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Hi and welcome to my blog. I love to do various crafts not just cardmaking. I'm so pleased you stopped by and very much appreciate all your comments that you are kind enough to leave. If you enjoy what you see, please add yourself to my list of followers or leave a comment. If you would like to purchase any of my creations, please email me for details. I hope that my blog inspires and helps you to create what ever it is you want to create. Hope to see you back here soon? Take care Nicki xXx

Wednesday, 6 May 2009

First of 3 scrapbook pages


I just love this image of my daughter and my husband. She was only about 3 years old, but she was just so angelic but cheeky! I love the fact that the images are black and white too, so designed the scrapbook page around that.
I used black scrapbook paper and stamped the images onto that, and coloured the leaves and flowers in with silver letraset marker and then added touch of glitter glue to the centres, used nestabilities flower die for the 2 larger flowers and added text i made from Word, then stamped all over that and cut it all out, added a few diamondy embellishments and thought it looked fab!
The stamps i used were build a swirl by Prima marketing, and they are massive! but gorgeous!

Another stamped card...


This card i made using completey stamped images too, the one on the right is the inside! I used various stamps, Personal impressions clear stamps, Kaiser scrapbook stamps, papermania clear stamps and clear stamps by Sugar and spice. Tim Holtz inks and stamping up inks for the colours as well as letraset markers to colour.

Stamped flowers


This card i made with Rhonna Farrer clear stamps - flower stamps. I bought these from Sugar and Spice, which is becoming one of my fav shops for shopping, Marion is fab and so helpful and friendly.
I stamped the images and coloured them using letraset permanent markers, added some glitter glue to the flowers and stamped the words, used some Tim Holtz ink to add a bit of edge effect, bit of ribbon and voila!
Im pleased with how it turned out, considering it was entirely stamping.

Card made for my son


I know it looks kinda scary, but actually im kinda liking the effect on this! He gave me an image he wanted made into a card, which i then decoupaged, played about with some inking techniques (splashing about mainly!) and heres the finished effect!

Downloads of the month






Here are the 3 card samples i made for the downloads of the month for the papers i designed for Crafters Companion You can download the papers by logging into the Crafters Companion website and going to the downloads of the month section.
I chose these colours as i thought they were a lovely Citrus shade ready for the Summer ahead.
Hope you like them, i enjoyed designing them and making the cards with them!

Friday, 1 May 2009

New home card


Was having a play with my new Stampin up 'neighbourhood' stamp, and this is one of the ones i did, the other has yet to be put onto a card! i did this when i got back from the dentist this morning, so was a quickie, but was kinda pleased with it, and love these little houses, they are so cute. Will post the other one when its done.

Used water colour pencils to colour them with, glitter on the clouds and bit on the grass, Tim Holtz ink around the edge, backed onto black paper, printed off some labely things on the computer for the greetings, aged the edges and voila! card is completed.

Ouch! been to dentist!!!

This morning i went to dentist... all on my own too! lol and had my wisdom tooth out! didnt hurt either, so was kinda chuffed about that to be honest, even though ive never had probs having any out before. Got into work everyone sooooooo shocked to see me - but youve had a tooth out!!!! shock horror! needless to say superhero im not, but i managed to do a whole days work too! lol cannot see what all the fuss was about to be honest!
But.... i have the tooth here... and i think im gonna put it under me pillow, see if i can get my £98 back for it! hahaha what do ya think my chances are? hmmm yeh, just as i thought too - SLIM!!!

Tuesday, 28 April 2009

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!

He's home!!!

I am sooo over the moon as my son returned home on Sunday from Australia after 4years!!! so it is absolutely fab to have him home, ive now got all my babies with me and its sooooo fab!!!

Friday, 24 April 2009

They're here!!!


Came home from work today, package waiting, eagerley opened it and woohoo!!! my new gorjuss girl stamps arrived!!! they are fab! cant wait to cut them out and start stamping with these. The images are so pretty, really hooked on these images, they really are a must have!

Gorjuss card


This was a card i made a couple weeks ago, never got round to posting this, or dont think i did? but used one of my fav gorjuss stamps, love this image, and printed off some papers i downloaded from somewhere? sorry but i forgot where i downloaded them from! ooops how bad is that? inked the edges, nestabilities frame, bit of glimmer mist... had to! and a flower to finish it off. Was rather pleased with the result to be honest, so kinda proud of this one.