Best Friends are for Life

Hi everyone!  We have some more inspiration for you at the Polkadoodles Challenge blog, where our theme is always ANYTHING GOES!

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Here's my creation for this week:

I used two of the digi papers and the cute knight digi stamp from the Knight & Dragon set.  I colored him with alcohol markers, fussy-cut, and attached with foam dimensional tape. I added a little textured die-cut from the same background digi paper and added a button to highlight the colors. I love the little ticket sentiment, which is from the same Knight & Dragon set. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

SSS  Monday - A Bit o' Green

SSS Wednesday - A Bit o' Green

Double D - Going Green

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Just Us Girls Word Week #766 - Green

Peace.

Funshine Bear Birthday

 I have a fun birthday card that I made for a friend as a special request to share today for the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts - Birthday Wishes

Die Cut Divas - Critters/Real or Imaginary

Make My Monday - Die Cuts or Punches

Cut it Up - Happy Birthday

I created my background by blending Distress Inks on watercolor paper, spraying with water, and then stamping some texture stamps on it after it dried.  I die-cut the balloon, party hat, and the circles (DP from Doodlebug Designs). I stamped Grumpier Bear Redo from Ink Road Stamps directly on the same distressed background paper in Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I stamped him again on white cardstock, printed out the little sun from the Internet, and fussy-cut the tummy to attach to the bear.  I then fussy cut the bear and attached him to the card with foam dimensional tape. Peace.

XOXO

 Good morning - so much going on in my life right now

Alphabet Challenge - X is for XOXO (hugs and kisses)

Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Paper Funday - Anything Goes/Optional Weather

Wednesday's Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

I created my background by embossing with an embossing folder on a piece of white cardstock then stamping a large stamp from Woodware Craft Collection on it. I printed out some digi stamp hearts and colored them with Candied Apple Distress Ink, sprayed with water, and fussy cut.  I attached them with foam dimensional tape. I then die cut the XOXO with black cardstock and attached with adhesive. Peace.

Stop Staring at my Shamrocks!

 Hi there - I have a fun St. Patrick's Day card to share for the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - A Bit o' Green

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday - A Bit o' Green

Double D - Going Green

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - G is for Green

My background papers are from Doodlebug Designs. I used a die cut to attach the little gemstones to. I printed St. Patrick's Day Girly from Oddball Art and colored her with alcohol markers and a white pen. I fussy cut down one side and then added a flower brad in the corner to finish it off. Peace.

Be Unique! The Paper Shelter

 Hi everyone!  We have a new challenge for you at 

The Paper Shelter - and we've changed things up!  We are now an Anything Goes challenge with an OPTIONAL theme.  This week's theme is:

Alter It!

The image I used is called My Little Dragon Army - I fussy cut the dragon out of the entire image, colored him with alcohol markers and a white pen, and attached him to the background. I made the background by using the ink smooshing technique on watercolor paper with Distress Oxide inks. I took another piece of watercolor paper and applied Scorched Timber Oxide ink all over it, then cut a keyhole die out of the middle (Whimsy Stamps). I attached the dragon with foam dimensional tape, added a die cut key and a chipboard sentiment with some twine, then finished it off with some gemstone stickers. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday - A Bit o' Green

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Die Cut Divas - Critters Real or Imaginary

A Cut Above - Anything Goes

Make My Monday #247 - Use a Die or Punch

Peace.

a lucky woman

 Good morning! Both big girls off to school today, so I have the almost-3-year-old (lil miss sassy pants) today before we pick them back up and have our 3rd sleepover of the week! LOL Tomorrow they'll go with their daddy for the night and then hopefully to my parents (their great-grandparents) for Thursday night.  I really hope they figure something out with the baby and my poor daughter is home with her little guy by then!

I'd like to enter the card below into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday - A Bit o' Green

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #202 - Lucky in Green

Colorful Options - Green or Rainbow

Make My Monday #247 - Use a Die or Punch

Color My Heart Color Dare #642

I used one of the scrap cards leftover from when I cut my 5.25 square cards as the card base, stenciling a darker shade of green with a polka stencil.  I die cut a tag from a darker shade of green scrap paper. I printed out leprechaun cutie from Sami Stamps, colored her with alcohol markers and a white pen, fussy cut and attached to the tag with foam dimensional tape. I added a little sticker sentiment from a Tim Holtz sticker book. Peace.

Shenanigans and Pixie Dust

 Jeremy and I took the girls to the Ecotarium in Worcester, Massachusetts yesterday - they had a blast. We came home, ate dinner, watched a movie, had popcorn & ice cream, and then the oldest and youngest (ages 6 and almost-3) literally asked me if they could go to bed.  LOL  Yup!  Goodnight! I've got them for 2 more nights in a row - I'm tired just thinking about it, but this is what family is all about, right?  Being there for each other when we need each other. And I'd do absolutely anything for my daughter and those precious girls.

Anyway, luckily, I create most of my projects ahead of time, so I'd like to enter the card below into the following challenges:

Colorful Options - Green or Rainbow

Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes

Festive Friday (choose 3 - I used green, gold, rainbow, leprechaun)

I created my background by blending Distress Oxide Inks into a rainbow patternon watercolor paper, then spritzed with water. I printed out the cute Leprechaun Peekers digi stamp from Sweet November Stamps, colored with alcohol markers, and fussy cut before attaching to the panel. I created the sentiment in Canva and printed out, then die cut.

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And this next one is for the following challenges:

The Color Hues Challenge #105

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Wednesday's Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

I created my background by using the Half Tone Circle stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code JennFan10 for 10% off), then I used the same color ink to blend on another piece of cardstock, sprayed with water, and stamped the sentiment on it, then used a circle punch to cut it out.  I stamped Tinks from CC Designs on Neenah cardstock with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored her with alcohol markers and fussy cut, then attached her with foam dimensional tape and added some glitter to her wings. Peace.