A Passion for Markers Blog Spot Challenge #859 - Birthday - Have a Bee-autiful birthday - Sponsored by Dies to Die for

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all I hope that you are having a lovely week so far!

I can't quite believe its almost the middle of October - Why does time seem to get faster as we get older...I've never really understood the concept.

We are now busy in the last few days before we head off on our tour of Japan but I wanted to make sure I had my card ready for the current challenge which has just started over on the Passion for Markers Blog.  Fingers crossed technology works and this posts ok LOL.

I do hope that you will join in the challenge !

This week our challenge is being sponsored by Dies to Die For and the theme chosen by Elaine for team 2 is Birthday, we always need more birthday cards don't we so this must be an easy one for you all.

For my gorgeous little birthday card today I chose to use a sweet little bee gnome digital stamp by Polkadoodles from the Buzzy Bee collection.

This is Buddies and just look at that sweet little Gnome Fairy with her little bee friend, doesn't she look happy.

I resized the digital stamp for a smaller A6 card size, along with a sweet sentiment from the collection before printing out and colouring with my promarkers.  Both the image and the sentiment were then fussy cut out by hand.

I chose some of the pretty papers from the Buzzy Bee collection, printing these out and then cutting out with a stitched hexagon die for my background.  First I used a honeycomb stencil with yellow distress ink , stencilling directly onto the white card blank.  Next I used some gold metallic paint, splattering across the background and then adhered the little hexagons onto the dried panel.  The little Bee Gnome Fairy was adhered to the card using foam tape for dimension and then a small grass border was die-cut from the collection and adhered at the bottom of the card.

The sentiment was added at the bottom and then the card was finished off with gold confetti, clear sparkle to the wings of the gnome and bee and glossy accents on the flowers.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my sweet birthday 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 

You could win a prize.

Hasta luego 👋 


Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Polkadoodles Digital Stamp - Buzzy Bee collection - Buddies 

Polkadoodles Digital Stamp - Buzzy Bee collection - Papers

Polkadoodles Digital Stamp - Buzzy Bee collection - sentiment bundle

Polkadoodles stencil - Funky Rosy Posy 

Distress ink - squeezed lemonade, dried marmalade

LHC watercolour paints - gold metallic

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

Glossy accents

Spellbinders confett- - gold

          

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 #857 - Add some Sparkle - Never let anyone dull your Sparkle - Sponsored by All Dressed Up

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all I hope that you are having a lovely week so far!

September is almost at an end and we had na fabulous time with my cousin and her hubby at our town Feria.  We've even had a little rain too which has been lovely, with some cooler days and nights.  Life is slowly returning to normal and we're starting now to think of our trip to Japan in October.

I'm here today to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog.

This week our challenge is being sponsored by All Dressed Up and the theme chosen by Me for team 2 is Add Some Sparkle, My absolute favourite type of card to mark. I think we all need to add more Sparkle in our lives LOL, well I do anyway.

For my very girly sparkly card today I chose to use a set ballerina image called Sassy.  I wanted to create a very clean and simple card today with lots of white space to focus on the image.  

I resized the digital stamp and added a sparkly sentiment into the corner before printing out and colouring with my promarkers.  It's a very simply colour palette too.  The gold glitter frame was die cut and adhered onto the card base and then glitter gel added on the pretty ballerina and around the design.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my sparkly 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 Dressed Up Digital Stamp - Sassy

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - freebie

Ranger 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

A Passion for Markers Blog Spot Challenge #855 - Masculine Card - New Job, New Beginnings - Sponsored by Polkadoodles

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all I hope that you are having a lovely week so far!

The middle of September is here and we're still having lovely weather - lots of sunshine in the day, cooler nights and refreshingly cooler mornings. 

It will soon be time for our town Feria at the end of the month so I'm hoping for a few cooler days as wearing a flamenco dress in the sun will be a little uncomfortable LOL

I'm here today to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog.

This week our challenge is being sponsored by Polkadoodles and the theme chosen by Natalie for team 2 is Masculine, cards I think we all need to make more of, well I do anyway.

I'm ok with cute masculine cards for boys or cheeky ones but always seem to struggle with ideas for general cards but there are loads of amazing digital stamps on the Polkadoodles website that are perfect for boys of all ages.

For my Masculine card today I decided I would make a masculine new job card using one of the digital stamps from the Graduation School Student collection.

This is Cute Boy with Pencil & Paper - he definitely looks like he's about to start a new job, with his paperwork in his hand.

The card is a Double Pop out Gatefold card and you can get the instructions for this card in Mixed Up Craft website or there is an excellent tutorial on Youtube 

Basically the card is constructed from 2 pieces of cardstock to give the larger card but it still fits into a standard A7 or 5" x 7" envelope.

Each piece measures 7 3/4 x 7" scored at 2 1/2", 5", 7 1/4".  after folding and burnishing, the two pieces are adhered together in the small centre strip.

Next I chose three papers from the collection and used these to layer onto the card base using a yellow card as an accent colour.  I also die cut several stars in yellow card to decorate the card adding patterned papers and strip sentiments.

The image was coloured with a my promarkers and then I fussy cut him out adding foam tape to the back for dimension, before adding the little boy to the star on the centre pop out strip of the card.  

When the card is closed flat you don't see the little boy, only the stars on the front, then the recipient gets a nice surprise when the card is opened up.

I decided to not add any extra bling to the card, my nod to it being a masculine card simply adding white gelly pen highlights on the image...My hubby says he prefers card with less frou-frou 

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card packed with flowers 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 - Graduation School Student collection - Cute Boy with Pencil & paper

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Graduation School Student collection - sentiment bundle

Polkadoodles Digital Paper - Graduation School Student collection - paper bundle

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 #851 - Floral Vibes - Just a little note from me to you - Sponsored by SheepSki Designs

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all I hope that you are having a lovely week so far!

It's another busy week here again, despite the heat Granada again yesterday to collect my new flamenco dress ready for our town Feria at the end of September and off out today with friends, down to the coast to try a new restaurant, then Wednesday we have hospital appointments for John and the regular yoga classes for me and Karate for John...its a hard life being retired LOL, I don't know how we had time to go to work.

I'm here today to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog.

This week our challenge is being sponsored by SheepSki Designs and the theme chosen by Karen for team 2 is Floral Vibes - everyone loves flowers so were hoping for lots of lovely entries this week.

For my floral card decided I chose to use the Fuchsias Digital stamp, its such a pretty image and I love the flowers, I have never been very successful here in Spain sadly, possibly its too hot for them.

I wanted to keep the card clean and simple today so resized the image before printing out so the flowers were in a little window area on the card, adding a sweet sentiment below the flowers.  The image was coloured with a bold fuchsia pink and pale pink, these were my favourite flowers and then I used a paler grey blue to colour the small background area.

The design was finished with a gold die cut frame, white gelly roll pen highlights on the flowers and a few clear - blue gems.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card packed with flowers 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:

SheepSki Designs digital stamp - Fuchsias

Polkadoodles sentiment - Gnome for Spring

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

Buttons Galore & More sequins - All is Calm 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 #849 - Favourite embellishments - Keep Calm and Think Beach - Sponsored by Dr Digi

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all I hope that you are having a lovely week !

I'm definitely not complaining but it's still really hot here, this week the temperature is hovering around 37C so thankfully a little cooler LOL, which means we can get a bit more done in the garden.  It would be lovely for a little rain as everywhere is so dry and crispy in the garden and the plants are really struggling sadly despite being watered, but with cloudless skies I suspect there's none coming soon.

We are off to Granada again on Wednesday so hoping it's not too uncomfortable there.

I'm here today to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog.

This week our challenge is being sponsored by Dr Digi's House of Stamps and the theme chosen by Elaine for team 2 is Favourite Embellishment.

For my card decided I chose to use Surfin Santa , resizing the image to suit my A6 card before printing out on alcohol friendly card and colouring with promarkers and cutting out with my ScannCut machine. 

Next I created the background scene using 3 distress inks, a little masking tape and a cloud stencil.

I added a little cream and white acrylic paint along the water line for texture to create the look of the sea foam on the sand.

My favourite embellishment are sequins and confetti as I think they go with everything, even this more masculine beach themed card.  I have used clear iridescent sequins on my card but they don't show up very well in my photo.

The card was simply finished with white gelly roll pen highlights and a brown fine liner pen to gibe the appearance of texture to the sand. 

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card packed with flowers 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 digital stamp - Surfin Santa

Distress Ink - salty ocean, salvaged patina, scattered straw

Lawn Fawn stencil - cloudy

DoCrafts Artiste acrylic paint - linen

Pebeo gesso - white

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

Buttons Galore & More sequins - island breeze

          

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 #847 - Under the Sea - Collect Beautiful Moments - Sponsored by LeAnn's World 101

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all I hope that you are having a lovely week !

So the heatwave is continuing all this week with consecutive days over 40 and it's very difficult indeed....We have been trying to get up a little earlier to get some jobs done early before it's really unbearable and difficult sleeping even with the Zircon in our bedroom....... I think by the end of this week the temperature is predicted to be 44C so I suspect we will be doing less and less each day.

It's even too warm to sit in the porch with the fan on and trying to persuade the kitties to come indoors is a nightmare !

I'm here today to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog.

This week our challenge is being sponsored by LeAnn's World 101  and the theme chosen by Me for team 2 is Under the Sea....this is where I would like to be with all the heat here in Spain at the moment, I'm definitely melting.

For my card decided I chose to use Ashera , resizing the image to suit my A6 card before printing out on alcohol friendly card and colouring with promarkers.  

Next I create the background scene around the image, using several sea themed stamps and distress oxide inks to create my colourful underwater scene.

The card was simply finished with white gelly roll pen highlights, clear sparkle pen to the mermaid and glossy accent bubbles.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card packed with flowers 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:

LeAnn's World 101 digital stamp - Ashera

Distress Oxide Ink - fossilised amber, peacock feathers, abandoned coral, mowed lawn

Woodward Craft Collection stamps - Sea Elements

Spectrum Noir - Sparkle pen - clear

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

glossy accents

Tim Holtz tiny words - Small Talk

          

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 #843 - Use Flowers - Hope your day is buzzing with Joy - Sponsored by Polkadoodles

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all I hope that you are having a lovely week !

Oh my goodness it's been a very hot few days ...temperatures around 40C for a few days on the run now so fingers crossed the high heat breaks soon and we can have a little cooling respite.  It's even been a little too hot to be outside for very long and the kitties are struggling to keep cool too.  

I'm here today to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog.

This week our challenge is being sponsored by Polkadoodles Clearly and the theme chosen by Kitty for team 2 is Use Flowers.

I decided to create a bridge fold card to create a little garden scene and have use the Blooming digital stamp from the Buzzy Bee collection as it was perfect for the challenge theme.  I resized the image for my 5" x 7" card and coloured with promarkers before printing out and fussy cutting out by hand.

The bridge fold card was created from a piece of yellow card stock, measuring 9" x 5" scored at 1" on either of the long edges.  The big section for the front was a pice of yellow card measuring 8" x 1" again score at 1" on either end.

I used a couple of papers from the collection and adhered these to the card base along with some die cut flowers, a sun and a little picket fence to create my garden scene.

To finish off my fun Buzzy Bee card I added sequins around the design, lots of sparkle and lots of glossy accents to the flowers.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card packed with flowers 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 Designs digital stamp - Buzzy Bee - Blooming

Polkadoodles Designs digital paper - Buzzy Bee -  Paper pack 1

Polkadoodles Designs digital paper - Buzzy Bee -  Stripes and Gingham papers

Polkadoodles Designs digital sentiment - Buzzy Bee - sentiment bundle

LHC dies - flowers, sun, fence

Distress Ink - squeezed lemonade

Spectrum Noir - Sparkle pen - clear

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

glossy accents

Craft Consortium sequins - tell It to the Bees

          

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 #841 - Favourite Colour combination - Hope your day is buzzing with Joy - Sponsored by Clearly Besotted

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all I hope that you are having a lovely week !

The weather has been wonderful so far, lovely and hot during the day but not too hot at night - so far LOL.

We are busy preparing the house for my cousin and her husband arriving on Thursday and Im really looking forward to seeing her again - we have loads to catch up on.

We have lots of days planned, lots of meals and drinking and obviously chilling by the pool too.  Im hoping to persuade her to come to Yoga with me too on Friday.

I'm here today to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog.

This weeks challenge is sponsored by Clearly Besotted Stamps and the theme this week is Favourite colour combination. - I find this really difficult as I have lots of colour combinations that I love and it all depends on how I feel at them time but for today as the bees are busy in the garden I chose to Pink, Green and lemon for my card today.

It's a simple circular card made using one of the gorgeous images from the Buzzy Bee collection by Polkadoodles.  This is Buzzy Talk, coloured with my promarkers.

The circular card was die cut from yellow card stock and I used a layer of paper from the collection as my base layer.

To finish off my fun Buzzy Bee card I added sequins around the design, lots of sparkle and lots of glossy accents to the little bees.

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 Designs digital stamp - Buzzy Bee - Buzzy Talk 

Polkadoodles Designs digital stamp - Buzzy Bee  - Leaves and Flowers paper bundle

Polkadoodles Designs digital stamp - Buzzy Bee  - sentiment bundle

Distress Ink - salty ocean

Spectrum Noir - Sparkle pen - clear

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

glossy accents

Sugar and Spice sequins - mojito collection

          

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 #839 - Happy Birthday - It's Cake Day! - Sponsored by The Paper Shelter

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all I hope that you are having a lovely week !

The summer has arrived here in Spain and across most of Europe too so I hope everyone enjoys the wonderful weather and keeps cool and hydrated.

We went walking on Sunday with our local walking group and I had far too much sun so Im keeping out of it today as much as possible.

I'm here today to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog.

This weeks challenge is sponsored by The Paper Shelter however very sadly they have now decided to close down their shop so this weeks prize will be the digital stamp that has been used by the design team - A Curious Cake.  It's a wonderful image however and great for both male and female celebrations.

Out theme this week is Happy Birthday and has been chosen for Team 2 by our lovely Elaine - we all need lots of birthday cards don't we LOL

I decided for my birthdy card today to create a fun pop up card from an aqua cardstock.  The card  was cut at 6" x 9" and then scored on the long side at 2" on either end.  The card was flipped over and then scored at 3 1/4" either end to create a central pop out panel.

I used some fun foiled papers to decorate the card panels and then resized the image to fill the front panel printing this out on alcohol marker friendly card stock before colouring in with my Promarkers.

I used my ScanNCut to cut out the coloured image and then matted this onto the card with a couple of diamond panels cut from the aqua card and white. The fun sentiment is from Polkadoodles from the Coffee, Tea and Cake collection, again cut out with my ScanNCut.

To finish off my fun birthday card I added a few pieces of confetti around the design, lots of sparkle and lots of glossy accents little.

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:
The Paper Shelter digital stamp - A Curious Cake

Polkadoodles Designs digital sentiment - Coffee Tea Cake - Sentiment bundle

Crafty Things Creative Paper

Spectrum Noir - Sparkle pen - clear

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

glossy accents

Spellbinders confetti - lagoon

          

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 #838 - Anniversary Challenge - Multiple Sponsors

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all I hope that you are having a lovely week !

I'm here today to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge and it's our special Anniversary challenge.

This weeks challenge is being sponsored by 7 wonderful and very generous sponsors.

I decided for my special card today I would create a fun card using one of the fantastic digital stamps by Polkadoodles from the recent Udderly Cute collection. 

This cutie is called Love Moo Bunches and I have resized her for my card before printing out onto alcohol friendly card and colouring with promarkers.

My card base today is an upright easel card and I've chosen papers from the collection, layering these onto a deep cherry red card layer.

I added a few pieces of ephemera from the collection around the design, lots of sparkle and lots of little gems.

The stopper for the easel is simple die cut hearts and layered papers from the collection.

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 Designs digital stamp - Udderly Cute - Love Moo Bunches

Polkadoodles Designs digital sentiment - Udderly Cute  - sentiment bundle

Polkadoodles Designs digital stamp - Udderly Cute  - paper pack 4

Polkadoodles Designs digital ephemera - Udderly Cute  - ephemera pack

Spectrum Noir - Sparkle pen - clear

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

glossy accents

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 #834 - Dots and/or Stripes - Sponsored by Polkadoodles

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day !

There's a new challenge started over on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge and I hope that you will join in.

This weeks challenge theme of 'Dots and/or Stripes' has been chosen by Natalie for team 2 and is being sponsored by Polkadoodles. 

I decided to make an upright easel card, creating my card base from a Kraft card 6 x6" card base.

I decided to start by choosing some pretty striped and dotty papers by Polkadoodles from the Tons of Love collection, using these to mat and layer onto my card base with a burgundy cardstock to contrast.  

I then resized the main Helga Hippo image to suit my card printing out onto alcohol marker friendly card before colouring with promarkers.

I die cut lots of hearts from the patterned paper and the card and used these to decorate the card along with lots of burgundy gems.  

The finishing touches were some simple white pen highlights around the design.

I hope that you join in with the challenge as 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: 

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Helga Hippo - Study work hard Helga

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Helga Hippo  - Sentiment bundle

Polkadoodles Digital papers - Tons of love - Paper pack 1 & Paper pack 2

Kaiser craft gems - wine

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 #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

Crafters Companion Embossing folder

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