Wk 27 Anything Goes/Happy New Colour Graph'It marker challenge

Hi everyone!

We hope you had a lovely Christmas and Boxing day and are all refreshed and ready to join us for a brand new Challenge.

Before we get to this week’s theme, we have the winners of Week 25 to announce. Thank you to all of you who shared your creations with us. We loved visiting your blogs to see your fabulous projects.

So without further ado, the randomly chosen winner of our 

Anything Goes/Background Effects and Mix'It Fluid is....

#32 Susan

Congratulations! Please email us here to claim your prize!

And our Top 3 favourites this week are

#21 Leona, #13 Coops and #27 Susan

Well done everyone!! Don’t forget to grab your blinkies from the sidebar

So onto our new challenge!

Our theme this week as always is 
ANYTHING GOES
But as ever we like to make the DT work a little harder and our challenge for them is 

Happy New Colour! 

We are Challenging ourselves to get out of our comfort zones and use a colour we would not normally pick to colour an image. Sometimes the best things happen when you least expect it and using a colour you wouldn't normally pick can make a huge difference to your work - it could add the vibrancy you've been missing or just add an extra perfect touch you'd otherwise miss so give it a try....We'd love you to try this challenge too so if you do make sure you tell us which one you have chosen!

You have until 12noon (GMT) on Sunday 5th of January to play along – simply follow the theme and add your challenge entry to Mr Linky at the end of this post. We have one change to our rules - you can only enter a maximum of 3 times to make it fair for everyone! The winner will be announced here on the GI blog on Friday 17th of January and will win Graph'It goodies.

Here are our fabulous DT’s creations …

Jane: I chose Yellow as my colour I wouldn't normally use to create a lovely golden coat for the lovely Labradors on my card. I rarely use yellows but  I love the rich gold you can create with the Graph'it markers. I will be sure to use this colour combination again for hair and animals.

Graph'it Markers used:

1250, 3110, 3140

Claire C: I've used the pink greys to colour this gorgeous image from the Polkadoodles CD Frederika, they give a lovely warm grey/brown shade:

Colours used:

Dress: 6290, 9306, 9305,9303, 4150

Hair: 3180, 3150, 3120, 1230

Skin: 4180, 4155, 4115, 4125 plus 5125, 5110

Iris: I choose two colors which I really don't use very often to color: orange and yellow. Just not my fav colors ;-). But I like the rich tones you can get with the Graph'It markers!

Colors used:

Yellow: 1110, 1130, 1180, 1280

Orange: 2130, 2120, 2110, 2105

Blue: 165, 7140, 7150

Teddy: 3255, 3250, 3210, 9400, 4135, 4145

Outline: 9100, 9101

I also used the blender pen and the Mix'It palette

So that's our inspiration from the fabulously talented Graph'It team this week!

You have until Sunday 5th January at noon GMT to enter by adding your creation to Mr Linky below - don't forget you have the chance to win a fabulous prize! 

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.

4. No more than 3 entries per person in each challenge.

5. Please ensure you follow the challenge theme!

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Wk 26: Anything Goes and Pink with a pattern

Hi everyone!
We have some exciting news to share ...

we have a *NEW* Graph'it show on
Create and Craft TV
TODAY at 11.00AM

Nikky will be showing us all some great hints and tips so
make sure you tune into the show which is on
 Sky 671 or Freeview 36 or Virgin 748 or FreeSat 813
or you can also watch online at www.createandcraft.tv

Before we get to this week’s theme, we have the winners of Week 24 to announce. Huge thanks to everyone who took part – your creations were fabulous!

So without further ado, the randomly chosen winner of our Colour Mixing/Anything Goes challenge is...
No 20 Lis M
Well done! Please email us here to claim your prize!

And our Top 3 favourites this week are in fact a Top 4:
#20 lis-m, #11 Sue Bearhouse, #15 Lucy Patrick, #10 Coops

Well done everyone!! Don’t forget to grab your blinkies from the sidebar.

So onto our new challenge!

This week of course it's Anything Goes
 but the DT were challenged to ...
Go pink with a pattern

You have until 12noon (GMT) on Sunday 29th December to play along – simply follow the theme and add your challenge entry to Mr Linky at the end of this post. We have one change to our rules - you can only enter a maximum of 3 times to make it fair for everyone! The winner of challenge 26 will be announced here on the GI blog on Friday 3rd January and will win a fantastic goodie bag from Graph'It.

Here are our fabulous DT’s creations …

Simonne ... The Graph'it Marker blender pen is perfect for adding patterns and textures to your colouring. I decided to use this really cute Sew and Sew digital stamp, illustrated by Emma Canning for Polkadoodles, for my card.  I created a polka dot pattern on the pink piece of fabric she is sewing in her machine by using the bullet nib of my blender pen to bleach out little dots of colour:

Graph'it Markers

Skin: 4180 4155 4115 4125 4120  Blush: 4135 4145
Hair: 3250 3245 3210 4110  Skirt: 8220
Pink Fabric: 5230 5130 5120 blender
Sewing Machine: 4110
Shading: 9503 9500 blender

Cara ...This was another "challenging" theme for me but once I had decided which pattern to go for I really enjoyed it and the fabulous Graph'it Blender pen worked so well I might actually try more patterns with it now.  I decided to go for a Plaid pattern, I coloured the whole of the pyjamas in my main pink colour and then "drew" in stripes in both directions with the blender, finally I outlined everything with a fine liner.  Hope you like it!

Graph'it Marker's used:
Skin: 4180, 4155, 4150,4135
Pink: 5230,5210,5120, Blender
Hair, teddy and slippers: 3290, 3280, 3270,3255, 3250, 3245

Debbie ... The Challenge for me with this card was to actually take a decent photo of it (so I apologize now for the rather dull photo). I decided to try a check pattern in my cute Little Mouse's Dungarees by colouring with the pink pen then drawing the check pattern on with the blender pen which then gives you a subtle check pattern.

Graph'it Marker's used:
Mouse: 9303, 9305,9507,4145
5130,5160, Blender pen

Kevin What a great time I have had this week colouring up this image, and I have used my blender to pen to make the polka dot dress and umbrella, the blender is perfect for this as it moves the colour away, so you end up with white dots, why don't you give it a try.

Graph'It Markers used

Fur 9501..1210..5110

Pinks 5115..5120..5150..5160

Basket 1270..1280

And the Blender

So that's our inspiration from the fabulously talented Graph'It team this week!

You have until Sunday 29th December at noon GMT to enter by adding your creation to Mr Linky below - don't forget you have the chance to win a fabulous prize!

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.
4. No more than 3 entries per person in each challenge.
5. Please ensure you follow the challenge theme!

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New Graph'It marker show

Hi everyone - a little unscheduled quickie post to let you all know that we have another Graph'It marker show on Friday 20th December on Create and Craft TV.  You can catch Nikky on the show with some more great demos and fantastic products at 11am...this is our last show until January so don't miss it! If you can't watch Create and Craft TV you can get the feed from the programme here ....

Hope you can join us - we have some AMAZING samples to show you courtesy of the Design Team! x

Wk 25 - Anything Goes with Background Effects and Mix'It Fluid....

Hi everyone and welcome to a brand new Graph'It Markers challenge!

It's only 12 sleeps until Christmas Day! Woohoo!
Have you put Graph'it Markers on your Christmas List?  We hope so!

Before we get to this week’s theme, we have the winners of Week 23 to announce. Huge thanks to everyone who took part – your creations were beautiful and it was so difficult for the DT to choose their top 3 favourites.

So without further ado, the randomly chosen winner of our Vintage Polka Dots challenge is...
Caroline
Well done Caroline! Please email us here to claim your prize!

And our Top 3 favourites this week are:
#1 Valerie Ward
#3 Lisa S
#6 Sue Bearhouse

Well done everyone!! Don’t forget to grab your blinkies from the sidebar.

So onto our new challenge!

The challenge for all of you at home is
Anything Goes....

But, this week Team A was challenged to ...
Use Mix'it Fluid to create a background

Mix'It fluid is basically the same solution that is in the Graph'It blender pen but because it's a fine mister spray it means you can do some amazingly creative things with it! You can use it just like you would an ink spray but instead of adding colour you can take it away! Imagine the possibilities....it's amazing when used with stamps, masks, a paintbrush, fabric, there really is a multitude of things you can do so make sure you try it out!

If you have the Mix’it Fluid, we’d love you to have a go at making your own background.  Claire has done a fantastic tutorial to show you how easy it is - click HERE or scroll down to take a peek at her post.  For those of you who haven’t bought the Mix’it Fluid yet, your challenge is ...

ANYTHING GOES....

You have until 12noon (GMT) on Sunday 22nd December to play along – simply follow the theme and add your challenge entry to Mr Linky at the end of this post. The winner of challenge 25 will be announced here on the GI blog on Friday 27th December.

And last but by no means least, here are our fabulous DT’s creations …

Claire C ... I've made a background with my Graph'It markers, Mix'It fluid and a stencil, and if you scroll down I've done a quick tutorial on how to do this technique. The image is from the PolkaDoodles CD Angelberry Christmas:

Graph'it Markers used:
Skin: 4170, 4155, 4115, 5115
Clothes: 5130, 5125, 5115 plus cool greys 9104, 9102, 9100
Background: 5160
I've also used 5125 to colour the pearls
Jane: I used 4 different shades of Graph'it Markers to create a snowy sky background for my cute little Polkadoodles snowman. I used the broad nib to draw wide stripes which I blended together and then sprayed with the mix it fluid to create a mottled effect. I then added dots for the snow using the glitter Shake it embossing pen

Graph'it Markers used:

Sky: 7260,7240,7220,7210

Red: 5245, 5220, 5210

Green: 8270, 8260, 8220

Snow: Shake it glitter embossing pen

Iris:  I used four different shades of markers, an acrylic blog and the Mix It fluid to create my background (the teal one right behind the image). With the broad nib I scribbled all four shades onto the acrylic blog, sprayed it with the Mix It fluid and stamped onto white cardstock.

Graph'It Markers used:

Sign: 3120, 3140, 3160, 3190

Snow: 9100, 9101

Scarf & Hat: 7210, 7220, 7240, 7260, 7290
4175, 4135, 4145, 4120,4125

Penguin: 9109, 9107, 9105, 9103, 9101

2105, 2110, 2150

9101, 9100, 7105, 4115,9303

Candy Box: 4150, 4120, 5210, 5220, 5250, 3180

And the blender pen!

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

You have until Sunday 22nd December at noon GMT to enter by adding your creation to Mr Linky below - don't forget you have the chance to win a fabulous prize!

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.
4. Please ensure you follow the challenge theme!

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Quick and easy background with Graph'It Markers and Mix It Spray

Hi there, Claire here with a tutorial for a very quick and easy technique. I love this technique as it enables you to create a background to match your project and if you're anything like me for colouring up an image and then finding out you don't have any papers to match its really useful.

You'll need: some white pearl card, stencil, Graph'It marker (I've used 7165) and Mix'It Spray

Firstly colour your pearl card with your marker, I've used one shade of blue but you can play with using different colours too.

Pop your stencil on the coloured card

Give it a good spray with Mix'It fluid

and your background is done, it will take a few seconds for the Mix'It to work and you can vary the amount you use for different effects.

Thanks for visiting today

Claire xx

Wk 24 - Colour Mixing / Anything Goes!

Hi everyone and welcome to a brand new Graph'It Markers challenge!

Before we get to this week’s theme, we have the winners of Week 22 to announce. Huge thanks to everyone who took part – your creations were fabulous!

So without further ado, the randomly chosen winner of our Dark Skin/Anything Goes challenge is...
No 6 Lisa S
Well done Lisa! Please email us here to claim your prize!

And our Top 3 favourites this week are:
#3 Susan I, #4 Scatty Jan, #9 PaperDaisies

Well done everyone!! Don’t forget to grab your blinkies from the sidebar.

So onto our new challenge!

This week Team B was challenged to ...
Make your own custom colour shade using the Mix’it Palette

This great Palette is a special substrate which enables you to use your Graph'It markers on it and then mix the colours using your blender pen or Mix'It fluid, so you can mix your own colour choices! Woohoo! The great thing is that it's totally reusable so you can just save it forever to be reused or you can wipe it clean with some Mix'it solution if you want to reuse the sheet. There are 3 A4 sheets in each pack and if you want to try it you can get it here and here!

 If you have the Mix’it Palette, we’d love for you to have a go too, however, for those of you who haven’t bought the Mix’it Palette yet, our challenge is ...

Anything Goes!

You have until 12noon (GMT) on Sunday 15th December to play along – simply follow the theme and add your challenge entry to Mr Linky at the end of this post. The winner of challenge 24 will be announced here on the GI blog on Friday 20th December.

Here are our fabulous DT’s creations …

Debbie ... Hi Everyone! When I saw this week's challenge I have to admit I was a little bit scared again, lol! But I persevered with it and I have to say you can get some fab results, so please do give it a try.

Graph'it Markers used:
5210, 5140, 5250
9507, 9505, 9501, 9503
4115, 4120, 4125, 4155, 4145
8280,8260
3250, 3140
Blender and Mix'it Palette


Kevin ... This week I have made a Christmas Tag, using this gorgeous Santa from the Home for Christmas CD rom from Polkadoodles. I have used my Mix'it Palette to blend the greens for the hat and coat, and the new gold glitter pen.

Graph'It Markers used:
Skin 4150,4155,4170,4180,5120
Clothing 8190,8150,5280,6290 9107,9501
Blender pen, Mix'it Palette, Gold Glitter pen

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Wk 23... Vintage Polka dots Graph'It marker challenge

Hi everyone, welcome to another Graph'It marker challenge! 

Firstly, we'd like to wish all our friends in the USA a very 

Happy Thanksgiving

we give thanks here to you all for reading and joining in with this fab blog each week, thankyou all so much! And also of course, thanks to all the rest of our readers around the world, wherever you may be! We appreciate your support!

Did you get to watch our Create and Craft TV show with Nikky yesterday? Sellouts across the board, fantastic! The word is certainly spreading about our lovely Graph'Its and we know that everyone who tries them usually falls in love just like we all have! Don't forget, they also mix with your other markers too so they are a great addition to your marker collections and we have LOADS of colours that are not found in other brands too. If you didn't see the show you might be able to see repeats here  - well worth checking out the fabulous hints and tips from Nikky! If you missed the fantastic new marker sets which were absolute bargains You can get them from Premium Craft Brands here or from here. If you struggle with where to start choosing colours then you must check out the new Nikky's Choice set which is a really special deal - it sold out on the show yesterday but there is a different version of this set here available now and exclusively, in very limited quantities!

If you bought the 36 wallet pack on the show and want the colour chart for the front of your wallet you can download it here.

We will be adding samples from the team over the next few days to tempt you with so make sure you keep checking our posts each day : )

Here is the great demo that Nikky made on the show - don't you just LOVE the Ombre hair effect? She's promised to do a YouTube of this really soon so we'll let you know once it's posted up!

 Did you see the new Graph'It Glitter Shake pens? Oh my, they are AWESOMELY good! Nikky has been nagging for a few things she thinks we need and we love that the Graph'It people really listen to what we need as crafters, it shows what a great brand they are! You can get them from Premium Craft Brands here or from here.

Nikky has been nagging for some time about needing WHITE PENS...and finally last week she got her wish! The new Graph'It Shake White - woohoo!! She has been road testing these for a couple of weeks now and is happy to report they are fantastic with really dense coverage and they don't clog up - sooo important!
These are so hot off the press that even the DT don't have them yet, they're so jealous! You can get them from Premium Craft Brands here or from here.

So, let's get on with the show and today's challenge and winners!...

As you know, we choose a random winner each week to win our Graph'It goodies - 

today's Random winner for Week 21 as chosen by Random.org this week is No 3 KBrandy4 - well done Hazel!! 

Email us here to claim your prize!

Our Top 3 favourites from Week 21 are: 

No 20 Leona, No 54, Coops and No 42 Jessie L - well done ladies, your work was fabulous, feel free to take your blinkies from the sidebar! 

So onto the challenge...today we are asking the team and YOU to show us your 

Vintage makes using some Polka Dots...

so pretty easy really to join in! 

You have until Sunday 8th December at noon to enter and the winner will receive a Graph'It goodie bag! The winner of this challenge will be announced on Fridya 13th December - lucky for some!

Ok, let's get to the inspirational stuff...

Claire C I've coloured up one of the adorable angels from the PolkaDoodles CD Angelberry Christmas and created some polkadots with the blender pen...

Colours used: Dress: 1270, 1180, 1230,1210, 9402, blender

Skin: 4180, 4155, 4145, 4115, 5125, 5110

Hair: 3125, 3110, 1270, 1140

Iris - I just couldn't resist when I saw this little cute snowman on the Polkadoodles 'A Home For Christmas' CD. Polka dots on Snowy's hat as well as in my background papers.

 Markers used:

Red: 5280, 3180, 5240, 5220

Green: 8290, 8280, 8260, 8220

Snow: 9103, 9101, 9100

Beige: 3210, 4110

Orange: 2130, 2110, 2105

Cheeks: 4145

Brown: 3140, 3125, 3110, 4170

Blender Pen

Suzi - I adore Vintage cards, but tend to struggle with them, so my project for this week is a little bit Vintage and a little bit Retro!  It's got Polka dots and features a beautiful image by Emma Canning available in the Polkadoodles Store.

Markers used;

Skin: 4115, 4155, 4170, 4145

Hair: 9100, 9102, 7119, 6290

Wings: 9100. 9102 & Silver Glitter Shake Pen

Dress and Shoes: 5240, 5255, 5280

Background: 9100, 9102

Jane: I love making vintage cards, I have used some lovely shabby chic papers for my card and an Emma Canning image from Polkadoodles. I added vintage style lace and a lovely crochet flower topper with a vintage button. I added my polka dots to the books using the blender pen.

Markers used:

Skin: 4175, 4115, 4155

Hair: 3160, 3110, 3140, 3125

Blue: 7240, 7220, 7210

Yellow: 1250, 1150

Pink: 5125, 5210

Polka dots: Blender

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

You have until  Sunday 8th December 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 13th December 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.

4. Please ensure you follow the challenge theme!

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Wk 22 Dark skintones

Hey Graph'It fans! Hope you're all looking forward to a fabulous weekend filled with lots of colouring - this week we have a great challenge for you, but first we have some exciting news!

We have a new Graph'It show on

Create and Craft TV on Thurs 28th Nov 

at noon (time subject to change) 

with Nikky, showing us all some great hints and tips and lots of lovely NEW products too! Exciting! Make sure you tune into the show which is on Sky 671 or Freeview 36 or you can also watch online at www.createandcraft.tv

Before we get to this week's inspiration and prizes, it's time to announce the winner of last week's challenge. We use a RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR so that everyone has an equal chance of winning. IN ADDITION we also pick a Top 3 and may ask one of those people each month to join us as a Guest Designer. So here is today's winner chosen by our random number generator this week:

No 10 Donna....Congratulations Donna!

You win a great prize of £30 of Graph'It goodies, woohoo!

We also like to choose a Top 3 faves of the week so this week the Design Team have picked (in no particular order)....

No 3 Dee, No 6 Julie and No 9 Denyse

Well done to all of you!

Please email Nikky here to claim your prize and please grab your blinkies from the sidebar.

The winner of this week's challenge will win a fantastic prize of Graph'It goodies!

Remember - you can use ANY brand of alcohol marker to enter our challenges!

This week we decided to stretch the team's imagination and skills a little and gave them a toughie…we regularly receive emails from people asking how to colour different skin tones so this week 

we asked the team to colour 

Dark Skintones

Now we'd love you to have a go at this challenge too - go on, PLEASE try and have a go! 

It's not as hard as you think! 

We know this one is a little scary so as usual, you can enter an Anything Goes make in the challenge but there will be extra brownie points if you join in and brownie points for anyone who 
shows us how to colour Black Hair!

So let's get to the great team creations 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 and we have some exciting news to share very soon!....

Cara...When I saw the theme for this challenge my first thoughts were EEEEEK! but i'm actually pleased I tried colouring darker skin tones now, and while it's far from perfect I now have a starting point to work on.  Go on give it a try!!

Graph'its used:
Skin: 3230,3210,4150,4120,4135
Dress and accessories: 5120,5140,5220
Shoes and hair: 3290,3280,3270,3245

Debbie
Well I am going to admit this challenge really scared me! I have never ever attempted Dark skintones but I have to say I am really pleased at how my card turned out ….

Graph'its used:
Skin: 3120, 3140, 3250 Hair: 9505, 9507, 9509
Coat & Hat: 5280, 5250,5245. Gloves & Scarf: 8270, 8280,8150.
Boots: 3120, 3140, 3290, 4150.

Kevin
I have enjoyed this challenge, because it isn't very often I use dark skin tones, so it was nice to try out different skin colour combos.The image I have used it from the Polkadoodles Fredericka Cd rom.

Graph'It Markers used.
Skin 4120,4170,4180,3125,5120
Hair 9909, 9905,9501,9107
Clothing,5220,5240.5270,9905,9508,9501.

Simonne ...Slightly scary challenge, lol, but hopefully I've managed to achieve it! I decided to go for a very deep skin tone for my card.

Graph'it Markers used:
Skin: 3190 3160 3140 3120 4110
Hair: 9409 3290 3270 3250 3210
Outfit:1280 1150 1140 (yellow) 2130 2180 2160 (orange)
Tree trunk: 3250 3245
Leaves: 3230 3280 8220

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

You have until  Sunday 29th November 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 6th December 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.4. Please ensure you follow the challenge theme!

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Wk 21 Lucky 7/Anything Goes!

Hello and it's time for another Graph'It challenge!

As there are 7 new colours in Graph'It this month we thought it would be great to show you what you can do with them...so this week our challenge for the team was to Use all the new 7 colours....

But, we realise that everyone at home doesn't have all these maybe so our main challenge theme for you guys at home is 

'Anything Goes'

Our Random Winner of week 19's challenge Tic Tac Toe is...

No 16, Nicole - well done Nicole! Please email us here to claim your prize!

Our Top 3 favourites this week are: No 9, Sue, No 20: Lucy and No 23: Netty

Well done girls - make sure you all grab your blinkies from the sidebar!

So, let's get to the great team creations 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 see some fantastic makes from the team and pick their brains on colours and techniques!....

Suzi - I had a wonderful time with this challenge, colouring a very beautiful detailed image. I love the end result, hope you do too!

I used the following colours;
Fairy; 6110, 6130, 6290, 7105, 7110, 7115, 7119
Mermaid; 7119, 8220, 8240, 8280, 8290
Unicorn; 6120, 6130, 6140, 6175, 6185, 6290
Unicorn Hair; 5110, 5120, 5130, 5140, 6150, 6290
Dragon; 5210, 5215, 5245, 6290
Face; 6290, 7210, 7220, 7250, 8140, 8160, 8190
Hair; 6290, 8110, 8140, 8160, 8180, 8190

Claire C - the new colours are all gorgeous, a great addition to the Graph'It Range so this challenge was a lot of fun

Colours used:

Skin: 4180, 4155,4115, 4120 (blush: 5125, 5110)

Hair: 6290, 3140,3110, 1250, 1210

Eyes: 6175, 6120

Hood: 8290, 8280, 8250, 8220

Rabbit: 9305, 9303,9400

Deer: 3130, 3110, 1250

Iris - For me it's Lucky 3 because at the moment I only have 3 of the new colors. But the rest is on its way...YAY! So this is what I came up with for this challenge:

Here are the all the Graph' It markers I 've used:

Brown: 3190, 3170, 3130, 3110,4155

Pink: 5115,4135,9303

White: 7109(new), 7105

Lilac: 6120, 6140, 6175(new)

Red: 5220, 5210, 5250, 9303

Blue: 7105, 7125, 7170

Green: 8190(new), 8270, 8120

Lime: 8280, 3230, 1130

Jane: I had great fun colouring my image using the new colours, they work so well with my existing collection of pens and were perfect for colouring this boy's Christmas card

Colours used:

Holly leaves: 8190, 8260, 8270

Skin: 4175, 4115, 4120, 4155

Trousers: 7119, 7109, 7125,

Jacket: 5245, 5215, 5220

Jumper: 6290, 8290

Book: 3245, 3255, 4120, 6290, 6175

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

You have until  Sunday 24th November 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 29th November here on this blog. 

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Wk 20 Furry Friends

Friday again! Where do these weeks fly off to?


We have to give you a little heads up this week - Nikky will be on Create and Craft TV at 2pm this Sunday 10th November - she's not demonstrating Graph'It markers but will have the glorious brand new Graph'It GLITTER Shake markers to show you! These are GORGEOUS! Make sure you tune in to see them and see their lushness! 

So onto this week's business....our theme this week is....

FURRY FRIENDS!

The team were all asked to make sure they had a Furry Friend in their make this week -  You guys at home can either follow the theme for some fun OR 

we will let YOU enter 'Anything Goes' this week (but we'd love you to try the challenge of course!)...

The winner of this week's challenge will receive a 6 pack of Graph'It markers to play with so you need to be in it to win it!.....

Our Random winner from Week 18 is No.21 Fiona - 

congratulations Fi! 

You won a pack of 6 Graph'It markers and a Mix'It blending palette -  please email us here to claim your prize!

Our Top 3 entries for this challenge were 8 KBrandy4, 17 Tracey , 

and 9 Suzie so well done ladies, don't forget to grab your blinkies!

So let's get on over to the Design Team's Inspiration this week, we have some gorgeous makes to show you, as usual!...

Debbie ... Today is my first challenge here on the blog and I'm over the moon to be joining the Amazing Graph'It Marker DT, For my card today I have coloured the cute little lamb with curly fur.

Graph'it Markers used:
Skin 4115, 4120, 4125, 4155, 4145   Hair 3110, 4120, 4150
Dress 7105, 7109, 7125   Holly 8270, 8280, 5250
Lamb 9501, 9503, 9505, 4145   Donkey 3110,3120, 3140, 4150
Blanket 7130, 7119,7180
Crib 3110, 3120, 3140, 3250   Straw 1150, 1250

Cara ... When I colour fur I use my markers to create little dots to give texture and to blend the colours. I used my pink grey's to colour this cute little fuzzy owl. I also used the gorgeous new Graph'It Shake Glitter pens to colour my die-cuts and add a little sparkle!

Graph'it Markers used:
Skin: 4175, 4155, 4150, 4135, 4125, 4115
Hair: 9307, 5250, 5230, 5215, 5210
Owl: 9307, 9305, 9304, 9303

Simonne ... I am trying to make a dent in the huge pile of Christmas cards I need to make this year, so I inked up this cute Christmas Mouse for my furry friends challenge card this week.  I used the Neutral greys to colour him and used my white opaque pen to add some highlights to the fur.

Graph'it Markers used:
Mouse Fur: 9507 9505 9503 9501 9500 (plus white opaque pen)
Cheeks: 4145 4135   Ear & Tail: 4135 4150 4125 4120
Red: 3180 5250 5220 5210 4145
Gold: 2130 1280 1230 1210

Kevin
When colouring fur I like to use dots and dashes to give a textured look to the fur, this little bear is coloured with a mix of little browns & cream.

Graph'It Markers Used
Fur 1210..1270..1280..2105
Cheeks 5110.
Hat and Scarf 7105..7115..7125
Blender

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

You have until  Sunday 17th November 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 8th November 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.4. Please ensure you follow the challenge theme!

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