Polkadoodle Challenge 46 - Shaped Card

Hope you're keeping up with all the posts today and with a bit of luck blogger will be publishing them correctly too! I've been having trouble with the internet and proxy servers and this means that my blog posts are duplicated a number of times or don't even publish!

Anyway, the current Polkadoodle challenge is to make a

Shaped Card

But with no die cuts! So I've gone for one of the cute images from A Home For Christmas cd, enlarged it so that two would fit on a sheet of A4 card, cut them out and then decoupaged it!

I've added a bit of red glitter to the berries in her hair and stickles on her dress, and that's it! Really quick and simple and the images don't distort even when enlarged! Good luck with the challenge!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

An Inky Situation: People
Fab n Funky: Anything Goes
Stampin' Royalty: No Embellishments Holiday Card

Forgotten Funkies - Funky Little Christmas!

It's time for another blast from the past with a Forgotten Funkies post! This time the download choosen is Funky Little Christmas! It's not one for the faint hearted as its loud and proud!

I've made two gift card holders which have used one sheet of card each. I've then added some white satin ribbon so that the flap at the top remains closed, added a Marianne die snowflake and a matching button from my stash along with some embroidery thread, and its done!

They didn't take long to make at all - it took longer for the glue to dry!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks: Snowflakes
CRAFT: Gift Bag or Box
Sassy Studio Designs: Not Your Typical Christmas
Bearly Mine Challenges: Christmas In Pink
City Crafter: Hold It

Simply Create Too Challenge 50 Midway Extra - Give Thanks

The Simply Create Too challenge is at its midway point and the theme is:

Give Thanks

I've coloured this cute thank you tag from Jellypark with Promarkers plus stickles and then added it to a lilac card blank along with some Cadbury purple ribbon!

It's a busy Friday today with blog posts - look out for some more to follow! Good luck with the challenge!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

CCEE Stampers: Stitches
Crafty Ribbons: Anything Goes with Ribbon
Delightful Challenges: Thankful
Shellys Images: Give Thanks

Not Feeling Human

There is a nasty lurgy going around and especially this time of the year it makes everyone feel even worse than they actually are. So here is The Goon From The Lagoon from Dr Digi wishing you make a speedy recovery!

I've coloured him with Promarkers and then added him to the kraft card blank. The sentiment has been stamped with tiny wooden Studio G individual alpha stamps - that's why they are a little wonky!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Anonymous Stamps: Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations: Use A Sentiment / Anything Goes
Card Mania: Anything Goes
Love To Scrap: Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenges: Humour

Funky Hand New Release!

There is a fab new digi paper pack download available from Funky Hand called Little Princess - perfect pinks and perfect for big or little Princesses!  There are also three digi stamps all drawn by Anice!  And here is one of them - Georgie Where Is It?  Each of the digi stamps is only £1.49 so great value!

I've printed her directly onto some lovely linen effect card from The Papermill and coloured her with Promarkers.  I cut round one of my X Cut fancy dies to make the front of the card and left the back as a square.  The heart is cut with a Sizzix die and the papers are from the Winter Wedding download.  And embroidery thread from my stash!

Don't forget you can get 15% off website orders from now until Monday - use the code DT9NOV at the checkout stage!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Brown Sugar:  Anything Goes
Challenges and Candies:  Clean and Simple
Craftitude:  Anything Goes with String or Twine
Charisma Cardz:  Anything Goes

Funky Hand Sale!

Everyone likes a sale and there is one right now over at Funky Hand until Monday - add this code:

DT9NOV

And get 15% off at the checkout!

Go on - what are you waiting for?!

Crimbo Crackers Challenge 54 - Christmas Words

Better late than never - due to technical problems!  The new Crimbo Crackers challenge theme for the fortnight is:

Christmas Words

I'm sponsored by Scribbles Designs who are offering three images from the store to the challenge winner and I've been lucky enough to play with one of their images - Wintertime Subway Art.  I've simply coloured the images and added some stickles here and there, mounted it onto some shiny blue card and added a boarder of stickles and its complete!

Good luck with the challenge - for more details pop over to Crimbo Crackers!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Jingle Bells:  Holiday Traditions
Totally Papercrafts:  Use Glitter
CRAFT:  Christmas
Delightful Challenges:  All That Glitters

A Wanderin' In The Grass

Poor Nessie is a little lost, although she seems to be enjoying the freedom to kick her heels in the long grass on the banks of Magnetic Island on the other side of the world in Australia.

And who said she was camera shy?! I've coloured Nessie with Promarkers then added her to a card blank which has been covered with a random bit of card I found in my stash. And that's it!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes
Through The Craftroom Door: Anything Goes
Card Mania: Anything Goes
Digi Sketch Challenge: Animals
Dream Valley Challenges: Humour
Lacy Sunshine: Anything Goes

Jellypark Challenge - Anything But a Card

I must have a bit of a thing for making boxes at the moment as here is the second blog post and second box for the day!  The new Jellypark Challenge is:

ABC - Anything But a Card

And I've made this gift box from my own measurements (it was missing a side at one point!) as I'm making a set of new baby cards to add to it for a friend who is due in the next month.

I've used the fab Toy Giraffe digi stamp (only £1.25!) and coloured it with Promarkers.  I used one of my new Nesties to cut the shape (and I love it!) and some yellow organza ribbon that I bought from Lidl ages ago.

I made the box so that the front of it was where it opened so one side is slightly larger than the other to enable this.  The cards inside are dinky and have the same image.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps:  Clean and Simple
I Love Promarkers:  Anything Goes
Die Cuttin' Divas:  Anything Goes

Polkadoodle Challenge 44 - Anything Goes Christmas

Time for a new Polkadoodle challenge!  The Design Team were challenged to make a Christmas Gift Box but the challenge on the blog is Anything Goes Christmas!

I've used the fab A Home For Christmas cd and printed off one of the box templates onto white linen effect card from the Papermill Direct.  I then added a band of velvet red ribbon (got ages ago from the Scrap store!) and then added one of the little cute images from the same cd that I'd decoupaged.

It didn't take a lot of time to make the box so great if you need quite a few!  Good luck with the challenge!