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Here is a project from the “hello Autumn” collection and is called cute bear, Autumn leaves from the Polkadoodles new release !  You can find it by clicking the link HERE he’s so adorable! The leaves was hand cut from the clip art and you can find it HERE

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Card with a closure!

How are you enjoying the summer? It has been a tad warm hasn’t it phew!! 

This weeks project is a card with a closure and I’ve made this card for a friend who was the big 60 recently. Using Belle Papillon from Polkadoodles for a shabby chic feeling soft pink tones. I created the closure using a tag punch and layering papers over the top, I really went back into craft history and decoupaged the flowers and  made a wax seal! I do hope you like it.

PRODUCTS USED

Belle Papillon bepapdl

Not so plain Kraft papers pd9156

Sentiments, the great sentiment strip pd9115.

Back to school notebook

I wish it was time for the children to go back to school but alas there’s still 3 weeks left ha ha ! For this project I created a notebook/journal it’s an essential item to have for the beginning of the new term isn’t it?  I used Polkadoodles Rebel flower digi stamp and coloured her with markers, the design paper is Polkadoodles scrumptious sugar paper pack. I see an old Polkadoodles stamp which is always my go to when I want to create a mixed media effect! I think this is rather cute, hope you like it!

Products used

Dlpd9170  Flower Rebel digi image

Pd7984 scrumptious sugar paper pack

Pd7932 vintage text

Pd7938 Birds together 

Get organised for Christmas- quick 5 minute cards

For this weeks  project I needed to get organised for Christmas!  My granddaughter who is only 4 wants a batch of small cards to send to her friends at school? “ I only need 30 Nana” lol! Hmmm so i decided to make quick 5 minute cards using 4 x 4 pre scored cards, printing pre coloured images I set to work, i also used  stencils to create a quick background and the sentiments were from a stamps set…. I think I can make 30 of these and be well prepared.

Products Used;

DL PD 9803 Jingle bells gingerbread cookie digital collection

PD 7907 magic moon stencil

PD 7434 Holly Flourish stencil

PD 8094 latte Christmas (sentiment)

PD 8095 merry. Christmas poinsettia (sentiment)

Back to school pencil case wallet

It’s a new month! …where does the time go! The team was tasked to create a wallet with a back to school theme, this inspired me to make my granddaughter a stationary wallet for when she starts school In September, it’s not hard as it looks to create, it’s justA4 card scored into a trifold and I die cut one edge.

I used the stack of books object and sentiment from the graduation collection and the link is below.

Products used

Dlpd10005 student-object-digital-stamp-and-printable-clipart-pack-for-card-making-scrapbooking-and-junk-journaling/

Jasper cat with balloon! Theme use animal no rabbits

Are you a cat person? ….me personally is allergic to cats but I absolutely adore them, so making a lovely cat card is somewhat comforting! 

This weeks team challenge was to create a shape down one edge, this card is a tri fold with a teardrop front panel, this was perfect to hold the fuzzy puff cat birthday image! He’s so adorable right?

I kept the colours a soft brown pallette and i think it suits this card perfectly?

Product used

Pd7178 Fuzzypuff, Jasper cat balloon (0n sale £3.50) 

Pd9155 great outdoors paper pad

Pd7995 super sentiment.

Toadally in love - Interactive notelet cards with matching envelopes

Happy Saturday everyone! …. This weeks task was to creat an interactive project using a colour palette, this inspired me to create the envelopes with the said palette, to compliment this I created 4 interactive notelet cards, I have placed a spring, wobble behind the images so the toads wobble when you flick it with your  finger! I do hope you like these and inspire you to create them they really are so simple to make.

If you love the toads stamps set be quick they have been reduced to only £1 each set, an absolute bargain!!

You can find the products by clicking the links below;

PD8143 toadal-sweetheart-4-x-4-stamp-set/ 

Pd8144 unfrogettable-4-x-4-clear-stamp-set/

Pd9005 sun-moon-stencil-for-card-making-craft-scrapbooking-mixed-media/

Pd7389 grass-clouds-sun-great-outdoors-6-x-6-stencil-for-crafts-card-making-scrapbooking/

Ocean Card - polkadoodles challenge

NELLY I simply  love colouring up little fishes, it’s something about how their personality bursts into life! So for this weeks project I have taken the fish digital stamp from Winnie starfish and. Coloured with zig watercolours.

a little stencilling in the background and textures using texture paste created the ocean feel.

I thought this card would work perfect for an anniversary card? What do you think?

Links to products used:

Winnie starfish and sandcastles digi download

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/scribble-heart-dies

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/heavenly-circles-craft-stencil/

All about Summer - pocket card

Summer is my favourite time of the year, what’s your favourite?

For this Pocket card I have used a chipboard tag and stamped the sentiment on it from perfect-wishes-flowers-botanicals-clear-stamp-set-for-card-making-craft-scrapbooking/  the design papers I use  were taken from daisy-days-beautiful-flower-floral-botanical-printable-digital-stamps-and-clipart-for-craft-card-making-junk-journals/ I couldn’t resist using the yellow design papers, because it’s a perfect colour associated with summer, right? I also popped some sunflower seeds in one of the pockets, again another summer flower. The seed packet and sign was taken from all-the-dirt-gardening-clear-stamps-for-card-making-craft-scrapbooking-mixed-media/

I hope you like this card as much as I?

Carry on crafting, and I’ll be back next Saturday with another post.

Father’s Day - double flap card

What’s everyone doing this weekend? …. I’m resting following knee replacement surgery and it’s no fun I can tell you, especially as I can’t get down to my crafty shed! 

I really enjoyed making this card, it’s called a double flap card and it was perfect for the stamps I had in mind for this!

using this perfect stamp set, Beers and Cheers from Polkadoodles which you can find HERE and it’s in the sale!! I coloured them up with watercolour pens. The design papers are called not so Plain Kraft and you can find them by clicking HERE.

The scribble heart die can be found HERE and I used the star circle die on the design papers, HERE

Having a Giraffe! Different fold

Do you enjoy making fun fold cards? This week I created this different fold which is A2 in size, i cut from corner to corner on the front flap and added in love with Autumn paper pack you can find HERE,  next I added a square piece of card and glued it in on the right hand side, I placed another piece from the autumn paper pack and coloured up a flower stamp, butterfly and added a sentiment stamp taken from  big-birthday-surprise-stamp. Finally I embossed the wood grain stencil and coloured with distress ink, I coloured up Having -a-giraffe-clear-stamp-set-for-card-making-craft-scrapbooking/ the leafy-fronds-die cuts was coloured also with green distress inks and the big-hello-sentiment-die-was added to finish this card off

Gnome Grown - inside out easel card! Polkadoodles

What are you up to today? Gardening is on my todo list and this inspired me to create this adorable garden gnome card. Doesn’t he just look so busy pulling up those carrots? 

The inside outside easel card was inspired by Heidi Walker and you can find the tutorial HERE

To create this project I used Gone Grown stamps which includes the sentiment and you can find it HERE the design paper is called Winnie sunshine delights and you’ll find it by clicking HERE.

The sentiments was taken from the strip sentiment panel HERE

Whatever you’re up to have a great weekend everyone and carry on crafting folks! 

Graduation day!

Hi everyone!  Challenge day today so this means it’s Saturday yeah! 

The inspiration for this card came from my Granddaughter, she’s just turned 4 and graduates from nursery this year. So with her in mind, i chose to go cute. Using distress ink I stencilled the background in frayed burlap,  and abc123-stencil  I coloured up this image taken from the graduation bundle found here cute-girl-with-glasses-books--bag, other elements, pencils, sentiment, bunting and balloon was taken from the big bundle which you can find HERE you will find so much inspiration from this bundle.

Right I’m signing off now to pack a small bag as I’m having an operation on Wednesday, but I’ll be back soon. 

Fathers Day ! All the dirt !

Happy Saturday everyone! I wanted to create a new fold card and found this at Purple girl crafts its such a fun card to make and its not as hard as it looks, so go one have a go.

Firstly stamping the images " all the dirt " and water coloured using my pens onto water coloured card you can find the stamp and matching outline die collection Here - all the dirt, the design papers were  taken from the work and play 4 collection. The inside sentiments was taken from  all occasion stamp set.

I loved how this card turned out and hope you like it too! right I'm off to enjoy the rest of the weekend, happy crafting folks!!

Happy Birthday Wishes - Winne Sunshine Delight Bouquet!

For this weeks project the theme is Birthday card!..... Who doesn't love a birthday?

I firstly Spritzed alcohol inks onto Yupo paper in blues, pink and gold, next I printed and coloured Winnie Sunshine bouquet image with alcohol pens you can find the image HERE.

The flowers were die cut and coloured with oxides, you can get the dies HERE. Sentiment was stamped using All Occasion stamps (also comes with a die Strip) HERE

Have a great weekend and carry on crafting! 

Birthday surprise waterfall card

Happy Saturday everyone! For my project this week I bring to you a waterfall card, I can’t take all the credit for this as I used a waterfall card template, tutorial by  HEIDI WALKER she makes some fantastic crafts and I’m sure she would welcome a follow, just click the link!

I used The bubble stencil to complete the backgrounds on the 4 panels using watercolour. Next I stamped and water coloured images from Birthday Suprise and Sweet Birthday stamps, the sentiments was all stamped and cut from Bright and Beautiful stamp and die cut set. 

I hope you like this project! tune in again next Saturday for another, happy crafting folks x

an ocean card!

for my card this week i used Collecting sea shells image that you can find here polkadoodles.co.uk/winnie-mermaid-mermazing-precoloured-collecting-shells-digital-stamp-download/i used a border punch to create the decorative edges 

Not a square card!

The team challenge was to crate "not a square or rectangle card, so out came my circle dies to create a round card which i then used distress inks on the embossed outer edge.  the image is called polkadoodles.co.uk/earlie-hedgehog-dandelion-fuzzypuffs-digi-stamp-printable-download/ and I coloured it up using alcohol markers.

An easel card- Ula life journal

For  this week project i used a die to create this easel card, the image is called polkadoodles.co.uk/ula-create-life-journal-craft-digi-download/  The sentiment was taken from polkadoodles.co.uk/winnie-daisy-greetings-quotes-and-sentiments-printable-clipart-digital-stamp-digistamp-for-cards-cardmaking-crafting-and-stickers/ the stopper was created using flowers from my stash.

Phone Texter guy!

My card this week is male themed and you can find the image by clicking the link here polkadoodles.co.uk/phone-texter-guy-digital-stamp-download/ the papers and sentiments were taken from the polkadoodles.co.uk/work-play-7-digital-download-paper-craft-collection I decorated the corners using Brads.