Polka Doodles Challenge....Purple

Its time for the new challenge and the team A Design Team have been working hard to produce inspiration to encourage you to have a go in our latest challenge.....here is a link to the challenge blog do hop over and have a look....there are some fabulous prizes to be won so go on have a go....

I have used an image and sentiment are from the fabulous Fredericka CD.....have matted and layered her up using papers from the cd which I have taken into my Digi program and changed the colours to tone in...isnt that just great an unlimited supply of any coloured backing papers all that match.....
The die cuts are Spellbinder and Marianne Dies...and I have used a bit of distressing ink....
looking forward to seeing all the entries.....

More paper flowers

still feeling poorly so passing the time using up more bits of paper!

but I managed to make a couple of cards.....

and flowers from the last lot of makes

just such fun to make and use ....more cards soon....

using up bits of paper

I know just like me you keep all those scraps of paper...well tis week I decided that I had to start using some of them up.....I bought the punch and stamp sets when they were released at CHA but put them on a shelf...as you do....so here is what I have been playing at

so what did I make with them

and lastly for the moment....

well I feel really pleased with myself....have a few more cards to show you later in the week....

Christmas card club challenge Hazels choice feature a creature.....

What a treat Hazel...at last I get to make a card from my new OH LA LA CD Yuletide Wishes  that I was given as a pressie.....

the image...with lovely cute mice....is one of those off centre decoupage dead easy squares....the papers are both from the CD....the fir tree boarder is a memory box die and the holly a Marianne die...
shame the glossy accents on all the berries on the BP dont show but I am not the worlds best photographer!
Looking forward to going round all your blogs to see your creature creations.....

Polka Doodles Cha;;enge Blog...Spring Colours

I hope you will pop across to the challenge blog to see all the wonderful inspirational creations made by the design team to give you inspiration .there are great prizes to be won so why not have a go

I printed off some of the most beautiful papers when I first got the cherry blossom lane CD...and I have used them along with an image from candy doodles CD....the die cuts are Marianne design dies and spellbinders.....a few pearls from my stash....
Hope you will play along with us.....

harvest mouse.....

I have been doing a bit of grungy stuff....masking and embossing and then colouring with distress inks...not my usual comfort zone but I have had these masks for ages and they were crying out to be played with....

the stamp is a stamps away one again I have had ages...coloured with distress inks and sprayed with water to give it a bit more of a water coloured look...then sprayed with spray and shine when it was dry....to intensify the colours....
hope you are all enjoying your crafting its much too cold here again to be doing much in the garden!

Love Shoes

I really liked this shoe stamp when I saw a demo on create and craft...so you know how these things just have to be had!

so I stamped it 3 times on different paper..cut it out decoupaged it up and blinged it to within and inch  of its life...I just dont know when to stop do I....
Shoe stamp by Chloe....sentiment Dawn Bibby....flowers Heartfelt creations Vintage Floret set...paper DWCV the glitter stack....net Kanban...diamante buckle...Wild orchid crafts....swirl Marianne designs and loads of glitter....the black glitter was a real find in my stash....
Looking forward to the weekend ....

My friend Sandies 60th birthday

A great day celebrating...I made the card with inspiration fron Sue Wilson....

and I forgot to take a photo before I boxed it up! so here it is at the do....
Spellbinders all the way....

Christmas Card club Challenge....Zoe's choice a simple one layered card

Oh dear no matting and layering ...no embossing layers....okay just stamping and colouring then.....

so a single layer card...
stamped with the Justrite Christmas Holly background stamp...coloured with copics a few red and white PVA glue dotts...and this is where it all went wrong, I stamped a sentiment in the centre and really made a mess...so I cut round the lacy design  did a bit of distressing with antique Linen...okay saved...for the inside page...through the apature...
I stamped a holly bunch from the justrite Christmas miracle ornaments and masked the holly design..and stamped the ornament....(took me 6 goes on copy paper to get it right!)...coloured with copics, and distressed the page with antique linen.....so there you go a single one layered card...oh sorry about the ribbon but I just had too......
looking forward to seeing your cards this evening girls....

Polka Doodles Challenge...anything but a card...

Here is a link to the challenge blog ,just look at the great creations the design team have made to give you inspiration for this challenge....
Mine is based on a stay in a hotel in Ireland just before christmas where each door had a christmas door decoration...so I decided to have a go myself for this christmas and this is my first attempt

I used the fabulous Polka Doodles Creative Christmas CD....printed out the Holly wreath section, cut out all the layers and decoupaged them up.....then smothered the wreath in red doodle dewdrops...
a bit of red ribbon and job done....
Do have a go and create something for the challenge....we love to see you at the polka doodles blog.