Digi Choosday - Theo Penguin collection - Big Hat Day - Non Traditional Christmas colours - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you are having a good week....So, November is here and I think it's about time we got a little bit more Christmassy...it's not long to go after all and those cards need to be made and posted.

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 Anything with non traditional Christmas or Winter colours.

I decided to use a cute little digital stamp from the Theo Penguin collection for this weeks card making a Winter card that could easily be used at Christmas too!

The main Theo image is  called Big Hat Day and he was, resized and coloured with promarkers before fussy cutting out.

For the background I chose 3 alcohol markers in purple, teal and blue and used these to scribble onto a piece of vellum, adding alcohol to the scribbles to get the colours to blend and flow. It's a really fun technique and gives some fabulous effects.  

When I was happy with the overall effect and before the ink was completely dry I applied some electric blue foil to the areas that were still tacky.  I decided I wanted more foil so then splattered foil glue across the panel and once this has gone tacky applied more of the same foil.  It's super shiny and I love how it looks.

The coloured sentiment from the collection was printed and layered onto the pale aqua card after die cutting a stitched wavy border 

To finish off the design I added some sparkly aqua blue gems and white pen highlights around the design.

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 - Theo Penguin - Big Hat Day

Polkadoodles digital sentiment -  Theo Penguin - sentiment bundle

Cosmic Shimmer - cosmic twinkles - Icicle blue

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

Alcohol markers  - purple, blue, teal & alcohol

Crafters Companion foul - electric blue

Gilding flake glue

Lawn Fawn die  - stitched wavy border

Echo Park Snowflake dies

Crafters Companion sparkle pen - clear

Aqua gems

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

Wendy x

Thank you flowers from Bentley with Last Minute Manda

Happy Sunday everyone I hope that your weekend is going well.  

Its still very hot here and its been around 35C a few times this week but the evenings are definitely cooling off a little quicker, the mornings are feeling fresher for a little longer and fingers crossed we may see some rain soon. 

The other signs that Summer is coming to an end are the changing colours around our garden and on the surrounding mountains as the leaves start to take on the autumn colours. 

Today I am sharing my latest DT make for Last minute Manda.

For my first Autumnal card of the year I've used Bentley with some flowers from the Bentley Rain or Shine collection.

I love this cute little bear and he's perfect for so many different occasions - today I decided to make a thank you card. 

The green leafy paper that I have used in the background to form a window and the small Thankyou sentiment are from the Craftwork Cards Hedgerow collection 

Behind the aperture I have created some rolling hills and a cloudy sky stencilled using distress inks and stencils from Lawn Fawn.

The branches were cut using dies from Lisa Horton Crafts and the leaves 

I created an alcohol ink panel some time ago using a piece of glossy photo paper ( I couldn't find my Yupo paper but this worked really well) and thought this would be perfect to use to die cut leaves using a Crafters Companion leaf die for the branch 

I hope that you like my card today 🌞

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Last Minute Manda digital stamps - Bentley Rain or shine collection 

Craftwork cards paper and sentiment - Hedgerow collection

LHC Nested Torn Edge Circle dies

LHC dies Set the scene - Garden Greenery

LHC Petite Petals - dies

Crafters Companion - Leaf die

Lawn Fawn Clippings - Slimline Cloudy stencil

Lawn Fawn Clippings - Slimline Hillside stencil

Distress Ink - tumbled glass, twisted citron, ground espresso

Promarkers (see below)

Craft Consortium sequins

Spectrum Noir sparkle pen - clear

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white

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Promarkers used :

Bentley: cocoa, cinnamon, tan blossom

Nose: praline, sandstone, pastel beige, blossom

Boots: sunflower, yellow, primrose, ice grey 5,2,1

 

Hat: sunflower, yellow, primrose, forest green, bright green, leaf green

Flowers: orange, mandarin, amber, sunflower, primrose

Butterflies: orchid, blossom, ice grey 5

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

dis digi designs challenge (32) (2 of 3)

intaas Ch  () ( of 3)

lil patch of crafty friends #189(126) (2 of 3)

i love promarkers challenge #518 (4) (1 of 3) WINNER !

Creative Fingers challenge #238 (81) (1 of 3

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - September (58) (2 of 5) 

Moving Along With The Times  #146  (49) (1 of 5)

Pearly Sparkles Challenge  September unlimited ()

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (214)

Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes Week 37 (1) (1 of 2)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes September (135)  (2 of 3)

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes September (207) unlimited

Avenue 613 Anything Goes September (111) (2 of 8)

tic tac toe challenge #tictactoechallenge #tttc () ()

Through The Craft Room Door (41) (2 of 4)

Patties Creations Design Challenge  Anything Goes (34) (2 of 3)

Sheep ski designs Anything Goes (47) (2 of 3)

Mirtillamente Challenge - anything goes September (40) unlimited

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge September (45) unlimited

colorful options (40) unlimited

through the purple haze September () (1 of 3)

arty divas () (1 of 3) 19th September

aud sentiments ()

mftstamps Colour Challenge ()

Critter Crazy Challenge (79) (2 of 5) DT Favourite !

We love stamping (91) (2 of 3)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge ()

Dragonfly Dreams  ()

Crafty Calendar Challenge (2) (1 of 3)

world wide open design team (11)  (1 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges (7)

A passion for markers challenge (14) My favourite Stencils WINNER !

Paper Craft Crew ()

not2shabby (14) (1 of 3)

inspiration station challenge (29) Unlimited

 

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

Wendy x