Sneak Peak Birthday Sheep and Chicken

Hi all, just a quick post as I have another to do which should have been done yesterday, but time got away on me. The two images on release this week (tomorrow) are Birthday Sheep and Birthday Chicken, so I decided to have the chicken coming out of the box, 'birthday surprise', I coloured them using copics. Next week will be my last week as a Doodle Palace Princess.

Here is a close up, just gone over a little with the red lol! But this is really small lol!

Please visit the other Doodle Palace Princesses tomorrow to see their wonderful creations.


Our challenge this week is create a birthday card using the colours of your flag, so please come and join us if you can.


Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

Doodle Palace sneak peak Birthday Cow

Hi all, the latest new release at Doodle Palace is 'Birthday Cow' and 'Marshmallows and Hotdogs', I have to show you 'Birthday Cow' and thought they would be perfect on party straws to take away as gifts (one of my other addictions is Tupperware and the pink straws are Whistling Straws I bought a while back, they are fantastic and they go through the dishwasher!) So we have a pink, blue and of course a Purple decorated straw! The sparkly purple straw is a normal straw, Rosanna said we needed one on a ordinary straw too!

These cuties are coloured using my copics available from Sammi at Mad for Markers.

Now we made a Milkshake (seemed only appropriate), does it look a little purple lol! Can't say how fast I had to take this photo as R & E were eager to drink!! He He!!

Our challenge this week is to 3d your image, (layering or popping it up), so if you come and join us over at the palace, there are always two winners who get to choose two digital images from the Doodle Palace Store. Please come visit the palace tomorrow to see what the other Doodle Palace Princesses have created.

Could only find one one Challenge out of the challenges I normally try to enter and that is

By The Cute and Girly Challenge - Celebrations

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Sneak Peak Summertime Treats

Hi all, this week I have used 'Summertime Treats' and decided to make a Party Invitation, felt like some bright colours so used Orange as my base. Coloured this cutie using my copics, just loving these new markers, which you can now buy here in Australia from Sammi at Mad for Markers.

Challenges


Doodle Palace Challenge #37 - Annmaree's Sketch
Pile it On Challenge - Cute and Cuddly

Dare U to Digi - Anything Goes

The Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #1 - Stripes
Lexi's Creations Challenge 14 - Animals

Thought I would show you my beautiful Mother's Day card Rosanna (she has her own blog now, When my Jobs are Done) made for me using the same sketch and my NEW butterfly punch again, its gotta be my turn next lol! I think she has done a fantastic job of the colouring.

Thank you for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

Sneak Peek at Doodle Palace and this weeks Challenge

Hi all, this weeks image is 'Special Delivery' which will be available to buy tomorrow over at Doodle Palace, seeing as I played with Pink at the weekend, thought it was about time to create a blue card. I have flipped the sketch, coloured this cute image with my copics which are available from Mad for Markers here in Australia and Sammi is now shipping to New Zealand. I have used Shimmerz Blingz - Pixie Dust and painted the butterflies and light blue background just to add a little sparkle, then I remembered some buttons I had in my stash and just had to use them, charms, brads, ribbon from my stash.

Please pop over to Doodle Palace to see the other Princesses wonderful creations and take part in our 'Get Well' challenge, there is a two prizes of two digi's each plus one winner can be GDT and choose a challenge.

Challenges

The Corrosive Challenge #61 - Add a Charm
Simon Says Challenge - Buttons, Bows and Bling (hopefully Pixie Dust is enough bling)
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #40 - One of my Favourates (copics and Punch)
The Creative Crew Challenge #49 - April showers brings May flowers (when posted they are not too clear they are in the green bushes)
A spoon full of Sugar Challenge #101 - 3D
Cupcake Craft Challenge #88 - Don't be Square
Sophistic Cat Challenge #30 - A card for a child

Thank you for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

PLEASE READ IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN WHO CRAFT

I have just set my daughter up with a blog and she is keen to find other young crafters and challenges, if any of you have children with blogs could you please pay her a visit and let her know you are about, many thanks. When my jobs are done

The Royal Doodle Palace Express Train to Fun Town

Hi all, I am back again with this weeks latest Digital Image from Doodle Palace, Animal Train, also released this week is Chibi Girl Strawberry. As you can imagine this is quite a large card but you could easily be made smaller that is what I so love about Digital Images!! The Teddy Train is purple took loads of pictures inside and out and still looks blue:(

A Close up of Teddy Engine

Elephant and Lion
Hippo and Giraffe

Materials used are SU, I tried to create a cloud effect sponging, Rosanna says the clouds were too big and I think she could be right lol! Used my first bought and one of my fav SU sets Lovely as a Tree and track roller, Special effects on wheels, light, teeth, eyes and noses.

Please pop over to Doodle Palace tomorrow and see what the other wonderful creations by the other Doodle Princesses.

Challenges

Doodle Palace - Use Black

Pollycraft Monday Challenge #38 - Anything Goes they are celebrating their new DT and going weekly on their challenge

Many thanks for visiting, hope you have all had a great Easter, we managed to get out walking in the Lerderberg State Forest, fantastic day, happy crafting, take careX:)

Sneak Peak for Doodle Palace - 'Painting Eggs'

Hi all, very quick post as should be on my way out the door, totally got my days mixed up seem to have lost a day, thats what having the children off school does to you LOL! Couldn't get a good photo last night. Anyway today I would like to introduce to you 'Painting Eggs' this cute image is available from the Doodle Palace, how cute is this reminded me when we used to hard boil eggs with the children then Easter Weekend we used to go the Hoad Monument and there used to be loads of people letting the eggs roll down the hill trying to see whose would get to the bottom without being to bashed up, great fun!

Created two cards one each for Rosanna and Morgan, couldn't resist trying to colour a purple bunny, not sure if I got it right! I followed our sketch challenge from last week (which I missed lol). But this week our challenge is to have the colour black on your creation.

Originally I coloured in some eggs to use at the top and then thought it would be more fun to have proper chocolate!
Hope to be back tonight to catch up on the Inky Girls Blog Hop and see who got through to the first round in The Greeting Farm Contest.

Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

SNEAK PEAK at the Doodle Palace

Hi all, hopefully this works as I have scheduled as I am working, this is one of the cute images available this week at the Doodle Palace called Teddy with Flowers, made this for my MIL, but didn't have a Happy Mothers Day sentiment small enough so used this one from Bizzy Becs (see side bar) The nesties shape is from Emmas nesties, had a little play on Monday.

Our Challenge at the Doodle Palace this week is weaving, please come over and see what the other Doodle Princesses have to show tomorrow.

Sorry short and sweet, but my bed is calling lol!

Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

SNEAK PEAK Doodle Palace

Hi all, another week yet again has gone by cannot believe the children are on holiday in 2.5 weeks where does the time go!! Today I only managed to show you one of Doodle Palace images Teddy Bear on a Trike, (how cute is he) going to send this to DH's nephew's son! Who will be two soon, tried to fit a little number plate on the front of the trike but my SU punch didn't go small enough and my skills at cutting circles is limited lol!

Please visit the other gorgeous Doodle Palace Princesses on Wednesday to see their wonderful creations.

Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

SNEAK PEAK Doodle Palace

Hi all, it's Tuesday again and time for a peak at this weeks Digital Image from Doodle Palace, first we have Bear, Rabbit and Chicks, arent they just adorable, just had to have purple bear lol, you know how I struggle photographing purple hence not the best of pics, coloured using my touchmarkers and all dsp and card SU.

Secondly 'Where the Easter Bunny Lives' another cute bunny, materials as above. Couldn't resist the sentiment lol.

Please go check our my DT Doodle Princesses tommorow to see what wonderful creations they have come up with.

Not had much time for crafting, been getting frustrated, Rosanna wants to get more involved in challenges etc so have been setting up a blog for her, which has caused allsorts of problems with mine, you know me not being to computer literate. Only just got through most of the changes to mine (with hubbies help, when I could get it) and still not finished. Hopefully her first post will be soon, we ran out of time tonight, Morgan had his teacher/parent meeting and we decided to have a drive around Bacchus Marsh then had a lovely evening tea so been very spoilt tonight as meeting was everything we needed to hear. Lets hope it stays like that!!

Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

Doodle Palace Sketch Challenge + Freebies

Hi all, no card yet! Just to let you know that we have a sketch challenge this week and everyone entering gets to choose a free digi image of their choice and also Doodle Palace are giving away the Easter Cross as freebie just because they are feeling generous, check out the DT's wonderful creations using this versatile digi image.

Challenge closes next Monday

They are also sponsoring Etsy Inspired where you can win FIVE digi's images of your choice.

Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

Sneak Peak Doodle Palace

Hi all, time for another realise of digi images from Doodle Palace, the first image I have used is The Easter Cross, I had this idea to make a bookmark, so I cut around the shape after colouring, not telling you how many lilies or crosses I coloured, just not enough shades in my touchmarkers, so out came my watercolouring pencils and blender pen for the cross, placed onto Metallique Sculptured Paper - crazed, then onto Very Vanilla (SU), Sentiment (SU), laminated then added some lovely ribbon.

The lilies turned out much better using watercolours, distressed the edges, sponged and placed on SU dsp and Tangerine Orange.

Now this is the start of a new family of images starting with Chibi Kid, so thought great idea to turn them into Easter parcels, that the Easter Bunny can hide, so below are three samples,

Sorry photos are not the best doesn't work in the sun, out the sun or in the house!! Must get a fancy box. I reversed the image on this chibi and placed her on a pouch parcel, (she did have a friend) my daughter wanted to colour her and unfortunately ended up with black streaks, and I didn't have time to print another off. So please pop over to Doodle Palace and check out the other DT's work (Wednesday) and find out what our new challenge is.

Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

SECOND SNEAK PEAK - Lovey Dovey Bears - Doodle Palace

Hi all, this is the second new release from Doodle Palace called Lovey Dovey Bears and I just love them, have been in the mood for using bright colours and this is what I same up with, not sure if I have got it right but I like it. I used my CM Heart Cutting System for the hearts, then distressed all edges which was a shame as I got them cut very neat this time but wanted to distress. Used SU In Color cardstock and ribbon, think the ribbon was a little wide for such a small bow. Used special effects on the rose, shoe buckles, flowers on dress, eyes and nose. Now you may ask a blue rose, have created this for some special friends overseas who will be celebrating their 45th Wedding Anniversay in April which is Amethyst, which is blue LOL. Also sponging and stamping as you can see.

Just realised I have not got the bottom of the card in, it has a flat edge which is also distressed.

The Challenge at Doodle Palace this week is to create a card using scoring, there are links to various tutorials.

Challenges

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #37 - Digi Colouring
The Pink Elephant #54 - Use Ribbon
Lots to Do Week 6 - Love is in the Air
Simon Says Challenge - What's Love got to do with it?
Tellens Place #5 - Use at Least 5 Hearts
The Cute Daisy May Challenge - Bright and Cheerful
Cupcake Craft Challenge #78 - Keep it Simple
Cute Card Thursday #99 - In the name of Love

Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

FIRST SNEAK PEAK Chester Bunny for Doodle Palace

Hi all, this a new release called Chester Bunny for Doodle Palace, isn't he just so cute!!! Have coloured using my touchmarkers, used my new sparkly fluff for the tail Champagne Glitz stickles (from Susana's Store, link in my sidebar), also special effects for the eyes, nose and teeth.

I have used kitchen roll, so been wanting to use this on a project, kept some in my craft drawer, also got some gorgeous purple patterned kitchen roll and toilet roll, saving for another project. This fits in with the challenge to use a household item. Not the easiest of items to stitch!!! SU cardstock and dsp, punched flowers with kindyglitz and rhinestones.
Found the idea for this Easter Goodie Holder over on Alison's blog, check this girl out she has some wonderful projects to try out.


Finally butterflies with kindyglitz and pearl embellishments.
This is a piece of the kitchen roll, how pretty is that!

The Challenge at Doodle Palace this week is create a card using score lines, there are plenty of tutorials. Thought this would count too, as you needed score lines to create it.

Challenges

Saturday Spotlight #18 - Around the House
The Corrosive Challenge #51 - Sew it Up
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 37 - Digi colouring
Pile it On #6 - Let us See Flowers
The Pink Elephant #54 - Use Ribbon
Incy Wincy Challenge - Punch it Out
The Cute Daisy May Challenge - Bright and Cheerful
Sophisticats #22 - Stitching
Creatalicious #7 - Create a little something
A Spoon Full of Sugar #91 - Spring is in the Air

Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

SNEAK PEAK - Doodle Palace

Hi all, this is a sneak peak of one of the new release Digital images at Doodle Palace, male cards are definately not easy for me, but thought I would challenge myself!

I used grit 60 sandpaper for the sand effect, SU cardstock for everything else, the sentiment is sponged with only orange and yellow yoyo (sun effect), didn't matter how many pics I took, still looks brown. This card has been made for a friend who has just got the all clear, so definately cause for celebrating. Now hubby tells me I have a freshwater fishing rod for sea water (not that he has done much fishing), just think he likes to tease LOL!! Used kindyglitz along the edge of the sandpaper and special effects on boots, catch and rod.

Doodle Palace have a new challenge - lots of layers, so please come and join us if you can.

Challenges

Rosie D #64 - Just for Men
ABC 'N' - New (new digi image and sandpaper)

Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

My First card as a DT for Doodle Palace

Hi all, here is my first card as a Doodle Palace Princess, I decided to choose the Toad image, did colour him darker originally but wasn't too keen so I coloured him lighter and Rosanna said looks more like a frog, anyway I think he is kinda cute, he will be available to purchase at Digital Doodle, please check out Dee and Robin's, wonder digitals images starting from only 99 cents.

I used touchmarkers to colour him and special effects to highlight parts of him also used on the waves along the bottom. The beautiful lily was a stencil we bought many years ago to decorate our bathroom and changed our minds, at least it has been used now, the lily is sponged using SU inks, also sponged around the edge. Please check out the other talented Princesses.

Couldn't decide which was best

Challenges

Little Red Wagon #13 - Hearts

Cute Card Thursday 97- Blooming Gorgeous

Pile It On #4 - No more winter colours

The Corrosive Challenge Blog #49 - All you need is Love

Paper Popsicles - Love or Valentine

Easy Craft Projects Challenge #5 - Valentine for a man

Belli Challenge #83- Hearts

The Cute and Girly - Love

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Love Actually

Creative Card Crew #44 - Valentine

Digital Palace - New

Thanks for looking, happy crafting, take careX:)

NEWSFLASH !!!! A DOODLE PALACE PRINCESS!!!!

Hi all, oh I am soooooooo excited, yes I have been skipping again much to Morgan's amusement, hubby is just rolling his head LOL! I have been asked to be a member of the New Design Team at Doodle Palace, so I am now a Doodle Palace Princess (think I could fit Purple in there LOL, quite like the sound of Doodle Palace Purple Princess) Oh I have so been bursting to tell you all since Dee and Robin (designers of these gorgeous doodles) emailed me last Monday, yes last Monday had to keep mum for just over a week, didn't think I was going to make it LOL! Couldn't believe my eyes, thought it was a 'no job' still can't believe it GDT one week, then becoming a Princess the next, just so loving this wonderful crafting/blogging journey, you are all amazing wonderful ladies and so love spending this time in Cyber world with you all. I have listed all the new DT in my side bar, we will be starting on Wednesday with our first projects, I hope to give you a sneak peak soon, if hubby doesn't work me too hard LOL! Been very busy at work (only had time for my DT card) but, fantastic all our boxes tested to 10.5 bar with no leaks, fantastic news too! Got to be worth some new crafting supplies, some copics, would like to try distress inks too, oh the list is endless as I am sure many of yours are too LOL!

Also busy getting Rosanna and Morgan ready for their new school, only remembered (Saturday) hadn't taken their blazer sleeves up and thought I was so organised LOL! Anyway at time of writing they have had a wonderful day at school! Although Morgan wasn't too impressed with getting homework first day back.

Was going to try and schedule this for first thing in this morning but forgot to change the time when I first started posting and then it wouldn't copy and paste into another post, do any of you bloggers know what I am doing wrong or is this how it is? Much appreciated if anyone can help.

As only posted Tuesday at 9.00am buts says Monday night!!!!

Thanks for looking, happy crafting and take careX:) Yours extremely excited Princess Annette LOL (goes to show you are never too old to be a princess, unless you listen to the children) So sorry for waffle LOL promise to improve. Off to work now.

This is a link to the some of my Doodle Palace Creations

Guest Designer Challenge at Doodle Palace

Hi all, Oh boy can't tell you how excited I am, here is what I created for my Guest Designer Post at Doodle Palace this week. This is my First Easel Card placed on top of my first four drawer box, also new for me Yes my FIRST GT position!! Oh perhaps I mentioned that LOL! So I thought NEW was appropriate for the challenge, you can also use a NEW technique, use something NEW or NEW born baby theme, entirely up to you, I have used the USS Ark Digi Image created by Dee, it is coloured using my touchmarkers/copics, I paper toled the duck, giraffe and sheep, not too clear in the photo but the heart dsp is behind the giraffe dsp, so there is a row of hearts all round.

I have stitched around the edges, embellishments, flowers, flower brads are from my stash. The rhinestone brads and ribbon are Stampin Up. I found a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers by Beate Johns, then discovered this talented lady Kirsten for the four drawer box, not to blow my own trumpet but fairly pleased with how this turned out, not easy when not using purple LOL! Just lately everything has been Pink. Our friends daughter is expecting a baby any day now, so hopefully I have guessed right or I shall be back to making a blue card LOL.

Tried to get a side view

Challenges
Doodle Palace - New
Crafty Creation Challenges #51 - Valentines or Love
Crazy 4 Challenges #21 - Pretty in Pink
Allsorts #36 - Hearts and Flowers
Stamp with Fun #43 - Baby
Spoon Full of Sugar #88 - Freestyle
Stampin Sisters in Christ #23 - A touch of Green
Pile it on #3 - Warm Wishes
The Cute and Girly Challenge - New (found this Mon night when blogging)
Pixie Dust Studio Pixie Challenge #5 - Glitter and Sparkle

Post date is actually Wednesday 27th, actually scheduled for Tuesday (forgetting the time difference) luckily I hadn't published it but couldn't change the date, too excited LOL!

Thanks for looking, happy crafting, take careX:)

P.S. Hope you get time to come and play, would be great to see you there.

Second Easel Card - Baby Boy

Hi all, tried to schedule this post, but couldn't figure out how (dim wit me) so will try another time as I was just playing. I will be showing a couple around our coaster campervan tonight so(keep your fingers crossed we sell). Our neighbours had a little boy yesterday and they have named him Zac, so whipped this up today, now for those that follow will think where was the first easel card, can't show you yet, but had so much fun had to make another, could not believe how easy they are to do. The image is from Doodle Palace, just adorable. I have used my favourate colouring medium Touch Markers and my only two copics (all say or poor thing) LOL! There is special effects on the tyres, elephants trunk, the birdy and eyes, also on some of the polka dots, just not too clear.

Distressed and sponged around the image, brads in the corners. All the dsp and ribbon were in my scrap box, sentiment from my stash.

Cardstock Stampin Up Baja Breeze.

Side view, some of the special effects shows a little, just noticed top corner, note to self to place sticky tape nearer the edge LOL!

Challenges

Tellens Place #2 - Sketch to the right

Incy Wincy Designs #26 - Colour me Wonderful - Use your favourate Colouring Medium

The Corrosive Challenge #47 - Let's go Digi

Stampin Sisters in Christ #22 - Create a card or project focused on the 'Home'

Pile it On #2 - Tie it around (use at least 3 ribbons)

Lots to Do #2 - Travel/Transport

Little Red Wagon #11 - Polka Dots

Idli Co's Creative Challenge #7 - Scrap and Metal

A Spoon full of Sugar #87 - Lots of Layering

Thanks for looking, happy crafting, take careX:)

A Toucan of My Love

Hi all, just look at this Toucan isn't he just cheeky looking, I got this as one of my prizes from Doodle Palace, pop over and see what fantastic doodles Dee and Robin have in their store, when I saw him, just had to have him, hubby loves Toucans. The challenge was pet themed, flowers, glitter, hearts and rhinestones for a Valentine, just realised when loading pictures no glitter, sorry! I have taken the pet theme to mean animal/bird, so hope thats o.k. Not to sure on my colouring of the Toucan not an easy task.

Here's a close up I have used special effects on his eye and upper beak, didn't have too many heart and flower rhinestones so used what I had and then made up with the other flowers (don't what they are called, just in my stash, I used 3d kindyglitz for the centre of the flowers and managed to smudge one! Don't think hubby will notice. Used green fluffy ribbon for the handle and threaded red hearts on and made the sentiment. Then filled with hubbies fav treat Raffaello (he calls them coconut jobbies) bit like ferrero rochers but, white chocolate and coconut. Don't know what to call the goodie holder just made it up by wrapping dsp around a square base. Tried to create a rainforest background and the flowers are imitation orchids LOL!

Challenges

Doodle Palace - Pet valentine project, flowers, glitter, hearts and rhinestones

SG2 Challenge - Anything but a Card with a twist for Valentine

This is also another entry for Tuesday Taggers - Tag it with Birds

Thanks for looking, happy crafting, take careX:)