Twas The Night Before Christmas

The challenge at Polkadoodles this week is to make something using the poem 'Twas the night before Christmas'.

I've made a card using Pepper's Christmas Party papers and decoupage, with the addition of sticky gems, punched flowers and organza ribbon.

Woolly Jumper & Skulls

Another woolly jumper card with stitch markers attached. The card base is black pearlescent card embossed with the Cuttlebug Textile folder.

I made the stitch markers with glass faceted beads and silver plated findings.

These are made from acrylic skull beads, glass faceted beads and tiny seed beads.

Polkadoodles Blog Hop & Give Thanks

I've made this card for this week's Polkadoodles challenge and blog hop. All the papers and images are from their lovely Sundae of Seasons CD, with some Cuttlebug embossing, string and buttons added. The give thanks sentiment is by Nikky from Polkadoodles.

I'd also like to enter this into the following challenges:

A Spoonfull of Sugar - Anything Goes.

Flutterby Wednesdays - Thank You

Baby Card & Jacket

I made this card and baby jacket for a neighbour who's just had a baby boy.

For the card I used papers and images from Polkadoodles, the gingham papers are from their Sugar Birdies CD, and the sentiment and baby image from their Sundae of Seasons CD.


Other stuff I used are Woodware feet brads, Cuttlebug Swiss dots folder, duck and teddy buttons and blue gingham ribbon.


I knit the baby jacket with Sirdar Snuggly Crofter Baby Fair Isle effect DK, it's really soft and lovely to knit with.

Delicious Doodles have got a brand new challenge blog and they're having a celebratory blog hop. Their first challenge is Anything Goes and I'd like to enter these into it. There's loads of prizes to be won, to find out more click on the DD name above.

C.R.A.F.T Challenge 77, Vellum

This week at C.R.A.F.T we want you to use vellum in your projects, and for my DT card I've used an image from our sponsor Sew Many Digital Stamps.

For my DT card I've used 'Bear in Stocking', coloured with Promarkers and Sakura pens. The vellum on my card is the backing paper, printed from funky Hand's Funky Christmas Time download, the baubles and sentiment are from the same download, with lots of glitter added to them.



The scalloped oval behind the bear is glitter paper embossed with the Cuttlebug Christmas Stars folder. I added some ribbon down the side and hung some jingly bells with gold thread.

This week is my last week with C.R.A.F.T, I've loved my time on the DT and wish all the team the very best of luck for the future!

C.R.A.F.T Challenge 75 Dry Embossing

This week at C.R.A.F.T the theme is Dry Embossing. Our sponsor is Claire, and the prize is three of her digital stamps of the winner's choice from her shop Hope Jacare Doodles.

The C.R.A.F.T DT used Claires lovely images for our projects, and for my card I used Hamish, who can be found along with the rest of Claire's lovely images at Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps. I coloured Hamish with pencils, the backing paper and leaves are from Polkadoodle's Sundae of Seasons CD.

For the embossing I used the Cuttlebug daisy folder, and the sentiment is from a Polkadoodles stamp set.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Polkadoodles - 'Autumn'.

Incy Wincy Designs - 'Anything Goes'

C.R.A.F.T Challenge 73 - Spooky

This week at C.R.A.F.T the theme is Spooky!

Our sponsor is Craft Obsessions, and the prize is a £10 voucher to spend in their online shop.

For my DT creation I've made a bookmark, the skulls pattern is from Cross Stitcher magazine, the spider's web paper is from the Gothic Bruise collection from Crafty Chaos Designs, all stitched onto black pearl card.




This week we welcome two new DT members Gemma and Kerry - to see their's and the rest of the DT's spooky creations, go and have a look at C.R.A.F.T, and we look forward to seeing what you make this week!

I'm also entering this into Polkadoodle's challenge 'Something Spooky'.

Cross Stitch Bird Card

A card I made for my sister's birthday, the bird pattern is from Cross Stitcher magazine, and the paper is from Polkadooodle's Back to Nature CD. I crochet the flower and added a button to the centre. The blue lace is from my stash.


I would like to enter this into Polkadoodle's challenge 'make your own embellishments'.

C.R.A.F.T Challenge 71 - Shaped Card

The challenge at C.R.A.F.T this week is to make a shaped card, no square or rectangles allowed!

We have a new sponsor this week, Meljen's Designs, who sell a lovely range of digital stamps and other goodies in their online store, and the prize this week is 4 of their digi images of the winner's choice.


The C.R.A.F.T DT had four of Meljen's Design's to play with, and for my card I used I used Kitty Cat Love:

The card shape is the Build a Flower template from Craftbugs, the orange spotty paper is My Mind's Eye and the green flowery paper is Dovecraft's Funky Vintage. I coloured the image with pencils and added a punched and gilttered butterfly.

Go and have a look at C.R.A.F.T to see what the rest of the DT made with more of Meljen's Designs images, and we look forward to seeing your creations this week!

I would like to enter this onto this weeks Incy Wincy Design's challenge, which is Sparkly Glitter.

Anniversary Card

Backing paper is Kate Knight Wild Blossom, Prima flowers, I punched the butterflies out of ice diamond lustre paper and glittered them, then added sticky gems.

I'd like to enter this into Incy Wincy Design's Anything Goes challenge.

Doll For Macmillan Cancer Support

The knitting club I go to held a coffee morning for Macmillan Cancer Support last Saturday,and my sister and I knit some clothes for a doll, she was in a 'Name the Doll' competition.

My sister knitted the coat, and I made the rest of the clothes.

The flowers on the bag are from Polkadoodles Sugar Birdies CD.

C.R.A.F.T Challenge 69 - Teenagers

This week at C.R.A.F.T we want you to create something with teenagers in mind, our sponsor is Angela from Toucan Scraps, and the prize is a product of your choice from her store at Stitchy Bear Stamps.

Angela kindly provided the DT with her new City Street digi papers to use in our sample projects.

For my card I've used Angela's papers with an image from Polkadoodle's Back to Nature CD.


To see what the rest of the DT have made go and take a look at C.R.A.F.T, and we look forward to seeing what you make this week!

Some More Stitch Markers.....

A few sets of stitch markers I made this afternoon.


Autumn Berries stitch markers, made from acrylic berry beads, faceted glass beads, tiny seed beads and silver plated findings.



Flower stitch markers, made from glass beads and silver plated findings.


Seaside stitch markers, made from acrylic sea life beads, gold plated beads, glass beads and gold plated findings.

C.R.A.F.T Challenge 67 Colour Palette

This week at C.R.A.F.T we are using a colour palette which has been made by our DT member Ei, (Eiglas). it's called 'Ada's Slave':


There are some lovely papers, made by Ei, for you to use if you would like to, go over to C.R.A.F.T for more details.

Our sponsor this week is Sew Many Digital Stamps, who have kindly given the DT some images from their store for us to use in our sample projects. They sell a huge range of digital stamps for all ocassions, and the prize is 5 digital stamps of the winner's choice from their store.

For my DT card I have used 'Bear with Balloons'. I have coloured the image with Promarkers and Sakura pens. The backing paper is 'Tartan' from the 'Ada's Slave' collection.


The scalloped oval I embossed with the Cuttlebug Christmas Stars folder and inked with blue ink.


This week we say goodbye to Ei, it's been lovely working with her and we'll miss her loads but wish her the best of luck in everything she does in the future.

We also welcome some new DT members:

Annette

Carla

Carol

Jacky

Kathie

Kevin

Sharon

To see the projects that they and the rest of the DT have made go over to C.R.A.F.T, and we look forward to seeing what you make this week!

C.R.A.F.T Challenge Man's Best Friend

This week the challenge at C.R.A.F.T is Man's Best Friend. Our sponsor is Lauretta's Digital Stamps who kindly provided the DT with two images to use in our sample cards.


For my card I used Lauretta's image Scotty Dog, I coloured him with pencils and sakura pens.

The backing paper is Dovecraft's Funky Vintage, the lettering is from Polkadoodles Candy Doodles CD, and the sentiment is from Funky Hand. I knit the flower and added a little shell flower button to the centre.

To see what the rest of the DT have made, go and take a look at C.R.A.F.T, we look forward to seeing your creations!