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.

Winnie Daisy Dance  Today's theme for the Design Team was  Spring Flowers There's also an amazing   DISCOUNT CODE   for the  Polkadoodles store TODAY!  Check out the   blog   for all the details. For my 'Spring Flowers' theme, the perfect image is  Winnie Daisy Dance Flower Fairy  from the NEW Winnie Daisy Collection , coloured using Pasteltint pencils.  I wanted a vintage theme and used music note paper from  Rose Budd Collection  and inked the edges with Distress Oxides. I created the flowers from  Flower Flourish Die Set . Sentiment from  Daisy Days Collection. I'd like to enter the following challenges: Try it on Tuesday - Music 613 Avenue Create - April Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #180 Crafting Happiness - April World Wide Open Design Team #04

  Little Flower Girl I won a challenge over at Creations in Pink  and was kindly awarded 2 digi stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps . One of the images I chose was Little Flower Girl and coloured with a combination of Prismacolor and Castle Arts Pasteltints pencils.  I wanted a vintage feel to my card so I used Kraft card as my base and attached a gorgeous distress floral backing paper. The flowers and leaves are created using dies from my stash, then coloured using Distress Oxides. I attached the image to a filigree oval die-cut and finished off by making bows from jute and attaching a few wooden embellishments. I'd like to enter the following challenges: Creations in Pink #44 All Dressed Up #126 - March Dream Valley #267 AG Pammies Inky Pinkies #2214 Besties International - April Creative Fingers #228 Classic Design #4 - April

  Easter Bunnies This adorable bunny was free from Conie Fong available from Kit and Clowder        I used both direction bunnies and coloured using Prismacolor pencils. Backing paper is from Polkadoodles , as is the sentiment.  Flowers were created using floral dies and leaves from my stash. I'd like to enter the following challenges: 613 Avenue Create - April Crafty Animals #60 Critter Crazy #61 Dragonfly Dreams - Easter Four Seasons -April International Art and Soul #130 - Circle

 Happy Easter Winnie Today's theme for the Design Team was  Easter - Use Winnie There's also an amazing   DISCOUNT CODE   for the  Polkadoodles store TODAY!  Check out the   blog   for all the details. For my Winnie Easter Card, I used  Easter Bunny Ears Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Springtime  and coloured using Prismacolor pencils. I die cut ovals as Easter eggs, by using papers from  Pretty Spring Papers  from the  Springtime Smiles Collection  to make the backdrop for my card. I finished off by making a bow using various pink ribbons. I'd like to enter the following challenges:  Creations in Pink #44 Through the Craft Room Door Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2214 Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #179 613 Avenue Create - April

 Bunny with Roses Polkadoodles NEW Springtime Smiles Collection is full of the cutest chicks, bunnies and sheep. Pre-coloured or B&W and contains papers and sentiments for all occasions. For my centre step card, I used Bunny with Roses and coloured using Prismacolor pencils. I used backing papers from the same collection. The butterfly, flowers and leaves are from Garden Flower Leaves Butterfly , also from the same collection and also coloured using Prismacolor pencils. Sentiment is from Easter Greetings . A perfect collection!  I'd like to enter the following challenges:  Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #179 Dragonfly Dreams - April Crafty Animals #60 Critter Crazy #61 Through the Craft Room Door 613 Avenue Create - April Allsorts #670 - Animal World Wide Open Design Team #03

 Easter Egg Chicks Polkadoodles have a NEW Easter release in store and I love it! The cutest chicks, bunnies, sheep, papers and sentiments. Springtime Smiles Collection I used 3 pre-coloured chicks from the collection and attached to an egg shaped card I created using papers from the Pretty Spring Papers   I die-cut 2 ovals, inked with Distress Oxide, to make my spotty eggs. I finished off by making a bow using the same colours as my card. I'd like to enter the following challenges: Through the Craft Room Door 613 Avenue Create Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #178 World Wide Open Design Team #03 Unicorn Challenge #74 - Stripes Dream Valley #266 - Spring Dragonfly Dreams - March Creative Fingers #227

  Hello Friend    Friendship Days   Friendship Days is a NEW stamp collection from Polkadoodles. Here I used one of the stamp sets 'Hello Friend' and coloured using Prismacolor pencils.  For the background I used papers from Sugar Scrumptious and Soft and Scrumptious 6x6 Paper Packs. I inked the edges of the background papers, tags and images with brown distress ink for a vintage feel. I finished off by attaching a jute border and twine. I'd like to enter the following challenges: Allsorts #669 - In the Garden Through the Craft Room Door 613 Avenue Create - Succulents We Love Stamping - Spring Stamping Sensations - March - Spring Krafty Chicks #604 - All Occasions