Back to School with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone……wishing you all a lovely Tuesday with lots of lovely sunshine....

The Summer seems to be flying by so fast and it wont be long before the start of the new term at School! so with that in mind I'm back today with my Polkadoodles Design Team project for the Digi Choosday Tuesday Challenge 

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Every Tuesday is DIGI CHOOSDAY! over at Polkadoodles which means not only a brand new crafty 'Anything goes' challenge but also that you get an amazing discount off all crafty printable downloads until midnight today! 

To take advantage of the offer head over to the blog to find the discount offer for today and also to enter the challenge!

DON'T MISS IT!

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This week the DT was asked to make a 'Back to School' themed card so I decided to use the Lou the Teacher digital stamp bundle. 

 

I decided to make a larger 5" x 7" card for today's project so started off by resizing the black and white digital stamp in my graphics software before printing her out. I coloured her in using my Promarkers (see below for the colours I've used)

This Polkadoodles digital stamp comes in a bundle with 5 beautiful co-ordinating papers too. 

I wanted to make a shaker panel for this card that looked a little like a black board/chalk board so started by first using the Lisa Horton Crafts mini slimline die to cut out a frame from Neenah Desert Storm card.  

I've then added some extra strong tape to the reverse of this frame and cut a piece of acetate to fit this frame.

To make the frame look like woodgrain I've used my distress inks to swipe across the frame - I used Tea Dye and  Ground Espresso inks to get the effect and colour that I wanted.

For the back panel of my shaker I die cut a rectangle of black cardstock using the same panel die as before but this time I didn't cut out the centre piece and I have stamped the words from my new  Blooming Blossoms stamps in white embossing powder before heat setting.

Top Tip 💡: don't forget to wipe anti static powder over the card before stamping in embossing ink as this will stop any unwanted embossing powder from sticking to your card.
 

I like to build my shaker panels from the bottom up, so once the embossing had cooled I wiped off any excess antistatic powder from the card using a dry cloth and then added foam tape around the edge of the panel to form a well for my sprinkles.

Top Tip 💡: remove the protective backing from the foam before adding the sprinkles onto the panel to prevent any from sticking to the foam tape.  If you look closely I've used the off cuts from the panels that I die cut and added some sequins to my shaker well.  I also like to stick a few of the shaker elements to the back of the panel so there will always be some visible when the card is stood upright !

Next, I carefully lined up the top frame with the acetate window to cover my panel and encase the shaker elements.

  

The completed panel is ready now to be adhered to the card base but first I chose one of the papers from the bundle and cut this to size, matting it with a piece of black card to tie this into the shaker panel.

Top Tip 💡: don't forget to cut out a panel from the card that will be hidden below the designer paper, there's no point wasting it after all and it will be completely hidden once the card is finished !

I then used a wet glue to adhere the shaker panel to my card on an angle.

The simple sentiment strip is from the Winnie Daisy Fairy greeting bundle matted onto a strip of black card.

Any finally, I adhered Lou to my card, adding some star sequins around the card for a little extra sparkle and used glossy accents to fill the glass in her glasses.

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I hope you liked my card for today and don't forget to join in with the 'Anything goes' challenge over at the DIGI CHOOSDAY BLOG!

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
Polkadoodles digital stamp - Lou the Teacher 

Polkadoodles Sentiment - Winnie Daisy Fairy greetings bundle

Blooming Blossoms Stamps - small sentiment in shaker panel

LHC Mini Slimline Die - Decreasing Stripes

Promarkers - see below

Distress Inks - Tea Dye, Ground espresso

Star confetti & sequins

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, black

Glossy accents

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Promarkers used:

Skin: Ivory, Almond, Satin, Dusky Pink, Sun kissed Pink

Hair: 

Hangar: Cool Grey 1,3

Shoes: 

Dress: Pumpkin, Orange, Sunflower, Yellow

Blush: Pale Pink, Dusky Rose

Hair: Pastel Yellow, Buttercup, Sandstone, Caramel

 

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I am entering this card in the following challenges:

ilovepromarkers challenge-512 (31)

Creative Fingers challenge (241)

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes (52)

Moving Along With The Times - Anything Goes (78)

Pearly Sparkles Challenge  (55)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - Anything Goes (136)

Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes (2)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes (110)

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes (142)

Avenue 613 Anything Goes (43)

tic tac toe challenge #tictactoechallenge #tttc174 (Die Cut, Free, Embossing) (4)

Through The Craft Room Door (142)

Patties Creations Design Challenge #197 Anything Goes (15)

Creative Knockouts 465 (4)

Sheepskidesigns Anything Goes - August (35)

Mirtillamente Challenge #12 - August 2022 - anything goes (32)

lil patch of crafty friends (77)

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timeoutchallenges

LeAnn's World 101 Challenge (31)

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x