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Friday, April 29, 2016

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 @

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 

Thursday, April 28, 2016

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 @

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 

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

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 

Saturday, April 23, 2016

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
Holly Jolly - Use a Die Cut
ABC Christmas - Hat -There are a few wearing some hats

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 

Friday, April 22, 2016

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 @

Crafty Catz - Add Lace
Really Reasonable Ribbon -Things with Wings

Thanks for looking
hugs Nikki 

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

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 

Monday, April 18, 2016

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
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
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

Sunday, April 17, 2016

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 

Friday, April 15, 2016

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 @

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 

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

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 :)


Thursday, April 7, 2016

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--
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

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

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 
Jingle Belles - Santa Baby
Creative Card Crew - Die Cut (Window and Ornament) 4/18
Holly Jolly - Santa 4/18
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 

Monday, April 4, 2016

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

Saturday, April 2, 2016

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

Friday, April 1, 2016

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