Tuesday 15 December 2015

Digi Choosday Challenge – Anything Goes!

Good morning!  How is everyone, well I hope?

It is Choosday which means it’s time for a new challenge over at DIGI CHOOSDAY and our final challenge of the year!!  As we wanted to end 2015 in style our theme this time is Anything Goes!  As always we have a wonderful prize on offer for our lucky winner so check out the BLOG for details and as it is also DISCOUNT DAY you need to grab the code to get a MASSIVE reduction in the POLKADOODLES SHOP! But be quick, the offer is a 24 hour only deal!!  It’s Christmas…treat yourself!

To be honest I don’t get on too well with an Anything Goes challenge.  I really prefer a theme to work to and without one I can get a bit stumped!!

So with that in mind I decided to show a project that I made ages ago for Nikky’s Create and Craft OCTAVIA FROSTED WINTER show back in September. 
I made a dog treat bag (containing gravy bones, MY dogs absolute fave) and I had the devil’s own job keeping my littlest Staffy (as seen in my profile pic) from grabbing them off the table when I took the photo.  Definitely a ‘get down Shep’ moment! J
Ingredients:
All pre-coloured elements: OCTAVIA FROSTED WINTER
Card: Super Smooth
Dies: Tattered Lace ‘Large Decorative Rectangles’ – Tonic Nesting Circles and Ovals – Tag free with mag
Others: Twine – Stickles – Pearl – Eyelet - Cello bag

So make no bones about it and wag that tail over to THE BLOG and join in with our fab challenge.  And don’t forget to visit the STORE  as it’s….    
…..so snag the DISCOUNT CODE


This is my last post for 2015 and as the hectic season is here I will be trying to stay away from the computer if I can.  I won’t be around much to comment but you all make such super gorgeous stuff I’m sure you don’t need me to confirm that!! J

So I would just like to take this opportunity to thank you all for being so kind and generous with your support and comments and hope that you all have a ridiculously happy Christmas and a peaceful,  joyful and healthy New Year!

See ya! (And there goes the jingle of sleigh bells receding into the distance!! J)
Jane xxx

I would like to enter the following challenges: 
CREATIVE CARD CREW – Challenge #102: Holiday Season
NATALIE AND AMY – Challenge #39: Christmas
CREATIVE LADYBIRDS CREATIONS – Challenge #10: Always Anything Goes
INKY CHICKS – Challenge #60: Merry Christmas
CREATIVE MOMENTS – Challenge #83: Anything Goes/Traditional Christmas
A GEM OF A CHALLENGE – Challenge #159: Anything Christmas Goes
C.R.A.F.T. – Challenge #341: Christmas
MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES – Challenge #10: To a Special Person at Christmas (my dogs are MY special people J )
SIMPLY PAPERCRAFT – Challenge #19: Anything Goes
SPELLBINDING STAMPS – Make it Sparkle
GLITTER N SPARKLE – Challenge #167: Traditional or Non Traditional Colours
CRAFTY FRIENDS – Challenge #20: Christmas
EUREKA – Challenge # Non-Traditional Christmas Colours 

Wednesday 9 December 2015

Delightful Wednesday – Christmas!

Hello there! How is everyone? Hope no one was caught up in the terrible flooding in Cumbia! What a nightmare for those poor people.  My heart goes out to them!

So it is my turn today to post a Wednesday project on the DIGITAL DELIGHTS BLOG and Sandy and I have chosen Christmas as our theme for December.  No surprise there then! J  This is my last post for the DIGITAL DELIGHTS BLOG this year. L  I do adore Wendy’s fabulous images and Sandy and I have considered it an honour to have been able to showcase them using a different theme each month.
My stepper card features the gorgeous (and not very well coloured!!) CHRISTMAS SAFFIGotta love that sweet little reindeer!  Maybe I should have given him a Rudolph nose!!
Thankfully this is another card that I can add to my ‘is-that-all-you’ve-made’ pile! I have to admit to being seriously behind in all my Christmas prep.  I haven’t made a single mince pie yet and that is very unusual for me.  I have normally scoffed half a dozen by now!!  My waistline is VERY grateful!! J

Ingredients:
Dies: Tattered Lace ‘Centre Stepper’ – Sue Wilson ‘Holly Sprays’
Punches: Tonic snowflakes
Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White – Kraft - LOTV ‘Woodland Wishes’
Others: Stickles - Pearls

So be a deer and trot along to the DIGITAL DELIGHTS BLOG as every day there is something to inspire you.  And don’t forget to visit the SHOP too for all of Wendy’s delightful designs!

Thanks so much for looking and for your lovely comments!  Have a wonderful day!

See ya!
Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:
GLITTER N SPARKLE – Challenge #166: Anything Goes
CRAFTING FROM THE HEART – Challenge #89: Anything Goes
CRAFT YOUR PASSION – Challenge #291: Always Anything Goes
ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS – Challenge #146: Anything Goes /Twist of Christmas
CREATIVE CARD CREW – Challenge #102: Holiday Season
NATALIE AND AMY – Challenge #39: Christmas
A GEM OF A CHALLENGE – Challenge #159: Anything Christmas Goes
EUREKA – Challenge #170: Christmas is Coming
FAB N FUNKY – Challenge #285: Snowflakes
CREATIVE MOMENTS – Challenge #83: Anything Goes/Traditional Christmas

Tuesday 8 December 2015

Digi Choosday Challenge –Christmas Decor!

Good morning!  Hope everyone is well!

It’s Choosday which means it’s time for a new challenge over at DIGI CHOOSDAY and our theme this week is Christmas Decor!  As always we have a wonderful prize on offer for our lucky winner so check out the BLOG for details and as it is also DISCOUNT DAY you need to grab the code to get a MASSIVE reduction in the POLKADOODLES SHOP! But be quick, the offer is a 24 hour only deal!!

A quick dash in and out for me today to show my Christmas decor effort which is a table centrepiece to encircle a candle.  A flameless candle of course, I don’t want Health and Safety knocking on my door!

Ingredients:
All pre-coloured elements: OCTAVIA FROSTED WINTER
Card: Super Smooth – Centura Pearl Ivory
Dies: Tonic Snowflake
Others: Gems - Wooden snowflakes

So light the way over to THE BLOG and join in with our fab challenge.   And don’t forget to visit the STORE  as it’s….
…..so snag the DISCOUNT CODE

Thanks so much for looking and all your kind comments!  Have a lovely day!

See ya!
Jane xxx

I would like to enter the following challenges: 
CRAFTY GIRLZ – Challenge #9: Anything Goes/Twist of Wintry
SPARKLES – Challenge #74: Anything But a Card
A GEM OF A CHALLENGE – Challenge #159: Anything Christmas Goes
GLITTER N SPARKLE – Challenge #166: Anything Goes
CRAFTING FROM THE HEART – Challenge #89: Anything Goes
CRAFT YOUR PASSION – Challenge #291: Always Anything Goes
ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS – Challenge #146: Anything Goes/Twist of Christmas
CREATIVE CARD CREW – Challenge #102: Holiday Season
INKY CHICKS – Challenge #60: Merry Christmas
EUREKA – Challenge #170: Christmas is Coming

Saturday 5 December 2015

The Pencil Case - H = Heartfelt!

Hello! How is everyone? Good I hope!

We are opening our hearts over on THE PENCIL CASE blog this fortnight by offering you a Heartfelt challenge.  Scoot over to THE BLOG to see how the DT has interpreted this theme using the awesome LYRA REMBRANDT POLYCOLOR PENCILS.  Inspiration aplenty!!
This time we are sponsored by the awesome…
………who are offering an incredible prize so check out THE BLOG for details.

For my make I used one of Nikky’s incredible colouring pages that can be found as part of the COLOUR THERAPY CLUB – MONTH 1 A .  There are also many other gorgeous bundles and complete colouring book collections to download HERE.  They are absolutely fab and I cannot recommend them highly enough (and I can’t stop using them either!!).

I know sometimes it can be a bit daunting colouring a page full of intricate design but there are no rules to say that you have to colour the entire thing.  In fact that is what I have done here; layering heart dies to spotlight areas and leave a small portion blank. 
OK so I have to say this looked soooo much better in my mind before I actually created it and does, in fact, look better IRL.  Designing is all about experimenting and pushing yourself beyond your comfort zone……I’ve learnt lessons; nuff said!! J

Ingredients:
Dies: Tattered Lace ‘Pin Hole Squares’ - Sizzix ‘Heart Framelits’
Card/Paper: Neenah Solar White
Colouring: LYRA REMBRANDT POLYCOLOR PENCILS (Colours used listed on THE PENCIL CASE BLOG)
Others: Ribbon - Gems  

So take heart and pop over to THE BLOG and join our fab challenge.  And if you want to experience these amazing artist quality pencils for yourself you can get them HERE! And if you already have them and enjoy using them why not share your makes with us in our FACEBOOK GROUP! We would love to see you!

Thanks so much for looking and for your kind comments and have a wonderful weekend!

See ya!
Jane xxx

I would like to enter the following challenges:
LEMON SHORTBREAD – Challenge #3: Anything Goes
CRAFTING FROM THE HEART – Challenge #88: Anything Goes
CRAFT YOUR PASSION – Challenge #290: Always Anything Goes
ABC CHALLENGE – W is for Wishes (Add a Sentiment)
CREATIVE MOMENTS – Challenge #82: Anything Goes/Bling It Up
CREATIVE LADYBIRDS CREATIONS – Challenge #10: Always Anything Goes

Tuesday 1 December 2015

Digi Choosday Challenge – Traditional Christmas!

Good morning!  Hope all is well with you and yours! OMG it’s 1st December! Just 24 sleeps to go people!! Have you been good? I’m panicking!! J


So as well as it being 1st December it is also Choosday which means it’s time for a new challenge over at DIGI CHOOSDAY and our theme this week is, fittingly, Traditional Christmas!  As always we have a wonderful prize on offer for our lucky winner so check out the BLOG for details and as it is also DISCOUNT DAY you need to grab the code to get a MASSIVE reduction in the POLKADOODLES SHOP! But be quick, the offer is a 24 hour only deal!!

Now what depicts a more traditional Christmas than an image of Father Christmas?  (Well maybe dodgy festive jumpers and last minute panic buying but let’s focus on the positive here!!)  And I have to say that Nikky has drawn the most amazing vintage Santa I have ever seen! Isn’t he fab!!

I decided, for no other reason than I got the wrong card out of the cupboard (doh!), to print my images onto watercolour paper.  A happy accident as it turns out because I rather like the textured result.


Ingredients:
Image, paper, sentiment & poinsettia: PICKNIX 3 – NORDIC WINTER
Card: Watercolour card – Centura Pearl
Dies: Tattered Lace ‘Pin Hole Rectangles’ - Sue Wilson ‘Pierced Flags’
Colours used: Skin: 92, 89, 90, 31 - Hair and Beard: 97, 96, 95 - Fur: 98, 80, 82
Reds: 94, 91, 90, 30 - Greens: 65, 63, 62, 71
Others: Stickles – Pearls – Glitter dots – Ribbon

So jingle all the way over to THE BLOG and join in with our fab challenge.   And don’t forget to visit the STORE  as it’s….   

…..so snag the DISCOUNT CODE.  Do it Claus you want to!!! J

Thanks so much for looking and all your kind comments!  Have a lovely day!

See ya!
Jane xxx

I would like to enter the following challenges: 
SPELLBINDING STAMPS – Include a Digital Element
AUD SENTIMENTS – Challenge #145: Anything Goes Plus a Sentiment
AS YOU LIKE IT – Favourite Season and Why (Winter – because of Christmas of course. A fabulous family time when we get together more than any other time of the year.)
SIMPLY PAPERCRAFT – Challenge #18: Anything Goes
LIL PATCH OF CRAFTY FRIENDS – Challenge #22: Anything Goes
LEMON SHORTBREAD – Challenge #3: Anything Goes
CRAFTY GIRLZ – Challenge #9: Anything Goes/Twist of Wintry
C.R.A.F.T. – Challenge #339: Winter
WINTER WONDERLAND – Add Some Sparkle and Bling
BROWN SUGAR – Challenge #174: Use Pearls
CRAFTING FROM THE HEART – Challenge #88: Anything Goes
CRAFT YOUR PASSION – Challenge #290: Always Anything Goes
CRAFTY CARDMAKERS – Challenge #153: ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas (His eyes how they twinkled! His dimples how merry!  His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!)
ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS – Challenge #146: Anything Goes /Twist of Christmas
NATALIE AND AMY – Challenge #39: Christmas