New Seaside Papercut

I have designed a new Papercut picture to sit with my collection of bespoke ones.  It reads "Oh I do like to be beside the seaside" It has a flying seagulls pattern in the background (or spots/stripes) in a choice of colours to match your interiors. 

You can purchase this picture for £25 from my etsy shop HERE.

It comes in a 25 x 25cm box frame (white or black), the picture is handcut from white 240g matt card.

 

 

You can also order a bespoke version (with your own names/quote) for £35...

★ RANKIDOODLE COMPETITION ★

★ Enter our Competion to WIN a Bespoke Papercut Heart framed Picture ★

You can enter by doing ONE or ALL of the following (doing ALL allows you 5 entries)

★ LIKE my page & SHARE the post on facebook ★

★ FOLLOW me and RETWEET post on Twitter ★

★ FOLLOW me and REGRAM post on Instagram ★

(tag with @rankidoodle & #rankidoodlegiveaway)

★ FOLLOW me & PIN on Pinterest ★

or

★ FOLLOW & COMMENT (on this post) on my BLOG ★

The Bespoke Papercuts are designed and created by me.  

The picture can be used for a GIFT for a Wedding, Anniversary or New Baby OR you can keep it yourself and put your own family or special occasion details in it.

Here are some examples of designs I have created in the past to give you some ideas...

T & Cs

★ The competition will close at 7pm on Saturday 30th August 2014 ★

★ The winner will be picked at random "from a hat" and announced at 8pm 30/8/14 ★

★ The winner must allow 3 weeks from winning to delivery ★

★ The winner will need to provide email address (for sending proof) and Address (for delivery) ★

★ If you enter the competition on all 5 platforms (facebook, twitter, instagram, pinterest & BLOG) you will be put "in the hat" five times ★

★ If the announced winner fails to reply within 1 week of competition closing I will choose another winner ★

★ The picture comes framed in a 25 x 25cm white, deep frame.  Either a plain, spotty or music sheet background (bespoke song if available).  White card papercut heart with mix of bunting, hearts, sunshine and your wording, dates, names. ★

★ No other bespoke elements are allowed (unless you see them on above pics) ★

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UPDATE: COMPETITION NOW ENDED AND WAS WON BY

 Marianne Avery (via facebook) all the way from Iowa, USA!

This was her picture snapped by me before sending...

 

★ CANVAS COMPETITION ★

Back in October I held a canvas competition for the year 9 textiles pupils of Walkden High School in Salford, Manchester for the fourth year running.

I showcased my University Textiles work, images and samples of my greetings cards from Hallmark cards, images from my Art designer job and also my latest freelance and "Rankidoodle" work.

The pupils had to design and create a canvas which included a word, a pattern, a stitch and an object.

Me and Miss Quinlan (textiles teacher) judged the competition and I picked three lucky winners!  The winners will receive their design printed on to a canvas to keep (3rd - 20x20cm, 2nd - 30x30cm & 1st - 40x40cm)

So here goes (drum roll...)

I chose Freya Dolby for third prize as I really liked her original theme and wording.  All the desired elements were there and the design was jolly and colourful and was executed really well.  

Well done Freya!

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I chose Deia Lamberts design for second prize as I thought it was really pretty.  I liked the contrast of the detailed flowers with the black silhouette.  The stitching detail is nice and neat and the composition works really well.  Well done Deia!

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I chose Emily Pike for First Prize as her design was really fun, bright and colourful.  I could tell a lot of work had been put into creating the design.  All the desired elements were fully met and there was lots of (neat) stitching.  Well Done Emily!!!

I am really looking forward to setting the competition again this year.  You can see the winners from past years here and here.

♥ Stitchy stitchy! ♥

I recently purchased some bargain embroidery hoops while in the charity shops.  It got me thinking - I used to LOVE a bit of stitching and am going to start again, watch this space...

...until then, here are some pics of stitchy projects from back int' day...

First is my entry to the The Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap which I won by the way, the theme was "discover".  You can see all the entries here and read a blogpost about the previous years' entry (bloom) here.

stitchy caravan & bunting

close up

  

Pretty appliqued cakes...

 ...Craft Fair stitchies...

Lavender bags, hearts etc

Pin cushion scrap pack

...stitchy cards...

valentines cards

...and Christmas stitchies!

felt garland

Tree decorations

♥ NEW PAPERCUT WEDDING PICTURES ♥

My little fingers have been busy cutting out these new papercut wedding pictures now available in my wedding SHOP

Each one is unique and designed especially for you!

They are also available for New baby, Anniversarys, & Birthdays...

Papercut by hand...

...work in progress...

...Yay! finished

Now lets wrap it up nice x

★ NEW Rankidoodle Website COMING SOON! ★

Exciting times!!! Currently having a FAB new website built.

Keep checking www.rankidoodle.com for Wedding & Social Stationery, Greetings cards and lots of other Rankidoodle goodies!

In the meantime you can find my wares here, here, here & here.

Secret Book Box

My NEW Secret Book Boxes are now listed in my shop.

The Rankidoodle Book Boxes for your Trinkets & Treasures are lovely vintage books to hold all your special secrets.  The secret book box can be used to hide jewellery, keys, money or special treasures!

Once closed and tied shut with the ribbon it looks like an ordinary vintage book on your shelf.

 

You can purchase this and other secret book boxes here

Wedding Fayre at Ambassador Spa Hotel

Sooo...here are some pictures from the wedding fayre in at the

Ambassador Spa Hotel in Scarborough yesterday.

 

Thanks so much if you came along!  It was great fun and I met lots of lovely Brides to be!

My Rankidoodle weddings stall

Closer look

Teacup candle display

Cake toppers

Table plan

suitcase with cards and table confetti

stationery

free booklet full of "hints & tips"

Business cards

CANVAS COMPETITION

I held a canvas competition for the year 9 textiles pupils of Walkden High School in Salford, Manchester for the third year running.  I showcased my University Textiles work, images and samples of my greetings cards from Hallmark cards, images from my Art designer job and also my latest freelance and "Rankidoodle" work.

The pupils had to design and create a canvas which included a word, a pattern, a stitch and an object.  The winners would then receive their design printed on to a canvas to keep (3rd - 20x20cm, 2nd - 30x30cm & 1st - 40x40cm)

Me and Miss Quinlan (textiles teacher) met up recently to judge the competition.  There were some really great entries, lots of ideas were really "on trend" with great imagery and good use of colour...

So here goes...

I chose Jayes' NEW YORK canvas for third place because it has a good composition and use of space, I also like how the picture overlaps the wording and it has lots of neat stitching...

Jaye Rowlett

I chose Jasmines' canvas as second place because I thought it had a really lovely soft colour palette, the imagery is well printed and stitched and the fairground/circus theme is bang on trend!...

Jasmine Christie

...And now for the winner! *drum roll...

I chose Francescas' canvas as the winning one because it was so different to all the others.  She had really thought "outside the box" by making all the butterflies look like they are floating off the canvas!  Also the composition is great with the butterflies forming a heart and the colours are bright and summery!

Well done to the three winners and to all the pupils who took part, it was hard to pick from so many great entries.

You can see the winners from the previous years here.