17th Feb - Digibells Blog Hop - win some candy! LINK UP IMAGE!

Hey everyone - woohoooo!!! 
It's blog hop time over at Digibells today! 


The hop will start at 9 AM today, ARIZONA TIME ( 7hrs behind the UK!)

If you got here from the Digibells blog then you're in the right place!

This month Elisabeth has created the most gorgeous digi image which is inspired by nothing else but loooove of course! What else would it be in February, huh?  Ooohh I love this image, her little clouds and cherubs are so cute!!

You have 2 chances to win this lovely digi so read carefully! ...

1.To be in with a chance of getting your mitts on this adorable digi image, you must hop through and  leave comments on EACH team member's blog. To improve your chances to win Lynda will pick 2 blogs at random that the winners that will be picked from in the comments - so do make sure you leave a comment on each blog! You have until March 2, 2012 at 9 AM (Arizona time) to leave comments. The winners will be picked and posted to the  Digibells blog  on Saturday March 3, 2012.

2. The second way to win will be to do the hop as above, leave comments and then to make a card and post it on the  Digibells blog. Your theme must be " Lots of Lace" and you can use ANY Elisabeth  Bell image. This challenge will also end on March 2, 2012 at 9 AM Arizona Time and the winner will be posted on the Digi Bell's blog the next morning. (Saturday March 3)

So, you have 2 ways to win so make sure you get in quick and don't miss the deadline - I know lots of you Polkadoodlers already have Elisabeth Bell stamps anyway, so come on, get creating!.....Good luck everyone - keep reading to the bottom of this post to get your next hop link!...

Here is what I did with this adorable image...hope I did it justice...

So, now you need to hop on over to see the lovely Lynda and leave her a comment too!


(I'll let you into a secret, the first time I coloured the heart it looked so real it kinda freaked me out a little so I had to colour the whole thing again so it didn't look like the little cherub was sat on top of roadkill LOL!)...ttfn xx

15 Feb - Digibells First Post - Click!

Oo exciting! 
Today is my first official post on the Digi Bells blog!
Woohoo, get me and checkout the post here! So much inspiration in one place, the Digibells team are just awesome!
To mark the occasion I have a card to share today and I really quite like this one.  I chose the gorgeous 'Click' image from the Elisabeth Bell digi collection. This is a new image and I think it's just fabulous! Elisabeth always really thinks about her designs and they each have a proper tale and character behind them, something I totally understand as I have to do that with my own characters too or they are lifeless drawings with no meaning.  You can get the digi stamp here and in my opinion it's worth every cent...

I love the whole way this card turned out. As soon as I saw Janiel and Lynda use this image the other week, even before I was picked to Guest for the Digibells team, I knew what I wanted to do with it. I bought this Tim Holtz camera film many many moons ago but as it's such precious stash it has remained squirried away in my speshy drawer for at least a year or so waiting for a perfect moment like this!

I coloured her with Pro and Flexmarkers, must sort out my lighting a bit, the camera seems to be washing out my images slightly so I clearly have my light wrong, I must get a new light meter. (if you don't know what this does, it's a very simple gadget that basically makes sure you always take a photo with the right setting - I haven't used one in 25 years and I keep promising myself to get one again - no more photoshopping ever!).

The strawberry paper is from Pretty Sweet (again) and the blue spotty is from Magical Winter. Tee hee, the little paper flowers were made last week whilst I was in the hairdressers! They do laugh at me, in I went armed up with sheets of paper, scissors and glue and started making flowers sat there with my hair covered in bleach and foils! I think the other customers must just think I'm some big old crazy weird lady with some kind of OCD sat there cutting paper with big orange scissors! Well, it's 3 hours of total boredom I can put to better use every 6 weeks! I might go in with supplies and make some cards they can sell for me next time, who knows! It's always so embarassing because the girls tell whatever customers are in there that I am this big shopping TV star LOL - I could literally die with shame!
Anyway, back to the card - I finished this as ever, with gorgeous Marianne Design swirlie wirlies. The sentiment is one of the stamps from our first issue of Pen & Paper Circle - if you missed out on it then hard cheddar, it was an exclusive but man o man have I used it loads lately! The next issue of PPC is on saleNOW so make sure you catch it quick!

Make sure you check into the Digi Bells blog on 17th Feb because we have a big Blog Hop, woohooo!! See you there!! xx

12 Feb - Digibells Little Best Friends

Hello everyone! Time for another lovely Elisabeth Bell creation today! I decided to go all summery to try and snap us all out of the wintery weather and I've been dying to colour these cuties who are called Little Best Friends in for ages.  This image is available from Elisabeth Bells digi shop - adorable aren't they! I'm sure I had a red bucket like that and that is so me and my little best friend Bella, we were inseparable until we were 16! I got so carried away colouring this one that I ended up doing the seaside to match.

I made this last weekend and had the post all scheduled in advance (get me, so organised!) and then this morning I woke up at 6am with seashells and starfish in my head! This happens to me quite often and once the thought was there and I was visualising how much better it would look, I couldnt fall asleep again! So much for a Saturday lie-in!  The little starfish were just cut from some scrap paper and coloured with a ginger and spice promarker. I added a few little white highlights with a white pen then went back over with ginger once it was dry - this takes the edge of the harsh white but still leaves a slight highlight, I do this little trick a lot, but make sure you let it dry! Then I made a little pearl in a shell, again with scrap paper and coloured with pastel beige. Cute huh, it really did finish the card off.

I kinda wish I'd chosen a different colour to the peach as it looks a bit too dirty for my liking but it was a little late once I'd glued it all down! Make sure you head on over to the Digibells blog - we have posts almost daily over there with loads of inspiration galore for you all. We also have some exciting news about our upcoming Blog Hop soon so make sure you check it out! Don't forget you can also buy Elisabeth Bell's clear stamps from Belles n Whistles or if you're in the UK, you can buy almost all the Belles n Whistles range from Polkadoodles if you want it a little faster. I'm so pleased we're working with Summer over at Belles n Whistles now, she's soo lovely!