Digi Choosday - Hello Autumn - Yellow & Orange - Autumn is Coming card - Freddy Fox Collection - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you're having a great week so far and that the weather is being kind to you.

I know its still the middle of Summer but as a card maker we try to get ahead and that sometimes feels like were making cards at the wrong time of the year...but I promise you it makes sense in the craft world LOL

It's time for the Design Team to share some more inspiration for our current 'Anything Goes' challenge over on the Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Blog. I hope you are going to join in and don't forget the amazing Digi Choosday discount off all crafty printable downloads! 

Don't Forget that our challenges our now 4 weekly so there's loads of time for you to join in and more chances to win too!

The theme set for the DT this week by Nikky was Autumn is coming...using Yellow and Orange !.  I love the garden in the Autumn, the colours around are amazing and the high temperatures of the summer have started to subside.  I decided to reach for a digital stamp from the Freddy Fox Autumn / Fall Collection for my card today as he has the perfect colourings.

The digital stamp I have chosen is Apple Barrel Fox, resized for my smaller A6 card before printing out and colouring with Promarkers. I then used my ScannCut to cut out Freddy although it could easily be cut by hand.

I wanted to create lots of layers and textures for my card today so used lots yellow and orange distress inks to create an ink smooshed panel on watercolour card, allowing each colour to dry before adding the next colour, building up layers slowly.  

Next I added interest to this panel, stamping leaves and dots in distress oxide inks and added some gold stencilling too here and there.

I tore down the right hand side of the inked panel, leaving the white core exposed and then chose a couple of papers from the collection adding strips below the inked panel again with torn edges.

I used an arched dies to create a frame, in yellow and orange card and adhered this to the panel on the card.

My coloured Freddy image was mounted onto the card with foam tape.

I then stamped leaves from the leftover distress ink panel and hand cut these out.  I had a few mushrooms left over from another project so decided to colour these with orange and yellow alcohol pens to coordinate with the theme and layered these at the bottom of the card, along with a sentiment from the Freddy Fox collection.

To finish off my card today I've added white gelly roll pen highlights and scattered orange gems around the design as I always love a little sparkle on my cards.

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 !

Card recipe: 

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Freddy Fox Collection - Apple Barrel Fox

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Freddy Fox Collection - Paper set 2

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Freddy Fox Collection  - sentiment bundle

Distress Ink - scattered straw, mustard seed, fossilised amber, carved pumpkin, dried marigold

Distress Oxide ink - spiced marmalade, abandoned coral

Gold acrylic paint

Polkadoodles Craft Stamp - Funky Daisy Smile (dots)

Polkadoodles Craft Stamp - Just a little note (leaves)

Polkadoodles Craft Stencil - Honey Bees

Polkadoodles Craft SVG Print and Cut File - Spring is Here

Pretty Pink Posh gems - grapefruit

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

A Passion for Markers Blog Spot Challenge #847 - Under the Sea - Collect Beautiful Moments - Sponsored by LeAnn's World 101

Hello and a happy Tuesday to you all I hope that you are having a lovely week !

So the heatwave is continuing all this week with consecutive days over 40 and it's very difficult indeed....We have been trying to get up a little earlier to get some jobs done early before it's really unbearable and difficult sleeping even with the Zircon in our bedroom....... I think by the end of this week the temperature is predicted to be 44C so I suspect we will be doing less and less each day.

It's even too warm to sit in the porch with the fan on and trying to persuade the kitties to come indoors is a nightmare !

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

This week our challenge is being sponsored by LeAnn's World 101  and the theme chosen by Me for team 2 is Under the Sea....this is where I would like to be with all the heat here in Spain at the moment, I'm definitely melting.

For my card decided I chose to use Ashera , resizing the image to suit my A6 card before printing out on alcohol friendly card and colouring with promarkers.  

Next I create the background scene around the image, using several sea themed stamps and distress oxide inks to create my colourful underwater scene.

The card was simply finished with white gelly roll pen highlights, clear sparkle pen to the mermaid and glossy accent bubbles.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card packed with flowers 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 - Ashera

Distress Oxide Ink - fossilised amber, peacock feathers, abandoned coral, mowed lawn

Woodward Craft Collection stamps - Sea Elements

Spectrum Noir - Sparkle pen - clear

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

glossy accents

Tim Holtz tiny words - Small Talk

          

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

 Wendy x

Digi Choosday - Just Thinking about you - Mothers Day Card - Udderly Cute Collection - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you're having a great week

It's that time of the week to share some more inspiration for our current '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 Digi Choosday discount off all crafty printable downloads!  

Don't Forget that our challenges our now 4 weekly so there's loads of time for you to join in and more chances to win too!

The theme set for the DT this week is  to make a Mothers Day card following this colour palette.

I don't really make Mothers Day cards, I prefer to make a thinking of you card instead as it' can be a difficult time for lots of people - I like to create a card that I think my mum would have loved to receive .

When I saw the colour palette I immediately thought of the the brand new Udderly Cute Collection  and specifically the ephemera.

The card is a simple smaller A6 card with a layer of pretty floral paper from the collection in the background.

I die cut an arched panel and a circular panel from grey and white cardstock, stamping the sentiment onto the circular panel 

I challenged myself this year to start using my Scan n Cut machine rather than fussy cutting by hand and the ephemera sheets were so easy to cut on the machine.

I chose one of the ephemera sheets cutting out the elements and then layered these onto my card some flat and some adhered with foam tape.

To finish off the card I added lovely sparkle to the macaron and the hearts and a scattering of sparkly pink sequins.

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 !

Card recipe: 

Polkadoodles digital ephemera - ephemera bundle

Polkadoodles digital paper - Udderly Cute Cows  - Paper Pack 1

Polkadoodles stamp - Funky Rosy Posy

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - clear

Sugar & Spice sequins - candy floss mix

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

Wendy x

Rainbow cards - Happy Days - A5 Stamp Set- Digital Stamp Set - New Release with Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Thursday....I hope the week has been fun for you, the weather is still being very unpredictable here which is great for the garden with all the rain but not good for the Semana Santa festivities here in our town which kick off today.

Fingers crossed the Easter Processions don't have to be curtailed due to the wind and rain.

I'm here today with two sweet rainbow themed cards for Lili of the Valley (LOTV) using stamps from the new Happy Days collection, they are available as A5 Polymer stamp sets and also as a digital stamp format giving so much versality now available in the Etsy shop 

I started off by resizing the circular sentiments on my compute before printing out and then stamping the basket of flowers and the yummy looking cake onto card stock and then coloured using my Polychromos pencils.

I used some pretty dies from my stash to die cut the two images out on white and cream card.

Next I created my rainbow backgrounds, cutting 1/2 " strips of card and adhering this to a panel of card in two patterns before die cutting with a fancy scalloped edge.

Finishing touches were some confetti or sequins around the designs, clear sparkle to the flowers and the rainbow and glossy accents to the cherry on the cake.

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  - Happy Days

LOTV Digital stamp set - Happy Days

LOTV  Digital Stamp set - Circular Greetings

Polychromos Pencils

glossy accents

Spectrum Noir sparkle

Pretty Pink Posh confetti - galaxy

Sugar & Spice sequins - Unicorn

     

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

 Wendy x

Sending Love - New Release with Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Friday.... the best day of the week.

I'm back today with a card project for Lili of the Valley (LOTV) using one of the gorgeous  stamps from the new release of Polymer stamps which is available to order now from the Etsy shop.  There are 4 gorgeous A5 sets and you can buy in a bundle or individually.  

My card today is using stamps from the Sending Love set to create a sweet little card that would be perfect for Valentines or just to send some love.

I wanted to create an envelope style card so created an A6 Arrow fold and then used red card and patterned papers from the Funky Hearts collection to layer onto the card base.

A very simple yet effective looking card I think.

Finishing touches were some clear glossy gems around the design and glossy accents on the hearts.

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.

LOTV polymer A5 stamp set  - Sending Love

LOTV digital background paper - Funky Hearts

glossy accents

red glossy dots

     

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

 Wendy x

Best Wishes - Sending Love - New Release with Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Wednesday.... I hope that your week is going well.

I'm back today with a card project for Lili of the Valley (LOTV) using one of the gorgeous  stamps from the new release of Polymer stamps which is available to order now from the Etsy shop (despatching from 21st January).  There are 4 gorgeous A5 sets and you can buy in a bundle or individually.  

My first card is using stamps from the Sending Love set to create a happy rainbow of flowers - I think we all need a rainbow to cheer us up at times.

I created my rainbow background with a stencil and distress inks and stencilled hills towards the bottom of the panel with the sun rising up in the middles of the hills.  Then I die cut a white card frame and adhered this to my A6 card blank before adding my rainbow of heart plants to the frame, using foam tape for dimension.

The flowers and the butterfly were coloured with Promarkers

Finishing touches were some clear sparkle and clear iridescent sequins around the design and glossy accents on the champagne glass.

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.

LOTV polymer A5 stamp set  - Sending Love

Distress Inks - mowed lawn, twisted citron, squeezed lemonade, spiced marmalade, kitsch flamingo, salty ocean

Polkadoodles Stencil - Funky Vortex Grid stencil

Sugar & Spice sequins - Unicorn mix

Spectrum Noir 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

New Release - Stamps - Happy Christmas with Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Sunday .... Oh my goodness December is finally here, this year has gone so fast x

I'm back today with some design team projects for Lili of the Valley (LOTV) using the super cute A5 stamp set called Happy Christmas , sadly this has now sold out, but there are lots of super cute stamps and digital stamps in the Etsy shop.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

                      

                        

     

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Stamps - Happy Christmas with Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Monday.... I hope you had a great weekend.... 

I'm here today to share my next design team project for Lili of the Valley (LOTV) using the super cute new A5 stamp set is called Happy Christmas , its available to buy in the Etsy shop.

My next card is an A6 card with two die cut out apertures, filled with circles from the Frosty Christmas 8" x 8" paper pad.  I adhered the white panel onto the card base using foam tape and then adhered the two sweet characters into the apertures.

The sentiment is from the general and Christmas greetings set

The finishing touches were then added using glitter on Santa's hat a few drops around the design and a hand drawn stitched border around the circle apertures.

A really sweet clean and simple card.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
LOTV polymer stamps - Happy Christmas set

LOTV Digital Paper - Frosty Christmas backing papers

LOTV Digital sentiment - general and Christmas greetings set

Cosmic Shimmer - cosmic twinkles - icicle blue

Promarkers used :

Santa:                    burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                              almond, blush, oatmeal, soft peach, dusky pink

                              gold, sunflower, buttercup

                              warm grey 7, 5, 4

                              chocolate, cinnamon, tan

Reindeer:               salmon pink, pale pink

                             saffron, lemon chiffon, pale cream

                             chocolate, cinnamon, tan

                             warm grey 7, 5, 4

                            

                        

     

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Stamps - Happy Christmas with Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Monday.... I hope you had a great weekend.... we had a wonderful meal yesterday with friends, trying out a new (to us) restaurant that has been created in an old train carriage.  It was also an opportunity to take the new car out for a little spin too.

What an amazing experience and the food was delicious so we'll definitely be returning I'm sure.

I'm here today to share my next design team project for Lili of the Valley (LOTV) using the super cute new A5 stamp set is called Happy Christmas , its available to buy in their Etsy shop and its so versatile and very easy to colour.  Perfect timing for those last minute Christmas cards.

I decided to create a landscape slimline gingerbread card, stamping and colouring three gingerbread men onto alcohol marker friendly card, colouring them with my promarkers (see below for colours) and then fussy cutting them out by hand.

For the background of the card I used some distress oxide inks to create my dreamy looking  snow landscape, blending over Kraft card and adding snowy dots and highlights here and there with a posca pen.

I die cut the letters from the Krafty Christmas 8" x 8" paper pad - I have been hoarding these papers since I first bought them many many moons ago as they were too scrumptious to use but as they are also now available digitally on the website I thought perfect time to use them, as there will always be more now!

The background panel was adhered to a loopy panel of brown glitter card and the card assembled first adding the letters flat to the card and then the gingerbread  using foam tape for dimension.

I then created my scene, adding the stamped images, some flat to the card and others adhered using foal tape to add dimension to the card.

The finishing touches were then added, glossy accents to the icing on the gingerbread of sparkly iridescent sequins  around the design.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
LOTV polymer stamps - Happy Christmas set

LOTV Digital Paper - Krafty Christmas backing papers

LHC Large Stitched Alphabet dies

LHC Slimline loops and bubbles die

Lisa Horton Crafts dye based ink - falling snow

Distress Oxide inks - speckled egg, picked raspberry

Craftelier Watercolour Metallic paints - Gold set

Glossy Accents

Posca pen - white

Sugar & Spice sequins - Candy Floss mix

Promarkers used :

Gingerbread:          praline, caramel, pastel beige

                             salmon pink, pale pink

                             burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                          

     

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

 Wendy x