wk 26...Anything Goes with a marker - Graph'It Colouring Challenge

Hello and Welcome to another Graph'It Colouring Challenge!

Today we have a brand new challenge for you...

Anything Goes with an alcohol Marker

Yes, so long as you colour with an alcohol marker you can enter this one so show us your best work!

The random winner of this challenge will win some lovely Graph'It goodies  and as always the Design Team will choose their Top 3 favourites.  

You have until Fri 11th July at noon GMT to enter and the winner will be announced on 18th July.

The winner of our last challenge will be announced next week so without further ado let's see what the team have made for us this week! 

Claire C I've used Graph'It markers to colour the flowers and ribbon on my card as well as the image...

Colours used: Skin 4180, 4155, 4115, 4125

Pinks: 5255, 5130, 5125, 5110

Greens 8220, 8240, 8260

Purples: 6185, 6175, 6140,6120

Nikky.... I love the charm of my new Rose Budd collection and it's great to push me into using more muted colours which suit the Georgian era.  I really do have an aversion to using yellow and purples for some reason so on this card I decided to use both!...

Graph'It colours I used are:

Dress: 1140 vanilla, 1280 Honey, 6120. 6140

Hair: 3245, 3250, 3270, 3290

Skin: 4125, 4120, 3110, 3155, 4145, 4135

Our fabulous Guest Designer Kym has been SO busy creating this project for you we just had to post ALL the pages - thanks so much for all the hard work you put into this Calendar Kym, it's fabulous!! ....

It is Kym here. This is my second and final post as a Guest Designer for the Graph’it Challenge. I have really enjoyed my time with a wonderful bunch of crafters and working with such fabulous pens. 

I decided I wanted to make a project that would remind me of my time as Guest Designer so I decided to make a calendar for 2015. I have used various Polkadoodles CDs and digital downloads along with my Graph’it pens. 

The Graph’it pen colours I have used are:

Skin on the various images - 4125, 4150, 4170, 5110 and 5120
Clothing on the various images - 2110, 2120, 5240, 5250, 5260, 6110, 6120, 6130, 6140, 7105, 7115, 7125, 7130, 7175, 7210, 7220, 7240, 9101, 9103, 9105
Hair on the various images - 1150, 1170, 1250, 1270 , 2110, 2120, 2180, 3110, 3210, 3245, 3255
Backgrounds on some images - 4170, 4180, 7210, Graph'it Silver Sparkle pen
Other elements on the image - 1150, 1170, 3210, 3245, 5240, 5250, 6110, 6120, 8150, 8240, 8260, 8280, white Graph'it pen
Outline of images - 7105, 9101, K (black). 

Wow, awesome work Kym, bet that took you hours to colour but SO worth it! Huge thanks to you for being our Team Guest this month, we have loved your work and have loved having you playing along and showing your creations with us! 

You have until Fri 11th July at noon GMT to enter this challenge and the winner will be announced on 18th July - we look forward to seeing all your lovely work! See you next week!

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wk 25...Blondie inspiration - Graph'It Colour Crazy Challenge

Welcome back to another great Colouring challenge!

Before we get to this week's business, a little reminder that we have in place our

International Design Team Call

So if you love colouring you can find all the details HERE

OK, so let's get to the challenge - today is our inspiration week so we are looking at 

BLONDES

again. 

You have until 27th June at noon to enter - you don't have to use Graph'it markers to enter and can enter any kind of project using any products you wish so long as you abide by our few rules in the sidebar. 

The Random Winner of this challenge will be announced on 4th July and you have until 27th June to enter so get your colouring boots on! as always, the winner will receive some Graph'it goodies and the team will choose their Top 3 favourites!

Firstly let's see who won our Week 22/23 Frills and Fancy challenge....

our random winner chosen by Random.org is

No 12 Viv

Well done, Viv!! Email us here quoting code GIw22001 with your snail mail address to claim your prize!

And the Design Team's Top 3 are:

11 Julie Anne

3 Diane

5 Jane

Well done everyone! Email Nikky here quoting code GIw220003 to claim a prize of a free digi! 

So, let's see what the team have been up to...

Claire C I love colouring blonde hair and Graph'Its have a fab selection of colours perfect for different shades and tones when you're colouring hair....

Colours used: Hair 3145,, 3120, 1230, 1210 and a little 1140

Skin: 4180, 4155, 4115, 4120 and 4135/5110

Pinks: 5110, 5125, 5130, 5260

Greens: 8220, 8240

Susan - I just adore these images and papers from the New  Rose Budd collection and the Graph'it markers I have used match in perfectly....

Graph'its  Used

Skin 4110, 4115, 4170, 3110, 4145 for blush

Hair 1150 ,1210, 1230, 3245, 3125

clothes 9400, 9402,9403,9404, 8250 ,blender & shake white

Shirt4110
Ultimate Graphic 160 gsm card

Claire Boelema - lol it looks like Susan and I had the same idea! I too have used the gorgeous images and papers from the new Rose Budd CD Collection from Polka Doodles to create a faux book card. I was a bit worried about colouring vintage style images with Graph'It makers as the colours are so bright and vibrant that I thought they might look a bit odd and out of place. However, as you can see they fit perfectly.

Graph'It Markers used:

Skin: 4110, 4115, 4120, 4135, 4145

Female Hair: 1270, 3245, 3255

Male Hair: 1110, 1130, 1270

Dress: 8250, 8280, 8290, 4170

Suit: 9100, 9401, 9403, 9406, 9501, 9504, 9506, 9909, 0000

Cardstock: Ultimate Graphic Paper 160gsm

Fabulous projects again this week, as always! 

So don't forget, our challenge theme is
BLONDES

You have until 27th June at noon to enter - you don't have to use Graph'it markers to enter and can enter any kind of project using any products you wish so long as you abide by our few rules in the sidebar. 

The Random Winner of this challenge will be announced on 4th July and you have until 27th June to enter so get your colouring boots on! as always, the winner will receive some Graph'it goodies and the team will choose their Top 3 favourites!

See you all next time!

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wk 24....Blondie - Graph'It Colouring Crazy challenge

Welcome back to another Colouring challenge with Graph'It! 

INTERNATIONAL DESIGN TEAM CALL:

Graph'It UK Design Team are looking for several new, uber talented colourists to join our super happy, friendly team (international applicants may apply). If you adore colouring with alcohol markers we would love to hear from you and see your work! We also welcome anyone who loves using alcohol markers in mixed media projects or other art based projects. 

Graph'It markers are super high quality alcohol markers manufactured in France since 2012 - our aim is to bring a premium quality marker at an affordable price and the brand is becoming very well known for the fantastic vibrancy of colour and beautiful blending that can be achieved by users of any skill level.  

As part of the Graph'It design team you will be provided with a generous welcome package of products to enable you to fulfil your Design Team role. Your work will be promoted via our blog and social media internationally and through the UK TV Craft Channel, Create and Craft TV. We are looking for good colourists of different skill levels and criteria...we need people with the skills to inspire others to have a go as well as people with uber amazing colouring skills already. A fun personality is a bonus!

Your role:

1. By being part of the Design Team you will be an ambassador for the Graph'It brand at all times;

2. Create a minimum of 3 projects for the Graph'It blog per month and participate in the blog challenges (fortnightly) including commenting via rota system;

3. Proactively promote the Graph'It brand in all craft projects you create;

4. Proactively participate on our social media platforms, being willing to help other users with hints and tips and education.

5. You will be required to create physical samples for use in both trade and craft shows as and when required.

6. Your terms and conditions as a Design Team member will be discussed in further detail after you have been selected and will be subject to contract.

What you need to do:

1. Email sales@polkadoodles.co.uk with a SHORT paragraph of why you wish to be on the team.

2. Send the URL of your blog (you must have an active blog and facebook page) together with 3 photos of your favourite colouring projects from your page - try to show us your versatility and if you prefer a specific type of crafting tell us about it! We want to know what makes you tick! 

3. Your photos must be of high quality and good lighting to show off the alcohol markers in the best possible light - there is no point spending hours colouring something if the reader cannot see the image clearly. Your posts will need to be coherent and promote the products well, make sure you include product links within your posts wherever possible!

4. Please do not submit work which is not created by you!

5. Include other information we need - especially if you are part of any other teams - we need to know which teams.

The deadline for applications is 14th July 2014. 

We are looking for more than one person. All applications will be answered once a decision has been made.  We look forward to seeing your work! 

So let's get to the challenge this week!...

BLONDIE

Yes this week it's all about Blonde! Now this could mean being either peroxide, yellow or just a bit dim - the interpretation is entirely up to you LOL!!!

You have until 27th June at noon to enter - you don't have to use Graph'it markers to enter. The Random Winner of this challenge will be announced on 4th July and you have until 27th June to enter so get your colouring boots on! as always, the winner will receive some Graph'it goodies and the team will choose their Top 3 favourites!

Let's see what the team have for you today...

Nikky...It's been so long since I've been able to join in with a challenge but I love colouring Blonde hair so I had to try my best to join in this week! This image is from the new Polkadoodles Rose Budd collection and I wanted to use really soft tones to fit the theme so blonde works really well here...

I don't really use yellows for blonde - I use light shades of browns and then maybe throw in one yellow to brighten it a little depending on the mood I'm in.

Graph'Its I used:

skin: 4110, 4120, 4155, 3110, 4145, 4135 (this photo makes the skin look very orange but in fact it's not really)....hair: 12010, 1230, 3110, 3125, 3250, 3290...clothes: 6110, 6130, 9100, 6150, 6160

In addition to the blonde theme this image was also a great test for Graph'It - their colour range is so vibrant I was wondering how I would fare with a more subtle range of softer tones with this card (more pastel and soft tones will be coming soon as the range expands)...but I didn't need to worry. I wanted a nice soft cornflower blue for her outfit and I used 6110 and 6120 here but underneath I used Cool Grey 1 which helped to just mute the tones a little. This is a really really good tip for you if you need more muted tones - always add a base of the lightest grey tone under your colour and that will mute it - so if you are going for blues or greens use 9100 etc, look at the family and choose accordingly. It's also a really good opportunity to use the Mix'It Palette to mix your own colours up too.

Kevin   I don't really colour up a lot of blonde hair, I tend to go for more browns and blacks, this image was perfect for this as he reminds me of Chris Hoy the Cyclist, He is from the Fabulous Work & Play Cd rom from Polkadoodles....

Graph'It Markers Used

Skin.4110,4155.4170.4180.

Hair.1210..1250.2105

Clothing.1140.1150.12.50.7130.7155.

Bike.9500.9501.9504.6290.

Anjie - The image, papers, flowers and gems (don't they look real) are all from the fabulous new Rose Budd Papercrafting CD which debuted on C&C on Tuesday.This is going to be a mega seller so make sure you get your order in asap for despatch from  Polkadoodles on the 17th June.

The Graph'It Markers I have used are:

Skin: 4115, 4155, 4170, 4175, 3160

Hair: 1210, 1230, 3110, 3140, 3180

Dress: 5110, 5115, 5120

Our lovely Guest Designer Yvonne has joined us this week:

Hi Yvonne here! This weeks challenge is 'Blondie' and I interpreted this quite simply as blonde hair! I chose to use an Elizabeth Bell image, simply because this image is absolutely gorgeous! 

 I softened the edges with Ultramarine Blue Tint pan pastel. As you can see, I opted to cut the frame out from the same papers, using a Tattered Lace die. The ribbon and flowers are from my stash. My ribbon IS straight, it just photographs squint - which is very frustrating....

The Graph'It Markers I used are:
Skin: 4115, 4155, 4170, 4145
Hair: 1210, 1230, 1270
Jeans: 9100, 9102, 9103, 9104
Top, Scarf & Apple: 5210, 5220, 5245 (9102 & 9104 )
Tree: 1270, 3110, 3140, 3150
Book: 7105, 7109, 7110, 7115

So that's my Guest spot over and I have a had a blast, thank you for having me!

So there's our creations this week! We don't have any winners to announce this week so make sure you get your entries in - You have until 27th June at noon to enter - you don't have to use Graph'it markers to enter. 
The Random Winner of this challenge will be announced on 4th July and you have until 27th June to enter so get your colouring boots on! as always, the winner will receive some Graph'it goodies and the team will choose their Top 3 favourites!

We hope to see your DT applications too! See you next time! x

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Wk 22...Frills and Fancy Inspiration...Graph'It colour challenge

Happy Friday and time for another Colouring day with us here at Graph'it!

Firstly, it's time for us to announce the winner of our amazing 

£200 blog candy giveaway 

which we ran in May!

We all chose a random number from the 112 entries and then took the mean number of those number to come up with a truly random number which was 

No 33, Jenny

Well done Jenny!! Email Nikky here to claim your amazing candy!!!

Huge thanks to everyone who entered - watch out as we have some more candy coming very soon!

We have another Guest Designer joining us this week, the lovely Yvonne - make sure you check out her blog! 

Each month we will be choosing 2 Guest designers so if you love your colouring and love Graph'Its and would like to be considered then email us here and we'll put you on our list - we are now considering August and September designers so be quick!

Our challenge for you this week is more inspiration for our

Frills and fancy

challenge from last week...

you can enter here

There are no colour restrictions to this so you can show us your makes with frilly ribbons, lace, whatever you wish it to be, you don't have to colour frilly or fancy lol!

The Random Winner of this challenge will be announced on 21st June and you have until 14th June to enter so get your colouring boots on! as always, the winner will receive some Graph'it goodies and the team will choose their Top 3 favourites!

You can see the winner of our last challenge at the end of this post, so let's hop and see what the team have for you today...

Kevin I must admit I like making cards that are Frill and fancy so this was right up my Street, and for a change I got a Tilda Princess out, coloured with my Graph'It Markers, she looks lovely.

Graph'It markers used

Skin 4120. 4155. 4170. 4180.

Hair 3125. 3130. 1270. 1280.

Clothing 6110. 6120. 6140. 5110. 5115. & blender pen

Crown 9500. & shaker silver glitter pen.

Yvonne ...Hi there, Yvonne here and I am delighted to be given the opportunity to be a Guest DT member for this challenge. I love my Graph'It Markers and really do not need any encouragement to use them!  For this weeks inspiration, I decided to use one of the new Lili of the Valley Fairy Stamps called Petal. I really wanted to use soft colours with her and I actually used 3 markers that are catalogued as 'skin'.

The papers are Pion Design and I think compliment her beautifully. I then realised I had went a little bit vintage, so I distressed the papers and added cream lace and followed through with a peaches and cream theme for the paper flowers.

The Graph'It Markers I used are:

Skin: 4115, 4155, 4170

Hair: 1270, 3140, 3150

Dress & Shoes: 4145, 4135, 4175

Leaves: 8220, 8240, 8270

Flower petals: 5120, 5210, 5255, 5115

Wings: 4145, blender and silver glitter Graph'It Marker.

I softened the image by using a peach pan pastel and a soft pink pan pastel over the top to give a muted look. I think it sets her off beautifully. I hope you like her 

What lovely creations this week! 

We have a couple of our team who are off sick this week so we're a little thin on the ground - get well lovely ladies, we're missing your amazing colouring so hurry back soon!...

The Random winner of our Week 20/21 challenge is

No 20 Vikki

Well done! Email us here quoting code w20GI001 to claim your prize!

The Design Team's Top 3 favourites are:

No 6 Caroline

No 13 Fiona

No 17 Lucy

Well done everyone - it was really hard to choose this week, there were loads of great entries! you're all too good! 

Remember, this week's theme is

Frilly and Fancy

There are no colour restrictions to this so you can show us your makes with frilly ribbons, lace, whatever you wish it to be, you don't have to colour frilly or fancy lol!

The Random Winner of this challenge will be announced on 21st June and you have until 14th June to enter so get your colouring boots on! as always, the winner will receive some Graph'it goodies and the team will choose their Top 3 favourites!

you can enter here

See you next week!