Lili of the valley cute girls release

 Hi crafting friends

OMG, how cute is the latest Lili of the Valley release?  You haven't yet seen it - well, best check it out here, because there are some super cute girlies, as well as some awesome party animals. PLUS - at the moment they are HALF PRICE!!!

I will post some inspiration over the next few days on Instagram (link in top right to join me there or on Pinterest/Facebook)

But here is just one of those girls

I printed her out and coloured her with Ohuhu markers.  I was feeling the pink and purple vibe!  I then fussy cut her out, leaving a thin white border.

The background was done using seedless preserves distress oxide and a polkadoodles stencil (it's actually from the Christmas range, but no one else needs to know I'm stretching my stash into all seasons!)I then used the same colour to splatter, along with the Spellbinders splatter effect, black ink.  The frame die I cut from black cardstock is a Sizzix one called Geo Floral frame, all finished with a LOTV sentiment and of course some stickles on the flowers.

Shes just adorable!

I'd like to enter this into:

Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Craft rocket Challenge - No design paper

A place to start - No squares Anything goes

A perfect time to craft - Anything goes

Crafters cafe - for the girls

I would love you to join my blog, or any of my other Social media platforms.  I really appreciate you taking the time to stop by and have a look here, all comments are greatly receved!  

See you all soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael

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Big moments collection - Party Time

Hello everyone.

Have you seen the latest release from Polkadoodles called Big Moments.

It has stamps, dies and stencils all designed for those big moments in life, parties and celebrations for all occasions.

 I made this card by first using the stamps in dark grey ink to stamp randomly on a piece of white card, adding a black scribbled border.  Then, on top to soften it, I added a piece of vellum.  Once the background was completed, I stamped more images, coloured them with Ohuhu markers, and cut them out using the matching die set.  I also stamped the word 'party' and die cut this too.  I then layered them together using a combination of glue and foam squares to add dimension.  It was finished with stickles because no party is complete without glitter!

I hope you like it, I just love the bold party colours on this, perfect for a birthday or party invite.

I'd like to enter this into:

Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Creative fingers anything goes

Cut it up - Birthday

Craft rocket challenges - no design paper

Creative knockouts - Birthday

I love promarkers and other colouring mediums  - Birthday

Thanks so much for stopping by. If you like my work, I also have Facebook and Instagram (see top right for links), or if you don't mind, leave me a comment so I know you have been here.  It means so much when I get them through!

Crafting hugs - see you soon.

Rachael

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 Hi everyone.  

I'm back again sharing some inspiration from the bright and beautiful collection from @polkadoodles.

I love a CAS card, and this collection was made for this! 

Using the circle shutter die, and the dahlia flower die I was able to make this beautiful wedding card.  I just cut the dies from white card stock, colouring the flowers with alcohol markers.  

The great thing about these flower dies is they can be simple like this, or inked. layered and shaped for more realistic looking blooms! 

Once I have die cut the circle shutter, I then used a stencil to emboss the background for a bit of texture.

I glued and layered everything together with a sentiment from the tying the knot stamp set (also from Polkadoodles) which was white heat embossed onto black card for a bold look.

I hope you like it - please do check out this release over on the polkadoodles webstie.

I'd like to enter this into:

Thanks for any messages you leave. It always makes me smile to read them.  You can also follow me on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest (links in the top right of the page)

See you all soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael 

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Udderly cute cow

 Hi crafting friends

Did you see the latest release from Polkadoodles the 'udderly cute'collection. It has some of the most adorable cows, waiting to be coloured in a variety of colours and with some gorgeous papers too.  I loooove the cow print paper on this!

I printed the digi image onto watercolour card stock in a light grey (you can adjust the transparency of the image to change the colour)

I then used a combination of watercolour paints and coloured pencils for detail to bring this cutie to life, before fussing with cutting out, leaving a small white border.

I then mounted it on a white rectangle, cutting a larger rectangle from the cow print paper.  All finished with a daisy and a sentiment (also in the bundle)

There are so many cute cows to choose from. Check out the full bundle here, or you can buy them individually.  There will definitely be something you 'need'! 

Id like to enter this into:

Crafty calender - Love is in the air

Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Cut it up - This makes me happy - (dies used flowers and stitched rectangle background) card making just makes me happy and so does this image.  it really made me smile when i saw it!

C.R.A.F.T - love/anything goes

Little red wagon - Love

Hope to see you soon, thanks so much for dropping by.  If you do land here, please leave me some love - it makes my day to read them!

Crafting hugs

Rachael

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Love you a latte.

 Hi, Crafting friends.

I made this while tucked up in the warm, sheltering from Storm Goretti.  We have about 20cm of snow on the ground, and all I could think of was steaming hot coffee!

I used all Polkadoodles dies and stencils to make this.  

I started off die-cutting all the bits.  I used a set called Sweet Moments die bundle available here and scalloped rectangles and tags die from here using a combination of plain, coloured, and patterned card stock.

I made up the coffee cups, then using picked raspberry distress ink, and heart wreath stencil I added detail onto the scalloped panel.

I used the sentiment from the coffee set, and stuck it to vellum, before fussing cutting around the whole thing.

I layered it all together using foam pads for dimension, and added stickles for sparkle.

Back to the coffee and keeping warm!

I'd like to enter this into:

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Creative fingers - Anything goes

Creative inspirations - anything goes

Pammies pinky inkies - Anything goes

See you soon, sending crafting hugs

Rachael

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Kendras sketch card challenge #21

 Hello everyone

I'm almost sure we all get into a rut sometimes with our making and I'm also almost certain we have oodles of 6x6 patterned paper pads we have picked up alog the way.  I saw this challenge on a You tube video, Kendras sketch challenge (#21) and thought - new year, new challenge, why not!

The point of this is to use 6 sheets of co-ordinating (or not) patterned paper, cut in various ways to make 15 cards with various sketches to follow.

I have loads of kits and thought this would be a perfect challenge to use some up of a Ciao Bella kit called 'Summer Breeze'

This kit has 12 x 12 papers, 6 x 6 papers, cut out ephemera, and stamps.  So I pulled it out, followed the instructions from kendras free patreon page.  They were super easy to follow and soon I had 15 base card sketches ready to decorate.

The page also has details of the links to enter and details of what to do. 

So heres my entry - 15 cards made following the sketches ad using up stash that was just going dusty. (BTW I bearly touched the pack! LOL)

Full collection of 15 cards

Sketches 1 to 5

Sketches 6 to 10

Sketches 11 to 15

Ahhh the beach  - I cannot wait for that feeling again!

I hope you like them - it was just for a bit of fun really but I loved doing this.  It felt good to use up old stash and make things using sketches which I havent done in ages.  Thanks Kendra for the inspiration!

See you again soon.

Crafting hugs

Rachael

#KendrasCardChallenge21 #KCC21

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Beautiful Anemones Chipboard and MDF project

Hello crafting friends

So sorry it's been a while posting - I have still been updating my Instagram, but neglecting my blog - I promise to try harder this year!

 It's only just winter, and already I'm looking forward to Spring!  I made this cheerful decor to remind me of the fresh colours that are ahead! 

Using the 'Beautiful Anemone stamp' (PD8747 on the Polkadoodles website), I stamped onto the matching chipboard shapes (also available on the website) with Versafine Clear Ink and heat embossed with rose gold powder. I then coloured each one using acrylic markers, blending the whites and purples.  I also coloured the watering can and the leafy wreath from the chipboard shapes in the same way.

From the stamp set I stamped and heat embossed in black the sentiment again onto one of the chipboard shapes

The background is one of the MDF embroidery hoops - these are amazing BTW! (PD9108)

I painted this with acrylic paint in lilac to match the flowers.  I then layered everything together using a glue gel.  It's easier than it looks, and it produces amazing projects that will have people asking if you really made it!

I'd like to enter this into:

Aud sentiments - Anything goes

Beautiful blossoms challenge - Anything goes floral

Crafting from the art challenge - anything goes

FarmQuest home Challenge - Anything home

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