Stack of Gifts

I need to get back into the swing of making Christmas cards - I'm doing so well with my target and I'm very nearly half way there! This is a really nice quick and easy card to make. It's from Polkadoodles cd Paper Boutique Vol 2 and I've cut all the elements out and then added them to a card blank.


The bows and stars have foam pads behind them and I've either glittered or used glossy accents. I've cut around the shape of all the gifts so its a shaped card.

It fits the following challenges:

CD Sunday: Christmas
UnstampaBelles: Celebration
Sparkles Christmas Card Challenges: 'Twas The Night Before Christmas
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays: Stars and Stripes
Guylou's Inimitability: Stars and Stripes

• All paperbased elements: Polkadoodle Paper Boutique Vol 2
• Everything else: My stash
  

Guilt Free Birthday Cake!

I just can't stop using this wonderful cupcake from the Polkadoodle cd Paper Boutique Vol 3 and out of the two colour combinations, I think this is my favourite!

I've made it as one of my friends has her Birthday next week, and this is the first time I've used the candle on the cake too! I've used the A5 pre coloured version, cut everything out and layered it up with foam pads. Then lashings of glitter glue and glossy accents on the chocolate stars!

It fits the CD Sunday challenge which is:

Birthday

They are celebrating their Birthday!! Happy Birthday!



I've dotted a silver line around the star sentiment and glitter glue has also been added - more sparkle than you can shake a stick at! The ribbon is from my stash and it holds the card together.

• All paperbased items: Polkadoodle, Paper Boutique Vol 3
• Everything else: My stash
  

Vroom Vroom!

This car is taken from the very first Polkadoodle Paper Boutique cd - volume 1 and I do like making this car up! Basically it is pre coloured and all you need to do is select which size you want (A4, A5 or A6 or even tiny ones!) and then print all the elements, cut them out and then layer them up!

I've not used the back of the car as it can get quite bulky for envelopes and I've not got any big enough at the moment, so this car is fairly flat! That is despite 4 layers made up with foam pads! It's for the CD Sunday challenge which is:

Transport

I've added glossy accents to the headlights (although you can't tell!) and I've made the furry dice from tiny white pom poms and thread with black marker spots.

• All paperbased item: Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Vol 1 cd
• Everything else: My stash
  

Monkey

Sometimes I see a challenge theme and I know EXACTLY what I'm going to make! So for the CD Sunday Challenge this week, the theme is:

Wild Thing

And my monkey is a wild thing! And cheeky! Its from the first Polkadoodles Paper Boutique and I've selected which sheets to print as its only front card (in the sense that the cd's allow you to also make a rear!) I've layered up the elements with foam pads (cheap, cheap ones which have gunked up my lovely little scissors!) And added some wobbly eyes from my stash.


Great card to make and it doesn't take long to cut all the bits out either - great for doing in front of the telly at night!

• All paperbased items: Polkadoodle - Paper Boutique Vol 1
• Wobbly eyes: My stash
  

Baby Blue

I found a new challenge site last week - CD Sunday and entered the challenge, so have decided to go with this weeks too, which is:

Check It Out

Basically, as long as something from a crafting CD has been used and the theme has been followed, then it can be entered! I've used papers from Candy Doodles from Polkadoodles plus an off-cut that I found in the scraps box.

The punch is a Martha Stewart one and I've used the off-cut from making the card blank (trying to cut down on waste - not that I throw much away anyway!) The ribbon, found in my ribbon bag was just about the right length hence why it is not tied!

The cute bear, coloured with Promarkers is from Digi Sparkle. I've used one of my Nesties to cut around the image and added three square brads from my stash to the top corner. A bit of inking and corner rounding and the card is complete!

I have a feeling that, time permitting, I will be entering each week for these CD Sunday challenges as most of my stash is digital and on a CD!

• Papers: Candy Doodles from Polkadoodles
• Image: Digi Sparkle, coloured with Promarkers
• Punch: Martha Stewart
• Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities
• Everything else: My stash
  

Cupcake

I found a new challenge site last week whilst blog hopping, well, its a new challenge site to me anyway! It's called CD Sunday challenge and basically you have to use something from a crafting CD. And as I own a fair few, I thought I'd give it a whirl!

The current challenge is:

In Stitches

And I have slightly cheated by making faux stitching around the edges of the card and also one of the Nesties layers. Which is probably neater than if I tried it on the sewing machine! I've used an image from Candy Doodles and the backing papers from Love and Cherish both by Polkadoodles. The cupcake I've printed at A5 size and its layered too, so one full cupcake can be printed onto one sheet of A4 card.

I've added some glitter glue to the bow and also around the Nesties layer. With a bit of inking, the card is completed! I was going to add a sentiment, but could not decide what to add or where it should be placed. So one will be added before I use it. Probably.

• All paperbased items: Candy Doodles and Love and Cherish CD's from Polkadoodles
• Everything else: My stash