Ribbons and Lace

Good morning bloggers. Are you ready for the weekend? It's very nearly here, so let's hope it's a bright and beautiful one for you. It will be for me as I'm currently sunning myself in Egypt! Sorry!
Well on with my make for this weeks new challenge over at Polkadoodles. The theme we have for the next two weeks is Ribbon and Lace. Here is my make:

It started out life as a plain MDF tag that I got at a craft show last year. To start with I painted over it all with white gesso to give it a base. I then covered it in paper from the Dollie Daydream Goes East Collection. I then added some faux stitching around the edges and then painted over it with Iridescent Paste to give it some shimmer. I then coloured an image from the Candy Doodles Collectors Edition CD using my Graph'It Markers. I added a flower from the Dollie Goes East CD and some lace and ribbon from  my stash.

Graph′It Markers

Mix It Palette

Dollie Daydream Goes East CD Collection

Candy Doodles COLLECTORS EDITION CD-Rom

Polkadoodles challenge week 16

Hello everyone it's time for a new challenge over at Polkadoodles today and the challenge is Easter.
I've take the challenge on with the true meaning of Easter, which for me is all about new beginnings, and here is my project.

I've used the bird house from the Candy Doodles COLLECTORS EDITION CD-Rom, I absolutely adore this CD, it has to be one of my fave ones ever! I've printed out the templates onto the back of papers from the CD that I printed onto card. When I cut them out I added some Weathered Wood Distress ink around the edges of everything.

And so for the theme I have made a little nest out of some tree bark and added it inside the birdhouse with some baby birds in with mummy bird watching over them.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Crafty Girls - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - Furry or Feathery Friends

DL Art - Easter

Milk Coffee - Easter

Polka Doodles Week 4 challenge

The challenge over at Polka Doodles this week is Monochrome.  It's not often I do black and white for a monochrome challenge but thought I would this time.
The image and papers are from my fave Polka Doodles CD the Candy Doodles Collectors Edition. I've coloured the image using Copics and ProMarkers. I've made flowers using the Marianne D Creatables LR0162 die, using a circle punch and have also made my own ribbon flowers. I've also used a border punch, a bit of lace and a bow from my stash.

Polka Doodles card

Hello all from a dark dingy day here in Leeds, it was supposed to be cracking the flags today, but we have rain instead! I was hoping to get a few hours in the garden today as well! Oh well.
I've been playing with the new Polka Doodles Picknix CD again and have come up with this card

I just love these papers, they are sooo girly and lush. I've added a few Marriane die cuts and used a Martha Stewart border punch. I think my wide polka dot ribbon goes lovely with these papers. I've also slightly distressed the white images with the Tim Holtz Spun Sugar distress ink. The image is from Polka Doodles Candy Doodles CD.
Fingers crossed the sun come out a bit later on!

Freebie makes

Hello all, hope you've all had a good weekend. I've been going through a stack of magazines that have built up on my desk and trying to use up some of the freebies that came with them.
These cards are made using some free Polka Doodles papers that came with one mag.

The images are from the Polka Doodles Candy Doodles CD, and are coloured with Copics. I've added various die cuts, some from Stampin Up, some Marianne dies and some cut on my Cameo. I've also made a paper rose from the free papers.
See you soon