Spring Flowers

Good morning everyone, I'm here today with a new challenge from the Polkadoodles blog. This week the team were challenged to make something with spring flowers on, the challenge for you as always is anything goes.

I knew straight away I wanted to use some of the fabulous Polkadoodles flower dies, so I chose to use the flowers 2 dies set, and here is my make.

I also used the small frame from the Bubbleicious Frames die set.

So actually this isn't what I started out making, I started by cutting some of the flowers and usimg my pink and purple inks on them, but I wasn't happy with the results as I didn't think they were spring like so I started again.This time I decided to use my Brusho powders and was happy with the colours. So actually a quick card took me over an hour to make, but hey ho I love it, and I had great fun making it, and that is what crafting is all about isn't it!

Here's a close up of the flowers for you.

Why not come and join in the challenge and be in with a chance to win some fab prizes. See you over at the blog.

White with a hint of colour

Good morning everyone. I'm here to day with a make for the Polkadoodles blog, the challenge which started last week for the team is to make something for Christmas with just a hint of colour. The challenge for you as always is Anything Goes. 

Before I show you my make I wanted to let you know things are changing at our blog. We are going from a fortnightly challenge to a weekly one, how great is that! That means you can join us more often and be in with a chance to win more challenges. That starts from the beginning of December.

So now on to my make for this challenge, here it is.

I've used the Winnie Winterland collection for this make. I've printed the image onto glossy photo paper and cut it out using the Polkadoodles Bubbleicious Frame die. I've mounted it onto 3D foam and added to an embossed layer that has a hint of green glitter card behind it. And there you have it, very simple but very effective I think.

Go check out what the rest of the team have made for more inspiration for you.

Winnie Winterland

Polka Doodles Bubbleicious Frame

Christmas Colours

Good morning and a very happy

Today over at the Digi Choosday blog the team were challenged to make something in Christmas colours and here is my make.

I've used the Winnie Winterland collection along with some glitter card. The topper and embellies are printed onto glossy photo paper and I have used the Bubbleicious Frame die from Polkadoodles to cut the topper out.

The challenge for you is as always anything goes. So come and join us. Also check out the great discount code for this week, and check out what the rest of the team have made.

Winnie Winterland

Polka Doodles Bubbleicious Frame

Winnie White Christmas

Good afternoon everyone. So, did you see Nikky live on Facebook at 1pm? No, well go catch up HERE. She was there to launch her new products, eeeek, how exciting. Well I got a chance to play with them and make a few things to show you, and here is the first one.

 For this I used the most beautiful paper kit I have ever had my grubby hands on. It's called Winnie White Christmas and you can buy it HERE. You can also buy it in a bigger kit, a compendium, with a special USB too, yes I said USB!!! And you can get that HERE.

So the papers, well they're not papers, they're card stock, in this kit are just devine. You can really get it in a photo, but they are on the most strokable soft silk board, which gives you a lovely sheen. And as you can see it cuts perfectly with dies. I used the Bubbleicous frame die to cut this one. I have added some sparkly snow around the edges of the papers and on the topper so it looks like snow. I then used a die to cut some leftover bits of card to make some flowers to finish it off.

The team will be sharing all their makes over the next week or so so come and join our Facebook group to see them all. And I'll see you tomorrow with another make.

Dotty!

Good morning everyone. I'm here today with the mid challenge inspiration post from the Polkadoodles blog. And the challenge for the team was to use dots. Well anyone who knows me knows how much I love polkadots, lots and lots of my clothes are covered in polkadots! Anyhow enough waffling and onto my make for this week.

I've used this as another chance to get in front with my Christmas cards for this year, so I've used the Winnie In Winterland collection. Both of the backing papers have dots on them and then I've used the oval frame die from the Bubbleicious die set which also has a pin dot line around the edges. I've mounted the top layer of paper and the topper onto 3D foam. I've layered up some of the beautiful flowers and added some stamens to them.

I'll see you next week with the new challenge from the Polkadoodles blog.

Ultimate Graphic 160gsm (NS)

Winnie Winterland

Polka Doodles Bubbleicious Frame

Die cuts

Good morning everyone. Over at the Polkadoodles blog today we have a new challenge for you. The team were challenged to use a die cut on our makes. And here is my make.

I used the Polkadoodles Bubbleicious die set for this make. I cut the two frames from watercolour card and then left the die in place and used a distress ink to add some colour around the edge of the die. I mounted the frames onto 3D foam and stuck them down. I then stamped out the Flamingo, flowers and foliage from the Tropical Paradise Flamingo stamp set, also onto watercolour card. Again I used the distress ink to colour them in. I then sprayed the flowers and leaves with water so the card became pliable. I then shaped the flowers and leaves, added some stamens to the flowers and glued in place on the card.

Tropical Paradise Flamingo clear stamp set

Polka Doodles Bubbleicious Frame

Ribbon or Lace

Good morning everyone. It's already time for another challenge from us at the Polkadoodles challenge blog. This week the team were challenged to use Ribbon or Lace and here is my make.

I used a circle die to create and circular easel card. I used lots of elements from the Winnie in Wonderland collection on this card. This really is one of my all time favourite collections in case you hadn't noticed! I used the small frame die from the Bubbleicious Frames die set to cut out Sydney the White Rabbit. I fussy cut all the embellies and mounted them onto the card using 3D foam. I added some extra interest with the sprig die and the flowers 2 dies. Finally I used some crushed silk ribbon and a jewelled gem to finish it all off.

More than one image

Good morning and Happy

It's time for another challenge from us at the Digi Choosday blog. The challenge is of course Anything Goes for you, but the team were challenged to use more than one image, and here is my make.

To make this I used the Belle Papillon Big Kahuna collection. I used some of the papers to cover the MDF basket and used a copper gilding polish around the edges. I then printed out 7 images from the collection and used a distress ink around the edges before gluing them in place. I then used the Flower Flourish Die, and the flowers out of the Bubbleicious Frame die set, to added some interest on the front.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:
Artistic  Inspirations - ATG
Crafting From The Heart - ATG
OLLCB - Die cuts

Show a little love

Good morning everyone, I'm here today with a new challenge from us at the Polkadoodles blog. For you the challenge is as always, anything goes, but the team were challenged to "Show A Little Love"

So here is my make.

Ok so I made 2 cards lol 

I used the ever so cute Lily Bug Love collection again. For the top card I printed the Love word at 9cm wide onto glossy photo paper and fussy cut it out. The heart was also on the same paper. I then did some matting and layering and added some faux stitching before adding the word and heart onto 3D foam. The card is A6 in size.

For the second card I used the same glossy paper and printed Lily out at 6cm high so I could cut her out with the oval die from the Bubbleicious frames die set. I did some matting and layering and drew a squiggly line around the edges, and finally added a sentiment cut into two bits.

Ultimate Graphic 160gsm (NS)

Lily Bug Love Download Collection

Polka Doodles Bubbleicious Frame

Show some love

Good morning and 

It's time for another challenge from us at the Digi Choosday blog. The challenge is of course Anything Goes for you, but the team were challenged to follow the these of "Show Some Love" and here is my make.

For this make I used the ever so cute Lily Love Bug Collection. I printed the pre-coloured image onto glossy photo paper at 8cm high so I could cut her out with the Bubbleicious frame die from Polkadoodles. I also printed the love word onto the same paper. I mounted the topper and the word onto 3D foam to make them stand out. I added the red mat to pull out the red from adorable Lily.

Ultimate Graphic 160gsm (NS)

Lily Bug Love Download Collection

Polka Doodles Bubbleicious Frame

Use a die

Good morning and happy

We have a new challenge over at the Digi Choosday blog. As always for you it is anything goes, but the design team have the challenge of  "use a die" so here is my make. Beware there are lots and lots of photos, so you may need a cuppa before you look at them all.
This started out as a plain MDF kit I got at Crafting Live last year.

I just love this so much. I really didn't want to put it away after Christmas.
I used some papers from the Octavia Frosted Winter Collection. I added some modelling paste and gesso around the edges and in random places to look a little bit like snow. I then used a bronze gilding wax around the edges. So I got really, really messy making this, which I just love! I cut all the die cuts out with Centura Pearl card. I bought some really cheap Christmas decorations from poundstretcher and pulled them all apart to add bits here and there. I also added some polystyrene snowballs. I even made the candle ring in the centre of the sleigh. I glittered up some pine cones, used some hessian/burlap type ribbon and some die cuts, and attached them all to a wired fern sprig.  On the arrangement I made for the side of the sleigh I also used some of that silver fine tinsel that you hang from Christmas trees. The dies I used are all from Polkadoodles and they are: Super Sprigs, the flower from the Bubbleicious Frames set, and the foliage die from the Birdhouse Doublet die set. Check out all the rest of the dies from Polkadoodles HERE.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:
Artistic Inspirations - ATG
Craft Dee Bowz - ATH with a handmade bow.
Crafting From The Heart - ATG
Get Creative - ATG
World Wide Design Team Challenge: ATG

Ultimate Graphic 160gsm (NS)

Octavia Frosted Winter Collection Digital Download

Super Sprig Craft Cutting Die

Polka Doodles Bubbleicious Frame

Birdhouse Doublet Die set