Todays creation (2 for 1)

Using the Stampin Up hostess stamp ' From the Garden' (which is massive!) i stamped onto textured canvas and watercoloured the image (which i must admit is absolutely beautiful image), then rounded the corners, inked around the edges, layered onto some green card and then layered onto some more card which i used Cuttlebug swiss dots to emboss. For the sentiment, 'Delight in Life' Stampin up stamp and made some flowers (which look blue - but are actually purple!) added some diamondy things to the centres and along the side and Voila! 1 card...


This is actually the insert to the above card (might have been able to get away with saying it was another card id made? what ya reckon? .... nah thought not! lol)
anyhow... nestability petals and some more flowers, glittered the middle with glitter glue and added matching sentiment as the front.

Father's Day Card

Here's my card i made for my dad for Father's day, used some stamps i just got from Inkadinado called Road trip, which i thought were so cute! Dad loves his caravan so used these as they were the perfect thing to use for him. Dont know if you can see or not, but along the brown strip is a row of caravans and text saying 'hit the road jack' but i stamped it in brown, so it was subtle, but wondering if its bit too subtle now? Used gelly roll pens to colour the caravan, which looks kinda yellowy, but its actually an orangey colour! hmm, cameras eh?
Right, off to do some more craftin!
take care
Nicki
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Promarker Challenge

Well, i've finally done it, im entering my first challenge on the Promarkers Challenge site.
There are some fab prizes up for grabs, so pop over there and have a look.
The colours ive used, if i can remember them all are....
Terracotta, spice, sky blue, meadow green, cool grey, black, pumpkin and grass, oh and sandstone! (had to rematch all the colours to get the colours i had used!)
I also used Tim Holtz distress inks, some ribbon, cuttlebug swiss dots and cuttlebug alphabet. Glitter glue and glaze for the windows.
Wish me luck!!! kinda nervous as ive never entered a challenge, but as they say, there's a first time for everything!
Nicki
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on a roll....

Wow im on a roll today! Stampin Up playful petals stamp (again! ... said it was my fav!) coloured flower last night (went on a stampathon last night with these stamps!)
Mounted onto white card embossed with cuttlebug embossing folder and tag and wording from the same as is the lilac pearlescent paper along the bottom.
Used fiskars border punch for the ribbony thing across the middle and some co-ordinating ribbon across that, finished off with a knot on the tag.

The insert (had forgot to put this in! oops!)

close up of the topper on the front.

Latest creations...

Saw this style of card on the Crafters Companion forum, and thought it was so pretty, had to have a go! after a few mess ups.... (and making one out of paper, to get the folds and cuts right) this is what i made,
First one....

Was quite pleased how it came out, hubby thought it was fab, but lacked something???
so... had to make another one!!!!

Second one! was really pleased with this one, rounded all the corners and used nestabilities to cut out the central shapes and cuttlebug to cut out the tag and phrase, few flowers and Voila!
Quite easy to make once its sussed out! If you want a plan of how to make it, let me know and i draw one up and post it for you.
Take care
Nicki
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Purple Gorjuss Card

I was really pleased with how this one came out!

I downloaded the papers from Monti's pixel playground and was so pleased with them, theres ribbons, elements and papers and they are really gorjuss colours too, theres lots of other papers etc to download, so worth a look if you get a chance!

I used Gorjuss stamp from Funky kits and a nestability shape that i inked with Tim Holtz inks to stamp her onto, sizzix die for the swirly bit and punched out some flowers to top it with. I coordinated the inside to match.

Gorjuss card

Outside of card ... and inside of card.

This is a Gorjuss card i made using papers downloaded greatfully from Summertime Designs and i must admit they are absolutely beautiful, so i would like to say thankyou for designing them and letting us download them!
I also used my cuttlebug to cut out the swirly die, which is a sizzix border die, and my new frame die, which i think was nestability one? very pretty frame and set. Alchohol inks and letraset permanent markers to colour and of course the Gorjuss Girl stamp from Funky Kits and to finish it off some flowers!

New baby card

Heres a card i made with the Messy Rabbits baby stamps, using some backing paper from the CD, think these are sooo cute!
I can show this now, as i know its arrived! ;-)

WOW! Glimmer Mist!!!

Cor WOW! Glimmer Mist sprays are just absolutely gorgeous! bought 2 yesterday from Sugar and Spice (fab shop by the way!), but knew id have to go back and get some more......which i did! hahaha
Look at these colours?

And this is a card i made, yep changed my colour scheme from pink, brown and blue to these really gorgeous rich colours, which i decided on after id messed about with colouring the cuttlebugged part. I glimmer misted the polka dot cuttlebug background, found some really yummy orange ribbon lurking in the depths of my ribbon box and stamped some of the little flowers and hey presto! was rather chuffed with it.


Off to play some more with these glimmer mists! will post them later.....
take care
Nicki
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Card i made earlier....

Here's a card i made from yesterday's play about, got a distressing thing going on and a colour thing too! browns, blues this time?

Not sure if it needs anything else tho? will have a think about it? maybe bit of glitter somewhere? butterfly or the flowers?

The creations i have been working on!

These are what i have been working on, with stamps and cuttlebug and trying different techniques! haven't decided what im going to do with them yet? no doubt they will go onto a card, but still having a play!

Pink, Blue and Brown day!

Started off today by doing this card, which yes i know is the same as the one in the craft stamping magazine, liked it that much that i made it for my mum for mothers day!

Been playing with my cuttlebug and got this blue, pink and brown thing going on? colours look really nice together! although they havent come out as i had liked, but i did a variation on a theme with the following 2 cards, was quite pleased how they came out, used inks, sakura pens for some of the colourings.

Bought the new sizzix embossing plate, which i think is really pretty, embossed onto plain pink card and then sanded the pattern and gems for the centres and some glitter glue, couple flowers and hey presto! lol another card!

Have also been having a play with some other stamps (Elusive images) and painted them, but havent done them onto a card yet, if i get a minute, i will take photo and upload them before and after shots!

Sorry I havent been about...

Sorry i havent been about, i had bit of a bad time with one thing and another lately, dont really want to go into it all....... but im ok and on the mend!

Been crafting lots one way or another, designing the monthly downloads and making samples as well as crafting full stop! and they right what they say, crafting does fix all problems!

Hubby been fab, took me to ExCel today and bought stash loads of goodies, cant wait to play! met Steph, Wendie Rhodes, as well as other demo people cant think for the life of me their names now! how rude of me! i can see their faces too! oh am so embarrased now!

anyway, will try and be good and continue with my postings and not slack....

hope everyone well?

xxx

Some more i made...

Here are a few others i made...... not Xmas ones!

playing with my cuttlebug dies!

Been promising for a while!!!

Well i have been promising to update with some pickies of recent cards ive made, these i made during the 6 weeks hols, just after coming out of hospital, needed to get back into the swing of things......

well here they are, virtually all xmas cards made with various, bought some new WOW stamps, they just 'are'!!! and some of the trimcraft xmas decoupage stuff, they arent exactly my best, i must admit, but here they are.....wont keep you waiting any longer!

the NEW stamps!!!

What have i been up to????

Hi, sorry not been about! been sooooooooo busy. Have been doing lots of designing for future CD's for Crafters Companion and that takes up lots of time..... but i do get such a buzz out of doing it, especially seeing what people have created with something that i have designed, to think they chose that design coz they like it.... makes all my hard work worthwhile to know the enjoyment people get out of it! im not the only designer mind.... so dont start thinking i do all the work! there are other's who work their socks off too, so im not taking all the credit here! LOL

Haven't really had chance to make alot of cards recently mind... although i have done some... which i have managed to get posted on here at last, while i take a breather!

Will hopefully pull my finger out and post more often coz im slackin i know, but will try my best to keep up with things!

Take care

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This was made using the new Boys & Girls CD from Crafters Companion, with the 'woof' stamp over the background and matching dog, backing paper etc....

... and this is the inside! it is actually a pop out card, but you cant really see that from the picture, but believe me it is a pop out!

I made this for my mum for Mother's day, and yeah i know that was a while ago, but as i said, i havent posted for while! ooops! she loved it by way!

Made this for Mum's birthday, from the new Cute Companions CD, she loved this too, coz of the mice! the fact that you can print their outfits and stick on them on.... like the papers dolls you used to get

Here is a card i made for my sister-in-laws 40th birthday. I used the bookatrix board and papers from the Crafters Companion Florals CD.

Here is my very 1st attempt at a toe tapper card, i embossed it with one of the keepsake boards and then sanded the embossed bits to make it slightly aged and distressed, because the paper was an aged looking paper. Was quite pleased with result.

This card i made for my uncle's 80th birthday, i designed all of it, including the papers! the topper too, he was so chuffed with the finished result.

This card i made for my dad, he's a builder, so played about with inks and stamps with some peel offs etc and came up with this!

Hubby bought me a cuttlebug for my birthday, and ever since i have been using it for all sorts! they are fab! love the designs that you get with the machine. This was my 1st card made with it.

This was also using my cuttlebug, and is what is called a happy accident! i wanted to just emboss the gold lines, but when i put my versamark on the embossed image, it embossed the whole background too! bearing in mind the card was cream, the whole background turned gold, so was actually quite pleased with my 'accident'

Wedding Card

I finally worked out how to add smaller images! so will try at some point to make the other images below smaller ones!

If i cant edit them and make them smaller then your going to have to put up with it! Sorry!

This was a wedding card i made for friend of mine, it opens like a gatefold, but isnt!

Hope you can see it clear enough? it looks a bit light?