Here Comes Christmas with Polkadoodles

Well it is anything but cold and  frosty where I live today.....we woke up to a complete downpour and we have had nothing but pouring rain and darkness al day so far.....not at all my vision of Christmas!

This card is much more like Christmas time to me, and it's made using a gorgeous digi image and background papers from my Polkadoodles Here Comes Christmas CD.

As you can see, I have used a couple of my favourite techniques here.....colouring with alcohol markers and a little it of decoupage for some lift.

The digi is quite detailed so it took a while to colour, but well worth it I think, and I have gone with a slightly different colour scheme than usual, to complement the lovely Christmas tree backing paper and the tartan one which I have used as a faux ribbon.

I hope you like my little offering for today, and wish you all a relaxing weekend.

Before I go.....some lovely challenges to enter:

http://mymumscraftshop.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-12-winter-christmas.html
http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-96-anything-goes.html
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/last-christmas-card-of-year.html
http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/wk-51anything-goeschristmas-birthday.html
http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/digi-choosday-wk-9-anything-goes.html
http://nutcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-58final-challenge-of-2013.html
http://christmasatsweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/let-it-snow.html
http://stamp-n-doodle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/stamp-n-doodle-challenge-18th-december.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Stamp-n-doodle+(Stamp-n-doodle)
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-158-and-dt.html
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-38.html
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/last-challenge-of-year-anything-goes.html
http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/crafty-calendar-challenge-cold-and.html

Sharon x

Drink and be Merry with Bearly Mine

It's my final challenge of this Year at Bearly Mine so, although I am not a drinker myself, I thought it would be a good time to raise a toast!

For this card I have delved back in to the Steampunk sets from Bearly Mine and paired them with a GIANT wine bottle stamp from Stamp Addicts. This card is actually  8 x8, so that gives you some idea of the size of the wine bottle.

I wanted a very vintage effect for this card, so I think the the steampunk papers work really well for this and go very nicely with the muted tones that you get from the distress ink pads which I used to  stamp the bottle.

So, the next time you see me on a Bearly Mine challenge, I fully expect to be back in to the Spring Pastels again!

In te meantime, a great Christmas and New Year to you all and I look forward to seeing your crafty creations over on the Bearly Mine challenge site.

Sharon x

The final challenge at Crafty Little Fairies this year - Anything Goes

I can hardly believe it's time for the final challenge of 2013 at Crafty Little Fairies and this time, it is everyone's favourite - Anything Goes.

We started the year as Lili's Little Fairies, so in homage to that, I have decided to go back to a beautiful LOTV image for this challenge.

I'm also looking ahead to the New Year......as you can see, this is a Father's Day Card......well the challenge does say 'Anything!'

I have used an unusual colour combination for me....lovely earthy greens and browns, as I thought this would be a bit more manly, but I have to say I am really liking how this colour combination turned out and I happened to have just the right colours in my Promarker challenge to achieve it too.

So I hope you like my card for today and hope to see you over at Crafty Little Fairies for our final crafty fling on 2013!

Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!

Sharon x

Let it snow.....

 I bet you are all humming that famous Christmas song right now!

Let it snow is also the subject of our latest challenge over at Crafty Little Fairies and I thought I would rake the opportunity to crack out some of my lovely Christmassy Mulberry Wood stamps for the occasion.

So how do you like this one with all those cute little mice sitting in a Christmas hat....I think it is just so sweet and really enjoyable to colour.

I decided to follow a sketch (a little loosely I must admit!) from Sketch Saturday and the papers are all printed from the Barkley Christmas CD.....a little mix and match can be a very good thing I reckon.

And here's a close up of those cute little mousey faces.....adorable wouldn't  you agree?

Finally, here are the lovely challenges that I would like to enter:

http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/crafty-calendar-challenge-cold-and.html
http://mymumscraftshop.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-12-winter-christmas.html
http://createdwithlovechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/cwlc-70-anything-goes.html
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/challenge-32-anything-goes.html
http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-116-snowflakes.html
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/christmas-creatures.html
http://stamp-n-doodle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/stamp-n-doodle-challenge-11th-december.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Stamp-n-doodle+(Stamp-n-doodle)
http://nutcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-58final-challenge-of-2013.html
http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/fabnfunky-challenge-197-snowflakes.html
http://christmasatsweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/let-it-snow.html
http://inkychicks.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-19-christmas.html
http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-299-christmas-catch-up.html