Digi Choosday - Mother's Day - Not a card - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you are having a good week....

It's that time of the week to share some inspiration for our current '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 Digi Choosday discount off all crafty printable downloads!  

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 is to create a Mother's Day project but not a card.

I decided to create a little embroidery hoop picture - its's definitely something that my mum would have loved to hang up on a wall. 

I decided to use the beautiful pre-coloured image from the Pretty Flower Wreath Digi Deal for my project today, resizing this to suit the size of the embroidery hoop and adding this onto a layer of floral paper from the kit before printing out.

I then printed this out onto thin card and also onto vellum, using a torn edge die to cut out the main image.

Next I stretched a peice of cream fabric into the embroidery frame, trimming of the excess and then using Mod Podge to seal the edges at the back of the hoop.

I covered the front of the fabric with a layer of white gesso and allowed this to completely dry before adhering the die cut out image onto the hoop and covering with Mod Podge to seal the design.

I then fussy cut out some of the flowers and extra butterflies that i had printed onto vellum and used a clear 3D silicone glue gel to adhere these onto the image.  

To finish off my project I added some super sparkly crystal gems around the design and threaded purple twine to hang the hoop onto a wall.

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: Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

Polkadoodles digital deal  - Pretty Flower Wreath

embroidery hoop

Pretty Pink Posh crystals - Sugar plum

Mod Podge

Vellum

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

Wendy x

May Birthstone card - Emerald - Easel Card - Octavia collection - Digi Choosday - Big Bunches of Love with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday.  I hope that you have a lovely day today and that you enjoy your week ahead...

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 to create an easel card for a May Birthday with the birthstone Emerald.  I have to say green isn't my first choice for a colour palette but I do love the colour.  

I started off with a 6" 6" Kraft card base and folded this to create a twisted easel card. I then chose a couple of papers, one with gorgeous leaves from the Noodle Panda collection and the purple polka dot paper is from a new Winnie Collection due to be released very soon.  

I used these papers along with some green and emerald green card to created mats and layers on the card and also to choose my colour palette for the main focal image, with Promarkers (see below for colours).

 

I wanted to use a beautiful image from the Octavia collection.  It's not a collection I have used before but there are some gorgeous digital images and papers that you will love.  

I'm loving this bright and colourful combination of purple and emerald and I think her emerald green hair is amazing.  

I used a little distress ink around the edges of the leafy paper to take away some of the whiteness.

Finishing touches where some super sparkly purple and green sequins from my stash, a piece of recycled green twine and white and metallic green gel pen highlights.  

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 !

Promarkers Used:

Skin:      almond, blush, oatmeal, soft peach, dusky rose

Blush:     pale pink

Eyes:      lush green, emerald, mint green

Hair:       holly, pine, emerald, mint green

Dress:     plum, mulberry, wild orchid

Owl:        amber, bisque

               cocoa, caramel, bisque, pastel beige

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Octavia collection - Best Friends

Polkadoodles digital paper - New Winnie collection - 

Polkadoodles digital paper - Noodle Panda collection - Sentiment bundle

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Noodle Panda collection - Set 3

Distress Ink - mowed lawn

Craftelier Basics Crafts Dies - Nested Hexagons

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen - white, black, metallic green

Sequins - green, magenta

green twine

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

Wendy x

I Love Promarkers #556 - Add a Button - Sponsored by CFL Digi Designs

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Wednesday! 

I'm on my blog today for the new bi-weekly I Love Promarkers blog challenge , it would be wonderful if you joined us over there if you love to colour with alcohol markers and don't forget there are prizes up for grabs.  

You can find all of the rules and details for the challenge over on the blog. 

This challenge is being sponsored by CFL Digi Designs one of our amazing and very talented teamies Caroline.

Here is my inspiration card for the current blog challenge with the theme - Add a button, using this very beautiful digital stamp of a vase of lilies I decided to create a more traditional floral card for this challenge, keeping it very simple. 

This is an A6 card (UK size), with a simple panel of pink striped paper in the background.  I used a Stargazer Lily as my inspiration to colour the image using promarkers (see below for colours) and then used one of the arch dies to cut out the design. 

To add interest I die cut another arch panel in pink and an additional pink card frame, layering these onto the card, using foam tape to give dimension to the design.  

To complete the design I have tied a small piece of cream twine through a small wooden heart shaped button and adhered this along with a simple sentiment strip from my stash. 

The finishing touches were some glitter pen to the vase and a few small pink gems around the design.

I really hope that you like 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 I Love Markers blog

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

CFL Designs Digital Stamp - Vase of Lilies

Polkadoodles Digital Paper - Digi Deal - Dahlia Set 1

Spellbinders Cutting Dies - Essential Arches

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear 

twine

Button

Pink gems

Promarkers used :

Lilies:        hot pink, carmine, cerise, baby pink, pale blossom

Leaves:     forest green, pine

Stamens:   lime zest

Vase:        tea green

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

 Wendy x