Happy Mail

Use your own Hand writing this challenge at Incy Wincy we have Rick St James as a sponsor I love working with his images they are fun to colour I did slightly alter this image by erasing out the US Mail , I live in Canada so thought it a touch odd for me to have that on my Happy mail card seeing I'll be sending it out as Happy Mail lol

This has been Coloured with Watercolours and for those that don't think yo can colour a digi with watercolours you can you just have to do light washes and slowly build up the colour and avoid smearing the Black ink lines so it does take a little time to do but it is do-able.

Challenges

A Perfect time to craft - AG

Crafts Galore - AG

Colour Crazy - AG top 3

Jo's - AG

Simply Papercraft - AG

thanks for looking

and pop back on Wed and check out my 

new Art Giveaway

hugs Nikki

Steampunk Bird House

Here is one of the newest Images from Limited Runs it's a Steampunk Birdhouse #6

right now in the facebook group there are a bunch of giveaways going on too.

I do you like the newest birdhouse it's a fun one to colour up lots of possiblities

Challenges 

Deep Ocean - Something New - Image is a New one

TTCRD - Anything goes

Tues Throwdown - Distressing** Top 3**

Artistic Inspirations - AG

Simon Says Monday - Birds of a Feather

Corrosive - AG

Thank you so much for looking

hugs Nikki

Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop #3

Here's my 3rd Creation for the fall Coffee lovers Blog Hop. I've used a Limited Runs image Cat Nip tea and the Free sentiment from this Coffee blog Hop.

Fall Lovers Coffee Blog Hop - 

Show us your Pussies - AG + CAT  **top3**

Artistic Inspirations - AG 

Colour Inspiration Monday - Handcoloured images

Polkadoodles F- AG

Use your Stuff - Pets

Thanks for looking

hugs Nikki

Cupcakes and Birthdays

Our Challenge for you this time at Incy Wincy (Sept 4 to Sept 17th)  is this delish Photo with all those yummy shakes in it.

Our Sponsor is Lemon Shortbread and you can win 3 digi of your choice from the shop. So let this photo inspire you to create something and play along with us

 

There are just some days where you want to do something different and using all this purple and Yellows are just what I ended up doing when It came to finishing colouring this image up and I used up some ribbons that I've been holding on forever it seems just waiting for this card

Challenges
The Ribbon Girls  AG
Crafting with Dragonflies  happy birthday with cake ** top 3**
A bit more time to Craft AG
Colouring in Scrapland- AG
Make my Monday - Something for a Child (This was for a 2 year old )
Thanks for looking
hugs Nikki

For My Friends

Our Sponsors for Incy Wincy are Bugaboo and Oddball Art   and I've gone a little overboard in the creating for this challenge with 5 Different cards.  These will just be sent along to friends over time 

Bugaboo Cards

Challenges
Crafting from the Heart - AG
Bugaboo Crafty - AG using a Bugaboo Image 7/15
DL. art- AG 7/31

Challenges
Cutie Pie Challenge - Cute + Creature...

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - AG ...
Simon Says Mon - Red and White ...

Oddball Creations I've made 3 More Postcards.
All Coloured with Pencil Crayons and Blended with Odorless Solvent.
They are all nice and flat so I can pop them in the post easy.
On the back I've used my postcard stamp. 

Challenges

Country View Crafts - Things with Wings 7/31

Crafty Awesomeness - AG + Handcolouring 7/31

Kleuren Met Potloden - AG + Pencil Crayons ( Used Primsa Colour Pencils)...

Challenges

A Perfect time to Craft - AG 7/27

Paper Craft Happy - AG + A Girl

Dragonfly Dreams -AG

Challenges

The Crazy Challenge - Animals 7/31

Crafty Animals - AG + Animal Top 3

Thanks for looking 

hugs Nikki 

So So Cute

This Round at Incy Wincy we have two wonderful sponsors and they are All Dressed Up and JUST ME digis

Now this might spoil the surprise but Oh well here it is a pocket Letter I made as a surprise for my Sister ...SURPRIZE LOL if your reading this

I love how this turned out and the Image pulls out in case she would like to use it in one of her scrapbooking Layouts, I've sent her lots of pre- coloured images that I coloured too many sometimes I just colour and don't make anything with them so I mail them off to her. Along with cards etc. I hope she can reuse what ever works for her layouts

All Dressed Up

Challenges 
Come and Get it - It's a Girl Thing
Crafting when we can One for the Girls
Dare 2BArtzy    - AG April
Little Miss Muffet - AG  # 160
Addicted to Stamps - Make your Mark
WOW - My Favourite Embossing Technique

Using different Colours on One image and Blending them together with the heat Gun
to Create a marble effect - Each butterfly has been embossed about 5-6 times each.
Recipe

Papers Recollections. Butterflies are Embossed with Blues and Greens and a bright Yellow too

Dies - quickutz. Tim Holtz, Punches MS,EKsuccess. Everything else from stash.

Next up is Just Me Digi  I've made a little Christmas Card and used up some scraps from last Christmas I feel guilty if I don't try and use them up 1st to make something. Plus I have to start up on making lots of cards for my friends !!!

I've Used Snow Buddies

Challenges
Winter Wonderland - Cute Christmas
A Snowflakes Promise - AG Christmas
Sparkles Forum - Candy Cane  **top 3**

Recipe
Dies - Quickutz, CC Designs , Washi - Recollections. Papers Recollections and MME

Coloured with Faber Castel

thanks for looking 

hugs Nikki

Hello WOW !!!

A little Hello Card 

Faux Leather Background

Used paper bag and crumpled it up

Flatted it out then ripped it up to cover over the  page

Glued it all down 

Then using two different Brown inks one dark and light

went over with the dark 1st lightly 

then the lighter shade heavy handed to get it in the cracks

afterwords I used WOW embossing powder Dull 

and covered the whole thing with it

Voila Faux Leather

Used More WOW on the rest of it

Used their Stamps from "Just Saying" and "Happy Little Flower" Sets

Used Opaque Bright White to create the flowers then coloured 

them with a Crayola Pencil in Gold

The Hello is just stamped in Black with a gold ink around the edges

then embossed the whole thing with Clear embossing powder 

Challenges - Incy Wincy - Leather and Lace

Dragonfly Dreams - Hearts and Flowers top 3

Hiding in My Craft room - Embossing

Simply Papercraft - AG

thanks for looking

hugs Nikki 

Cupid's a Flying

With Valentine's Day coming up Why not send someone a little lovin and this one's just for that. I've used Cupid from Limited Runs and the Sentiment is from my stash by. The Camera just shows the little touch of glimmer on his wings and I added a touch in his hair too which was not showing the depth I wanted with only reds so I added in a little purple and voila he's got some spiky hair. I've fussy cut him out and popped him on the card seeing my sewing machine was out with I might add red thread on it how could I not use it.

Challenges - 

Crafty Sentiment - AG

Creates and Makes - AG

Everybody Art - AG

Sunny Day crafting - AG

Through the craft room door - AG

Simon Says Wed - Something New -  Doily and Paper

Use Your Stuff - Oh Canada -  Red and White, and dammit I'm Polite eh !! lol

** featured Top 3**

thanks for looking 

hugs Nikki

Cute little Bear

Here's one more Christmas Card using Sasayaki Glitter Image I joined in the progressive challenge over at facebook Just for fun and to play and this is my second round 

So as I'm trying to use up my paper stash (impossible as it seems to do)

I'm in the habit of tinting paper to make it work for each project it seems these days 

So this has been coloured up with Pencils this time round

I like how they shade an image

Challenges

Anything Goes @ Brown Sugar, * top 3*

Quick Quotes - Blue and Silver/Grey

Kitty Bee - Christmas

Creative Corner - Christmas Time

Dragons Lair - Christmas Wishes

Image - Sasayaki Glitter "Winter Kiddles"

Papers - Pebbles,Recollections

Dies - Quickutz,Spellbinders

Everything else from Stash

thanks for looking

hugs Nikki 

Things just got funny tonight

I've been playing with the mini birds. I've used two here these two are just Perfect together.I covered the moon in wow embossing powder  glow in the dark it's my fave.

Just perfect for a halloween card.

Challenges 

Wow anything goes

 Retarte  twist of Halloween

Artistic Inspirations  Ag

Get creative embossing * top 3 *

Deep Ocean AG

Thanks for looking 

Hugs Nikki  

Tea for Two

Here is one of the newest images from Limited Runs Stamps. These are all little Micro Birdies 

they will be getting into a lot of things as there are more digital images with them in the works

So you'll be seeing more of them shortly. 

Coloured With Prisma colours Pencil Crayons and Gamsol

Challenges -
Anything Goes @
Let's Colour Sat Linky Party , A Beautiful Mess  , Crafting with Friends 
Jo's Scrap Shack , Simply Papercraft , Creative Fingers
Morgan's Art World

Come and Get it - Card for a Women
Pile it on - Garden Creatures
Quick Quotes - Things with Wings *top 3*
Crafty Calendar - things with Wings 6/1

Thanks for looking
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 

Feel Better Soon

Now this is a Dr. Digi , Digi How fun is this Guy with his ear to ear Grin

This has been sent off to my Great Uncle who is recovering in the hospital and will be there for 

another month in recovery getting the assistance he needs.

Don't they say laughter is the best medicine :)

Inside I added the Sentiment 

"or at least get a HOT Nurse to Push you around !!!"

Challenges 

Addicted to Stamps and More - Make your Mark -MARKERS!!!

Double Click - Use a Pun or somthing Funny 4/12 (4/30)

Amusing Challenge - AG
Die Cutting Diva - Get Well ** Top 3**
Retarte #73- AG

Digi - Dr Digi , Sentiment by Me

Papers - Recollections,Basic Grey

Die - CC Cutters

Markers - Shinhan, Prismacolor, Promarkers

Thanks for looking

hugs Nikki 

Bunny Birthday

IF YOUR LOOKING FOR MY WOYWW GO HERE

Here's a little Lili of the Valley Bunny (retired now I think). I wanted it to look a little like a polaroid picture if they ever thought to make them in fun colours

which would be a fun idea for them.

Challenges 

Anything goes @ 

Lemon Shortbread 3/29 , One crazy stamper March 4/1, Bizzy becs store 4/1

Easter/Bunnies  @

Retro Rubber , Amusing ** TOP 3**, Great Impressions 4/1

Stamps - LOTV, Studio G ( both more then 2 years old at least)

Papers - Basic Grey, Recollections

Dies Sizzix

Markers - Shinhan

Thanks for looking
Hugs Nikki 

3, 2, 1 GO! 3 papers, 2 buttons, 1 ribbon

This week at Incy Wincy we have 2 sponsors Ppinky dolls and Dr.Digi's our challenge is for you to 3,2,1,  GO  so you will need 3 Papers ,2 Buttons,1 Ribbon

Dr.Digi has an amazing amount of boys images to play with and I actually made two cards with his wonderful works there are buttons on both one is a brad button and the other like Micro buttons. Both of these have been coloured with markers and I took my time shading and pushing the inks around to get them just how I wanted on Capt I added in a little 6b Pencil and just blended it in to give him a little more depth to his outfit. Also had to colour the white ribbon to be grey with my markers. 

I'm using

Dr Digi - One Small Step

Challenges-
Anything Goes @

Glitter and Sparkle  3/27 , Lil Patch of Crafty Friends 4/7 ,

Nordsalten Hobbyklubb - Metal 4/2
WOW - AG with Embossing - Used WOW Black Russian 4/1
Crafty Time - Birthday 4/7

Just Add Ink - Just Add E= Embossing 3/24
As you Like it Challenge - Fave Embossing Style and why * TOP 3 *
Love embossing powders as they can add texture and new feeling to papers and make
things just pop of the page without adding bulk to it

Now I was only going to create one image but I wrote down Captain Thunderpants as a OMG that is such a funny dude as a second choice and both where ordered and to even add to the challenge also ordered was Comic Sentiments 1 which made the BG paper for the Captain down here 

The Sentiment isn't attached just in case I really want to make it one of the other ones
 I was thinking what do you think of these

"I'm a Comic Con Rockstar"

"Baby for you I'll put my teeth back in"

and My Fave - " YEP !!! your all Mine "- with a "Happy Birthday" inside lol

and Dr. Digi - Captain Thunderpants and Comic Sentiments 1 

Challenges -
Anything Goes @ 
Scrappers Delight  4/1, Art by Miram 4/1, Creative Fingers  #105 4/1, Craft Rocket 3/28

Creative Craft Cottage - Let's Get Sentimental 4/7
CHPP- Pattern Paper 4/1

Hiding in my Craft Room - Blending 3/25
Craft Galore Encore - Make a Card 4/1

Thanks for looking

and I hope these guys make you smile 

hugs Nikki

Bubbles and a Birthday

I coloured this image up a while ago just playing with colours on it trying out different hair colours.

I love the little bubbles on it. So I finally used it to make a birthday card I'm sure we've all had bubbles on our birthdays no matter how old you get they are still fun to do

The Hair is using a few shades of Grey with a deep blue added in 1st to blend away into the greys

Challenges 

Anything Goes @

Art by Miram #53 top 3 ,   Crafting with an Attitude 4/1 , Little Miss Muffet 4/23

Alphabet - A - For anything Pink 3/18

In the Pink - For a Special Lady
CHPP- Pattern Paper 4/1
Tinder Dream - Birthday

Recipe - Image Art by Miram , Stamp - Studio G 

Papers - Recollections , Markers Shinhan,Spectrum

thanks for looking

hugs Nikki

Christmas Tags

  This week at Incy Wincy and our sponsor is Drawn with Character I've used a freebie to make a few CAS tags for Christmas for my 3 nieces seeing I will be needing them for the hoildays 

Challenges - Incy Wincy - Add a Name

Simon Says CAS Christmas

Craft your Passion - AG

Vintage Stamping - Use a Die 11/1

The Kraft Journal - Take your Pick - Bakers Twine,Die Cut, Tag 10/19 top 3

Recipe - Sizzix - Die, Stamps Quickutz, Markers - Spectrum,Prismacolor. Twine from stash.

Thanks for looking 

hugs Nikki

In the Ocean far below

This week at Incy Wincy we are sponsored by A Day for Daisies  and we have a fun little Tic tac toe board for you all to play with I've used the image Watertalk and used the Row Bling Bling - Free Space - Add Some Metal. I've used the smallest little micro bling I own and speckled her hair with it and used metallic paper and some Brads. On the tag I've used some pale blue glitter aealed over with clear embossing powder (Wow brand) so it will stay put not that you don't find glitter in the most ODD spots lol
 

Challenges - Incy Wincy - Tic Tac Toe (Below)

Artistic Inspirations - AG

Crafting from the heart - AG

Sparkle N Sprinkle - AG + Glitter and Embossing **Honorable Mention**

Stamp and Create - One for the Girls
Paper Creators Crafts -Punches/Dies
WOW - Summer +Embossing 

Thanks for looking 

hugs Nikki

Who Knew Fairy Dust was TOXIC !!!

This week at Incy Wincy we are sponsored by The Stamping Chef and we want to see all your STRINGS & THINGS (ribbon, thread, string, fibre, etc.)   How funny is this fairy she just made me smile when I saw here so I made up a peek a boo card so it's a little on the funny side

Inside

Challenges Incy Wincy Strings and things

Glitter N Sparkle - Anything Goes

Scribble and Scrap - Anything

Crafting at the Weekend - anything

Pumpkin Spice - Anything\

Top Tip Tues - Magical

Divas by Design - Things with Wings

Moving along with the Times - Girls just wanna have fun

Recipe 

Digi - Stamping Chef. Paper from Stash. Ribbon May Arts. Fiber from stash

Dies- Stampin Up. Ink Studio G. Markers Spectrum, Sakura Gel Pen
Bling From stash