Tuesday 31 December 2013

Happy New Year from Polkadoodles!

Hiya crafty friends,


I hope you are all having a wonderful time over the Christmas period. 

Why not start the New Year by entering the Polkadoodle Digi Chooday challenge. And like always there is a fantastic offer too.

And with the new year starting I thought what better to make than a calender. The dials on the left, right and bottom are used to change the day and month.

The calender itself was a cutting file I downloaded from the Silhouette store, which I decorated with the Boys Hoot download bundle.


And what would a Polkadoodle project be without our favourite owl :)





See you next year :)


Wednesday 25 December 2013

When Santa got stuck up the chimney...

Hiya crafty friends,


I hope you are all having a lovely day with your family and friends.

I hope Santa came safely last night and didn't get stuck like he did on my card :) I think he had one too many mince pies during the night.

When I first saw the Fireplace Kisses stamp set had the idea for this card but I wasn't sure if I could do what was in my head and I am really pleased that I was. The brickwork was coloured with Tea Dye Distress Ink, which was applied with a paintbrush..


I used the cute little snowflakes from the Christmas Tag - Jolly Holly stamp set to decorate the stocking using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

 

The cute little image on the cards were taken from the Silhouette store. I added a little tab to the bottom of the card to attach them to the top of the fireplace.


And the whole thing can be folded flat...


to enable it to be put in a envelope.


Wednesday 18 December 2013

The humble envelope takes centre stage

Hiya crafty friends,

Where would our handmade cards be without the envelope? 

So I thought this week I would take the humble envelope and let it take centre stage for a change :)



 1. Firstly, I cut an envelope using my Silhouette Cameo and I will be using the My Minds Eye Vintage Christmas stamp set

2. I then masked the 'front' of the envelope ready to decorate

 3. The inks I am going to use are Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Ink...

Before I apply any ink I have masked the centre so there is a space to write an address.

4. I applied some Tea Dye ink all the way around fading towards the masked area in the centre

5. Now, taking the Vintage Photo Distress Ink and the swirl stamp from the Vintage Christmas set...

I stamped, overlapping the masking tape, on the top and bottom edge on the envelope front.


6. For the side edges inked the right half of the stamp and stamped to bottom corner...
 I then stamped the left half of the stamp and stamped the top corner
 Repeat on the opposite side

7. I took the circle stamp from the set...
  and again overlapping the masking tape, I filled the the gap in the side borders

 8. Before I took the masks off I took an Inkssentials White Pen and added faux stitching around the address box.

9.  After removing all the masking
 I stamped some reindeers over the edge of the address box


10. Now onto the back. I masked off the folded edge of the bottom flap
 and as I did with the front. I used Tea Dye Distress Ink all over...
 and the using the stowflake stamps from the Jolly Holly Christmas Tag and Paula Pascual - All Year Round stamp sets

11. I only distressed the top of the side flaps as this will all you will see

12. I distressed the closure flap...
 and masked a boarder and stamped some more snowflakes


And there you go a plain envelope has a face lift

Thanks for visiting and see you next Wednesday




Tuesday 17 December 2013

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas

Hiya crafty friends,

The man in the red suit will be visiting soon and everyone at Polkadoodles are getting very excited, which you can see by this weeks Digi Choosday Challenge...Ho! Ho! Ho!. Plus remember, as always, there is a fantastic offer that goes along with the challenge. What is there not to love about that? :)

So in honour of the jolly man I have made a Santa gift bag and matching card. The Christmas Joy download bundle (I love this bundle!) was just perfect for this project


Santa suit and the letters where made using background papers and the gorgeous border is also included in the bundle.





The great thing about downloading backing papers is that you can resize to suit what you need. Which is what I did to make these holly leaves.
 


Ho! Ho! Hope to see you next Choosday