Cute Card Thursday

Another Thursday already and it's time once again for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge. So this week the challenge is

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Lol so I've done a hot air balloon??!!

I've taken cream coordination cardstock and distressed and inked it and stamped onto it. The images have been embossed with white embossing powder and then I've rubbed over distress ink and buffed it up. Some acrylic paint brushed randomly an dsome twine to finish off.

Card: Co ordinations
Stamps: Indigo Blu - Journey

We'd love to see your projects for the theme and if you look on the CCT blog you'll find some great inspiration.

Cute Card Thursday meets Mojo Monday

Today I'm showing you the promised card featuring Sam Poole's Creative Studio stamps. It's for both my DT card for Cute Card Thursday and I've also followed the sketch on Mojo Monday Challenge blog.

So the theme on Cute Card Thursday is

Pink and Green

Mojo Monday sketch looks like this

And my card looks like this......

Stamps: Sam Poole-Creative Studios -  Butterfly girls & Art Sayings

Papers: First Edition - Bird Song

I have stamped and then embossed the flowers and swirls with white embossing powder. Love the effect on these. I've paper pieced the girl and added gems and a Stardust gel pen.

As always the CCT DT have made some gorgeous projects and you can see them here.

An ATC and Creative Studio stamps

Over the last few days I've bought some stamp sheets from Creative Studios. I've shown you one card that I've made and I have one to show you this Thursday for my DT card on Cute Card Thursday. Well today I wanted to show you an ATC that I made.

I've used two sets Artful ladies and Art Sayings from Creative Studio. I am very impressed with the customer service that Sam supplies. Each time I've ordered the stamps have arrived the next day. And they are great to work with! Love to sit and cut out the images from a sheet, the rubber smells so good!! Weird I know!

So back to my ATC here are the supplies I've used

Stamps: Creative Studios - Artful Ladies & Art Sayings
Background: Dylusions spray inks
Embossing powder: WOW white
Colouring medium: Copics

Polkadoodles 3rd Birthday Celebrations

Today is a special day in the world of Polkadoodles. We are 3 today!!! Nikky has some fantastic prizes for you to win over on the Polkadoodles Challenge blog.

Here's what Nikky has to say

So to celebrate this fabulous occasion we're having a BIG celebration and you can win over £220 worth of blog candy - so make sure you enter today's EXTRA challenge to be in with a chance to get some wonderful candy! woooohoooo!! We want to take the opportunity to thank each and every one of you who regularly enter our challenges from all across the globe for all your fabulous support over the past 3 years, here's raising a glass to another 3 and beyond!

So, of course, today's challenge is very simple - you need to make us a Special Birthday Card incorporating No. 3 to help us mark the occasion!
The 3 can be

3 ribbons,
 3 papers,
3 brads...
you get the idea!...


As this is a really special challenge you have until 31st May to enter this one and we will announce it the following Friday. Our very most favourite entry will win a massive prize of TEN, Yes, I did say TEN, Polkadoodles CD's with a value of over £160!! In addition, in appreciation of all our regular people who join us week in and week out around the world, We will also give a CD prize worth over £15 to one entry from the USA and Canada, to someone in Europe (non UK), someone in the UK and also someone from the Rest of the World outside those areas - that's an extra 4 chances to win too!...
**important** when you add your challenge entry, please include your name and your Country so we can see it in the thumbnails, ie Nikky, UK - this will make it a whole lot easier for us to see where you guys are coming from, thanks!
...And did you know we are also on Facebook and Twitter? Why not join up with our Facebook group, the Polka Doodle Dandies or tweet us at @polka_doodles - we love to hear from you all, talk craft and see all your amazing creations!

Here's my card to celebrate and what better way than with a yummy cupcake.

I've used a template from the  Candy Doodles CD  and printed out lots of layers to make it 3D. I added some diamond stickles to the spots on the bows for a bit of blling and also glossy accents to the choc chips. I then printed out the "3" from the Candy Doodles  CD and went around the edges with a gold pen. Finally I printed out the ticket from the  CD and added a little bow and some gems.

It's well worth going over to the Polkadoodles challenge blog to see all the lovely birthday projects and of course to be in with a chance of winning some of the fantastic prizes on offer.

Hope to see your cards soon.

A quick tag

Just wanted to show you a quick tag I made this afternoon.

Paper: Tim Holtz Kraft resist pad
Inks: Dylusions spray inks
Stamps: Sam Poole creative studio
Paint: Do Craft acrylic paint

Sam Poole stamps and Sketch Saturday

Just this minute finished this card. I took the Sketch Saturday sketch

and the Sam Poole Creative Studio stamp plate Butterfly Girl and made this card

Stamps: Creative Studios - Butterfly Girl
Papers: Basic Grey Out of Print
Acrylic paints - Docraft Inks - Memento, Stazon, Distress Ink
Pens - Stardust clear and white

So I've paper pieced the girl with the Basic Grey papers and just brushed a little paint over her. Her wings are acetate and I've used a clear stardust pen on them. You can't see very well on the pic but I've also used paint on one of the stamps to stamp onto the papers, it's a dotty one in the set. I've also paper pieced some more of the stamps and used them as embellies, inked the edges and added a little paint.

Polkadoodles Challenge

Another Friday comes round and another Polkadoodles challenge. This week we would like you to make a

Wedding Card with a Difference!

The difference being is that we'd like you to incorporate the saying "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue"

So here is mine

I have used papers from the Sugar Birdies CD which I've lightly inked the edges with a blue distress ink. The image is from the Candy Doodles CD and I've coloured it in with copics. The sentiment is also from Candy Doodles. I've added some punched borders using the same CD papers. To finish off I've added some white ribbon and little pearls.

So the something old is the ribbon and pearls  , something new is my punch , something borrowed is the time I took to do it as I was on borrowed time I was supposed to be doing the housework! and of course something blue is my backing paper. As always the DT have made lots of different and beautiful projects. Why not take a look and join in with us. I know me and the DT love looking at your projects.