I LOVE PROMARKERS & OTHER MEDIUMS
Welcome back to I Love ProMarkers & Other Mediums for Challenge #602. This fortnight we are focusing on Birthday creations, and we cannot wait to fill the gallery with celebrations.
Think balloons, presents, glitter, bold colour palettes, or beautifully elegant birthday cards. Whatever your style, we are looking forward to seeing your creativity shine.
We’re delighted to be sponsored by Sheepski Designs for this challenge and would like to thank them for supporting our creative community.
✨ Ways to Enter ✨
Although our challenge has always centred around blog entries, we are embracing the wider crafting community and the places you now share your work. Entries are welcome from TikTok and Instagram, alongside traditional blog posts. However you choose to create and share, we would love to see it.
Full instructions on how to submit TikTok and Instagram links can be found further down in this post, so please make sure you read them carefully before entering. We’re really excited to open things up and can’t wait to see even more of your wonderful creativity.
Now to announce our lucky winner of the image from Dr Digi’s House of stamps is No 3 Aunty Sue.
Aunty Sue has created a beautifully sweet and charming baby card that immediately captures the heart. The soft colouring on the little character is simply gorgeous, with delicate blending that gives warmth and life to the image.
The pastel pink palette works perfectly for the theme, and the polka dot layering adds a lovely playful touch without overwhelming the design. The tiny clothesline detail with the baby dresses and teddy is adorable and adds so much personality to the scene.
The bold “BABY” lettering balances the layout beautifully, while the subtle embellishments complete the card with just the right amount of sparkle. A truly delightful and well deserved winning creation.
Please grab your winner badge from the sidebar and contact us to claim your prize.
🌟 Our Top Three picked byClare
In no particular order:
No 2 Chrissy
Chrissy has created a wonderfully bright and cheerful design that instantly makes you smile. The sweet image of the two little mice carrying their oversized cheesy gift is full of character and charm, and the colouring is beautifully soft with lovely depth in the shading.
The vibrant yellow colour scheme works perfectly, creating a fresh and happy feel that complements the image beautifully. The layered circular framing draws the eye straight to the focal point, while the pierced and die cut background panels add interest and dimension without overwhelming the design.
The “Just for you” sentiment finishes the card perfectly, tying everything together in a clean and balanced layout. A delightful and very well deserved Top Three pick.
No 5 Chris
Chris has created a stunning and richly detailed piece that immediately draws you in. The colouring of the central image is beautifully executed, with incredible depth in the hair and skin tones, and striking green eyes that truly bring the character to life.
The layered arch framing adds wonderful dimension and perfectly highlights the focal image. The warm autumnal colour palette flows seamlessly into the leafy background, creating a cohesive and atmospheric design.
The added sentiments such as “embrace possibilities” and “trust the magic” enhance the magical feel of the piece, while the textured layers and subtle inking give it a beautifully finished look. A truly eye catching and very deserving Top Three selection.
No 8 Deanne
Deanne has created a beautifully magical birthday card that is full of charm and detail. The colouring of the character is wonderfully soft, with lovely shading in the dress and hair that brings the image to life.
The rich blue background makes the central image pop, while the subtle sparkle adds a touch of enchantment to the scene. The castle and pumpkin details create a lovely fairytale feel, perfectly suited to the magical theme.
The layered design and angled focal panel add movement and interest, and the “Happy Birthday to you” sentiment finishes the card perfectly. A delightful and very well deserved Top Three choice.
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🎨 Design Team Inspiration
The Design Team have been busy behind the scenes creating a beautiful selection of projects for this challenge. Each card reflects their unique style and creative flair, offering a lovely range of colour combinations and techniques. We hope their inspiration gives you plenty of ideas to start your own creation.
✨ Helen
✨Ileana
✨Judith
Judith has created a beautifully elegant floral birthday design using a digital stamp as her focal image. The digi has been printed cleanly and coloured with layered alcohol marker blending, building depth gradually through soft tonal transitions in the petals and carefully placed shadowing.
The leaves show lovely variation in green shades, with darker tones worked into the base and along the veins to create structure and realism. The controlled blending gives the flowers a natural, dimensional look while keeping the overall feel light and fresh.
By printing the digital image large and allowing it to flow across the card front, Judith has created a striking composition without the need for heavy layering. The die cut sentiment panel softens the layout, and the dimensional butterfly embellishments add gentle lift and texture.
A beautiful example of confident digi colouring, careful shading, and clean, elegant design.
✨ Lisa
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Lisa has created a fresh and modern birthday card using a digital stamp as her focal image. The digi has been coloured with alcohol markers, with smooth blending in the hair and skin tones and confident shading to give the seated figure depth and dimension. The warm orange top and bright yellow shoes add a lively pop of colour that ties beautifully into the background papers.
The circular layered design creates a strong focal point, with soft peach scalloped edging adding definition and balance. The patterned paper featuring soft, watercolour style circles brings movement and interest without overwhelming the central image.
Raised circular embellishments add dimension and texture, while the clean, layered sentiment panels give the design a crisp, contemporary finish. A lovely example of effective digi colouring, thoughtful colour coordination, and well balanced layering.
✨ Tinz
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Tinz has created a beautifully artistic birthday design using a digital stamp as the focal image. The wine bottle, glass, and grapes have been coloured with alcohol markers, with soft blending and subtle shading to give the elements shape and realism. The gentle tonal variation in the bottle and glass adds depth, while the grapes are carefully detailed to create dimension.
The background features a loose, mixed media style effect, with blended washes of warm orange and soft green adding texture and atmosphere behind the image. This painterly approach gives the piece a relaxed, contemporary feel. The addition of a small stamped sentiment keeps the design clean, while the bold red heart embellishment adds a pop of colour and draws the eye. The faux spiral binding detail along the edge introduces a creative, notebook inspired finish, making this a stylish and slightly playful birthday creation.✨ Caroline L
Image: Lily jug
Caroline has created a beautiful standalone piece using a floral digital stamp, coloured with alcohol markers to achieve soft, painterly blending throughout the lilies. The petals show careful layering of warm coral and rose tones, with deeper shading towards the centres to create natural depth and movement.
The stamens are delicately highlighted, adding contrast and fine detail, while the leaves are blended in graduated greens to give subtle dimension without overwhelming the composition. The rich blue jug provides a bold complementary contrast to the warm florals, grounding the arrangement and drawing the eye inward.
The clean white background keeps the focus entirely on the colouring, allowing the depth, tone variation, and smooth blending to shine. A lovely example of controlled marker work and confident colour pairing in a finished artwork rather than a card design.
✨ Sharon
Image: Flower bouquet
Sharon has created a bold and vibrant birthday card using a beautiful floral digital stamp as her focal point. The digi image has been coloured with alcohol markers, showcasing confident blending and rich, saturated tones across the bouquet. Each flower is carefully shaded to add depth and dimension, while the varied colour palette brings energy and celebration to the design.
The green textured cardstock layers frame the image perfectly, and the scalloped edges add softness and interest. The addition of metallic gold matting introduces warmth and a touch of elegance, which complements the gold script sentiments beautifully.
The layered “Happy Birthday” die cut sentiment creates strong visual impact, drawing the eye across the card, while the small gem embellishments add sparkle without overwhelming the focal image.
A striking example of vibrant digi colouring, thoughtful layering, and elegant finishing touches that make this birthday design truly stand out.
✨ Clare
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Clare has created a bright and contemporary birthday card using a digital stamp as her focal image. The digi has been printed cleanly and coloured with alcohol markers, with smooth blending in the hair and skin tones to create a natural finish. Subtle shading in the clothing adds depth while keeping the overall look fresh and uncluttered.
The musical notes flowing from the headphones reinforce the theme beautifully and add a sense of movement to the design. Clare has used layered matting in bold blue tones to frame the focal panel, creating strong contrast and definition against the white space.
The patterned background paper featuring musical elements ties everything together cohesively. The vertical “Happy Birthday” lettering adds a modern layout twist, balancing the horizontal image panel, while the gem embellishments introduce a touch of dimension and sparkle.
A lovely example of clean digi colouring, thoughtful layering, and a well balanced themed design.
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Challenge #603 is just around the corner, and we are pleased to let you know that our wonderful sponsor will be Colour of Love.
Our theme will be For the Girls, so this is your chance to create something feminine, playful, elegant, bold, sparkly, or beautifully detailed. Whether you lean towards soft and sweet or bright and glamorous, we look forward to seeing how you bring the theme to life.
The lucky winner of Challenge #603 will receive 3 digital images kindly provided by Colour of Love.
We cannot wait to see all your for the girls themed creations fill the gallery, so pull out your favourite digital stamps, choose your go to colouring mediums, and start crafting those joyful, celebratory designs. Let the balloons, cake, sparkle, and bright colours take centre stage.
📢 Ways to Enter
While our challenges have always been blog led, we know many of you now share your creative work across different platforms. From now on, you are free to enter using any colouring medium and share your work on the platform that suits you best.
Full instructions on how to submit TikTok and Instagram links can be found further down in this post, so please read them carefully before entering. We cannot wait to see even more of your creativity in even more places.
✏️ Challenge Rules
📱 TikTok & Instagram. How to Get the Correct Link.
TIKTOK
HOW TO GET THE RIGHT LINK
From the TikTok app:
1. Open TikTok
2. Go to the exact video you are entering
3. Tap Share
4. Tap Copy link
5. Paste the link somewhere (Notes, a message to yourself, or a browser)
6. Tap the pasted link so it opens in a browser
7. Copy the URL from the browser address bar
INSTAGRAM
HOW TO GET THE RIGHT LINK
From the Instagram app:
1. Open Instagram
2. Go to the exact post you are entering
3. Tap the three dots on the post
4. Tap Copy link
5. Paste the link into your entry
COMMON MISTAKES (ENTRIES MAY BE REMOVED)
If we cannot click the link and see your entry, we cannot judge it.
FINAL CHECK BEFORE SUBMITTING
If all of the above are true, your entry link is correct.
⚠️ Posting Your Entry Links
If we cannot access your entry, we cannot judge it.
📅 Challenge Closes
This challenge will close on the 16th March 2026 at 8 pm.
Winners will be announced in the next challenge post.
🔒 Privacy Policy Notice
By entering this challenge, you agree that your name and entry link may be published in our winners post. Please ensure your entry is dated within the challenge period.
We do not accept back-linked entries.
💌 Thank You
A big thank you to everyone who takes the time to join in and share their beautiful creations with us. Your creativity, skill, and enthusiasm make every challenge such a joy to host. We truly appreciate each and every entry and cannot wait to see what you bring to this theme.
Wishing you all the very best of luck.
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