New Release - Party Animals - Happy Birthday - Birthday Card - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Thursday I hope that you are having a great week.

I've got a yoga class this morning that I'm looking forward to and then we are off out with friends up the mountain to a small village above ours for a few drinks and a catch up.

Its been an extremely hectic few days  - it was hubbies birthday on Monday and his son and grandson arrived on Saturday for a surprise visit....as you can imagine we are both shattered but had a great time.

We also managed to sneak a night away on the coast at one of our favourite hotels to celebrate - it was wonderful but were both glad to get back to normal LOL.  

I'm back with another cute card using one of the party animals from the recent March release by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). available now from the Etsy shop.

My fun birthday card today features the bunny with a scrumptious looking cake.

There are 4 little characters...perfect for loads of different occasions....I hope you have had a look at them by now - they are so easy to colour in.

I added a sweet LOTV sentiment to the panel below the bunny before printing out

Just some simple colouring with my promarkers before cutting out with an arched die, partially cutting around the bunny ears. I adhered the bunny panel to the card using a low profile foam tape.

I've used a bright colour dotty paper from my stash to create my simple card and finishing touches added of white gel pen highlights, sparkle pen to the birthday cake and clear sparkly gems 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 - Party Animals - Bunny

LOTV Digital sentiment - 

Crafters Companion Sparkle Pen - clear

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 #566 - Autumn - Golds & Browns - It's Cake Day - Sponsored by Dr Digis House of Stamps

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 Dr. Digi's House of Stamps

Here is my inspiration card for the current blog challenge with the theme - Autumn - Golds & Browns, using the very versatile Cake & Candles digital stamp.

I decided for todays card I would make a very clean and simple card that would also be perfect for male or female birthdays alike.

Sometimes I think CAS cards are very overlooked and I wanted to use the theme colours but in a different way than expected.

Todays card as a simple A6 card with a background panel of gold mirri foil die cut with a stitched edge.  

For the main image I resized this to suit my card size and added a digital sentiment to the bottom of the panel before printing out on alcohol marker friendly card stock and then colouring using Promarkers (see below for colours). 

The finishing touches today were some sparkle on the chocolate icing and glossy accents on the candle flames.

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:

Dr.Digi's House of stamps - Cake & Candles

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Coffee, Tea & Cake collection - Sentiment bundle

Glossy Accents

Spectrum Noir sparkle pen - clear

Promarkers used :

Cake:                    caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

Chocolate icing :    deep mocha, burnt sienna, cocoa

Candles:                mandarin, gold, sunflower, buttercup

Plate:                    gold, sunflower, buttercup

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

 Wendy x

Springtime Smiles Bunny and Easter Cake with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone wishing you a very happy Tuesday.  I hope that you are all enjoying the week so far.

We've had a really busy couple of weeks here with Easter and then lots of shopping for a wedding we are going to in May.  I'm really looking forward to it as it's in France and we are extending the trip too after the wedding for a little sightseeing and relaxing.

We haven't had a real holiday since we moved to Spain (I suppose every day is like a holiday really - but we do work hard most days in the garden).

It's that time again 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 Mum,  sadly I don't make any of these cards anymore and I rarely get asked to make them either but I am still inspired to create cards that I think my Mum would love to have received and ones I would like to get too.  I also think this would make a perfect birthday card.

So for todays card I chose to use a sweet little bunny from the Springtime Smiles collection called Bunny Rabbit with Easter Cake, I think a perfect image for a card for a Mum and I've teamed it with a perfect sentiment from the Lets Hang Out collection.

I've kept my card really simple, a panel of pretty floral paper from Winnie Sunshine Delights Paper Pack 1  for the background and the sentiment is on a floating panel at the bottom of the card.  I've used a wavy border die to cut the edge of the sentiment panel for interest, blending a little distress ink on the edge of the border and mounting it on foam tape off the card.

The sweet bunny image was coloured with my promarkers (see below for colours) and I've fussy cut this out to mirror the sentiment panel.

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 - Springtime Smiles - Bunny Rabbit with Easter cake

Polkadoodles digital paper - Winnie Sunshine Delights paper pack 1 

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Lets Hang Out sentiments bundle

Lawn Fawn Custom Craft Dies - Stitched Border

Lawn Fawn Custom Craft Dies - Stitched Simple Wavy Borders

Distress Ink - antique linen

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - Sugar Plum

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black

Promarkers used :

Bunny:                caramel, champagne, pastel beige

                          cocktail pink , pale pink

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

Daisy:                 amethyst, lilac, lavender

                          gold, pastel yellow, buttercup

Cake:                  cocoa, cinnamon, praline

Icing:                  amethyst, lilac, lavender

                           dusky rose, cocktail pink, pale pink

Plate:                  ice grey 1,2,4

   

Glass:                ice grey 1

                         buttercup

                         pale pink

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

Wendy x

Eat Lots of Cake with Last Minute Manda

Hello everyone wishing you all a happy Monday and a great week ahead. 

As its Monday I'm here with my DT inspiration card for Last Minute Manda, I think I'm back on track with my blog, well for now at least 😅😅😅

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

Whilst I make loads and loads of cards, I don't have many that are more suitable for men and boys, so today I've tried to make a card that would appeal to a younger boy.  

Its a fairly simple, no frou frou card again that I think would be great for a male or female recipient, with a border of zig zag paper from Craftwork cards behind my main design panel.

The monkey was coloured with my promarkers and  I then used 4 different distress inks with a confetti stencil to add some interest to the background.

To keep the card simple, I've stamped two greeting strips and added these to the card with just a few clear sparkly sequins scattered around the design.

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

Craftwork Cards Designer Series Paper - Celebration

Lawn Fawn Stencil - Confetti

Distress Ink - picked raspberry, twisted citron, squeezed lemonade, tumbled glass

Versafine Clair Ink - monarch

Woodware Craft Collection Stamps - Birthday Strips

Sugar & Spice sequins - Unicorn

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - black, white

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

Cake:       gold, sunflower, buttercup

                lilac, lavender, ivory

                praline, champagne, pastel beige

                chestnut, terracotta

Candle:     gold, sunflower, buttercup

                forest green, bright green, meadow green

Plate:        cool grey 00, 0,1,3

               

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

 Wendy x

A Good Cake and A Great Friend with Polkadoodles

Happy Tuesday everyone - it's my favourite day of the week as today is Digi Choosday over at Polkadoodles and the start of a new challenge over on the blog.

I'm back today with my Polkadoodles Design Team project for the Digi Choosday Tuesday Challenge 

The theme for the DT this week is Friendship so I decided to use the Baked you a Cake digital stamp from the Winnie Celebrations 3 collection.

I've made a simple split panel card for today and the papers are taken from the Winnie Special Moments collection  The split panel card design gives the opportunity to use more of the beautiful papers on the inside of the card to and I've also added an additional panel and sentiment inside.

I coloured Winnie using my Promarkers (see below) and decided to stencil a little tumbled glass distress ink using the Heavenly Circles Creative Stencil in the background.

With the theme of friendship I couldn't think of anything I would love to do more than spend time with my best friend having cake and a good catch up so the sentiment I chose I think is just perfect and is from the Coffee and Cake collection.

The main panel, sentiment frame and insert panel were made using dies from Lisa Horton Crafts and I've also used some of the die cut offcuts to decorate the card.

I hope that you like my card today 🌞

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Winnie Celebrations 3 - Baked you a Cake 

Polkadoodles Digital Papers - Winnie Special Moments

Polkadoodles Sentiment - Coffee and Cake

Polkadoodles Creative Stencil - Heavenly Circles

La La Land Crafts - Heart Banner die - 

LHC Mini Slimline Collection dies - Harlequin Bubbles

LHC - Nested Torn Edge Slims dies

Distress Ink - tumbled glass

Promarkers (see below)

Spectrum Noir sparkle pens - clear, pistachio

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white

Glossy accents

Promarkers used :

Skin: Ivory, almond, satin, dusky pink, sunkissed pink, pale pink

Hair:Pastel yellow, buttercup, sandstone, caramel

Dress & shoes: Sunkissed pink, pale pink,antique pink, turquoise, mint green, pastel green, tea green

Shoes: Turquoise, mint green, pastel green, antique pink

Cake: cool grey1, pale pink, antique pink, sunkissed pink

Candle: turquoise, antique pink, gold, pastel yellow

Flowers & leaves: Orange, amber, gold, buttercup, grass, apple

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

dis digi designs challenge () ( of 3)

intaas Ch  () ( of 3)

lil patch of crafty friends (99) (1 of 3)

i love promarkers challenge #519 (1) (1 of 3) Top 3

Creative Fingers challenge  () (0 of 3

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - September (97) (4 of 5) 

Moving Along With The Times - Anything Goes #146  (83) (2 of 5)

Pearly Sparkles Challenge  September unlimited ()

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (301)

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

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes September (168)  (3 of 3)

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes September (306) unlimited

Avenue 613 Anything Goes September (223) (4 of 8)

Through The Craft Room Door () ( of 4)

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

Sheep ski designs Anything Goes () (of 3)

Mirtillamente Challenge - anything goes September () ( of 5)

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge September (80) unlimited

colorful options () unlimited

through the purple haze  () (1 of 3)

arty divas (17) (1 of 3) 

aud sentiments ()

mftstamps Colour Challenge ()

Critter Crazy Challenge () ( of 5)

We love stamping () ( of 3)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge ()

Dragonfly Dreams  (67) (2 of 3)

Crafty Calendar Challenge (184) (3 of 3)

world wide open design team (67)  (3 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges ()

A passion for markers challenge () 

Paper Craft Crew ()

not2shabby (20) (2 of 3)

inspiration station challenge () Unlimited

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

 Wendy x