A Passion for Markers Blog Spot Challenge #828 - Anything Masculine - Sponsored by Dr Digi

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day -  I was so late updating my blog for today - got completely side tracked after yoga yesterday and then I managed to do a little pruning in the garden so tired myself out...so I'm in a rush this morning to get it written and published before my haircut at 10 !

Its gone so cold here again - even though its nearly Spring officially and its hot when you are in the sunshine its very cold in the shade and even colder in the house LOL 

Today I'm here to let you know that there's a new week long challenge on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge and I hope that you will join in as there is a prize up for grabs.

This week we are being sponsored by Dr Digis House of Stamps 

and our theme is very simple - Anything Masculine and is being hosted by Elaine for Team 2.  I'm still struggling to make more Masculine less cutesy cards - I should try harder I know.

I'm a Rock Chick at heart and I know quite a few Old Rockers who are also into their motorbikes so I decided today to use this cheeky Dr Digi stamp called Aubery Bumblethorpe colouring with my Promarkers before cutting out on my ScanNCut.

I then created a metal looking grid plate using an embossing folder in my stash, from black card and silver gilding wax.  To tie in with Aubery's t-shirt I cut some red glitter stars and a large black glitter star to add to the background panel, cutting to fit the card base.

The perfect sentiment is from the Gnome for Men collection by Polkadoodles.

Finishing touches were glossy accents for his glasses and some silver gel pen on the buttons and belt.

Wishing you all a wonderful week!

I hope that you join in with the challenge as don't forget 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 Digi House of stamps - Aubery Bumblethorpe

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Gnome for Men - sentiment bundle

Pebeo Gilding Wax - silver

Sakura Gel Pen - silver

glossy accents

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Party Animals - I think it's time to Party ! - Birthday Card - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Friday I hope that the week has been a good one for you.  

It's an exciting day as it's time for a New Release by Lili of the Valley (LOTV) , the first one in 2026 and I think you will love it.

There's 2 collections for you both available now from the Etsy shop - Cute Girls and Party Animals.

I'm here today with a sweet birthday card that I've made featuring the cheeky little monkey from the Party Animals digital stamp set

There are 4 little characters...perfect for loads of different occasions, and they are on offer until Sunday.

Just some simple colouring with my promarkers before fussy cutting out.

I've used papers from my stash to create my pop up panel card and finishing touches added of white gel pen highlights, clear sparkle and purple confetti. 

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

                  

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp set - Party Animals - Chimp

LOTV Digital sentiment - It's Time to Party

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - sugar plum 

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

     

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

 Wendy x

Digi Choosday - Thinking of you always - Mothers Day - Birthday Card - Fence Card - Udderly Cute Collection - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you're having a great week.  It was our wedding anniversary yesterday so we had a quick trip down to the coast for a walk on the beach and a lovely lunch.  I love the sound of the waves and the sunshine reflecting on the water so it sparkles - very special to see.

It's that time of the week to share some more inspiration for our current '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 Digi Choosday discount off all crafty printable downloads!  

Don't Forget that our challenges our now 4 weekly so there's loads of time for you to join in and more chances to win too!

The theme set for the DT this week is to make a Mothers Day or Mothers Birthday card...my Mum absolutely loved her garden and I think anything with flowers always reminds me of her.  I decided that I would create a Fence Card or Lattice card as it would be perfect with the papers and ephemera from the Udderly Cute Collection

The finished card fits an A7 or 5" x 7" envelope.  I started with a piece of white card measuring 4 3/4" x 11 1/2" scoring this at 5 3/8 to create the base card.  On the shorter side of the card I then cut off 6 strips each measuring  1/2".  I also cut 2 strips measuring 3/4 " width by 4 3/4", these are for the fence posts.

I adhered some of the wood grain paper from the collection to the wood posts and planks and then adhered them to the card using a strip of masking tape to hold the card in position whilst the glue dried.  There are loads of tutorials on YouTube explaining how to create this type of card as it definitely was very popular last year. Have a look here on YouTube for a variation of the fence or lattice style card.

I used another of the floral papers to decorate the top section and the inside of the card.

Next I used my ScanNCut to cut out the elements from the Spring is Here SVG pack and blended a little distress ink to the sides of the plant pot to give it dimension.

The pretty daisy ephemera from the collection was perfect for my design so I arranged this on the fence panel before adding the little plant pot over the top of the bottom of the stems.

To finish off the card I added one of the little strip sentiments and some of the heart ephemera to the design.

to give the card a special look I scatted sparkly gems around the design and added some clear sparkle to the hearts.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe: 

Polkadoodles digital ephemera - ephemera bundle

Polkadoodles digital paper - Udderly Cute Cows  - Paper Pack 2 & Paper Pack 5

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - sentiment pack

Polkadoodles digital print & cut SVG file - Spring is Here

distress ink - antique linen, tea dye, ground espresso

glossy accents

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - clear

Pretty Pink Posh gems - grapefruit

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 #826 - Spring Flowers - Sponsored by Uniko Stamps

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day - it feels like ages since I've updated my blog, this last few weeks have been awful with my labyrinthitis so no crafting, no reading and definitely no work on the computer.  Things are improving and my new hearing aid is helping with the tinnitus but I'm still struggling to look down for very long.... fingers crossed it stops soon

Anyway - Spring is in the air and the sun is shining so that's definitely a positive - it just makes everyone feel so much better after all the horrid winds and heavy rainfall we've had.

Today I'm here to let you know that there's a new week long challenge on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge and I hope that you will join in as there is a prize up for grabs.

This week we are being sponsored by Uniko Stamps and our theme is very simple - Spring Flowers and is being hosted by Me for Team 2.

As Spring flowers are popping up around the garden I decided today to use stamps from Lili Of The Valley LOTV  I used the Flower Alphabet set for the word Spring and then for the smaller Wishes the Everyday Greetings set, colouring these with my Promarkers before cutting out on my ScanNCut.

I created a split DL card, using pretty Spring floral paper for the design and adhering the large letters across the gap in the panel.

The finishing touches were some sparkly flower sequins and glossy accents to some of the little flowers.

Wishing you all a wonderful week!

I hope that you join in with the challenge as don't forget 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:

LOTV stamps - Flower Alphabet 

LOTV stamps - Everyday Greetings

LOTV & Nitwit Collections Paper pad - Bonnets & Bowties

Distress ink - twisted citron

flower sequins

glossy accents

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

 Wendy x

Digi Choosday - Just Thinking about you - Mothers Day Card - Udderly Cute Collection - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you're having a great week

It's that time of the week to share some more inspiration for our current '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 Digi Choosday discount off all crafty printable downloads!  

Don't Forget that our challenges our now 4 weekly so there's loads of time for you to join in and more chances to win too!

The theme set for the DT this week is  to make a Mothers Day card following this colour palette.

I don't really make Mothers Day cards, I prefer to make a thinking of you card instead as it' can be a difficult time for lots of people - I like to create a card that I think my mum would have loved to receive .

When I saw the colour palette I immediately thought of the the brand new Udderly Cute Collection  and specifically the ephemera.

The card is a simple smaller A6 card with a layer of pretty floral paper from the collection in the background.

I die cut an arched panel and a circular panel from grey and white cardstock, stamping the sentiment onto the circular panel 

I challenged myself this year to start using my Scan n Cut machine rather than fussy cutting by hand and the ephemera sheets were so easy to cut on the machine.

I chose one of the ephemera sheets cutting out the elements and then layered these onto my card some flat and some adhered with foam tape.

To finish off the card I added lovely sparkle to the macaron and the hearts and a scattering of sparkly pink sequins.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe: 

Polkadoodles digital ephemera - ephemera bundle

Polkadoodles digital paper - Udderly Cute Cows  - Paper Pack 1

Polkadoodles stamp - Funky Rosy Posy

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - clear

Sugar & Spice sequins - candy floss mix

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

Wendy x

Digi Choosday - You're My Favourite Person - Valentines Card - Udderly Cute Collection - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you're having a great week - February is already here and its definitely time to think about sending Love and Valentines Day.

Do you send Valentines cards ?  We don't send them to each other really anymore but we always try to have a special day to celebrate and mark the occasion.

It's that time of the week to share some more inspiration for our current '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 Digi Choosday discount off all crafty printable downloads!  

Don't Forget that our challenges our now 4 weekly so there's loads of time for you to join in and more chances to win too!

The theme set for the DT this week is  Valentines and to use Red Pink Black and white so I thought the brand new Udderly Cute Collection would be prefect for this.

The card fold is a simple Pop Out Gatefold as I wanted to really show off the cute cow pattern papers and also use some of the fabulous ephemera  from the collection.

The folded card fits into a 5" x 7" or A7 envelope.  Using a deep cherry red card I cut a piece measuring 10" x 7" and then along the long edge of the card, scored at 2 1/2" & 7 1/2" on one side and then one the other side at 4 1/12" & 5 1/2".  This will give the perfect valley and mountain folds for the card.

The card was layered with cow papers on the inside and then a pretty polka dot  paper on the outside so the recipient gets a surprise when they open it.

I'm really proud of myself as over Christmas I challenged myself to start using my Scan n Cut machine more this year rather than fussy cutting  by hand and the ephemera sheets were so easy to cut on the machine - as well as being addicted to cows - I'm now in love with my Scan n Cut again ! So with my new found love I've used lots of the ephemera to adorn the card.

The image is Just For Moo, coloured with promarkers and layered onto die cut hearts.

To finish the card I added lovely sparkle inside and out and a touch of glossy accents to the little heart on the envelope.  

I wish you could see the sparkle as its so pretty but photos don't do it justice.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe: 

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Udderly Cute Cows - Just For Moo

Polkadoodles digital paper - Udderly Cute Cows  - Paper pack 5 & Paper Pack 4

Polkadoodles digital ephemera - ephemera bundle

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Udderly Cute Cows - Greetings pack

glossy accents

Stickles - diamond

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - White

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

Wendy x

Wonderful Birthday Wishes - Mushroom Village - Freebie Digital image - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Saturday!  

I hope you are enjoying the weekend.....Well its the last day of January and its flown by...I'm ready for some better spring weather now but we've a few more windy and rainy days ahead.

I thought today I  would share a sweet little 3D pop up birthday card that I have made using the Freebie digital stamp for January by JMC Designs .  If you haven't seen it yet then don't worry here is the link to download the digital stamp.

https://mailchi.mp/9e777d6649dd/jmcfreedigimushroomvillage

I resized the image and printed it 3 times before colouring with distress inks for a vibrant spring like feel.

I then hand fussy cut out the 3 layers for my pop up card, adhering each to the card base.

Finishing touches were a stamped sentiment at the bottom, some sparkle to the clouds and windows and white gel pen highlights.

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

We would love to see what you make with this cute little winter snail so why not get creating and then upload it to the Facebook page JMCs Crazy Crafty Hive

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe: 

Distress inks

Spectrum Noir sparkle pen - clear

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white

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

Wendy x

Back to Basics - Christmas Hammock Fold Card - Use my Stash - Craftwork Cards - Frozen Forest Collection

Hello everyone wishing you all a wonderful Friday - We've still got very wintery weather, loads of rain and wind and it's so cold  too!

It's probably our first proper Winter since we moved here just over 8 years ago and the wood pile is dwindling fast - fingers crossed we have enough to see us through the cold.

I've already mentioned that one of my crafty goals this year is to use my stash so I have dug out one of my Craftwork Cards collections....Yes I  know its a Christmas collection but its seemed appropriate with the cold weather and all the snow on the mountains. 

This A6 Hammock Fold card has been made using the Frozen Forest collection.

I really liked this style of card from a week or so ago so I made another - LOL

For the base card I used two pieces of pale blue cardstock measuring 12" x 6" and 9" x 4"

The larger piece was scored at 2", 4", 8" & 10" and the smaller piece scored at 1 1/2", 3", 6" & 7 1/2"

If you are looking for a tutorial for the hammock fold card then I would recommend reading the one at Beccy's Place as its really clear and easy to follow.

Here is the link for the tutorial

I've used up some of the scraps of paper that I have kept for ages and a couple of the ephemera die cuts that came in the collection to decorate the card.

I thought for this one I would create a Belly Band or wrap style closure and die cut a fancy scalloped frame for  the front panel.

I added a few pieces of blue candi and then coated them with glossy accents so they look like enamel dots and added some sparkly stickles to the front panel with the deer.

Its really simple and a lovely style and easily folds up to fit an A6 size envelope.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

                  

Card recipe:

Craftwork Cards - Frozen Forest Collection

Craftwork Cards - Candi

Glossy Accents

Stickles - Diamond

   

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 #822 - Use Ribbon or Lace - Sponsored by RAM Stamps

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day - We've had a few days now of cold, wind and rain and there's more to come this week - I do love days when I can craft and catch up with my blog especially when its too cold to be outside. 

So glad we have our log burner for the evenings and we've also treated ourselves to a huge electric blanket for the sofa too - it makes such a big difference and a couple of the kitties are also in love with it LOL.

Today I'm here to let you know that there's a new week long challenge on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge and I hope that you will join in as there is a prize up for grabs.

This week we are being sponsored by RAM Stamps and our theme is very simple - Use Ribbon or Lace being hosted by Kitty for Team 2.

As we've had so much rain over recent days I decided today to use the very sweet Friendship Mouse printed out and coloured with my Promarkers before fussy cutting out.

I have absolutely loads of ribbons but very rarely use them in my cards these days - something else I need to use more to create some space LOL.

The white top panel is a pre-cut panel that I've had for many years from Craftwork cards so I started by stencilling s few rain drops onto this before wrapping a small piece of sheer blue ribbon around the bottom of the panel.  I added a peice of blue paper to the card base and stamped a sentiment in the bottom right corner of the card

The stencilled panel was adhered to the card base with foam tape and then the sweet little mouse adhered onto the rain drops again with foam tape.

The finishing touches were some clear sparkle onto the puddle and the rain drops and glossy accents to the little lady bird.

Wishing you all a wonderful week!

I hope that you join in with the challenge as don't forget 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:

RAM stamps - Friendship Mouse

Distress ink - Salty ocean

Lawn Fawn Stencil - rainy sky

Craftwork Cards paper - Celebrations collection

Craftwork Cards die cut panel

Polkadoodles stamp - Hello Sunshine

Blue Sheer Ribbon

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

glossy accents

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

 Wendy x

I just wanted to say - Hello - Waving Animals - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Saturday.  It's another cold and windy day here and we've got rain due later and then for a few days - cant complain though as its still sunny so the solar panels are working well and the battery is fully charged.

I'm so late with this blog post - I shared the cards last Tuesday on my Facebook page but completely forgot to write my blog so many apologies for that.  I have to say my head has been all over the place lately and I've had loads of headaches - too full of nonsense with everything that is going on at the moment!

I'm here today with a couple of sweet cards that I've made for Lili of the Valley (LOTV) featuring a little butterfly and a bear from the Waving Animals digital stamp set available in the Etsy shop.

It's a huge set of 18 cute little waving animals - you will be spoilt for choice and there are 30 sentiments included too....perfect for loads of different occasions.

Just some simple colouring with my promarkers for both of the little critters and then I have used my ScanNCut machine to cut them out.

The simple backgrounds were stencilled with distress inks and finishing touches added of confetti and gems. 

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

                  

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp set  - Waving Animals

LHC Layered word die

Distress ink - squeezed lemonade, picked raspberry, twisted citron, salty ocean

Lawn Fawn stencils - lots of stars, falling hearts

Spellbinders confetti - silver

Buttons Galore & More gems - coconut palms

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

     

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

 Wendy x

Digi Choosday - Hot Chocolate card - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that your year has got off to a great start !...did you make any New Year resolutions ?  I decided not to this year as they are always sooo difficult to stick to....I'm just planning on a healthy and happy year ahead....! 

It's that time of the week to share some more inspiration for our current '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 Digi Choosday discount off all crafty printable downloads!  

Don't Forget that our challenges our now 4 weekly so there's loads of time for you to join in and more chances to win too!

The theme set for the DT this week is  Hot Chocolate and its definitely hot chocolate time here as the Winter temperatures have really kicked in - there is so much snow too on the mountains around us - definitely magical to see.

I have seen loads of Hot Chocolate style cards lately using fancy dies and I decided I would recreate the style using digital images.  I love being able to get more out of my stash too so I'm really pleased how this came together.

I've use several different bundles to create this card and It was so easy to do.

I started off by using the mug template (its a freebie) to create two mugs and then coloured these with green distress inks, adding a couple of die cut hearts to the mugs.

For the whipped cream topping I printed out one of the cakes from the Coffee, Tea and Cake collection.  I only wanted the whipped cream and cherry so used the Cherry Cream Cupcake image and then coloured with my promarkers before fussy cutting out.

The sentiment is from the Gingerbread Cookie collection and I added this to the bottom of a muted paper from Gingerbread Holly collection before printing out, along with a piece of the check paper from the same collection.

I decided to add a little stamped border around the edge of the brown paper, stamping in Versafine Clair ink using the Funky Borders stamps set, before layering with red card and adding to my card blank.

I shaped the mugs with a round edge and then adhered to the card using 3D glue gel for dimension.

To finish the card I added some sparkly gems and clear sparkle pen to the whipped cream and cherries.  

I wish you could see the sparkle as its so pretty but photos don't do it justice.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe: 

Polkadoodles digital stamp - freebie image - Mug template

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Coffee, Tea and Cake collection - Cherry Cream Cupcake

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Gingerbread Cookie - Sentiment bundle

Polkadoodles digital paper - Gingerbread Holly - Paper set 2 , Paper set 1

Polkadoodles stamp set  - Funky Borders

Distress ink - mowed lawn, rustic wilderness, pine needles

Gems

Tonic Hearts die

Versafine Clair ink - rain forest

Crafters Companion sparkle pen - clear

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

Wendy x