Cute Cards...

Hello lovelies.

This is a quick post to show you four cards I have made this afternoon. 

I have made them using the 

Rachelle Anne Miller CD - Kids at Play

brought to us by 

Crafter's Companion.

This CD is really cute, lot's of lovely elements on it. There are two cd's, and the second one is called 

Animal Adventures. 

I am really looking forward to making some cards with this too.

Here are my cards so far...

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my cards. Thank you for visiting, I always appreciate you stopping by.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

Nicola 

XXX

My Decorated Calendar...

Hello lovelies.

I would like to show you a calendar that I have decorated.

I do this every year as a Christmas gift for my lovely husband. It take's some time to do, but I think the end result is well worth it. I usually choose a different theme each year, but since we got Peggy I think it's just perfect to use her photo's. 

It is a nice way of scrapbooking  her life and is a lovely keep sake too. I think this album also shows just how much the three of us love each other! We have lot's of fun and so much happiness in our house with our golden girl!

The calendar is a Graphic 45 Easel calendar. I have used various papers that I already had in my stash. I wanted to use a theme of button's and die cuts too, so you will see these on each page. Some of the embellishment's are made by East of India. The heart and rose on the October page I made using Ultra Thick Embossing Enamels and Crystals, with my melt pot and moulds.

August is very pink, as that is my birthday month lol. Well pink is my favourite colour after all!

I hope you enjoy looking through the 12 months of a lovely year with Peggy!

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog and see my calendar.

I love seeing Darren's face when he opens his gift and looks through each month. It makes every minute of making this worth while.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

Nicola

XXX

Colouring with Polychromo pencils...

Hello lovelies!

Well this afternoon I have been busy colouring a lovely digi called

Betty Boots

which I bought from 

That Craft Place.

I decided to colour her using my Faber-Castell Polychromo pencils.

I really like using these.

I have made this card to enter it into the challenge over at 

That Craft Place 

The theme is...

Film (Inspired)

I have chosen a film that I absolutely loved from 1986. 

'Pretty In Pink'.

I love this film, it is one of my favourite's.

The shades used are...

Rose Carmine, Middle Purple Pink, Magenta,

Mauve,

Walnut Brown, Burnt Ochre, Cadmium Yellow

I hope you like my entry into the challenge for

That Craft Place 

Thanks for stopping by today. I always appreciate your visit's.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lot's of love

Nicola 

XXX

Crafting Musketeers Midway Reminder

Hello lovelies! 

Well we are halfway through the month already, time certainly does fly!

This means that it is time for 

The Crafting Musketeers  

Midway reminder.

If you haven't entered this month's challenge yet, you still have time to do so.

We are sponsored this month by

Cuddly Buddly

The prize is a £10 gift voucher for the store.

The theme for this challenge is

'Cute'

Here is what I made...

I used this cute little image and created a Valentine card for my wonderful husband.

I coloured the image with Letraset Promarkers.

I think this card is cute, and my husband loved it.

Hop over to 

The crafting musketeers challenge

You will see lots more design team inspiration and we would love you to enter.

Thanks for stopping by today, I always appreciate your visits.

Have fun and happy crafting,

Lots of love

Nicola

XXX

Love from Sugar....Anything Goes Challenge...

Hello lovelies!

I can't believe we are in February already. I have been busy working at the salon as usual, but in my spare time when I'm not walking my lovely Peggy I've been holed up in my craft room.

Today's creation I have to show you is a card I have made. I actually coloured this lovely image yesterday, and then made her into a card today!

I have just recently bought some gorgeous digis and sentiment's from

That Craft Place on Etsy 

I absolutely love the gorgeous digis to choose from.

Let me introduce you to the gorgeous...

Love from Sugar...

I love the scrabble tile effect sentiments too, which you can buy along with the digi's.

I have coloured Sugar using Letraset Promarker's in shades...

Hair: Duck Egg, Pastel Green, Grey Green, Tea Green, Cool Aqua

Face, Legs, Neck, Arms: Almond, Oatmeal, Tan, Blush, Sandstone

Top: Pale Pink, Cocktail Pink, Antique Pink, Dusky Rose

Shorts: Denim Blue, Cornflower, China Blue

Hearts: Carmine, Magenta

Eyes: Burnt Sienna, Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen

Outline: Soft Green, Blue Pearl

With Love Sentiment: Pastel Green, Grey Green, Duck Egg

I used an embossing folder to create a distressed background card. I love the little hearts.

I really enjoyed colouring 'Love from Sugar'.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my creation.

  

I would like to enter this into the challenge over at

That Craft Place 

The theme is

Anything Goes.

Thank you for stopping by.

I always appreciate your visit's.

Have fun and happy crafting, 

lot's of love

Nicola 

XXX