Polkadoodles Samples for Create & Craft TV......

Woo Hoooooo.........Here Comes Christmas..........

Hello my lovelies and a very merry hello it is too lol. I wanted to share with you all the samples I have made for the fabulous Polkadoodles shows that were on Create & Craft TV today using the gorgeous new

Here Comes Christmas CD 

I absolutely loved working with this CD. It is so easy to navigate around and all the elements are absolutely gorgeous.

I thought I would share with you all the samples I made for the shows.......

I hope you enjoyed looking at my samples and thank you for taking the time to see them.

I just know you will love using the

Here Comes Christmas CD

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

Altered Art Sample for Polkadoodles Shows on Create & Craft TV..

Hello again my lovelies,

well as promised earlier here is my last sample that I made using the gorgeous

Studio 12 Picknix Collection from Polkadoodles

that was launched by Nikky Hall and Rosemary Merry on the Polkadoodles shows on Create & Craft TV today.

I made this altered art item with something that I have also had for a very long time, again as soon as I saw the Sewing kit I just knew what I would make with it so....

I have altered this...........

to this .....

The ingredients you need to make my altered art ribbon reel ornament are...

Wooden Ribbon Reel / Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint Vintage Photo and Tarnished Brass/ Distress Inks Vintage Photo and Tea Dye/ Fat Quarter's cut into 5 strips using different designs/ Cotton reel embellishment's/ DMC thread/ DMC in red and aida fabric to cross stitch on/ Sakura gelly roll pen Silver Star to colour the thimble/ Vintage Buttons/Mini tape measure/Wooden skewer/narrow gingham ribbon

and of course the fabulous Picknix Collection...

How to make it....

Paint one half of the ribbon reel with the Vintage Photo Crackle Paint, let it dry. When dry paint the other half with the Tarnished Brass Crackle Paint, let dry. Snap the wooden skewer to size and insert into the hole in the middle of the reel using pinflair to secure, this is the support for the mannequin, print two from the All Sewn Up kit for the back and front and cut out, ink the mannequin before attaching using the Distress Inks.

Select your chosen embellishments, print them out and fussy cut them all and ink the edges using the Distress Inks. Colour the thimble with the Sakura pen to give a metallic sheen.

Following the pattern from the printed out cross stitch heart, cross stitch a heart to match. Trim the fabric to a square and pull the edges so it looks frayed.

Using Pinflair glue begin to attach the fabric strips. Wrap DMC thread around the cotton reel embellishments. Glue each embellishment of your choice from the kit all around the reel as shown. Adding other embellishments such as the cotton reels and vintage buttons.

Attach the cross stitched heart to the front, wrap the tape measure around the mannequin as shown. Finally add the word art and sentiment to the front. 

All the way around the reel....

You can easily adapt this to embellishments of your choice and the colours you prefer. I absolutely loved making this, I feel it would be the perfect gift for a sewing friend!

You see, it is possible to make lots of gorgeous projects using the fantastic

Studio 12 Picknix Collection

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my Altered Art project for my Polkadoodles Sample. Treat yourself to the collection, I know you will just love love love it!

Thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings and look at my crafty make's. I really do appreciate it, and love to share my ideas with you all.

Have fun and a very happy crafting,

with lots of love from me,

NJ XXXXX

Polkadoodles Samples for Create & Craft TV

Hello lovelies,

I hope that you are all having a lovely week-end!

I thought I would share with you my samples that I made for the

Polkadoodles shows that were on Create & Craft TV today,

to launch the new and fabulous

Studio 12 Picknix Collection

I just know that you will all love this collection, I have loved working with it. I made 5 samples for the shows.

My favourite sample I will show you on a separate post as I want to actually show you step by step how I made it, also its my favourite one of the bunch, even if I do say so myself! LOL

I absolutely love doing altered art, so I wanted to show that not only can you make cards and scrapbook pages, you can also do altered art projects!

Here I have used a bingo board that I bought for a pound. I have painted it using acrylic paints. I masked an area off so that I could paint that area using blackboard paint. I wanted to use the Garden kit for this, and make it a gardener's notice board and jotter block. Once the paint had dried I glued a jotter to the base, and then cut the tree house from the kit to fit over the front of it for a cover. I printed out various flowers and embellishments from the kit, inked the edges with distress inks and glued around the board as shown. Finally I embellished with a bee, ladybird and frog charms and tied chalk and a pencil to string and attached this at the top.

For my next sample I chose to use a mini rolling pin and wooden spoon that I have had for a long time. I always intended altering them somehow but never really got around to it. When I got the chance to work with the Picknix collection and saw the baking kit, I knew this was the perfect time to use them. I painted them both with acrylic paint. I then printed out embellishments from the kit and carefully cut them out. I then used the decopatch technique to stick them to the rolling pin and spoon, using a mix of copydex glue and water and painting this mix over the embellies. Once they had dried thoroughly I then used a Matt Silk glaze to finish. I wrote some recipes onto the journalling cards from the kit, put these into plastic wallets and attached these to the spoon with book rings. I used bakers twine to attach the rolling pin at the bottom. You then turn over the recipes using this.

As I said earlier my favourite sample I will show you in another post.

I also chose to make two cards from the kit as well, heres what I made...

I hope that you have enjoyed seeing my samples and if you have bought the Picknix Collection I just know you will absolutely love it!

It sold out on Create & Craft very quickly but don't forget it is still available to buy on the

Polkadoodles Website

order yours now, its a fantastic price, excellent value.

Thanks for looking at my samples I really appreciate it,

have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

My DT card for Emergency Crafter's Challenge.......

Hello my lovelies,

time is just whizzing by!

We have another challenge over at the

Emergency Crafters

with the theme of

'Spring Flowers'

I love flowers, they always cheer me up and I think make a room look so cheery and colourful too.

I have used the

Polkadoodles Sugarplum Daisy CD

for my card, using just the roses from the cd. I have embellished with a lace bow and a heart pin and Stickles Glitter Glue in Diamond!

I would love to see your creations for this challenge, and please don't forget to spread the word and get your friends to follow Emergency Crafters and join in too!

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

My Polkadoodles TV Samples for the pick of the day shows...

Hello lovelies, here I am again! LOL

I just wanted to show you all my TV Samples that I have made for the pick of the day shows that were on Ideal World and Create & Craft. Nikky Hall from Polkadoodles did a Letraset Pick Of The Day but also launched her new cd too!

Polkadoodles Sugarplum Daisy CD

I loved using this cd and I am looking forward to making some more lovely projects with it too. It is an absolutely gorgeous cd. Sugarplum Daisy is so lovely and she lives at the bottom of the garden with her friends!

So many images and digi's on this cd give you endless ideas for lots of beautiful creations. This is a definite must have, you will absolutely love it!

Here are the samples I made...

I loved making all these. I hope you like them and thanks so much for looking at them all.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



Polkadoodles Show on Create and Craft - My Samples...

Happy Sunday my lovelies,

well I hope that you managed to tune into

Create and Craft TV

to watch the fabulous Nikky from

Polkadoodles

showing you all the gorgeous

Candy Doodles Collectors Edition CD

As I'm on the Polkadoodles Design Team I was lucky enough to get to play with this gorgeous cd and the new added elements to make my samples for the shows!

I am really, really excited to be able to show you my first TV Samples for Polkadoodles.....I hope you like them as much as I loved making them!

Enjoy browsing...........

I have used Letraset Flexmarkers to colour in the images, I think they are all so cute!

Candy Doodles Collectors Edition

is a must have for your CD crafting collections, there are so many elements to this cd, not only all the lovely new images but loads of backing papers, sentiments, buttons, ribbon sliders...so many things to choose from that you can use over and over again!

Don't forget Nikky is back on our screens on Create and Craft at 5pm for the

Kuretake Zig show!

Thanks for peeking,

have fun and a very excited happy crafting from me lol,

lots of love

NJ XXX