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 

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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 

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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 

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Petal Lu Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello lovelies!

It's time for another challenge over at the 

PETAL LU CHALLENGE BLOG 

The theme is

'Anything Goes'

This fortnight we are also sponsored By 

 Conie Fong Art & Design

In addition to a 30% discount from the Petal Lu store, The winner will also receive $10 discount from our sponsor!

Connie Fong Etsy Store
Connie Fong Facebook

I've used the really cute digi called 
Puppy Love

We look forward to seeing your creation's for this fortnight's challenge.

Happy crafting,
lot's of love
Nicola 
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Petal Lu - Shop

Petal Lu Creations

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

Petal Lu Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello lovelies!

I am very happy to say that I am now on the design team for Petal Lu 

A wonderful place where you can buy so many pretty flowers!

It's challenge time over at the 

Petal Lu Challenge Blog 

The theme is 

'Anything Goes'.

The challenge this month is featuring the new Button Box Fairies release from 

That Craft Place 

who is sponsoring the challenge this month and will be giving a prize of 3 images for the winner. 

I've used the cute Butterfly Magic Button Box Fairy

I've coloured her with Letraset Promarkers. 

I love the colour of the Petal Lu flowers I've used. I love all things pretty!

We would love to see your creation's for the challenge, so hop over to the 

Petal Lu Challenge Blog 

to see lot's more gorgeous design team inspiration. 

Have fun,

happy crafting,

lot's of love 

Nicola 

XXX

That Craft Place Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello lovelies!

It's time for another challenge over at 

THAT CRAFT PLACE 

The theme is

'Anything Goes'

I've made a card for the challenge using one of the fabulous Candy digis. 

I've coloured with Promarkers and Copics, and used Graphic 45 Bohemian Bazaar papers. The flowers are Petal Lu.

There will be 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes of images for this challenge.

Make sure you hop over to

THAT CRAFT PLACE 

for some

HUGE NEWS!

The Candy Collection is fantastic!

Happy crafting,

lot's of love

Nicola

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That Craft Place Challenge....Feeling Blue...

Hello lovelies!

The weeks are flying by, I can hardly believe we are halfway through August already. 

It's time for another challenge over at

That Craft Place 

Now, I know I'm usually on the mixed media team, but I also enjoy making cards. So, I do love to jump on board the card challenges too!

The challenge this time is the theme...

'Blue'

Here is the colour palette to follow...

I have used a cute stamp by Saturated Canary called

'Chasing Butterflies'

Ingredient's I used are...

From That Craft Place 

Saturated Canary Chasing Butterflies Stamp ~ Broken China Distress Ink ~ Blue Pearlescent Card ~ Scalloped Card Blank ~ Blue Stamens

Crafty goodies from my crafty stash...

'Dear Friend' stamp by Hampton Art ~ Promarkers in shades Pastel Blue, Powder Blue, Denim Blue, Blue Pearl, Rock Pool, Capri Blue, ~ Flexmarkers in shades Glacier Blue, Blue Grey 3, Blue Grey 1, Dolpin Blue, Surf Blue ~ Docrafts Papermania Capsule Collection Parisienne Blue Papers, Die-cut Notelets & Big Bloomers ~ Blue Cotton Lace ~ Blue Fabric Butterflies ~ Fancy Stapler ~ Blue Gems

We would love to see your 'Blue' creations. Hop over to 

That Craft Place Challenge Blog 

and see lot's of gorgeous design team inspiration!

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges...

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes With A Twist Include a Butterfly

Time Out Challenges - Friendship Is Golden

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 386 Anything Goes

Happy Crafting,

lots of love

Nicola 

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That Craft Place - Words Challenge

Hello lovelies!

It's time for another challenge over at

That Craft Place 

Now I'm usually on the Mixed Media design team, but I couldn't resist joining in with this challenge too.

The theme this time is

'Words'.

I made a card for this using the gorgeous Candibean Little Darlings Stamp 'Shop Till You Drop'.
I got this little cutie from
That Craft Place

I've used MDF banners and paper flowers which I got from That Craft Place 

The papers are Papermania Capsule collection.

The Promarker shades I've used are...

Skin: Starfish, Peach, Soft Peach

Hair: Blush, Vanilla, Saffron, Caramel, 

Rest of image: Pineapple Crush, Pastel Yellow, Spring Lilac, Iced Pearl, Antique Pink, Dusky Rose, Pastel Green, Frosted Jade.

I am entering this card into the challenge over at 

I Love Promarkers - Pet's

We would love to see  your creations for this challenge.

Hop over to the 

That Craft Place Challenge Blog 

to see lot's of gorgeous design team inspiration!

Happy crafting,

love Nicola 

XXX

Crafting Musketeers - Midway Reminder...

Hello lovelies!

Half way through another month can only mean one thing...it's time for the midway reminder for the 

Crafting Musketeers Challenge Blog 

The challenge this month is sponsored by 

Crafty Ribbons 

The theme this month is

'Anything Goes'.

I've made a card using a gorgeous image from 

That Craft Place 

called Chillax Sugar

I've used Letraset Promarkers to colour her.

The shades are...

Wild Orchid, Champagne, Canary, Dusky Pink, Apple, Soft Aqua, Cool Aqua, Honey dew, Duck Egg, Sea Mist, Watermelon, Aniseed, Pink Pearl, Shocking Pink, Soft Khaki, Buttercup, Blush, Cappuccino.

The Happy Birthday greeting is an MDF banner from That Craft Place. 

We would love to see your creations for this challenge,

hop over to the 

Crafting Musketeers Challenge Blog 

to see lots of gorgeous design team inspiration!

Happy crafting,

lots of love

Nicola

XXX

Crafting Musketeers Midway Reminder....Shades of Summer

Hello lovelies!

We are halfway through June already, which means that it is time for the

Crafting Musketeers Midway Reminder 

The theme for this month is

'Shades of Summer'.

We are sponsored by Hobby House who are kindly giving the winner of the challenge a voucher to spend on their website.

My 'Shades of Summer' card just had to be a cute digi that is just perfect for this theme.  

Meet 'Sunshine Bubbles'

This little cutie is available from 

That Craft Place - Etsy Shop 

I have coloured her with Letraset Promarkers in shades:

Skin: Sand Dune, Putty, Almond, Pastel Pink, Cocktail Pink

Hair: Saffron, Gold, Vanilla, Mustard, Ivory

Hat, Bikini & Glasses: Iced Pearl, Spring Lilac, Frosted Jade, Pastel Green.

The Happy Birthday tiles are also from That Craft Place. 

The lovely dots around the card are Nuvo Crystal Drops by Tonic Studios.

I love using straws too, so they just finish it off perfectly.

We would love to see your creations for this challenge.

Hop over to the 

Crafting Musketeers 

to see lots more lovely design team inspiration!

Happy crafting,

lots of love

Nicola 

XXX

Steampunk With A Pretty Twist...

Hello lovelies!

I have made a card to enter into the challenge over at the 

Sugar and Betty Challenge Blog 

The theme is

'Anything Goes or Layers'

I chose to make a card, with a lot of layers.

I used a gorgeous new stamp from 

That Craft Place  called Steampunk Betty.

I absolutely love this stamp set.

So, here's my Steampunk With A Pretty Twist...

I coloured her with Letraset Promarker's in shades...

Skin Tone: Putty, Oatmeal, Almond, Dusky Rose

Hair: Tan, Caramel, Sandstone, Cocoa, Burnt Sienna

Clothes, boots, hat: Denim Blue, Blue Pearl, Pastel Blue, Cool Aqua, Duck Egg, Antique Pink, Salmon Pink, Fuchsia Pink, Cerise,

Flexmarkers: Soft Aqua, Cloud Blue

Ingredients from That Craft Place...

Steampunk Betty Clear Stamp Set

Creative Expressions Frames & Tags - Piereced Flags die

Capsule Collection - Wild Rose by docrafts Papermania

MDF - Cogs and butterflies (I've covered these in the paper)

Watch embellishment

Flowers

The rest of the ingredients...

Tim Holtz Gadget Gears die

Memento Ink Pad Tuxedo Black

Distress Ink Picked Raspberry

Pins, Straws, Lace, Ribbon, Linen, Cheesecloth, Stickles Diamond, 

Kraft card blank 7" x 7"

Spotty paper from a scrap pad. 

Crafters Companion Spray & Sparkle Pink Iridescent glitter spray (sprayed the flags)

Brown sketch pen to create faux stitching.

I love these colours together, such a lovely contrast.

So, this is my entry into the challenge over at the

Sugar & Betty Challenge Blog 

I hope you like my card.

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

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

Nicola

XXX

A Pretty Ballerina...

Hello lovelies!

Well tonight I have been busy making a card especially to enter into a new challenge over at 

Sugar & Betty's Challenge Blog 

This is the first challenge for this lovely blog. I decided to use the digi from the blog called

Ballerina Betty

This little cutie was a freebie, so thank you for this lovely digi.

I love texture, so wanted to create lot's of it on my card.

I have coloured Betty using Promarker's. I have used paper from a pad called

My Mind's Eye Bohemia.

I have used jute, linen, cotton lace and satin crinkly ribbon. I added a few roses too and a stem of pearls. I've also used a sketch pen to add detail around the edge of the 8"x 8" card blank. 

All the edges have been inked using 

Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy.

I finished with scrabble tile greetings available from

That Craft Place.

Here is Ballerina Betty

The shades of Promarker's I have used are...

Hair & eyebrows: Pastel Yellow, Vanilla, Blush, Satin, Sandstone

Skin tone: Almond, Putty, Oatmeal, Dusky Rose

Dress, boot's and outline: Tea Green, Grey Green, Pastel Green,Soft Green

Caramel, Cinnamon, Cocoa, Burnt Sienna

I have really enjoyed making this card  to enter into the 

Sugar and Betty Challenge - Anything Goes 

I love these colours together, I think they look very pretty!

Thank you for stopping by today, I always appreciate your visit's.

Have fun and happy crafting

lot's of love

Nicola

XXX

A little bit of stamping...

Hello lovelies!

I have had a lovely time stamping and colouring a really cute image.

I have used a stamp from Lili of the Valley called

Patchwork Daisy 

I love this stamp. 

Once I coloured the stamp with my Promarker's, I then made the image into a card. I wanted to create varied contrasting colour's and texture's.

Here is what I came up with...

The Promarker shades I have used are:

The Bear...

Putty, Tan, Caramel, Cinnamon, Cocoa, Burnt Sienna

The Daisy...

Antique Pink, Mulberry, Maroon, Plum, Apple, Bright Green

I have used a scalloped heart die and also a scalloped bunting die.

I added texture by using twine, cotton lace, cheesecloth, fabric, flower's and button's.

I love this cute stamp. 

Thank you for stopping by today. I alway's appreciate your visit's.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lot's of love 

Nicola

XXX

Crafting Musketeers Midway Reminder

Hello lovelies! 

Well we are halfway through the month already, time certainly does fly!

This means that it is time for 

The Crafting Musketeers  

Midway reminder.

If you haven't entered this month's challenge yet, you still have time to do so.

We are sponsored this month by

Cuddly Buddly

The prize is a £10 gift voucher for the store.

The theme for this challenge is

'Cute'

Here is what I made...

I used this cute little image and created a Valentine card for my wonderful husband.

I coloured the image with Letraset Promarkers.

I think this card is cute, and my husband loved it.

Hop over to 

The crafting musketeers challenge

You will see lots more design team inspiration and we would love you to enter.

Thanks for stopping by today, I always appreciate your visits.

Have fun and happy crafting,

Lots of love

Nicola

XXX

Love from Sugar....Anything Goes Challenge...

Hello lovelies!

I can't believe we are in February already. I have been busy working at the salon as usual, but in my spare time when I'm not walking my lovely Peggy I've been holed up in my craft room.

Today's creation I have to show you is a card I have made. I actually coloured this lovely image yesterday, and then made her into a card today!

I have just recently bought some gorgeous digis and sentiment's from

That Craft Place on Etsy 

I absolutely love the gorgeous digis to choose from.

Let me introduce you to the gorgeous...

Love from Sugar...

I love the scrabble tile effect sentiments too, which you can buy along with the digi's.

I have coloured Sugar using Letraset Promarker's in shades...

Hair: Duck Egg, Pastel Green, Grey Green, Tea Green, Cool Aqua

Face, Legs, Neck, Arms: Almond, Oatmeal, Tan, Blush, Sandstone

Top: Pale Pink, Cocktail Pink, Antique Pink, Dusky Rose

Shorts: Denim Blue, Cornflower, China Blue

Hearts: Carmine, Magenta

Eyes: Burnt Sienna, Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen

Outline: Soft Green, Blue Pearl

With Love Sentiment: Pastel Green, Grey Green, Duck Egg

I used an embossing folder to create a distressed background card. I love the little hearts.

I really enjoyed colouring 'Love from Sugar'.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my creation.

  

I would like to enter this into the challenge over at

That Craft Place 

The theme is

Anything Goes.

Thank you for stopping by.

I always appreciate your visit's.

Have fun and happy crafting, 

lot's of love

Nicola 

XXX

Pink, Pink and more Pink....

Hello lovelies!

Pink, pink and more pink!

Yes, I absolutely love pink and as most of you know it is my favourite colour. That's why I also chose to have 'Pink' in the title of my blog.

So, the other day I was browsing around social media when I came across the new challenge over at the 

RIBBON GIRLS BLOG 

The theme this week is Colour Challenge - Pink.

Of course I just had to enter this.

I made a card using a Crafter's Companion Scruffy Little Cat stamp.

The name of the stamp is

'Nicola'....hehehe just like me!

I have coloured 'Nicola' using Letraset Promarker's in shades...

~ Skin: Almond, Putty, Oatmeal, Sunkissed Pink

~ Hair: Tan, Sandstone,Caramel, Cinnamon, Cocoa

~ Clothes, rollers, box: Antique Pink, Rose Pink, Cocktail Pink, Baby Pink, Salmon Pink, Pastel Pink, Dusky Pink, Cool Grey 1, Cool Grey 2

~ Diamonds: Cool Grey 1, Cool Grey2.

~ Outline: Cool Grey 3

The sparkly bits on the shoes, pearls, lashes, crown and diamonds are Sakura Gelly Roll Pens in

shades: Rose Star, Pink Star, Silver Star, Clear Star.

I used a heart stencil with Distress Ink Picked Raspberry to create the background.

So I hope you like my 'Pink' entry for the

RIBBON GIRL CHALLENGE 

Thanks for stopping by, I always appreciate your visit's.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lot's of love

Nicola 

XXX

My Teddy Bo Cards...

Hello lovelies, I hope you are all well.

This is so exciting, Teddy Bo is having a design team call.

I love the Teddy Bo collection, it is so cute and adorable.

I have made three cards for my design team application.

Coloured using Polychromo pencils. 

Coloured using Promarkers.

Coloured using Polychromo pencils.

I really enjoyed creating these cards, colouring is very relaxing.

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

Happy crafting,

lots of love 

Nicola 

XXX

Crafting Musketeers Challenge 17 - My DT Card....

Hello lovelies!

Wow, this year is flying past! September already, it will be the festive season before you know it. LOL

Of course the 2nd of September means the start of another fantastic challenge over at 

THE CRAFTING MUSKETEERS 

Challenge Blog.

We are very excited as we have been sponsored by the wonderfully talented

Helz Cuppleditch

Here is my creation for this challenge...

IMAGE IS COPYRIGHTED TO HELZ CUPPLEDITCH

I absolutely love this image, it's so cute!

The theme for this challenge is

'Button's'

So, dig out those buttons. 

I have used Promarker's to colour this digi.

The shades are...

Burnt sienna - Cocoa - Terracotta - Raw sienna - Cinnamon - Saffron - Oatmeal - Buttercup - Burnt orange - Mandarin - Poppy - Red - Berry red - Ruby - Meadow green - Apple - Marsh green - Leaf green - Warm grey 1, 2 & 3.

We would love to see your creations for this challenge and here is the prize you could be in with a chance of winning...

Hop over to THE CRAFTING MUSKETEERS challenge blog to see the rest of the design team inspiration.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

Nicola 

XXX

 

A Little Cutie...

Hello lovelies!

Well I have to confess, time has run away with me over the last few weeks with one thing and another so I have been a little behind in my blogging. 

I have got a card to show you that I made the other day using one of my gorgeous Lili of The Valley stamps.

I love love love this one.

I wanted to make it look all cute and pretty!

I have coloured this with Letraset Promarkers in the following shades...

Ice Grey 1 ~ Ice Grey 2 ~ Ice Grey 3 ~ Ice Grey 5 ~ Cool Grey 2

Pastel Pink ~ Almond ~ Putty ~ Lavendar ~ Lilac ~ Orchid

Pastel Green ~ Soft Green ~ Grey Green 

The die I have used is the Cheery Lynn Doily Die. The edges have been inked using Tim Holtz Distress Ink Victorian Velvet.

The papers, flowers and brads are the Lillibet A Tale Of Friendship Collection.

The greeting is a Kanban die cut greeting.

I have another card to show you using another cutie Lili of The Valley Stamp. 

Again, I have coloured this using Letraset Promarkers in shades...

Tan ~ Caramel ~Raw Sienna ~ Cocoa ~ Cinnamon ~ Oatmeal

Cool Aqua ~ Duck Egg ~ Powder Blue ~ Denim Blue ~ Turquoise 

The papers are from the Lilliebet paper pad as before. I have a thing about eyelets at the moment after treating myself to the Provocraft Silent Setter. I love using this!

The die cut bunting is from LaLaLand Crafts.

I really enjoyed colouring these two images, its very relaxing having a colouring session.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I really do always appreciate your visits.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

Nicola

XXX

The Crafting Musketeers Challenge 10...My Design Team Card...

Hello lovelies!

Wow, we are now in February which means we have another fantastic challenge for you over at 

The Crafting Musketeers Challenge 

Challenge 10 is a fab theme...

'Butterflies'

So, yes we want to see these beautiful fluttery things on your project.

Here is my card....

I used a piece of fabric for the background and the large butterfly stamp is from Dreamees.

The sponsor for this Challenge is Dreamees and this is the prize that you could be in with a chance of winning.

We would love to see your creations for the challenge, so hop over to the The Crafting Musketeers Challenge  to see the rest of the design teams wonderful creations!

Thanks for stopping by today, I always appreciate your visits! 

Happy crafting,

Lots of love 

Nicola

XXX