Crafters Cafe October 2025

 This month at The Crafter's Cafe our themes are Anything Goes. Optional Christmas.

The sponsor is Polkadoodles 

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/ 

I chose "Holly Lantern"  I have coloured the images with Faber Castelle Black Edition pencils, originally bought for a special drawing on black paper, which is still coming, thought I would try them out on a Como Sketch Pad, really very soft and creamy leads.

 

Also on my card, apart from the patterned paper from my stash is a great Holly and Berry Die set, also from PolkaDoodles.  I'm usually a bit hesitant buying from overseas as postage can be quite expensive, but having bought from Polkadoodle before and I really wanted a good holly die.  There are three leaf dies in the set and the berries are a separate die with 21berries of differing sizes all on one die.

Check out all the teams designs at:

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/
 

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Pink Gem Challenge - AG 

Allsorts Challenge - Traditional Christmas Colours 

We Love to Craft - AG 

Digi Choosday - AG 

Simons Says Wednesdays - Get Ready for Christmas 

 

A Place to Start - 6th October, 2025

 The theme this month at A Place to Start is Anything Goes, optional Pump it up for Pumpkins.

I have made a bookmark for this challenge using a quote from Henry David Thoreau (I do like me space)

Coloured with copic pens and layered on different cardstock

Check out all the details at:

 https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/

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Festive Friday at The Outlawz - 3 October, 2025

 This months themes are:

Christmas

Halloween

Autumn

Adorable Monsters

 

This month I chose adorable Monsters and Christmas as my themes.  The image is called Monster Sweet Tooth, apologies but I do not know the illustrator.

 

Coloured with copic pens and a load of glossy accents for those lollypops.  

check out this month's inspiration at:

https://theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com/

 

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Pearly Sparkles - October, 2025

 The theme at Pearly Sparkles this month is "Pumpkins and/or Autumn Leaves".  I dug into my stash for this card, the images are from Robyn's Fetish, a digital that is sadly no longer having closed several years ago, my first design team.  Lover these cute images, hope you do also.

Coloured with copic pens and added with 3d squares.  I have added orange glitter in spots on the card.

Check out all the Autumn themes at: 
https://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/

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Crafters Cafe September 2025

 Our sponsor at Crafters Cafe this month is Fred She Said, we received some wonderful flowers for our challenge.  I chose Scribbled Flowers, coloured.

I created a journal page to celebrate the start of spring where I live, once printed I fussy cut and separated the leaves from the flowers , so my painted background would show through.  I then used a thin Micron pen and redrew in the stems. Found the quote on the net added some blue pearl swirls and a little bit of doodling ( I do love to doodle)

Check out all the flowers at: 

 https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/

 

Pearly Sparkles - September, 2025

 The theme is Traci's recipe Pink, pearls and/or sparkle

Check out all the inspiration from the team at:

https://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/

 

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A Place to Start - 8th September, 2025

 Anything Goes, optional Leaves and Circles, I was lucky enought to have some circle and leave patterned paper in my stash.  The image is from Fred She Said " Emma in the Leaves" coloured with copic pens.

Check out all the teams inspiration at: 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/

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A Place to Start - 4th August, 2025

Anything Goes, optional Summer Things.  Time to take a break from work and go sailing!  Coloured with copic pens, fussy cut and layered with 3d glue.

 

Check out all the summer things at:

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/

 

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Pearly Sparkles - August, 2025

 The theme is Under the sea. I have chosen an Imagine That image called, Baby Mermaid.  Perfect image for a Mermay Birthday.  I have used the precoloured image from the kit and created a patterned paper. Kindy Glitter Cristalina swirled around for water.

check out all the underwater projects at:

https://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/challenge-110-under-sea.html

 

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Festive Friday at The Outlawz - 1 August, 2025

 This month's themes are:

Christmas

Summer

It's a Colourful World

 Critters 

 

I have gone with a Christmas/ critters theme, I love this horse image from  Hettie Clare.  Coloured with copic pens and mounted onto a patterned background, made from strips of Christmas themed papers.

 

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