Dude Time Doodles - December New Release & Blog Hop!

It's the last Wednesday of the month so its time to reveal the new Dude Time Doodles images and to kick it all off we have a blog hop for you!

One of the Dudettes will be the hostess with the mostest and one lucky commenter will win a digi image! So make sure you leave me a comment - As you've got to be in it to win it!

If you've arrived at me from Dawn then you are on the right track although there is no start and end point, just make sure you've visited us all! From me you need to hop to Cleota and leave a comment there too!!


I've used Welder Wencelas who has, once again, struggled with getting the Christmas turkey just right! He's been coloured with Promarkers plus glitter glue and I've used papers from Happy Happy Birthday from Funky Hand plus some embossing on the green paper.

The sentiment has been computer generated and I've added some doodling around the edges of the card.

Good luck with the hop and don't forget to leave a comment! Once I'm awake I'll directly link to the blogs in the hop before and after me!

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion: Tis The Season
Daisy Doodles: Digi Stamp and Christmas
Lexi's Creations: One For The Lads
My Grafico: Dinner / Cleaning
Here Come The Boys: For The Man In Your Life

• Image: Dude Time Doodles, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue
• Sentiment: Computer generated
• Dies: Cuttlebug snowflake embossing die
• Papers: Happy Happy Birthday from Funky Hand
  

Craft Juice Tuesday - Week 93

Welcome to another Craft Juice Tuesday! Continuing with the Christmas theme, I hope you like the items I've picked! For more detail on each one, just click on the photo.

Beautiful tiny glass suncatcher from Amy Orange Juice

The pointy bit of this stocking will keep the kids amused for hours whilst trying to get out all their gifts! Buy from Dotty Bees

Beautiful handmade fabric tag from Tamara Jayne

See you next Tuesday for more Craft Juice Tuesday!

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 12

It's time for another Fetch A Sketch Challenge! Jenny is the hostess this fortnight and here is her sketch:


We have a returning sponsor - Tiddly Inks! And Christy is offering a $10 gift certificate to the winner of our challenge - thank you Christy!


Even though I initially struggled with the sketch, I got there in the end after thinking about it! I've used Minnie's Berry digi and enlarged her to almost the same size as the A6 card and coloured her with Promarkers. The little sentiment berry was a freebie from ages ago and is no longer available.

The paper I found in my stash but have a feeling it is a Funky Hand product! Minnie's glasses and the berry sentiment have been covered with glossy accents and the ric rac is from my stash. I didn't have any brads to match the colour scheme of the card, but had for some reason an abundance of orange brads, so I coloured the heads with a Sharpie marker!

Good luck with the challenge - deadline for entries is 12noon GMT Sunday 11 December and pop over to the challenge blog to see Jenny's creation and also Debbie's who is our current Guest Designer.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Tiddly Inks: Anything Goes
Pile It On: Sugar and Spice
Just Some Lines: Tic Tac Toe - Ribbon, Digi, Brad
Alphabet Challenge: V for Very Vibrant
I Love Promarkers: Anything Goes

• Image: Tiddly Inks, coloured with Promarkers and glossy accents
• Sentiment: Tiddly Inks, no longer offered as a freebie
  
• Paper: Not sure but think its Funky Hand
• Everything else: My stash
  

Two Hedgehogs

I'm now just 1 card away from my goal of 150! Although the ticker banner has sort of had a bit of a turn and can't cope! This card is part of an order from one of my cousins (hello Claire!) and this has to be one of my favourite Penny Black images!


It's been coloured with Aquamarkers and glitter glue and I've used one of my Nesties to cut the shape - the next size up was too large so I've cut the red border myself. I've embossed the spotty backing paper (Happy Happy Birthday cd from Funky Hand) and the red is an old card blank that I've cut up as it was too thin to use for its intended purpose.

Sentiment is computer generated and the organza ribbon and silver chipboard snowflake are from my stash.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Inkspirations: Sketch followed
Addicted to Stamps: Christmas Card
One Stitch at a Time: Seeing Red
Penny Black at Allsorts: All Creatures Great and Small
Penny Black Saturday Challenge: Christmas, Red and Embossing
Paperworks: Recipe - Animal Image, Texture and 2 Embellishments (ribbon & snowflake)

• Image: Penny Black, coloured with Aquamarkers and glitter glue
• Papers: Printed - Happy Happy Birthday cd from Funky Hand, other from my stash
• Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilites and Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder
  
• Sentiment: Computer generated
• Everything else: My stash
  

Simply Create Too Challenge 1 - Christmas

It's time for the first challenge at the new look Simply Create Too challenge blog! And its a lovely and easy theme for the next two weeks:

All About Christmas

So basically, anything Christmas goes! If you want more details and to see the rest of the Design Team creations, pop over to the challenge blog!


I've used this very sweet Angel Girl Nativity digi stamp from Jellypark (there is a 20% off sale on right now!!) and coloured her with Promarkers plus glitter glue. And I've made more than one card too!
I've used papers from Creativity by Crystal - Merry and Bright digi paper collection from Jessica Sprague - just two papers in each colourway - one mad bubbles and one plain and layered with the contrasting paper.

The sentiment stamp is a 99p Studio G acrylic stamp and I found some plastic star shaped clear beads in my stash and as I have loads of them, I used them on the cards as they looked quite Christmassy!
So that's another 6 cards off my total - very near my final goal!

Good luck with the Simply Create Too challenge and I hope you will join us! And as an extra special treat we are offering 3 sets of blog candy as prizes to the top three entrants as picked by the Design Team!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Purple Frog: For Someone Special (these are going to my fellow Jellypark Design Team as they are all special!)
Dutch Dare Challenge: Recipe (Image, Patterned Papers, Embellishments)
Diva's By Design: Monochromatic
Flutterby Wednesday's: Open Challenge (Angel with wings)
City Crafter Challenge: Pink Christmas
Creative Card Crew: Monochromatic
Christmas Cards All Year Around: Sketch followed and the required 5 cards made (well, 6 actually!)
Ladybug Crafts: Winter Blues

• Image: Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue
• Papers: Creativity by Crystal - Merry and Bright Collection
  
• Sentiment: Studio G acrylic stamp
  
• Everything else: My stash
  

Polkadoodle Challenge 47 - Italian Christmas

Welcome to another Polkadoodle challenge! The theme this week has been set by Miria and the theme is:

Italian Christmas

So the colours from the Italian flag are to be used - red, green and white.


I've used the very cute fairy A5 pre coloured template from Paper Boutique Vol 2, simply cut everything out and then layered it up with foam pads. I've added glitter to her dress (I know its a little turquoise looking - its more green in real life!) and a large bit of bling to her crown. And I've made her wand with a cocktail stick!

Good luck with the challenge - closing date is Sunday 4 December. Good luck!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

CRAFT Challenge: Unusual Christmas
Delightful Challenges - Red and Green
My Mum's Craft Shop: Things with Wings

• All paperbased items: Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Vol 2
• Everything else: My stash
  

Crimbo Crackers Challenge 3 - Santa

It's time for another Crimbo Crackers challenge! A record entries for the last challenge - 1 more than the previous and a total of 234 entries - wow!!

The theme this fortnight is a nice and easy one again:

Santa

Anything that features a Santa qualifies - go to the challenge blog to enter your creations!

I'm so lucky to be sponsored by Dude Time Doodles (thank you!) and the prize for one lucky entry is a $10 Gift Certificate to spend in the store - to visit the store click on the banner below:


I've used a Dude Time Doodles image - Santi Beaches and he is included in the 50% sale of last years Christmas images but be quick - sale ends on 30 November! He's been coloured with Promarkers plus a little glitter glue.

I've used papers from the digi pack - Creativity by Crystal called Merry and Bright, bought from Jessica Sprague. The string of tiny fairy lights is from my stash and I've used two gold star brads to attach them to the card. I've added faux brads to the bottom of the card - dots made with Promarkers and then glossy accents over the top!

Good luck with the challenge - deadline is Wednesday 7 December at 12noon GMT and pop over to the challenge blog to enter!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers: Anything Goes
Little Red Wagon: Christmas Theme
Everybody Art Challenge: Christmas Card
Karen's Doodles: Celebrate with Santa

• Image: Dude Time Doodles, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue
• Papers: Creativity by Crystal - Merry and Bright collection
• Everything else: My stash
  

Craft Juice Tuesday - Week 92

Welcome to another week of Craft Juice Tuesday! Craft Juice is an online community where you can sumbit your handcreated items for free and other members of the community vote for the listed items - 5 votes and you make it to the front page!

If you want to know more about each item, just click on the picture. Continuing the theme of Christmas, here are some items that caught my eye:

Crotcheted snowflake hanging decoration from Woodstorming

Such a pretty little reindeer - from Anne Maries Breis Blog

What about this soldered pendant from Gingerbits

See you next Tuesday for more Craft Juice Tuesday!

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 11 - Midway Extra

It's time for the Fetch A Sketch midway extra post - halfway through our current challenge and time for some extra inspiration for you! Here is a reminder of the sketch:

We are sponsored this fortnight by the Digi Garden, click on the banner below to be taken to the store! And Saffie will be offering the winner 5 digi's of their choice. Thank you Saffie!

And here is my card. I've used the Winter Kids 1 image and coloured with Promarkers, glitter glue and liquid pearls. The star template, papers and sentiment are all from the wonderful new cd from Funky Hand - Twelve Crafters Crafting and a lot of the papers can actually be used all year around too.

I've added a bit of glitter glue around the edges, some inking and some punched sparkly stars and that's it!

Good luck with the challenge - deadline is Sunday 27 November at 12noon GMT and for more details, please pop over to the challenge blog!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge: Boy oh Boy
Little Claire's Monthly Challenge: Shaped Cards
One Stop Craft: Colour Challenge - Blue
Send A Smile 4 Kids: Winter Wishes
Phindy's Place: Christmas Cards
Wags n Whiskers: Christmas Themed

• Image: Digi Garden, coloured with Promarkers and liquid pearls
• Papers, Sentiment and template: Twelve Crafters Crafting cd from Funky Hand
• Everything else: My stash

Winter Coat

Isn't this a cute image?! One of two new releases from Jellypark, it is Girl With Winter Coat and I've coloued her with Aquamarkers plus a little glitter on her pom poms on her hat.

All the papers are from Twelve Crafters Crafting from Funky Hand and the smaller panels I printed as 9 to a page so I got smaller detail. The large snowflake is a Sizzix die and its cut with a paper from the same collection and I've layered a very sparkly snowflake over the top and added a gem to the centre.

A bit of inking and doodling plus some little dots around the edge of the image and the card is complete!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Calendar: Winter Wardrobe
Crafty Emma: Snowflakes
Crafty Catz: Snowflakes
Winter Wonderland: Christmas Cutie

• Image: Jellypark, coloured with Aquamarkers
• Papers: Twelve Crafters Crafting from Funky Hand
• Dies: Sizzix Snowflake
• Everything else: My stash
  

Winter Skating

As soon as I saw this image from Jellypark I knew what paper to use! This Skating Boy and Tag is one of the new releases this week and he is just fab to colour! I've used Aquamarkers for colouring plus a little glitter glue and he's been cut out (look - no white border!) to look like he's actually skating on the paper design!


The paper is actually quite glittery and so is the snowman - the photo just does not show it at all well. I've cut the tag out which comes with the image and tied some embroidery thread through it which actually looks a bit like a pom pom on a hat......!

I've distressed the edges of the paper with some scissors as it didn't quite look right just stuck onto a card blank.

The other new release will be blogged later on - I was fully intending to do them yesterday but I spent all day at a Craft Fair and was shattered when I got home after standing for 4 hours - I am now aching!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

2 Sisters: Let It Sparkle
Ellephantastic: Weather Related
Bloggers Challenge: For The Boys
Daring Cardmakers: Water, Water (snow and ice - was water and I've used Aquamarkers for colouring!)

• Image and Tag: Jellypark, coloured with Aquamarkers plus a little glitter glue
• Paper: Dovecraft Let It Snow
• Everything else: My stash
  

Jellypark Challenge 10 - Give Thanks

There is another Jellypark challenge up and running! Pop over to the blog for more details and to see the rest of the Design Teams creations!

The theme this fortnight is:

Give Thanks

I've used the little boy with sign digi that Claire drew especially for me! I've coloured him with Promarkers and the writing is Samuel's! Isn't it fab?!


I've used papers from my stash box and they are all from Funky Hand, Colour Me Happy cd - the bright orange backing is pearlescent paper which was a donation from Lynsey.

The black tiny brads in the top corners are fake - I've used a black marker and then dotted glossy accents over the top!

Good luck with the challenge - I've got 2 new release stamps to show you but check back this weekend to see them! But if you can't wait go over to the Jellypark Challenge blog and you them there!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments: Give Thanks
Crafty Purple Frog: Use Orange
Sassy Studios: Thank You
Crafting For All Seasons: Thank You Card
Fresh Brewed Designs: Thankful

• Image: Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers and Samuel's handwriting
  
• Papers: Funky Hand, Colour Me Happy plus donation from Lynsey
  

Polkadoodle Challenge 46 - Shaped Christmas

Welcome to another Polkadoodle challenge! It's a good theme (even if I say so myself as I picked it!) and it is:

Shaped Christmas

But NO square or rectangle cards - it really does need to be shaped!

I've used the A5 sized pre printed template of a Ponsettia from Paper Boutique Vol 2 - simply print, cut out and layer!

I've added the tag that comes with the template plus added some ribbon too from my stash plus glued seed beads to the centres of the flowers for extra depth.

Hope you can join in the challenge - closing date is Sunday 27 November. Good luck!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Digital Tuesday: Christmas Time
Pile It On: Traditional Christmas
Totally Gorjuss: Christmas Traditions

• All paperbased items: Polkadoodles - Paper Boutique Vol 2
• Everything else: My stash

Moody

I think this is a typical image of almost any teenage boy! All the papers plus pre coloured image are from Pretty Tuff cd from Polkadoodles - I've simply inked a little, distressed and added some recycled twine (came from a bundle of magazines!).


I've made some faux tiny brads buy using a Sharpie marker and then dotting liquid pearls over the top - quick and easy although you do have to remember that they need to dry!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

The Sweet Stop Sketches: Sketch followed
Paper Minutes: Children's Birthday
Crafty Card Makers: Recycle (string from a stack of magazines)
Quirky Crafts: Attitude
Kraftin' Kimmie: Make It Masculine

• All papers and image: Pretty Tuff from Polkadoodles
• Twine: Recycled from pile of magazines
  

Dude Time Doodles Challenge 26 - Picture Inspiration

It's time for another Dude Time Doodles challenge! It's a theme / picture inspiration this week and to see what you need to be thinking of, pop over to the challenge blog!

We are sponsored this week by Graphicat Designs and to see what you could win have a look at the challenge blog!

I've used the Fanny Thanks image and added my own sentiment at the top; the bottom one (so to speak) is also available separate to the image.


Colouring is with Promarkers plus Fanny does like her sparkly hair. I've used papers from my stash so I've no idea where they have come from but I do know that I've had them ages as I've certainly not printed them recently! Ribbon is from my stash too.

Good luck with the challenge!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Digital Tuesday: Christmas Time
Use It Tuesday's: Cooking (word paper I've had lying around for AGES!)
Make My Monday: Clean and Simple with Emphasis on Sentiment (does it qualify?!)
Anything Goes Challenges: Food Related

• Image: Fanny Thanks, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue
• Sentiment: Top - pc generated, bottom, Dude Time Doodles
• Everything else: My stash

Books

Here is another card using virtually all elements from the new Polkadoodle cd Pretty Tuff. I've coloured the boy image with Promarkers but everything else was pre coloured and I've cut it out and added it to the card.

A little bit of faux stitching and some inking plus buttons and embroidery thread from my stash and its complete!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Willow Sketchie: Sketch followed
Bearly Mine: For The Boys

• All Papers and Images: Pretty Tuff cd
• Everything else: My stash
  

Craft Juice Tuesday - Week 91

Welcome to another week of Craft Juice Tuesday! As we head ever closer to Christmas, the next few Craft Juice Tuesday posts will be all about Christmas and what I've found on Craft Juice!

This week its Beads By Design! Karen has created these wonderful items - for more detail just click on the photo:

A spiral Christmas tree or window decoration:

Hope is OOAK peg doll - mine as a kid never turned out this special!

And you must have heard of the Christmas Spider story?!
See you next week for more Christmas Craft Juice Tuesday!

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 11

It's time for another Fetch A Sketch challenge! I hope this one is not going to be too tricky for you! I (Ruth) am your hostess this fortnight and here is the sketch:

We are sponsored this fortnight by the Digi Garden, click on the banner below to be taken to the store! And Saffie will be offering the winner 5 digi's of their choice - good luck with picking 5 - my list extended to the whole store!

We've been given some digi's to use in our creations and I've used the fab Immies's Scarf and coloured her with Promarkers plus glitter glue.

I used a Sizzix tag die for the shape, inked and dotted a fine line around the edge and then used a template from Happy Happy Birthday cd from Funky Hand but 'pulled' the paper through from Twelve Crafters Crafting - its easy to do this as all the Papercraft Factory versions interact with each other!

The sentiment is also from Twelve Crafters Crafting and I've inked then glittered the edge of the card. Really easy! And although I did initially wonder why I'd created a sketch like I had, it has actually grown on me! I did add a few punched snowflakes but it looks like two have dropped off before I took the photo!

Join us next Monday for our regular midway point post where we will have some extra inspiration for you! Good luck with the challenge - closing date is Sunday 27 November at 12noon GMT.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes: Digital Images
Little Claire's Monthly Challenge: Shaped Cards
Rogue Redhead Designs: One Designer Paper
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge: Colours of Winter
CCEE Stampers: Three Different Shapes (Oval, Star and Banner)

• Papers and template: Funky Hand

• Image:The Digi Garden, coloured with Promarkers
• Sentiment: Funky Hand
• Everything else: My stash
  

Come Over To Simply Create Too!

Just a little and quick post to let you know that the Simply Create challenges has had a make-over and we've moved as well!

From the 25 November we will move all challenges to Simply Create Too and whilst we prepare the new challenge blog, there are three lots of blog candy on offer!
So all you have to do is pop over to Simply Create Too and leave a comment on the welcome post. If you become a follower you will get two entries for the blog candy!

And we (Diane, Marjo and myself) organised it so quickly that we've not had chance to take photos of our candy yet! So keep checking back to see what you could win!

Simply Create Challenge 56 - Bears

It's time for a new Simply Create challenge and the theme this fortnight is

Bears

Pop over to the challenge blog to have a look at the Design Team creations! I've used a decoupage sheet of Forever Friends and the backing paper is from Polkadoodles - Paper Boutique Vol 2. The linen ribbon is from my stash along with the button and the tiny bit of red ribbon too!


I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Ready, Teddy, Go!: Easel Card
Cute Card Thursday: Red for Remembrance

• Image: Forever Friends Decoupage
• Papers: Polkadoodle, Paper Boutique Vol 2
• Everything else: My stash
  

Polkadoodle Challenge 45 - Swirls, Pearls & Pretty Pastels

Welcome to another Polkadoodle challenge! A lovely theme this week:

Swirls and Pearls

I've used papers and a digi from Pretty Sweet which has been coloured with Promarkers and a bit of liquid pearls. I've layered panels with silver paper from my stash and added seed beads in a swirly kind of pattern. The ribbon is from my stash and I think it was originally tied around some card blanks.


The snowflake is a Sizzix die and I've added seed beads to the centre too.

Good luck with the challenge - closing date is Sunday 20 November at 12noon GMT - click here to go to the challenge blog!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

CRAFT Challenge: Cute
Dutch Dare Challenges: Punches / Die Cuts
Stamp Insanity: Chilled Out Blues
Crazy Amigo Challenge: Swirls

• Printed papers and image (coloured with Promarkers) from Pretty Sweet
• Dies: Sizzix Snowflake
• Everything else: My stash
  

Crimbo Crackers Challenge 2 - Make It Sparkle

Time for another Crimbo Crackers challenge and a big thank you for all the entries for my very first challenge - all 233 of them!! This one again is a nice and simple theme:

Make It Sparkle

And to make it even more sparklier, I have a fab sponsor - Jellypark! The challenge winner will get to choose two digi images of their choice from the store!


If you pop over to Crimbo Crackers you'll also see samples made by the Design Team (who are very fab and supportive - thanks girls!)

I've used the cute new release image, coloured her with Promarkers and glitter glue and used papers from Dovecraft Let It Snow 12x12 stack and added glitter glue around the edges. There is a lot of glitter - the photo just does not show it too well!


The snowflake is a Sizzix die cut and I've used glitter card (which I'm still finding sparkles all over the place!) And its finished off with a star gem.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Fab n Funky: All White On The Night
Bows N Berries: Clean and Simple
Inky Impressions: Glitter It Up
Ruby's Rainbow: Something With Wings
Top Tip Tuesday: Anything Goes
House of Gilli: Monochromatic
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge: Make It Sparkle

• Image: Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue
• Papers: Dovecraft Let It Snow 12x12 stack
• Dies: Sizzix Snowflake
• Everything else: My stash
  

Snowman Balls

It's time to search for a Guest Designer for Dude Time Doodles! It's our regular second Wednesday of the month slot and you get a freebie to work with which you then need to link back up to Dude Time Doodles before the deadline. And YOU could be our next Guest Designer! Easy peasy!

And its a fab image too! I've coloured Duck Snowball Warrior with Promarkers plus glitter glue and my papers are all Echo Park - Everybody Loves Christmas digi paper pack. Some faux stitching and a bit of inking, some embroidery thread (perfect match for the papers!) and a little charm and my card is complete!

Pop over to the challenge blog for more inspiration and to grab your freebie!

Good luck!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Cards For Men: It's Nearly Christmas

Cutie Pie Challenge: Use A Charm
365 Cards: Three T's - Teal, Trinket and Thread
Anything Goes: Stitches - Real or Fake
Top Tip Tuesday: Anything Goes Christmas

• Image: Dude Time Doodles freebie, coloured with Promarkers and Glitter Glue
• Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilties
• Papers: Echo Park, Everybody Loves Christmas digi papers
• Everything else: My stash
  

Craft Juice Tuesday - Week 90

Welcome to another week of Craft Juice Tuesday! If you want to know more about each item, just click on the picture and you will be taken to the Craft Juice listing!

First up are these wonderful stamp stickers! Much prettier than the 'real' things! Buy from Swirlyarts
How cute is this?! Buy from Jarg0n

And I bet these smell just as good as they look! Christmas Orange and Cinammon door hangers from Aiden Crafts

See you next Tuesday for more Craft Juice Tuesday!

Crimbo Crackers Blog Badge!

I've managed to create a Crimbo Crackers blog badge with special linky thing all in one!!

If you want the badge for your blog then click here and copy the code for yourself. You will need to 'select all' within the text box and then add it as an HTML code in your sidebar.

Big thanks to Christy for the code and explanation of what I had to do!!

The boys thought I was a bit crackers in doing the photo shoot but they will be pleased when they see it now its all finished!!

Only a few days left for the current challenge which has received a FANTASTIC response - over 200 entries when I last looked! So don't forget to check back on Thursday for a new challenge and a wonderful sponsor prize too!

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 10 Midway Extra

It's time for the midway extra point for Fetch A Sketch! Here is a reminder of the wonderfully simple sketch from Jenny:


And our sponsor is Delicious Doodles!

And we got to play with an image or two! And here is my midway extra offering. I've used the wonderful Little Nut Tree image which has been coloured with Promarkers. I've used papers from my stash (can't remember what they are as they were at the bottom of the box!) plus a bell and ribbon and embroidery thread.

I've added a faux running stitch around the edge of the card plus inking.

So, its over to you! Deadline for entries is Sunday 13 November at 12noon GMT - good luck!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Emma's Challenges: Inspired by a Song (12 Days of Christmas)
Moving Along With The Times: Food and Drink (there is a pear!)

• Image: Delicious Doodles, coloured with Promarkers
• Everything else: My stash
  

Tiddly Gift Cards!

It's been a while since I entered a Tiddly Inks challenge - I do get withdrawal symptoms but I've had a lot going on lately (the boys have a much healthier social life than I have!) and have never quite managed it in time, BUT! I've made these especially for the current challenge which is:

Anything Goes

I sold quite a few of these cute gift card holders at the last craft fair and with another one coming up in a few weeks I thought I'd better replenish my stocks!

I've used the Inky Critters set, printed them as the four and then coloured with Promarkers. I've just realised that in my haste to take the photo in the daylight I've not added the glossy accents so that will be done now!


All the papers are from the new Funky Hand cd - Twelve Crafters Crafting and I've used my own template to make the actual holder. Ribbon comes from Meiflower.

I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

Christmas Inspirations: Bows
2 Sisters: Ribbon
Crazy 4 Challenges: Wrap It Up
Stamp, Scrap and Doodles: Wrap It Up

• Images: Inky Critters from Tiddly Inks, coloured with Promarkers


• Papers: Twelve Crafters Crafting from Funky Hand


• Ribbon: Meiflower


• Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities
  

Pretty Tuff

A fairly quick card to make from the brand new cd from Polkadoodles - Pretty Tuff! If you liked the girly version (Pretty Sweet) then you will love this - all for boys and more on the cd than Pretty Sweet.

I've used a pre coloured image and he does look rather moody and mysterious! All the papers are from the cd too and I've rounded the corners and inked them. Added some faux stitiching plus buttons and embroidery thread from my stash and its complete!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch followed
Pan Pastels: Dark and Mysterious
Stampalot Challenge: Blue and Green
Our Creative Corner: Masculine with a twist
Poodles Parlour: Lets Hear It For The Boys

• All papers and image: Pretty Tuff cd from Polkadoodles
• Everything else: My stash
  

Get Funky Challenge - Autumn Theme

It's my turn to hopefully provide some inspiration for the current Get Funky Challenge!

I really do like making word books but this one does not use any templates - I've printed the pages and then made the letters using wordart, cut everything out, layered the letters and then stuck it down!


Some gold stickles around the letters with the smaller letters being die cuts plus some matching ribbon from my stash and its all complete! All the papers are from Dreams Come True.

Don't forget that you MUST use at least one Funky Hand product in your creation and if you don't have anything just click on THIS link and you will find a freebie that will fit the theme perfectly!

Good luck and we can't wait to see what you create! Closing date is Monday 14 November and a new challenge will be set the day after.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

2 Sisters: Ribbon
Allsorts: Anything But Square
Craft Your Days Away: Autumn
Cute Card Thursday: Baby You're A Firework

• All papers: Dreams Come True
• Everything else: My stash