Sunday 9 October 2011

Birthday Cake


This card uses a digi imge from Mo's Digital Pencil
She is coloured using my promarkers
I then mounted her onto the red and blue card
I cut 2cm squares of red card and stuck them onto a piece of the blue card
Finally the sentiment was done with my brother labeller 
The buttons have been stuck on with my glue gun

This card is for the following challenges


Thanks for Looking 

x Nicky x

Halloween Anniversary Card


This card uses a digi image from Bugaboo
She is coloured using my pro markers
Then some glitter added for sparkle
The sentiment was done in word
The hearts coming from the broom was also done in word
Using the shapes tool
I added some gems for some bling
This card is for my sister and her hubby who have been married
19 years this Halloween

I have entered this into the following challenges


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x Nicky x

Saturday 8 October 2011

Sad News

Stiggy my dog, whom I named my blog after, passed away today

He was taken ill on Thursday and seemed to be doing well
Then today he took a turn for the worse and we had to make the hard decision to let him go
He was a wonderful dog, so good natured that even in pain he never grumbled

My blog title will remind me of the 9.5 years of fun and happiness we had
 after someone left him tied to gate
Everyone who met him thought he as a girl and only about 2 years old
So he became known round the village as the only gay dog in the village
after the comedy show Little Britain
The heartache now is nothing to all the joy we had with him

God Bless you Stiggy and RIP


Thursday 6 October 2011

My Sisters Engagement Card


I have made this card for my older sister who has recently got engaged
The image is a digi stamp from imag-e-nation
It is coloured with my promarkers
I then cut the stamp out draw round it on my card blank
and cut the front and back of the card to make it a shaped card

This card is for the following challenges


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Wednesday 5 October 2011

Whats on Your Workdesk Wednesday - 122


Thought it was about time a played again on Julia's wonderful
desk hop around the world
Although I haven't play for a while I have had a little nosey around
I have not done much crafting over the summer
Too much work and life getting in the way
Getting back into now
On my desk are the start of my make for the 
ABC Christmas Challenge
Also you can see an image I have coloured of some bikers
This will be my sister engagement card when I have finished!
On top of my desk are the cards I have made so far this week

If you want to see lots of lovely desks
You wont just pick up idea for crafting you will get ideas for your wish lists for Christmas
lol

Have a Great Day

x Nicky x


Tuesday 4 October 2011

ABC Christmas - T for Tiny


These are are for the ABC Christmas Challenge
This fortnight it is T for Tiny Cards/Tags
I used 1 A4 sheet of card and cut it into 4 then used that to make the card bases
The papers and embellishments are all freebies from a magazine
To make these card it only took one sheet of the paper from the pad
to make all these
I have added a bit of glitter to each card
Think I may have to make more of these tiny cards

Thanks for looking 

Monday 3 October 2011

Surfs Up


This card uses a great digi image from Tickled Pink Stamps
I have coloured him using my promarkers
The striped paper is from a pack from QVC brought a few years ago
The scallops have been cut using my woodware paper trimmer
The sentiment is a sticker

This card is for the following challenges


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Sunday 2 October 2011

From One Old Dragon to Another!


This card uses a lovely Bugaboo digi stamp
He is coloured with my pro markers
After being printed directly onto the card
The swirls are from clip art and I used word
to change the colour of them and do the sentiment

This card is for the following challenges


Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x 

Thinking of you thinking of me....

This card uses a digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil
I have coloured him using my promarkers
The stripped paper at the top is a left over from a Kanban set
The two sort of polka dot papers came with a Do Craft goodie bag
Buttons were in my stash 
The edges of the image and the sentiment have been inked with Brilliance blue ink
The mats have also been distressed with my thread cutter!

This card is for the following challenges


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Birthday Girls

This card uses two great digi images from Kenny K
I have coloured them with my pro markers
The paper used for the circles where free with a magazine
I cut them using my spellbinder dies
The mat behind the two girls 
Was cut using my quickutz rounded corners dies
The sentiment was in a Docraft Goodie bag

This card is for the following challenges


Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Birthday Bear

 This is a card I made for my neighbour to give to his wife who loves teddies
I used my spellbinder die and sizzix big shot machine to cut the aperture out
I then used some left over paper and a few flowers finished with pearl centre
The sentiment was printed using my brother labeller
Inside the card I used a white piece of paper with a larger size aperture cut out
The Tatty teddy picture was from a Do Craft goodie bag
I cut him with the same spellbinders die just a smaller one
The used two spellbinder together to make a frame
Although this is a very simple card 
I think it worked quite well - I was also only given one days notice!

This card is for the following challenge


Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

Its Been Too Long....

Wow how has so much time flown by since I last blogged
No excuses just very busy at work and at home
and we were preparing for the Goodwood Revival Meeting
Which was a fantastic long weekend

Well I am back with a project and also to  thank all who have stayed with me
x
 This project was made for a friend to give as wedding gift
I made the box by hand
To finish the box I used some silk ribbon
(the ties from dresses!)
 The image on the candle is from Charmed Cards & Crafts
and is coloured using my promarkers
onto tissue paper
I then used greaseproof paper to hold the image in place
and heated it my heat gun until the tissue paper dissappered into the candle
 This picture shows the front of the candle and the front of the gift tag
The gift tag uses the pre- coloured image that came with the set
This is the rear of candle again the image on the candle was coloured using my promarkers
and the image on the gift tag was the precoloured image
I have had this digital image of George & Dottie for ages now and still love it

I am using this project for the following challenges

Pollycraft - Tag or Bookmarks
Passion for Promarkers - Planes, Trains or Automobiles 
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Simply Create - Older than 6mths

Hope to be back with a card later as well

Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x