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

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

Roofas - March Freebie Digital Stamp - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Friday! I hope that you've had a great week and the weather has been kind where you are.... We've had loads of lovely rain for the last couple of weeks but hopefully we're getting a few days to dry up a little bit over the weekend.

Today I'm back to share a card for JMC Designs  that I've made using the March freebie digital stamp - this is Roofas .... he is a cute scruffy dog who looks like he might be very naughty !

 

Every month Julia McNeill very generously gives away a fabulous digital stamp, which is available to everyone in her Facebook group JMC's Crazy Crafty Hive and also to her followers via Instagram, all you need is to use your email address to register for the stamp. 

Here is the link to register and download this months digital stamp.

If you have missed any of the previous freebies then Julia has kindly put together a list of them all with the links for each so you can download them and don't forget to share your projects in the group as we would love to see them.  Here is the full list of the freebies 

To create my more simpler masculine card for today today I've used some blue striped paper and navy card to give a cleaner simpler look.

I coloured Roofas with my Promarkers and finished off with Polychromos for added furry texture.  The doggy sentiment was added to the bottom of the panel along with some extra paw prints before printing out and adding to the card base.

The finishing touches were some simple white highlights around the image.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

JMC Designs - Roofas Freebie Digital Stamp

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Winnie Lets Hang Out - Sentiment bundle

Craftwork Cards Papers - Take it Easy

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

Wendy x

Fluffy Kisses - It's Your Birthday - Floral Bunny - New Release with Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Sunday.... I hope you are having a great weekend.

The sun is shining and its lovely and warm in the full sun but ooh its freezing in the shade and in the house too LOL

I'm back today with a card project for Lili of the Valley (LOTV) using one of the gorgeous  stamps from the brand new release  called Fluffy Kisses and is full of fluffy bunnies.

There are digi stamps for you to colour and there is also an A5 set of of Polymer stamps which is available to pre-order now from the Etsy shop.  

If you don't like to colour then there are also beautifully coloured Simply Prints available too so something for everyone.

My card today is using one of the sweetest digital stamps stamps from the Fluffy Kisses collection . This image is Bunny Flowers and perfect for my birthday card today.

This is a larger A7 or 5" x 7" floral card with a luxurious touch of shine.  I printed the image on my LaserJet printer onto Neenah Desert Storm card for a more natural feel and then coloured with my Promarkers,  

To add texture and extra fluffiness I used Polychromos pencils over the bunny for fur detail.  Then I have added black foil over the bunny and gold foil over the sentiment. Its so difficult to see in the photo which is quite annoying as its beautiful in real life.  Here's a close up to hopefully show the shine.

The card design has been kept simple without too much extra fluff as I really do prefer a simpler cleaner look these days but I chose a pretty floral paper from my stash for the background.

I matted the paper onto a dark raspberry card and die cut a tin arched frame to draw the eye into the main image.

Finishing touches were some dark plum coloured gems around the design for a touch of sparkle.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

                  

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

LOTV digital stamp - Fluffy Kisses collection - Bunny Flowers

Craftwork Cards designer paper - Floral Boutique (no longer in business sadly)

Minc Foil - black, gold

Plum gems

  

   

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 #772 - Favourite colours - Sponsored by Colour of Love

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! I hope you are all well and keeping warm - its freezing here at the moment and I just cant seem to get warm at all - brr

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 Colour of Love and our theme of 'Favourite colours' this week was chosen for team 2 by the lovely Natalie.  

I chose to use a really sweet image called Sitting by the Lake and I have created a simple A7 5" x7" Z-fold card for this with pretty papers from Craftwork cards layered onto purple cardstock.

I resized the image to suit my card blank adding a digital sentiment at the bottom of the panel and then printed out onto alcohol friendly card stock before colouring with my promarkers.

My all time favourite colour is purple ( if you hadn't guessed) and I like this with teal or shocking pink so decided to use teal.  To make the colours stand out even more, I decided to colour the rest of the image with sepia tones..something I haven't done before but I have to say I really like how its turned out.

The finishing touches for my card today were purple card candi that I have added glossy accents to.

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:

Colour of Love Digital stamp - Sitting by the lake

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Rebel Girl collection - sentiment bundle

Craftwork Cards papers - Hedgerow collection

Craftwork Cards candi - Hedgerow collection

glossy accents

     

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

 Wendy x

You're So Sweet - Stay Cool Ice creams with Studiolight

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Friday! I hope that you have had a lovely week and are looking forward to the weekend. 

I'm on my blog today with a very Summery card that I've made using a new set of clear stamps.  These sweet ice creams are from a set by Studiolight and I wanted to create something for the current Simon Says Stamp July challenge on Instagram to use the three colours pink, blue and green, a perfect combination for Summer!

This is a simple A6 (UK Size) card created with a layer of white card on a white card blank.  

I started off by stamping the three ice creams onto watercolour card stock and then coloured them using my watercolour paints, sticking to the theme, before fussy cutting out and using a black marker to hide the white outline.

Next I stamped the three ice creams onto a panel of white card before using my texture stamp and distress inks to create the splatters - I think they look like splashes of ice cream dropped onto the page.

Once the distress ink was dry I adhered the fussy cut ice creams into place along with a sweet sentiment from the set which I adhered with foam tape after doodling a black outline.  

Next I added white gel pen highlights here and there and some clear iridescent sequins to finish off my card for today.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card for today and will drop by again to see my next project.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

Studiolight clear stamps - Friendz - Stay Cool

Distress Ink - salty ocean, mowed lawn, picked raspberry

Lisa Horton Crafts Euphoria Watercolour paints 

Craftwork Cards Stamps - Stamp it II

Sugar & Spice Sequins - Unicorn mix

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen - white, black

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

 Wendy x

Have a Fantastic Day - Craftwork Cards - Celebrations

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

I have a fun birthday card to share with you today, that I made for a special friends 75th birthday yesterday.

I'm not sure of the name of the style of card but I was inspired to create it after watching a tutorial by a friend on her Facebook group Nifty Noodles Crafting 

I made very slight changes to the tutorial dimensions so I could use my scoreboard which shows imperial rather than metric measurements, but the completed card still folds to fit into a standard C6 envelope.  

For my card base I chose a bright orange card cutting 4 pieces as follows  

• 12" x 4" scored at 2" & 4 "
• 6" x 4" for the card base
• 3 1/2" x 3 1/2 "
• 3 1/4" x 31/4"

I've used a colourful paper pad and some ephemera from a collection by Craftwork Cards (no longer in business sadly), to decorate the panels of the card

To finish off I added some silver confetti around the design.

I hope that you like my fun and colourful card today and you'll enjoy the next card that I share, made using this set.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Craftwork Cards - designer paper & ephemera - Celebrations

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - silver

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

Wendy x

Christmas in July with Last Minute Manda and #byshcsketchchallenge35

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day!....My cousin and her hubby arrive today for a holiday so I'm a little bit excited to see her - I still get as giddy when she is coming as I did when I was little...I used to get so excited I'd end up making myself sick.

Today I'm here to share a cute 'Christmas in July' card that I've made for Last Minute Manda  using the Bitty Bears Christmas set  - all of the images in this set are so easy to colour and create quick cards.

I've also decided to create my card using the July  Sketch 35 in the @byshcardmakers (Build Your Stash Holiday Card makers) Facebook Group as I'm determined this year to get my Christmas card stash ready in advance....

 

I've created a simple landscape A6 card following the sketch and used papers from my hoard of Craftwork Cards papers.

Just a little doodling with my gold pen around the border of the card to finish it off.

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 - Bitty Bear Christmas

Craftwork Cards Papers & Heart Embellishment- Festive Chalkboard

Darice Embossing Folder - Candy Stripes

Distress Ink - Candied Apple

Wooden Hearts

Pebeo Gilding Wax - Empire Gold

Posca pen - white

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black, gold

Promarkers used :

Bear:                 caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

 

Feet:                  pale pink, salmon pink

Hat:                   burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                         lavender, ivory 

Bow:                  forest green, bright green, leaf green

Present:             gold, sunflower, mustard

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

 Wendy x

Wishing you a Happy Birthday with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone wishing you all a happy Friday... I hope that you have had a great week.

Today I am sharing a sweet Flip card that I have made for for Pink Gem Designs using the very cute Bunnies digital stamp set   

It's a fabulous set of digital stamps and includes 7 black Line art images and 2 sentiments for you to use.

I decided for todays card to create an easy kinetic  6" x 6" flip card and I've incorporated a square flip panel although you can make flip cards with different shapes and without dies too if you don't have any.

The card folds flat for posting but when you open it the heart panel flips over to reveal a hidden message.

For my flip panel card I have used a 6" x 6" card blank and have used a pencil to make a feint pencil line at 3" on one of the card panels.

On the panel with the pencil line position the die, a square in my case over this, lining up the die centrally over the pencil line.

The card can then be passed through the die cutting machine to partially cut the chosen shape.  I only want the square shape cut on the left part of my front panel so you can do this easily by lining up the top cutting plate with the part that you want to be cut.

There are loads of excellent video tutorials showing how to do this and how to create different sizes of cards.  This is one I like by Sam Calcott of Mixed Up Craft that is great for explaining how to recreate these simple cards.

I chose two of the sweet bunnies from the set, one with her eyes closed and the next with them open and coloured them using my promarkers before fussy cutting out.

Once the card base is ready the fun part is decorating it.  I chose some pretty papers from my stash that I've had for years and a happy birthday sentiment strip.

I added a little gold sparkle to the flowers and some card candi covered with glossy accents to add extra detail.

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:
Pink Gem Designs digital stamp - Hoppy Birthday Bunnies

Kaiser craft Paper collection - Confetti

Lisa Horton Crafts - sentiment strips

Craftwork Cards candy

Stickles - diamond

Glossy accents

Promarkers used :

Bunny:               warm grey 4, 3, 2, 1

                         cocktail pink, pale pink

Flower pot:         

Flowers:            

These are the challenges I am entering

dis digi designs challenge Weekly Beverages (4) (1 of 3) Milk for the kitties
lil patch of crafty friends Weekly (45) (1 of 3)
Creative Fingers challenge (95) (3 of 3)
Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - (39) ( 5 of 5)
Moving Along With The Times  Man or a boy (70) (3 of 5)
Pearly Sparkles Challenge Man or boy (49)
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (242)
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes (98) (3 of 3)
Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes (207) unlimited
Avenue 613 Anything Goes (174) (7 of 8)
Sheep ski designs Anything Goes man or boy (39) (3 of 3)
Mirtillamente Challenge -   (7) (5 of 5)
LeAnn's World 101 Challenge (on hold) unlimited
colorful options peach () unlimited
through the purple haze Buttons / flowers () ( of 3)
Critter Crazy Challenge (103) (5 of 5)
We love stamping CAS or AG (39) (2 of 3)
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge AG (42) (3 of 3)
Dragonfly Dreams fancy folds (11) (2 of 3)
Crafty Calendar Challenge Summertime (66) (2 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges  (158)       

                      

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

Wendy x

Have a Special Day with Last Minute Manda

Hello everyone wishing you all a happy Thursday.... 

Our Easter Feria starts today ! Not another one I hear you say....well from now until around the end of September there is something happening each week in our town. The Spanish definitely know how to party.

The first main Easter procession takes place this evening from church carrying the statue of Christ around the town, accompanied by lots if music, rockets and costume ans maybe even a few glasses or wine... Its a long old procession so we only stay to watch for a short time.

Today I had planned to share a card that I have made for a blog I was invited to be Guest Designer for, but something has gone awry with their blog so I've postponed todays planned post, hopefully until the problem has been fixed.

I'm also a little late this week, catching up with myself, but I'm here with my DT inspiration card for Last Minute Manda 

This is a great set of digital stamps called Monkey Birthday. 

Whilst I make loads and loads of cards, I don't have many that are more suitable for men and boys, so today I've tried to make a card that would appeal to a younger boy.  

I've stuck to a green and blue colour palette for my main image and used some fabulous papers from Craftwork Cards that have been in my stash for a while now.

Because the zig zag paper is quite 'busy' I decided to die cut a stitched star from white card and have stamped the large sentiment onto this, before adding to my card.

The monkey was coloured with my promarkers and i then fussy cut him out before adding to the card with low profile foam tape.  

Just a few sequins (I couldn't resist !) where then scattered around the design.

Don't forget if you head over to the new Last Minute Manda store 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 - Monkey Birthday

Craftwork Cards Designer Series Paper - Celebration

Auchan (supermarket) - sentiment stamp

Versafine Clair Ink - twilight

American Crafts Precision pen - black 0.03

Nested stitched star  dies

Sugar & Spice sequins - Unicorn

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - black, white

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - Clear

Glossy Accents

Promarkers used :

Monkey:   caramel, sandstone, champagne

               chestnut, terracotta, cinnamon

               pale pink, cocktail pink

 Hat:        forest green, bright green, meadow green

               marine, turquoise, pastel green

               gold, sunflower, buttercup

Present:   forest green, bright green, meadow green

               marine, turquoise, pastel green

               gold, sunflower, buttercup

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 #678 - Favourite digital stamp

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all !

I'm back today with a new DT Inspiration card for a Passion for Markers Blog challenge.

This weeks challenge is being sponsored by Conie Fong and the are some beautiful images over in the store, you'll be spoilt for choice, so why not take a look and join in the challenge.  Don't forget there will be a prize for the Winner of the challenge - there are more details over on the blog.

The Blog theme chosen by Karen for Team 2 is to use a 'Favourite Digital Stamp' and this is my inspiration for the challenge made using a digital image from Conie Fong called Bella Rose

This sweet image reminds me of an old fashioned cameo so I decided to use a die that I've had in my stash for many many years that cuts a cameo style frame, to sit behind my coloured image and I've turned it into a mirror with a small piece of mirror card behind the aperture.

The digital image is coloured with my Promarkers (see below for colours) and then I've fussy cut out and mounted on my card with low profile foam tape

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:
Conie Fong digital stamp - Bella Rose

Craftwork Cards Designer Series Papers - Antiqued

Lisa Horton Crafts Sentiment Dies 

Lawn Fawn custom craft dies -  Stitched borders

Fancy Frame Die - Craft Magazine

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - Clear

Pretty Pink Posh Confetti - sugar plum

Glitter Washi tape

Promarkers used :

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

                         pale pink               

Hair:                  vanilla, caramel, sandstone, umber

Dress & Roses:    plum, mulberry, cerise

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

 Wendy x