Bella Bear in Pastels Today's theme for the Design Team is  Use This Colour Palette There's also an amazing   DISCOUNT CODE   for the  Polkadoodles store TODAY!  Check out the   blog   for all the details. For this weeks theme of following a colour palette, I used  Bella Bear with Heart Gift  and coloured using Prismacolor pencils and Castle Arts Pasteltint pencils. The backing papers are from  Winnie Let's Hang Out  Collection. I added some mulberry flowers to match the colour palette theme. I'd like to enter the following challenges: Through the Craft Room Door World Wide Open Design Team #05 The Cutie Pie Challenge #171 The Creative Crafters #52 Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #182 Krafty Chicks #613 International Art and Soul #134 Dragonfly Dreams - May Allsorts Challenge #678

 Winnie By The Sea Today's theme for the Design Team was  By The Sea There's also an amazing   DISCOUNT CODE   for the  Polkadoodles store TODAY!  Check out the   blog   for all the details. For my 'By the Sea' project today, I used many elements from the  Winnie Starfish/Sandcastles Electronic Print/Cut Downloads . This collection is packed full of embellishments from the 11 x A4 Design Sheets. Ideal to print and cut and assemble on your card - all pre-coloured too, so no colouring! On the waves I added some Nuvo Drops to give that watery feel. I'd like to enter the following challenges: 613 Avenue Create - May World Wide Open Design Team #5 Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #182

  Winnie Daisy Fairy - Plant Pot Polkadoodles NEW Winnie Collection is just adorable. I love them all!  Winnie Daisy Fairy Collection features the most beautiful characters, backing papers and sentiments. Here I used Winnie Daisy Fairy Plant Pot and coloured using Prismacolor pencils. The backing paper and sentiment are from the same collection. I die-cut some flowers and coloured using distress oxides. Butterflies, leaves and digi flowers are from Springtime Smiles - Garden Flower Leaves Butterfly  I'd like to enter the following challenges: Crafty Calendar - May Through the Craft Room Door 613 Avenue Create - May Classic Design - May Crafts Galore Encore - May World Wide Open Design Team #4 The Fairy and the Unicorn - May

 Guitar Boy Today's theme for the Design Team was  Boys or Men There's also an amazing   DISCOUNT CODE   for the  Polkadoodles store TODAY!  Check out the   blog   for all the details. Masculine cards are my downfall - I find them very difficult to make. I don't make enough of them either! For my male themed card,  I followed an allocated sketch design we were given  and used  Guitar Boy  which was coloured using Prismacolor pencils. The music note backing paper is from  Rose Budd Collection  and I inked up the edges in brown distress ink. I attached everything to Kraft card.