other - 9501 9502

Faye

I love this image from the Polkadoodles BonBon Belles CD Rom, it just says summer to me. And, with all of the space around the toadstools and birdhouse, it works really well with the smooshy, dotty background I love to do with Graph'It Markers...

Colours...

 Background: 9100, 9102, 0000

Toadstool Stems: 3210, 4110

Toadstools: 3170, 5240

Birdhouse: 3245, 3250, 3255, 3190

Flowers 1110, 1150, 1250, 6140, 61807130, 7170

Suzi

The only stamp used on my card is the sentiment, I played with my Graph'It Markers, Mix'It Fluid and a Stencil to create my background effect.

Colours;

5245, 9909 and Mix'It Fluid.

Nikky
I love thinking of different background effects I can do with my Graph'Its but this particular one is a very old favourite of mine...

I used the Premium Art Brands Snowy Cottage and Winter spruce stamps on this and created a sky and snowy scene. The snow is made using Mix'It fluid....this stuff is SO addictive, I find I just sit there trying to think of new ways to use it all the time! 

Colours:

sky/blues: 4120, 7220, 7240, 7250, 7260, 7270, 

Trees: 7290, 8280, 8260

Windows:1170, 2180

So there is our inspiration from the fabulously talented Graph'It team this week!...

You have until  Sunday 15th Sept at noon GMT to enter below by adding your creation to Mr Linky below - don't forget you have the chance to win a fabulous prize! The winner of this challenge will be announced on Friday 20th September here on this blog. 

Please check our rules for all entries: 

1. All entries MUST follow the challenge theme. 2. Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry.  3. No back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our voting.

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