I'd Rather Be Dancing

Knock Out Kevin (or KO Kev as the promoters like to call him) is looking rather worse for wear. He's unbeaten in his heavyweight boxing career with 68 wins, 44 of them knock outs (hence his name).

He still has the bruises from the previous 8 wins but as his trainer says, the superficial injuries take longer to heal the older you get.

KO Kevin can be yours for just £2!  I've coloured him with Promarkers and then added a random page from an old car magazine (March 7, 1939 to be precise!) and then typed the sentiment on my computer.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Created With Love:  Anything Goes
Marker Pop:  Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy:  Use Your Markers
Here Come The Boys:  Anything Goes

Image:  Dr Digi, coloured with Promarkers
Background:  Vintage car magazine
Sentiment:  Computer generated

Bedside Manner and Some News!

I can finally reveal my good news!  I've been asked to join the small but perfectly formed Design Team for Dr Digi!!  And I've accepted the position and I am Girl Tuesday!  So every Tuesday at 10am GMT come hail, rain, shine or snow (its hailing and lightning really really hard whilst I write this!) I'll be blogging something from Dr Digi!

And to start it off, here is Night Nurse Nina with her most favoured expression.  It's one of those looks that can be applied in almost any clinical situation.  Especially if she's holding a rather large needle.  And yes, she's been heard to say, in a rather bored and patronising voice, 'it's only a little scratch' whilst jabbing the flabby white rear end of a poor male patient.  And hiding her smirk.

And Nina can be all yours too for the princely sum of a quid!  Yes one whole pound!  And she's worth every penny!!  Click here to go and buy!!

I've coloured her with Promarkers and then cut her out.  I made the clipboard from an old manilla folder - I hate to throw anything away (as I know I will be able to use it some day!) and added a a sheet of paper from Jacob's notebook - he's not noticed so I aint telling him!  I've roughed it up a little with ink plus some rolling and ripping.  I've added the critical red line and then stamped the sentiment with a little wooden Studio G alpha set.  And the clippy bit at the top are offcuts of gold card and I've used a tool thing to indent the lines.

So hope you enjoyed my first post and don't forget to come back next Tuesday for another peak at the genius of Dr Digi!  Or check out the blog - something new every day (or nearly!)  Don't forget to subscribe to the newsletter - miss it and miss out!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Lady Anne Challenges:  Anything Goes
My Grafico:  Anything Goes
365 Day Cards:  Day 35 - Top Trends (graph paper!)
A Gem of a Challenge:  Gingham or Checks
Sweet Pea Stampers:  Clean and Simple and No Embellishments

Image:  Night Nurse Nina from Dr Digi, coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment:  Studio G wooden alpha stamps
Everything else:  My stash 

Dude Time Doodles - Guest Designer / Freebie Challenge

Once a month Dude Time Doodles offers a freebie and combines it with a challenge.  Simples - use the freebie, link it up and you could be picked as a future Guest Designer!

The image this week is a good one:

The image is called Johnny on the Spot and I've coloured this little beauty with Promarkers and the green tinge was intentional!  Stuck it onto a random bit of card I found in my stash, added a faux stitched line around the edges and added the handwritten sentiment tag with some embroidery thread.  And there you have it!

Hope you can join us and if you want a giggle just have a look at the rest of the Design Team samples!!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Try It On Tuesday:  Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion:  Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show:  Anything Goes
Hybrid Chick Caravan:  Clean and Simple

• Image:  Dude Time Doodles, coloured with Promarkers
• Paper:  From my stash
• Ides:  Sizzix Scallop edge die
• Sentiment:  Handwritten
• Everything else:  My stash

Get Well Soon!

Now this is the card I should have blogged over two weeks ago!  I don't know if it is the new blogger layout that is confusing me ever so slightly because I can't really see things as easily (I draft all my posts as I've made my DT commitments so that I know I've done it and the photo is there, and then once I've written the post I schedule it.....) but anyway, here it is, only a smidgin late!

And for some reason my card looks out of focus - its not - the photo is perfectly ok but blogger is being a bit of a pest!

Isn't this a cute image?  It's from Jellypark and I've coloured her with Promarkers.  The sentiment comes with the image and I've used one of my Nesties for the oval - no more wonky ovals for me now I have these dies!!

I've added a faux stitch around the edge of the papers and also the image and I've actually used a bandage across the centre!  Papers are from Funky Hand (retired) and I've used my fab X Cut star die.

So there you have it.  It's also rather late for me - I can't sleep tonight - its something that is quite rare as I do like my sleep so I thought I'd use my time wisely without child or husband interruptions!  Therefore, if something in this post does not make sense, its cos its early hours!!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Creative Craft Challenges:  Red, White and Blue
Passion for Promarkers:  Red, White and Blue
Craft Your Days Away:  Red, White and Blue

• Image:  Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers:  Funky Hand
• Dies:  Spellbinder Nestabilities and X Cut stars
• Everything else:  My stash

Dude Time Doodles - April New Release & Blog Hop!

It's the last Wednesday of the month so its time to reveal the new Dude Time Doodles images and as it is customary, we have a blog leap 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 Michelle 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 CG and leave a comment there too!!


I've used the Boxer image, coloured with Promarkers and glossy accents on the hearts and added it to the circle card with some string - so it swings! The papers are from Dreams Come True cd from Funky Hand which I've had in my stash for ages from a previous project and I was lucky as I had just enough for the circle card base and the letters are from Kirsty Wiseman - Patti Picklicious cd. I've simply inked the edges and it's finished!

Good luck with the hop - and don't forget to leave us all a comment!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Digital Tuesday: Favourite Colour
Party Time Tuesdays: Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash: Circles or Dots
Digi Makeover: For The Boys
The Crazy Challenge: Add A Sentiment

• Image: Dude Time Doodles, coloured with Promarkers and glossy accents
• Papers: Dreams Come True cd from Funky Hand
• Letters: Patti Picklicious cd from Kirsty Wiseman
• Everything else: My stash
  

Feeling Pants?

Despite being a card maker (and having lots of the finished products!) I am useless at being organised enough to send cards for certain occasions. This is for a very lovely person who is recovering from planned surgery (I even knew about it and still am late!) and it will be in the post tomorrow!

Papers are from the very new Happy Happy Birthday cd from Funky Hand and the image is from Charmed Cards and Crafts - I've added the sentiment myself. Cut out with a Nestie and coloured with Promarkers plus stickles.


I've added a faux running stitch around the edge of the shape and finished the card off with a strip (just long enough!) of green grossgrain plus some red and white embroidery thread (the new bakers twine - I'm telling ya!!) tied in a bow.

Now I'm looking at the card thinking it looks a bit Christmassy....

Hope you like it Claire and GET WELL SOON!!!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Inspirational Card Sketches: Sketch followed
Ruby's Rainbow: For the Girls
Party Time Tuesday's: Ribbon, Trim and Fibres
Ribbon Carousel: Funny or Punny
Sweet Stamps: Stitches - Real or Faux

• Papers: Happy Happy Birthday from Funky Hand
• Image: Charmed Cards and Crafts, coloured with Promarkers and stickles
• Sentiment: Computer generated
• Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities
  
• Everything else: My stash
  

Stars and Stripes

I've made this card with a specific person in mind who has been very poorly and his Mum is on the Polkadoodle Design Team, and it will be on its way to Belgium soon! It's for the Dustin Pike challenge which asks for

Stars and Stripes

Papers are from my stash box (stars is from Polkadoodle and stripes from Funky Hand) and the image, of course, is from Dustin Pike. Its been coloured with Promarkers and cut out with one of my Nesties.

And I've found some nice bright yellow embroidery thread which has been threaded through two eyelets and tied in a bow. Card candy from my stash.

I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

Sweet Stop Sketches: Sketch followed
Kelley Kid's Challenge: For Someone Special
Die Cutting Diva's: Zoo Crazy (does a dragon qualify?!)
Forever Friends: Use Your Dies plus Animal

• Papers: Funky Hand and Polkadoodles
• Image: Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers
• Everything else: My stash
  

Green Pants

It's been a while since these pants have had an airing. And what better way than to enter the Whimsie Doodles challenge which is:

Polkadots

I've used one of the images from the Christmas Undies digi set and printed it three times, coloured with Promarkers and added to the card with an oddment of string from the scrap store. I've used some lime green eyelets from my stash and stamped the sentiment with a little wooden Studio g alphabet stamp set.


The green card is from my stash (I dread to think how long I've actually had it!) and the black with white polkadots is from Funky Hand - Dreams Come True.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments: Polkadots
Aud Sentiments: Make Someone Smile

• Image: Whimsie Doodles, coloured with Promarkers
• Sentiment: Studio G alphabet stamps
• Papers: Dreams Come True cd from Funky Hand
• Everything else: My stash
  

Party at Going Buggy!

Well, we all like a good party and what better than an online party and celebration that lasts a week! Enfys is doing just that to say thank you to all her followers and email subscribers and today is day one!

She has set a challenge of making a card that features a bug on it. This can include butterflies, dragonflies, bees etc and you could be in with a chance of winning some fantastic stash! For more details and how to enter click HERE to be taken to her blog! Ever day over the next week there will be prizes to win over on her blog!

I'll be popping up later in the week too as part of Enfys' celebrations, so keep watching my blog for further details!!

To enter Day One challenge create a card with a bug and go to Enfys' blog to link up your card - the challenge closes on Saturday 22 January at 12noon GMT.

For my card, I've used a Digi Sparkle image which has been coloured with Pomarkers and layered onto Funky Hand Girls and Boys download papers plus some random papers from my stash. A few gems here and there, bit of corner rounding and some inking and the card is complete! Plus bonus points for me here as I've used offcuts from my bits box and the card base is waste from the Scrap Store! The ribbon is Stampin Up and its called Tempting Turqoise!

Good luck in entering the challenge and I shall see you later in the week for more fun!

• Image: Digi Sparkle, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: Funky Hand - Girls and Boys download
• Ribbon: Stampin Up
• Everything else: My stash
  

Dude Time Doodles Challenge 5 - Sketch

It's time for a Dude Time Doodles challenge! The format of the challenges has changed slightly and every one will now commence on a Wednesday. So:

First Wednesday = Sketch Challenge

Second Wednesday = Guest Designer spot up for grabs

Third Wednesday = Inspiration Challenge

Fourth Wednesday = New Releases and Blog Hop

The new store is now up and running with your purchases being available to download immediately after payment - go and have a look!

As this is the first Wednesday of the month, it is the sketch challenge:

You can twist it, rotate it and do what you like as long as the sketch is still recognisable and you have made a male themed card - easy peasy! The challenge runs until 11 January - good luck!

This challenge is sponsored by Raindrop Echo Designs who is offering three great prizes to the winners!

I've used left over papers (see how good I am being!) from a previous project and they are the Big Dots Mini download from Pink Petticoat (I don't think this download is available anymore as I could not find it on the website) plus some very shiny silver card from my stash.

The image is Jose Hosed and he's not looking too good! I've coloured him with Promarkers and added some string with knots in as that is just the way he is feeling at the moment! Large brad from my stash.

I've added some dots around the edge of the image and card plus some inking. Hope you can join in with the challenge - don't forget to follow the sketch and make a male themed card! Good luck!

Come back next Wednesday when there is a chance to be a Guest Designer on Dude Time Doodles - you get a free image to use to make a creation and then the Guest Designer is picked from the entries!

• Papers: Big Dots Mini Download from Pink Petticoat
• Image: Jose Hosed from Bonibleaux Designs, coloured with Promarkers
• Everything else: My stash
  

Back On Your Feet

This is the sketch from Inspirational Sketches this week which I've combined with an image that I bought from CraftsUPrint a while ago.

The digital image, drawn by Lee Jacobs has been coloured with Promarkers and I've simply used bits from my card box to make up all the layers. I've not got a clue where the patterned paper has come from, but have a feeling that it was part of a paper pack download from a crafting magazine.

I've added faux stitching around most edges and added card candy to keep with the sketch. Sentiment has been computer generated.

• Backing papers: From my stash
  
• Image: By Lee Jacobs, bought from here, coloured with Promarkers
  
• Sentiment: Computer generated
  
• Card Candy: Craftwork Cards
  

That's A Big Needle....

A great sketch on Papertake Weekly:

And I've used a digital image drawn by Lee Jacobs which I bought from here, coloured with Promarkers and layered onto papers from Patti Picklicious by Kirsty Wiseman. I've recently re-discovered this cd, as you have probably gathered!!

I've added a bit of inking around all edges and tied a length of red grosgrain ribbon to the side. I've stuck an acrylic sentiment tile on which you can't actually read, but says Just For You. I was going to add 'they're going to stick what where?' but didn't as my handwriting was appalling! A line of three card candy and the card is complete!

• Backing papers: Patti Picklicious by Kirsty Wiseman
  
• Image: Lee Jacobs bought from here, coloured with Promarkers
  
• Card Candy: Craftwork Cards
  
• Ribbon: My stash
  

Little Doctor

I made this cute wobble card with a sheet purchased from CraftsUPrint a while ago because I thought it looked so cute and ideal for a poorly child. It's been decoupaged with foam pads and I've used my Cuttlebug Baby Face dies for the lettering around the base.

Plus a little bit of doodling and it is completed! It fits with the current Secret Crafter challenge which is:

Get Well

So I am entering it into the challenge! And I think I will send it to me as I am already suffering from dammed Hay Fever!!!!!! If this is the start of things to come then I'm not going to enjoy summer! I have to change the tablets to something different every year as the same thing never works two years in a row. And the only time I didn't suffer was when I was expecting the boys! It could just be an early blip. I hope!

• All card elements: Sheet bought from CraftsUPrint
• Sentiment: Cuttlebug Baby Face alphabet set

Caught a Bug?

I found this lovely cute image when blog hopping last week - it is a freebie from the Digi Stamp Boutique and I've coloured it with watercolour pencils, felt tips and a little glitter glue (on the wings) and I've made the card for the current Creative Card Crew challenge which is:

Get Well Soon

I've used a selection of papers all from my leftovers box - the main green one is from Back to Nature from Polkadoodles, then the next layer is from Stamping Dragon Designs and then finally the red spotty one is from Patti Picklicious by Kirsty Wiseman. I've simply rounded and added a bit of doodling around the edges (and some inking - of course!)


The ribbon is from my stash and it was just long enough luckily as I didn't have any more!

• Backing papers: Various
• Image: Digi Stamp Boutique coloured with felt tips, watercolour pencils and a little glitter glue
• Ribbon: From my stash
  

Poorly Dragon!

Another challenge - another sketch! And another Dustin Pike image too! This is the Sketch Saturday challenge:


I've used another dragon from Dustin Pike and again its been coloured with felt tips (but this time no highlighting - see - I can live without my white gel pen!) and layered onto Funky Daze backing papers.

All the papers are actually off cuts from a previous project - I do like it when that happens! I've handwritten the sentiment and added three card candy dots too.

All edges have been inked with an almost running out blue inkpad. But there is still life in it yet! These images are just so fab! I love them!!!!!!

• All backing papers: Funky Daze
• Image: Dustin Pike coloured with felt tips
• Sentiment: Handwritten
• Card Candy: Craftwork Cards
  

Polkadoodle Challenge 8 - Get Well Soon!

It's Friday again! And that can only mean another Polkadoodle Challenge! Pop over to the blog to see who made the top three - there are downloads for the winners!

This week, the Team were asked to make a get well card with some sort of bug on it from Sugar Birdies and to use an alternative to ribbon.

I immediately thought of a green background with the words - 'Feelin' Off Colour' (green = off colour, geddit?!) and a very large Lulu Ladybird.

I've used a Plain Jane backing paper from Sugar Birdies along with the co-ordinating spotty paper which I've cut using my Sizzix Round-a-Bout alphabet dies and I've doodled dots around the edges. Lulu Ladybird has been carefully cut out. Well, until I got to her antenna as I cut through them, so she has some new ones made from wire and card circles.

I glitter glued her whiteness with light sparkly glitter glue and then sprinkled some coarse green glitter over the top. The alternative to ribbon is raffia, and I've added a red card candy to the centre.

And this must be a first for me! Decorating the inside of a card! I've used a Lulu background, in keeping with the green theme and added one of the sentiment toppers which I've hand written and coloured with watercolour pencils.

Hope you are able to join in with this weeks challenge - we are always overwhelmed with the standard and it never ceases to amaze us what creativity lies out there in blog world!

• All paper based elements: Sugar Birdies cd
• Raffia ribbon: From my stash
• Card Candy: Craftwork Cards
  

Penny Black - Get Well Soon

The Penny Black Challenge this week is:

Get Well Soon

I've had this stamped image a while and I wanted to do something manly rather than girly, plus I have these lovely Dovecraft papers (Masculine 6 x 6) and have rarely used them. So, I coloured the image with watercolour paints and then worked the layout etc around that.


The image curled a little so it was not going to stick to the card without some severe persuasion, so decided to use some lovely brass eyelets to do the job for me. Plus they fitted in with the colour scheme! All the edges of everything have been inked with Whispers Chestnut ink and the sentiment stamp is on loan from Lynsey (thank you!)

So there you have it - a quick male get well card!

• Backing papers: Dovecraft Masculine collection 6 x 6
• Image: Penny Black coloured with watercolour paints
• Eyelets: Dovecraft
• Sentiment: Stamp on loan from Lynsey

Feeling Croaky?

The Daring Cardmakers Challenge this week is a bit different! It is:

"I want to see a fish or a frog on your cards"

I went for the frog option in the end after deciding that I couldn't draw reasonable fish, or anything remotely resembling a fish. The frog is a Sizzix die cut which I have chalked to give it definition and have added wobbly eyes. The papers are all from Funky Daze and have been printed at B5 setting to give smaller detail.

The edges of the papers have been inked and the sentiment is a Studio G mini alphabet set which I can't stop using!

Notice the new photo styling - decided to use the kitchen lighting but from a work top point of view. So to take the photos it now involves me kneeling on a hard floor wishing I'd been bothered to use a cushion....

• Backing paper: Funky Daze
• Sentiment: Studio G mini wooden alphabet stamp set
• Die cut: Sizzix frog from my stash
  

Doctors Orders Number 9.....

You need to think creativity for this one! The challenge this week on Tag - You're It is:

Numbers

I had a little think about this one. I really need to make a get well / recover quick card for my Dad as he is due to have a knee replacement op on 11 February and I wanted to be a little organised for it. So, I had a Dottie printing extravaganza and printed this little image out (along with others!) I had to google the bingo lingo to make sure I was right, and so the tag was born!

I made up the shape of the tag myself (basically the blue star card was an off-cut and I was determined that I was going to use it up!) - I used a roll of sellotape for the shaped bit at the top. I layered it onto some dark blue card to give it an edge. The ribbon was from a very generous Enfys (how can you give away that much ribbon??!!) The sentiments are stamped with blue Whispers ink (with black residue - opps not cleaned the stamps too well eh?!) and I've used my little wooden Studio G alphabet stamp set. And the number 9 is cut with the Sizzix Round-a-Bout Alphabet set.

Do you think my Dad will see the funny side of it?! She looks a bit like the Catherine Tate character doesn't she?! Lets hope he's dosed up on numerous painkillers if he gets a nurse like that!

• Backing papers: Funky Daze
• Image: Dottie (Pre coloured cos I am lazy bones!)
• Ribbon: Kindly donated by Enfys
• Sentiment: Studio G mini wooden alphabet set
• Dies: Sizzix Round-a-Bout alphabet die set