Polka Doodles challenge week 1

Firstly I would like to wish all my followers a happy, healthy and prosperous 2014. And I would love to thank the fabulous Nikky Hall for allowing me to start another year on her amazing team which is full of such talented people. Pop over to the blog to check out our new teamies that are joining us this year. I'm really looking forward to working with them.



The challenge over at Polka Doodles this week is to choose our favourite make from 2013.

Choosing my fave make from 2013 was a very hard job for me as I love all PD products! I eventually decided to go with these tags from October. I used the A Home for Christmas CD Collection I cut out 3 tags in Kraft card and then printed some papers, embellishments and sentiments from the CD. I cut out three strips of papers for each tag and distressed the edges using distress ink. I glued the papers onto the tags and added some faux stitching with a white opaque pen. I then cut out all the embellishments and stuck them in place. I then used a distress ink on the sentiments and added them. I finished off the tags with some ribbon.

Come and join us, for you the challenge is Anything Goes and you stand the chance of winning some great prizes

Polka Doodleschallenge week 50

The challenge for the DT over at Polka Doodles this week is to make something for the Christmas table. For my project I have made some place cards.

I used papers and embellishments from the A Home for Christmas CD Collection. I layered 2 papers in a graphics program and added a black border to make the top one pop out. I added the names in the program and then printed them out and printed out some of the trees to cut out and put in place with 3D foam.
Come and join us in the challenge as for you it is "Anything Goes". You could win some great prizes.

Polka Doodles Tutorial week 46

Hi everyone, it's my turn to do the weekly tutorial over at Polka Doodles, and this week I'm going to show you how to make a shaped card if you don't have any dies or cutting machines to use.
With it being close to Christmas I have chosen to make a Christmas stocking card.

 

The image, papers and embellishments are from the fabulous A Home for Christmas CD Collection.

To start with I chose a paper I wanted to use and then searched the internet for a free stocking template in png format. The png format is just a line drawing with no white background. I put the paper into a graphic program, you could use MS Word if you don't have a graphic program, and then added the stocking template over the top.

I then chose a coordinating paper and the embellishments I wanted to use. I cropped the paper down to a thin strip to use on the top of the stocking.

 

I then printed all these out. Cut around the stocking shape and put the thin strip of paper over the top of the stocking and cut to size.

Then cut out the rest of the images.

I cut the sentiments and tickets down to size then used a distress ink around the edges of them all and the stocking. Then use a white pen to add faux stitching around them all. This gives the effect of the stocking being more realistic.

Then decide where you want to put all your images and glue in place.

 

Why not have a go at making one, they would make a great card for a male, which we all know are difficult to do!

 



Polka Doodles challenge week 44

The challenge over at Polka Doodles this week is to make or decorate a box for Christmas using the A Home for Christmas CD Collection. Here is my creation.

I printed out one of the papers onto card and cut the box out on my Cameo. I used a cream linen card to give it more of an aged look. I used a distress ink around the edges and corners. I also printed out all the embellishments onto the same cream linen card which I also cut out on my Cameo, of course you could cut them out by hand if you wish. I then made a tag out of the same card and added a sentiment and layered up one of the Poinsettias from the CD.

Polka Doodles challenge week 43

It's not my turn for the challenge at Polka Doodles this week but I wanted to join in as I'm loving working with the A Home for Christmas CD Collection so thought I'd gate crash and join in!
The challenge is to  make anything but a card, and here is my project. I cut out 3 tags in Kraft card and then printed some papers, embellishments and sentiments from the CD. I cut out three strips of papers for each tag and distressed the edges using distress ink. I glued the papers onto the tags and added some faux stitching with a white opaque pen. I then cut out all the embellishments and stuck them in place. I then used a distress ink on the sentiments and added them. I finished off the tags with some ribbon.

Polka Doodles challenge week 42

The theme over at Polka Doodles this week is Christmas Is Coming. I decided to do a gatefold easel for this challenge for something a little bit different.
Here is the card

I have used images and papers from the A Home for Christmas CD Collection. The images are coloured with Graph'It Markers and slightly distressed with a distress ink. I've added some spider web, flowers and buttons. There's some real fun images in this collection, it's not all about people, although there are some in it, it's more about houses and Christmas Characters, so there is something for everyone.