Swirls and flourishes with Polkadoodles

 Hello again I'm here with a new card for the latest challenge at Polkadoodles which is Swirls and Flourishes this time.

I decided to use the lovely Winnie Sugar Sprinkles and make a fairly simple card.  I used one of the pre-coloured images which I cut out with a small white edge, I used some Pinflair gel to raise it up a little.  The backing paper is one of my favourites from the collection, I have used it a few times and this time I have edged it with distress ink. I had a small piece of another paper from the same collection so cut a couple of swirls from a Tattered Lace die, it doesn't really show well but they sit at the same angle of the lines of the pattern.  I used a sentiment from the collection, added some lace and pale pink gems and a very nice brass bird in a cage...

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes

Cre8tive Hands Friends - Anything  Goes

Moving Along with the Times - Spring Flowers

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes with optional theme of Girly

This is what I used this week

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Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Download Collection

Happy Birthday CD Sunday

April 18th is the 6th birthday for CD Sunday and their challenge is so easy it would be rude not to enter. What they want you do is to link to a previous card made for CD Sunday so as I was on the original DT I thought I'd share the 1st card that I made.  It isn't one of my best and I probably wouldn't make something like this now but it just seemed fitting.

The team are offering a great prize so why not join in, if you haven't entered before you can still join in by linking back to something you've made previously as long as it has something from a cd included. 

Sorry forgot to say the cd was Victorian Companion from Joanna Sheen which I believe is no longer available.

Floral Frenzy at Polkadoodles

Hello there, I'm here with another post for the challenge over at Polkadoodles. This week it's the second half of our challenge called Floral Frenzy, and believe me there are so many things on the collections from Nikky that we are spoiled for choice! I decided to use the delicious Lemonade Fizz and used one of the great templates which makes it so easy to make something a little bit different.

I printed out a couple of the papers and then printed out the template onto the back of the paper and because I'm in the middle of a change around in my craft room I couldn't use my Cameo so cut everything out by hand.  I used Craft Artist to make up a page of flowers, bees and a butterfly and now ave some extra's saved for my next project.

As usual there are prizes to be won and we now also have a little something extra, if you use a Polkadoodles image to enter then you could win a feather in your cap!  This is an extra bit of fun for you to join in with and there will be a league table for those of you who want to collect the feathers, do pop over and check this out.

A cup of tea

I've been playing with the new Lavender Tea Digi collection and just love the way Nikky has put this together for us. I was looking at the templates and will be doing some of them to make a little display but thought that maybe I would enjoy making a card out of one or two, so I printed the teapot template onto the back of one of the papers and then reduced the cup size so it looked like it was the right size for a teacup in comparison to the teapot. I then printed this onto a different paper and cut everything out.

I have used a Tonic dye for the mat, which I cut twice, once as a solid piece and then again using the lattice die. I filled a page with flowers and printed them out I have only used a few of them but the others will be put away to use later.

I added a line around the rim and bottom of the cup with a sparkly gel pen just to give a bit of definition and a bit of lace across the middle of the card although you can barely see it!  I love the cd's but have also got one set of the stamps and if I run out of ideas the digis in the collection will give me a kick start.

I'm entering this into the following challenges;
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Retarte no73 - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything goes
Deep Ocean Challenge - Favourite Colour Combo

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Lavender Tea CD

Lavender Tea CD & Stamp Set

Cream and Sugar with the Polkadoodle gang

Good morning, it's that time again and we have a lovely new challenge for you over at Polkadoodles. This time it's Cream and Sugar so what better collection to use than Winnie Sugar Sprinkles?

I bought this chipboard plaque for £1 and used an Antique Pink paint from Pebeo but it was a bit too bright so I went over it with a light brushing of Gesso. Once that was finished I used a stencil and sprayed with a Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Cherub Pink, you can just about see some of the sparkle but not the pattern in the photo.  I used a couple of backing papers from the Winston collection and the rest came from Winnie.

I am entering this into the following challenges;
7 kids college fund - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs - Three or more layers
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/ Add a charm
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Not just Cards - Anything Goes

This is what I used

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Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Download Collection

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Spring Colours with Polkadoodles

Hello! I'm here with another inspiration post for the current challenge over at Polkadoodles, this time it's spring colours and it's so good to see the bright and pretty shades after winter. I love all the spring flowers that are popping up now and making everywhere look less bleak.

Anyway, I used the lovely Winnie Sugar Sprinkles for my latest card, I saw a die being shown on one of the craft channels and thought as it was not intricate I could cut something similar on my Cameo so even though I am not someone who designs on the machine I could manage a few squares.

This is the outer of the card and as you can see it is cut to form a couple of flaps, this is stuck down on toop of the backing paper around the outside edge. I ran a bit of ribbon across the bottom layer and also on the top layer to define them.  I then added an image and some embellishments underneath as in the second picture.

The card is a 6x6 and I added a few gems in two of the corners, a butterfly and the flower with the word Hi! inside so it will be fine for any occasion.

I am entering this into the following challenges;
A bit more Time to Craft - Anything Goes
Card Mania - Polkadots and/or stripes
Just Keep on Creating - anything Goes
Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes

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Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Download Collection

So Sweet

I have just bought a new collection from Polkadoodles called Winnie Sugar Sprinkles, it's a very pretty collection full of sweet images and pretty colours.
I bought the download so I could get to use it right away and found that there are eleven design sheets on here, now I love using the design sheets as it makes life so easy as everything is already to go and that makes the matching up so much easier.  I also printed one of the papers and that took me an age to decided which one but thought that the one I used worked really well.

The card is a 7.5inch square and I folded the front back so I only needed to use one A4 sheet of backing paper. I added some lace and pearls and one die cut but everything else is from the design sheet.

I am entering this into the following challenges;
Hiding in My Craft Room - Spring Colours
Challenge Up Your Life - Die Cutting
A Gem of a Challenge - Spring
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - A touch of Spring

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Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Download Collection