Ballet Slippers

Here is a stamp I won from Roni a little while back they are so delicate looking that I thought they would make such a pretty card I ended up making Two of them one. The bg and edge stamps I don't know the company that made them but they are now one of my favorites to play with it seems.

Challenges

Anything Goes @

A Beautiful Mess 6/1, Little Miss Muffet 5/4,

  Addicted to Stamps and More 5/4 , Simon Says Wed 5/4

Vintage Journey - Spring is in the Air 5/5

Through the Purple Haze - Add a Number 5/4

Dies spellbinder,  quickutz, unknown(was from a friend)

Stamps -deep red, Studio g, unknown. 

Papers basic grey, unknown. Markers - Letraset .

Inks -versa fine 

Spray - Ranger. Ribbon from stash

Thanks for looking

Hugs Nikki 

Birthday Wishes

So I've made a sweet little birthday cards using a Stamp I won From Roni it's such a delicate stamp when it was stamped in pink that I went a little crazy with all the bg stamps which I think just add to this little card.

Challenges 

DRS - New Day -must have DAY in your creation 5/4

Creative Knockouts - Lots of Layers 5/5

Cards in Envy - Birthday 5/2

Craft Dee Bowz - AG with a Bow 6/1

The pencil case - Pink or red

Anything Goes @

Seize the BD 5/3, Crafty Gals 5/4 , Simon Says Wed 5/4, Tues Throwdown 5/3

Stamps Deep Red, ?unknown?

Papers Recollections,unknown 

Die cut Sizzix.  Inks distress,memento,Heidi Swapp

Markers Shinhan 

Everything else from stash 

Thanks for looking

Hugs Nikki 

WOYWW

Happy WOYWW !!!

Now Here's why you've come to visit my little desk I'm in colouring may ham with all the ATC's  I hope to get done in time plus I plan on mailing a bunch out to Julia again for those lucky to be close to go to the crop and I'm willing to swap with those that would like to swap with me

I have more pages to fit in my little book there.

You can see Julia's quirky bird blocking off my girl's face but she be shown all done soon enough 

I was looking through the ATC to get inspiration even though I already have one made.  I altered the backs up so far of 18 ATC cards now I'm just working on the front side of everything I am trying to do to them a little different each one and there might be a few variations but so far 9 will be close to each other last year's ATC's are HERE  I did a zombie and not a zombie version

this is my space at the moment 

happy Wed and I'll be popping around to as many people as I can

seeing the weather isn't that sunny and it is actually cold outside I don't see any gardening 

soon perhaps a good cuppa tea or coffee and a book to read is in order :)

Opps no wait ATC making with a good cuppa !!

Hugs Nikki 

WOYWW

Happy WOYWW !!!

Now Here's why you've come to visit my little desk I'm in colouring may ham with all the ATC's  I hope to get done in time plus I plan on mailing a bunch out to Julia again for those lucky to be close to go to the crop and I'm willing to swap with those that would like to swap with me

I have more pages to fit in my little book there.

You can see Julia's quirky bird blocking off my girl's face but she be shown all done soon enough 

I was looking through the ATC to get inspiration even though I already have one made.  I altered the backs up so far of 18 ATC cards now I'm just working on the front side of everything I am trying to do to them a little different each one and there might be a few variations but so far 9 will be close to each other last year's ATC's are HERE  I did a zombie and not a zombie version

this is my space at the moment 

happy Wed and I'll be popping around to as many people as I can

seeing the weather isn't that sunny and it is actually cold outside I don't see any gardening 

soon perhaps a good cuppa tea or coffee and a book to read is in order :)

Opps no wait ATC making with a good cuppa !!

Hugs Nikki 

Another Dozen Snowmen

This is the 2nd set of snowmen I've made with this set I'm guess it's because how easy they are to work with plus this time around I used some non holiday papers but they really worked out ok once I tinted one to be more blue it's a bold combo I think so all the white to balance it out

So my Christmas collection is growing plus these are amazing to mail seeing they are flat 

Challenges - 

CHCC - Use a Sentiment

Crimbo Crackers - Snowmen

Holly Jolly - Use a Die Cut

ABC Christmas - Hat -There are a few wearing some hats

Ribbon Girls - AG

Recipe- Melonheadz Digi, Sentiments - Studio G

Papers - Basic Grey, SEI.

Die -Quickutz . Ribbon from Stash

Markers - Promarkers, Shinhan , Chalks - Grey to give snowmen shape

Inks - Versafine,Heidi Swapp

Thanks for looking

hugs Nikki 

Birdhouse

Here's a new sweet stamp of mine from Deep Red that I was lucky to have won from Roni 

this made such a perfect little thank you card too 

Challenges - 

Anything Goes @

Brown Sugar  , Little Miss Muffet 5/4, Though the craft Rom Door , Our Crafty Corner

Crafty Catz - Add Lace

Really Reasonable Ribbon -Things with Wings

Thanks for looking

hugs Nikki 

WOYWW

Happy WOYWW everyone May you be having a bright and sunny week 

Well we've been having such wonderful weather we've barely been inside but have started working on the backyard which really needed to have the fences fixed up two sides at least.

So I've only been creating a few sketches this week on faces I played in a challenge and it started the ball rolling into a few perhaps some new face digi in the works because of this 

Close up of the faces done in pencil and pen at the moment 

and working on a new butterfly one wing done now to finish it off 

So I will try my best to get around to as many desks as I can 

Have a wonderful day

Hugs Nikki 

Spring and Christmas

Now I know for some of you it's too early for Christmas cards so don't read this whole post then lol just stop after the 1st card :) 

This week at Incy Wincy we have 2 fun sponsors for you all Sami Stamps and Melon Headz

I've choosen to work with both and here they are

Sami Stamps  used "You and Me" it is Inspired by Book - "The Bee Queen by Brothers Grimm"

Challenges-

Come and Get it - 114 - Things with wings

One Stitch at a Time - Things with Wings

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Things with Wings + Ribbon 5/5

Crafting Musketeers - Spring is in the air

Pearly Sparkles -AG

Tag Your It Challenge - Inspired by Showcased Tag  (below Colours and Wings and Sparkle)

Papers - Bo Bunny - American Crafts

Markers used  Prismacolor , Faber Castel , Spectrum

Painted With H2O twinkling Paints and Stampin Up

Die Cuts - Sizzix and Part of a Spellbinder

Ribbon and Brads from stash

Stamp Studio G stamped with Versafine

Next I've made Oh Yah turn your head if you don't want to see CHRISTMAS images but 12 Cards using Melonheadz Bobblehead Snowmen. So cute I was going to make a pocket letter but I printed them all a little to big so Cards won out ... Kind of glad they did now I'm ahead on some Christmas cards now. Perhaps I'll make another set of these I never make sets so this was a novelty to do.

Challenges -

CHCC- Cute

CHPP- Pattern Papers 5/1

Sweet Stamping - Tags

Happy Little Stampers Christmas - Die cuts

Wow Anything Goes with Embossing (Red Snowflakes - Wow Campari)
Jo's Scrap Shack - Tan,Red and Black ** top 3, winner**

Stamps - Studio G, Dies - Sizzix, Papers Recollections ,

Coloured with Promarkers,Faber Castel,Deserres

Embossing - WOW - Campari.

Ribbon May Arts and Brads from stash

Thanks for looking

hugs Nikki

Sketched Face

Just creating a rough pen sketch to try and work into perhaps a digi at one point

added in a little pencil crayons to add in colours to see how she would look very quickly sketched

when you work in pen if you make a mistake you must just make it work so I hope it looks ok

I did also use a little grey marker just to add in a little extra depth in areas too

Challenges

Show us your Face  #15
That's Crafty - Face Challenge

That Crafty Addict - AG
Robyn's Fetish - Anything but a card** top 3**
Corrosive - Girls Ladies Women

Thanks for looking

hugs Nikki 

Pocket Letter

This is the best picture I could take as some of this I decorated inside and outside on the PL,

and I've sent this off to Claire it's her first swap and my third for a PL

I'm hoping she will like this I just loved the paper I started off with  and went from there

not sure if she knows it but part of this GLOWS IN THE DARK thought I grabbed my clear Embossing but was glow in the dark so I thought that would work even better 

Challenges 

Anything Goes @

Wow Embossing , A Beautiful Mess , Simply Papercraft , Petal Lu

Sweet Stamps

Sami Stamps - Add Pearls or Beads (On Bunting)

CHPP - Pattern Paper

Paper - Recollections

Die Cuts - K n Co , Basic Grey 

Stamps MS for Hello, and Unknown

Embossing WOW- Glow in the dark (won't let me take a picture)

Twine - WOJ,  All the Metal - Brads,Gears -Recollections

Digi Sami Stamps, Washi Recollections

thanks for looking

hugs Nikki 

WOYWW

HAPPY WOYWW !!!

Here's a little Sneak peak of an Image I've been painting with watercolours 

from Limited Runs using Face -1 I'm still working on adding in the finer lines and stuff 

but it is a work in progress for an upcoming challenge for my DT  it's been so long 

since I've actually used real watercolours, I've missed using them 

So here's my space this week Yep moved some stuff around again :P

I know it's pretty tidy but I started painted and that's what has been keeping me busy

Plus I can be a messy painter so I move everything out of the way 

The Little Green/Blue Pot is for my water and holds my pens when dry I had to 

put it way up top seeing my little kitty I just caught drinking out of it thank goodness 

water colours are non- toxic I hope ... Or there will be coloured puke somewhere in our 

house lol

You can see my sneak peak of my water colour there (covered over seeing I can't show it all just yet)

Happy WOYWW 

hugs Nikki 

Plus I know that Anne is having some candy too ends on the 26th

she will be posting it today sometime :)

Sweet Birthday Card

Well I'm working on some birthday cards I'll be needing a few in a little bit so here's just one more

with a H2O Twinkling Background I love these paints with their little sparkle :

Simon Says Wed Happy Birthday--

Little Miss Muffet - AG

Star Stampz - Flowers--
Crafty Addicts AG /Springtime

Digi - Aurora Wings ,  Sentiment Stamp - Whimsy

Die - Quickutz, Lace-

Papers - Recollections ,SEI,

Punches  MS, Unknown

Inks - Memento,

Markers - Shinhan , Promarkers

H2O Twinkling for Background

Flora Craft - Diamond Dust

WOYWW + Zombie Card

Happy WOYWW head over to Julia's to figure out what it means :)

So here's my space this week I did get a bunch of happy mail this week

On my shelf One from Judy handpainted fairy with some sweet die cuts inside and one from my Sister (with an image I coloured for her a very very long time ago and she sent me a mini Birthday stamp set inside) and the last one from Roni with the stamps inside that I was lucky to win in one of her giveaways I've already started using them too

the birdhouse on my desk

The cards will be on display for a little bit them I'll put them with the rest of my collection stored away to keep them safe

So as you can see it's a little on the boring side seeing I try not to leave to much out as I work along

The Binder to the right is my rubber stamps I now store them upside down in the holder seeing I use to always flip it around to take the stamps out now I look at them the right way and easy to pull out the stamps towards me.

Oh and here's the Zombie Card I was working on last time 

I love Zombies and for those of you not ready for Christmas He wanted to be coloured or he'd eat my BRAINS so Dammit I coloured him up like a good and proper Zombie!!!

As a Bonus I could halloween papers to for this as I have more Halloween papers then Christmas ? how did that happen , so here`s what I`ve done and boy he could really use a TOOTHBRUSH lol I made a window card seeing I really liked the paper and have been making a few window cards lately it seems 

Inside of card  not sentiment for it yet haven`t thought of one ?

and he's looking a lot on the toxic Zombie type too. I did use a florescent Yellow marker 

as an undertone and it's bright without the rest of the colours over him

Challenges 

Dream in Darkness - AG 5/1

Jingle Belles - Santa Baby

Creative Card Crew - Die Cut (Window and Ornament) 4/18

Holly Jolly - Santa 4/18

Happy Little Stampers Christmas - Die Cuts

Craft your Passion - AG

Christmas Card Challenge - AG

The Pencil Case - Peculiar as there is nothing pretty about this guy

Papers - MME , American Cardstock 

Die -Quickutz

Markers Shinhan, Promakers, Specturm

Thanks for looking

hugs Nikki 

Little Cutie

Incy Wincy Challenge this time (April 4th-17th)  we have 2 sponsors this week   AMB Illustrations  and Lacy Sunshine I've used a Lacy Sunshine image and thought to get cracking on some Christmas cards seeing that I always use up so many over the holidays. So our Challenge this time is to use your favorite Medium Mine is my markers I can colour some images for quiet a long time just to get the look I'm wanting.  So here's Holly and also check out what the rest of the DT has made and join in.

Challenges 
Anything Goes @
Allsorts 4/9 , Crafty Friends 4/9 , PDE Linky Party

CHCC- Anything Vintage or Christmas **Winner**

Crimbo Crackers - Cute Kids

ABC Christmas - Green or Gold

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Cute Christmas

Papers - Pebbles , Ribbon May arts , Stamp Studio G. Bling EK, Punch Stampin Up Markers Promarkers & Shinhan
thanks for looking  hugs Nikki

Zombie Christmas Card 1

Oh Yah I love me this Zombie Guy he's alot of fun to colour up and if you do a mistake 

Heck it was ment to be there he's a ZOMBIE!!! lol

I  know it's a C card but the Zombie just wanted to come out for BRAINS!!! 

Challenges 

Dream in Darkness - Creepy,Dark,Weird .. Not Cute-AG (like I want a kiss from him EWW!!!) 5/1
CHCCE - Anything Christmas
CHPP -Pattern Paper
A Beautiful Mess - AG
Brown Sugar - AG
Jingle Belles - Santa Baby (not your everyday santa not even a cute one lol)
Simply Papercraft -AG
The Stamping Boutique - Masculine

Digi - SLS Lines - Sentiment By Me

Die - Quickutz,

Papers Recollections Basic Grey,

Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks Red Pepper

Markers - Promarkers,Shinhan, Prisma colour

Skull Embellishment K& Co

thanks for looking 

hugs Nikki

Darnell's April Fool Contest

Darnell's Big Fat Boo Boo Challenge!!!
Well I've only been on one DT forever I'm just happy there and have guested Designed for a few others here and there,

I'm known for just seeing an image and picking it for the image the Designer makes. Then realizing I haven't picked the image for the DT or even bothered to follow the challenge but hey that happens more then I'd like to admit. 

So our challenge was Winter wonderland and there was no way this image would work for it EVER but I still posted it with the statement this is just me sharing the wrong way to enter our challenge (something along those lines).

So this is the card I made for it ... DOESN'T have anything to do with WINTER WONDERLAND more like DOG likes your lights and will roll around in them no problem

So that's my one Boo BOO story and I'm sticking to it Image kind of works for this too lol

Oh and I love to share this one it's not a mistake just an unexpected card to send off to someone lol

Outside

Inside

Had written sentiment by me Like I'd ever find this one anywhere :)

hugs Nikki