CHRISTMAS GNOME

Good morning and welcome to my blog.  Today I have my first Christmas card for the year for Polkadoodles.  Here it is; July already, and only 23 more Fridays until Christmas Day.  Isn't that scary?

 Isn't this a cute Gnome with her candy cane?

Here's a quick look inside the card.

Don't forget to pop over to DigiChoosday and check out what the design team have created using the Christmas theme.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge 07-2026 Anything Goes

2. 613 Avenue Creative Challenge July 2026 Anything Goes

3. A Place To Start Challenge July 2026 Anything Goes

4. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge July 2026 Anything Goes

5. Crafty Catz Challenge #717 Anything Goes 

6. Pattie's Creations Design Challenge # 244 Anything Goes

7. Paper Rocks Scissors Challenge #18 Anything Goes

8. We Love Stamping July 2026 Summertime

9. Moving Along With The Time Challenge #191 Using A Colour Medium

10. Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge July Anything Goes

11. Mix It Up Challenge Anything Goes

12.  Make My Monday Challenge #291 Blend 2 - 3 Colours 

13. Sweet Stampin Challenge Christmas in July

14. Dragonfly Dreams Christmas In July with Glitter or Sparkle

15. Merry Little Christmas Challenge #69 Anything Christmas

16. Sparkles Christmas Challenge #186 Monochrome Winter Wishes

17. Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #641 Christmas In July 

18. Krafty Chicks Challenge #828 Christmas

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen card stock.

2. Coloured Card: American Craft Cascade and Silver Mirror card.

3. Design Papers: By Polkadoodles Digital Paper

DPLD 9438 Beary Christmas papers.

4. Image: Gnome Candy Cane by Polkadoodles

5. Colour Medium: Copic Ciao, silver and white gel pens.

6. Sentiment: By Polkadoodles Christmas sentiments.

Festive Wishes from this house to yours.

7. Dies Used: All dies are from an unbranded source.

      

8. Tools Used:

9. Inside and the back of the card:

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend and happy crafting.

ASTERS

 Good morning and welcome to my blog.

Today I have another of my Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 

design and team cards.

Yes, I'm the one behind all the monthly sketches for

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.   I've been designing these sketches for about 7 -8 years now and really enjoy it.  My best thoughts are usually in the shower.

This sketch I'm using today is

Sketch # 331

This is another great sketch for using up some of those scrap pieces of design paper we all love and just can't throw out, as we love it so much.  My problem is cutting up a new sheet of 12 x 12, as I don't want to part with it.

This card is totally made from scraps out of my scrap folders.   It's also an easy sketch; it just looks harder with all those layers.

Here's a quick look inside the card.

Don't forget to drop by 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and check out

what Anne & Kelly have created.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge 07-2026 Anything Goes

2. 613 Avenue Creative Challenge July 2026 Anything Goes

3. A Place To Start Challenge July 2026 Anything Goes

4. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge July 2026 Anything Goes

5. Crafty Catz Challenge #717 Anything Goes 

6. Pattie's Creations Design Challenge # 244 Anything Goes

7. Paper Rocks Scissors Challenge #18 Anything Goes

8. We Love Stamping July 2026 Summertime

9. Moving Along With The Time Challenge #191 Using A Colour Medium

10. Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge July Anything Goes

11. Mix It Up Challenge Anything Goes

12.  Make My Monday Challenge #291 Blend 2 - 3 Colours 

13. Just Us Girls Challenge #830 Die Week

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French linen card stock.

2. Coloured card: American Craft Taffy (hot pink) and

Key Lime (green)

3. Design Papers: Crafters Choice Garden

Recollections Spring Posies

Polkadoodles digital paper.

4. Image: Asters by Fred She Said

5. Colour Medium: Copics

6. Tools Used:

7. Dies Used:  Spellbinders Petite Ovals, Large & Small

8. Embellishments:

9. Inside and the back of the card:

Wishing you all a wonderful week and happy crafting.

BUNNY WITH FLOWER

 Good morning and welcome to my blog.  Thanks so much for visiting.  Today I have this cutest little Rabbit.  This is an image I won from Lee Holland.  What a treat; he has so many wonderful images to choose from. I was totally spoilt for choice.

Today this card is for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, and it was my sketch, and I really had to think about putting it together, and I got the right pieces in the right place.

Here's the sketch:

Sketch # 330

Please note: This isn't a hard sketch; it was me not being in a creative mood, and I had lost my Mojo.

Here's a quick peek inside the card.

Don't forget to drop by Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and check out Anne's and Kelly's cards this month.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge 07-2026 Anything Goes

2. 613 Avenue Creative Challenge July 2026 Anything Goes

3. A Place To Start Challenge July 2026 Anything Goes

4. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge July 2026 Anything Goes

5. Crafty Catz Challenge #717 Anything Goes 

6. Pattie's Creations Design Challenge # 244 Anything Goes

7. Paper Rocks Scissors Challenge #18 Anything Goes

8. We Love Stamping July 2026 Summertime

9. Moving Along With The Time Challenge #191 Using A Colour Medium

10. Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge July Anything Goes

11. Mix It Up Challenge Anything Goes

12. Critter Crazy Challenge #112 Featuring a Bunny

13. Crafty Annimals Challenge #107 A Bunny 

14. Make My Monday Challenge #291 Blend 2 - 3 Colours 

15. Just Us Girl's Challenge #830 Die Week

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen card stock.

2. Coloured card: 

Green = Kiwi Crush  Bazzil 

 Pink = Taffy by American Craft.

3. Design Papers:

Check = Polkadoodles Digital Paper

Striped = Polkadoodles Digital Paper

Gingham = Sketching Stamper Digital Paper

The striped and gingham were all scraps.

4. Image: Bunny With Flower by Lee Hollands

5. Colour Medium: Copic Ciao and a black gel pen.

6. Tools Used:

7. Dies Used: Tim Holtz Moulded Circles and Spellbinders

Large and small squares and Joy Craft Corner die.

8. Embellishments: Joy Craft corner and Pink crystal Gems from my stash.

9. Inside and the back of the card.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and happy crafting.

SHOPPING

Good morning and welcome to my blog.  Today I'm featuring a card for my DT post for Digichoosday.  Our theme this fortnight was shopping.  Either you love shopping, or if you're anything like me, you shop because you have to.  As there is a difference between a need and a want.  That's what worries me today in a throwaway society, where items don't last like they used to. 

A quick peak of the inside of the card.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge 06- 2026 Anything Goes

2. 613 Avenue Create Challenge June 2026 Anything Goes

3. A Place To Start Challenge June 2026 Anything Goes

4. We Love Stamping Challenge June Anything Goes

5. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #148 Anything Goes

6. Crafty Catz Challenge #716 Anything Goes

7. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #280 Anything Goes

8. Pattie's Craftions Designs Challenge #243 Anything Goes

9. As You Like It Challenge Favourite Colours: Pink, Teal, Blue & Purple

These are my happy colours, they make me smile. 

10. Paper, Rocks, Scissors Challenge #17 Anything Goes

Paper and card are used, and scissors for the smaller jobs.

11. Moving Along With The Times Challenge #190

 Favourite Tools are cutting dies.

12.  Love Those Pretty Papers June 2026

13. The Neglected Stuff Challenge June 2026

Unused cutting dies, which I love.

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen card stock.

2. Coloured Card: American Craft colour Pool

3. Design Paper: Spring Into Easter Set 3 by Polkadoodles.
4. Image: Sunshine Delight Shopping Bliss by Polkadoodles.

5. Sentiment: Happy Birthday by Polkadoodles

6. Colour Medium: Copic Ciao

 

7. Embellishments: Assorted coloured gems from my stash.

8 Tools Used:

9: Dies Used: My favourite Things Rectangle Stitches dies.

10. Inside & the back of the card.

 

Wishing everyone a wonderful week of crafting.