Polkadoodle Current Challenge Details

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Week 20 - Spring Colours / Pastels - Closing Date:  12 noon GMT Sunday 26 May
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Week 21 - To Die For - Closing date:  12 noon GMT Sunday 2 June

Tutorial : Use a die cut with a twist!

Good morning, Polka Doodles fans! Miria here with a tutorial, it's my first one here, please, be patient :)

This week's challenge theme, chosen by lovely Patty, is "To die for" and this is my DT card.

As you can see, I used gorgeous Anja from Fredericka Collection . I wanted to cut my image with a framelit and  let her wavy hair out of the scalloped edge.

The first step is to choose your image - this one is precoloured, if you use a black and white one colour it first - and a framelit that fits it.

 Put the framelit on your image like this with some removable tape and draw the inside and outside line with a pencil.

Cut with your scissors the areas you want to leave outside the scallop . Put the framelit back where it was before using the tape again and cut it through your cutting machine

 

Here's your image  ready. Easy, isn't it?

 Here's another picture of my card ...

Hope you enjoyed my tutorial, thank you for your attention, Miria

Week 21 - To Die For

 Good morning everyone it's Friday again and time to welcome in a new challenge at Polka Doodles.

Before we get to the challenge details, we have a quick heads up for you today - there is a new colour Challenge blog on the block for Graph'It markers and there is an International Design Team Call out for it! Head over to the Graph'It site for more information! If you LOVE colouring with alcohol markers DO NOT MISS THIS!

http://graphitmarkers.blogspot.co.uk/

We hope you're all enjoying the fab Tutorials our talented Design Team members are now creating for you but if you've managed to miss them, do scroll through and see the amazing inspiration - you really don't want to miss it!

We also need to announce the winners from the Week 19 Anniversaries Challenge - there were loads of fabulous entries as always which made it very hard for the DT but there can only be 3 winners and here they are:

1st Place - Papersniffer  - you win a Colour Therapy DVD and please use the code PD1W2119 to claim your prize
2nd Place - Carole  - please take your blinkie from the sidebar
3rd Place - Angela P  - please also take your blinkie from the sidebar

Congratulations to you all.  Papersniffer, please email Nikky and don't forget to quote your winner's code - we cannot release prizes without it! 

We have a few little rules which makes our life a lot easier when we come visiting your blog:

1.  Please follow the challenge theme!
2.  Only enter your creation into a maximum of 10 challenges including Polkadoodles
3.  Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry
4.  And please, no back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our top three voting
5.  If you have word verification on your blog it really does slow us down when leaving comments - please consider turning off word verification especially as the comment moderation has a spam section.

This week's challenge is To Die For so you need to create something using dies or a die cutting machine if you're lucky enough to own one.  
Now for some fabulous inspiration from the Design Team which you're going to love!

Asha - I made a quick and easy card using the pre-coloured image of Libby the gypsy from the Fredericka Mini CD Collection. This CD has an amazing collection of papers and images - perfect for teens and young adults. A few Spellbinder dies, some bling and this card is on its way to the birthday girl.

Anjie for this weeks challenge I have  made something a little bit different. I came across a canvas clock that was on sale for £2 and of course as soon as I saw it I knew it had to be Polkadoodled!
All the papers and alphabet are from the fabulous Studio 12 CD-rom Picknix Collection 1. I've cut the paper into squares and cut out the alpha and inked the edges of everything with a distress ink. I've used dies to cut out the flowers, the clock and some cogs. I glued everything in place then used some Dylusions ink through a mask. Then I added some white faux stitching. I then sealed it with some matte gel. It is going to be hung in our new extension behind the bar.

Karon - All my papers this week are from the All Around and Everywhere CD this CD is full of fabulous papers and some rather elegant ones too.  My flower, from the Cherryblossom Lane CD, is layered three times to give it a little depth and a pearl dot added to the centre.  The die cuts (Spellbinders) are layered beneath the flower.  I stamped a little bit of fabric ribbon with a sentiment from Fairy Flutterfly - Meeshelle.

Fliss - I'm loving colouring up the images on the gorgeous Fredericka mini CD and have made a patchwork style card as I love faux stitching. I printed out the cute image on to thick cartridge paper and coloured her with Aquamarkers. I die cut the image to an oval panel and made faux stitching with a paper piercer and a brown fine pen. I assembled the elements on a scalloped card blank embellishing with a die cut doily and flower (Marianne Design) and butterfly and finished off with a ticket sentiment.

Alethea -  I was going through all my Polka Doodle CD rom's and found this gorgeous little girl on the Double Sprinkles of Kraft CD ROM. I know I use a lot of pre-coloured images but it allows me more time to spend on creating a beautiful card!! The papers are from the same CD Rom as is the sentiment!! I then added the border die and the flower that came from that and the die cut butterflies. And of course finished it off with rhinestones and kindyglitz!!



Miria I made a birthday card using lovely Anya from Fredericka cd . I die cut the precoloured image, you'll find a tutorial on this blog to see how I made it; the paper and sentiment are from Candy Doodles Collectors' edition, just added some punched flowers and half pearls

Patty - I used papers from Sugarplum Daisy CD and the Owl Girly images is from Sugar Birdies CD. I combined them with Instand Photo Die and some cut flowers also using my dies. I added some wiggle eyes to her and some ribbon to match the bow on the box.
I love the outcome of this card because of the great combination of all the elements and the lovely owly girl which was perfect for this card and color combination.

Sally - Hi there folks.  This week's challenge.  I have used one of the images from the Fredericka CD and coloured her in with my Graph 'It Markers and Promarkers. I made a groovy union jack flag from papers from my crafty stash and used a die cut flourish and sentiment to finish the card.

Lizzie - I made my card shape using my Spellbinder dies. The image is actually two images merged together from the amazing Fredericka CD. Papers and sentiment are also from the CD.

For my flowers I used a Marianne die LR0111, the leaves and swirl are also Marianne dies are 

I edged them with distress inks and added stickles glitter for some pizzaz!

Lidia - And for this challenge I used the gorgeous Fredericka CD and made a 7 x 7 " Mini Album. I used Sizzix and Spellbinders dies and the paper is from the Cherryblossom Lane CD that has many beautiful papers!

You have until 12 noon GMT on Sunday 2 June to enter and good Luck!

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Tag your greeting

Hello everyone its Dee here with the post for today.  I have a lovely card for you made with the Studio 12 Picknix 1 CD.  The papers and elements are all from the Welcome Home collection.  The only bits I've added are cardstock, garden twine and small paper roses, and I inked all the edges with a Tea Dye Distress inkpad.  The ribbon and string running across the backing paper are a part of the paper, I simply cut along the edge of the ribbon with a craft knife and slipped my topper under it to make it look like its a separate piece.

As an extra I have a card made with the Polkadoodles Missy stamp set.  Nikky has put this set down to a very special price for a limited time so check it out, it really is a silly price so grab it while you can. The papers are from the Cherry Blossom Lane CD.

Tomorrow sees the new challenge post so make sure you check out all the wonderful makes from the design team.

Design Team Call!

Hi everyone! Quick post to let you all know that there is a new Challenge blog about to launch for Graph'It markers and there is an International Design Team Call out for it! Head over to the Graph'It site for more information! If you LOVE colouring with alcohol markers DO NOT MISS THIS!

http://graphitmarkers.blogspot.co.uk/

Studio 12: You are Sew Sweet!

Hi, Miria here. This is my new project for Studio 12. I made a card using images, paper and sentiment from cd Picknix Collection 1.
Just for a change, I printed buttons on fabric with freezer paper, then I cut them out and adhere to an embossed and distressed card.

 I made a background with the papers, added the sentiment, some buttons, a die cut heart, a needle and a pin.
 

Here's a closer view ...

Hope you like it. Wishing you a very creative Sunday, Miria.

Week 20 Challenge - Spring Colours / Pastels

Welcome to another Polkadoodles challenge!

But before we go onto this week's challenge we need to announce the top three from Week 18 Challenge which was Anything But A Card.  Some really lovely creations were entered but there can only be three lucky winners and they are:

1st Place - Lisa Jane - you win a Sugarplum Daisy cd  - please use the code PD1W2018 to claim your prize
2nd Place - Catherine - you win a download bundle - please use the code PD2W2018
3rd Place - Dawn Watson - you win a download bundle - please use the code PD32018

Congratulations to you all.  Please email Nikky and don't forget to quote your winners code - we cannot release prizes without it!  Blinkies are in the sidebar for you to grab.

We have a few little rules which makes our life a lot easier when we come visiting your blog:

1.  Please follow the challenge theme!
2.  Only enter your creation into a maximum of 10 challenges including Polkadoodles
3.  Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry
4.  And please, no back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our top three voting
5.  If you have word verification on your blog it really does slow us down when leaving comments - please consider turning off word verification especially as the comment moderation has a spam section.

Right, onto the challenge for this week and the theme is:

Spring Colours / Pastels

Please don't forget our rules and good luck - the challenge ends on Sunday 26 May at 12noon GMT! 

Ruth:  I've made a calorie free cupcake with papers from the Fredericka cd!  The sentiment is from the Cherry Blossom Lane cd and I've inked it and then added it to the front of the cupcake with embroidery threads from my stash.

 
Lou: I wanted to use something different as my focal point on my card this week, so I decided to use the ticket sentiments from the Cherry Blossom Lane CD. I printed out the tickets and then fed them through my printer again with different pastel shaded papers from the same CD. I have layered some of the tickets to add depth. Finally I added a central strip of card, ribbon and pom poms and in the centre, I have added a layered topper with a further ticket and additional letter stickers. As a little extra (!), I have added some pastel coloured blooms.

Margaret - I have been dying to use some papers I printed out when I first got the cherryblossom lane CD so my card has been made up using papers from that cd and an image from candy doodles.  The flowers and corner are Marianne design dies and the circle is a spellbinder die a few pearls, and some pan pastels

Anjie - for my project this week I have decorated a bag. My beautiful Niece Daisy is expecting a baby in October and I am buying and stocking up on baby toiletries for her, well everyone always buys clothes so I like to buy things I know will be useful. So I have made this gift bag to give her them in.

The image and papers are from the fabulous Fredericka CD. If you like these images but don't like CD crafting you can now also buy them as digital downloads which you can find here or as pre-printed images in a pack. You can also buy the papers as a paper stack. You can find them all here. I have coloured the image with Graph It Markers and used chalks to create the background. The sentiment is a Studio 12 stamp which you can find here, isn't it just perfect for this! I've added some Marianne D die cuts and some lace from my stash.

Kim - I've made what I describe as a 'CrissCross Gift Card' using papers and topper from the Cherryblossom Lane cd.  I think it's a nice way to give a little gift or a voucher!  A tutorial for how I made this is on this blog! 

Pinky - made an 8x8 card using papers and sentiment from Cherryblossom Lane Cd. The butterfly is also from there and I have coloured it with promarkers and punched some tiny butterflies which I also coloured with promarkers and added some glitter. The ribbon is from my stash.

Lizzie - I decided to use this lovely paper from the  Cherry Blossom Lane CD to cover some boxes to make a desk tidy. I used a Punch to make the edges look pretty, and added some ribbon!

JAN:  I was inspired by our Dee on last week's Polkadoodles show and loved the project that she demonstrated - so here's my version using pretty 'Spring' colours. All the papers, image and sentiment are from the fab 'Sugarplum Daisy CD'. 

Shell-For my pretty pastel card  I have used papers and image from the Fredericka collection. the image is coloured with copics and I used a few dies to complete the card.

Anne -  I printed my paper from  Pen and Paper kit 5, to make the little gift bag and paper for the gift tag.

The cute honey bee and sentiment are from the Sugarplum Fairy CD.  Quick and simple:)

Good luck with the challenge and don't forget our rules - the challenge closes at noon GMT on Sunday 26 May!

   

Tutorial - Criss Cross Gift Card

Hi, it's Kim here with a little tutorial for you of the card design I made for this week’s challenge and what  I describe as a ‘CrissCross Gift Card’ !  And there are quite a lot of pics so please bear with me!  The papers and topper I’ve used are from the Cherryblossom Lane cd – with some added wording on the topper.

I’ve started with :-

2 x 6” square card blanks 

or  2 x A4 sheets of card, cut to 148mm x 295mm and scored & folded in half

2 (or more if you wish!) sheets of design paper

A topper of choice

Ribbon or twine, embellishments, etc.

Cut the fronts of the two card blanks at a diagonal and keep the offcut pieces.

Trim a 2cm wide strip from the long edge of the offcut triangle pieces.

Cut and stick the design papers to fit the two front triangles on the card, the inside square of one of the cards and the two smaller triangle pieces

Edge the triangle edges with border punches, edge dies or lace, etc.  Then glue the two base cards together so the front flaps overlap.  The smaller triangles are then glued on the inner card along two sides (probably easier to use double sided tape to do this – not sure it shows up too well on the photo!)

I’ve mounted the topper onto some coloured card, then used a length of sheer ribbon that wraps around the card with plenty of length to tie a bow. Glue the topper to the top overlapping front triangle - making sure it's only stuck to one side lol! 

And this is the finished card with some buttons added for embellishments!   The inner triangles form a pocket that could take a voucher or gift card – as this is a ‘garden’ themed card I’ve added a packet of flower seeds!  But it would be great with different papers and topper and a gift card added for a teenager, or Christmas papers with vouchers inside!  A nicer way of giving a little gift!

 

Hope you liked the tutorial! 

Kim x 

In The Pink With Studio 12

Hi there, it's Fliss here today to share a quick and easy themed card with you to use up some of those paper scraps which I'm sure like me, you have in a box somewhere.
My card is made with my leftovers from projects made with the gorgeous Studio 12 Picknix Collection 1 CD which is a real favourite of mine with its' vintage floral style and opposite to Lou's fabulous blue creation have gone for a pink one.

My kraft card base is covered with 2 panels of the pretty pink paper from the All Sewn Up collection which is my favourite as I adore roses. I distressed the edges with an emery board before sticking them on.
I then die cut the gorgeous lacy oval (a new Marianne Design die set) from some beige parchment card and inked the edges pink. I die cut the trellis style die centre piece from a scrap of the brown and beige diamond pattern paper from the same collection as before and attached this with glue by brushing it on the reverse.
I then printed out the beautiful vintage rose spray from the Heavenly Garden collection together with the lovely Emily Bronte quote and cut these out.
I inked the edges of the quote and added this to the card then stuck on the oval panel and finally the rose spray which I added with foam tape for dimension.

I hope you like this and we'll be back tomorrow with all the details of the new challenge.
Hugs,
Fliss xx

Blue is the colour ....

DON'T PANIC, I'm not going to burst in to song ... you know the one ..... that well known football chant but it does give you a clue about the colours I have used on my Studio 12 project.

I am getting back in to loving making tags again as I did drift away from them for a long while. They are so rewarding to make and at times, less daunting than a card because you mostly create them for yourself, which does take the pressure off you sometimes. I have used the gorgeous Studio 12 "Art Girl" stamp and papers from Fredericka midi CD layered on to a Rangers large manilla tag.

I have stamped "Art Girl" and coloured her with distress inks, paper pieced her dress and then smoothered her in glossy accents. I have layered the papers on top of each other and stamped around the edges with the Studio 12 Shabby Checkers stamp.

I adore this sentiment  (Studio 12 "Leave a little sparkle" sentiment stamp) and have used it loads on my recent projects as it can fit any occasion and always brings a smile to me, when I read it. A few discovered brads and metal butterflies and my tag was finished.

Here's a summary of the PD products I have used .....

      

    

 Thanks for visiting today,

Lou

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