Digi Choosday - Hocus Pocus collection - Halloween Pumpkins - Happy Halloween card - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you are having a good week....We're currently away on holiday in Mallorca (last day today) so I hope my blog has posted ok....fingers crossed.  

It's strange to be thinking about Halloween whilst we are enjoying the sea and sun on an absolutely gorgeous little Spanish island.... it's so easy and quick for us to get here too - this time we flew from Granada airport which is so much nicer and smaller than Malaga.

It'll be our town Feria soon too so lots of fun to come !

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 Halloween Pumpkins......loved carving a pumpkin when we lived in the UK to put outside the front door but its not really a big celebration here and the children only really Trick or Trick within the little town itself.... thankfully so we don't have to buy loads of sweets !

I reached for the Hocus Pocus collection again (one of my favourite spooky sets I think) and selected the different scary pumpkins from a couple of the sets in the collection.

On my computer I resized them to suite a landscape DL card and merged together to create a row of scary pumpkins before printing them out and colouring with my promarkers.  For the eyes and mouths I've used a couple of fluorescent gel pens to give the look of scary glowing faces - it would be great with glow in the dark pens .....hmm I must have a look for some.

I also printed out one of the wonderful sentiments from the Ghastly Ghosts set onto a DL panel.  Next I used 5 distress inks to create my spooky Halloween background and finally foiled the sentiment in gold.

The row of pumpkins was added to my card and I've finished it off with a white gel pen and some black gems.

It's the perfect collection of 3 sets of digital stamps, sentiments and ephemera and comes in black and white images for you to colour but also in pre-coloured format...there's Autumn Fall Halloween Treat, Ghastly Ghosts and Hocus Pocus Witches. 

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 !

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

Polkadoodles digital stamps - Hocus Pocus collection - Witches bundle

Polkadoodles digital stamps - Hocus Pocus collection - Ghastly Ghosts

Distress Ink - black soot, carved pumpkin, seedless preserves, villainous potion, mustard seed

Minc Foil - gold

Pretty Pink Posh gems - Midnight black

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

A Passion for Markers Blog Spot Challenge #784 - Easter - Sponsored by DisDigiStamps

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! I hope that your week has started well.

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 DisDigiStamps and our theme of 'Easter ' (Well it had to be really LOL) this week was chosen for team 2 by Me. 

I don't make lots of Easter cards each year but this one was such a sweet image I couldn't resist it.

There are some absolutely gorgeous Easter themed digital stamps in the Etsy shop so I would recommend taking a look.

I chose to use a really sweet image that Di very kindly gave to her Facebook group member as a freebie in March. If you are not a member of the group then why not pop over and join the group.... here is the link to the group

My card today  is a smaller A6 size - we are all really conscious of postage these days sadly so I find I'm making more and more smaller cards but they are so sweet it doesn't really matter.

I resized the sweet chicks image to suit my card adding a couple of sentiments to the main panel before printing out on my LaserJet printer as I wanted to do some foiling later on.  After colouring with Promarkers, I fussy cut out the top of the image as shown in the design.  

The fabulous sentiments are from Polkadoodles from the Spring into Easter  collection  

Once cut out I then applied black foil to the whole image and to the extra sentiment for the top of the card

For my background I have a layer of pretty lemon polka dot paper from my stash and then adhered the partially cut out image over the top with foam tape.

To finish off the card I added some gold confetti around the design.

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:

DisDigiStamps - Etsy Store

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Spring into Easter - sentiment bundle

Polka dot paper from stash

Minc Foil - black

Spellbinders confetti - gold

     

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

 Wendy x

New Baby Boy Card - with Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Sunday.... March is here and there are definite signs of Spring around the garden here - the little crocuses are flowering, freesias are about to burst into bloom and the almond tree leaves are beginning to appear, replacing the fabulous display of blossom we have had this year.  The fragrance has been amazing but I wish the flowers lasted longer.

I'm back today with a new baby card that I've made using some gorgeous digital stamps by Lili of the Valley (LOTV) 

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

I made very slight changes to her 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 the card base cutting 4 pieces of card 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 wanted to create a larger A7 or 5" x 7" version for todays special card and its was fairly easy to scale up to the correct size.

Here are the measurements for the larger version of the card.

For the card base cutting 4 pieces of baby blue card as follows  

• 7 1/2" x 5" scored at 2 1/2" & 5" (2 of these)
• 5" x 7" for the card base
• 4 1/2" x 4 1/2 "
• 4 1/4" x 4 1/4"

I chose 3 gorgeous stamps for my card today  for the 3 separate panels colouring them with Polychromos.  The front face of the card features and image called Special Delivery

 

The next panel features two sweet little birds , this is called Baby Birds Boy, yes there's one for a little girl too !

The final digital stamp on the inside of the card is a simple heart sentiment that was coloured and fussy cut out.

It's a really simple but I think a stunning card design with layers of baby blue and pretty patterned papers from a very old paper pad by Crafters Companion.

All of the images were  coloured and then I've applied black foil to give a little shine and the look of a heat embossed image.

Finishing touches were some blue enamel dots around the card 

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 - Special Delivery

LOTV Digital stamp - Baby Birds Boy

LOTV Digital sentiment stamp - 

Crafters Companion paper pad - Little Angel

blue enamel dots

Minc foil - black

     

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

 Wendy x

Christmas in July - Have a Jolly Christmas - July Digital Stamp Freebie with Blessed Crafters

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Saturday!

I'm on my blog today with another Christmas in July card - this time using a sweet Polar Bear from the Blessed Crafters Facebook Group.  

Each month Mynn Kitchen very generously gives a digital stamp to her group members and there is a Month long themed challenge in the group.  Why not head over, join the group and enter the challenge as you could win a digital stamp set.

Here is the link to join the group Blessed Crafters Facebook Group/

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

I started off by resizing the polar bear digital stamp and then creating a panel adding the digital sentiment at the top and the mermaid rocks digital stamp at the bottom before printing out on my LaserJet printer.  I planned to foil the rocks and the sentiment using mint foil as i thought the rocks at the bottom look a little like an ice berg with the polar bear floating on it!

I used distress inks to create my background before foiling and then adding white gel pen highlights for the water and stickles to the ice to make it sparkle.

Next I coloured in the polar bear with my coloured pencils - colouring with my Promarkers in 38C temperatures is just not working ! and I'm loving using different mediums to create with.

Once the polar bear was coloured I fussy cut him out and then adhered him to the card using foam tape before splattering white paint over the whole card.

Finally I added white gel pen highlights here and there and some stickles to the bears pompom 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.

Blessed Crafters Facebook Group - July Freebie digital stamp - polar bear

Sweet November Stamps - Digital Stamp - Mermaid Rock

Spectrum Noir coloured pencils

Distress Ink - salty ocean, salvaged patina, shaded lilac

Posca Paint pen - white

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Gingerbread Holly collection - Sentiment bundle

Stickles - star dust

Minc Foil - mint

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

I Love Promarkers #557 - Shapes - Sponsored by Sheepski Designs

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 Sheepski Designs

Here is my inspiration card for the current blog challenge with the theme - Use Shapes, using the very beautiful Wild Roses digital stamp.  

My favourite colour combination at the moment is yellow and purple, they are such happy Spring colours so I decided my wild roses would be a pale yellow. Todays card is a 5" x 7" portrait card. 

I resized the digital image to suit my design and then printed out on alcohol marker friendly card stock before colouring with Promarkers (see below for colours) and fussy cutting out. 

I then used my Minc machine to apply rose gold foil over the top of the floral image, it gives it such a beautiful finish.

Next I created the background panel, starting with a piece of white card stock, I used several hexagon dies to cut out apertures in the panel and then used a floral embossing folder to add texture.                                                                                                 

I used a piece of purple designer paper adhering this behind the apertures and then splattered gold metallic paint over the entire panel.  

Once dry I mounted the panel onto my card blank using foam tape and then used foam tape to add the wild rose sprig over the design. 

The finishing touches were a few pieces of rose gold confetti around the design and a simple strip sentiment.

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:

Sheepski Designs - Wild Rose 

Lisa Horton Crafts Strip Sentiment

Craftelier Essential Dies - Hexagons

Spellbinders Embossing Folder - M-Bossabilities - Awesome Blossoms

Craft Consortium Designer Series Paper - Ink Drops - Vivid

Minc foil - Rose Gold

Pretty Pink Posh Confetti - Rose gold

Craftelier Watercoolers - gold collection

Promarkers used :

Roses:      yellow, lemon, primrose

Leaves:    forest green, bright green, lime zest

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

 Wendy x

Spring Colours - Cute Animal - Digi Choosday - Spring is in the Air 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 use Spring Colours and an animal, there are so many gorgeous cuties on the website to choose from so it was quite difficult.

Today's card features one of the gorgeous digital stamps from the Springtime Smiles Collection - this collection is packed with cute chicks and bunnies do perfect for this weeks theme. I chose a couple of pretty pastel papers from the collection and then used these pastel shades as inspiration to colour the image with Promarkers, picking out the lemon and green as my main colours (see below for the colours used). 

 

I've said but that I don't often make pastel coloured cards, opting for brighter richer shades but I enjoyed this design and I wanted to colour the bunny white. 

This is a 5" x 7" card  with a scalloped frame die cut and diamond die cuts too to draw the eye to the bunny who is the feature after all. 

The smaller centre panel of the diamonds was embossed using a new 3D embossing folder that I bought with prize money from Simon Says Stamp and its the first time I have used it.  

I adhered the papers, diamond borders and the embossed panel to the card blank and then added the cute bunny to the embossed diamond using foam tape for dimension 

The sentiment is from the Darling Buds collection and after printing I have foiled this with a mint foil before adding the simple sentiment panel to the card.

  

To finish the inside of the card I decided to die cut a floral border from the white card, adding this to the edges of the card panels covered with lilac paper. 

Finishing touches where some super sparkly and coordination sequins and white  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:

Bunny:     pale Blossom

               salmon pink, misty rose

Dress:      soft green, pastel green, teas green

Rose:        primrose, lemon, yellow

                forest green, bright green, leaf green

Leaves:    pear green, lime green

Ladybird:  poppy. lipstick red

                Blue black, ice grey 7

Envelope:  cool grey 1, 3

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Springtime Smiles collection - Bunny Rabbit with Roses

Polkadoodles digital papers - Springtime Smiles collection - Paper collection

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Darling Buds collection - Spring Flowers/Mothers Day collection

Spellbinders Dies - Essential Diamonds

Craftelier  - Essential Dies - Frames

Minc Foil - Mint

Simon Says Stamp- 3D Embossing Folder - Margot tile

Craft Consortium Sequins

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 - Easter card - Lucy Monkman Collection - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday.  Wishing you all 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 Easter using an image from the Lucy Monkman collection of digital stamps.  These images are so arty and beautiful that they really don't need a lot other than some simple colouring so that's my design for today.

I added one of the sentiments from the Spring into Easter collection and then printed out the image, before colouring with my promarkers.

The background has been ink blended with a cloud stencil and then I have added gold foil to the sentiment and black foil to the balloon for shine.

To finish off this card I added some clear iridescent sequins and some sparkly shine to the balloon and white gelly roll 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 !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Lucy Monkman collection - Cute Hen & Chicks

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Spring into Easter Collection - Greeting Bundle

Lawn Fawn Clippings stencil - Slimline cloudy

Distress Ink - broken china

Crafters Companion Sparkle pen - clear

Minc foil - gold, black

Sugar & Spice Sequins - Unicorn mix

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white

Promarkers Used:

Hen:         gold, sunflower, buttercup

                poppy, lipstick red

Chicks:     buttercup, primrose, ivory

Grass:      forest green, bright green, leaf green

Balloon:    prussian, violet, bluebell

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

Wendy x