Ppinky Doll Alyce Love

Been practicing my colouring again & this time with Prisma pencils & no blending solution! I love my pencils & always have done, probably more than all my marker pens, but now I know I can get even better results than before, I have fallen in love with them again lol. In fact, I have a set of Polychromos coming my way soon for an early birthday present. Thanks Alyce, over at Kit&Clowder for the lessons.
The image is PpinkyDoll & can be bought here
The papers I have used are Michelle R Designs Whimsy Romance, which can be found here.
The lace & flowers are all from my stash, which means bought in Thailand. My friend has a son living & working there, so when she goes over to visit him, she shops in the markets & brings back heaps for us.
Lace I bought in Turkey.
The sentiment is a Paula Pascal sentiment set of clear stamps.
Robyns Fetish Square Cards
Stamping Sensations Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time Anything Goes with Love
Digi Designs Lots of Embellishments
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Love is in the Air
Simply Create Too Anything Goes

Exciting News & Polkadoodle Challenge

My exciting news is that I have selected onto Polkadoodles Design Team & here is my first card made for the new challenge starting today, which can be found here. The winner will get a £10 voucher to spend in the digi store. How good is that?
The theme is All Things Kraft & I chose to work with the Work & Play 9 Love & Kisses CD which can be found here

I used one of the templates & made a stepper card & covered it with papers from the CD. The scrabble letters are also printed out from the CD onto Kraft card.

The image is once again from the CD & coloured onto Kraft card with Prisma pencils

I added a Magnolia flourish die from Vol 3 die club set & a Christmas Lace die from Couture Creations, as well as flowers, ribbon & dew drops from stash.
So there is my first card for  Polkadoodles & I look forward to working with a great bunch of ladies & of course the famous Nikky Hall!
Entering the following challenges
Cute Card Thursday Perfectly Pink
Crafty Gals Corner Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays Anything Goes
Bunny Zoes Foe The Girls

Aurora Wings Orchid Corner

Hubby is at the Spurs match, so I have all day to myself & I have managed to make 2 cards so far. This one & a male card, I'll show another day.
This is by Aurora Wings Orchid Corner & I have coloured it with Flexmarkers. Mounted it onto card coloured with the same Flexmarker as the darkest colour & added a sentiment from a Paula Pascal set. Thats it, a CAS card, which I very rarely do lol.
Entering the following challenges
Cards Galore Use a stamp or digi (this is a digi stamp)
CCC Digi Creations Your Favourite Colour (pink is one of them)
Moving Along with the Times Pastel Time
Crafting By Designs Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Corner Pinkalicious
Inspiration Destination Anything Goes
Stampavie Lots of Flowers

Aurora Wings Fuschia Sprite

I got my pencils out today & coloured up this little beauty by Aurora Wings & she is Fuschia Sprite. The paper is Bearly Mine & part of the Floral Surprise collection. (Sadly this shop has closed down due to the EU regulations regarding digital products). I edged the paper with a Promarker. The doily die in the top right is Magnolia Vol 3 die club set & once again coloured with Promarkers. The banner is La La Land die & the friend sentiment is from a Paula Pascal stamp set. The tag in the bottom right Is also Magnolia Vol 3 die set. Flowers came from stash,  so that means Thailand.
Entering the following challenges
Fan-Tastic Tuesday Anything Goes with Purple
Papertake Weekly Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesday Anything Goes
CardMania Add Some Red

Gardenia by Aurora Wings

I have been practicing my colouring again & chose Gardenia by Aurora Wings. Coloured with Flexmarkers. The paper is from Trimcraft Pursuit of Happiness paper pad & the flowers are my stash, which mean they came from Thailand. I have enough flowers to last a lifetime I think lol. The pin is from an ebay purchase years ago & the leaf punch is Martha Stewart. Not much to say, oh the corners are also a Martha Stewart punch & the ribbon is silk & came from a DT package I was on a while ago.
Entering the following challenges
Craft-Dee Bowz Anything Goes with hand made bow
Crafting from the Heart Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant Anything Goes
Through the Purple Haze Anything Goes

Graphic 45 calendar

I have been busy lately, albeit not on my blog. I have made several mixed media items, which I have really enjoyed & will show you soon.
The first one was inspired by Graphic 45 blog. There was a perpetual calendar made from Graphic 45 items, I challenged myself to make something similar with stash I already had, as it was expensive to purchase all the bits needed from Graphic 45. I did however have the Time to Flourish 8x8 paper pad.

I started out making a 19.5 cm box using my Envelope Punch Board & cutting the top off of it.

I then lined it with paper from stash, after reinforcing the sides & bottom with an additional layer of card.

I then made another box very slightly smaller than the outer box & cut one side of, to make a drawer, once again reinforcing the sides & bottom.

All of it is lined with various papers I had in my stash. I made the plastic slot containing the calendar months, by cutting up a plastic wallet, sticking flat backed pearls onto the edges & lining with pretty paper, then sticking to both the front of the calendar & inside the drawer to store the unused months.
I then made 2 little boxes & used a circle punch to make the slot at the front, where all the numbers are stored. I cut out some of the stamps in the cut apart section of the Time to Flourish paper pad & stuck them to the boxes.
I then made the months, by cutting out each month from the paper pad & taking several elements from each month to stick to an extension to the original month like this.

Each finished month looks like this

I did have to buy a handle from B & Q which cost me £3.49 & screwed that into the card & also glued into place.
The numbers are made using old tags I had, covering them in paper from my stash & putting peel offs on them, which I had covered in Gliding Wax.

The front has the same plastic slot as the inside drawer & I had some bull dog clips, which I covered in Shabby White Frantage & put a couple of brads on the front to hold the bulldog clips in place & to enable you to change the day easily.

Oh yes & added a couple of corner from Creative Expressions. I added buttons onto the bottom of the box to give it feet.
There it is, my perpetual calendar inspired by Graphic 45 here

I don't profess to say its better, its just cheaper lol
Entering the following challenges
Anything but a Card Shabby Chic
Scribble & Scrap Anything Goes
Paper Creators Craft Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T  Recycling (tags, papers & plastic)
Crafty Creations Something Old & New (old papers, pearls,bulldog clips, new handle & Time to Flourish paper pad)
Inspiration Destination Anything Goes

Ching-Chou Kuik Goth Moth

Over at Kit and Clowder Facebook page, there is a colour pallette challenge using this stamp, which is Gothic Moth by Ching-Chou Kuik and as I trying to improve my colouring skills, by taking some of the classes, I thought Id have a go. I have kept the card quite simple because of the image & the colouring I wanted to show off lol.
The paper is Bo Bunny Prairie Chic. The little tag is a Magnolia die from the Vol 3 collection. The sentiment stamp is Paula Pascal & the flowers, ribbon & rik rak are all from my stash.
I added a few liquid pearls to the moths.
Entering the following challenges
Crafty Sentiments Girly
Party Time Tuesday Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart Anything Goes
Sir Stamp A lot Dies & punches