Vintage Text Poinsettia NEW RELEASE   Polkadoodles have just released a gorgeous NEW Vintage Christmas Collection.  Yuletide Charm features stamps, dies, stencils, papers and more. I used Vintage Christmas Papers and Toppers as my background. I stamped the poinsettia using Vintage Text Poinsettia Stamp and coloured using ProMarkers. The HoHoHo is from Christmas Holiday Ornament Dies.   I'd like to enter the following challenges: Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2441 613 Avenue Create - October Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #239 Stamping Sensations - October Creative Fingers #286 Crafty Calendar - October Crafts Galore Encore #128

  The Witching Hour Today's theme for the Design Team is  Halloween/Autumn  There's also an amazing   DISCOUNT CODE   for the  Polkadoodles store TODAY!  Check out the   blog   for all the details. For my Halloween project, I used  Pandora Witch  from the  Spellbinding Witches  collection, coloured using a combination of Copics and ProMarker markers. Sentiment from the same collection. I created the scene using  Spooky Halloween House  and adding pumpkins from  Spooky Pumpkin Die Set.   I used Distress Oxide Inks for the background. I'd like to enter the following challenges: 613  Avenue Create - August Two Old Bats Halloween - August Dream Valley - Hand Coloured Image -  #320 Creative Fingers #283 Crafts Galore Encore - August 

  Lilac Garden For this lovely floral card, I coloured  Pretty Flower Wreath  from Polkadoodles Digi Deals Collection, using Castle Arts Pasteltint and Soft Touch Pencils. I inked the corners using Distress Oxide Inks. Sentiment is from the  Darling Buds  collection. I'd like to enter the following challenges: Dream Valley #320 Hand-Coloured Image Allsorts #793/4 - Summer Days 613 Avenue Create - August Crafts Galore Encore - #126 - August The Four Seasons - August Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #235

  Elves in Bloom I love spending time colouring, to relax and unwind. I thoroughly enjoyed colouring these adorable little elves I bought from Etsy I coloured using a combination of Copics and ProMarkers. Sentiment from Polkadoodles. I'd like to enter the following challenges: 613 Avenue Create - August Hearts Quest Fantasy #8 - Elf Make My Monday #231 - Colouring Mediums Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #235

Halloween is Coming! Today's theme for the Design Team is  Halloween/Autumn is Coming! Orange and Yellow There's also an amazing   DISCOUNT CODE   for the  Polkadoodles store TODAY!  Check out the   blog   for all the details. For my Halloween/Autumn theme, using orange and yellow, I created this stepper card featuring  Spooky Kitty Pumpkin  from  Boo Halloween Collection.  The pumpkins are from  Hocus Pocus Witches . I created the background using  Leafy Stencil . The small leaf sprigs are from  Super Sprigs Craft Die .  I'd like to enter the following challenges: Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #235 613 Avenue Create - August Two Old Bats Halloween - August Double D - Fall/Autumn

Bella Bear Daisy Today's theme for the Design Team is  Image with Flowers - August Birthstone Colours Unusual Card Shape There's also an amazing   DISCOUNT CODE   for the  Polkadoodles store TODAY!  Check out the   blog   for all the details. For my unusual shaped card featuring an image with flowers, I used my favourite Bella Bear character -  Bella Bear Daisy . I coloured her and the flowers using the August Birthstone colours of reds, greens and purples, using Copics. Sentiment is from  Winnie Special Moments Quotes . I'd like to enter the following challenges: Crafty Animals #85 Critter Crazy #88 613 Avenue Create - July - Floral Delight 

 Pretty Flower Wreath For this card I decided to use Kraft card and my Prismacolor pencils. I coloured Pretty Flower Wreath from Polkadoodles and enlarged the image to fit the bottom and left hand side of the card only. After colouring the flowers, I fussy cut and attached to the card for a 3D effect. Sentiment is from the Darling Buds collection. I'd like to enter the following challenges: 613 Avenue Create - July Crafty Calendar - July - Add a Sentiment The Flower Challenge #93 My Time to Craft #538 - CAS Love to Craft #81 Lil Red Wagon #764 - Something You Love (Pencils on Kraft) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #233 Dream Valley #318 - Summer Colours Creative Inspirations - July

Bella Bear - Christmas in July  This card features the adorable Bella Bear Lots of Gifts from Polkadoodles Winter Wonders Collection. I used Kraft Card and coloured using Prismacolor Pencils. The background is from Christmas Colouring Scene 4 , also coloured using pencils. I'd like to enter the following challenges: The Cutiepie Challenge #196 - Beginning with B Little Patch of Crafty Friends #233 Dragonfly Dreams - July - Christmas in July Christmas Crafts all Year Round - July Merry Little Christmas #57 613 Avenue Create - July Krafty Chicks #724 - Christmas

  Lilac Haze Watercolour Flowers These beautiful flowers are from Polkadoodles Digi Deals Section. A gorgeous floral digistamp, available in B&W or pre-coloured, along with papers and sentiments - all for a few quid! Here we have Lilac Haze Watercolour Flowers , which I water-coloured using Zig Clean Color Brush Markers and finished off with Castle Arts Pasteltint Pencils. I die-cut using a rectangle die, to cut the edging of the flowers. I'd like to enter the following challenges: 613 Avenue Create - July - Floral Delight Allsorts #788 Creative Inspirations - July Passion for Markers #746 Unicorn Challenge #100 - Not Square

Life is Better With Friends Today's theme for the Design Team is  Friendship There's also an amazing   DISCOUNT CODE   for the  Polkadoodles store TODAY!  Check out the   blog   for all the details. For my 'Friendship' card today, I used  Message Letter Winnie Daisy  and  Hello Winnie Daisy , both from  Winnie Daisy Fairy 2  collection and coloured using a combination of Copics and ProMarkers. Background created using . Great Outdoors Stencil.  Tree is from  Winnie Fruit Punch Embellies   I'd like to enter the following challenges: 613 Avenue Create - June Crafts Galore Encore #124 - June Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #232 Make my Monday #228 Try it on Tuesday - Summer