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

#14 Christine

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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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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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!

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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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

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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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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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!

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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