Happy New Year….almost!

Happy Friday….I’m back again! And this time it’s for the brand new challenge over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog. Even though it’s Anything Goes the team are showing creations based on the theme of Something New.

Well the something new for my project could be a couple of different things. First off I’ve made a desk calendar for the New Year.

And I’ve used the new paper pads, stamps and dies that were shown on Create & Craft a few weeks back and are available to pre-order now in the Polkadoodles store - New - Added in December.

I printed the little calendar tabs myself, I haven’t been to any shops to buy any!

Supplies:

• DP: Belle Papillon 6x6 Paper Pad 
• Card: Pink Card, Aqua Card and White Card
• Dies & Punches: Flower Flourish, Elegant Nest Dies, All Occasion Number Dies and an MS Border Punch 
• Stamps: A5 Belle Papillon Clear Stamp Set
• Ink: Broken China Distress Inkpad
• Embellishments: Ribbon, Wooden Heart, Pearls, Glitter Glue, Doodling and Crackle Accents

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Frosty the Snowman

Morning all and happy Friday! It’s nearly time for a brand new challenge over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog, but as you know I’m playing catch up. So before I get to that post I had better share my make from last weeks midway inspiration post.

As always it’s an Anything Goes Challenge, but the team are showing you some Traditional Christmas makes.

For my make today I’ve used the fabulous Festive Christmas Download Collection:

I needed a handful of last minute, so very quick to make, and easy to post Christmas Cards. So for this one I layered the papers before printing, used a heart digi embellishment, a sentiment and the pre-coloured snowman. Minimal cutting and sticking was needed, saving me time on a small batch of cards.

To add a little depth to the card, I popped on some sparkle to the snowman's hat and scarf and some doodling to highlight the faux paper layers.

Supplies:

• Digital Elements:Festive Christmas Download Collection printed on White Textured Cardstock
• Card: Coconut Crush Card from Limetree Crafts
• Embellishments: Doodling and Clear Wink of Stella

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by and I will be back soon with details of our new challenge.

Lisa

Winter Must Haves

And again, lol. The FB girlies were short of a make for the second round of inspiration, so I made an extra card.

As a reminder the new images are Merry & Bright, Take to the Slopes, The Night Before Christmas, Winter Must Haves:

For today’s make I’ve used the fabulous Winter Must Haves: 

A few of the other girls have used this image pulled apart and with various bits of it. So I thought it would be nice to show it as a whole…

Isn’t it fabulous for Clean and Simple cards? 

Supplies:

• Image: Winter Must Haves from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Kraft Card, Red Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Scalloped Square Layering Dies
• Embellishments: Wink of Stella Pen

Please hop over to the All Dressed Up FB Group to see some fantastic inspiration for the rest of the team using the new images.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Take to the Slopes

Me again. The start of the month saw some fabulous new images from Wendy at All Dressed Up. Here are Merry & Bright, Take to the Slopes, The Night Before Christmas, Winter Must Haves:

I’ve already played with The Night Before Christmas and this time for some inspiration over at the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog I’ve used Take to the Slopes to make a little tag: 

The image comes with little trees, but I fussy cut the image and replaced the trees with a some cut one and some torn paper snow drifts, to create a little scene.

  Supplies:

• Image: Take to the Slopes  from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Blue Card, Red Card. White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Marianne Designs Christmas Tree Die
• Stamps: Hobby Art Sentiment
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black inkpad
• Embellishments: Doodling, Glitter Glue and Bakers Twine

Please hop over to the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog  to see some fantastic inspiration for the rest of the team using the new images.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Christmas Deer

Evening all, long time no blog! What a month….a sinus infection, a sickness bug hitting our house and then Christmas, and I just haven’t been up to blogging. So I might bore you silly as I have a few posts to catch up on!

The first post is for the current challenge over at the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog. The theme is always Anything Goes but you have to use an All Dressed Up image and you still have a couple of weeks left to enter

This card was for my In-Laws and I used Christmas Deer:

Red and blue may not be traditional Christmas colours but it’s definitely one of my favourites.

Supplies:

• Image: Christmas Deer from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Maja Design 6x6 pad
• Card: Vellum, Red Card, Blue Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: MS Snowflake Punch and Nellie Snellen Pierced Oval Multiframe Dies
• Stamps: Relative Words from Whimsy Stamps and sentiment from Clearly Besotted
• Embellishments: Doodling, Crackle Accents, Pearls, Gems, Liquid Pearls and Ribbon Bow

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to hop over to the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog for some more inspiration.

Lisa

Wryn Goes Caroling

Morning all! It’s Tuesday and that means one thing…… Tiddly Tuesday. The last one for this year over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog. This time we want to see any Tiddly makes with the theme of ‘A Very Merry Christmas’!

I dug out an old favourite today, here is Wryn Goes Caroling:

Clean and Simple is what’s called for at times when I’m still ill, Miss 3 is ill too now and it’s the lead up to Christmas…busy busy busy.

And I think I spy a couple of markers that need a clean!!

Supplies:

• Image: Wryn Goes Caroling by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Kraft Card, Gold Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: First Edition
• Stamps: A Hobby Art Stamp Set  
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Scalloped Layering Dies and Whimsy Stamp Sweetest Birthday Shaker Builder Dies
• Embellishments: Pearls

Don’t forget to pop across to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to see all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the girls.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Embarrassing Moment

Morning All. Last week it was the fabulous Rhea’s (of Passionate Paper Creations and Passionate Paper Creations and Friends FB Group) 50th Birthday and as the wonderful Nikky of Polkadoodles drew some images for the occasion us Polkadoodles girlies got to join in the celebrations.

The are 6 new images in the Funny Old Bag Collection and I’ve already shared the card I made using the fabulous Revolting Kiss on my blog here. For my second card I’ve used Embarrassing Moment and a sentiment that comes with the download:

I thought it would be cool to colour this one in all grey but with hints of colour…..but then I just had to give her bright red knickers!

And I tried to give her Fishnets as well!

Supplies:

• Image: Embarrassing Moment from Polkadoodles 
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• Card: Red Card, Grey Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Scalloped Layering Dies
• Embellishments: Doodling

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Revolting Kiss

Evening all! I think the antibiotics are starting to kick in as I’m feeling a little better so I thought I would pop on a quick post while I’ve got my feet up watching the X-Factor final.

At the beginning of the week it was the fabulous Rhea’s (of Passionate Paper Creations and Passionate Paper Creations and Friends FB Group) 50th Birthday and as the wonderful Nikky of Polkadoodles drew some images for the occasion us Polkadoodles girlies got to join in the celebrations.

The are 6 new images in the Funny Old Bag Collection and I’ve used the fabulous Revolting Kiss. She reminds me so much of the trashy sister in the Keeping Up Appearances sitcom, that I coloured her up to match.

The sentiment was typed on word, and I think it goes well with the image.

And those fabulous glasses were crying out for plenty of Glossy Accents.

Supplies:

• Image: Revolting Kiss from Polkadoodles 
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• Card: Kraft Card, Black Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Scalloped Layering Dies
• Embellishments: Gems, Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Santa Selfie

Morning all! I’ve scheduled this post as I’m hoping for a lie in, to help me shift this sinus infection.

Today is the start of a month long challenge at A Gem of a Challenge  where we have a fabulous theme of ‘Anything Christmas Goes’ and it’s also the start of a month long challenge at at The Sketchy Challenges, where the theme is ‘Christmas’ and as I’m poorly I decided to combine the two.

I have used Santa Selfie for today’s make…..another Christmas card.

As much as I love blues, pink, silver for Christmas cards, I think traditional colours will always be my favourite.

Supplies:

• Image: Santa Selfie from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Green Card, Red Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Square Scalloped Layering Dies and Spellbinders Plain Circle Dies
• Sentiments: A Hobby Art Set
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Embellishments:Glitter Glue, Ribbon Bow, Pearls and Wooden Hearts

For more wonderful Pink Gem Designs inspiration please hop across to the A Gem of a Challenge blog and see what the rest of the girlies have made.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

The Night Before Christmas

Evening all. Just before I head off to bed I thought I would share with you the fabulous new images Wendy has added to the All Dressed Up Etsy Shop…..I know I’m a little late but I have been really struggling recently with a virus and now a sinus infection.

Anyhoo here are Merry & Bright, Take to the Slopes, The Night Before Christmas, Winter Must Haves:

For today’s make I got to play with The Night Before Christmas and I made a little sign to go with the Whiskey and Carrot we leave out for Santa and Rudolf on Christmas Eve.

This was a little hard to photograph, so here is a close up:

  Supplies:

• Image: The Night Before Christmas from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Green Card, Red Card, Gold Mirri Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: MFT Alphabet Dies, Creative Expression/Sue Wilson Fancy Circle Die, Nellie Snellen Pierced Circle MultiFrame Dies and Go-Kreate Large Circle Dies
• Embellishments: Wooden Gingerbread, Gold Label Maker Sentiment, Ribbon, Gilding Wax and Gems

Please hop over to the All Dressed Up FB Group to see some fantastic inspiration for the rest of the team using the new images.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Christmas Season

Morning All! I feel a bit like a mad headless chicken at the moment, it’s a busy busy week and I’m still getting over this nasty virus.

We had a nativity with Miss 3 yesterday, one with Mr 6 today, all the usual run up to Christmas things and we are having our bedroom refitted! The upstairs of the house is a mess, with boxes and stuff everywhere and us and the kids crammed into two rooms instead of three. It’ll be worth it though when the bedroom looks all pretty

Anyhoo, it’s time for another challenge over at the Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog. This time we have a fabulous theme of   ‘Anything Goes’!

Here is my card using the sweet Christmas Seasons:

And dare I say I think I’ve had enough of making Christmas cards now….I enjoy it but  think it’s too much pf a good thing, if you know what I mean!

I made my own candy cane background with a scoring board and painting in the stripes with some gesso.

Supplies:

• Image: Christmas Seasons stamp from Crafty Sentiments Designs
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card:Green Card, Red Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamps: A Hobby Art Stamp set 
• Ink & EP: VersaFine ‘Onyx Blank’ Inkpad 
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Scalloped Square Layering Dies
• Embellishments: Gems

If you would like to see some more fabulous inspiration please hop across to the Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog and to the Crafty Sentiments Designs Inspiration Blog.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Frosty Penguins

Hello all and happy Friday! It’s time for a brand new challenge over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog and even though it’s Anything Goes the team are showing Blue creations.

I've gone clean and simple for my card today. I have layered the Frosty Penguins image and sentiment directly over a backing paper from the Frosted Winter Octavia Digital Download and printed onto my alcohol marker card.

I have coloured the image and then added shading around the image for a little depth. 

And just a tough of gesso round the feet to look like snow.

Supplies:

• Image: Frosty Penguins by Polkadoodles  also part of the Frosted Winter Octavia Digital Download
• Colouring Medium: Copics and Wink of Stella Pen 
• DP: Frosted Winter Octavia Digital Download
• Card: Blue Card, White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card 
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Scalloped Layering Dies

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Little Angel

Evening all. As it’s the beginning of a new month we have a new challenge over at the All Dressed Up FB Group. Our theme for the month is Sparkle…….and boy was this one hard to photograph.

And I’ve made a Christmas Card using Little Angel:

I am still battling with this awful cold virus so all my recent makes have been clean and simple. Plus it’s good to have some flat cards for posting.

And I managed to get the sparkle to show in at least one of the photos.

Supplies:

• Image: Little Angel from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Kraft Card, Gold Mirri Card, Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Scalloped Layering Dies
• Embellishments: Twine, Pearls and Doodling

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa