Cute Creatures - Sending Paper Hugs - Peacock - Set 1 with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Friday - The last day of July is here and I hope you have had a great month.

I'm off to my very relaxing yoga class this morning and then we are going to Granada for the day, shopping, eating and to watch the new Spiderman film and cool off a little LOL.

I'm back today to share another cute and fun A6 card using another of the very cute creatures from the Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). Both sets are available now from the Etsy shop

If you haven't had a look, it's a fantastic collection of 2 sets of images, that you can buy separately or as a complete collection - I know which I would choose as its a fantastic price for what's included. Each set contains 93 cute little creatures or you can get all 186 creatures.

Today for my fun and colourful card I have used the gorgeous little peacock from set 1.  

I resized the little peacock for a landscape A6 card printing out and colouring with my promarkers before fussy cutting out.

Next I created an embossed background panel.  Ive had the peacock feather embossing folder in my stash for many many years LOL so cut a panel of white card and then inked the raised feathers with distress oxide ink before running through my cutting machine.  I wanted to add a little more colour so added more green ink and passed the folder through the machine a second time.  Next I used a deep blue acrylic paint and my brayer to add the dark paint over the panel, carefully applying a thin layer and building up the coverage slowly so not to fill the green feathers with pain. I love the matt texture this gives to the card.

I created a split panel landscape card, cutting the front panel of the card adding the embossed panel to the top with a strip of acetate in the middle.

The sentiment sticker was added to the acetate, so it appears to flow and the coloured peacock was adhered across the two panels.

To finish off the card I have added gold confetti, white a metallic gold gel pen and clear sparkle pen.

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  - Cute Creatures - set 1

LHC sentiment strip

Distress Oxide -  peacock feathers

Crafters Companion embossing folder - Kimono Collection - Peacock feathers

Artis Cromatica acrylic paint - marino

Spellbinders confetti - gold

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, gold

crafters companion sparkle pen - clear

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley #lotvdt

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

New Release - Christmas in July - Photo Strip - Snowman with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Sunday....I hope you are enjoying the weekend...its very hot here at the moment so I've been having quite a bit of time in the shade and trying to keep cool with lots of water to drink lol.

I'm here today with 4 sweet little Christmas cards for Lili of the Valley (LOTV) using one of the new Photo booth digital stamp sets.

These cards feature the Snowman Photo Strip set set available in the Etsy shop.

These are such versatile stamps and can be used all together as one image or you can split them as I have done to create 4 separate cards that I think are adorable.

Just some simple colouring with my promarkers and matting with coloured card.  I die cut little windows for the images and used embossing folders to create texture at the bottom of the panels.

The sentiments I've used for each card are from Cute Christmas sentiment set and I've foiled each one to match the card.

Finishing touches were some glittery sparkle on the snowman's hat.

I hope that you like my cards 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  - Snowman Photo Strip

LOTV Digital stamp set - Cute Christmas

Cosmic Shimmer Cosmic Twinkles - Icicle blue

     

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

 Wendy x

Birthday Wishes - Hi Honey - A5 Stamp Set - New Release with Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day....

I'm here today with another very cute card for Lili of the Valley (LOTV) using one of the gorgeous new A5 Polymer stamp sets Hi Honey available in the Etsy shop 

My hexagon shaped card today was created by using a bright sunshine yellow card with layers of smaller hexagons cut from  honeycomb paper and card embossed with a honeycomb design.

The main image and the additional flowers are from the Hi Honey set, stamped and then coloured with my promarkers before fussy cutting out and layering onto my card.   Simple but I think very striking with the bright sunshine colours.

The sweet little sentiment is from the Flower Pockets set of stamps

Finishing touches were some clear gold confetti.

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 polymer A5 stamp set  - Hi Honey 

LOTV polymer A5 stamp set - Flower Pockets

Craftwork cards paper - Queen bee

Spellbinders embossing folder - M-Bossabilities

Distress ink squeezed lemonade, wild honey

     

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

 Wendy x

Happy Easter - Easter Florals A5 Stamp Set - New Release with Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Monday ....The sun is shining and its definitely feeling like early Summer here after all the rain we have had this month.

I'm here today with an Easter card for Lili of the Valley (LOTV) using one of the images from the gorgeous new Easter Florals A5 Polymer stamp sets which is available now from the Etsy shop  

My card today has a more rustic feel about it to coordinate with the folk art style chicken

I stamped the chicken onto Neenah desert storm card stock and then coloured with my Polychromos pencils.

I then used a 3D embossing folder for the frame panel, inking the folder with brown ink before embossing then adding the pale cream and white ink to the raised sections.  

I added a few pieces of confetti around the design to finish it off.

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 polymer A5 stamp set  - Easter Florals

Distress Oxide inks -  gathered twigs, scattered straw

Distress Ink - Picket fence

Tonic Studios die

Crafters Companion Embossing Folder - English Rose

Spellbinders confetti - champagne

     

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

 Wendy x

Merry and Bright - Winter Cottage Snow Globe - with Pattie's Creations

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

I hope that you are starting to get into the Christmas spirit - we'll be putting our tree and decorations up hopefully over the weekend.

The 1st 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 December is Winter Around the World, so as long as you use a digital or stamped image in your project, 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 December project and to add to my stash of Christmas cards, I chose  to use the Winter Cottage Sow Globe digital stamp to create this pretty A7 or 5" x 7" card.

I resized the image to suit my card size and printed it out before colouring with Promarkers.  I then fussy cut out the base of the snow globe and set aside.

Next I used a circular die to cut an aperture from a peice of snowflake patterned paper.  I adhered the glass part of the snow globe directly to the card base and then adhered the patterned paper over the top of this.

As the patterned paper is quite busy I cut a panel of vellum to adhere over the top, running it through a snowflake embossing folder for texture.  I applied a little Kraft coloured ink to accentuate some of the snowflakes.

I then adhered the base of the snow globe to the card using foam tape for dimension, adding a small bow from bakers twine.

The sweet banner sentiment was heat embossed in rose pink and added below the image.

To finish off the card I added lots of sparkle around the design 

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

Pattie's Creations digital stamp - Winter Cottage Sow Globe

LOTV - Patterned Paper - Krafty Christmas

Lisa Horton Crafts - Embossing folder

Ranger Adirondack Dye Ink - Latte

Stickles - Star Dust

Bakers Twine

Promarkers Used:

                  

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

Wendy x

Autumn Birthday Wishes - Autumn Wreath - 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 September is School Days, so as long as you use a digital or stamped image in your project, 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 September project, I chose  to use the Autumn Wreath digital stamps to create a 6" x 6 " card. 

This is definitely a more traditional style of card and quite different to my recent creations but I'm pleased with how its turned out.

I resized the image to suit my card size and added an autumn sentiment into the centre of the panel before printing out on my LaserJet printer.  As I was going to create some extra layering I printed out some of the leaves a second time. 

I then used a selection of distress inks to colour the leaves with an autumnal palette before fussy cutting them out.

I then applied gold foil to the extra leaves that would be popped up on foam tape for dimension and used rose gold foil for the sentiment in the centre. 

For the background I used a linen effect embossing folder to add texture to Kraft card and then applied white dye ink over the texture to soften the look.

To finish off the card I added some white gelly roll pen highlights to the acorns and scattered gold confetti around the design.

 

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 - Autumn Wreath

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Freddy Fox Collection

Distress inks -  weathered wood,  gathered twigs, old paper, barn door,             fossilized amber , crushed olive ,  rustic wilderness, 

Minc Foil - Gold, rose gold

Embossing folder - Linen

Lisa Horton Crafts - Cloud 9 Dye ink - falling snow

Sakura Gelly Roll - White Pen

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - 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 BlogSpot #747 - Favourite colours - Sponsored by LeAnn's World 101

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day !

Today I'm here to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge and I hope that you will join in.

This weeks challenge theme of 'Favourite colours' has been chosen by Nat for team 2 and being sponsored by LeAnn's World 101...I think you'll be able to see what my favourite colours are !

As it's now Christmas in July I chose to use a sweet Christmassy digital images called Tangled Trisha for my card today ....This reminds me of us each year trying to untangle the Christmas lights ! No matter how neat and tidy they are put away, they always come out of the box all tangled up again! Must be the Christmas Elves.

This is a 5 x 7 portrait card with layers of fuchsia pink and purple card and a fabulous inky background panel too.

 

I used a peice of 300gsm watercolour card and began by creating an inky background using my distress inks, drying in between each layer.  Once I was happy with the layers and the depth of colour I used an embossing folder to add details to the panel and then added gold watercolour highlights.  

Next I resized the image to suit the card adding a sentiment to the bottom of the panel before printing out on alcohol friendly card stock and colouring with my Promarkers (see below for colours used). Once the card had been assembled I splattered more gold paint across the whole card and added white gel pen highlights and glossy accents to the fairy lights.  

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:
LeAnn's World Designs Digital stamp - Tangled Trisha

Distress Inks - peacock feathers, picked raspberry, squeezed lemonade, weathered wood

Sheena Douglass Embossing folder - Tangled Lights

Craftelier Watercolour paint - gold selection

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - gold

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white

glossy accents

Promarkers used :

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

Blush:           pale pink

Hair:            caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

Eyes:            china blue, pastel blue

Fur:              pastel blue

Lights:          gold, sunflower, buttercup

Boots:           blue black, cool grey 7, 5

                    hot pink, cerise, wild orchid

                    marine, turquoise, soft green

Hat:              hot pink, cerise, wild orchid

Top:              hot pink, cerise, wild orchid

                    aubergine, amethyst, pink pearl

Shorts:          marine, turquoise, soft green

  

     

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

 Wendy x

Spring Colours - Cute Animal - Digi Choosday - Spring is in the Air with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday.  I hope that you have a lovely day today and that you enjoy your week ahead...

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 use Spring Colours and an animal, there are so many gorgeous cuties on the website to choose from so it was quite difficult.

Today's card features one of the gorgeous digital stamps from the Springtime Smiles Collection - this collection is packed with cute chicks and bunnies do perfect for this weeks theme. I chose a couple of pretty pastel papers from the collection and then used these pastel shades as inspiration to colour the image with Promarkers, picking out the lemon and green as my main colours (see below for the colours used). 

 

I've said but that I don't often make pastel coloured cards, opting for brighter richer shades but I enjoyed this design and I wanted to colour the bunny white. 

This is a 5" x 7" card  with a scalloped frame die cut and diamond die cuts too to draw the eye to the bunny who is the feature after all. 

The smaller centre panel of the diamonds was embossed using a new 3D embossing folder that I bought with prize money from Simon Says Stamp and its the first time I have used it.  

I adhered the papers, diamond borders and the embossed panel to the card blank and then added the cute bunny to the embossed diamond using foam tape for dimension 

The sentiment is from the Darling Buds collection and after printing I have foiled this with a mint foil before adding the simple sentiment panel to the card.

  

To finish the inside of the card I decided to die cut a floral border from the white card, adding this to the edges of the card panels covered with lilac paper. 

Finishing touches where some super sparkly and coordination sequins and white  gel pen highlights.  

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 !

Promarkers Used:

Bunny:     pale Blossom

               salmon pink, misty rose

Dress:      soft green, pastel green, teas green

Rose:        primrose, lemon, yellow

                forest green, bright green, leaf green

Leaves:    pear green, lime green

Ladybird:  poppy. lipstick red

                Blue black, ice grey 7

Envelope:  cool grey 1, 3

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Springtime Smiles collection - Bunny Rabbit with Roses

Polkadoodles digital papers - Springtime Smiles collection - Paper collection

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Darling Buds collection - Spring Flowers/Mothers Day collection

Spellbinders Dies - Essential Diamonds

Craftelier  - Essential Dies - Frames

Minc Foil - Mint

Simon Says Stamp- 3D Embossing Folder - Margot tile

Craft Consortium Sequins

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

April Birthstone card - White on White - Digi Choosday - Oh Happy Day with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday.  Wishing you all a lovely day today and that you enjoy your week ahead...

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 April Birthstone Diamond using white on white and to include a wraparound or a belly band as some people call them (not my favourite name as it sounds like some sort of medical weight loss device!) 

Today's card features one of the gorgeous digital stamps from the Let's Hang Out collection - who can resist Winnie after all.  I started by resizing the image for my card design and printing this out along with one of the sweet sentiments from the collection. 

I chose a couple of pretty pastel papers from the Noodle Panda collection and then used these pastel shades as inspiration to colour the image with Promarkers (see below for the colours used).  

I don't often make pastel coloured cards, opting for brighter richer shades but it was nice for a change to make something lighter and definitely very girly. Good to use different pens too!

I decided to create a 5" x 7" pop out gatefold card and if you are looking for instructions on this then I suggest watching the great tutorial by Sam Calcott - Mixed Up Craft  I started with a piece of white card measuring 10" x 7" and then scored this at 2 1/2", 7 1/2" .  

Then flip the card over and score at 4 1/2" and 5 1/2"  Its such a simple card fold and looks beautiful decorated, lots of areas to used pretty papers and works well with loads of focal images.  

I used the papers from the noodle collection layer directly onto the card base, no matting as I wanted to keep the white borders showing, I chose to keep two of the inside panels white too to keep in with the them as much as possible.  

There is white space too on the reverse of the card for a message to be written.  Once the sweet Winnie was coloured I fussy cut her out.  Next I used a couple of nesting diamond dies to cut two pieces of the same white card (using the same card stock means they will match perfectly.  

The smaller of the diamonds was embossed using a 3D embossing folder to give a faceted look - that's what makes diamonds shine so well.   I adhered the diamonds together and then added Winnie to the centre before adding the diamond to the small pop out section of the card.  

Finally the sentiment was simple cut and also adhered at the bottom of the pop out.  To finish the inside of the card I decided to die cut a floral border from the white card, adding this to the edges of the card panels covered with lilac paper. 

Finishing touches where some super sparkly aurora borealis gems and white glossy drops around the design and on Winnie's dress along with white gel pen highlights.  

The wraparound or belly band is very simple, you just need a piece of card 1 1/2" in width ( white in my case for the white on white theme) and long enough to wrap loosely around the closed card. If its two tight it will be hard to slide on and off the  closed card.

I also die cut two white diamonds and embossed the top one as on the inside of the card and adhered this to the wrap around.

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 !

Promarkers Used:

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

Blush:      pale pink

Hair:        praline, sandstone, pastel beige

Ribbon:    orchid, lavender

Roses

Shoes

Dress:      pastel blue, blender

Leaves:    apple, meadow green

Daisies:    yellow, primrose

                apricot, bisque

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Let's Hang Out collection - Blossoming Winnie

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Let's Hang Out collection - Greeting Bundle

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Noodle Panda collection - Set 2 & Plains

Lisa Horton Crafts - 3D Embossing Folder - Prism

Craftelier Sequins

Tonic Nuvo Crystal Drops - white

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

Wendy x