Polkadoodle Challenge - Special Birthday or Anything Goes

It's time for a new Polkadoodle challenge and the theme as always is

Anything Goes

The DT were challenged to make something for a special Birthday and I've made a 40th card for a work colleague.  I've used papers from Bright and Beautiful 6x6 pad plus the Butterfly Trio die - cutting the smallest butterfly twice - once with an offcut of the papers and again with pale pink vellum.

I've used Ruby Sweet and coloured her with Promarkers plus a little glitter glue on her dress.  I cut from some more pale pink organza, a layer using the Bubbleicious Frame die and then added half pearls here and there.  To finish, I've added a big bow made with the Pink Ribbon paper and added a half pearl to the centre.

Good luck with the challenge!  I'd like to enter the following:

Cardz 4 Galz:  Use Vellum
DLART:  Birthday
Moving Along With The Times:  Things With Wings
Seize The Birthday:  Anything Goes
Passion For Promarkers:  Birthday
Unicorn Challenge:  Fully Loaded or CAS

Colour Crazy Challenge Week 34 - Oddball Stamps

It's time for a new Colour Crazy challenge and the theme as always is

Anything Goes

This week we are sponsored by Oddball Stamps and I've made two baby cards using the Kawaii Valentine Giraffe stamp which I've coloured with Promarkers.  I've used papers from my stash and found some paper raffia ribbon which I matched up to the colour schemes.

The sentiment die cut has been cut twice with a coloured card and then a white card for a bit of depth and its from Clearly Besotted.  Half pearls, embroidery thread and charms are all from my stash.

Good luck with the challenge!  I'd like to enter the following:

Imagine That Playground:  Anything Goes
Double D Challenges:  Pearls, Gems or Rhinestones
Watercooler Wednesday:  All About Occasions
Through The Craft Room Door:  Anything Goes
Animal Friends:  Lion or Giraffe

Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Go Tropical

There is a new challenge starting over on Daring Cardmakers  and the theme for the week is

Go Tropical

I've used some cute dies from Polkadoodles - Winnie Chic for the body, back hair piece and flowers; Winnie Ballerina for the front hair (I snipped a bit off) and also for the base of the dress.  I made the dress using little pieces of raffia ribbon that I snipped and then ruffled up.

The branches are an unbranded die, and the die used to cut the sand is also from Polkadoodles - Scenic Landscape and the Fluffy Clouds too.  Good luck with the challenge!  I'd like to enter the following:

Crafting With Friends:  Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy:  Summer Fling
Cute Card Thursday:  Anything Goes
Sasayaki Glitter:  Summer Fun
Through The Purple Haze:  At The Beach

Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 21 - The Paper Shelter

Welcome to a new Colour Crazy challenge!  The theme as always is

Anything Goes

This week we are sponsored by The Paper Shelter and we had two images to play with.  I couldn't decide which one to use so coloured both!  The first one is Businessman and I've coloured him with Promarkers and used papers that I found in my stash which are from the now retired Funky Hand.  Sentiment was a freebie I got in a magazine years ago.

This is The Great Baker and I've also coloured her with Promarkers and again I've used papers I found in my stash along with some raffia that I've had for quite some time.  Sentiment is from the same set as above.

Good luck with the challenge! 

Colour Crazy Challenge Week 34 - Star Stampz

Time for a new Colour Crazy Challenge!  The theme, as always is

Anything Goes

This week we are sponsored by Star Stampz who gave the DT some images to work with.  I've used Kimono Portrait and coloured her with Promarkers.  And for once, I picked my papers before colouring the image as I found it way easier to do it that way instead of colouring and then trying to match papers!

I've used a sheet of chocolate brown card as the base and the papers are Basic Grey Sultry - these were part of a RAK I was sent a few years ago (I've just looked at them periodically ever since!)  I've distressed the edges with a pair of scissors.

I've added half pearls from my stash and some raffia twine I found hiding.  Good luck with the challenge!

I'd like to enter the following:

Little Miss Muffet:  Anything Goes
Southern Girls:  Smash Your Stash  TOP FIVE
Sisterhood of Crafters:  Anything Goes

Digi Doodles Guest Designer for July - DIY Flowers

Good news! I've been asked to be the Guest Designer for the remainer of July over at Digi Doodles Shop's Best Challenges! How fab is that! And the challenge for this week is:

Make Your Own Flowers

I've recently found my stash of paper raffia in the cupboard whilst looking for something else and with around 10 colours in the pack and at 99p for 5 metres of each I don't know why I've not used it sooner! So I decided to try my hand at some flowers! They've not quite turned out as neat as I expected but that is probably because I kept getting my finger stuck in the middle when I was winding the strip around it!


The papers are from Funky Hand - Rainbow Polkadots download which is a really fab download as its got, well, all the colours of the rainbow in both positive and negative so it will match any project! I've layered onto black card and inked edges. The lace is actually underware lace and I got it from the scrap store ages ago!

Good luck with the challenge - go to the challenge blog for more details!

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Ladybug Crafts Inks: Summer Birthday's
Shopping Our Stash: In With The Old or In With The New (very old I'm going for!)
Papertake Weekly: Hot Colours
Tuesday Trio: Sketch and Lace
Happileigh Scrapping: Critters
Pollycraft Challenge: The Great Outdoors
Stamps R Us Challenge: Through The Garden Gate

Simple Doodles Challenge 27 - Photo Inspiration

Welcome to another Simple Doodles challenge! This time we have a colour inspiration picture for the challenge and it is:

I've used a Delicious Doodles image, coloured with Promarkers. I've layered it onto some card from my stash and then used papers from the Kirsty Wiseman Patti Picklicious cd which matches perfectly!

I've added some natural raffia that I found in my stash (have a rather large bundle which I recycled from a lovely flower arrangement that I got last year) and added three brads to finish the balance of the card.

It's the first time I've used one of these Delicious Doodles images - this was a freebie, and it was lovely to colour!

Hope you can join in the challenge this fortnight - you have until Friday 9 October to join in!

• Backing papers: Patti Picklicious by Kirsty Wiseman cd
• Image: Delicious Doodles, coloured with Promarkers
• Everything else: My stash
  

Inspired by.....

...... Lythan! And her DMC card for this challenge! Not quite a direct blatant copy, but inspired!


The DMC challenge this week is:

Getting Punchy With It

So to use my punches. All two of them. That are border ones. But both are Martha Stewart, so I think I can be forgiven! I think the one I've used is a double scallop - I forget since I threw away the packaging.


I've used papers from A Work In Progress - the Rustic Walk collection and have printed them off small enough to fit on my card. Lightly inked edges with Chestnut Whispers and a bit of wonky cutting around the sentiment (Studio G), a bit of red raffia ribbon and a random large brad (Dovecraft Ho Ho Ho collection) and there you have it!

• Backing papers: Rustic Walk from A Work In Progress
• Punches: Martha Stewart
• Brad: Dovecraft Ho Ho Ho collection
• Sentiment: Studio G
• Raffia ribbon: My stash
  
  
  

Signs of Spring

The Cute Card Thursday challenge this week is:

Signs of Spring

This could be interpreted through your image, an embellishment or even your colour-scheme

I found these scraps of backing paper on the table (I'm not sure why there were quite a few all the same size!) and only trimmed about a centimetre off the end so they would fit on the cardstock. All have had their edges inked. The ribbon stuff is actually raffia. For a change.

The flower is made from a scrap of fabric (I bought some fat quarters many moons ago and never used them) and I drew round the outside of a sellotape roll to get a 8cm circle then sewed a running stitch around the edge of the circle and pulled the thread together so it all bunched up (inspiration came from the recent Crafts Beautiful magazine but I must be a bit gormless as the instructions didn't seem to be particularly clear, so in my usual style, I made it up as I went along!) The lovely button is a recent purchase from Peggycrafts - I think I may have bought a fair bit of her stock (sorry Helen!) as I had a difficult time choosing which designs to buy!

Again, dodgy lighting courtesy of the kitchen lights.

• Backing papers: Funky Daze
• Raffia: From my stash
• Button embellishment: Actual covered button from Peggycrafts - I made the other bit
  
  
  

Start the New Year with a Laugh!

How can I resit not to join in with this weeks Dottie challenge which asks to:

"Start the New Year with a Laugh"

I simply want to see "something funny" on your project, what you use and how you make it is up to you. Oh and of course you must use one of the Charmed downloads.

I'd already printed some Vegas George images ready to colour, but my attempt just did not look right, so I ended up printing one of the pre-coloured images instead. George has been layered onto a very shiny glittery gold star, which in turn has been layered onto a rough ripped star (edges have been lightly inked and chalked). I printed a computer generated sentiment and used 3d foam pads to give it a bit of lift. The red bead heart has red raffia pushed through and then fanned out - just something a little different! The red raffia ribbon is also across the top of the card. I've doodled around the edges of the card too. I've gold glittered the buttons on Georges' jump suit but because I didn't wait until it was dry until I took the photo, it looks a bit naff. Ah well!

• Backing paper: Pink Petticoat Doodle-icious Rainbow Collection
• Image: Pre coloured George
• Sentiment: Computer generated
• Embellishment: Made by me with heart bead and raffia
• Raffia: Tescos (Christmas parcel stuff!)

Lilac & Pinks - Tilda Challenge 38 - Sketch

Oh look - its not festive! I really enjoyed making this card and once again delved into the Dovecraft 6x6 Amethyst papers for colour inspiration.

The Tilda challenge this week is the sketch below, which I rotated to incorporate all of the Tilda image



The lilac background is paper which has been inked in pink with a silver gel pen faux running stitch around the edge (and yes it is a bit wobbly in places as Jacob was trying to get on my knee to see what I was doing!) The image has been coloured with watercolour pencils and her wings have been lightly glittered.

I twisted the raffia ribbon so that both colours would show as it looked a bit flat with only the pink or lilac and I wanted some texture too. A fairly quick and simple card to make - just the colouring took a while!

• Backing papers: Dovecraft 6x6 Amethyst papers and plain lilac paper
• Image: Tilda coloured with watercolour pencils
• Raffia: From my stash
  

Tilda & Co Challenge 30 - Sketch This

This could well be the last challenge for the week as I really need to get on with the thank you's for the staff at nursery as Samuel leaves on 4 September..... but then again.....!!


Anyway, this is the Tilda & Co Challenge 30 which is a sketch:


The Tilda challenge this week is:

Please make your work using the Sketch as your guide,

You can rotate the sketch & even resize the Elements if you would like to,

But do not move the elements around,

As long as we can still see the original sketch layout and can be easily recognised then that is fine!

Please remember your work must include at least one Magnolia image.

So here it is! Pink Petticoat papers which I printed off ages ago and not got round to using them, layered onto lilac and pink card. The oval has been treated to the good old silver gel pen dots. Tilda image courtesy of Jozza's goodie bag from our meet up a few weeks ago, and its been watercoloured. And look - no ribbon!!! Are you shocked?! I've used raffia instead which has been threaded through the heart brad.


The image in a bit more detail

• Papers - Pink Petticoat (both little pink flowers and lilac big swirls)
• Image - Tilda, hand coloured with watercolour paints
• Brads - Making Memories bright daisies and purple heart slider
• Raffia - from my stash