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

New Release - Udderly Cute & Totally Loved - Valentine's & Love cards - Udderly Cute collection with Polkadoodles

Hello and happy Sunday everyone... I'm late again updating my blog but we've been busy in the garden today whilst the sun was out, pruning and burning the waste to try and keep on top of everything.

I wanted to share another of my cards using the newly released adorable cows....I think this would make a great birthday card for someone special, or just to send love.

Udderly Cute Cows is a sweet digital collection filled with adorable cow characters, soft farmhouse details and a gentle Valentine/friendship theme that is also designed to be used for general everyday card making and crafting too - why not think of telling someone you love them for whatever the reason. 

Designed in a cream and blush pink palette with a shabby chic, watercolour feel, these printables are perfect for creating heartfelt cards and projects that make someone smile. 

This versatile collection is ideal for Valentine’s Day, friendship, birthdays and thoughtful just-because makes. Simply download, print and craft to create handmade cards, tags, journals, scrapbook pages and small gifts, all with a sweet, feel-good cow-themed twist. 

With 12 digital stamps for you to colour, pre-coloured clipart, greetings, quotes, printable papers and ephemera and SVG outline files - you have everything you need to make the most gorgeous handmade cards and crafts you can be proud of!

This is my second card using the new release but as always there's loads more inspiration for you in the gallery on the Polkadoodles website

My 5" x 7" or A7 card filled with love today uses Heartfelt Wishes coloured with my Promarkers.  I created a stacked frame using one of the pretty papers from the collection, die cutting this and adhering to several frames cut from card stock ( I use cereal boxes for the base layers as it's free, great for recycling and you cant see the card once its complete. 

The little hearts were cut (on my Scan n Cut!) from one of the lovely ephemera sheets and I think they make the perfect addition to the card.

The finishing touches for the card was lots of extra sparkle to the coloured hearts, gems to the centre of the little flowers and some clear sparkly gems around the design.

I hope that you like my projects 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 - Heartfelt Wishes

Polkadoodles digital paper - Udderly Cute Cows  -  Paper Pack 4

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Udderly Cute Cows - Greetings pack

Polkadoodles digital ephemera - Udderly Cute Cows  - ephemera pack

green gems

Buttons Galore & More Gems - All is calm

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

Back to Basics - Male Birthday - Craftwork Cards - Take it Easy Collection

Hello everyone wishing you all a wonderful Friday - Yeah It's raining !

that probably sounds really weird to most people but we don't get that much here so when it rains its wonderful....as long as it doesn't carry on for days that is LOL

Rainy Days are cosy indoor crafty days.....once I've done a few chores obviously.

I needed to make a very plain male birthday card (no Frou-frou) to send to the UK and I decided in my mission to use my stash this year I would dig out one of my Craftwork Cards collections.  

This A6 Hammock Fold card has been made using the Take is Easy collection.

I always struggle with masculine cards but I'm pleased how this came out and I think it fits the bill.

Its a new card fold for me but I love it and its great for using those papers in my crafty hoard.

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

The larger peice 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 sentiments that cam in the collection to decorate the card.

I die cut a couple of diamonds from the pale blue card to layer under the sentiments as I didn't want them to be lost with the busy paper pattern.

I added a few pieces of orange candi and then coated them with glossy accents so they look like enamel dots.

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 - Take it Easy collection

Craftwork Cards - Candi

Glossy Accents

   

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

 Wendy x

Back to Basics - Baptism Card - Crafters Companion - Bebunni - Baby Collection - Digital Crafting

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Wednesday - I'm a bit late posting my blog today as we were busy in the garden pruning the olive trees and then I've been watching a few  YouTube tutorials - my goal this year is to get to grips with my Scan n Cut machine (properly !)....I have had it for several years now and only really used it to cut out images for colouring but there is so much more that I could be doing with it.

When I was card making around 12 years ago - digital crafting was my main thing. I coloured a little but mostly used pre-coloured images in my cards and I'm ashamed to say I have so much stuff that hasn't been touched in years but I cant bear to get rid of it!

Anyway to prove a point, we were invited to a baptism here in the village and I thought - I'll make a quick card as I'm bound to have something I can colour.

To my horror I couldn't find anything suitable - then I remembered a CD from Crafters Companion from their Bebunni range - (it dates back to 2014) that was all to do with babies so I loaded it into my pc and sure enough there was a sweet baptism image.

Thank goodness!

So here is the card I made, using a decoupage sheet and paper from the Baby Collection CD.  The sentiment was added to the paper before printing out.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

                  

Card recipe:

Crafters Companion Paper crafting CD - Bebunni - Baby Collection

Crafters Companion sparkle pen - clear

Sequins - Sugar & Spice - enchanted mix

   

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 #820 - Favourite Digital or Stamp - Sponsored by All Dressed Up Stamps

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day - My goodness its sooo cold here at the moment inside the house - I cant seem to get warm and have so many layers on in the house - it's actually warmer outside in the sunshine LOL. Even the log burner at night isn't making me feel warm so we've ordered an electric blanket for the sofa - can't wait for it to arrive.

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 All Dressed Up stamps and our theme is very simple - Favourite stamp or digital stamp being hosted by Karen for Team 2.

So for my card today I decided to use a beautiful image called Garden Wheel Barrow, as I'm channelling some warmer spring vibes.

This lovely image was coloured with my Promarkers and then I have fussy cut out the top portion of the design, leaving the bottom as a rounded hill that I coloured with a little distress inks.

The check paper in the background is from the new Udderly Cute collection by Polkadoodles.

The sentiment is by Waffle Flower, stamped with Versafine Clair green ink and then cut out with the coordinating dies.

The finishing touches were some white gelly roll pen highlights and super sparkly gems. 

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:

All Dress Up digital stamp - Garden Wheel Barrow

Waffle Flower sentiment stamp - Wrapped Bouquet

Polkadoodles Digital paper - Udderly Cute - Paper pack 1

Distress ink - Mowed Lawn, twisted citron

Versafine Clair ink - rain forest

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white

Buttons Galore & More gems - coconut palms

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

 Wendy x

New Release - You Make My Heart Go MOO - Valentines cards - Udderly Cute collection with Polkadoodles

Hello and happy Friday everyone... 

I'm sure that by now you have seen the brand new release by Polkadoodles, such a cute collection.

Udderly Cute Cows is a sweet digital collection filled with adorable cow characters, soft farmhouse details and a gentle Valentine/friendship theme that is also designed to be used for general everyday card making and crafting too - why not think of telling someone you love them for whatever the reason. 

Designed in a cream and blush pink palette with a shabby chic, watercolour feel, these printables are perfect for creating heartfelt cards and projects that make someone smile. 

This versatile collection is ideal for Valentine’s Day, friendship, birthdays and thoughtful just-because makes. Simply download, print and craft to create handmade cards, tags, journals, scrapbook pages and small gifts, all with a sweet, feel-good cow-themed twist. 

With 12 digital stamps for you to colour, pre-coloured clipart, greetings, quotes, printable papers and ephemera and SVG outline files - you have everything you need to make the most gorgeous handmade cards and crafts you can be proud of!

This is my first card using the new release but as always there's loads more inspiration for you in the gallery on the Polkadoodles website

My card  filled with love today uses Big Heart coloured with my Promarkers and layered with chocolate brown card and a couple of the pretty papers for a simple and very easy 5" x 7" card.

Sometimes less is definitely more !

The finishing touches for the card was lots of extra sparkle to the bow, glossy accents on the balloon and sparkly gems 

I hope that you like my projects 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 - Big Heart

Polkadoodles digital paper - Udderly Cute Cows  - Paper pack 1

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Udderly Cute Cows - Greetings pack

glossy accents

Buttons Galore & More Gems - grapefruits

Crafters Companion 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

Digi Choosday - Darling Buds collection - Thank you card - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you all had a Wonderful Christmas and New Year! 

The Polkadoodles DT has been taking a well earned break and I'm hoping that Nikky got to enjoy Christmas too but it must be so difficult when its your own business to get a good balance between work and relaxation.

Today the team is back and we're here to kick off the new Digi Choosday challenges for 2026 - I hope you will join in as you could win a fantastic prize.

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 Thank you so I d4ecided to create a special card for my best friend back in the UK - to say thank you for being such a wonderful friend.  I don't get to see her much since we moved to Spain and she doesn't really like to travel so I miss her loads but I know that she is there if I need her and we do chat from time to time via messenger.

I chose to use one of the beautiful girls from the Darling Buds collection - this is one of my absolute favourites - Crocus Flower girl.  I adore crocuses especially the yellow and purple ones.  We have a few in our garden here that I brought with us when we moved and they are just so pretty in bloom.  I was hoping they would spread more but I think the pesky fruit rats eat the bulbs - naughty things!  My BFF loves the garden and flowers so I think she'll love this card - fingers crossed.

I resized the Crocus girl to suit my DL card before colouring in with promarkers, using a yellow and purple colour palette before fussy cutting out.

Next I decided to create a fresh looking background directly onto the card base starting with one of the Switchable stencils.  I used the Triptych Square  stencils and yellow and purple distress ink to create my design.

 

I splattered a little yellow and purple ink across the panel and  then blended more yellow ink around the edge of the card.

To finish off the background I used one of the Funky Borders stamps and purple Distress Oxide ink to stamp into each of the corners, adding some very sparkly glitter to the little circles.

Next I adhered my little Crocus girl to the card base using foam tape for dimension and the sentiment was tucked into the design towards the bottom.

To finish the card I added some sparkly gems, more stickles to the dress, white pen highlights and clear sparkle pen to the flowers.  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 - Darling Buds collection  - Crocus Flower girl

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Darling Buds collection  - sentiment bundle

Polkadoodles Creative Stencil - Switchable - Triptych Squares

Polkadoodles Craft Stamp - Funky Borders

Distress Oxide ink - wilted violet

Distress ink - fossilized amber, villainous potion

stickles - diamond

Crafters Companion sparkle pen - clear

Gems

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

Wendy x