Crafting Musketeers Midway Reminder...

Hello lovelies!

Well this month is certainly flying by. We are now half way through the month, which means it's the midway reminder over at the 

Crafting Musketeers 

The theme this month is

'It's A Man's World'

Challenge 24 is sponsored by

JGD Crafts 

The prize will be something of the sponsors choice.

It was my lovely husband's birthday not long ago, so I also used his cards for this challenge.

I actually made him two, one from me, and one from our lovely labrador Peggy!

I used the Every day in Mulberry Wood cd by Crafters Companion.

I love this cd, lots of cute images.

We hope to see your lovely creations for this challenge.

Have fun!

Thanks for stopping by, I always appreciate your visits.

Lots of love

Nicola 

XXX

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

Joanna Sheen Challenge - My Design Team Card...

Well time is certainly flying by, here we have another Sunday, which means another fantastic challenge over at the

 

JOANNA SHEEN CHALLENGE BLOG 

 

Challenge 44 is a fabulous theme...

 

'Button It Up'.

 

I loved working to this theme and here is my card that I made for this challenge...

I have used the

Daisy and Friends CD 

I would love you to stop by tomorrow, I have a tutorial of how I made this card, it will be over on the Joanna Sheen blog and also here too.

We would love to see your creations for the

'Button It Up' Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Have fun and happy crafting,
lots of love
Nicola
XXX
 

 



Party Paws.....Bamboo....

Hello lovelies!

 

I hope you are all ok and had a lovely week-end. If you have snow take extra care when going out and travel safely if you need to travel at all.

 

Well I just could'nt resist showing you a gorgeous little character I coloured in last night using my Spectrum Noir pens.

 

I treated myself last week to the Crafter's Companion Party Paws collection. I love this collection it is so cute and adorable...and there is a shoe in the collection too....I love shoes! So when I saw this I did'nt need much convincing to buy it lol.

 

I have used the Party Paws cd to go with my Bamboo stamped image...

 



 

I have used Spectrum Noir pens in shades...

 

IG1 ~ IG2 ~ IG3 ~ IG8 ~ IG10 ~ EB1

FS1 ~ FS6 ~ BP2 ~ BP6 ~ CT4 ~ OR1

PP2 ~ DR1 ~ DR5 ~ DR7 ~ DG2

 

I just had to add some extra sparkle so I have sprayed the large pink flower with Pink Spray & Sparkle.

 

I hope you like my card and thank you for taking the time to look.

 

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

Nicola XXX

My Dreamees Design Team Card....Flower Power..

Hello lovelies

I would like to share my DREAMEES  Design Team Card with you today.

I have made an aperture card using a die to create the aperture. I printed off some of the gorgeous flowers from the recently launched PRETTY PASTELS CD I love this cd there are so many beautiful flowers and co-ordinating papers to choose from.

I chose to make the card using creams as I wanted to give the card a bit of a vintage feel. I have inked the flowers I cut out with Distress Ink Vintage Photo along with some ROSES too. I have also inked VARIOUS SWIRLS and stamped over them using the sentiment stamp that I have used for the centre of the aperture. The stamp you can buy HERE I did'nt want to waste the die cut from the aperture so I have used this inside the card to mount the lace and the sentiment onto. I finally finished with gold liquid pearls.

 

 

 

Don't forget to hop over to the DREAMEES WEBSITE to see all the latest products and special offers!

 

Thanks for stopping by today, happy crafting!

Lots of love

Nicola XX

Dreamees design team cards....

Hello lovelies,

 

 I want to show you some design team cards I have made for Dreamees.

Have you seen the gorgeous new collection of stamps available to buy? If not click HERE to see the range. I absolutely love them all, but one of my favourites is the HEART STAMP SET this set can be used for so many occasions from Valentine's Day, Wedding's, Mother's Day to birthday's and general celebrations!

I have made four cards using the same stamp and I have also combined it with papers and sentiments from my DREAMEES MEMBERSHIP CD If you haven't joined yet membership costs only £5.00 and you get 10% discount everytime you shop at Dreamees and also at shows. You also get a montly freebie. The CD I have used is my January CD as I am a member!

Here are the cards I have made.......Card 1

 

 

I couldn't resist adding this gorgeous rose which you can buy from Dreamees and you can find it HERE

Card 2

  

 

I wanted to keep this card fairly simple. I have used the paper ribbon and bow from my membership cd and also the sentiment and flowers. I love buttons so added these too which you can buy HERE

Card 3

  

 

With this card I wanted to show a distressed feel. I inked the edges with Distress Ink Vintage photo. I wanted to add the DIE-CUT PICKET FENCE as it has little hearts at the top and I have coloured it with Spectrum Noirs. The ribbon and buttons are a set which you can find HERE
 

Card 4

 

 

I wanted to keep this card really simple. I have left the greeting off on purpose as I am going to put it in what I call my reserve stock of cards. This is my cards I keep for unexpected occasions so I could add a birthday greeting, congratulations, anniversary too. I love using LACE I have used the paper ribbon and bow from the membership CD and embellished with Stickles in Turquoise and a little pearl heart.

I have stamped the hearts using Memento Ink Rich Cocoa and they are coloured using my Spectrum Noir Pens in shades: TN8 ~ CT4 ~ BT4 ~ GB5 ~ CT3 ~ BT 5 ~ GB8 ~ GB10

I hope you have enjoyed browsing my projects and thank you for looking!

Have you seen the fabulous MDF BLANKS you can now buy from Dreamees?

Also this week saw the launch of two very beautiful CD's BLOOMIN' BRIGHTS & PRETTY PASTELS such a lovely collection to have in your craft stash and so versatile for many occasions!

Thanks for visiting today have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

Nicola XXX

Polkadoodles Challenge......

Hello lovelies,

 

Well the weeks are just flying by wow weeeee it will be Christmas before we know it!

 

So, as it is Friday we have another fabulous challenge over at the

 

POLKADOODLES CHALLENGE BLOG

 

the theme this week is

 

'Wings and Things'

 

I chose to use butterflies as they are one of my favourite things. I have used the POLKADOODLES SUNDAE OF SEASONS CD I wanted to create a different and unusual shape for my card so I made it 3d. I hope you like it!

 

 

I look forward to seeing your creations for this challenge.

 

Don't forget this week-end is also the GNPE in Harrogate at the Showground. I will be working on the Polkadoodles stand, so please stop by and say hello. I am so excited and look forward to seeing you.

 

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



Polkadoodles DT Card.....

Hello lovelies,

 

well it's that time of the week again where we have another fantastic challenge over at the

 

POLKADOODLES CHALLENGE BLOG

 

The theme this week is

 

'Song Title'

 

Your project this week must depict a song title. For my card I have used the

 

POLKADOODLES HERE COMES CHRISTMAS CD

 

I have inked the card using distress ink and I have used a snowflake punch on the papers and embellished with the punched out snowflakes. I have finished with stickles to add some sparkle..the song is 'Frosty The Snowman'.

 

 

I bet your singing the first line lol......

 

 

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



Polkadoodles Design Team Card....

Hello lovelies,

 

Well it has got to Friday again, which means we have another fantastic challenge over at the

 

POLKADOODLES CHALLENGE BLOG

 

The theme this week is

 

'What's The Word Bird'...

 

make something with a feathery friend on!

 

I have used the CANDY DOODLES COLLECTORS EDITION CD for my card. I have also used a MARIANNE DESIGN DIE but I wanted to use it in a different way this time, so I have used the negative and embellished it with perfect pearls. I have printed the birds and tree scene from the cd and coloured in using Promarker's in shades:

 

Lemon ~ Gold ~ Pastel Yellow ~ Canary ~ Apricot ~ Blush ~ Spice ~ Caramel ~ Putty ~ Tea Green ~ Lime Green ~ Grass ~ Leaf Green ~ Ice Grey 1 ~ Cool Grey 1 ~ Lipstick Red ~ Poppy

 

The edges have been inked using Distress Ink Peeled Paint.

 

Here is my card...

 

 

I love this image, the birds are so cute!

 

Myself and the rest of the design team would love to see your creations.

 

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



My Studio 12 post for today - A Piece Of Cake...

Hello my lovelies!

 

Well today is my turn to post over at the

 

Studio 12 Blog

 

I like to think today is a little bit special as it is my birthday! LOL

 

With this in mind, I would like to share my cake with you all that I have made. It is slightly different though than your usual birthday cake....I have made this one using the Studio 12 Picknix Collection 

 

 

I love this cake and could'nt resist adding a touch of pink!LOL

 

The cake stand it is on was my Grandma's and the china tea set was a gift on my wedding day from my Dad, he brought it home from Hong Kong when he served in the Royal Navy. I think it is over 60 years old and he bought it for when he had a daughter to give her on her wedding day. I treasure this tea set and it sits in my cabinet where I can see it all the time!

 

A piece of cake anyone.....to see the full details of how I made this cake hop over to the

 

STUDIO 12 BLOG

 

Enjoy and thanks for stopping by and sharing in my birthday celebration!

 

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

 

 



Polkadoodles Design Team Card........

Hello lovelies,

well it's that time of the week again, yes it's Friday which means another fantastic challenge over at the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

The theme this week is

'Summer'

and also to show some baking with the theme too!

For my card I chose to use the Candy Doodles Collectors Edition CD along with a gorgeous Emma Canning Digi Stamp Millie Birthday I love these digis which you can buy ready to download from Polkadoodles , they are not only gorgeous characters but have a fun element too and look fantastic coloured with any medium of your choice. I have also used a Marianne Design Die and I have made the pink candy swirl embellishment's using Fimo Clay and a texture sheet to make the swirls by pressing the fimo into it and then baking. I wanted these to look like sweet candy!

I love making easel cards, I also cut some strips of paper and curled to make them look like party streamers and I think the cupcake looks good enough to eat!LOL

I would love to see your entries for this theme, so hop over to the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog and take a look at the fabulous projects the rest of the design team have made.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

Polkadoodles Samples for Create & Craft TV......

Woo Hoooooo.........Here Comes Christmas..........

Hello my lovelies and a very merry hello it is too lol. I wanted to share with you all the samples I have made for the fabulous Polkadoodles shows that were on Create & Craft TV today using the gorgeous new

Here Comes Christmas CD 

I absolutely loved working with this CD. It is so easy to navigate around and all the elements are absolutely gorgeous.

I thought I would share with you all the samples I made for the shows.......

I hope you enjoyed looking at my samples and thank you for taking the time to see them.

I just know you will love using the

Here Comes Christmas CD

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

Polkadoodles Blog Hop.......

Hello lovelies!

Welcome to another fantastic

Polkadoodles Challenge

Before I go on to explain what the challenge is this time, I would like to tell you firstly that we are having a fantastic

Polkadoodles Blog Hop

To join in the hop you must start the Blog Hop from the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

If you have followed the links you should have hopped to my blog from

Emma's Blog

 You must comment on each of the blogs in the hop AS WELL AS ENTERING THE CHALLENGE to be in with a chance of winning one of the prizes which are...

1st Prize.....Studio 12 Picknix Collection 1 CD

2nd and 3rd Prizes...an Emma Canning Download.

So, onto the theme for your entry into the challenge...

The theme we would like to see is

Red, white and blue and what Britain means to you.

I have chosen to make a card to celebrate the Olympics. I used the

Polkadoodles Not For Girls CD using the sporting elements from the cd and I created a medal using ribbons and a brass button!

I hope you like my version of red, white and blue. Don't forget to be in with a chance of winning one of the prizes you MUST ENTER this challenge and ALSO COMMENT on EACH BLOG.

The HOP finishes at 12noon on Sunday 22nd July.

Now you have visited me your next hop is over to here...

Fabiola's Blog

I hope you have enjoyed the hop as much as we have!

Before I hop off, I just want to remind you about the fabulous

Summer Crafting Event

at Doncaster Racecourse

Saturday 14th July and Sunday 15th July.

The fabulously talented Nikky Hall herself will be there on the Polkadoodles stand, and I am very lucky to say I too will also be there giving a helping hand...lol...hopefully I won't drive our Nikky too mad! If you are going don't forget to drop by the Polkadoodles stand and say hello!

Have fun and very happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



My Polkadoodles Design Team Card........

Hello lovelies,

Wow the week's are whizzing by, Friday again! Which of course means that we have another fantastic challenge waiting for you over at the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

We have a  fantastic theme, one of my favourites...

'Fairies and Fantasy'.

I love Fairies, they are one of my favourite things. I also love butterflies too so I just could'nt resist adding a few of these to my card. For my card I have used an 8x8 card blank and made an aperture using a Spellbinder's Nestabilitie. I have used the All Around & Everwhere CD and also the Sundae of Seasons CD. For my sparkle I have used sparkly flowers that I already had in my crafty stash, and I have also used Diamond Stickles too. I have finished with Dew Drops.

I loved making this card, aperture cards are so easy to make and you can make any shape aperture you wish!

Don't forget to also check out the

Studio 12 Blog

and follow what myself and the rest of the Design Team are making. We have daily projects so don't forget to check them out!

Hop over to the Polkadoodles Challenge to see what the rest of the Design Team have made for their

'Fairies and Fantasy' theme!

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



My DT card for Polkadoodles.....

Hello lovelies and a very happy Friday. As usual time is flying by and the clocks go forward this week-end!

So Friday brings us another fabulous challenge over at the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

The theme this week is to make a creation with mum in mind!

For my creation this week I have used the

Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Volume 3 CD

and here is what I have made...

I have also embellished the card with Card Candi, buttons and Stickles Glitter Glue. The ribbon is to form the apron strings!

I love this card as it reminds me of my childhood when I used to bake every Sunday afternoon using my mum's good old Bero Book which I still have. I had to bake almost everything in it lol and my mum and dad enjoyed trying the samples very much!

I hope you can join us for the challenge I would love to see your 'MUM' creations.

Thanks for looking and have a great week-end,

have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



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

Hello lovelies,

well it's got to Friday again so that means another challenge over at the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

which is sponsored this week by

Marianne Design

The theme this week is

Male Birthday - Create a card or a gift

I wanted to show a fun factor with my card. I wanted to make it look like the boys and the dog were going on a 'Road Trip' in the countryside to go fishing!

To achieve this I have used Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Volume 1 CD for the car and greeting. The tree backing paper, trees and leaves are all from the Polkadoodles Candy Doodles Collectors Edition CD

The boys, dog and other embellishments are from the Polkadoodles Pretty Tuff CD

The 'Gone Fishin' button on the car front is a button from my own craft stash!

I hope you like this easel card, I think it looks like the boys are going to have a fun filled day!

We would love to see your creations over at the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

Wedding card made for a commission..

Good afternoon my lovelies,

well I have finally got around to blogging the wedding card I was commissioned to make!

I've been busy doing design team work and a project that I can't share just yet, all I will say is I have really enjoyed making what I did!LOL

Anyhoo, the wedding card I have made is an easel card, and I have used the

Polkadoodles Love & Cherish CD

I wanted to keep the embellishments simple as the card is being taken abroad.

I hope you like the card and thanks for looking,

happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



DT Card for Emergency Crafters 999 Brand New Challenge Blog....

Good morning my lovely crafty friends.

Welcome to my first posting for the brand new challenge blog

Emergency Crafters

I am excited to tell you all about the very first challenge that has gone live today.

The theme for this challenge is

RED/BLUE OR BOTH

and is sponsored by the fantastic

Polkadoodles

who is kindly offering the winner a prize which is a

Polkadoodles Pretty Tuff CD

For my design team card I wanted to make a congratulations card with a crafty theme....to celebrate the launch of

Emergency Crafters.....

so here is what I made.....I hope you like it...

I have made this using the

Polkadoodles Sundae of Seasons CD

I printed and cut out the elements I wanted to use.

I covered an 8x8 card blank with backing paper.

Attached the measuring tape as shown and punched holes down the side, I threaded co-ordinating ribbons through this and then tied a bow.

I cut a square of heart paper and punched two sides with a decorative border punch and stuck to the card with double sided tape.

I added the ribbons and ruffled them as shown.

I attached all the printed out elements with foam pads and used various buttons to embellish the card and show 999 with them too.

To finish I added three pins into the pin cushion as shown and added Liquid pearls in baby blue to the greeting and along the punched out border.

I would love you to hop over and see what the rest of the design team have made. We have some fabulous themes coming up and with fantastic sponsors too. So please follow us and join in, we would love to see you there.

Emergency Crafters

Have fun and happy crafting......

lots of love NJ XXXX



Polkadoodles Bee Happy Digis.....I have been playing.......

Happy Sunday my lovelies,

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

I have been playing this morning with some new digi images from Polkadoodles

they are gorgeous

Bee Happy Coloured Digi

and

Bee Happy Digi Stamp

Here are the three cards I made today...

I used a white square card blank for this card. I used the backing papers and sentiment stamp from the Polkadoodles Pen & Paper Circle Issue 1.....

PLEASE NOTE: The Pen & Paper Circle Issue 2 is available now for pre-order until the 7th March. If you don't want to miss out make sure you hurry to get your order in before the deadline!

I matted and layered the image, backing papers and textured cardstock, inking the edges first with a Letraset rose pink promarker pen.I also added a flower brad and dragonfly brad to the layers before sticking to the base.

I have used pink, lilac and black bakers twine and plaited the three colours together.

I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of the backing paper, cut out and attached as shown with foam pads.

I love this coloured digi, its perfect for a lovely cheery card and for any occasion too.

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For the second card I used backing papers and sentiment from the

Polkadoodles Sundae of Seasons CD

I shrunk the Bee Happy digi so it was quite small and printed an A4 sheet of these. I cut three of the images out and coloured with Letraset Promarkers.

I added gingham ribbon to the backing paper before sticking it to the base card.

I matted and layered the coloured images onto textured cardstock and backing paper,inking the edges with a yellow promarker.

I added Stickles Diamond glitter glue on the bee wings and the trail behind it.

I wanted the squares of the images to look like tiles so when the Stickles had dried I used Glossy Accents to cover the squares.

To finish I added a gingham bow and cut out the sentiment to fit between the tiles.

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The third card I made I have used the coloured Bee Happy Digi

and the

Polkadoodles Candy Doodles Collectors Edition CD

I covered the base card with a sheet of backing paper from the cd.

I printed out the Bee Happy Digi three times and cut out various elements from two of the images so I could decoupage them.

I matted the image onto co-ordinating decorative paper, added the cut out elements with foam pads and used Stickles glitter glue in Fruit Punch and Diamond.

I pleated organza ribbon as shown, threading it through a cut out ribbon slider from the cd. I added a flower and flower gem to the centre.

To finish I added a greeting and a butterfly both from the cd.

I hope you like these cards I have made. I wanted to show you three ways of using these images. I have other ideas too how to use these images, but I ran out of time today!

The great thing with CD's and Digi's is the fact that there are so many different ways to use them. It's just a case of using your imagination!LOL

Don't forget also that Nikky from Polkadoodles

is back on

Create & Craft TV

on

Tuesday 28th February

at

10am

If you haven't already ordered the

Candy Doodles Collectors Edition CD

then I would say don't hesitate to buy it.

Everything about it is gorgeous.....

you can see what you can make here at the

Polkadoodles Inspiration Gallery

and finally just another reminder that you have only until the 7th March to get your pre-order in for the

Pen & Paper Circle Club Issue 2

Believe me it's going to be another fantastic issue with lot's of inspiration!

Enjoy the rest of Sunday and thank you for reading my ramblings lol.

Have fun and a very happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX