My DT card for Emergency Crafter's Challenge.......

Hello lovelies,

Wow, the weeks are flying past and as another fortnight has whizzed by its time for another challenge over at the

Emergency Crafters

and this weeks theme is

Bold and Bright

which is sponsored by

Letraset.

I wanted to keep my card fairly simple as I chose to use quite strong colours of orange and green. I wanted the focal point to be the flower in the centre.

I have used textured cardstock and used a border punch on the green card so the orange card shows through. I have used co-ordinating ribbons, self-adhesive dew drops, flowers and a sentiment from Kanban.

We would love to see your bold and bright colours for this challenge, I am looking forward to seeing your creations.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

Polkadoodles Pen & Paper Circle Issue 3...

Hello lovelies,

I hope you have all had a lovely week-end!

I just wanted to remind you all that the

Polkadoodles Pen & Paper Circle Issue 3

is now available to pre-order!

It is a fabulous club magazine designed by the wonderfully talented Nikky Hall. The Polkadoodles Design Team showcase wonderful projects along with Nikky herself.

The magazine is fantastic value, step-by-step projects, a gorgeous stamp set and a CD with backing papers too. What are you waiting for?LOL

If you like what you see, and believe me I am sure you will love it, hop over and pre-order it now. Don't miss out!

If you were one of the lucky recipients who ordered your Pen & Paper Circle Issue 2 have fun making the projects. I am sure you will love them!

I am really excited to say that my step-by-step project is in Issue 2 which I absolutely loved making. I hope that you have a go at making the aperture and I would love to see your creations.If you have made my project leave me a comment here to let me know and I will hop over to your blog and take a look and leave you a comment too. I would love to see your projects.

So don't forget to pre-order before it's too late!

Nikky is also back on our screens on Create & Craft TV next week on the 24th & 25th so I hope you can tune in and if your going out then hit that record button!LOL

Have fun and a very happy crafting to you all,

lots and lots of pink love

from me lol

NJ XXX



Commission for a Birthday card..

Hello lovelies,

I just thought I would show you a card that I have made this week.

I was commissioned to make this card, the request was any colour but must have butterflies as the recipient loves them....I do too so this card was an absolute joy to make!

Also it is for a 70th birthday so my client ordered it for his wife. I knew I wanted to make it extra special too as the lady it is for I actually know and she is a lovely vibrant character so I wanted to go for a colourful card choice!

I have used the Polkadoodles Sundae of Seasons CD I chose the backing papers and butterflies from this. I love all of these colours together as I feel they give us a taster for the summer months, bright and cheerful!

I wanted to make an easel card, and matted and layered the co-ordinating papers, I used a butterfly border punch on some of the edges. I embellished with a doily, lace, ribbons, flowers, decorative pins and the smaller butterflies I added Stickels in Diamond.

I printed the greetings and verse from my computer using Bradley Hand text.

My client collected the card yesterday and he was over the moon with it. I loved making this, butterflies are one of my favourite things!

Thanks for looking and I hope you like my card,

have fun and happy crafting

lots of love

NJ XXX



Polkadoodles DT Card for this weeks challenge.....

Hello lovelies,

It's Friday again which means another fantastic challenge over at the

Polkadoodles Blog

and the theme this week in celebration of St.George's Day is

'Red & White' with 'Stashbox Stamp'

For my card I have used the Polkadoodles Sundae of Seasons CD and the stamp from my stashbox is Polkadoodles Dragonfly Neighbours Clear Stamps Set I have coloured the image using Faber-Castell Poly Chromo Pencils in shades: Deep Scarlet Red/Middle Cadmium Red/Pale Geranium Lake and White and blended with Daler Rowney Low Odour Thinners.

I have used Distress Ink Fired Brick for all the edges. I punched a border on the base card and both backing papers. The image is matted onto Marianne Design Paper The Sentiment is from the Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Vol 3 CD. I embellished with sheer flower trim and lace and finally pins.

I would love to see your red & white creations with your chosen stamp. Check out what the rest of the Polkadoodles Design Team have made by hopping over to the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

Just a couple of Boofle cards I've made....

Hello lovelies,

Hope you are all keeping well and have enjoyed the week-end! I just thought I would share with you a couple of Boofle cards I've made. I love Boofle, the co-ordinating range is gorgeous. Boofle is one of my favourite characters, so watch this space for more crafty makes with our woollen friend!

Hope you like these cards and thanks for looking.

Have a great week everyone!

have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



My Glitter Geeks DT Card........

Hello lovelies,

it's time for another challenge at the

Glitter Geeks

'Nautical' theme

For my card I used Serif Craft Artist and some stamps I had in my crafty stash.

So dig out your nautical crafty stash, we would love to see your creations at the Glitter Geeks this week!

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

My Emergency Crafters DT card..

Hello lovelies,

A fortnight has gone by and so it's now time for another challenge at the

Emergency Crafter's Challenge Blog

The theme this week is

'Plain and Simple'

For my card I have used the

Polkadoodles Sugarplum Daisy CD

I have matted and layered the images using textured cardstock.

I think this card is such a lovely fresh look with the colour combination!

I would love to see your creations for this challenge.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



Paper Clinic Show on Create & Craft TV...

Hello lovelies,

I hope you have all had a lovely Easter and are enjoying Bank Holiday Monday!

I just wanted to let you all know that the fabulous Nikky Hall from Polkadoodles is back on our screens on Create & Craft TV at 11am on the Paper Clinic show.

It will be a fab show so tune in if you can, if not hit that record button!

Get the kettle on, dig out your Easter Eggs, get comfy and enjoy the show!LOL

Have fun,

lots of love

NJ XXX



My Design Team Card for Glitter Geeks...

Hello lovelies,

Wow Friday soon comes around!

Today is Good Friday so what better theme to have for the

Glitter Geeks

challenge than 'Easter'.

I have made my card using the

Polkadoodles Sugarplum Daisy CD

I wanted my card to be for an 'Easter' Birthday so I think the bunny on the flower is just right for this!

I have used glossy accents and dew drops on the petals. I hope you like this card.

I look forward to seeing your creations for the Easter Challenge at the Glitter Geeks.

Happy Easter to you all,

have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



My Polkadoodles DT Card.......

Hello lovelies,

It's that time of the week again which means another challenge over at the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

The theme for this week is

'Big Birthday'

so we need to see those creations with a big number on them!

For my card I have used the

Polkadoodles All Around & Everywhere CD

I have used a

Marianne Design Creatable LR0118

I have used Vintage Photo distress ink to ink all the edges. I've used a mixture of flowers and flower trim, a doily, lace, star pin, ribbon, bling, dew drops and pearls.

I wanted the '50' to be discreet so I thought popping it onto a tag hidden into a pocket was a good idea!

I hope you like the 'Big Birthday' card. I would love to see your creations for this, don't forget to pop over to the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

to see what the rest of the design team have made!

The top 3 winners of this challenge will also receive a copy of the fabulous

Polkadoodles Sugarplum Daisy CD

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

Easter Blog Hop at Polkadoodles...

Hello lovelies,

exciting news........we have an Easter Blog Hop over at the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

and the fabulous sponsor's are

Marianne Design

who are giving you the chance to win an adorable Garden themed Creatable as part of the Polkadoodles blog hop.

Creatables are handy stencils that cut and/or emboss and can be used in many machines, with all kinds of paper.

Included in the prize is also a cute stamp, a fabulous 32 page paper pack and flower ribbon.

In addition to the wonderful Marianne Design candy the first prize winner will receive a brand new Sugarplum Daisy CD  AND a Candy Doodles CD from Polkadoodles

PLUS....

2 further winners will also receive a Candy Doodles CD!

Wow.....3 chances to win in the Hop.

So to see what you have to do hop over to the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

and follow the instruction's!

Good luck and enjoy the Hop and a

very Happy Easter to you all,

lots of love

NJ XXX



DT Card for Emma's Crafty Challenge

Hello lovelies,

wow another month has flown by so quickly!

I hope you are all looking forward to Easter and lots of chocolate! LOL

With this in mind.....we have another challenge over at

Emma's Crafty Challenge 

sponsored by

Crafter's Companion

with the theme of...............

Chocolate!

Everything on your project must be chocolate related....now this is a theme I loved and it would have been rude not to eat some chocolate while crafting this theme!LOL

I made this using......

Kanban Bella Mini Damask Chocolate background card/Kanban Bella Floral Damask Chocolate background card/Kanban Bella Coffee Shop Delights Chocolate papercraft toppers/Kanban Bella Afternoon Cuppa Chocolate papercraft toppers/Organza ribbons in two co-ordinating colours/Decorative Button/Card Candi

How to make......

Score the mini damask card for your blank. Cut floral damask so a square fits to the right of the card.

Attach one of your ribbons to the left of the card. Make a triple bow and glue at the top and add the button to the centre.

Attach the other ribbon to the square card as shown so it looks ruffled.

Pop out the toppers and greeting and use foam pads to attach.

Finish with Candi in the bottom right corner of the card.

Looking at this card just makes you want to grab a bar of chocolate or delve into a slice of cake!

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX