New Release - Freddy Fox - Balloon Freddy with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone wishing you all a wonderful Saturday!  

We had a lovely day yesterday at the town feria, loads of chatting to friends, lots of wine and a little dancing too which probably explains my sore feet today...I'm not a high heel sort of girl really and they definitely aren't great for walking home in.....so today were chilling out, conserving our energy and hoping to go in tonight to see a Queen tribute band - the big problem is it doesn't start until Midnight so fingers crossed we manage to stay awake.

I'm back  today with another card using one of the new Freddy Fox digital stamps by Polkadoodles

It's such a cute image I think and I have added a party hat from the ephemera bundle.

 

As always the collection includes black and white digital stamps for you to colour and pre-coloured stamps if you prefer.....there are some fabulous sentiments and did I mention the gorgeous papers!

If you are a Polkadoodles VIP you will have received the email today about the launch with a wonderful discount code.... don't miss it!

There is loads of inspiration for you too in the gallery so why not take a look as I am certain you will love Freddy as much as I do......

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from the new Freddy Fox Collection by Polkadoodles.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Freddy Fox - Balloon

Polkadoodles digital paper - Freddy Fox - Set 1

Polkadoodles digital Sentiment - Freddy Fox - Sentiment Bundle

Polkadoodles digital Ephemera - Freddy Fox -  Bundle

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black, metallic grey

Craft Consortium sequins

Glossy accents

Promarkers Used:

Freddy:         cocoa, burnt sienna (nose)

                    salmon pink, pale pink (ears & feet)

                    caramel, praline, sandstone

Hat:              ocean teal, green, mint green

                    lemon chiffon, pale cream

Dungarees:    verdigris, grey green, tea green

Balloons:       dusky rose, antique pink, sunkissed pink

                      

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 #709 - For a man or boy

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! I hope you are having a lovely week so far.

Our town Feria starts on Wednesday and its hopefully going to be 5 days of fun good music excellent food and lots of laughing.  I'm really looking forward to it this year as the programme for each day looks good....I just wish some of the music would start earlier......midnight is too late for a dormouse like me!

Today I'm here 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 Polkadoodles there are loads of wonderful digital collections and physical stamps available too......in the store so I would highly recommend taking a look.

The theme this week chosen by Nat for Team 2 is for a man or a boy.

I decided to use one of my favourite images from the Gingerbread Holly collection, its such a cheeky image called Oh Crumbs! to make a more masculine Christmas card 

I combined this with papers and a sentiment from the collection too, keeping it really simple.

Don't forget there will be a prize for the Winner of the challenge - there are more details over on the Passion for Markers blog.

It's a standard a6 (UK size) card today, with some of the beautiful papers layered onto a deep brown cardstock a simple vellum heart behind the gingerbread boy and just a scattering of gold confetti to finish of the card.

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:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Gingerbread Holly - Oh Crumbs!

Polkadoodles digital Paper - set 1 & set 2

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - sentiment bundle

Lawn Fawn Custom Craft Dies - Stitched Wavy Borders

Sakura Gelly Roll pens - Clear star, black, white

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - gold

Promarkers used :

Gingerbread:            caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

                               pale pink, salmon pink

Scarf:                      marine, turquoise, mint green,

                               forest green, bright green, leaf green

Ricrac:                    cool grey 2, 00

          

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Freddy Fox - Party Freddy with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone wishing you all a wonderful Sunday!  We had a lovely day yesterday with our friends from a nearby village that came to stay, lovely food and lots of drink and laughs, followed by yummy bacon butties this morning - definitely a treat, so a nice quiet chilling by the pool afternoon now!

Have you heard that there is a wonderful new release of digital stamps, papers and sentiments over on the Polkadoodles website.

It's Freddy Fox and he is just so cute - perfect for all of your Autumn/ Fall/Winter crafting and much more.

As always the collection includes black and white digital stamps for you to colour and pre-coloured stamps if you prefer.....there are some fabulous sentiments and did I mention the gorgeous papers!

If you are a Polkadoodles VIP you will have received the email today about the launch with a wonderful discount code.... don't miss it!

There is loads of inspiration for you too in the gallery so why not take a look as I am certain you will love Freddy as much as I do......

Today I have made a card using Freddy Fox - Party so definitely perfect for birthdays and celebrations throughout the year.

Its a larger 5" x 7" card and I've used some of the gorgeous co-ordinating papers too!

The bunting in my card design is from the ephemera bundle

 

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from the new Freddy Fox Collection by Polkadoodles.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Freddy Fox - Party / Gift Freddy

Polkadoodles digital paper - Freddy Fox - Set 3

Polkadoodles digital Ephemera - Freddy Fox - Ephemera Bundle

Polkadoodles digital Sentiment - Freddy Fox -  Sentiment Bundle

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black, metallic grey

Craft Consortium sequins

Promarkers Used:

Freddy:         cedar brown, burnt orange, orange, mandarin

                    lemon chiffon, pale cream

                    deep mocha, coffee, raw sienna

                    salmon pink, pale pink

Present:        dusky rose, antique pink, sunkissed pink

Bow:            ocean teal, green, mint green

Hat:             cedar brown, burnt orange, mandarin

                   dusky rose, antique pink, sunkissed pink

                   ocean teal, green, mint green

                      

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

Wendy x

Happy Holidays - Bella Bears Christmas with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone wishing you all a happy  Friday - I hope that the week has been good and you are looking forward to a lovely weekend.

We are off for lunch today with friends and I'm really looking forward to it - proper Fish & Chips, which is fairly hard to come by over here in Spain - I do hope they have mushy peas!

I'm back today on my blog to share of my cards using the fabulous new Bella Bear Christmas Collection by Polkadoodles 

This is Gingerbread Bella Bear and it's a real cutie as I'm sure you will agree.

Bella Bear is just perfect I think for all of your Christmas Projects - It's a fun collection of digital stamps, pre-coloured and black and white for you to colour !

This is an A6 landscape card which I have created by using distress inks to create a snowy background sky, splattered with silver metallic paint and water droplets.

I used a hillside border die to cut a couple of simple sparkly hills from glitter cardstock and adhered these to the bottom of the card panel.

The Bella and gingerbread image was resized to suit the card design and printed out onto alcohol marker friendly cardstock before colouring with my promarkers and fussy cutting out.

I have added the coloured image slightly offset onto the snowy scene using foam tape and then adhered the fussy cut sentiment to the top right hand of the card.

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from the new Bella Bear Christmas Collection by Polkadoodles.

    

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Bella Bears Christmas - Gingerbread 

Polkadoodles digital Sentiment - Bella Bear Sentiment Bundle

Distress Ink - salvaged patina, peacock feathers, tumbled glass, chipped sapphire

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black, clear star

Lisa Horton Crafts Edgecutz Dies - Essential edges

Lisa Horton Crafts Euphoria Glitter cardstock

Glossy accents

Promarkers Used:

Bella:                cocoa, burnt sienna (nose)

                        salmon pink, pale pink (ears & feet)

                        caramel, praline, sandstone

Jumper:            marine, turquoise, pastel green

Bow

Hat:                 hot pink, carmine, cerise

Scarf

Gingerbread:    caramel, praline, sandstone

                       pale pink 

                    

Ricrac:            lavender, ivory, blender        

Candy Cane:    burgundy, poppy

                       gold, sunflower

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

Wendy x

I tried to be good with Last Minute Manda and #byshcsketchchallenge37

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Thursday!....Just a quick post from me this morning as I have some weeding to get on with in the garden and its far too noisy inside the house as the builders are getting on with installing a new insulated and suspended ceiling in the craft room/study - awful and dusty but it will be worth it I know once it's completed.

Today I'm sharing another cute Christmas card that I've made for Last Minute Manda  using the Bah Humbug set of digital stamps.  

I've again used the September Sketch 37 in the @byshcardmakers (Build Your Stash Holiday Card makers) Facebook Group. These sketches make it really easy to put together quick and beautiful cards which is important for all those Christmas cards.

I've turned the sketch through 90 degrees this time to make a portrait card following the sketch and I've used papers from my hoard of Christmas papers.  They were freebies with a craft magazine many years ago and I found them whilst packing up my craft room for all the work we are having done.  It's amazing what you can find!

Just a little co-ordinating sequins to add some sparkle to the design.

If you head over to the new Last Minute Manda store font forget to use my special discount code Wendy25 to get 25% off your shopping.

I really hope that you like my card today and it would be lovely if you you leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Last Minute Manda digital stamp - Bah Humbug

Tonic Studios corner rounder

Holly Hobby Christmas Papers 

Lawn Fawn custom craft dies - stitched borders

Creative Craft Products Dies - Square Rickrack die set

Lisa Horton Crafts - sentiment strip

Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles - icicle blue

sequins

Promarkers used :

Dog:                 caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

                        dusky rose, pale pink

                        cocoa, burnt sienna

white fur:         cool grey 2, 00 blender

teeth:              oatmeal, pale cream

bone

 

hat

bow:                burgundy, poppy red, 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 #543 - Add a Bow Sponsored by CFL Digi Designs

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

I'm on my blog today for the new bi-weekly I Love Promarkers blog challenge , it would be wonderful if you joined us over there if you love to colour with alcohol markers and don't forget there are prizes up for grabs.  

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

This challenge is being sponsored by CFL Digi Designs one of our amazing and very talented teamies.

Here is my inspiration card for the current blog challenge with the theme - Add a Bow, using one of the beautiful images from the A little Coffee set.  

There's something so calming about the image that I loved and whats better than a cup of coffee when you are having one of those days - especially with a good friend.

I don't tend to colour more realistic images like this one but I'm really pleased with the result and it was good to challenge myself too to try something different.

It's a larger 5 " x 7" card and to start off I created an inky background using distress inks and a coffee ring stencil. Just some simple ink smooshing and splattering and then I have used the stencil to add the coffee rings and extra splashes.

Next I added the digital sentiment which I think is perfect for this card to my resized image in my graphics software and then printed it out onto alcohol marker friendly card stock before colouring with my promarkers.  This panel was then cut out with a stitched frame die and I created a mat layer from white card adding the same distress ink around the edge of the panel.

Once everything was completely dry I've assembled the card add some red recycled string around the base panel and adding a simple little bow in the corner.  I don't normally use bows on my cards these days so wanted to keep it very simple but I thought the splash of red works well with the blue and brown colour palette.

To finish off my card I have added some rose gold confetti around the design

I really hope that you like 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:

CFL Digi Designs - A little Coffee 

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Coffee , Tea & Cake

Textures by Lou Collins Stencil - Coffee Ring & Ink

Distress Ink - speckled egg, salty ocean, vintage photo

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - Rose Gold

Promarkers used :

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

Blush:           pale pink       

Eyes:            umber, sandstone

Lips:              dusky rose, pale pink   

Hair:             vanilla, caramel, sandstone, umber

T-shirt:        sky blue, artic blue, pastel blue

Coffee:        caramel, sandstone

Cup:            verdigris, pebble blue, pastel blue

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

 Wendy x

Digi Choosday - Autumn Colours with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday.  Wishing you all a lovely day today and that you enjoy the week ahead, I hope that you have something nice planned.

It's that time of the week 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 Autumn Colours which are probably my favourite colours in the garden and in the surrounding mountains where we live.

For todays card I decided to use one of the fabulous digi deals Mr Sox the Fox - he is just the cutest fox I think and the digi deal is such great value as it includes a black and white version, 2 pre-coloured images, 6 papers and 2 sentiments. 

I wanted to make a 5 x 7" popup frame card - I'm loving these at the moment as they are so easy to make and create perfect little scenes.  This time I have created a landscape version.

For the pop up element I have used a piece of rust coloured cardstock measuring 5 " x 10", to match the Autumn theme for my project, scoring this along the long edge at 1/2", 1 1/2" & 2" on both ends.

There is a great tutorial on YouTube tutorial by Jennifer McGuire, showing how to make these make a popup up frame cards.   If you haven't seen the video here is the link.

I know lots of crafters who don't like to colour digital or stamped images, for lots of different reasons and I wanted to show that you can make some really beautiful cards with the pre-coloured digital images and a little fussy cutting and layering/ decoupage.

The aperture in the frame part of the card was cut using a couple of nesting dies and I used the leafy pattern paper from the digi Deal to cover the frame 

Once my base card was created it was time for some inky fun!  

I wanted to add lots of Autumn colours to the leafy pattern paper for the background inside the panel and also for lots of leaves so I used 5 of my distress inks to blend colour and then used the same inks to splatter drops of colour all over the paper.

You can see the difference it makes in this photo - just don't add too much water.

I also used my leaf stamps from Polkadoodles to stamp lots of leaves in brown ink before fussy cutting these out, lots of fussy cutting but I find it very relaxing!

For my main Fox image for the scene, I used the pre-coloured image adding a smaller fox in front of Mr Sox in my graphics software on my computer, printing this out 3 times as I wanted to decoupage the foxes for extra dimension.  I also printed out the Autumn sentiment from the Halloween Trick or Treat collection and stamped Sunshine in brown ink below this.

I also die cut two trees from the same rust coloured cardstock and adhered these onto the background, inside the card panel. 

The foxes were adhered to a thin strip of acetate which is glued into the popup mechanisms on either side of the frame, so the foxes appear in the foreground and then I have adhered my fussy cut out leaves and the sentiment panel to finish my Autumn woodland scene.

I love all the texture and dimension that the distress inks have added to the background and the leaves - just like autumn leaves on the trees.

And the best part is the entire card folds flat for posting!

To finish off the card I added just a few pieces of co-ordinating confetti and some glossy accents to the foxes noses. 

I have a very special DT discount code that you can use for all your shopping on the Polkadoodles online shop at checkout use WENDYJ-10 and you will get 10% of your entire purchase (not in conjunction with other discount codes!)

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 Digi Deal - Mr Sox the Fox

Polkadoodles Craft Stamps - Mixed Flowers - Wild Sunshine

Polkadoodles Craft Stamps - Mixed Flowers - Lily Vase

Polkadoodles Craft Stamps - Mixed Flowers - Anemone

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Halloween Trick or Treat Greetings

Distress Inks - barn door, carved pumpkin, mustard seed, vintage photo, mowed lawn

Lisa Horton Crafts Dies - Set the Scene - Garden Greenery

Versafine Clair - Pinecone

Pretty Pink Posh Confetti - rose gold

Glossy accents

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

Wendy x

Bah Humbug with Last Minute Manda and #byshcsketchchallenge37

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

Today I'm sharing a cute Christmas card that I've made for Last Minute Manda  using the Bah Humbug set of digital stamps.  

I've also used the September Sketch 37 in the @byshcardmakers (Build Your Stash Holiday Card makers) Facebook Group 

Its a simple landscape card following the sketch and I've used papers from my hoard of Christmas papers.

Just a little co-ordinating sequins to add some sparkle to the design.

If you head over to the new Last Minute Manda store font forget to use my special discount code Wendy25 to get 25% off your shopping.

I really hope that you like my card today and it would be lovely if you you leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Last Minute Manda digital stamp - Bah Humbug

Tonic Studios corner rounder

DoCrafts Christmas Papers 

Lisa Horton Crafts - sentiment strip

Sugar & Spice Crafts star Confetti - Mojito

Promarkers used :

Dog:                 caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

                        pink camelia, pale pink

                        cocoa, caramel, sandstone

 

Antlers:            praline, pastel beige, sandstone

Bow:                hot pink, carmine, cerise

Bauble:            hot pink, carmine, cerise

                       mint green, pastel green, tea green

Eyes:               lemon chiffon

   

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 #707 - Pink or Blue

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! 

Oh my goodness after about 4 days working on and off, we've managed to pack up all of our stuff out of the craft room/study and relocated it into the spare rooms, plus a load of stuff scattered all over! I really must de-stash when its being put back into my room....and the bathroom has been cleared so were ready for the work to start.

I have to say its a good job no one is coming to visit anytime soon...😅😅😅

Today I'm here 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 Dies to Die For  there are loads of lovely goodies and some fabulous brands available in the store so I would highly recommend taking a look.

The theme this week chosen by Linda for Team 2 is Pink or Blue.

I chose to use a sweet image from Pink Gem Designs called Yeti which is a great set of 12 digital stamps including, trees, mountains, footprints and a sentiment.

It had to be a Pink Yeti for me - they always seem to be blues and greys!

Don't forget there will be a prize for the Winner of the challenge - there are more details over on the Passion for Markers blog.

I decided to make an a6 (UK size) simple snowy scene card today using a piece of pink snowflake paper from my stash and white glitter cardstock for the snowy hills.

I have added pink distress ink to the designer paper and die cut the glitter card with a hillside border die.  The sentiment was stamped in dark pink ink and I have coloured the yeti with my promarkers before fussy cutting out and adhering onto the card with foam tape.

To finish off my design I have adhered some pink confetti around the design 

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:
Pink Gem Designs digital stamp - Yeti

Designer Paper

Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry

Lisa Horton Crafts Euphoria glitter card

Lisa Horton Crafts Edgecutz dies - essential edges

Sizzix Stamps - Seasonal Vibes #2

Adirondack Dye Ink - Wild Plum

Sakura Gelly Roll pens - Clear, black, white

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - friendship

Promarkers used :

Fur:            antique pink, salmon pink, misty rose

Head

Hands

Feet:           pale pink, pastel pink, dusky rose

Ear muffs   

Cup:            pale blossom, pink carnation, rose pink

Tea:            caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

          

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

 Wendy x