Happy - Happy Birthday card - Waving Animals - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Monday and Happy Bank Holiday to my UK friends.

I'm here today with a sweet Birthday card for Lili of the Valley (LOTV) featuring a cute little hedgehog from the Waving Animals digital stamp set available in the Etsy shop.

It's a huge set of 18 cute little waving animals - you will be spoilt for choice and there are 30 sentiments included too....perfect for loads of different occasions and there is a fabulous 50% Sale off everything in the shop.  (Sale ends soon) I would definitely recommend having a look. 

Just some simple colouring with my promarkers for the hedgehog before fussy cutting him out.

The background paper is from the Funky Hearts set and is perfect for my celebratory card....also used for one of the balloons and the large die cut word.

Finishing touches were some teal confetti around the design.

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

                  

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp set  - Waving Animals

LOTV Digital paper set - Funky Hearts

Studio light stencil - exploding confetti

Studio light cutting die - party card shape

LHC Layered word die

Distress ink - peacock feathers, candied apple, saltwater taffy

Spellbinders confetti - lagoon

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

Posca pen - white

     

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

 Wendy x

Digi Choosday - Horace & Boo - Fathers Day - Masculine card - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you are having a good week....

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!  

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 to create a Father's Day card.

I decided to use a sweet image from the Horace & Boo collection - this is Horace  to create a more masculine pop up A6 card.

I chose a couple of papers from the Winnie Daisy Fairy 2 collection to layer onto the pop up card panels and then used a fancy edged die to cut out a centre panel.  I ink blended clouds over this white card.

The image was resized along with a sentiment from the Gnome Feeding Birds kit before printing out and colouring with promarkers and fussy cutting out, layering at the bottom of the fancy panel.

To finish off my project I added some teal sequins and some die cut balloons.

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

Polkadoodles digital image  - Horace & Boo collection - Horace

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Gnome Feeding Bird & Mouse bundle

Polkadoodles digital paper - Winnie Daisy Fairy 2 - Paper bundle 2

Sugar & Spice Sequins - unicorn mix

Distress Ink - salty ocean

Lawn Fawn stencil - cloudy

Studiolight - balloon die

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

Wendy x

Digi Choosday - Wednesdays - December birthday - Snowy Days Theo Hello with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you are having a good week....not long until Christmas day now so I hope that you have been good this year. 

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 create a December birthday using this colour palette. 

I decided to create a Z-Fold Bookbinding card - I'm enjoying making these at the moment!

I started by creating the card base from a blue card, two pieces of card 1  measuring 11 1/2" x 5 7/8" and the second piece measuring 3 1/2 " x 5 7/8"

Next I scored the larger piece as follows along the long side: 

• 2 1/8", 4 1/4" , 5 1/2"

The card was folded and burnished and then the book binding edge was glued down to create the folded card.

I then chose some orange papers from the Freddy Fox collection and adhered these to my card base, leaving a small amount of the blue card showing.

In my graphics software, I then resized the Theo Hello penguin image from the brand new Snowy Days collection and printed this out onto alcohol marker friendly card along with the birthday sentiment from the collection.

I die cut an arched frame from the same blue card and mat and layered the birthday sentiment at the bottom of the arch.  I used the waste from the arched frame to add to the inside of the card.

Theo was coloured with my promarkers before being fussy cut out and adhering into the arch with foam tape.

I then used a balloon and bunting dies set to add details to my happy birthday card, ink blending the balloons fro dimension.

To finish off my card I added some gold confetti around the design , clear sparkle to the bunting and white gelly roll pen highlights to Theo.

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

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Snowy Days collection - Theo Hello DLPD9856

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Snowy Days collection  - Sentiment bundle

Polkadoodles digital papers - Freddy Fox collection - paper pack 2 & paper pack 3

Spellbinders Cutting dies - essential arches

Studiolight cutting dies - Party Card shape

Distress ink - spiced marmalade, salty ocean

Sakura Gelly Roll - white

Posca pen - white

Spellbinders confetti - gold

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

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

Wendy x

Love, Love, Love with Pattie's Creations

Happy Friday everyone I hope that you are all well and have had a lovely week.

The first Friday of the month marks the start of a new Challenge for December over on the Pattie's Creations Design Challenge blog 

The challenge runs from the first Friday of the month and its an Anything Goes challenge or our theme for February as you would expect is Love, Love, Love, as long as you use a digital or stamped image in your project, so why not join in the challenge.

Winners of the challenge will receive 2 digital stamps of your choice from Pattie's shop.

Pattie has some wonderful digital stamps in her Etsy Shop pattiescreations and there is also a freebie every month on the blog that you can use in your project if you want to!

For my February project, I chose  to use the Bear Love with Balloons digital stamp to create a 6" x 6" card.

I resized the image to suit and printed it out, colouring with Promarkers and then fussy cutting out.  

The sentiment on my design panel is from the Love Always collection by Polkadoodles and I have foiled this with gold foil , before cutting out and layering with card for dimension.

I chose a paper from my stash to coordinate with the cute fluffy bear and adhered this to a Kraft card blank, adding two strips of the reverse paper towards the bottom of the card, this would allow me to ground the bear image.

The heart was die cut from vellum before embossing with a heart design embossing folder and then I have added this to the card, hiding any glue behind the bear image. I find that vellum is perfect when there is a busy background paper in the design, to separate it from the image better.

To finish off the card I added a few sequins around the design, added clear sparkle to the balloons and glossy accents to the bear's nose.

I do hope that you like my card for today and don't forget to join in with this months challenge over on the blog.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Pattie's Creations digital stamp - Bear Love with Balloons

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Love Always - Sentiment bundle

Minc Foil - gold

Loisirs Creatifs paper pack

Lisa Horton Crafts Dies - Nested Hearts

Leonie Pujol Embossing folder - Growing Love

Glossy accents

Sakura Gelly roll pens - white, black, metallic grey

Promarkers used :

Bear:            chocolate, cinnamon, tan

                    champagne, antique white

                    salmon pink, pink camelia

Balloons:       marine, turquoise, pastel green,

                    hot pink, carmine, cerise

                    gold, sunflower, buttercup

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

Wendy x

Up, Up and Away with Last Minute Manda

Hello everyone wishing you all a happy Monday I hope that you had a lovely weekend. 

We're off out for the day today visiting a beautiful city of Antequera.  We went a few years ago with our friend but have decided to go again to see a little bit more of the area. 

There is a geological site called El Torcal de Antequera which we are going to visit today - its an area of naturally eroded limestone rocks that we want to see and then stopping in the city for lunch.  The region has its own version of cold tomato soup (Salmorejo from Cordoba) called Porra which is my favourite so I'm looking forward to having some as its quite time consuming to make.

As its Monday I'm here with my DT inspiration card for Last Minute Manda 

Can you spot the obvious mistake ?😅😅😅

Todays card is made using the very sweet set of digital stamps called Monkey Birthday. 

It's a simple DL card - I have used distress ink to stencil a cloudy background leaving a white border around the card, just simple masking to add this border directly onto my base card.  I  have added a few splatters of ink around the panel and then stamped a sentiment using a dark blue ink.

The monkey and his balloons were coloured with my promarkers and  I have then fussy cut him out, adding to my card with low profile foam tape.

To keep the card simple just a few white sparkly sequins scattered around the design to finish it off.

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

Lawn Fawn Stencil - Cloudy

Distress Ink - Peacock feathers

Magazine Sentiment stamp

Versafine Clair

Sugar and Spice Sequins - Enchanted

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - black, white, metallic grey

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - Clear

Promarkers used :

Monkey:   caramel, sandstone, champagne

               chestnut, terracotta, cinnamon

               pale pink, cocktail pink

 Hat:        forest green, bright green, meadow green

               gold, sunflower, buttercup

Balloons:  gold, sunflower, buttercup

               forest green, bright green, meadow green

               antique pink, cocktail pink, pale pink

               violet, lilac, lavender

               pastel blue, arctic blue, duck egg

            

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

 Wendy x

Love and Kisses - Just Lovely Honeypie with Polkadoodles

Happy Tuesday everyone I hope that you are having a good week so far ! 

It's the start of 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!

Valentine's Day is not far away now and this week the DT was asked to make a Valentine themed card so I decided to make an easel card.

I don't really make lots of valentines cards but I do love sending love cards and I think this sweet image and sentiment would be perfect for lots of different occasions, anniversaries, birthdays or just to send a little love to someone any time of the year.

I chose to use a digital stamp from the  Honeypie Just Lovely collection  this one is called Sweetheart Balloons

The digital stamp was first resized on my computer to suit a 5" circle of cardstock  before printing out and colouring with my promarkers (see below for colours used)

I chose a sentiment from the Love Always sentiment bundle and a selection of different coordinating papers from the new Love Birds - Wings of Love collection

I started by creating an easel card from a standard 6" x 6" card blank and then used my circle dies to cut a couple of different sized circles adding a layer of paper to each one before adding these to my easel card.

My coloured Honeypie image was fussy cut and adhered to the circle panel using low profile foam tape and I've added extra heard elements and a banner for interest and extra texture.

The embossed heart base for my sentiment has add distress ink gently blended over the embossing detail.

Just a few pieces of confetti were then scattered around the design.

I hope that you like my card for today and will come back to see my next project

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Just Lovely Honeypie - Sweetheart balloon

Polkadoodles digital papers - Wings of love

Polkadoodles sentiment - Love Always collection

Lisa Horton Crafts dies - Nested Stitched Hearts

Lisa Horton Crafts dies - Torn edge Hearts

Tonic Verso layering hearts dies

La La Land Crafts - heart banner die

Craft concepts Embossing folder - Budding Vine

Distress ink - picked raspberry

Posca pen - white

Sakura Gelly Roll pen -  white, black, metallic jade, metallic pink

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - Friendship mix

Promarkers used :

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

                         pale pink, salmon pink

Hair:                 vanilla,caramel, sandstone, umber

Dress:               salmon pink, pastel pink,pale pink

                        soft green, mint green, tea green

Balloon:             soft green, mint green, tea green

Hair Bow:          salmon pink, pastel pink,pale pink

                        soft green, mint green, tea green

                        burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                         

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Creative Fingers challenge  (133) (3 of 3)

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

 Wendy x

Dani the Dragon with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone - wishing you a wonderful Thursday....I hope you are all enjoying the week so far.

I'm a very happy bunny today as we had a heater unit installed in the Craft room / Study yesterday... We had a gas heater in here before but it was a pain to lug a full gas bottle up the stairs so job done !  Hopefully no more cold fingers when I'm crafting 😃😃

Today I have 2 cards for you featuring the cute little dragon called Dani from Pink Gem Designs

I was asked by a friend here where we live, to make a pair of 60th Birthday cards for their Welsh friends back in the UK, a husband and wife and Dani sprang to mind immediately for these cards - what better than a Welsh dragon.... obviously my take on a Welsh dragon.

I decided to use Dani with Balloon for one of the cards and teamed this with some pretty daffodil paper from my crafty stash with a simple wavy stitched die cut border.  The sentiment is from my CraftArtist software printed onto the background panel.

My coloured dragon was mounted onto my card using some low profile foam and then some confetti scattered around the design to finish off.

For the second card I've used Dani with his hat with the same colourway but for my background I've created a panel based on the Welsh flag and then simply positioned my coloured Dani in the centre  of the card.  The sentiment and green textured digital paper are both from my CraftArtist software.  I decided to add the panel to the card with a simple mat layer of dark green card.

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

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Pink Gem Designs Dani Dragon with Balloon stamp set

Pink Gem Designs Dani Dragon with Hat stamp set

Lawn Fawn Custom Craft Dies - Stitched Simple Wavy Borders

Digital paper and Sentiments - Craftartist 2

Sakura Gelly roll pen - black, white, metallic grey

Pretty Pink Posh Confetti - Friendship

Promarkers used :

Dani:                   burgundy, poppy, lipstick red, salmon pink

snout & tummy:   gold, sunflower, buttercup

Hat:                    forest green, bright green, leaf green

                          burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

    

Horns & spine:     gold, sunflower, buttercup

Wings:                gold, sunflower, buttercup

                          burgundy

Balloon:              salmon pink, pastel pink, pale pink

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

 Wendy x     

You are just the Best - Valentines with Polkadoodles

Happy Tuesday everyone I hope that you are having a good week so far ! 

It's the start of 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 today is Valentines and I am sure you are going to love all the inspiration from the team, even if you don't make Valentines Day cards, I think this gorgeous image and the sentiment would be perfect for wedding anniversaries or just to send a little love to someone.

I chose to use a digital stamp from the very Love Always collection this one is called Love You Balloon

The digital stamp was first resized on my computer to suit a 5" x 7" card blank before printing out and colouring with my promarkers (see below for colours used)

I chose a sentiment from the Lets Hang Out collection and a simple striped paper from the Love Always papers set 2 and added the sentiment to my paper panel before printing this out.

My coloured in bunny with balloon was going to stand on top of the sentiment but I thought there needed to be a little more contrast between the image and the paper so die cut a heart from vellum and then used an embossing folder to add detail and texture.

Just a few pieces of rose gold confetti were then scattered around the design - don't forget odd numbers are always the best as they are more pleasing to the eye!

I hope that you like my card for today and will come back to see my next project

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Love Always - Love you balloon

Polkadoodles digital papers - Love always set 2

Polkadoodles sentiment - Love Always collection

Lisa Horton Crafts dies - Nested Stitched Hearts

Craft concepts Embossing folder - Budding Vine

Sakura Gelly Roll pen -  white, black, metallic grey

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - Rose Gold

Promarkers used :

Bunny:               caramel, champagne, pastel beige

                         pale pink

T-shirt:              soft green, mint green, tea green

Balloon:             salmon pink, pastel pink,pale pink

Chocolates:        burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Bow:                 salmon pink, pastel pink,pale pink

Envelope:          ice grey 2, 1

                         

                          

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

 Wendy x

Your Love Lifts Me Up - Valentines Day with Polkadoodles

Happy Tuesday everyone! 

Nikky over at Polkadoodles HQ and the Polkadoodles DT have been having a short but well earned rest over Christmas but we are now back and raring to go and today is the first Digi Choosday for 2023.

It's the start of a brand new 'Anything Goes' challenge over on the Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Blog so I hope you are going to join in.

There is also an amazing discount off all crafty printable downloads until midnight today!

The theme set for the DT is Valentines and I am sure you are going to love all the inspiration from the team for your Valentines Day cards.

There's something very sweet I think about bunnies and balloons so I chose to use a digital stamp from the very romantic Love Always collection called Your Love Lifts Me Up Balloon

I've kept todays card very clean and simple and more true to my own personal style of card with a cloudy inky background and some simple die cutting to create a scene for my bunny couple.

The digital stamp was first resized on my computer to suit a 5" x 7" card blank before printing out and colouring with my promarkers.

I wanted to create a hillside for my bunny girl and sentiment so chose a green spotty paper from the Happy Cactus papers set 2 and then added the sentiment Love You is from the Winnie Special Moments Quotes collection before printing this out and die cutting with a stitched border die.

I then used a cloudy stencil and my distress oxide ink to create a very simple cloudy sky for my boy bunny.

The bunnies and the hillside layer have been mounted on low profile foam tape and then I've added some confetti around the card to help draw the eye around the design.

I hope that you like my card for today and will come back to see my next project

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Your Love Lifts Me Up Balloon

Polkadoodles digital papers - Happy Cactus collection set 2

Polkadoodles sentiment - Winnie Special Moments

Lawn Fawn Custom Craft dies - Stitched  Simple Wavy Border

Lawn Fawn Stencil - Slimline Cloudy

Sakura Gelly Roll pen -  white, black, clear star

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - Sugar Plum

Promarkers used :

Bunnies:            caramel, champagne, pastel beige

                         pale pink

Dress:                amethyst, lilac, lavender

Balloons:            amethyst, lilac, lavender

                         yellow, lemon, primrose

                         soft green, pastel green, tea green

Heart:                poppy, lipstick red

                          

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

 Wendy x