Be on the Look out !!

For a few New Listings on Ebay Starting on the 20th of this month and they are all starting at .99 Cents too so you can snag some One of a Kind Water colour by Me 

This is for Nibblefest which is a group of artists get together every month and sell up to 3 items
all starting at .99 Cents So if your looking for some fabulous new art to hang on your wall or stick in your wallet look no further plus these little mini's make amazing presents too !!

These are all ACEO Cards that are 2.5 by 3.5
Watercolours and ink

Check Out my EBAY HERE

There are a bunch of other cards posted up too 

Funky Bird - The Collector 

He finds random things that have been left lying around outside or by an open window and brings them back to his nest to where he can enjoy all his found treasures

"Toaster Robot and his Cat clock" 

I love the idea of how a Robot can do so much all at one time so this guy can play with a Yo-Yo, Have a Fish tank inside him while holding his favorite cat clock, all while making toast and not burning it .

 "Oliver and his Dog"

Oliver has his own style he loves his thimble hat along with his old fashion portable TV and requires the help of his magic eight ball to get all the answers to his questions followed by his faithful dog Spot 

MARCH 16 - APRIL 2 SPRING FLING

Ever Feel like your playing catch up that's me right now with all my blogging 

here is what I did using a pre coloured image from Fabrika
So join us at Incy Wincy for Spring Fling

FABRIKA FANTASY

have a wonderful day 

hugs Nikki 

March 2 - 14 HAND COLOURED IMAGES ONLY

Our Sponsor this time round at Incy Wincy is Beccy's Place I used one of her Freebies avail for a special Birthday card for someone who is 100 years old such a treat to send someone who has seen so much and does deserve a card for his birthday

So here is what I am sending Fred !!! 

I do hope he likes it along with my sense of humour  too 

thanks for looking 

hugs Nikki

ANYTHING GOES

This time around our sponsors are Jan's Digi Stamps and Oddball Art Co. I am late joining in because I fudged up my dates ... it happens. I used an Oddball art image and I actually used some flowers. These little sticker centers are amazing I must say as they can now let this be shipped easy in the mail.
So Join us at Incy Wincy 

Challenges

Alphabet - W - Anything you wish
Polkadoodles - AG
A Bit more time to Craft - AG
Daisy Chain - For the Girls
Creative Crafters - AG

thanks for looking 

hugs Nikki

I also have started to destash some stuff to will be posting it here 
It's on Ebid and it's free to join

Also have some ACEO Cards & Art on Ebay GO HERE 

FEB 3 - 15 LOVE LOVE LOVE

Our Sponsors this time are
POLKADOODLES


and
FRED SHE SAID

Now I Love to sometimes colour a Image Digitally so I can print it out and just paste it on a card
this is what I did with Polkadoodles image how cute is Holly Butterfly


thanks for looking
hugs Nikki

JAN 20 - FEB 1 ANYTHING GOES

DR Digi  using Bathroom REG
is our Sponsor this round @ Incy Wincy
and I thought this image was so funny seriously how people
survive the bathroom before cell phones
MOM did you know the floor in the bathroom has 312 tiles !!
LOL

Did not have a sentiment so I hand wrote one out

Have a Wonderful day
hugs Nikki

Happiness !!! Tucked in a snowy mountain with a hot tub lol

Here is one of the Newest Images from Limited Runs You can snag this huge scene which is perfect just for any winter time card.  the little Snowman is a LOTV stamp. I coloured this up using Inks and markers to give it a blended look along with a touch of watercolours

Challenges Incy Wincy Happiness - Jan 4th

TTCRD - AG - Jan 7th

Shopping our Stash - Happy Holidays Jan 6

Everybody Art - Winter Landscape .

Holly and Ivy  AG Christmas Jan 12\

Crafting Happiness - Christmas

Crafty Cardmakers - Christmas

Thanks for looking

hugs Nikki

Black N White + One Colour

Wow It's been a while since I actually blogged but here is my creation for Incy Wincy this round

You can win $10 From Oddball too Have fun creating

hugs Nikki

WOYWW

Hey all here is my little space this week
I haven't been doing so much its been busy hanging out with friends. Managed to make a few new digital images for  my little shop Limited Runs they will be added in later this week. So here is my  space got my atc card with some lovely tags and a stunning card from Cindy thank you.

My cards from Cindy

Here is my little space 

Close up of todays mail from my swap groups. 

Thanks for looking 

Hugs Nikki 

Woyww

Here is my little corner late to share Sorry so late it's still Wed here 

As you can see My ATC Album is on the left and the finished WOYWW lonely #10 card all set to go to PearshapedChris but I need her address Hint hint 

Sorry I'm such rubbish on getting around these days really sneak by me quickly

that and I think I"m leaving comments on my notepad and NOPE nothing I'm typing

and getting nowhere 

so thanks for visiting 

hugs Nikki

WOYWW 10 YEARS !!!

I Know it's been forever it seems but I had to join into Woyww For the big 10 year celebration 

I'm still around just not been on my blog much been still creating stuff and mostly drawing out a lot of ATC cards to swap with online groups so it has been fun trading with other artists for sure my collection of WOYWW cards are in the little dark blue box up on the top shelf on my desk it has room for lots more so If you would like to trade with me I will make a few custom cards up for this special occasion

Here are a couple buttons for the celebration

Right Click and Save as 

Here is my little space

and a close up of the one I'm starting on for who ever I trade with 

Julia thanks for making this a wonderful journey of sneaking around and peeking

around at other's spaces 

Thank you for looking

Hugs Nikki

Coffee card

The summer spring coffee hop is on so I thought to paint a little picture up for the challenge.  Using watercolours and twinkling H2O paints.

Coffee Hop 

Thanks for looking 

Hugs Nikki

Just for the boys

Our Challenge this round at Incy Wincy is all about the boys, this is one of the newest images from Limited Runs  - Lighthouse #1 ,  We also have another Sponsor Fabrika Fantasy too so you will have 2 chances to win. Here's a little ATC I made up using Watercolours to colour it up.

Thanks for looking

hugs Nikki

Reviews - Monte Marte Watercolours

Here is my little Review on Monte Marte Watercolours Paint Two Seasons.  I bought these paints on sale too good of a deal to not give them a try and these are not to bad they are a soft wash of colours they have some great tones for those that like to paint  softer looking colours. You can find them on Amazon Here . But I bought these for only $8 at Homesense so you can find for a cheaper price if you just look around.

This set has a Gold and Silver Colour in them too which is a nice little bonus for those who what to try out a metal colour.

Stock Photo Used

I just made up a quick little sample sheet of all that come in this set to 

give you an idea of what they have. Leaving the colours as full pigment as I could

These paints aren't bad and Some of the colours feel like they been mixed with White,

and aren't that transparent as a pure colour but work good for shading.

Below is a example of the paints as you can see they feel muted to me little bolder in real life but this gives you an idea.

Sorry the Photo Went MIA when I paint up another will share it here

Pros about these
Had Metallic colours included which is a nice surprise and like the washed out colour pallet to play with.
Few Cons about these

Now I did notice a few of the  paints have a funny little smell when I used them from the tube and put it on a pallet but that went away once it dried up must be something they use in the process to create the paint. Also Might be the fact the the only thing keeping the air out of them is the lid not sealed air tight.

I also put some paint in half pans they seem to be very shiny and don't like staying in them very well and fall out a lot , they look like plastic paint. They still work fine just funny they won't stay in the pans if dropped about. Also they have been in there for a couple days and everytime I've opened the container you can smell the off gases what do they use to make them stink?

So over all these are pretty low end paints but great for a student learning and they will paint just lightly like they all are mixed with white

The paints also didn't seem to be mixed very well as water came out at first then paint showing separation or the way the store handled them

Would I buy these again maybe have to think about it.

To the Moon

Our challenge this week is to use Ribbon and I didn't want to take away from the colouring I did on this image it seems a little magical with the watercoloured BG. I've been becoming addicted to use watercolours.  So you can work with a digital image and play with your watercolours to get some sweet effects.

thanks for looking

hugs Nikki