Red Christmas

Again this is a card I started making ages ago, originally for another challenge, and missed the deadline.  Been a bit under the weather in more ways than one recently and so only now posting it.  I will enter the card into this weeks Pollycraft (red) and I love Promarkers (Christmas in July) challenges.

Flower Frenzy

I so want a weekend/week/month just to craft my heart out and relax.  Not going to happen...  I did try and make the most of yesterday afternoon though.  Feel like I am constantly playing catch up at the moment.  I have a list of cards as long as my arm to make.  This weekend the challenge was thankyou cards for birthday presents.  (My birthday was a month ago and so the cards are well over due :-(.)
I love this DigiStamp Boutique set of images and want to get them all out...  in time it will happen.
I will enter this card into this weeks I love Promarkers (anything goes), Pollycraft (anything goes- whoopee Pollycraft has re-opened!  I will used Pollycraft images in future challenges), Passion for Promarkers (at least 5 flowers) and Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch) challenges.

Penguin Love

I just loved this Pollycraft Friday freebie image from a few weeks ago. It has taken me a while to get round to using it since I have only recently been reunited with my craft stash. I made this card for this weeks Pollycraft Monday challenge (doodling- I have doodled in glitter gel pens around the bps), Pear Tree Designs (sketch) and I Love Promarkers (icy colours) challenges. I did make a bit of a mistake when colouring the image by putting blush on the male penguin's cheeks, but hopefully it isn't too bad and the recipient doesn't notice that the male penguin is 'wearing make up'!

Princess Tilda

I made this card today using a really really cute Tilda image I got from Cherry for my birthday (thankyou so much- I know now why you bought the stamp to make cards for your daughter with). The backing papers are free downloads and I think they work well. The flowers I mave made using the paper and acetate flower technique posted by Clare on the Craft Mad and Loving It blog. To decorate the acetate, I have randomly applied white chalk ink and then added sparkly embossing powder, before heat embossing (which also makes the petals curl up).I will enter the card into this weeks DCD challenge (gingham), Pollycraft Monday challenge (Fit for a Princess) and Pear Tree Designs challenge (sketch).

Happy Birthday Mum!

This is the birthday card I gave Mum (her birthday was a few days ago). She is mad about chickens and so I found her a chicken digi image.I will enter this card into this weeks Pollycraft challenge which is 'happy birthday'. It was Paula's birthday yesterday too, so happy birthday from me.

Bold and Bright!!!

This weeks Pollycraft Challenge is to make a 'Bold and Bright' card. I think my card is definitely bright! I have used a Pollycraft Freebie image (Cuthbert with balloons- one of my favourite images) and so will enter the card also into the Tales of Pollycraft 'Flash your Freebies' challenge.

Pollycraft #51

This weeks Pollycraft challenge is a sketch. I have made this card using Cuthbert coloured with PMs. The backing papers are ones which came free with this months issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft.

Special Thankyou card

I made this card today for someone I want to say a special thankyou to in the next few months. I made the roses using the guide on Karen's blog (version 1) and as always I am pleased with the results, but they took me hours to do! I have also experiamented with a step card for the first time, since they seem to be in fashion at the moment (I keep seeing them being used for DT cards). The image is 'Flo' from Pollycraft and isn't she cute? I will enter this card into this weeks Pollycraft challenge (pinkalicious- I have used all pink bps and coloured the image in pink) and Passion for Promarkers challenge (think of a number- a million!. The image is of course coloured with PMs).

Cheers

This Forever Friends image was sent to me by KathyK for my birthday and I thought it was just right for this weeks challenges- Pollycraft Monday 'lets have a song' (songs which came to mind were Champagne Supernova (Oasis) or Congratulations (Cliff Richard)) and I love Promarkers bears.

Birthday Girl

The theme this week for the Passion for Promarkers Challenge is 'pink Birthday'. I have made this girly birthday card with lots of pink...The coiled flowers are handmade and the image is coloured with PMs. Since I have used ribbon and bling, I will also enter this card into this weeks Pollycraft challenge.

Bert the Owl

I made this card for this weeks Pollycraft Monday challenge (ribbon and bling) and used the sketch from I love Promarkers. The image is Bert the Owl from Pollycraft and I have added gems and pearls for the bling, with a gold ribbon.

Summer Blooms

This weeks Pollycraft challenge is 'summer blooms'. I have made this card with one of the new Cuthbert Pollycraft digis (it was the Friday freebie the week before last- thankyou!).

Pollycraft Monday 43

This weeks Pollycraft challenge is to follow the sketch. I have made this card using the Pollycraft image 'Dudley and a balloon'. It has been printed on photo paper and coloured with Promarkers. The sentiment is also from Pollycraft.

The DT cards are out this world this week on Pollycraft. I don't know how people come up with such fantastic creations. Mine looks very plain in comparison.

Black, white and another colour

This weeks I love Promarkers challenge was to make a card with the black, white and one other colour only. I made this card using black, white and blue. The image is from Pollycraft and it is the first time I have used it. I didn't have any suitable papers and so made these myself using my Promarkers as well! I quite like the result.I have followed the sketch from this weeks Pollycraft Monday challenge and so will enter this card into that as well.

Pollycraft Monday

This weeks Pollycraft Monday challenge was a sketch. I made this card with one of the fab Pollycraft spring downloads and some papers I downloaded for free a while ago. I am quite pleased with the result although I think I needed a bigger gem for the centre of the flower and didn't have one the right size.

Pink, Brown and Green

This weeks Pollycraft challenge is to use the colours pink and brown and either green or yellow. I have used green on my card. The image is one from Pollycraft which I got as a freebie. it is the first time I have used it and I really like the detail on the fairy in the ballon basket.

Pink and Green

This weeks challenge on LGS (Craftbubble) was a sketch set by Karen and the twist was to use the colours pink and green. I made this card using an image I received from a image swap on Craftbubble. The flower I made myself by folding up some paper- I have seen them in a magazine to buy and thought I'd have ago at making them instead!I will also enter this into the Pollycraft Monday Challenge which is becoming weekly from now on! The theme this week is 'anything goes'. They have launched some ace new digi stamps and have some fab prizes this week too! I will try and make a card just for this challenge too (feel a bit lazy entering something for two), but I have loads of work to do and so not sure I will have time.

Sparkly duck

I made this card for this weeks I love Promarkers challenge, which is to follow the sketch and make your own backing papers. I find making my own backing papers from stamping, distressing or embossing quite a difficult task and rarely do it. However I felt brave last night and so stamped and heat embossed some white card with presents in silver and dots (freehand) in Cosmic Shimmer turquiose. I'm not very good at heat embossing- it usually turns out messy. I think I might need an anti-static bag.The image is from Pollycraft and i really adore their ducks! This is a new one and is great for both birthdays and Easter. This weeks Pollycraft challenge is to make a card with sparkle. I think I have done that here, with the shiny heat embossed backing paper and the glitter glue on the cake icing.

Distressing

This weeks sketchie on Lets Get Stamping (Craftbubble) was set by Karen and the twist was to include distressing. Since the current Pollycraft challenge is to make a card with distressing I will enter these cards for that as well.

I'm not that good at distressing and found it distressing not to be using straight edges! These are my attempts. I think it might help if I had the right equipment and some distressing inks, but I made do with what I had already.

One card uses Missy download from Willow Designs and the other uses a chick from Pink Petticoat. The embossing on the chick card was done by hand using an old brass embossing stencil from Papermania and a light box.

Pollycraft Challenge 35

This weeks Pollycraft challenge is to use distressing on a project. I have made this card using some torn papers and inked the torn edges in black. The image is a Polycraft one I bought last week and the papers came free with Cardmaking and Papercraft.