Stiggys Crafts

 This card was made using my house mouse stamp Coloured with my promarkers I then cut it out using my Marianne Dies Which gives a nice lace effect The sentiment is stamped and is from a See D set Buttons from stash Ribbons was some blog candy I was sent and I ruffed it for effect Papers came for a Docraft Goodie bag  This box I made the old fashioned way with my craft knife and ruler Finished it with a ribbon and some flowers Inside the box is this candle I decorated using the same House Mouse Stamp and the See D's sentiment stamped onto white tissue paper I coloured the image with my promarkers Then used my heat gun to melt it in to the candle using greaseproof paper to protect candle as recommend by fellow bloggers Thanks to all for the tip This is for the following challenges Sketch Saturday - Sketch I have followed The Pink Elephant - 3 Patterned papers, 2 buttons, 1 punch and ribbon Simon Says - Bingo - Buttons, Lace and Sentiment Speedy the Cat - Butto...

This card uses a stamp for Papermania I stamped on to piece of the backing paper and paper pieced the chair The rest of the image was coloured using promarkers The paper came for the 'Its a Man World' also by Papermania Buttons from Stash This card is for the following challenge Inspirational Card Sketches - Sketch I have followed Secret Crafter - Something from around the house Thanks for looking x Nicky x

 Its Wednesday so its time to nosey around the desks of the world again If somehow you have missed out on this weekly fun Pop over to the Queen of the Desk Julia's Stamping Ground HERE On my desk this week is my wonderful PIF from Bleubeard and Elizabeth That winged its way all the way from America and arrived here Monday It was so exciting to have package from abroad and to joining in the PIF its the first one I have done and it has been such fun Thank you again Elizabeth its lovely On top of my desk you can see two old books they are the manuals for my 1913 Rudge Multi Motorbike unfortunately when we took it out at the weekend a bit fell off So I need to get it repaired - oh how I wish I still had access to metal lathe There are also some Christmas digi images from Pollycraft that I brought as they are on offer at the moment I have coloured these ready to make five cards for the  Christmas Cards All Year Round Blog Well as you can tell this has been schedule as I am back at ...

This card uses a digi image from Pollycraft They are coloured using my promarkers The papers I have used I won on the Pollycraft Challenge site Like lots of new paper its take me a time to use them I have to look at them first and admire lol The sentiment came out of Docrafts goodies bag The little wooden heart came from my local craft shop This card is for the following challenges Sketch Saturday - the sketch I have followed Pollycraft - Love and Marriage The Pink Elephants - Here Comes the Bride Thanks for Looking x Nicky x 

 This card used a new digi image from Pollycraft I brought this today as lots of there Christmas images are on special offer He is coloured using my pro markers and then a little glitter glue added The snowman paper I have had in my stash for ages sorry cannot remember where it came from The kraft paper came from a do crafts goodie bag I brought the other week This card is for the following challenges ABC Christmas - K - K is for kids/Kraft Paper Sketch and Stash - the sketch I have followed Thanks for Looking x Nicky x

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Whats on Your Work desk Wednesday The brilliant nose around the world If you do not know what I am on about visit Julia's Blog HERE  This week I am playing in the early hours of the Wednesday morning. I am off this week so thought I would post this before going to bed (still have to get up early to take DD to work) and as it is now nearly 1.30am I really should tear myself away from my crafts and catch to zzzzzzz's A couple of people asked on my previous post how I did the candles  The idea came from create and craft tv Using tissue paper stamp onto it and then heat it onto the candle with a heatgun the thiner the tissue paper the better I have used it with white and pink and it dissappears into the candle nicely I stamped Little Suzy stamp and coloured it using my peel off markers Then just held it on a candle and heated it simple Has to be as I managed it!  I found the small candles like this one heat really quickly but still work out ok I...