Have a Hoot on Your Birthday with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone wishing you all a wonderful Thursday!

On my blog today I have another card for Pink Gem Designs using a digital stamp from the Busy Owls set.  I have used the black line art stamp from this fabulous set which includes 6 different owls and the leafy branch for them to sit on.

If you don't like to colour then don't worry as there is a pre-coloured version of this set too. 

This is Oliver Owl and he's sending birthday wishes to a very special, soon to be family member - my cousins' son is getting married in May in France and this card is for his wife to be on her Birthday in April.

 

I  started by adding a piece of digital green spotty background paper from the Baking Ginger Gift bag set  - I wanted Oliver to appear to be up in the tree and thought this green paper was perfect.

Next I resized the owl and branch to suit an A6 card and added the digital Sentiment  from the Birthday Owls set to the panel before printing out

This is a single layer card so I had to be careful colouring in the design using my promarkers but I'm really pleased how it looks. I added a little shimmer to the cupcake and the coffee beans on the cup and glossy accents to Oliver's eyes to make them pop of the page.

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 Busy Owls digital stamp set

Pink Gem Designs Sentiment - Birthday Owls set

Pink Gem Designs Designer series paper - Baking Ginger Gift Bag set

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

Sakura Gelly roll pen - black, white

Glossy Accents

Promarkers used :

Owl

Eyes:                gold, buttercup

Beak:                mandarin, buttercup

Wings:              umber, praline, pastel beige

Breast & head:   caramel, burnt sienna, pastel beige

Feet:                 umber, praline, pastel beige

Branch:             umber, cocoa, burnt sienna

                        forest green, bright green, leaf green

Cupcake:           caramel, pastel beige

                        marine, turquiose, pastel green

                        lavender, ivory

                        burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Coffee cup:        marine, turquoise, pastel green

                        burnt sienna, cocoa, pastel beige

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

 Wendy x 

Hello Springtime from Bunny with Last Minute Manda and #KendrasCardchallenge9

Hello everyone wishing you all a happy Monday.... I hope that you had a great weekend.... the local Feria is finally over and things are getting back to normal and its definitely a little quieter today, we're working in the garden today and then a little shopping later on as I need some new walking boots.

We had a wonderful meal last night with our Spanish friends and  even though we definitively aren't fluent in Spanish and they don't speak any English, its always easy to talk to them...We ate and drank far too much but it was a special treat.

Monday means I'm here with my DT inspiration card for Last Minute Manda and another card for #Kendrascardchallenge9.

If you would like to know more about the challenge then I would recommend visiting Kendra's YouTube Channel as there are some great tutorials explaining what it's all about and how to join in.

This card is made following KCC - Sketch#card8 for the challenge and I've used a sweet little bunny from the Hoppy Easter set coloured with my Promarkers (see below for colours).  

I've made a little A2 Hello Spring card but again this would be perfect for an Easter card too 

The Sentiment  is a digital sentiment from the Spring Gnomes set by Polkadoodles

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 - Hoppy Easter

Dovecraft Designer Series Paper - Sugar 7 Spice 

Lisa Horton Crafts Dies - Nested Hearts

Craft Consortium sequins

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - black, white

Hessian ribbon - from my stash

Promarkers used :

Bunny:      warm grey 4,3,2,1

                cocktail pink, pale pink

                champagne

Bow tie:    orange, mandarin, honeycomb

Basket:     cocoa, cinnamon, tan

Eggs:        cocktail pink, pale pink

                yellow, soft lime

                cobalt blue, powder blue

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

 Wendy x

Love Birds Wings of Love - Skateboard Valentine with Polkadoodles

 Hello everyone I hope that you are all well and enjoying your Sunday!

The town Feria finishes today and I have to say its been wonderful to watch the processions, very moving and emotional.....we didn't manage to stay out very late but that's no surprise not being party animals...

Later today we are going to one of our favourite restaurants on the coast - taking friends out for a meal to say thank you for everything they do for us ad to celebrate John's birthday with them too.

My card today is using the Love Birds Wings of Love collection from Polkadoodles. This collection is packed with cute little birds that I think are perfect for loads of different occasions, Valentines, Weddings, Anniversary, birthdays and for any occasion where you just want to sent a little love to someone special.  

I stared by creating a background panel using one of the Polkadoodles stencils - Funky Vortex Grid and a rainbow of distress inks before, fussy cutting out and mounting my cute skateboarder birdie on low profile foam.  She is coloured with Promarkers (see below for colours used) I wanted it to look like my cool skater birdie is zooming across the panel.

The sentiment is from the new collection and I've printed this towards the bottom of my background panel.

Just a touch of glossy accents added to the hearts to finish off the card.

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 - Love Birds Wings of Love - Skateboard Valentine

Polkadoodles Creative Stencil - Funky Vortex Grid

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Love Birds Wings of Love - greetings bundle

Distress Ink - picked raspberry, spiced marmalade, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron, peacock feathers, wilted violet

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black

Spectrum Aqua pens - crimson, black

Zig Wink of Stellar - black

glossy accents

Promarkers used :

Birdie:               mint green, pastel green, tea green

Beak:                sunflower, yellow, soft lime

Feet & legs:       burnt umber, burnt orange, ginger

                        sunflower, yellow, soft lime

Sign:                burnt sienna, praline, pastel beige

Hearts:             burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

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

Wendy x

I Love Promarkers DT - Challenge #531 - Beside the Sea

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Wednesday! I hope that you are having a lovely week.

I'm back on my blog today with the I Love Promarkers blog challenge  which is bi-weekly and it would be wonderful if you joined us, there are prizes up for grabs too.  

You can find all of the rules and details for the challenge over on the blog. 

This challenge is being sponsored by Paper Nest Dolls  and there are some beautiful images available in digital format and they sell real rubber stamps too, which are all hand drawn and based on their 6 children.

Here is my inspiration card for the blog challenge with the theme of Beside the Sea, using a gorgeous image called Sand Castle Ellie

I decided to create a beach scene for my card, making a 5" x7" faux stepper from a bright blue and yellow cardstock.

I love this style of card as it gives lots of room to create a scene for the focal image and is really easy to create.

I have added some small shells at the bottom of the card that I've had for many years, collected from a beach on holiday in Cuba.

To create the grasses, I've used a stamp and co-ordinating Thyme sprigs as I think they look a little like grasses you can find at the beach.

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 I Love Markers blog

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Paper Nest Dolls digital stamp - Sand Castle Ellie

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment -  

Polkadoodles Digital Paper - Bob the Dog in a boat

Spectrum Aqua pens - desert, chestnut

Spectrum Noir sparkle pen - clear

Lawn Fawn Custom Craft Dies Stitched Simple Wavy Border

Distress Ink - tumbled glass

Craft Consortium sequins

Sheena Perfect Partners - stamp & dies - Home Life

Versafine Clair ink - Pinecone

Sakura Gelly Roll pens - white, black, metallic blue

Promarkers used :

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

    

blush:                pale pink

Hair:                 pastel yellow, buttercup, sandstone, caramel

   

Costume:           antique pink, salmon pink, pastel pink

                         gold, sunflower, mustard

Bucket:              marine, turquoise, pastel green

                         ice grey 1,3,5

Spade:               caramel, champagne

                         antique pink, salmon pink, pastel pink 

Flag:                  marine, turquoise, pastel green

                         umber, champagne   

Shell:                 lavender, primrose          

Birds:                tan, cocoa, cinnamon, pastel green

Sand:                buttercup, honeycomb, gold

Water:               pastel blue, powder blue, blender

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

 Wendy x

A Passion for Markers Blogspot Challenge #682 - Birthday Cards

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all !

I'm back today with a new DT Inspiration card for the Passion for Markers Blog challenge.

This weeks challenge is being sponsored by the amazing artist Rachelle Anne Miller stamps  There are some lovely images in her store, so why not take a look and join in with the challenge.  Don't forget there will be a prize for the Winner of the challenge - there are more details over on the blog.

The Blog theme chosen by Linda for Team 2 is 'Birthday Cards' and this is my inspiration for the challenge made using a digital image from Rachelle Anne Miller called Birthday Owls

I think that Owls are very special and definitely magical - we have a family living in our garden and its wonderful to see them silently swooping between the large old olive trees.

For todays 5" x 7" card I resized the image and then coloured with my Promarkers (see below for colours used) and then used a Lawn Fawn stencil to add confetti onto the background of the scene using distress inks.

Next I die cute the scalloped frame from white cardstock and used the same 3 distress inks to colour the frame to match the confetti. 

Finally I have scattered a few co-ordinating sequins around the design for a touch of bling.

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 !

Please Note: My supplies list below contains some affiliate links to products which I have used in the project. I receive a small commission if you use my links to purchase, but it adds nothing to your cost. Thank you!

Card recipe:
Rachelle Anne Miller digital stamp - Birthday Owls

Distress ink - picked raspberry

Distress ink - twisted citron

Distress Ink - fossilized amber

Lawn Fawn Clippings Stencil - confetti

Sugar & Spice sequins - Candy Floss

Mi Tienda de Arte Essential Dies - Frame

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - White 08 , black, Stardust grey

Promarkers used :

Owls:                 caramel, burnt sienna, pastel beige

                         umber, praline, pastel beige

                         mandarin, buttercup

Flower:              gold, sunflower, buttercup

                         antique pink, salmon pink. pale pink

Yellow Balloon:    gold, sunflower, buttercup

Present

Ribbon

Green Balloon:    meadow green, leaf green, bright green

Ribbon

Pink Balloon:       antique pink, salmon pink. pale pink

Present    

Snail:                 warm grey, 1,2,4

Ground:              warm grey 1,2 blender    

                      

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

 Wendy x 

Just wanted to make you smile - Springtime Smiles with Polkadoodles

Happy Tuesday everyone I hope that you are having a good week. 

It's that time again when we launch 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 this week is Birds and Flowers with a CAS or Clean and Simple style so I chose to use this sweet little Chick with his umbrella for my card today.

I love making CAS cards but they are definitely a challenge but I'm really pleased with how this one has turned out....I always want to keep adding more to it but I think I'm getting better each time I make one.

I resized the cute chick with umbrella digital stamp on my computer and then printed out onto alcohol marker friendly paper before colouring with my promarkers (see below for colours) and fussy cutting out.

I've used a 6" x 6" white card blank  for this card and then cut a smaller panel of white card at 5"x5" blending a little distress ink onto the panel behind where my chick will sit.  

I've then used a pencil to draw a puddle on the ground for the chick to stand in and coloured this with my sparkle pens using a blue and a clear pen to look like water.

Next I have used the raindrop cluster stamp from the Hello Sunshine clear stamp set but you could easily draw these in with a pencil and then filled in the raindrops with clear sparkle. 

The sentiment I have used is from the Winnie Daisy Fairy greeting bundle printed out and layered onto 3 pieces of card for dimension.

Finally I have used low profile foam to mount the panel onto the card blank and adhere my chick to the card.

I hope that you like my Clean and Simple card 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 - Springtime Smiles - Cute chick with umbrella

Polkadoodles sentiments - Winnie Daisy Fairy greetings

Polkadoodles Clear Stamps - Hello Sunshine

Distress ink - tumbled glass

Sakura Gelly Roll pen -  white, black, metallic grey

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - clear, sea spray

Promarkers used :

Chick:               gold, sunflower, buttercup

                        burnt orange, orange, mango

Boots:               midnight blue, cobalt blue, duck egg 

                       

Umbrella:         poppy, lipstick red, salmon pink

                       burnt orange, orange, mango

                       forest green, bright green, leaf green

Flower:            aubergine, amethyst, lavender

                      gold, sunflower, buttercup

 

                       

                          

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

 Wendy x

Hello from a Spring Skunk with Last Minute Manda and #Kendrascardchallenge9

Hello everyone wishing you all a happy Monday.... I hope that you had a great weekend.... we've been doing some more tidying in the garden as the weeds have gone wild over the Winter but hopefully it wont take too long to get it back in shape - its got to be done before it gets too hot to work !

Monday means I'm here with my DT inspiration card for Last Minute Manda and another card for #Kendrascardchallenge9.

If you would like to know more about the challenge then I would recommend visiting Kendra's YouTube Channel as there are some great tutorials explaining what it's all about and how to join in.

Today I'm sharing a card following Sketch#7 , only another 8 to go so I don't think I'll have met the 15 card challenge before the end of March.  I think I might try it again for my Christmas cards later in the year.

My sweet Skunk from the Spring Skunks collection of digital stamps was coloured with my Promarkers (see below for details) and then fussy cut out before adding to the card using low profile foam tape.

The sentiment has been stamped with Versafine Clair ink and I have added some simple co-ordinating sequins to finish off my 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 - Spring Skunks

Dovecraft Designer Series Paper - Sugar 7 Spice 

Craft Consortium sequins

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - black, white

Hessian ribbon - from my stash

Promarkers used :

Skunk:      cool grey 1, ivory, blender

                black, cool grey 5,4,3

                pale pink

Ladybird:   burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                 black, cool grey 5,4,3

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

 Wendy x

Spring Dahlias with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone Happy Friday...I hope that your week has gone well and you are looking forward to a lovely weekend.  

We are well into the start of celebrations here on the run up to Easter, there is lots of activity going on in the local church in preparation and loads of rockets being fired into the sky (these are said to represent  the prayers being sent to God - its a real Marmite issue here - either love it or hate it) 

Personally I love it and we knew all about the rockets before we decided to move here, its amazing how many people didn't seem to do their research first though and constantly complain on social media.

But first there is a celebration next Thursday when the statue of Christ is lowered from the alter... its called Cristo de la Expiración 

The Festival of the Holy Christ of the Expiration of Órgiva  celebrated on the Friday before Friday of Dolores, that is, two Fridays before Good Friday.  The Christ of the Expiration is patron saint of the Alpujarra and also the co-patron saint of our town of Órgiva.

On Thursday at 12 noon, the statue of Christ is lowered from behind the alter, one of the most emotional moments for the people of Órgiva  ...this is accompanied by the loudest rockets you will ever hear, the main street is closed off and the crowds have to stand well back or crowd into the local bars to watch and listen as the bangers sound, there are stories of windows being shattered by the explosions.

Then on Friday at 6pm a procession leaves the church, travelling very slowly through the narrow streets up to a small Hermita at the top of the town and then back to the main church, this procession ends around 2 in the morning with fireworks!  It's definitely a special thing to watch and is very moving even if you aren't religious.

I'm back today to share a beautiful Spring card that I've made with the pre-coloured  Dahlia Flower 1 digital download from Polkadoodles

The digital set includes 2 digital stamps, 1 line art and one is pre-coloured, 2 matching sentiments and 3 coordinating papers in the Polkadoodles store 

I wanted to create a DL (UK size) Frame style card - there are lots of stamps and dies on the market that you can use to achieve this but I decided to create my own and do a little fussy cutting.

I started by adding multiple copies of the Dahlia flower image around the edge of a panel on my computer in my graphics software and then printed this out before cutting out the centre of the panel.  

Next I printed a piece of the striped paper from the kit, cutting this to fit my DL card and positioned my alphabet dies in the centre of this - I chose to user Easter as my text but this would be perfect for a Mothers Day card of Easter card too, or even just personalised.

It's quite difficult to see, but this is also an Eclipse card, you cut the letters out and then raise them up on extra layers of card for dimension. Definitely better seen in real life as they say.

Once the letters have been adhered back into the card I have added my dahlia frame to the panel and added just a few contrasting sequins added around the design.

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, sentiment & papers - Dahlia Flower 1

Crafters Companion Diesire 1" alphabet dies

Sugar and Spice Sequins - candy floss

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

Wendy x

Bella Bear Morning Coffee Digi Deal with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone Happy Wednesday...I hope the week is going well.

I'm back today to share a very quick card that I've made with the pre-coloured Bella Bear Morning Coffee digital download from Polkadoodles

The digital set includes 2 digital stamps, 1 line art and one is pre-coloured, a matching sentiment and 4 coordinating papers and is on a fabulous digi deal offer at the moment in the Polkadoodles store so don't miss out.

For this very simple card I've added the Bella Bear image to the teal spotty digital paper on my computer in my graphics software and then printed this out before adding this to an A6 (UK size) card blank.  

I also printed and cut out an additional Bella image, cutting out the coffee cup, bow and her head to decoupage onto the flat panel, using foam squares.

The digital sentiment at the bottom of the card has been die cut using a wavy border die and I mounted this on foam tape for dimension.

Just a little clear sparkle has been added to the image, glossy accents on the flower and some contrasting sequins added around the design.

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, sentiment & papers - Bella Bear Morning Coffee

Lisa Horton Crafts hillside die

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black

glossy accents

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

Sugar and Spice Sequins - candy floss

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

Wendy x

Hugs and Kisses with Last Minute Manda

Hello everyone wishing you all a happy Monday.... I hope that you had a great weekend....It's been lovely and sunny here today but the wind has returned again this afternoon, so inside time now to keep out of the wind.

We had a great day yesterday having our first BBQ of the year with friends but we ate far too much food so are paying the price today and there are leftovers for at least 3 days!

Monday means I'm here with my DT inspiration card for Last Minute Manda and today I have a DL card that I've made using a digital stamp from the Spring Skunks set

I have used a piece of pretty designer that I was gifted for the background and added some sweet die cut stitching to the top and bottom of the panel and some dies cut clouds in the sky.  

My sweet Skunk - named Flower after the little skunk in the Disney film Bambi was coloured with my Promarkers (see below for details) and then fussy cut out before adding to the card using low profile foam tape.

I added some simple co-ordinating drops of Tonic crystal drops to the flowers and glossy accents to the centre of Flower's flower.

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 - Spring Skunks

RAOK Designer Series Paper - gift from a crafty friend

Lawn Fawn Custom Craft Dies - stitched rainbow

Lawn Fawn Custom Craft Dies - stitched borders

Tonic Nuvo Crystal Drops - dandelion yellow, rhubarb crumble, crushed graped, carnation pink

Glossy accents

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - black, white

Promarkers used :

Skunk:      cool grey 1, ivory, blender

                black, cool grey 5,4,3

                pale pink

Flower:     gold, sunflower, pastel yellow

                antique pink, salmon pink, pale pink

                forest green, bright green

These are the challenges I am entering

dis digi designs challenge hand coloured (27) (3 of 3)
lil patch of crafty friends Weekly (65) (3 of 3)
Creative Fingers challenge (41) (1 of 3)
Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - (38) (3 of 5)
Moving Along With The Times  #() ( of 5)
Pearly Sparkles Challenge unlimited (50)
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (167)
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes (98) (3 of 3)
Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes (157) unlimited
Avenue 613 Anything Goes (99) (3 of 8)
Sheep ski designs Anything Goes Embellish it (21) (3 of 3)
Mirtillamente Challenge - MATH, NUMBERS,WATER,SPARROW,INTERIOR PEACE,ZEN (9) (1 of 5)
LeAnn's World 101 Challenge (9) unlimited
colorful options green (62) unlimited
through the purple haze (30) (3 of 3)
Critter Crazy Challenge (71) (3 of 5)
We love stamping Spring (56) (2 of 3)
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge (44) (1 of 3)
Dragonfly Dreams Outdoors (37) (3 of 3)
Crafty Calendar Challenge buttons& bows (0) (0 of 3)
crafting happiness challenges green (26)

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

 Wendy x