Thanks for Helping Me Grow

Hello All! It’s Fab Friday over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and I have two projects to share with you.

I have made bookmarks as thank you presents for both Mr 8’s and Miss 5’s teachers:

I have used School Girl and School Boy and coloured them with Distress Inks.

Supplies: 

• Image: School Girl and School Boy from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Distress Inks
• DP: Girl – Nitwit Collections and Boy – Basic Grey
• Card: Sheena’s Stamping Card, Matt Black Card and Watercolour Card 
• Dies: Scalloped Rectangle Frames from Pretty Pink Posh (available at Dies to Die For) 
• Embellishments: Pearls, Gems, Ribbon and Mini Staples

I would like to enter these tags into the following challenges:

• Crafty Catz – Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations – Anything Goes
• Creative Moments – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Chloe with Ice Cream

Hello all. Well we haven’t had the best end to the school term and start to the summer holidays….both children have been ill with fevers and Tonsillitis so I am a bit behind with my blog post for Pink Gem Designs.

So, over at A Gem of a Challenge we have a new challenge and we have a fabulous theme of ‘Summer Time/Holidays’.

I’ve used the super adorable Chloe with Ice Cream:

And I’ve coloured her with Distress Inks…..I think I may be getting the hang of them.

Supplies:

• Image: Chloe with Ice Cream from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Distress Inks
• Card: Sheena’s Stamping Card, Blue Card and Watercolour Card 
• DP: Lili of the Valley/Nitwit Designs
• Dies & Punches: MFT Die-Namics Tag Corner Stitched Rectangle Stax and Tonic Doily Punch
• Sentiment: From a Lili of the Valley Clear Stamp Set
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black
• Embellishments: Ribbon, Paper Flowers and Pearls

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes
• Allsorts – Flowers all Over
• Crafty Catz – Anything Goes/Dies and Punches
• Alphabet Challenge – I for Ice Cream
• Crafty Creations – Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty – Anything Goes
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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Holidays are Coming

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 some beautiful Christmas creations.

For my make today I’ve used the fabulous Work & Play 5 Festive Hollybobs Full Download Collection:

And I have been practicing Distress Ink colouring.

Supplies:

• Image: Hollybobs Cards by Polkadoodles 
• Colouring Medium: Distress Inks and Spectrum AquaTint Pens 
• DP: Work & Play 5 Festive Hollybobs Full Download Collection printed on White Linen Cardstock
• Card: Kraft Card,Watercolour Card and White Linen Card
• Dies & Punches: Flower Flourish Die from Polkadoodles, Crafter’s Companion Snowflake Border Die and Nellie Snellen Pierced Rectangle Multiframe Dies
• Embellishments: Pearls, Doodling, Chipboard Heart and a Paper Flower

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

• Crafty Girls Corner Christmas in July
• CHNC – Christmas
• The Holly and The Ivy – Christmas
• The Merry Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge – Christmas

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Superduper Birthday

Happy Monday everyone! I’ve stopped for a quick cuppa before I pop out to do the school walk and I thought I would share the Birthday Card I made for my Mum-in-Law, now it has been given to the recipient.

I am trying to create some different card styles and as most of makes have a coloured image I thought I would put the markers away and dig out my Scan’n’Cut.

For this make I’ve used papers from the fabulous Serenity Fairy Wishes Download Bundle:

The printed sentiment is made from a mix of sentiments from other Polkadoodles kits. 

And the letters and letter mats have been cut on the Scan’n’Cut.

Supplies:

• DP: Serenity Fairy Wishes Download Bundle printed on White Linen Cardstock 
• Card: White Card and White Linen Card
• Embellishments: Doodling, Pearls and Glitter Glue

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

• Fussy and Fancy – Pretty in Pink
• Crafty Catz – Anything Goes
• Alphabet Challenge – H for Happy Birthday

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Rudolf the Red Nosed….Barclay!

Morning all. Who’s enjoying the nice weather? It’s a little too hot for me, so to cool me down I thought I would make a Christmas card.

Over at A Gem of a Challenge the new challenge theme is ‘Teddy Bears’ and Janet has loads of Christmas themed Teddy Bears in the Pink Gem Designs shop which made my Christmas card a lot easier.

This is Rudolf Barclay:

Supplies:

• Image: Rudolf Barclay from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Bear: E55, E53 and E51
• Antlers: E27, E25 and E23
• Red Nose: R39, R56, R46 and R32
• Card: White Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Maja Designs ‘Vintage Frost Basics’ 12x12 Paper
• Dies & Punches: MFT Die-Namics Stitched Scalloped Oval Dies
• Sentiment: From a Lili of the Valley Stamp Set
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black Inkpad
• Embellishments: Distressing with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide, Doodling and Pearls.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

• Crafty Cardmakers – 2 dies/punches or 1 of each
• Christmas with the Cuties – Blue and White
• Creatalicious Challenges – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Birthday Boy

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 some creations featuring A Number.

For my make today I’ve made something a little different and just used one of Nikky’s fabulous papers and my Scan’N’Cut machine:

The paper is from the Winnie Special Moments Paper Heaven 4 Download.

Supplies:

• DP: Winnie Special Moments Paper Heaven 4 Download printed on White Linen Cardstock 
• Card: Matt Black Card, Sheena’s Stamping Card and White Linen Card
• Embellishments: Pearls, Stencilling and Twisted Citron and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxides

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

• The Paper Players – Celebration
• Creatalicious Challenges – Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

HB2U

Morning all! It’s the first Tuesday of the month and that means one thing…… Tiddly Tuesday! So over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog we want to see your Tiddly makes so ‘Anything Tiddly Goes’!

Sometimes (read quite a lot) I get carried away colouring in images and haven’t actually got a card planned for them. This as exactly what happened with the super sweet Wryn’s Texting:

I’ve popped her in a little frame as she looks like she’s about to take a selfie.

And I’ve gone for a simple black and yellow colour scheme…..a bit like the little bumble bees I keep seeing in the garden pollenating my tomatoes.

Supplies:

• Image: Wryn’s Texting by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Sheena’s Stamping Card, Matt Black Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card  
• Stamps: Viola’s Alphabet from Lawn Fawn
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad and Mustard Seed Distress Ink
• Dies & Punches: Pretty Pink Posh Frame Die
• Embellishments: Doodling, stencilling and a Pearl.

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

• Dream Valley – All things bright and beautiful
• The Paper Players – Celebration
• Creatalicious Challenges – Anything Goes

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

Ruby Birthday Cake

Hello Again! Have you see the new Ruby images that landed in store at Polkadoodles? If not head over to the What’s New section to take a look and don’t forget to pop into the Polkadoodles FB Group for some fabulous inspiration from the design team.

Here is my last new release make but it definitely wont be the last make using the fab Ruby. This make uses Ruby Birthday Cake:

I love the paper with the word design, the colours are so cute.

The papers and sentiment are also digital files from Polkadoodles (details below).

Supplies:

• Image: Ruby Birthday Cake by Polkadoodles  
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Skin E04, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20 and R30
• Hair: E79, E57 and E55
• Grey: C3, C1 and Coo
• Yellow: YR21
• Red: R14 and R32
• Green: YG93
• DP: Winnie Celebrations Paper Heaven 1 Download printed on White Linen Cardstock 
• Card: Sheena’s Stamping Card, White Linen Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: From the Winnie Fruit Punch Big Bundle Download
• Dies & Punches: Elegant Nest Dies from Polkadoodles 
• Embellishments: Doodling, Gems, Ribbon, Button and distressed edges with Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide

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

• Creative Moments Challenge – Anything Goes
• Just Us Girls – Wildcard/Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Ruby Chic

Morning All! Have you see the new Ruby images that landed in store at Polkadoodles? If not head over to the What’s New section to take a look and don’t forget to pop into the Polkadoodles FB Group for some fabulous inspiration from the design team.

Today I have a card made with Ruby Chic:

I’ve been having so much picking what papers to match with each character…..in my head almost deciding what personality they are and what sort of party they are going to lol.

The papers and sentiment are also digital files from Polkadoodles (details below).

Supplies:

• Image: Ruby Chic by Polkadoodles  
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Skin E04, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20 and R30
• Hair: E18, E08 and R14
• Aqua: BV23, BV20, BG13, BG23 and G000
• Brown: E44, E43, E42 and E41
• DP: Winnie Special Moments Paper Heaven 4 Download printed on White Linen Cardstock 
• Card: Kraft Card, White Linen Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: From the Winnie Fruit Punch Big Bundle Download
• Dies & Punches: Birdhouse Doublet Die Set both from Polkadoodles 
• Embellishments: Doodling, Pearls, Paper Flowers and Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen

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

• Creative Moments Challenge – Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Always Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Ruby Party Girl

Morning All! Have you see the new Ruby images that landed in store at Polkadoodles? If not head over to the What’s New section to take a look and don’t forget to pop into the Polkadoodles FB Group for some fabulous inspiration from the design team.

For my second make today I have used Ruby Party Girl:

I gone a little floral and feminine on this one.

The papers and sentiment are also digital files from Polkadoodles (details below).

Supplies:

• Image: Ruby Party Girl by Polkadoodles  
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Skin E04, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20 and R30
• Hair: E39, E37, E09, YR27 and YR24
• Green: G99, G94, G21 and YG03
• Pink: R85, R83 and R81 / RV95, RV93 and RV10
• White: C3, C1, C00 and White Gel Pen
• DP: Lil Miss Sugar Pops 2 Mini Collection printed on White Linen Cardstock 
• Card: Kraft Card, White Linen Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: From the Winnie Fruit Punch Big Bundle Download
• Dies & Punches: Stitched and Pierced Nested Circle Dies and Birdhouse Doublet Die Set both from Polkadoodles 
• Embellishments: Distressed Edges with Bundled Sage Distress Ink, White Gel Pen, Pearls, Paper Flowers Doodling and a Doily

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

• Creative Moments Challenge – Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Always Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Ruby Gift

Morning All! Have you see the new Ruby images that landed in store at Polkadoodles? If not head over to the What’s New section to take a look and don’t forget to pop into the Polkadoodles FB Group for some fabulous inspiration from the design team.

For today’s make I have used Ruby Gift:

I used a white gel pen to give Ruby a spotty top to match the papers.

The papers and sentiment are also digital files from Polkadoodles (details below).

Supplies:

• Image: Ruby Gift by Polkadoodles  
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Skin E04, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20 and R30
• Hair: 100, W9, W7, W5 and YR21
• Blue: BG05, B02, B00, B000 and B0000
• Red: R46, R35, R14 and R32
• Yellow: Y38, Y19 and Y15
• Orange: YR27, YR07 and YR04
• DP: Winnie Celebrations Paper Heaven 1 Download printed on White Linen Cardstock 
• Card: Sheena’s Stamping Card, White Linen Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: From the Winnie Fruit Punch Big Bundle Download
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Scalloped Square Layering Dies and
• Embellishments: Distressed Edges with Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide, White Gel Pen, Pearl Trim, Paper Flowers and Ribbon

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

• Through the Craft Room Door – Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Always Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa