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

I Love Promarkers DT - Challenge #533 - black & white

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Wednesday! I hope that you are having a lovely week.

I'm back on my blog today with the I Love Promarkers blog challenge  which is bi-weekly and it would be wonderful if you joined us, there are prizes up for grabs too.  

You can find all of the rules and details for the challenge over on the blog. 

This challenge is being sponsored by Colour of Love, Heather Valentin is a new artist for me and there are lots of beautiful images and colouring pages in her shop to play with so it was really difficult to choose for today.

Here is my inspiration card for the blog challenge with the theme of a Black and White card, using a fun image called Sleepy Time Agnes 

I think this would make a perfect modern looking and non traditional new baby card and its super sparkly in real life.

I decided to create a 6" x 6" card today for this sweet image, I've used a Kraft card base and then cut a peice of white card to size leaving a small border. Next I have cut a peice of black card stock again leaving a border of white.

To create my starry background I've used a starry 2 part stencil from Lawn Fawn, for the first layer I've added white ink and then let this dry. For the second layer I have used clear stencil past through the second stencil and then added a white sparkly glitter to the stars allowing this to completely dry before adding to my card base.

The digital stamp was resized to fit my card and then printed out onto alcohol marker friendly card before colouring with my promarkers (see below for colours used).  Once coloured I have fussy cut out the image and then mounted this on to my card using foam squares.

The sentiment is from a set by Woodware and I've simply stamped in black ink onto a strip of white card.

The finishing touches are some white Nuvo drops around the hanging starts and I have used a metallic sparkle pen to highlight some of the details in the image.

I'm really pleased with my project today, I love the black and white background and the moon and lamb seem to glow in the sky.

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 I Love Markers blog

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Colour of Love digital stamp - Sleepy Time Agnes

Woodware Craft Collection Stamp - Garden Dream Catcher

Lawn Fawn Stencil - Lots of Stars

Distress Ink - Picket Fence

Deco Art Glamour Dust - Crystal

Tonic Nuvo Crystal Drops - White

Gelly roll pen - Metallic Gold, white, black

Promarkers used :

Agnes:               cool grey, 00, 0,2,3

Moon:                primrose, soft lime, lemon  

    

Bow:                 antique pink, salmon pink, pale pink

Ears                         

Feet

Blanket:            antique pink, salmon pink, pale pink

                        lavender, ivory 

   

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

 Wendy x

Baby Girl Welcome with Last Minute Manda

Hello everyone I hope that you are having a lovely Monday and Easter Monday for my U.K. Family and Friends.

Everything is now back to normal here after the Easter Feria, it was wonderful but I'm now shattered and in need of a lot of catching up with myself.

My Physio appointment went really well this morning too so things are definitely starting to move in the right direction with my shoulder.

I'm here today with my DT inspiration card for Last Minute Manda and its also a card commission for a friend.

 

This is such a sweet set of digital stamps called Baby Emma 

I decided to make a larger 5" x 7" card and use my new frame die to create a panel for the image. 

The polka dot centre panel is a digital paper from Polkadoodles from the recent Rebel collection paper bundle set 1

Emma has been coloured with my promarkers and then fussy cut out before adding to the card with low profile foam tape.

I used some simple word dies to cut out the words Baby and Welcome and have layered these up for dimension and coloured with my promarkers to match the card - this is a great way to use card if you don't have an exact match. 

I have added just a touch of clear sparkle pen to the balloons and flowers and then a few sequins scattered around the design to finish off the card.

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 - Baby Emma

Polkadoodles Digital Paper - Rebel Collection paper bundle 1

Mi Tienda de Arte - Essential Dies - Frames

Crafters Companion word dies

Sugar & Spice sequins - Candy Floss

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - black, white

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - Clear

Promarkers used :

Emma:      cool grey, 1,2,3,4

                pale pink, cocktail pink, antique pink

                ivory, lavender

 Flowers:  pale pink, cocktail pink, antique pink

               forest green, bright green, meadow green

               gold, sunflower

Leaves:    lush green, pine, grass

Balloons:  pale pink, cocktail pink, antique pink

Sign:       caramel, sandstone, champagne

               pale pink, cocktail pink, antique pink

               gold, sunflower

These are the challenges I am entering

dis digi designs challenge Weekly wings/tails (44) (3 of 3)
lil patch of crafty friends Weekly (88) (3 of 3)
Creative Fingers challenge (56) (2 of 3)
Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - (50) (5 of 5)
Moving Along With The Times  #() ( of 5)
Pearly Sparkles Challenge Animal insect bird or beast unlimited (55)
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (174)
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes (115) (3 of 3)
Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes (127) unlimited
Avenue 613 Anything Goes (124) (6 of 8)
Sheep ski designs Anything Goes die cuts (21) (1 of 3)
Mirtillamente Challenge -   () (of 5)
LeAnn's World 101 Challenge (26) unlimited
colorful options pastels (77) unlimited
through the purple haze (26) (2 of 3)
Critter Crazy Challenge (95) (3 of 5)
We love stamping Birds & Animals (63) (3 of 3)
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge Add Some Blue (61) (1 of 3)
Dragonfly Dreams colour palette (12) (1 of 3)
Crafty Calendar Challenge die cuts (43) (1 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges rainy weather ()       

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

 Wendy x