Vintage Milly

A quick and simple Valentines Day Challenge at Polkadoodles

2012-02-10T09:00:00.003Z

Hello there, the challenge this week at Polkadoodles Challenge Blog is to make a Quick and Simple Valentines Card.

Well I made a simple card with a vintage feel. I used the Punch all over the Page by Martha Stewart, some gorgeous rtose stem backing paper from Polkadoodles Pretty Sweet CDRom, I made the vintage finish with Distress Inks, Adirondack paint dabber and some Distress Stickles. The centre hearts were cut freehand and I finished the look off with some Liquid Pearls.

Have a wonderful Valentines Day, do join in our challenge, we would love to see you there,
take care and lots of love,
Emma.

Here's hoping for spring already

2012-02-07T13:09:00.001Z

Hi there all,
is anyone else hoping for spring already? I for one really wish that those little crocus and daffodils would just start poking their little heads above ground just to let me know that the cold spell is almost over and the warm weather is approaching.

Not that I am nesh or anything but I just feel better when the days are warm and bright and the flowers pretty up the garden, these are the simple things just just makes me smile.

Well I keep on drawing little characters too, I get a lot of happiness doing this too, this little one is quite inspired by my thoughts of spring and I have made a birthday card for my little niece with her. I have called this design quite aptly Spring Flowers and this evening, she is going to be available to purchase in my ETSY STORE.

I coloured with a mix of Promarkers, Prismacolours pencils and Distress inks, sometimes you just can't quite get the look you want out of one medium, so I thought, what the heck, I will use a bit of everything today.

The papers are My Minds Eye, butterflies are Marianne Designs and the embellies are Doodle Dewdrops and liquid pearls.

There is a little sneak peak of a special sentiment stamp from the Polkadoodles new Pen and Paper Chronicles magazine which is launching on 15 February. I am featured in the magazine this month which is a great honour. You get a gorgeous girly stamp designed by Nikky Hall and some floral stamps, the sentiment and some papers along with an amazingly inspirational magazine

Well I am signing off for today now, have a lovely day everyone and keep warm,
hugs,
Em.x

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #92 and 3 new digi designs

2012-02-05T15:38:00.001Z

Hello there, a new challenge sketch has just been launched over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp, this week it is my turn to set the challenge. We are sponsored by the fabulous Robyn's Fetish this week.

Here is my sketch for you

Here is my design inspiration for you this week too.

Ingredients
Stamp - Forever Friend
Colouring - Distress Inks
Paper - Papermania
Punches - Martha Stewart

I launched a few more digis today too, Teddy Tod is my new range of digi stamps. I hope that you will like them and as usual they are available HERE.

I hope you are keeping warm and cosy as it abso freakin freezin here, I have my Uggs, 3 layers and a scarf on, yes the heating is on but for some reason I just cannot get warm today and I really want to feel toasty reather than frosty.

Take care everyone,
hugs, Em.x

A heart for Valentines

2012-02-05T11:38:00.000Z

Hello there,
I just wanted to make a project to enter the TOMIC Valentine and Hearts challenge this week.

I made a beatiful little heart with some handmade flowers and Tilda of course, all coloured with Distress Inks, I hope you like it.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Emma.

Love is in the air......

2012-01-29T18:02:00.003Z

Hello my lovelies,
well Valentines is not too far off now, and I am hoping for that one huge box of Thornton's I spied on my trip out with the other half today so, I think I did enough hinting, but you know what men can be like, I will probably get something like a new fence panel for the one that does need replacing - romantic no but oh so very practical!

So I think you and I can guess already .......... seeing as my birthday flowers came no less than a week after my birthday this time - it's probably one very gorgeous fence panel heading my way in a couple of weeks. Geeesh, I really do love the bones of him but he could really do with a huge hit with a romance stick sometimes.

Anyhow, today I had some free time, it seems so long since I had free time, I forgot what it feels like to be in the 'creative zone' and oh my it feels good! I made a cute little make, ready for my valentines card to him...... see how I do the totally impractical but romantic gestures in our house?

I made my card oval so it would fit into the 'Oval and Embossed' theme over at TOMIC this week, I so love this little Tilda, and I had a go at colouring folds this time - yes I really did have enough time to be very creative and experimental!!! I embossed with hearts on the pink card and brought them to life with the paint dabber.

Ingredients
Tilda Stamp
Distress Inks and Adirondack paint dabber
Martha Stewart punches
Gems, Liquid Pearls and Glitter Glass.

Loads hugs,
Em.x

It's a template challenge at Polkadoodles

2012-01-27T09:00:00.021Z

Hello there,
this weeks challenge over at Polkadoodles is a template challenge. To join in our challenge you can use an actual template or a digital template.

Polkadoodles make some fab templates, I have used the cupcake one from Paper Boutique Volume three this time to make my card.

I printed the cut and create template in A6 size which has pre colured elements which saves time. I backed the template onto different sized mats to build up my card and then decorated the heck out of my cupcake - (hmmmm no surprise there then!)

So, here is the finished card - deeeelish!

Have a wonderful weekend,
hugs,
Em.x