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

Cute Creatures - Hi There - Set 1 with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Friday - I hope you have had a great week....Im off to may very relaxing yoga class this morning - just what I need after a very hot week, then tonight we are going walking down on the coast with our local walking group....bound to be loads of fun and extremely noisy 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 very sweet little dragonfly from set 1 today.  I wanted to have a play for this card so decided to colour the little dragonfly using some fluorescent gel pens that I have had in my crafty stash for a while.  I wanted to create a fun burst of colour as I think that dragonflies are just magical and their colours are amazing. I used grey promarkers to colour his head and a silver metallic pen for the body and antennae.

We have a few different types here where we live and we often see them swooping around the pool , catching the little flying insects then dropping to the pool and skimming along the water.  I also love these little insects as I love the Spanish word for dragonfly...it's libélula and it's such a happy magical word!

To create the colourful rainbow background I have blended distress inks through a paint splatter stencil using a rainbow of colour. 

The card was finished off with white gelly pen accents, extra clear sparkle to the dragonfly wings and clear sparkly sequins around the design.

Hopefully my fun colourful card today

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

LOTV Digital sentiment

Distress Ink -  salty ocean, wilted violet, festive berries, carved pumpkin, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron

Lawn Fawn Stencil - paint splatter

Buttons Galore & More - All is Calm mix

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

LHC Coloured Gel Ink Pens

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

Cute Creatures - Float through life on a wave of happiness - Set 1 with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Friday - I hope you have had a great week.

The very high temperatures are sticking around here and all across Europe at the moment, ranging from 36 to 40C most days locally...manageable for a few hours in the mornings but then by lunch everything has to stop and then its all about finding something to do out of the heat.

There have been loads of wild fires around the town already and they are breaking out every day in Andalusian region - very sad and very scary !

Stay safe everyone!

I'm back today to share a cute and fun A6 underwater card using another of the little sea creatures from the Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). Both sets are available now from the Etsy shop, there's also currently a fabulous 50% discount with eligible orders.

 

If you haven't had a look yet 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.

I have used to sweet looking jelly fish from set 1 today, coloured in my favourite palette after printing out onto alcohol friendly card and cutting out on my ScanNCut.

This critter is definitely a lot cuter than the Mauve Stinger that stung me last year whilst snorkelling LOL

To create the  underwater background I have blended distress inks across a panel of card before using a wave stencil to dry emboss this, blending a darker ink over the raised areas.

I adhered strips of watery looking paper at then sides of the embossed panel and then added a stamped sentiment at the bottom of the card, finishing it off with white gelly pen accents and sparkly gems.

Hopefully my fun underwater card will make you feel a little cooler today

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

Distress Ink - salvaged patina, salty ocean, chipped sapphire, wilted violet

Creative Craft products - Water stencil

Crafts Consortium papers - Vivid ink Drops

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

Pretty Pink Posh gems - Blue Lagoon

 #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 #845 - Animals - Just me saying hello - Sponsored by DisDigiStamps

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

So were having another heatwave and its taking its toll on me already - I'm feeling exhausted most of the time and been sickly too.... I definitely need to stay in the cool as much as I can this week.

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 Dis Digi Stamps and the theme chosen by Nat for team 2 is Animals.

Di has recently released some new digital stamps on her  Etsy shop and I decided to treat myself to one from the new collection as soon as I saw the kitties...perfect too for today's challenge.

I decided to create a really sweet one layer card, resizing the image to suit my A6 card before printing out on alcohol friendly card and colouring with promarkers.  Next I die cut an arch from a piece of scrap paper and positioned this over the image so I could stencil a design over the image leaving the centre arch clear.

I added a little grey ink to the inside of the arch too to emphasise the design.

The sentiment was stamped onto a strip of white card, cutting the ends into tails before adhering to the card with foam tape.

The card was simply finished with white gelly roll pen highlights, clear sparkle pen to the goldfish bowl and some clear sparkly gems.

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 

Polkadoodles Designs stencil - Kitty Cat Paw prints

Honeybee Stamps - mini messages

Versafine Clair ink - Twilight

Distress Ink - peacock feathers, weathered wood

Spectrum Noir - Sparkle pen - clear

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

Buttons Galore & More - Island Breeze

Craft Consortium sequins - tell It to the Bees

          

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

 Wendy x

Cute Creatures - Make a Splash - Set 2 with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Sunday - I hope you are having a lovely weekend.

Last night we went on an adventure, a night walk.... we went walking with one of the local groups to explore The Sierra de Lújar mine  which is an active underground operation located in the mountains above Órgiva. The mine, Minera de Órgiva, S.L., it is one of the few sustainable fluorite mines in Europe, extracting high-quality fluorspar and the operation is known for its environmental practices, such as recycling 90% of its water and backfilling waste into old tunnels.

The mine is located in the mountains opposite are house and we can often see dust clouds as vehicles make their slow way up and down.

My goodness it definitely was an adventure...the group met just down the road at the Camping restaurant around 7pm and we set off in a couple of mini busses and a few 4x4 vehicles too.  It took around an hour to get to the mine entrance high up in the clouds as the track was very bumpy, and dusty and out poor minibus really struggle...the driver was amazing and we only had to get out once while the engine cooled a little and he manoeuvred over a difficult stretch of track.  

The views from the top were spectacular so it was well worth me having my eyes closed most of the journey up LOL. It was a really strange experience walking in the dark with torches and quite strenuous in places but Im so glad we went, despite getting home at midnight and being shattered.....we decided to skip the food after the walk as we were so tired. There are loads of photos on my Facebook page if you are interested.

It's a lot cooler here today thankfully with temperatures due to reach 34C this afternoon but after the high heat we've had it's a welcome relief and there even a chance of light rain next week ..... yippee !

I'm back today to share a fun 5" x 7" underwater scene card using some of the little sea creatures from the Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). Both sets are available now from the Etsy shop with a fabulous 50% discount

 

If you haven't had a look yet 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.

I chose a hammerhead shark, a great white and the sweet little manta ray resizing them to suite my card before printing out onto alcohol friendly card and fussy cutting out.

Next I created my underwater background, using lots of distress oxide inks, blending to create rays of light and a bank of sand at the bottom...its was loads of fun !

I used a stencil from my stash to create the coral at the bottom of the card adding little white highlights.

I added a stamped sentiment in the top corner of the panel and  finished off the card with glossy accents bubbles and clear shimmer pen on the sharks and ray.

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 2

Distress Oxide Ink - broken china, salty ocean, chipped sapphire, blueprint, sketch, cracked pistachio, antique lined, frayed burlap, mowed lawn, twisted citron, black soot, abandoned coral, spiced marmalade

Lawn Fawn stamps - Beary Rainy Day

Woodware Craft Collection Stamps - Sea Elements

TCW Stencil - Golf coast Florida

crafters companion sparkle pen - clear

Glossy Accents

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley #lotvdt

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Keep chasing the sunshine - Fluffy Friends collection with Polkadoodles

Hello and happy Monday everyone... I hope that you had a great weekend and are enjoying the weather...its extremely hot here so we've been spending more time indoors keeping cool but this morning I'm off to my yoga class then we have shopping to do, so fingers crossed its not too hot.

I'm sure that you've seen the brand new digital release by Polkadoodles - called Fluffy Friends.  There
are loads of adorable images for you to colour or pre-coloured if you prefer.

Hurry too as there's currently a huge 40% discount using the code FF40

I thought as the weather is so hot I would share a DL card that Ive made, using one of the very cute digital stamps. This is Peaches Cat but I've turned him into our kitty Foxy.  He loves lying in the sun so I've created him a beach scene with distress inks.  I love his very cool sunglasses and delicious looking drink - probably a very fishy cocktail.

The finishing touches for the card were clear sparkle pen and glossy accents for the sunglasses.

I hope that you like my projects 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 - Fluffy Friends - Peaches Cat with sunglasses

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Fluffy Friends - greetings bundle

distress inks - salvaged patina, salty ocean, old paper, scattered straw

Lawn Fawn Stencil - slimline cloudy

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

Cute Creatures - From All the Gang - Set 1 & set 2 with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Sunday - I hope you are having a lovely weekend.......its a scorcher here today with temperatures due to reach 40C this afternoon so my card today has definitely got those desert vibes.

I'm back today to share a fun 6" x 6" card using some of the little dinosaurs from the Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). available now from the Etsy shop with a fabulous 50% discount

 

If you haven't had a look yet 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.

I chose several of the dinosaurs and resized them to suite my card before printing out onto alcohol friendly card and cutting out with my ScanNCut.

One of the Pterodactyl's was reversed and made smaller so it looks like a little one with its mum/dad

All of the little critters in the collection are so easy to colour and you can really use your imagination with them...especially with the dinosaurs, after all whose going to know if the colours aren't correct LOL

Next I created my background, using a fantastic Simon Hurley layering stencil I treated myself to and distress inks to create my desert sunset scene.

You know me with bold colours, I just can't help myself..... LOL

I added a sentiment from the collection in the top corner of the panel and little white gelly roll pen highlights to the cactus in the foreground.

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 and set 2

LOTV digital sentiment - Safari set

Distress Ink - scorched timber, vintage photo, rusty hinge, fossilised amber, spiced marmalade, picked raspberry, wilted violet, chipped sapphire

Simon Hurley Layering Stencil - Sedona

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley #lotvdt

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Cute Creatures - Bundle Offer - You are my favourite person - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Friday - I hope you have all had a lovely week and have  a lovely weekend planned.  

We've had another really busy week with various appointments and keeping up with jobs around the house and garden so I'm looking forward to lunch today with fiends at our favourite restaurant nearby.

I'm back today to share a sweet little A6 card using one of the cute little critters from the brand new  Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). available now from the Etsy shop.

 

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.

My sweet card has been made using the little love bird from set 1.  I resized him and created a reversed copy as I wanted the two little birds to be facing each other.

All of these little images are so easy to colour and you can really use your imagination with them.

The two little birds were printed out onto alcohol friendly card and coloured with my promarkers before cutting out with my ScanNCut.

Next I created my background, using a cloud stencil and distress inks to create a magical sky to complete my rainbow of colours used.

I die cut a little branch and some leaves, adding distress ink to these for some shading.

The sentiment was cut out in a little cloud shape on my ScanNCut and I blended ink over this too.

Finishing touches were some little clear sparkly gems, a little clay heart and white gel pen highlights around the design.

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

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Wings of Love - Sentiment bundle

Distress Ink - shaded lilac, salvaged patina, kitsch flamingo, rustic wilderness, frayed burlap

Sheena Die - leaf and branch

Lawn Fawn stencil - cloudy

Buttons Galore & More gems  - All is Calm

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

clay heart

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley #lotvdt

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Cute Creatures - Bundle Offer - Batty About you - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Sunday - I hope the weekend is going ok for you.  

We were out last night at our favourite bar - normally date night is Friday but we swapped this week and it was nice for a change.

I'm in the middle of preparing for the arrival of my new computer - I'm really excited as the one I have at the moment is really struggling and on its last legs but feeling a little apprehensive too trying to get everything running on the new one. Ill keep you posted hopefully, assuming I can get onto my blog that is LOL

Today I'm sharing another a sweet little A6 card using one of the cute little critters from the brand new  Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). available now from the Etsy shop.

 

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.

My sweet little bat card has been made using set 1 resizing him and then printing onto alcohol friendly card and colouring with with my promarkers before cutting out with my ScanNCut.

Who ever said that bats are just for Halloween.

Next I created my background, I printed out a piece of paper from the Cosmic paper set and used a circular die to cut an aperture in the paper and then used a moon stencil to create the moon with distress ink.

The little branch that the bat is sat on was die cut from black card and I added a white gel pen highlight to the top of the branch.

Finishing touches were some sparkly gems and white gel pen highlights around the design.

I hope that you like my cards 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

LOTV Digital paper - Cosmic collection

Polkadoodles Digital sentiment - 

Tim Holtz Moon stencil

Distress Ink - hickory smoke

Lisa Horton Crafts die - Petite Petals

Pretty Pink Posh gems - midnight black

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley #lotvdt

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

 Wendy x

New Release - Cute Creatures - Bundle Offer - Don't Let the little things bug you - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Saturday - wishing you all a great weekend.  

We've had such a busy week with various appointments, trips to Granada and things to do around the house and garden so I'm feeling completely out of sink, not entirely sure what day it is really....LOL

It was so windy yesterday too, I got blown home from my yoga class and ended up with loads of dust and grit in my eyes, hoping for a less blustery day today.

I'm back today to share a sweet little A6 card using one of the cute little critters from the brand new  Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). available now from the Etsy shop.

 

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.

My sweet little caterpillar card has been made using set 1 and I have to say they are so easy to colour and make really cute cards - I'm sure you'll love them and the hardest part is what to create with first.

I resized the caterpillar and then printed him out onto alcohol friendly card and colouring with with my promarkers before cutting out with my ScanNCut.

Next I created my background, I wanted the little caterpillar to be nestled in amongst the leaves but with a bite taken out so I used a stencil to create the leafy pattern and then die cut a shape out of the side of the panel.

Finishing touches were some little sparkly gems and white gel pen highlights around the design.

I hope that you like my cards 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

Polkadoodles Digital sentiment - Lily Bug Ladybird collection - sentiment bundle

Polkadoodles stencil - Leaf 

Distress Ink - twisted citron, rustic wilderness

floral die

buttons Galore & More gems  - Coconut Palms

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

 #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 #832 - Not Square /rectangular - Sponsored by SheepSki Designs

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely day - Well I hope that you all had a lovely Easter.

We've been very busy working in the garden, trying to get things tidied up after the Winter.  The weather has been really mixed for the past couple of weeks, really warm in the sun but quite chilly still in the shade and at night in the house but hoping it settles soon.

We've opened up the pool and its looking lovely and clean after a couple of days cleaning just only 16C so not ready for a swim yet brrr!

We've got a busy couple of weeks coming up too with 2 lots of friends from work in the UK visiting and then a catch up with our friends in the next village planned. It's that time of year LOL! 

There's 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 'Not Square or rectangular' has been chosen by Kitty for team 2 and is being sponsored by Sheepski Designs. The online Etsy store is now sadly closed but the lucky winner will be sent a link to download their chosen 3 images.

I decided to make a heart shaped easel card, creating my card base from a teal cardstock.

I chose to use the Floral Heart image, colouring with my promarkers before cutting out with my ScanNCut.  The image also comes with a sweet little butterfly that I used and also cut out.

The main sentiment is from Polkadoodles from the Darling Buds collection, fussy cut by hand. 

I used a stencil to add a little detail to the centre of the heart using a teal distress ink.

The paper I have used on the heart easel base is from my stash and I've added a stamped heart to the easel stopper.

The finishing touches were some matching sequins and clear glitter pen to the butterfly and the violas.

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: 

SheepSki Designs Digital stamp - Floral Heart

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Darling Buds - sentiment bundle

Lisa Horton Crafts - Hearts of Happiness - stamp & Die set

Craftwork Cards Paper - Inky Backgrounds

Distress inks - peacock feathers

Studio light - stencil/mask - floral pattern.

Sugar and Spice sequins - Unicorn mix

spectrum noir Sparkle - clear

   

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

 Wendy x