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Friday 30 June 2017

Polkadoodles Royal Peacock stamp soup - Unicorn Card

Hi All,

Here to share another Stamp Soup make with you ... I think there are still a couple of these stamp sets available on create and Craft .. so worth grabbing them if you can. You can also still watch the show here

This is a simple card, but one of my fav's that I created for the show ... I used a sentiment from the Ula cd and created a stylised unicorn from the stamp set .... I created the drips using indigo blu luscious powders then I added a few splatters ( cant craft without splatters at the mo, lol ) ... I then stamped the swirl under the sentiment and traced round it with gold pen to give it a bit of a shadow effect.

I would like to enter this into the flowing challenges:

Worldwide Design Team - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspiration - Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes


Thanks For looking
Crafty Hugs Julia

Thursday 29 June 2017

Polkadoodles Royal Peacock - Altered Shoe



Hello All,

Very exciting day for us at PD towers, Nikky had a fabulous show on Create and Craft .. You can still find the show available to watch here ... you have to check out Nikky's amazing peacock!!!

Stamp Soup is one of my favourite Polkadoodle products, and I can't quite believe that the very first samples I have ever made for a TV show were stamp soup ones!! eeeeeeeeeeek

So I started with an Altered shoe ... This was originally a bright pink shoe .... I used to bbe able to wear shoes like this all the time, now however I stick to flats!! I wore these not long after I had my daughter and fell while pushing the pram ... I have never worn them since ...

I covered the shoe in Black Gesso ... and with indigo blu slap it on I covered it with glitter, and then used it again to seal it .... I stamped with the soup down the side of the shoe with gold embossing powder. I then stamped on heat resistant acetate to create the scallops that go down the side of the shoe ... the butterfly on the back of the shoe & the dimensional flower on the front of the shoe, & finally I added gems round the edge of the shoe.

Worldwide Design Team Challenge - Anything Goes
Creatalicious - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspiration - Anything Goes
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Lil Patch Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Love to Create - Anything Mixed Media

Wednesday 28 June 2017

Lil Miss Mermaid - Planner Page


Hi All,

For today's lil Miss Sugarpops make, I have made a little planner page, so I am all set and organised for the school holiday's, which for us starts on Friday.

I have used lil Miss Mermaid, which you can find here I have also used some of the journal tabs from the Lil Miss Sugar Pops collection and I have some little embellies, from Winnie Starfish & Sandcastles to the tags in the pocket and the decorated paper clips.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Girlz - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Lil Patch Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, crafty hugs
Julia

Tuesday 27 June 2017

Lil Miss Mermaid and Dolphin


Hi All, sharing another Lil Miss Sugarpops make totay we have Lil Miss Mermaid with Dolphin I have coloured her up using copic markers.

I was originally going to make a simple card with the coloured image with a watercolour background, but it turned into a mixed media card.

I started off creating a background with brusho's and SN Sparkle pens ... I then did a bit of faux bleaching with water through a stencil. I then embossed using one of Leonie Pujol's embossing folders, and highlighted the detail using a guilding wax. The I added some little polkadoodle die cuts, lots of chunky glitter and some little glass beads.

I would like to add this to the following challenges:

Craft Galore Encore - Sparkle & Sprinkle
A Inky Mess - Anything Mixed Media
Crafty Girlz - Anything Goes
Love to Create - Anything Mixed Media

Thanks for looking,
crafty hugs Julia



Digi Chooseday Week 26


Hi All, Its Digi Chooseday again .. so please do pop over to the blog and grab the discount code so you can treat yourself to some yummy images. As always the challenge is anything goes, so I really hope you will join us as I love being inspired by your work.

This week the DT were asked to focus on the sentiment ... this is not my usual style of card,but I like the result, so its been good for me to get pushed out my comfort zone a little. The Sentiment and backing paper if from Winnie - Special Momments the little bit of stripy paper is from Octavia - Frosted Winter and the flowers are from Winnie - Sugar Sprinkles

I designed this card in Seriff CAP and printed of several layers so that I could build the design up, especially the flowers they have been decoupage up quite a bit and then covered with a sparkle pen.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Monday 26 June 2017

Party Dress


Hello All,

Sharing another card from the Lil Miss Sugarpops latest release .. this time she is in her party dress isn't she just too cute for words!! I have coloured her up using my copic markers, and added some papers and embellishments from the Daisy Days collection.

I would like to add this into the following challenges:

crafting from the heart - Anything Goes
crafty creations - Anything Goes
creative moments - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking
crafty hugs
Julia

Sunday 25 June 2017

Mailing A Letter


Hi All,

Back with another Lil Miss Sugarpops creation. This time I have used Mailing a Letter

I have done soooo much crafting recently, however not done much colouring, it felt soooooooo good to get my pens out again and have a play. I love this little sweetie, especially the big curls in her hair, just too adorable for words.

I created my own background paper using some stencils and distress inks and a little background stamp .. and added some little polkadoodles die cuts for a little decoration. and finally added a little sentiment using the Summertime Stamp Me collection.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative Fingers: Anything Goes
Crafty Catz: Anything Goes
Crafing With Friends: Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, crafty hugs
Julia

Saturday 24 June 2017

A Apple a Day



Hi All,

So excited that Nikki has released some more images in the Lil Miss Sugarpops range. Today I have used the pre coloured Apple A Day You can also get her as a Digi image here

If you are anything like me, this little image will be a life saver ... I have suddenly realised its the last day week of term and I am running round at last minute trying to get Teachers gifts organised. I used an Apple Chipboard shape I had and covered with papers and elements from Polkadoodles Winnie Fruit Punch collection  I then added some little sticky notes and a little loop to add a mini pen.

I haven't quite decided if this will go to a teacher or to my daughter who will have her Nursery graduation next week.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Girlz Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Simon Says - Patterned Papers


Tuesday 20 June 2017

Digi Chooseday - Week 25


Hello All,

Welcome to another Digi Chooseday, that time of the week where Nikki offers a fabulous discount so you can have yourself a wee crafty treat :-) So please do pop over to the blog and grab yourself the discount code.

As always the challenge is Anything Goes however the DT have been asked to use more than one image .. I have always loved creating random scenes with lots of images .. before the world of digi stamps, I used to mainly do that with stamping and masking ... however the Digi world has opened a whole new avenue to play. I have taken images from Octavia Moonfly  and Stamp Soup - Little Kingdom to create this scene, I have coloured it all up using Copic Markers, and as the scene is so busy I decided to keep the card C&S just using a few polkadoodle dies to embellish.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Girlz - Anything Goes
Createalicious - Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspiration - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes
Lil Patch Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, Crafty Hugs
Julia

Friday 16 June 2017

Colour Crazy Week 24

Hello All, Its time for another colouring challenge over at the Colour Crazy Challenge Blog. This week we are sponsored by Fabrika Fantasy & I got to play with the gorgeous Autumn Owlet I have coloured this up with my Copic Markers, and then teamed up with some papers from My Minds Eye and the details are created with some Mixed Media die's from Leonie Pujol.

I hope you will come & join us I do love to see everyones colouring :-)

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:


Tuesday 13 June 2017

Digi Chooseday - Week 24

Hi All,

So its that time of the week again ... Digi Chooseday, please do nip over to the challenge blog and grab today's discount code ... Fill those crafty boots. As always the challenge is anything goes however the DT have been asked to use Pastel colours.

Its coming to end of term here, so I am in desperate need of thank you cards for teachers e.c.t  .. to make this card I have used a number of different collections. The gorgeous image is from Winnie Fruit Punch the papers and sentiments are from Winnie Sugar Sprinkles And the ABC came from A Double Sprinkling of Kraft

I would like to enter these in the following challenges:

Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking
Crafty Hugs
Julia

Thursday 8 June 2017

Lil Miss Sugarpops

 


Hi There,

I am back with another Lil Miss Sugarpops make .. you can find the collection here Today I have used the Pocket Letter element of the kit, buy I made a mini accordion book instead.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Girlz - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Craft - Quick & easy
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking
Crafty Hugs
Julia

Wednesday 7 June 2017

Planning with Lil Miss Sugar Pops









Hello All,

I am here to introduce the gorgeous new Lil Miss Sugarpops from Polkadoodles. If you are a planner girl, love journaling or pocket letters then you are going to love this kit.

Today I have altered an old planner/diary from a few years ago, I have used loads of elements form both kits ... To cover the planner, make dividers, and pockets full of useful bits and bobs!!

I ended up giving the cover of the journal a bit more of a mixed media feel by adding gesso through stencils, paint splatters, and gilding wax around the edges. The planner also had a little credit card holders, so I shrunk down the Pocket Letters from the kit and popped some in there, and finished off with ribbons, lace & beads from my stash.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

The crafty addicts - Anything goes
Worldwide Open Design Team - Anything Goes
Crafty Girlz - Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread Anything Goes
Simon Says - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking crafty Hugs Julia

Tuesday 6 June 2017

Digi Chooseday - Week 23


Hi There, Its time for another Digi Chooseday .... Yaaaay, it means discount day!! so please do pop over to the blog and grab your code. The theme as always is anything goes, however the DT were asked to make a shabby chic card.

To make mine I used the Helga collection, and played with a load of the embellies from that collection. I worked out the layout and details in Seriff. I then printed out multiple times so I could layer up. The watch I used UTE and then popped in the freezer so I could create a cracked effect. I then added gilding wax to the edges to bling it up a little.

Please do come and join us .. there is a chance to win a fabby polkadoodles voucher, and my teamies have knocked it out the park today, so worth checking out their makes.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Worldwide Design Team - Anything Goes
CD challenge - Shabby Chic
613 Av Create - Anything Goes

Crafty Hugs Julia