Put your boots on!

 Hello crafting friends

I find no shame in continuing to showcase Christmas cards during the driest July in UK history, especially as my craft room doubles as the present room when it comes around to the big day.  When this happens I end up using only what I can get to from my desk and I'm usually so busy my cards end up a bit pants as I don't spend enough time on them! 

I made this using the Christmas festive fun gnomes from Polkadoodles for our latest blog challenge.  You can make anything and use any image all for a chance to win some freebies (our choice) from the massive Polkadoodles range. 

This cutie is called 'put your boots on' 

I coloured him using Copics in teals and greens then fussy cut him out - edging him with a black pen.

The background is a combination of glitter paste through a star stencil and black nuvo drops.  I then used a Polkadoodles tag die and layered him on top with foam pads.  It was missing an edge, so I doodled all the way around with a black fine liner to add detail.

I can't wait to see your entries in the blog challenge!

I'd like to enter this into:

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge - AG

Send a smile for the kids - Christmas

Taylor made cards for you - Christmas

Creatious Challenge - Christmas in July

My time to craft - cute Christmas

Winter wonderland - from our gnome to yours

Please keep liking and leaving me comments - it really does keep me going!  links on the top right for more social media.

Until the next post - crafting hugs!
Rachael 

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You are awesome!

 Hello crafting friends

I'm back with an other new release from the fabulous Wendy Burns over all dressed up.  

Thee new releases are all available on Etsy as well as lots and lots of oldie but goodie images too.  Pop over and have a look! 

I used flower dreams this month.

I decided I was going to use a softer coloured look, so printed her in a lighter grey and then coloured her using only Polychromos pencils.  The digi kit in the background is one from Nitwit and I fussy cut several elements to position around her.

She is just so adorable.  

Don't forget our challenge is still on going on our Facebook page - with the theme holidays (this could be summer of winter holidays too!) or our anything goes over on the blog.  as long as you use an all dressed up image! 

I'd like to enter this into:

• 2 sisters on the blog - anything goes
• Aud sentiments - anything goes with a sentiment
• lil patch of crafty friends - AG
• Creative fingers - anything goes

Thanks so much for stopping by - I'll see you again soon for more crafty inspiration from the desk of the glittery pink craft room.

Crafting hugs

Rachael

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Truly Dino-mite!

 Hello everyone

For everyone in the UK - I'm so glad that heat has dialled down.  Fore everyone not in the UK wondering why we are complaining - we don't have enough hot weather to justify getting aircon units as most of our weather is rain! We are rubbish at any extremes of hot or cold and a few days ago it reached the hottest it has ever been in the UK at 40 degrees Centigrade.  The British love a good moan about the weather!  Anyway onto the card...

I thought I'd revisit my stash and I made this using the Mam elephant little dino agenda and me and my dinosaur stamp sets 

Ingredients

• Stamps
• Me and my dinosaur
• Little dino agenda
• Coloured with spectrum noir tri-blend brush markers
• Inks
• Memento tuxedo black
• Prized ribbon distress oxide
• Twisted citron distress oxide  ink
• Sakura glitter gelly roll pen

I stamped all of the images out and cut them using my scan and cut.  I then coloured them using the spectrum noir tri blend brush markers.  I ink blended a background and laid the images on to create this super cute scene! matted and layered on black, onto a 5x7 card base.  

The final touch was a heat embossed sentiment and some sparkle pens for shine.

I hope you like it!

I'd like to enter this into:

Fab and funky - anything goes

Simon says stamp - for a child

The cutie pie challenge - little cuties

Lil patch of crafty friends - anything goes

Aud sentiments - anything goes

Double d's - purple, green and blue

Thanks for stopping by - if you're here please leave me a comment so I know you have visited! For my other social media pages, please see the top right of the page!

See you soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael 

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Friends forever

 Hello lovely people

Today is another new challenge over at the polkadoodles blog.  There’s a chance of winning three super images from the huge digi range that the shop has.  The tough part is choosing which three.  Even runners up get one image each! 

Here’s my inspiration for a friendship card.

I used  Missed you to make this.  I firstly stamped the background using the stamp set 'Love hearts' adding in in the hearts as well as the border stamp.  I then use my copics to colour the image and fussy cut it out.    The hearts were cut out and then glossy accents applied as well as on her hair grip. The paper behind is a piece from my scrap folder.

I just love how it turned out! 

I’d like to enter this into:

Aud sentiments - anything goes

Two sisters on the blog - anything goes

Clever dexter - anything goes

Creations in pink - Anything goes with lots of pink

Creative fingers - anything goes

Remember you have to be in it to win it, so I look forward to seeing your entry! And if you like me style please check out other social media pages in the link above

See you soon!

Rachael

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Mermazing!

 Hi everyone

Its Saturday and therefore time for the latest Polkadoodles blog challenge. Its a chance to be in with winning three images of your choice from the Polkadoodles shop, or if you're chosen by the DT as top three, you get one image.

You can enter with anything goes, but the DT theme was ocean - a perfect opportunity to pay with the super cute mermaids.  There are loads of different ones on the website, but I chose this beauty! 

For this weeks challenge I used this cutie called is from the Winnie Mermazing collection called Octopus kisses.

I also used the matching digi papers for the torn strip in the background, a stencil called Land and sea  and finally the sentiment is from Winnie celebration sentiments

The image was coloured using copics and finished with white gel pen, sparkle pens and a drop of glossy accents to those sweet octopuses

I just love how this one turned out.  

I'd like to enter this into:

Simon says stamp - anything goes

Paper shelter - under the sea

Double D beach time

Through the purple haze - anything but square

Krafty chicks - anything goes

Craft rocket challenge - girls

As you like it - favourite - girls (I love pink and purple too much!)

Your next stamp - anything goes

Thanks so much from dropping by - please do check out our blog!  and if you want to see more inspiration from me, I have other social media links at the top right of the page.  Leave me some love - it always makes me smile.  See you soon

Rachael 

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Floating away

 Hi everyone

Today is the new challenge over on the all dressed up Facebook Page.  The theme is holidays.  I know this means different things to different countries, but as I'm from the UK, Holidays mean sun, sea, sand and sangria!

I made my card using Pool party 

I printed out my image and coloured her with a combination of copics and Polychromos pencils.

I then cut a 6inch circle, and folded it in half for my base card.  Using the lawn fawn wave dies, I cut three colours of blue, stuck them together and then used the same 6inch die to cut out the base.  stuck these together.  I fussy cut my image including inside the ring and stuck her on.  I used a sentiment on my desk (not sure where this one even comes from its from my pile of bits I print/stamp/cut etc and don't use. They go into a pot and I occasionally pick something out!  Do you do this too?)

To finish the image I used a white gel pen for highlights and some glossy accents on her glasses

I love how bright and vibrant this turned out. 

I'd like to enter her into:

Through the craft room door - anything goes

Passion for markers - occasion other than birthday

Crafty Galz - anything goes 

Aud sentiment - summer 

Creative fingers - anything goes

QKR stampede - anything goes

Thanks so much for stopping by - please do check out our Facebook page for more dressy girls inspiration and to enter our challenge!

See you soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael 

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