Paper Nest Dolls September Challenge

Hello Hello!

September already can you believe it???? So today is the first Monday of the month and that means its time for a new challenge over at the Paper Nest Dolls Blog.  As always it is anything goes so there's no excuse not to join in!

This month I have chosen the super sweet Avery with her Coffee and you can find her here.

I coloured her up with my Spectrum Noir Colour Blend Pencils.

I just think she looks super cosy and ready for autumn.

Bit of a CAS card for me this month with only a sentiment added, this one is from a Lawn Fawn set.

I hope you like it!

Hugs xx Cara xx

Paper Nest Dolls August Inspiration Post

Today I'm back again to share a little inspiration for the Paper Nest Dolls blog.

This is Avery with her balloon and as always I coloured her with my Spectrum Noir Colour Blend pencils.

I little bit of a shaped card from me today too!

I used loads of different layers of papers from my scraps box to match in with the colour of her dress.

I finished of with lads of lovely flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Have a great day!

hugs xx Cara xx

Paper Nest Dolls July Inspiration Post

Hello my lovelies,

Its been a busy week so I'm so pleased its the weekend!

Today i'm here to share a little inspiration for the Paper Nest Dolls blog and thought I would share one of my makes with the new Stamps which were released on Hochanda a week or two ago!

This is the super sweet Avery with lollipop and you can find the digital version here.

I coloured her up with my Spectrum Noir Colour Blend Pencils.

I used an old Trimcraft paper pad called Sweet Treats I thought it matched perfectly!

The sentiment comes with the rubber stamp set which you can purchase via Hochanda.

I hope you like it!

Hugs xx Cara xx

Paper nest dolls inspiration post

Hi everyone,

Phew what a busy week it's been .... and scorchio too its really taken it out of me I can tell you!

I'm back today to share a little Paper nest dolls inspiration for the blog here.

This week I have created another Summer themed card (i'm trying to hold off with the Christmas creations just yet even though I know the crafting world is in full on Christmas mode)

This is the super adorable Avery with Seashell and you can find her here

I coloured her up with my Spectrum Noir Pencils as always!

I managed to fined some lovely summer dies on Ebay, they are unbranded but I love them!

The sentiment die is by MFT.

I hope you like it, enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Hugs xx Cara xx

Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - June

Hi Guys,

I'm back again today with my DT post for the new challenge for June over at The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge, and remember we are all about the "Anything goes" so get colouring and pop on over to enter!!

This week I chose to use the super sweet Ellie with Cactus, this image is so on trend at the mo and as soon as my eldest daughter spotted this card she nabbed it for her room lol

I coloured her with my Spectrum Noir Pencils and then re-outlined my image with a fine tipped pen

 The papers were free with Making Cards magazine and go just perfectly with the image.

The sentiment is also from a free set from Making Cards!!

I hope you like it!

Hugs xx Cara xx

Paper Nest Dolls Inspiration - Sun N Fun Emma

Hi everyone,  today I am sharing a little Paper nest Dolls Inspiration using the super sweet Sun N Fun Emma from the latest release ... you can find her with her flaming and beach ball as one image here

I coloured her up on Strathmore coloured pencil paper and used my Spectrum Noir Pencils ... they have been sitting in my craft room for so long unused and I thought I would give them a try.

I kept the whole card pretty simple, I found this perfect paper in the Trimcraft Caribbean Crush papers from last year, I think they work perfectly together.

The sentiment is by MFT and I also added some faux stitching (I can't seem to do a CAS card without it) and some Wink of Stella to the Flamingo.

I hope you like it!

We would love you to come and join the fun in our anything goes challenge here.

Have a great week!

Hugs xx Cara xx

Papernest Dolls Challenge - May Challenge

Hello everyone!!!

I have some super amazing news ..... The lovely Christine has invited me to be DT member on her wonderful challenge Design Team for her super sweet Paper Nest Dolls!!! I am so honoured, you will all know how much I adore these images ... they are all I seem to use lately...

So why don't I just get straight to it ... today see's the start of the May challenge and as always its Anything Goes!

Today I have used Strawberry Jam Ellie and she is from the brand new digital release and is in the store today!

I coloured her up using my prisma pencils, I also tried some new Strathmore paper especially for colour pencils.

I managed to find some old papers with strawberries on that matched perfectly.

I finished off with some pearls and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I do hope you will pop over and join in the challenge.

Hugs Cara xx

My first Paper Nest Doll - Watermelon Ellie

Hello again,

Twice in one week ... can you tell i'm off work??

So yesterday I created my very first card using an adorable Paper Nest doll! I've been admiring these cuties these for a while but never gotten round to playing until now.

I filled my basket so it was a tough choice which to use first ... they all remind me of my girlies :)

So I went for Watermelon Ellie I used the digital version but for some reason I couldn't link to it so i've linked to the rubber one instead.

I coloured her with my markers and added a touch of sparkle with my Clear Wink of Stella pen.

I've coloured in lovely fresh summery colours so just had to team her up with the bright papers from Lawn Fawn.

The die is from Whimsy and the sentiments are from LOTV, I love these little tags.

Finally I added a bunch of flowers from WOC and a handmade bow.

Hope you like it!

Hugs xx Cara xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

PND challenge 8 - anything goes
craft-Dee Bowz - ATG with hand made bow
Crafty Hazelnuts patterned paper - ATG