New Release - Having a Break - Lily bug Ladybird with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone - Happy Saturday to you ....I hope you are all doing ok and are enjoying the weekend.

It's time for a new Release over at Polkadoodles and oh my goodness, this huge new collection called Lily Bug Ladybird is just beautiful and I can see loads of different cards being made from this huge bundle.

The collection includes black line art digital stamps, pre-coloured digital stamps, papers, sentiments toppers, embellishments and  so absolutely something for everyone's style of crafting and for loads of different occasions too!

Don't forget there is a special discount for this new Release and if you are a VIP you will receive an even bigger discount! Look at for your VIP email with your special VIP code.

If you are looking for more inspiration then don't forget to have a look at the Ideas Gallery for this new collection 

For my card today I've made a 5" x 7" faux stepper from red cardstock and used one of the dotty papers from the collection to decorate the stepper part of the card.

The focal image is a line art digital stamp called Toadstool Lily Ladybug that I've coloured with my Promarkers (see below for the colours used) I love how she is taking a break on her toadstool.

I've created a cloudy sky background for Lily using distress inks and then used the green gingham paper from the collection to add hills to the bottom of the main panel.  Lily has been adhered to this centre panel using low profile foam tape.

I also added a little ink to the hills for a bit of extra definition.

For extra interest I decided to print out various toadstools, in different sizes - these are also included in this fabulous collection, again colouring in and fussy cutting out before adding them to the bottom of my stepper card.  

I've used some Tonic Nuvo Crystal drops to add dimensional spots to my toadstools, I  love being able to have lots of different textures on my more 3D cards.

The sentiment is also from the collection printed onto white card and simply layered onto red cardstock.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Lily Ladybug -  Toadstool

Polkadoodles digital paper - Lily Ladybug  papers collection 4

Polkadoodles Digital Stamps - Lily Ladybug 

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Lily Ladybug messages

Distress ink - tumbled glass, twisted citron

Lawn Fawn Slimline Stencil - Cloudy

Lawn Fawn Custom Craft Dies - Stitched simple Wavy Borders 

Tonic Nuvo Crystal Drops - Oyster grey, Red Berry

Wink of Stella - Glitter Blue

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear 

Promarkers used :

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

Blush:                           pale pink

Hair:                             cool grey 5,4,2,cobalt blue

Lady bug hat & wings:    burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                                    cool grey, 6,5,4

Dress:                           sunflower, lemon, primrose

                                    china blue, cobalt blue, denim blue

Bows:                           sunflower, lemon, primrose

Toadstools:                    burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                                    warm grey 5,2,1

                                    lavender, ivory

Leaves & grass:             forest green, bright green, meadow green

Flower:                         sunflower, lemon, primrose

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

Wendy x

Mermaid Wishes & Starfish Kisses with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone wishing you all a happy Thursday... I hope that your week is going ok....nearly the Weekend !

I was out for lunch yesterday and had a lovely meal at our local bar, a  great catch up and then a few drinks and tapas later in the evening with friends at the same bar to finish off the day....it's hard work being retired 😅😅😅

We have some friends coming to visit today so were busy preparing and tidying up which is quite difficult outside at the moment as everywhere is covered in yellow powdery pollen and flowers from the olive trees - its like there is confetti everywhere! 

Hopefully this will mean a better crop of olives this year. 🤞

Today I am sharing a card that I have made for for Pink Gem Designs using the very sweet Mermaid Octopussy digital stamp set   

This fabulous set includes a black Line art image and a pre-coloured version for you to use.

I decided for todays card to create an underwater scene for my sweet mermaid Phoebe and also used digital stamps from the Mermaid Build a Scene set of digital stamps.  The image and background have been coloured using my promarkers (see below for colours)

The sentiment that I've used has been in my crafty stash for many years and was from a craft magazine but I thought it went well with my design for this one layer card.

I am really enjoying creating these one layer scene cards at the moment and  I think it's really helping me to improve my colouring skills.

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:
Pink Gem Designs digital stamp - Mermaid Octopussy

Pink Gem Designs digital stamp - Mermaid Build a Scene

Craft Magazine Sentiment  stamp

Versafine Clair - Twilight

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - clear, sea spray

Sakura Gelly Roll pens - white, black, clear star

Promarkers used :

Skin:                 pink camellia, sunkissed pink, coral

                       

Hair:                 vanilla, caramel, sandstone, umber

Tail:                  ocean teal, pastel green, tea green

Starfish:            pink camellia, sunkissed pink, coral

Octopus:           purple, lilac, lavender

Pearls:              lavender, ivory

Bubbles

Sand:               mustard, pastel yellow, apricot

Plants:              ocean teal, holly, mint green

                        apricot, mustard, pastel yellow

Fish:                purple, lilac, lavender

                       pastel yellow, apricot

Rocks:             ice grey 0,2,3

Water:             pastel blue, cloud blue, cobalt blue

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

Wendy x

Oh No, You Didn't! with Polkadoodles

Happy Wednesday everyone! I hope your week is going well.  

We have been really busy this week, well for the past few weeks and too many late nights for me I'm afraid to say but today I'm off out for a ladies lunch at a nearby restaurant (within walking distance).

I've not been for a few months, so it will be nice catching up and fingers crossed the food will be good too - we haven't eaten there yet but we've had drinks and tapas and so far so good.

I'm here today with a fabulous one layer card that I've made with one of the recent digi deals from Polkadoodles called Mod the Cat its such a sweet image and the set includes a black and white image, pre-coloured image, 4 designer digital papers and 2 sentiments so great value for many.

Being slightly kitty crazy house, I can see me using this for loads of different cards. I've coloured todays image to look like our youngest kitty called Foxy - knocking the plants off the plant stand is just the sort of cheeky thing he would do!

For todays 5" x 7" card I teamed the kitty with one of the new Build a scene backgrounds, this one is Room with a view and I've added the round mat onto the image from the Build a Scene - room furniture set. 

I have coloured the entire scene with my Promarkers and the to create the wallpaper for the room I've used distress ink and the Funky Vortex Grid stencil - I love this pattern and think it looks like hessian wallpaper I remember from when I was little.

To finish off my card I've printed a sentiment from the Rebel collection onto vellum and added this on the skirting board

 

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Mod the Cat

Polkadoodles digital background - Room with a View

Polkadoodles digital background - furniture set

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Rebel Girl messages with attitude

Polkadoodles Stencil - Funky Vortex Grid 

Distress Ink - peacock feathers

Black Fineliner pen

Promarkers used :

Window:              forest green, bright green, meadow green

                           holly, lush green, green

                           cool aqua, arctic blue

Curtains:              marine, turquoise, pastel green

                           umber, chestnut

                           ice grey 1,2

Plant pots:           marine, turquoise, pastel green

                           terracotta, spice, ginger

                           forest green, bright green, meadow green

                           cerise, maroon, sunflower

                           holly, green

                           umber, chestnut, champagne  

Pot Stand:           caramel, apricot

Floor:                  ice grey 4, 1, 0

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

Wendy x

Up, Up and Away with Last Minute Manda

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

We're off out for the day today visiting a beautiful city of Antequera.  We went a few years ago with our friend but have decided to go again to see a little bit more of the area. 

There is a geological site called El Torcal de Antequera which we are going to visit today - its an area of naturally eroded limestone rocks that we want to see and then stopping in the city for lunch.  The region has its own version of cold tomato soup (Salmorejo from Cordoba) called Porra which is my favourite so I'm looking forward to having some as its quite time consuming to make.

As its Monday I'm here with my DT inspiration card for Last Minute Manda 

Can you spot the obvious mistake ?😅😅😅

Todays card is made using the very sweet set of digital stamps called Monkey Birthday. 

It's a simple DL card - I have used distress ink to stencil a cloudy background leaving a white border around the card, just simple masking to add this border directly onto my base card.  I  have added a few splatters of ink around the panel and then stamped a sentiment using a dark blue ink.

The monkey and his balloons were coloured with my promarkers and  I have then fussy cut him out, adding to my card with low profile foam tape.

To keep the card simple just a few white sparkly sequins scattered around the design to finish it off.

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 - Monkey Birthday

Lawn Fawn Stencil - Cloudy

Distress Ink - Peacock feathers

Magazine Sentiment stamp

Versafine Clair

Sugar and Spice Sequins - Enchanted

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - black, white, metallic grey

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - Clear

Promarkers used :

Monkey:   caramel, sandstone, champagne

               chestnut, terracotta, cinnamon

               pale pink, cocktail pink

 Hat:        forest green, bright green, meadow green

               gold, sunflower, buttercup

Balloons:  gold, sunflower, buttercup

               forest green, bright green, meadow green

               antique pink, cocktail pink, pale pink

               violet, lilac, lavender

               pastel blue, arctic blue, duck egg

            

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 #533 - black & white

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 Colour of Love, Heather Valentin is a new artist for me and there are lots of beautiful images and colouring pages in her shop to play with so it was really difficult to choose for today.

Here is my inspiration card for the blog challenge with the theme of a Black and White card, using a fun image called Sleepy Time Agnes 

I think this would make a perfect modern looking and non traditional new baby card and its super sparkly in real life.

I decided to create a 6" x 6" card today for this sweet image, I've used a Kraft card base and then cut a peice of white card to size leaving a small border. Next I have cut a peice of black card stock again leaving a border of white.

To create my starry background I've used a starry 2 part stencil from Lawn Fawn, for the first layer I've added white ink and then let this dry. For the second layer I have used clear stencil past through the second stencil and then added a white sparkly glitter to the stars allowing this to completely dry before adding to my card base.

The digital stamp was resized to fit my card and then printed out onto alcohol marker friendly card before colouring with my promarkers (see below for colours used).  Once coloured I have fussy cut out the image and then mounted this on to my card using foam squares.

The sentiment is from a set by Woodware and I've simply stamped in black ink onto a strip of white card.

The finishing touches are some white Nuvo drops around the hanging starts and I have used a metallic sparkle pen to highlight some of the details in the image.

I'm really pleased with my project today, I love the black and white background and the moon and lamb seem to glow in the sky.

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:

Colour of Love digital stamp - Sleepy Time Agnes

Woodware Craft Collection Stamp - Garden Dream Catcher

Lawn Fawn Stencil - Lots of Stars

Distress Ink - Picket Fence

Deco Art Glamour Dust - Crystal

Tonic Nuvo Crystal Drops - White

Gelly roll pen - Metallic Gold, white, black

Promarkers used :

Agnes:               cool grey, 00, 0,2,3

Moon:                primrose, soft lime, lemon  

    

Bow:                 antique pink, salmon pink, pale pink

Ears                         

Feet

Blanket:            antique pink, salmon pink, pale pink

                        lavender, ivory 

   

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 #686 - In the Garden

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all !

I'm here today to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge.

This weeks challenge is being sponsored by the wonderful Lili of the Valley

I've loved their rubber and photopolymer stamps for many, many years (I have lots and lots in my stash), so I was really happy to find out that we would be using one of their digital stamps for this challenge.

There are loads of lovely images in the Etsy 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.

It was my turn to choose the theme for Team 2 this week and because this week is World Earth Day (Saturday 22nd April) I decided to pick 'In the Garden' as the theme for this challenge.  Gardens are so important to our environment especially when we plant bee and other insect friendly plants and where would we be without the bees. 

This is my DT inspiration for the challenge made using the digital image Magical Flute...This sweet mouse playing his flute in the garden for the insects and just look at the flowers dancing for him too!

I like to imagine that our garden here comes alive with magical little creatures like these when we aren't around to watch.

The beautiful image was coloured with my Promarkers (see below for colours used) and I added some  additional die cut wild flowers around the sides of the panel, for some extra detail. 

It's a larger 5" x 7" card and I've used Pan pastels to gently tint the background of the image, adding the design panel onto a layer of green cardstock.

The sentiment stamp is from Crafters companion and has been in my stash for ages but I thought was perfect for my card, stamped with a blue Versafine Clair ink.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card today and will drop by again to see my next project and don't forget to join in with the challenge over on the Passion for Markers blog

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
LOTV digital stamp - Magic Flute

Pan Pastels - Phthalo blue, permanent red, Chrom. Ox. Green 

Lisa Horton Crafts Dies - Mini Slimline Swirling Daisy

Lawn Fawn Custom Craft Dies - Stitched borders 

Sizzix Thinlits - Wildflowers

Spectrum Aqua pens - chestnut, desert, black

Crafters Companion Stamp - Spring Garden

Versafine Clair - Twilights

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - metallic blue, metallic grey

Promarkers used :

Mouse:              warm grey 3,2,1

                        pale pink, salmon pink

Leaves:             forest green, bright green, meadow green

Stems:

Flowers:            burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                        midnight blue, cobalt blue, china blue

Flute:                cool grey 3,2,1

Butterflies:        midnight blue, cobalt blue, china blue

                        champagne, ice grey 2

                        gold, sunflower, ivory

Mushrooms:       caramel, sandstone, champagne

Bow:                 midnight blue, cobalt blue, china blue

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

 Wendy x

Springtime Smiles Bunny and Easter Cake with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone wishing you a very happy Tuesday.  I hope that you are all enjoying the week so far.

We've had a really busy couple of weeks here with Easter and then lots of shopping for a wedding we are going to in May.  I'm really looking forward to it as it's in France and we are extending the trip too after the wedding for a little sightseeing and relaxing.

We haven't had a real holiday since we moved to Spain (I suppose every day is like a holiday really - but we do work hard most days in the garden).

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 Mum,  sadly I don't make any of these cards anymore and I rarely get asked to make them either but I am still inspired to create cards that I think my Mum would love to have received and ones I would like to get too.  I also think this would make a perfect birthday card.

So for todays card I chose to use a sweet little bunny from the Springtime Smiles collection called Bunny Rabbit with Easter Cake, I think a perfect image for a card for a Mum and I've teamed it with a perfect sentiment from the Lets Hang Out collection.

I've kept my card really simple, a panel of pretty floral paper from Winnie Sunshine Delights Paper Pack 1  for the background and the sentiment is on a floating panel at the bottom of the card.  I've used a wavy border die to cut the edge of the sentiment panel for interest, blending a little distress ink on the edge of the border and mounting it on foam tape off the card.

The sweet bunny image was coloured with my promarkers (see below for colours) and I've fussy cut this out to mirror the sentiment panel.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Springtime Smiles - Bunny Rabbit with Easter cake

Polkadoodles digital paper - Winnie Sunshine Delights paper pack 1 

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Lets Hang Out sentiments bundle

Lawn Fawn Custom Craft Dies - Stitched Border

Lawn Fawn Custom Craft Dies - Stitched Simple Wavy Borders

Distress Ink - antique linen

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - Sugar Plum

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black

Promarkers used :

Bunny:                caramel, champagne, pastel beige

                          cocktail pink , pale pink

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

Daisy:                 amethyst, lilac, lavender

                          gold, pastel yellow, buttercup

Cake:                  cocoa, cinnamon, praline

Icing:                  amethyst, lilac, lavender

                           dusky rose, cocktail pink, pale pink

Plate:                  ice grey 1,2,4

   

Glass:                ice grey 1

                         buttercup

                         pale pink

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

Wendy x

Eat Lots of Cake with Last Minute Manda

Hello everyone wishing you all a happy Monday and a great week ahead. 

As its Monday I'm here with my DT inspiration card for Last Minute Manda, I think I'm back on track with my blog, well for now at least 😅😅😅

Todays card is made using the very sweet set of digital stamps called Monkey Birthday. 

Whilst I make loads and loads of cards, I don't have many that are more suitable for men and boys, so today I've tried to make a card that would appeal to a younger boy.  

Its a fairly simple, no frou frou card again that I think would be great for a male or female recipient, with a border of zig zag paper from Craftwork cards behind my main design panel.

The monkey was coloured with my promarkers and  I then used 4 different distress inks with a confetti stencil to add some interest to the background.

To keep the card simple, I've stamped two greeting strips and added these to the card with just a few clear sparkly sequins scattered around the design.

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 - Monkey Birthday

Craftwork Cards Designer Series Paper - Celebration

Lawn Fawn Stencil - Confetti

Distress Ink - picked raspberry, twisted citron, squeezed lemonade, tumbled glass

Versafine Clair Ink - monarch

Woodware Craft Collection Stamps - Birthday Strips

Sugar & Spice sequins - Unicorn

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - black, white

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - Clear

Promarkers used :

Monkey:   caramel, sandstone, champagne

               chestnut, terracotta, cinnamon

               pale pink, cocktail pink

 Hat:        forest green, bright green, meadow green

               gold, sunflower, buttercup

Cake:       gold, sunflower, buttercup

                lilac, lavender, ivory

                praline, champagne, pastel beige

                chestnut, terracotta

Candle:     gold, sunflower, buttercup

                forest green, bright green, meadow green

Plate:        cool grey 00, 0,1,3

               

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

 Wendy x

Freesias Just For You with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone wishing you all a happy Thursday... I hope that your week is going ok....nearly the Weekend !

We are off on our local town group walk later on today and I'm really looking forward to stretching my legs.

Today I am sharing a card that I have made for for Pink Gem Designs using the beautiful Freesias digital stamp set .  

This fabulous set includes 23 black Line art images and for todays card I have used the flower stems, leaves and separate flowers to create a spray of freesias for a one layer card.  

I've used my favourite colours for my Freesias but this time I have used one of the digital papers from Pink Gem Designs to create my background.

The  simple digital sentiment is from the Polkadoodles Winnie Daisy Fairy Greeting bundle to my panel before printing out on alcohol marker friendly card stock. 

I've added my card to a larger 5" x 7" card blank, matting this with black cardstock.

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:
Pink Gem Designs digital stamp - Freesias

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Winnie Daisy Fairy Greetings bundle

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - gold

Promarkers used :

Flowers:             gold, sunflower, buttercup

                         plum, maroon, cerise

Stems:              forest green, bright green, leaf green

These are the challenges I am entering

dis digi designs challenge Weekly Buttons & Bows () (0 of 3)
lil patch of crafty friends Weekly () (0 of 3)
Creative Fingers challenge () (0 of 3)
Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - (50) (5 of 5)
Moving Along With The Times  #() ( of 5)
Pearly Sparkles Challenge Animal insect bird or beast unlimited (55)
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (231)
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes (115) (3 of 3)
Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes (182) unlimited
Avenue 613 Anything Goes (175) (7 of 8)
Sheep ski designs Anything Goes die cuts (21) (1 of 3)
Mirtillamente Challenge -   () (of 5)
LeAnn's World 101 Challenge () unlimited
colorful options pastels (77) unlimited
through the purple haze (45) (3 of 3)
Critter Crazy Challenge (95) (3 of 5)
We love stamping Birds & Animals (63) (3 of 3)
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge Add Some Blue (61) (1 of 3)
Dragonfly Dreams colour palette (12) (1 of 3)
Crafty Calendar Challenge die cuts (43) (1 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges rainy weather ()       

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

 Wendy x