Mooved?!

I always need new house cards and what better image to use than this from Bugaboo - AKV Cow Got Milk.  I cropped the image without the question mark and the sentiment as I wanted to add my own.  I made the sign with an off cut of kraft card and I handwrote it. 

The grass and cloud are die cuts from my stash, I've coloured the image with Promarkers and added three chunky half pearls to finish.  The papers are from my stash.

I'd like to enter the following:

Stella Says Sketch:  Sketch followed
Crafters Castle:  Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart:  Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:  Anything Goes

Moooved!

A fab challenge on Charisma Cardz this week which is:

Die Cuts

I've taken the theme literally and have dusted off my trusty Sizzix dies and have made this card! The cow has been layered with different coloured card to get the right effect, plus the two ovals are also die cuts from two different dies.

The grass is my own creation and I've added two chunky brads for extra effect. The sentiment has been stamped with a little wooden Studio G alphabet stamp directly onto the card blank.

• Dies: Sizzix cow, inner from scallop oval and oval tag
• Sentiment: Studio G alphabet stamp
• Everything else: My stash
  

Moooving!

One of my fellow Polkadoodler Design Team mates, Brenda, is hosting a fantastic blog hop (on until Saturday!) and also a challenge on behalf of Sir Stampalot to celebrate their move to bigger and better premises! And the prize for the winner is the best ever!

Anyway, the theme for the challenge is:

Moving

And here is mine! It's a double sided cow from Back To Nature by Polkadoodles which I've printed as A4, cut out and added the rear. The fence has also been printed out as A4 and stuck together - both are held to the side of the card by acetate.

The sentiment backer is from the cd and I've used Chestnut whispers ink to stamp the lettering (Studio G alphabet set).

So, my card has a moooving theme (geddit?!) and it also moves!

• All items: Back To Nature from Polkadoodles
• Sentiment: Stamped with a Studio G mini wooden alphabet stamp set
  
  

Polkadoodle Challenge Week 1 - Song Title

Welcome back to the Polkadoodle Challenges! Hope you had a great Christmas and New Year! For the first challenge of 2010 we are asking you to make a card, layout or anything you want as long as it has a song title in it!

We would like you to use Polkadoodle products, however if you've not got any then it's fine - use what ever stash you have, but this is your chance to win some!! Each week, the lucky winner gets something from the Polkadoodle range and the top three also get little blinkies to wear with pride on their blogs!

The rules are simple - we ask you to follow the challenge for that particular week (it could be a sketch, theme etc) and not to combine it with more than 9 other challenges - so you can enter your creation into 10 challenges including Polkadoodles.

For my sample, I've used Back to Nature and the cow image. This is double sided - the moveable elements on the card each have a reverse so you can use them on an acetate card or as moveable elements.

I've cut out the cow and gate and stuck the two sides together, joining the sides onto acetate and sticking the around the side of the card so that the cow and gate 'open'. I've layered up some of the flowers to create a decoupage effect.

The round letters are also from Back to Nature. And my song title? Moving On (Up)! Ribbons are from my stash.

You have until Sunday 17 January a 12noon GMT to enter - good luck and we can't wait to see your creations!

• All paperbased elements: Back to Nature cd
• Acetate: From my stash
• Ribbons: From my stash
  

Mooooved!

My fellow Funky Hand DT mate Carol who is wonderfully apt at creating great sketches, has launched her own dedicated challenge blog! Its on a bi Monday rotation so it gives me plenty of time to get my act together and join in!

The first sketch on her new blog (well, actually it is challenge 7 as the 6 previous ones were on her own blog) is this: And here is what I've come up with! The cow is a new Sizzix die which I have cut 3 times in pink, black and white and then layered the relevant bits. I've added a tiny bit of doodling around the black splodges on the cow (there is bound to be a technical term for it, but splodges it will have to be for now!) and I've also chalked it too for definition. The bell has been cut from very shiny silver card and I've added a twine string bow and wobbly eyes.

I've hand cut the grass in two layers and also chalked this a little. Both the grass and backing paper are from Funky Daze the Son Day collection (I do seem to be using this one quite a lot at the moment!) sentiment has been cut with my lovely Cuttlebug Baby Face alphabet dies. And to finish off the sketch, I've used card candy from Craftwork Cards.

• Backing papers: Funky Daze cd
• Dies: Sizzix Cow and Cuttlebug Baby Face alphabet dies
• Card Candy: Craftwork Cards