Digi Choosday - Gnome Trick or Treat collection - Spiders - pop up frame card - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you are having a good week....Its October 1st already and after a fantastic Feria in our town thoughts are now turning to the Autumn..... Schools return after the long hot holidays and classes get back to normal.

I'm hoping to get a place in the Pilates class but its always such a popular class and places are limited - fingers crossed !

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 Spiders !!! Yuck ...I'm definitely not a fan at all of spiders...even little ones ...I'm actually not sure what I dislike the most spiders or snakes...its a tough one but this is still a cute card even with the spiders LOL

Anyway I always like a challenge so I decided to use the Gnome Trick or Treat collection for spooky spider card today.... as you already know I don't make lots of Halloween cards but this was fun to create and I'm sure it will be loved by it's recipient.

I chose the Spider Web Gnome and decided to create a pop up frame card so that the gnome could hang from the spiders web on the card.

I resized the main focal image to fit my 6" x 6" card and added a sentiment at the bottom of my square panel before printing out on alcohol marker friendly cardstock and colouring with promarkers. I coloured the pumpkin eyes and mouth with a fluorescent gelly roll pen.

I then used a square die to partially cut an aperture on the panel and then fussy cut out the image of the gnome so he is suspended from the cobweb.

Next I added grey distress ink over the frame and create some little pop up hinges from black card.

I chose a cobweb and spider paper from the Boo Halloween collection, adhering a panel to the base of my card blank.  Once dry I then adhered the cut out panel to the card .

I love these pop up frame cards as they give loads of dimension but fold flat for posting.

To finish off the design I added glossy accents, white gelly roll pen highlights and some black sparkly gems around the the card.

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 !

recipe: Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

Polkadoodles digital stamps - Gnome Trick or Treat collection - Spider Gnome

Polkadoodles digital paper - Boo Halloween collection - paper bundle

Polkadoodles stencil - Funky Vortex 

Distress Ink - weathered wood

Fluorescent gelly roll pen - yellow

Pretty Pink Posh gems - Midnight black

Sakura gelly Roll pen - white

glossy accents

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

Wendy x

I Love Promarkers #567 - Gnomes - You're Blooming Great - Sponsored by Last Minute Manda

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 Last Minute Manda

Here is my inspiration card for the current blog challenge with the theme - Gnomes, using a sweet digital stamp from the set Gnome Friends in the garden

I decided for todays card I would make a new fun fold - this is a very simple  diamond gate fold card which I have created using an aqua cardstock.  The lovely papers are from a new Polkadoodles bundle Gnome feeding bird

It's a sweet and very easy card fold that fits into a standard C6 envelope when flat but also gives lots of space for using those lovely patterned papers.

For the main gnome image I resized this to suit my card size before printing out on alcohol marker friendly card stock and then colouring using Promarkers (see below for colours) and then fussy cutting out.

I added one of the sweet sentiments from the Polkadoodles Gnome set on the inside panel and printed another sentiment for the front of the card.

The finishing touches today were some clear sparkle pen on the snail shell, white gelly roll pen highlights and flowers and a scattering of tel confetti around the design.

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:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

Last Minute Manda - Gnome Friends in the Garden

Polkadoodles Digital Paper - Polkadoodles bundle Gnome feeding bird

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Gnome for Spring - Sentiment bundle

Spellbinders confetti - Lagoon

Sakura Gelly Roll Pens - white, clear star

Spectrum Noir sparkle pen - clear

Promarkers used :

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

 Wendy x

Just a little note - Digi Deal - Gnome feeding bird with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Friday, I hope you have had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend.

Today I wanted to share another sweet card that I've made using the cute new Digi Deal by Polkadoodles 

If you haven't had a look yet it's a great kit packed with loveliness, there are 6 gorgeous fun papers, 17 sentiments and 2 digital images ( 1 pre-coloured and 1 black & white for you to colour) perfect for all sorts of different occasions.

Its a simple A7 or 5" x 7" card with one of the papers from the kit to mat and layer onto the card with turquoise card. 

I resized the digital image, flipped it through 180 and then printed it out onto alcohol marker friendly cardstock adding one of the wonderful sentiments into the top corner before colouring with my Promarkers (see below for colours), coordinating with the bold striped paper I had chosen.

To hide the word on the seed sack I simply cut a couple of patches from one of the leftover papers from the previous card and adhered these to the card adding some stitching details. I blended a little blue distress ink around the design to help draw the eye in.

The finishing touches were little highlights of white pen and gold sparkle pen on the image and I added a scattering of teal confetti around the design.  Such a different card I think using the same digital image.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Polkadoodles digital deal - Cute Gnome feeding bird

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black, clear star

Spellbinders confetti - lagoon

distress ink - salty ocean

Promarkers Used:

Skin:               almond, blush, oatmeal, soft peach, dusky rose

Hat:                ocean teal, soft green, pastel green

Beard:           caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

sack

bird food

water bowl:     burnt orange, mandarin, pumpkin

feeder

Shirt:              antique pink, cocktail pink, pink camelia

Trousers:        china blue, denim blue

 

Bird:               deep mocha, burnt sienna, raw sienna

                      burnt orange, mandarin, pumpkin

Mouse:           caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

                      pink camelia

Boots:             blue black, cool grey 7, 5

                   

                     

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

Wendy x

Friendship is like a garden - Digi Deal - Gnome feeding bird with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Monday. I hope the weather is being kind to you wherever you are...its been so hot here lately so I thought I'd have a bit of cool time indoors today and update my blog.

There's a super cute new Digi Deal by Polkadoodles and I wanted to share a sweet Stepper card that I've made using the new kit today.

It's a great kit packed with loveliness, there are 6 gorgeous fun papers, 17 sentiments and 2 digital images ( 1 pre-coloured and 1 black & white for you to colour) perfect for all sorts of different occasions.

I created the faux stepper card from Kraft card for a more natural looking card and then used a couple of the papers from the kit to mat and layer onto the card. 

I resized the digital image and printed him out onto alcohol marker friendly cardstock before colouring with my Promarkers (see below for colours) to match the pretty papers I had chosen.

The finishing touches were little highlights of white pen and gold sparkle pen on the image and I added a few coordinating sequins around the design.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Polkadoodles digital deal - Cute Gnome feeding bird

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black, metallic grey, gold

Craftelier sequin mix

Promarkers Used:

Skin:               almond, blush, oatmeal, soft peach, dusky rose

Hat:                burnt orange, mandarin, pumpkin

Beard:             ice grey 3, 1, 00

water bowl

Shirt:              ocean teal, soft green, pastel green

Trousers:         antique pink, cocktail pink, pink camelia

Bird:               deep mocha, burnt sienna, raw sienna

                      china blue, denim blue

Mouse:            ice grey 3, 1, 00

                      pink camelia

Boots:             blue black, cool grey 7, 5

Sack:              caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

bird food

                   

                     

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

Wendy x

Sending Sweet Thoughts for a happy, hoppy Easter with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday - it's a public holiday here today to celebrate Andalucía Day so were hoping to pop into town to see whats going on, usually food and drink and loads of speeches !

I'm here today to share another sweet Easter card that I've made using another new digital stamp called Easter Gnome by  Pink Gem Designs

Just look at those cute bunny ears! I wonder of they  are his or part of his hat....

This is a simple A2 (US size) card with a background mat layer of sparkly glitter card, die cut with a stitched edge die. 

I used two glitter cards to coordinate with my Easter theme, adhering these flat to my cream card blank. 

Next I resized the Gnome with his Easter eggs before printing out onto alcohol marker friendly cardstock and colouring with my promarkers (see below for colours).  

Once coloured I die cut the Gnome panel and then mounted this with card to give extra dimension.

The sentiment from Polkadoodles was printed out and foiled and then adhered to the bottom of the Gnome panel, with a layer of glitter cardstock for a bit more sparkle.

To complete my card I added some white gelly roll pen.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card today and will drop by again to see my next project.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Pink Gem Designs - Easter Gnome

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Springtime Smiles collection - Sentiment Bundle

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen - white

Minc Foil - hot pink

Promarkers used :

Skin:      almond, blush, oatmeal, soft peach, dusky rose

Beard:    pale pink, salmon pink

Ears        ice grey 00, 0, 3

Hat:        gold, sunflower, buttercup

              hot pink, carmine, cerise

              forest green, bright green, leaf green

Boots:     blue black, ice grey 7, 6

Eggs:       hot pink, carmine, cerise

               gold, sunflower, buttercup

               forest green, bright green, leaf green

               Egyptian blue, violet, bluebell 

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

 Wendy x 

Love, chocolate and sunshine - Easter Swing Gnome with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone wishing you all a wonderful Saturday and a great weekend.

I'm here today to share a sweet Easter card that I've made using a very cute new digital stamp called Easter Swing Gnome by  Pink Gem Designs

This is a simple 6" x6" card with a popup frame.  I covered the frame and the base of the card with a couple of designer papers and assembled the pop up element onto my Kraft card blank.

The Gnome on the swing was resized and then printed out onto alcohol marker friendly cardstock, before colouring with my promarkers (see below for colours) and fussy cutting out.

I have attached the gnome on a strip of acetate, gluing only along the branch fro the swing so that the image hangs in the card aperture.

The sentiment from Polkadoodles was printed out and foiled and then adhered flat to the card panel, with a layer of green cardstock.

To complete my card I added some shiny green sequins and a few highlights around the design with a white gelly roll pen.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card today and will drop by again to see my next project.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Pink Gem Designs - Easter Swing Gnome

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Springtime Smiles collection - 

Polkadoodles Digital Paper

Lisa Horton Crafts Designer Papers - Boxset

Sugar & Spice sequins - Mojito

Minc Foil - gold

Promarkers used :

Skin:        almond, blush, oatmeal, soft peach, dusky rose

Beard:

Hat:        gold, sunflower, buttercup

               carmine

Boots:

Flowers:    hot pink, carmine, cerise

                gold, buttercup

                 forest green, bright green, leaf green

Swing:

Eggs:        Egyptian blue, bluebell, 

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

 Wendy x 

You Captured My Heart - Cupcake Gnome with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone wishing you all a wonderful Thursday and I hope that your week is going well.

I'm here today to share a sweet Valentine's card that I've made using a very cute brand new digital stamp called Cupcake Gnome by  Pink Gem Designs

I have to admit that I'm not a huge Gnome fan (I know shock horror as everyone seems to love them - maybe its a childhood thing but  think they are kind of creepy!) but I thought this was so sweet I couldn't resist colouring it up for this card.

This is a very Clean and Simple A6 card with lots of lovely white space. I resized the image, printing out onto alcohol marker friendly cardstock, colouring with my promarkers (see below for colours) and fussy cutting out.

For my CAS card I die cut a white heart from card for my design and adhered this to my background panel, offset to the right, cutting off the overhanging portion.

The sentiment from Polkadoodles was printed out and foiled and then adhered flat to the card panel 

To complete my card I layered the white panel onto a teal card stock, adding two thin strips of the same card on either side of the sentiment strip.  I then adhered the Gnome with foam tape, offsetting to the left of the design and added teal confetti to add some extra shine.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card today and will drop by again to see my next project.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Pink Gem Designs Cupcake Gnome

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - 

Lisa Horton Crafts Dies - Nested Hearts

Distress Ink - tumbled glass, picked raspberry, Squeezed lemonade

Pretty Pink Posh Confetti - Lagoon

Minc Foil - Teal

Promarkers used :

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

 Wendy x 

Everyone Gnomes you love Hot Chocolate with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone - wishing you a wonderful Wednesday.  

I'm here today on my blog to share a Christmas card that  I've made using the Hot Chocolate Gnome digital stamp set by Pink Gem Designs.

This digital download set is available in the Etsy shop Chocolate Gnome and it comes as a pre-coloured digital stamp a black and white version and there is a cute sentiment included with the set too. Normally I choose to colour the stamps myself but I'm waiting for some replacement Promarkers to arrive and I couldn't wait to use this design.

I resized the image to suit a larger 5 x 7 card blank and then printed it out twice so that I could fussy cut and decoupage some of the gnome features of the design.

The green polka dot background paper that I have used was left over from the Baking Ginger gift bag set that I shared from the other week and I have used a border die to give this a simple cross stitched edge.

I decided to create a snowy hillside for my gnome to site on, cutting some gorgeous white glitter cardstock with border dies again.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card today and will drop by again to see my next project.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Pink Gem Designs Hot Chocolate Gnome digital stamp set

Pink Gem Designs paper - Baking Ginger Gift bag set

Lawn Fawn Custom craft dies - stitched borders

Lawn Fawn Custom craft dies - stitched wavy borders

Lisa Horton Crafts Euphoria glitter cardstock

Sakura Gelly roll pen - metallic green

Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles - Icicle Blue

Crafters companion sparkle pen - clear

glossy accents

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

dis digi designs challenge Give Thanks  () (0 of 3)

intaas Christmas #(72) (3 of 3)

lil patch of crafty friends () (0 of 3)

i love promarkers challenge #() (0 of 3)

Creative Fingers challenge  () (0 of 3)

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - (89) (3 of 5) 

Moving Along With The Times #() ( of 5)

Pearly Sparkles Challenge (79)  unlimited 

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (210)

Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes  (36) (1 of 2)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes (151)  (3 of 3)

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes (233) unlimited

Avenue 613 Anything Goes  (156) (3 of 8)

Through The Craft Room Door (150) (2 of 4)

Sheep ski designs Anything Goes  (44) (3 of 3)

Mirtillamente Challenge - anything goes () (0 of 5)

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge (52) unlimited

colorful options (46) unlimited

through the purple haze  monochromatic () (0 of 3)

aud sentiments () (0 of 5)

Critter Crazy Challenge (94) (2 of 5)

We love stamping  (94) (2 of 3)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge () (0 of 3)

Dragonfly Dreams  (126) (3 of 3)

Crafty Calendar Challenge (164) ( 3 of 3)

world wide open design team (37)  (1 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges ()

A passion for markers challenge  () 

not2shabby (9) (1 of 3)

inspiration station challenge  () Unlimited       

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

Wendy x