The lovely ladies at Polkadoodles gave us a fab Emma Canning digi download, along with a sketch to inspire for their Facebook July challenge. I have used papers from their Pen & Paper Circle volume 3 CD, and as you can see I chose all pink!
I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Polkadoodle Dandies - July Sketch challenge (on Facebook)
Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Linky Party #100
Materials Used:
Polkadoodles - Pen & Paper Circle Volume 3 CD, Emma Canning "Millie Bedtime" digi stamp
Flexmarkers - Cappuccino, Linen, Light Fawn, Nutmeg, Tea Rose, Blender
Letraset - Fine Line Drawing Pen
Craftwork Cards - white card blank
Marianne Designs Die - flower from the Cupcake set
Kanban - irridescent gems
I'm slowly building up my collection of Christmas cards, helped along by entering a number of Christmas in July blog challenges! Here is my latest one, using papers and a topper from a Kraftyhands CD - Santa's Little Helpers which has 5 different elves helping Santa prepare for Christmas.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Cards for Men - Challenge 15 Christmas in July
Winter Wonderland - Elves
Crafty Hazelnut Christmas - Challenge 83 Tie a Ribbon
Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes
Mema's Crafts - Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Linky Party # 100
Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Santa's Little Helpers CD
Spellbinders - Classic Circles
Craftwork Cards - white A5 card blank
Joanna Sheen - gentle gloss photo paper
Gold mirror card and red ribbon - from stash
Recently I came across some fab camper van digi stamps at Squidgi Digi from seeing a Christmas camper van card on the Make It Monday Challenge Blog - the card was made by Lisa (her blog is My Makes n Me). All the digi stamps at Squidi Digi are drawn by Beth, Lisa's daughter, so loving camper vans and giant pandas I asked Lisa if Beth might like to come up with a panda camper van image for me - and here it is! Isn't it cute! You can get it over at Squidgi Digi along with other fun digi stamps including the Birthday greeting I have used on this card. I have paper pieced the image, and used Promarkers to add some grey to the camper van and panda.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Truly Madly Crafty - July Challenge Animals
Joanna Sheen - Animal Crackers
Charisma Cardz - Challenge 28 Your Favourite Animal
Simon Says Stamp - No Rules Challenge
Cupcake Inspirations - Challenge 170
Divas By Design - Challenge 44 Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Linky Party # 99
Materials Used:
Squidgi Digi - Panda Van and Happy Birthday digi stamps
Serif Craft Artist Professional - papers from the 50's Fever CD
Spellbinders - Tags and Flags set, Labels Four
Promarkers - Ice Grey 1 - 5
Letraset - Fine Line Drawing Pen
Craftwork Cards - white card blank
I've made this card for the Polkadoodles Week 28 Very British Olympics - Red, White and Blue Challenge. My red, white and blue is the little boys clothing, the Union Jack bunting and the card layers; the cycling and bunting is for the Olympics; and the Union Jack bunting for the Very British part!
Materials Used:
Polkadoodles - Pretty Tuff CD, Studio 12 Picknix Collection 1 CD
Nikky Hall - Brittania digi papers that
Nikky generously gave us on the Polkadoodles Facebook page
Spellbinders - Tags and Flags set
Core'dinations - red and blue card
Craftwork Cards - white card
Serif Craft Artist Professional - to make the background using the grassy hill from the Picknix CD
Surprisingly its been a pretty nice day here today - its been sunny all day and so far no rain! And here I am with another Christmas card! :-)
I am linking this to:
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - # 81 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Crimbo Crackers - Challenge 20 Penguins or Animals
Make It Monday - Linky Party # 98
Materials Used:
Katy Sue Designs - Snow Globes CD (penguin), Flower Soft Polar White
Crafters Companion - Popcorn the Bear Frosty and Bright CD (background paper)
Letraset - fine line drawing pen
Craftwork Cards - white card blank and card
My Craft Studio - crystal Glitter
After my earlier Christmas card post, I thought it would be a good idea to share something a little 'sunnier' - if we can't have sunshine outside, at least we can have it on the web!
Having recently been introduced to twinchies, I was looking through my stash for things to use and I remembered buying some stampboard in various sizes a few years ago when it was all the rage, but I'd never really managed to do anything with it. Having stared at it, moved it about a bit, and coloured a few pieces, I eventually came up with this bright sunny twinchie using a 2" x 2" piece of stampboard covered in alcohol inks, stamped and highlighted with a white marker
I am linking this to
Show Us Your Twinchie - Challenge 2 Summer
Make It Monday - Linky Party # 98
Materials Used:
Stampboard
Ranger - alcohol inks
Hero Arts - Summer sentiment stamp
Dawn Bibby - Flower Patch stamp set
Letraset - fine line drawing pen
Inkssentials - white opaque pen
Evening everyone, well its another rainy day here in London, and it looks and feels more like autumn than summer. Maybe I should be sharing a cheerful summery card to help brighten the day, BUT.... here is another Christmas card I made using papers and toppers from the Kraftyhands Team Santa CD. I hate to admit it, but I love making Christmas cards! :-)
I am linking this card to the Make It Monday - Linky Party # 98
Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Team Santa CD
Craftwork Cards - white card blank
Joanna Sheen - gentle gloss photo paper
Silver mirror card from stash
I made this card today using my beloved Cricut machine and a cartridge that I've had for a while - Lite Dude!
I am linking this card to:
Make it Monday - Linky party # 97
That Craft Place - Anything Goes Challenge
Cards for Men - Challenge 14 Happy Birthday
Allsorts - Red, White and Blue Challenge
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Let's Hear It For The Boys
Materials Used:
Cricut - Dude! cartridge
DoCrafts - Papermania Portobello Road paper
Core'dinations - red, blue and flesh colour card
Martha Stewart - zig zag border punch
Letraset - fine line drawing pen
Craftwork Cards - white card blank, white and black card
Serif Craft Artist Professional - to print the sentiment
I bought the DoCrafts Forever Friends Best Of British CD recently, but haven't really had a lot of time to have much of a play. Its full of yummy papers, embellishments and characters to design with, and everything on this card (except the mirror card obviously) was printed from the CD - papers, bows, the lot! I've then cut out and layered up as you would with any other paper kit, the only layers that I didn't cut separately are the flags on red where I put the "You're the Best" sentiment overlapping the two. Its a fun CD - I just need some more time to play! :-)
I am linking this to:
CD Sunday - Best of British Challenge
The Poodles Parlour - Cute and/or Cuddly
Creatalicious - Challenge 35 Anything Goes
Mema's Crafts - Julys Challenge Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty - Challenge 83 Red, White and Blue
Allsorts Challenge - Week 162 Red, White and Blue
Divas by Design - Challenge 42 Red, White and Blue
Make It Monday - Linky Party # 97
Materials Used:
DoCrafts - Forever Friends Best of British Digital Designer CD
Craftwork Cards - white card
Silver Mirror card - from stash
Why is it, just when you are trying not to spend any money on crafty goodies, that yet another yummy range comes along that you just have to have! Well that is what happened to me with the new Mulberry Wood Christmas CD from Crafters Companion - and all because of the pandas! I absolutely adore giant pandas, and as soon as I spotted these lovely little fellas I had to buy it! So, here is my first card from the CD - there are tons of cute images of santa and different animals so I am sure that I will make several different ones, though this may just have to be my main card for this year as those pandas are just so sweet :-)
I am linking this card to:
Crafters Companion - Challenge 26 Ho Ho Ho
Forever Friends - Challenge 40 Christmas in July
Lollipop Crafts - Challenge 84 Christmas in July
Hooked on Craft - Challenge 22 Christmas in July
The Pink Elephant - Challenge 156 Christmas in July
The Crazy Challenge - 124 Christmas in July
The Squirrel and The Fox - Challenge 21 Christmas in July
Creatalicious - Challenge 35 Anything Goes
Mema's Crafts - July Challenge Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Linky Party # 97
Materials Used:
Crafters Companion - Mulberry Wood CD (panda topper), The Snowman CD (snowy background paper)
Craftwork Cards - white card blank and card
Spellbinders - Labels One
Craft UK - Merry Christmas stamp
Katy Sue Designs - Flower Soft hint of violet Glitter Frosting
Silver mirror card - from stash
I spotted a new challenge for Twinchies and thought I would have a go! After cutting a pile of 2" x 2" squares I then set to having a bit of a play with some inks and stamps. So, here is my first Twinchie using some lovely stamps from Inkylicious. I have a feeling this could become something quite addictive...
I am linking this little project to the Show Us Your Twinchies - Challenge 1 Anything Goes
Materials Used:
Inkylicious - Hydrangea set
Ranger - Shaded Lilac Distress Ink
Craftwork Cards - white card
Its time for a new challenge over on the Kraftyhands Blog, and this month its a sketch by our lovely Linda. So why not pop on over, take a look at the inspiration from the Design Team, and take part!
Here is the card I came up with using the Kraftyhands Spring Time Garden CD
I am linking this card to Make It Monday Linky Party #96
Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Spring Time Garden CD
Spellbinders - Classic Circles, Scallop Circles, edgeabilities
Craftwork Cards - white card blank
Orange card and ribbon - from stash
Good evening my crafty blog friends :-) So its July, and you have to admit that the last few weeks have been anything but a sunny summer! And it may only be the 3rd of July, but so far I have seen rain for ALL of July! So I figured that maybe a 'happy flowery' card was in order! So here is a colourful card that I would like to share with you today.
I am linking this to the Make It Monday - Linky Party #96
Materials Used:
Craftwork Cards: flowers, papers, sentiment, candi, white card blank
Marianne Design: Chinese Rose die (for the leaves)
