Bronson & Beaker and 4 challenges

That's the name of this cute Christmas pair, which was a freebie digi from Pollycraft. I chose the papers from my stash & used that as my colour combo, which is unusual I think, I never would have put green & purple together but I think it works quite well. I'm entering my card into 4 challenges:

Die Cut Dreams - Sketch & Snowy theme

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Weather

Cupcake Crafts - Snow Much Fun

Crafty Creations - Snow

I've coloured my image with PM's and SU markers, and glittered the snow flakes, teddy's pom poms & cuff and the snow on the ground, the sentiment is from Little Paper Shop and I've used my new SU! Window Punch to cut out the sentiment. The cardstock is all SU! - Whisper White, Green Galore and Lavender Lace, the snowflakes are from punches out of some purple holographic card I've had in my stash for ever! I've added some bling from my stash and embossed some of the card stock.

The more I look at this card (and apologies again for the shadowy photo, using a homemade lightbox, which is ok, but needs some tweeking I think!) the more this colour combo is really growing on me, I think I'll be using purple & green again!

Right off to walk the dog before it gets too dark - oh come back summer, I hate these short days!

Pollycraft & Stamping With Fun

Second card today which I'm entering for two challenges. I've followed a great sketch over at Stamp With Fun and the theme at Pollycraft this week is black, white & one other.

The image is a Pollycraft digi-image called Cherry Kisses Attitude and I've coloured her with ProMarkers and SU! markers. The papers are by digi-papers by Pink Petticoat from a set called Pretty Doodles, I've used these quite a lot as I really love them and for each colour you get a positive and negative image, so I've used the positive side to cut out three strips from and added some eyelets on each end. I haven't actually stuck these strips down, they're held in place by the central band so they're actually slightly raised off the paper, but you can't really see that in the photo, I've also distressed the edges of the paper. The sentiment is Stampin' Up! from the set Stem Sayings and the cardstock is SU! Real Red.

Pollycraft & Divalicious

I've had a good old crafty day today, this morning I held my Stampin' Up! class, which I really love doing, I've got 4 really lovely ladies who come to my class & we do more nattering than crafting, swap ideas & tips and just have a good old time. And then this afternoon I made this card for Pollycraft's Challenge, which is Buttons & Bows and followed the sketch at Divalicious for their very first challenge.

The image is a Pollycraft download, which I've coloured with ProMarkers, the buttons are from my stash & the rest is all Stampin' Up. Cardstock - Pixie Pink; DSPs - Sweet Always, ribbon - Chocolate Chip, sentiment - Stem Sayings and the little flower cut with my X-Cut flower punch, and by pure luck I punched it out with a perfect flower in the centre - couldn't have done that if I tried!!

TFL x

Pollycraft meets Nutshells

I've combined two challenges with this card - Pollycraft, asking for arrows this week & Nutshells asking for male cards in blue & green.

The image is Pollycraft called Lil Chapz, a lovely digi-set containing 6 great images. I've coloured him with SU! markers in Old Olive (to match the cardstock) and Bashful Blue - and used PM's on his hair & skin, I've raised him onto the card using silicon. The arrows are FunkyFairy from the set Doodlementals (a free, fab download), coloured and raised in the same way & the sentiment is from a set I had in my stash. The DSP's are We R Memory Keepers and the buttons are SU! Old Olive.

TFL x

Sketch Saturday meets Stamp With Us

I've combined two challenges with this card, Sketch Saturday, who also have an optional theme of Stars & Stripes (or Red, White & Blue) and the theme over at Stamp With Us this week is Children's Cards.

I was very lucky last week and won the Pollycraft Challenge and had £10 to spend in their shop - what fun & this gorgeous little Moodle Mouse, called Gregory (aww how sweet!) is one of the stamps I bought. I've coloured him with PM's & everything else on the card is Stampin' Up! (except for the button from my stash):

Bashful Blue cardstock, DSP & ink

Stars & sentiment - from the set "In the Stars"

TFL

The Pink Elephant & Pollycraft Challenges

I've used this week's sketch over at The Pink Elephant and combined it with Pollycraft's theme, which was bling. Now I know there's not an awful lot of bling on this card & the reason is I was so busy deciding on the Pollycraft image to use, finding the papers and putting the card together, I totally forgot about the "bling" factor and when I'd finished and realised my error I felt that the card wouldn't look right with loads of bling on it, so I added the little diamante heart as it fit with the theme of the card and hopefully is enough for the theme of the challenge too!

I've coloured the image in with SU! markers in Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery, to match the cardstock & also used Promarkers, the DSP's are from Summertime Designs and the sentiment is SU! from the set "Cheer & Wishes"

Pollycraft Challenge No. 17

A recipe challenge over at Pollycraft this week:

3 embellishments, 2 papers, 1 image

The image is Pollycraft's Cherry Kisses and I've coloured her with ProMarkers, I printed the papers out a while ago & I've forgotten where they're from! The cardstock is Stampin' Up! Orchid Opulence and Chocolate Chip, the sentiment is also SU! from the set "Circle of Friendship" stamped in Chocolate Chip ink & layered onto a chipboard circle, the 3 chipboard flowers are from my stash. I'm not counting the sentiment as an embellishment which I hope is ok!

Pollycraft Monday Challenge No. 13

You'll never guess what the theme over at Pollycraft's Challenge was this week - Orange I hear you say? How did you guess! LOL

I love orange & really enjoyed making this card, it's so bright & zingy.

I've used a Pollycraft digi-stamp, this is from the set "Penelope in the Garden" and she's now a gorgeous auburn Penelope! I've coloured her with SU markers in Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa and Garden Green and some Cameo Coral for the dragonfly. Her hair has been done with a Sakura glaze pen for a bit of shine and I've used a Sakura clear Stardust pen to give the dragonfly wings and the flower centres a bit of sparkle.

The sentiment is also from an SU set - Cheer & Wishes and the backing papers are from my stash.

The cardstock is a graduated orange colour which is why it's dark orange on one side only, the lighter side is a very pale orange, which isn't so clear in the picture.

I've also added a couple of orange eyelets, just in case the card wasn't quite orangey enough!

Pollycraft Monday Challenge No. 12

The Challenge this week was to use one of Pollycraft's downloadable digi-stamps, and this one is from the Phoebe & Maud set. The image was already coloured so I didn't have to do anything there and I've cut a circle & a scalloped layer using my Nesties to put the image on. The BP is from Pink Petticoat, the green BP is from my stash & the pink card is SU Pink Passion. The ribbon & candy is from my stash & the little butterfly in the corner is a sticker, and I've put silicon under his wing so it's raised up.

Pollycraft Monday Challenge No. 9

Think Pink!

For this challenge I've gone pink & green, which I hope is ok rather than all-out Pink, but I think it does the job.

The image is a download from Pollycraft - Phoebe & Maude Spring Kit, which is just so sweet, the pink backing papers is from a FunkyHand CD and the other two papers are part of the same Pollycraft kit. The brad & butterfly are from my stash.