Cute Creatures - Sending Paper Hugs - Peacock - Set 1 with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Friday - The last day of July is here and I hope you have had a great month.

I'm off to my very relaxing yoga class this morning and then we are going to Granada for the day, shopping, eating and to watch the new Spiderman film and cool off a little LOL.

I'm back today to share another cute and fun A6 card using another of the very cute creatures from the Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). Both sets are available now from the Etsy shop

If you haven't had a look, it's a fantastic collection of 2 sets of images, that you can buy separately or as a complete collection - I know which I would choose as its a fantastic price for what's included. Each set contains 93 cute little creatures or you can get all 186 creatures.

Today for my fun and colourful card I have used the gorgeous little peacock from set 1.  

I resized the little peacock for a landscape A6 card printing out and colouring with my promarkers before fussy cutting out.

Next I created an embossed background panel.  Ive had the peacock feather embossing folder in my stash for many many years LOL so cut a panel of white card and then inked the raised feathers with distress oxide ink before running through my cutting machine.  I wanted to add a little more colour so added more green ink and passed the folder through the machine a second time.  Next I used a deep blue acrylic paint and my brayer to add the dark paint over the panel, carefully applying a thin layer and building up the coverage slowly so not to fill the green feathers with pain. I love the matt texture this gives to the card.

I created a split panel landscape card, cutting the front panel of the card adding the embossed panel to the top with a strip of acetate in the middle.

The sentiment sticker was added to the acetate, so it appears to flow and the coloured peacock was adhered across the two panels.

To finish off the card I have added gold confetti, white a metallic gold gel pen and clear sparkle pen.

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 Digital stamp  - Cute Creatures - set 1

LHC sentiment strip

Distress Oxide -  peacock feathers

Crafters Companion embossing folder - Kimono Collection - Peacock feathers

Artis Cromatica acrylic paint - marino

Spellbinders confetti - gold

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, gold

crafters companion sparkle pen - clear

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley #lotvdt

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 #826 - Spring Flowers - Sponsored by Uniko Stamps

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day - it feels like ages since I've updated my blog, this last few weeks have been awful with my labyrinthitis so no crafting, no reading and definitely no work on the computer.  Things are improving and my new hearing aid is helping with the tinnitus but I'm still struggling to look down for very long.... fingers crossed it stops soon

Anyway - Spring is in the air and the sun is shining so that's definitely a positive - it just makes everyone feel so much better after all the horrid winds and heavy rainfall we've had.

Today I'm here to let you know that there's a new week long challenge on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge and I hope that you will join in as there is a prize up for grabs.

This week we are being sponsored by Uniko Stamps and our theme is very simple - Spring Flowers and is being hosted by Me for Team 2.

As Spring flowers are popping up around the garden I decided today to use stamps from Lili Of The Valley LOTV  I used the Flower Alphabet set for the word Spring and then for the smaller Wishes the Everyday Greetings set, colouring these with my Promarkers before cutting out on my ScanNCut.

I created a split DL card, using pretty Spring floral paper for the design and adhering the large letters across the gap in the panel.

The finishing touches were some sparkly flower sequins and glossy accents to some of the little flowers.

Wishing you all a wonderful week!

I hope that you join in with the challenge as don't forget there is a prize from the sponsor for our lucky winner!

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 !

Card recipe:

LOTV stamps - Flower Alphabet 

LOTV stamps - Everyday Greetings

LOTV & Nitwit Collections Paper pad - Bonnets & Bowties

Distress ink - twisted citron

flower sequins

glossy accents

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Gingerbread Cookie - Hot Chocolate Cocoa with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Sunday I hope that your having a good weekend...we've had loads of wonderful rain the past couple of days and we can even see the first snow of the year on the mountains behind the house.

In my efforts to get my Christmas cards ready to be sent out this year I've used the fabulous new Gingerbread Cookie collection for my project today... if you haven't seen it yet I'm certain you will love it.   

There are 10 different kits to choose from as well as 3D templates and loads of cooking themed SVGs if you use an electronic cutting machine. As well as the small kits which are excellent value you can also buy individual digital stamps.... I think the hardest part will be to choose what you need. 

There's loads of inspiration from the Polkadoodles Design team on the website in the gallery if you are looking for some ideas

Today I'm sharing a very sweet and extremely easy to create split panel or split front  A6 (UK size) card.

To create this simple card I've started off by creating a tent fold white card base and then on the front panel cut across the card at 2 1/2", for the bottom section of the card I have cut a piece of the waste card removed from the card base that measures 1 1/2"

I have used the Sweet Gingerbread kit  to create this card choosing 2 of the papers, the very cute digital stamp and I have added one of the sentiments into the inside of the card with a fun surprise pop up mechanism.  

I resized the main image, printing out onto alcohol marker friendly card before colouring with my promarkers and then fussy cutting out.

The digital stamp image was adhered to the card, spanning the missing section of the card to create this fun design.

The finishing touches were some glossy accents, white gelly roll pen highlights and a scattering of teal confetti around the design.

 

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

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 - Gingerbread Cookie - Sweet Gingerbread Kit

Polkadoodles digital Sentiment -  Gingerbread Cookie - Sweet Gingerbread Kit

Polkadoodles digital paper - Gingerbread Cookie - Sweet Gingerbread Kit

Polkadoodles digital paper - Gingerbread Cookie - Sweet Gingerbread Kit

spellbinder confetti - lagoon

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

Glossy Accents

Promarkers Used:

Gingerbread:    vanilla, lavender

                       burnt sienna, caramel, sandstone

                       antique pink, salmon pink, misty rose

Mug:                spice, ginger, soft peach

                        burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                        forest green, bright green, leaf green

Holly:               forest green, bright green, leaf green     

                        burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

Candy Cane:      antique pink, salmon pink, misty rose

                        spice, ginger, soft peach

chocolates:      burgundy, poppy, lipstick red

                       deep mocha, burnt sienna, cocoa

                        pastel beige, sandstone, caramel  

                        forest green, bright green, leaf green

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

Wendy x

A Good Cake and A Great Friend with Polkadoodles

Happy Tuesday everyone - it's my favourite day of the week as today is Digi Choosday over at Polkadoodles and the start of a new challenge over on the blog.

I'm back today with my Polkadoodles Design Team project for the Digi Choosday Tuesday Challenge 

The theme for the DT this week is Friendship so I decided to use the Baked you a Cake digital stamp from the Winnie Celebrations 3 collection.

I've made a simple split panel card for today and the papers are taken from the Winnie Special Moments collection  The split panel card design gives the opportunity to use more of the beautiful papers on the inside of the card to and I've also added an additional panel and sentiment inside.

I coloured Winnie using my Promarkers (see below) and decided to stencil a little tumbled glass distress ink using the Heavenly Circles Creative Stencil in the background.

With the theme of friendship I couldn't think of anything I would love to do more than spend time with my best friend having cake and a good catch up so the sentiment I chose I think is just perfect and is from the Coffee and Cake collection.

The main panel, sentiment frame and insert panel were made using dies from Lisa Horton Crafts and I've also used some of the die cut offcuts to decorate the card.

I hope that you like my card today 🌞

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Winnie Celebrations 3 - Baked you a Cake 

Polkadoodles Digital Papers - Winnie Special Moments

Polkadoodles Sentiment - Coffee and Cake

Polkadoodles Creative Stencil - Heavenly Circles

La La Land Crafts - Heart Banner die - 

LHC Mini Slimline Collection dies - Harlequin Bubbles

LHC - Nested Torn Edge Slims dies

Distress Ink - tumbled glass

Promarkers (see below)

Spectrum Noir sparkle pens - clear, pistachio

Sakura Gelly roll pen - white

Glossy accents

Promarkers used :

Skin: Ivory, almond, satin, dusky pink, sunkissed pink, pale pink

Hair:Pastel yellow, buttercup, sandstone, caramel

Dress & shoes: Sunkissed pink, pale pink,antique pink, turquoise, mint green, pastel green, tea green

Shoes: Turquoise, mint green, pastel green, antique pink

Cake: cool grey1, pale pink, antique pink, sunkissed pink

Candle: turquoise, antique pink, gold, pastel yellow

Flowers & leaves: Orange, amber, gold, buttercup, grass, apple

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

dis digi designs challenge () ( of 3)

intaas Ch  () ( of 3)

lil patch of crafty friends (99) (1 of 3)

i love promarkers challenge #519 (1) (1 of 3) Top 3

Creative Fingers challenge  () (0 of 3

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - September (97) (4 of 5) 

Moving Along With The Times - Anything Goes #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

Avenue 613 Anything Goes September (223) (4 of 8)

Through The Craft Room Door () ( of 4)

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

Sheep ski designs Anything Goes () (of 3)

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

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge September (80) unlimited

colorful options () unlimited

through the purple haze  () (1 of 3)

arty divas (17) (1 of 3) 

aud sentiments ()

mftstamps Colour Challenge ()

Critter Crazy Challenge () ( of 5)

We love stamping () ( of 3)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge ()

Dragonfly Dreams  (67) (2 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 () 

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