Allsorts Challenge week 72 Travel/holiday

I rose to this challenge because I love the summer and since moving near to the beach I spend a lot of time there in the summer - weather permitting and just adore English Summer Holidays.
I water coloured the background using distress inks and stamped the images and coloured using promarkers.

Polka Doodles Challenge - Hidden Element

WELL I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!
I have come 1st in the Polka Doodles Challenge-week 38. Although I'm not new to crafting I am to entering challenges and having my own blog. What a wonderful way to inspire me, I'm always wondering if my creations are good enough. This has really given me the confidence boost I neeeded. Thanks to all the Doodles.

POLKA DOODLES Hidden Element Challenge week 38

Have'nt blogged for a while I've been so engrossed with Polka Doodles Creative Christmas cd, the time has flown. This card was made using the cd papers and a template from Hot off the Press. Santa appears from his hat by lifting the bobble on his hat. I seem to be totally immersed in christmas at the moment - still I suppose its never too early!

shaped card challenge

Vintage weekly challenge

Hope this photo of my entry is better than the last one, I'm new to blogging so please be patient.

Polka Doodles weekly challenge

Here's my card for the vintage challenge. The spotted paper is from Creative Christmas cd, the image is a stampie from Back to Nature cd and other papers including the doily are from my stash. I used distressing ink pads to age the papers and image and coloured the image with water colour pencils. I was surprised how a modern image can be made to look aged using the distressing inks.