Delicious Doodles Challenge - April 2016 - Recipe

 It's time for another challenge over at the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog.  

The topic for April 2016 is "RECIPE - 3 DESIGN PAPERS, 2 IMAGES AND 1 EMBELLISHMENT".

I have decided to make a Christmas card.  I have used the Delicious Doodles images called "Christmas Holly Border" and "Christmas Lantern".

I took the Christmas Holly Border into Serif Craft Artist so that I could fit the lantern inside the border along with the words "Happy Christmas".  I have coloured the image in with Promarkers and highlighted areas with red Stickles glitter glue.  I have added Glossy Accents to the glass of the lantern.

I have used three different magazine freebie papers.

The embellishment I have used is a piece of wide gold edged red stain ribbon.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion - Always anything goes

Crafting from the Heart - Always anything goes

Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes

Simply Papercrafts - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut Christmas - Use a sentiment
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with no twist
Lemon Shortbread - Anything goes
Creative Inspirations - Anything goes with the option of a sketch
Simon Says - Anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner - Anything goes
Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes
Creative Moments - Anything goes with the optional twist of inspired by a song
Fab n Funky - Christmas
The Crafty Addicts - Anything goes/Springtime
ABC Christmas - Green or gold (I have chosen green)
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks - Anything goes
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Sparkles Christmas - CAS Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper April Challenge - Anything goes
Brown Sugar - Anything goes
Creative Fingers - Anything goes
CCC Digi Creations - Anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes
Creative Ladybirds Creations - Anything goes
A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything goes

Delicious Doodles Challenge - March 2016 - Show us some green

It's time for another challenge over at the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog.  

The topic for March 2016 is "SHOW US SOME GREEN".

I have decided to make a Christmas card.  I have used the Delicious Doodles image called "Festive Westie".  I have coloured the image in with Promarkers and fussy cut.

The backing papers are from my stash.

I have finished the card off with some ribbon, sentiment, gems and pearls.

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

Simon Says Challenge - Anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything goes

Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes

Create and Inspire - Anything goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes

Crafting with Friends - Anything goes

Simply Papercraft - Anything goes
The Stamping Boutique - Ribbon and/or lace
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the optional twist of lace and pearls
Crafty Hazelnut Christmas - Use a sentiment
The Crazy Challenge - Use the colour red
Craft Your Passion - Always anything goes
Crafting from the Heart - Always anything goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Frame it
Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper March Challenge - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything goes

Delicious Doodles Challenge - February 2016 - Love

It's time for another challenge over at the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog.  

The topic for February 2016 is LOVE".

For my card I have used the Delicious Doodles image called "Beautiful Swimming Seahorses" and have coloured the image in with my Promarkers, chalked the background, tore around the image, used a chalk inkpad around the torn edge to highlight it and added some Nuvo crystal drops for some sparkle onto the bubbles.

The backing papers are from my Crafty Individuals Seaside collection.

I have finished the card off to a more manly feel and have added some netting, shells we got of various beaches when away last year and a sentiment given with a freebie by Tracy Wray along with some papers.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafting with Friends - Anything goes
Polkadoodles - Love and romance
Simply Papercraft - Anything goes
Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything goes
Simon Says - Anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner - Anything goes
Create and Inspire - Anything goes
I Love Promarkers - Anything goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
CRAFT - Love/Valentine/Anniversary
Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything goes
Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge - Anything goes with a twist to add an animal
My Time to Craft - Love is all around
The Pencil Case - Love/romance
Sweet Stampin - Valentine
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional twist to use something from your stash
Crafty Boots - Love is in the air
The Crazy Challenge - Love
Incy Wincy - Love is in the air
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes/twist of Valentine
Crafting from the Heart - Always anything goes
Ooh La La Creations - Love and romance
Craft Your Passion - Always anything goes
Your Scrapbook Place - Anything goes
Paper Creator - Must be love
CCC Digi Creations - Anything goes
Creative Ladybirds Creations - Always anything goes
A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Use a digi or stamp for February
Whoopsi Daisy - Hand coloured image and love
Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper February Challenge - Anything goes
World Wide Open Design Team - Anything goes

Delicious Doodles Challenge - January 2016 - Leftover (use up your scraps)

Happy New Year everyone!!

2016 has quickly crept upon us.  

It's time for another challenge over at the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog.  The topic for January 2016 is "leftover - use up your scraps".

For my card I have used the Delicious Doodles image called "Lilleth and the Lillies" and it is available from the Etsy Store.  I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers and added some Stickles glitter glue for some sparkle.

The card blank I bought from Hobbycraft last summer and I have chalked and inked around the flowers to highlight them a bit.

Onto the scraps.  The flowery backing paper I only had a piece a bit short of A6.  I used a strip to highlight the flower border inside.  On the top you can see snippets of the backing paper as I shall let you into a secret - there isn't any underneath the picture, just near the edges on places.  Waste not, want not eh?  I have used scraps of 3 different papers to make the flowers as well.  I used a short piece of ribbon - a scrap not long enough to make into a bow so I just folded over in a loop and added a button on the top.

I have finished the card off with a stamped sentiment, gems and pearls.

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

CRAFT Challenge - Anything goes
As You Like It - Anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks - Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner - Anything goes and Blog Hop - congratulations to all of those involved with the Crafty Gals Corner Challenge Blog on your 1st anniversary
Create and Inspire - Anything goes
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the optional twist of musical notes/lyrics /sheet music
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Seize the Birthday - Anything goes
Di's Digi Designs - It's new to you (the happy birthday stamp is new)
Crafty Calendar - Something new (the happy birthday stamp is new)
Allsorts Challenge - What's new? (the happy birthday stamp is new)
Sweet Stampin - Something new (the happy birthday stamp is new)

Clean and Simple (CAS) Merry Christmas

The other day Teri over at Delicious Doodles gave away a free colouring page on the Facebook Group.  I needed to make a clean and simple (CAS) Christmas card and I thought that this would be perfect.  The image is now available in the Etsy Store as a whole image.  It's absolutely stunning.  Yes it would take a while to colour in but it would look amazing made into a Christmas picture to come out year after year.

I printed off the image to 13x16cm so that it would be the centrepiece on the card.  I coloured the image in with my Promarkers and highlighted areas with Glossy Accents, gold pearl drops, gold gel pen and of course it needed some sparkle so I used my gold sparkle Graph'it pen.  I chalked the background with a mixture of green and gold coloured chalks.

I just simply finished the card off with a red mount.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Card Mania - Christmas

Digi Choosday - Traditional Christmas (I hope it is OK that I have gone for using the traditional colours of Christmas of red, green and gold)

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes or optional extra to make a Christmas gift

Natalie and Amy Challenge - Christmas

Craft Rocket Challenge - Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything goes

Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes

Create and Inspire - Anything goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes

Creative Inspirations - Anything goes and option of a sketch

Cute Card Thursday - Festive colours (I have used the traditional Christmas colours of red, green and gold)

Winter Wonderland - Holly and/or ivy (my image includes holly)

Creative Fingers - Anything goes

Simply Papercrafts - Anything goes

Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything goes

Allsorts - Clean and simple (CAS)

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything goes Christmas

The Corrosive Challenge - Merry Christmas

Come and Get It Challenge - Anything goes Christmas

Robyn's Fetish - Christmas cards

Glitter n Sparkle - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the optional twist of bags, boxes and tags etc
Graph'it Challenge - Gold or silver (I have used a gold Promarker, gold gel pen and my favourite gold Praph'it sparkle pen)

A Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Pile it On - Anything Christmas/winter

Delicious Doodles Challenge - December 2015 - Christmas

 

Today sees the start of the second challenge over at the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog.  

Teri's images can now be found in the Delicious Doodles Etsy Shop.

The challenge for December 2015 is "Christmas".

Come on, why don't you join in?

For my Christmas card I have used the Delicious Doodles image called "Jolly Holly Postbox" and I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers and added some Glossy Accents for the berries.

The backing papers are from my stash.

I have finished the card off with some Nuvo Crystal Drops, die-cut holly, twine and a Crafter's Companion stamped sentiment that was a freebie in their autumn Inspiration Magazine.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the optional twist of paper piecing
Come and Get It - Anything goes with a sentiment
Simon Says Challenge - Anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner - Anything goes
Fab n Funky - Anything goes Christmas
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
Inky Impressions - Traditional Christmas colours
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything goes and a sentiment
Crafty Hazelnut Christmas - Use die-cuts or punches (used die-cut holly as an embellishment)
Christmas Card Challenge - Anything goes
Pile it On - Use red and green
Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Christmas
Craft Your Passion - Always anything goes
Get Creative - Holidays
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes/twist of Christmas

Delicious Doodles Challenge - November 2015 - Take out your teeth!!!

Today sees the start of the second challenge over at the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog.  

Teri's images can now be found in the Delicious Doodles Etsy Shop.

The challenge for November 2015 is "take your teeth out!!!".  Obviously this could mean a scary image with teeth or it could just be any image where teeth are shown.  Come on, why don't you join in?

For my card I have used Teri's image called the "Evil Snowman".  I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers and chalked around the edge.

The backing papers are from Summertime Designs.

As I thought this card would be perfect for a teenager at Christmas I have kept the embellishments to a bare minimum and just added some organza ribbon, card candi and a Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment (it does say "Christmas kisses" but I'm not sure I'd want a kiss from this snowman!!)

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

Simon Says Challenge - Anything goes
Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes
Creative Moments - Anything goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
Crafty Ribbons - Snowman
4 Crafty Chicks - Anything goes
Winter Wonderland - Anything goes Christmas
Simply Create Too - Baby it's cold outside
Graph'it - Autumn/Christmas colours using the colour palettes
Allsorts Challenge - Christmas
Crazy 4 Challenge - Christmas

Delicious Doodles Challenge - October 2015 - Non-traditional Halloween Colours

Today sees the start of the second challenge over at the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog.  

Teri's images can now be found in the Delicious Doodles Etsy Shop.

The challenge for October 2015 is "non-traditional Halloween colours".

For my card I have used the Delicious Doodles image called "Halloweenie - WitchyPoo".  I have decided to go with the colour scheme of blue and green - yuk!!!  I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers and highlighted areas with my white gel pen.

The backing papers were from Summertime Designs which I took into Serif and converted to a green colour.  The sentiment is from a freebie Halloween Serif kit.

I have finished the card off with some navy netting and some buttons.

Delicious Doodles Challenge - September 2015 - On the dark side

 Today sees the start of another challenge over at the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog.  Teri's images can now be found in the Delicious Doodles Etsy Shop.

The challenge for September is "on the dark side".  This means you can use a darker style of images or just darker colours.

For my card I have used the Delicious Doodles image called "Skully Bishop Chess Piece" and I have coloured it in with my Promakers and used chalks and a gold Pan Pastel for the background.

The backing papers are from my stash.  I used a Crafter's Companion Textures stamp on some kraft card, put through an Embossalicious embossing folder and highlighted the embossing with my gold Pan pastel.

I have finished the card off with a die-cut sentiment, gold filigree ribbon, kraft buttons and brads.

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

Simon Says Challenge - Anything goes
Create and Inspire - Anything goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
Creative Inspirations - Anything goes with the option of a sketch
Glitter n Sparkle - Add buttons
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the option of create your own challenge (I have created my own challenge with square - birthday - gold/metallic (gold/metallic ribbon and around sentiment)
Robyn's Fetish - Square cards only
Craft Your Passion - Always anything goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes/twist of school
Incy Wincy - Anything goes
CCC Digi Creations - Include a sentiment
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes
A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper September Challenge - Anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Delicious Doodles "Go On, Be a Devil!" Adults Only Colouring Book

If you go into any bookshops at the moment you will see Adult Colouring Books.  You will see various topics for the books.  The problem I have found when looking at them is that they have images both sides.  This means you can't colour both sides with alcohol pens or watercolours as this will show through.  Some pages even have that awful textured paper like you used to get in children's colouring books I had as a child.  That's all right for anyone using crayons or pencils to colour but certainly not for pens or watercolours.

Teri over at Delicious Doodles has the answer - a PDF downloadable colouring book.  The first one she has brought out is strictly for adults due to the content and its title is called "Go On, Be a Devil!".

In this book you get 8 pages to print and colour (9 if you actually use the front cover) and there is also information on the do's and don'ts of the colouring book.

The book is in the Delicious Doodles Etsy Store for the bargain price of £6.60.

As I said this one is strictly for adults but as you know Teri also designs more "run of the mill" images so I am sure there will be more colouring books to follow.

Here I have coloured in two of the images in from the colouring book with my Promarkers and chalked the background with pearlescent chalks.  The beauty of a printable colouring book is that you can print to whatever size you want.  As my hands and eyes are dodgy I can easily print these images at A5 or bigger.

There has been a lot of talk that colouring can help with health, work or family issues.  For me I know that is true.  When my health isn't good I don't always feel up to making cards but sometimes just getting "lost" in colouring for an hour can help no end.

Why not pop on over to the Delicious Doodles Etsy Store to look at the PDF Downloadable Colouring Book and all the other amazing images by Teri. 

Delicious Doodles Challenge - August 2015 - White-on-White

Today sees the start of the second challenge over at the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog.  

Teri's images can now be found in the Delicious Doodles Etsy Shop.

The challenge for August is "white-on-white".

For my card I have used the Delicious Doodles image called "Dragon Dreams". I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers and inked around the edge with Tim Holtz's Stormy Sky distress ink.

For the base card, embossing and die-cuts I have used the same coloured white card so it is all the same.  I have used a Crafter's Companion Texture embossing folder and a Marianne Designs embossing folder/matching die for the backdrop of the image.

I have finished the card off with a stamped sentiment, a Marianne Designs fancy border, die-cut buttons and Joanna Sheen flower die.  All the embellishments, backing paper and card blank have all been edge with a white Stickles glitter glue.  Obviously when taking a photo the Stickles are showing very blue but in reality you can barely see the blue.

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Digi Choosday - Animals

Fan-tastic Tuesday - Anything goes with a twist to make it feminine

Glitter n Sparkle - Use something beginning with B (bow)

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the option of shabby chic
Craft Your Passion - Always anything goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
Crafting by Designs - Anything goes
Simon Says Challenge - Anything goes
Penny's Paper Challenge - Use ribbon or twine
Create and Inspire - Anything goes
I Love Promarkers - 3 or more layers
Crafty Creations - Four (four die-cut flowers)
Top Tip Tuesday - BINGO board (diagonal line of ribbon/twine, sentiment, sparkle (Stickles glitter glue)
Brown Sugar Challenge - Animals
Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything goes
Simply Create Too - Anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge - Animals or birds
Crazy 4 Challenge - Card with the word "happy" on it

Delicious Doodles Challenge - July 2015 - Magic and Myth

 Today sees the start of the second challenge over at the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog.  Thank you to all those that entered the first challenge and the Blog Hop.  

As mentioned last month, Teri's images can now be found in the Delicious Doodles Etsy Shop.

The challenge for July is "myth and magic".

For my card I have used the Delicious Doodles image called "Dragon Celtic Frame" as I thought that this image would be perfect for some of those difficult to make male cards and added a sentiment before printing.  I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers and coloured the background with various chalks.

The backing papers are all from my stash.  I have stamped around the edges with a Crafter's Companion Textures splodge stamp and Tim Holtz's Rusty Hinge distress ink and then put them through my Crafter's Companion Textures Hessian folder for some texture.  I have highlighted the texture with my Metallic Gold Pan pastel.

I have finished the card off quite simply with being a card for a male and added some ribbon, button and some pearl drops.

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes
Glitter n Sparkle - Sentimental
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with an optional twist to use a pearl and/or rose
Craft Your Passion - Always anything goes
Incy Wincy - Colour inspiration
The Pink Elephant - Anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
Crafting by Designs - Anything goes
Creative Inspirations - Anything goes
Simon Says Challenge - We're going dotty
Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes
The Paper Shelter - For the boys
Fab n Funky - Birthdays
Create and Inspire - Anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Use a stamp/digi anywhere on your project
Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper July Challenge - Anything goes
Card Mania - Anything goes