Jellypark Challenge - Get In Shape

And here is my Jellypark challenge post - and hopefully the last blog post for today!!  The challenge theme for the fortnight is:

Get In Shape

And I took it literally and made a star shaped card!  I'm trying to use up offcuts of printed digital paper so this is a mixture of Funky Hand (red) and Polkadoodles (spotty) but I couldn't tell you which cd's they are from!  Sorry!

The template is my own and all the other stars are cut with an X Cut die, inked and added with foam pads.  Really quite quick and easy to put together once I got going!  The image is a fab Jellypark one and I do like using it!  This is Superboy and he's only £1.25 to buy!

I've coloured him with Promarkers and added him to the star with foam pads.  Hope you can join in with the challenge and if you've not already joined the Jellypark club you're missing out on lots of lovely freebies!  Also sign up to the newsletter too as there are freebies in that!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafting For All Seasons:  Dies and Punches
Digi Stamps for Joy:  Birthday's are Fun
Diva's By Design:  Fancy Fold
365 Day Cards:  Day 50 - Fancy Folds
Created With Love:  Things That Fly (He's Superboy with a cape!)
Kaboodle Doodles:  Anything But Square

Image:  Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
Dies:  X Cut stars
Papers:  Red - Funky Hand, Blue - Polkadoodles
Template:  Mine

Polkadoodle Challenge 8 - Fantasy / Fairy Tale Scene

It's Friday and today the posts come thick and fast! If you are looking for the Simply Create Too Midway Extra post, its underneath, and the Jellypark challenge post will be along quite soon!

This is for the new Polkadoodle challenge and the theme this week is:

Fantasy or Fairy Tale Scene

I really had to have a good think about what to do and then remembered my Wonderland stamps which I've not used in a long time.  I also remembered that I'd bought some of these tiny canvases from the poundshop a while ago (4 for a £1!) and thought I'd better try and use them.

I stamped the image directly onto the canvas and then coloured it with Promarkers.  The mushrooms I stamped onto card and then cut out (also coloured with Promarkers) and did the same with the sentiment but added it to a cocktail stick.  This also gives the canvas an extension and more detail!

Hope you can join in with the challenge - for more details please go to Polkadoodles!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers:  Four Legged Friends
Ruby's Rainbow:  In The Garden
Three Muses:  From Time To Time
Cheerful Stamp Pad:  Anything But A Card


Images:  Wonderland stamp set from Polkadoodles

Simply Create Too Challenge 31 - Mother's Day / Female

Welcome to the Midway Extra point for the current Simply Create Too challenge.  The theme this fortnight is:

Mother's Day or Female

I've gone for the Mother's Day option and used papers from Dovecraft - Back To Basics 2 6x6 stack (which were also a bargain - half price at £1.49!)  I don't usually use green in female cards - quite happy in male cards but for some reason not something I go for in feminine cards!

I've used a fab digi from Jellypark - Two Mice 'For You' which was a previous freebie if you were a Jellypark Club member - its free to join!  I've coloured it with Promarkers and added some tiny half pearls to the corner.

I've made the banner with some lilac card I found and layered it onto an offcut of the green spotty paper.  I handwrote the letters and then added faux brads with a black marker and daubed liquid pearls over the top.  The ribbon and embroidery thread are from my stash.

Good luck with the challenge - for more details and how to enter, pop over to Simply Create Too!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

No Matter Which Challenges:  Ribbons and Bows
One Stitch at a Time:  Make It Girly
Sketchy Colours:  Lilac, Green and White
I Love Promarkers:  4 Legged Friends 
Ruby's Rainbow:  In The Garden 

Image:  Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
Papers:  Dovecraft - Back to Basics 2
Everything else:  My stash

Sweet Fairy!

Following on from the post earlier today, here is another Jellypark topper sheet that I bought from Crafts U Print.  Again the toppers are pre coloured which are great for quick cards and this one also comes with the same little fairy girl but holding pink bunting.  So two pre coloured toppers (there are actually 3 of each on the A4 sheet) for only 80p!  Buy it here!!

I've layered the image and other layers onto chocolate brown card from my stash and all I've added is stickles, pearls and ribbon also from my stash.  The round glittered sentiment actually hides a join in the blue flowery paper - I hate to throw the offcuts away and will find a use for them!

The sentiment is from the same Dovecraft range as the papers - Sugar and Spice 6x6 paper pad.  I've had the pad for ages and have only used it once or twice - I bought it as it was half price in Dunelm - I tend to buy bargains and not think if I'll actually use them!! I've added some faux stitiching around the edge of the card and that's it!  Told you it was a quick and easy card to make with the pre-coloured toppers!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

I {Heart} Sketches:  Sketch followed
Digi Stamps 4 Joy:  Birthday's Are Fun
Stamp and Doodle:  Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday's:  Anything Goes
Shopping Your Stash:  Oldest Designer Paper


Image:  Pre Printed topper from CraftsUPrint
Papers and embellishment:  Dovecraft Sugar and Spice 6x6 pad
Everything else:  My stash

Cute!

I've had a few days this week where I've done lots of crafting - the boys are off school for half term and I'm off with them too.  Usually I have good intentions of crafting but never get much done for one reason or another but this week I've been on a roll!

I'm a Design Team member for Jellypark and I love Claire's images plus there is a bonus as she is also an exclusive designer on Crafts U Print where I am a cardmaker too!  So when a topper sheet popped up I just had to get it!  There are two toppers on the sheet (pre coloured and for only 80p too!) and you can buy it here.  The other card I've made which is shown with the one below will be blogged over the weekend.

All I've done is added stickles to her wings and used a Nestie to cut her out.  I've added a black dotted line around the edge and layered onto some chocolate brown card.  To help with a layout I've followed the Feeling Sketchy sketch. The papers are from Dovecraft - Sugar and Spice 6x6 pad and again I've layered onto chocolate brown card.  I've added a faux stitch around the edges and some thin organza ribbon from my stash.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Feeling Sketchy:  Sketch followed
Crafting For All Seasons:  Die Cuts / Punches
Penny's Paper Crafty:  Anything Goes
ABC Challenges:  Stitching
Cards In Envy:  Polkadots or Stripes

Image:  Pre-printed topper sheet from Crafts U Print
Papers:  Dovecraft Sugar and Spice 6x6 pad
Dies:  Spellbinder Nestabilities circle
Everything else:  My stash

Get Funky and Craft - New Digi Stamps!

It's my turn to provide some inspiration for how to use Funky Hand papers and to show off one of the brand new digi stamps!  And not any digi stamp, but one that Anice has drawn herself!  All of the Design Team were really impressed that she'd drawn them and they are such a dream to colour!

I'm also going to show how versatile the Funky Hand products are!  I've used base papers from Is It Christmas? download - just goes to show that Christmas can be used all year round! I've inked the edges and then added a line of glitter around the inner layer.  Die cut with the Flower Cake digi stamp has also been edged with glitter.

I've coloured the digi with Promarkers and added some clear dew drops to the flower centres and also to the prima flowers.  Ribbon is from my stash.

The sentiment on the cake banner I've written but you could add your own if you wished!  And if you need to make a card for a male, there is the Star Cake digi available, also only £1.49!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Pink Gem Challenge:  Die Cuts and Punches
Broken Box Stock:  Happy Birthday
Bearly Mine:  Lace, Ribbon or Twine
City Crafter Challenge:  All That Glitters

Papers:  Is It Christmas?  download from Funky Hand
Image:  Flower Cake digi from Funky Hand, coloured with Promarkers
Everything else:  My stash  

Lady of Leisure

Ah, now this would be a perfect start to a Tuesday morning, especially if you are a lady of leisure.  Deirdery is just one of those, ahem, ladies.  And here she is (modesty protected by the rather 70's tub) thinking that the room could do with a make-over and that blasted tap is still dripping......

You too could be the proud owner of Bath Time Deirdery and give her pink hair and a lime green tub!  The wallpaper and pictures are from Dovecraft 6x6 Tea House paper stack.  The floorboards are kraft card offcuts (notice the bad match on the right hand side!) and the skirting board is an inked strip of card.

Deirdery has been coloured with Promarkers plus some stickles and liquid pearls.  Her cup of tea has not been tampered with cos I did not dare.  Builders brew, just how she likes it.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

One Stitch At A Time:  Make It Girly
Colour Me Creative:  Girly
Sweet Pea Stampers:  Use A Digi
Cards In Envy:  Polka Dots or Stripes

Image:  Bath Time Deirdery from Dr Digi, coloured with Promarkers
Papers:  Dovecraft 6x6 Tea House
Everything else:  My stash

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 44

It's time for another Fetch A Sketch challenge and here is the sketch:

The sketch, to me, shouted male and bold so I dug out my Clare Curd - The Big One 12x12 paper stack and got the two black and white papers.  The star I hand cut and the red card is from my stash - the letters cut with a Sizzix alphabet die have been drowned in glossy accents.

Some card candi and a stray piece of black elastic along with faux stitching and my card is complete!

Good luck with the challenge - for more details and how to enter, please go to Fetch A Sketch!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Amusing Challenges:  Red, Black and White

Catered Crop:  Stars

Gingerloft:  Red

Here Come The Boys:  Lots of Layers

Scrappers Delights:  Black, White and a Splash of Red

Card Crafters Circle:  Paint the Town Red

Papers:  Clare Curd - The Big One 12x12 stack

Dies:  Sizzix - Round-a-bout alphabet

Everything else:  My stash 

Sending Love

Here is the second of the two new release digi stamps from Jellypark this fortnight. This one is called Sending You All My Love and is available to buy for the bargain price of £1.25!  I've kept it very simple - this is an A6 sized card (two cards made from a sheet of A4) and I've found some pink backing paper in my stash.

The image has had its edges inked with black and pink ink (both rather tatty pads and fading but still got life in them yet!) and then I've layered it onto some grey card.  Glittered the edges of the pink card and its done!

Rather minimal but I didn't want the image to be overloaded!  Hope you're having a lovely Valentines Day - I don't think I've got anything planned; if I have, its the first time in 21 years!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafting By Design:  Heart but not Valentine
Crafty Creations:  Love / Hearts
Diva's By Design:  Love / Romance
Little Red Wagon:  Word 'Love'
365 Day Cards:  Day 44 - Word 'Love'

Image:  Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
Papers:  Found in my stash

Crimbo Crackers Challenge 35 - Shaped Cards

Time for another Crimbo Crackers challenge!  The theme this fortnight is:

Shaped Cards

And here is my sample.  I've used papers from the Winter Wonderland download from Funky Hand and my own template.  I've added a faux stitched line around the top of the stocking and the toe bit and also glitter glue around all edges - a boy does need a bit of bling!

The letters are cut with a Sizzix die - Girls are Weird alphabet and then onto a Sizzix scallop tag.  The snowflake is a Marianne Creatables die and I've cut it from some glitter card I found (along with the letters).  And finally I wound some tiny blue metallic star tinsel around the top - always buy stuff like that in the sales after Christmas as you can get it really cheap!  And I bought this last January sales too so its about time I used it!

Good luck with the challenge!  For more details and how to enter, pop over to Crimbo Crackers.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Holly Jolly Christmas:  Two Dies / Punches
Use Your Stuff:  Winter Wonderland
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge:  Tag
Pile It On:  Shaped Cards
Craft Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge:  No Snow
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Extra Challenge:  Anything Goes Christmas


Papers:  Funky Hand - Winter Wonderland download
Template:  My own
Dies:  Sizzix Girls are Weird alphabet and Sizzix Scallop tag combo, Marianne Creatables snowflake
Everything else:  My stash