Daring Card Makers Challenge - Spring Thoughts

It's time for a new Daring Cardmakers challenge and the theme this week is

Spring Thoughts

I've taken this literally and made this card for someone who is 70 and loves cupcakes!  The image is a freebie that I found on the internet, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue.  Numbers cut with a die and glittered as well.

Sentiment is from Clearly Besotted, cut a few times and glittered.  Good luck with the challenge!

Polkadoodle Challenge Week 40 Inspiration- Favourite Card Shape

We are part way thorough the current Polkadoodle challenge and the theme is:

Favourite Card Shape

I LOVE using Paper Boutique Vol 3 because it makes card making so easy to produce stunning results!  This has to be my favourite card shape - really easy to make, print all the elements out A5 size, cut out, layer up with foam pads and add glitter where required!  You also get a pink version of the cupcake along with blank stars so you can add your own sentiment.

I've added some spotty organza ribbon from my stash to the hole I've punched at the top so I can close the card (it opens from the bottom) plus X Cut die stars from chocolate coloured card.  Really easy and so good on the hips!  Good luck with the challenge!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafting By Designs:  Anything Goes
Stampavie and More:  Birthday
Going Grey With Scrap Creations:  Birthday
Karleigh Sue Challenge:  Anything But Square

Polkadoodle Challenge - Sugar and Spice

Its' time for a new Polkadoodles challenge and the theme for the fortnight (the challenges now last 2 weeks!) is Sugar and Spice I've gone way back to Paper Boutique Vol 3 to make my sample for this week. I've used the A5 template, printed all the elements, cut them out and layered up, adding punched stars and ribbon to close the card

I've added stickles to parts of the card and also round the edge of the sentiment star. It's a great quick card to make which looks fab too!

Good luck with the challenge!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

4 Crafty Girls: Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons: Anything Goes
Creative Knowckouts: No Square Cards
Little Miss Muffet: Birthday
Milk Coffee Challenge: Girly

Polkadoodle Challenge - Anything Goes!

The Polkadoodle challenges have restarted following our Christmas and New Year break.  The theme of the challenge is Anything Goes and the DT have picked their favourite creation from 2013 to showcase.

I've gone all the way back to May 2013 to show you this, made with papers from the Fredericka cd that I've cut out and inked and the sentiment is from Cherryblossom Lane and I've also inked that too.

Hope you can join in with the challenge!

Polkadoodle Challenge 20 - Spring Colours / Pastels

It's time for another Polkadoodle challenge (and this is my second post of the day - Jellypark is coming right up!) and the challenge theme for the week is:

Spring Colours / Pastels

I've sort of gone for the pastel theme, if you can imagine that a pale chocolate brown is a pastel colour!  But then again, chocolate is good for any season! I've made a calorie free cupcake with papers from the Fredericka cd that I've cut out and inked (and also glittered!)  The sentiment is from Cherryblossom Lane and I've also inked that too.

I've added some embroidery thread from my stash which pretends to hold the sentiment ticket in place (its actually the foam pad that holds it there!)  I have some really dinky card blanks that need using up so the cupcake has been added to one of those and I've trimmed it where the card blank stuck out.

Good luck with the challenge and don't forget our rules!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Creatalicious Challenge:  For The Girls
The Stamp Spot:  Feminine Creations
4 Crafty Chicks:  Birthday
Crafty Creations:  Keep It Simple
Diva's By Design:  Shaped Cards

Template:  My own
Papers:  Fredericka cd from Polkadoodles
Sentiment:  Cherryblossom Lane cd from Polkadoodles
Everything else:  My stash

Polkadoodle Challenge 2 - Free Image and Blog Hop!

It's Friday so its time for another Polkadoodle challenge!  Last week you could snag a free Emma Canning image and take part in a blog hop, and this week you can do the same, but there is a different image to snag and a different set of blogs to hop through!

So, if you've arrived at me from Margaret you're on the right track!  And very close to the end too, so I hope you liked what you've seen so far!

Don't forget that you need to use the free image and to complete the hop and leave a comment at each stop.

I've coloured the image with Promarkers and cut it out with a fancy X Cut die then layered it onto some brown card I had in my stash - the edges have been glittered for a bit of bling!  The papers are from Sugarplum Daisy and I've simply inked the edges.

I found the pink and white spotty ribbon in my stash and the cupcake brad is from Do Crafts Tea Time collection.  And finally, the ticket stamp is from the Pen and Paper Circle magazine - issue 5 which is no longer available (sorry!)  But you can order Issue 6 if you're quick - last date is 14 January!!

Don't forget to leave me a comment before you hop on to Shell!

I'm also offering a lucky commenter some blog candy - I've not taken a photo of it (forgot!) but its a selection of stamped images (not digi) and I'll draw the winner of my candy once the challenge has ended.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Paper Pretties:  Brads
Inky Chicks:  Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations:  Anything Goes / A Bit of Sparkle
Forever Friends Monthly:  Birthday
Ooh La La Creations:  Happy Birthday

Image: Emma Canning freebie, coloured with Promarkers
Papers:  Polkadoodle, Sugarplum Daisy cd
Ticket:  Pen and Paper Circle Issue 5 magazine
Everything else:  My stash

Polkadoodle Challenge 51 - Happy New Year 2013!

It's time for a new Polkadoodle challenge and the theme this week is:

Happy New Year OR 2013

So you can make something that says Happy New Year or use the numbers 2013 (3 of something etc) and here is my creation!  I've used the fab cupcake template from Paper Boutique Vol 3 cd and printed off the A5 version, cut out all the elements and then layered up with foam pads.

I've glittered parts of the cupcake and around the edge of the star with a line of liquid pearl dots around the inner edge.  The stars have been cut with an X Cut die and the number 30 is a Sizzix die which I've added to some wire so they boing around!

The ribbon I found in my stash and it was a perfect colour match!  I made this for my cousin who was 30 over the weekend - which makes me feel really old as I remember her being born!!  And she is a real girly girl so will love this card!

Good luck with the challenge - for more details on how to enter and closing times pop over to Polkadoodles!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Diva's By Design:  Anything Goes
Fab n Funky:  Ribbon or Lace
Bearly Mine:  Winter Birthday
Digital Tuesday:  Layers
Bunny Zoes Crafts:  Celebration
Cupcake Craft:  Cupcakes

Template:  Polkadoodles - Paper Boutique Vol 3 cd
Dies:  X Cut stars, Sizzix Round A Bout alphabet
Everything else:  My stash

Polkadoodle Challenge 29 - Go Green & Recycle!

It's Friday so that means the posts come thick and fast today!!  And it also means its time for a Polkadoodle challenge! The theme this week is:

Go Green and Recycle

I've gone for an old favourite - the cupcake template from Paper Boutique Vol 3 and the green colourway.  I've cut out all the elements and layered them up with foam pads, added some glitter glue around the edges of the cake and added a line of silver dots around the inside of the star.

My recycling is the ribbon from a long gone box of chocolates and the brown card is from a sample Wedding invitation.

Good luck with the challenge - for more details, pop over to Polkadoodles!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Freshly Brewed:  Food and Drink
Little Red Wagon: Pretty Packaging (ribbon from box of chocolates)
Papertake Weekly:  All Things Girlie
Twisted Tuesday:  Glittery Chocolate Lovers (and ribbon was from a box of chocolates originally!)
Unstampabelles:  Celebration

• All paperbased elements:  Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Vol 3
• Everything else:  My stash

Polkadoodle Challenge 15 - Pretty In Pink

It's time for another Polkadoodle challenge and the theme is:

Pretty In Pink

I've used the very fab cupcake template from Paper Boutique Vol 3 - I just can't get enough of this! And it comes in mint green too! I've used the A5 template, cut out all the elements and layered them up with foam pads. Sparkly bits are glitter glue and I've added some ribbon from my stash.


A nice quick card to make and they always are very well received!

I hope everyone enjoyed the blog hop from a few weeks ago - the winners are announced on the Polkadoodle blog and I had a copy of Sugarplum Daisy to give away to a lucky commenter and the winner is:

Jenny H

Congratulations! Email me tiptoptoppers@btinternet.com with your postal details and I'll pop the cd in the post to you!

Good luck with the challenge!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Celebrate the Occasion: Just Because - Use Pink
Digital Tuesday: Birthdays
Ladybug Crafts Ink: Shapes
Top Tip Tuesday: Spotty Dotty
Craft Your Passion: Shaped Cards
Shabby Tea Room: Birthdays and Cupcakes

• All elements: Paper Boutique Vol 3
• Ribbon: My stash
  

Simply Create Too Challenge 9 - It's Spring!

Time for another Simply Create Too Challenge! To get you in a spring like mood the theme for this fortnight is:

It's Spring!

So what ever that means for you - enter! And good luck with the challenge - for more details please check the Simply Create Too Challenge blog.

I really do like using this fab cupcake shaped card from Polkadoodle - the card and all elements are from the Paper Boutique 1 cd and I've used the A5 green cupcake template. The chocolate stars and star sentiment are included - I've added glossy accents, ribbon and glitter glue.

Really quick and easy to make! Perfect for spring!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Digi Stamps 4 Joy: Green
Little Darlings: Spring
Sisterhood of Crafters: Birthday
Digital Tuesday: Think Spring
Cupcake Craft Challenges: Going Dotty
Paper Sundaes: Feminine Flair

• Cupcake template and decoupage: Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Vol 1
• Ribbon: My stash
  

Simply Create Challenge 52 - Cake, Cake, Cake!

Welcome to another Simply Create challenge! The theme this fortnight is Cake, Cake, Cake! For more details on the challenge please pop over to the blog.

I've used the wonderful shaped cupcake template from Polkadoodles - Paper Boutique Vol 3 and simply added some of the chocolate (I wish!) stars and coated them with glossy accents plus the star sentiment. I've added some glitter glue here and there plus a silver gel pen dotted line around the star sentiment. Ribbon is from my stash.

Good luck with the challenge!

I'd like to enter the following challenges with my card:

Colour Create: Pink, Brown, Cream and White
Crafting For All Seasons: Birthday
Stampin' Royalty: Picture inspiration

• All paperbased products: Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Vol 3
• Everything else: My stash
  

Tea and Cake

Jellypark have released two new digi stamps and one of them is this very cute tea and cake ticket! I've coloured it with Promarkers (plus a little glitter glue!) and made a shaped cupcake card with papers from a digi pack called Little Girl Paper Pack by Echo Park. I bought it on the One Buck Wednesday offer from Jessica Sprague.

I made the casing by randomly folding the paper and gluing it down to the card stock. The topping has been made by drawing round the template a few times and cutting random bits out then adding them with foam pads.

I added the strip across the centre as some of my folding was a bit wonky and then the ribbon holds the ticket in place.

Watch out for the other new release - coming soon to this blog!!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Art Impressions Stamps: Summertime
Crafty Sentiments: Ribbons and Bows
Little Darlings Challenge: Ruffles or Pleats
Truly Scrumptious: Rock Up Pink
Tuesday Throwdown: Dimension and Texture
Craft Your Days Away: Cupcakes

• Papers: Echo Park - Little Girl Paper Digi Pack
• Ticket: Jellypark - coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue
• Template: Craftwork Cards
• Everything else: My stash
  

Hey, Cupcake!

Wow! The weather has been fantastic today and just look how blue the sky is in my photo! And it was taken at around 7am this morning!

This card has been made with the cupcake template A5 size from Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Vol 3. If you ever need cards in a hurry or want to watch a film on telly but don't want to sit doing nothing then this is the cd for you! I have a stack of printed templates and then when I sit in front of the telly, I cut out all night and before I know it, I have five or six finished!

I've added all the layers with foam pads then glittered the bottom of the cake and also the cream on the top. The stars have been glossy accented and the star sentiment came with the template - I've added a dotted line of silver and the glitter glue.

The ribbon is, believe it or not, from Primark! There are three ribbons on the card and I think about 2 meters of each. So 6 meters for a quid is pretty good going! I've left it long on purpose as it holds the front and back of the card together and it will need to be undone to be written inside.

This card fits the following challenges:

Cupcake Craft: Cooking Up A Storm
Creative Stamp Friends: Dots
Crazy Amigo Challenge: Cupcakes
Craftroom Challenge: Summer Birthday (logo and link to shop in sidebar!)
Crafts and Me Challenges: Birthday
Aud Sentiments: Food / Drink Theme
Cupcake Craft Room: Polkadots
Little Claire Designs: Pink and Brown

• Template and Sentiment: Paper Boutique Vol 3 - Polkadoodles
• Ribbon: Primark
• 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
  

Sparkly Pink Cupcake

I just can't stop making these cupcake cards! This one is for the Secret Crafter Challenge which is:

Sweet Treats

The template is from Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Vol 3 and this is the pink version! Ribbon is from my stash and I've added glitter glue and glossy accents to the chocolate stars. The sentiment star is also included with the template and I've used the pre-printed one here.

The card stands up via a concertina band between the front and back; the ribbon fastens both sides together, so you have to undo it to view the message inside! Really lovely and quick card to make!

• All paperbased elements: Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Vol 3
• Everything else: My stash
  

Birthday Cupcake

There are a lot of Birthdays coming up in March, so I am trying to get ahead and be organised! Famous last words! The Cupcake challenge this week is:

Cake 'n' Ice Cream

So I've made this very cute and quick cupcake with generous amounts of glitter glue and glossy accents! It's from Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Vol 3 and I've used the A5 pre coloured size, cut out all the elements and then layered them with foam pads.


I've then punched two holes through the cake so I can tie the ribbon through which then keeps the card together. Really quick and easy to make but looks really good. Almost good enough to eat!

• All paperbased elements: Polkadoodles - Paper Boutique Vol 3
• Everything else: My stash
  

Polkadoodle Challenge 7 - Chocolate!

It's Friday so that means it is time for another Polkadoodle challenge! Our own little Belgian chocolate girl (Saskia) has set the challenge this week and she wants to see:

Chocolate!

So either use the colours for inspiration, or make it look like chocolate or even use real chocolate!

I've used the decoupage template from Candy Doodles cd and its one that I return to time and time again as it is so easy to make but looks great!

I've layered up all the elements with foam pads, added glossy accents to the chocolate topping and glitter glue on the ribbon bow and that is it! Really easy and quick to make!

Good luck with the challenge - closing date is Sunday 27 February at 12noon GMT.

• Cupcake: Candy Doodles cd

Polkadoodle Challenge 5 - Hearts

It's Friday so time for another Polkadoodle challenge! This week I've set the challenge of

Hearts

If you are stuck for inspiration have a look at the Design Team samples. The challenge is open until Sunday 13 February at 12noon and please remember to follow our rules!

I've used the cupcake template from Paper Boutique Vol 3 which I adore! Really lovely to make and it looks great too! I've joined the openings with a strip of chunky ribbon that Jenny sent to me a while ago (thank you!)

I've added punched hearts, coloured them with Promarkers and then added glitter glue over the top. The sentiment on the star has been handwritten.

Hope you can join us this week - good luck!

• All paperbased items: Paper Boutique Vol 3
• Ribbon: From Jenny
  

Polkadoodle Challenge 1 - A Wish for the New Year!

Welcome to the first Polkadoodle challenge of 2011! Emma has set the challenge this week and it is:

A Wish for the New Year!

This can be interpreted however you wish, but remember to follow the theme and not to enter your creation into more than 10 challenges including Polkadoodles otherwise you won't be eligible for a top three placing. The challenge runs until Sunday 16 January at 12noon GMT.

I've used the cupcake template from the brand new CD which is Paper Boutique volume 3 and will be released tomorrow live at 12noon and 3pm on Sky channel 671. This cupcake is made up of layers, a bit like decoupage, but you can layer it up as much as you want and have the freedom to make it how you want too!

There is also a pink version but I've gone for the lime green A5 pre-coloured version (sizes are A6, A5 and A4 in black and white for you to colour or paper piece yourself or pre-coloured versions). The ribbon bow at the top actually closes my cupcake so the concertina fold is at the base of the cupcake.

A bit of glitter glue here and there and a handwritten sentiment and its good to go! And almost as good to eat! There are lots of shaped cards or templates on the cd - Spaceman, Rocket, Robot, Bathing Hippo, Truck, Flowers - lots and lots and all a lot of fun and really easy to make!

Good luck in entering the challenge!

• All paperbased items: Paper Boutique Vol 3 from Polkadoodles
• Sentiment: Handwritten
• Ribbon: From 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