A Passion for Markers BlogSpot Anniversary Challenge #740 Anything Goes

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 and its a special Anniversary challenge.

This weeks challenge is being sponsored by 7 wonderful and very generous sponsors.

I decided as it's still May and we are celebrating everything Mermaid I would create a card using a gorgeous new digital mermaid from the brand new digital kit Aquatic Adventures from JMC Designs

This gorgeous mermaid is called Aquaria and I have created a simple but beautiful underwater background for her to swim in using distress inks smooshed onto watercolour card stock.  

Once I was happy with the layering I then added some fabulous Brushos and spritzed with water to give the look of the sea.  Next I resized the digital stamp to suit my card before colouring her in with Promarkers and fussy cutting out. 
The sentiment is also from the digital collection, printed out and then foiled with aqua foil.

The mermaid and sentiment have been adhered to the card using foam tape for dimension and then I have added teal confetti around the design.  

The finishing touches are some super sparkly mermaid tails glitter and white gel pen highlights to add sparkle to her hair.

Why not take a look at all these fabulous stores and join in with our Anything goes Anniversary challenge.  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 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:
JMC Designs digital stamp - Aquatic Adventures collection

JMC Designs digital sentiment- Aquatic Adventures collection

Distress Ink - villainous potion, shaded lilac, evergreen bough, salvaged patina, salty ocean

Brushos - ultramarine, turquoise,emerald green

Lisa Horton Crafts - Mermaid Tails - Waterfall

Minc Foil - teal

Spellbinders confetti - lagoon

Spectrum Noir - Sparkle pen - clear

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

Promarkers used :

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

Blush:    pale pink  

Hair:      gold, sunflower, buttercup

             purple, fuchsia pink, pink pearl

Tail:       verdigris, pebble blue, pastel blue

             purple, fuchsia pink, pink pearl    

Roses:   burgundy, poppy, lipstick red   

          

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

 Wendy x

Make Waves, Dive Deep - New Release - Aquatic Adventures with Julia McNeill Designs

Hello everyone Happy Sunday I hope that you are enjoying your weekend.  

It's time for me to post an extra project for JMC Designs  and also my next MerMay creation. There's still plenty of time to join in with the challenge and don't forget there will be a prize awarded to someone.

 

The prompt for today from JMC Designs is 'Shape of the sea' so I decided to create and underwater cave scene for the gorgeous mermaid Serephina from the brand new digital collection Aquatic Adventures.  

I think she reminds me of Marilyn Monroe, with her gorgeous shapely curves.  I started by choosing one of beautiful papers from the collection that looks like a cave and resized this to fit an A7 5" x 7" card blank. 

I printed the paper out twice as I wanted to fussy cut some of the coral at the bottom of the paper to decoupage for extra dimension.  I cut a piece of black cardstock to fit my card blank and then handcut a cave shape.  This card would create a frame around the design. 

Next I resized Serephina to fit inside the frame of the underwater cave and coloured her with Promarkers before fussy cutting out.

The sentiments at the top and bottom of my design are also from the collection,  printed out and adhered to the design after adding a little blue distress ink to tone down the white of the card. 

I used some black stickles to add details around the edge of the cave frame for a bit of extra sparkle. 

The finishing touches to the card were some clear iridescent sequins around the design to add sparkle and shine, white gel pen to highlight Serephina's hair and I've added extra sparkle to the mermaid tail  and to some of the coral at the bottom.

I really hope that you like my project 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:
JMC Designs digital collection - Aquatic Adventures 

Sugar & Spice Sequins - Enchanted

Distress Ink - prize ribbon

Stickles - black diamond

Sakura Gelly Roll pen -  white, clear star

Lisa Horton Crafts - Mermaid Tails - Waterfall

 

Promarkers Used:

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

Hair:    gold, sunflower, buttercup

Tail:     verdigris, pebble blue, pastel blue

            lime zest, lime green, pear green

Shell:    mandarin, buttercup

                      

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

Wendy x

I love Promarkers #559 - Cute card sponsored by Paper Nest Dolls

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Wednesday! 

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 Paper Nest Dolls

Here is my inspiration card for the current blog challenge with the theme - Cute, using the very cute Party Chicks digital stamp.  They definitely look ready for a birthday party.

Todays card as a 5" x 7" card with a very simple bright yellow die cut scalloped frame around the main design panel. 

I resized the image to suit my card and then coloured using Promarkers (see below for colours),
before using a die to cut this out.  

Next I have used a couple of birthday sentiment stamps and stamped the sentiments onto the design in black ink. 

 To finish off this simple but very cute card I've added some mixed foil confetti around the design and added gold and white gelly roll pen highlights and clear sparkle to the ribbon and the party hats.

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:

Paper Nest Dolls - Party Chicks

Auchan Birthday Stamps

mixed confetti

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen - white, gold

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

Promarkers used :

Chicks:        gold, sunflower, buttercup

                   mandarin, gold

Present:       plum, mulberry

                   prussian, violet, bluebell

                   Egyptian blue, indigo blue, cobalt blue

Hats:           burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                   gold, sunflower, buttercup

                   Egyptian blue, indigo blue, cobalt blue

Balloon:       burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

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

 Wendy x

May Birthstone card - Emerald - Easel Card - Octavia collection - Digi Choosday - Big Bunches of Love with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday.  I hope that you have a lovely day today and that you enjoy your week ahead...

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 to create an easel card for a May Birthday with the birthstone Emerald.  I have to say green isn't my first choice for a colour palette but I do love the colour.  

I started off with a 6" 6" Kraft card base and folded this to create a twisted easel card. I then chose a couple of papers, one with gorgeous leaves from the Noodle Panda collection and the purple polka dot paper is from a new Winnie Collection due to be released very soon.  

I used these papers along with some green and emerald green card to created mats and layers on the card and also to choose my colour palette for the main focal image, with Promarkers (see below for colours).

 

I wanted to use a beautiful image from the Octavia collection.  It's not a collection I have used before but there are some gorgeous digital images and papers that you will love.  

I'm loving this bright and colourful combination of purple and emerald and I think her emerald green hair is amazing.  

I used a little distress ink around the edges of the leafy paper to take away some of the whiteness.

Finishing touches where some super sparkly purple and green sequins from my stash, a piece of recycled green twine and white and metallic green gel pen highlights.  

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 !

Promarkers Used:

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

Blush:     pale pink

Eyes:      lush green, emerald, mint green

Hair:       holly, pine, emerald, mint green

Dress:     plum, mulberry, wild orchid

Owl:        amber, bisque

               cocoa, caramel, bisque, pastel beige

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Octavia collection - Best Friends

Polkadoodles digital paper - New Winnie collection - 

Polkadoodles digital paper - Noodle Panda collection - Sentiment bundle

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Noodle Panda collection - Set 3

Distress Ink - mowed lawn

Craftelier Basics Crafts Dies - Nested Hexagons

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen - white, black, metallic green

Sequins - green, magenta

green twine

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

Wendy x

Ocean Whispers, hugs and fishes - New Release - Aquatic Adventures with Julia McNeill Designs

Hello everyone Happy Monday I hope that you had a lovely weekend.  

It's time for me to post my next project for JMC Designs  and also my MerMay creation.  

The prompt for today from JMC Designs is 'Something Fishy !' so I've gone overboard with loads of fishy ephemera from the brand new digital collection Aquatic Adventures 

I love all these bright colours it makes such a fun design I think

I decided for my project with this new collection to make a multi- tiered Popup Box card to create another underwater scene. I thought this style would be prefect and look like lots of layers of waves in the sea.  The card is very simple to create.  I cut the card pieces to start off from a light aqua card stock.  To create the same size you need the following pieces.

For the main box panel a piece of card 9 1/2" x 6", scored at 1 3/4" & 7 3/4"

For the different tiers I cut 5 additional pieces from the same aqua card,

• 5" x 6 1/2"
• 4" x 6 1/2"
• 3" x 6 1/2"
• 2 1/2" x 6 1/2"

Each of these tier panels is scored identically at 1/4" & 6 1/4"

If you have never made one of these cards before then I would highly recommend watching one of Sam Calcott of Mixed Up Crafts YouTube videos as she explains how to assemble the card really clearly and once you understand the mechanism you can adapt the measurements to suit the card you want to create.  Here is the link to the video 

Next I printed out one of the wave style papers from the collection, I chose the Bubbled Waves paper and used this to cover the back of the card base and the tier sections. 

You don't need to cover each tier completely as they wont be visible once the card is assembled and I don't like to waste my papers.  Each strip I used was about 1 1/2" in width.

Next I printed out the pre-coloured fish ephemera from the collection and a few pieces of seaweed fussy cutting  these out.  I used a dark grey pen to cover the white edges ( great if you aren't too good at fussy cutting as it hides any mistakes! ) 

The ephemera was then adhered to the card, some flat, some with foam tape to create my underwater scene. I love the little startled fish hiding in the seaweed at the bottom, isn't he a cutie.  

The sentiments, top and bottom are also from the collection,  printed out and simply matted on the aqua card.  

I used a blue metallic pen to draw a squiggly line around them for a bit of sparkle. 

The finishing touches to the card were some white iridescent sequins around the design to add sparkle and shine, white gel pen to highlight some of the bubbles on the paper, glossy accents to the fish eyes and I've added stickles to the fish for extra sparkle.  Definitely a very fishy card !

I really hope that you like my project 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:
JMC Designs digital collection - Aquatic Adventures 

Sugar & Spice Sequins - Under the Sea

Stickles - Star Dust

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - blue metallic, white

Glossy accents 

                      

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

Wendy x

New Release - Winnie Daisy Fairy 2 - Thinking of You with Polkadoodles

Hello and happy Thursday everyone.  Wishing you all a lovely day today....I'm very excited today to share my first card using the fabulous new release by Polkadoodles.  

I'm sure you've already seen her and I'm sorry that I am so late sharing with you - you know what its like.  She's back with even more cuteness its Winnie Daisy Fairy 2 and you will love her I'm certain.  There is so much for you to choose from in this release.  

For a limited time there's also a special launch offer of 35% discount for a limited time using code DAISY-35.  In this brand new collection there's everything you would expect, black and white digitals, pre-coloured images, papers, sentiments, print and cut SVGs and a wonderful new concept called Snappy Cards which makes card making so quick and easy.

To create this beautiful and simple card I chose one of the papers from the collection and used this for my colour palette, colouring Winnie with my Promarkers. 

I've kept it a very simple card with one of the sentiments and then layered bright pink and yellow card.

The finishing touches were a few pieces of pink heart confetti around the design

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 - Winnie Daisy Fairy 2  - Hello Fairy Winnie

Polkadoodles digital Sentiment - Winnie Daisy Fairy 2 - greetings bundle

Polkadoodles digital paper - Winnie Daisy Fairy 2 - paper patterns 4

Pink heart confetti

glossy accents

Spectrum Noir sparkle pen - clear

Sakura gelly roll pen - metallic pink

Promarkers used:

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

Blush:       pale pink

Hair:         vanilla, caramel, sandstone, umber

Flowers:    hot pink, carmine, cerise

                gold, sunflower, buttercup

Bows:       pesto, marsh green, meadow green

Wings:     lime zest

Dress:     gold, sunflower, buttercup

Boots:     pesto, marsh green, meadow green

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

Wendy x

A Passion for Markers Blog Spot Challenge #78 - Birthdays Sponsored by Di's Digis

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day !

Today I'm here to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge and I hope that you will join in.

This weeks challenge theme of 'Birthdays' has been chosen by Elaine for team 2 and the prize this week is being given by Dr Digis House of Stamps

This is a simple  portrait A6 (UK size) card today with all of the focus on the fabulous and fun image from Dr Digis House of Stamps called Bob's Balloons  

I'm still on a mission making more male themed cards and I know a few men this would be great for. He looks like its hard work blowing up those balloons.

I started by cutting a piece of fun striped paper to cover a white card blank..I chose a paper with striped of purples, lime green, white and black as I wanted to use these colours for my design.

I then resized the digital image of Bob and added a sentiment to to top of the panel before printing out and colouring with promarkers.  

No fussy cutting for this card as I wanted a one layer design. Once coloured I used my Minc machine to apply gold foil to the sentiment and then adhered the coloured panel onto the card base. 

The finishing touches were a little inked shadow beneath his feet to ground him, white gel pen highlights and clear sparkle to the balloons and then some black sparkly gems around the image..

I hope that you join in with the challenge as there is a prize from the sponsor for our lucky winner!

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:
Dr Digis House of Stamps - Bob's Balloons

Polkadoodles Digital sentiment - Wanda collection - sentiment bundle

Designer series paper - my stash

Spectrum aqua pens - slate, sea green

distress ink - weathered wood

Minc Foil - Gold

Sakura Gelly Roll Pens - white

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

Pretty Pink Posh gems - midnight black

Promarkers used :

     

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

 Wendy x

Bathing Beauties - Best Friends Forever with Pattie's Creations

Happy Friday everyone I hope that you are all well and have had a lovely week.

The first Friday of the month marks the start of a new Challenge for December over on the Pattie's Creations Design Challenge blog 

The challenge runs from the first Friday of the month and its an Anything Goes challenge or our theme for May is Flowers, so as long as you use a digital or stamped image in your project, why not join in the challenge.

Winners of the challenge will receive 2 digital stamps of your choice from Pattie's shop.

Pattie has some wonderful digital stamps in her Etsy Shop pattiescreations and there is also a freebie every month on the blog that you can use in your project if you want to! 

For my May project, I chose  to use the beautiful  Bathing Beauties digital stamp to create a simple A6 (UK size) landscape card.  Our pool is now ready for the summer and its looking very inviting - still a little too cold for me but I'm certain that JJ will be taking a dip very soon.  

Unlike last year where the season seemed to switch from Spring to Summer overnight...the temperatures are gradually increasing and its lovely to have the extra time to adjust and the few bits of rain that we've have too.  

We have already been to the beach a few times so far this year and its looking wonderful already but my favourite time has to be when its quiet and peaceful, empty even!                                                                                                  I love to sit and listen to the waves crashing on the shoreline.  That's my inspiration for this card today.

I resized the image to suit my base card, printed it out onto alcohol marker friendly card stock before colouring with Promarkers and then fussy cutting out. Next I created my beach scene by masking off sections and using distress inks to add the clouds, then the sea and then the sand. 

I added a slightly darker ink as a shadow below where the girls are sitting.  

The waves have been created using a white gel pen and a little white gesso for a bit of texture.  I found a sweet stamp in my stash and stamped the sentiment in distress oxide ink - I wanted it to appear as though written in the sand so very pale and understated

To finish off the card I added a few simple highlights with a white gel pen. 

I do hope that you like my card for today and don't forget to join in with this months challenge over on the blog.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Pattie's Creations digital stamp - Bathing Beauties 

Lawn Fawn Clippings Stencil - slimline cloudy

Distress Ink - broken china, scattered straw, gathered twigs, salvaged patina, salty ocean

Distress oxide - scattered straw, antique linen

Spectrum Aqua pens - desert, topaz

Pebeo Gesso - white

Promarkers used :

Skin:    

                    

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

Wendy x

I love Promarkers #558 - New Home card sponsored by Dr Digi's House of Stamps

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Wednesday! 

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 Dr. Digi's House of Stamps

Here is my inspiration card for the current blog challenge with the theme - New Home, using the wonderful feet up and a cuppa digital stamp.  I saw this stamp and it reminded me how tiring moving house can be and I thought it would be a great cheeky card for someone that's just moved house - we all know what its like unpacking those boxes - exhausting!  When we moved from the UK to Spain I think we had unopened boxes around for at least 6 months.

Todays card as a standard A6 card with a background layer of designer paper. The floorboards are coloured with promarkers.  

For the main image I resized this to suit my card and then coloured using Promarkers (see below for colours), before fussy cutting out.

The packing boxes are simply recycled card board with a little brown ink around the edges. The labels are just sticky labels with a little scribbly writing on them.

I hope he gets those boxes unpacked soon as his home is looking very bare !

 

I chose two sentiments for my design from Polkadoodles, one printed onto the floor boards and the other printed and fussy cut out.  

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:

Dr.Digi's House of stamps - Feet up and a cuppa

Crafters Companion Designer paper - Sara Signature Collection - Little Angel

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Bob the Dog Digi Deal 

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Gnome for Men Collection - sentiment bundle

Distress Ink - gathered twigs

glossy accents

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen - white

Promarkers used :

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

Beard:         ice grey 6, 3, 00

Shirt:           burnt orange, ginger, bisque

Waistcoat:    pear green, lime green, lime zest

Trousers:      petrol blue, marine, verdigris

Socks:          royal blue, cobalt blue, cloud blue, pear green

  

Chair:           burgundy, cardinal red, burnt mahogany

                    tan cinnamon

Poof:             burgundy, cardinal red

                    tan, cinnamon

Mug:             poppy, lipstick

                    tan

                    ice grey 00

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

 Wendy x