Stiggys Crafts

Just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Christmas Hope you all have a great day whatever you are doing and get plenty of crafting goodies!! Love Nicky xx

Just wanted to say a big thank you to the new challenge site CARDS FOR MEN I entered there first challenge with a card I made for my hubby and I won the challenge blog candy I did not realise I had won until this Sunday and it turned up today Christmas came early for me

The Challenge on the Secret Crafter Blog is LAST MINUTE GIFTS This were a couple I made for other people who wanted to give vouchers Thanks for Looking

The card was made for the Sketch and Stash challenge site My new Stash is the image which is from Victoria Case and the white paper which was brought from the papermill shop it has a really nice finish on it and is easy to print on and colour The image is coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers The spotty paper has been in my stash for ages and have the holly embellishments Thanks for Looking

I made this card for the Friday Sketchers Challenge 82 then time ran away with me and we already past another Friday! The image is from Victoria Case Coloured using my Letraset Tria Marker Background paper is glitter card I had in my stash Snowflake paper was free with a magazine Senitment was done in word Metal snowflake embellishments from QVC Thanks for looking

The Challenge on Mo's Digital Pencil this week is to make a card for 'Someone Special' This card is for one of my daughter best friends 'Holly' She is not into pink at all so colours are reds and greens Having found this green star paper again I am a little hooked on it The image is coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers Mounted onto red and silver mats Sentiment done in word and again mounted on to red and silver mats The Christmas has was off a Daisy and Dandelion stamp to make the gamer girl look more christmassy Thanks for looking

Three Challenges One Card On the My Time To Craft the challenge is "Winter Pals" The sketch I used is a lovely sketch from Friday Sketchers Over on Dotties World the challange was to use A Star or Stars The image I have used is a pre-coloured Dottie and George one The papers are from my stash Sentiment done on word Holly from an old kit I brought ages ago from QVC Thanks for looking

For the first Challenge on the Cards for Men blog its a Christmas theme For my card I used some 6x6 striped paper I had in my stash Cut it in half and stuck it at the top and bottom of plain white card stock I used some shiny red tape I have as the edges needed something The image in one of my new Stamps called DANGER MEN Coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers and then mounted on some red glitter card Great Challenge Thanks for Looking

This is my first attempt at Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge Blog The challenge this week is to create a Christmas scene with at least two images from Mo's Digital Pencil I used Jingle Bells and the Decorated Christmas Tree I printed these onto plain card and coloured them using my Letraset Tria Markers I then cut out Jingle Bells so I could mount them using silicon glue in front of the tree I added some gems and glitter glue to the tree for effect Used a bit of some Kay & Co Christmas paper I had left over and mounted it all on some green card Loved the Challenge Thanks for Looking

This Sketch is from the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog The image is one of the wonderful ones from Mo's Digital Pencil Coloured using Letraset Tria Markers Sentiment done using word Red Paper put through my cuttlebug for an embossed circle effect Cannot remember the make of the blue paper sorry Finished with Gems Thanks for Looking

Secret Crafter - Saturday Challenge 60 CHRISTMAS TREES I cannot remember the maker of the paper I have used I think it may be DCWV The silver trees where cut using my Cuttlebug Die and Embossing I matted them on to white/pink/silver card Sentiment done in word and again matted onto white/pink and silver card Quick and simple but quite effective I think Thanks for Looking

This wonderful sketch is from the Friday Sketchers Challenge Blog The challenge over on Dotties world was to design a card for a boy I just thought this sketch worked well with the image He is from the new Boy Oh Boy collection from Charmed Crafts I coloured him using my Letraset Tria Markers The circles has a small black and white drawing of the image in each one All papers are from my Stash sorry cannot remember the makes Thanks for looking

This week on the Cute Card Thursday Blog they want to see cards for younger boys I used an image I brought to support Meningitis Search 4 a Vaccine Campaign in Memory of Layton John Cleaver See more over on Crafter Kitchen and if you want to purchase He is coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers The checked paper is some Kay & Co paper I have in my stash Sentiment done in word Thanks for Looking

The Challenge for this fortnight over on Pollycraft Monday Challenge Blog is Ria's Wonderful Christmas time.. Anything goes as long as its Christmas! I used an image from the DigiStamp Boutique This was coloured using Letraset Tria Markers The paper I have mounted it onto is from Kay & Co (I think) I trimmed the candy cane so that it overlapped the image The sentiments where done on word Thanks for Looking

This wonderful sketch is from the Sketch & Stash Challenge My new stash is the image This is a digital image from Sandra Dry Digi Stamps He is coloured using my Letreset Tria Markers The striped paper is from my Stash that I had forgotten about I think it is by DCWV Snowflakes from an old QVC kit Thanks for looking

The Challenge over on Pollycraft was NO CARDS ALLOWED! For this challenge I decided to make my mum a diary for Christmas (I hope she is not looking at this) I covered some hardboard in some Kay & Co papers Cover the inside with some white and purple paper I got from the local craft shop The sentiment was done in word The image is one of my Murray and Ethel stamps Coloured with my Letraset Tria Markers The diary was a free printer download from the web All put together with my Bind It All We call my mum the "Old Bid" so I think she will like this Thanks for Looking

This is from the sketch over on the Friday Sketchers Blog The house and key has been cut using my Craft Robo Using a template from the Craftrobo Megastore Papers used are the Quickcutz self adhesive pad Sentiment done on word Flower is one of Anitas 3d ones Thanks for Looking

This wonderful Sketch is from the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog Do have a look at it as the DT cards are stunning On my card I cut the centre image and text on my craft robo using a fabulous design shared by Joyce on the UK Scrappers forum The circles were also cut on the craft robo Paper is self adhesive Quickcutz Pad Thanks for Looking

The challenge on the Cute Card Thursday Blog is Teen Terrors Teen cards The image is a digital download from Mo's Digital Pencil He is coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers The base of the card is black with some striped blue paper stuck on Then some glossy blue card put over that (the striped paper is only small strips at top and bottom) The senitment was done in word and then mounted onto black card Thanks for Looking

This wonderful sketch is from the Sketch Saturday Challenge 77 The snowman is a special digital download being sold in memory of Layton John Cleaver Menegitis search 4 a vaccine campaign If you wanted to read his story or purchase the downloads they are HERE The snowman is coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers and then glitter glue The circles were done in word and cut out Sentiments and snowflake paper free with a magazine Thanks for Looking

The My Time To Craft Challenge 66 is "Under My Umbrella" The Colour Create Challenge 32 is Red, Green and White The image used is a pre-coloured Charmed Download from the Love Collection The sentiment was done on my pc The puddle I have done using Glaze so it shines The raindrops are dew drops that are used as decorations at wedding but I thought they looked like water droplets I know the image has a little bit of blue but hopefully this is still on for the colour challenge Thanks for looking

The Secret Crafter Challenge was the Four Season - you could use all four or chose just one Dotties World Challenge - is to use Red, Black and White and a Charmed Download The image is one of the Dottie Christmas pre-coloured images (ideal for quick make cards) The printed paper I did using a Hero Arts stamps (I have one for each season) and I used the winter season one with Staz-on black ink The sentiment is a Kanban one Hope you do not mind me combining challenges Thanks for looking

This wonderful sketch is from Jacque on Friday Sketchers The mouse in the cup is one of Mo's Digital Download Coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers The papers are all from DCWV Apart from the blue glitter paper which came from my local craft shop I love this sketch was great fun to do Thanks for looking

Cute Card Thursday Challenge - Glitter Me Silly The image is a lovely Friday freebie from Tales of Pollycraft its a tease of an new range of digital downloads coming soon (I cannot wait I love him) He is coloured using my Letrset Tria Markers I have used glitter glue on the image, snowflakes and floor and down the edge of card I have also used glitter card as the background Sentiment was done in word Both mounted on silver mira card and stuck on using silicon glue Thanks for looking

The challenge on My Time To Craft is to use a tag or tags The tag I used is recycled of an old birthday card I added the ribbon and mounted it on 3d foam The image is from Pollycraft and is called Cherry Kisses Attitude She is coloured using my Letreset Tria Markers I have inked the edges and then mounted onto card The spotted paper was free from a magazine Thanks for looking

Over on the Sketch and Stash Challenge Blog there is a lovely sketch to follow designed by Jill My new stash is my Hard Rock Fairies decoupage My daughter cut and stuck the Fairy I then mounted her onto some red glitter card and then silver card The background paper came with the Rock Hard Fairy sheet Black gloss paper from local craft shop Finished with Gems and a red Flower Sorry the colours are not that clear on photo as we have a power cut so it was taken by flash and torch light! Thanks for Looking

The challenge over on Dotties World is Around the World The challenge is to make something using a Charmed Download and a foreign touch. I used one of the Dottie and George Christmas pre-coloured downloads Made my own background paper using the words Happy Christmas In English, Welsh ,French, Spanish, Dutch, German and Italian I mounted the image onto red card then gold mirri card I used a couple of pieces of spare red card to add effect and used glitter glue on them Finished with a little gem in each corner Thanks for Looking

The Challenge on the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge blog is to make an Easel Card it can be for any occasion I made another Christmas card The image is another one from my new set of Danger Men stamps I stamped the image using my Staz-on ink pad Coloured using Tria Markers The Christmas tree paper have been in my stash for a couple of years Holly embellishments were from a QVC kit as was the sentiment Finished with a little glitter glue for tinsel Its the first easel card I have made I really enjoyed doing it and I am pleased with the result Thanks for Looking

The lovley sketch on the Sketch Saturday Blog was designed by Debbie and its a great one On this one I used an image from Mo's Digital Pencil and coloured it just a little with my Tria Markers Card was in my stash Scalloped edges cut using my Woodware Paper trimmer Ribbon came of a pressie ages ago Thanks for Looking

The Colours on the Colour Create Challenge Blog are Blue, White and Silver Now these just seemed to lend themselves to being combined with the lovely sketch over on the Friday Sketchers Blog The snowflake was just using my craft robo as were the circles The image is a pre-coloured one from Pollycraft The little snowflakes have been in my stash for ages and I think they came from QVC Text and re-sizing of image done in word Thanks for looking

The Cute Card Thursday Challenge this week is to use primary colours I decided to make a Christmas Card I used another stamp from my Danger Men set Coloured using Tria Markers I used my double sided tape to draw round to make the circle Edged the circle with red ink Yellow and Blue paper from my stash Thanks for lookin

The challenge over on My Time to Craft this week is So Many Scallops You have have as many or as few as long as there are some Scallops On this card I have used one of a new set of unmouted stamps called Danger Men I got these from e-bay I stamped the image twice using Staz-on ink once onto white card and once onto green The image I coloured using my Tria Markers and Sakura Pens I just cut the overalls out of the green card and mounted them using silicon glue The strips with the scallops were cut on my Woodware paper trimmer With a strip of silver tape for a bit more bling This card is for a friend who is more like a brother to me and we often work on our classic cars together Thanks for looking

The Challenge over on Dotties World this week is set by June and this week she wants to see feather or feathers used on the cards along with a Charmed Download! I struggled with this a I did not have any feathers but found in our local Tescos so kids pens cheap that had just the colours I was looking for on them After dismantling then and get bits of feather floating everywhere (my hubby really loves me now) I decided to use this pre-coloured image from the Animal Magic Collection and the sentiment is from there as well Then I just stuck the feathers on using silicon glue This card is for my friends hubby so I hope he likes it Very quick and simple Thanks for looking

Secret Crafter Challenge 56 & Sketch Saturday Challenge 75 The secret crafter challenge was set by Jane and is to be Halloween based as set on the 31st The image is on of Mo's Digital Pencil downloads Coloured using Tria Markers Sentiment was done in word Mounted on black gloss card and orange card The top strip was a piece of the black gloss and then some crepe tape put across it Thanks for Looking

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 84 The challenge this week is to include Drinks/Cocktails Theme This image is the only one I had with a drink Its from the Murry and Ethel Range as is the sentiment Coloured using my Tria Markers Friday Sketchers Challenge 76 The wonderful sketch has been designed by Aud Papers used are Daisy and Dandelion Papers Quickcutz self adhesive Tropical papers Thanks for Looking

My Time to Craft Challenge 83 This weeks challenge is to rip it up! I have used an image and sentiment from my Murry and Ethel Stamps Coloured using Tria Markers The Dotty paper was free with a magazine and is good to rip as it has a white core This is a very simple card but I like the way it turned out Its for my Brother-In-Laws birthday Thanks for Looking

Pollycraft Monday Challenge 27 The challenge this time is a wonderful sketch The circles I cut using my craftrobo The flower papers were a freebie from a magazine The image is Cherry Kisses - Chillin available from Pollycraft shop I coloured her using my Tria Markers The sentiment was done in word Thanks for looking and do check out the Pollycraft blog there are some stunning cards there

Sketch and Stash Challenge 22 My new stash is the decoupage sheet it was brought from Craft Magic in Rye Sussex and is by Lazy Days Ladies of Leisure The card is all from my card stock Other new items used were the Gems brought from local Papermill shop This card has been done for my sister and brother in laws anniversary Needless to say they own a tamdem!! Thanks for looking

The challenge is set on Dotties World is done by Louise and this is what she said Childs Play Well Hellooooo!!!!!!! Louise here with your challenge for this week. I have been busy working on a new download collection, it's a boy themed set....but it's not quite ready yet. I have a sneaky preview for you on my example card but that will have to do for now....sorry ♥ Anyway, in keeping with the child theme.... "This week on Dottie's World I want to see you setting free the child in you. Make a card or something else for a child (using a Charmed Download please) . Let your imagination run wild!" I found this challenge far from Childs Play I have really struggles with it I after lots of playing I ended up using a pre-coloured image of Dottie I mounted this on a silver mat The paper behind is pre-adhesive card by Quickcutz Tropical Colours It was just scraps and although it looks like a whole piece of green goes behind the image, it is just 2 little strips This wa...

The Pollycraft Monday Challenge is as follows: This time we have a colour scheme for you TANGERINE TURQUOISE CHOCOLATE I have used a Pollycraft Download of Ginger Tea Coloured using Tria Markers The papers are from the papermill shop I trimmed the papers using my Woodware Cutter which has different blades Gems from Hobbycraft Thanks for Looking

Sketch N Stash Challenge 21 My new stash the image which is from Pollycraft She is coloured using Tria Markers The flower is from my stash and came from e-bay I cannot remember where the purple paper came from but the black came from B&Q's and is wallpaper! The pumpkins where left over from a card I made my sister a couple of years ago Ribbon from Local Papermill Shop I found this sketch quite hard as I normally have things straight!! Thanks for Looking

Sketch Saturday Challenge 74 For this I used another image from Mo's Digital Pencil This was coloured using my Tria Markers The sentiment was done in word and printed Strips of butterfly papers was paper I was given by a friend and flowers from my stash The scalloped bit was cut on my woodware trimmer Thanks for looking

The Challenge on the Secret Crafter Blog is as follows This week's challenge has been set by our lovely CATHY. She has chosen a colour theme of:- ORANGE PLUS ONE OTHER COLOUR I chose Black and Orange The image is a digital download from Mo's Digital Pencil Shop I have coloured the girls using my Tria Markers Then mounted them onto orange then black gloss card The strips of black are the same black gloss card with a strip of crepe adhesive tape which I have had in my stash for ages I am quite please with how this one turned out love the colour combo Thanks for Looking

This card has been done using the challenges from Cute Card Thursday and Friday Sketchers Cute Card Thursdays challenge is Challenge 83 - Candy Corns! This week we want to see your sweet/candy themed cards or projects.... These needn't be Halloween based, they can be whatever sweet/candy you like. Friday Sketchers Brilliant sketch was designed by Claudia The image is one of the Dottie at Home digital download Coloured using Tria Markers Card stock is from Stash and Flower from pack I got of e-bay Do go onto the challenge sites as there are some fantastic cards there for inspiration Thanks for Looking

From the Colour Create Challenge site Heather picked is ALL WHITE. So we'd like to see your makes with colour on the image only. Heather has been a little bit kind to you all - there is no optional extra to include this week. On my card I used the base white card with a grain effect brought from local craft shop The image is a freebie of a magazine Coloured using water pencils Snowflakes have been in my stash for ages and I cannot remember where I got them There is a little Happy Christmas sentiment which came from a kit from create & craft Finally a little glitter to finish Thanks for looking

The challenge over on Dotties world has been set by Gunn and this is what she asked for: Here in Norway, and far north where I live, it is really Autum/Fall now. The nature show us lots of beautiful colors, from green to yellow and orange- and the deep shade of red. I want you to get inspired with these colors and use them on a card, at least one or two of them.And I think gold suits these colors so well, so I want you to use some gold on the card as well. That can be some gold embossing, a ribbon a paper or what ever you want.And ofcourse I charmed digi download has to be included.Let nature inspire you and have fun. On My Time To Craft the Challenge is as follows This week's challenge is called 'Halloween Colours'. So you don't have to use Halloween images if you would rather not - just use a Halloween colour palette I thought these two went together so I hope no one minds me combining the challenge The image is Mickey and pre-coloured on to save time The papers a...

This card is a very quick and simple one using a download from Grab-A-Doodle I matted the image and the text onto silver card and the main card is a glossy blue brought from the local craft shop This one uses a download from Charmed Crafts from the Girl about Town images Again mounted onto silver card and the added to the main gloss green and white card This is a stamped image brought from the local Paper Mill shop I coloured it using my Tria markers and mounted it on silver card The blue stitch paper is from a pad of Daisy and Dandelion paper and the sticker across the front is from Daisy and Dandelion sticker sheet that came free with a magazine Thanks for Looking