Friday 29 April 2011

Blog Award - Thank You


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...


Enjoy the award

x Nicky x

Candy Floss - Girl

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


Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

Dino Birthday

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Congratulations

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


Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

English Weather

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Rockin

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Christmas Cards All Year Round - April

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Wednesday 27 April 2011

WOYWW - 99

 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 you all enjoy the long weekend
My DH had to work through it but that means I get chance to craft
lol

x Nicky x

Monday 25 April 2011

Young Love

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Coffee!

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x 

Spring Birthday

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Sunday 24 April 2011

Carnival Fun

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


Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

Singing Dog

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Bunny Girl

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Saturday 23 April 2011

ABC Christmas - H

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


Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x 

Less is More - oops to late to link

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Friday 22 April 2011

Easter Bunnies

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

My Time to Craft - Easter Wishes

Oops just noticed I forgot to add the sentiment - off to do it now

x Nicky x

Wednesday 20 April 2011

WOYWW - 98

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
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

Sunday 17 April 2011

Proud of my Sisters

 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

Friday 15 April 2011

Smiley Birthday

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Thursday 14 April 2011

Easter Egg!

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Wednesday 13 April 2011

Cake

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Hot and Spicy

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Little Birdie!

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

How Does Your Garden Grow?

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


Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x 

WOYWW 97 - Crafting

 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

Have a great Wednesday
 x Nicky x

Sunday 10 April 2011

Sunbathing

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Easter Bunny

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x


Saturday 9 April 2011

Hubbys Birthday Card

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Wednesday 6 April 2011

WOYWW 96 - New Addition to the Family!!

 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

Sunday 3 April 2011

Splashing

 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


Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

Saturday 2 April 2011

Wedding Card

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


Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

Wicked Stepmother!

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


Thanks for looking

 x Nicky x

Mothers Day Flowers

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

ABC Christmas - G

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


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x