Isobel Fairy

Afternoon all! It’s time for another challenge over at the Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog and this time we have a fabulous theme of   ‘Layers’!

Here is my card using the sweet digi Isobel Fairy:

I was in the mood for pretty, so I’ve used some lovely soft colours, flowers and plenty of glitter.

Supplies:

• Image: Isobel Fairy digi from Crafty Sentiments Designs
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Maja Design Vintage Baby 
• Stamps: Lili of the Valley Teenage Girl Sentiments
• Ink & EP: VersaFine ‘Onyx Blank’ Inkpad & Ranger ‘Antique Linen’ Distress Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Lifestyle Crafts Fancy Square Dies
• Embellishments: Doodling, Pearls, Glitter Glue, Flowers, Chipboard Heart, Chipboard Leaf Flourish and Twine

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

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Meribelle Housework

Hello everyone. Hope your week is going well. I’m off enjoying my holibobs! So to keep this blog ticking over here is a little Polkadoodles magic!

You may have seen a little peak at this make on FB a while back when the Meribelle images were introduced, but somehow I missed blogging it. So without further ado, here is Meribelle Housework:

Such a stunner of an image didn’t need anything to fancy with it. So I have made an easel card with the top panel just the image mat and layered and then just a bit and bobs on the bottom stopper.

The base of the easel uses a paper from the Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles VIP Bundle.

Supplies:

• Image: Meribelle Housework from Polkadoodles 
• Colouring Medium: Copics and watercolours for the background
• DP: Papers from Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles VIP Bundle printed on White Linen Cardstock
• Card: Yellow Card, Black Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Britannia Dies Leaf Flourish and Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Flower Dies
• Embellishments: Pearl Heart, Pearl Pen and Glossy Accents

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

A+

Morning all! It’s Tuesday and that means one thing…… Tiddly Tuesday! Over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog we want to see any Tiddly makes with a theme of ‘Back to School’!

And for this one I have managed to use an image that doesn’t contain my fave character Wryn. I’ve used Avenger A+:

A little bit of a different colour scheme from me. I’ve gone for a black card base and kept the design quite simple.

Supplies:

• Image: Avenger A+ by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Black Card, Red Card, Blue Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamps: Teenage Girl Sentiments from Lili of the Valley  
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Whiff of Joy Dielights Notebook Edge Border Die
• Embellishments: Doodling, Pearls, Gems and Twine

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

Molly Shares

Morning All! It’s Fab Friday over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and I have a card I made for a Summer Card Swap.

I’ve used Molly Shares:

I thought I would personalise the card as well.

And I thought her dress called for some polkadots!

Supplies:

• Image: Molly Shares from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: Papermania Vintage Notes 6x6 Pad
• Card: Pink Card, Craft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: Teenage Girl Sentiments from Lili of the Valley 
• Stamps: Violet’s Alphabet from Lawn Fawn
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Embellishments: Pearls, Flowers, Doodling and a Pearl Pen

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

• Fab ‘n’ Funky – Anything Goes
• Southern Girls – Anything Goes Team Trace
• Tuesday Throwdown – Anything Goes
• Dream Valley – Pretty In Pink

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Winnie with Gift

Morning All! I’m here to share a little Polkadoodles loveliness today and I’ve been having a play with the Winnie Fruit Punch Big Bundle Download.

I have coloured up the adorable Winnie A Gift image which you can buy on it’s own or she also comes as part of the bundle.

The papers are from the collection, as is the sentiment which I added to the paper before printing. Quite clean and simple compared to some of my recent cards.

Supplies:

• Image:Winnie A Gift from Polkadoodles 
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: Winnie Fruit Punch Big Bundle Download printed on White Linen Cardstock
• Card: Maroon Card, Grey Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: MS Border Punch, Whiff of Joy Dielights Doily Circle Die and Spellbinders Plain Circle Dies
• Embellishments: Jute, Doodling and Pearls

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

• Fab ‘n’ Funky – Anything Goes
• Tuesday Throwdown – Anything Goes
•  Craft Your Passion – Always Anything Goes
• Come and Get It Challenge – Punches and Dies

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

School Books

Hello All! It’s time for another challenge over at the Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog. But before I get to that I have a little enabling to do…..

Anyhoo, back to the challenge and we have a fabulous theme of  ‘Back to School’ thankfully though here in the UK I have about a another three weeks before mine go back!  

Here is my make using the sweet stamp School Books:

I’ve made a little bookmark/tag.

And out come those little Wycinanka Chipboard Hearts again. I just love them!

Supplies:

• Image: School Books Stamp from Crafty Sentiments Designs
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Maja Designs Vintage Spring Basics 6x6 Paper Stack 
• Stamps: Lawn Fawn Violet’s Alphabet
• Ink & EP: VersaFine ‘Onyx Blank’ Inkpad 
• Dies & Punches: Whiff of Joy Dielights Doily Die and Spellbinders Plain Circle Dies
• Embellishments: Cheesecloth, Pearls, Crackle Accents, Glitter Glue, Ribbon and Mini Staples

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

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

• Moving Along with the Times – Back to School
• Southern Girls  - Anything Goes Team Lou
• Come and Get It Challenge – Punches & Dies 
• Sweet Stampin’ – Favourite Stamp
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes
• The Pencil Cases – Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion – Anything Goes
• Tuesday Throwdown – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Golfing Dave

Morning All. Hope you have had a good weekend, we’ve just chilled out and had a quiet one.

Anyhoo, Pink Gem Designs are sponsoring the current challenge at Cutie Pie Challenge where the theme is Work, Rest and Play. A few of the Pink Gem DT are joining is the fun with some creations and here is mine using Golfing Dave:

I’m so pleased with how his little checked trousers turned out. I thought about about paper piecing them but at the last minute decided to create the checks with my Copics instead.

Supplies:

• Image: Golfing Dave from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Black Card, Green Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: NitWit Collections Up Up and Away Digi Papers
• Dies & Punches: Sizzix Framelits Stars, All Occasion Number and Word Dies and Nellie Snellen Pierced Rectangle Dies
• Sentiment: Lili of the Valley Block Sentiments
• Ink: VersFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Embellishments: Bakers Twine, Doodling, Paperclip, Wooden Stars and Crackle Accents

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

• Southern Girls – Anything Goes Team Lou
• Seize the Birthday – Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion – Always Anything Goes
• Come and Get It Challenge – Punches & Dies
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes
• The Pencil Cases – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Etty Shy Bear

Hello all and happy Friday. My littlest stayed at my mums yesterday so me and Mr 6 so could have time together to do some more grown up things. We had great fun playing with watercolours and looking at different papers. We also went to the cinema and  watched Finding Dory last night which was really good (for me and Daddy to!).

Enough waffle, I’m posting because we have a new challenge starting over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog. As usual it’s an Anything Goes challenge but the team are showing you some ways to add texture to your projects. 

Here is my make use Etty Shy and papers from Winston Deluxe Full Download Collection:

I've used texture paste and a stencil on two corners of the patterned paper and a piece piece of cheesecloth

I've also mat and layered the main Etty Shy image onto a shape die cut from a fine hessian fabric.  

Supplies:

• Image: Etty Shy from Polkadoodles 
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: Winston Deluxe Full Collection printed on White Linen Cardstock
• Card: Pink Card, White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders  Floral Oval Dies and Tonic Doily Border Punch
• Sentiment: From the Winnie Fruit Punch Big Bundle Download
• Embellishments: Flowers, Pearls, Paper Roses and Cheesecloth

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

• As You Like It – Fave Flowers (Roses because they look pretty and smell beautiful)
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge  - Anything Goes
• Seize the Birthday – Anything Goes
• Southern Girls  - Anything Goes Team Lou
• Craft Your Passion – Always Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to hop over to the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog and see the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the team.

Lisa

Punch of Colour Girls–New Image

 
Morning all! I’m posting over on the Crafts & Me Challenge & Inspiration Blog today and I have a card to share with you using a fabulous new Hannah Lynn image that has just been added to the store.

Please meet Punch of Colour Girls:

I’ve used a favourite DecoTime paper pad for this. The colours and floral themed papers are lush.

I was intending on a more clean and simple card, but I started adding the frou frou bits and bobs and it looked so pretty, I went with it.

Supplies:

• Image: Punch of Colour Girls by Hannah Lynn from Crafts & Me
• Colouring Medium: Copics
  • Skin: E04/13/11/21/00/000 R20 & R30.
  • Hair: E49/18/08 R08/05/02
  • Eyes: G99 YG97/95/01
  • Outfit: E47/43 C1 and Y21
  • Book: C5/3/1
  • Glasses: BG10
• DP: DecoTime Paper Stack (from The Range)
• Card: Pink Card, Craft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card 
• Stamps: Lili of the Valley Block Sentiment Set
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Vintage Sepia’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Nellie Snellen Pierced Circle Multiframe Dies, MS Border Punch and Flourish Die (magazine freebie)
• Embellishments: Pearls, Wild Orchid Craft Flowers, Wycinanka Chipboards from Live and Love Crafts and Glossy Accents

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

• Craft Your Passion – Always Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes

Don’t forget the Crafts & Me Facebook Group as well as the blog you will see inspirations and details of new releases.

Thank you for stopping by

Lisa

More Mini Mermaids

Morning all! We have a little Tiddly-cation for a fortnight but we are back with a fab Tiddly Tuesday for you over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog. For this challenge we want to see your ‘Under the Sea’ makes!

Such a fabulous challenge to fuel my mermaid addiction! So here is another tag using the Amy and her Mini Mermaid Friends set:

I’m trying to use up scraps to make these little tags and also to try out colour combos I wouldn’t normally use.

Supplies:

• Image: Amy and her Mini Mermaid Friends by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics (background is water colours)
• Card: Orange Card, Blue Card, Aqua Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Go Kreate Nesting Tag Dies and Spellbinders Plain and Big Scalloped Oval Dies
• Embellishments: Doodling, glitter glue, sequins, wool, alpha beads, net and Wycinanka Chipboard

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

• Creatalicious Challenges – Anything goes or sea/beach
• Corrosive Challenge – Hot Hot Summer

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

Chloe with Gift

Morning all. We have been at my parent’s this weekend for my Niece's Birthday BBQ and making the most of this lovely sunny weather we are having.

Anyhoo, over at A Gem of a Challenge it’s the Pinks turn to host the challenge and we have a fabulous theme of ‘Buttons & Bows’.

I’m determined to get ahead on my Christmas cards this year so I’ve used the super adorable Chloe with Gift to make one more Chrimbo card for my pile:

I may personalise this one for my littlest as it includes her favourite colour….purple!

Supplies:

• Image: Chloe with Gift from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: White Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Maja Designs ‘Vintage Frost Basics’ 6x6 Paper from Live and Love Crafts 
• Dies & Punches: Nellie Snellen Pierced Oval Multiframe Dies, Whimsy Stamps Holly Die and Marianne Designs Christmas Tree Die
• Sentiment: From a Clearly Besotted Stamp Set
• Ink: Dusty Concord Distress Ink
• Embellishments: Twine, Glitter Glue, Card Candi, Buttons, Ribbon, Pearl and Frantage Shabby White Embossing Enamel

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

• Fab ‘n’ Funky – Christmas
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra – Anything Christmas Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Pretty Meribelle

Morning All! Hope you are all well. We are enjoying the summer holidays, we been lying in, making things, watching films and general making the most of no routine. The last couple of days though Mr 6 has been staying with my sister and Miss 3 with my parents (she’ll only stay at Nanny’s lol) so I have had a couple of peaceful (crafty) days but I sure miss them and can’t wait for lot’s of hugs tomorrow.

Today is the half way point in the current Polkadoodles Anything Goes challenge and over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog we have some more inspiration for you. 

This is my make and I really think I need to get some help with my Mermaid addiction! I have coloured up another one…..hehe. This little cutie is Meribelle Pretty:

I’ve again teamed her up with some fabulous papers from the Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles VIP Bundle

There are loads of fabulous pre-coloured embellishments in the download, but none of them quite matched my colours. No problem though as the kit also has black and white elements, so I coloured the shells to match.

Supplies:

• Image: Meribelle Pretty  from Polkadoodles 
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles VIP Bundle printed on White Linen Cardstock
• Card: White Linen Card, Grey Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Britannia Leaf Flourish, Go Kreate Frilly Frames #10 and Nellie Snellen Pierced Circle Multiframes
• Sentiment: From the Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles VIP Bundle 
• Embellishments: Shells (from Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles VIP Bundle), Pearls, Lace, Cheesecloth, Glitter Glue, Mica Powder and Hand stitching

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

• Creatalicious Challenges – Anything goes or sea/beach
• Corrosive Challenge – Hot Hot Summer

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to pop over to the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog to see the fabby inspiration from the rest of the team.

Lisa

Let’s Go

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

It’s also the start of the month which means we have some new images to share. This is my make using the super new Josh – Let’s Go

And a wonky shot!

Love this image and he makes such a fab boys card, especially using one of my favourite colours…..teal.

Supplies:

• Image: Josh – Let’s Go  digi from Crafty Sentiments Designs
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Teal Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Nice n Stripey Paper Pack and Pretty Pastel Dots Paper Pack from LC Designs 
• Stamps: Lili of the Valley Block Sentiments
• Ink & EP: Adirondack ‘Stream’ Inkpad 
• Dies & Punches: Nellie Snellen Pierced Rectangle Multiframe and Sizzix Framelits Stars
• Embellishments: Button, Ribbon and Twine

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

• Corrosive Challenge – Hot Hot Summer

If you would like to see some more fabulous inspiration using this gorgeous new image please hop across to the Crafty Sentiments Designs Inspiration Blog.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Princess for a Day

Evening all. My tiny peeps are watching Bridge to Terebithia, so I’m sat here blubbing like a baby as I type up this post. It’s such a fabulous film.

Anyhoo, as it’s the beginning of a new month we have a new challenge over at the All Dressed Up FB Group. And this time round our theme is Ribbon and/or Lace.

I love a bit of frou frou so I used a bit of both on my card today. And I thought it went perfectly with the Princess for a Day image:

I may have treated myself to that lovely butterfly border die.

Supplies:

• Image: Princess for a Day  from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: DecoTime
• Card: Green Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: JoyCrafts Fancy Oval Die and JoyCrafts Butterfly Border Die
• Embellishments: Ribbon, Lace, Gems, Sparkly Heart, Pearls and Doodling

Don’t forget to head over to the All Dressed Up FB Group and see the inspiration from the rest of the team.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa