Forever Autumn

Hi all! Autumn has to be my favourite time of year all those crispy, crunchy leaves under your feet and all those gorgeous colours...... and that my friends is the inspiration over at The Polkadoodles Challenge Blog this fortnight.

I used my Lyra Rembrandt Pencils to colour in one of the Colour Therapy 1 sheets and combined it with the fox from work & Play 10 - Country Life collection again coloured up with Lyra. The sentiment is from the same collection and was then embossed with a leaf design and inked with distress inks to match. I finished by adding a paper bow & a bit of bling.

Thanks for stoppin' by, if you feel so inclined please leave a comment I do love to read them x

Challenges Entered:

http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/challenge-9.html

http://crafty-girls-creations.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/challenge-8.html 

http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/your-choice-dtbst-306.html

DOWNLOAD Work and Play 10 Country Life - Full Collection

Work and Play 10 CD Collection - Country Life

Lyra Rembrandt Polycolour pencils - 36 piece set

Colour Therapy Florabunda CD

Colour Therapy Florabunda DL

Sparkle, Bling & Glitter

Hi guys it's sparkly inspiration time over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog and I've used that to my advantage and made another Christmas card. I adore this little elf and coloured him with my Graph'its (4101, 4125, 4155, 4170, 4105, 4145, 1210, 1230, 1280, 8260, 8270,8280, 8290, 5210, 5215, 5230) of course the glitter came out for the fur trim. I also used my glitter pens for the holly & gemstones for the berries. The backing papers are from the Work & Play Hollibobs Cd. I used a holly embossing folder for one of the layers and added a bit of sparkle with my metallic pan pastels. The candy canes  and sentiment are also on the Cd.

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges Entered:

http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/4-cc-270-anything-goes-crazy-egg.html

http://www.trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/challenge-335-29th-of-october-shaped.html

http://crafty-girls-creations.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/challenge-7.html

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/challenge-397-sparkles.html

Items used:

Work and Play Festive Hollibobs (NS)

Hollybobs Little Elf digistamp

Graph′It Markers

Samples for Polkadoodles on Createandcraft.tv

Hi everyone. Some of us on the Polkadoodles design team have been working away behind the scenes getting samples ready for today's show on Create and Craft. It's always exciting getting a new collection and seeing what all my other team mates come up with. I'm sure I'll be amazed by their samples.

The first selection of samples comes from the brand new colouring therapy collection. It's is a fabulous concept. Adult colouring seems to be the 'in thing' at the moment but the great thing about this collection is it never ends. If you buy a colouring book, once you've coloured it, thats it! Well not anymore we can print over & over again also we can resize, print onto all different kinds of mediums so our colouring can be relaxing and therapeutic but also useful. From paper craft, gifts to home decor. Here are a selection of samples I made for the show.

1. A 6 x 6 card coloured with graph'it markers & lyra rembrandt pencils.

 

2. A key ring made using one of the alphabet digi's coloured with lyra rembrandt pencils glued onto stampbord & then triple embossed.

3. A 6 x 6 digi, coloured with graph'it markers & Sakura glitter pens in a white wooden box frame.

4. An A4 digi, coloured with lyra rembrandt pencils the bubbles are glazed with glossy accents and placed in a simple white frame.

The next collection is Serenity. She's such a cute little fairy I've used the digital download collection but you can also get her on CD Rom here.

5. I've jazzed up a box of confectionery to make it a more attractive gift. Using one of the backing papers, a pre coloured image and one of the cute sentiments.

6. A bright and bold 8 x 8 card with the digi coloured in with my lyra rembrandt pencils.

7. I went a bit bling tastic with this shaped easel but glitter and fairies go hand in hand don't they? This time I used one of the pre coloured images and a few die cuts for a pretty finish.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Please feel free to leave me a comment I do enjoy reading them.

Using A Die Cut

Morning folks. Its new challenge time over at Polkadoodles Blog. Time for you to use your die cuts. You have to look closely for mine as I used a nesting die as one of my layers but made my card all about the cutie pie Etty. Links to the collection are below. I've just added a bit of sparkle, ribbon & ink.

Close Up:

Challenges Entered:

craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/challenge-80.html

www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/challenge-282-always-anything-goes.html

thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/the-paper-nest-dolls-challenge-10.html

Items Used:

DOWNLOAD Winston Deluxe FULL Collection

X Cut Nesting Die

My Favourite Card Shape

I just adore an easel card, whether it be square, circle or twisted it just gives you that little something extra.....

My creation for the inspiration post over at Polkadoodles Challenge this week has combined a few different things for me including digi (pencils, glossy accents), CD Roms (papers & sentiment), Alcohol Markers (background), punches (flowers), die cuts (flourish, leaves, corners, shaped mat)

Close Up:

I've left the actual stopper blank as I thought it maybe nice to personalise it once I've decided who to send this card too.

Challenges Entered:

http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/challenge-8_1.html

http://crafty-girls-creations.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/challenge-5.html

digitaldelightsbyloubylootips.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/delightful-monthly-challenge-3.html

dianamlarson.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/dlart-thankful-thursday-october-linky.html

Items Used:

Polka Doodles Ickyink Art - Oddella Twig digi image	Sugarplum Daisy CD-Rom	Octavia Moonfly - Paper Heaven 4 Digital Craft Download Bundle	Graph′It Markers	Black Cat Card
Go Kreate Square Frame 8	SB Majestic Elements	Lyra Rembrandt Polycolour pencils - 36 piece set

Thanks so much for stopping by please feel free to leave me a comment I do love to read them x

Shabby Chic?

It's a brand new challenge over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog this fortnight. I'll admit to being totally out of my comfort zone this week I wasn't even sure what 'Shabby Chic' was ~ shoot me now!

I think there's a vintage feel to the name so I grabbed my Nordic Christmas collection (Picnix 3) & combined it with my distress inks and a bit of lace. 

It was just a case of inking, matting & layering. I've added a button, some lace and a couple of bits of curled green wire to add some detail.

A Close Up:

Challenges Entered:

http://www.trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/challenge-328-10th-of-september.html

http://crafty-girls-creations.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/challenge-4.html

http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/challenge-7.html

Items Used:

Picnix 3

Thanks so much for stopping by. Please feel free to leave me a comment. I do love to read them.

Things With Wings

Its  mid challenge inspiration time over at Polkadoodles Challenge Blog for 'Things With Wings' I looked back through my collections to see what I could come up with and decided on 'Dollie Goes East'. The weather this week has been a little dismal so I fancied brightening my mood a little. 

I printed one of the backing papers off onto heavier card stock to actually make my card blank. The 2 digis are coloured up using prisma pencils. I then added a die cut mat in lime green. My top peach coloured mat is one of the backing papers with the 'friendship' sentiment added within my graphics program. Before die cutting I covered it with a piece of double sided adhesive & glittered it after cutting. The flower is also printed from the same collection. I just printed out 4 the same, shaped and then layered them up. 

A Close Up:

Thanks for stopping by. It would be nice if you could pop over and join in our Challenge.

If you'd like to leave me a comment that would be awesome!

Challenges Entered:

http://thepencilcases.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/wk1-anything-goes-craft-challenge-at.html UK

http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/challenge-7.html

http://digitaldelightsbyloubylootips.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/delightful-monthly-challenge-2.html

http://scrap-craft-inspiration.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/scrap-craft-september-challenge-13.html

Items Used: 

Prismacolor Pencils

DOLLIE DAYDREAM GOES EAST CD CRAFTING COLLECTION

Spellbinders Nestabilities Marvelous Squares