Tis the Season to be Spooky with Pattie's Creations

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

October is here already and for those of you that celebrate Halloween its not long now.  

It's not a big holiday here where we live and because we are in the countryside we don't get trick or treaters knocking on the door but the town hall usually marks the event with some fun activities for the children and there is usually a scary 'Tunnel of Fear' set up in the main plaza and lots of people dress up in costumes.

It's been another busy week here with the continuing work on the new bathroom and the craft room and I even managed to get out of all the dust and noise for lunch with the ladies on Wednesday, which was nice.

The first Friday of the month marks the start of a new Challenge for 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 October project, I chose the Bats over Pumpkin Patch digital stamp 

Today's card is all about Halloween and everything spooky so.  Its a simple 6" x 6" card with some fabulous bright Halloween papers from Polkadoodles.

I resized the image to suit my card blank before printing out onto alcohol friendly card stock and colouring with my promarkers (see below for colours used).

I decided  to try something different with my markers and created am arty sky behind the moon, inspired by a recent video that I watched on YouTube by 

thecircleguru - I was fascinated with the technique so had to give it a try. More practice needed I think but I'm please with the overall effect.  If you fancy watching here is a link to the video.  The effect is inspired by paintings by Vincent Van Gogh

To finish off the card I have added some confetti and the sentiment is from the new Hocus Pocus collection by Polkadoodles.

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 - Bats over Pumpkin patch 

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Hocus Pocus - Ghastly Ghosts set

Polkadoodles papers - Going Batty collection

Sakura Gelly roll pens - white

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - black

This calls for confetti - Galaxy

Promarkers used :

Moon:          buttercup, primrose, warm grey 00, lavender

pumpkins:    burnt orange, orange, pumpkin

                   pesto, pear green, moss

                   lavender, lemon chiffon

                   khaki, caramel

Railings:       blue black, cool grey 7,5

Grass:          pesto, pear green, moss 

 

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

Wendy x

Autumn is here with Polkadoodles

Hello Everyone....wishing you a wonderful Tuesday.

I'm here on my blog today as its the start of a new challenge over on the Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Blog

Every Tuesday is DIGI CHOOSDAY! over at Polkadoodles which means not only a brand new crafty 'Anything goes' challenge but also that you get an amazing discount off all crafty printable downloads until midnight today! 

It would be wonderful if you could join in as there are prizes to be won !

To take advantage of the offer head over to the blog to find the discount offer for today and also to enter the challenge!

This week the theme for the DT is Autumn is Here ! and it's such a wonderful time of the year...I love all of the variation of colours as the leaves on the trees take on their Autumn display.

I have wanted to use this cute little stamp for a while now on a card so was so happy when I saw our theme for the week.

This is Eli Elephant Clearing Leaves - anyone that knows me will know just how much I love elephants and he was just perfect for my Autumn scene card.

I created the background scene using graphics software on my computer using the tree scene digital stamp  and a couple of pumpkin digital stamps from the Autumn/Fall Mono bundle resizing the elements to fit a 6" x 6" card. 

I also chose one of the sentiments from the Winnie Daisy greetings bundle to add to my background panel.

I also resized Eli to fit this background and to add extra dimension printed out the pumpkins a second time.

The background scene and extra elements were coloured using my Promarkers (see below) and then these were cut by hand before being added to the card.

I don't normally colour a whole background with my Promarkers as I prefer to combine the coloured  digital images with my distress inks but its good to do something different once in a while and I really enjoyed trying something new.

I hope you like my card for today and don't forget to join in with the 'Anything goes' challenge over at the DIGI CHOOSDAY BLOG!

 

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Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Eli Clearing Leaves

Polkadoodles digital stamp - tree scene

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Autumn/Fall Mono bundle

Polkadoodles Winnie Daisy Greetings bundle

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Promarkers used:

Eli: warm Grey 4,3,2,1, sunkissed pink

Boots: mandarin, gold, buttercup, black, ice grey 5,3,1

Hat: marsh green, forest green, pine, mandarin, gold, buttercup

Coat: pastel yellow, mustard,gold

Shoes: 

Dress: Pumpkin, Orange, Sunflower, Yellow

Blush: Pale Pink, Dusky Rose

Hair: Pastel Yellow, Buttercup, Sandstone, Caramel

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

 Wendy x

Squirrel and pumpkins with Last Minute Manda

Happy Saturday everyone ! I hope that you have had a good week and have a lovely weekend ahead planned.

Today I am sharing my latest DT make for Last minute Manda and I've decided to stick with the Autumn theme for todays card...must be something in the air!

To create this cute and very simple shaker card I've used the Autumn Friends collection

I coloured all of the elements with my Promarkers for this card - even the background which I don't normally do but its good to try new things and learn new techniques. 

I found some mulberry paper leaves that I have in my stash for far too many years probably around 25!...I bought them from a shop in the UK Lakeland Plastics when they used to have a craft section which has sadly long gone..... its about time they finally got used.

To make them more autumnal, I've used distress inks blended over the tope and am really pleased with the end result as it adds a lovely texture to the scene.

I hope that you like my card today 🌞

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Last Minute Manda digital stamps - Autumn friends collection 

Dovecraft papers - Sugar and Spice

Tonic square scalloped edge dies

Distress Ink - tumbled glass, tea dye, ground espresso, carved pumpkin, picket fence

Julie Hickey Designs - sentiment stamp - Frame Floral Fancy

Versafine Clair - Twilight

Cosmic Shimmer Detail Embossing Powder - clear

MiTiendedearte sequins

Mulberry paper leaves from stash

Promarkers (see below)

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white

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Promarkers used :

Squirrel: satin, praline, spice, umber, burnt orange, honeycomb, sunkissed pink, dusty rose

Bluebird: Warn Grey 5,3,1, cobalt blue , blue pearl

Pumpkin: Vanilla, pumpkin, bright orange, orange, mustard, lavender, burnt sienna, henna, praline

Ground: Almond, satin, sandstone

Falling leaves: lime green, forest green, burnt sienna, mustard

Acorn: pastel beige, sandstone, cinnamon, shale, umber, honeycomb, gold, pear green

Toadstool: Burgundy, berry red, lipstick red, lavender, satin. pear green

Grass: herb green olive green

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

dis digi designs challenge (21) (3 of 3)

intaas Ch  () ( of 3)

lil patch of crafty friends () ( of 3)

i love promarkers challenge #518 (17) (2 of 3) WINNER !

Creative Fingers challenge  () (0 of 3

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - September (86) (3 of 5) 

Moving Along With The Times #146  (83) (2 of 5)

Pearly Sparkles Challenge  September unlimited ()

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes unlimited (301)

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

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

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes September (306) unlimited (Special Mention !

Avenue 613 Anything Goes September (192) (3 of 8)

tic tac toe challenge #tictactoechallenge #tttc () ()

Through The Craft Room Door (137) (3 of 4)

Patties Creations Design Challenge  Anything Goes (53) (3 of 3)

Sheep ski designs Anything Goes (69) (3 of 3)

Mirtillamente Challenge - anything goes September (22) (3 of 5)

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge September (74) unlimited

colorful options (40) unlimited

through the purple haze September () (1 of 3)

arty divas () ( of 3) 19th September

aud sentiments ()

mftstamps Colour Challenge ()

Critter Crazy Challenge () ( of 5)

We love stamping (140) (3 of 3)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge ()

Dragonfly Dreams  (58) (1 of 3)

Crafty Calendar Challenge (169) (2 of 3)

world wide open design team (55)  (2 of 3)

crafting happiness challenges ()

A passion for markers challenge () 

Paper Craft Crew ()

not2shabby (20) (2 of 3)

inspiration station challenge () Unlimited

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

Wendy x