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Morning crafters, Its that time again,  It's choosday which means it is time to enter our 'Anything Goes Challenge' over at  Polkadoodles Digi Choosday .  Remember to check out the blog for full details and to grab your code to receive a very generous discount from the  Polkadoodles shop . for our Design Team challenge this week we were asked to create something using the theme BBQ and using an animal.  Well I just couldn't wait to use Quarter Panda Burger and Drink digital image which I coloured using my Spectrum Noir markers.  For my background I used the Gnome BBQ papers and to finish the card off I used the Rebel with an attitude easy strip sentiments . I can't wait to see what you all create. Happy Crafting! Mel x

Hey crafters , Its that time again,  It's choosday which means it is time to enter our 'Anything Goes Challenge' over at  Polkadoodles Digi Choosday .  Remember to check out the blog for full details and to grab your code to receive a very generous discount from the  Polkadoodles shop . For my card this week I've used the  Winnie Wonderland Hat  which I've coloured using my spectrum noir markers.  For my background I used the zig zag pattern paper from the  Tropical Sorbet collections  and completed the card with the sentiment 'Let's be crazy' from the  Winnie Daisy greetings, quotes and sentiments . Hope you like. Happy Crafting! Mel x

Morning crafters, Its that time again,  It's choosday which means it is time to enter our 'Anything Goes Challenge' over at  Polkadoodles Digi Choosday .  Remember to check out the blog for full details and to grab your code to receive a very generous discount from the  Polkadoodles shop . For this weeks project I have made a birthday card using the  Too cute bee heart basket digital image  which I have coloured using my spectrum noir alcohol markers sticking to the primary colour theme we were tasked to use.  I have also created a geometric pattern at the top and bottom of my card using basic hexagon dies and the card stock  I used for that is from  The Theo Penguin co-ordinate papers . To finish the card off I used a sentiment from  Winnie Daisy quotes and sentiments bundle   which read It's your big day! However I cropped this to read It's your B Day. Hope you like it and I'll look forward to seeing all of your challenge sub...

Morning crafters, Its that time again,  It's choosday which means it is time to enter our 'Anything Goes Challenge' over at  Polkadoodles Digi Choosday .  Remember to check out the blog for full details and to grab your code to receive a very generous discount from the  Polkadoodles shop . For my project this week I have used  Scruff the dog pre-coloured digi . For my background I've used a green spot pattern paper from  Spring Gnome's  and also a teal textured paper  from Cactus Succulent textured paper  The sentiments I've used are both from the  Winnie Daisy greetings quotes and sentiment . I love how the patterned papers coordinates with the colours of the dogs scarf. To complete the card I added a green sparkle star and circle to add a bit of bling.. Hope you like him, Happy Crafting! Mel x challenges entered  A place to start - Anything goes Crafting happiness - Anything goes Jan's digital stamps - Anything goes Little patch o...

  Good Morning everyone, this morning I bring to you an infinity shaker card which I have created with the theme of Mermaid/Ocean and using a specific colour palette. I started my project by working on the background, which I ink blended using distress oxide inks using the above colour palette. I sprayed with water giving an oxidized effect which looks like bubbles. For my image, I used  Winnie Mermaid Mermazing - Octopus Kisses , as you can see the image also matches the suggested colour palette. It was almost as if this image was made for this challenge. For my sentiment I used 'You are my rock' from the  Winnie Mermazing Mermaid quotes . I hope you all love this project as much as I do.  Happy Crafting! Mel x PS - It's choosday which means it is time to enter our 'Anything Goes Challenge' over at  Polkadoodles Digi Choosday .  Remember to check out the blog for full details and to grab your code to receive a very generous discount from the  Polkadoo...

Morning crafters, today I've created a card with the DT theme of Critters/animals. Since I adore cats, I could not help but use  Mod the cat . In order to create my scene, I also used the chair , rug and picture frames from  Build a scene .  For the images inside the pictures, I used the butterfly from  Tropical sorbet bundle , the vase of blossoms from the  Blooms 4 bundle  and last but not least the Bear from  Bella Bear with Heart .  For my background, I used  the yellow floral paper to create wallpaper  from pretty spring papers and for the floor I used  brown textured paper  from the cactus succulent printable papers.  I coloured the images using my spectrum noir alcohol markers and finished the card using the sentiment 'I'm so sorry' which is from the  Winnie Daisy quotes and sentiments bundle .  I think the card just shows you how versatile all the different images and bundles are from Polkadoodles and sho...

Morning crafters, today I'm sharing an interactive card which has been created without the need of any specialty dies. All features of my card have been taken from the Tropical sorbet bundle which fits with the challenged colour palette that the team were required to use and also uses the floral theme too. The sentiment 'Let your Dreams Blossom' is from the Winnie Daisy Greetings, quotes and sentiments  I hope you like. Happy Crafting! Mel x PS - It's choosday which means it is time to enter our 'Anything Goes Challenge' over at Polkadoodles Digi Choosday . Remember to check out the blog for full details and to grab your code to receive a very generous discount from the Polkadoodles shop . Challenges entered -  Things that fly Fab N Funky - May flowers Sister hood of crafters - Butterflies Paper funday - anything goes with optional twist flower power Jan's digital stamp images - Anything goes

   Morning Crafters, It's choosday which means it is time to enter our 'Anything Goes Challenge' over at  Polkadoodles Digi Choosday .  Remember to check out the blog for full details and to grab your code to receive a very generous discount from the  Polkadoodles shop . For this weeks design team brief we were asked to create a project for the theme of 'Just Because' For my project I have chosen to create a card.  Just Because cards are my favourite to make as the recipient is never expecting it and they always have the biggest smile on their face when they open the card. I have chosen to make a square card using the  Winnie Wednesday Bat Dog Pre- coloured image . Using Canva I first created a spider web which I then coloured half of it in very bright colours and then for the right half of the spider web I chose to colour with Grey and black tones. Some of you will know where I got my inspiration from with a certain popular TV Series that recently air...

Morning Crafters, It's choosday which means it is time to enter our 'Anything Goes Challenge' over at  Polkadoodles Digi Choosday .  Remember to check out the blog for full details and to grab your code to receive a very generous discount from the  Polkadoodles shop . For this weeks project the design team were asked to create a project using the theme CAS Easter . For my project I've created a card using the  Bunny Rabbit with Bunch of Flowers Digi image  which I've coloured using my spectrum noir markers. I used an Easter colour palette from pinterest for inspiration. I then used a stitched basic rectangle die to cut the image out and for my card matt I used a larger stitched basic  rectangle die and cut from the  cloudy sky Pretty Spring Papers  and used this as my background. I completed the card using the sentiment 'Spring has Sprung from the Spring Gnomes fun puns and quotes bundle  and added some baby blue pearls from little things by ...

  Morning Crafters, It's choosday which means it is time to enter our 'Anything Goes Challenge' over at  Polkadoodles Digi Choosday .  Remember to check out the blog for full details and to grab your code to receive a very generous discount from the  Polkadoodles shop . The design team were tasked to create a project for boys/men -  For my project this week, I decided to use the  Science/Chemistry Digital image  to create a Good Luck card. I coloured the image with my Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers and I used my Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen to add some sparkle on to the experiment liquid inside the beakers. I used the sentiment  Good Luck   from the Winnie Celebrations Sentiment kit 2 and backed the image and sentiment on to a stencilled background which I created using Distress Oxide inks in the colour of Clover and Twisted Citron. This card could be used to give as a good luck in your new job card or even good luck for a student stud...

  Morning Crafters, It's choosday which means it is time to enter our 'Anything Goes Challenge' over at  Polkadoodles Digi Choosday .  Remember to check out the blog for full details and to grab your code to receive a very generous discount from the  Polkadoodles shop . This week the design team were asked to create projects themed around Mother's Day. For my project I chose to use the  Bunny Rabbit with Mom Greeting card digital image  Which I coloured using red tones from my Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers.. To make the image sparkle, I used my spectrum noir clear sparkle pen on the dress, flowers and ladybird. I also finished it off by using my glossy accents on the heart and the ladybird to create some dimension and shine. I did not feel that a sentiment was required on this occasion due to the MOM sentiment on the greeting card. Challenges I've entered - Crazy is our fame - stencils with optional hearts A place to start - anything goes with optional colo...

  Morning Crafters, It's choosday which means it is time to enter our 'Anything Goes Challenge' over at  Polkadoodles Digi Choosday .  Remember to check out the blog for full details and to grab your code to receive a very generous discount from the  Polkadoodles shop . For this weeks project, the design team were asked to create a project for an engagement. As usual I have chosen to make a card. My card features the   Anniversary Winnie Celebrations 1 digital stamp image I adore this image and it was so much fun to colour. It is also a fab image to practice colouring hair. I am not the best at colouring hair but I think it turned out really good and have printed off a bunch of images so that I can continue to experiment with different hair colours. I also used the cream coloured pattered paper from the  Zodiac big kahuna bundle  I just love that the patterned papers are so versatile and can be used for many different occasions. For my sentiment I used...

  Morning Crafters, It's choosday which means it is time to enter our 'Anything Goes Challenge' over at  Polkadoodles Digi Choosday .  Remember to check out the blog for full details and to grab your code to receive a very generous discount from the  Polkadoodles shop . For this weeks project, the design team were asked to create for the theme of Spring Flowers. For my project I made a 5"x5" square card using patterned paper from the  Zodiac big Kahuna bundle  to create two matt layers. For the main feature of my card, I had to use the Spring Daisy Gnome  digital image. I coloured the image using soft pastel colours which also matched the patterned paper I used. To finish the card off, I used some glossy accents over the word spring to give a glossy texture and I used my Gelly roll white gel pen to add polkadots to the Gnome's hat. Be sure to check out the other design team projects on the  Polkadoodles Digi Choosday . blog and say hi. Happy Craft...

Morning Crafters, It's choosday which means it is time to enter our 'Anything Goes Challenge' over at  Polkadoodles Digi Choosday .  Remember to check out the blog for full details and to grab your code to receive a very generous discount from the  Polkadoodles shop . This weeks project is making me hungry lol - The design team were asked to create a project with the theme Pancake day. For my project I made a cute 5"x 5" square card. For my background, I used a pink plaid paper from  Spring Gnomes Printable Paper  and overlaid a repeated sentiment which reads 'Let's eat pancakes and then we can save the world' using the pancake heaven sentiments bundle . In the centre of the card I used the Pancake Heaven - pre-coloured miss sugarpops digital stamp  This was a really quick card to make as I used the pre-coloured digital stamp but look how cute it turned out.  Playing with digital stamps has completely opened my eyes to a whole new world of crafting. Ha...

  Hi all, me again with another card using the latest release from  Alex Syberia Designs . As you can see I created this card using one of the backgrounds I created using the  Modern Weave stenci l  from my last post..   I die cut a portion of the stencil using one of my basic Circle dies from Sizzix and cut a smaller circle from glitter cardstock and adhered to the centre of the larger circle.  I then used the cute little penguin from the Smile and Wave stamp set and for my sentiment I used the Thanks die  which I die cut using black cardstock. To complete my card I added some small hearts from Lucy's Cards. I adore this little thanks card and had so much fun putting this together. I hope you like my card. and manage to get some crafty time. Happy Crafting! Mel x

 Hi all  So before Christmas I pledged towards the Alex Syberia Designs full release bundle and I was so pleased when they had reached their target as this meant their first physical product went straight into production and I received the bundle just before Christmas. I have now been able to spend some time today playing with the Modern Weave stenci l which is just amazing! So versatile and can be changed up with colour to create all kinds of backgrounds for all style of cards . In this colour example, I used Distress Oxide colours. I used pine needles, lucky clover and twisted citron. The stencils are so easy to line up and they are numbered so it takes the guess work out of knowing which one to use first. The stencils are really sturdy so you won't have any problems with them bending out of shape. Other examples of the backgrounds I created are below: In this example the Distress Oxide colours I used were - peacock feathers, wild honey and picked raspberry. Here are the o...

 Morning Crafters, It's choosday which means it is time to enter our 'Anything Goes Challenge' over at  Polkadoodles Digi Choosday .  Remember to check out the blog for full details and to grab your code to receive a very generous discount from the  Polkadoodles shop . Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas when it arrives. The design team were asked to create a project with the theme New Year using a particular colour palette. Today I have made a card for New Year. I firstly created an ink blended background using my distress oxides in the colours of seedless preserves, faded jeans and Peacock feathers. I then created a card mat using the Circle star numbers from the Zodiac collection , I used numbers 20 and 23, I then added the sentiment 'Best Wishes for the New Year' which is from the  Winnie white Christmas .  To finish off the card I coloured the stars in a gold colour and added some glossy accents to the bigger stars. Happy Crafting and I hope S...

Morning All,  It's choosday which means it is time to enter our 'Anything Goes Challenge' over at  Polkadoodles Digi Choosday .  Remember to check out the blog for full details and to grab your code to receive a very generous discount from the  Polkadoodles shop . this week the design team have been challenged to create a project for a December Birthday and for a boy.  For my project I have created a birthday card with a bit of a twist. I first created my background using Wild honey, pine needles and abandoned coral Distress Oxides.  I then used the tree from The Tweetest Christmas stamps   and stamped repeatedly on to the background using tone on tone inks.  For my digital image I used the Party Little Dude Digi and to finish off the card I did a mashup of sentiments which reads – ‘ Merry Birthday ’ both parts cropped from other sentiments using the Winnie white Christmas   and the Zodiac collection sentiments. Happy Crafting! Mel Challeng...

  Morning Crafters, This week the design team were tasked to create a Christmas project but keeping to red and green as our colour palette. For my project I created a Christmas card.    I used the Rudolph Reindeer Wreath digital image - I coloured the image in using my spectrum noir alcohol markers using traditional Red and Green colours but overlaid the red with an embossing pen so that I could add some red glitter embossing powder which created some sparkle and texture. For my sentiment “ Believe” I used the Winnie White Christmas sentiment bundle - which I printed using my laser printer so that I could cover with green deco foil and ran through my laminator to give a foiled effect. To complete the card, I cut out elements of a poinsettia flower using my scan and cut machine and adhered this to the right side of the card. I really wish you could see this card in real life – It’s just full of texture and sparkle! Happy Crafting! Mel x Challenges entered ...

  Morning Crafters, I am back with some more Christmas inspiration from Polkadoodles. It's choosday which means it is time to enter our 'Anything Goes Challenge' over at  Polkadoodles Digi Choosday .  Remember to check out the blog for full details and to grab your code to receive a very generous discount from the  Polkadoodles shop . For this weeks challenge, the design team were tasked with creating something for a Man at Christmas using two chosen digital papers. For my project I created a Christmas card using  Gnome Festive Fun - Put your boots on digital image  which was the pre-coloured version. I printed this image using my Canon Pixma printer and die cut it out using a basic square shaped die. For my chosen papers, I used  Elvis Wesley Moose themed digital papers  which I die cut out using a basic rectangle stitched die and then cut in half. I then used one of each half to create my background and added a thin red cardstock strip to bring ...