New Release - Something Spooky - Halloween card - Cute Halloween Bundle - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Sunday......I'm a bit late updating my blog today - it's been a very sultry day here so not been doing much at all but we're out to some friends house shortly for a few drinks tonight which I'm looking forward to.

It's time to share another cutie for Lili of the Valley (LOTV)  using their latest  Cute Halloween bundle featuring 35 very cute Ghosties, ghoulies and witches, definitely everything you need to create some fantastic Halloween projects.

The huge bundle is now available in the Etsy shop and don't forget the amazing special offer.....

As well as this fabulous new bundle for a limited time, if you spend £25 on digital stamps, including this new set then you will receive £200 worth of digital sets,  that's 39 sets with over 600 images so don't miss out as the offer ends tonight at midnight GMT

For my third card I've used the cute little Spider - can spiders actually be cute ? hmm I'm not sure but maybe its the hat as this one definitely is.

I resized the spider to fit my 6" x6" card and then printed out, colouring with promarkers before fussy cutting out....I also printed out a fabulous spooky sentiment too.

I then create a simple stencilled background with some distress oxide inks and a spider web stencil.

To create a tunnel effect I die cut 3 hexagonal frames from black glitter card and adhered these over the stencilled panel offsetting each to give a spiralling effect before adding the little spider into his web using foam tape for a little dimension.

Finishing touches were some glossy accents to the spiders eyes and some purple confetti around the design for my definitely too cute to spook card.

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

#LOTV #Liliofthevalley # LOTVdt

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

                  

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp set  - Cute Halloween bundle

Distress Oxides - twisted citron, wilted violet

Studio light stencil - spiderweb

glossy accents

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 - Believe in Magic - Halloween card - Cute Halloween Bundle - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Friday......The weeks are absolutely flying past...till soon be you know what !

It's time to share another cutie for Lili of the Valley (LOTV)  using their latest  Cute Halloween bundle featuring 35 very cute Ghosties, ghoulies and witches, definitely everything you need to create some fantastic Halloween projects.

The huge bundle is now available in the Etsy shop and don't forget the amazing special offer.....

As well as this fabulous new bundle for a limited time, if you spend £25 on digital stamps, including this new set then you will receive £200 worth of digital sets,  that's 39 sets with over 600 images so don't miss out.

For my second card I've used the cute little Kitty with her witches hat....It had to be a black cat for Halloween.

I resized her to fit my A6 card and then printed out, colouring with promarkers before fussy cutting out....I also printed out a fabulous spooky sentiment too.

I wanted to create a scene for the kitty so used distress oxides and a couple of stencils to create the hill and supersized moon.  The panel was splattered with water and I also adhered some silver foil to the background for extra magic.

Finishing touches were some glossy accents to the kitty eyes and some clear sparkle for her collar.

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

#LOTV #Liliofthevalley # LOTVdt

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

                  

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp set  - Cute Halloween bundle

Distress Oxides - chipped sapphire, black soot, villainous potion, shaded lilac

Distress Ink - rustic wilderness, mowed lawn, twisted citron

Tim Holt moon stencil

Crafters Companion foil - silver

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

Digi Choosday - Hocus Pocus collection - Halloween is coming - Witch & Kitty card - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you are having a good week....Its September already and were already starting to think about Autumn and Halloween...sad really as the Summer months go by so fast although Ill be glad for the lower temperatures to come.

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 Halloween / Autumn is coming so I decided to use the Hocus Pocus collection for my shaped card today.... I don't make lots of Halloween cards but this was fun to create.

It's the perfect collection of digital stamps, sentiments and ephemera and comes in black and white images for you to colour but also in pre-coloured format.

I wanted to create the look of a spiders web for my card so used some of my nesting dies to create a shaped card cutting from black card.  Next I cut a slightly smaller piece of white card  and then used the fabulous Funky Vortex stencil to create my swirling pattern using black, orange, lime green and purple distress inks.  Once I was happy with the depth of colour, I used a couple of Posca pens to add little dots to the swirls to look like magic swirling into the centre of the design.

For some extra interest I die cut two smaller frames from black card and adhered these over the panel to give the look of a cobweb.

For the main focal image I merged the little witch in the pumpkin and the kitty in the pumpkin together before printing out on alcohol marker friendly cardstock, colouring with promarkers and fussy cutting out.

I adhered the witch and kitty to the shaped card base using foam tape for dimension along with one of the sentiments from the collection.

To finish off the design I added white gelly roll pen highlights and some purple confetti 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 - Hocus Pocus collection - Witches bundle

Polkadoodles stencil - Funky Vortex 

Distress Ink - black soot, carved pumpkin, twisted citron, wilted violet

Distress Oxide ink - spiced marmalade

Posca pen- white, orange

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - Galaxy

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 - Ghosties & Ghoulies - Halloween card - Cute Halloween Bundle - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Sunday......So September arrives tomorrow and as crafters were all busy making those Autumn and Halloween cards  

It's new release day for Lili of the Valley (LOTV)  with their latest  Cute Halloween bundle featuring 35 very cute Ghosties, ghoulies and witches, definitely everything you need to create some fantastic Halloween projects.

The huge bundle is now available in the Etsy shop.

As well as this fabulous new bundle there is also an amazing offer on right now in the store..... for a limited time, if you spend £25 on digital stamps, including this new set then you will receive £200 worth of digital sets,  that's 39 sets with over 600 images so don't miss out.

For my first card I've used the cute little ghost, printing him out 3 times (I've revered the image on one of them too!). They were coloured very simply with a bright lime green just for the shading and then fussy cut out.

The card is a larger A7 card 5" x 7" with a background made from grey card stock that has been stencilled with brick work....I added extra white gel pen highlights to the brickwork.  I wanted to create the look of a doorway to a spooky house.  I added an arch of brown for the doorway and cut out an arched aperture.

Inside the house there is a cobweb panel, its a laser printed design that I have added mint green foil too and blended with lime green and grey ink.

Steps for the doorway were simply cut from grey card and shaded with ink and then adhered to the bottom of the door.

I then adhered the little ghosts and the sign into the centre of the panel.

Finishing touches were some glossy accents to the ghosts eyes and some black gems around the design.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

                  

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp set  - Cute Halloween bundle

Memento Ink - rich cocoa

Distress Ink - weathered wood, black soot, twisted citron

Hero Arts stencil - Brick Wall

Minc Foil - mint

Minc Papers - After Dark

Pretty Pink Posh gems - midnight black

glossy accents

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

Happy - Happy Birthday card - Waving Animals - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Monday and Happy Bank Holiday to my UK friends.

I'm here today with a sweet Birthday card for Lili of the Valley (LOTV) featuring a cute little hedgehog from the Waving Animals digital stamp set available in the Etsy shop.

It's a huge set of 18 cute little waving animals - you will be spoilt for choice and there are 30 sentiments included too....perfect for loads of different occasions and there is a fabulous 50% Sale off everything in the shop.  (Sale ends soon) I would definitely recommend having a look. 

Just some simple colouring with my promarkers for the hedgehog before fussy cutting him out.

The background paper is from the Funky Hearts set and is perfect for my celebratory card....also used for one of the balloons and the large die cut word.

Finishing touches were some teal confetti 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  - Waving Animals

LOTV Digital paper set - Funky Hearts

Studio light stencil - exploding confetti

Studio light cutting die - party card shape

LHC Layered word die

Distress ink - peacock feathers, candied apple, saltwater taffy

Spellbinders confetti - lagoon

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

Posca pen - white

     

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

 Wendy x

Quirky birds - Princess of Hearts Collection - Life is Sweeter - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Friday everyone !  I hope you are enjoying the Summer - its a little bit hot here so having to spend quite a bit of time indoors keeping out of the heat but hopefully a few more weeks and the heat will start to ease off.

Today I have a fun and quirky little card that I have made using the quirky bird from the Princess of Hearts Mini digital collection.  Its supposed to be a flamingo but I do like to make something different!

A few years ago we bought a quirky bird from a friends mum.  She had made it from varnished gourds and false flowers among other recycled bits and pieces and we love it. 

It's hanging in our lounge amongst the plants...we're not sure what type of bird it is but when I saw the digital image in this fun collection I knew I had to make a fun and quirky card using it. 

Certain to bring a smile to anyone's face I think LOL

I resized 2 of the images and reversed one of them before printing out along with one of the hearts and a sentiment from the collection.

The two quirky birds were coloured with my Polychromos pencils.

The  background was stencilled with distress inks and I added shading with a couple of pencils and highlights with a white gelly roll pen.

A simple die cut frame for the birds and some coloured card strips at the bottom for my fun card for today.

Finishing touches were white gelly roll pen highlights and glossy accents to the eyes . 

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

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.

JMC Designs - Princess of Hearts Mini Collection

Lawn Fawn stencil - falling hearts

Distress ink - salty ocean, picked raspberry

Posca pen - white

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

A Passion for Markers Blog Spot Challenge #801 - For a Child - Sponsored by LeAnn's World 101

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! I hope that your week is going well so far.

Today I'm here 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 LeAnn's World 101 and our theme of 'For a Child' this week was chosen for team 2 by Kitty. 

I chose to use a really sweet image called Annette coloured with Promarkers, before fussy cutting out.  The sentiments are from Polkadoodles Rebel Girl collection.

I decided to keep the colour palette bright and simple using stencils and distress inks to create the background beach scene.   To add detail to the foam on the waters edge I've used a little white gesso on my finger and white gel pen on the waves.

 Anette was coloured with my promarkers before fussy cutting out and adding to the scene with glossy accents on the bobbles in her hair.

The two sentiments have been foiled  for a touch of shine.

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:

LeAnn's World 101 digital stamp - Anette

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Rebel Girl Collection - Sentiment bundle

Distress Ink - Salty ocean, cracked pistachio

Distress Oxide Ink - scattered straw, wild honey

Pebeo Artist Gesso - white

Minc foil - rose gold, teal

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

Digi Choosday - Digi Deal Flower Meadow - In the garden - Butterflies with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you are having a good week....x

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 create something using butterflies with am In the garden theme.

I love being in the garden and seeing the beautiful butterflies flying around so this was the perfect theme for me.  I decided to combine some digital papers, a stencil and a beautiful stamp for todays challenge.

I created an upright easel card and started off by choosing a floral gorgeous paper from the Flower Meadow digital kit to layer onto my card with a matt layer of purple card stock.  For the upright panel I used the pale lilac striped paper from the kit as I wanted to add stencilling to this.

I die cut a frame from purple card and used distress inks to add a darker shade at the bottom of the frame.

Next I stamped the beautiful butterfly from the Hearts and Flowers Butterfly stamp set, I wanted a deep purple so used a dark blue ink and a lighter purple over the top to get the colour I wanted.

I used distress inks over the butterfly before cutting out and adhering to the panel with foam tape.

The card stopped is a simple strip of card with a sentiment printed out from the  collection.

Finishing touches were a few pieces of purple confetti around the card and some 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 paper - Digi Deal - Flower Meadow

Polkadoodles stencil - Wildflower Meadow

Polkadoodles Stamp - Hearts and Flowers Butterfly stamp

Polkadoodles sentiment - Winnie Daisy Fairy - greetings bundle

Distress Ink - twisted citron, mowed lawn, wilted violet, villainous potion, mustard seed, salty ocean

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - sugar plum

Posca Pen - white, purple

Wink of Stella pen - purple

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 #799 - Die Cuts / Punches - Sponsored by Di's Digi Stamps

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day - Were nearly at the end of July so I thought I would squeeze in another Christmas in July post.

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 'Use die cuts / punches' has been chosen by Karen for team 2 and is being sponsored by Dis Digi Stamps

I've had a cute little hedgehog digital stamp from Di for a while now just waiting to be used.  I think this little cutie may have been a freebie from Di in her Facebook group!

The cute little Festive Hedgy was coloured with Promarkers to begin with and then I've used a stencil to add the confetti over the background with some distress inks. I foiled the sentiment in the balloon with silver foil and added some white gelly roll 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.

Dis Digi Stamps - Festive Hedgy 

Distress inks - candied apple, mustard seed, mowed lawn

Minc foil - silver

Studiolight layered mask - Exploding confetti

Studiolight Cutting Die - party card shape

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

A Passion for Markers Blog Spot Challenge #795 - Beach Vibes - Sponsored by Uniko Stamps

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! I hope you are all well and the week has started well.  Its my son's birthday today - he's 28 years old which I cant quite believe as it makes me feel very old indeed!  

Today I'm here 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 Uniko stamps and our theme of 'Beach Vibes' this week was chosen for team 2 by Me...

I think spending days at the beach in the Summer is the perfect way to cool off - especially when the beaches are quieter ! 

For my challenge I chose to use one of my favourite digital images by Krista Leigh Smith aka Saturated Canary - this is called Toes in the sand. Sadly Krista has closed her shop due to other commitments but she's promised us shell pop up every now and then with images for us to colour. 

I have created a simple A7 card with a distress oxide ink background to coordinate with the fun surfer girl image.  I wanted to give the effect of sun rays from behind the surfer girl so used a stencil and a baby wipe to lift some of the ink off the sky section of the design.

I resized the image to suit my card blank and then printed out onto alcohol friendly card stock before colouring with my Promarkers and fussy cutting out.  The digital sentiment was added to the panel before printing.  The image was adhered to the card with foam tape for dimension.

I added white gelly  roll pen highlights to the water and some sparkly sequins around the design.

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:

Krista Leigh Smith digital stamp - Toes in the sand

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Winnie Starfish & Sandcastles - sentiment bundle

Distress Oxides - dried marigold, scattered straw, salty ocean, salvaged patina, wild honey

Clearly Besotted stencil - shooting star

Sugar & 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

A Passion for Markers Blog Spot Challenge #793 - Animals - Sponsored by All Dressed Up

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! I hope you are all well and the week has started well.  I seem to be spending a lot of time trying to keep cool at the moment - its very hot and humid here at the moment.

Today I'm here 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 All Dressed Up stamps and our theme of 'Animals' this week was chosen for team 2 by Natalie... 

I chose to use a really sweet image called A Time to give. 

I have created a simple A6 card using a lovely party themed die for the frame of my card, cutting it from lime green card stock.

I resized the image to suit my card blank and then printed out onto alcohol friendly card stock before colouring with my Promarkers....I decided to use some zesty colours to match the card frame.  I used a stencil and distress inks to stencil a party background.

I added glossy accents to the little balloons, a little sparkle to the bunting and some clear iridescent sequins around the design.

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:

All Dressed Up digital stamp - A Time to Give

Spectrum Noir sparkle pen - clear

distress ink - squeezed lemonade, worn lipstick, twisted citron

Studio light dies - party

Studio light mask - exploding confetti

Sugar & spice sequins - unicorn mix

glossy accents

     

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

 Wendy x