Strawberry Wishes

The image for this card is Strawberry Wishes by Hobby House. It's a pre-coloured image and is so cute - just right for a quick card.The papers are by Kate Knight and were free with a magazine some time ago. Lots of bling as I'm entering it for the Cutie Pie challenge which is glitter and bling. The fglowers have some bling brads in the middle which are from Lakeland so they must be a few years old. The mats and swirls are cut from glitter card although it doesn't show in the picture. The layout is the from the Sketch N Stash challenge.

Make a Gift Card at Polka Doodles

The Polka Doodles challenge this week is to make a gift card. I'm having a bit of a problem with my printer at the moment so could print off any papers so I've had to raid my stash and look what I found.

I'd used quite a few of the free papers and the stamps last year but there were enough papers and stickers left to make this quick gift card. When I first saw this idea, I dismissed it as being too difficult but it really is super easy.

Polka Doodles Fairies and Fantasy

This weeks Polka Doodle challenge is Fairies and Fantasy. I've made my card in Craft Artist and been having a real good play with it. I started with a basic butterfly shape which I imported and made into a stencil. I them imported the topper from the Sugarplum Fairy CD and laid it over the stencil as a backing then cut it. I've imported the fairy from the same CD and used the cutout studio to remove the second image. This makes her like a png image so you can place her wherever you want without a background. I've done the same with the sun and bird. I've also added some flowers from the Picknix CD. Once I had the design how I wanted, I moved the fairy, the sunflowers and second bird to a different page and printed everything off. Then cut the butterfly out and a second blank one for the back of the card and stuck them together. I've cut the elements out and decoupaged them onto the design. For glitter, I've added diamond stickles to the centre of the flowers and gone over some of the design with a stardust pen. Glamour dust has been added to the fairy wings and the centre of the sun. A lot of playing about but I'm quite pleased with the result.

LIM - Lucky Dip

I haven't entered a card for the Less Is More challenge for ages but I wanted to make a card for my forum friend Val. She's been in hospital for 10 weeks now and must be absolutely bored stiff. I've sent her a couple of cards but as she always entered the LIM challenges, I thought this would be perfect for her.

The challenge this week is to use their blog header as inspiration. I've used the colours and a flourish from it. I picked out the stamps I wanted to use but wasn't sure about the layout so I went back to week 52 and used the sketch from that. The flourish stamp is a small set by Kanban and the sentiment is from a Stampin Up set called Hopeful Thoughts. Both are stamped with Versafine and embossed with ebony WOW embossing powder and the flourish strip layered onto mirri card.

Get well soon Val x

Trooping The Colour at Polka Doodles

I wasn't at all sure about the colours on this card but hey ho. The stamp is Fergus with Poppies by Wild Rose Studio coloured with Promarkers. The backing paper is by Wild Rose Studio too. The flowers are made with a Nellie Snellen punches which also emboss.

A bit of a rush card and I think I've just sneaked in for the Polka Doodles challenge deadline.

Garden Scene for Polka Doodles

This is a quick card I've made for a friend using Craft Artist. It's for the Garden Scene challenge at Polka Doodles this week.  All the images and papers have been imported from the Sugarplum Daisy CD. The fences, watering can and pots have been decoupaged and the sentiment added afterwards.

Golfing Miracle

This is a card for my cousin's husband. He's taken up golf recently so I've used this Papermania stamp and coloured it with Promarkers. I've had the stamp set for ages and never used this image from it. The paper is from my stash and the greeting is computer generated. The golf balls are just printed and shaped.

The current Sketch N Stash challenge is a free choice of all their previous sketches and I've used sketch no 3.

Lots of Flowers for Polka Doodles

The challenge this week at Polka Doodles is Lots of Flowers. For my card I've used an image from the Sugarplum Daisy CD. It's coloured with promarkers and the little bunny is decoupaged with glamour dust on his tail. As I'm waiting for inks for my printer, I've used a backing paper from my stash. It's by Wild Rose Studio and has lots of daisy like flowers. The small flowers at the top are a punch by Woodware (which I love as it punches 10 small flowers at a time) and I've coloured the centres with a Promarker and shaped them. The three larger daisy's are another Woodware punch with shaped yellow card for the centres. The greeting is by Personal impressions mounted with Stampin Up punches

Polka Doodles Regal Colours

Polka Doodles challenge this week to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee is Regal Colours. As I'm away for the rest of the week I needed to get my card done quickly today.

There's lots to celebrate at Polka Doodles recently with their third birthday and the wonderful news that Rosemary Merry is joining the team so I've made a celebration welcome card for her. I've kept to the red white and blue theme with a freebie backing paper from Polka Doodle Dandies.  Her crown is a Cuttlebug die cut and the flowers are a Nellie Snellen punch cut from the same card to layer Rosemary's picture. I've used a Stampin Up punch for the bunting and my Quickcut Squeeze for the letters and of course added some diamond bling.

Polka Doddles Doodling

This weeks challenge at Polka Doodles is Doodling! They want you to doodle an edge or border.  This was certainly a challenge for me and to be honest, I wasn't going to play along this time but I eventually decided to have a go.

I've used a digi image from the Sugar Birdies CD and coloured it with Promarkers. The doodling is very simple around the edge of the image using a fine nib Promarker in soft peach. The backing paper is from the same CD. I wanted a border across the bottom so I've added some doodled button birds. I saw these in a magazine earlier this year and they have always stick in my mind. I've used a Sakura stardust pen to doodle the legs and curly tails. The wings and beaks are hearts cut in half and the buttons are from my stash.