Happy Friday all ! it's freezing here so though this card quite fitting lol! only singing " let it snow let it snow let it snow " as it's almost the weekend ! is anyone crafting ?
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- About me…. After forty years of the daily hustle, I officially traded my briefcase for a crochet hook in September 2025! My life is a colourful tapestry woven with love, family, and a lifelong obsession with making things by hand. When I'm not lost in a sea of paper (my favourite obsession since 2008!), you’ll find me adventuring with my husband, John, and our big, fluffy shadow, Moosh—an 8-year-old Bernese Mountain Dog with a heart as big as his paws. My greatest treasures are my daughter, Lauren, and the three little stars who call me Nana: Harper, Callie, and Casey. I’ve been crafting stories and keepsakes since childhood, and now I finally have all the time in the world to let my imagination run wild! ✨🧶✂️
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Friday, 13 November 2020
Friday, 6 November 2020
Thanksgiving - inky background
Yippee its Friday ! here we have a one layer card with a distressed inky background, CAS cards i always find difficult to leave white space!
Here i have used a stemmed flower stamp taken from Polkadoodles clear stamp set https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/spring-rose-transitions-layering-stamps-clear-polymer-stamp-set/
Wednesday, 4 November 2020
Christmas Joy - Latte christmas
Another card from me, this time using a stamp from latte-christmas-tweetings-stamp-set/ this time i used all 3 characters having fun outside in the cold and snow! fingers crossed we get snow and a chance to do the same eh ?
Bye for now , Nelly X
Tuesday, 3 November 2020
Christmas Fishes - gnome and penguin time!
Just dropping by with the second of my projects from the new release on Polkadoodles web site! ...Just look at him Fishing !! Eeeek so adorable" you can find him here christmas-fishes-stamp-set
The background is using the new Park Life HERE park-life-6-x-6-stenciltree stencil and distress inks :-)
BYE FOR NOW NELLY X
Friday, 30 October 2020
Snowball Kisses
New release eeeeeek! Using the stamp from Snowball Kisses and the fabulous stencil Park Life isnt he just the cutest!!!!!!
Friday, 23 October 2020
Christmas for the boys!
Nelly here at heshaw.blogspot.com Sush don't tell, this card is for my Husband this Christmas! the image is actually called "Wedding Night " and you can find it here https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/wedding-night-saucy-digital-craft-stamp-download/ I thought it perfect for our team challenge " for the boys " papers are taken from the Christmas cheer pack https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/christmas-cheer-6-x-6-paper-pack/ and the embellishment/sentiment elements are from the Hochanda one day special https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/christmas-joy-collection-stamps-layering-stencils-stencils-paper-pack/
Friday, 9 October 2020
In Love with Autumn
Using the Daisy Days clear stamp set i inked up one of the elements in various autumnal hues and made a wreath card. the topper was layered onto the square swirly background die and the fabulous paper pack is called In love with Autumn
Friday, 25 September 2020
Hey Pumpkin!
Happy Friday! ...and time for another Polkadoodles challenge!! the team theme was "halloween" so i know i say this every year but its my least favourite time, i just hate Ghosties and Ghoulies or anything remotely scary! with this is mind i coloured up some softer images using the HEY PUMPKIN! clear stamp set . :-)
Friday, 11 September 2020
xmas in September - Twiggy Toots carol singers!
This week's team challenge was " anything goes Christmas" so in my excitement i chose to create a 3d lamp post project that was just screaming for carol singers and what better way to bring in Twiggy and Toots from Polkadoodles! you can find the image in the Cd collection HERE! Twiggy and Toots festive fun!
Friday, 28 August 2020
Throwing shapes !
This week I have created a side stepper card and using Eden Blossoms digital image from the Eden collection the image I coloured her up using Alchol markers.
I simply adore this paper pad collection and this butterfly paper coordinated beautifully ! you can find it Here vintage-candy-6-x-6-paper-pack/
Friday, 14 August 2020
Summer Citrus colours
The Polkadoodles team challenge set this week is " use citrus colours" with the following fruits in mind i used corresponding hues in distress inks: Limes, Lemons, oranges and raspberries !
I have used elements from Dragonfly fantasy silhouette stamp and the Graceful flower girl to create a slim tall card and matching tag.
Friday, 31 July 2020
Shades of Grey!
I used whats-up-buttercup-clear-stamp-set and coloured it using a mixture of cool and warm grey alcohol markers, and fancy-rectangles-tabs-die-set to create all the layers on this monochromatic card and was very happy with mu colour choice of yellow, it finished this card off beautifully!
Friday, 17 July 2020
Under the Sea! Mermaid ocean of wishes
For this 5 inch square card i resized and printed two images which are pre coloured image from winnie-mermaid-mermazing-precoloured-anchors-away-digital-stamp i added a white Posca pen to allow the " white to pop" in her hair! the Ocean themed design paper is called starfish-sandcastles-6-x-6-paper-pack using the leftover over paper trimmings from this project i created a tag to go with this card!
Friday, 3 July 2020
Love you Bunches - A cute wish!
A tall card from me this week , inspired by the set team challenge " a cute wish" i created the the panelled tall card on my scan and placing the 6x6-paper-pack-posy-doodles/ design paper behind the cut areas. i created the " Love you bunches" sentiment using funky-alphabet-a5-stamp-set-39-clear-polymer-stamps/ and super-sentiments-clear stamps and colored up using " wink of stella glitter pens". the image is from Polkadoodles called Flower Bunch - winnie special Moments
Sunday, 28 June 2020
Special time Unicorn - Too cute!
Who,s staying indoors today hiding from the wind? i've come into my shed early to craft today and i've got the heater on!
Here is a super cute image from the sparkles unicorn collection and it so versatile, " a first Birthday baby card comes to my mind today" ....what occasion would you use it for?
Friday, 26 June 2020
Sparkle Unicorn - Gift of love
Something different from me this time i created a Bokeh background using pencils! giving the card a rich color feel and somewhat different than using a design paper background, isn't this the cutest unicorn ever?
Recipe
background colored with pencils ans blending solution to create the Bokeh effect.
design paper trim from digital-download-bundle
buttons and sentiment from stash.
Sunday, 21 June 2020
Peek a Boo Belive in Unicorns!
I adore this cheerleader unicorn image and thought it was perfect to use to make a peel a boo card! form the brand new "Believe in Unicorns collection at Polkadoodles! you can find it by clicking HERE!
Ingredients/Recipe - non affiliated links below
Pre coloured image taken from the collection and resized into word to fit the peek a boo die from my stash.
Design papers and sentiment also taken from from the above collection.
Saturday, 20 June 2020
Believe in Rainbow Unicorn Sparkle
I kept this image clean and simple, which is very hard for me to achieve 😁! .... This unicorn image is just one taken from the Polkadoodles unicorn-big-kahuna digital-download-bundle and coloured using alcohol markers !
My inspiration came from someone someone going through a very tough time, hope you like it .... see the ingredients below and happy crafting folks!
Ingredients and Recipe
No affiliate links used below:
Image used is called Belive in rainbows, colour with medium of choice or use pre coloured image.
sketch and cut around the cloud edge to create the clouds or use an edger die.
Sentiment is a computer generated one!
I used a white insigno pen to create the polka effect on the umbrella.
Friday, 19 June 2020
Sparkles - Unicorns and rainbows - Loving life by the sea
Sharing my first card with you all from Polkadoodles "NEW RELEASE" Sparkles .....it was so much fun designing projects with this super adorable collection!
It was a sunny day when i created this card which gave the inspiration behind it! ..... now I'm dreaming of sunshine and chance to take a holiday and relax by the sea with a floppy hat on, don't you all agree ?
You can find the recipe and mixing below, Bye for now and happy crafting folks!
Ingredients/Recipe - non affiliated links below
Distress inks of choice
Sentiment's stamped with black versafine ink.
Image coloured alcohol markers (medium of choice
you're my hero - thinking of you condolence card
This weeks challenge was use any image and can be anything, Sadly Gemma became a heaven's angel last month, i wanted to create that card we all find difficulty making during a bereavement, i also wanted it to be bright and cherry to the eye.Gemma was and always will be our hero and a warrior working tirelessly in a dementia care home supporting the most vulnerable during the current covid climate.
I stamped the tree and branches image from Polkdoodles dragonfly-fantasy-3-clear-polymer-silhouette-stamps, in black ink, the heart image i coloured using coloured pencils in rainbow colours from the Polkadoodles me-you-stamp-set-timeless-rose-collection Cutting away the centre to add a personal photograph .
The background was coloured using distress inks.
I stamped the tree and branches image from Polkdoodles dragonfly-fantasy-3-clear-polymer-silhouette-stamps, in black ink, the heart image i coloured using coloured pencils in rainbow colours from the Polkadoodles me-you-stamp-set-timeless-rose-collection Cutting away the centre to add a personal photograph .
The background was coloured using distress inks.
i have entered my project into the following challenges
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