Chilly Gift

Morning all. We have a brand new challenge at A Gem of a Challenge and as always it’s an Anything Goes Challenge, however the team are showing some creations along the the theme ‘It’s Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas’.

Here is another Christmas card for my stash using the fabulous Chilly Snowman Gift :

I love the aqua and red colour scheme.

Supplies:

• Image: Chilly Snowman Gift  from Pink Gem Designs at Polkadoodles  
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Aqua Card, Red Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: From stash
• Dies & Punches: Precious Marieke Die and a clearly Besotted Snowflake Die
• Sentiment: From a Simon Says Stamp Set
• Embellishments: Tonic Nuvo Drops

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Rudolph

Hello all and happy Friday!

It’s time for a brand new challenge over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog and even though it’s Anything Goes the team are showing some creations using on the theme ‘It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas’.

It’s getting to that time of year when time is at a premium, especially now the children have such busy social lives, so I have made a clean and simple card this week:

I have used papers from the Twiggy & Toots Festive Fun Download Collection and an adorable image called Rudolph from the Winnie White Christmas Collection, which I have coloured with a mix of markers and pencils.

Supplies:

• Image: Rudolph by Polkadoodles
• Colouring Medium: Copics (and a few pencil details)
• DP: Twiggy & Toots Festive Fun Download Collection printed on 200gsm smooth white paper
• Card: Matt Black Card and Copic X-Press IT Blending Card 
• Embellishments: Nuvo Crystal Glaze and Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Christmas Lights

Morning all! It’s Tuesday and that means one thing…… Tiddly Tuesday and it’s the last one of 2018! This time our theme at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog is ‘Let’s Be Merry’!

I have used Minnie’s Christmas Lights and I love love love this image (it get’s used every Christmas) and I have to admit apart from the hair colour I often look like this while decorating my tree.

Minnie had to have pink hair.

Supplies:

• Image: Minnie’s Christmas Lights  by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Teal Card, Pink Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: 
• Sentiment: Stamp and Die Set from Clearly Besotted  
• Ink & EP: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad and Clear Detail Emboss Powder
• Dies & Punches: MFT Die-Namics Stitched Tag Corner Rectangle Stax
• Embellishments: Nuvo Drops and Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen

Don’t forget to pop across to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to see all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the girls.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Unicorn Gift

Morning all. It’s time for a new Anything Goes Challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge and the team are showcasing some ‘Gift Bags’

I’ve used Unicorn Hot Chocolate to make my gift bag:

And I heat embossed my die cut circle to make it super shiny.

Supplies:

• Image: Unicorn Hot Chocolate from Pink Gem Designs at Polkadoodles  
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Kraft Paper, Sheena’s Stamping Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Digi Papers from Polkadoodles 
• Dies & Punches: Fanciful Circle Nested Dies from Polkadoodles, a Kars Starburst Punch and a MS Snowflake Punch
• Sentiment: From a Simon Says Stamp clear stamp set
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black
• Embellishments: Nuvo Drops and string/rope

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

• Fussy and Fancy – Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz – Anything Goes
• Penny’s Paper-Crafty – Anything Goes   

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Christmas Gifts

Hello all and happy Friday! It’s time for a brand new challenge over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog and even though it’s Anything Goes the team are showing some creations on the theme of Gifts.

For my make today I’ve used the fabulous Festive Christmas Download Collection:

I’ve used papers and a sentiment from the collection and designed the money wallet myself using my scoreboard.

Supplies: 

• DP: Festive Christmas Download Collection printed on Colour Copy 160gsm paper
• Card: Matt Black Card 
• Dies & Punches: MS Snowflake Punch, Kars Starburst Punch and Fanciful Circle Nested Dies
• Embellishments: Nuvo Glittter Drops and Ribbon

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• The Holy and the Ivy Challenge – Anything Christmas Goes
• ABC Christmas Challenge – W for Wishes (and Wallet too lol)
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge  - Make your own embellishment  - I made my own layered snowflake with punches, coloured with a metallic marker and added sparkle from some Nuvo Glitter Drops

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Fa la la la

Morning All! It’s Fab Friday over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and I have a Christmas card to share with you.

I’ve used one of my favourite images Wryn Goes Caroling:

I thought I would make a step card or a change.

Supplies:

• Image: Wryn Goes Caroling  from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: Magazine Freebie
• Card: Red Card, Gold Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: A stamp and die set from Clearly Besotted
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Embellishments: Nuvo Drops, Nuvo Crystal Glaze, Marvy Snow Marker and Chipboard Hearts

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Winter Wonderland – Character – People Only
• The Holy and the Ivy Challenge – Anything Christmas Goes
• As You Like It – Digi or Rubber – I love both for different reasons. However my favourite thing to do is colour, so I love digi’s because you can resize and print and get the same quality time after time and they take up a lot less storage space too!

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Chilly Snowflakes

Morning all. It’s time for a new Anything Goes Challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge, but the team are showing some creations along the the theme ‘Sparkle.

Here is another Christmas card for my stash using the fabulous Chilly with Snowflakes:

And I love this colour combo.

Supplies:

• Image: Chilly with Snowflakes from Pink Gem Designs at Polkadoodles  
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Pink Card, Teal Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP:
• Dies & Punches: MFT Die-Namics Scalloped Stitched Oval Frames and Tonic Scalloped Square Layering Dies
• Sentiment: A Clearly Besotted Stamp and die set
• Ink & EP: VersaMark, WOW Sparkling Snow Embossing Powder and WOW Bright White Superfine Embossing Powder
• Embellishments: Spectrum Clear Sparkle Pen

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Let it Snow

Hello all and happy Friday! It’s time for a brand new challenge over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog and even though it’s Anything Goes the team are showing some creations using beautiful Create a Scene.

I have created a scene using patterned papers from Work & Play 5 Festive Hollybobs Collection, some puffy snow and a cute little digi 2 Cute Christmas Penguins that I have printed out in two different sizes and coloured with alcohol markers:

They make quite a cute little family of penguins.

Supplies: 

• Image: 2 Cute Christmas Penguins by Polkadoodles 
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir
• DP: Work & Play 5 Festive Hollybobs Collection printed on White Linen Cardstock
• Card: Matt Black Card, White Linen Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card 
• Dies & Punches: Circle Dies
• Embellishments: Marvy Snow Marker and Black Flat Gems

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Santa Girl

Morning all! It’s Tuesday and that means one thing…… Tiddly Tuesday! Over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog we want to see your Tiddly makes with ‘Divine Dimension’! and for this time of year my make has to be a Christmas card.

I have colour Santa girl recently but she’s just so cute U had to colour her again.

Supplies:

• Image: Santa girl by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Black Card, Vellum and Copic X-Press It Blending Card 
• DP: Helz Cuppleditch Wonderland 6x6 Paper pad
• Stamps: Die and stamp set from Clearly Besotted
• Ink & EP: VersaMark and Wow Copper Superfine Embossing Powder  
• Dies & Punches: Sizzix Framelit Hexagons
• Embellishments: Black flat sparkle dots and Marvy Snow Marker

Don’t forget to pop across to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to see all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the girls.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Pretty Paper

Hello all and happy Friday! It’s time for a brand new challenge over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog and even though it’s Anything Goes the team are showing some creations Focusing on the Paper:

For my make I have kept the design fairly simple and tried not to cover up the pretty papers. I have just added a die cut and a sentiment printed onto vellum

Supplies:

• DP: Twiggy & Toots Festive Fun Download Collection printed on Color Copy 160gsm paper
• Card: Kraft Card and Printable Vellum 
• Dies & Punches: MFT Die-Namic Blueprint 27 Dies  
• Embellishments: Pearls and Gold Twine

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Winter Emma

Morning all. There is some brilliant news this morning over at A Gem of Challenge…..we are carrying on with the challenges! Nikky at Polkadoodles is going to be selling some of Janet’s gorgeous Pink Gem images and has decided to sponsor the challenge and keep it going.

So with a few changes we are back with a brand new Anything Goes Challenge, however the team are showing some creations along the the theme ‘Mainly Pink’.

Here is another Christmas card for my stash using the fabulous Emma Winter:

Supplies:

• Image: Emma Winter  from Pink Gem Designs at Polkadoodles  
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Pink Card, Matt Black Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Digi Papers from Polkadoodles 
• Dies & Punches:
• Sentiment: From a Lili of the Valley Stamp Set
• Ink: Stampin Up Blackberry Bliss Ink Pad
• Dies & Punches: Elegant Nest Dies from Polkadoodles Holly Die from Whimsy Stamps 
• Embellishments: Doodling, Glitter Glue and Pearls

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Carol Singing

Hello all and happy Friday! It’s time for a brand new challenge over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog and even though it’s Anything Goes the team are showing some creations with the theme Wrap Up Warm.

For my make today I’ve used the fabulous Carol Singing

And papers from the Twiggy and Toots Collection.

Supplies: 

• Image: Carol Singing Twiggy and Toots from Polkadoodles 
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: Twiggy and Toots Festive Fun Download Collection
• Card: Kraft Card, Colour Copy Paper and Copic X-Press It Card
• Dies & Punches: Fanciful Circle Nested Dies from Polkadoodles 
• Embellishments: Cheesecloth, Paper Flowers and Pearls

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• A Perfect Time to Craft – Anything Goes
• Alphabet Challenge – O for Owls
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge – Christmas
• As You Like It – Full of Frills  as it takes me a lot longer to put less stuff on a card (if you know what I mean) lol
• Penny’s Paper-Crafty – Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations – Anything Goes
• Tuesday Throwdown – Anything Goes
• Creative Moments – Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door – Anything Goes
• Papercraft Challenge – Die Cut/Punches
• My Time to Craft – Use Kraft Card
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes
• The Holy and the Ivy Challenge – Anything Christmas Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Christmas Gingerbread

Afternoon All! I have not one but two new images from the October release at The Paper Nest Dolls to share with you today.

I have made a card using both Gingerbread Girl and Gingerbread Boy:

I just thought they looked so cute together.

Supplies:

• Image: Gingerbread Boy and Gingerbread Girl  from The Paper Nest Dolls 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Papermania Craft Christmas 6x6 Paper Pad
• Card: Kraft Card, Red Card, Vellum and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: From a Lili of the Valley Clear Stamp Set
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black
• Dies & Punches: MFT Die-Namics Stitched Scalloped Border and Precious Marieke Christmas Die (Can’t find the packaging at the moment for the exact name)
• Embellishments: Gems

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• A Perfect Time to Craft – Anything Goes
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge – Christmas
• As You Like It – Full of Frills  as it takes me
• Penny’s Paper-Crafty – Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations – Anything Goes
• Creative Moments – Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door – Anything Goes
• Papercraft Challenge – Die Cut/Punches
• My Time to Craft – Use Kraft Card
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes
• The Holy and the Ivy Challenge – Anything Christmas Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Christmas Penguin

Hello all and happy Friday! It’s time for a brand new challenge over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog and even though it’s Anything Goes the team are showing some creations using the theme Frame It.

I've made a Christmas card using papers from the Festive Christmas Download and a Penguin image from Winnie White Christmas:

I have used dies from Fanciful Circles Nested Dies and Stitched and Pierced Nested Circle Dies  to die cut my frame and popped it up on foam pads.

Supplies: 

• Image: Penguin  by Polkadoodles  
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir Markers
• DP: Festive Christmas Download printed on white card
• Card: Kraft Card, Gold Linen Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card 
• Dies & Punches:  Fanciful Circles Nested Dies and Stitched and Pierced Nested Circle Dies from Polkadoodles 
• Embellishments: Pearls

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• The Crafty Addicts – Anything Goes
• Creative Inspirations – Anything Goes
• Sparkles Monthly Challenge – Dies or Punches

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Hanging the Wreath

Hello all and happy Friday! It’s time for a brand new challenge over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog and even though it’s Anything Goes the team are showing some creations that are Christmas but not Cards.

For my make today I have made a Christmas Decoration:

I’ve used papers from the Ho ho ho Christmas 6x6 Paper Pack and the Winnie Christmas Wreath Stamp.

And I’ve also used the fabulous Fanciful Circle Nested Dies. 

Supplies:

• Image: Winnie Christmas Wreath Stamp by Polkadoodles  
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: Ho ho ho Christmas 6x6 Paper Pack from Polkadoodles 
• Card: Kraft Card, Gold Sparkle Paper, White Card and White Parchment  
• Dies & Punches: Fanciful Circle Nested Dies and Stitched and Pierced Nested Circle Dies from Polkadoodles, La La Land Crafts Holly Flourish Die and a magazine freebie Poinsettia Die
• Inks: Distress Oxides (used to colour the Holly Flourish Die Cuts)
• Embellishments: Pearls, Twine, Glitter Glue and Flower Pearl

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Fussy and Fancy – Anything Goes
• As You Like It – Favourite Non Card Project – I love making home décor projects and anything Christmas is so much fun!
• Crafty Creations – Anything Goes
• Penny’s Paper-Crafty – Anything Goes
• The Holy and the Ivy Challenge – Anything Christmas Goes
• Die Cuttin Divas – What makes you happy? Easy Christmas makes me happy!
• Creative Moments – Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door – Anything Goes
• My Time to Craft  - Christmas in August
• Winter Wonderland – Christmas Joy

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Santa Girl

Morning all! It’s the first Tuesday of the month and that means one thing…… Tiddly Tuesday! So over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog we want to see your ‘Clean and Simple’ Tiddly makes. 

I’m definite in Christmas Card mode now and I’ve used one of Christy’s new-ish images Santagirl:

More practice with my Distress Ink colouring. Although the red is a Spectrum AquaTint pen as I don’t have a red Distress Ink!

And even CAS needs a few bit of bling.

Supplies:

• Image: Santagirl by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Distress Inks and Spectrum AquaTint pens 
• Card: Watercolour Card, Green Card and Red Card 
• Sentiment: Free with this digi image Holly Jolly
• Embellishments: Stencilling and gems

Don’t forget to pop across to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to see all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the girls.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Ho Ho Ho

Hello all and happy Friday! It’s time for a brand new challenge over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog and even though it’s Anything Goes the team are showing some creations using beautiful Christmas Colours.

You could choose to use just the colour scheme and make a general card or like me you could make another Christmas Card for the stash.

For my card I’ve used the fabulous Work & Play 5 Festive Hollybobs Full Download Collection:

I have used very traditional colours and some more practice with my Distress Ink colouring, which I’m still very new at.

And a wee bit of stencilling using Distress Oxides and one of the new Polkadoodles Christmas Stencils.

Supplies:

• Image: Hollybobs Santa 
• Colouring Medium: Distress Inks and a Spectrum AquaTint Pen for the hat and gloves
• DP: Twiggy & Toots Festive Fun Download Collection and Work & Play 5 Festive Hollybobs Full Download Collection printed on White Linen Cardstock
• Card: Matt Black Card, Green Card, Red Card and White Linen Card
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Border Punch, Spellbinders Label Dies and Fancy Rectangles Tab Die Set
• Embellishments: Hessian, Ribbon, Gems, Pearls, Doodling and Stencilling

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Creatalicious Challenges – Anything Goes
• Fussy and Fancy – Christmas in July
• Crafty Catz – Anything Goes
• Alphabet Challenge – J for Jingle Bells
• Cute Card Thursday – Anything Goes
• Penny’s Paper-Crafty – Anything Goes
• Fab ‘n’ Funky – Christmas in July
• Tuesday Throwdown – Stencilling
• Dream Valley – Christmas in July

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Holidays are Coming

Hello all and happy Friday! It’s time for a brand new challenge over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog and even though it’s Anything Goes the team are showing some beautiful Christmas creations.

For my make today I’ve used the fabulous Work & Play 5 Festive Hollybobs Full Download Collection:

And I have been practicing Distress Ink colouring.

Supplies:

• Image: Hollybobs Cards by Polkadoodles 
• Colouring Medium: Distress Inks and Spectrum AquaTint Pens 
• DP: Work & Play 5 Festive Hollybobs Full Download Collection printed on White Linen Cardstock
• Card: Kraft Card,Watercolour Card and White Linen Card
• Dies & Punches: Flower Flourish Die from Polkadoodles, Crafter’s Companion Snowflake Border Die and Nellie Snellen Pierced Rectangle Multiframe Dies
• Embellishments: Pearls, Doodling, Chipboard Heart and a Paper Flower

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Crafty Girls Corner Christmas in July
• CHNC – Christmas
• The Holly and The Ivy – Christmas
• The Merry Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge – Christmas

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Rudolf the Red Nosed….Barclay!

Morning all. Who’s enjoying the nice weather? It’s a little too hot for me, so to cool me down I thought I would make a Christmas card.

Over at A Gem of a Challenge the new challenge theme is ‘Teddy Bears’ and Janet has loads of Christmas themed Teddy Bears in the Pink Gem Designs shop which made my Christmas card a lot easier.

This is Rudolf Barclay:

Supplies:

• Image: Rudolf Barclay from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Bear: E55, E53 and E51
• Antlers: E27, E25 and E23
• Red Nose: R39, R56, R46 and R32
• Card: White Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Maja Designs ‘Vintage Frost Basics’ 12x12 Paper
• Dies & Punches: MFT Die-Namics Stitched Scalloped Oval Dies
• Sentiment: From a Lili of the Valley Stamp Set
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black Inkpad
• Embellishments: Distressing with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide, Doodling and Pearls.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

• Crafty Cardmakers – 2 dies/punches or 1 of each
• Christmas with the Cuties – Blue and White
• Creatalicious Challenges – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Reindeer Lucy

Evening all.  We have been enjoying a nice relaxing Father’s day here in the UK. Hubby started the day with a 10k run, then we had a lovely pub lunch. I even got a little time to craft this afternoon and we are currently snuggled up watching Pirate’s of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.

Anyhoo, the fruit of this afternoons crafting is another Christmas card for my stash and I just had to use this cutie Reindeer Lucy from CC Designs:

I just love her cute little red nose.

Supplies: 

• Image: Reindeer Lucy from CC Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: from Bo Bunny
• Card: Kraft Card, Matt Black Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: From a Lili of the Valley Clear Stamp set
• Dies: Heart Die from Crafter’s Companion, MFT Die-Namics Stitched and Scalloped Stitched Edge Border Dies and MFT Die-Namics Blueprint 27 Dies 
• Embellishments: Gems, Pearls and Gold Twine

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Pile It On – Holidays or Lot’s of Layers
• Sparkles Forum Challenges - Let's Be Pretty
• Corrosive Challenge – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa