Friday 31 January 2014

Wk 5 Graph'It colouring challenge....Anything Goes/Different Coloured hair

Woohoo It's Challenge Day!! Any excuse for a spell of colouring!
We also have some exciting news for you as we have two new team members joining us this week! Yay! Welcome to Anjie and Zoe - we love their makes and know they'll both add an extra dimension to our lovely team, they've settled in already and it feels like they've been with us for years already!

Firstly, we have to remind you that there is another Graph'It show on 7th Feb with Nikky on Create and Craft - you can tune in on sky 671, Freeview 36 or online at www.createandcraft.tv when it's live on air and after the show. There are NEW things on the show which we think a lot of you will need so make sure you check it out!

We also have to mention that Nikky has started to do some Google Hangouts where she shows a variety of crafty stuff including Graph'Its of course! Watch out on Facebook/Twitter for the times and links but this will be regular and it's like having a LIVE class on air! Wahey! If you miss them you can also catchup on YouTube via Nikky's channel which is here....

So onto this week's challenge - of course as always it's
ANYTHING GOES
but we've also challenged the team to go with some
DIFFERENT COLOURED HAIR 
this week. They're not allowed to use the standard colours!
The winner of this week's challenge will receive some great Graph'It stash - remember 
you DO NOT HAVE TO USE Graph'It markers to enter the challenge! You have until Sunday 9th Feb to enter the challenge! 
Let's see what the team have for us - you can see last week's winners at the end of the post!....

Anjie- I'm very excited to have been asked to be a part of this very talented team, thank you all so much for having me. Here is my first project.
Well of course I chose my favourite colour, (my own hair was this colour last year) and I'm quite please with the result. The image is from the lush Dollie Daydream Girl Talk CD Collection, as are the papers and the build a fleur. The border and heart stamps, lace, button and ribbon are from my stash.
The colours of the Graph'It Markers I have used are:
Skin: 4115, 4155, 4170 & 4175
Hair: 7140, 7145, 7150, 7155 & 7160
Dress & Shoes: 5110, 5115 & 5120

Zoe - Well this is my first official DT project for the challenge blog! I'm so excited to be here and can't wait to share my projects will you all. So the DT have been challenged to do coloured hair. Now this happens to be something I love, not only when colouring images, but also I enjoy colouring my own hair random colours! For this project I used the gorgeous Dollie Daydream Collection...
The Graph It markers I used are-
Skin = 4115, 4120, 4150, 4170 + 5140 & 6110 for shadows.
Hair = 7180, 7240, 7250, 7260, 7270.
Dress = 6130, 6170, 6185, 9100, 9505.

Susan First of all Welcome Anjie & Zoe, so glade you have joined us and I'm not the newbie anymore. Coloured Hair this is so cool because if I was younger I think I would have blue hair .
The image that I've used   is from the amazing New CD Dollie Daydreams Goes East....
These are the Graph'it Markers I have used
Skin =4115 ,4120 ,4155 ,4170 ,4135 for blush
Hair = 7140 ,7150 ,7155 ,7165 , & Gold Shake
Dress = 5150 ,5170 ,5180, 8220 , Blender & Gold Shake

The Random Winner of our Week 3 challenge is
Well done! You have won some great Graph'It stash so email us here to claim your prize!

Our Top 3 which was voted by the Design Team are:
#14 Christine
#32 Lorraine
#27 Nick
Well done everyone - we loved seeing your creations and thankyou so much for entering!

Remember you do NOT have to use our products (although obviously we would love it if you did) , just add your entry to Mr Linky below and pinch our badge for your blog sidebar - we'll see you back here on Friday for our usual Polkadoodles challenge....

Rules: 
1. No backlinks
2. Please FOLLOW the challenge theme!
3. ONLY 2 ENTRIES PER PERSON ALLOWED to make it fair for the random winner!
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Friday 24 January 2014

Wk 4 Graph'It Challenge....Anything Goes/ Dark skintones

Hello again!
Welcome back to the Graph'It challenge - where we challenge you to make whatever you want but love you to follow our challenge themes each week! You don't need to use Graph'It products to enter, you can use any brand of marker you like : ) We choose a RANDOM winner each week so there's a great chance of winning! 

Our challenge for you this week is of course, 
Anything Goes
but the team are challenged to colour Dark skintones

The winner of this challenge will win fab Graph'It stash - woohooo!!! 
Make sure you get your entries in by Sun 2nd February at noon!

Remember you do NOT have to use Graph'It markers to enter!!!
(although obviously we would love it if you did)

Have you joined our Facebook group yet? If not, get over there, we have a fantastic competition on the go with 3 chances to win!....
https://www.facebook.com/groups/GraphItMarkers/

The Design Team all hang out here and post and help with hints, tips and advice so make sure you come and join us! For instance, don't forget that you can combine Graph'It with your other brand of alcohol markers and they will all work together brilliantly!

You can see who won our last challenge at the end of this post but
let's see what the team have for us this week!....

Claire. I had to get my thinking cap on for this challenge lol, it was fun playing around with lots of different combinations to see which worked best...

I've used 3190, 3180, 3140, 3120 and 4150 with a little 5220 for her cheeks and  the Mix'it Palette and blender pen
I've also used 5280, 5245, 5220 and 5210 for the reds

Iris: I tried to give her skin an indian look and to emphasize that I chose black hair which I highlighted with blue shades.
 Skin: 3140, 3110, 4180, 4155, 4175
Hair & Boots: 9909, 9109, 9107, 9105, 7130, 7125
Shirt & Socks: 5210, 5220, 5250, 3170
Skirt & Socks: 9105, 9103, 9102, 9101, 9100

WOW - AWESOME WORK, TEAM!! Those skintones are amazing!

Our random Winner from Week 2 as chosen by Random.org is....
#14 Jane Allen - well done! 
You've won Graph'It goodies so don't forget to email us your snailmail address too!
Email us here to claim your prize!

The Design Team's favourite Top 3 entries from the same week are:
#5 Sue #11 Kbrandy4 #17 Coops
Well done everyone, your makes were stunning! 
Grab your blinkies from the sidebar and thanks for entering!

Remember you do NOT have to use our products (although obviously we would love it if you did) , just add your entry to Mr Linky below and pinch our badge for your blog sidebar - we'll see you back here on Friday for our usual Polkadoodles challenge....

Rules: 
1. No backlinks
2. Please FOLLOW the challenge theme!
3. ONLY 2 ENTRIES PER PERSON ALLOWED to make it fair for the random winner!

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Friday 17 January 2014

Wk 3 Graph'It challenge...Anything Goes/Spring Lilacs

Hello!! Friday challenge again, crikey time flies!

We have some exciting news to come soon so keep joining us so you don't miss out, but also get Tuesday the 21st January at 1pm in your diaries as Nikky will be on Create and Craft TV again with yet another great show full of lovely products! You'll love it! 

This week as ever our challenge for all of you is 

Anything Goes

but if you can join in we have challenged the DT to get inspired ready for Spring 
(we know it's a bit early but we live in hope!....with
Spring Lilacs
This challenge is inspired by this card which Nikky made as a demo on Create and Craft before Christmas using the Set 1 colours which she selected for us all...a lot of you have been asking to see this card again because you loved the Ombre Hair technique so here it is...and if you want to see how she made this make sure you check into the show on Tuesday ; )


The winner of this challenge will win fab Graph'It stash - woohooo!!! 
Make sure you get your entries in by Sun 26th January at noon!
Remember you do NOT have to use Graph'It markers to enter!!!
(although obviously we would love it if you did)
Have you joined our Facebook group yet? If not, get over there, we have a fantastic competition on the go with 3 chances to win!....
https://www.facebook.com/groups/GraphItMarkers/
The Design Team all hang out here and post and help with hints, tips and advice so make sure you come and join us! For instance, don't forget that you can combine Graph'It with your other brand of alcohol markers and they will all work together brilliantly!

You can see who won our last challenge at the end of this post but
let's see what the team have for us this week!....

Debbie
I loved the colours for the challenge this week and i think this cute little plum digi image suits them great!
Colours used:
Skin 4115, 4120, 4125, 4155, 4145
Hair, 3110, 3140, 3250, 4150
Dress, 6175, 6130, 6140- 1110, 1130, 1150
Watering can, 9505, 9503, 9501
Grass, 8220, 8260, 8270


Susan - Spring Lilacs one of my favourite seasons and colours...
I just adore this image and I have wanted to colour it for ages but it was a bit challenging for me , but its only an image on a piece of paper and this is my end result.
 
Colours Used:
Hair : 1210 ,3210
Skin : 4115 ,4155 ,4170
Dress : 6120 ,6130 ,6140 ,6170 ,6175
Background : 9500  Blender pen and Shake Silver

Kevin I like lilac colours so this was an easy one for me this is a vintage image but she is so pretty in Lilac.

Colours used:
Skin 4110,4135,4170,4160, 5120
Hair 3180,3140,3125
Clothing 6110,6120,6130,6140

 Our random Winner from Week 52(28) as chosen by Random.org is....
#7 Sharon G - well done! 
You've won £30 of Graph'It goodies!
Email us here to claim your prize!

The Design Team's favourite Top 3 entries from the same week are:
#19 Coops, #9 Nicole, #24 Nicole Setter
Well done everyone, your makes were stunning! 
The 3 of you have also won this week so please Email us here to claim your prizes - you've all won £5 of free digis from Polkadoodles!
Grab your blinkies from the sidebar and thanks for entering!

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Rules: 
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2. Please FOLLOW the challenge theme!
3. ONLY 2 ENTRIES PER PERSON ALLOWED to make it fair for the random winner!
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Friday 10 January 2014

Wk2...Anything Goes/Springtime Inspired yellows and blues

Hello everyone and welcome to another challenge! 
We hope you all managed to see our TV show on Tuesday on Create and Craft and grabbed your great new Set 2 which Nikky chose for you all to help build your collections - and did you know that we also have a fantastic page on Facebook which you can join here 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/GraphItMarkers/

The Design Team all hang out here and post and help with hints, tips and advice so make sure you come and join us! For instance, don't forget that you can combine Graph'It with your other brand of alcohol markers and they will all work together brilliantly!

We have some exciting news to come soon so keep joining us so you don't miss out, but also get the 21st January at 1pm in your diaries as Nikky will be on Create and Craft TV again with yet another great show full of lovely products!

This week as ever our challenge for all of you is 
Anything Goes
but if you can join in we have challenged the DT to get inspired ready for Spring with
Yellows and Blues
The winner of this challenge will win fab Graph'It stash - woohooo!!! Make sure you get your entries in by Sun 19th at noon!
Remember you do NOT have to use Graph'It markers to enter!!!
(although obviously we would love it if you did)

Our random Winner from Week 51 as chosen by Random.org is....
#25 Dawn - well done Dawn! 
Email us here to claim your prize!
The Design Team's favourite Top 3 entries from the same week are:
 #6 Kym #22 Amanda #29 Netty
Well done everyone, your makes were stunning! Grab your blinkies from the sidebar and thanks for entering!

OK, let's see what the team have for us this week!....

Claire C What a great challenge, the perfect antidote to these cold days, hopefully Spring wont' be too far away. I've used one of my favourite image from the PolkaDoodles CD Candy Doodles for this card

Colours used: Skin 4180, 4155, 4115, 4120
Dress: 1280,1240,1210 and 7130,7125, 7105
Tree: 3190, 80, 3145, 1230
Grass: 8270,, 8260, 8240 and 8220
with the Mix'It Palette and blender pen - the blender pen is fab for creating polka dots!

Jane: I love the colour scheme this week, it's been so rainy and cold here lately that I can't wait for Spring to arrive! I have used my favourite blue blend for my card and combined it with some soft yellows.
Colours used:
Blues: 7260, 7240, 7220, 7210
Yellows: 1210, 1280, 1140, 1110


Iris: What a great color combo to start thinking spring! I used Dolly Daydream from the NEW Dolly Daydream Girl Talk CD - available HERE
 Colors used:
Skin/Lips: 4125, 4155, 4170, 4180, 4135, 5210, 5220
Blues: 7160, 7155, 7140
Golden-Yellow: 4110, 1210, 1230, 2130
Hair: 3180, 3170, 3130, 4180, 4155, 4115

Suzi:  I also used Dolly Daydream from Polkadoodles for my card today, and combined her with some funky chevrons and lacy doilies on this fun twisted easel card.
Colours used;
Skin: 4120, 4125, 4150, 5110, 5115
Eyes: 7140, 7145, 7160
Hair: 1210, 1230, 1270, 1280, 3245
Boots & Top: 1140, 1150, 1180
Skirt & Leggings: 1180, 7160, 7180

Remember you do NOT have to use our products (although obviously we would love it if you did) , just add your entry to Mr Linky below and pinch our badge for your blog sidebar - we'll see you back here on Friday for our usual Polkadoodles challenge....

Rules: 

1. No backlinks
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3. ONLY 2 ENTRIES PER PERSON ALLOWED to make it fair for the random winner!
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Friday 3 January 2014

Wk 28 Graph'It Marker Challenge....Chocolate Heaven/tones of brown

Hi everyone! Happy New Year!!!

We hope you had a lovely Christmas and are ready and raring to go  with a brand new Challenge!

We have some exciting news this week - we are delighted to welcome Susan Imeson to the Graph'It Design Team...Susan makes the most gorgeous cards and we're so thrilled she's joined us to play!

Nikky will also be back on Create and Craft TV this Tuesday 7th Jan at 1pm with another Graph'It TV show so we hope you can either join her live on Sky 671, Freeview 36 or watch online here 

if you can't get the channel on your TV - and ssssshhhhh!!!!.... if you bought Nikky's last Colour Set No 1 which she handpicked as a starter set there might be a new one perfect for you to co-ordinate with that...we are really trying to help you build your collection in an easy way without duplicating colours and making it affordable...it's kinda a no-brainer!


Before we get to this week’s theme, we have the winners of Week 26 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/Pink Pattern challenge is as chosen by Random.org....
#14 Lisa S
Congratulations Lisa! We loved your creation and loved it more because you joined in our theme! 
Please email us here to claim your prize!
And our Top 3 favourites are
#15 Coops, #11 Vic and #2 Lucy
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 
Tones of Brown
You can get some fabulous tones using Browns and within the Graph'It collection there is a fantastic array of chocolatey colours which we all use constantly....We'd love you to try this challenge too!

You have until 12noon (GMT) on Sunday 12th of January to play along – simply follow the theme and add your challenge entry to Mr Linky at the end of this post. 
Remember - you can use ANY brand of alcohol marker to enter the challenge!
The winner will win £30 worth of Graph'It goodies to see in the New Year plus our Top 3 favourites that join in the Design Team Challenge of Colouring with Browns will also win Free Digis to the value of £5 too - woohoo!!...

Here are our fabulous DT’s creations …

Simonne ... I have never made an all brown card before, but I have to say I am really pleased with how it turned out:
Graph'it Markers used:
Skin: 4180 4155 4115 4125 4120
Lips: 5140
Blush: 4135 4145 4150
Hair: 3290 3250 3245 3210 4110
Coat, bow & boots: 3245 1230 4110
Tights: 3290 3250 3245 3210
Mittens, skirt & scarf: 3210 4100 0000

Debbie... This was a challenge in itself to just use one colour but I think i might have pulled it off, I have used the gorgeous Fredericka Debutante Digistamp .
Graph'it Markers used:
Skin 4115,4120,4125,4155,4145,4150
Hair, 3110,3140,3250,4150.
Dress, 3140,3250,3270,3290

Kevin I enjoyed this Challenge using browns was fun, the image I have used is from Saturated Canary called My Valentine.
Graph'it Markers used:
Skin 4150,4155,4170,4180,5120
Eyes 7125,7105
Hair 3180,3150,3140,3125
Clothing 3140,3150,3180,1270,1280,2120

Susan This is my first make for the Design Team so I am a little bit nervous, Brown is a colour that I don't use very often, but this is what I came up with..... 
 
Colours Used
Dress 3110, 3120, 3149, 3160, 3180
Hair 3255, 3270, 3280, 3290
Skin 4115, 4155, 4170, 4145 for blush
Also Blender pen and Shake Glitter Gold

We have one change to our rules - you can only enter a maximum of 2 times to make it fair for everyone to be in with a chance and to be in our Top 3 you need to follow the challenge theme! 
The winner will be announced here on the GI blog on Friday 17th of January and will win £30 worth of Graph'It goodies to see in the New Year plus our Top 3 favourites that join in the Design Team Challenge of Colouring with Browns will also win Free Digis to the value of £5 too - woohoo!!...
Add your entry to Mr Linky below and Good Luck everyone!

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