Stiggys Crafts

I have been given this wonderful award by Angie Do go and check our her blog HERE its worth the visit Now the rules of this award are: Thank the person who gave the award, and link back to their blog Share 8 thing about yourself Pass this award onto 8 Individuals who I have recently discovered Leave a comment so they can pass on their recognition Ok so eight facts about little old me... 1. I own and ride a 1913 motorbike and sidecar 2. I am a fully qualified mechanic 3. I love crafting 4. I am scared of thunderstorms 5. I love Baileys 6.  I have a cheeky African Grey Parrot who talks and laughs 7. I own a Morris Traveller called Ernie and his has a girlfriend called Emily (My DH Morris Convertible) 8. Yes I am mad but lovable :) Now on to the 8 people I want to pass this onto in no particular order Drum Roll Please... Canadian Craft Corner Dottys Pudding Place.. Musings on Art Jac's Playground Creating in Carolina Cupcakes and Custard Pixies Crafty Workshop Jodpea Enjoy ...

This card uses a wonderful digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil All the proceeds from this image are going to the UK & USA Make a Wish Foundations She is coloured using my promarkers The papers I have used are all bits of cards that I had left over Flowers are from my stash and the gems to finish it This card is for the following challenges Mo's Digital Pencil - Pink & Girlie Simon Says - Anything Goes Thanks for Looking x Nicky x

This card uses a new digi image from Digistamp Boutique He is coloured using my promarkers The card at the bottom was embossed using my big shot and folder I then used green, red and blue perfect pearls to give it some glimmer The sentiment was done using my brother labeller The coloured squares are three brads The green background paper is some textured paper from my stash This card is for the following challenges Passion for Promarkers - Pre- Historic Sketch and Stash - I followed Sketch No 16 - New Stash is Digi Image I Love Promarkers - No Designer Papers Thanks for looking x Nicky x

This card uses some left overs from an old QVC set I printed the sentiment directly onto the card The rose paper I have had for ages and it came from QVC The picture was a left over from a Kanban sheet The bow is a paper bow and I think it may have come from the same Kanban sheet but not sure Quite and clean and simple card This card is for the following challenge Crafty Catz - Congratulations Thanks for Looking x Nicky x

This card uses Stella from Bugaboo She is coloured with my promarkers The paper I have used is a double sided sheet from QVC The flowers stuck on the front have been in my stash for ages Sorry cannot remember where they came from The mat and the pink bit I sanded a little to show the white edge This card is for the following challenges Inspirational Sketches - The sketch I have followed Cute Card Thursday - To follow a sketch of your choice Catch the Bug - Singing in the Rain Thanks for looking x Nicky x

This card used one of the lovely George digi images available from Charmed Crafts I coloured him using my promarkers Cut out the circle using my nestabilitles The paper I have used was free with a magazine I cut one bit so that it overlaped the image The striped paper came from the same magazine Ribbon from my stash and the metal guitar was from The Works It was then mounted onto mirror board This card is for the following challenges Simply Create - Metal Cards for Men - Circles Pear Tree - Colourful Polly Craft - Fun and Games  Thanks for looking x Nicky x

These cards are for the Christmas Cards All Year Round Challenge They all use Stella from Bugaboo digi image and sentiment I love these as I think they are just so funny I have coloured very simiply just skin tones and the odd red bit Mounted onto black and red card Finished with a little silver ribbon tied into a bow CCAYR - Oval (egg shaped) and ribbon Thanks for looking x Nicky x

 Its time for the madness of Whats on Your Workdesk Wednesday - WOYWW To join in the fun click HERE to see lots of desks On my desk this week is that starting of 7 cards I coloured the images Monday night - and cut them out this evening A few people asked what I brought at ikea last week I am re organising some of storage  These spice jars were £2 for four - I will need to go back sometime for some more now I now they fit I also brought these boxes two in a packet.  The little one is a CD box and hold my A6 Christmas cards I am making for this year You can see the House Mouse card I was making last week  The larger box hold A5 cards I just need to make some dividers to show which sort of cards are where  This picture shows all my images I cut out tonight and yes I am doing more Christmas Cards I will put them together when I next get chance to sit at my desk Might not be until Thursday evening - life does get in the way sometimes Have a great weekend and hope...

This card was a very simple make The picture was from a left over of a Kanban sheet The swirls is made using my Quickutz letter press with Red Pearlized ink on it and then ran through my big shot I then cut the corners of my white card with my friskars corner scissors Finally it was matted onto red card This card is for the the following challenge Speedy the Cat - Happy Anniversary Thanks for looking x Nicky x

This card used a wonderful digi image and sentiment from Bugaboo She is coloured using my promarkers Cut with my nestabilities then I inked the edge with my chocolate brilliance ink pad The sentiment was printed onto the cream card from word This card is for the following challenges Secret Crafter - Colour challenge - Pink, Cream and Brown Less is More - Off Centre Thanks for looking x Nicky x 

This card uses a digi image from Kennyk She is coloured using my promarkers Then mounted onto purple card The same purple card has been embossed with my stars and swirls embossing folder All the patterned card came from QVC The buttons have been in my stash for ages and I cannot remember where they came from The sentiment is from papermania This card is for the following challenges Simon Says - Embossing Kenny K - Springtime Sketch Saturday - Sketch I have followed Thanks for looking x Nicky x

This card uses a digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil She is coloured using my promarkers The cut out leaving a small white line around her I then mounted her on to the blue paper that was cut with my nestabilities The Circle was also cut this way The yellow paper was cut using the scolloped cutter on my woodware cutter The background paper came free with a magazine This card is for the following challenges Inspirational Sketches - The sketch I have followed Digital Tuesday - Punches ( I don't own punches so I used my dies) Mo's Digital Pencil - Carnival Thanks for Looking x Nicky x

This card uses a new digi image from Whimsy Stamps He is coloured using my promarkers The sentiment I did using word then cut out with my oval nestabilitles The striped paper is card from a card kit in QVC This card is for the following challenges Sketch and Stash - Sketch I have followed Crafty Catz - Childs Card Thanks for looking x Nicky x

This card uses a digi image from Bugaboo Coloured with my promarkers Papers are from a kit from QVC I cut the circles with my nestabilities Flowers and leaf are from my stash This is for the following challenges Pollycraft - Sketch I have followed Colour Create - Pink, Blue and Brown Cute Card Thursday - No Text Thanks for looking x Nicky x

This card used one of my House Mouse stamps I stamped him twice left one black and white The other I just coloured the area I was going to cut out I cut the circles with my nestabilitles Mounted it with red card behind Finished with hand writing the sentiment (think I should have printed it!) This card is for the following challenges ABC Christmas - H - for Hotspot Passion for Promarkers - White on white I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes Thanks for Looking x Nicky x 

This was a very quick and simple card to make Simple like me as I forgot to blog it and link it up in time I thought I would show you The image from Mo's Digital Pencil is printed onto plain white card stock Sentiment was done in word I cut the image and sentiment Then mounted a piece of foiled acetate behind them This was supposed to be for the following challenge Less is More - Acetate Thanks for looking x Nicky x

This card uses a digi image from Bugaboo They are coloured using my promarkers Then cut with my circle nestabilities The paper is all from my stash as is the flowers and buttons This card is for the following challenges Sketch Saturday - Sketch I have followed Catch the Bug - Easter Pear Tree Design - Easter Pink Elephant - Colours Challenge My Time to Craft - Easter Wishes Oops just noticed I forgot to add the sentiment - off to do it now x Nicky x

Time to blog hop around the world and be nosey at what everyone has been upto this week thanks to the Queen of Desks Julia To join in the fun just click HERE There has not been much happening on my desk this week as I had a busy weekend with a trip to Ikea and then London on Sunday See HERE for post about my amazing sisters On my desk now is the start of two challenge cards You can see the House Mouse stamp I have just stamped and yes being an OCD crafter you can see my stamp cleaner and a tissue the stamp is clean straight after use. The other image is a digi image of a dog hopefully I will finish this cards tonight Have a great day and Happy Easter to everyone x Nicky x

 Sorry no crafting today But this was for a very good reason I went to London to support my sisters who ran the Marathon As you can see they are identical twins The never got on as kids But they have pulled together and got through 26 miles together all for cancer research Their T-shirts had Twin 1 and Twin 2 on them Twin 1 is Sandra my oldest sister Twin 2 is Lynn the middle sister (she's 4mins younger than Sandra) lol If you wanted to help their fund raising its not to late to donate JUST CLICK THIS LINK TO GO TO THEIR WEBSITE They ran for Cancer Research as it is a charity very close to our hearts We have lost a lot of friends to cancer - but thanks to Cancer Research We also have some friends that are happily now cancer free My sisters best friend is currently fighting breast cancer and we all hope and pray for her in her battle. This picture was taken as they were on course to finish

This card uses a KennyK freebie image He is coloured using my promarkers The circle paper was free with a craft magazine The red card was from my stash Circle cut using my nestabililtes Sentiment was done in word This card is for the following challenges Inspirational Sketches - the sketch I have followed Simon Says - card for a child Thanks for looking x Nicky x

This card uses the Easter Eggbert from Bugaboo I have coloured him using my promarkers Then cut him and 3 mats using my circle nestabilities The paper I have used as my mats all came from off cuts of paper in my stash drawer The sentiment was done using my brother labeller The three eggs at the top are some buttons with the backs cut off This card is for the following challenges Simply Create - Egg-tra Special Bugaboo - Four or more layers Cards for Men - Easter Pollycraft - Easter Thanks for looking x Nicky x

This card looks so simple and I have struggles so much with it! It uses the resist embossing technique I have not done this before and it is totally out of my comfort zone A few pieces went straight into the bin I used Papermania stamps build a cake Stamped it with Versamark Then used clear embossing power heated it until clear To colour it I used a waterbrush and one of my ink pads Brushed of any excess with a tissue The sentiment is a embossing folder from papermania I think it turned out ok but not one of my favourites This card is for the following challenge Speedy Cat - Embossing Resist Technique Thanks for looking x Nicky x

This card uses a digi image available from KennyK She is coloured using my promarkers The card all comes from my stash and I have had it for ages The flowers have been made using my Marianne die and joined with a flower brad I finished the picture with a few white highlights done with my white gel pen This is for the following challenges Passion for Promarkers - Make your own embellishments Digital Tuesday - Little Woman KennyK - Spice it Up I Love Promarkers - the sketch I have followed Thanks for looking x Nicky x

This card uses a digi image  and sentiment available from Charmed Crafts The bird and sentiment was printed directly onto the white card stock I then coloured the birdie with my promarkers Plain and simple This card is for the following challenges Less is More ~ One Layer - Sentiment Focus Secret Crafter ~ Our Feathered Friends Thanks for looking x Nicky x

This card uses a digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil He is coloured using my promarkers The spotty yellow paper come from the Papermania Pad Sunshine The red papers is from my stash It is mounted onto a piece of ribbed card that I have had for ages The sentiment is from the Just for Men bargain bag from Docrafts This card is for the following challenges Mo's Digital Pencil - How Does Your Garden Grow My Time To Craft - On the Spot Thanks for Looking x Nicky x 

 Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday? This week it is back to crafting I am in the middle of making some embellishments I am using my Marianne flower dies with my sizzix You can see my trusty challenge book  along with an image all coloured and ready to go on a card Thought I would keep it short and sweet If you want to see lots of interesting desks pop over to the Stamping Ground Have a great Wednesday  x Nicky x

This card uses a digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil  she is coloured using my promarkers The yellow paper comes from a Papermania Paper pack The pink and white paper is from my stash The yellow stars were a bargain from Hobbycraft ages ago This card is for the following challenges Passion for Promarkers ~ Pink and Yellow Cute Card Thursday ~ Totally Tropical Sketch Saturday ~ The sketch I have followed Thanks for looking x Nicky x

This card uses a digi image from Bugaboo This was freebie from March last year and I have never used them before I have coloured them using my promarkers The sentiment was done in word straight onto the white card I cut the images out and attached them straight onto the card The frames were also coloured using promarkers This card is for the following challenges Pollycraft - use old/neglected stamps Digital Tuesday - Easter Parade Pink Elephant - Easter Simon Says - Spring Colours/Easter I love Promarkers - Easter Colour Create - Pink/White/Black Thanks for looking x Nicky x 

This card uses a digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil He is coloured using my promarkers The embossed words around the image were made using one set of the docrafts embossing sentiments folders I them just matted them with black card This card is for my DH whose birthday is today My DH has always wanted a Hornby train set and this year we have clubbed together to get him one He could never have one before as we had no where to set it up but we have cleared out my mums loft and it can go there I thought as he lets me have my 'Colouring' hobby as he calls it I should encourage him in his toy train set In this card is just going to be one piece of track The rest he will find at my mums house Well one piece is a start This card is for the following challenges Inspirational Sketches - The sketch I have followed Crafty Catz - Embossing Thanks for looking x Nicky x

 It's Wednesday and that's the day we all share whats on our desks On my desk this week is the reason there is no crafting (This is my desk late Tuesday evening as I am off to work early tomorrow) We have just spent the evening going to pick up a Chinchilla for my daughter He is two years old and did not get on with other chinchillas so needed a new home Our home is full of other peoples reject - but we love them all His name is Henry  This is Henry having a cuddle before DD put him in his new home  Having a little investigation Settling into his new house If you pop over to Julia's Stamping Ground you will find desk with all sorts on Have a great Wednesday and hopefully I will have some crafting to show you next week x Nicky x

 This card uses a stamp by Little Suzy's Zoo called Witzy I have had since I started making cards I love this little duck and have a few stamps with him on I have stamped him twice and coloured him with promarkers I then used my circle nestabilities to cut out the whole image Then a smaller one just to cut out his face which I coloured in a slightly bolder shade I also cut a circle out the front of the card so the image is stuck on the inside The paper down the side is from a procraft paper pad I then used a piece of ribbon down the centre Finished of with a little dotty bow (my daughter got me a pack for mothers day) Then to finish I used three dotty yellow buttons This techique is a new one to me and I'm not sure if I have done it right But the challenge on speedy the cat was to 'Spotlight any Animal' I hope this counts?  This card is for the following challenges Crafty Catz - April Showers Speedy the Cat - Spotlight any Animal Thanks for Looking x Nicky x

This card uses an image from Mo's Digital Pencil They are coloured using my promarkers Then mounted onto a dark red piece of card The sentiment was printed directly onto the card The script I used was Edwardian and Calibri Finished with six little gems This card is for the following challenges Cute Card Thursday - Couples Less Is More - A Touch of Red Thanks for Looking x Nicky x

This card uses an image from Imag-e-nation Coloured using promarkes The background card was embossed using my sizzix swirls and stars emmossing folder Flowers are from my stash Sentiment was done in word This card is for the following challenge Sketch Saturday - the sketch I have followed Thanks for looking  x Nicky x

This card used this weeks freebie image from Bugaboo I love this image I have coloured it using promarkers Then mounted it onto a purple mat The sentiment was printed direct onto the card I know this is simple but I really like this card This card is for the following challenges Passion for Promarkers ~ Bugs Secret Crafter ~ Butterflies Catch the Bug - Anything Goes Thanks for looking x Nicky x

This card used a digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil She is coloured using my promarkers Then mounted onto a piece of pink card The card I added interest by using a cutter on the edges Finished with two little silver bow and some buttons I did not have buttons in the right colour so I coloured some white ones with my promarkers This card is for the following challenges ABC - Christmas - G - Girly and Pink, Purple and Silver Mo's Digital Pencil - Bows and Buttons Thanks for looking x Nicky x