A Passion for Markers Blog Spot Challenge #853 - Faux or Real stitching - Autumn Birthday Wishes - Sponsored by Dis Digital Stamps

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

Oh it's been a lovely few days with lovely sunshine in the day, cooler nights and refreshingly cool mornings....a little hotter this week but I can cope with that. LOL

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 DisDigiStamps and the theme chosen by Kitty for team 2 is Faux or Real Stitching.

I quite often like to use dies that give a stitched edge as I love the texture they add to a design and I also love stamping stitches too so for my card today I decided to combine the two.

For my Autumnal birthday card I chose a sweet little image of a Squirrel carrying a huge acorn - this is Sammy's Surprise and its was a freebie that Di very kindly gave to her Facebook group members.

The image was coloured with a my promarkers and then I fussy cut him out adding foam tape to the back for dimension.

Next I create the background for the design, using an A2 ivory card blank and adding a layer of wood grain papers onto the front of the card.  I stamped a stitched border onto this in brown and then used a stitched edge die to cut a layer of leafy paper, adhering this on an angle.  Then I used a smaller stitched edge die to cut a second layer of woodgrain paper, adding a stamped stitched border to this before adhering to the base card agin on an angle.  The sentiment was cut as a wedge shape and I used the same stitched edge to add detail before inking with yellow and then orange distress ink.

Finally I added the sentiment and Sammy to the card.

The design was finished off with coffee coloured confetti, glossy accents to Sammy's nose, white gelly pen highlights and some little fussy cut out leaves from the leafy paper.

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:

DisDigiStamps - Sammy's Surprise

Polkadoodles sentiment 

Hot Off The Press Stamps - Stamped Stitches

Pink fresh Studios essential dies - Diagonal Stitched rectangles

CWC Designer paper - Frozen Forest

Mo's Digital Pencil paper - freebie

Distress ink - Carved pumpkin, squeezed lemonade

Versafine Clair Ink - Pinecone

Spellbinders confetti - latte

Glossy Accents

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 BlogSpot #761 - Autumn Friends - Di's Digi Stamps

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day and welcome to October !

Today I'm here to let you know that a new challenge has started over on the Passion for Markers Blog challenge and I hope that you will join in.

This weeks challenge theme of 'Autumn Friends' has been chosen by Me for team 2 and is being sponsored by Di's Digi Stamps

For my card today I have used a very sweet digital image that was a freebie from Di Carubia in the Kit & Clowder Facebook group in August 2022.

This is an A7 or 5" x 7" scene card, with a simple scalloped frame die cut from sky blue card.

The image was resized to suit the card and printed on alcohol friendly card stock, no fussy cutting with this card.  I have coloured with my Promarkers (see below for colours used).

To create my scene I used a blue distress ink to add clouds into the background and die cut a tree adding green ink to the bottom edge of the leaf clusters and brown ink to the trunk of the tree for dimension.

The sentiment is from Polkadoodles, with a little brown distress ink blended over the edges.

The finishing touches were some glossy simple white gel pen highlights around the design.

I hope that you join in with the challenge as 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:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

Di's Digi stamps 

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Freddy Fox Collection - sentiment bundle

Distress ink - tumbled glass, gathered twigs, rustic wilderness

Lisa Horton Crafts Dies - Set the scene - garden greenery

Sakura Gelly roll - White Pen

Glossy Accents

Promarkers used :

     

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