Good Vibrations for Polkadoodles

Hello lovely peeps

It's time for a new challenge at Polkadoodles, and the rules have changed a bit. Instead of having a compulsory theme, from now on the challenges will be 'Anything Goes' but there will be an extra optional theme for those of you who like something specific to aim for.

So the theme for this next fortnight is 'Anything Goes' with an option of 'Anything but Square'.

I've used part of a sentiment, some papers and a digistamp from the fabulous Starfish and Sandcastles VIP XXL Collection to make a rocker card. Rocco is coloured with Promarkers and I've added buttons and some cloud die-cuts to finish.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Open-Minded Challenges #7 Patriotic/Use your Country's colours (UK-red, white and blue)
 Come and Get It  #128 Kids cards
C.R.A.F.T. #374 Summer  
Brown Sugar #209 Anything Goes
Colour Crazy Challenge Anything Goes
Cut it Up #101 Red, white and blue (clouds and circles are die-cut)
Imagine That's Creative Playground #6 Fancy Folds/Shaped Cards 
Creative Inspirations #255 Seaside/Sunshine/Summer Holidays 
A Snowflakes Promise  #27 Summer

Thanks for stopping by,
Katrina x

Foxy for Sugar Nellie

Hello lovely peeps and welcome to my new followers, I am thrilled to have you here.

It's time for a new challenge at Sugar Nellie, the theme as always is Anything Goes. You could win some fabulous goodies and you just need to make something with a Sugar Nellie image

For my inspiration card I've used the Gorjuss stamp set called The Fox. I love this set - as well as the main adorable image you get two cute little foxes plus some leaves and funky stars.

I stamped the main image onto Joanna Sheen's Elegance Satin card with black Memento ink and coloured her in with Promarkers (Pear Green, Lime Zest, Ice Grey 1-4, Budding Rose) and Graph'its for the skin and hair (sorry, I didn't make a note of them, doh).

I stamped the foxes onto some 'Falling Leaves' paper by Trimcraft/First Edition. After cutting them out I coloured the tails in with a white pen.

My card is layered up with some more papers in the same set, plus a gingham paper from Nitwit (Butterfly Kisses) and a circle of Hunkydory foiled acetate.

Please pop over to the Sugar Nellie blog to see some more inspiration from my fabulous teamies. If you have a Sugar Nellie image why don't you join in the fun this month? :)

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
The Ribbon Girls July any image
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Animals
A Gem of a Challenge #174 Animals

Colour Your World with Lacy Sunshine Anything Goes  

Stamping Sensations  Anything Goes with a stamp and ribbon

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Motherly Love for Leonie

Hello lovely peeps

Did you catch Leonie on Hochanda this afternoon? She was having a play with her Entwined Heart collection during her regular Let Leonie Loose show.  If you haven't seen it yet, I'm giving away a die from this collection as part of my 200th blog post celebration.

 Email followers can enter too - see the giveaway post for details.

Here's a card I made for the launch show back in June using this range.

The heart I've used is the Funky Heart base, which comes with a 'Love' sentiment and some twirly bits.

As soon as I saw this die it reminded me of those abstract figurines you can get of a mother and child.

After a few attempts with a pencil and scrap paper I managed to draw a pair of recognisable faces to fit into the outline. I sprayed fine hairspray over the drawing to seal it.

I cut the heart and sentiment from pink Adorable Scorable card and layered up onto a cream card with layers of white, just adding a little organza bow for the girl's hair.

Sorry for the poor picture quality, the light wasn't good at the time and it's a devil trying to capture really pale colours.

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Rustic daisies for Polkadoodles

Hello lovely peeps and welcome to my new follower :)

Just popping in to show you a 'rustic' card I made with the Daisy Days stamp set from Polkadoodles



First I stamped and embossed the daisy head, stems and tiny circles onto Kraft card with Versamark ink and white embossing powder. I wet the edges so I could tear it down to the size I wanted.

I went over the card with Walnut Stain distress ink and then spattered water on

Next I coloured in the daisies with Titanium White and Rich Gold acrylic paint by Daler Rowney

I covered up the daisy heads with sticky notes and spattered on white and then gold paint over the background.

I covered a 6x6 card base with corrugated card 'made' from a cardboard box (just peel the top layer of paper off) and then added some torn white card on top before layering on my topper.
It's finished off with a sentiment from the CD and a button on top of some natural fibres.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Simon Says Stamp (Mon)  Add Some Texture
Mod Squad Challenge - Use Kraft
Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers #64 R is for Resist Technique
ABC Challenge L is for Lots of layers
Penny Black and More  Anything goes with a stamp
Happy Little Stampers (Mixed Media)  Recycle


Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Marshmallow texture for Leonie

Hello lovely peeps, and welcome to my new follower - I'm thrilled to have you :)

I'm back with another of the samples using Leonie's new products.

So I started off my card by making a spritzed background.
To make my spray I spooned a tiny bit of Brusho crystals into an empty spritzer bottle, added a bit of water and gave it a good swoosh around. I cut a 6" square of Sheena's Stamping card and sprayed it first with yellow and then orange. The orange pretty much obliterated the yellow but you can still see a bit of it :)

I glued on a strip of natural Sinamay ribbon for some texture and then made a start on the focal point.

I die-cut some pink patterned paper with the 'All the Love' hearts and glued it on with Cosmic Shimmer glue (Note to self: don't use glues that cling on like cement unless you're happy with the design). 

Having decided I didn't like the pink I die-cut some white card instead and then covered it with Versamark ink. I sprinkled on loads of Chunky White Embossing Enamel...

Doesn't that look cool? I'm might have a go at doing this with glue so I can leave it that way. However, as I'd used Versamark I needed to now melt the powder else it would all fall off.

Really pleased with how this looks, it's like melted marshmallow :)

I layered it on top of the pink version and then added a bit of washi tape and a white flower. The sentiment in the corner is from the Funky Texture stamps that are also on the shows, stamped with Black Memento ink.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Crafty Friends Challenge #36 Use your dies
Cardz 4 Galz # 27 No patterned paper

613 Avenue Create  #185 Anything Goes w/Optional Twist:  Colour (white, pink, orange)


 

Leonie is on TV right now (9am) and again at 12pm, 4pm and 7pm, assuming that the stock lasts that long. To watch the shows tune in to HOCHANDA on...

SKY 663 (24/7)

FREEVIEW 39 (6am-9pm)

FREESAT 817 (24/7)

Or online at...
https://www.hochanda.com/

You can get more ideas and inspiration on my teamie's blogs too, so please visit Nick, Jane and Elaine

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate all your support and lovely comments.

Katrina x

Mwah for Leonie

 Hello lovely peeps

Leonie is launching a brand new collection right now on Hochanda TV of Mixed Media dies and also some stamps. They are fabulous and will probably sell like hot cakes :)

I started off my card by making the background.
Here I've blended Distress Inks onto some Sheena Stamping Card.

I stamped some of the flower stamps over the top using the same colours of ink.

I found some nice chipboard letters in my stash and covered them with Titanium White acrylic paint

 I cut the mouth shape from the 'Looking Good' die set out of white card a few times and coloured them in with Promarkers. I then dabbed them on my Versamark ink pad, covered with clear embossing powder and melted with my heat gun. This gives them a lovely glossy finish and intensifies the colours (below is the 'before' and 'after' picture)

I cut the background down to fit a 6"x6" card blank before wrapping organza ribbon around the back and attaching it to the base card.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
SSS Work it wednesday use some wafer thin dies OR stencils in your project!
Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenge 
Try it on Tuesday - Make us smile
Cardz 4 Galz # 27 No patterned paper
Glitter n Sparkle #197 Anything Goes
Make My Monday - Sentimental
 The Crafty Addicts #20 Anything Goes/Friends
Creatalicious Challenges #95 - ANYTHING GOES with optional add flowers
Crafting By Designs (monthly) July Anything Goes
Artistic Stampers  All Things Bright and Beautiful
 As You Like It Challenge Your trademark style (my makes nearly always include stamping and are a bit quirky)
 

  As I mentioned yesterday, I am having a little giveaway on my Facebook page to celebrate this new launch. You could win this fabulous set of Leonie's dies. These are extra deep ones and will cut up to 1.4mm

My teamies are also having giveaways and if you are not on Facebook, don't worry - Jane's giveaway is on her blog. You can find the team's blogs here -
Jane - Isleofcraftycreations.blogspot.co.uk
Nick - http://nickinbarnsley.blogspot.co.uk

Elaine - Cakecoffeecraft.blogspot.co.uk

 Leonie will be back on Hochanda tomorrow (Sat 23rd July) at 9am, 12pm, 4pm and 7pm

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Treat Yourself for Polkadoodles

Hello lovely peeps

It's challenge reminder time at Polkadoodles, and the current theme is Summertime.

I've used part of a sentiment, some papers and a digistamp from the fabulous Starfish and Sandcastles VIP XXL Collection. Winnie is coloured with Promarkers and I've added sequins and some mesh ribbon to finish.



I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Glitter n Sparkle #197 Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp (Mon)  Nautical/By the Sea

Colour Your World with Lacy Sunshine Anything Goes
The Crazy Challenge #227 Summer Fun  
Art Impressions Stamp Challenge   #189 Sweet Summertime 

Thanks for stopping by,
Katrina x

French maid for Leonie

Hello lovely peeps

I thought I'd pop in to show you how I made the 'French maid' card that was on Leonie's last launch show. It's using the embossing folder called 'Dotty Heart'

When I first received the folder I embossing some thick white card with it, and thought how lovely it would look with lace. The idea for a French maid outfit came pretty shortly after :)

First I drew a little apron shape onto white card and cut it out.

After running it through the embossing folder I put some strong double-side tape around the edge.

I attached the lace around the edges, adding in little creases as I went

To hold the creases in place I added little blobs of Cosmic Shimmer glue and held the fold in place with a finger for 30-60 seconds to make sure it held. I added a long piece of lace along the top of the apron for tying around the 'waist' later on.

Once the apron was done I needed a little black outfit for it to go over.
The large heart stamp in the 'Make a Wish' stamp set has some lovely swirl detail and I thought this would make a nice decoration for the top (and obviously the shape is suggestive of a bustier)

I traced the shape onto some black card but once past the 'bust line' I went down to an imaginary waist.

Once the shape was cut out I inked up the top of the heart with Versamark ink and then heat embossed it with black embossing powder (you could use clear but I've managed to get bits of white powder in mine so it didn't look very good)

The next step was to give my maid's outfit a 'feather duster'. I found a packet of pink feathers in my stash (I knew they would come in handy one day)

and I bound them together with some white florist tape

So here's my finished card.
I've just added a few paper flowers and sentiments from the fabulous Love Hearts set.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge 12 Anything Goes
Try it on Tuesday - Make us smile

Creative Moments #97 Anything Goes
That's Crafty! Challenge Blog Feminine

Don't forget Leonie will be back on our screens tomorrow (Friday) at 8pm to launch a new One Day Special. Here's a little sneaky peek of what's coming up

You'll find another sneaky peek on my Facebook page, and I'll also be having a little giveaway on there at the weekend to celebrate the new launch.

If you're not on Facebook, don't worry about missing out. My 200th blog post is coming up very soon, so I'll be having another candy giveaway here on my blog.

Thank you so much for stopping by,

Katrina x

Gilded Hearts for Leonie

Hello lovely peeps

I'm back with another sample using Leonie's lovely new embossing folders, this one is called Entwined Love.

First I put some black centura pearl card into the folder and ran it through my ebosser.

Then I rubbed some of the luscious Pebeo gilding wax (empire gold and renaissance gold) over the embossed areas.  This was layered onto more black centura pearl and I wrapped gold and copper organza ribbon around before attaching it to a 7x7 card blank.

Next I heat embossed the hearts from the Doodle Hearts stamp set with Versamark and black detail powder, then cut them out. The sentiment is from the Everlasting Love stamp set, embossed with detail black powder onto some gold card.

 I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #286 Anything Goes
Creative Moments #96 Anything Goes w/optional twist Ribbons and/or Bows
Dragonfly Dreams  Anything goes
Stamping Sensations  Anything Goes with a stamp and ribbon

Leonie is back on Hochanda with some fab new dies and stamps this Friday evening at 8pm (with shows on Saturday at 9am, 12pm, 4pm and 7pm). There are some stunning samples from my teamies to look out for.
Jane - Isleofcraftycreations.blogspot.co.uk

Nick - http://nickinbarnsley.blogspot.co.uk

Elaine - Cakecoffeecraft.blogspot.co.uk 

Thanks for stopping by,
Katrina x

Monstrous Party for Color Throwdown

Hello lovely peeps

I'm very excited to be joining the very talented team at Color Throwdown today as their 'Guest Star Stamper'. Colour really inspires me and is usually the main reason I am drawn to a particular card design/patterned paper etc.

They provide a little picture each week for inspiration and pick out the main colours that you need to have in your creation. The picture for this week's challenge is

So I had a little troll through my digi stamps and found a little gem from Tiddly Inks called 'Monstrous Party' which suits this colour scheme down to the ground.

I printed it onto stamping card and coloured it in with a mix of Graph'Its and Promarkers
Ground: Ice Grey 1-4
Left hand Monster: 4115, 4155, 4180
Middle Monster: 5255, 5270, 5280
Right hand Monster: 5150 and Ice Grey 4
Balloon: 6125 and 6140
Horns, feet and arms: Morning Mist and Grey Squirrel

I typed the sentiment on my computer and layered it up with scraps of patterned papers to match the colours on the main image.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Allsorts #371 One for the Boys
Send a Smile for Kids CAS 4 Kids
The Pencil Case #22 W=Whateva!
Crafty Creations #319 Clean and Simple
Art Impressions Stamp Challenge #188 Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion #320 Anything Goes (Always)
Crafting With An Attitude #17 Anything Goes Always
Addicted to Stamps and More #202 Make Your mark
Fab 'n' Funky #313 Add a sentiment
As You Like It Challenge Favourite Markers Inks or Pencils (& why) - My favourite markers are Graph'Its because the colours are so vibrant and you have the option of using brush tips which give a lovely finish as well as letting you get into the tiniest areas.
Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Brusho Hearts for Leonie

Hello lovely peeps

I've got another card to show you that I've made with 'Growing Love' - one of Leonie's lovely new embossing folders.

First I ran a piece of 5"x7" 300gsm white card through the embossing folder and set it to one side to keep clean.

Next I put some Brusho crystals into a paint palette and added a bit of water to each colour. I've used vermillion, orange, violet, yellow and rose red

I sploshed the paint onto some damp watercolour card, using a clean very damp paintbrush for each new colour and also brushing on some clean water as I went to make the the colours bleed into each other a bit

After drying it off with a heatgun I ran it through the embossing folder and then cut out all of the individual hearts, trying to keep track of which one went where :o)

I then had a little segue trying to make something where the hearts were dangling down. After faffing around with different backgrounds/buttons/embellishments/colours for practically an entire day I couldn't find any combination I was happy with so I abandoned the idea and went back to my original plan. I thought you might like to see one of it's incarnations though.

So, after glueing all the individual hearts into place on the white version of the embossed card, I attached co-ordinating ribbons and buttons down the left hand side and added a simple sentiment banner (using Leonie's 'All the Love' stamp set).

 For more ideas using these fab folders and stamps please visit my teamie's blogs

Elaine - Cakecoffeecraft.blogspot.co.uk 

Jane - Isleofcraftycreations.blogspot.co.uk
Nick - http://nickinbarnsley.blogspot.co.uk

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
We Love 2 Create #14 Anything Mixed Media Goes
Creative Moments #96 Anything Goes w/optional twist Ribbons and/or Bows
The Sisters of Craft  Always Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge 11 Anything Goes  
Crafting By Designs (monthly) July Anything Goes
The Ribbon Girls July any card
Artistic Stampers  All Things Bright and Beautiful 
Chocolate Baroque Challenge Blog  #24 Color Challenge

Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back tomorrow morning as I have a Guest DT spot across the pond.

Katrina x