Sledging Penguin

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are well.

Another penguin for you today - this is Frosty Fun, an old rubber stamp from Lili of the Valley.

He's coloured in with Promarkers:

Scarf: Tea Green, Soft Green, Crimson, Burgundy 

Penguin Body: Cool Grey 1-5, Black 

Feet: Apricot, Amber, Burnt Orange 

Sledge: Sandstone, Caramel, Umber 

Dancing Dolphin

Hello lovely peeps

 Today's card uses the Dancing Dolphin die from Craftascope.  I was quite nervous about using this one since my eBosser is getting on a bit and has patches where it won't cut through properly. For this reason I have given up buying large/intricate dies. Well I needn't have worried - it cut like an absolute dream, the waste pieces dropped right out.

Magic Matchbox for Polkadoodles

Hello again peeps.

 
I'm back with another Polkadoodles sample - this one is using the Magic Garden CD, which includes a template for a Matchbox.

As soon as I saw the template I knew what I wanted to make with it - Craftwork Cards brought out a kit last year to make matchboxes with pop-up flowers, and I've been dying to make one myself.

 I printed off a few matching papers from the CD onto 250gsm white card and then printed the Matchbox Template onto the back of two of them. I made up the outer part of the matchbox with the red stitchy paper, some flowers cut out with my Craft Robo and the first half of one of the lovely sentiments. The 'sun' is just one of the flower centres enlarged and cut out.

The inner tray was made with the white floral pattern and lined with the green gingham (yee ha!). I've added a brad from my stash so you can pull the tray out easily.

I then cut some strips of acetate, folded them in half lengthways and glued on lots more of the flowers. These are then attached to the inside of the tray so they can fold flat.

So, pull the tray out a little for a sneaky peek ...

 ... and then a bit further to reveal the rest of the sentiment. Ta da!

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
The Ribbon Girls Use any image
Inspiration Destination  #83 Always Anything Goes
Creative Artiste Challenge #13 "Anything Goes" with an option to use any of "Chipboard, Stencils or Flowers"
Paper Creator's Crafts #46 Polka Dots or Gingham
Kitty Bee Designs #70 - April Showers bring May Flowers 
Not Just Cards  #30 Anything Goes (Always)
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations Spring/Flowers

Thanks for stopping by,
Katrina x