May Birthstone card - Emerald - Easel Card - Octavia collection - Digi Choosday - Big Bunches of Love 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 create an easel card for a May Birthday with the birthstone Emerald.  I have to say green isn't my first choice for a colour palette but I do love the colour.  

I started off with a 6" 6" Kraft card base and folded this to create a twisted easel card. I then chose a couple of papers, one with gorgeous leaves from the Noodle Panda collection and the purple polka dot paper is from a new Winnie Collection due to be released very soon.  

I used these papers along with some green and emerald green card to created mats and layers on the card and also to choose my colour palette for the main focal image, with Promarkers (see below for colours).

 

I wanted to use a beautiful image from the Octavia collection.  It's not a collection I have used before but there are some gorgeous digital images and papers that you will love.  

I'm loving this bright and colourful combination of purple and emerald and I think her emerald green hair is amazing.  

I used a little distress ink around the edges of the leafy paper to take away some of the whiteness.

Finishing touches where some super sparkly purple and green sequins from my stash, a piece of recycled green twine and white and metallic green 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:

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

Blush:     pale pink

Eyes:      lush green, emerald, mint green

Hair:       holly, pine, emerald, mint green

Dress:     plum, mulberry, wild orchid

Owl:        amber, bisque

               cocoa, caramel, bisque, pastel beige

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Octavia collection - Best Friends

Polkadoodles digital paper - New Winnie collection - 

Polkadoodles digital paper - Noodle Panda collection - Sentiment bundle

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Noodle Panda collection - Set 3

Distress Ink - mowed lawn

Craftelier Basics Crafts Dies - Nested Hexagons

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen - white, black, metallic green

Sequins - green, magenta

green twine

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

Wendy x

I'll take a coffee with a cup of sunshine with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone wishing you all a wonderful Saturday!

On my blog today I thought I'd share a non Christmas card made for Pink Gem Designs using a digital stamp from one of favourite sets the Busy Owls.   I have used the black line art stamp from this fabulous set which includes 6 different owls and the leafy branch for them to sit on.

If you don't like to colour then don't worry as there is a pre-coloured version of this set too. 

This is Olivia Owl and she's sending a special cup of sunshine wishes. 

This is a one layer card made by resizing Olivia the owl sitting on her branch to suit an A6 card, I positioned a circle in the sky for the sun and added a digital Sentiment across the panel.

I used a cloud stencil and blue distress ink to create my background and finally added glossy accents to Olivia's eyes to make them pop of the page.

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 Busy Owls digital stamp set

Pink Gem Designs Sentiment - Birthday Owls set

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment

Lawn Fawn Clipping stencil - Slimline Cloudy

Distress Ink - salty ocean

Sakura Gelly roll pen - black, white

Glossy Accents

Promarkers used :

Owl

Eyes:                gold, buttercup

Beak:                mandarin, buttercup

Wings:              umber, praline, pastel beige

Breast & head:   caramel, burnt sienna, pastel beige

Feet:                 umber, praline, pastel beige

Branch:             umber, cocoa, burnt sienna

                        forest green, bright green, leaf green

Bow:                antique pink, salmon prink, pastel pink

Coffee cup:        

                        burnt sienna, cocoa, 

                        pastel beige

Sun:                gold, amber, buttercup

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

 Wendy x 

I love Promarkers #547 Love is in the air Sponsored by Colour of Love

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Wednesday! I hope that you are having a lovely week.

We finished harvesting our olives on Sunday and they have all been pressed at our local mill...quite a good harvest this year, just under 1 tonne in weight which has yielded around 160 litres of olive oil so not bad considering.  

We have 80 Olive trees and it's taken us around 7 years to get them back into a good shape, lots of pruning to bring the height down and get rid of all the dead wood so it's not as time consuming when we pick.  We pick by hand, no machines and no help, just me and John which is hard work, but it's definitely worth the time and effort and the taste of our own olive oil is amazing.

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 Colour of Love

Here is my inspiration card for the current blog challenge with the theme - Love is in the air, using a sweet digital stamp called Rory's Owl Friends and this is going to my cousin for her Christmas card this year.....Owl's are a favourite so I thought this was the perfect image.

Its a simple a6 Christmas card, with a layer of pink glitter card stock and the focus on the beautiful image.  Once coloured in I have gently blended blue distress ink around the image and added white dots of snow in the sky.

The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed and added to the bottom of the card using card scraps for dimension.  I've added some blue distress ink around the sentiment and then scattered heart clay confetti around the design to finish it off and to add to the them of Love is in the air.

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:

Colour of Love digital image - Rory's Owl Friends

Woodware Craft Collection Sentiment Stamp - Bauble Owl

Cosmic Shimmer Detail embossing powder - Clear

Versafine Clair ink -  Twilight

Heart clay confetti 

Distress ink - tumbled glass

Sakura Gelly Roll Pens - white, black, clear star

Cosmic Shimmer - Cosmic Twinkles - Icicles blue

Promarkers used :

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

Blush:             pale pink

Hair:               vanilla, caramel, sandstone, umber

Eyes:              denim blue, cool aqua

Outfits:           hot pink, carmine, cerise

                      marine, turquoise, pastel green

                      cool aqua, blender

Tights

Pom poms 

Bows:             mango, peach , soft peach

Feathers:        umber, caramel, pastel beige

Feet

Beaks:            pumpkin, sunflower

Snow:             cool aqua, blender

Fence:             caramel, sandstone, umber

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

 Wendy x

Happy Friday from Hootie with Patties Creations

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

It's our Easter celebrations here and today so were off on a walk organised by the town walking group, we have done it every Good Friday for the last 5 years and its a lovely walk specially when there are lots of people to support it.  The walk finishes off in the Carpa - its a big marquis that is set up for a Food and crafts fair called Hecho en Las Alpujarras.  Its a great opportunity to try out different artisan foods and always well supported.

Today also marks the start of a new Challenge for March 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 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 April project, I decided to use the Owl on Branch digital stamp called Hootie ....you know I'm rather fond of owls and this one is lovely.

I've created an aperture card today, adding some lovely leafy paper to a 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" panel before cutting out an aperture with one of my nesting circle dies.

Before adding the leafy panel to my card base I've used some distress ink and a cloud stencil to add some clouds to my card base behind the aperture and then mounted this panel using craft foam.

Hootie has been printed on alcohol friendly card stock and coloured with my Promarkers (see below for the colours), before being fussy cut out and adhered across the aperture.

I stamped a sentiment onto the leaf panel and then added some coordinating sequins around the design and glossy accents to the owls eyes.

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 -  Hootie

Lisa Horton Craft Papers - Box Set

Woodware Sentiment stamp - Mosaic Owl

Versafine Clair ink - Twilight

Lawn Fawn Stencil - Cloudy

Distress ink - tumbled glass

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white, black

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

Sugar & Spice sequins - mojito

Promarkers used :

Owl

Eyes:                gold, buttercup

Beak:                mandarin, buttercup

Wings:              umber, praline, pastel beige

Breast & head:   caramel, burnt sienna, pastel beige

Feet:                 umber, praline, pastel beige

Branch:             umber, cocoa, burnt sienna

                        forest green, bright green, leaf green

Have a Hoot on Your Birthday with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone wishing you all a wonderful Thursday!

On my blog today I have another card for Pink Gem Designs using a digital stamp from the Busy Owls set.  I have used the black line art stamp from this fabulous set which includes 6 different owls and the leafy branch for them to sit on.

If you don't like to colour then don't worry as there is a pre-coloured version of this set too. 

This is Oliver Owl and he's sending birthday wishes to a very special, soon to be family member - my cousins' son is getting married in May in France and this card is for his wife to be on her Birthday in April.

 

I  started by adding a piece of digital green spotty background paper from the Baking Ginger Gift bag set  - I wanted Oliver to appear to be up in the tree and thought this green paper was perfect.

Next I resized the owl and branch to suit an A6 card and added the digital Sentiment  from the Birthday Owls set to the panel before printing out

This is a single layer card so I had to be careful colouring in the design using my promarkers but I'm really pleased how it looks. I added a little shimmer to the cupcake and the coffee beans on the cup and glossy accents to Oliver's eyes to make them pop of the page.

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 Busy Owls digital stamp set

Pink Gem Designs Sentiment - Birthday Owls set

Pink Gem Designs Designer series paper - Baking Ginger Gift Bag set

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

Sakura Gelly roll pen - black, white

Glossy Accents

Promarkers used :

Owl

Eyes:                gold, buttercup

Beak:                mandarin, buttercup

Wings:              umber, praline, pastel beige

Breast & head:   caramel, burnt sienna, pastel beige

Feet:                 umber, praline, pastel beige

Branch:             umber, cocoa, burnt sienna

                        forest green, bright green, leaf green

Cupcake:           caramel, pastel beige

                        marine, turquiose, pastel green

                        lavender, ivory

                        burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Coffee cup:        marine, turquoise, pastel green

                        burnt sienna, cocoa, pastel beige

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 Challenge #682 - Birthday Cards

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all !

I'm back today with a new DT Inspiration card for the Passion for Markers Blog challenge.

This weeks challenge is being sponsored by the amazing artist Rachelle Anne Miller stamps  There are some lovely images in her store, so why not take a look and join in with the challenge.  Don't forget there will be a prize for the Winner of the challenge - there are more details over on the blog.

The Blog theme chosen by Linda for Team 2 is 'Birthday Cards' and this is my inspiration for the challenge made using a digital image from Rachelle Anne Miller called Birthday Owls

I think that Owls are very special and definitely magical - we have a family living in our garden and its wonderful to see them silently swooping between the large old olive trees.

For todays 5" x 7" card I resized the image and then coloured with my Promarkers (see below for colours used) and then used a Lawn Fawn stencil to add confetti onto the background of the scene using distress inks.

Next I die cute the scalloped frame from white cardstock and used the same 3 distress inks to colour the frame to match the confetti. 

Finally I have scattered a few co-ordinating sequins around the design for a touch of bling.

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 !

Please Note: My supplies list below contains some affiliate links to products which I have used in the project. I receive a small commission if you use my links to purchase, but it adds nothing to your cost. Thank you!

Card recipe:
Rachelle Anne Miller digital stamp - Birthday Owls

Distress ink - picked raspberry

Distress ink - twisted citron

Distress Ink - fossilized amber

Lawn Fawn Clippings Stencil - confetti

Sugar & Spice sequins - Candy Floss

Mi Tienda de Arte Essential Dies - Frame

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - White 08 , black, Stardust grey

Promarkers used :

Owls:                 caramel, burnt sienna, pastel beige

                         umber, praline, pastel beige

                         mandarin, buttercup

Flower:              gold, sunflower, buttercup

                         antique pink, salmon pink. pale pink

Yellow Balloon:    gold, sunflower, buttercup

Present

Ribbon

Green Balloon:    meadow green, leaf green, bright green

Ribbon

Pink Balloon:       antique pink, salmon pink. pale pink

Present    

Snail:                 warm grey, 1,2,4

Ground:              warm grey 1,2 blender    

                      

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

 Wendy x 

You Make Me Smile with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone wishing you all a wonderful Thursday!

We're off to Granada today for a little window shopping and lunch in the Nevada shopping centre  - its ages since we've been there so I'm looking forward to a little retail therapy...shame there isn't a craft shop there 😢😂😢😂

On my blog today I have another card for Pink Gem Designs using a digital stamp from the Busy Owls set.  I have used the black line art stamp from this fabulous set which includes 6 different owls and the leafy branch for them to sit on.

If you don't like to colour then don't worry as there is a pre-coloured version of this set too. 

Octavia Owl has got a secret admirer and she cant wait to open her card - I wonder who its from ?  Maybe its from Oliver the Owl that I introduced you to already ?

I resized the owl and branch using graphics software to suit an A6 card before printing them out on alcohol friendly card stock and then coloured the main image using promarkers and fussy cutting.

Next I created the background panel first choosing a digital sentiment from Polkadoodles Winnie Daisy Fairy greetings bundle which I printed out and then I created my cloudy background using distress inks and a cloud stencil.  Once the panel was dry I added a little cross stitched detail to each side using a border die.

I've added just a few clear iridescent sequins around the design to finish it off.

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 Busy Owls digital stamp set

Polkadoodles digital Sentiment

Lawn Fawn Slimline stencil - Cloudy

Distress Ink - blueprint sketch, tumbled glass, wilted violet, picked raspberry

Sakura Gelly roll pen - black, white, metallic grey

Sugar & Spice Crafts sequins - enchanted

Promarkers used :

Owl

Eyes:                gold, buttercup

Beak:                mandarin, buttercup

Wings:              umber, praline, pastel beige

Breast & head:   caramel, burnt sienna, pastel beige

flower  :            amethyst, lilac, lavender

                        gold, pastel yellow, buttercup

Branch:             umber, cocoa, burnt sienna

                        forest green, bright green, leaf green

Envelope:          ice grey 2, 1, blender

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

 Wendy x 

New Release - Love Birds Wings of Love - You are my Favourite person - Owl with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone - wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and happy February....the month of love !💓💓💓

I'm back today with another card using the new Love Birds Wings of Love collection from Polkadoodles. 

You already know how much I love owls and I was so excited when Nikky Hall included some owls in this new digital release... they are my absolute favourite.

The sweet little Owl was coloured with my promarkers and then fussy cut out ready for my card.  Don't forget you can get pre-coloured versions of all of the digital images too, perfect if you don't like colouring or just need a speedy card.

I decided I wanted to create a little scene up in a tree for my sweet owl so started by choosing one of the papers and one of the sentiments from the new collection and added this to my graphics software, along with one of the lovely new sentiments from the collection - I really love how there are so many sentiments in this collection that are perfect for loads of different occasions - not just for Valentines cards. 

The tree and branch is an older digital stamp from Polkadoodles that I've had for a while and I resized this to suit a larger 5" x 7" card, before printing out and colouring with my promarkers.  

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from this cute new Love Birds Wings of Love collection by Polkadoodles.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Love Birds Wings of Love - Owl Heart

Polkadoodles digital paper - Wings of Love - paper bundles 2

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Wings of Love - sentiment bundle

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black

Promarkers used :

Leaves:                forest green, bright green, leaf green

Branches & trunk: umber, burnt sienna, sandstone   

Owl

eyes:                   gold, buttercup

  

Beak:                  mandarin, buttercup

Head & wings:      umber, praline, pastel beige 

Feet & legs:          burnt umber, burnt orange, ginger

                           sunflower, yellow, soft lime

  

Jumper:               salmon pink, pastel pink, pale pink

                  

Hearts:                burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

dis digi designs challenge sparkle (0) (0 of 3)
lil patch of crafty friends Weekly (141) (3 of 3)
i love promarkers challenge () (0 of 3)

Creative Fingers challenge  (106) (2 of 3)

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

Moving Along With The Times  numbers #() ( of 5)

Pearly Sparkles Challenge   unlimited  (16)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (51)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes (41)  (1 of 3)

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes (26) unlimited

Avenue 613 Anything Goes Winter Theme  () (0 of 8)

Sheep ski designs Anything Goes  wings & paws (7) (1 of 3)

Mirtillamente Challenge - CANDLES - POLAR BEAR - MARMOT - SLOTH - WHALE - CAT

 () (0 of 5)

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge () unlimited

colorful options pink () unlimited

through the purple haze  colour palette (7) (1 of 3)

Critter Crazy Challenge (22) (1 of 5)

We love stamping  () (0 of 3)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge (5) (1 of 3)

Dragonfly Dreams  back on 5th February () (0 of 3)

Crafty Calendar Challenge (0) (0 of 3)

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

crafting happiness challenges (18) 

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

Wendy x

A little birdie told me with Pink Gem Designs

Hello everyone - wishing you a wonderful Friday...and a great weekend ahead.

It's been a strange few weeks here on the Olive Farm and I'm feeling exhausted - more siestas, reading and crafting is needed I think to get my energy levels back. 

You all know how much I love Owls - I have done for as long as I can remember, probably from my first encounters with Winnie the Pooh when I was very young - I still listen to Winnie the Pooh Audio books even now, when I'm having trouble sleeping.  

When I saw this new set of digital stamps I knew exactly how I was going to use them to create todays card which is featuring one of the Owls from the Busy Owls digital stamps by Pink Gem Designs. There are 7 stamps in the set, 6 owls and a really useful branch with leaves.

My Owl is called Oliver and he's very engrossed reading an adventure story all about Owls - I hope he doesn't fall asleep and then tumble off his perch !

I resized the Owl and branch to suit an A6 card and then coloured the image using my promarkers (see below) before fussy cutting out.  I used some small rub on letters from my stash to create the book title.... you could easily add this using graphics/drawing software before printing.

To create my leafy background i have used a distress ink and a new to me stencil from Polkadoodles.

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 Busy Owls digital stamp set

Polkadoodles Creative stencil - Great Outdoors ( Currently on Sale)

Polkadoodles digital Sentiment

Distress Ink - twisted citron

Letraset Alphas

Sakura Gelly roll pen - black, white, metallic grey

Promarkers used :

Owl

Eyes:                gold, buttercup

Beak:                mandarin, buttercup

Wings:              umber, praline, pastel beige

Breast & head:   caramel, burnt sienna, pastel beige

glasses:            amethyst, lilac, lavender

                        warm grey 2

Book:               amethyst, lilac, lavender

        

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

dis digi designs challenge Celebrate  () (0 of 3)

lil patch of crafty friends (98) (1 of 3)

i love promarkers challenge (5) (1 of 3) Top 3 winner

Creative Fingers challenge  (2) (1 of 3)

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - (40) (1 of 5) 

Moving Along With The Times  Use Kraft #() ( of 5)

Pearly Sparkles Challenge  No DSP (40)  unlimited 

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (135)

Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes  (0) (0 of 2)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes (118)  (1 of 3) DT Favorite

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes () unlimited

Avenue 613 Anything Goes Winter Theme  () (0 of 8)

Sheep ski designs Anything Goes  (29) (1 of 3)

Mirtillamente Challenge - Music/Snow/Pizza () (0 of 5)

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge (21) unlimited

colorful options Black/grey () unlimited

through the purple haze  colour palette () (0 of 3)

Critter Crazy Challenge (69) (1 of 5)

We love stamping  (49) (1 of 3)

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

Dragonfly Dreams  back in February () (0 of 3)

Crafty Calendar Challenge (56) ( 1 of 3)

world wide open design team ()  (0 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges (58) celebrations

A passion for markers challenge Sketch  () 

not2shabby Colour Palette  (0) (0of 3)

                

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

 Wendy x