Sending lots of Christmas Cheer - Freebie Digital image - Winter Snail - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Tuesday !  

I hope you are enjoying the week so far.

I thought today I  would share a cute little Christmas card that I have made using the Freebie digital stamp for December by JMC Designs .  If you haven't seen it yet then don't worry here is the link to download the digital stamp.

https://mailchi.mp/5974ab4aaf01/jmcfreedigiwintersnail

As well as the freebie, there is also a video to watch that shows how the digital stamp evolved - here is the link

I added a Christmas sentiment to the bottom of the image before printing out and colouring with my Promarkers and then fussy cutting out, leaving a snowy bank of card at the bottom of the design.

Next I created my Wintery background, blending distress oxide inks to create a Winter Alpine scene with mountains, fir trees and lots of snow

Finishing touches were some glitter to the snails ear muffs and his spots.

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

We would love to see what you make with this cute little winter snail so why not get creating and then upload it to the Facebook page JMCs Crazy Crafty Hive

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe: 

Distress Oxides - salvaged patina speckled egg. cracked pistachio, rustic wilderness, lucky clover, salty ocean

Pebeo gesso - white

Cosmic Shimmer - cosmic twinkles

Sunny studio stencil - forest trees

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

Wendy x

New Release - Halloween card - Pumpkin Boy - Creepy Creatures collection with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Sunday... yes I'm back! 2 days in a row Shock Horror  LOL

It's another sunny hot Autumn day here today at 30C again, wonderful I know and I'm definitely not complaining given the weather in the UK at the moment, but I would really like it a little cooler now - good for drying the washing.

There is a brand new release from Polkadoodles and its just perfect for all those Halloween projects.  Creepy Creatures collection is a fantastic collection of 3 bundles.  Cute & Creepy, Witches & Broomsticks and Creepy Things, 

Inside the collection you’ll find everything from pumpkins, ghosts, skeletons, mummies, bats, monsters and creepy dolls, to witches, broomsticks, cauldrons, spell books, black cats and potion bottles. Perfect for trick or treat cards, party invites, scrapbook layouts, junk journal spreads, stickers, planner pages and DIY stationery.

Each design comes as both pre-coloured images for quick makes and black & white digital stamps for colouring at home. Every bundle also includes free SVG outlines, making them ideal for Cricut, Silhouette Cameo and Brother ScanNCut.

For my first card I chose to use the Cute and Creepy Bundle, this is Pumpkin Boy and I've used the pre-coloured version for this card although he is available for you to colour too!

It's a larger A7 or 5" x 7" card so I resized the character to suite my design and then printed him out a couple of times so I can do a little fussy cutting and decoupaging for dimension. 

I chose one of the spooky papers from the collection, Loving the orange and teal so I used this as my colour pallet for the die cut frame and banners and also blended distress ink around the edge of the paper to add darker tones.

I added splatters of white and black gesso to the paper and also distress mica spray so in real life the card has a spook shine to it. 

To finish off the design I added white gelly roll pen highlights around the the card.

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 stamp - Cute and Creepy Bundle - Pumpkin Boy

Polkadoodles digital paper - Creepy Autumn Halloween Papers

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Creepy Creatures collection

Gesso - white, black

Distress Mica Spray - tarnished brass

Distress Ink - peacock feathers, uncharted mariner

Studiolight die - party card shape

star & heart stamps from my stash

Pretty Pink Posh gems - midnight black

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 #801 - For a Child - Sponsored by LeAnn's World 101

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all ! I hope that your week is going well so far.

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

This weeks challenge is being sponsored by LeAnn's World 101 and our theme of 'For a Child' this week was chosen for team 2 by Kitty. 

I chose to use a really sweet image called Annette coloured with Promarkers, before fussy cutting out.  The sentiments are from Polkadoodles Rebel Girl collection.

I decided to keep the colour palette bright and simple using stencils and distress inks to create the background beach scene.   To add detail to the foam on the waters edge I've used a little white gesso on my finger and white gel pen on the waves.

 Anette was coloured with my promarkers before fussy cutting out and adding to the scene with glossy accents on the bobbles in her hair.

The two sentiments have been foiled  for a touch of shine.

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 101 digital stamp - Anette

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Rebel Girl Collection - Sentiment bundle

Distress Ink - Salty ocean, cracked pistachio

Distress Oxide Ink - scattered straw, wild honey

Pebeo Artist Gesso - white

Minc foil - rose gold, teal

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

Glossy accents

     

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

 Wendy x

My New Stamp - AALL & Create #996 - Seeds of the World by Tracy Evans

Hello everyone Happy Sunday I hope that you are enjoying the weekend...the weather here is still really warm during the day and the snow on the Sierra Nevada behind us has nearly vanished - its not looking good for our long hot Summer ahead.   If things carry on getting warmer and there is less and less water then we are going to have to really reconsider the planting in our garden.

I really enjoying my inky play time the other week, just creating so am going to try to have at least one day each week where I just aim to create something.

So here is another card that I've made using one of the gorgeous stamps from the AALL & Create goody box that I treated myself to.

Todays card is definitely all about the texture !

I started off by stamping the design twice, once using Twisted Citron Distress Oxide ink and the second time using Pinecone Versafine Clair ink, applying clear embossing powder to this and heat setting.  I fussy cut out the floral circle from the design, added a small amount of brown distress ink around the edge and adhered this onto the embossed panel using craft foam for dimension.  I blended a little twisted citron ink around the edge of the embossed panel.

Next I created my background panel. 

I used a couple of pieces of an old book page and added several layers of distress ink to this in a fairly random way.  

Once completely dry I adhered the inked book page to a panel of chocolate brown card and then using an embossing folder to create texture.

The next step was to apply white gesso over this panel, allowing little pops of the colour and text in the background to show through.

Once the gesso was dry I then applied twisted citron distress ink over the white gesso, again leaving some parts white.

I tore the edges of a piece of green handmade paper and adhered this to the background panel and then added some fibrous threads onto this before finally adhering the stamped and embossed focal point.

To finish off my card I added a sentiment strip and a quote and then some pieces of gold confetti around the design.

The texture of this card is wonderful and I love all the little details and hints of colour peeping through the design. 

Card recipe:

AALL  & Create Stamp -  #996 Seeds of the World

Distress Oxide Ink - Twisted Citron

Versafine Clair ink - Pinecone

Distress Ink - carved pumpkin, fossilized amber, rusty hinge, twisted citron, rustic wilderness, vintage photo

Cosmic Shimmer Detail Embossing powder - clear

Pebeo Gesso - white

Crafters Companion Embossing Folder - gunmetal

Posca Pen - green metallic

Jute threads

Pretty Pink Posh Confetti - Gold

Quotes - typed on my computer, The Difference In The Shades by Bright Eyes

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

 Wendy x