Doodle Palace Blog Candy

Doodle Palace are celebrating their 100th sale on Etsy by giving away BLOG CANDY!

This is what dee and Robin said :-)

We appreciate all of our followers and image purchasers SO much that we want to give you a gift! Our Blog Candy consists of: 4 Doodle Palace Digital Stamps of YOUR choice, one 8" x 8" pad of Glittered My Mind's Eye papers "Enlightened", 1 package of MME Enlightened Ribbons, 1 box of yellow Prima Sprites 1, 1 package of MM Crystal Brads, 1 package of MM Springtime Button Brads, 1 package of Heidi Swapp Writers Blocks - medium squares in Capri, a 50 pk of 4" x 5.5" Ivory card bases with envelopes, an assortment of Prima Flowers and other flowers, an assortment of Card Candy embellishments and not shown Spellbinders scalloped heart Nestibilites die set! This is an AWESOME set! Great for any paper crafter!">Doodle Palace are celebrating our 100th sale on Etsy by giving away BLOG CANDY! We appreciate all of our followers and image purchasers SO much that we want to give you a gift!

Our Blog Candy consists of: 4 Doodle Palace Digital Stamps of YOUR choice, one 8" x 8" pad of Glittered My Mind's Eye papers "Enlightened", 1 package of MME Enlightened Ribbons, 1 box of yellow Prima Sprites 1, 1 package of MM Crystal Brads, 1 package of MM Springtime Button Brads, 1 package of Heidi Swapp Writers Blocks - medium squares in Capri, a 50 pk of 4" x 5.5" Ivory card bases with envelopes, an assortment of Prima Flowers and other flowers, an assortment of Card Candy embellishments and not shown Spellbinders scalloped heart Nestibilites die set! This is an AWESOME set! Great for any paper crafter!

So pop over to the blog to see how you can enter. While you're there go and see their fabulous designs in their Etsy Store, I would love their sales to 'jump' to 200 !!! go on try one today !! :-)

Good luck to all :-)

Lorraine x x x

First Monthly Magnolia Challenge sponsored by Simon Says Stamp :-)

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I have had this container for ages waiting to be pimped !! :-)So thank you Just Magnolia Challenge for making me get on and do it !! :-) The papers and flowers are papermania and whitewash coredinations. I coloured the butterflies in a little and added blue stickles. The flowers were coloured with blue brilliance ink and the centers were dolloped with pink distress stickles :-)

The tilda image was coloured with copics, 3D'd and layered onto nestie circles. ( This is me thinking about which pen to choose next) Well it might have been a few decades ago !! lol :-)

Simon Says Stamp Store are sponsoring this challenge and I hope I am lucky in the draw !!! :-) Heidi is offerring a $50 shopping spree WOOO HOOO !!! :-) So please don't enter cos then there'd be less chance of me winning it !!! lol

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x

Happy Birthday Penny Black Saturday :-)

I made this card for the Penny Black Challenge who are celebrating their 1st Birthday following the fabby sketch by Michelle O on the Spoonfull Of Sugar Challenge :-)
I just realised that I missed being able to enter the DT blog candies as we had to have them linked by 8am ! I actually made this yesterday and didn't upload it ,,,, :-(



I made this card using tyher gorgeous PB Bubble of Joy stamp. I coloured it with copics and 3D'd him :-)



All the patterned papers are from Basic Grey Porcelain book and I also used brown/pink coredinations, I love this stuff !!

The sentiment was stamped onto a strip of the card I used for the base using a stamp from a Simon Says Clear Stamps SIMPLY THE BEST SENTIMENTS Exclusive Set

All the edges of all the card and papers were inked with antique linen distress ink. The flowers are prima ones and the velvet brad is Laura Ashley. I also used a few Robins Nest Dew Drops

Thanks for looking. I really appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x

The Next level and Cute Card Thursday Challenges :-)

I made this card following the fabulous sketch on The Next Level Challenge :-)



The base card is papermania double sided card that I distressed using a stitch cutter ( unpicker) and inked with shabby shutters and old linen distress inks. The Tilda image was coloured with copics and 3D'd onto the panel of card that I had also coloured with shabby shutters ink and stamped with a PB fantasy tree in brilliance ink.This was layered onto some brown/green coredinations. The flowers are Prima ones and the velvet brads are papermania that I also inked with shabby shutters. The gorgeous ribbon was in Steph's give away that I won :-) Thanks Steph :-)



I cut 2 tags out on my cricut, one in the coredinations and the other in the papermania card. I also inked the tag with shabby shutters and stamped the sentiment and the bird with stamps in the Simon Says Clear Stamps SENDING SUNSHINE Exclusive Set, this is a fabulous sentiment set. I use it all the time !!

I am also entering this into the Cute Card Thursday Challenge whose theme is 'Tag you're it '

Thanks for looking. I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x x

Fabulous Father's Stamptacular Challenge :-)

I made this card for the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge whose theme this week is 'Fabulous Father's'




Heidi at Simon Says Stamp
very kindly sent me this fabulous set of Simon Says Clear Stamps OWLS AND BRANCHES Exclusive Set



Doesn't the 'Dad' look concerned about his little fledgling :-)
I coloured the images with Prisma pencils and blended with odourless spirit. The background was made using distress inks and stamped with the branch from this set. The flowers are Prima ones, also from Simon Says Stamp.

The 'Dad' is stamped onto an inked grungeboard die cut shape. I also used a skeleton leaf and a swirl cut out on my cricut.
I used Basic Grey and brown coredinations papers.

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x

Funky Fairy's Challenge 21 # Christmas !! :-)

I am sitting here writing this with my A/C on ! It's red hot here and not exactly 'Christmas' weather ;-) I made a promise to myself at Christmas to make at least one Christmas card a week starting in February ! Well that didn't happen ! But at least I have one ready now !! yay !!
The theme on the Funky Fairy's Challenge is to make a card or creation with Christmas in mind. You have to use at least one Funky Fairy's Papercrafts download to enter. They have some wonderful papers to buy in the store or you can go to the Blog of Inspiration and find some lovely freebies too :-)




I treated myself and bought the Lets Get Traditional set, it was a difficult choice tho because they have some lovely Christmas paper downloads. I am sure I will be using these alot though, many of them I can use throughout the year too,,, bargain !! :-)



The image is a Penny Black Jolly Xmas Kitty. I bought this to use last Christmas and never inked it so I just had to use this one :-) Isn't it CUTE !! :-) As you can see I glittered almost everything ! I didn't have any white glitter card so I made me own :-)




As you can see I decorated the inside too :-) The sentiment comes with the download pack along with loads of other images. I can't recommend this set enough it is FABBY !!
The DT have done some wonderful creations for your inspiration so please go and see them :-) We love coming to see what you have made so please join in The Funky Fairy's Challenge!

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x x

Simon Says Let's Celebrate :-)

This week we have a very special celebration on the Simon Says Challenge
. We are helping Heidi celebrate the first birthday of the Simon Says Stamp Blog

We would like you to make a card or creation with a first birthday celebration in mind. My celebrations always start with a Gin and Tonic !!! :-)

On Sunday we will be having our first blog hop YAY !!! :-) Heidi has very generously given us all candy to give away AND she will be adding surprise bling too so make a note on your calendar to join us :-) It will start at 4pm CET on the Simon Says Challenge blog but I'll be back with more details later in the week :-)

The design team have made some wonderful cards to inspire you and as an added bonus we also have KENDRA joining us in our Designer Spotlight :-) Kendra is a fabulous designer on the Simon Says Stamp Brand Design Team. She has a fabulous blog too which you must go and see. Please leave her a comment when you visit too :-)



As you can see I chose to use a fabulous House Mouse stamp, this one is called 'Splish Splash,,,, a citrus bath :-) I coloured the image with copics and 3D'd it




I also decorated the inside using Mudpie Mouse' he is just soo cute eh !



The papers are Stamping Up, I added st,ickles to the centers of the fruits, I also used a little coredinations for layering :-)The flowers were plain white Prima ones which I sprayed with orange glimmer mist.

The sentiment is from Simon Says Clear Stamps SIMPLY THE BEST SENTIMENTS Exclusive Set which are only available in the Simon Says Stamp store

I followed the fabulous sketch on the Friday Sketchers Challenge
they have some fabulous DT cards for our inspiration too !! :-)

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x x

New Doodle Palace 'Emy' image is being released today

I love this image which is just being released at the Doodle Palace Etsy store
later today :-) Isn't she cute !! :-)




I colored her with prisma pencils very simply then layered her on tatty papers. The background is from Funky Fairy's Papercrafts It's so Distressing papers and the design poaper is from DCWV Pets Stack.
I followed the fab sketch on the Mojo Monday Challenge.The sentiment stamp is 'Bon Mot' from Penny Black, the velvet ribbon is from Meiflower :-)

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x

I'm nuts for chocolate !

I made this 'popcorn' bag for the Digital Tuesday Challenge whose theme this week is to make a bag or box and include a digi image :-)




I used a Digi image from the Digital Stamp Oasis
This one is called 'A nut for you'



I coloured the image with copics, 3D'd him and popped him onto nestie circles. The box was cut out on my cricut with papermania double sided card.
The brown scalloped border was made using my SU punch. The ribbon was from my messy drawer :-)
Rather than using popcorn to fill the box I used chocolate peanuts :-)

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x

A lovely blog award ;-)

I have just received this lovely award from Glenna ( Fabricbutterfly)
Thank you so much Glenna.
I am supposed to pass this on to 7 people but I am passing this to everyone :-) You all deserve this so please take it and post it on your blog with love from me :-)

Lorraine x x x

Get Well Soon :-)

I made this card following the lovely sketch on the Truly Scrumptious Challenge, they also asked for flowers which had been made or altered in some way. My flower was white which I sprayed with green and orange glimmer mist. The button was a clear SU one which i coloured with pink alcohol ink.

The Tilda image was the first one I bought and she is still one of my faves :-) I coloured her with copics and paper pieced her dungaree's with a bit of leftover paper in my bits box.The design on the dungarees was sparkled with copics glitter pens ( love them !)

The inner nestie shape was coloured with pearlescent chalks then cuttlebugged in a swirl folder, then inked around the edges with turquoise pigment ink, then embossed with sparkle and layered onto orange and black circles.

The papers are a mix of basic grey and doodlebug.
The sentiment is from Simon Says Clear Stamps SENDING SUNSHINE Exclusive Set.
The corners were made with papermania sticky shapes and sprinkled with orange glitter. I think thats all,,,, :-)

I am also entering this into the Just Magnolia Challenge whose theme this week is paper piecing. The One Stop Craft Challenge whose theme is sparkle, well I have used sparkle emboss and glitter and the Cupcake Craft Challenge who have a colour challenge of pink / turquoise / orange and have asked for a card for a child. I made this for a friend's little girl.

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x x

New Doodle Palace download image

Tis fabulous bear image is a new digi download release from the Doodle Palace
, perfect for 'Father's Day ' :-)



I coloured the image with Prisma pencils and blended with odourless spirit. I dabbed the brush to try to make it look more furry :-)The small bear and Dad's tie are 3D'd but this doesn't show up very well in the photo !



The papers are Stamping Up and plain brown/orange cardstock. I also used a little bit of orange coredinations. The 'Dad' was stamped using a hero arts mixed alphabet set. The paw print is a magenta stamp and the star brads are from somewhere or other ,,,, !!

I am entering this in the following challenges :-

The Sketch Saturday Challenge

The Dare U 2 Digi Stamp Challenge whose theme is Chocolate Orange

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x

Lovely award :-)

I received this lovely award from Sue scoopystuff I really appreciate this Sue :-)
I really find it difficult to pass on awards to specific people cos I just think that everyone who takes the time and effort to come visit me and leave me such encouraging comments deserve these.
I really do appreciate you all so please copy this and put it on your blog with love from me :-)

Lorraine x x x

Yummy Mimi :-)

I received my new Pink Gem stamps a few days ago and this gorgeous Ice Cream Mimi was amongst them :-) Isn't she gorgeous, I love the photo of the little girl that inspired this stamp too, you can see it here if you haven't seen it go and have a look ,,, soo cute :-)






I coloured her with copics but kept the colours very pale. i thought there was enough colour in the paper !! :-) I 3D'd her legs and the ice cream so they really stick out ! :-) I added a bit of glitter too on the ice cream,,, yummy !!

I made the background by dabbing a dusty concorde distress ink pad on a non stick sheet, sprayed it with water and swirled the card around in it. When it was dry I stamped foliage using a pine needles distress ink pad. The tree trunk is a Magnolia stamp that I stamped onto patterned paper. I had a tiny bit of grass patterned paper that I used too :-)

The papers are Stamping Up and the sentiment is from Simon Says Clear Stamps SENDING SUNSHINE Exclusive Set, I am using this particular sentiment set alot lately, they just seem to fit so nicely ! :-)

The flowers were plain white prima flowers which I inked with worn lipstick and dusty concorde distress inks then sprayed with water to smudge it :-) I did mean to spray them with glimmer mist too but I liked them as they were so decided not to !

I am entering this card into the following challenges :-

The Sketch and Stash Challenge, Becky has made this gorgeous sketch for us to follow and we have to use something new or old and neglected, well I used my new stamp :-) I would also like to congratulate Jill on joining the Design Team :-)

The Charisma Cardz Challenge
whose theme is 'Something Yummy'

The Colour Create Challenge who have a fab colour scheme of Pink Blush / Lilac / Mossy Green/ They also have the option of using die cuts, well my nestie shape is a die cut ! does that count, well if not it was an optional extra anyway so it doesn't matter :-)

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x x

Meet Bob :-)

Good morning :-)



I couldn't resaist taking this photo of Bob ! :-) He looks just perfect sitting there eh !! Bless him he's completely deaf but manages life very well ! he's a fabulous hunter !! We live in a very quiet area surrounded by fields so no dangerous cars just lots of mice and rats to keep him occupied !! :-)

lorraine x x

Bev's Blog Candy :-)

Bev has this fabulous blog candy !! :-)

Go and get your name down :-)

Lorraine x x

Funky Fairy's Challenge 20 # Thank You

We have a fabulous challenge for you on the Funky Fairy's Challenge this week :-) We all need to have a few Thank You cards handy eh !! All you have to do is use at least one Funky Fairy's Papercrafts paper download to be eligible to enter :-) If you haven't got any there are some fabulous free downloads that you can try on the Blog Of Inspiration Every week Shaz very kindly gives away a free paper download, for those of you that don't know that IS a fabby prize !! Unlimited papers !! This is especially handy if you have several cards to make of the same/similar theme !! ( ie like my froggy fest !! )lol





I made this card using a Susie Squirrel image from the Digital Stamp Oasis
I must admit this image in particular is one of my faves :-) Isn't she cute :-) I used Funky Fairy's Cherish papers these are just so gorgeous,,, :-)
I do hope more of you will find the time to enter this fabby challenge :-) The DT have made some fantastic creations for you to see so pop over to the Funky Fairy's Challenge blog to see them.

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x x

Simon Says ,,,, Pink and Brown :-)

It seems we aren't the only challenge who chose to use PINK / BROWN this week so lots of opportunity there for multi challenging :-)

The design team have all used a Simon Says Brand stamps on their cards, either an image or a sentiment, it is not a requirement for the entrants tho if you do have any we would love to see you use them :-)
Rach is joining us this week in the Designer Spotlight :-) Rach is a designer on the Simon Says Stamp brand DT, pop over to her blog to see her work ! Its fantastic !! :-)






I have got the Tim Holtz bug and this has been inked and sprayed everywhere !! My desk is covered too ! It looks lovely all shimmery and sparkly :-)

The butterfly image is from the Simon Says Clear Stamps Butterfly BUTTERFLIES Exclusive Set!



I also stamped the background with stamps from the Simon Says Clear Stamps OWLS AND BRANCHES Exclusive Set.
I used a few Tim Holtz techniques on this. The background was coloured by inking my non stick craft mat with distress ink, sprayed with water then the card swirled around in it. When dry the background leaves and branches were stamped with distredd ink then sprinkled with perfect pearls, sprayed with wayer then dried with a heat tool, it does give a fabby effect. I used the same technique for the butterflies too :-) I also used some grungeboard wings toi make a butterfly, it was DT Debby that had this brilliant idea last week so I've copied her :-) I cuttlebugged them with swiss dots and painted with light brown acrylic paint, then dabbed perfect pearls all over them and left them to dry, then smothered them with crackle glaze :-)
The flowers were plain white Prima flowers which I inked with 2 different distress inks then I made my own glimmer mist using a water based ink, a little water and some gold perfect pearls !! Brilliant !!
All these techniques and tips are on the Tim Holtz website in his Demo's section:-)

I just bought a pack of brown coredinations and it's gorgeous ! As you can see I reverse cuttlebugged it and sanded to let the pink show through. The lace was also inked with distress ink as were all the edges of all the card :-) The sentiment is from the Simon Says Clear Stamps SENDING SUNSHINE Exclusive Set

I am entering this card in the following challenges :-
The Charisma Cardz Challenge who have the same theme :-)
The Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge whose theme is Butterflies
The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge whose theme is 'Bling'



Thanks for looking, I apppreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x x

Would you like this FREE Doodle Palace image ??

Dee and Robin at the Doodle Palace are giving this fab new octapus image free !! :-) Click here to go and get it :-)

Lorraine x x

Doodle Palace new images released :-)

Dee and Robin the designers at Doodle Palace
are releasing some fabulous new images today with 'Men' in mind so perfect for Father's Day :-)



I made this card using the gorgeous Hound Dog image called 'Greatest Doggone Dad ' :-) Isn't he cute :-) I coloured him with copics.



It doesn't show up too well on the photo but he has been 3D'd a few times :-) The papers are mainly doodlebug though I can't remember where the paw print paper came from,,,,.
There's also a little coredinations which was embossed and sanded.

I followed the sketch on the Spoonful of Sugar Challenge which changed today !! I made this card yesterday and didn't write it up !! :-) Never they have a fab new 'Butterfly' Challenge this week so i'll make sure I get my entry in a bit earlier lol !!

The One Stop Craft Challenge
is 'Under Pressure' and asking for embossing, either dry or heat :-)

The Dare You To Digi Stamp are asking for ribbons, well I used a fab velvet paw print ribbon from Meiflower.

Thanks for looking :-)
I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x x x