Friday 30 January 2015

wk 5 - February Birthstone - Amethyst...Graph'It Colouring Craft Challenge

Welcome back to another fabulous colouring challenge here at Graph'It.

As we go into another month (how fast is this year going already!), we are looking at Birthstone colours, so we want to see your inspiration for February which is 
Amethyst
This basically translates into any tones of purple and lilac so show us all your makes! (the whole project doesnt have to be purple, just part of it ; ) )
As always our random winner will be lucky enough to receive some Graph'It goodies and we will choose our top 3 favourites too - we might even ask you to Guest Design for us in February!

You have until Friday 13th Feb to enter this challenge, please just follow our rules in the sidebar - you DO NOT have to use Graph'It markers to enter, you can use any colouring medium.

Before we see what the team have made for you, we just wanted to give you a heads up that Polkadoodles are having a Design Team call and are looking for some fab colourers and cardmakers so head over HERE and check it out! 

Over the next few weeks we will be showcasing some lovely talented Guest Designers with us so without further ado let's introduce....

Caroline Woodhall....Caroline is a regular entry here with us at Graph'It and she loves her markers so we just had to ask her to join us for a few weeks to bring her special style and inspiration! 
Great job Caroline, we love it! 
Graph'It markers used: 

skin 4170, 4155, 4145, 4115
dress 6170, 6140,6130,6110, 5130,5120,5110
hair 1250, 1150, 1130, 1110.

Kevin I love all the purples & Lilacs in the Graph'It Marker range so I really enjoyed this challenge.


Skin 4120,4155,4170,4180
Hair 3110,3125,3150
Butterflies 6110,6140,6175 1280,2105,2120

We're also very excited to welcome another great colouring talent to the team to Guest Design for us too....Introducing Scatty Jan of course!....

JanI am sooooooo excited to be a GDT for the team and what a fabulous first challenge a colour challenge.


Markers I have used
Skin 4115,4155,4170,6150,4145
Dress/Hairband/Shoes 6190,6185,6180,6175
Hair 3290, 3250, 3210, 4110

Anjie -  Here is my make for this challenge.


The colours I have used are:
Skin; 4125, 4150, 4135, 4145, 3120
Horse: 1250, 1230, 1210
Saddle: 6120, 6110
Dress: 6170, 6130

Janet - I used an image of Lilac flowers an image that suits this challenge so well.


Graph'It Markers used
Flowers - 6110, 6130, 6140, 6175
Leaves - 8270 8280, 8290

What stunning makes this week and some lovely ideas for those Purple and Amethyst colour combinations which is what it's all about!

We'd love to see your entries - we'll be back next week with more inspiration and also the winners of our last challenge so we'll see you then!

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Friday 23 January 2015

wk 4 - Crisp and White....Graph'It Colouring Crazy challenge

Welcome back it's Friday again and that means
GET YOUR MARKERS OUT!!!
Yes, time to get colouring again!

Just before we get to this week's challenge, we have some exciting news for you all....

if you love using your Graph'It markers and would like to join us for a
Guest Designer spot with us
please email us here...
we are opening this up on an ongoing basis and it is open to GDT's worldwide who can help us show what Graph'it markers are all about.
You will receive some goodies for helping out with us but you will need to have your own Graph'It stash to use as well as this will be a short-term guest spot. 

Today we are looking at more inspiration for our current challenge which started last week....
Crisp and White

Which translates into anything that has a clean and simple kind of feel - or it could also be frosty and white, it could be icing, clouds, anything that gives you a clean and fresh impression! 
You don't have to use Graph'Its to enter this colouring challenge you can use any markers you wish but our Random winner will receive a set of lovely Graph'It markers to try out for themselves!
You have until 30th January to enter this challenge so we are looking forward to seeing what you colour up for us! 
Our sponsor for the challenge is Polkadoodles so the Design Team's top 3 favourite entries will all win a great digistamp to colour too! 


Let's see what the Design team have made for more inspiration this week!

Lizzy- I have always wanted a white coat like this one!  


Graph'it color combos used: 
skin: 4125, 4115, 4170, 3120/ 4145 4135
hair: 1210, 1230, 1270, 3125
red: 5110, 5120, 5140, 5170
white: 3110, 7101, blender
brown: 3120, 3125, 3140, 3180

AnjieI've gone with creating a white dress and white trainers. I've kept the rest of the image quite simple as well. 
The Graph'It Markers I have used are:
Skin: 4125, 4150, 4135, 4145, 3210, 3120
Hair: 9100, 9102, 9103, 9104
Violin: 5110, 5115 
Dress and shoes shadows: 9201

Kevin  I have done a tea cup and saucer and a hat in white....

Skin 4120.4155,4170.5120
Clothing and flowers. 4147,4145,4135,4175,8110,8115
Cup & Hat 9500,9501,9502

Janet I found this quite a hard one to be honest, I hope you like it.


Graph'it markers used
Face - 5110, 5120, 5125
Leaves and Ground - 8210, 8220, 8270, 8190
Flower - 7101, 7140, 7145
White Shaker pen


Stunning creations from the team and some really super ideas on Crisp and White for you to use as inspiration!

So it's time to announce the winners from our Week 1/2 challenge Shiny & New....

Our Random Winner chosen by Random.org is 
Well done! Please email us your snail mail address so we can mail out your prize!

The Design Team's Top 3 from the same challenge are:
#11 Andrea
#22 Coops
#3 Jane

Well done everyone and thankyou for your entries as always - VERY hard for us to only choose 3 this week we loved them all! Please email us so we can send your digi prize! x

We'll be back next week with more inspiration for you!

Friday 16 January 2015

wk 3 - Crisp and White - Graph'It Colouring Crazy Challenge

Friday already and welcome back to another great colouring challenge!

Today we are looking at
Crisp and White

Which translates into anything that has a clean and simple kind of feel - or it could also be frosty and white, it could be icing, clouds, anything that gives you a clean and fresh impression! 
You don't have to use Graph'Its to enter this colouring challenge you can use any markers you wish but our Random winner will receive a set of lovely Graph'It markers to try out for themselves!
You have until 30th January to enter this challenge so we are looking forward to seeing what you colour up for us! 
Our sponsor for the challenge is Polkadoodles so the Design Team's top 3 favourite entries will all win a great digistamp to colour too! 

Let's see what the Design team have made!

Yvonne - Hi everyone! Well here we are with a fresh new challenge and mid January what better theme than 'Crisp & Bright'!? I made a simple 6x6 card and opted to have the main focus on the image and well..............my colouring 'skills'. There's no escaping them with a close up image like this, is there! Lol! It took a while but I am happy with the results. It is strangely relaxing to watch these amazing markers work for you and blend so well together, makes me look better than I am to be honest! I did smudge a wee bit into some snowflakes but using the Graph'It Marker White Shaker pen, you would never know! Whoo hoo!
The markers I used are:
 Skin: 4120, 4155, 4170, 4135, 4145 - eyes; 7110, 7115, 3110 & 3140 for the 'eyeshadow'
Hair: 3110, 3140, 3150, 3160, 3180
Hat, Scarf & Mitts: 7210, 7220, 7240, 7250, 7270
Coat: 7125, 7130, 7160

Claire C I found this challenge a wee bit scary to start with but the greys in the Graph'It range are fabulous for creating different shades so I've tried to create some different 'whites' in my card....

Here's a close up of the image

Colours used: Skin 4180, 4155, 4115, 4120
Blues: 7125, 9102, 9100
Greens: 8260, 8220
Lilies: 9402, 9400, 1210. 4110
Dress: 9103, 9101, 7101
Wings: 9203, 9201, 7210, 7220


Susan - I just love this challenge , once I got my head around it ! At first I thought White !! colouring white !! ekk! but you dont have to, just as long as you use white somewhere,well this is how I see it, could be wrong. I feel so privileged to have got my hands on one of the NEW!!!!!! digi stamps from our sponsors Polkadoodles this week - Work & Play 9 Love and Kisses.
I have tried to use mainly white for my embellishments ,didn't realize how many shades of white there are! I have coloured  her with my amazing Graph'it Markers and a touch of Inktense (used dry) & coloursoft  Pencils...  They really do make a great team ,working so well together....

Graph'it Markers

Skin -4150,4115,4145
Hair -4110,1210,3210
Dress -7101,7125,5132
White Shake
Silver Shake

Penni - My first thought for white was Wedding, so I decided to colour this lovely image...

Here's a close up of the coloured image - more details of where you can find her on my blog...


Graph'It Markers Used
Skin- 4115, 4120, 4125, 4155
Hair - 3210, 3245 
Eyes - 7210
Lips - 5135
Dress - 9500, 9501, 9503
Flowers - 5135
Leaves - 8240
Dress & Gloves - 9500, 9501, 9503 (I also added some Glamour Dust)

Stunning projects as always from the team! Wow! Who knew white could be so great!
We will be back next week with more inspiration and the winners of our last challenge!

See you then! 
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Friday 9 January 2015

Shiny & New Inspiration...Graph'It marker Colouring Crazy Challenge

Welcome back to our Friday Inspiration!

This is the 2nd week of our challenge
Shiny and New
This can include anything where you've created anything with a highlight or shine to it OR it could include some new stash that you use - so totally open really! 
Remember you CAN USE ANY MARKER to enter and you have until 16th January to enter! Our Random winner will receive some Graph'It Markers as a lovely prize! 

We also have some extra news on prizes for you - Polkadoodles will also sponsor the Design Team's Top 3 favourites this week so it's an opportunity to win yourselves some lovely digis (and if you represent a Digi site we are also open to other sponsors so please contact us here if you wish to sponsor us with digis)

You can 

You can see our last winner's below this post but let's see what yummy colouring the team have for us today! 

Yvonne - Hi everyone and Happy New Year to you all! I interpreted this challenge as new as in new home or baby and I opted for a new baby image.  I made a standard A5 card with some soft backing papers, lace and paper flowers.
The markers I have used are as follows:

Skin:  4120, 4155, 4170, 4145, 4135, 4175 (lips)
Hair:  3110, 3140, 3150, 3180
Dress:  9100, 9102, 9103, 7105, 7115
Shawl:  4120, 4150, 4180
Baby:  4120, 4155, 3110, 3150, 3180

Claire C I've used a new image and lots of the gorgeous new Graph'It markers to create my card



Colours used: 
Hair: 3245 1230, 1210
Skin: 4180,4155, 4115, 4120 plus 4147 blush
Dress: 4135, 4145, 4147, 4125
Cardigan: 8250, 8215, 8110
Wings: 9103, 9100, 7101 plus Silver Graph'It Shake pen

 Susan - Here is a little bit of inspiration from me for the Shiny & New Graph'it Challenge.

My inspiration came from the amazing NEW ! Work & Play 8 collection , I have used Papers cutting files and these adorable Digi stamp all from this Shiny and New collection and of course the star of the show My Amazing Graph'it Markers

Graph'it Markers used
Skin - 4125 ,4145 ,4145 ,3210
Hair - Girl 3210 ,4110 -White Shake pen
Boy ,3250 ,3270 ,3290
Clothes - Girl 1230 ,1270 ,1280
Boy 1230 ,1270 ,280
3210 ,3280 ,3290


Penni - I have used a new digi image on my card.  I bought it to make some Christmas Cards, but I never managed to find time to colour it!!


Here's a close up of the coloured image 


Graph'It Markers used:
Bear - 9100
Fox - 3110, 3130
Skin - 4125
Hair - 3245, 3110
Boots - 9205
Clothes - 5215 , 5220


So it's time to announce the winners from our Week 50/51 challenge Festive Wishes....

Our Random Winner chosen by Random.org is
No 22 Carole Pollard

Well done! Please email us your snail mail address so we can mail out your prize!

We normally choose 3 for The Design Team's Top 3 from the same challenge but this week there were so many lovely entries we had to choose 4 and we could easily have had a Top 10 so massive thanks to everyone who entered, all your makes are superb!

So our 4 winners, who all win a Polkadoodles digi for your troubles are:



Well done! Please email us so we can email out your digi prize!

Well done everyone and thankyou for your entries as always! 

We'll be back next week with more inspiration for you!

Friday 2 January 2015

Week 1 - ....Shiny and new - Graph'it Colouring Crazy challenge

Welcome back and a Happy New Year to all our followers and bloggers!
We all hope you had an amazing Christmas and New Year and send our best wishes to you all for the year ahead!

So onto our first challenge of the year!
Shiny and New
This can include anything where you've created anything with a highlight or shine to it OR it could include some new stash that you use - so totally open really! 
Remember you CAN USE ANY MARKER to enter and you have until 16th January to enter! Our Random winner will receive some Graph'It Markers as a lovely prize! 

We also have some extra news on prizes for you - Polkadoodles will also sponsor the Design Team's Top 3 favourites this week so it's an opportunity to win yourselves some lovely digis (and if you represent a Digi site we are also open to other sponsors so please contact us here if you wish to sponsor us with digis)

Let's see what the team have made for you!....

Lizzy-  I thought these bubbles were just perfect for "shiny"!  This is my first attempt with no-line coloring.....

Graph'it color combos used: 
skin: 4125, 4115, 4170, 3120/ 4145, 4135
hair: 1210, 2105, 2120, 3130, 3180
pink: 4147, 4135, 5130, 5255
orange: 4155, 4175, 2160
blue: 7101, 9502, 7220
shoes: 9401, 9403, 9405
bubbles: 7101, 8115, 7220
white and silver Shake Pen

Anjie - I suppose that can be interpreted in a few ways but I saw it as a chance to use some shiny new stash that I got recently! And here is my make:

The Graph'It Markers I have used are:
Hair: 6180, 6185, 6190
Coat: 6110, 6120
Clock: 7101, 7105, 1210, 3230
Trousers/Shoes: 7109, 7110, 7115

Kevin  one of my Nephews got his first car, which he thinks is all shiny and New so my card is for him with his new red beetle car.
The Graph'It Markers I have used.
Skin 4120,4155,4170,5120.
Hair 3100,3150,3180.
clothing 8130,8140,8150,9100,9101,9105
Car 5220,5240,5245,9501,9503,7101,1150,1170.

What gorgeous makes to start off the New Year!

We went a little adrift and forgot to announce the winners from our Week 48/49 challenge 2 COLOURS! OOPS!!
So without further ado....

Our Random Winner chosen by Random.org is
No 10 Jane
Well done! Please email us your snail mail address so we can mail out your prize!

The Design Team's Top 3 from the same challenge are:
No 15 Carole
No 19 Coops
No 10 Jane

Well done everyone and apologies for keeping you waiting!

We'll be back next week with more inspiration for you next week along with our last winners! See You next week!
We can't wait to see your entries - just add your links below (please check our rules in the sidebar!) x
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