Thursday 31 March 2011

Mothers Day Chocolates

This card uses a digi image from Karens Doodles
He is coloured using promarkers
The cut using my nestabililies
The pink flowery background paper came from QVC
I wasnt keen on the cards they made so I cut it a nice mat behind the Tortoise
The sentiment was printed directly on the card using word
This is for my mum as she has had tortoises all my life
She has two still now one we have owned since 1977 but she is older than that

This card is for the following challenges


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Best Friends


This card uses another digi image from Karens Doodles
She is coloured using my promarkers
The swirl card in the background comes from a kanban kit
The flowers were blog candy I won ages ago
The image was cut using my nestabilites
Sentiment was from a docraft goodie bag
Pink card was a left of piece

This card is for the following challenges


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Wednesday 30 March 2011

Biker Boy

This card uses a digi image from Karens Doodles
He is coloured using my promarkers
Then mounted onto black card
The map is from the 1p A-Z London my friend picked me up
I have embossed the red card in the centre with Tim Holtz Brick sizzix folder
The sentiment was done in word then mounted on black card

This card is for the following challenges


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

WOYWW - 95 - Can You See My New Toy??

 Its Wednesday and that means its time for
'Whats on Your Workdesk Wednesday'
If you have missed this pop over to Julia's Blog Stamping Ground and join in the fun
But be warned its is addictive!
 On my desk this week its is even tidy by my standards
There is an A-Z of London that my friend picked me up for 1p
I have torn a page out to go on a card I am making
As normal my challenge book is at the side with the challenge I want to do
and on the other side of the desk is this...
 Did you spot it?
It an ATG gun - its all the fault of you WOYWWer's
But I must say I love it
I used to use tear tape from my local craft shop but they stopped getting it
so my DH thought as one of these was on my wish list I should get one
I did not need any more encouragement
Before I used it I watch  u tube and have had no problems at all
Used it all weekend and it really speeded up my card making
did I say I love it
This is why my desk is so clear
My DH works nights and as I work days we have little time together
So often before he goes to work I will print out some image
take my promarker box and sit on the sofa with him
and watch some mindless TV - then I go to my desk once his gone to work
I have just brought my last 5 promarkers so I now have the whole collection
Its taken time but its nice to have them all

Have a great 'hump' day

x Nicky x

Monday 28 March 2011

Party Girl

This card uses a wonderful new digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil
She is coloured using my promarkers
Then I cut the circle by drawing round my largest nestabilitles and the cutting it out
The papers come from my stash
The sentiment on the outside of the card says
'Happy 30th Birthday'
Remember when you were a kid, how you always tried to make yourself look older?

then inside it says

.. I guess all that practice paid off
Happy 29th Birthday

I new stash was the image and I have used my new ATG gun to put it all together

This card is for the following challenge


thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Sunday 27 March 2011

Christmas Cards All Year Round - March

These cards are made using a Kanban card kit
The tags were suppose to stay together
but I like to get value for money so cut them to make the five cards
The 3 design papers I have used are all from Stamping Up
and I was lucky enough to win them on some blog candy
Each card is finished with 3 gems

This card is for the following challenge

Christmas Cards All Year Round ~ March - Use 3 design papers and 3 brads/Gems

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Retro Girl

This card uses a wonderful digi image from Kenny K
She is coloured using my promarkers
The card is made up of squares cut using my quickutz cutters
I then embossed the smaller squares using sizzix embossing folders
The sentiments are some stickers I have had for ages

This card is for the following challenge


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x 

Fix For Photos Not Showing in Blogger

Hi again

Fixed it - if you are having the same problem of photo not showing you can try the following it worked for me:

If you click on the edit post that is not showing the photo

then click on Edit HTML - I always have my photos at the start of the page you will have text that looks really daunting

If you just look for height and then width on mine it was set to "0" all I did was change this to my standard picture size heigth "320" and width "233"

Saved it and now you can see my pictures

You have to do this after you have finished your post and click publish post while you are still in the EDIT HTML screen.

If you go back into the post to change something in your post you will have to do this again for the picture to show

Hope this makes sense and is helpful to some others out there who are having a similar problem

Nicky

Problem with blogger

Hi

Sorry if you have come here to see some of the cards I have made but I am having a problem with blogger and it will not show any of my photos

It works in my new post but as soon as I publish it they vanish

Hope to sort it soon

Nicky

Feeling Grey

This card used on of the wonder Stella images and senitments from Bugaboo
I have coloured her using my promarkers
The papers all came form the bargain bin in a craft shop
I have them in greys/blacks and pinks/red
The flowers and buttons came from my stash
The buttons are made by Papermania

This is for the following challenge


thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Christmas Box

The image is a digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil
He is coloured with my promarkers
The papers I have used came free with a craft magazine I was given
The buttons came from a local craft shop
which is now sadly long gone

This card is for the following challenges


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

How to make a man do DIY....

This card has a digi image from Karens Doodles
I have coloured him using my promarkers
All the papers came from my stash
The DIY sticker was one I have had for ages and I think it was a See D's one
Finished the card with the sentiment done in word
and the little blue gems

This card is for the following challenges

Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

Girl Attitude

This card uses a wonderful image from Mo's Digital Pencil
She is coloured with promarkers and some white gel pen for highlights
The flower is made from an old AZ of London my friend brought me for 1p
I used my alcohol inks to change the colours cut out using my nestabilites
The cut a spiral out and wrapped it together to make the flower
I finished it with some black gems

This card is for the following challenges


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Mothers Day Cuppa


This card using a wonderful House Mouse stamp
I stamped him twice then coloured him with my promarkers
I cut the cup and mouse so I could mount then and add some dimension to the card
The cup mouse and handle were all embossed with clear embossing power to make them shine
I cut the image using my nestabilities
The sentiment was done in word and printed directly onto the pastel pink card
The strip of blue I dry embossed with my cuttlebug border embossing folder

This card is for the following challenges


Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

Friday 25 March 2011

ABC - Christmas F

This card uses a freebie digi image from the ABC Christmas Challenge blog
I have coloured him with my promarkers
Cut and embossed him with my circle nestabilitles and then inked the edge in red
The papers I have used are from SU
The buttons where a bargin from a craft shop unfortunately long gone from our nearest town

This card is for the following challenges


Thanks for looking

 x Nicky x

Baby Girl

This card uses a wonderful digi image from Bugaboo
This was a freebie a little while ago and I have never used it
I coloured her using my promarkers
The used my sakura white gel pen to add some highlights
The border I put through my swirly embossing folder
The image and sentiment was cut using my nestabilities
The sentiment also came with the image
I finished it with some flowers and pearls

This is for the following challenges


Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

Wednesday 23 March 2011

Ruby Wedding

This card uses an image from Mo's Digital Pencil
I have coloured them using soft pinks to give a slighly aged look
The striped paper is from SU and was some blog candy I won
The flowers are from my stash as are the pearls
I added some doodles by hand for a bit of interest
The sentiment was also from my stash

This card is for the following challenges

Pollycraft - Swirls & Pearls
Pink Elephant - Sketch I have followed
My Time to Craft - Ladies Day

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Playing Air Guitar

This card uses a digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil
He is coloured with my promarkers
The papers are all from my stash of off cuts
Sentiment was from a docraft goodie bag

This card is for the following challenges

Mo's Digital Pencil - One for the Boys
Friday Sketchers - the sketch that I have followed

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Flowers for Mum

This is the card you could see me making on my WOYWW post
Its a different sort of style to my normal cards
I coloured the digi image from Bugaboo using my promarkers
Then I cut the image using my nestabililes and big shot
I then used two different nestabililes to make the frame so the image fitted neatly inside
I then used some See D's stamps inked with my Brilliance Pearlized inks
The sentiment was done using my brother labeller

This is for the following challenges

Crafty Catz - Mothers Day
Passion for Promarkers - In the Garden

Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

WOYWW 94 - A Mess!

 If you wonder why my desk is on show and you have not joined in with the fun yet  pop over to
and see what people from all around the world
Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday
 This is proof my desk does get messy
(well for me anyway)
I am in the process of making four cards
I have just used my big shot with my nestabilities to make the frame and cut my image
you can see just off my glass cutting mat
I have got my See D's stamps out that I have had for ages
Inked them using my brilliance pearlized ink pads and stamped them onto the card
This is a very different look to my normal style but its fun to experiment
I am off work today so have stayed up late playing
So thought I would post this now at 1.30ish in the morning
Having a morning out with my mum and daughter tomorrow
Then parents evening for my DS
Have a great Wednesday
Will try and get round as many people as I can but have started to realise
I do not have enough hours in the day to work, visit everyone and craft 

Sunday 20 March 2011

Lacking Sense of Humour...

This used a digi image from Imagenation
Again coloured using my promarkers
The papers I have used come from my new reflections pad
and a sunshine pad by docrafts

The sentiment on the front says
'Sick and tired of all the sarcastic cards
you've been getting that joke about
your birthday.....'

and on the inside it reads
'……frankly, that's not surprising!
The sense of humour is the
first to go as you get older.'

This card is for the following challenges

Digital Tuesday - Its a magical world
Simon Says - Happy Birthday
Sketch Saturday - sketch I have followed

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Drummer Boy

This card uses a digi image from Kenny K
He is coloured using my promarkers
The blue and striped paper comes from Papermania Just for Men
The triangles are from Reflections Notepad that I won on Pollycraft
For some texture I have stuck a blue and yellow strip of ribbon on each one
Then finished with 3 blue square gems
The sentiment was from a docrafts goodie bag

This card is for the following challenges

Cards for Men - the sketch I have followed
Cute Card Thursday - Music - Dance
Kenny K - 3 Designer Papers, 2 Ribbons and 1 Image

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Thursday 17 March 2011

Clean & Simple

This is a first for me
Normally I always print onto a piece of paper and then mount it onto the card
On this card I used my new stamps from Speedy the Cat that I won  
and stamped straight onto the card
I coloured them using my promarkers
I added the strip of spotty green paper
and thats it
I think its the hardest card I have made
lol

This is for the following challenges

Speedy the Cat - Lime, Green, Grey, only upto one layer CAS
Secret Crafter - Flowers for Mum

thanks for looking

x Nicky x


Daisy Girl

This card uses an image from Pollycraft
She is coloured using my promarkers and the blender pen
The yellow background paper is from papermania
The spotty green paper was from a paper kit on QVC
The sentiment was a white one I ink and blended
Flowers and brad from my stash

This card is for the following challenges

Pink Elephant - Spring Time
Crafty Catz - Yellow & Green
Pollycraft - Teens
Passion for Promarkers - the sketch I have followed

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Wednesday 16 March 2011

WOYWW - 93


Cor Wednesday do come round quickly!
to see lots more desk pop over to the

The picture above shows my desk in mid creating last night
as I leave for work at 7am and will not be home until late
On top of my desk you can see my bits of card I use to take photos
nothing flash just two bits of card and I move my daylight lamp to light it
On my desk it whats left from the card I have just photographed
and the start of my desk card

Short and sweet this week
Have a great day and will be visiting as many as I can even if it take until next week again

x Nicky x

Tuesday 15 March 2011

Reach For the Stars

This card uses a digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil
I have coloured her with my pro markers
The swirly paper is from Kanban and has embossed glittered swirls on it
I embossed a piece of plain card with my stars and swirls sizzix folder
The stars and ribbon are all from my stash

This card is for the following challenges

Sunday 13 March 2011

Thinking of You

This card uses a digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil
I have coloured him using my pro markers
Cut the image out using my nestablilties
The sentiment was done in word and again cut using the nestabilities
The brads came with a do crafts goodie bag
The leave paper is from Stamping up

This card is for the following challenges


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Friday 11 March 2011

Fly Me To The Moon..

This card uses digi images from Pollycraft
They are coloured using my pro markers
(sorry photo doesnt really show colours well)
The flag was done in word and then cut out and mounted onto a brown piece card
The 'moon' was cut from a piece of marbled card
Everything was then mounted onto a piece of glittered black card

This card is for the following challenges


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Thursday 10 March 2011

One Tequila....

This card used a great digi image and sentiment from Bugaboo
She is coloured using my promarkers
I then cut the image and sentiment out using my circle nestabilities
I used a brilliance pearlized ink pad to add interest to the circles
The flower and brads are from my stash
The patchwork paper is something I picked up ages ago in the bargin bin in the local craft shop
Ribbon from the local hobbycraft shop

This is for the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday - Sketch that I followed
Passion for Promarkers - Food & drink (Tequila and drink on papers)
Pink Elephant - Spring Time (used spring colours)

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Wednesday 9 March 2011

Oh Baby!

This card uses a wonderful digi stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil
I have coloured her using my pro markers
The paper with the swirls is from Kanban
The one with the squiggles I have had for ages and cannot remember the make
The yellow checked paper comes from DoCrafts
The sentiment I did on my brother labeller
I love this image as it reminds me of my older sister who when sulking would fold her arms
(She still does it and she in her forties now lol)

This card is for the following challenges

Friday Sketchers - The sketch I have followed
Digital Tuesday - Welcome little one

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x 

WOYWW - 92

If you want to see lots more desks with more going on than mine
She is the one responsible for this addiction!
On my desk this week you can see a couple of card I have made
and also lots of boxes holding bits
These are for my friend wedding cards
I have made the first batch and now have everything cut and ready for putting together
I have just finished inking the hearts for the front
Also on my desk are a set of new stamps that came from Speedy Cat Challenge Blog
when I won some candy - they are lovely stamps and I cannot wait to play
There are two images I have just finished colouring ready to go on some cards
Having tried the other week to choose papers first and then colour
I found that a really difficult way to work even if it is suppose to be done that way
So I have gone back to my way of colour the image how I want and then find what I can to make it work!
May not be the correct way but it works best for me lol

So sorry not to have visited many of you last week
but it was just one of those week that time seemed to have been going at double speed
Thank you all for your lovely encouragement with the inks I will practise some more and hopefully have some good results to show in the future
Will try harder this week but no promises

Happy Hump Day

x Nicky x

Sunday 6 March 2011

Birthday Girl

This card has a digi image from KennyK
that I won on Sketch and Stash
The papers I have used come from Kanban and I think they were in a QVC kit
The flowers were in my stash but buttons are from a docraft goodie bag as is the ribbon
The image is coloured using my promarkers
The 18 is made by peel offs and the circles were cut using my nestabilities

This is for the following challenges

Passion for Promarkers - 'Sugar Rush'
Digital Tuesdays - Celebrations
Simon Says Stamp - Recipe - 1 image, 2 patterned paper, 3 types of embellishments
Cute Card Thursday - Signs of Spring
Crafty Catz - Special Birthday
Simply Creates -Power of Flowers
KennyK - The sketch I have followed

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

DIY!

This card uses a new digi image from Imagemation
I have coloured him using my Pro markers
The circles was embossed using my sizzix circles embossing folder
The cut out using my nestablilities dies
The paper I have embossed on is new from Docrafts called core-dinations
it has a different coloured core so you can sand it
The rest of the paper was from my stash

This is for the following challenges

Sketch and Stash - the sketch I have followed

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Wednesday 2 March 2011

Playing with Alcohal Ink!!???

This card uses a digi image from Pollycraft
Coloured with my promarkers
I then cut him out using my nestabilities
I the used my Alcohal Inks that I have only just got
and played a little to give some colour to the plain white card
(Hmmm ok for a beginner but think I need lots of practice)
The other two circles were again cut with my nestabilities from scraps of paper
To finish the card I have some sticky crepe ribbon I have had for ages
I just stuck 3 strips to the bottom of the card

This card is for the following challenge

Pollycraft - Three Circles
My Time To Craft - Infant - Card for a child

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

WOYWW - 91

 Its that time it is the first Wednesday of March
and that means it
Whats on Your Workdesk Wednesday
Pop over to the Queen of the Desk
and join in the nosey fun
I took the above picture as its how I work but my daylight lamp has given a lot of glare
So I took this one with the lamp turned off
 so you can see the desk in its little dull corner of the living room
The cards on the top of the desk are the ones I have made this last week
 As you most of you who visit me will know I am an OCD crafter and like neat lines
I tend to get distressed when trying to destress things
Well shock horror and I blame you lot that share desk
I have been out and brought some Tim Holtz Achohol inks from the Craft Barn
This is my first attempt as using them on a scrap piece of paper
Hmmm pratice needed I thinks
 My other purchase was this mini woodware paper trimmer
I love this little trimmer its brilliant and stores two blades underneath
I have the big woodware one and the baby is just a brilliant
You can also see the start of a card I am working on
which I may try the inks on if I like it I may share later
Sorry I did not get round everyone last week
I will try this week but somehow there seems to less hours in the week!!

Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x