Cute Creatures - Make a Splash - Set 2 with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Sunday - I hope you are having a lovely weekend.

Last night we went on an adventure, a night walk.... we went walking with one of the local groups to explore The Sierra de Lújar mine  which is an active underground operation located in the mountains above Órgiva. The mine, Minera de Órgiva, S.L., it is one of the few sustainable fluorite mines in Europe, extracting high-quality fluorspar and the operation is known for its environmental practices, such as recycling 90% of its water and backfilling waste into old tunnels.

The mine is located in the mountains opposite are house and we can often see dust clouds as vehicles make their slow way up and down.

My goodness it definitely was an adventure...the group met just down the road at the Camping restaurant around 7pm and we set off in a couple of mini busses and a few 4x4 vehicles too.  It took around an hour to get to the mine entrance high up in the clouds as the track was very bumpy, and dusty and out poor minibus really struggle...the driver was amazing and we only had to get out once while the engine cooled a little and he manoeuvred over a difficult stretch of track.  

The views from the top were spectacular so it was well worth me having my eyes closed most of the journey up LOL. It was a really strange experience walking in the dark with torches and quite strenuous in places but Im so glad we went, despite getting home at midnight and being shattered.....we decided to skip the food after the walk as we were so tired. There are loads of photos on my Facebook page if you are interested.

It's a lot cooler here today thankfully with temperatures due to reach 34C this afternoon but after the high heat we've had it's a welcome relief and there even a chance of light rain next week ..... yippee !

I'm back today to share a fun 5" x 7" underwater scene card using some of the little sea creatures from the Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). Both sets are available now from the Etsy shop with a fabulous 50% discount

 

If you haven't had a look yet it's a fantastic collection of 2 sets of images, that you can buy separately or as a complete collection - I know which I would choose as its a fantastic price for what's included.  Each set contains 93 cute little creatures or you can get all 186 creatures.

I chose a hammerhead shark, a great white and the sweet little manta ray resizing them to suite my card before printing out onto alcohol friendly card and fussy cutting out.

Next I created my underwater background, using lots of distress oxide inks, blending to create rays of light and a bank of sand at the bottom...its was loads of fun !

I used a stencil from my stash to create the coral at the bottom of the card adding little white highlights.

I added a stamped sentiment in the top corner of the panel and  finished off the card with glossy accents bubbles and clear shimmer pen on the sharks and ray.

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  - Cute Creatures - set 2

Distress Oxide Ink - broken china, salty ocean, chipped sapphire, blueprint, sketch, cracked pistachio, antique lined, frayed burlap, mowed lawn, twisted citron, black soot, abandoned coral, spiced marmalade

Lawn Fawn stamps - Beary Rainy Day

Woodware Craft Collection Stamps - Sea Elements

TCW Stencil - Golf coast Florida

crafters companion sparkle pen - clear

Glossy Accents

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley #lotvdt

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Keep chasing the sunshine - Fluffy Friends collection with Polkadoodles

Hello and happy Monday everyone... I hope that you had a great weekend and are enjoying the weather...its extremely hot here so we've been spending more time indoors keeping cool but this morning I'm off to my yoga class then we have shopping to do, so fingers crossed its not too hot.

I'm sure that you've seen the brand new digital release by Polkadoodles - called Fluffy Friends.  There
are loads of adorable images for you to colour or pre-coloured if you prefer.

Hurry too as there's currently a huge 40% discount using the code FF40

I thought as the weather is so hot I would share a DL card that Ive made, using one of the very cute digital stamps. This is Peaches Cat but I've turned him into our kitty Foxy.  He loves lying in the sun so I've created him a beach scene with distress inks.  I love his very cool sunglasses and delicious looking drink - probably a very fishy cocktail.

The finishing touches for the card were clear sparkle pen and glossy accents for the sunglasses.

I hope that you like my projects 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 - Fluffy Friends - Peaches Cat with sunglasses

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Fluffy Friends - greetings bundle

distress inks - salvaged patina, salty ocean, old paper, scattered straw

Lawn Fawn Stencil - slimline cloudy

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

Cute Creatures - From All the Gang - Set 1 & set 2 with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Sunday - I hope you are having a lovely weekend.......its a scorcher here today with temperatures due to reach 40C this afternoon so my card today has definitely got those desert vibes.

I'm back today to share a fun 6" x 6" card using some of the little dinosaurs from the Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). available now from the Etsy shop with a fabulous 50% discount

 

If you haven't had a look yet it's a fantastic collection of 2 sets of images, that you can buy separately or as a complete collection - I know which I would choose as its a fantastic price for what's included.  Each set contains 93 cute little creatures or you can get all 186 creatures.

I chose several of the dinosaurs and resized them to suite my card before printing out onto alcohol friendly card and cutting out with my ScanNCut.

One of the Pterodactyl's was reversed and made smaller so it looks like a little one with its mum/dad

All of the little critters in the collection are so easy to colour and you can really use your imagination with them...especially with the dinosaurs, after all whose going to know if the colours aren't correct LOL

Next I created my background, using a fantastic Simon Hurley layering stencil I treated myself to and distress inks to create my desert sunset scene.

You know me with bold colours, I just can't help myself..... LOL

I added a sentiment from the collection in the top corner of the panel and little white gelly roll pen highlights to the cactus in the foreground.

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  - Cute Creatures - set 1 and set 2

LOTV digital sentiment - Safari set

Distress Ink - scorched timber, vintage photo, rusty hinge, fossilised amber, spiced marmalade, picked raspberry, wilted violet, chipped sapphire

Simon Hurley Layering Stencil - Sedona

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley #lotvdt

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Summer Fun - Launch Bundle Offer - Sea Life - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Sunday - I hope that you are having a great weekend.  I don't know about you but I'm definitely ready for some Summer sunshine maybe a trip or two to the beach and a little splashing around in the sea - its been a mixed Winter and Spring here so far which has been quite unusual.

I'm back today with a fun A7 (5" x 7") underwater scene card using some of the little Sea Life icons from the new Summer Fun collection.

Its a fantastic bundle of 3 sets of images - Summer Days, Sea Life and At the Beach by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). available now from the Etsy shop. 

There are loads of cute images to play with in the collection and they are so easy to colour and make really cute cards - I'm sure you'll love them and the whole bundle is still on offer. The sentiment I chose to use is from the Dragons and Unicorns set 

I printed out the sea creatures and the sentiment onto alcohol friendly card and coloured these with my promarkers before cutting out with my ScanNCut.

Next I created my sea and sand for the scene, using Brushos and watercolour card allowing this to try completely before assembling my card.

I matted the water and sand onto a panel of dark navy card as I love the contrast this gives.

Finishing touches were some little glossy accents bubbles and white gel pen highlights around the design.

The shimmer from the Pixie Powder is absolutely gorgeous and perfect for the water.

I hope that you like my cards 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  - Summer Fun Bundle - Sea Life

LOTV Digital sentiment - Dragons & Unicorns

Brushos - purple, ultramarine, emerald green, turquoise, sandstone, lemon, yellow, yellow ochre

Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder - Silver Dream

Glossy accents

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley # lotvdt

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 #817 - Add some bling - Sponsored by Clearly Besotted

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day - I hope that week is going well for you.  I'm slowly getting back into the rhythm of blogging again - not sure why its so hard at the moment - even though we have finished the olives there is still so much to do everyday.  Just all the Winter jobs on the campo !

There's 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 bling' has been chosen by Elaine for team 2 and is being sponsored by Clearly Besotted

The perfect theme for all those Winter celebration and Christmas cards don't you think 

For my card today I decided to create a snowy scene for a couple of very cute penguins - they look like they are having loads of fun sliding down the snowy slopes.

I chose one of the fabulous pre-coloured winter backgrounds for my 5" x7" card matting this with silver card.  Next I die cute some super sparkly snowy slopes from silver glitter card, layering these onto the bottom of the card.

I die cut a couple of Christmas trees using one of the green papers from the collection adding these to the scene.

Next, I resized the Snow Day image to suite my design colouring with promarkers before fussy cutting out and adding to the scene.

This image just makes me smile - it's so cute !

The finishing touches were some white gelly roll pen highlights on the penguins and then some extra bling teal and clear sequins.

Its definitely a card packed with bling !

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:

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Theo Penguin Collection - Snow Day

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Theo Penguin Collection - sentiment bundle

Polkadoodles digital paper - Theo Penguin Collection - background bundle

Polkadoodles digital paper - Theo Penguin Collection - paper bundle 2

Sugar and Spice sequins - Unicorn mix

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 - Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles - Ice Creams - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you are having a good week....We're loving being in the summer sunshine here with hot days and lovely warm nights too and what better way to celebrate the Summer than with a yummy ice cream !  The difficult part is always choosing the flavour....

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!  

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 create a Ice Cream themed card.

I decided to use a sweet simple image from the  Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles collection - this is a simple Ice Cream digital that i have printed out 5 times and coloured with my promarkers before fussy cutting out.

I created my background by blending distress oxide inks over a panel of card to fit an A7 or 5" x 7" card blank. I used stencils to create my cloudy sky and the ripples of the sea.

Next I used a rectangular die to create a frame, adhering the centre panel direct to the card and then popping up the outer frame with foam tape for dimension.

I added sea foam to the waters edge with a little white gesso on  my finger tip and a white gelly roll pen.

The ice creams were distributed in rainbow order at the bottom of the design in the sand and the sentiment also from the collection was adhered to the top panel after a little ink blending.

To finish off my project I added some sequins around the design 

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

Polkadoodles digital image  - Winnie Starfish & Sandcastles - Ice Cream digi

Polkadoodles digital sentiment -  Winnie Starfish & Sandcastles - Sentiments

Distress Oxide inks - salty ocean, cracked pistachio, scattered straw, wild honey

Sugar & Spice Sequins - mojito mix

Lawn Fawn stencil - cloudy

Clarity Stamps - hills stencil

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

Wendy x

New Release - Snowy Days - Theo Penguin - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Sunday I hope that your having a good weekend.

I hope you have heard the news already in your VIP email from Polkadoodles but if not then you are going to love this - everyone's favourite penguin Theo is back in a brand new collection of adorable images.....and for a limited time there is a 45% discount.

The brand new Snowy Days collection is perfect for all of those Winter celebrations, definitely not just for Christmas! and is packed with 28 adorable characters, icy scenes, and snowy designs—perfect for Christmas, Winter birthdays, and seasonal celebrations. 

The collection includes colouring pages, pre-coloured clipart, greeting stamps, paper patterns and more for card making, digital scrapbooking, junk journals, and printable craft stickers. 

There's loads of inspiration from the Polkadoodles Design team on the website in the gallery if you are looking for more ideas

Today I'm sharing my first card  perfect for all those Winter celebrations and very easy to create.  It's an adorable and super sparkly A6 landscape (UK size) card.

I've used one of the wonderful wintery scenes from the collection, resizing this for my card before printing out.  Then I have added a peice of double sided sticky sheet over the entire background before covering with super sparkly fine glitter. 

Its an old bit magical technique called the Cracked Ice technique and perfect for those hoards of glitter that I'm sure we all have!  If you want a demonstration of this technique then there is a great YouTube video from 3 years ago by Jamie Rodgers that's worth a watch - here is the link

Once the background scene was complete and all the glitter completely burnished onto the card I adhered this panel to my card blank.  Theo with his ice cream was resized and printed out onto alcohol friendly card before colouring with my Promarkers (see below for colours) and then fussy cutting out by hand.

I added a die cute frame of silver mirri card to the card before adhering Theo at the bottom of the scene with foam tape for dimension.

The winter sentiment was layered onto more silver mirri card and added to the top left corner of the card.

The finishing touches were some white gelly roll pen highlights to Theo.  A super simple and very sparkly Winter card.

 

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from the new Snowy Days collection by Polkadoodles.

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.

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Snowy Days collection - Ice Skating

Polkadoodles digital Sentiment - Snowy Days collection - Greetings bundle

Polkadoodles digital background - Snowy Days collection - Pre-coloured scenes

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

Promarkers Used:

Theo:            lavender, ivory, warm grey 1

                    pale pink

                    blue black, cool grey 7,5

                    gold, ivory

Scarf:           burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Ice cream:    pear green, lime green, lime zest

                    caramel, pastel beige

                        

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

Wendy x

A Passion for Markers BlogSpot #761 - Autumn Friends - Di's Digi Stamps

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day and welcome to October !

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 'Autumn Friends' has been chosen by Me for team 2 and is being sponsored by Di's Digi Stamps

For my card today I have used a very sweet digital image that was a freebie from Di Carubia in the Kit & Clowder Facebook group in August 2022.

This is an A7 or 5" x 7" scene card, with a simple scalloped frame die cut from sky blue card.

The image was resized to suit the card and printed on alcohol friendly card stock, no fussy cutting with this card.  I have coloured with my Promarkers (see below for colours used).

To create my scene I used a blue distress ink to add clouds into the background and die cut a tree adding green ink to the bottom edge of the leaf clusters and brown ink to the trunk of the tree for dimension.

The sentiment is from Polkadoodles, with a little brown distress ink blended over the edges.

The finishing touches were some glossy simple white gel pen highlights around the design.

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

Di's Digi stamps 

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Freddy Fox Collection - sentiment bundle

Distress ink - tumbled glass, gathered twigs, rustic wilderness

Lisa Horton Crafts Dies - Set the scene - garden greenery

Sakura Gelly roll - White Pen

Glossy Accents

Promarkers used :

     

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

 Wendy x

Christmas in July - Have a Tree-mendous Christmas - Pickles Hedgehog with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday ! 

Its going to be a hot day today here so I'm channelling my inner cool with a snowy scene card - not sure it will work though 

I'm here today to share another Christmas card, this time using a digital image from the very cute Pickles Hedgehog collection by Polkadoodles.  Its a great collection and this one is definitely not just for Christmas

This is an A7 or  5" x 7"  card created with a simple mat layer of black card.  

I decided to dig out my coloured pencils to create this card so started off by resizing the sweet image of Pickles with his Christmas tree  and adding a sentiment from the Bella Bear Christmas collection at the top before printing out onto Neenah Desert Storm cardstock.

I used my Spectrum Noir pencils and had loads of fun colouring the image before blending distress inks around the background to create a wintery nighttime sky.  I used a hillside stencil and some white dye based ink at the bottom of the panel for my snow scene and then to finish of the card I splattered white pearlescent paint for the snow.

I added white gel pen highlights here and there to finish off my card for today and I have to say I'm loving the look of this and its a nice change from my alcohol markers which definitely don't like the heat much!

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Pickles Hedgehog -  Christmas Tree

Polkadoodles digital Sentiment - Bella Bear Christmas - Sentiment Bundle

Distress Inks - tumbled glass, weathered wood, uncharted mariner, chipped sapphire

Lisa Horton Crafts - Cloud 9 Ink - Falling Snow

Craftelier Watercolour paints - gold selection - Pearl silver

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, silver

    

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

Wendy x

A Passion for Markers BlogSpot #745 - Add a number - Sponsored by The Paper Shelter

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all !

I'm here today to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge.

This weeks challenge is being sponsored by the wonderful The Paper Shelter and don't forget there will be a prize for the Winner of the challenge - there are more details over on the blog.

The theme for Team 2 this week, chosen by the lovely Linda is to Add a number.  

I have used the fabulous image Very Summery to create my beach themed card for today.

My sentiment is from the Rebel girl collection from Polkadoodles and I can just hear this gorgeous girl saying  "Oh My Goodness its just so hard work being this gorgeous !"

This sweet image was coloured with my Promarkers (see below for colours used) and I have created a simple scene, using distress inks to create the sky, sea and the sandy beach.  The palm trees are die cut from white card, coloured first with distress inks then details added with my promarkers.

The two simple sentiments were printed onto vellum and adhered to the design using a simple glue stick.

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:
The paper shelter digital stamp - Very Summery

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Rebel message bundle

Studiolight - Take me to the ocean dies - Summer Sunshine

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

distress inks - salty ocean, scattered straw, twisted citron, mowed lawn, vintage photo, walnut stain

Glossy accents

Promarkers used :

Skin:             ivory, almond, satin, dusky rose, sunkissed pink

Blush:           pale pink

Hair:             vanilla, caramel, sandstone, deep mocha

sunglasses:   ice grey 4, 3, 1

Bikini:           hot pink, carmine, cerise

Hat:              honeycomb, saffron, vanilla

                    hot pink, carmine, cerise

Cup:             honeycomb, saffron, vanilla

Straw            hot pink, carmine, cerise

         

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

 Wendy x

Be so awesome people think you're a Myth - New Release - Aquatic Adventures with Julia McNeill Designs

Hello everyone Happy Monday I hope that you had a great weekend.  

It's time for me to post an project for JMC Designs  and also its my final MerMay project. There's still a few days left of May so plenty of time to join in with the challenge and don't forget there will be a prize awarded to someone.

 

The prompt for today from JMC Designs is 'Mythical & Magical' so I decided to create a magical scene using the pre-coloured images from the brand new digital collection Aquatic Adventures. 

Several years ago we were very lucky to be at a wedding in the Monterey Bay Aquarium California and at the time there was the most amazing jellyfish experience/exhibition with tanks full of the most amazing jellyfish and they were definitely magical with their glowing neon lights.

I started by choosing one of the papers from the collection and then resized this to fit a 5" x 7" card blank.  To give my design dimension I added a couple of jellyfish, and making them smaller to appear in the background. 

I added a third larger jellyfish towards the bottom centre of the design, to appear in the foreground and also resized the gorgeous mermaid Oceania so she would appear to sit on the bridge.  

I added a little starfish at the bottom of the image. 

Then I separated the mermaid and the larger jellyfish from the design and made an exact copy of the coral and rocks at the bottom before printing out. 

Next I fussy cut out the mermaid, the larger jellyfish and some of the coral at the bottom of the design.  

Don't worry if you're not great at fussy cutting, you can always use a dark grey or black marker pen to carefully outline the edge and no one will ever know. 

To assemble the card I adhered the background peice onto a peice of teal metallic card and then used foam squares to adhere the mermaid, jellyfish and the coral at the bottom of the panel.  

I splattered the card with a pearl silver watercolour paint and added extra metallic bubbles around the design.  

The sentiment was printed out and cut into 3 simple strips, blending a little blue ink to tone down the white of the card, before adhering to the card.

The finishing touches to the card were some teal confetti around the design, glossy accents to the bubbles in the water and white gel pen highlights.

I really hope that you like my project 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:
JMC Designs digital collection - Aquatic Adventures 

Spellbinders confetti - lagoon

Distress Ink - salty ocean

Craftelier watercolour paint - gold collection - pearl silver

Sakura Gelly Roll pen -  white, clear star

glossy accents

 

                      

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

Wendy x