Polkadoodles Design Team Card .....

Hello lovelies,

Hope you are all well, wow time is flying by!

We have another fantastic theme this week for you over at the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

The theme this week is

'Stitching Faux or Real'

I enjoyed making my card for this theme. I have used the Polkadoodles Pretty Sweet CD for this card. Now, I decided to dust off my sewing machine and use it for this theme. I have had my machine a long time but decided I wasnt very good at sewing, so using it for my card is new to me! Anyway I loved using it so much I think sewing on my cards will become a favourite thing of mine to do...and yes....no accidents happened either while in charge of the needle!

Here is my card...

I have coloured my image with Promarkers using the following colours...

Hair: Putty, Cinnamon, Saffron, Caramel

Skin: Dusky Pink, Almond, Pastel Pink

Clothes & Shoes: Burnt Orange, Tan, Apricot, Honeycomb, Oatmeal, Warm Grey 2, Ice Grey 1

Swing: Saffron, Caramel, Cinnamon

I tore around the edges of my chosen backing papers. I then did a running stitch with my sewing machine on the patchwork paper and a zigzag stitch on the rose paper. I then inked them both with Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink. I wanted to apply more ink to the rose paper so I used my brayer. I then spritzed it with gold pigment powder, scrunched it up and then dried with my heat gun. I then added these to my card base which I had already inked the edges of.

Once I had coloured the image, I tore around it and inked the edges and added this to the card. I attached a length of lace to the right hand side, slotting it underneath the paper. I added faux stitching using a brown pen around the rest of the edges. Finally I embellished with Polkadoodles Bloomers and Leaves and some bling and a greeting.

I loved making this card, and really enjoyed sewing the papers.

I would love to see your creations for this challenge so hop over and take a look at the rest of the design team cards for more inspiration.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



Wedding Card - Emma Canning Digi

Hello lovelies,

I hope you are all enjoying the sunshine today and also the Olympics too. In all this excitement, I'm sure there have been lots of Wedding's happening all over the country too!

I decided to make a Wedding Card using a fab image designed by the fabulously talented Emma Canning....you can find her fab range of Digis HERE

I have used PAIGE - WEDDING DAY along with papers from the POLKA DOODLES PRETTY SWEET CD The little bag is an organza favour circle that I have filled with the hearts from the punched border and I have also put in heart sequins too, so it looks like confetti.

I have coloured Paige using my Promarkers, here are the shades I have used....

Skin tone: Pastel Pink, Almond, Dusky Pink

Hair: Pastel Yellow, Saffron, Caramel

Dress: Amethyst, Bluebell, Dusky Pink

Background: Warm Grey 2, Cool Grey 1

I wanted the dress to have a look of taffetta and I have finished it off with a Sakura Clear Star Gelly roll pen. You can find the gorgeous bloomers HERE and this gorgeous RIBBON HERE 

 

I love the EMMA CANNING IMAGES and the CHRISTMAS IMAGES are now available too!

Thank you for looking at my Wedding Card, I have some more cards to show you using the Emma Canning Images, so check back soon to see some more creations.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



Happy Birthday Polkadoodles...Join in the Celebrations....

Happy 3rd Birthday

Polkadoodles

Hello lovelies and a very warm welcome to Polkadoodles Birthday Celebration!

As it's Polkadoodles 3rd Birthday we all decided it would be a fabulous idea to mark the occasion.

So we have a fantastic challenge, and chances to win over £220 worth of blog candy!

Make sure you come and join us at our special party to be in with a chance to get some wonderful candy! Wooooo Hoooooooo now that's what I call a fantastic celebration!

To find out what you have to do to help celebrate make sure you hop over to the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

to see what you need to do to be in with a chance of winning!

To help celebrate the birthday I have made a Birthday Card....

Ingredients I have used...

Spellbinder's Grand Nestabilities Grand Big Scalloped Circles

Marianne Design Flowers LR0131

Polkadoodles Pretty Sweet Mini CD

Cream Cotton Lace

Distress Ink Vintage Photo

Silver beads, made with love charm and pins.

How I made it...

I used the grand nesties to make my card blank, making an easel card. I decided on three papers, as it's the 3rd birthday I wanted to use three of each item. So I have used three papers, lace, flower, beads and pins. I inked all the edges with the distress ink. I cut the smaller scalloped circle in half, scrunched both halves up and then concertina folded them both to give some added texture to the base of the easel and the main image. I finished by adding a greeting to the base and the main card!

I hope you like this Special Birthday card.....

it's an exciting occasion and I'm proud to be on the Polkadoodles Design Team...(it's my dream come true) and be able to help them celebrate their 3rd Birthday!

Happy 3rd Birthday from me to everyone at Polkadoodles....wooooo hooooooo!

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX