Polkadoodles' Birthday

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Polkadoodles Birthday Blog Hop

Polkadoodles' Birthday

HAPPY FIFTH BIRTHDAY POLKA DOODLES!

For its 5th Birthday, Polkadoodles is having a huge celebration with a mini 5 stop blog hop.  All you have to do is follow the hop and link up from your blog to the blog hop post.  There are many prizes to be won, including some blog candy worth £100 (that's @$160 for the American types!)  And check for freebies throughout the hop.

I copied this information from the blog hop - so please check all information on their blog before entering - this posting is for information only and I am not responsible for any errors. I am not affiliated with Polkadoodles, nor am I on the DT. Thank you.

1. You must visit and leave a comment on all 5 blog posts in the hop.

2. Add a post to your own blog with a LINK to this post so your followers can hop with us.

3. Add your post link to Mr Linky Below.

4. You must be a follower of this blog to win.

5. Closes 30th May, winner will be announced 6th June and the individual team members will also announce their winners on 6th June too (so you actually have 6 chances to win!).

 

 

The link for the Birthday blog hop is here

 

Thanks for looking xx

 

 

 

Wedding Card

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Wow I'm neglecting my Blog!  :(

A quick post, but not a quick card lol I made this for my Mom to give to my cousin. 

I've used an image from Wee Stamps called Love Me Do and used a little inspiration from one of the DT at Whimsy Stamps, Mariska van der Veer.  Love the idea of using hearts around the card so I borrowed it :) but completely changed the design

This picture was the one I sent her to make sure she liked the card.  She took it before I could get some better pictures with the box etc

I've coloured the digi with Spectrum Noirs and prettied the card up with Spellbinders and Marianne dies and other bits and pieces from my stash

Mom loved the card and so did my Cousin and his Wife

I'd like to enter this into the following:

Crafting from the heart challenge 20 Anything goes
Scribble and Scrap challenge 19 Anything Goes
Creative fingers challenge 37 Anything Goes
Sister Act challenge 58 Anything Goes






Thanks for looking xx

Birthday Card

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A family birthday card from me today using very bright colours!

I wanted bright red hair and a green dress and then found the fabby papers in my stash.  I've coloured the image from artbymiran called Gracie with my spectrum noir markers which I've had for around 4 months and love experimenting with colour combos:

Hair: BG9, EB4, DR7, DR3, CR8, CR10, OR1, FS9
Dress: GG5, JG7, JG3, BT4, BT2

I've used dies from xcut, memory box and Marianne Designs to pretty the card up along with flowers and gems from my stash

I made this into an easel card and embossed the under layer to keep it simple compared to the rest of the card....

A little close-up of Gracie :)

This is entered into the following challenges;

artbymiran facebook may challenge : anything goes with ribbon or bow
crafty sentiments challenge : flowers
crafting from the heart challenge #18 anything goes




Thanks for looking xx

This is my second bout of mojo for the free Lavinia Stamps today :)

Made the same way as my last post:

I've printed the background onto photo paper to give it a sheen and then stamped the fairy, mushrooms and fairydust with black ink

I've made the frame myself out of a piece of A3 card after sitting and working the measurements out last night

I've used xcut, crafts-too, Marianne designs and memory box dies along with flowers from my stash to pretty it up even more

Thanks for looking xx

I've got mojo for Lavinia today :)

It's a set of stamps that came free with Papercraft Essentials magazine and the background is a free download

I've printed the background onto photo paper to give it a sheen and then stamped the fairy, mushrooms and fairydust with black ink.  I've given the fairydust a little glitter :) and used acetate over the top of the whole picture so that it looks like a proper frame

I've made the frame myself out of a piece of A3 card after sitting and working the measurements out last night

I've used xcut, crafts-too, Marianne designs and memory box dies along with flowers and gems from my stash to pretty it up even more

I'd like to enter this into:

Lavina Stamps Challenge #5 - Birthdays
Digi Tuesday wk 19 challenge - Embellish it
Tuesday Throwdown #195 - Spring Blossoms
Crafty sentiments challenge : flowers
Artistic Inspirations challenge #91 : no designer papers/anything goes
crafting from the heart challenge #18 anything goes


Thanks for looking xx

Support Teacher card

It's that time of year for the dreaded Teacher cards.  I started to make mine a few weeks ago but haven't had chance to upload them until now

This is one for one of the staff at my Son's school, who has a huge part in his care :)

I've used an artbymiran image called Rosalie, find her here

I've coloured her with spectrum noir markers, used papers and card from my stash and used xcut, sizzix and memory box dies.

This shows the inside which should be a tealight box but I'm going to fill it with sweets.  It will hold 6 tealight candles, the full tutorial and template can be found here

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

artbymiran fb may challenge : anything goes with ribbon or bow
digi galore challenge : kraft
creative fingers challenge #35 : anything goes
colour me creavtive #92 : pretty pastels
2 cute digi stamps challenge #106 : use glitter
suzy bee's bllomin' challenge #28 : flowers
scribble and scrap chaLLENGE #18 : ANYTHING GOES
crafting when we can challenge #19: diecut/silhouette/craft robo shapes
crafting by designs may challenge : anything goes
sister act challenge #56 :
simon says spring flowers challenge
challenges 4 everybody #41: anything goes
4 ccc #193 : flowers
Tuesday Throwdown #195 - Spring Blossoms










Thanks for looking xx

Colin!

Quick blog post from me today.............

It's a revival!  I posted an arty farty rosylee cup a couple of weeks ago and now I've made a Colin :)

It's for my Cousin Adam and his Wife who were married about two hours ago :)

This is a matching money wallet made using a youtube tutorial.  It's folded so that the bottom opens out into a box when the two side panels are pulled apart.  It's very quick and easy to make which is the added bonus here.

This shows the inside of the card and the stamped sentiment I had free from a magazine.  I thought the words were really appropriate

I'm hoping to enter them into a couple of challenges, but that will have to wait until tomorrow.

Thanks for looking xx

Top 3

I haven't blogged for a couple of weeks due to the kid's school holidays, birthdays and a wedding in the family this week.  But, I had to share that I have my first ever top 3 pick for a challenge :)

The best part is it's from my favourite digi artist Mi Ran Jung.  I got top 3 in facebook April Challenge :) find her digi's here

Here's my badge which will be added to blog shortly

Thanks for looking xx