The Paper Shelter Design Team Call...

Hello lovelies!

 

I hope you are all keeping well.

 

THE PAPER SHELTER 

 

are having a

 

DESIGN TEAM CALL 

 

I am entering the call with this card I have made using one of their digital images which is

 

AUTUMN IS COMING! 

 

I have also used the papers from the digital paper pack

 

IN THE 20'S 

 

 I have used Letraset Promarkers to colour in shades...

 

Skin: Almond ~ Putty ~ Sunkissed Pink ~ Coral

Hair: Ivory ~ Sandstone ~ Caramel ~ Cinnamon ~ Cocoa

Clothes and Boots: Marsh Green ~ Olive Green ~ Pear Green ~ Moss

Mustard ~ Pastel Yellow ~ Gold ~ Amber

Cinnamon ~ Caramel

Leaves: Terracotta ~ Gold ~ Pumpkin ~ Gold

Outline: Tan

 

I loved colouring this image and I think the name is just perfect for this time of year as Autumn really is just around the corner!

 

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges...

 

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Sarah Hurley Challenge 84 - Autumn Glow

 

Thank you for stopping by today, I always appreciate your visits and your comments.

 

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

Nicola

XXX

 



 

 



My Dreamees design team card.....

Hello lovelies!

 

I just wanted to share with you my design team card for the fabulous DREAMEES

 

I wanted to make a Twisted Easel card using my March Membership Freebies. If you are a member of the club you get freebie downloads each month. To become a member hop over to HERE membership is only £5.00.

As Mother's Day was this month this collection was perfect for that occassion, but... I wanted to show you that you can also use the papers and embellishments for birthday's too.

 

 

I absolutely love these papers and flowers. I have added a pearl to the centre of each flower and the topper is just gorgeous. The 'I'm so lucky to have a Wonderful Mother like you' is perfect for a special mum's birthday. I added an extra sentiment as the easel stopper using the 'Wishing You A Wonderful Birthday' from the SILHOUETTE FLOWER BORDER STAMP SET

Thank you for stopping by today i always appreciate your visits!

Till next time happy crafting,

lots of love

Nicola XXX

 

My Dreamees Design Team Card....

Hello lovelies,

I would like to share my design team card with you all for the fabulous DREAMEES

I have made a card using the BLOOMIN BRIGHTS CD and I chose to use all purple. I wanted to make a birthday card. I have matted decorative backing paper from the cd onto matching card. I absolutely love this flower paper so I didnt want to cover it too much, that is why I chose to add a circle sentiment as shown so as not to detract from the beauty of the paper.

I added a satin ribbon border and printed a flower bow and a purple bow from the cd, cutting just the bow part from the purple one and not the ends. I fixed this over the flower bow with foam pads and added a flowery heart from the cd in the centre of this.

I have embellished with gorgeous PAPER FLOWERS and a butterfly. To finish I added a dot of Lavender Stickles around the edge of the card.

 

Also check out the PRETTY PASTELS CD , the NEWEST STAMPS and lots and lots of other gorgeous goodies to buy at DREAMEES

There are lots of exciting times ahead for Dreamees so make sure you follow the blog so you can keep up with all the latest exciting news and product releases!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Happy crafting,

lots of love

Nicola XXX

Sweet Gingerbread, Today's Post at Studio 12...

Hello lovelies,

 

Today is my turn to post over at the fabulous

 

STUDIO 12 AT POLKADOODLES BLOG 

 

I have made a Christmas card using a sweet gingerbread character from the

 

STUDIO 12 PICKNIX COLLECTION 2 - GINGERBREAD TWIST 

 

I absolutely love this cd, so many gorgeous, scrummy images to use and lots of lush backing papers and digis too!

 

I wanted to give my card a distressed feel so I tore the edges and inked with Distress Inks....

 

 

I love the gingerbread characters!

 

Also have you seen the fantastic new dvd by Nikky?

 

COLOUR THERAPY WITH NIKKY DVD

 

It is fantastic, Nikky shows you how to colour sepia tones, hair and skin tones and much more!

 

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my card today,

look forward to your next visit!

 

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

 



Polkadoodles design team card....

Hello lovelies,

 

Yes it is Friday, which means another fantastic challenge over at the fabulous

 

POLKADOODLES CHALLENGE BLOG

 

As the nights are drawing in and the mornings are getting colder, we have a great theme which is

 

'AUTUMN'

 

So we want to see lots of autumn colours on your project!

 

October and November for me means I have lots of birthday's coming up. So, I decided to decorate a box I had to make a nice autumnal birthday box and I also made a matching card. I have used the POLKADOODLES SUNDAE OF SEASONS CD 

 

 

We would love to see your Autumnal creations for this challenge so hop over to the challenge blog to see the rest of the design team creations!

 

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



I Heart Christmas.....Studio 12 Post.....

Hello lovelies,

 

It is my turn to post today over at the fabulous

 

STUDIO 12 AT POLKADOODLES BLOG

 

I decided I would go for something quite simple so I chose to make a very quick Christmas card!

 

I have used the PICKNIX COLLECTION 2 - GINGERBREAD TWIST and kept the embellishment simple using only twine!

 

 

I love the ticket greeting, its really cool!

 

Have you seen the fantastic new dvd brought to you by our very own Nikky?

 

COLOUR THERAPY WITH NIKKY DVD

 

Click the link above to see what the excitement is all about and to order your copy!

 

Also, don't forget that Polkadoodles will be at the GNPE in Harrogate this week-end

Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th

 

GNPE HARROGATE

 

It will be a fantastic fun filled week-end and I hope you stop by and say hello, I will be working on the Polkadoodles stand. Let me tell you I am beyond excited, lol. I look forward to seeing you there!

 

Have a fantastic week-end,

have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

 

 

 



Docrafts Creativity Club Sketch....

Hello lovelies,

 

I hope you are all well.

 

I thought I would show you another card I have made using one of the Creativity Club Daily Sketches, which is available to download if you are a member of the

 

DOCRAFTS CREATIVITY CLUB

 

If you are'nt a member yet, just click on the link above to see where you can join. You get fabulous discounts in the online store, special offers, daily sketch downloads, Creativity TV and much, much more. Excellent value membership!

 

Anyhoo, for my card this time I wanted to show you how you can use a daily sketch with the Docrafts Digital Designer Collections.

 

I have used Daily Sketch 51 Designed by Katy Godbeer and for my papers and embellishments I have used the Docrafts at Christmas Time Digital Designer.

 

 

Products used...

 

Docrafts Creativity Club Daily Sketch 51 ~ Docrafts Papermania at Christmas Time Digital Designer ~ 8x8 Papermania Kraft card blank ~ Docrafts X-Cut Nesting Dies Scalloped Squares ~ Papermania self-adhesive silver dew drops ~ Gold Glitter Glue ~ Clear Glitter Glue ~ 3D foam pads

 

How to make...

 

1. Decide which paper you would like to use and print off 1 sheet. Trim to size leaving a border of the kraft card showing.

2. Print off a co-ordinating sheet of holly paper and using a small scalloped square, die- cut four squares.  Attach these as shown with foam pads.

3. Add dots of gold glitter glue along the centre, inbetween the four squares.

4. Select a flower of your choice from the Papermania at Christmas Time, resize the flower to fairly small, copy this 15 times, print out and cut the flowers out.

5. Use a foam pad to attach each flower to the card as shown and embellish the centres with dew drops.

6. Finally print a greeting, trim to size so it fits on the first square, decorate with glitter glue.

 

I think this card shows off the sketch that I chose really well. I like the flowers, it's just a different twist on the traditional Christmas Card, but in keeping with traditional colours!

 

I hope you have enjoyed your visit, thank you so much for stopping by!

 

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



Smashing Christmas ........

Hello lovelies, it's me again lol with something that I have been so excited to show you all! I have used the new Studio 12 Gingerbread Twist CD Picknix Collection for my project. This project was my post on the Studio 12 at Polkadoodles Blog from Tuesday.

I decided to make something different, now as you probably already know Smash books are popular at the moment. I wanted to create my own version from scratch and make it a Christmas Theme using lots of the elements from the cd and also adding my own twists like punched Christmas trees, netting, sewing and various other elements I have added which you will see as you scroll through my pictures. I got my sewing machine out again to add some stitching to the back and front covers, this is becoming a regular occurance with my machine!

What have I used for my Smash book you might ask...10 C5 envelopes, sealed them, then guillotined a piece off each edge,covered them with decorative paper and stuck them together with double sided tape, the open edges created the pockets for my lists that I have added. I bound the pages together like a book using my Bind It Machine.

So without further ado, let me introduce you to a..........................

SMASHING CHRISTMAS.............

 

 

I loved making this and I think this shows just how creative you can be with a few envelopes too!

 

Thank you for taking the time to follow my projects and for all your lovely comments too,

 

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,

Hope you are all well, wow time is flying by!

We have another fantastic theme this week for you over at the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

The theme this week is

'Stitching Faux or Real'

I enjoyed making my card for this theme. I have used the Polkadoodles Pretty Sweet CD for this card. Now, I decided to dust off my sewing machine and use it for this theme. I have had my machine a long time but decided I wasnt very good at sewing, so using it for my card is new to me! Anyway I loved using it so much I think sewing on my cards will become a favourite thing of mine to do...and yes....no accidents happened either while in charge of the needle!

Here is my card...

I have coloured my image with Promarkers using the following colours...

Hair: Putty, Cinnamon, Saffron, Caramel

Skin: Dusky Pink, Almond, Pastel Pink

Clothes & Shoes: Burnt Orange, Tan, Apricot, Honeycomb, Oatmeal, Warm Grey 2, Ice Grey 1

Swing: Saffron, Caramel, Cinnamon

I tore around the edges of my chosen backing papers. I then did a running stitch with my sewing machine on the patchwork paper and a zigzag stitch on the rose paper. I then inked them both with Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink. I wanted to apply more ink to the rose paper so I used my brayer. I then spritzed it with gold pigment powder, scrunched it up and then dried with my heat gun. I then added these to my card base which I had already inked the edges of.

Once I had coloured the image, I tore around it and inked the edges and added this to the card. I attached a length of lace to the right hand side, slotting it underneath the paper. I added faux stitching using a brown pen around the rest of the edges. Finally I embellished with Polkadoodles Bloomers and Leaves and some bling and a greeting.

I loved making this card, and really enjoyed sewing the papers.

I would love to see your creations for this challenge so hop over and take a look at the rest of the design team cards for more inspiration.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



Polkadoodles Design Team card.....

Hello lovelies,

Well it's Friday which means only one thing, another fab challenge over at the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

The theme is

'Celebration'

So we would like to see your celebration cards....this could be anything you wish to celebrate.

For my celebration card, I chose to celebrate the Olympics.

As we have done so well with all those wonderful and inspirational athletes gaining their medals I wanted to say

'Well Done Team GB'.

I have used the Polkadoodles Sundae of Seasons CD for my card. I have threaded ribbon through the lanterns and attached to the card. I have used London themed embellishments and finished off with a gold, silver and bronze candy to represent the Olympic Medals.

I think the Olympics have been fantastic, I have really enjoyed watching them!

So, we would love to see your 'Celebration' cards, hop over to the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the design team have made.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



Studio 12 at Polkadoodles My DT Post.....

Hello lovelies,

It's my turn today to show you a project over on the fabulous

Studio 12 at Polkadoodles Blog

I decided to make something that I used to make a lot, as I am so busy with making cards, my altered art projects and working at the salon I don't have time to swap these days. Artist Trading Cards I have collected many over the years and swapped them with lots of crafty friends over the years. So for my project today I have chosen to make an ATC.

I have used the Studio 12 Picknix Collection to make my atc. I covered the base with backing paper, and using Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink and a negative from a punched out flower I used a blending tool to ink some flowers onto the background and also to ink around the edges. I then printed flowers from the cd to size so they would fit the atc, cut them out and inked the edges then attached them to the atc.

I printed out a butterfly and a sentiment 'flowers feed the soul' I love this, as I love flowers so much. I finished the flowers off by adding liquid pearls and Stickles to the centres.

You will have noticed I have used flowers for a prop for my photo. I absolutely love these, I bought them from Polkadoodles and can't wait to use them on my next project. The flowers are Polkadoodles Bloomers

Don't forget to check the Studio 12 blog daily the design team have lovely projects to show you every day.

Have a great week, have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



Studio 12 at Polkadoodles.....

Hello lovelies,

Well it's that time of the month where we have our competition post over at

Studio 12

Hop over and take a look at what you could be in with a chance of winning!

For my project this time, I decided to digital craft, and then finish off with hybrid crafting.

I used the Picknix Collection CD and chose the elements I wanted to use. After placing them where I wanted on my layout, I then printed this off and attached to a card blank. I printed off a backing paper and punched out various shaped flowers, then attached these to the card with pearl centres. I wrote on a journalling tag, and then finished with lace.

My project this time has been a bit of an experiment for me, as I took the elements that I wanted to layout digitally into my word programme, I also wanted to play around with all the colours. So, on that note here is the result of my experiment.....

I like these colours and the different shading I've played around with.

Don't forget to check out the Studio 12 Blog where you can see what the rest of the design team have been making.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX