Christmas card club challenge 17 Carols choice ...Santa Claus is coming to town

thank you Carol ...I get to use on of my favourite Santa images......

the image and the backing papers are from an old Polka Doodles cd ...here comes Christmas...I have used the tattered lace North pole die ....and lots of pinflair snow.....a cuttlebug embossing folder and lots of spray and shine........
Please go and see what wonderful creations the other girls in the club have made...their names are on my side bar....we will be ready for Christmas, well our cards at least!

making some Christmas tags....

just got my new Polkadoodles cd....Twiggy and Toots festive christmas....lovely so off to make some tags...

I decided to print the image 3 times and decoupage up up the image and then add lots of sparkly snow
so then I got down all my other Polkadoodles christmas cd and suddenly the morning had gone by as I browsed the cds.....the second tag is from Work and Play...festive Hollybobs....these images are such fun.....

hope you are enjoying your day today and perhaps you are crafting too.....

Polka Doodles Challenge...a Male/Boy theme

this weeks challenge is alway that for me....boy and male cards....but if you use the Polka Doodles Pretty Tuff CD all that is solved...lots of images and lovely stuff.....so here is my card for the design team to give you inspiration and I hope you will join in the challenge
Here is a link to the blog site for the inspiration from the team and the rules for entering

the papers, sentiment and image are all from the CD ...I have distressed the paper with distress inks and embossed it....and the die cuts are spellbinders....
I do hope to see some of your creation and remember there are some fabulous prizes to be won...

Polka Doodles Challenge....Purple

Its time for the new challenge and the team A Design Team have been working hard to produce inspiration to encourage you to have a go in our latest challenge.....here is a link to the challenge blog do hop over and have a look....there are some fabulous prizes to be won so go on have a go....

I have used an image and sentiment are from the fabulous Fredericka CD.....have matted and layered her up using papers from the cd which I have taken into my Digi program and changed the colours to tone in...isnt that just great an unlimited supply of any coloured backing papers all that match.....
The die cuts are Spellbinder and Marianne Dies...and I have used a bit of distressing ink....
looking forward to seeing all the entries.....

Polka Doodles Cha;;enge Blog...Spring Colours

I hope you will pop across to the challenge blog to see all the wonderful inspirational creations made by the design team to give you inspiration .there are great prizes to be won so why not have a go

I printed off some of the most beautiful papers when I first got the cherry blossom lane CD...and I have used them along with an image from candy doodles CD....the die cuts are Marianne design dies and spellbinders.....a few pearls from my stash....
Hope you will play along with us.....

Polka Doodles Challenge...anything but a card...

Here is a link to the challenge blog ,just look at the great creations the design team have made to give you inspiration for this challenge....
Mine is based on a stay in a hotel in Ireland just before christmas where each door had a christmas door decoration...so I decided to have a go myself for this christmas and this is my first attempt

I used the fabulous Polka Doodles Creative Christmas CD....printed out the Holly wreath section, cut out all the layers and decoupaged them up.....then smothered the wreath in red doodle dewdrops...
a bit of red ribbon and job done....
Do have a go and create something for the challenge....we love to see you at the polka doodles blog.

polka doodles challenge...a new home card and use a tree.......

I decided to make an easel card for this weeks challenge...do go over to the challenge blog to see all the lovely inspirational cards the DT have created and have a go there are some wonderful prizes to be won ......my card

I used a combination of CD....sugar plum daisy for the image which I printed 3 times and decoupaged up....the same cd to print the papers for the bunting....all around & everywhere cd for the trees and spellbinders for the shaped card and banner greeting.....

Polka Doodles Challenge...pink and brown......

Nikky has just released a new cd... Fredericka.... so I thought I would colour up one of the images for some inspiration for this weeks challenge.....Pink and brown......

Do Pop over to the polka doodles blog to see all the wonderful inspiration the team have created...

Polka Doodles Challenge..Embossing

Its time for the Polka Doodles blog Challenge and this week its Embossing....do go over to the blog site to see all the wonderful inspirational cards created by the team and have.... a go there are some fab prizes to be won.....

my card has been made using the fabulous papers from the sugarplum daisy cd....the card base and matting layers are all spellbinders, the flowers and leaves are all cut and embossed using the Marriane dies...the embossed sentiment is done using cosmic shimmer mica powders....and the edges highlighted using distressing ink     a little bit of bling to highlight .....hope you will join us for the challenge.

POLKA DOODLES CHALLENGE DISTRESSED

A real challenge for me but I hope you like my card...please go over to the Polka Doodles web site to see all the lovely cards the design team have created to give you some inspiration and I hope you will join in the challenge

the background paper is printed off the Polka Doodles" Picknix 2" cd...the image and sentiment are from "Here comes Christmas"  the die cuts are Marriane Designs...a bit of glitter and snow....

POLKA DOODLES CHALLENGE, FANTASY/FAIRY

Hope that you will pop across to the Polka Doodles blog site to see all the wonderful cards the design team have created and enter a card for this lovely challenge

I used the wonderful Polks Doodles CD sugarplum daisy and decoupaged the image up a bit of glitter on her wings.....the frame for the easel card and the flowers and leaves are Marianne dies with
Tim Holtz distress ink stencil through the dies.
.the sentiment is from the Polka doodles rubber stamp set Maggie....hope you like it and are inspired to join our challenge.

POLKA DOODLES CHALLENGE VALENTINE

this week we are asking for Valentine /Love themes to be used on your cards.....please pop over to the Polka Doodles blog to see all the details of the challenge and great prizes.....

I thought I would do something a bit different to the usual red and white for this year and have used the image from the Polka Doodles PRETTY SWEET CD....along with the backing paper, The flowers are from the Polka Doodles CANDY DOODLES CD.....the colours all work so well together,for  the centre of the flowers I have used  card  candi    
I do hope you will join us for the Challenge.

POLKA DOODLES CHALLENGE MONOCHROME

Its time for the Polka Doodles challenge this week the A team are show casing there inspiration for Monochrome Cards.....

I have made mine using 

Sugar Birdies cd for the flowers and sentiment....

Back to nature cd for the image "shake a tail feather" and the backing paper from the same section which I have greyscaled before printing....

the leaves are cut from the Marianne designs die cut ...open flowers

I have used card candie for the centres of the flowers...

I hope you will pop over to the blog and see the rest of the design teams inspiration and have a go entering a card...the rules are on the blog and the prizes are fantastic

POLKA DOODLES BLOG HOP

It's Friday again and time for another Polkadoodle challenge but this week it is one with a difference! Not only do you get the chance to win some fab Polkadoodle products by entering the challenge which is:

CUPCAKES

But there are more chances to win goodies as some of Team A’s Design Team are offering candy too but you need to visit each link in the blog hop!

You need to enter the challenge and participate in the blog hop to be eligible for any prizes.

and here is my card made using the lovely Emma Canning digi stamp

 I have coloured in the image using Promarkers ,
 the background papers,flowers and sentiment ticket are from the wonderful Polka doodles CD cherryblossom lane  ...
I have added a couple of brads and some stickles glitter...and punches few fronds.....

If you've come to my blog from LOU then you are on the right track and if you get lost just go back to the Polkadoodle Challenge blog as the full list of participants is there.  Don’t forget that you need to leave a comment on each of the blogs including Emma Canning's Flat Friends Challenge blog to be in with a chance of winning the mega Polkadoodle prize!

Now hop to RUTH  who will show you her creation on the theme!

The Blog Hop will end at 12noon GMT on Sunday 20 January along with the challenge, so good luck and happy hopping!

Please don’t forget our rules which can be found on the Polkadoodle Challenge blog.

Please be patient if not all the links are yet published – if you find a link is missing, please make a note of who you need to visit and come back later.

Isabella's first birthday

how time flies its my great nieces first birthday on the 24th....

thank goodness for my new Polka doodles cd....cherryblossom lane....lots of lovely images and a perfect 1st birthday image.......
Hope all of you are ready for Christmas....

I won

Kerry's Challenge use a sketch

well it is the sketch but flipped as I couldn't get my tag in....hope you approve

its an 8x8 card and all the images and papers are from the adorable new cd from Polka Doodles...."here comes Christmas"  with added glitter, glossy accents on Santa's boots and nose...I really enjoyed doing this  helping me to get through some very difficult days....hope you are all having a wonderful weekend, thanks Kerry for a great sketch and all my lovely friends for their support..
I am entering this in the Polka Doodles Challenge week 32 Celebration  as I think Christmas is a wonderful celibration!

CLEAN AND SIMPLE

just like me well the simple bit!!!!

totally inspired by Nicky at Polka Doodle her wonderful cd's are a real joy to play with
I am entering this into the winter wonderland clean and simple challenge