Christmas Celebrations

Good Morning Bloggers

Today starts a new challenge at Digi Choosday and this week it is

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS

I have been soooooo good this year and well ahead in my Christmas card makes I only had 3 left to make, so after this one that's 2

When i saw this super cute image I knew I had to use it for my furbabies Christmas card. The image is called 'Sleightime' and can be brought alone or on the fab 'Work & Play 5 Festive Hollybobs Collection'. The blue snowfall paper and the calendar are both on the CD too

I coloured the image with Pro Markers, added glossy accents to the holly berries and used stickles for the snow. I distressed the edges of my papers with my Tim Holtz distress tool. The star die cuts were from my stash and the snowflakes I cut with a recent magazine freebie die, the sentiment I made on the computer

I hope you will come along and join our challenge this week, I'm really looking forward to seeing lots of Christmas Celebration cards

Don't forget to check out the Polka Doodles online shop for the digi and papers I used as well as loads of other amazing images, papers, sentiments and more, and for physical goods the shipping is only 99p worldwide!!

Happy Crafting

xxx

I would like to enter this into these challenges:
http://cardsundmore-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/challenge-no-120-einfach-nur-blau.html
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/use-die-cuts-challenge.html
http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/302.html
http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/team-b-with-paper-shelter-encino-stamps.html
http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/sos-179-free-is-good.html
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/christmas-is-coming-at-tiots.html

Christmas Wreath

Hi Bloggers

I'm doing this post from my Mums house where me and my furbaby Lilli are having a girly weekend. Watching Christmas films, eating take-away as well as sticky toffee pudding with toffee fudge ice cream mmmmmmmmm

Anyway I'm sharing another of my Cuddly Buddly DT makes, this time using one of the stamps from the 'Merry Little Christmas' set

I wanted to make the wreath stand out so decided to go CAS. I coloured the image with Pro Markers, embossed a piece of plan white card stock with a dotty folder and and mounted the wreath with foam pads so it stands out. The sentiment is from another Cuddly Buddly stamp set called 'Holly Collage' and I added 3 small gems to finish it off

Cuddly Buddly have a great range of Christmas stamp sets at only £6.99 each and digi images from 99p, so if you are stuck for ideas or running behind on your Christmas makes its worth taking a look

Happy Crafting

xxx

I would like to enter this into these challenges:
http://paulaholifieldcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/albc-cas-or-clean-and-simple.html
http://pictureandscrap.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/udfordring-86-julekort-eller-ske.html
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/dt-call-and-anything-goes.html
http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/hello-everyone-and-welcome-to-our.html

Christmas Kisses

Hello Bloggers

Today I am sharing another of my Christmas makes using stamps from

I used the 'Winter Walkies' stamp set 

Isn't this just the sweetest image ever

I coloured it with Pro Markers as well as edging all the layers with the cinnamon coloured pen. The papers were from my stash as were the pearls and die cuts. The sentiment and mini mistletoe stamps are included in the Winter Walkies set

Don't forget to visit the Cuddly Buddly Face Book page to find out all the latest news on new releases, competitions and giveaways

Happy Crafting

xxx

I would like to enter this into these challenges:
http://arandomfandt.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/challenge-19-winter-wonderland.html
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/its-challenge-time_18.html
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/2-or-more-papers-design-challenge_19.html
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/sooooooo-girlie.html
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/ttcrd-challenge-nov-18th-24th-2014.html

Pressie's!!!!!

Good Morning Bloggers

It's time for another challenge at Digi Choosday and this week it's

Presents & Gifts

I decided this week not to use an image but to use some of the amazing Christmas papers in the 'Work & Play 5 - Festive Hollybobs' Collection

These papers are just so cute and come in 5 different colour ways. Of course I had to use the gingerbread people one and the reindeer one went so well with it. The sentiment tags are from the same collection, and even though I didn't use any digi images I still managed to find a way to colour something on my project :) you didn't think I would do zero colouring did you lol

I added some tiny die cut gingerbread people with incy wincy black pearls for buttons along with 2 big shiny red gems for the reindeer's nose, and finished off with some red & green bakers twine

If you pop over to the Digi Choosday blog you will be able to see all my fellow DT  brilliant makes and enter this challenge, hope to see your creations there soon  

Happy Crafting

xxx

I am entering this into these challenges:

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/2014/11/ptt-challenge-190-anything-goes-theme.html

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/ttcrd-challenge-nov-18th-24th-2014.html

http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/home-madehand-made-is-new-challenge-at.html

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/tuesday-throwdown-222-christmas-tags.html

Guest DT Spot

Hello Bloggers

Ive been so excited waiting to do this post :)

The fab Treasured Times Stamps are running lots of different monthly comps on their Face Book group and I was lucky enough to be voted to be Guest Designer for November

If getting a Guest DT spot for the company wast enough I got to choose which one of their rubber stamps I wanted as my prize. That's where it got a bit tricky, all their stamps are gorgeous, but I picked 'Reindeer Friendship' by the amazingly talented Mi Ran Jung. I loved this stamp the minute I saw it and couldn't wait to get started on my project

Isn't this just the sweetest image ever

I coloured the image with Pro Markers and added glossy accents to the snowfall, reindeer's nose and their eyes to make them sparkle a little. I used Centura Pearl with a hint of Silver card from Crafters Companion to layer everything onto. The brown snowflake paper if from Marianne Design Arctic Winter pad and the blue snowflake one if from the Marianne Design Wintertime paper pad which I brought from Cuddly Buddly. The other beautiful paper is a 12x12 double sided Maja Design paper called '10th of December' and available at Live & Love Crafts which is also where I got the fabulous bark heart and the frantage I covered the white tree in (frantage is my new fave thing). The wooden snowflakes and paper reindeer were from my stash and I heat embossed them with clear cosmic shimmer powder. I used some die cuts from my stash to add some swirls and another of my new toys, the Embellishment Attic Bow Maker, to make the white organza double bow with a pearl buckle. The final touch was a string of white pearls along the bottom of the image.

I am so please with this project and even more please that Jody from Treasured Times Stamps likes it. I will definitely be making more cards using this sweet stamp

Happy Crafting

xxx

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
http://animalfriendschallenge.blogspot.de/2014/11/20-im-november.html
http://www.theartisticstampercreativeteam.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/novembers-creative-challenge-christmas.html
http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/november-2014-challenge-christmas-cards.html
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/dt-call-and-anything-goes.html
https://www.facebook.com/CraftersCompanion?v=app_1503479293234516&app_data=gaReferrerOverride%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.facebook.com%252F
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/chnc-challenge-extra-for-november-2014.html
http://cuteasabuttonchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/challenge-3-christmaswinter.html
http://die-cut-divas.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/holidays-any-holiday.html
http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/challenge-14-christmas.html
http://www.theeastwind.com/2014/11/challenge-19-baby-its-cold-outside.html

Fairy Magic

Hello Bloggers

I am sharing a card I made today using a gorgeous cute image from

All Dressed Up Stamps

She is called

Fairy Magic

and is one of the sweetest digi images I have seen 

I coloured her with my Pro Markers and having printed the image twice, I added the 2nd set of butterflies on top of the base ones and bent their wing to simulate them flying. The butterflies and her wings we glittered using clear Wink of Stella pen. The backing papers were from my stash and I added ultra fine glitter in red,green & blue to the trails from the butterflies. I used mini cream coloured flat back pearls on her bow, belt and the butterflies bodies and used a matching ribbon buckle on white organza ribbon to finish my card.

I hope you like my project today

Happy Crafting

xxx

I would like to enter this into the following:

http://alldressedupchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/november-release-and-dt-call.html

http://milkcoffeechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/hand-color-image.html

http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/challenge-121-anything-goes.html

http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/challenge-90-birthdays.html

http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.nl/2014/11/challenge-35-anything-goes-or-paper.html

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/2014/11/time-for-another-wonderful-wednesday.html

CAS

Hi Bloggers

It's time to share my 2nd make for Digi Choosday and the challenge this week is

Clean And Simple 

I love CAS cards but it was very weird trying not to add too much when at the minute I am trying to get my head around making off-the-page cards :)

I don't think I did too bad a job

I used the so cute Ralph with Hat and coloured him with my Pro Markers. I added glossy accents to his beak and little black gems to his eyes. For some texture I used a spotty embossing folder and layered it onto burgundy card.

Pop over to the Digi Choosday blog and check out the fab makes from the rest of the DT

Happy Crafting

xxx

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/anything-goes-challenge.html
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/74-christmas-joy.html
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/2-or-4-legs.html
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/2014/11/ptt-challenge-189-anything-goes-theme.html
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/ttcrd-challenge-nov11-nov17.html

Cutie Christmas

Hi Bloggers

I'm sharing another of my DT makes for Cuddly Buddly and this one uses the cutest little reindeer stamp from the 'Cuddly Christmas Buddies' clear stamp set

I coloured the images with Pro Markers, used the gorgeous snowflake paper from the 'Pere Noel' pad along with the checked from the same pad. the sentiment is from a digi download sheet available here. I added some pearls and thin twine to finish my card off

Don't forget about the Cuddly Buddly Face Book page too where you can find loads of info on products, offers, sales and inspiration from all the DT

Happy Crafting

xxx

I am entering this into these challenges:
http://a-crafty-mess.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/challenge-1.html
http://christmasstampin.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/challenge-36-anything-goes.html
http://creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.de/
http://digitallysweetchallenges.blogspot.ca/2014/11/dsc-113-cozy-winter-moments.html
http://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.ca/2014/11/the-great-outdoors.html
http://qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/qkr-stampede-challenge-112-lets-talk.html
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/challenge-82.html

ooops I did it again!

Good Morning Bloggers

I'M NOW ON THE DESIGN TEAM FOR DIGI CHOOSDAY!!!!!

OK if the caps didn't tell you, I'm sooooo excited about this, never in my life did I think I would be posting this. I'm going to crack straight on and tell you about the challenge as the more I sit here and waffle on, the more excited I get again.

The theme for the challenge this week is

THANK YOU using WINTER COLOURS

When I saw it was a 'Thank You' challenge I immediately thought cute teddy bear or flowers so Etty Shy from the Winston collection was a perfect match for me.

I went with icy blues and silvers for my winter colours, and coloured with Pro Markers, added glossy accents to her nose and the flower centres. The flowers are also from the Winston collection and I added buttons & pearls from my stash

I shall be sharing a new Digi Choosday project with you every week featuring fabulous characters & images from Polka Doodles

Thank you for sharing my great news with me

Happy Crafting

xxx

I am entering this into these challenges:
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/anything-goes.html
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/2014/11/ptt-challenge-188-anything-goes-theme.html
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/through-craftroom-door-nov4-nov-10.html

Bling Baby Bling

Good Morning Bloggers

It's time for the next challenge at

PPinkydolls

As always its 'Anything Goes' and the twist this time is

ADD SOME BLING

OK before I show you my project I need to tell you something. In our little DT group I asked Chrishanthi if us girls could have a nickname, something like Ppinkies ....... and she said YES :D (wonder how the rest would feel about a Ppinkies tattoo)

So on with my make for this challenge

I used the super cute 'Kawaii Candy' for my card this week and coloured her with Pro Markers. The papers are from my stash, the sentiment I printed off and the stars are from my drawer of die cuts. Now onto my BLING, I added gems in a random pattern amongst the stars, the orange backing paper behind Kawaii Candy is so glittery its uber bling and the arrow I made myself by stamping onto orange card and covering with glossy accents

I hope you will come along and join in our fab challenge this time at Ppinkydolls and don't forget the Face Book page here where you will find out all the latest news and be able to share your makes

Happy Crafting

xxx

I would like to enter this into these challenges:
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/challenge-238-bright-sparkly.html
http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/our-1st-challenge-at-get-creative.html
http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/our-1st-challenge-at-get-creative.html
http://www.throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/66-tattered-lace-anything-goes.html
http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/add-sentiment-challenge.html

Bunny Christmas

Hi Bloggers

I'm sharing another Christmas card I've made with the cute stamps from

'Cuddly Buddly' 

This is one of the sweet stamps in the 'Toby Tumble & Robins' set and I coloured this with my Derwent Inktense pencils, love the soft effect the pencils have given. the papers are from my stash as is the velvet scalloped ribbon. I used 'Frosted Lace Stickles' on the snow and gems round the sentiment circle which is from a fab Cuddly Buddly digi sentiment sheet available here and only 99p for 24 circle sentiments.

Don't forget to pop over to the Cuddly Buddly Face Book page to keep up with the latest news and new products available 

Happy Crafting

xxx

I am entering this into the following challenges:

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/challenge-253.html
http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/pink.html
http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/challenge-108-baby-its-cold-outside.html
http://digitallysweetchallenges.blogspot.ca/2014/10/dsc-112-anything-goes.html
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/challenge-81.html
http://thesweetpeastampers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/think-pink-breast-cancer-awareness.html