A Passion for Markers Blog Spot Challenge #719 - Anything Goes

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! I hope your week is going well....I cant quite believe that its now December ...this year has gone so fast.

Our Christmas decorations are now up and were all ready for Santa to arrive - hopefully the kitties wont demolish the tree beforehand.

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 our Mega Christmas Challenge for both teams and being sponsored by lots of lovely and very generous companies. I chose to use a gorgeous image by Polkadoodles

The theme this week is - Anything goes

I chose to use a beautiful digital image by Lucy Monkman called All the Gifts - Girl with Birds to make a simple but I think very classy Christmas card.

Its an A6 size card with a large border of sparkly green glitter card and a very clean and simple design with a minimal colour palette - I don't think these images need much else!

These are all our wonderful sponsors that you could win a prize from so don't forget to join in

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 - Lucy Monkman - All the gifts girl with birds

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Winnie White Christmas Sentiment bundle

Promarkers used :

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

Hair:           caramel, sandstone, umber

Coat:          forest green, bright green, meadow green

Present:      burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Snow:        cool aqua

Birds:        caramel, sandstone, umber

                 burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                 gold, pumpkin

     

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

 Wendy x

I love Promarkers #548 Add a Banner Sponsored by Paper Nest Dolls

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 Paper Nest Dolls

Here is my inspiration card for the current blog challenge with the theme - Add a Banner, using a gorgeous image called Caroling Snowman.  

I love making Clean and Simple cards and today I think is a lovely example - never easy knowing when to stop but I think I'm getting better at it.

For today's  5" x 7" landscape card I have started by die cutting a panel of green glitter cardstock to leave a large border on a Kraft craft card blank 

The Snowman family image was resized to suit this panel and then printed out onto alcohol marker friendly card before printing out.

I used pink and blue distress ink to gently blend over the sky of the scene, adding white acrylic paint dots for the snow and then adhering this panel to my card.

I used a stamp and die set to create the banner for the bottom of the card, using a blue pearl embossing powder to match the colour palette of my design.

To finish off the card I have added some clear iridescent sequins and clear glitter to my snowmen.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my clean and simple card for 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 as there are prizes up for grabs.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Paper Nest Dolls digital stamp - Caroling Snowman

Distress Ink - tumbled glass, picked raspberry

Cosmic Shimmer - Cosmic Twinkles - Icicle Blue

Personal Impressions Embossing Powder  - Enhance Pearl Blue

Lisa Horton Crafts - Festive Banner Sentiments

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen - white, black, metallic grey

Promarkers used :

Snowmen:    cool aqua, blender

carrots:        burnt orange, orange, pumpkin

Top hat:        blue black, cool grey 7,5

                    forest green, bright green, leaf green

                    burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Coal:            blue black, cool grey 7,5

Hearts:         burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Hat

Scarves:        forest green, bright green, leaf green

                    china blue, denim blue, cloud blue

Book:            warm grey 2, 00

Snow:            cool aqua, blender

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

 Wendy x

Digi Choosday - It looks like snow - Christmas Animals/Birds with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday.  Wishing you all a lovely day today and that you enjoy the 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 Christmas Animals/Birds.  How are you getting on making your Christmas cards for this year ?

I'm doing quite well for a change and I think a big part is keeping it simple - We usually have so many cards to make and send and sometimes the simplest designs are the most beautiful.

For todays card I decided to use one of the fabulous images from the Lucy Monkman collection of digital stamps.  I love how different and sketchy these images are, very artsy !

Its a simple A6 card with a layer of blue metallic cardstock leaving a larger border around the clean and simple panel.

The image has been coloured with my promarkers.

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 - Snowy Dog & Bird

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Winnie White Christmas sentiment bundle

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

Wendy x

Have a Beary Happy Clean and Simple Christmas with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone and a happy Monday... I hope that you all had a good weekend, our town Feria has finished and life is now returning to normal but i'ts still really hot and sunny....I might even have a dip in the pool today !

I decided to make a very clean and simple Christmas card today for Pink Gem Designs using the very cute Christmas Bears Digital Stamp Set

This set of digital stamps includes 7 black line art images and a coordinating  sentiment for you to use.  

This is a sweet card A6 (UK Size), with a simple mat layer of pretty red and white paper and a read and white string of bakers twine on the left. 

I resized the sweet bear in the box to fit a panel of alcohol marker friendly cardstock, adding the sentiment from the set to the bottom of the panel - I decided to make the sentiment dark blue too before printing out and colouring with my Promarkers.

Just a little clear sparkle was added to the snowflake with some clear rhinestones and a little glossy accents to the bears nose.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Pink Gem Designs digital stamp - Christmas Bears

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

Sakura Gelly Roll Pens - Black, White

Card Making Magic A6 Nesting Die set

Glossy accents

Promarkers used :

Bears:                salmon pink, pale pink

                         praline, sandstone, pastel beige

Box:                   forest green, bright green, leaf green

                          burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Bow:                   gold, sunflower, mustard

                    

Candy:                burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Cane                   lavender

                      

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

Wendy x

New Release - Noodle the Panda - Lazy on a Branch with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone  I hope that you are having a lovely day! We have some wonderful long awaited rain today so I thought this would be the perfect card to share as I can imagine the rain falling in my bamboo forest of my card.

Just when you think things cant get any cuter Nikky Hall at Polkadoodles goes and does it again and oh my goodness this ones just so cute - I'm speechless

It's another huge new collection called Noodle the Panda there is something for everyone and every occasion in this new collection....in fact there are 3 separate bundles!

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

There is a special 3 for 2 offer for this new Release, if you buy 2 collections you get another free and a fabulous 35% discount on top with the code NOODLE35  

If you are a Polkadoodles VIP you will receive an even bigger discount! Look out for your VIP email with your special VIP code....Don't  miss the offer as it will expire soon.

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

This is a  clean and simple one layer A6 (UK Size) card.  I started by adding the Black and white digital stamp called Lazy on a branch to the digital bamboo paper in my graphics software along with the sentiment from the collection before printing out on alcohol friendly cardstock.

Noodle was then coloured with my promarkers (see below for the colours) and then I have used a stitched border die along the top and bottom of the panel to add detail before attaching to my card blank.

Just a few co-ordinating matt sequins to complete - clean and simple and not too much fuss.

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from this sweet new Noodle the Panda Collection

I also 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!)

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Noodle the Panda - Lazy on a branch

Polkadoodles digital paper - Noodle the Panda - Paper set 2 

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Noodle the Panda - Sentiment bundle

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen - white

Craft Consortium sequins

Promarkers used :

Promarkers used :

Noodle:      blue black, ice grey 7, 6

                 warm grey 2, 00, blender   

                 dusky rose, pale pink

                 china blue 

Bamboo:    forest green, bright green, leaf green

                 warm grey 2

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

Wendy x

Just wanted to make you smile - Springtime Smiles with Polkadoodles

Happy Tuesday everyone I hope that you are having a good week. 

It's that time again when we launch a brand new 'Anything Goes' challenge over on the Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Blog so I hope you are going to join in and don't forget the amazing discount off all crafty printable downloads until midnight today!

The theme set for the DT this week is Birds and Flowers with a CAS or Clean and Simple style so I chose to use this sweet little Chick with his umbrella for my card today.

I love making CAS cards but they are definitely a challenge but I'm really pleased with how this one has turned out....I always want to keep adding more to it but I think I'm getting better each time I make one.

I resized the cute chick with umbrella digital stamp on my computer and then printed out onto alcohol marker friendly paper before colouring with my promarkers (see below for colours) and fussy cutting out.

I've used a 6" x 6" white card blank  for this card and then cut a smaller panel of white card at 5"x5" blending a little distress ink onto the panel behind where my chick will sit.  

I've then used a pencil to draw a puddle on the ground for the chick to stand in and coloured this with my sparkle pens using a blue and a clear pen to look like water.

Next I have used the raindrop cluster stamp from the Hello Sunshine clear stamp set but you could easily draw these in with a pencil and then filled in the raindrops with clear sparkle. 

The sentiment I have used is from the Winnie Daisy Fairy greeting bundle printed out and layered onto 3 pieces of card for dimension.

Finally I have used low profile foam to mount the panel onto the card blank and adhere my chick to the card.

I hope that you like my Clean and Simple card card for today and will come back to see my next project

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Springtime Smiles - Cute chick with umbrella

Polkadoodles sentiments - Winnie Daisy Fairy greetings

Polkadoodles Clear Stamps - Hello Sunshine

Distress ink - tumbled glass

Sakura Gelly Roll pen -  white, black, metallic grey

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - clear, sea spray

Promarkers used :

Chick:               gold, sunflower, buttercup

                        burnt orange, orange, mango

Boots:               midnight blue, cobalt blue, duck egg 

                       

Umbrella:         poppy, lipstick red, salmon pink

                       burnt orange, orange, mango

                       forest green, bright green, leaf green

Flower:            aubergine, amethyst, lavender

                      gold, sunflower, buttercup

 

                       

                          

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

 Wendy x