Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer....

That's it sing along!!!! As you may have guessed this weeks challenge over at Polka Doodles is "Inspired By A Song". Remember to enter you don't need to use a Polka Doodles product.

I'll be honest I almost didn't make this weeks challenge as I've been really busy with stuff going on at home and had completely forgotten it was challenge week. So this is a fairly quick and easy card!

I used the Here Come Christmas CD for the papers and image. Rudolph has been covered with flock, glittered and Glossy Accented. The wreath was created using a Sizzix Holly Die and the Snowflakes have been snipped from my new Memory Box Frostyville Border Die.

That's it from me today. I hope you all have a fab weekend.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

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

It's A Pile Of Poop!!!

Charming I hear you say! LOL. Well take the post title as warning for what's coming! :D Yep it's another TV sample from the Polka Doodles Here Comes Christmas CD.
When I saw this sentiment on the CD it immediately appealed to the inner child in me and I knew that I was going to have to use it! The only thing was on what? So after a little bit of thought I decided that I'd adapt the template from the tealight card that I made a couple of years back and fill it with poop (aka Mint Imperials). I'm going to have to make a couple more of these as DS spotted it and asked if he could have it for his Christmas card and my friend also saw it and has asked me to make one for her son! Anyway, what do you think?

I'm pushed for time this week, so I won't go into my usual explanation of what I did, instead I'll list the materials. If you want further details please do feel free to email me or leave a comment below and I will get back to you.

Materials:
Here Comes Christmas CD
Promarkers
Marianne Designs Creatables LR0125
Memorybox Button Die
Glossy Accents
Black Copic Spica Glitter Pen
Martha Stewart Zig Zag Punch
Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Acetate

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
The Stampman - Anything Goes
Art Impressions Stamps - Stitching
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything goes
Die Cutting Divas - Anything goes
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Christmas Gift Box
Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Kraft Gift Bag

So did you see the new Here Comes Christmas CD launch on Create & Craft at the weekend? What did you think? I have to say I loved this CD the minute I saw it, so many characters and in excess of 500 papers (yes you are reading correctly 500 papers!!!). My only problem was what to make first! However, as the turnaround time was again fairly tight I decided to stick to fairly quick and easy makes like this bag.

This is a plain old Kraft bag that I picked up in The Range for 50p. I've simply printed out papers and images from the CD to decorate it with. The scalloped border has been free-hand cut - expect to see more of this from me as I love the primitive look it gives. I've got a couple more of these that I'm going to alter and I'm really hoping that I can find a few more as they are really strong and fairly big. However, I suspect that I will be out of luck as I purchased them sometime ago!

Materials:
Kraft Bag
Here Comes Christmas CD
Distress Inks
Fiskars Lace Border Punch
Memorybox Round Buttons Die
Spellbinders Poinsettia Die
Glossy Accents
Soft Stuff
Stickles
White Gel Pen
Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this bag into the following challenges:
Crafts & Me - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Buttons
Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes
Flourishes - Christmas in July
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Christmas in July
Hooked On Crafts - Christmas in July

It's a Royal Affair!

Good morning, it's time for another challenge over at Polka Doodles. Now as it's the Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend we want you to make a project to celebrate that, you can use anything that suggests royalty. Wether it be colours such as purple, red, gold or gemstones such as diamonds, or even using the union flag you decide!

I wasn't really sure what to do for this weeks challenge, but after a long hard think I decided that I wanted to make a fun project that I could use for my Jubilee party. So I've made a birdhouse, this photo heavy so be warned!

The birdhouse template has been taken from the Candy Doodles Collectors Edition CD. As the template is a bit bigger than I wanted for this project, I simply copied the image, pasted it into a Word document and resized it. The template was then printed onto cardstock. I placed the roof part of the template back into the printer and printed the free Polka Doodles Blue Jubilee paper on the opposite side. 

Once all of the house pieces had been cut out, I poked a hole in the centre of the roof and in the bottom of the floor. Gold thread was then passed through roof to make a hanging loop - I used a dot of hot glue on the knot to ensure that it was secure. I then passed a length of gold thread through the house floor and again used a dab of hot glue to secure the knot. The house was then assembled as per the instructions with the exception of cutting out a window at the front of the house.

The bunting was made using another free Polka Doodles paper that I resized and printed out several times before cutting down into triangles and gluing onto twine. I used the left over scraps of blue paper to create the heart shaped windows.

The hanging hearts and crown were made using an image from the same set as the papers (this was a freebie set that Nikky Hall created for this months challenge over on our Facebook page Polka Doodle Dandies). I simply resized the images in my graphics programme, coloured them with Promarkers, chucked a bit bling onto the crown and then hot glued them in place.

The little mouse image has been taken from the Sugarplum Daisy CD. She normally wears a pair of dungarees and a flower in her hair, but I have made her a new set of clothes especially for this project! The ER has been cut from a Tim Holtz/Sizzix Market Place Die. I've finally got around to using my Memory Box Wrought Iron Fence Die! I finished the whole thing off with a bit of organza ribbon from Crafty Ribbons and computer generated dates.

So if you've got this far well done!!! I hope you all have a fantastic Jubilee Weekend, and I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that the sun shines forthe duration of it!

Thanks for stopping by today

Claire xxx

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
Kuretake - Red, White & Blue with a bit of bling
My Mum's Craft Shop - Red, White & Blue
Crafts & Me - Ribbon
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
 I ♥ ProMarkers - Use a digi
Cooking It Up With Katie - Celebrate with ribbon & a die cut
Divas By Design - Anything goes
Just keep On Creating - Anything goes
Penny's paper Crafty - Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenges - Red, White & Blue
Everybody Art - Anything but a card
Bunny Zoe's - Anything goes
Cupcake Craft - Royalty
Make it Monday - Anything goes
OSAAT - Red, White & Blue
Pan Pastel UK - Diamond Jubilee
Craft Your Days Away - Red, White & Blue