Pollycraft Challenge #45 and an image for Lisas RAK Card Event...

Good Morning!!

Hope everyone has had a good weekend...??

I have a couple of cards to share with you today!!

The first is my card for this weeks Pollycraft Challenge...

The lovely Jane has set us the challenge of:

BUTTONS AND BUTTERFLIES

How FAB????

Here's my card...

I've used the 800 followers Freebie (see previous post)

The paper is Bo Bunny persuassion

Card stock is stampin up

Next... a card for Lisas RAK card event

If you havent already seen this on Lisas blog, please pop over and try to join in...

 Lisas sister Jayme has been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, and Lisa is asking for the wonderful blogging community to send cards to make Jayme smile, Frogs are the theme...

PLEASE READ LISAS POST HERE

There are lots of prizes available too...

I didnt have anything appropriate, so drew this fella...

You are welcome to use him if you want to, (but there are plenty of other froggies out there ;))

Click the image to open the full version...

Please help if you can....

heres my card....

I'm not entering for the prizes, as I have offered a prize myself...

Please read Lisa's post for the full info...

Thanks for stopping by today...

Paula

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Thanks to my 800+ followers!!!

You didnt think I was going to let it go by un-noticed did you??

I know I'm a bit late, but I wanted to say a HUGE thank you to my now 800+ followers...

WHOOOHOOOO!!

Thanks everyone!!!

Here as a thank you... (and instead of my usual Friday Freebie) is a special little digi for you to download...

Earth Fairy 'Love you this much!!'

(inc separate sentiment)

Click here to download her...

Sorry its a short post again, I'm working on a few things that will make the shop much better in terms of recieving downloads, but its taking some time :(

Also have been making some time for ME... something I really don't do enough of, but its really helped me lately!!

Hope you enjoy my little Earth Fairy...

Don't forget to come back and share anything you make using her...

or you could share with the Papercraft planet group!!

lets see if we can get up to 900 followers... I'll have 2 images available if we can!!!

Thanks for visiting!!!!

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Shop News

Hi all...

Just popping on to share some Shop News...

I've had a restock of promarkers and all colours are now in stock...

The discontinued clear stamps have been reduced further and are now all 99p!!

and... I've released the first set of sharing sherbet stamps as digis...

pop over now for a looksie....

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Friday Freebie 'Burt' the owl...

Morning all!!!

Blimey Fridays come around quick!! Don't know where this week has gone!

Just a short post today, as I have a few things going on 'behind the scenes' at the moment..

Heres this weeks Freebie.... I'm not going to be mean this week... it will be available until next Friday...

Meet 'Burt' the owl....

Click HERE to download him...

The Design Team have come up with these Fabulous Samples ...

Sheena

Jane

Emma

and heres one from me...

I've cut him off the branch, and made a really simple card...

The papers are DCWV from the green stack...

Ribbon and card stock are stampin up

I've handwritten the sentiment, and added a few pearls...

Remember if you use any of the freebies, to come and share what you've made...

if you are a member of papercraft planet... come and join the pollycraft group and share your creations there...

Thanks for popping over today...

Paula

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Pollycraft Monday Challenge #43 Sketch by Lynsey, and New Releases OUT NOW!!

Good Morning!

Its that time again... time for a new release... well 2 in fact!!

First up... The popular Felicity and Codi range has been extended.... and has now been renamed:

Felicity and Friends... 

There are 6 brand new images in the range, and 2 additional images that were previously released as freebies...

View them all HERE

Then... I'd like to introduce you to Cuthbert and Kiki...

a couple of new cute bears...

There are 7 new images in this range

View them all HERE

All of them are priced at just 99p..

I've used one of the new Kiki images for this weeks Pollycraft Challenge...

which is a brilliant sketch by Lynsey...

This is Kiki with cakes...

She's been coloured with promarkers..

The papers are MME quite contrary..

Flowers are a mix of MM epoxy flowers, and paper flowers...

Cardstock is stampin' up.

Over at the pollycraft challenge this week we are being sponsored by

Gotta Craft

Who are offering these amazing MME 'So Sophie' papers to the lucky winner...

Think a little spending spree might be in order.... These are so gorgeous!!

Please go visit the Challenge blog to see the AWESOME work from my amazing DT girls...

Thats me for today... 

Thanks for visiting!!

Paula xx 

Friday Freebie Cuthbert 'For you' AVAILABLE FOR ONE DAY ONLY!!!!

Morning all!!!

its Friday again.... and you know what that means.....

Another image for zero pence!!

Today though, I decided to be a bit naughty.... you can only get this free for 24 hours!!!

So you'd better grab it quick!!!

EDIT: CUTHBERT IS NOW NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR FREE... CHECK OUT THE SHOP ON MONDAY 10TH MAY IF YOU WANT HIM!!

WELL DONE TO EVERYONE WHO MANAGED TO PICK HIM UP YESTERDAY!!

Cuthbert will be added to the shop on Monday, along with the rest of the Cuthbert and Kiki images...

Heres some yummy inspiration from my lovely DT girls...

Joanne

Sheena

Sue

Jane

Emma

Me

Lisa

Joey

hope you like him!!

Remember, you can only get him free for 24 hours from the start time of this post...

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Pollycraft Monday Challenge Sunshine Card Tutorial...

Good Morning!!! and Happy Monday all!!

Its time for another Pollycraft Monday Challenge!!

This time the challenge has been set by the lovely Becky...

She's obviously looking forward to Summer...

As Beckys theme is:

HERE COMES THE SUN!!

This card is TOTALLY different for me... but I really enjoyed making it...

The stamps are printed directly onto patterned paper....

and I'm going to give you a little tutorial on how to do it!!

Now I've NEVER attempted a tutorial before... so I apologise if it makes no sense whatsoever!!

also for the information on using the images within your graphics program... this will depend on what program you are using... the functions are likely to be different on all programs, and you will need to adapt them to suit you...

RIGHT... are you sitting comfortably?

Then we'll begin...

First we need to take all the individual elements we are going to use into our graphics program...

In my graphics program I use the 'import' command... but yours could be something like 'Place' or 'Paste'...

I've used digital papers from Kay Miller Designs... they come sized as 12 x 12... I've resized them so that the pattern is not too big... as I want one of the papers to cover most of my card, I resized it to 140cm x 140 cm

I resized the other 3 papers the same, but then cropped them, as I only need enough of the pattern to print my stamps on to.

You need to leave the stamps 'outside' the printable area (if you cannot do this in your graphics program, dont bring them in till later)

And now...PRINT!!

That was easy right?

Then you need to pop the paper you've just printed... back into the printer

(might sound obvious, but make sure its the same way it came out...trust me... it can go wrong...lol!)

Then  back in your graphics program, you need to line up all the elements where you want them to print...

You'll notice the white area around the images... thats why we can't just print the once!!

These stamps are from the 'SWEET DREAMS SPRINGTIME RETRO KIT'

You can see roughly where the images will print when they go back through the printer... you are just making sure the images will print directly over the pattern.

(the green paper in mine is extra for stamping the toadstools onto)

Then once you are happy.... DELETE THE PAPERS...

Make sure the stamps stay in position...

and PRINT AGAIN... over the papers you prevously printed...

(again, might be worth checking the paper is in the right way ;))

You should get something like this....

I then stamped multiple toadstool images from the Sharing Sherbet Xtra set 1 these stamps are on a clearance sale at the moment and you can get the set for just £1.09!!!

Thats all the printing and stamping done!!

now its just a case of assembling the card!!....

Firstly I cut out the main square paper for the background, and matted with yellow card before attaching to a square card blank...

I cut out 4 patterned toadstools, and 4 white... then cut out just the heads of 4 patterned, and just the heads of 4 white...

using a poppy promarker, I coloured the 4 white toadstool heads and the little frilly bit on the whole white toadstools

Then assemble them so the patterned heads and plain heads alternate...

I then attached them along the bottom of my card... at different angles, some raised on foam pads...

Using 'TULIP YELLOW' and 'SKY BLUE' Promarkers, I just added a bit of extra detailing to the sun and clouds...

Then layered them at the top of the card, and added a button threaded with some twirly wire...

And thats it!!!

heres the finished card again....

oops forgot to mention the ribbon!! I added that to the back of the main paper before attaching...

phew!!! my first tutorial complete!!

Hopefully that all made sense??

Be sure to check out the Challenge blog to see the Awesome work from my DT girls!!

Have a FAB bank holiday Monday whatever you are doing!!

Paula xxx

Winners of the surprise Candy! congratulations!!!!

Sorry its so late in the day posting this, we've been out in the garden planting veg!

yep we are trying to grow all our own this year!! we've got a few bits coming along really well.... so might share some piccys soon...

anyhoo... you dont wanna here about that so onto what you really want to know....

The 5 winners of the Surprise candy are:

So that means congratulations go to:

http://didesignz.blogspot.com/

http://gedalovitch.blogspot.com/

http://daisychain-daisychain.blogspot.com/

http://amyspaperaddiction.blogspot.com/

http://ribbondreams.blogspot.com/

WOOOHOOOOO!!! you lucky things....

Bet you want to know what you've won though right?

well...all will now be revealed....

da da da da da da daaaaaaaaaaaaaa......

First up....

 all 5 of you have won all 6 of these not yet released CUTHBERT AND KIKI digi stamps...

You can't ever have enough bears, right?

but thats not all!!!

You've also all won... all 6 of these not yet released images too!!

These are going to be added to the Felicity and Codi range, which will be renamed Felicity and Friends...

Hope it was a good surprise!?!?!?!

if you can all email me (link in my profile)

I'll get the images sent to you ASAP!!

Sorry to the unlucky ones :(

I'll be releasing these on the 10th May... so not too long to wait!!

in the meantime.. the DT have started showing some gorgeous creations made with both sets... so pop over for some inspiration!!

And I havent forgotten...

heres the full card I showed you a sneek peek of yesterday....

This is Sydney-Rodeo from the new images in the Felicity and Friends range...

Say Howdy.....!!!

Hope to have more to share soon....

Catch you later

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