My DT card for Emergency Crafters......

Hello lovelies,

I hope you are looking forward to a lovely week-end. As it's Friday that can only mean one thing, another challenge over at

Emergency Crafter's

The theme this week is

'Dreamland'

We want to see fairies, unicorns, toadstools, whatever is your crafty dreamland. I have used an Angel for mine.

My 'Dreamland' hits a personal note for me today, as it would have been my Beautiful Dad's birthday! I feel like I have made my card for my Dad, and in my dream I see an Angel looking after him, the flowers represent the flowers my Dad used to tend to in his job as a gardener. I know he will be up there somewhere tending to Heaven's Garden!

The stamp is from Inkdinkado and it's Angels, I have used a Martha Stewart punch around the page too!

I could'nt let my Dad's day pass by without me saying...

'Happy Birthday my Beautiful Daddy, I miss you everyday and I am sure you will hear me somewhere up there'.

I would love to see your entries for this theme, as you can see, mine has come from the heart!

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

Happy Birthday Polkadoodles...Join in the Celebrations....

Happy 3rd Birthday

Polkadoodles

Hello lovelies and a very warm welcome to Polkadoodles Birthday Celebration!

As it's Polkadoodles 3rd Birthday we all decided it would be a fabulous idea to mark the occasion.

So we have a fantastic challenge, and chances to win over £220 worth of blog candy!

Make sure you come and join us at our special party to be in with a chance to get some wonderful candy! Wooooo Hoooooooo now that's what I call a fantastic celebration!

To find out what you have to do to help celebrate make sure you hop over to the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

to see what you need to do to be in with a chance of winning!

To help celebrate the birthday I have made a Birthday Card....

Ingredients I have used...

Spellbinder's Grand Nestabilities Grand Big Scalloped Circles

Marianne Design Flowers LR0131

Polkadoodles Pretty Sweet Mini CD

Cream Cotton Lace

Distress Ink Vintage Photo

Silver beads, made with love charm and pins.

How I made it...

I used the grand nesties to make my card blank, making an easel card. I decided on three papers, as it's the 3rd birthday I wanted to use three of each item. So I have used three papers, lace, flower, beads and pins. I inked all the edges with the distress ink. I cut the smaller scalloped circle in half, scrunched both halves up and then concertina folded them both to give some added texture to the base of the easel and the main image. I finished by adding a greeting to the base and the main card!

I hope you like this Special Birthday card.....

it's an exciting occasion and I'm proud to be on the Polkadoodles Design Team...(it's my dream come true) and be able to help them celebrate their 3rd Birthday!

Happy 3rd Birthday from me to everyone at Polkadoodles....wooooo hooooooo!

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



My DT card for Polkadoodles and exciting news.......

Hello lovelies,

it's time for another fab challenge over at the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

and the theme this week is

'A Wedding Card With A Difference'.

Also make sure your project includes....

something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue!

I decided to make a Wedding Anniversary card for my

Wedding Card with a difference. My husband and I have just celebrated our 17th Wedding Anniversary, so this is the card I gave to him!

I decided to make a twisted easel card and I have used the Polkadoodles Love & Cherish CD the blue vintage lace is from Marianne Design My something old and borrowed is the photo that I have hidden in a pocket on the card. It is borrowed from my Wedding Album. My something blue is the vintage lace and my something new are the embellishments.

I loved making this card, and my hubby loved receiving it too!

Myself and the rest of the Polkadoodles Design Team would love to see your Wedding Creations, so hop over and take a look at the rest of the design team inspiration!

 We have some very exciting news coming up on Tues 22nd May which will be Polkadoodles 3rd Birthday! We're having a BIG celebration and chances to win over £220 worth of blog candy - so make sure you come and join us at our special party on TUESDAY 22nd to be in with a chance to get some wonderful candy! woooohoooo!!

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

Boofle Cards.....

Hello my lovelies,

a very happy Sunday from me, I hope you have all had a lovely week-end so far!

I just thought I would show you a few Boofle cards that I made the other day, this is the first chance that I've had to show you.

I have made these using Boofle goodies that I bought a while ago. I have just recently bought the Boofle Do Crafts Digital Designer CD, when I have finished making my cards using this I will show you those.

So here we are, I hope you like them......I took them to work the other day and they have sold already! Boofle is a little cutie and a very popular character.

Thanks for looking at my cards, I hope you like them. Enjoy the rest of the week-end!

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



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

Hello lovelies,

Its that time again where we see another fantastic challenge over at the

Emergency Crafters

and the theme this time is...

Spots and Stripes....you can use spots, stripes or both.

The challenge is being sponsored this time by Joanna Sheen who is offering a £10 voucher for the winner.

I have chosen to use a co-ordinating 12x12 paper pad for my card. I love this colour scheme it is the K&Company Scrap pad Chocolate Neopolitan by Brenda Walton.

I have used various things to embellish with.

I would love to see your entries for the challenge, so don't forget to hop over to the blog and see what the rest of the Design Team have made.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



My DT card for Polkadoodles.....

Hello lovelies,

It's that exciting time of the week where we have another fabulous challenge over at the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

the theme this week is

De-Stress.....

so we want to see distressing on your cards this week! Tear away, sand, rip, ink and de-stress away...lol....I love this theme!

I have used the Polkadoodles Sugarplum Daisy CD for my card and coloured the digi stamp using Faber-Castell Polychromo pencils in shades: Rose Carmine/Burnt Ochre/Raw Umber/Walnut Brown/Warm Grey 2/Mauve/Light Ultramarine/Cadmium Yellow/Light Yellow/Earth Green Yellowish and blended with Daler Rowney low odour thinners and paper stumps. I tore the edges of the digi and inked with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. I cut a piece of textured cardstock to size, embossed in a folder, sanded and inked, fixed lace behind the edges and attached to the card.

The sentiment I scrunched and inked. I have used my Marianne Design Creatable LR0118 die to die cut three flourishes, and inked them. I used gauze and lace and embellished with flowers, beads and feathers.

I absolutely loved making this card. Distressing and vintage themes are a favourite of mine. I would love love love to see your creations for this fabulous challenge.

Hop over to the

Polkadoodles Challenge

and see what the rest of the design team have made.

I'm looking forward to seeing your entries!

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXXX

My DT Card for Emma's Crafty Challenge.........

Hello lovelies,

its that time again for another fantastic challenge over at

Emma's Crafty Challenge

and the theme this time is

MONOCHROME

For my card I used one of my new Magnolia stamps and coloured her using just a black polychromo pencil making sure I used light pressure in some areas so to achieve a lighter shaded look using just the one colour.

I inked up gauze with black ink, made some paper flowers using black and white paper I had in my craft stash. I embellished with flowers, lace, ribbon, pins, beads a decorative slide and a Kanban greeting.

The challenge this month is sponsored by

Crafts U Print

who will be offering the winner a £10 voucher to spend!

I would love to see your creations so I hope you can join in...

have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX