A Unicorn and Fairy Thank You....

Hello lovelies!

I hope you are all keeping well. 

I have made a 'thank you' card for a friend. Now my friend loves Fairies and Purple so I thought this is the perfect card for her because I wanted to say thank you. I love Unicorns and Fairies so couldn't resist using both!

I really loved making this card, and I always love to add some sparkle too.

Here is the list of lovely things I used to make my card...

~Derwent Metallic Pencils in shades :- Purple 89/ Green 91/ Silver 80/Pewter 81

~ Faber Castell Polychromo Pencils in shades :- Middle Purple Pink/ Magenta/ Mauve

~ Crafter's Companion Neenah Solar White Stamping Card

~ Hero Arts Unicorn Wooden Stamp

~ Technique Tuesday Little Banners Clear Stamp Set

~ Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad

~ Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Shaded Lilac

~ Spellbinders Nestabilities Deckled Rectangles Large Die Set

~ Docrafts Papermania Capsule Boysenberry Paper

~ Trimcraft First Edition Spring Feast Paper Pad

~ Pearls and Fairy Charm from Craft Box 

~ Flowers from Craft Box

~ Lilac Scalloped Card Blank & One Square of Lilac Shimmer Card

~ Purple ribbon

~ Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Glue

~ Ranger Stickles Icicle

~ Double sided tape/ 3D Foam pads 

~ Die cut sentiment

I think my friend will like her card, especially the fairy with purple wings as that is her favourite colour!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have fun and happy crafting

Nicola 

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A Simple Thank You Card

Hello lovelies!

Well firstly let me wish you all a

Happy New Year.

I hope you enjoyed all the festivities!

I love Christmas and New Year, but the run up to it is extremely busy for me at work. It only leaves me a very small amount of time to craft during that time.

Anyhoo, a new year, means new projects created by me.

So to start off with the 2018 creations I have made a very simple thank you card.

It is actually one I have made for my wonderful hubby just to say thanks for a lovely Christmas!

I love scrabble tiles so I've used the Scrabble Tiles clear stamp set from Creative Expressions.

I stamped out the letters for the words I wanted to create. I used foampads to attach to a white card blank. 

I used a black sketch pen to draw a couple of lines around the edges. To finish I added black and white twine and a fancy paperclip...(quite appropriate as my husband sells stationery).

A very quick card.

Hope you like it.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.

Happy crafting,

Nicola 

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Petal Lu Challenge

Hello lovelies!

It's time for another challenge over at 

PETAL LU 

The theme this time is

Orange 

We would love to see some orange flowers on your creations this month.

I have made this card for my design team project.

The heart and sentiment are Snip Art which I have then coloured orange with a promarker pen.

I  used liquid pearls, a metal embellishment and a jewel brad to hold the ribbon in place.

Hop over to the Petal Lu Challenge Blog to see lots more gorgeous design team inspiration!

Have fun and happy crafting, 

lots of love

Nicola 

XXX

A Beautiful Canvas

Hello lovelies!

Here I have a canvas that I created to hang in my hallway. 

I glued all my element's to the canvas, then once dry I applied gesso over it all.

I then dropped randomly some pigment powder over the canvas and spritzed with a Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.

I added the word 'Beautiful' and then flicked black ink using a small thin paint brush to add random spots to the finished look.

Most of the materials used in my project are from my Craft Box Monthly subscription, Craft Box Mixed Media Subscription and Craft Box Snip Art Subscription.

Find out more information about these subscriptions and all the gorgeous products you can buy from CRAFT BOX 

 Have fun and happy crafting.

Lot's of love 

Nicola 

XXX

Mixed Media Album Pages

Hello lovelies!

I hope you are all well. I have some mixed media album pages to show you that I created a little while ago.

I absolutely love creating mixed media pieces. I love the feeling of it all coming together, you start off with just a plain canvas which after adding embellishments, materials such as ribbon or lace, painting and inking and spritzing,  you then achieve a thing of beauty! 

I also like the fact that with mixed media, you just have to use your imagination and let your creativity flow.

All of the products and album pages are created using my Craft Box subscriptions. The Monthly Box, Mixed Media Box and Snip Art.

Hop over to the CRAFT BOX WEBSITE to see more information on how to subscribe and also all of the gorgeous crafting goodies available to buy.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have fun and happy crafting,

lot's of love

Nicola
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Petal Lu Challenge #42

Hello lovelies!

It's challenge time over at 

Petal Lu 

The theme is

Anything Goes with Peach.

So we would like to see one or more peach flowers on your project for your entry!

I've chosen to make a card for my project this time.

I've used a trio stamp set from Lili Of The Valley.

I think these peach flowers look beautiful.

You can buy the gorgeous Petal Lu flowers HERE 

 We look forward to seeing your beautiful creations.

Happy Crafting.

lots of love

Nicola 

XXX

Petal Lu Challenge #38

Hello lovelies!

It's challenge time over at 

PETAL LU

 The theme is

Green Flower's

You must use one or more green flower's on your project to enter the challenge.

I've made a card for my design team project

The prize is a 30% discount to spend at the PETAL LU STORE

We would love to see your creations for this challenge, so hop over to the Petal Lu Challenge Blog to see lot's more gorgeous design team inspiration!

Have fun, happy crafting.

Lots of love

Nicola

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Petal Lu Challenge - Yellow

Hello lovelies.

It's challenge time again over at 

Petal Lu 

You must use at least one flower and also definetly use yellow.

I made a card for my design team project.

You can buy the gorgeous Petal Lu flowers HERE 

Hop along to the Petal Lu challenge blog to see lot's more gorgeous design team inspiration!

Happy crafting

lot's of love

Nicola 

XXX

Petal Lu Challenge #34

Hello lovelies.

It's challenge time over at 

PETAL LU 

The theme is all about white. Now, you can incorporate another colour if you wish or go with a full white theme, whichever you choose we would like to see a white flower on your project. You may want  to use a few white flowers or just the one...it's up to you.

Here is a picture of some of the beautiful white flowers available from PETAL LU 

I decided to make a mixed media project for my design team project this time. I love mixed media work, and I have to say I am pretty pleased with how this canvas turned out.

I first of all used texture paste with a stencil to create some bubble texture in random areas. I glued various Snip Art pieces and then I have used lot's of beautiful embellishment's which I have glued to the canvas.  

I added some lace and washi tape and then also a picture of a butterfly with a frame over. I added some beads and then painted over it all with gesso. I used a couple of coats to make sure everything was covered how I wanted it. 

I then glued the beautiful Petal Lu flowers to the frame. I sprinkled over the canvas randomly using some mica powder which I then spritzed with water and dried with a heat tool. I added the Beautiful sentiment which I stamped onto paper. To finish I splattered black ink randomly over the whole canvas. 

I think the Petal Lu flowers finish the mixed media canvas off perfectly.  I now have this hanging on the wall in my hallway and I have to say it does look really pretty!

Hop over to the Petal Lu challenge blog to see lot's more gorgeous design team inspiration.

Have fun and happy crafting, 

lot's of love

Nicola 

XXX

Petal Lu Challenge 33

Hello lovelies

 Its challenge time at

Petal Lu challenges 

This Challenge is all about those Whites

I've made a card using these gorgeous White Petal Lu flowers. I've used a Snip Art brolly, for the flower shower!

Hop over to the Petal Lu Challenge Blog to see lot's more gorgeous design team inspiration. You will also see our new teamies too.

Prize is a 30% Discount to spend in store 

Petal Lu Facebook

Petal Lu - Shop

Petal Lu Creations

A new facebook page (to show off those designs using Petal Lu Blooms)

Have fun

lots of love

Nicola 

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Memory Lane - Mixed Media Art Journal

Hello lovelies!

I have so many lovely old photo's of my family, it is so nice to be able to look at them and think about the history that goes with them. I decided to start an Art Journal to use these beautiful photo's. Of course the start of the Journal is the front cover. So, using mixed media techniques I have picked out a beautiful photo of my mum as a little girl. I have co-ordinated the colour scheme of my project to match the photo.

I subscribe to CRAFT BOX which is a monthly craft box subscription. All the lace, embellishment's, flower's and SNIP ART is from the February Box.

The other material's I have used are...

- Finnabair Clear Gesso

-Cosmic Shimmer Glue

- Cosmic Shimmer Matt Chalk Paint's in shades Pink Dusk, Citron, Warm White

- White Ecoline Paint

- Tim Holtz Bubble Stencil

- That Craft Place Heart Stencil

- Distress Ink Vintage Photo 

I really enjoyed creating this mixed media piece. It is so lovely to look back at these old photo's.

Thank you for stopping by to see my project.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lot's of love

Nicola

XXX

Petal Lu #Challenge32

Hello lovelies!

It's challenge time again over at 

PETAL LU 

The theme this time is 

'Anything Goes'.

I've made a card for my design team project. I love pink so of course I really enjoyed making this card.

The stamp I've used is LOTV Blowing Bubbles.

I've stamped using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.

I have coloured using Promarkers in the following shades...

Ice Greys 1, 3, 4, 5

Cool Grey 1

Antique Pink

Dusky Rose

Salmon Pink

Almond

Pale Pink

Rock Pool

Arctic Blue

The paper collection is Docrafts Capsule Collection. Of course the smaller pretty flowers are from Petal Lu which you can buy HERE 

Don't forget to hop over to the challenge blog to see lot's more gorgoeus design team inspiration. 

Happy crafting,

lot's of love

Nicola 

XXX

A Little Bit Of Gorjuss

Hello everyone!

I made some cards using the lovely

Gorjuss Collection.

I have to say this is one of my favourite collection's.

Here are some card's I made.

I love the fact that you can also get matching ribbons, brads and embellishment's to go with the papercraft range. 

Thank you for taking a peek at my Gorjuss card's. I really appreciate your visit's.

Happy crafting,

lot's of love

Nicola 

XXX

Using Up Crafty Stash

Hello everyone.

Well this year I am determined to make some of my crafty creation's 'using up crafty stash'. 

I'm sure we all do it, buy lot's of crafty goodies and think I'll use them later!

So, here are a few cards I made last week using a scrapbooking kit that I bought quite a few years ago.

It is quite a nice feeling knowing that I'm going to TRY and use up lot's of my crafty stash....there is that much though it will take a life time lol.

Now, time to go browsing for more crafty goodies haha.

Happy crafting.

Lot's of love

Nicola 

XXX

Petal Lu Challenge + Design Team Call

Hello lovelies!

It's challenge time over at the fabulous

Petal Lu  

The theme is 

'Anything Goes'.

Some exciting news first before I show you my design team card, Petal Lu is having a design team call.

The DT call out closes on 14-02-17

Petal Lu is a lovely team to work on, I love being part of it. Hop over to the Petal Lu Challenge Blog

to see the full details of how to apply for the team! Good luck!

Now here is my card

I have used the Gorjuss collection to go with my beautiful Petal Lu Flowers. I added the mushrooms as my friend who I'm giving the card to loves them! 

You can buy the gorgeous Petal Lu Flowers HERE

Have fun and don't forget to check out the DT Call!

Happy crafting,

lots of love

Nicola 

XXX

Petal Lu Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello lovelies!

It's challenge time again over at 

PETAL LU 

The theme is

'Anything Goes'.

You can buy the beautiful Petal Lu flowers HERE 

Hop over to the challenge blog to see lot's more gorgeous design team inspiration,

have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love 

Nicola 

XXX

Crafting Musketeers Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello lovelies!

It's challenge time again over at the 

Crafting Musketeers 

The theme is 

'Anything Goes'

Our fabulous sponsor this month is

The Paper Shelter 

I've made this Christmas Card using a lovely image from The Paper Shelter.

Such a cute image!

Don't forget to hop over to the Crafting Musketeers challenge blog and see lot's more goreous design team inspiration.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lot's of love

Nicola 

XXX

Petal Lu Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello lovelies!

I can't believe we are in December already. This year has just flown by. It's a busy time at  work for me, I do enjoy the Christmas rush. I have to confess though that I've hardly made any Christmas cards except for design team ones! It's a time thing...eek!

Anyway so as usual, the challenge theme is anything goes.

So, I've made a quick and simple Christmas Card using one of the gorgeous trio stamp sets from Lili of the Valley. I've used the beautiful Petal Lu flower at the top of each stamp.

Hop over to the PETAL LU CHALLENGE BLOG  to see lot's more gorgeous design team inspiration. You can buy the beautiful Petal Flowers HERE 

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

Nicola 

XXX

Petal Lu Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello lovelies!

It's challenge time again over at 

PETAL LU 

The theme is

'Anything Goes'.

I've made a Christmas card for my design team project this time.

I love this cute digi, this bear is adorable from Lili of the Valley. 

I've coloured using Promarkers.

You can buy the beautiful Petal Lu flowers HERE 

Hop over to the challenge blog to see lot's more gorgeous design team inspiration,

have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love 

Nicola 

XXX

Crafting Musketeers Challenge 43

Hello lovelies!

Well, it's a while since I posted for the CRAFTING MUSKETEERS challenge. I had a year out and the lovely girls on the design team welcomed me back this month. I'm really happy to be back and  working alongside a lovely team. 

So, the challenge theme this time is 

' Christmas Wishes'

Our sponsor this month is 

Sunsational Stamps 

I've used a lovely cute gingerbread image for my design team card

I've coloured using Letraset Promarkers in shades:

Cinnamon - Terracotta - Pastel Pink - Red - Mustard - Ruby

Flexmarkers: Cappucino - Blush

I've also used Sakura gelly roll pens Clear Star and Red Star.

The papers are First Edition Festive Treats 6 x 6 paper pad. The finishing touches are gingham ribbon, a cinnamon stick and red pearl gems.

We would love to see your creations for this challenge.

Hop over to the CRAFTING MUSKETEERS to see lot's more design team inspiration.

Have fun and happy crafting

lots of love

Nicola 

XXX