New Release - Party Animals - Happy Birthday - Birthday Card - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Thursday I hope that you are having a great week.

I've got a yoga class this morning that I'm looking forward to and then we are off out with friends up the mountain to a small village above ours for a few drinks and a catch up.

Its been an extremely hectic few days  - it was hubbies birthday on Monday and his son and grandson arrived on Saturday for a surprise visit....as you can imagine we are both shattered but had a great time.

We also managed to sneak a night away on the coast at one of our favourite hotels to celebrate - it was wonderful but were both glad to get back to normal LOL.  

I'm back with another cute card using one of the party animals from the recent March release by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). available now from the Etsy shop.

My fun birthday card today features the bunny with a scrumptious looking cake.

There are 4 little characters...perfect for loads of different occasions....I hope you have had a look at them by now - they are so easy to colour in.

I added a sweet LOTV sentiment to the panel below the bunny before printing out

Just some simple colouring with my promarkers before cutting out with an arched die, partially cutting around the bunny ears. I adhered the bunny panel to the card using a low profile foam tape.

I've used a bright colour dotty paper from my stash to create my simple card and finishing touches added of white gel pen highlights, sparkle pen to the birthday cake and clear sparkly gems around the design. 

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

                  

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp set - Party Animals - Bunny

LOTV Digital sentiment - 

Crafters Companion Sparkle Pen - clear

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

     

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

Digi Choosday - SVG Spring is Here - Spring Card - 3d Pop up Card - Gnome for Spring Collection - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you're having a great week.  It's the middle of March and its definitely beginning to look a lot like Spring here - buds on the trees starting to burst open, beautiful fragrant almond blossom and there's a definite buzz in the garden now.

It's that time of the week to share some more inspiration for our current 'Anything Goes' challenge over on the Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Blog so I hope you are going to join in and don't forget the amazing Digi Choosday discount off all crafty printable downloads!  

Don't Forget that our challenges our now 4 weekly so there's loads of time for you to join in and more chances to win too!

The theme set for the DT this week is to make a Spring or Easter themed card and to use this colour palette 

One of my crafting goals this year, as you know is to use my ScanNCut machine more so I set myself the challenge to use one of the wonderful Digital Print and Cut Files and make a 3D pop up card.  Two completely new things for me to learn and I am so happy with the end result.

I started off with the Files from the Spring is Here download and worked out how to print these and use the Cut file included to cut out the images....

The really simple way was was to print out the coloured image file, scan in the image and then use this direct to cut tool, but I discovered that the detailed cuts were missing.  

Not a huge problem I know and the elements as still beautiful as they are but I wanted to get the detailed cuts too.  It took me a few attempts to work out which files to use with my ScanNCut machine but I did it in the end using the high quality png file and the dxf cut line only was the combination that worked for me.

But then I wanted to push myself further as the coloured images didn't match the colour palette Nikky had asked us to use.  So I set to work again, working out which file I needed to use that I could edit and alter the colours, I also wanted extra copies of the butterflies and tulips for my design.  Once I was happy I  recreated the cut file, using the original version to suit my new image.

I'm so happy it worked - took me a few hours to work out what I was doing but it was so worth it and will be quicker next time !

Next I designed my Pop Up Box in the Brother CanvasWorkspace and once cut out set to decorating my Spring card.

The finished card folds flat and  fits an A6 or 6" x 4" envelope.  

I adhered some of the wood grain paper from the Udderly Cute collection to the card inserts - I think they look like benches in a little greenhouse.  The back Arched panel of the pop up was covered with one of the lilac papers from the Flower Meadow bundle.

I assembled all the cut out elements, adding a little distress ink here and there to emphasise the shadows etc.

To finish off the card I added confetti around the design and added some clear sparkle to the butterflies.

I hope that you like my project today and you'll enjoy the next that I share from Polkadoodles.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe: 

Polkadoodles digital Print & Cut File -  Spring is Here

Polkadoodles digital paper - Udderly Cute Cows  - Paper Pack 5

Polkadoodles digital paper - Flower Meadow bundle

Polkadoodles digital print & cut SVG file - Spring is Here

distress ink - shaded lilac, wilted violet, mustard seed, twisted citron, mowed lawn, salty ocean

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - clear

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - sugar plum

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

New Release - Party Animals - Happy Birthday - Birthday Card - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Monday I hope that you have a great week ahead.

I've got a gentle yoga class this morning that I'm looking forward to and a bit of shopping - the things we forgot to get on Friday LOL  

I'm back with another cute card using one of the party animals from the New Release by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). available now from the Etsy shop.

My fun birthday card that I've made featuring the cute cow - who could resist that face !

There are 4 little characters...perfect for loads of different occasions.

Just some simple colouring with my promarkers before fussy cutting out. 

I've used papers from my stash to create my simple card and finishing touches added of white gel pen highlights, clear sparkle and purple gems. 

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

                  

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp set - Party Animals - Cow

LOTV Digital sentiment - 

Pretty Pink Posh gems - blue lagoon 

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

     

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

New Release - Cute Girls - Hello - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Sunday - we had awful winds here again yesterday so hunkered down in the house but today the sun is shining so were out in the garden getting on with more tidying up.  We only have a few more weeks to get all the tree prunings burned so lots to do. 

Just a quick post from me today to share a sweet little card using the second New Release by Lili of the Valley (LOTV) , This sweetheart is one of the new Cute Girls, just launched and available now from the Etsy shop - there are 3 sets of  Cute Girls, each comes in a number of different variations, with and without flowers, so perfect for all sorts of occasions.

I chose to make a sweet Hello card using Cute Girl 3

I chose a pretty floral paper from my stash and adhered this directly to a card blank.  

The little girl was resized and I added a simple block sentiment before printing out and colouring with promarkers.  for a different look I used one of my larger fancy edge dies t cut out the image before adhering this off to the left side of the card with foam tape.

I hand fussy cut some of the little flowers from the background paper and adhered these around the design.

Finishing touches were white gel pen highlights and glossy accents to the flowers.

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

                  

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp set - Cute Girls - Cute Girl 3

LOTV Digital sentiment - Block Sentiments

Glossy accents

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

     

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

Positive Vibes - It's Okay - Mama Elephant stamps

Hello everyone wishing you all a wonderful Friday ...... I hope the week has been kind to you.

Here’s a sweet little card I’ve made to send someone some special caring vibes.

Sometimes we all just need a hug or some kinds words and these wonderful shelf stamps by Mama Elephant were just what I needed for my card today.

I wanted to create a fairly simple calming card today so chose a pretty blue background paper and then stamped the little shelf elements onto marker friendly card before colouring with promarkers.

The stamps come with dies but I don't have them so I used my ScanNCut to cut out the little elements before adhering them to the card, some flat and some with foam tape.

To finish off the card I added a few pieces of sparkly confetti.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

                  

Card recipe:

Mama Elephant - It's Okay

Mama Elephant - Little succulent agenda

Dovecraft designer series paper - Sugar & Spice

Tim Holtz Ideology - sentiment stickers - Small Talk

Buttons Galore & More confetti - All is calm

  

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

A Passion for Markers Blog Spot Challenge #828 - Anything Masculine - Sponsored by Dr Digi

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day -  I was so late updating my blog for today - got completely side tracked after yoga yesterday and then I managed to do a little pruning in the garden so tired myself out...so I'm in a rush this morning to get it written and published before my haircut at 10 !

Its gone so cold here again - even though its nearly Spring officially and its hot when you are in the sunshine its very cold in the shade and even colder in the house LOL 

Today I'm here to let you know that there's a new week long challenge on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge and I hope that you will join in as there is a prize up for grabs.

This week we are being sponsored by Dr Digis House of Stamps
and our theme is very simple - Anything Masculine and is being hosted by Elaine for Team 2. I'm still struggling to make more Masculine less cutesy cards - I should try harder I know.

I'm a Rock Chick at heart and I know quite a few Old Rockers who are also into their motorbikes so I decided today to use this cheeky Dr Digi stamp called Aubery Bumblethorpe colouring with my Promarkers before cutting out on my ScanNCut.


I then created a metal looking grid plate using an embossing folder in my stash, from black card and silver gilding wax. To tie in with Aubery's t-shirt I cut some red glitter stars and a large black glitter star to add to the background panel, cutting to fit the card base.


The perfect sentiment is from the Gnome for Men collection by Polkadoodles.


Finishing touches were glossy accents for his glasses and some silver gel pen on the buttons and belt.




Wishing you all a wonderful week!


I hope that you join in with the challenge as don't forget there is a prize from the sponsor for our lucky winner!




I really hope that you have enjoyed my card today and will drop by again to see my next project and don't forget to join in with the challenge over on the Passion for Markers blog





Hasta luego 👋




Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Dr Digi House of stamps - Aubery Bumblethorpe

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Gnome for Men - sentiment bundle

Crafters Companion Embossing folder

Pebeo Gilding Wax - silver

Sakura Gel Pen - silver

glossy accents

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

New Release - Party Animals - I think it's time to Party ! - Birthday Card - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Friday I hope that the week has been a good one for you.  

It's an exciting day as it's time for a New Release by Lili of the Valley (LOTV) , the first one in 2026 and I think you will love it.

There's 2 collections for you both available now from the Etsy shop - Cute Girls and Party Animals.

I'm here today with a sweet birthday card that I've made featuring the cheeky little monkey from the Party Animals digital stamp set

There are 4 little characters...perfect for loads of different occasions, and they are on offer until Sunday.

Just some simple colouring with my promarkers before fussy cutting out.

I've used papers from my stash to create my pop up panel card and finishing touches added of white gel pen highlights, clear sparkle and purple confetti. 

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

                  

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp set - Party Animals - Chimp

LOTV Digital sentiment - It's Time to Party

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - sugar plum 

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

     

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

Digi Choosday - Thinking of you always - Mothers Day - Birthday Card - Fence Card - Udderly Cute Collection - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you're having a great week.  It was our wedding anniversary yesterday so we had a quick trip down to the coast for a walk on the beach and a lovely lunch.  I love the sound of the waves and the sunshine reflecting on the water so it sparkles - very special to see.

It's that time of the week to share some more inspiration for our current 'Anything Goes' challenge over on the Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Blog so I hope you are going to join in and don't forget the amazing Digi Choosday discount off all crafty printable downloads!  

Don't Forget that our challenges our now 4 weekly so there's loads of time for you to join in and more chances to win too!

The theme set for the DT this week is to make a Mothers Day or Mothers Birthday card...my Mum absolutely loved her garden and I think anything with flowers always reminds me of her.  I decided that I would create a Fence Card or Lattice card as it would be perfect with the papers and ephemera from the Udderly Cute Collection

The finished card fits an A7 or 5" x 7" envelope.  I started with a piece of white card measuring 4 3/4" x 11 1/2" scoring this at 5 3/8 to create the base card.  On the shorter side of the card I then cut off 6 strips each measuring  1/2".  I also cut 2 strips measuring 3/4 " width by 4 3/4", these are for the fence posts.

I adhered some of the wood grain paper from the collection to the wood posts and planks and then adhered them to the card using a strip of masking tape to hold the card in position whilst the glue dried.  There are loads of tutorials on YouTube explaining how to create this type of card as it definitely was very popular last year. Have a look here on YouTube for a variation of the fence or lattice style card.

I used another of the floral papers to decorate the top section and the inside of the card.

Next I used my ScanNCut to cut out the elements from the Spring is Here SVG pack and blended a little distress ink to the sides of the plant pot to give it dimension.

The pretty daisy ephemera from the collection was perfect for my design so I arranged this on the fence panel before adding the little plant pot over the top of the bottom of the stems.

To finish off the card I added one of the little strip sentiments and some of the heart ephemera to the design.

to give the card a special look I scatted sparkly gems around the design and added some clear sparkle to the hearts.

I hope that you like my project today and you'll enjoy the next that I share from Polkadoodles.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe: 

Polkadoodles digital ephemera - ephemera bundle

Polkadoodles digital paper - Udderly Cute Cows  - Paper Pack 2 & Paper Pack 5

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - sentiment pack

Polkadoodles digital print & cut SVG file - Spring is Here

distress ink - antique linen, tea dye, ground espresso

glossy accents

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - clear

Pretty Pink Posh gems - grapefruit

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

A Passion for Markers Blog Spot Challenge #826 - Spring Flowers - Sponsored by Uniko Stamps

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day - it feels like ages since I've updated my blog, this last few weeks have been awful with my labyrinthitis so no crafting, no reading and definitely no work on the computer.  Things are improving and my new hearing aid is helping with the tinnitus but I'm still struggling to look down for very long.... fingers crossed it stops soon

Anyway - Spring is in the air and the sun is shining so that's definitely a positive - it just makes everyone feel so much better after all the horrid winds and heavy rainfall we've had.

Today I'm here to let you know that there's a new week long challenge on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge and I hope that you will join in as there is a prize up for grabs.

This week we are being sponsored by Uniko Stamps and our theme is very simple - Spring Flowers and is being hosted by Me for Team 2.

As Spring flowers are popping up around the garden I decided today to use stamps from Lili Of The Valley LOTV  I used the Flower Alphabet set for the word Spring and then for the smaller Wishes the Everyday Greetings set, colouring these with my Promarkers before cutting out on my ScanNCut.

I created a split DL card, using pretty Spring floral paper for the design and adhering the large letters across the gap in the panel.

The finishing touches were some sparkly flower sequins and glossy accents to some of the little flowers.

Wishing you all a wonderful week!

I hope that you join in with the challenge as don't forget there is a prize from the sponsor for our lucky winner!

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card today and will drop by again to see my next project and don't forget to join in with the challenge over on the Passion for Markers blog

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

LOTV stamps - Flower Alphabet 

LOTV stamps - Everyday Greetings

LOTV & Nitwit Collections Paper pad - Bonnets & Bowties

Distress ink - twisted citron

flower sequins

glossy accents

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

Digi Choosday - Just Thinking about you - Mothers Day Card - Udderly Cute Collection - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you're having a great week

It's that time of the week to share some more inspiration for our current 'Anything Goes' challenge over on the Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Blog so I hope you are going to join in and don't forget the amazing Digi Choosday discount off all crafty printable downloads!  

Don't Forget that our challenges our now 4 weekly so there's loads of time for you to join in and more chances to win too!

The theme set for the DT this week is  to make a Mothers Day card following this colour palette.

I don't really make Mothers Day cards, I prefer to make a thinking of you card instead as it' can be a difficult time for lots of people - I like to create a card that I think my mum would have loved to receive .

When I saw the colour palette I immediately thought of the the brand new Udderly Cute Collection  and specifically the ephemera.

The card is a simple smaller A6 card with a layer of pretty floral paper from the collection in the background.

I die cut an arched panel and a circular panel from grey and white cardstock, stamping the sentiment onto the circular panel 

I challenged myself this year to start using my Scan n Cut machine rather than fussy cutting by hand and the ephemera sheets were so easy to cut on the machine.

I chose one of the ephemera sheets cutting out the elements and then layered these onto my card some flat and some adhered with foam tape.

To finish off the card I added lovely sparkle to the macaron and the hearts and a scattering of sparkly pink sequins.

I hope that you like my project today and you'll enjoy the next that I share from Polkadoodles.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe: 

Polkadoodles digital ephemera - ephemera bundle

Polkadoodles digital paper - Udderly Cute Cows  - Paper Pack 1

Polkadoodles stamp - Funky Rosy Posy

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - clear

Sugar & Spice sequins - candy floss mix

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

Digi Choosday - You're My Favourite Person - Valentines Card - Udderly Cute Collection - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you're having a great week - February is already here and its definitely time to think about sending Love and Valentines Day.

Do you send Valentines cards ?  We don't send them to each other really anymore but we always try to have a special day to celebrate and mark the occasion.

It's that time of the week to share some more inspiration for our current 'Anything Goes' challenge over on the Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Blog so I hope you are going to join in and don't forget the amazing Digi Choosday discount off all crafty printable downloads!  

Don't Forget that our challenges our now 4 weekly so there's loads of time for you to join in and more chances to win too!

The theme set for the DT this week is  Valentines and to use Red Pink Black and white so I thought the brand new Udderly Cute Collection would be prefect for this.

The card fold is a simple Pop Out Gatefold as I wanted to really show off the cute cow pattern papers and also use some of the fabulous ephemera  from the collection.

The folded card fits into a 5" x 7" or A7 envelope.  Using a deep cherry red card I cut a piece measuring 10" x 7" and then along the long edge of the card, scored at 2 1/2" & 7 1/2" on one side and then one the other side at 4 1/12" & 5 1/2".  This will give the perfect valley and mountain folds for the card.

The card was layered with cow papers on the inside and then a pretty polka dot  paper on the outside so the recipient gets a surprise when they open it.

I'm really proud of myself as over Christmas I challenged myself to start using my Scan n Cut machine more this year rather than fussy cutting  by hand and the ephemera sheets were so easy to cut on the machine - as well as being addicted to cows - I'm now in love with my Scan n Cut again ! So with my new found love I've used lots of the ephemera to adorn the card.

The image is Just For Moo, coloured with promarkers and layered onto die cut hearts.

To finish the card I added lovely sparkle inside and out and a touch of glossy accents to the little heart on the envelope.  

I wish you could see the sparkle as its so pretty but photos don't do it justice.

I hope that you like my project today and you'll enjoy the next that I share from Polkadoodles.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe: 

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Udderly Cute Cows - Just For Moo

Polkadoodles digital paper - Udderly Cute Cows  - Paper pack 5 & Paper Pack 4

Polkadoodles digital ephemera - ephemera bundle

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Udderly Cute Cows - Greetings pack

glossy accents

Stickles - diamond

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - White

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x