Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog - Guest Designer - All Occasions - Polkadoodles - Helga Hippo

Hello everyone happy Thursday ... I hope that your week has gone well so far...not long to go now until the weekend.

I'm back again to share my final card as Guest Chick for the month of September for the Krafty Chicks, its gone so fast and I have had loads of fun with these weekly challenges!

Every Thursday there is a new challenge on the Krafty Chicks blog and this week the challenge is All Occasions.

You can check out all the rules over on the blog itself and it would be wonderful if you join in with the fun.

My card today is a 6" x 6" Triple point card using the Helga Hippo collection by Polkadoodles.  It's a really lovely and extremely simple card to make and perfect to show off those gorgeous papers.

I started by creating the card base from a standard 6" x 6" card blank, cutting off two sections from the front panel to create a point.  Next I have chosen a couple of papers from the collection to matt onto the card base.

I fussy cut the Helga hippo and some cupcakes from the ephemera bundle and then used these to decorate the card base.  For a bit of extra bling I foiled the sentiment in teal foil and added teal confetti around the design, along with glitter and some glossy accents to the flowers in her hat.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card for today and will drop by again to see my next project.

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.

Polkadoodles Digital Stamp - Helga Hippo - A Gift for You

Polkadoodles Digital Paper - Helga Hippo - Paper set 3 & Paper set 2

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Helga Hippo - sentiment bundle

Polkadoodles Digital Ephemera - Helga Hippo - ephemera bundle

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

Stickles

Minc Foil - teal

Glossy Accents

Spellbinders confetti - lagoon

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 

Mermaid Kisses, Starfish Wishes - New Release - Aquatic Adventures with Julia McNeill Designs

Hello everyone Happy Monday I hope that you had a great weekend.  

It's time for me to post my next project for JMC Designs .  There is a brand new digital collection called Aquatic Adventures and  I think you are going to love it as much as I do!  

Perfect timing too if you love to create for MerMay! 

It's a fabulous collection of 29 Digital stamps, 29 Pre Coloured Stamps, 11 ephemera sheets, 18 papers, 5 topper sheets and 4 sentiment sheets, so you will be spoilt for choice.

It's amazing value for money and there is a special 20% discount off the kit until midnight tonight (GMT) using the code aqua20 at the checkout

I decided for my first project with this new collection to make a bridge fold card so I could create an underwater scene, so cut a piece of aqua cardstock 7" x 7" and then scored this at 1", 2", 5" and 6".  The bridge section is a piece of card 5" x 1".  Its a really simple fold but perfect I think for this design. 

I printed out one of the papers from the collection and used this to cover the card base and the bridge section. 

Next I resized some the the pre-coloured elements from the collection and then printed them out before fussy cutting out.  

I used a dark grey pen to cover the white edges ( great if you aren't too good at fussy cutting as it hides any mistakes! ) 

The ephemera and digital images were then adhered to the card, some flat, some with foam tape and I also used acetate so the mermaid and the fish appear to be floating in the sea.  

The sweet sentiment also from the collection was printed out and then I've applied teal foil for the underwater look.

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The finishing touches to the card were some sequins around the design to add sparkle and shine.

I really hope that you like my project today and it would be lovely if you you leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
JMC Designs digital collection - Aquatic Adventures 

Minc foil - teal

Sugar & Spice Sequins - Under the Sea

Promarkers used :

                      

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

Wendy x

Digi Choosday - Let's Go for a Picnic with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday.  Wishing you all a lovely day today and that you enjoy the week ahead, I hope that you have something nice planned.

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 Food/BBQ/Picnic and to use this colour palette

So I chose to use a pre-coloured digital image from the Winnie Special Moments collection called Let's Go for a Picnic. 

I know lots of crafters who don't like to colour digital or stamped images, for lots of different reasons and I wanted to show that you can make some really beautiful cards with the pre-coloured digital images and a little fussy cutting and layering.

I chose some extra butterflies, trees and grass and printed these out onto some lighter weight card stock (250GSM) along with the pre-coloured digital image.

 

I started by creating my base card for today which is an M- fold card, I have used a 6 x 6" card blank and an extra piece of card that measures 5 1/4" x 9 1/2".

The base card blank was completely covered with a piece of pretty gingham paper and then I have scored the additional card along the long side at 2" and 4" , folding these concertina style.

I added the digital sentiment and two butterflies from the embellishment bundle before printing out the green digital paper and then adhering this to the larger panel of the scored card.

Next I have adhered this scored card to the main 6"x 6" card centrally so the gingham is visible.

I added additional blue paper to the bottom of the lower fold and then adhered all my fussy cut out images to create this sweet little scene.

To finish off the card I added just a few pieces of co-ordinating confetti and some cosmic shimmer sparkle to the water around the stepping stones. 

When me and JJ go walking in the mountains, I can guarantee that he always has to help me cross over little streams and rocks just like Winne and Rocco

I have a very special DT discount code that you can use for all your shopping on the Polkadoodles online shop at checkout use WENDYJ-10 and you will get 10% of your entire purchase (not in conjunction with other discount codes!)

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 !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Winnie Special Moments - Let's go for a Picnic

Polkadoodles Digital Paper - Winnie Special Moments - Paper Heaven 1, Paper Heaven 3, Paper Heaven 4 

Polkadoodles Digital Embellishments - Winnie Special Moments - Embellishments bundle

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Winnie Special Moments - Quotes

Pretty Pink Posh Confetti - Friendship

Cosmic Shimmer - Cosmic Twinkles - Icicle Blue

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black

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

Wendy x

Sparkle All the Way with Amanda Jayne Designs

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Saturday! 

It's getting pretty hot again here after a very brief respite so I thought today I would share another Christmas project made for Amanda Jayne Designs Only a few days left of Christmas is July.

I just cant get enough of this super cute penguin - called Gift Penguin but this is my last card with him ( I promise !) well for now at least, I cant promise he wont pop up again sometime.

 

For my third card I decided to create a traditional shaker A6 (UK size) card with lots of extra sparkle.

The papers I have used are from the Mint Christmas collection and I have added a sentiment from the Christmas Sentiments set at the bottom of my design

These beautiful pre-coloured images are so adorable and I think they don't need much adding to create a wonderful card.

To finish off my card I have added some sparkly sequins over the outside panel to match the sequins inside the shaker itself.

I really hope that you like my card today and it would be lovely if you you leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Amanda Jayne Designs - Gift Penguin -Pre-coloured image

Amanda Jayne Designs Paper Collection - Mint Christmas

Amanda Jayne Designs Sentiment - Christmas Sentiments

Sugar & Spice Sequins - Unicorn

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

 Wendy x

A Gift Just for You with Amanda Jayne Designs

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Sunday ! 

I'm back today to share another Christmas project for Amanda Jayne Designs 

I chose to use the super cute penguin coloured printable - called Gift Penguin again as I think he is just the sweetest little chap and I couldn't resist - I've made three cards actually but you'll have to wait to see the third card next Saturday!

For my second card I decided to print out one of the smaller of the images from the set and create a portrait A6 (UK size) card  

I have created a snowy background for him blending two distress inks to create the sky and then added snow using a stencil, stencil paste and glitter dust.

For the snowy hills I chose one of the papers from the Mint Christmas collection for the snowy hills and a hillside die.

The little penguin was fussy cut out and then added to the background using foam tape and I have added a sentiment from the Christmas Sentiments set at the bottom of my design

To finish off my card I have added some sparkly glitter over the falling snow across the image and just a little on the ground beneath the image.

I really hope that you like my card today and it would be lovely if you you leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Amanda Jayne Designs - Gift Penguin -Pre-coloured image

Amanda Jayne Designs Paper Collection - Mint Christmas

Amanda Jayne Designs Sentiment - Christmas Sentiments

Lawn Fawn Stencil paste - Clear

Deco art Glamour dust - Crystal

Echo Park Designer Stencil - Christmas Cheer

Lisa Horton Crafts Dies - Edgecutz - Essential Edges

Distress Ink - tumbled glass, peacock feathers

Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles - Icicle Blue 

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

 Wendy x

Sending Festive Hugs with AmandaJayneDesigns

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Friday! I hope that you all had a great week and have a lovely weekend planned.

I'm very excited today to be sharing my first project for Amanda Jayne Designs and as its July and all about crafters making our Christmas cards and Projects, for my first cards I chose to use a super cute penguin coloured printable - called Gift Penguin

I thought that a circular card would be a great shape with this image so used my circular dies to create a round card base and then used the smaller dies to cut out my base layer of the image which I have added to the card base.  

I added just a touch of distress ink to the sky portion of the design. 

Next I fussy cut three extra layers of the design and have added these to the image for extra dimension using foam squares. 

Finally I have used glossy accents to the beak and feet and Sparkly glitter over the snow and on the ground beneath the image.

For extra interest  I have chosen one of the papers from the Mint Christmas paper collection and used this to cover the envelope flap and added a circle of the same paper to the inside of the card.

I really hope that you like my card today and it would be lovely if you you leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Amanda Jayne Designs - Gift Penguin -Pre-coloured image

Amanda Jayne Designs Paper Collection - Mint Christmas

Amanda Jayne Designs Sentiment - Christmas Sentiments

Lisa Horton Crafts Dies - Nested Torn Edge Circles

Distress Ink - tumbled glass

Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles - Icicle Blue 

Glossy Accents

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

 Wendy x

Bella Bear Morning Coffee - Special Offer with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone happy Thursday I hope that you are having a lovely week! We are off out today on the coast with our friends for a birthday lunch which I'm really looking forward to even though it's not really beach weather at the moment.

Today I'm sharing a card that I've made with a gorgeous download from Polkadoodles called Bella Bear Morning Coffee.  

The digital set includes 2 digital stamps, 1 line art and one is pre-coloured, a matching sentiment and 4 coordinating papers and is on a fabulous digi deal offer at the moment in the Polkadoodles store so don't miss out.

I know that not everyone likes to colour and sometimes we all need to make a quick card, so I have made 3 cards using the pre-coloured digital stamp, the papers and the sentiment. 

The first is a DL card.  I cut 1" paper strips from the papers included in the set and then die cut these with a wavy stitched border die.  

Next I cut a piece of thin white card just smaller than the card blank and adhered the paper strips overlapping each one to create a fancy background.  Only adding a thin line of glue along the square edge of each strip allows them to lift up slightly on the card for texture.

I used my glass mat to line up the strips and make sure they were all straight but you could add them on an angle across the panel for a different look.

I have then added a die cut vellum heart onto the background which has been embossed and added the sentiment strip on an angle across the card.

Bella has been adhered onto the card with foam tape so she stands on the sentiment.

Just a sprinkle of sequins and a quick an easy card is ready to send !

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from this lovely new collection by Polkadoodles.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp, sentiment & papers - Bella Bear Morning Coffee

Lawn Fawn Custom Craft dies - stitched simple wavy borders

Lisa Horton Crafts dies - Nested Hearts

Crafts Too Embossing folder

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black

glossy accents

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

Sugar and Spice Sequins - Mojito

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

Wendy x