Christmas in July Today's theme for the Design Team is  'Christmas in July' There's also an amazing   DISCOUNT CODE   for the  Polkadoodles store TODAY!  Check out the   blog   for all the details. For my Christmas in July project, I used  Gnome, Jolly Holly Wishes   stamp set.  I lightly coloured the gnomes and trees in grey-tones and a touch of lilac and blue to match my background.  Coloured using ProMarkers. The background was created using   Trees/Foliage Great Outdoors Stencil  using Distress Oxide Inks. I created the snow effect using white acrylic paint and white glitter. I attached a few miniature polystyrene balls as snowballs. I'd like to enter the following challenges: Dream Valley #274 Christmas in July Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2230 Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #186 613 Avenue Create #07 July Winter Wonderland - From Our Gnome to Yours Happy Little Stampers - July - Christmas Crafts Galore Encore - July Love to Craft #69 - July World Wide Open Design

  LEO - Zodiac Polkadoodles have released their NEW Zodiac Collection and it's jam packed full of amazing digital downloads with a Horoscope theme. For this stepper card, I used Leo and coloured using Copics. The background paper is from the Happy Cactus Collection as I thought it fit perfectly into my jungle theme. I die cut lots of various leaves as well as cutting leaves from the backing paper, and assembled behind the lion. The LEO text and sentiment are from the same Zodiac Collection. I finished off by attaching a few miniature flowers and a wooden ladybird. I'd like to enter the following challenges: Crafty Animals #63 Passion for Markers #650 -  B - Brown Through the Craft Room Door Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #186 613 Avenue Create Critter Crazy #64 Crafting Happiness - July World Wide Open Design Team #07 A Perfect Time to Craft #7 Creative Fingers #236

  Let's Go Shopping! Today's theme for the Design Team is  'Shopping' There's also an amazing   DISCOUNT CODE   for the  Polkadoodles store TODAY!  Check out the   blog   for all the details. For my 'shopping' themed project today, I used  Winnie Sunshine Delight -Busy  and coloured using Prismacolor pencils, sticking with purples and browns. I attached her to a digital downloaded bag from the  Winston Deluxe  collection. I used a 3D bag die as my base stand. Finished off with some cute little flowers which I coloured purple using Distress Oxide Inks. Sentiment is from  Winnie, Lets Hang Out Sentiment Bundle. I'd like to enter the following challenges: 613 Avenue Create #07 July Classic Design - July

 Meet Me Under the Mistletoe Christmas in July arrived at Create and Craft TV and Polkadoodles were showcasing the fabulous  Gnome-azing Christmas Collection     There's a lot going on with this sample card for the show.  I used Gnome Meet Me Under the  Mistletoe  and coloured using Copics and ProMarkers. I stenciled the background using Trees/Foliage Great Outdoors Stencil then glittered using Glamour Dust. I stenciled the trees again with Distress Oxide, then cut out and attached to give a woodland theme. The door is from Woodland Door Die . The little trees and Noel are from Itsy Bits Plywood Decorative Shapes. Sentiment is from the same stamp set.  I'd like to enter the following challenges: Passion for Markers - Die Cuts-Image-Sentiment  Unicorn Challenge #78 - Christmas in July Happy Little Stampers - July/Christmas 613 Avenue Create Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #185 World Wide Open Design Team #6 Through the Craft Room Door

You're Worth Melting For  Christmas in July has arrived and Polkadoodles were showcasing the fabulous Gnome-azing Christmas Collection on Create & Craft TV.  For my sample card for the show, I used Gnome Worth Melting For and coloured using Prismacolor pencils on to Kraft Card. The background paper is from the same collection - Happy Christmas Paper Pack . The little snowman is  from the Itsy Bits Plywood Shapes.   I'd like to enter the following challenges: Merry Little Christmas #45 Love to Craft #69 Crafts Galore Encore - July Crafting Happiness #125 A Perfect Time to Craft #7 - July World Wide Open Design Team #6

 For a Crazy Plant Lady! For all the gardening, plants and cactus lovers, there's a NEW release at Polkadoodles which is perfect for all the green-fingered crafters.  Happy Cactus Collection is jam-packed full of the cutest cactus and succulents, with matching papers and sentiments. Pre-coloured or B&W.  For this card I used pre-coloured Cactus Family  along with backing papers from the collection. The leaves were fussy cut out from one of the papers, and attached to the top half of the circle die cuts.  I'm just loving the green and pink theme in this collection. I'd like to enter the following challenges: Allsorts #683 Classic Design #7 Crafting Happiness 125 Love to Craft Challenge #69