It's Twins

This card uses a digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil

I have coloured them using my Pro Markers

The sentiment was done in word and printed onto card

Then I matted them on to light blue card

I mounted it all onto piece of gloss white card

Running a piece of ribbon across

This is all mounted onto a darker blue card

This is for the following challenges:

Inspirational Card Sketches - Sketch I have followed

Cards for Men - Sets of 2's

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Passion for Promarkers - Celebrations

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Thanks for Looking 

x Nicky x

A Birthday Box

This lovely little box is a SVG by Purple Paper Paradise

and its the first thing I have made on my new Ecraft

My sister wanted to give her mother in law a voucher for a trip to London to see a show

I thought this made it more of a gift
Everything was cut on the ecraft and it did the writing as well

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Meet Stanley and Mojo is Coming Back

Hi Everyone

Sorry for my lack of crafting but after Stiggy was put to sleep

if felt so wrong sitting at my desk with no dog

But we have now re-homed an ex racing dog

(he was a very poor racer - lacked concentration)

I have been busy the past month settling in the new addition to our family

and slowly have started crafting again.

Very funny as Stanley has never seen craft stuff so has to nose into everything

hopefully will have some cards to show you at the weekend.

I feel slowly my mojo is coming back

The picture of Stanley at the top was taken at the Christmas Fair and Dog Show

run by the charity Kent Greyhound Rescue

we had only had a a couple of week and he won best in show

This is him chilling out

Stiggy would have loved Stanley as he liked all sight hounds and it felt right to give a home to another dog he needed it 

Sorry to have been such a bad blogger of late

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

Sketch Saturday - the sketch I followed

Crafty Catz - Recipe 1 image, 2 Papers & 3 Buttons

Mo's Digital Pencil - Patchwork

Cute Card Thursday - Time for Cake

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

Tuesday Throwdown - Halloween

Simon Says - Sparkle & Bling

I Love Promarkers - Spooky

Less is More - 1 layer and Hearts

Secret Crafter - Anything as long as it sparkles

Speedy Cat - No Designer Paper

Thanks for Looking 

x Nicky x

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

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

Inspirational Card Sketches - sketch I have followed

http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

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

Pop to Julia's Stamping Ground Blog and have a nose

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

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 

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

Cards for Men - Sport

Sketch Saturday - the sketch I followed

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

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

Crafty Cats - Things with wings

Less is More - The colour of your eyes

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

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

Tuesday Throwdown - thinking of you

Digital Tuesday - Blue & White

I Love Promarkers - Distressing

Speedy Cats - Polka Dots

Mo's Digital Pencil - Furry Friends

Sketch N Stash - Sketch I have followed and done the optional extra

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

My Time to Craft - Music Medley

Kenny K - Girls & Die cuts

Inspirational Card Sketches - The sketch I have followed 

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

Cute Card Thursday - Animal Crackers

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

ABC Christmas - Q

This card uses a lovely digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil

I have not used this one for ages

I have coloured him using my promarkers

The quote was done in word

The papers all come from the DCWV winter stash pad

Again I have had this pad for ages

The snowflake button came from QVC about 3 years ago!!

This card is for the following challenges

ABC - Christmas - Q- is for Quote and an image

Sketch n Stash - The sketch I have followed

Mo's Digital Pencil - Feeling Blue

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

No Patterned Paper!

This card uses a digi image from Charmed Cards and Crafts

She is coloured with my promarkers

Then mounted with 3D foam

The blue paper I used my swirls and stars embossing folder

The pink card just is just plain

The stars came from hobby craft ages ago

This card is for the following challenges

My Time to Craft - Here comes the Girls

Digital Tuesday - Cute & Girly

Tuesday Throwdown - Dimension and Texture

Passion for Promarkers - No Patterened Paper

Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

In the Garden

This card uses a digi image from Bugaboo

I have coloured it using my promarkers

The torn paper at the back has ladybirds and flowers on it as well

The yellow flower has been in stash for ages

Quite a simple card but I like it

This card is for the following challenges

Inspiration Card Sketches - the sketch I have used

Digital Tuesday - Garden with wings

I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Summer Fun

This card uses a wonderful digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil

That I only purchased today!

I have coloured it using my promarkers

Circles cut the old fashioned way by

drawing a circle with a compass

then using scissors

The papers are a mixture of spares from my stash

and freebies from magazines

The sentiment was done in word

This card is for the following challenges

Mo's Digital Pencil - Summer Vacation

Pink Elephant - Fun in the sun

My Time to Craft - Delightful Dogs

Passion for Promarkers - Animal Crackers

Sketch n Stash - Sketch I have followed

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

ABC Christmas - O

This card uses a digi image from Pollycraft

This was one of my first digi images I brought

He is coloured using my promarkers

The ribbon is from my stash and says Merry Christmas

The three mini buttons come from my stash drawer

I think they where from Papermania

This card is for the following challenges

ABC Christmas - O - is for old stamp/digi image

Pollycraft - Christmas in July

I Love Promarkers - Christmas in July

Less is More - Ribbon and Buttons

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Nicky

Headache!

Sorry I have been such a bad blogger
I got my mojo back and now suffering tired eye headaches!

I really appreciate all the comments I have been given

Unfortunately I have not been able to comment back
 as I have been suffering headaches

and being on the computer is not helping

Hope to be back again soon

Sorry

Whats on Your Workdesk Wednesday.....

 It Wednesday and that means it is time for

Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday

If you have not joined into this nosey around the crafty world

pop over to the Queen of Desks - Julia and have a snoop

I have not played for a few weeks as had a loss of mojo

But I think I found it again why having a weekend away looking after my friends house

and sorting out my embellishments.

On my desk this week is a card I am working on for a friends birthday

The picture is him in his rally car

 I also had a trip to ikea last week and brought some more of the spice jars

These are four for £2.19 - I think that's a bargain

I have now sorted my drawer and have my embellishments all to hand

I do like everything to have a place lol

This is the finished card - hope he likes it

Have a great Wednesday, I will try and visit as many.

x Nicky x

Less is More - With Legs

This card uses my See D's Christmas stamps

I have stamped straight onto the card

Coloured with promarkers

Finished with a row of glitter glue at the bottom as snow

This card is for the following challenges

Less Is More - One layer and legs

Tuesday Throw Down - Christmas in July

Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

Get Well Soon...

This card uses a digi image from Bugaboo

I have coloured it using my promarkers

Sentiment was done in word

inside it says

'Get Well Soon'

Paper is all from my stash

This card is for the following challenges

Catch the Bug - Clean and simple

Secret Crafter - Get Well Soon

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

The Good, The Bad and the Getting Older!

This card uses an image from Clipart

I mounted it white card and then onto ribbed black card

The sentiment was printed in word

and then mounted onto the ribbed black card

The orange card is from my stash

and the main card base is mat black

Quick and simple but hopefully quite effective

This card is for the following challenges

Simply Create - Silhouettes

Cards for Men - The Wild West

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Vintage Anniversary Card

This card used a mini vintage postcard that has been in my stash for ages

The background paper is from a Paddington Bear set from Create and Craft

The flower paper is from Stamping Up

The sentiment I wrote by hand

The kraft paper I put faux stitching on

Everything is layered onto cream card

This card is for the following challenges

Simon Say - A stitch in time

Crafty Catz - Vintage

Inspirational Card Sketches - Sketch I have followed in no 66

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Christmas Cards All Year Round - July

These cards use images from Pollycraft

Coloured using my promarkers

I then cut the images out with my nestabilities

I then used my promarkers to edge the images

Added some gems for a bit of bling

and little ponsetti flower that came from a kit ages ago

The sentiment was done using one of my See D's Christmas stamps

Finally I added some glitter glue

These are for the following challenges

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Mainly White, with bling and a flower

Digital Tuesday - Bling it Up

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

ABC Christmas - N

Sorry I have not be blogging for a few week I have had a loss of mojo

But I am back now

 (I hope)

This card uses some stamps from my Christmas See D's set

They are coloured using my promarkers

Cut with nestabilities as is the red mat

The sentiment is also a stamp from a See D's set

This card is for the following challenges

ABC Christmas - N- No Nonsense

I love Promarkers - Clean and Simple
Speedy the Cat - using a die cut as mat background

I have also played catch up on a couple of the ABC Christmas Challenges I missed

L - Love and Colour Challenge

M - For Monochrome

I know they are too late for the challenges but I wanted to have  a complete set

Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

Birthday Card and Candle

 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 - Buttons

Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x



Fathers Day

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

Whats on Your Workdesk Wednesday - 105

 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 work

Hope You All Have A Great Wednesday

I managed to visit everyone last week when off

but could not always leave a comment

I will try and visit as many as possible 

x Nicky x



Wedding Celebrations

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



ABC Christmas - K

 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

Whats on Your Workdesk Wednesday Anniversary Week

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 think maybe if my heat gun had more than one setting

it would be a bit better

This is my Pif all wrapped and ready to go

Its the first time I have done one of these and

while trying to come up with ideas nearly gave up!

Hope you all have a great WOYWW

Thank you Julia for hosting it

I  enjoy my weekly nose through the blogs

Picking up ideas, items for my wish list

and friends along the way

x Nicky x