Gingerbread Holly - Ho Ho No! with Polkadoodles

Hello Everyone and a very Happy Christmas to you all! 

I hope that wherever you are and whatever you are doing today that you enjoy the day but remember its only a day.

Today I'm sharing my last card for this year made with the recent digital release Gingerbread Holly  by Polkadoodles.  I have to say that I have loved working with this collection so much - its been loads of fun but I have had to replace some of my pens with so many gingerbreads to colour.

For todays card I have used 3 of the digital stamps, Oh Snap,   Christmas Cutie and Oh Crumbs

What would Christmas be like without a cheeky pun ? I think the cute ginger at the end has had a bite out of him by Santa.

My simple DL card has layers of beautiful bronze glitter card and a coordinating teal paper from the Baked with Love collection. I love the mix of teal and brown and I think its a perfect combination for Christmas.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Gingerbread Holly - Oh Snap, Christmas cutie, Oh Crumbs

Polkadoodles digital  papers - Baked with Love - Paper Heaven 1

Lisa Horton Crafts Euphoria Glitter cardstock

Lisa Horton Crafts Dies - Slimline loops and Bubbles

Lisa Horton Crafts Dies - Nested Torn edge slims

Crafters Companion letter dies

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black

Promarkers used :

Gingers:               pastel beige, sandstone, caramel

                           pale pink

Ricrac:                 lavender, ivory

Clothes:               burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                           forest green, bright green, leaf green

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Theo the Penguin - Mistletoe Kiss with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and a Happy Friday to you all - Christmas day is now just around the corner so today I have my last card this year from the Theo the Penguin collection from Polkadoodles.

I don't think that it  can get any cuter than this heart shaped easel card made with the digital stamp called Mistletoe Kiss

  

Just a simple heart shaped easel card decorated with papers and the cute sentiment are all from the Theo the Penguin collection.

The image is as always coloured with my promarkers (see below) and I have mounted the Mistletoe on a thin strip of acetate so it hovers above the heads of this cute penguin couple.  

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Theo the Penguin - Mistletoe Kiss

Polkadoodles digital paper - Theo the Penguin- paper bundles 3 & 4 

Lisa Horton crafts dies - nested hearts

Distress Oxide Ink - candied apple

Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles - Icicle Blue

Crafters Companion Sparkle Pen - Clear

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black, blue

Craftwork cards Candi

Glossy accents

Promarkers used :

Penguins:         lavender, ivory, warm grey 2

                       pale pink

                       pumpkin, gold, ivory

                       black, ice grey 5, 4, 2

Mistletoe:         forest green, bright green, leaf green

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

Wendy x

New Release - Theo the Penguin - I'm not fat with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Thursday.

Today I have another Christmas card using the new digital release Theo the Penguin collection from Polkadoodles.

Its a very simple shaker card today made with the digital stamp called Candy Cane

I have added the cheeky sentiment to one of the papers from the collection before printing it out for my shaker panel background.

The image is as always coloured with my promarkers (see below) and I have mounted this on the outside of the panel.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Theo the Penguin - Candy Cane

Polkadoodles digital paper - Theo the Penguin- paper bundle 1

Polkadoodles sentiment - Theo the Penguin

Lisa Horton crafts dies - Frame It

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

Sequins

Promarkers used :

Penguin:          lavender, ivory, warm grey 2

                       pale pink

                       pumpkin, gold, ivory

                       black, ice grey 5, 4, 2

Scarf:              forest green, bright green, leaf green

Hat:                burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Candy Cane:    burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                       lavender, ivory

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

Wendy x

New Release - Theo the Penguin - Skiing with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone happy Wednesday and a Happy Winter Solstice too! 

Do you love to Ski? 

I'd like to be able to say.....ooh yes we go skiing every year, especially as there is a wonderful Ski resort only about 1 hour away above Granada in the Sierra Nevada mountain range...but sadly we don't.

I have had lessons when I was younger on dry slopes and up in Scotland in Aviemore on real snow but its just not for me.

I'm terrified of the feeling of moving downhill, walking too !  I think its because of my poor balance and vertigo and its definitely got worse over recent years.

Oh well I'll stick to more sedate activities on level ground 😆😆 

Today I have a wintery card for you using the cute digital Ski Theo coloured with my promarkers and then fussy cut out.

The sentiment and wintery paper are also from the Theo the Penguin collection and I've added the sentiment to my paper panel on the computer before printing it out.

Its a simple 5" x7" card for today with a simple design but I think this would be a great winter birthday card too especially for anyone that loves to Ski.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Theo the Penguin - Ski

Polkadoodles digital paper - Theo the Penguin - paper bundle 4

Polkadoodles sentiment - Theo the Penguin

Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles - Icicle Blue

Glossy Accents

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black

Candi - Silver

Promarkers used :

Penguin:          lavender, ivory, warm grey 2

                       pale pink

                       pumpkin, gold, ivory

                       black, ice grey 5, 4, 2

Scarf:              marine, turquoise, tea green

Hat:                marine, turquoise, tea green

                      lavender, ivory

Goggles:          burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                       gold, pumpkin, ivory

                       warm grey, 4, 2, 1 

Skis:                marine, turquoise, tea green

Ski Poles:         burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                       ice grey 3,1

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

Wendy x

Sugary Sweet Cookies with Last Minute Manda

Hello Everyone its Monday and today Last Minute Manda is sponsoring a freebie over on Kit and Clowder Facebook group for the members advent calendar.  Every day up to the 25th December there are wonderful freebies, discounts and prizes so its well worth heading over to have a look and joining the group.

My card inspiration today is using the digital stamp set from the Sugary Sweet Cookies set that I have coloured using my Promarkers before cutting out.  

The card is an A2 (US size) with papers from Lili of the Valley Essentials.  I have die cut a simple circle of Kraft card and then embossed this before using white die ink to highlight the snowflakes.

The cute gingerbread digi is doing some last minute Christmas baking and has been coloured with my promarkers (see below for colours) adhered to the card with foam tape and then some simple gold confetti sequins added to finish off the card.

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 - Sugary Sweet Cookies

Posca Pen - white

Lili of the Valley Essentials papers - Krafty Christmas

LHC 3D Embossing folder - Snowflakes

LHC Washi sentiment

Spectrum Aqua pen - Chestnut

Gesso - White

Distress Ink - Picket Fence

glossy accents

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - gold

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, clear star

Promarkers used :

Gingerbread:                 caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

                                    pale pink

Eyes:                           cobalt blue, arctic blue, blue pearl

Dress:                          burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Hat:                              lavender, ivory 

                                    poppy

Holly:                           forest green, bright green, leaf green

                         

Berries:                        burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Apron:                          forest green, bright green, leaf green

Bowls:                          lavender, ivory, poppy

                                    burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                                    forest green, bright green, leaf green

 Ricrac:                         lavender, ivory 

Spatula:                        warm grey4,3

                                    burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Icing bottles:                warm grey 4,1

                                   burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                                   forest green, bright green, leaf green, black

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

  Wendy x

Gingerbread Holly - Oh Snap! with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone happy Sunday! 

I have my penultimate card for this year today, made with the recent digital release Gingerbread Holly  by Polkadoodles. 

This image is called Oh Snap  and he has been coloured with my Promarkers.

I decided today for a simple easel card but I have created a Christmas tree for my little cute ginger.

The papers I have used are from the Baked with love collection paper heaven 1  and paper heaven 2 and  the newer Gingerbread Holly collection paper 1

I've used triangle dies to create my simplistic Christmas tree and all of the decorations are from the Winnie White Christmas Embellishments 

Such a simple but I think beautiful card.

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the final card from this Gingerbread Holly collection, coming on Christmas Day, next Monday!

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Gingerbread Holly - Oh Snap!

Polkadoodles digital papers - Gingerbread Holly

Polkadoodles digital sentiment and papers  - Winnie white Christmas

Polkadoodles digital papers  - Baked with love

Lisa Horton Crafts Dies - Nested Triangles

Lisa Horton Crafts Euphoria Glitter Cardstock

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black

Glossy accents

Promarkers used :

Ginger:                pastel beige, sandstone, caramel

                           pale pink

Ricrac:                 lavender, ivory

Bow tie:               burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                          

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Theo the Penguin - All Aboard with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and a very happy Saturday.

Today's Theo the Penguin card for Polkadoodles is using the digital stamp called Sleigh Time and this group of cute friends look like they are having so much fun on their sleigh.

The snowy scene has been created with distress oxide inks in the background and layers of plain white card die cut to give the look of snowy hills - I added the sentiment from the collection to one of the pieces of white card before printing and cutting out.

The snowy trees in my scene are from the Winnie White Christmas Embellishments bundle

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Theo the Penguin - Sleigh Time

Polkadoodles sentiment - Theo the Penguin

Distress oxide ink - prize ribbon, salty ocean, salvaged patina

Lawn Fawn custom craft dies - Stitched Simple Wavy borders

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles - Icicle Blue

Posca pen - white

Sequins

Promarkers used :

Penguins:         lavender, ivory, warm grey 2

                       pale pink

                       pumpkin, gold, ivory

                       black, ice grey 5, 4, 2

Snowman:        lavender, ivory

                       pale pink

Scarves:           burgundy, poppy, lipstick red   

                        forest green, bright green, leaf green

Hat:                burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Sleigh:            cool grey 2, caramel, sandstone

                      

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

Wendy x

Bitty Bears Christmas with Last Minute Manda

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Thursday!.... 

So after around 12 months of virtually no rain we have now had steady rainfall for a few days now - it's wonderful to see all the plants in the garden looking refreshed after the long hot summer too.

Most of the remnants from the Calima have also been washed away finally which is wonderful.

It's only ten more days now until Christmas Day so I hope that you are all ready and I'm sure you are more organised than me.  My Christmas cards finally were posted on Monday and I'm hoping that they arrive in time 

Today I'm on my blog to share another cute Christmas card that I've made for Last Minute Manda  using the Bitty Bears Christmas set  - all of the images in this set are so easy to colour and create quick cards.

Today I have a landscape A6 card that I've added a simple layer of tartan paper and red foiled card to for the background.

I have added a die cut a circle of white card with a simple stamped Christmas sentiment to the card for my coloured image to sit on.  Before adhering this to the card I have uses a snowflake embossing folder to add some texture to the bottom of the circle element.

Just a few red sequins scattered around the image and then I have a very clean and simple Christmas card

If you head over to the new Last Minute Manda store font forget to 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 - Bitty Bear Christmas

Lili of the Valley Classic Christmas Papers

Crafters Companion Embossing folder - Frosty Morning

Lisa Horton Crafts dies - Nested torn edge circles

Woodware Craft collection Sentiment stamp - Bauble Owl  

Posca pen - white

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black

Promarkers used :

Bear:                 caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

                         pale pink

Bow:                  forest green, bright green, leaf green

Present:             forest green, bright green, leaf green

                         burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Candy Cane:       burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                         lavender, ivory 

Stocking:            burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                         lavender, ivory 

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Theo the Penguin - Build a snowman with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Wednesday

Today I have another Christmas card using the new digital release Theo the Penguin collection from Polkadoodles.

Its a fax stepper card today made with the digital stamp called Build a Snowman

To make my stepper card I cut 2 pieces of ice blue coloured card stock

• 7" x 9 1/2" scored at 3 1/4", 6 1/2" & 8"
• 5" x 10" scored at 5"

This card fits a 5 x7 envelope and has a slightly larger centre panel. This is actually a Faux Stepper card as its a lot easier to make and there are loads of instructions on the internet and YouTube if you want to make one similar - mixed up craft has some easy to follow instructions for different versions and sizes.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Theo the Penguin - Build a snowman

Polkadoodles digital paper - Theo the Penguin collection - Set 1 & 2

Lisa Horton Crafts dies - Large snowflake

Lisa Horton Crafts Euphoria glitter cardstock

Distress Ink - tumbled glass

Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles - Icicle Blue

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black

Craftelier sequins

Promarkers used :

Theo:               lavender, ivory, warm grey 2

                       pale pink

                       pumpkin, gold, ivory

                       black, ice grey 5, 4, 2

Scarf:              forest green, bright green, leaf green

                       

Snowman:       pastel blue, blender

Robin:              caramel, sandstone, walnut

                       poppy, lipstick red

                       gold

Carrot:            forest green, bright green

                      pumpkin, gold, ivory

Bow tie:           burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

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

Wendy x

Winter Wedding with Polkadoodles

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Today is Digi Choosday and the start of a new challenge over on the Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Blog

It's DIGI CHOOSDAY! over at Polkadoodles so the start of a brand new crafty 'Anything goes' challenge and an amazing discount off all crafty printable downloads until midnight today!

This week the DT was asked to make an elegant card for a Winter wedding. 

I decided to use the Wedding car digital stamp from the Work and Play collection 9 - Love and Kisses

For me elegant means simple and classy with a simple design so I chose to make larger a 5 x 7 card using a pale blue colour palette.

I started by choosing 2 wintery blue papers from the Rose Budd collection and then used these to choose my Promarkers to colour the image.

I selected the modern congratulations sentiment from the Winnie Daisy Fairy greetings bundle and added this to the striped blue background before printing out.

I the die cut a heart from the pale blue check paper and added this to my background panel so the heart was hanging over the edge.  Once the glue was dry I trimmed off the excess and then adhered this to my card blank.

The digital image was fussy cut out and mounted in the centre of the card using foam tape and then I've added some simple iridescent sequins around the card.

I hope that you like my 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 - Wedding Car

Polkadoodles digital papers and sentiment

Lisa Horton Crafts dies - nested stitched hearts

Crafters Companion Sparkle pen - clear

Sakura Gelly Roll pen -  white, black, metallic blue

Craftelier sequins

Promarkers used :

Car:                   china blue, cloud blue, pastel blue

                         ice grey 4,2

Tyres:                black, cool grey 5,4,3

Lights:               gold, buttercup

Bows:                gold, buttercup

                    

Veil:                   ice grey 2,1, ivory, blender

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

Hair (Winnie):    caramel, buttercup, pastel yellow

Hair (Boy):        cocoa, burnt sienna, caramel

Top hat & tails:   cool grey 5,4,3

Flowers:             china blue, pastel blue       

                    

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

 Wendy x

Gingerbread Holly - Escape with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Sunday!

I'm back today to share another Christmas card made using the recent digital release Gingerbread Holly collection by Polkadoodles.  This digital stamp is called Escape. 

I've finally got around to writing my cards and they are all in the post - hopefully they'll arrive in time for Christmas - One year I'm determined to post them early !

As simple 5" x 7" card today using more of the coordinating paper from the new Gingerbread Holly collection.

The sentiment is from the Gingerbread Holly Greetings and Sentiments pack

I have used a simple cross stitch border die around the edge of my patterned paper and fussy cut around the top edge of the image , mounting the panel onto the card using foam tape, before adding some simple confetti sequins.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Gingerbread Holly - Escape

Polkadoodles digital sentiment and papers - Gingerbread Holly

Lawn Fawn Custom Craft Dies - Stitched Borders

Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles - Icicle Blue

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black

Pretty Pink Posh Confetti - gold

Promarkers used :

Ginger:                pastel beige, sandstone, caramel

                           pale pink

Ricrac:                 lavender, ivory

Clothes:               burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                           forest green, bright green, leaf green

Glass:                  powder blue, blender

Candy Cane:        burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                           lavender, ivory

Holly:                   holly, emerald, pastel green

Berries:                burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

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

 Wendy x

With Love this Christmas with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone - wishing you a wonderful Saturday.  Did you know that Owls have a most amazing long legs - tucked away under all the feathers and fluff ?  there is definitely something rather magical about owls and not just the ones delivering the post to Hogwarts. 

I'm here today to share another Christmas card that I've made using a new digital stamp set Christmas Owls by Pink Gem Designs. 

For my card today I couldn't resist using more of the beautiful owls from the black and white digital set.  Don't forget but there is also a wonderful pre-coloured digital stamp set too if you prefer not to colour or just need to make quick cards. Both of these sets includes the sentiment too.

For todays card I decided to use the other digital stamps  which I have resized and added to my branches before printing out and colouring with my Promarkers. I created an ink blended background for todays card using distress oxide inks and then splattered this panel with water droplets and then gold watercolour paint.  

The sentiment is a gorgeous stamp set by Woodware, simply stamped in black

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 Christmas Owls digital stamp set

Distress Oxide - picked raspberry, salvaged patina, salty ocean

Lisa Horton Crafts Euphoria Watercolour paints - gold

Sakura Gelly roll pen - black

Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles - Icicle Blue

Craftelier clear sequins

Promarkers used :

Branches:              umber, cocoa

                            lavender, ivory

Owls           

Eyes:                    gold, buttercup

Breast:                 caramel, praline, pastel beige

Wings:                 umber, praline, pastel beige

Beak:                   mandarin, buttercup

Hats:                    amethyst, lilac, lavender

                            marine, turquoise, mint green

Mug:                    amethyst, lilac, lavender

Ginger bread:     praline

Holly:                   forest green, bright green, leaf green

Berries:                burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                           lavender, ivory

        

                

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Theo the Penguin - Fishy Present with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and a happy Friday ! After months and months we have finally had some proper rain...in fact it started yesterday evening and hasn't stopped yet 😆😆😆😆... it's wonderful that the garden is finally getting a good soaking.  I love rainy days as it means loads of extra time for me to craft.

Today I am here to share another card that I made for the latest digital release by Polkadoodles.

This is Fishy Present from the Theo Penguin collection

Isn't he such a cutie!  I have used the black and white digital, coloured with my promarkers but as with all of the collection, these cute images are available pre-coloured too.

This is definitely not just a Christmas image - perfect for Winter celebrations or just for anyone that loves Penguins.

The blue background paper is from the collection paper bundle 2 and I have used a sparkly pen to emphasise the the waves.

The sentiment is from the greetings and sentiment bundle, printed onto some simple white card that I have used a wavy border die to cut out to look like waves.  I edged the ice panels with some distress ink and used my glitter to add texture to the panel. 

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Theo the Penguin - Fishy Present

Polkadoodles digital paper - Penguin collection - Set 2

Lawn Fawn Dies - Stitched Simple Wavy Border

Lawn Fawn Dies - Stitched Borders

Distress Oxide Ink - milled lavender

Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles - Icicle Blue

Crafters Companion Sparkle Pen - Clear

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black, blue

Posca pen - white

Craftelier sequins

Promarkers used :

Theo:               lavender, ivory, warm grey 2

                       pale pink

                       pumpkin, gold, ivory

                       black, ice grey 5, 4, 2

Hat:                 forest green, bright green, leaf green

                       lavender, ivory

Fish:                pumpkin, gold, ivory

Bow tie:           burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

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Wendy x