Gingerbread with Mint Choc Chip Ice cream Sundae

Happy Friday everyone I hope that you have had a lovely week and are ready for a great weekend!  We're off to the Feria today but before we set off into town I wanted to share my latest card created for Last Minute Manda  

I absolutely love ice cream - who doesn't?.... but one of my favourite flavours is Mint Chocolate Chip and my sweet gingerbread boy today has a huge dish full of it.  

It's still quite warm here during the daytime, colder at night, so I wonder if the ice cream shop here in town will be open today hmm I do hope so 🤞…….what flavour would you choose ?

This is another cute image from the  Autumn Sweets Collection available in the new Last Minute Manda shop.

One of the best things about designing cards with digital stamps is being able to resize the image to suit that size of card that you are making so I have resized this image, to suit a smaller A6 sized card, before colouring in with my Promarkers and then fussy cutting by hand.

The papers that I have used are a set  that I have had for a while from Dovecraft but I thought that the colours worked well with my little gingerbread boy.

The large sentiment is a die from Craftwork cards that I have cut in Kraft card and white card, layered up with an offset to create a drop shadow.

I hope that you like todays card and now I'm off to enjoy the Feria - have a wonderful day.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Last Minute Manda digital stamps - Autumn sweets collection 

Dovecraft papers - Sugar and Spice

Craftwork Cards die - Cake Shop

Crafters Companion Sparkle pen - clear

Sugar and Spice Crafts Sequins - Unicorn

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white

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Promarkers used :

Gingerbread boy:      caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

Nose & cheeks:         pale pink, blossom

Dungarees:              lime green, pear green, marsh green

                               burnt orange, orange, bright orange, pumpkin

Ricrac:                     lavender, satin

Ice Cream Sundae:  cool grey 5,4,3,2,1

                              raw sienna, gold, mustard, 

                              burnt sienna, caramel, sandstone

                              turquoise, mint green, pastel green

Chocolate wafer:     sandstone, caramel, walnut, raw sienna

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

Wendy x

Fairy tale Princess Chloe from Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone - its Tuesday (I think 😆 !)  

I hope that you are having a good week so far - I was in our town yesterday and it's all getting very exciting as we are gearing up for our Feria which officially starts on Wednesday afternoon. 

A large marquee was being installed in the main car park and crocheted fan bunting has been installed in the main street...it's a beautiful colourful sight and there was a definitive excited thrum from visitors and locals alike everywhere I went.

Its going to be our first proper Feria for 3 years - we had a small scaled down version last year but it looks like this years is going to be wonderful and it will last for 5 days!

Lots of food, drinks, processions, dancing and music....Happy times 

Before the events start tomorrow I thought I would share a card that I've made especially for a challenge over on the Friends of Pink Gem Designs Facebook group

The challenge was to create a beautiful project using a freebie digital stamp given to all the group members and this is what I have created.

She is my little Moorish Princess which I have coloured using my Promarkers (see below) and teamed her with some beautiful papers form Craftwork Cards - I thought they were perfect and remind me of the beautiful Alhambra Palace.

The Alpujarras - where we live was one of the last areas in Spain to be inhabited by the Moors who built the Alhambra and taught the locals the Agricultural methods that are still used today....even the water channels or acequias  that we rely on for irrigation of the land were built by the Moors.

We are so lucky to live just a short drive away from this breathtaking historical palace and I thought that Chloe looked liked one of the Princesses from the Tales of the Alhambra book by Washington Irving - its a wonderfully written magical book if you haven't read it.

There is still time to join in the Challenge so why not head over to the Facebook group and become a member of the group - there are so many beautiful digital stamps in the PinkGemDesigns shop too over on Etsy

I hope that you like my card today 🌞

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Pink Gem Designs digital stamp - Fairy tale Princess Chloe 

Craftwork Cards papers - Flying Hight

Craftwork Cards stencil - Arabesque

Distress Ink - cracked pistachio

Crafters Companion border die

Spellbinders die

Magazine sentiment stamp

Wink of Stella pens - glitter orange

Pretty Pink Posh Confetti - gold

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white, black

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Promarkers used :

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

Hair: caramel, sandstone, buttercup, pastel yellow

Dress & hareem trousers: turquoise, mint green, pastel green

                                      antique pink, cocktail pink, pale pink

Shoes: turquoise, mint green, pastel green

Gems: gold, buttercup, turquoise, mint green, pastel green

Bells: gold, buttercup

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

 Wendy x

Gingerbread and Pumpkin Spiced Latte with Last Minute Manda

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Saturday and a wonderful weekend! 

Yesterday we spent the morning picking our almonds so Autumn has definitely arrived here in Spain...its not a very high tech activity but it is hard work - basically we put huge nets on the ground around a tree and then my hubby uses a 3 metre long pole to carefully bash the branches of the tree...in theory all the lovely almonds fall onto the nets and we then collect them and store them ready to be shelled and eaten...yummy

We've good quite a good crop this year especially considering how little rain we have had during the year.  We generally leave the almonds on an old sheet on the patio in the sunshine to dry out and then walk all over them LoL 😅 - this helps to remove any stubborn outer husks that haven't already fallen off.

Today I am sharing my latest DT make for Last minute Manda the other things I love about Autumn are the falling leaves and gingerbread  biscuits which is something I'm going to have a go making this year.

To create this cute card I've used one of the yummy Gingerbread girls from the Autumn Sweets Collection 

One thing I miss from the U.K. was being able to go to Costa coffee for a delicious Pumpkin Spiced Latte - one of my favourite Autumn flavours.

I resized the gingerbread girl using my graphics software to suit a smaller A6 card and then coloured her with my Promarkers

I'm really enjoying using all of the Autumn colours at the moment on my cards.

The background leafy paper that I've used is an older paper that I found in my stash but I love how it matches the main image.

The faux aperture  on the front panel was cut using the Nested Torn Edge Circle dies from Lisa Horton Crafts and I've used the Hugs Included sentiment stamp from one of my new stamp sets by Woodware designed by Francoise Read.  I thought it was perfect as drinking a spiced latte always felt to me like a warm and lovely hug in a cup.

I hope that you like my card today 🌞

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Last Minute Manda digital stamps - Autumn sweets collection 

Magazine papers

Lisa Horton Craft dies - Nested Torn Edge Circles

Woodware Craft Collection Stamps - Flower envelope

Distress Ink - spiced marmalade

Pretty Pink Posh Confetti - gold

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens - barn red, tangerine 

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white

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Promarkers used :

Gingerbread: caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

Nose & cheeks pale pink, blossom

Dress & hair band: lime green, pear green, marsh green

                            burnt orange, orange, bright orange, pumpkin

Ricrac: lavender, satin

latte cup: lavender, raw sienna, gold, mustard, burnt sienna, caramel, sandstone

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

dis digi designs challenge (28) (1 of 3)

intaas Ch  () ( of 3)

lil patch of crafty friends (101) (2 of 3) DT Top 5

i love promarkers challenge #519 (2) (2 of 3)

Creative Fingers challenge  (54) (1 of 3)

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - September (98) (5 of 5) 

Moving Along With The Times #146  (89) (3 of 5)

Pearly Sparkles Challenge  September unlimited ()

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

Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes Week 38  (22) (1 of 2) Winner !

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes September (168)  (3 of 3)

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes () unlimited

Avenue 613 Anything Goes September (226) (5 of 8)

Through The Craft Room Door () ( of 4)

Patties Creations Design Challenge  Anything Goes () ( of 3)

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

Mirtillamente Challenge - anything goes () ( of 5)

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge September (82) unlimited

colorful options (90) unlimited

through the purple haze  () (0 of 3)

arty divas (18) (2 of 3) Honorable Mention

aud sentiments ()

Critter Crazy Challenge () ( of 5)

We love stamping () ( of 3)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge (56) (1 of 3)

Dragonfly Dreams  (69) (3 of 3)

Crafty Calendar Challenge (184) (3 of 3)

world wide open design team (67)  (3 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges ()

A passion for markers challenge () 

not2shabby (21) (3 of 3)

inspiration station challenge (12) Unlimited

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

Wendy x

A Good Cake and A Great Friend with Polkadoodles

Happy Tuesday everyone - it's my favourite day of the week as today is Digi Choosday over at Polkadoodles and the start of a new challenge over on the blog.

I'm back today with my Polkadoodles Design Team project for the Digi Choosday Tuesday Challenge 

The theme for the DT this week is Friendship so I decided to use the Baked you a Cake digital stamp from the Winnie Celebrations 3 collection.

I've made a simple split panel card for today and the papers are taken from the Winnie Special Moments collection  The split panel card design gives the opportunity to use more of the beautiful papers on the inside of the card to and I've also added an additional panel and sentiment inside.

I coloured Winnie using my Promarkers (see below) and decided to stencil a little tumbled glass distress ink using the Heavenly Circles Creative Stencil in the background.

With the theme of friendship I couldn't think of anything I would love to do more than spend time with my best friend having cake and a good catch up so the sentiment I chose I think is just perfect and is from the Coffee and Cake collection.

The main panel, sentiment frame and insert panel were made using dies from Lisa Horton Crafts and I've also used some of the die cut offcuts to decorate the card.

I hope that you like my card today 🌞

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Winnie Celebrations 3 - Baked you a Cake 

Polkadoodles Digital Papers - Winnie Special Moments

Polkadoodles Sentiment - Coffee and Cake

Polkadoodles Creative Stencil - Heavenly Circles

La La Land Crafts - Heart Banner die - 

LHC Mini Slimline Collection dies - Harlequin Bubbles

LHC - Nested Torn Edge Slims dies

Distress Ink - tumbled glass

Promarkers (see below)

Spectrum Noir sparkle pens - clear, pistachio

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white

Glossy accents

Promarkers used :

Skin: Ivory, almond, satin, dusky pink, sunkissed pink, pale pink

Hair:Pastel yellow, buttercup, sandstone, caramel

Dress & shoes: Sunkissed pink, pale pink,antique pink, turquoise, mint green, pastel green, tea green

Shoes: Turquoise, mint green, pastel green, antique pink

Cake: cool grey1, pale pink, antique pink, sunkissed pink

Candle: turquoise, antique pink, gold, pastel yellow

Flowers & leaves: Orange, amber, gold, buttercup, grass, apple

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

dis digi designs challenge () ( of 3)

intaas Ch  () ( of 3)

lil patch of crafty friends (99) (1 of 3)

i love promarkers challenge #519 (1) (1 of 3) Top 3

Creative Fingers challenge  () (0 of 3

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - September (97) (4 of 5) 

Moving Along With The Times - Anything Goes #146  (83) (2 of 5)

Pearly Sparkles Challenge  September unlimited ()

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (301)

Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes Week  () ( of 2)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes September (168)  (3 of 3)

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes September (306) unlimited

Avenue 613 Anything Goes September (223) (4 of 8)

Through The Craft Room Door () ( of 4)

Patties Creations Design Challenge  Anything Goes () (of 3)

Sheep ski designs Anything Goes () (of 3)

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

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge September (80) unlimited

colorful options () unlimited

through the purple haze  () (1 of 3)

arty divas (17) (1 of 3) 

aud sentiments ()

mftstamps Colour Challenge ()

Critter Crazy Challenge () ( of 5)

We love stamping () ( of 3)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge ()

Dragonfly Dreams  (67) (2 of 3)

Crafty Calendar Challenge (184) (3 of 3)

world wide open design team (67)  (3 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges ()

A passion for markers challenge () 

Paper Craft Crew ()

not2shabby (20) (2 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

Squirrel and pumpkins with Last Minute Manda

Happy Saturday everyone ! I hope that you have had a good week and have a lovely weekend ahead planned.

Today I am sharing my latest DT make for Last minute Manda and I've decided to stick with the Autumn theme for todays card...must be something in the air!

To create this cute and very simple shaker card I've used the Autumn Friends collection

I coloured all of the elements with my Promarkers for this card - even the background which I don't normally do but its good to try new things and learn new techniques. 

I found some mulberry paper leaves that I have in my stash for far too many years probably around 25!...I bought them from a shop in the UK Lakeland Plastics when they used to have a craft section which has sadly long gone..... its about time they finally got used.

To make them more autumnal, I've used distress inks blended over the tope and am really pleased with the end result as it adds a lovely texture to the scene.

I hope that you like my card today 🌞

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Last Minute Manda digital stamps - Autumn friends collection 

Dovecraft papers - Sugar and Spice

Tonic square scalloped edge dies

Distress Ink - tumbled glass, tea dye, ground espresso, carved pumpkin, picket fence

Julie Hickey Designs - sentiment stamp - Frame Floral Fancy

Versafine Clair - Twilight

Cosmic Shimmer Detail Embossing Powder - clear

MiTiendedearte sequins

Mulberry paper leaves from stash

Promarkers (see below)

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white

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Promarkers used :

Squirrel: satin, praline, spice, umber, burnt orange, honeycomb, sunkissed pink, dusty rose

Bluebird: Warn Grey 5,3,1, cobalt blue , blue pearl

Pumpkin: Vanilla, pumpkin, bright orange, orange, mustard, lavender, burnt sienna, henna, praline

Ground: Almond, satin, sandstone

Falling leaves: lime green, forest green, burnt sienna, mustard

Acorn: pastel beige, sandstone, cinnamon, shale, umber, honeycomb, gold, pear green

Toadstool: Burgundy, berry red, lipstick red, lavender, satin. pear green

Grass: herb green olive green

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

dis digi designs challenge (21) (3 of 3)

intaas Ch  () ( of 3)

lil patch of crafty friends () ( of 3)

i love promarkers challenge #518 (17) (2 of 3) WINNER !

Creative Fingers challenge  () (0 of 3

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - September (86) (3 of 5) 

Moving Along With The Times #146  (83) (2 of 5)

Pearly Sparkles Challenge  September unlimited ()

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (301)

Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes Week  () ( of 2)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes September (168)  (3 of 3)

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes September (306) unlimited (Special Mention !

Avenue 613 Anything Goes September (192) (3 of 8)

tic tac toe challenge #tictactoechallenge #tttc () ()

Through The Craft Room Door (137) (3 of 4)

Patties Creations Design Challenge  Anything Goes (53) (3 of 3)

Sheep ski designs Anything Goes (69) (3 of 3)

Mirtillamente Challenge - anything goes September (22) (3 of 5)

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge September (74) unlimited

colorful options (40) unlimited

through the purple haze September () (1 of 3)

arty divas () ( of 3) 19th September

aud sentiments ()

mftstamps Colour Challenge ()

Critter Crazy Challenge () ( of 5)

We love stamping (140) (3 of 3)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge ()

Dragonfly Dreams  (58) (1 of 3)

Crafty Calendar Challenge (169) (2 of 3)

world wide open design team (55)  (2 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges ()

A passion for markers challenge () 

Paper Craft Crew ()

not2shabby (20) (2 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

Thank you flowers from Bentley with Last Minute Manda

Happy Sunday everyone I hope that your weekend is going well.  

Its still very hot here and its been around 35C a few times this week but the evenings are definitely cooling off a little quicker, the mornings are feeling fresher for a little longer and fingers crossed we may see some rain soon. 

The other signs that Summer is coming to an end are the changing colours around our garden and on the surrounding mountains as the leaves start to take on the autumn colours. 

Today I am sharing my latest DT make for Last minute Manda.

For my first Autumnal card of the year I've used Bentley with some flowers from the Bentley Rain or Shine collection.

I love this cute little bear and he's perfect for so many different occasions - today I decided to make a thank you card. 

The green leafy paper that I have used in the background to form a window and the small Thankyou sentiment are from the Craftwork Cards Hedgerow collection 

Behind the aperture I have created some rolling hills and a cloudy sky stencilled using distress inks and stencils from Lawn Fawn.

The branches were cut using dies from Lisa Horton Crafts and the leaves 

I created an alcohol ink panel some time ago using a piece of glossy photo paper ( I couldn't find my Yupo paper but this worked really well) and thought this would be perfect to use to die cut leaves using a Crafters Companion leaf die for the branch 

I hope that you like my card today 🌞

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Last Minute Manda digital stamps - Bentley Rain or shine collection 

Craftwork cards paper and sentiment - Hedgerow collection

LHC Nested Torn Edge Circle dies

LHC dies Set the scene - Garden Greenery

LHC Petite Petals - dies

Crafters Companion - Leaf die

Lawn Fawn Clippings - Slimline Cloudy stencil

Lawn Fawn Clippings - Slimline Hillside stencil

Distress Ink - tumbled glass, twisted citron, ground espresso

Promarkers (see below)

Craft Consortium sequins

Spectrum Noir sparkle pen - clear

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white

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Promarkers used :

Bentley: cocoa, cinnamon, tan blossom

Nose: praline, sandstone, pastel beige, blossom

Boots: sunflower, yellow, primrose, ice grey 5,2,1

 

Hat: sunflower, yellow, primrose, forest green, bright green, leaf green

Flowers: orange, mandarin, amber, sunflower, primrose

Butterflies: orchid, blossom, ice grey 5

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

dis digi designs challenge (32) (2 of 3)

intaas Ch  () ( of 3)

lil patch of crafty friends #189(126) (2 of 3)

i love promarkers challenge #518 (4) (1 of 3) WINNER !

Creative Fingers challenge #238 (81) (1 of 3

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - September (58) (2 of 5) 

Moving Along With The Times  #146  (49) (1 of 5)

Pearly Sparkles Challenge  September unlimited ()

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (214)

Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes Week 37 (1) (1 of 2)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes September (135)  (2 of 3)

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes September (207) unlimited

Avenue 613 Anything Goes September (111) (2 of 8)

tic tac toe challenge #tictactoechallenge #tttc () ()

Through The Craft Room Door (41) (2 of 4)

Patties Creations Design Challenge  Anything Goes (34) (2 of 3)

Sheep ski designs Anything Goes (47) (2 of 3)

Mirtillamente Challenge - anything goes September (40) unlimited

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge September (45) unlimited

colorful options (40) unlimited

through the purple haze September () (1 of 3)

arty divas () (1 of 3) 19th September

aud sentiments ()

mftstamps Colour Challenge ()

Critter Crazy Challenge (79) (2 of 5) DT Favourite !

We love stamping (91) (2 of 3)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge ()

Dragonfly Dreams  ()

Crafty Calendar Challenge (2) (1 of 3)

world wide open design team (11)  (1 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges (7)

A passion for markers challenge (14) My favourite Stencils WINNER !

Paper Craft Crew ()

not2shabby (14) (1 of 3)

inspiration station challenge (29) Unlimited

 

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

Wendy x