Paper, Pencils and Pretty Things: September 2025

Wednesday, 3 September 2025

The Paper Shelter Challenge – The Lady!

Hello again and it's post 3 of 3!!

Today we have a new challenge at THE PAPER SHELTER and as always it is

ANYTHING GOES with an optional twist

which this time is CAS

The beautiful image I have used for my card is called THE LADY and I attempted to colour her to look a bit like Audrey Hepburn in the scene from My Fair Lady when she goes to Ascot.

You know the one…”Come on Dover, move your bloomin’ ar**!”

Ingredients:

Digi Stamp: THE LADY

Colouring: Faber-Castell Polychromo Pencils

Sentiment: POLKADOODLES WANDA MESSAGES & QUOTES

Dies: Tattered Lace Nesting Pinpoint Rectangles – Mini Gems

So please join us as it is always ANYTHING GOES with an optional twist and just look at what you could win….

Thanks so much for visiting and taking the time to comment; I appreciate it more than you know. You'll be glad to know that's it from me...have a great day all!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

613 AVENUE CREATE Aug 2025: Anything Goes

COLOURING WITH PENCILS AUGUST CHALLENGE: Anything Goes

ALLSORTS CHALLENGE #831: Anything Goes/Birthdays

CLASSIC DESIGN #08-2025: Anything Goes/Happy Birthday

THE CREATIVE CRAFTERS #91: Anything Goes

MORGAN’S ARTWORLD #92: Anything Goes

THE PAPER FUNDAY #80: Anything Goes/Changing Seasons

Digi Choosday – A Card Using a Cute Little Witch with a Cauldron

Hello everybody! Happy Choosday and its post 2 of 3!

It’s time for another week of inspiration for our 4 weekly ‘Anything Goes’ challenge over at POLKADOODLES DIGI CHOOSDAY and as always we have some amazing prizes on offer so check out the BLOG for details.

Don’t forget it is also DISCOUNT DAY so you need to grab the code on THE BLOG to get a MASSIVE reduction in the POLKADOODLES SHOP! It’s for a limited time only so be quick!

Halloween is fast approaching so it’s time to be too cute to spook with this teeny sweetheart called CUTE LITTLE WITCH.

To make a spooky scene for her I enlarged and cut out a few of the elements from some of the papers in BOO HALLOWEEN PAPER BUNDLE and created a background using a stencil with Picked Raspberry and Villainous Potion (appropriate) Distress Oxides.

Ingredients:

Polkadoodles Goodies:

B/W Digi: CUTE LITTLE WITCH

Sentiment: BOO HALLOWEEN SENTIMENT BUNDLE

Cauldron, Spider on Broomstick & Potion Bottles: BOO HALLOWEEN PAPER BUNDLE

All Digital Elements: BOO HALLOWEEN BIG KAHUNA COLLECTION

Stencil: STARS & CIRCLES A5 STENCIL

Other Stuff: Copics – Gems – Halloween Sequin – Tattered Lace Nesting Pinpoint Rectangles – Distress Oxides

So, visit THE BLOG where you can join in with our challenge and see all the gorgeous projects from the DT. And don’t forget to grab the DISCOUNT CODE and visit the STORE!

Thanks so much for looking and taking the time to leave such kind comments; I really do appreciate it! Have a great Wednesday...again!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

613 AVENUE CREATE Aug 2025: Anything Goes

PASSION FOR MARKERS WK 804: Anything But Square

ALLSORTS CHALLENGE #831: Anything Goes/Birthdays

CLASSIC DESIGN #08-2025: Anything Goes

I LOVE PROMARKERS #592: Anything Goes

TRY IT ON TUESDAY: It’s All about Children

MORGAN’S ARTWORLD #92: Anything Goes

THE PAPER FUNDAY #80: Anything Goes/Changing Seasons

Creative Inspirations – A Circle Christmas card with a Polkadoodles Cute Gingie!

Hello, how are things? Well this is post 1 of 3 from me today so you have been warned! 😊

We have a new challenge over at the Creative Inspirations Blog and this month our theme is

‘CHRISTMAS IN SEPTEMBER’

Our sponsor is the ever wonderful

who are offering a fabulous prize so visit the blog for details.

I do love non-traditional colours for Christmas and the GINGERBREAD COOKIE COLLECTION with its browns, pinks and blues offers one of my favourite palettes.