Polka Doodles British Olympics

The challenge this week at Polka Doodles is to use red, white and blue and make a card for the British Olympics. For my card I've gone for the red/white/blue colours and the British theme but I thought I'd got for a sport that has been missed out of the Olympics - something that we Brits would win hands down!

I've used Nikky's Britannia papers imported into Craft Artist and the teapot and cup from Picknix Welcome Home which I made into stencils to add the flag. The poster is a freebie which you can make your own from here:
http://www.keepcalmstudio.com/

The colour of the poster was brighter red but I toned it down to match the papers.

Polka Doodles Shabby Chic/Vintage

I was playing with Craft Artist again and decided to do another card for the Polka Doodles Shabby Chic/Vintage challenge. I've used Piper and backing papers from the Pretty Sweet cd together with butterflies, roses and lace from Crafts Artist digikits. Piper and the largest butterfly have been decoupaged.

Polka Doodles Week 17 Shabby Chic/Vintage

I love this image from the Pretty Sweet cd. She's called Amelia and I thought the colours would go really well with the vintage theme of this weeks Polka Doodle challenge. The three papers are from the same cd and the card is designed in Craft Artist. The lace, flowers and frame are from Craft Artist kits and all have been recoloured to match the Polka Doodles papers. Looking at it now, I think I should have used cream paper to print the image as the white is a bit bright. Unfortunately, I've not got time to change it as football is calling - Come On You SAINTS

Polka Doodles Week 16 - Red & White

This is my card for this weeks Polka Doodles Red & White challenge. I've used the Pretty Tuff CD again - there is just so much on here and some lovely papers too. I've designed this in Craft Artist again as I love the way you can play about without wasting anything until your happy with it. The background paper is the same paper as in the frame but just resized. The image is Casey and the layout is based on last weeks Sketch n Stash  blog.

Polka Doodles Week 15 - Pretty In Pink

This is my card for this weeks Polka Doodles challenge which is Pretty In Pink. It would also have fitted well for last weeks Big Birthdays challenge. I've used papers and an owl from the Sugar Birdies CD and taken them into Craft Artist to design the card. The 50 and the owl are printed again and decoupaged and I've added some Stickles to the bow and some of the flowers. I really love using Craft Artist with my cd's as you only have to print what you need.

Polka Doodles Challenge 14 - Big Birthdays

This is my card for the Polka Doodles Big Birthdays Challenge. I've used Wade from the Pretty Tough cd and decoupaged him. I've made the base card in Craft Artist using backing papers from the same cd. I love how you can use the colour picker to match the colour of the sentiment to the papers.

Less Is More 61 - Photo Inspiration

I haven't entered the Less Is More challenge for a few weeks as other things have taken over but I do look at it every week. This weeks challenge was to use the picture for inspiration.

I'd forgotten about it until I was using Craft Artist Professional and came across the bird I've used in my card and the colours of it seemed to be just perfect. I know you can recolour things in the programme but I didn't even need to do that. The bird is from A Mothers Love set and I've added a flower swirl from Swirling Memories. I copied this three times and picked out colours from the Inspiration Photograph to give three layers