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