I love Promarkers #559 - Cute card sponsored by Paper Nest Dolls

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Wednesday! 

I'm on my blog today for the new bi-weekly I Love Promarkers blog challenge , it would be wonderful if you joined us over there if you love to colour with alcohol markers and don't forget there are prizes up for grabs.  

You can find all of the rules and details for the challenge over on the blog. 

This challenge is being sponsored by Paper Nest Dolls

Here is my inspiration card for the current blog challenge with the theme - Cute, using the very cute Party Chicks digital stamp.  They definitely look ready for a birthday party.

Todays card as a 5" x 7" card with a very simple bright yellow die cut scalloped frame around the main design panel. 

I resized the image to suit my card and then coloured using Promarkers (see below for colours),
before using a die to cut this out.  

Next I have used a couple of birthday sentiment stamps and stamped the sentiments onto the design in black ink. 

 To finish off this simple but very cute card I've added some mixed foil confetti around the design and added gold and white gelly roll pen highlights and clear sparkle to the ribbon and the party hats.

I really hope that you like 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 I Love Markers blog

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Paper Nest Dolls - Party Chicks

Auchan Birthday Stamps

mixed confetti

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen - white, gold

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

Promarkers used :

Chicks:        gold, sunflower, buttercup

                   mandarin, gold

Present:       plum, mulberry

                   prussian, violet, bluebell

                   Egyptian blue, indigo blue, cobalt blue

Hats:           burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                   gold, sunflower, buttercup

                   Egyptian blue, indigo blue, cobalt blue

Balloon:       burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

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

 Wendy x

Digi Choosday - Easter card - Lucy Monkman Collection - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday.  Wishing you all a lovely day today and that you enjoy your week ahead...

It's that time of the week when we launch a brand new '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 discount off all crafty printable downloads until midnight today!

The theme set for the DT this week is Easter using an image from the Lucy Monkman collection of digital stamps.  These images are so arty and beautiful that they really don't need a lot other than some simple colouring so that's my design for today.

I added one of the sentiments from the Spring into Easter collection and then printed out the image, before colouring with my promarkers.

The background has been ink blended with a cloud stencil and then I have added gold foil to the sentiment and black foil to the balloon for shine.

To finish off this card I added some clear iridescent sequins and some sparkly shine to the balloon and white gelly roll pen highlights.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Lucy Monkman collection - Cute Hen & Chicks

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Spring into Easter Collection - Greeting Bundle

Lawn Fawn Clippings stencil - Slimline cloudy

Distress Ink - broken china

Crafters Companion Sparkle pen - clear

Minc foil - gold, black

Sugar & Spice Sequins - Unicorn mix

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white

Promarkers Used:

Hen:         gold, sunflower, buttercup

                poppy, lipstick red

Chicks:     buttercup, primrose, ivory

Grass:      forest green, bright green, leaf green

Balloon:    prussian, violet, bluebell

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 #726 - Add some Sparkle

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day !

Today I'm here to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge and I hope that you will join in.

This weeks challenge theme of 'Add some Sparkle' has been chosen by Elaine for team 2 and being sponsored by Rachelle Anne Miller Digital Stamps

I chose to use one of the new digital images called Stacked Chicks for my card today.... They look like they are having loads of fun with their Easter eggs.

This is a 5 x 7 portrait card with absolutely loads of sparkle although this is really hard to take photographs of so you will have to trust me ! - It's very  Sparkly! 

The image was resized to suit the card, printed on a laser printer and then coloured with my Promarkers.  

To create my scene for the chicks I've blended a little tumble glass distress ink over the background for the sky and then used my Minc to apply a super sparkly glitter foil to the design.  The Minc foil is basically applied to all of the LaserJet printed areas - so the outline of the image.

Next I adhered a piece of striped pattern paper to my card blank, edge to edge leaving no white border.

I wanted to frame the main image so decided to die cut an arch from a piece of sparkly lemon glitter card and I thin border from from a burgundy card to coordinate with the designer series paper on the card blank.

I used a stitched rectangle die to add a detailed edge to the glitter card.

To finish off my very sparkly design a handful of sequins were adhered around the panel for just a bit more sparkle.

I hope that you join in with the challenge as 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:
RAM Digital stamp - Stacked Chicks

Polkadoodles Digital Paper - Wings of Love Collection - Paper Bundle 1

Distress Ink - tumbled glass

Minc Foil - Gold Glitter

Craftelier sequins - gold mix

Promarkers used :

Chick 1:            buttercup, primrose, ivory

Chick 2:            yellow, buttercup, primrose

Chick 3:            gold, sunflower, buttercup

Beaks:              mandarin, gold

Easter Eggs:      hot pink, carmine, cerise

                        Egyptian blue, violet, bluebell

                        mandarin, gold

                        forest green, bright green     

Flowers:            hot pink, carmine, cerise

                        mandarin, gold

     

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Spring into Easter - Chocolate Time Chick with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone wishing you a very happy Tuesday and I hope that you are all enjoying the week and looking forward to the Easter weekend.

It's that time again when we launch a brand new '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 discount off all crafty printable downloads until midnight today!

The theme set for the DT this week is Easter so I chose to use one of the sweet little Chicks from the latest collection called Spring into Easter for my card today.

This naughty little chick is called Chocolate Time Chick - isn't he naughty eating all that chocolate and blaming it on poor Bunny!

I've used a couple of the papers from the new collection from set 2 and set 3 to create a background for my sweet chick adding a cheeky sentiment from the Spring into Easter Messages bundle to the striped background before printing it out.  

I decided to make a fun shaker card so die cut an oval from this striped panel - to look like an egg and added yellow and pink sequins into my shaker element.  I like to adhere some of the sequins to the background card, this make sure that there are always sequins in view in the window when the card is stood up for display.

This collection is packed with cute little chicks that I think are perfect for loads of different Spring occasions and not just for Easter cards and I'm sure that you are going to love them.

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from this cute new Easter / Spring collection

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Spring into Easter- Chocolate Time Chick

Polkadoodles digital paper - Spring into Easter- paper bundles set 2 and set 3

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Spring into Easter - messages bundle

X-cut Oval Die

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black

Craft Consortium sequins 

Promarkers used :

Chick:               gold, sunflower, lemon, soft lime

                        orange, mandarin, amber

Leaf & grass:     forest green, bright green, meadow green

Chocolate Egg:  umber, burnt sienna, cocoa

                        

Wrapped egg:    marine, turquoise, pastel green

                        antique pink, salmon pink, pale pink

These are the challenges I am entering

dis digi designs challenge Weekly wings/tails (18) (1 of 3)
lil patch of crafty friends Weekly (28) (1 of 3)
Creative Fingers challenge (141) (1 of 3)
Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - (11) (1 of 5)
Moving Along With The Times  #() ( of 5)
Pearly Sparkles Challenge unlimited (18)
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (72)
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes (54) (1 of 3)
Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes (64) unlimited
Avenue 613 Anything Goes (32) (1 of 8)
Sheep ski designs Anything Goes die cuts () ( of 3)
Mirtillamente Challenge -   () (of 5)
LeAnn's World 101 Challenge (5) unlimited
colorful options pastels (21) unlimited
through the purple haze () ( of 3)
Critter Crazy Challenge (40) (1 of 5)
We love stamping Spring (22) (1 of 3)
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge (72) (1 of 3)
Dragonfly Dreams colour palette () ( of 3)
Crafty Calendar Challenge die cuts (0) (0 of 3)
crafting happiness challenges rainy weather ()

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

Wendy x

Just wanted to make you smile - Springtime Smiles with Polkadoodles

Happy Tuesday everyone I hope that you are having a good week. 

It's that time again when we launch a brand new '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 discount off all crafty printable downloads until midnight today!

The theme set for the DT this week is Birds and Flowers with a CAS or Clean and Simple style so I chose to use this sweet little Chick with his umbrella for my card today.

I love making CAS cards but they are definitely a challenge but I'm really pleased with how this one has turned out....I always want to keep adding more to it but I think I'm getting better each time I make one.

I resized the cute chick with umbrella digital stamp on my computer and then printed out onto alcohol marker friendly paper before colouring with my promarkers (see below for colours) and fussy cutting out.

I've used a 6" x 6" white card blank  for this card and then cut a smaller panel of white card at 5"x5" blending a little distress ink onto the panel behind where my chick will sit.  

I've then used a pencil to draw a puddle on the ground for the chick to stand in and coloured this with my sparkle pens using a blue and a clear pen to look like water.

Next I have used the raindrop cluster stamp from the Hello Sunshine clear stamp set but you could easily draw these in with a pencil and then filled in the raindrops with clear sparkle. 

The sentiment I have used is from the Winnie Daisy Fairy greeting bundle printed out and layered onto 3 pieces of card for dimension.

Finally I have used low profile foam to mount the panel onto the card blank and adhere my chick to the card.

I hope that you like my Clean and Simple card card for today and will come back to see my next project

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Springtime Smiles - Cute chick with umbrella

Polkadoodles sentiments - Winnie Daisy Fairy greetings

Polkadoodles Clear Stamps - Hello Sunshine

Distress ink - tumbled glass

Sakura Gelly Roll pen -  white, black, metallic grey

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - clear, sea spray

Promarkers used :

Chick:               gold, sunflower, buttercup

                        burnt orange, orange, mango

Boots:               midnight blue, cobalt blue, duck egg 

                       

Umbrella:         poppy, lipstick red, salmon pink

                       burnt orange, orange, mango

                       forest green, bright green, leaf green

Flower:            aubergine, amethyst, lavender

                      gold, sunflower, buttercup

 

                       

                          

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Spring into Easter - Butterfly Chick with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone I hope that you have had a lovely week and are enjoying your Sunday.  Were just prepping for friends coming round today for our first BBQ of the year! but I  thought I'd pop on to share a new card.

I've made this sweet Spring card using the new Spring Into Easter collection from Polkadoodles. 

This card is made using the Butterfly Chick digital stamp coloured my my Promarkers (see below for colours) and if your a Polkadoodles VIP then you will have received an email to give you a special VIP discount off this collection for a short time.

I've used a couple of the papers from the new collection to create a background for my sweet chick adding my Spring sentiment to the blue background before printing it out.  I chose to position one of the pale circles behind my sentiment on this card as I think it looks like the sunshine in the background.

The small hill at the bottom of the card has been cut using one of my Edgecutz dies and I have also added a little cross stitched border to the top and bottom of the panel for added detail.

This collection is packed with cute little chicks that I think are perfect for loads of different occasions not just for Easter cards and I'm sure that you are going to love them.

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from this cute new Easter / Spring collection

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Spring into Easter- Butterfly Chick

Polkadoodles digital paper - Spring into Easter - paper bundles set 3 and set 1

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Spring into Easter - sentiment bundle

Lisa Horton Crafts Dies - Edgecutz - Essential Edges

Lawn Fawn custom craft dies - stitched borders

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black, metallic grey

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - Friendship 

Promarkers used :

Chick:               gold, sunflower, lemon, soft lime

                        orange, mandarin, amber

Flowers:            antique pink, salmon pink, pale pink

                        forest green, bright green, meadow green

                        gold, sunflower, soft lime

Leaf & grass:     forest green, bright green, meadow green

Chocolate Egg:  umber, burnt sienna, cocoa

                         sandstone, pastel beige

Butterflies:        marine, turquoise, pastel green

                        gold, lemon

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

Wendy x

Hello Sunshine with Last Minute Manda and #Kendrascardchallenge9

Hello everyone wishing you all a happy Monday.... I hope that you all enjoyed the weekend.

I've decided to enter #Kendrascardchallenge9 and I'm a little behind as the challenge started in January but I'm sure I'll catch up and what better way than to combine my first card with with my DT inspiration card for Last Minute Manda

If you would like to know more about the challenge then I would recommend visiting Kendra's YouTube Channel as there are some great tutorials explaining what it's all about and how to join in.

In a nutshell, the challenge is to make 15 cards from January to March using 6 pieces of 6"x6" patterned papers, cutting layouts and a series of card sketches for each card.

This is card Sketch#1 for the challenge and I've used a sweet little chick from the Hoppy Easter set 

I got some new Chromatek Watercolour pens at Christmas from Santa and decided to give these a try with a little 'No Line' colouring !....I'm still learning and its a different look for me but I'm pleased so far with the outcome...

These brush tip pens are so different to use than my Promarkers which have a solid bullet or chisel nib but I'm going to keep trying with them.

Don't forget if you head over to the new Last Minute Manda store use my special discount code Wendy25 to get 25% off your shopping.

I really hope that you like my card today and it would be lovely if you you leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Last Minute Manda digital stamp - Hoppy Easter

Chromatek brush pens

Lawn Fawn custom craft dies - stitched borders

Dovecraft Designer Series Paper - Sugar 7 Spice 

Woodware Collection Sentiment Stamp - Sunflower gnome

distress ink - tumbled glass, squeezed lemonade

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - firefly

Spectrum Noir Colorista pen - cyan

Lisa Horton Crafts Stamp it  Frame it Stamp and die set - Sunshine and grass

Tonic Dies - Heart

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - black, white

Glossy accents

Sugar & Spice sequins - unicorn

  

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

 Wendy x