Skater Wryn

Morning all! It’s Tiddly Tuesday and over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog we want to see any Tiddly makes with the theme of ‘Frosty Feeling’!

I was quite poorly at the weekend. It takes a lot to stop me in my tracks but this bug sure has. Even yesterday I didn't feel up to getting in the craft room. So armed with my Copics, the sofa, a fleecy blanket and the TV I set about creating a card just from colouring.

This is Skater Wryn:

I knew the scene I wanted to create but wasn't quite sure where to start, so I consulted Mr Google to have a look at pictures of frozen lakes, lightly sketched the background in pencil and then set to work with my Copics.

I used the night sky technique from one of the earlier Kit & Clowder Monthly classes, but the rest I attempted myself. And I have to say I’m really proud of myself, because about halfway through I thought it looked a mess, but as Alyce tells us, I kept going and I think it looks quite good.

Supplies:

• Image: Skater Wryn by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Sentiment: with the digi download
• Card: Black Card, Dark Grey Mirri Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Scalloped Layering Dies 
• Embellishments: Gesso Dots (for the stars and the ice skate trail)

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

Chilly in Love

Afternoon all! I’m a little later than planned as I have woken up with the most awful head cold

Over at A Gem of a Challenge we have a new challenge and it’s a fabulous theme of ‘Snowmen’ and it’s also the start of a new challenge at at The Sketchy Challenges, where the theme is ‘Winter’. S a perfect opportunity to combine the two.

I have used Chilly in Love for today’s make…..another Christmas card.

A little larger than normal as it’s for my Mum and Dad. Not to fancy though as my Mum doesn’t like them too busy.

Supplies:

• Image: Chilly in Love from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: White Card, Kraft Card, Gold Mirri Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Nitwit Collections
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Square Scalloped Layering Dies and Whimsy Stamps Border Die
• Sentiments: Whimsy Stamps and Paula Pascual for Personal Impressions
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Embellishments: Paper Flowers, Chipboard Hearts, Glitter Glue, Crackle Accents, Gesso  and Clear Wink of Stella Pen

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Holly Wreath

Hello all and happy Friday! It’s midway inspiration time for the current challenge over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog. As always it’s Anything Goes but we are sharing some Christmas but NOT a Card creations.

I have made a Christmas Holly Wreath:

The idea for this came about because I was lucky enough to get my inky little paws on a Brother Scan and Cut machine and me and Mr 6 (who’s loves any gadget of any kind) were having a play to see what the machine could do.  And one of the things we did was fill an A4 page with a Holly Leaf from the Festive Christmas Download, print, scan it in and cut out all the leaves. I don’t think I would have attempted this if I’d had to fussy cut all those leaves!

To assemble the wreath, I used two large circle dies to cut out two rings from Kraft card. I fixed these together with foam pads and then wrapped it with red paper raffia (which makes it look nice and tidy from the back as well). I then die cut about three of the Cherry Blossom Branch Dies from Kraft card, chopped them up and fixed to the wreath. Next step was gluing the leaves into pairs and once dry onto the wreath. The last step was to cover any little gaps with a mix of paper roses, flowers die cut (using the Cherry Blossom Branch Die set) from red and gold card with pearls for centres and a nice big bow.

Supplies:

• Leaves: Festive Christmas Download printed on White Linen Cardstock
• Card: Kraft Card, Red Card, Gold Card and White Linen Card
• Dies & Punches: Go Kreate Large Circle Dies and Cherry Blossom Branch Die  
• Embellishments: Pearls, ribbon and paper roses

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

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Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to hop across to the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog to see more fabulous inspiration.

Lisa

Minnie’s Christmas Gift

Morning All! It’s Fab Friday over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and I have made yet another Christmas Card!

I’ve fallen in love with the Minnie images, the hair is just so cute. So I’ve made another very Clean and Simple (for me) Christmas Card this time using Minnie’s Gift:

A little bit of no-lines colouring on this one and those glasses were just crying out for some Glossy Accents.

As with the last card I made with Minnie, I’ve purposely kept the card flat in case I post it to someone

Supplies:

• Image: Minnie’s Gift from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: Old DCWV 6x6 Pad
• Card: Green Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Embellishments: Doodling

Hop across to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to see some more fabulous inspiration from the rest of the team.

Short and sweet today as I have a bedroom to clear of clothes and the current furniture, ready for decorating and some new fitted wardrobes we are getting in about a week and half's time.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

My First Christmas

Evening all! We have had some fabulous new released this month at All Dressed Up.

If you haven’t seen them yet, let me show you Christmas Snowglobe, Christmas Tree Fairy, My First Christmas and Party Season:

I’ve already shared a card made with Christmas Snowglobe as inspiration over in the All Dressed Up FB Group and on my blog here . Today, I’m sharing some more inspiration with a project featured over on the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog and using My First Christmas:

I had a bit of an embellishment crisis on this one. I just didn't know what to put and where to put it….but I had to use something as it looked to plain without anything.

Supplies:

• Image: My First Christmas from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Maja Design
• Card:Kraft Card, Pink Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Scalloped Layering Dies and La La Land Heart Banner Die
• Embellishments: Twine, Flowers, Pearls, Crackle Accents, Liquid Pearls and Doodling

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

Ice Skating

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   ‘Anything Goes’!

I’ve used the New Winter Skates rubber stamp for today’s card:

I had a little play with my new Brother ScanNCut machine to fussy cut the image, but I’m still getting used to it and the border around the image is a little big for my liking.

I bought this paper pad last year as I saw it on someone's blog and fell in love with the colours……well blue and red is one of my favourite combos!

Supplies:

• Image: New Winter Skates rubber stamp from Crafty Sentiments Designs
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Blue Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Dovecraft ‘North Pole’ 8x8 Paper Pad
• Stamps: Clearly Besotted Sentiment Set
• Ink & EP: VersaFine ‘Onyx Blank’ Inkpad 
• Dies & Punches: Nellie Snellen Pierced Circle Multiframe Dies and an MS Snowflake Punch
• Embellishments: Doodling, Pearls and a pearl heart

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

O Christmas Tree

Happy Thursday everyone! It’s a bit chilly here again today and I’m battling a nasty headache, so I’m taking a few minutes out with a cuppa and a snuggle on the sofa to share a little Polkadoodley-ness with you.

I’ve been having a proper good play with the Bubbleicious Frames Dies and you may be surprised how I’ve used them:

I die cut about 8 of the small and large flowers, cutting each flower into quarters and then layered up all the pieces adding chopped up bits of the Cherry Blossom Branch Die to make a Christmas Tree.

And did you spot the frame die?

I chopped off the top and bottom to use as border dies.

Supplies:

• DP: Work & Play 5 Festive Hollybobs Full Download Collection printed on White Linen Cardstock and gold patterned vellum
• Card: Gold Sparkle Paper, Kraft Card, White Card, White Linen Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Bubbleicious Frames Dies and Cherry Blossom Branch Die
• Embellishments: Pearls, doodling, jute twine and glitter glue.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Brightest Star

Evening all. It’s time for a 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 to enter.

I’m still making Christmas cards   but Wendy does have such a lot of adorable Christmas images to choose from. For this card I’ve used Christmas Star:

I got a bit carried away with the frilly bits on this one.

Supplies:

• Image: Christmas Star from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: First Edition Gilded Winter 8x8 Paper Pad
• Card: White Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Sue Wilson for Creative Expression Border Die
• Embellishments: Jute Trim, Chipboard Stars, Pearl Trim and glitter glue

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Cup of Love

Morning all! I stayed up a little too late last night finish a piece of colouring I was working on, so I’m running a little behind and fuelled by plenty of coffee at the moment!

Anyhoo, it’s Tiddly Tuesday and over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog we want to see any Tiddly makes with the theme of ‘Thank You’!

It’s great to have a stack of thank you cards for after the festive season and I thought Molly Cup of Love would be a fab image to use:

And just because I’m so addicted to Christmas at the moment, I subconsciously did this one in Christmas Red and Green!

Supplies:

• Image: Molly Cup of Love by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Red Card, Kraft Card, Green Card, White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Maja Life in the Country
• Dies & Punches: Thanks Word Die from Clearly Besotted and La La Land Heart Banner Die
• Embellishments: Wooden Hearts, Pearls, Pearl Pen and Glitter Glue

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

Minnie’s Christmas Lights

Morning All! It’s Fab Friday over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and I have made another Christmas Card……sorry if it’s Christmas overload

I’ve used Minnie's Christmas Lights to make a very Clean and Simple (for me) Christmas Card:

I’ve added plenty of Glossy Accents to the lights and her glasses.

I’ve purposely kept this card flat in case I post it to someone, if not I think I’ll add a chipboard sentiment near the bottom right (and maybe a few pearl too – well I do love them!).

Supplies:

• Image: Minnie’s Christmas Lights from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: Old DCWV 6x6 Pad
• Card: Green Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Embellishments: Doodling

Hop across to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to see some more fabulous inspiration from the rest of the team.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Christmas is Coming

Evening all! I’ve got a bit of Polkadoodles Christmas goodness to show you today. 

I have been having another play with the Twiggy & Toots Festive Fun Download Collection. And shock horror, there isn’t even the teeniest bit of colouring on this one:

I’ve also used a few of the dies from the Bubbleicious Frames Dies and a fair bit of fussy cutting.

Supplies:

• DP: Twiggy & Toots Festive Fun Download Collection printed on White Linen Cardstock
• Card: Kraft Card and White Linen Card
• Dies & Punches: Bubbleicious Frames Dies
• Embellishments: Pearls, Doodling and Flowers and Paper Bow from the Kit

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Lisa

Christmas Star

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

And some of the best things about winter are cosy nights, cold days wrapping up warm and of course Christmas. Here is my card using the rubber stamp Christmas Star:

I’ve made a lot of square cards for Christmas so far this year so for a change I’ve made a tent fold card with the topper off the edge (couldn’t think of a snappy name for it – any suggestions?).

Supplies:

• Image: Christmas Star rubber stamp from Crafty Sentiments Designs
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Kraft Card, Smooth White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Hot Off the Press magazine freebie from a few years ago. 
• Stamps: Sentiment from Clearly Besotted
• Ink & EP: VersaFine ‘Onyx Blank’ Inkpad 
• Dies & Punches: Whimsy Stamp Sweetest Birthday Shaker Builder Dies and Whimsy Stamps Holly & Berries Die
• Embellishments: Doodling, Pearls, Card Candi, Twine, Glossy Accents and Crackle Accents

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

Snowglobe

Evening all.It’s that’s time of the month when the fabulous Wendy from All Dressed Up brings us some fabulous new images to play with.

Let me introduce Christmas Snowglobe, Christmas Tree Fairy, My First Christmas and Party Season:

Aren’t they all super adorable? For today’s make I’ve used Christmas Snowglobe:  

Thought I would have a play with a different colour combo today.

  Supplies:

• Image: Christmas Snowglobe from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Maja Design ‘Home for the Holidays’ from Live and Love Crafts 
• Card: Brown Card, Blue Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Scalloped Layering Square Dies and MS Snowflake Punch
• Embellishments: Glitter Glue, Pearls, Gem, Jute Strip, Ribbon, Twine, Doodling, Crackle Accents, Wooden Heart and Wycinanka Background Hearts

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

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa