Hugs Included with Last Minute Manda

Hello everyone wishing you all a very happy Monday- I hope that you are all enjoyed the weekend.

Today I have another card that I've made for Last Minute Manda using the Foxy Valentine digital stamp set.  

She is such a sweet little lady fox off to post her card filled with lots of love - I wonder who its for ?

I decided to create a scene for my card today and started by creating an inky background using distress inks pressed onto my glass mat, spraying a little water and then swiping a piece of watercolour card stock through the ink. I like to use one colour of ink at a time and use my heat tool to dry off the card between each layer. You don't need to use watercolour card for this simple technique as long as you don't use too much water but I like the texture that it has.

Its such an easy and very quick technique and creates some wonderful and unique backgrounds...perfect for my sky today.  I created the inky panel and then allowed this to dry overnight to allow the card to flatten.

Next I stamped the post box and the sentiment using stamps from Woodware onto the background panel and also onto a second peice of watercolour cardstock using Versafine ink which is perfect for watercolours.  I coloured box images using a combination of watercolour pens and distress inks and allowed each to dry.  

The second image was cut out and I used a black pen around the edge of the image to hide any white card showing.  

The hill and grass was die cut from a contrasting green card and then layered onto the background, layering up the second post box over the top of the first.  I love these stamps from Woodware as there are loads of details included in the images.

My sweet little fox was coloured with Promarkers (see below) before fussy cutting out and then adhering to my design with some low profile foam.

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 - Foxy Valentine

Woodware craft collection stamps - Snail Mail & Flower Envelope by Francoise Read

Distress inks - mermaid lagoon, blueprint sketch, candied apple, abandoned coral

Spectrum Aqua Pens - scarlet, crimson, burgundy

Lisa Horton Crafts dies - Set the Scene - Garden greenery

Lisa Horton Crafts Edgecutz - Essential Edges

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - black, white

black gemstone

Promarkers used :

Foxy:                sandstone, champagne

                        cinnamon, cocoa, shale

                        pale pink, champagne

Bow:                 burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

  

Dress:               amethyst, lilac, lavender

                        burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Envelope:          ice grey 2, 1 blender

                        burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

dis digi designs challenge sparkle (0) (0of 3)
lil patch of crafty friends Weekly (141) (3 of 3)
i love promarkers challenge () (0of 3)
Creative Fingers challenge  (57) (1 of 3)

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

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

Pearly Sparkles Challenge   unlimited 

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

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes (144)  (3 of 3)

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes () unlimited

Avenue 613 Anything Goes Winter Theme  () (0 of 8)

Sheep ski designs Anything Goes  Seasons (68) (3 of 3)

Mirtillamente Challenge - Music/Snow/Pizza () (0 of 5)

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge () unlimited

colorful options Black/grey () unlimited

through the purple haze  colour palette (7) (1 of 3)

Critter Crazy Challenge () (0 of 5)

We love stamping  () (0 of 3)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge (41) (1 of 3)

Dragonfly Dreams  back on 5th February () (0 of 3)

Crafty Calendar Challenge (0) (0 of 3)

world wide open design team ()  (0 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges () 

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

 Wendy x

I love you more than sprinkles

Hello everyone I hope that you are having a lovely Sunday.

Since we had the heater unit installed in the Craft/Study I have to admit we've been spending a lot more time there - I wonder why 😃😃😃

Definitely more conducive to crafting !

Today I have a card that I've made for a challenge on aNNie's World Wide Crafty Inventions Facebook group.

It's a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge open until the end of January so there's a little more time for you to join in.

It's a great idea as it really helps when you have low mojo days..... 

The idea is that you pick three of the elements to work with to create your project. 

 For my card I chose 

• Add dimension
• ink 
• patterned paper

I created a background for my card adhering 4 leftover pieces of patterned paper from another project to a piece of thin card that is slightly smaller than my base card, to leave a small white boarder around the design - its a great way to use up those scraps that we all hoard.

Then I have used a 'new to me stamp' to stamp my focal image in black Versafine ink and then used distress inks to watercolour my cupcake.

For some extra detail I have more distress ink and a stencil to add detail to the image panel before mounting this onto my card.  I have added some confetti around the card for extra bling and to help draw the eye around the card.

And finally I have chosen a suitable sentiment and then mounted this using foam tape for dimension.

Just a simple sweet card and perfect for loads of occasions.  

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:
Polkadoodles Craft Stamps - Celebrations

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Coffee, Tea & Cake greetings 

Dovecraft Papers - Sugar and Spice

Polkadoodles Creative Stencil - distressed trellis

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - Friendship mix

Distress Ink - peacock feathers, twisted citron, candied apple, abandoned coral

Sakura Gelly roll pen - black, white, clear star

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

 Wendy x   

 

Dani the Dragon with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone - wishing you a wonderful Thursday....I hope you are all enjoying the week so far.

I'm a very happy bunny today as we had a heater unit installed in the Craft room / Study yesterday... We had a gas heater in here before but it was a pain to lug a full gas bottle up the stairs so job done !  Hopefully no more cold fingers when I'm crafting 😃😃

Today I have 2 cards for you featuring the cute little dragon called Dani from Pink Gem Designs

I was asked by a friend here where we live, to make a pair of 60th Birthday cards for their Welsh friends back in the UK, a husband and wife and Dani sprang to mind immediately for these cards - what better than a Welsh dragon.... obviously my take on a Welsh dragon.

I decided to use Dani with Balloon for one of the cards and teamed this with some pretty daffodil paper from my crafty stash with a simple wavy stitched die cut border.  The sentiment is from my CraftArtist software printed onto the background panel.

My coloured dragon was mounted onto my card using some low profile foam and then some confetti scattered around the design to finish off.

For the second card I've used Dani with his hat with the same colourway but for my background I've created a panel based on the Welsh flag and then simply positioned my coloured Dani in the centre  of the card.  The sentiment and green textured digital paper are both from my CraftArtist software.  I decided to add the panel to the card with a simple mat layer of dark green card.

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 Dani Dragon with Balloon stamp set

Pink Gem Designs Dani Dragon with Hat stamp set

Lawn Fawn Custom Craft Dies - Stitched Simple Wavy Borders

Digital paper and Sentiments - Craftartist 2

Sakura Gelly roll pen - black, white, metallic grey

Pretty Pink Posh Confetti - Friendship

Promarkers used :

Dani:                   burgundy, poppy, lipstick red, salmon pink

snout & tummy:   gold, sunflower, buttercup

Hat:                    forest green, bright green, leaf green

                          burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

    

Horns & spine:     gold, sunflower, buttercup

Wings:                gold, sunflower, buttercup

                          burgundy

Balloon:              salmon pink, pastel pink, pale pink

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

 Wendy x     

You are just the Best - Valentines with Polkadoodles

Happy Tuesday everyone I hope that you are having a good week so far ! 

It's the start of a brand new '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 discount off all crafty printable downloads until midnight today!

The theme set for the DT today is Valentines and I am sure you are going to love all the inspiration from the team, even if you don't make Valentines Day cards, I think this gorgeous image and the sentiment would be perfect for wedding anniversaries or just to send a little love to someone.

I chose to use a digital stamp from the very Love Always collection this one is called Love You Balloon

The digital stamp was first resized on my computer to suit a 5" x 7" card blank before printing out and colouring with my promarkers (see below for colours used)

I chose a sentiment from the Lets Hang Out collection and a simple striped paper from the Love Always papers set 2 and added the sentiment to my paper panel before printing this out.

My coloured in bunny with balloon was going to stand on top of the sentiment but I thought there needed to be a little more contrast between the image and the paper so die cut a heart from vellum and then used an embossing folder to add detail and texture.

Just a few pieces of rose gold confetti were then scattered around the design - don't forget odd numbers are always the best as they are more pleasing to the eye!

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 - Love Always - Love you balloon

Polkadoodles digital papers - Love always set 2

Polkadoodles sentiment - Love Always collection

Lisa Horton Crafts dies - Nested Stitched Hearts

Craft concepts Embossing folder - Budding Vine

Sakura Gelly Roll pen -  white, black, metallic grey

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - Rose Gold

Promarkers used :

Bunny:               caramel, champagne, pastel beige

                         pale pink

T-shirt:              soft green, mint green, tea green

Balloon:             salmon pink, pastel pink,pale pink

Chocolates:        burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Bow:                 salmon pink, pastel pink,pale pink

Envelope:          ice grey 2, 1

                         

                          

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

 Wendy x

A little Foxy Valentine with Last Minute Manda

Hello everyone wishing you all a happy Monday - I hope that you all had a great weekend.

Today I thought I would share a card that I've made for Last Minute Manda using the Foxy Valentine digital stamp set.  

Do you send Valentines cards ?  I don't really....but I do love to make them and as its just around the corner I thought perfect timing to share a card from this lovely digital stamp set.

Although this is a set of digital stamps for Valentines I think these are perfect for all cards to send a little love...and who wouldn't smile if someone gave them a box of chocolates.

My simple A6 card today is sweet and simple with a layer of designer paper from Polkadoodles - Love Always set 2  on a panel of red card - for a little interest Ive split the paper panel to draw the eye to the focal image.  

The digital sentiment from Polkadoodles - Winnie Special Moments has been added to the paper before printing out to keep the design flat and simple. I've added a few pink sequins to match the designer paper and add a little sparkle. 

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 - Foxy Valentine

Polkadoodles Digital paper - Love Always - set 2

Polkadoodles Sentiment - Winnie Special Moments

Sugar and Spice sequins - Candy Floss

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - black, white

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - Clear

Promarkers used :

Foxy:                sandstone, champagne

                        cinnamon, cocoa, shale

                        pale pink, champagne

Chocolates:       burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

  

label:                ice grey 2,1 blender

                        burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

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

  Wendy x

Happy birthday Dani with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone - wishing you a wonderful Thursday....I hope you are all enjoying the week.

Today I have another card for you featuring the cute little dragon called Dani  this time from a set of 2 black and white and 2 pre-coloured images (with and without a hat) by Pink Gem Designs.   

The Happy Birthday sentiment that I've used for this card is from the Dani with Balloon set and I've added this to a fun designer paper from Polkadoodles that is part of the Happy Cactus collection set 1 before printing out.

I cut an aperture in the card panel using a spellbinders circular scalloped die I've had for years and used the same die and the next one down to create a frame from teal card.   I used my cloud stencils to blend a little distress ink behind the aperture to coordinate with the cardstock.

A few sparkly sequins and a little clear sparkle on his wings to finish off the card.

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 Dani Dragon stamp set

Polkadoodles Digital Paper - Happy Cactus Collection set 1

Spellbinders nestabilities classic dies - scalloped

Lawn Fawn Slimline stencils - Cloudy

Distress ink - peacock feathers

Sakura Gelly roll pen - black, white, metallic grey

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

Sugar and Spice Sequins - Under the Sea

Promarkers used :

Dani:                   green, soft green, pastel green

snout & tummy:    soft green, pastel green, tea green

    

Horns & spine:     caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

Wings:                caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

                          green

       

 I am entering this card into the following challenges:

dis digi designs challenge Celebrate  (39) (3 of 3)
lil patch of crafty friends Weekly (53) (2 of 3)
i love promarkers challenge #526 (9) (3 of 3)
Creative Fingers challenge  (66) (3 of 3)
Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - (66) (4 of 5)  

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

Pearly Sparkles Challenge  No DSP (40)  unlimited 

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (202)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes (144)  (3 of 3)

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes () unlimited

Avenue 613 Anything Goes Winter Theme  () (0 of 8)

Sheep ski designs Anything Goes  Seasons (46) (2 of 3)

Mirtillamente Challenge - Music/Snow/Pizza () (0 of 5)

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge (33) unlimited

colorful options Black/grey () unlimited

through the purple haze  colour palette (7) (1of 3)

Critter Crazy Challenge (106) (4 of 5)

We love stamping  (67) (3 of 3)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge (8) (1 of 3)

Dragonfly Dreams  back in February () (0 of 3)

Crafty Calendar Challenge (101) ( 3 of 3)

world wide open design team (26)  (3 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges (100) celebrations

A passion for markers challenge Sketch  (8) 

not2shabby Colour Palette  (0) (0 of 3)        

      

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Wings of Love - Basket of Hearts with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Wednesday - I hope that you are all well and enjoying the week.

Today I have a card for you using the digital stamp Love Bird - Heart Basket from the latest Wings of Love digital collection from Polkadoodles....I think this would be a perfect anniversary or wedding card or just for someone special. 

I created a simple shaped easel card using my circular dies to create the card base from a coordinating card stock and die cut hearts from coordinating card stock.

I added layers of patterned papers and a simple sentiment from the new collection.

Finishing touches of some burgundy die cut hearts and glossy accents

The completed card folds flat and fits nicely in a standard 6" x 6" envelope

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Wings of Love - Basket

Polkadoodles digital paper - Wings of Love - paper bundle 3 

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Wings of Love - sentiment bundle

Lisa Horton Crafts dies - Nested Torn Edge Circles

Lisa Horton Crafts dies - nested hearts

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black, metallic grey

glossy accents

Promarkers used :

Boy birdie:        mint green, pastel green, tea green

Girl Birdie:        salmon pink, pastel pink, pale pink

Beaks:                sunflower, yellow, soft lime

Feet & legs:       burnt umber, burnt orange, ginger

                        sunflower, yellow, soft lime

Basket:             burnt sienna, praline, pastel beige

Hearts:             burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

dis digi designs challenge Celebrate  (34) (2 of 3)

lil patch of crafty friends Weekly (37) (1 of 3)

i love promarkers challenge (9) (3 of 3) Top 3 Winner

Creative Fingers challenge  (66) (3 of 3)

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - (60) (3 of 5) 

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

Pearly Sparkles Challenge  No DSP (40)  unlimited 

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (186)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes (144)  (3 of 3) DT Favorite

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes () unlimited

Avenue 613 Anything Goes Winter Theme  () (0 of 8)

Sheep ski designs Anything Goes  Seasons (46) (2 of 3)

Mirtillamente Challenge - Music/Snow/Pizza () (0 of 5)

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge (30) unlimited

colorful options Black/grey () unlimited

through the purple haze  colour palette (7) (1of 3)

Critter Crazy Challenge (94) (3 of 5)

We love stamping  (67) (3 of 3)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge (68) (3 of 3)

Dragonfly Dreams  back in February () (0 of 3)

Crafty Calendar Challenge (101) ( 3 of 3)

world wide open design team (18)  (2 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges (88) celebrations

A passion for markers challenge Sketch  (8) 

not2shabby Colour Palette  (0) (0 of 3)

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

Wendy x

Foxy Love - Just For You with Last Minute Manda

Hello everyone wishing you all a very happy Sunday - I hope that you are all enjoying the weekend.

Today I thought I would share a card that I've made for Last Minute Manda using the Foxy Valentine digital stamp set.  She is such a sweet little lady fox and I've coloured her with my Promarkers (see below) before fussy cutting out for my design.

I decided to make this card to enter a blog challenge for A Passion for Markers... Its a sketch Challenge and these are a great way to spark your creative juices... we all lose our mojo at times and sketches can really help get us back on track !

The idea is that you create a card/project and follow the design - its supposed to be for inspiration, so making some small changes to the layout are usually ok but I have decided to follow the sketch exactly today.

My simple A6 card today is sweet and simple with layers of designer paper from Polkadoodles - Love Always set 2  and Polkadoodles - Wings of Love set 3 on a panels of red card.

For a little extra interest I've used a strip of vellum and embossed this for a little extra texture.   

The digital sentiment from Polkadoodles - Winnie Special Moments has been added to the paper before printing out to keep the design flat and simple. I've added a few pink sequins to match the designer paper and add a little sparkle. 

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 - Foxy Valentine

Polkadoodles Digital paper - Love Always - set 2

Polkadoodles Digital paper - Wings of Love -  set 3

Polkadoodles Sentiment - Winnie Daisy Fairy Greetings

Tonic verso layering heart dies - Hello Beautiful

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - black, white

Magazine Embossing folder - Swiss Dots 

Promarkers used :

Foxy:                sandstone, champagne

                        cinnamon, cocoa, shale

                        pale pink, champagne

Hearts:             burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

  

Dress:               amethyst, lilac, lavender

                        burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

dis digi designs challenge Celebrate  (24) (1 of 3)

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

i love promarkers challenge (7) (2 of 3)

Creative Fingers challenge  (27) (2 of 3)

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - (47) (2 of 5) 

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

Pearly Sparkles Challenge  No DSP (40)  unlimited 

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (152)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes (128)  (2 of 3)

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes () unlimited

Avenue 613 Anything Goes Winter Theme  () (0 of 8)

Sheep ski designs Anything Goes  Seasons (29) (1 of 3)

Mirtillamente Challenge - Music/Snow/Pizza () (0 of 5)

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge (25) unlimited

colorful options Black/grey () unlimited

through the purple haze  colour palette (7) (1of 3)

Critter Crazy Challenge (77) (2of 5)

We love stamping  (57) (2 of 3)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge (26) (2 of 3)

Dragonfly Dreams  back in February () (0 of 3)

Crafty Calendar Challenge (78) ( 2 of 3)

world wide open design team (4)  (1 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges (70) celebrations

A passion for markers challenge Sketch  (8) 

not2shabby Colour Palette  (0) (0of 3)

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

  Wendy x