Polkadoodle Challenge 22 - Sketch

It's Friday again so its another Polkadoodle Challenge! Nikky has given the Design Team this sketch to work with:And I'll be honest here, this was a very quick card to make - been a bit of a hectic week again - Jacob been ill (generally everywhere) and work manic, so almost forgot to make my card for the week. I remembered I'd made a few flowers for the tutorial a while ago and decided that one fitted the sketch perfectly!

I've used papers from Candy Doodles and you can see how the flower was made by clicking here and following the tutorial. The ribbon is from Hobbycraft and was quite cheap if I remember rightly! The swirly dotty bits around the edges of the card are the rubber stamps that complement Candy Doodles - I coloured the dotty ends in. And then I had to doodle around the edges as I was a bit heavy handed with the stamping.

Quick and simple!

Hope you can join in with this week's challenge - you have until 12noon on Sunday 25 October to enter and you don't need to use Polkadoodle products but it would be great if you could! Good luck!

• Papers: Candy Doodles cd
• Ribbon: From Hobbycraft
• Stamps: Rubber stamps from Polkadoodles
  

I Remembered!

This time I remembered to remove the green film! I've completed another page (well, two sides) for the Wedding book by using this weeks Sketch Saturday challenge which is:


Sorry about the quality of the photos - taken using the kitchen lights as it was still dark.

Used the same papers as before - Papermania double sided 12 x 12 Brown Ornate Clusters, the photos have been layered onto Bazzill 12 x 12 Carob paper. I've rounded and inked the edges too and the chocolate brown satin ribbon is left over from making the actual Wedding stationery, and too the heart gem.

The chocolate brown flowers are Prima which I bought specifically to make the book and the others were freebies from an overseas website a while ago. I must stop looking at them and use them more! The centres are Papermania brads.

I've not completely followed the sketch as I've missed off the sentiment, but I felt the pages didn't need one.

• Double Sided Paper: Papermania 12 x 12 Ornate Brown Clusters
• Brown paper: Bazzill Basics 12 x 12 Carob
• Everything else: From my stash

Ah - Watercolours!

It's time for another wonderful sketch from my fab Funky Hand DT mate Carol! If you've not popped over to her challenge blog before, please do as she offers some great prizes every fortnight to the entrants of her sketches.

Without further ado, here is the current sketch:And here is my card! I've used papers from Papermania 12 x 12 Retro Floral prints stack - the holey scalloped edge piece across the middle was punched with a Martha Stewart punch and then the edges inked.

The image is Penny Black which was sent to me ages ago by the lovely Jozza and I've coloured it with watercolours - oh how I like my watercolour paints!

I've inked the edge with chestnut Whispers and then dotted with a very fine black pen just for a bit more definition. The ribbon is from my stash, and the heart button is Colorbok chipboard sent to me by Enfys ages ago and I've covered it with some of the pink and yellow spotty paper.

Great sketch Carol - look forward to the next one!

• Papers: Papermania 12 x 12 Retro Floral stack
• Image: Penny Black, stamped by Jozza, coloured with watercolour paints
• Punch: Martha Stewart
• Heart button: Colorbok from Enfys, covered with DCWV paper
• Everything else: My stash
  

Glittery Flowers for a Birthday Girl

There was a freebie image of the fairy to help along the October Lily-Boo Too challenge! For their second month it is a sketch challenge:


And I made this Birthday card using papers from Funky Seasons - Cold Snap collection. I've lightly inked the edges in blue and doodled a line around the inner layer and also the triangle shape under the image.

The fabric flowers are from my stash - the hard glittery ones came from a mug swop I took part in - my sender was Sarah (hello!) and they fitted in with the colour scheme perfectly! And I wrote the name in my very own posh handwriting!


The image was coloured with watercolour pencils and the obligatory glitter glue on the wings. The image is quite apt really, as Emily does look a bit like her. Just without the wings. Although, probably as a 4 year old, she will have a set somewhere.

• Backing papers: Cold Snap collection on Funky Seasons by Funky Hand
• Image: Lily Boo Too freebie, coloured with watercolour pencils and glitter glue
• Glittery flowers: From Sarah in a swop
• Everything else: My stash
  
  

Frosty Blue

I've found a new challenge blog called Your Special Delivery. It is a fortnightly challenge and the first one is to use the freebie image in the creation.

So, I have used the image and made this card:

All the backing papers are from the new Funky Hand download - Blue Christmas and I've coloured the image with watercolour pencils and added a little glitter glue. I've rounded edges and inked them in blue.

The ribbon I've had for ages and is covered with tiny sparkly stars - it was wired but I've taken the wire out as its harder to work with when it is in.

The sentiment is a Studio G acrylic stamp from a 99p set and the snowflake is pearlescent confetti I found in my Christmas stash.

Looking forward to the next challenge!

• Backing papers: Blue Christmas download from Funky Hand
• Image: Your Special Delivery freebie coloured with watercolour pencils and glitter glue
• Sentiment: Studio G acrylic stamp
• Everything else: My stash
  

Remember To Remove The Green Stuff..

I have finally made a start on one of the Wedding memory book thingies that I'm intending to make. We went to 3 Weddings in 6 weeks over the summer with Hayley and Stephen's being the first one.

I've had to make a start as Hayley and I are 'doing lunch' mid November and I fully intend to present her with the finished item! As there are only 8 pages to the thick acetate book, I should be ok.

Anyway, as soon as I saw the Papertake Weekly sketch for this week, I knew I'd cracked one of the pages!
Because it is an acetate book, I heeded the advice of my Funky Hand DT mates and made sure I mirrored the reverse. So here you have two layouts for the price of one!

The papers were a total bargain from a lovely tiny craft shop that was relocating and selling off excess stock - I think a 12 x 12 sheet was 25p. And I just had to buy quite a few at that price. I never know where to start when cutting into such a large sheet, but I didn't have any problems for these!

The paper is Papermania Double Sided - Brown Ornate Clusters (I'm sure they could have dreamt up a more zingy description that that!) and I've used Bazzill Basics 12 x 12 paper Carob to layer the photos.

I had to stamp the sentiment with black ink as my brown just didn't show up well enough. The alphabet stamps are tiny Studio G wooden blocks. The thin chocolate organza ribbon is also from the same craft shop - I bought around 15 metres of it for £1.

Edges have been rounded and then inked with chestnut Whispers. Two layouts, one full page completed - just the rest to do now! So I'm on the lookout for sketches that will work with what I have so don't be surprised if you see more of this album in progress!

Oh, and the reference to the green stuff? Well, the album comes covered with a protective green film. And I almost forgot to remove it before I glued..... I did think that it didn't look right at the time but couldn't work out why......!!

• Double sided paper: Papermania 12 x 12 double sided - Brown Ornate Clusters
• Brown paper: Bazzill basics 12 x 12 paper - Carob
• Images: Taken by me!
• Ribbon: From my stash
• Sentiment: Studio G mini wooden alphabet stamps
  

Got My Eye On You!

Isn't this a cute one eyed monster?! I'd coloured this in a while ago but not got round to using it, so decided that it would fit perfectly the Digital Ink challenge which is:

Fall Y'all!

Plus the above photo for colour inspiration. The trees in the UK are slowly turning that colour, although I think all the leaves will have dropped before they get to the richness of the photo - it keeps raining - bleugh!!

The backing papers I've used are from Now That's Funky with a bit of edge inking and rounding.

The image, coloured with watercolour pencils is from Lost In Paper Scraps and is a freebie image. The monster has been added with foam pads to give a bit of a lift, and the tiny resin flowers are from my stash (I've had these about 5 or 6 years!)

I'd like to say a big thank you to the Digital Ink DT as I was picked as the winner of last week's challenge and I won a very cute digital girlie image, which I have printed and it is sat in my pile for colouring! Thank you again - it really made my day!

• Backing papers: Now That's Funky from Funky Hand
• Image: Lost in Paper Scraps freebie coloured with watercolour pencils
• Resin flowers: My stash
  
  

Five 'S' Words...

... is the current Pollycraft challenge! To enter the challenge you have to pick two from the five listed, but if you use all five then you get a free download image - fab eh! So naturally I went for the full five, which are:

Snowflakes, Sparkle, Spots, Stripes and Swirls

I've used papers from Funky Seasons and this is the Cold Snap collection. The stripy paper is one of the ATC papers that can be printed off from the extras. I've coloured the Pollycraft freebie image with watercolour pencils and have added glitter glue here and there and on the snowball.

The regal purple ribbon is from my stash and the snowflake confetti is too (I've recently found this at the bottom of my Christmas box so you may see more of these in the future!)

I've used the Cuttlebug d'vine swirls for the embossing and then lightly patted a blue inkpad over the top for more definition. Edges have been cornered and then inked with blue and then a very faded black.

Great image to work with too!

• Backing papers: Funky Seasons from Funky Hand - Cold Snap collection
• Image: Freebie from Pollycraft coloured with watercolour pencils and glitter glue
• Embossing folder: Cuttlebug d'vine swirls
• Everything else: My stash
  

Going Round In Circles

Well, I do feel like I have been going round in circles this week - had a lot on and didn't think I'd manage this challenge. Well I have, I am pleased to say!

For Dotties World this week, the challenge is:

Going Round In Circles

I've used a pre coloured Dottie in the bath and I've added seed beads for extra bubbles. The circle sentiment is a template from the Cutting Cafe as I recently won a Winter Wonderland challenge and I picked that template along with two other as my winnings!

The backing papers are a freebie collection from The Creative Cottage and I thought that the colours worked perfectly with Dottie in the bath.

The chocolate satin ribbon is from my stash, and I've added tiny dots around the edge of the large circle and also the edges of the card.

So it is all quite dotty and circular!

• Backing papers: The Creative Cottage
• Round Happy Birthday Template: The Cutting Cafe
• Image: Dottie, pre coloured
• Everything else: My stash
  

Polkadoodle Challenge 21 - Sketch

It's Friday again, so another Polkadoodle challenge! This week, Nikky gave us this sketch and asked us to use the Jingle Jangle Christmas cd and the rubber stamps that go with it.The green doodled backing paper and Polly are both from Jingle Jangle Christmas. I've coloured Polly with watercolour pencils and added some glitter glue to her wings. Polly did have some stars that she was scattering, however I had a little mishap with a pair of scissors and I cut them off. So instead she is holding a stamped gift with a glittery bow.

The two sentiments are stamps and the satin green ribbon is from my stash.

You have until 12noon on 18 October to enter - please leave a comment on the challenge post with a link to your creation. Don't forget that you need to follow the sketch and to only combine your Polkadoodle creation with a maximum of three other challenges. Good luck!

• Backing papers: From Jingle Jangle Christmas
• Image: From Jingle Jangle Christmas, coloured with watercolour pencils and glitter
• Stamps: Jingle Jangle rubber stamps
• Ribbon: From my stash