Creepin' It Real

 Creepin’ It Real

Hi and welcome back. This is my 2nd DT Project for Polkadoodles and the challenge set was Halloween Shapes, where we have to make a halloween shaped card.

I chose a pumpkin, mainly because there is a preset design in Brother Scan and Cut of a pumpkin. Easy right?

Don't have an electronic cutting machine? Don't worry, I've got you covered.

Access a pre designed template to print and cut via PDF (free to use).

I cut 3 white 300gsm pumpkin shapes, and used 2 of them by scoring one at roughly half inch then sticking together with another shape to create my card base.

I cut another pumpkin at the same size, but in black card stock.

The Distress Oxide colours I used to ink blend the 3rd pumpkin are:-

Fossilized Amber

Lumberjack Plaid

Wild Honey

Ripe Persimmon

Using Canva, I uploaded the wheelbarrow gnome, Frank and Gloria png. files and arranged them so they're masked and standing in a line. I was able to resize them to fit my card that would fit a 6x6 inch envelope.

I coloured the images using Spectrum Noir Triblend and brush Triblends in the following colours:-

Alpine Green Blend AG 1-3-5

Hydrangea Blend NB 1-2-3

Ice Grey Blend IG 2-7-10

Blue Turquoise Blend BT 2-5-9

Fair Skin Blend FS 6-7-8

Earth Brown Blend EB 1-4-7

Orange Blend OR 1-2-3

Dark Red Blend DR 1-4-7

The 'Creepin It Real' sentiment was coloured with orange blend and I used a GellyRoll no. 10 and a black glaze pen for added highlight and definition then matted on the same green card stock as the pumpkin top.

A really fun project that I hope you’ll try.

Take care of each other 

xx Jane xx

The Brick on sale

Prepare for a heavy landing on your doorstep!!

This isn't he most interesting picture I've ever posted, but believe me, the quality is like nothing else.

For my A4 card stock needs, I use nothing else.

"The Brick" as it is lovingly called, is 250 sheets of 250gsm perfection for only £15 and for a limited time only.

I use it for card bases, as well as ink blending, water colouring, alcohol marker colouring, and more.

Follow the highlighted link or click the link below.

Take care of each other

xx Jane xx

 

Halloween Incoming!!

I absolutely adore these gothic images from Creative Crafting World and I think the kit is perfect for Halloween and any occasion. Perfect for an anniversary or birthday close to Halloween season.

And, because this is a paper kit, you can use anything you like to fancy up your projects. I used some CCW designs die sets and made this 8x8 card, a little touch of paper piecing with some gold mirror card to make those hearts pop!!

You can keep the monotone design or add colours to give your projects the WOW factor.

Check out the paper kit here 

NB. This is a downloadable kit, to print off yourself, so I highly recommend CCW's Fabriano paper for a high quality print. It's 160 GSM and perfect for your paper pad quality prints.

And because you can save this to a USB or your computer hard drive, means that you can print off and use as many time as you wish.

For this card I used red and black card stock for mats and layers.

I decoupaged the boy and girl images too, this gives added dimension to your projects, the images are so easy to fussy cut.

Grabbing some Glossy Accents, and adding it to those gothic kids lovely big eyes adds more interest that's tactile and dimensional.

Have a fantastic day. Love and hugs to you all.

Be kind to each other.

xx Jane xx

 

Polkadoodles Wintertime 6x6 Paper Pad

 

A Gnome Holiday by CreativeCraftingWorld

ScaryGloria

Hi there and thanks for taking a peek today.

I have my first DT projects for you and they're spooktacular... let me know if the puns are a little dated and annoying lol. This gorgeous and sassy lass has eyelashes to die for and I need them in my life. This is ScaryGloria and I love her. She is part of the Monsters Download collection and there are a whole host of different digi's that complement her. I also used Trick or Treat printable papers for the background. I printed her on 300gsm watercolour cardstock, then I used dye inks to watercolour her. The ink pads in particular are Catherine Pooler inks in the following colours:

Flirty Fuschia, Something Borrowed, Aquatini, Pixie Dust, Buttercream, Spiced.

Let's Be Frank ;)

 

So, this is my first DT project for Polkadoodles designs and I couldn’t be happier to be part of the team. This first card I used my Scan and Cut to cut out 3 scallop circles that measure 5.8” in diameter each, I used some white heavy pearlescent card, you can use what you wish. If you don’t have an electronic cutting machine, just die cut 3 circles. I then cut another two more scallop circles in black card stock at 5.7” to give a tiny but noticeable border around the outside. I mat the two black circles onto two of the pearlescent circles. Next I cut two 5” plain circles from patterned papers and adhered to the two black circles. I have one pearlescent scallop circle left and this I scored at ¾” and 2.5” then burnished a mountain and a valley fold. To create the easel, you need to match up the scallops then valley fold the centre score line. Pay particular attention to where you put your adhesive, because, one false move, and your card won’t be affective. Top tip!! Make sure your score lines are burnished really well, so that your card stands up nicely. Top tip!! If you’re using directional patterned paper, pay attention to how your card looks standing up and finished. I used – digi stamps and coloured using my Spectrum Noir markers. I have the Tri-blends and the brush Tri-blends and used a mixture of the two. The colours I used are as follows: Purple blend – PL, PL3, PL2 Alpine green blend – AG5, AG3, AG1 Orange blend – OR3, OR2, OR1 Brown grey blend – BG9, BG6, BG2 Ice grey blend – IG10, IG7, IG2 Dark red blend – DR7, DR4, DR1 Earth brown blend – EB7, EB4, EB1 Fair skin blend – FS8, FS7, FS6 I also used a touch of coloured pencil for more definition, and Gelly Roll no.10 for highlights. I used the ‘EEK’ sentiment and the ‘Pump Up Your Pumpkins’ sentiment mat on pink, purple and black card stock with thin borders to help those sentiments to pop off the card. I fussy cut the cauldron, ghost, bat and – for added decoration. Thanks for reading and I hope you give this one a try and share with us. Be kind to each other… Jane xoxo