Hey Mermaid!

Morning All! I am heading to the kitchen this morning as I have a little baking to get done. Lemon Drizzle and I’m going to try a chocolate cake with an orange drizzle to see how that works out….nom nom!

Anyhoo, I’m popping on now to share this week Tiddly Inks make. I am still making my little selection of tags with the Amy and Her Mini Mermaid Friends that I coloured up a while back.

Supplies:

• Image: Amy and Her Mini Mermaid Friends  from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• Card: Aqua Card, Teal Card, Red Card, Maroon Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: Violet’s Alphabet from Lawn Fawn
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Go Kreate Nesting Tag Dies and Polkadoodles Cherry Blossom Branch Die
• Embellishments: Gems, Glitter Adhesive Sheet, Crackle Accents, Wink of Stella Glitter Pen, Ribbon and Doodling

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Joy and Peace of Christmas

Hello all and happy Friday!

I’m saying in again….. I’m determined to get my Christmas Cards finished ahead of time this year. And with that in mind here are some super quick and cute 5” square cards made using digi stamps and papers from the Twiggy & Toots Festive Fun Download Collection:

I’ve made them in a similar way to the cards I made on this post Christmas Blessings, just varying the colours and layout.

Most of the elements on the cards are digital, so to make the assembly a little quicker I like to add all the papers to MS Word and crop/resize so that I only print exactly what I need.

I have made one in very traditional colours and another in more modern colours, just to show the variety you get in the Twiggy & Toots Festive Fun Download Collection.

Supplies:

• Image: Digi Embellishments from Twiggy & Toots Festive Fun Download Collection by Polkadoodles 
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: Twiggy & Toots Festive Fun Download Collection printed on White Linen Cardstock
• Card: Kraft Card, Gold Card and White Linen Card
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders  Fleur-de-Lis Squares and an MS Border Punch
• Sentiment: From the Twiggy & Toots Festive Fun Download Collection
• Embellishments: Ribbon and Pearls

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

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Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Springtime Delight

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

Here is my card using the beautiful Springtime Delight:

I wanted to keep this one quite simple…..but just had to add the butterflies

And just look at that fabulous die cut square…..it’s one of the new dies from Polkadoodles!

Supplies:

• Image: Springtime Delight digi from Crafty Sentiments Designs
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: White Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: A magazine freebie
• Stamps: Clearly Besotted Sweet Little Sentiments
• Ink & EP: VersaFine ‘Onyx Blank’ Inkpad 
• Dies & Punches: Polkadoodles Bubbleicious Frames Dies and CC Designs Cutters Butterfly Dies
• Embellishments: Doodling, Gems and Pearls

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

Hello from the Heart

Happy Friday! Thank goodness it’s nearly the weekend it’s been a long week. Anyhoo, before I dash off to do the last school run of the week I thought I would pop on and share a little Polkadoodles sweetness today.

I fell in love with the Lily Bug Love Download Kit as soon as I saw it. The papers, theme and colours are just so me. Here’s my make:

Quite a simple layout from me, but rather a lot of fussy cutting……worth it though!

Supplies:

• Image: Lily Bug Hello from the Heart from Polkadoodles (on it’s own or also part of the download) 
• DP:Lily Bug Love Download Kit printed on White Hammer Finish Cardstock
• Card: Black Card, Pink Card, White Hammer Finish Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card 
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Simplicity Doily Border Punch
• Sentiment: From the Lily Bug Love Download Kit 
• Embellishments: Ladybugs (from Lily Bug Love Download Kit ), Gems and Glossy Accents

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

ABC

Evening all. Did you see earlier in the month the fabulous new releases that Wendy has for us? If not here is a quick recap: ABC, A Splash of Autumn Colour, My Time to Shine and Warm Hands Warm Heart and they can all be found in the All Dressed Up Etsy Shop.

I already had a play with the fabulous My Time to Shine for inspiration over in the All Dressed Up FB Group. So today, I’m sharing some extra inspiration with a project featured over on the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog and using ABC:

My wonderful teammate Andrea shared a gorgeous card using the whole image, so I thought I would chop it up and use it for a new baby card.

And I couldn’t resist adding a little something to the inside:

Supplies:

• Image: ABC from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Maja Designs ‘Vintage Baby’ 6x6 papers
• Card: Grey Card, Pale Blue Pearl Card, White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamps: Tiny Tag Sentiments from Lili of the Valley and Everyday Sentiments from Clearly Besotted
• Ink: Memento ‘Paris Dusk’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: QuicKutz Gingerbread Man and Lady Dies, Spellbinders Plain and Scalloped Circle Dies and an MS Border Punch
• Embellishments: Doodling, Ribbon, Pearls, Button, Embroidery Thread and Ranger Crackle Accents

Don’t forget to hop across to the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog and take a look at the rest of the new release inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Molly Floats

Morning all! It’s Tuesday and that means one thing…… Tiddly Tuesday!

Over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog we want to see ‘Anything Goes’ as long as you use a Tiddly Image. So today I’ve used another Molly image and this time it’s Molly Floats:

A slightly different colour combo today, which I based on some quite old MME papers that I happened upon when I was giving the craft room a bit of a clean and tidy!

Supplies:

• Image: Molly Floats by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Grey Card, Pink Card, and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: My Minds Eye
• Stamps: Mini Tag Sentiments from Lili of the Valley 
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Floral Ovals dies and an MS Border Punch
• Embellishments: Doodling, pearls, a button, ribbon and Wink of Stella

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

Ready, Steady, Go!

 

Happy Saturday everyone! And first off a little apology….Mr Blogger isn’t playing so nice with me at the moment. My posts aren’t appearing when they should! Even when I post on the spot rather than schedule them it can still take hours, days even, for them to appear. Any one else having problems? I do have a WordPress account so it might be time to think about moving the blog!! 

Anyhoo, I’m here to share a little Polkadoodles loveliness today. And it’s a little later in the week than normal as I waited until I had given it to the recipient……..not that she reads my blog though!  I’ve been having a play with the super adorable Female Runner Download.  It’s also part of the bigger Work & Play 12 collection but I wanted to make a birthday card specifically for someone who loves running and this little download was perfect. It has some matching papers as well!

Now that Miss 3 is at Pre-School in the morning I’m doing the walk to school three times a day and it’s taking me a while to settle into the new routine. I had printed the uncoloured version of this image but just ran of time (and energy) so thank goodness the kit includes a pre-coloured digi!

Supplies:

• Image: Female Runner from Polkadoodles 
• DP: Female Runner Download printed on White Linen Cardstock
• Card: Kraft Card, Pink Card and White Linen Card 
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinder Plain and Scalloped Squares
• Sentiment: From the Winnie Fruit Punch Big Bundle Download
• Embellishments: Gems and Doodling

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Molly My Sweet

Morning All! It’s Fab Friday over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and I’ve used Molly My Sweet for today’s make: 

I thought Molly looked super cute with these patchwork papers.

Supplies:

• Image: Molly My Sweet from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: NitWit Collections
• Card: Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: Everyday Sentiments from Clearly Besotted 
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinder Plain and Picot Edge Circles and an MS Border Punch
• Embellishments: Pearls

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Tra La La

Evening all. It’s time new 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.

I’m back making more Christmas cards again and Wendy has loads of fabulous Christmas images to choose from. For this card I’ve used Tra La La:

…..I will have enough made on time time this year!!

Supplies:

• Image: Tra La La from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Echo Park Very Merry Christmas 6x6 pad
• Card: Black Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Whimsy Stamps Corner Die and MS Border Punch
• Embellishments: Doodling, Liquid Applique (snow puffs), Gem, Wink of Stella Pen and Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Let’s Paint

Morning all! It’s time for another challenge over at the Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog and this time we have a fabulous theme of ‘Your Favourite Image’.

Well I couldn’t really pick a favourite as all the Crafty Sentiments image are just so cute, so instead I picked the one that reminds me of myself. Here is my card using the sweet digi Isobel Let’s Paint:

This is going to be the front of a little wallet I’m making to store my part coloured and waiting to be coloured images, but I will have to show you the finished piece another day as the middle part wasn’t working out as I wanted it to so I have some alterations to make.

Supplies:

• Image: Isobel Let’s Paint from Crafty Sentiments Designs
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Scraps from a DecoTime paper pad 
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinder Floral Oval Dies and an MS Border Punch
• Embellishments: Glossy Accents and Alpha Stickers

If you would like to see some more fabulous inspiration please hop across to the Crafty Sentiments Designs Inspiration Blog to see what the rest of the team have created.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

My Best Friends are Witches

Evening all! Before I put my PJs on and my feet up ready to watch Poldark I thought I would share a little Halloween make using My Best Friends are Witches from Kraftin’ Kimmie.

Kraftin’ Kimmie are also having a Krafty Guest Contest over in the Kraftin’ Kimmie FB Group and I thought I would try out.

I’ve teamed the fab image with some super duper papers from Fancy Pants Designs.

Supplies:

• Image: My Best Friends are Witches  from Kraftin’ Kimmie  
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Sentiment: From another KK stamp set
• Ink: Imperial Purple VersaFine Inkpad
• DP: Fancy Pants October 31 Paper Pack 1 and Fancy Pants October 31 Paper Pack 2 both from Snap Click Supply

• Card: Black Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card

• Dies & Punches: Spellbinder Plain and Picot Edge Circles and an MS Border Punch

• Embellishments: Lace, Ribbon, Gems, Doodling, Glossy Accents and Glitter Glue

Good luck to all the girls who have entered and I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Winnie Building Sandcastles

Morning all. Thank goodness it’s nearly the weekend…..I’m shattered! Hubby has been away for a week, my eldest went back to school, the littlest started pre-school and my Dad has been helping me with a garden project that I nicknamed ‘Hard Labour. I need a rest now  

Anyhoo, it’s time for a new challenge over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog, as always the challenge is anything goes but we’re all showing you some inspiration around the theme of ‘I do like to be beside the seaside’. 

I've used the wonderful Winnie Building Sandcastles digi stamp and merged it with the palm tree digi stamp that can be found on the Winnie Starfish & Sandcastles VIP XXL Download to create a scene.

I made the palm trees a light grey before printing so they sit in the back ground of the scene.

I have coloured the scene with alcohol markers and simply mat and layered onto some green card and a tent fold card blank.

Supplies:

• Image: Winnie Building Sandcastles (or part of the Winnie Starfish & Sandcastles VIP XXL Download) and Palm Tree Digi Embellishment (part of the Winnie Starfish & Sandcastles VIP XXL Download)  from Polkadoodles 
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• Card: Green Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card

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

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Thanks for stopping by and if I can can stop coughing and sneezing long enough I’ll try and pop back later with another couple of recent makes that I just haven’t felt up to sharing yet.

Lisa

My Time to Shine

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. There is ABC, A Splash of Autumn Colour, My Time to Shine and Warm Hands Warm Heart:

For today’s make I got to play with My Time to Shine and isn’t she adorable? Perfect for many occasions:

I remember having a tutu like that when I was a little girl!

  Supplies:

• Image: My Time to Shine from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Maja Design ‘Vintage Baby’ From Live and Love Crafts 
• Card: Green Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: MS Border Punch
• Embellishments: Glitter Glue, Pearls, Lace, Cheesecloth and Bark Star

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

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Christmas Lights

Morning all. Hubby is off on holiday and my parents are coming to stay, so it’s going to be a bit hectic around here until the children go back to school and we get back into routing.

Anyhoo, today is time for a new challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge where I’ve picked a theme of ‘Ribbon, Lace or Twine’ and also we have a fabulous sketch over at The Sketchy Challenges. Well it would have been rude not to combine the two.

And as I’m still on a mission to to get ahead on my Christmas cards I’ve used the super fun Christmas Lights to make another card for my pile:

I couldn’t resist putting Glossy Accents all over the Christmas lights.

Supplies:

• Image: Christmas Lights  from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Red Card, Green Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies, Punches & Embossing Folders: Spellbinders Plain and Scalloped Squares and Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
• Embellishments: Ribbon and Glossy Accents

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa