Polkadoodles - NEW RELEASE share

Happy Friday crafty peeps.  

I have another Polkadoodles new release goodness to share with you today and this little cutie pie is called 'Helping Hands'.  I have coloured her using a mixture of copics and promarkers to compliment the pretty new papers.

Image:  Polkadoodles 'Helping Hands'

Medium:  copics & promarkers

Papers:  Winnie Christmas Wishes papers 1 and papers 2

printed onto Ultimate Graphic paper

This is my usual close up of the sweet image.  I've added a little Stickles for the snow and dotted around some Liquid Pearls to look like falling snow.

Okay that's all from me today.  I will be popping back tomorrow with another share from the new release.

Take care and happy crafting.

Ann-Marie

xxx

Challenges

Colour Crazy Challenge  -  anything goes

Winter Wonderland  -  use your favourite embellishment (mine has to be flowers)

Crafting with an Attitude  -  always anything goes

Crimbo Crackers #193  -  anything goes

Cute Card Thursday  -  dies and punches

A bit more time to craft  -  anything goes

Brrrr ... it's cold outside!

Happy Friday folks and thank you so much for popping over to my little piece of blogland. 

Well with it being Friday that means there is of course a new challenge gone live this morning over at Polkadoodles Challenge and I am here to share with you my dt make.  The challenge is as always an 'anything goes' theme so you can enter anything you like to be in with a chance of winning some fabby goodies.  The design team however were given the theme of 'wrap up warm'.

I have made a very simple card really for this theme.  I knew instantly that I wanted to work with Octavia Frosty Penguins she just seemed so perfect especially with those cute little penguins and she's very versatile as she's great for not only Christmas but winter as well.  I used a piece of acetate for the front of the card as I wanted to use my snow flurry die so that it looked like it was snowing.  I'm not brilliant at photographing white cards but I hope you can make out all the details.

Image:  Polkadoodles Octavia Frosty Penguins

Sentiment:  Winnie White Christmas download kit

Medium:  Copics and Promarkers

So the usual close up of the image.  I've coloured her with a mix of copics and promarkers and for the fur hat and trim I used a couple of the lighter grey copics and then used a blender pen and dotted it over the top.  I actually rather like the effect it gives.

Pen list

Skin:  copics E000, E11, E13, R20

Clothes:  R22, R27, R29, R59/Promarkers Ice Grey 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5

Hair/Penguins:  copics C1, C2, C3, C7 & black

I think this has got to be one of my favourite cards so far I have made for this Christmas.  Not sure I want to give it away lol!

Okay that's all from me today peeps.  Don't forget go check out the Polkadoodles Challenge here and you can take a peek at my teamies fabulous makes too lots of gorgeous inspiration to be had.

Have a great weekend and enjoy as much crafting as you can I know I will!

Take care, 

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Challenges I am entering

Winter Wonderland  -  artic or antarctic animals

Christmas at Sweet Stampin  -  anything goes

Crafting with an Attitude  -  anything goes

Crafty Creations  -  anything goes

The Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge  -  anything goes

When witches go riding .......

…. and black cats are seen, 

the moon laughs and whispers 

'Tis near Halloween ….

Hello crafty peeps, who love's Halloween? I know I do.  I'm not sure who has more fun trick or treating the kiddies or me lol and I love answering the door to all the little ones and to see them in their little costumes.  We always finish off the night with my favourite Halloween movie 'Hocus Pocus' every year without fail it's like a little tradition.  Of course it's only fair that I get to share a little of the candy whilst we're watching too.

So with Halloween fast approaching I've made myself a little hat shaped card and what better image to use with it than Polkadoodles cute little Winnie Wednesday Witch & Cat digi and I coloured her up to compliment the spookalicious Polkadoodles 'Halloween Trick or Treat' papers.  My card was real easy to do I just printed off a hat shape from the internet re-sized it in Word to what I needed and printed off a template.

Image:  Polkadoodles 'Winnie Wednesday Witch & Cat'

Medium:  mix of Spectrum Noirs, Copics and Promarkers

Sentiment:  Polkadoodles 'Halloween Trick or Treat' sentiments

Papers:  Polkadoodles 'Halloween Trick or Treat' papers 1

Ribbon and flowers from stash

And, of course, a close up of Winnie.

  

List of pens used to colour my image

Face:  copics E000, E11, E13, R20

Cloak/Hat:  Spectrum Noirs LG1, LG3, LG5, JG1, JG2

Purples:  BV02, BV04, BV08

Oranges:  Promarkers Honeycomb, Spice, Burnt Orange

So I'm rather in love with this little card so I shall be displaying her on my mantle come the 31st.

Okay so time for me to go cook tea as it won't cook itself, then I'm going to settle down at my craft desk I think with a hot chocolate, a movie playing on my laptop and do some colouring.  A perfect evening in my books.

Take care folks and happy crafting.

Ann-Marie

xx

Challenges I would like to enter my card into:-

Simon Says Stamp  -  anything goes

The Ribbon Girl  -  anything goes

Papercraft Business Papercraft Challenge  -  anything goes (optional Halloween/Fall)

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge  -  anything goes

Crafty Cardmakers  -  lace or ribbon

Whimsy Stamps - Art by Mi Ran Collection debut release - Day 1

Hello everyone and wishing you all a very happy Monday!

Whimsy stamps are celebrating the debut release of their new Art by Mi Ran Collection!  They are very excited to have Mi Ran Jung joining their team of illustrators!  Over the next 3 days we will reveal 7 new rubber stamps, illustrated by Mi Ran exclusively for Whimsy Stamps.   We hope you will join us each day at 12pm ET for our blog hops full of inspiration and chances to win some prizes too!

All of the new rubber stamps will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Wednesday, July 16th.  For this release, we are excited to be joined by guest designers Alyce Keegan and Mariska van der Veer as well as the Art by MiRan digital design team.

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! The lucky winner will be drawn from the comments left on the Whimsy blog and on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment to be entered into the draw.

Okay so let me share with you my contribution to today's hop.  I got to play with the gorgeous image 'Little Witch' and she is adorable!  I have coloured her with a mixture of copics and promarkers and took my colour inspiration from the 'Fright Night' papers.  I even had a go at making a little broom stick.

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'Little Witch' by Art by MiRan

Medium:  copics/promarkers

Papers:  Whimsy Stamps 'Fright Night'

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

A bit of a closer view of the sweet image.

Copics/Promarkers

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E11, R20, R30 + W3

Hair:  V01, V05, V06, V09

Dress:  Ginger, Spice, Burnt Orange + W7

Hat:  W1, W3, W5, W7

Broomstick:  E43, E47, E49

Night Sky:  BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29

Moon/Clouds:  W00, W1, W3

 Okay you should have come from Ruza's blog but if you have just popped in or happened upon my blog and would like to hop along with us today please pop along to here and start the hop at Joey's blog.

Thank you for stopping by and your next step along the way is Shelby.  Don’t forget to leave a comment at every stop to be entered into the draw to win a $15 gift certificate.   There is a list below of all the stops just in case you get lost.

Joey
Jacque
Monica
Danni
Ruza
Ann-Marie (you're here)
Shelby
Desire
Alyce (Guest)
Iris

Take care.

Ann-Marie

xxx

Whimsy Stamps July Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the ...
Whimsy Stamps July release BLOG HOP!

The Whimsy Stamps DT and GDT have been sharing some amazing creations made with the new July release stamps and dies over the last couple of days, and today we are celebrating their release with a GRAND BLOG HOP!

The hop starts today (Wednesday July 9th at 12.00PM noon ET) and ends on Friday July 11th at 12.00pm noon ET.

You should have just come from Linda Levoir but if you have just popped in or happened upon my blog but would like to hop along with us today, please CLICK HERE to start the hop at Iris's blog.

Here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:

Iris Wiechmann
Bridget Curnow (GDT)
Jacque Beddingfield
Sue Hughes (GDT)
Simonne Clay
Linda Levoir (GDT)
Ann-Marie Sinfield
Mary Johnson (GDT)
Ellie Stover

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! To enter the draw, simply leave a comment HERE and at EVERY stop along the hop by 12.00pm noon on Friday July 11th.

Okay so let me share with you my creation for today's hop.  I had the pleasure of inking up the adorable Crissy Armstrong image 'Kicking up leaves' and coloured it up with a mixture of copics and promarkers.  I decided I wanted to go with an autumnal feel for my card and I love all these rich colours together.  Anyway, here's my card:-

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'Kicking up leaves' by Crissy Armstrong

Medium:  copics and promarkers

Papers:  Basic Grey 'Herbs & Honey'

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Berries:  The Ribbon Girl

A little close up, what an adorable image and I so enjoyed colouring it up.

Copic/Promarkers

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E11 + W3

Hair:  E31, E33, E35, E37, E29

Clothes:  R22, R27, R29/G12, G14, G28/Y21, mustard, raw sienna

Foal:  E53, E57, E49

So now it's time for you to continue today's hop! Don’t forget to leave a comment at every stop along the hop to be entered into the draw to win a $25 gift certificate.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and your next stop along the way is Mary Johnson.  Happy hopping folks!

Take care. 

Ann-Marie 

xxx

A little bit of Whimsy 'Maya' love

Hello my lovelies how are you all?  Weather has been amazing here but I think we may be in for a little thunder this evening which I don't mind; if it stays fine during the day and rains at night I can live with that!

Well I've popped in today to share a little bit of Whimsy love around and I've made a card using the Wee stamps image 'Maya' from the latest May release and boy she is gorgeous.  I've coloured her up with a mixture of Promarkers/copics this time - I have a few gaps in my copic reds and I couldn't quite get the right shade.  I also used another one of the sentiments from Whimsy's 'Fluttering by' set together with the Whimsy 'Butterfly Frame' Shapeology die.

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'Maya' by Wee Stamps

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Fluttering By' by SC Designs

Papers:  Papermania Signature 'Regency'

Dies:  Whimsy Stamps 'Butterfly Frame'

Flowers: WOC and stash

A little close up for you.  I think she looks so cute with that cropped hair and of course I added the obligatory Glamour Dust to her wings!

Copics/Promarkers used

Skin:  E000, E00, E11 + W3

Hair:  E41, E43, E47, E49

Clothes/Shoes/Socks/Flower:  Pale Pink, Dusky Rose, Burgandy & YG91, YG95 + W5

Ground:  W00, W1, W3, W5, W7

Okay so before I go I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

My Mum's Craft Shop  -  ink it up

Crafty Ribbons Challenge  -  anything goes with ribbon

Sweet Stampin  -  say it with flowers

That's all from me today folks.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

'Tress Skating' in monochrome

Happy Wednesday everyone, yeah half way through the week already.  I'm hoping its going to be a fairly nice weekend as it would be lovely to get out and about in the New Forest and it has nothing to do at all with the obligatory New Forest ice cream treat we always have after one of our walks, but what I will say is there are quite a few flavours I have yet to test for them and to not try every one would be just plain rude!!!!

Anyhow moving on, I'm sharing with you my Dies to Dies For card today and I used the cute Make it Crafty stamp 'Tress Skating' and I decided upon some gorgeously gorgeous Authentique papers called 'Elegant' and I thought if I coloured her up all monochrome it would compliment the papers lovely and I also added in a little splash of blue just to tie it all in.

Items Used

Image:  Make it Crafty 'Tress Skating'

Medium:  copics/promarkers

Papers:  Authentique 'Elegant'

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

My Mind's Eye enamel dots - Now & Then - 'Izzy Happenings'

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

A closer look isn't she a real cutie.

Copics/Promarker list

Ice Grey 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and copic black 100

BG000, BG01, BG05

Challenges I would like to enter:-

Creative Inspirations  -  spring flowers

Simon Says Stamp  -  anything goes

That's all from me today folks, enjoy your day and I'll catch up with you later.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

"Yuki"

Hello everyone and a happy Wednesday to you all.  Well with it being Wednesday that means it's my turn to share with you my Dies to Die for DT card.

For my post I decided to make my favourite style of card as it's been a few weeks and was about time I made one, so I have a criss cross card to share with you today.  I had a play with the sweet image from Saturated Canary called "Yuki" and I love all her layers of clothes.  She has been coloured up using a mixture of copics and promarkers.  The gorgeous papers which were the inspiration for my colour combo are Echo Park "Birthday Girl" and the elements on my card and the inside section have been cut from one of the sheets too.  I love it when you have added elements to use as it brings the card together lovely.

Items Used

Image:  Saturated Canary "Yuki" for Little Darlings Rubber Stamps

Papers:  Echo Park "Birthday Girl"

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Copics/Promarker list

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E11, R20, R30
Clothes:  Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Sunflower/R81, R83, R85/
YG11, YG13, YG63, YG67
Hair/Shoes:  E43, E47, E49
W3 for added shadow

Challenges I would like to enter:

My Mum's Craft Shop  -  anything goes

Crafty Ribbons Challenge  -  anything goes with ribbon

Stamping Sensations  -  use dies and/or punches

Really don't think the mob would appreciate not getting any tea tonight so best go and rustle up some culinary delight!

Thank you for stopping by.

Take care, 
Ann-Marie 
xxx

Mouse on Bluebells

Good morning my lovelies, half way through the working week gosh these weeks seem to be flying by lately.

Anyway, I'm here today to share with you my Dies to Dies for DT card and I hope you like it.  I just love bluebells they bring back childhood memories of seeing my nan and granddad and playing in the woods nearby and seeing a carpet of bluebells on a warm spring day.  My card today was made using a gorgeous stamp from Wild Rose Studio called 'Mouse on Bluebells' and when I first set eyes on it I immediately knew I wanted to decoupage up all the flowers so that's what I did.  I coloured it with my copics and teamed it up with some beautiful Prima 'Princess' papers - these are gorgeous so soft and pretty.

Image:  Wild Rose Studio 'Mouse on Bluebells'

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Everyday Moments' by Simonne Clay

Papers:  Prima 'Princess'

Dies:  Cheery Lynn 'Ivy Corner Flourish', Memory Box 'Puffy Clouds'

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Tim Holtz 'Walnut Stain' Distress Ink pad

Copics/Promarkers List

Bluebells:  BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29/R00, R20, R81

Mouse/Present:  Ice Gray 1, Ice Gray 3, Ice Gray/R81, R83, R85, R39

Grass:  YG11, YG13, YG63, YG67

W5, W7 for extra shading

Challenges I would like to enter:-

Papertake Weekly  -  anything goes

Creative Inspirations  -  lovely lace

Okay, enjoy the rest of your day folks and catch up with you soon.

Take care.
Ann-Marie 
xxx