Mothers Day Chocolates

This card uses a digi image from Karens Doodles

He is coloured using promarkers

The cut using my nestabililies

The pink flowery background paper came from QVC

I wasnt keen on the cards they made so I cut it a nice mat behind the Tortoise

The sentiment was printed directly on the card using word

This is for my mum as she has had tortoises all my life

She has two still now one we have owned since 1977 but she is older than that

This card is for the following challenges

My Time to Craft - Mums the word

Pear Tree Designs - Mothers Day

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Best Friends

This card uses another digi image from Karens Doodles

She is coloured using my promarkers

The swirl card in the background comes from a kanban kit

The flowers were blog candy I won ages ago

The image was cut using my nestabilites

Sentiment was from a docraft goodie bag

Pink card was a left of piece

This card is for the following challenges

Pollycraft - Friendship

Digital Tuesday - For the kids

Simon Says - the sketch I have followed

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Biker Boy

This card uses a digi image from Karens Doodles

He is coloured using my promarkers

Then mounted onto black card

The map is from the 1p A-Z London my friend picked me up

I have embossed the red card in the centre with Tim Holtz Brick sizzix folder

The sentiment was done in word then mounted on black card

This card is for the following challenges

Cards for Men - Embossing

I Love Promarkers - Embossing

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

WOYWW - 95 - Can You See My New Toy??

 Its Wednesday and that means its time for

'Whats on Your Workdesk Wednesday'

If you have missed this pop over to Julia's Blog Stamping Ground and join in the fun

But be warned its is addictive!

 On my desk this week its is even tidy by my standards

There is an A-Z of London that my friend picked me up for 1p

I have torn a page out to go on a card I am making

As normal my challenge book is at the side with the challenge I want to do

and on the other side of the desk is this...

 Did you spot it?

It an ATG gun - its all the fault of you WOYWWer's

But I must say I love it

I used to use tear tape from my local craft shop but they stopped getting it

so my DH thought as one of these was on my wish list I should get one

I did not need any more encouragement

Before I used it I watch  u tube and have had no problems at all

Used it all weekend and it really speeded up my card making

did I say I love it

This is why my desk is so clear

My DH works nights and as I work days we have little time together

So often before he goes to work I will print out some image

take my promarker box and sit on the sofa with him

and watch some mindless TV - then I go to my desk once his gone to work

I have just brought my last 5 promarkers so I now have the whole collection

Its taken time but its nice to have them all

Have a great 'hump' day

x Nicky x

Party Girl

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

She is coloured using my promarkers

Then I cut the circle by drawing round my largest nestabilitles and the cutting it out

The papers come from my stash

The sentiment on the outside of the card says

'Happy 30th Birthday'

Remember when you were a kid, how you always tried to make yourself look older?

then inside it says

.. I guess all that practice paid off

Happy 29th Birthday

I new stash was the image and I have used my new ATG gun to put it all together

This card is for the following challenge

Sketch N Stash - The sketch I have followed

thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Christmas Cards All Year Round - March

These cards are made using a Kanban card kit

The tags were suppose to stay together

but I like to get value for money so cut them to make the five cards

The 3 design papers I have used are all from Stamping Up

and I was lucky enough to win them on some blog candy

Each card is finished with 3 gems

This card is for the following challenge

Christmas Cards All Year Round ~ March - Use 3 design papers and 3 brads/Gems

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Retro Girl

This card uses a wonderful digi image from Kenny K

She is coloured using my promarkers

The card is made up of squares cut using my quickutz cutters

I then embossed the smaller squares using sizzix embossing folders

The sentiments are some stickers I have had for ages

This card is for the following challenge

KennyK - Aquamarine

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x 

Fix For Photos Not Showing in Blogger

Hi again

Fixed it - if you are having the same problem of photo not showing you can try the following it worked for me:

If you click on the edit post that is not showing the photo

then click on Edit HTML - I always have my photos at the start of the page you will have text that looks really daunting

If you just look for height and then width on mine it was set to "0" all I did was change this to my standard picture size heigth "320" and width "233"

Saved it and now you can see my pictures

You have to do this after you have finished your post and click publish post while you are still in the EDIT HTML screen.

If you go back into the post to change something in your post you will have to do this again for the picture to show

Hope this makes sense and is helpful to some others out there who are having a similar problem

Nicky

Problem with blogger

Hi

Sorry if you have come here to see some of the cards I have made but I am having a problem with blogger and it will not show any of my photos

It works in my new post but as soon as I publish it they vanish

Hope to sort it soon

Nicky

Feeling Grey

This card used on of the wonder Stella images and senitments from Bugaboo

I have coloured her using my promarkers

The papers all came form the bargain bin in a craft shop

I have them in greys/blacks and pinks/red

The flowers and buttons came from my stash

The buttons are made by Papermania

This is for the following challenge

Catch the Bug - Monachromic and 3 buttons

thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Christmas Box

The image is a digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil

He is coloured with my promarkers

The papers I have used came free with a craft magazine I was given

The buttons came from a local craft shop

which is now sadly long gone

This card is for the following challenges

Secret Crafter - Christmas in Spring

Sketch Saturday - the sketch I have followed

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

How to make a man do DIY....

This card has a digi image from Karens Doodles

I have coloured him using my promarkers

All the papers came from my stash

The DIY sticker was one I have had for ages and I think it was a See D's one

Finished the card with the sentiment done in word

and the little blue gems

This card is for the following challenges

Friday Sketchers - the sketch I have followed

Simply Create - Do It Yourself

I love Promarkers - Dotty (dotty paper I used)

Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

Girl Attitude

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

She is coloured with promarkers and some white gel pen for highlights

The flower is made from an old AZ of London my friend brought me for 1p

I used my alcohol inks to change the colours cut out using my nestabilites

The cut a spiral out and wrapped it together to make the flower

I finished it with some black gems

This card is for the following challenges

Mo's Digital Pencil - Show me some attitude

Cute Card Thursday - The sketch that I have followed

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Mothers Day Cuppa

This card using a wonderful House Mouse stamp

I stamped him twice then coloured him with my promarkers

I cut the cup and mouse so I could mount then and add some dimension to the card

The cup mouse and handle were all embossed with clear embossing power to make them shine

I cut the image using my nestabilities

The sentiment was done in word and printed directly onto the pastel pink card

The strip of blue I dry embossed with my cuttlebug border embossing folder

This card is for the following challenges

Simon Says - Mothers Day/Girlie

Speedy Cat - Use dry and heat embossing and pop up part of the image

Less is More - the wonderful sketch I have followed

Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

ABC - Christmas F

This card uses a freebie digi image from the ABC Christmas Challenge blog

I have coloured him with my promarkers

Cut and embossed him with my circle nestabilitles and then inked the edge in red

The papers I have used are from SU

The buttons where a bargin from a craft shop unfortunately long gone from our nearest town

This card is for the following challenges

ABC Christmas - F - Freebie and the sketch I have followed

Digital Tuesday - Buttons

Thanks for looking

 x Nicky x

Baby Girl

This card uses a wonderful digi image from Bugaboo

This was a freebie a little while ago and I have never used it

I coloured her using my promarkers

The used my sakura white gel pen to add some highlights

The border I put through my swirly embossing folder

The image and sentiment was cut using my nestabilities

The sentiment also came with the image

I finished it with some flowers and pearls

This is for the following challenges

Sketch n Stash - Sketch I have followed

Catch the Bug - card for a baby or a child

Speedy Cat - 3 pastel colours - 3 bling - 1 image

Colour Create - Pastels

Crafty Catz - Swirls & Pearls

Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

Ruby Wedding

This card uses an image from Mo's Digital Pencil

I have coloured them using soft pinks to give a slighly aged look

The striped paper is from SU and was some blog candy I won

The flowers are from my stash as are the pearls

I added some doodles by hand for a bit of interest

The sentiment was also from my stash

This card is for the following challenges

Pollycraft - Swirls & Pearls

Pink Elephant - Sketch I have followed

My Time to Craft - Ladies Day

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Playing Air Guitar

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

He is coloured with my promarkers

The papers are all from my stash of off cuts

Sentiment was from a docraft goodie bag

This card is for the following challenges

Mo's Digital Pencil - One for the Boys

Friday Sketchers - the sketch that I have followed

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Flowers for Mum

This is the card you could see me making on my WOYWW post

Its a different sort of style to my normal cards

I coloured the digi image from Bugaboo using my promarkers

Then I cut the image using my nestabililes and big shot

I then used two different nestabililes to make the frame so the image fitted neatly inside

I then used some See D's stamps inked with my Brilliance Pearlized inks

The sentiment was done using my brother labeller

This is for the following challenges

Crafty Catz - Mothers Day

Passion for Promarkers - In the Garden

Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x

WOYWW 94 - A Mess!

 If you wonder why my desk is on show and you have not joined in with the fun yet  pop over to

Julia's Stamping Ground

and see what people from all around the world

Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday

 This is proof my desk does get messy

(well for me anyway)

I am in the process of making four cards

I have just used my big shot with my nestabilities to make the frame and cut my image

you can see just off my glass cutting mat

I have got my See D's stamps out that I have had for ages

Inked them using my brilliance pearlized ink pads and stamped them onto the card

This is a very different look to my normal style but its fun to experiment

I am off work today so have stayed up late playing

So thought I would post this now at 1.30ish in the morning

Having a morning out with my mum and daughter tomorrow

Then parents evening for my DS

Have a great Wednesday

Will try and get round as many people as I can but have started to realise

I do not have enough hours in the day to work, visit everyone and craft 

Lacking Sense of Humour...

This used a digi image from Imagenation

Again coloured using my promarkers

The papers I have used come from my new reflections pad

and a sunshine pad by docrafts

The sentiment on the front says

'Sick and tired of all the sarcastic cards
you've been getting that joke about

your birthday.....'

and on the inside it reads

'……frankly, that's not surprising!

The sense of humour is the

first to go as you get older.'

This card is for the following challenges

Digital Tuesday - Its a magical world

Simon Says - Happy Birthday

Sketch Saturday - sketch I have followed

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Drummer Boy

This card uses a digi image from Kenny K

He is coloured using my promarkers

The blue and striped paper comes from Papermania Just for Men

The triangles are from Reflections Notepad that I won on Pollycraft

For some texture I have stuck a blue and yellow strip of ribbon on each one

Then finished with 3 blue square gems

The sentiment was from a docrafts goodie bag

This card is for the following challenges

Cards for Men - the sketch I have followed

Cute Card Thursday - Music - Dance

Kenny K - 3 Designer Papers, 2 Ribbons and 1 Image

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Clean & Simple

This is a first for me

Normally I always print onto a piece of paper and then mount it onto the card

On this card I used my new stamps from Speedy the Cat that I won  

and stamped straight onto the card

I coloured them using my promarkers

I added the strip of spotty green paper

and thats it

I think its the hardest card I have made

lol

This is for the following challenges

Speedy the Cat - Lime, Green, Grey, only upto one layer CAS

Secret Crafter - Flowers for Mum

thanks for looking

x Nicky x



Daisy Girl

This card uses an image from Pollycraft

She is coloured using my promarkers and the blender pen

The yellow background paper is from papermania

The spotty green paper was from a paper kit on QVC

The sentiment was a white one I ink and blended

Flowers and brad from my stash

This card is for the following challenges

Pink Elephant - Spring Time

Crafty Catz - Yellow & Green

Pollycraft - Teens

Passion for Promarkers - the sketch I have followed

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

WOYWW - 93

Cor Wednesday do come round quickly!

to see lots more desk pop over to the

Julias Stamping Ground

The picture above shows my desk in mid creating last night

as I leave for work at 7am and will not be home until late

On top of my desk you can see my bits of card I use to take photos

nothing flash just two bits of card and I move my daylight lamp to light it

On my desk it whats left from the card I have just photographed

and the start of my desk card

Short and sweet this week

Have a great day and will be visiting as many as I can even if it take until next week again

x Nicky x

Reach For the Stars

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

I have coloured her with my pro markers

The swirly paper is from Kanban and has embossed glittered swirls on it

I embossed a piece of plain card with my stars and swirls sizzix folder

The stars and ribbon are all from my stash

This card is for the following challenges

ABC -Christmas ~ E-Embossing & embellishments

Friday Sketchers - the sketch I have followed

Thinking of You

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

I have coloured him using my pro markers

Cut the image out using my nestablilties

The sentiment was done in word and again cut using the nestabilities

The brads came with a do crafts goodie bag

The leave paper is from Stamping up

This card is for the following challenges

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Mo's Digital Pencil - A bit of green

Colour Create - Green/Olive Green, Brown, Cream and Black optional extra leaves

Simply Create - Monochromatic

Sketch Saturday - Sketch I have followed

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Fly Me To The Moon..

This card uses digi images from Pollycraft

They are coloured using my pro markers

(sorry photo doesnt really show colours well)

The flag was done in word and then cut out and mounted onto a brown piece card

The 'moon' was cut from a piece of marbled card

Everything was then mounted onto a piece of glittered black card

This card is for the following challenges

Pollycraft - Fly me to the moon

Cute Card Thursday - Happy 3rd Birthday

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

One Tequila....

This card used a great digi image and sentiment from Bugaboo

She is coloured using my promarkers

I then cut the image and sentiment out using my circle nestabilities

I used a brilliance pearlized ink pad to add interest to the circles

The flower and brads are from my stash

The patchwork paper is something I picked up ages ago in the bargin bin in the local craft shop

Ribbon from the local hobbycraft shop

This is for the following challenges:

Secret Crafter - Patchwork (paper I used)

Sketch Saturday - Sketch that I followed

Catch the Bug - Anything goes

Passion for Promarkers - Food & drink (Tequila and drink on papers)

Pink Elephant - Spring Time (used spring colours)

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Oh Baby!

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

I have coloured her using my pro markers

The paper with the swirls is from Kanban

The one with the squiggles I have had for ages and cannot remember the make

The yellow checked paper comes from DoCrafts

The sentiment I did on my brother labeller

I love this image as it reminds me of my older sister who when sulking would fold her arms

(She still does it and she in her forties now lol)

This card is for the following challenges

Mo's Digital Pencil - Oh Baby

Friday Sketchers - The sketch I have followed

My Time to Craft - Jewels

Digital Tuesday - Welcome little one

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x 

WOYWW - 92

If you want to see lots more desks with more going on than mine

pop over to Julia's Stamping Ground

She is the one responsible for this addiction!

On my desk this week you can see a couple of card I have made

and also lots of boxes holding bits

These are for my friend wedding cards

I have made the first batch and now have everything cut and ready for putting together

I have just finished inking the hearts for the front

Also on my desk are a set of new stamps that came from Speedy Cat Challenge Blog

when I won some candy - they are lovely stamps and I cannot wait to play

There are two images I have just finished colouring ready to go on some cards

Having tried the other week to choose papers first and then colour

I found that a really difficult way to work even if it is suppose to be done that way

So I have gone back to my way of colour the image how I want and then find what I can to make it work!

May not be the correct way but it works best for me lol

So sorry not to have visited many of you last week

but it was just one of those week that time seemed to have been going at double speed
Thank you all for your lovely encouragement with the inks I will practise some more and hopefully have some good results to show in the future

Will try harder this week but no promises

Happy Hump Day

x Nicky x

Birthday Girl

This card has a digi image from KennyK

that I won on Sketch and Stash

The papers I have used come from Kanban and I think they were in a QVC kit

The flowers were in my stash but buttons are from a docraft goodie bag as is the ribbon

The image is coloured using my promarkers

The 18 is made by peel offs and the circles were cut using my nestabilities

This is for the following challenges

Passion for Promarkers - 'Sugar Rush'

Digital Tuesdays - Celebrations

Simon Says Stamp - Recipe - 1 image, 2 patterned paper, 3 types of embellishments

Cute Card Thursday - Signs of Spring

Crafty Catz - Special Birthday

Simply Creates -Power of Flowers

KennyK - The sketch I have followed

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

DIY!

This card uses a new digi image from Imagemation

I have coloured him using my Pro markers

The circles was embossed using my sizzix circles embossing folder

The cut out using my nestablilities dies

The paper I have embossed on is new from Docrafts called core-dinations

it has a different coloured core so you can sand it

The rest of the paper was from my stash



This is for the following challenges

Cards for Men - Water

Sketch and Stash - the sketch I have followed

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

Playing with Alcohal Ink!!???

This card uses a digi image from Pollycraft

Coloured with my promarkers

I then cut him out using my nestabilities

I the used my Alcohal Inks that I have only just got

and played a little to give some colour to the plain white card

(Hmmm ok for a beginner but think I need lots of practice)

The other two circles were again cut with my nestabilities from scraps of paper

To finish the card I have some sticky crepe ribbon I have had for ages

I just stuck 3 strips to the bottom of the card

This card is for the following challenge

Pollycraft - Three Circles

My Time To Craft - Infant - Card for a child

Thanks for looking

x Nicky x

WOYWW - 91

 Its that time it is the first Wednesday of March

and that means it

Whats on Your Workdesk Wednesday

Pop over to the Queen of the Desk

HERE

and join in the nosey fun

I took the above picture as its how I work but my daylight lamp has given a lot of glare

So I took this one with the lamp turned off

 so you can see the desk in its little dull corner of the living room

The cards on the top of the desk are the ones I have made this last week

 As you most of you who visit me will know I am an OCD crafter and like neat lines

I tend to get distressed when trying to destress things

Well shock horror and I blame you lot that share desk

I have been out and brought some Tim Holtz Achohol inks from the Craft Barn

This is my first attempt as using them on a scrap piece of paper

Hmmm pratice needed I thinks

 My other purchase was this mini woodware paper trimmer

I love this little trimmer its brilliant and stores two blades underneath

I have the big woodware one and the baby is just a brilliant

You can also see the start of a card I am working on

which I may try the inks on if I like it I may share later

Sorry I did not get round everyone last week

I will try this week but somehow there seems to less hours in the week!!

Thanks for Looking

x Nicky x