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Hi,

I was given this image in a RAK and couldn't wait to use it. I've gone for purple on this card to cancel out the amount of pink I am currently using! The black and white patterned paper is wrapping paper and the purple is flocked.

I'm entering this into polkadoodles - easel card and Creative craft challenges - black and white plus one other colour.

Very quick post

Just a very quick post. I popped on here to check challenges and to my surprise my monkey picture frame won the week 26 Polkadoodles challenge. I am very surprised. Thank you Polkadoodles.

Cheeky monkey!

I decided to do something a bit different so made a photo frame for my very own cheeky monkey. I made three photo spaces so one is for Daisy, one for the new baby and one for them both together (I won't need to wait too long for this). I used funky monkey from the Polkadoodles CD 1 Paper Boutique and decoupaged him. The brown paper is also from here. I then cut out leaves and a bush. I am entering this into the Polkadoodles challenge - decorative item.

Don't mention the football!

I love this cute digi stamp from Digistamp boutique. He's called Harold and looks so friendly. I don't usually use such colourful papers but think they go well. I'm entering it into Crafty Catz which is Let's go Digital, and Polkadoodles which is boy's birthday.

Which one is Peter?

Hi, I've been on a bit of a mad card making week, just in the mood I guess. Over at polkadoodles, the theme is nursery rhymes. I was a bit stuck until it came to me while I was browsing the Not for Girls polkadoodles CD. Daisy loves the rhyme 'Two little dickie birds' and sings it quite a lot, so this is what I based the card on. The bricks and cool birdies are from the CD and I tore a range of blue and green paper to make the background.

A card for Mum

Over at polkadoodles the challenge is to make something for mum in the colours blue and peach/orange. I've made this easel card for my mum's birthday which is in a couple of weeks. It uses a couple of SU flower stamps. I have layered the lily for depth and added glossy accents. I've also used another of my fab prima flowers. I love them.

Got the blues!

Over on Polkadoodles the challenge is monochrome. I chose blue and made an easel card. I used patterned acetate and the stamp is by SU. This is quite clean and simple, but I quite like it.

I'm sorry I've been a bad blogger this week but I've been getting ready for my parents to arrive. They were meant to come last week but their flight was cancelled because of the volcano. At least it meant I could be ready for them when they do arrive and they now have a bed to sleep on! Also, I've been having lots of blood tests done as the midwife thought I might have gestational diabetes. I just have to wait and see for the results. Hopefully my mojo will come back soon.

A bit of a challenge

Over at polkadoodles, the theme is to create a wedding card or project. This was a challenge for me as I always find wedding cards difficult. Anyway, I used some patterned voile for the background and embossed some foil which came from food packaging with a love birds stamped image.

A happy bunny

I think this is my week for good luck craftwise, as my black, white and pink cake card has been named the winner for the polkadoodles challenge. I'm over the moon and am looking forward to playing with the downloads I was given as a prize.

A new card

Over at polkadoodles, the challenge is to make a birthday card. I decided to try a new (to me) design of card. I've seen these belt cards before and put it on my to make list but never got around to it. I used a flower vase decoupage from the polkadoodles paper boutique CD.

A sketch

Over at Polkadoodles there is a great sketch to follow and you need to use black and white and one other colour. I chose pink for my other colour and thought it was a great opportunity to use my new paper boutique CD I bought from Polkadoodles. There's so much on it, I love it! I used the cake decoupage and found an oddment of pink acetate which I think looks great on the black card.

Polkadoodles sketch challenge

Over at polkadoodles they have a great sketch this week with the added challenge that you have to use blue and brown. I used papers from the DCWV garden party stack and have finally used the cute owl stamp from Hero Arts that I won on Sir Stampalot's blog hop.

Wings

Over at polkadoodles this week they are asking for wings and rubber stamping. I decided to have a play with my glimmer mists to create a background. It took a while to make one I liked. I stamped a flower from SU with versamark ink and then sprayed glimmer mist over it. Then, I used a Kaisercraft dragonfly stamp on black and a fairy stamp onto the background. I coloured the dress in as I thought it needed more than just the outline.

Hoppy birthday

Over at polkadoodles, they're asking for a shaped card. I love experimenting with shapes, especially for children's cards. I have made a frog card and decoupaged it for a bit of depth. I added a balloon with the sentiment.

Polkadoodles week 6.

Over at polkadoodles, the week 6 challenge is hearts and flowers. I had a real problem getting inspiration, but think I am there now. I used my new stampin up goodies I got this week. I used a french script background stamp as I think of France when I think of romance, hearts and flowers. Then, I cut a heart shaped aperture and attached two stamped flowers. I have layered one of the flowers for depth. I used a rose stamp to create a background for the aperture. This is quite a simple card, but it took me ages! I'm sorry about the photo, but I kept getting shadows somewhere.

polkadoodles challenge

Whilst blog hopping I found this fab challenge at polkadoodles. They are asking for a Valentine's card in non-traditional colours. I've used some more great paper from Kaisercraft and a really cute chipboard owl called Ozzie! I used glimmer mists on Ozzie and just added some green pearls in the right hand corner. I kept it quite simple as I wanted Ozzie to be the star! I'm thinking of giving this to hubby for Valentine's day, although he's bound to cringe at the cheesy sentiment.