Gingerbread and Pumpkin Spiced Latte with Last Minute Manda

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Saturday and a wonderful weekend! 

Yesterday we spent the morning picking our almonds so Autumn has definitely arrived here in Spain...its not a very high tech activity but it is hard work - basically we put huge nets on the ground around a tree and then my hubby uses a 3 metre long pole to carefully bash the branches of the tree...in theory all the lovely almonds fall onto the nets and we then collect them and store them ready to be shelled and eaten...yummy

We've good quite a good crop this year especially considering how little rain we have had during the year.  We generally leave the almonds on an old sheet on the patio in the sunshine to dry out and then walk all over them LoL 😅 - this helps to remove any stubborn outer husks that haven't already fallen off.

Today I am sharing my latest DT make for Last minute Manda the other things I love about Autumn are the falling leaves and gingerbread  biscuits which is something I'm going to have a go making this year.

To create this cute card I've used one of the yummy Gingerbread girls from the Autumn Sweets Collection 

One thing I miss from the U.K. was being able to go to Costa coffee for a delicious Pumpkin Spiced Latte - one of my favourite Autumn flavours.

I resized the gingerbread girl using my graphics software to suit a smaller A6 card and then coloured her with my Promarkers

I'm really enjoying using all of the Autumn colours at the moment on my cards.

The background leafy paper that I've used is an older paper that I found in my stash but I love how it matches the main image.

The faux aperture  on the front panel was cut using the Nested Torn Edge Circle dies from Lisa Horton Crafts and I've used the Hugs Included sentiment stamp from one of my new stamp sets by Woodware designed by Francoise Read.  I thought it was perfect as drinking a spiced latte always felt to me like a warm and lovely hug in a cup.

I hope that you like my card today 🌞

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Last Minute Manda digital stamps - Autumn sweets collection 

Magazine papers

Lisa Horton Craft dies - Nested Torn Edge Circles

Woodware Craft Collection Stamps - Flower envelope

Distress Ink - spiced marmalade

Pretty Pink Posh Confetti - gold

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens - barn red, tangerine 

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white

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Promarkers used :

Gingerbread: caramel, sandstone, pastel beige

Nose & cheeks pale pink, blossom

Dress & hair band: lime green, pear green, marsh green

                            burnt orange, orange, bright orange, pumpkin

Ricrac: lavender, satin

latte cup: lavender, raw sienna, gold, mustard, burnt sienna, caramel, sandstone

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

dis digi designs challenge (28) (1 of 3)

intaas Ch  () ( of 3)

lil patch of crafty friends (101) (2 of 3) DT Top 5

i love promarkers challenge #519 (2) (2 of 3)

Creative Fingers challenge  (54) (1 of 3)

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - September (98) (5 of 5) 

Moving Along With The Times #146  (89) (3 of 5)

Pearly Sparkles Challenge  September unlimited ()

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

Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes Week 38  (22) (1 of 2) Winner !

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

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes () unlimited

Avenue 613 Anything Goes September (226) (5 of 8)

Through The Craft Room Door () ( of 4)

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

Sheep ski designs Anything Goes () (3 of 3)

Mirtillamente Challenge - anything goes () ( of 5)

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge September (82) unlimited

colorful options (90) unlimited

through the purple haze  () (0 of 3)

arty divas (18) (2 of 3) Honorable Mention

aud sentiments ()

Critter Crazy Challenge () ( of 5)

We love stamping () ( of 3)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge (56) (1 of 3)

Dragonfly Dreams  (69) (3 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 () 

not2shabby (21) (3 of 3)

inspiration station challenge (12) Unlimited

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

Wendy x

Sending a rainbow of hugs

Hello everyone I hope that you are having a lovely day.

I am back today on my blog to share a very quick but bright and cheerful card that I've made simply using some card scraps.  

I was making an inky background for another project that Ill be sharing very soon and had some torn paper strips so decided rather than wasting them I would add them to a card to make this background.  

I love the effect and texture that the torn edges have given to the panel.

All it needed to finish off the card was a simple large sentiment which I have die cut in black card, the shadow layer behind has been cut from vellum.  I stamped the sub-sentiment and finally added a little bling.

Card recipe:

Distress ink - Picked raspberry, candied apple, carved pumpkin, fossilised amber, twisted citron

Simon Says Stamp hugs die & shadow layer

Simon Says Stamp - Garden Greetings stamps

Pinkfresh Studio essentials dies - diagonal stitched rectangles

Craftelier sequins

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

 Wendy x