Delicious Doodles - Music to sooth the soul

Here we go again, Happy as can be, All good friends, And Jolly good company!  Did you like my little song?  I hope so as we want you to base your project on a song over at Delicious Doodles this time.  

The song I chose was Voodoo Woman by Bobby Goldsboro (1967 - when I was born!).  OK, I have to admit that the image came before the song for me!  Just love Teri's Voodoo Woman so had to find a song to go with it and picked this one!  Its quite funny actually, well worth a listen.

I decided to blitz some of my scraps - I had a peek through some magazines and based this (very loosely) on a design there.

Isnt she gorgeous?  Last time I used her I gave her dark hair, but thought I would go for errrrr...yeah, whatever colour that is!  

And the inside of the card for the sentiment.  

Please pop over and see the rest of the DT's work - some of them are incredible!....and the rest are just brilliant!  lol

And, a little sad news (well for me anyway!) I am stepping down from the DD design team.  I have loved my time with the gals, but other things have taken over my life a little, so something has to give!  Best of luck to all the DT - I will be stalking! x

Rx

Delicious Doodles - Pink to make the Boys Wink!

 Over at Delicious Doodles we are getting PINK!!!  Mwah ha ha!  I love PINK!  I thought this would be a cool challenge to show Teri's images dont have to be all dark and mysterious - they can be pink..and mysterious!!! 

I thought I would make a tag, for a change...in fact, I suspect this is my first tag that I have made!  I inked the background of the tag (which was cut from a Lettering Delights files on my ecraft) and then used frame, corners and border cut on the ecraft. 

Here is a close up of that fabby image!  I love the figure on this gal!  

Why not pop over and see what the other girls have done on the DT?  Or better still, why not join in the challenge and make something pink!

Rx

Delicious Doodles - All Loved Up

Wow, these challenges come round quickly sometimes!  We are all feeling the LURVE over at Delicious Doodles!  I decided to have a play around with printing on coloured paper and thought these images would go beautifully together.

I meant to do some pricking on the edge of the heart - but then forgot!  DOH!  N'mind, I dont think anyone will notice!

Short and sweet from me today!  Why not pop over the the other girls at Delicious Doodles - or even join in the challenge!

Rx

Delicious Doodles - Winter Wonderland

Ooooo I did find this challenge a....ermmm challenge!  Think my mojo ran away on me!  So - for this challenge we would like you to show us a winter birthday card!  We want to see wintery colours on it.  Yep, sounds so easy....so why did I find it so hard?! 

The image is called Crofter's cottage and I think its just gorgeous left as plain as possible - so I just added a little blue in the sky and a little green here and there - used chalks for the really soft look.  The frame was cut out using my ecraft.

Please do pop over and look at the other DT work!  Link is on the left hand side of this post!

Rx

Delicious Doodles - Something NEW!

I am normally quite adequate at crafty things - I can cobble something together and have it look halfways ok anyway.  I have done all sorts of crafts and love finding new things to do.  However, there is one thing I have never really got to grips with.....crochet!  

About a year ago we had the craze for crochet flowers on cards....I can do that I thought....yeah, right, I couldnt!  Years ago, I crocheted a dog blanket, but never mastered granny squares - just straight forward crochet.  

I saw this challenge and decided I would challenge myself to crochet a flower for it....I spent 3 evenings learning how to do it....I spent two of those evenings just doing straight crochet (so I could get the feel for how to hold the yarn and move the hook) and then I made a flower!  No mess, no fuss - just did it!  And it is here on this card!  Yes, it is tiny!  

 To keep going with the same theme, I picked Teri's new image too - I just loved it as soon as I saw it, but just couldnt do the gothic thing to it so I went pink and purple - YAY!

 A little close up of her!

Thanks for popping by today!

Rx

Delicious Doodles - Christmas Embellishments

OOOO  - a nightmare challenge for me this one!  I am not good at all at sticking "things" on!  Hey ho, I had a go -and isnt that the main thing about challenges...accepting the challenge!

Ok thats it folks!  I need to go and lie down in a dark room now!

Go on, treat yourselves, go and see the "proper stuff" over at Delicious Doodles!!!  

Rx

Delicious Doodles - Hairy Legs

Teri is a really good DT boss, cos she asks for input from everyone - so we all get to contribute ideas for challenges etc.  

Well, the list was in the sidebar and I added a suggestion or two - and then I looked down at my legs and .....ermmm, yeah...they were HAIRY!  The challenge was born!  My legs are now perfectly smooth I hasten to add!  

So, we decided to use the title for the challenge and interpret it as anything with Hairy Legs - so that could be animals, spiders, MEN!

I chose this image, which I have printed off before but never used - I loved it the first time I saw it!

The flourish was yet another goody from our Crafty Weekend bag - did I mention we got lots?  AND, I made the glittery background paper using a glitter spray I already had and then adding a new one that I got....in the goody bag!  

I took another shot to try and show the glittery paper!

Well, why not pop over and join in our Hairy Legs challenge?  

Rx

Delicious Doodles - Remembrance - bad taste post alert!

This post features a card of dubious (at best) taste - please don't view if you are sensitive!  

Ok, here is the tale....I suggested this challenge for Delicious Doodles, I thought it was appropriate because it is Remembrance Day today in the UK. 

Then I got a really bad taste idea in my head, it made me chuckle, but it was bad taste so I dumped it to one side.  

I then checked out the other DT member's wonderful creations and thought that I couldnt possibly add another poppy to the mix - so I went to the bad taste option again!  It still made me chuckle!  So, I thought I would make it - but not onto an ACTUAL card, just onto a blank front - I mean, there is no way I would send this to anyone, but (and sorry for this) it still makes me chuckle!

So here it is.....

....and let us never speak of it again!

Now, pop on over to Delicious Doodles and go look at all the really fabby stuff over there!

Rx

Delicious Doodles - Halloween, but no orange!

I loved this challenge.  I have been playing around with inks and things, so this was the perfect opportunity to have a go at some inky backgrounds.  I sprayed over with shimmer mist when I had done the background, you cant see it very well, hence me explaining it!

I then had a go at watercolouring using the same inks I had used for the background - lots of fun!  Note to self: use watercolour paper next time! 

The swirls were cut on my ecraft - from the fundamentals card - and then sprayed with shimmer.

So - in case you didnt notice the post heading - our challenge over at Delicious Doodles (link in the side bar) is to make a Halloween card without using the colour orange!  Cool!  

Well, if you have the time - just pop on over and see the other team members - they are fabby x

Rx

Delicious Doodles - Fresh Start!

Ooooo - its been lovely having the summer off!  Teri is fabby and never puts any pressure on us to keep up with the challenges, but it has been nice to not have any to do over the summer... until about a week ago, then I got jittery because I didnt have a challenge to ... errrr...challenge me!

To celebrate our return, the first challenge is "Fresh Start" - we want to see you using new stuff!  

I am not heavily into all the darkness and gothic stuff, but there are some of Teri's "dark" images that I just love as soon as I see them - and this was one of them.....

Not only is the image new to me, but I am still really new at the dark and gothic look!  I have to say, its quite difficult to see the card properly in the pic below - not sure how I managed to take quite such a bad picture!

OK - now its your turn - lets see some of your new stuff for our FRESH START challenge over at Delicious Doodles!

Rx

Back from Hols! AND a DT CALL!

Have just had the most lovely week away - in Wales!  AND, I got sunburn - not what you would expect from that part of the country.

Just thought I would pop on and remind people that Delicious Doodles have a DT call on at the moment!  Just click on the link in my sidebar to go to the challenges blog.

One gorgeous view - from the top of Mount Snowdon!

Thanks for popping by today - now, just need to deal with all the emails at work/urgent stuff and then can get back to my crafty fun!

Rx

DT Call!

Delicious Doodles

DT CALL

We are seeking FOUR new members to join our wee gang here at Delicious Doodles.

Do you love Delicious Doodles images?

Are you interested in joining our Team?

Are you confident using Digital Images?

Do you have an active blog?

Can you contribute to our Challenge Blog every other week with a project (not necessarily a card) and take turns in hosting a Challenge?

If the answer to all these questions is a 'YES' then apply now!!

All you have to do to apply for the DT posts, is make a new project reflecting your preferred style and personality, and post about it on your blog. Then add your post link to our Blue Froggy on the Challenge Blog for us to come visit you, couldn't be simpler, huh? LOL

(If you want to combine it with challenges at the same time, that's fine by us)

What do you get out of it?

You get to play with any Delicious Doodles image you want!

You also get to play with new images before they are released into the store!!

You get to be part of a lovely easy-going Team, no stress or pressure allowed!!

This DT Call will be open through our summer break, and will end on Friday 19th August at noon UK time,

so be sure to get your application in before then folks!

Successful applicants will be informed as soon as possible after that so we can get you on board and ready for the new challenges in September.

What are you waiting for folks! Off you go, get creative!

Good luck to all of you!

Teri and the girls on the DD Team

xxxx

Delicious Doodles - Flourish and Bling!

Whew - seems to have been a long time since I got a really lovely package in the post!  Teri - da boss - sent us a lovely card each (and you know how much you appreciate a beautiful hand-made card when you make them yourselves!) with two packs of goodies. 

We were very generously sponsored by Flourish with a Bling for this challenge over at Delicious Doodles.  AND they let us have some flourishes and bling!  

I received the most gorgeous green leaf flourish - its really stunning - and I thought  I was going to use that - absolutely convinced I was...but then I ended up using the black set of gems instead!  S'funny how that happens isnt it?

SO - you may have guessed this already - our challenge this week is to use a flourish and also lots of bling!

AND - this is what the winner will win!

 So - without further ado...here is my lickle box....

No - it isnt floating!  Weird that though!  I used a nestability for the top and bottom - and a basic box.  Embossed the red bits (you cant see it in this pic but honest they are embossed - one of the dotty ones!).  Then I used Delicious Doodles' image of the watering can with flowers.

Oh look - you can see the dottiness in this pic - and also the shimmer on the flowers and bling.  What I really liked about this bling is that you can cut the flourish to get it to look how you want it to!  Originally, the flourish on top was far more complicated, but I just didnt have room to fit it all in - so I just chopped some bits on and then rearranged one of the chopped off bits!  In fact, if you look at the prize package, bottom left (grey ones) the actual flourish on the bottom left of that pack is the one that I used.

Gosh, this has ended up as a long post!  Suffice to say, go and have a nosey at the other dt work, and why not join in the fun yourself?

Thanks for checking me out!
Rx

Cute and Cuddly - Delicious Doodles

Our challenge over at Delicious Doodles this week is cute and cuddly.  I saw this image a while ago and have been waiting to use it, so this seemed the perfect opportunity....

.... at least it seemed the perfect opportunity until Josh piped up...."you do know they've probably just finished ripping a seal apart don't you?".  Then it got better "....and they probably have bits of seal and blood all round their teeth!".  Gotta love these 11 year olds!

Well, lets hope the other DT have tackled this one better than I have!  LMBO!

Rx

Delicious Doodles - lots of texture

Good morning!  The challenge over at Delicious Doodles this week is to use lots of texture.  I had absolutely came to a stop on this one until I saw a new home notelet set that CG had on her site.  She had embossed the box the set was in...so, I left a message to say thanks for the inspiration and happily ran off to errrr nick the idea!  Then I sat down and altered a notebook!!!

I ran it through the big shot with a Stampin Up embossing folder, chalked the raised bits, added glossy accents.  I then looked at my table and spotted the felt butterflies - happy days!  A bit of glitter later and I ended up with this.  Oooo the felt butterflies were a Stampin Up embosslit.  Felt works wonderfully with these (the embossing doesnt show up, but I really just wanted the shape).  I than sat down feeling virtuous that I had done the challenge (been a bit dry for challenges lately) - and noticed I hadnt even included a Delicious Doodles image!  Sorry Teri!!!  Lolx

I would also like to enter this in the following challenges:
Tuesday Throwdown wanted us to make our own embellishments
Flutterby Wednesdays wanted to see butterflies
Truly Scrumptious wanted to see some summer sparkle (it is on there, honest! the centres of the flowers and on the butterflies!)
Charisma Cardz want to see things with wings
Pixie Dust Studios want to see home-made embellies
Fairy Tale Challenges are looking for anything but a card 
Allsorts Challenges also want to see things with wings


Can I just add a little thank you to all the DT members who come round and look at challenge entries - I do this for a couple of teams too and I know it can take absolutely ages - so thanks for your time and your encouraging comments!


Rx

Delicious Doodles - Let the sun shine!

When Teri did this image I really loved it! - and I love it even more now it is coloured! 

The wooden frame is a separate image - so I just shoved the two together so I did some incredibly difficult combining in inkscape and ended up with the pic in a frame!

I then got to thinking how like a picture on a wall it looked - so thats what I did with it!  Well, in card form!  Talk about make do and mend...my son had bought a toy dart gun and the "string" came from that - knew it would come in handy!!!

Oh - and sorry this post was late up today - I usually either schedule them or put them up in the morning before work - but Josh had a Tudor day today and he was the jester ... typecast!  Obviously, this meant a bit of faffing - spraying hair red, facepaints etc.....

Oooo - forgot to say that our theme over at Delicious Doodles is "Let the sun shine", so anything summery!

Thanks for popping by today!

Rx

Delicious Doodles - Fantasy and a little special for a lucky winner

Our challenge this week at Delicious Doodles is to create something with a fantasy theme.  This is ideal for Teri's images as she does such beautiful fairies, dragons etc.  

Here is my card....

And here is what you might win if you win the challenge....

I am sponsoring this challenge, so put together a little selection of bits and bobs - some paper, glittery things, rubber etc.   Then I decided that I would like my followers to get something out of it too....so if the winner of the challenge is also a follower of my blog then I will add a few more bits to the package!  So, if you want to be up for a chance to win this little package, hop on over to Delicious Doodles and join in their challenge today!

Rx

I am also entering this into a few challenges:-
Paper Sundaes wanted us to show our fave hair colours - mine, for fairies etc, is grey - I used promarkers, Cool Grey 1, 2, 3
Kaboodle Doodles want to see embellishments that begin  with B - so I had a butterfly and some faux brads
Claudia and company want to see butterflies on their challenge

Delicious Doodles meets Kenny K!

How good does life get???  Two faves of mine....Kenny K is sponsoring Delicious Doodles' Challenge this week!  And the challenge is to make a card for a teen.  Kenny K's images are just perfect for teens (and men, men, men!).

While I was away, I got the chance to meet up with Samantha from Penrith Crafts - great gal and we got on so great, chatted like we'd been friends for years!  Samantha has lots of cute beasties too - we nearly came home with 3 chickens and a rabbit...but then I imagined hubby's face and managed to show some restraint!  

Samantha gave me a beautiful Easter card - how sweet was that...so I decided to CASE the card, the result of which is above!  YAY!  Thanks Samantha!  AND, while I was at Penrith Crafts I found the little paper candy thingies that are on the card....oooooo I am loving these!  They are really good value too! 

Enough of the waffle already!  Please take the time to pop over and see what the other girls have done for the challenge - link is in the sidebar!

Rx

Delicious Doodles - All Stitched Up

The minute I saw this image I just had to use it!  I love horses - used to have some of my own...beautiful!  And after a terrible fall, Josh has just got back in the saddle!  I am so proud of him....he took a while, but he has now started riding again.  Some people might remember that the horse he was riding got spooked by a pheasant, he ended up out the side door (no one would have stayed on as the horse jumped 3 ft sideways!) - he got his foot stuck in the stirrup and was dragged face down.  He ended up with two broken toes, a broken bone in his foot and lots of scrapes and bruises.  It was a miracle he wasnt seriously injured!  Wow - that was a bit of a diversion from the card!

This is for our "All stitched up" challenge over at Delicious Doodles.  I decided to do faux stitching - nice and quick and easy!

You can't really see the stitching too well on the first photo - so here it is again, a bit closer!

And a close up on that image!  I just thrill when I see this - its so beautiful and majestic!

Thanks for taking the time to visit today - please pop over to see my teamies' stuff!  And why not join in too!

Rx
PS Blog Hop post below this one!!!

Delicious Doodles - Chocs and a bookmark!

I was so excited to see this challenge....use ribbons!  Hmmmmm, I thought it would challenge me a bit as I dont really use them very often (and only in a very basic way!).  And then my mojo ran away off down the pub!  Nightmare - as you know, its hard enough to get yourself to do basic stuff, let alone try and do something challenging!

We are sponsored this week by Crafty Ribbons - and they very kindly gave us a selection to play with - really lovely designs.  So, thinks me, nice and easy does it, dont scare the mojo, it might just be slinking back to me (from the pub, remember?)....well, the ribbon dragged back the mojo....but it had a filthy hangover!  Hmmmmm - I ended up just doing a bookmark!  BUT it really shows off the ribbon well!

 Ooooooo - look at these little gold bars!........

 Ahhhhh - they are Josh's chocs for his class pressies.  He breaks up for Easter hols tomorrow.  Used Delicious Doodles image and just a bit of jiggery pokery in inkscape, to produce the wrapper - already coloured of course.  It only took about 30 mins to put them together, including all the cutting, unwrapping and rewrapping - of course, took me longer to play with inkscape lol.

Oooo - nearly forgot....little bit about  Crafty Ribbons

We are an online ribbon emporium, a treasure trove of lush drop dead gorgeous ribbons - and a few buttons! Crafty Ribbons has a ribbon for every occassion, colour and width. If you need a little inspiration to use your ribbons and buttons then check out our blog where we offer a Friday FREEBIE, a chance to win some luscious ribbon every week and a project every wednesday.
Come and join in with our Ribbon World!

Thanks for looking - please pop on over to see the ways the others have used their ribbons!  If you win the challenge then you also win a great bag of ribbons too!

Rx