LPoCF#240 Polkadoodles

 Hello again, 

Summer is definitely on its way, we are currently being serenaded (deafened) by thousands of Cicadas, I have seen several of the different varieties all (males) of which are noisy.... maybe not as loud as a few years ago when there was an abundance of double drummers, the local electricity company was around pruning plants away from overhead wires and stopped long enough to complain about the noise. I am off this week for my scans which will hopefully see my ankle repaired for the second time. 

Today brings us to an all new Anything goes challenge with my teammates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Polkadoodles who kindly allowed two of our team to choose images for us to use. I chose Polkadoodles new Pretty Poinsettia and made a non-traditional Christmas card. 

Polkadoodles

Prize 3 Digi images (no bundles)

Here is my card:- 

What I used: -
White Card blank 12.6x17.8cm (5x7")
Polkadoodles Pretty Poinsettia Digi image
Faber-Castell Coloured Pencils

Colourless blender pencil (Prismacolor)
American Crafts Bubble-gum cardstock
White cardstock
Darkroom Door Sentiment strip Christmas
Picked Raspberry Oxide ink
Silver and white paper scraps
Holly die (can't find the name anywhere) 
Self-adhesive pink rhinestones

I would like to enter this card in:-

Polkadoodles Digi Choosday week 41 Anything goes

Polkadoodles Anything goes Creative Craft Challenge week 42

A Place to Start October Anything goes optional Pink

Colouring with Pencils Anything Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge U is for Unusual Colours or V is for Velvet

NBUS first time getting inky with the Darkroom door sentiment stamp

Jingle Belles Pink Christmas

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #165 Use the word Christmas (sentiment stamp)

12 Months of Christmas Link up Anything goes optional Chevrons

Thank you for stopping by...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

p.s. Many thanks to my kind blogging friends and visitors who stop by and take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all.

Cover Die Eclipse

 Hello again,

Twice in one week, very unusual for me. Today I am joining the Gallery of Group of Seven Card makers, with a technique challenge- Cover die Eclipse. I will admit the first one jumped in the cuttlebug and I have ended up putting one beautiful card aside, and trying again with a more simple stamped image. 

Darkroom Door African Tree stamped in Black soot Distress oxide ink, die cut with a MFT cover plate,  and sentiment stamp from Clearly besotted. I think I should have stamped the image a little higher on the card, then the image would have been more evenly centred within the cover die. Definitely a technique to come back too. Another layer was cut out of the waste from the other card to layer up the diecut background

The stamp was in a 'scrap' set, when the rubber does not make a full stamp set or something was wrong with some part of a set, they sell the stamps that are suitable for use at a discount. I think this might look good as a jacaranda tree in purple.

What I used

Blue Edge Crafts Top fold 12.3x17.4cm card blank 

MFT cover plate die 

Darkroom Door African Tree stamp

Clearly Besotted sentiment 'Sweet little sentiments'

Distress Oxide black soot, candied apple

fine tipped pva glue 

I am sharing this card with:

Group of Seven Gallery Cover plate Eclipse
NBUS today is the first time the tree has seen ink....
Crafter's Cafe #307 CAS 
Creative Inspiration Challenge #13 Anything goes  CLOSED
Simply Clean and Simple April Anything goes optional Weather

Thank you for looking in...
Have a wonderful week... 
Megan

p.s. a HUGE THANK YOU to my blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all... 

Santa in the sun

 Hello,

 I am back with a second Christmas card for my new stash, trying to join in with Rudolph's Day, kindly taken over by Helen and joining Darnell and her I.D.E.A.S challenge, Santa has been in my stash for two years and this is his first stamping, so NBUS too. Each week is different.

Here is my card;-

What I used;-

12.6x 17.8cm (5x7") card blank
Crimson cardstock
white cardstock
Paper Rose Summer Santa
Clear embossing ink and pen
Black, White and clear embossing powder
Derwent Watercolour pencils and water brush
Faber-Castell pencils
Nellie Snellen Christmas love sentiment stamp (unavailable)
Antique linen, tea dye, tumbled glass, stormy sky Distress oxide inks

I am joining in:

Darnell's A for Anything goes

Rudolph's Day Anything Christmas goes

NBUS #59 

The roof has been fixed now just waiting for some rain to confirm no further leaks....

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

p.s. A big thank you for my kind blogging friends and visitors who stop by and take time to leave me a comment. I truly appreciate them all!