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Monday 31 October 2016

Anything Goes - Graph It Markers

Happy Friday Monday
Sorry for my post being so late blogger totally fell out with me

This week over at 

Anything Goes
Hop on over you could win some fabby prizes 
*****You can use any type of colouring medium*****
 new stockist for Graph'It, so you can now purchase your markers from 

This week I have made a little book mark using the lovelly image Eve has something to say, you can find her in the sponsor store right here


Colours used
4101, 4120, 4155, 4180
1210, 1230, 1280, 3125
5150, 5170, 5180, 5125
7240, 7250, 7260, 7270

I would like to enter this into
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Dream Valley - For The Girls

Monday 24 October 2016

Dear Santa - Polkadoodles Crafting

Another File I had wanted to try for ages the Typewriter,
It looked so complicated but after the Windmill (see last post)it can only be a breeze
And it really was I loved making it - After the main pieces were made it all slotted into place, It did not take very long at all and I was so pleased with how it turned out

I cut it on my portrait and you can find the typewriter file here at the lovely Sandra's store , the envelope you also get with the file (you just need to decorate) , including step by step very helpful instructions

I used a lovely Marine Blue cardstock from Papermill direct
Perfect for my project at 240gsm

I used such a mixture from Polkadoodles collections which is so fab how they work so well with each other 
You can always find something new - I still do now, after being on the Polkadoodles DT for a few years now it amazes me how much is crammed into the collections , when ever I re-visit I find lots that I have missed

The lovely paper that has been typed on , is one of my favourites that is from the new Winnie Winterland. I have also used the following collections in my project

This really did remind me of being a child owning a typewriter I really wanted to whack the return carriage key lever and hear the ding at the end of the line

I would like to enter this into
Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes 
Hiding in My Craftroom - Any Holiday
Julie Spiri - Tic/Tac/Toe - Fun/Metal/Blue
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
Come and Get It - Humour
Crafting When We Can - No Square Cards
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes


Saturday 22 October 2016

Winnie & The Gingers visit Holland

Happy Saturday to you all

Have you all spotted the new releases over at Polkadoodles?
&
Baked With Love
Have you all spotted the great bargain?
pop here to see how you can save a whopping 50% on baked With Love
But hurry the offer wont be about forever.....

Today I am sharing with you the biggest project of the year , I had wanted to make this windmill for ages but was dithering about the decoration. We have been so spoilt this year over at Polkadoodles with Nikky's lovely new collections and when Winnie Winterland & Baked with love were released I knew exactly what I wanted to use.
I was a bit nervy as it looked very complicated , but big girls knickers pulled up , talking softly to my portrait telling him he is going to have his work cut out (haha cut out!)

This project took me over three days to complete, It is definatly not to be rushed

I downloaded the Windmill File - I read through the instructions whoaaaa not as hard as I first imagined!
I made a couple of alterations as the original the bottom opens (where you can hide a gift - very clever)
But I wanted mine more of a decoration so I ommitted that part and mine stands flat 
These are the links to the cutting files from lovely Sandra that I have used
Windmill
Santas Sack Sleigh
Ski's & SledgeWinterset

The windmill is built in 3 main pieces that you then fit together,  It really is good fun building each piece and then seeing it all come alive at the end.
I made the main structures using Kraft card so it would be nice and sturdy
I so loved decorating it up, I tried making each piece as special as I could
I used fluffy stuff for snow on the fences, ski's  and sled
When my project was complete I gave it a sprinkling of flower soft
How cute is the little door - if you look carefully it even has a little door mat

I dressed the windows with Lace & Ribbons

I mainly used 
&
Baked With Love
to decorate but borrowed the Christmas tree's and the wreath from 
Frosted Winter

For the sails I used a fancy die.
Here is a little stream taken of the different angles
Thank you so much for stopping by today
xx
I would like to enter this into
CRAFT - Christmas
Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons - Ribbon/Lace
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Crafting With Friends - Anything Goes
Simply Papercrafts - Anything Goes
Winter Wonderland - Frosty / Well wrapped up
Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Use a Sentiment


Friday 21 October 2016

Red/ Green Christmas or Anything Goes - Polkadoodles Crafting

Happy Friday Everyone!
Here today for 
*Anything Goes*

I have used the wonderful Winnie Winterland collection to make my two cards. I have also used the lovely die set Ribbon gift frame that you can find here 
This collection is wonderful I am using it so much
I also think it worked perfectly along with the Die set
I added a little ribbon to them and mixed in some of the paper flowers from the collection with some others that were in my Christmas box
I used some lovely pearl card tock which is nice and heavy , leaving a boarder around the card , it really complimemts the images 

I added a little bow that you can find in the collection and attached a little metal bell

Inside to match

To the red card I added a sprig of Holly, another of the bows this time with a metal jingly ball
Just look how lovely that red paper is!


Inside to match


Thank You for looking 
I would like to enter these cards into
The Ribbon Girls - Must use Ribbon
Fab'n'Funky - Fabulous Flowers
Digi Choosday - Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge - Q = Quick and Simple
Cardz 4 Galz - Use a die cut
Thats Crafty - Clean and Simple

Thursday 20 October 2016

Pergola Card - Polkadoodles Crafting

Happy Thursday to you all
I have had tons of fun in my craft room this week 
and today I am so happy to share my pergola card with you.
I cut this out on my portrait using the lovely file from Sandra that you can find in the store right here, If you love to make 3d bits its definatly worth a visit , you do not need to own a cutting machine 

I used the lovely new hemp embossed card from Papermill Direct for my base , its lovely and weighty and very beautiful and perfect for Christmas cards

I covered over with papers from Winnie Winterland Collection,  leaving a small edge of hemp still showing
The main charaters are also from the collection along with the bows
I borrowed the cutie robins from Twiggy and Toots Festive Fun
The tree is from Frosted Winter
and I have used the Lamp die from the 


So there you have all my links - I decoupaged some of the bits on the characters but that nasty winter weather is here which plays havoc with my camera! I also used splashes of glitter here and there

I loved the foresty feel , I did not start out with that in mind but it just grew
Thank you for stopping by Today 
I would like to enter this into
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
Digi Choosday - Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Merry Christmas Challenge - Use a Die Cut
Decorate to Celebrate - Anything Goes

Monday 17 October 2016

Baked With Love - Polkadoodles Crafting

Happy Monday to you all

Have you all spotted the new releases over at Polkadoodles?
&
Baked With Love
Have you all spotted the great bargain?
pop here to see how you can save a whopping 50% on baked With Love
But hurry the offer wont be about forever.....

So this is what I have been playing with at the weekend
A lovely file from Sandra's that  I cut on my portrait it is called BBQ and you can find it in the store right here. How fun and clever! The base opens up so you could hide a pressie or two inside.
I cut the base in really strong Kraft card

I made mine slightly different as I wanted a kitchen feel, so simply made the back a bit longer
Cut a hole so it looked like an oven 
shrunk down the cupboard piece (only legnth ways not width) adding in 4 sqaures in place of the cooker, making an extra row of cupboards

For decoration I have mainly used
Baked With Love
It really fitted with my kitchen theme
I also borrowed a few bits from 
Picknix 3 Nordic Winter - The little jars in the top cabinet
Twiggy Festive Fun - The coloured fairy lights
The Kettle on the stove is a cut file that you can find here I have just shrunk it right down

The main star of the show is Gingerbread Baker, working so hard to get all those festive nibbles baked but spot the naughty little Gingers hiding in the cupboards!!
I used actetate on the cooker front and on the front of the hanging cupboard
Added in a little clock charm, lots of food and utensils , a pie baking in the oven and my kitchen was good to go
Thanks for stopping by today
Please help yourself to a festive cookie that are sitting on the counter top
xx

Q. Why did the gingerbread man go to the doctor?
A. He was feeling crummy.

I would like to enter this into
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - Anything Goes
Classic Design Team - Anything Goes 
Crazy Hazelnut's Christmas Cute or Anything Christmas
Winter Wonderland - Kraft
Little Miss Muffet - Anything Goes
Julie Spiri - Anything Goes with a twist Fun/Metal/Blue
Crafty Creations - Not a Card (2)
Mod Squad - Not a card (2)
Pile It On - Food/Drink

Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Saturday 15 October 2016

Winnie Winterland V Baked With Love - Polkadoodles Crafting

Happy Saturday to you all

Have you all spotted the new releases over at Polkadoodles?
&
Baked With Love
Have you all spotted the great bargain?
pop here to see how you can save a whopping 50% on baked With Love
But hurry the offer wont be about forever.....

Now I have had so much fun in my craft room this week
and it started off with this lovely project
I used the incredible sleigh file from Sandra's that you can find here
Now what is amazing about this sleigh is that it can be made to lay flat for posting!!
As I wanted for a decoration I made it slightly different
How much fun is that!
Also in the file you get the little Santa bag , Ohhhh sooo cute
I used the amazing emblies and of course the lovely Winnie & Rocco from both collections to decorate
&
Baked With Love
I cut the sleigh on my portrait using Kraft card so it was nice and sturdy , I used gold card for edgings and the paper on the sleigh is from Winnie Winterland.
Look at the little bag oozing with pressies, tied together with some bakers twine with a jingly bell attached, The sentiment is a stamp



Thank you for stopping by today
xx
I would like to enter this into
Crafty Creations- Not a card
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
Mod Squad - Not a Card
Digi Choosday - Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - Anything Goes
Classic Design Team - Anything Goes
Crafty Enjoyments - Not a card
Crazy Hazelnut's Christmas Cute or Anything Christmas
Di's Digi Design - Add a sentiment 

Friday 14 October 2016

Anything Goes - Polkadoodles Crafting

Happy Friday Everyone!
Here today for 
*Anything Goes*

I cut the card shape on my portrait using the file from Sandra Autumn Leaf Easel
I adore the colours of Autumn and for my project this week I decorated a large leaf shaped card using the wonderful  Autumn Fall digi stamp collection, of course the star of the show had to be Mr Scarecrow. The Paper used is from Work and Play 10 Country Life 
I used kraft card for the base so it was nice and sturdy







Q: Why did the scarecrow say to the kid dressed up as corn?

A: That costume is a-maize-ing!



Thank you for looking
xx
I would like to enter this into - 
Double D - Pumpkin Time
Paper Shelter - Food or Drink
The Crafty Addicts - Autumn Colours
Everybody Art - Pumpkin
Stamps & Fun - Special Shaped Cards
Craft for the Craic- Autumnal Twist use Kraft
QKR Stampede - Pumpkins
The Craft Barn - Pumpkin

Anything Goes - Graph'It Markers

Happy Friday 


This week over at 


Hop on over you could win some fabby prizes 
*****You can use any type of colouring medium*****
 new stockist for Graph'It, so you can now purchase your markers from 


 For my card this week I have used the wonderful Winnie fruit Punch that you can find in the store here. she is one of my favourite charcters around town! All the elements I have used including papers , sentiment , flowers etc are all from the collection


Graph'It Colours used
4101, 4120, 4155, 4180
1210, 1230, 1280, 3125
3210, 4110
8190, 8180
2130, 2150

I used a 6x6 card blank, matted up different layers onto black card stock
Liquid pearls were used on flowers centers
The tiny bees are a little stamp 
What a cutie Winnie is
Thank you for looking 
xx
I would like to enter this into
4 Crafty Chicks - Orange and Black
Craft Rocket - Happy Birthday
Through The Purple Haze - Birthdays
Ike's World - Girl Power
Crafty Cardmakers - Birthday

Tuesday 11 October 2016

Winnie Winterland - Polkadoodles Crafting

Each year I do close family (about 8) special Christmas cards I always use the same theme but every card is slightly different
I made this card the other day using the brand new
I loved how it turned out so much and have decided my Christmas cards this year will focus on this one
This card is 6x6 and is a beautifully textured cardstock
I used pre-coloured images absolutly adorable , also using the lovely sentiment Home for Christmas
The papers in this collection are wonderful , they add so much quality to your cards
I added a little ribbon and mixed some lovely flowers in with the paper ones.
Adding a little bell to the card and a jingly ball to the tag
The die-cuts used on the card are Ribbon/Gift frames and corners and the tag was die- cut using Bubbleicious frames and fancies

The inside was decorated to match using another of the lovely sentiments



Thank you for looking 
xx
I would like to enter this into
The Ribbon Girl - Anything goes with Ribbon
Craft Rocket - Ribbon
Perfectly Created Chaos - 3 of something - Image used 3 times
or 3 corner dies
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Cutie Pie Challenge - Cute + 5 - 5 words on front of card
Digi Choosday - Anything Goes
Inky Chicks - Animals
TTCRD - Anything Goes




Monday 10 October 2016

Simply Cards & Papercraft Goodies - Santa Claus is coming to town

Whooohooooo Yes it's that time of the month again when my Simply Cards & Papercrafts arrives through the letter box.
I love nothing more than sitting with my morning cuppa admiring the freebies and reading through the mag *** this time though , I let out a squeal as I had noticed one of my cards had been published- I was absolutly thrilled to pieces as those that know me , know that although I have been card making for a few years now , stamping is really quite new to me , I used to shy away from stamps now I LOVE them!***


Sooooo what was our treat this time?
A Wonderful set * Santa Claus is coming to town*

Oh my goodness where to start ......
A wonderful sleigh die, Snowy embossing folder and a set of 9 stamps
Wowsers so much fun to be had...
I decided to make a pop up box , I love these you can add so much and there relativly flat for posting , (although I did add jingly bells to this one). I used Kraft card for the base and all papers used are from my favourite go to collection Winnnie Winterland.


I used Memento inks through out for the stamps 
Coloured Santa using Graph'It Markers
Sleigh die cut twice in red & gold
Sentiment - Tuxedo Black and edged with fluffy stuff


Using Ink Lady Bug & Bamboo Leaves
Added a couple of Jingly Bells on a legnth of ribbon

Sack cut from Santa stamp and filled with present stamps
Using Ink Lady Bug & Bamboo Leaves
Snowy Embossing folder used

Reindeer inked with Rich Cocoa
Starry stamp Using Ink Lady Bug & Bamboo Leaves
Red Gem for the nose

Thank you so much for looking 
Hope you enjoyed todays little project
xx
I would like to enter this into
Inkspirational - Use 5 or more Stamps (9)
Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Christmas Die cuts
Stamping Royalty - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
Crafting from the heart - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes


Sunday 9 October 2016

Winnie Winterland - Christmas Present - Polkadoodles Crafting

How spoilt are we
two brand new releases - double the fun!
Not only that but................. there the best ever, ever squeals 
Today I have made a present box using two of Sandra's lovely files , I hope my photo's do the main file justice as it is so clever, I love the way it goes together - The main file I have used is the Birthday present box and I have also used the lift from Winterset Pattern
I used Winnie Winterland & Baked With Love for decoration
This is how the box looked when I had put it altogether

Taking the lid of

And here is what is hiding inside!
Spot little Winnie peering out

Adore those penguins


And both together

Thank you for looking
Q: What do you call a happy penguin? 
A: a Pen-Grin! 
xx
I would like to enter this into

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Turquoise/ Aqua
Di's Digis Designs - Add A Sentiment 
That's Crafty! Challenge Blog - All of a Sparkle
Aud Sentiments Challenge -Anything Goes + A Sentiment
ABC Christmas Challenge -  T is for Two - two matching a box and a shadow box card
Crafting By Designs -  Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky -  Include the word "happy"
The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes
Creates and Makes  - Anything Goes with optional: Use a Die
Everybody-Art-Challenge  - Use Blue & White

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