Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Creative Inspirations – A Dog in a Boat in a DL Box Frame!

Hello, how are things?

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

‘ONE FOR THE BOYS’

 

Our sponsor for is

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They are offering a fabulous prize so come and join us!

So, this is BOB THE DOG sailing along on the fab seascape papers that come with him in this great value DIGI DEAL.

 


Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Digi Choosday – A Man’s Card with a Gnome and a Beer!

Good morning everybody!  Happy Choosday!

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! 

A card for a guy today featuring images from the GNOMES FOR MEN collection.


Wednesday, 14 May 2025

Digi Choosday – A Circle Card Featuring a Cute Girl with a Soda!

Good morning everybody!  Happy Choosday!

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! 

I do love a good pun, and Nikky has some fabulous pun sentiments that appear in nearly all her collections.


Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Creative Inspirations – A Sweet Girl in the Garden Card!

Hello, happy May!

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

                                                                Our sponsor for May is

ALL DRESSED UP STAMPS

They are offering a fabulous prize so come and join us!

I went a bit ‘die-crazy’ on this one creating a little outdoor scene with a smiley flower.

Wednesday, 30 April 2025

Digi Choosday – A Mermaid in a Fishbowl Card!

 Good morning everybody!  Happy Choosday!

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! 

Mermaids are swimming onto the DT makes this week and I have used this gorgeous lady, printing her in very light lines and colouring her with Copics.


Wednesday, 16 April 2025

Digi Choosday – A Floral Wreath on a Thank You Card!

Good morning, everybody!  Happy Choosday!

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! 

A ‘Thank You’ on a shaped card is the team’s theme today and I have added this card that I made for the HobbyMaker shows back in December. I did not use digis but it is a design that would be easy (if not easier) to build with digital images.


Wednesday, 9 April 2025

Digi Choosday – An Easter Card with a Paper-Pieced Gnome!!

 Good morning, everybody!  Happy Choosday!

It’s time for another week of inspiration for our ‘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! 

Paper-piecing a digital image always has me scratching my head until I remember I just have to print the image onto patterned paper and cut the bits out. Doh! 😕


Wednesday, 2 April 2025

Creative Inspirations – An Oval Easter Card with a Chocolate Munching Chick!

Hello, happy April! (How do that happen!?)

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

Bunny face outlineHAPPY EASTERBunny face outline

Natalie is generously providing the prize this time and it is 2 clear stamp sets for one lucky winner so come and join us!

My Easter card is an oval affair featuring a chocolate gobbling chick called (appropriately) CHOCOLATE TIME


Wednesday, 26 March 2025

Digi Choosday – A Tag Featuring a Cute Unicorn!

Good morning everybody!  Happy Choosday!

It’s time for another week of inspiration for our ‘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! 

The team are using unicorn images this time and this little cutie is called CAMERA SHY 2


Wednesday, 12 March 2025

Digi Choosday – An Easter Card with Cute Chicks!

Good morning everybody!  Happy Choosday!

It’s time for another week of inspiration for our ‘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! 

Easter is quite late this year, but it still pays to get ahead with your cardmaking, so the team are providing Easter inspiration today using some of Nikky’s fabulous black & white SCENES.


Wednesday, 5 March 2025

Creative Inspirations – A Tulip Filled Card for Mum!

 Hello, happy spring!

 We have a new challenge over at the Creative Inspirations Blog and this month our theme is ‘ANYTHING GOES’ so an easy-peasy one for you.

Our sponsor this time is

THE PAPER SHELTER

and they are offering a fabulous prize so come and join us!

Well, I have gone a little tulip-tastic on my card today and as Mothering Sunday is just around the corner here in the UK, I thought I would dedicate this one to my mum.


Wednesday, 26 February 2025

Digi Choosday – A Fairy on a Cake Birthday Card!

Good morning everybody!  Happy Choosday!

It’s time for another week of inspiration for our ‘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! 

The team are all about cake this week (well I’m all about cake EVERY week) so I have merged 2 digis together to create a ‘fairy cake’.


Wednesday, 12 February 2025

Digi Choosday – A Cute Hippo & a Big ‘Big Hugs’ Die!

Good morning everybody!  Happy Choosday!

It’s time for another week of inspiration for our ‘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! 

The team are using pre-coloured images this week and I chose to use this cute, HELGA SITTING PRETTY. Well in this case she seems to be sitting uncomfortably on top of a large ‘U’.


Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Creative Inspirations – A Hexagon Card for a Loved One!

Hello, everyone!

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

 💕💕‘Love is in the Air’ 💕💕

 

Our generous sponsor is

POLKADOODLES

and they are offering 3 digi stamps to our lucky winner

For my hexagon shaped card today, I have used this cute little birdie from the LOVE BIRDS collection. 


Wednesday, 29 January 2025

Digi Choosday – A Warming Birthday Card with a Cute Hedgehog!

Good morning everybody!  Happy Choosday!

So it’s time for another week of inspiration for our monthly ‘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! 

The team’s theme this week is ‘Hot Chocolate’ and so I made a warming birthday card for one of my brothers who is always complaining about the cold.


Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Digi Choosday – A Gift Bag for Pancake Day!

Good morning everybody!  Happy Choosday!

So it’s time for a new ‘Anything Goes’ challenge over at POLKADOODLES DIGI CHOOSDAY and as always we have a wonderful prize on offer for our lucky winner 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! 

So the team are back from our Christmas/New Year break with a pancake theme. Well why not?!


Wednesday, 1 January 2025

Creative Inspirations – A Quick & Easy Birthday Card!

Hello, Happy New Year everyone!

So we kick off 2025 with a new challenge over at the Creative Inspirations Blog and this month our theme is ‘Something Old, Something New’.

Natalie is generously providing the prize this time and it is 2 clear stamp sets for one lucky winner so come and join us!

For my card today I have used this brand-new large die from Polkadoodles, and I cut it twice in both Mirri and red felt and then pieced it together.


Ingredients:
Dies: HAPPY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION - Tonic Nesting Stars
Other Stuff: Mirri Card - Felt

So pop over to the blog and join in the fun this month, we would love to see you.

Thanks so much for looking and taking the time to comment; it really means a lot! Have a great day! 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

SIMON SAYS STAMP – Wednesday Challenge: Something New

LITTLE RED WAGON - #788: NEW Beginnings (New Stash)


MY TIME TO CRAFT - #550: “New”

CUT IT UP – #320: Anything Goes

MAKE MY MONDAY - #242: Favourite MMM Challenge of 2024 (#232: Something Metallic)

DOUBLE D CHALLENGES – Birthday/Anniversary

CLASSIC DESIGN - #12-2024: Anything Goes

THE CREATIVE CRAFTERS - #83: Anything Goes

PEARLY SPARKLES - #103: Something Old Something New

MORGAN’S ARTWORLD - #84: Anything Goes

A PERFECT TIME TO CRAFT - #1-2025: Anything Goes

THE PAPER FUNDAY CHALLENGE - #72: Anything Goes

Wednesday, 18 December 2024

Digi Choosday – A Flower Thank You Card!

Good morning everybody!  Happy Choosday!

So it’s time for a new ‘Anything Goes’ challenge over at POLKADOODLES DIGI CHOOSDAY and as always we have a wonderful prize on offer for our lucky winner 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! 

Well, this is my last post of the year…where has the time gone?!...and the team are saying “Thank You”.


Wednesday, 4 December 2024

Creative Inspirations – A Circle Card Featuring Snowman Twins!

Hello, me again!

We have a new challenge over at the Creative Inspirations Blog and this month our theme is ‘Let it Snow’ so we would like to see some of the white stuff on your creations.

Our sponsor this time is


They are offering a fabulous prize so come and join us!

 

I have used clear stamps and the matching dies from the POLKADOODLES YULETIDE CHARM CHRISTMAS COLLECTION for my snowy make this month.



Digi Choosday – A Skiing Penguin Christmas Card!

Good morning everybody!  Happy Choosday!

So it’s time for a new ‘Anything Goes’ challenge over at POLKADOODLES DIGI CHOOSDAY and as always we have a wonderful prize on offer for our lucky winner 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! 

Winter sports is the theme the team are working with this week. So out come the skates, skis and sleds.


Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Digi Choosday – A Winter Wedding Stepper Card!

Hiya everybody!  Happy Choosday!

So it’s time for a new ‘Anything Goes’ challenge over at POLKADOODLES DIGI CHOOSDAY and as always we have a wonderful prize on offer for our lucky winner 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! 

It’s all about winter weddings for the team this week.

Wednesday, 6 November 2024

Creative Inspirations – Christmas Patterned Paper with a Cute Paper Shelter Deer!

 Hello, me again!

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

Our sponsor this time is

THE PAPER SHELTER

They are offering a fabulous prize so come and join us!

 The team are using this gorgeous image called HAPPY BABY DEER but I have to admit that my card did get a little out of hand and became a real patterned paper bonanza

 

Digi Choosday – A Decorated Photo Frame Gift!

Good morning everybody!  Happy Choosday!

So it’s time for a new ‘Anything Goes’ challenge over at POLKADOODLES DIGI CHOOSDAY and as always we have a wonderful prize on offer for our lucky winner 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! 

The team are making gifts today and I rather selfishly made a gift for myself.


Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Digi Choosday – A Sweet Gingerbread Girl on an Almost White-on-White Card!

Good morning everybody!  Happy Choosday!

So it’s time for a new ‘Anything Goes’ challenge over at POLKADOODLES DIGI CHOOSDAY and as always we have a wonderful prize on offer for our lucky winner 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! 

Another card using the GINGERBREAD COOKIE COLLECTION and this cutie is called GINGERBREAD GIRL.

 


Wednesday, 9 October 2024

Digi Choosday – A Cheeky Gingerbread Slimline Card for a Boy!

Good morning everybody!  Happy  Digi Choosday!

So it’s time for a new ‘Anything Goes’ challenge over at POLKADOODLES DIGI CHOOSDAY and as always we have a wonderful prize on offer for our lucky winner 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! 

Nearly all my Christmas cards this year have been made using the super cute GINGERBREAD COOKIE COLLECTION and here is another featuring this adorable little GINGERBREAD BOY


Wednesday, 2 October 2024

Creative Inspirations – A Shaped Card with an Autumn Fox!

 Hello, hope everything is good with you and yours?

We have a new challenge over at the Creative Inspirations Blog and this month our theme is 🍁🍂‘The Season of Autumn’🍁🍂!

Our sponsor this time is

CREATIVE SMILES

and they are offering a fabulous prize so come and join us!

 I love kicking through the autumn leaves and apparently so does FREDDY FOX.


Wednesday, 25 September 2024

Digi Choosday – A Christmas Card with a Cute Gingerbread Santa!

Good morning everybody!  Happy Digi Choosday!

So it’s time for a new ‘Anything Goes’ challenge over at POLKADOODLES DIGI CHOOSDAY and as always we have a wonderful prize on offer for our lucky winner 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! 

There is a wonderful new Christmas collection in the Polkadoodles store called GINGERBREAD COOKIE and I have used some of the elements on my card today. 


Wednesday, 11 September 2024

Digi Choosday – A Halloween Gift Bag with a Cute Witch!

Good morning everybody!  Happy Choosday, well Wednesday actually as the challenge has changed day!

So it’s time for a new ‘Anything Goes’ challenge over at POLKADOODLES DIGI CHOOSDAY and as always we have a wonderful prize on offer for our lucky winner 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! 

So, the spooky season will soon be upon us and the team are making something for a Halloween party.


Wednesday, 4 September 2024

Creative Inspirations – A Fall Card with a Cute All Dressed Up Stamp!

Hello, me again!

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

ANYTHING GOES!

 Our sponsor for September is

ALL DRESSED UP STAMPS

They are offering a fabulous prize so come and join us!

 I got to play with APPLE PICKER and I put her in a little scene in autumnal colours.



Guest Designer at The Paper Funday Challenges!

Hello, how’s it going?

I was very fortunate to be invited to be a guest designer for THE PAPER FUNDAY CHALLENGES this month and their theme is always Anything Goes with an optional twist and this time it is ‘Create your Own Background’.

I have used one of my HUGE stash of Polkadoodles stamps to create my card today and this is  FLY ME ANYWHERE