Promarkers now available at Bridlington Stationers..

Hello lovelies,

 

  my husband Darren is now selling Promarkers in his shop Bridlington Stationers. You can order them by phone or email him at darren@bridlingtonstationers.com  and he will post them to you at a reasonable P&P cost.

 

 The prices are excellent value. 

 Single pens £1.50 ~ Packs of 3 £3.99 ~ Packs of 6 £7.75
Packs of 12 £14.99 ~ Metallics £1.99 ~ Blenders £1.65
Pack of Ultra Fine Nibs ~ £1.89

  If you would like to place an order you can phone the shop on 01262 675079 or email on the link above. Darren and the rest of his team will be only too happy to help you. Thanks for reading lots of love Nicola...oh ps, please share this with all your friends, thank you lovelies XXXX

Kanban... Sad News...

Hello lovelies,

 

I am sad to have to tell you this news...

 

The Director's of Kanban Crafts http://www.kanbancrafts.com/uk/index.php are sad to report the closure of the business. They would like to extend their gratitude and thanks to all their customers for their support and loyalty over the years.

 

 

On a personal note, from the design team we would like to wish Karen and Keith lots of love and thank you for the opportunity you gave us all as part of your fantastic team. We wish you good luck and success in the future. Love from the Kanban Design Team XXX

 

I am grateful for the opportunity I had working with Kanban and such a fantastic design team.

 

Lots of love to everyone

Nicola XXX

OOoooooooooo....................

Merry Christmas........

Hello lovelies.....

 

Well I am finally sat with a glass of wine in hand after all the festive preparations!

 

I wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a fabulous New Year.

 

I hope you all have a lovely time whatever you may be doing and with whoever you may be spending the time with. I want to spare a thought for those who are on their own on Christmas Day, Merry Christmas to you all.

 

Also another thought, at this time of year is to remember the one's we held dear in our hearts who are no longer in this world with us. So, tonight, when Santa's bells are ringing and all the star's are shining bright and Rudolph leads the way one of those star's will be my beautiful Daddy shining brightly and I will look up and be wishing him a Merry Christmas too. I am sure there are many who we love up there watching over us on Christmas Day, I for one will be raising a glass on Christmas Day to my Dear Daddy.

 

I want to thank each and everyone of you for following my crafty journey. I absolutely love sharing my crafty makes with you all, and will continue to bring you my crafty makes and ideas in 2013.

 

So, that's it from me for now. I'm signing off to spend some quality time with my husband and family, who I am very blessed to have.

 

Merry Christmas to you all

lots of love

Nicola XXX

Exciting news Update...Winner........

Hello lovelies,

Thank you so much for entering my blog candy draw to celebrate my new design team post at

DREAMEES

The draw is now closed and I am pleased to announce the winner of the fab candy kindly supplied from Carol and Hayley at Dreamees is............

SCRAPPY SCATTY

Congratulations Jan on winning the candy!

If you email me your details I will pass this onto Carol who will send out your prize!

Well done, and don't forget to keep an eye out for all the exciting things to come from Dreamees in 2013.

Merry Christmas everyone,
lots of love
NJ XXX



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BLOG CANDY FOR THIS POST IS NOW CLOSED!



Hello lovelies!

 

Well I have a very exciting announcement to make today, I am so excited to tell you all that I have

joined the

 

DREAMEES DESIGN TEAM

 

I am so happy and excited about my new position on this fantastic design team.

 

Carol and Hayley who run the company have a very exciting 2013 to look forward to with lots of crafy things in the pipeline, and they have asked me to join them on this journey which I am so excited to be a part of.

 

Dreamees sell lots of gorgeous stamps, cds and much more which you can find on the website by clicking HERE

 

Dreamees also have a BLOG which I would love you all to follow as I will be adding lots of my design team work on there too.

 

To celebrate my exciting news Carol and Hayley have kindly offered some blog candy! To be in with a chance of winning the Dreamees Candy leave a comment below and add a link to the

 

DREAMEES ON-LINE SHOP

 

and the picture of the candy in the side bar of your blog.

 

Also leave a link to my blog so everyone can see how to enter the candy, as they MUST leave a comment below to be entered in. One winner will be drawn from the people who have left a comment below.

 

 

Spread the word about the fabulous candy and the wonderful DREAMEES

 

I will draw a winner on Sunday 9th December at 6pm. So you have one week to enter!

 

I have also made my first design team project for Dreamees, so I could show you just an idea of what you can make! The great thing about the stamps and cds is you can make cards, altered art projects, anything you set your mind to.

 

For my project I have altered a photo frame and made it into a Christmas picture...

 

 

To make my Altered Photo Frame I have used ....

~ 6x4 photo frame

~ POINSETTIA STAMP 

~ BRANCH STAMP click the links to be taken to Dreamees to see the stamps

~ Ranger Alcohol Inks - Butterscotch ~ Caramel ~ Red Pepper ~ Gold Mixative

~ Blending tool and felt

~Memento Ink Pad Tuxedo Black

~ Letraset Promarkers - Crimson ~ Cardinal Red ~ Poppy ~ Berry red ~ Pear Green ~ Olive Green

~ Pigment Ink Pad Clear

~ Pearl Ex Pigment Powder Sunset Gold

~ Crafter's Companion Spray & Sparkle Gold

~ Pinflair Glue

~ Stickles Gold

 

To make....

 

~ Remove the back from the frame and glass. Lay the frame on your craft sheet. Add drops of each alcohol ink to the felt on the blending tool. Work in sweeping motions to add colour to the frame. Add your colour to your taste as you go along, this is a very random technique. I built my colour up gradually by letting it dry, then adding more.

~ Colour the chipboard backing, you would normally add a photo to this, but I have used it to create the picture.

~ Using the clear pigment ink pad stamp the branch in the centre.

~ Using a brush, dust the pearl ex powder over the image and gently sweep over this with a larger brush.

~ Sit the ink pad over the image and spray the gold spray around this to create a sparkly border. Add dots of gold stickles.

~ Stamp the Poinsettia 20 times, colour in. Cut out. Spray them all with gold spray and attach to the frame as shown using Pinflair.

~ To finish add the Stickles Gold to the centres of the Poinsettia.

 

I hope you like my first project for Dreamees. I think this makes a lovely Christmas Decoration with a difference.

 

I am looking forward to a very exciting 2013 working with Dreamees, so keep following my crafty journey and my crafty makes!

 

Thank you all so much for your love and support and taking the time to read and follow my journey.

 

Lots of love

to you all

NJ XXX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Blog Candy Giveaway..........

Hello my lovelies,

 

I have blog candy......woooo hooooooo

 

As you all know I am a Design Team member for the fabulous

 

DOCRAFTS CREATIVITY CLUB

 

Being a member of this club is so very exciting, you have lots of benefits which include, 15% discount in the online store, a wide variety of step by step projects, Creativity TV, competitions, exclusive club offers and lots lots more.

 

So, my blog candy is kindly donated by the Docrafts Creativity Club Manager Emma Collins.

 

I have a 6 month Creativity Club membership to offer to one very lucky winner...

 

to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous prize all you need to do is follow my blog, spread the word about 'Pink Delight Craft' and the fabulous 'Creativity Club'....

 

when I get to 200 followers, I will draw a lucky winner from one of my lovely follower's!

 

I look forward to you visiting and following my exciting crafty journey,

 

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

My NEC Shopping Trip.......

Hello lovelies,

 

Well what a lovely day I have had today. I have been to the NEC the HobbyCrafts event where you can do lots of crafty shopping.

 

I bought lots of crafty stash, and had me some good bargains too!

 

I must first of all tell you about the lovely Hayley and Carol from DREAMEES they are a mother and daughter team and are so lovely and friendly, and very helpful too. I bought loads of gorgeous stamps, and they are fabulous prices too as are the CDs they also sell. You MUST go to the Dreamees Stand its G50 to see these stamps. The samples are stunning and you must see the heart wall decoration it is absolutely stunning. Hayley has made it herself, it is filled with gorgeous stamped flowers and is truly beautiful.

I will be also showcasing the stamps I have bought in my next product review which I will do in a couple of weeks.

 

Another favourite stand that I spent nearly 2 hours at was the Crafted By You stand, which is the Kanban team. Lots of gorgeous goodies, I bought quite a lot from there. How could I resist such bargains and beauty lol. All the team were so friendly, in fact they had a job getting rid of me. I think my hubby thought I was set there for the day, at one point he thought I was going to start demoing when I was chatting to fellow crafter about how gorgeous Kanban products were!LOL

 

I also paid a visit to Hougie Crafts on stand C19 and the fabulous Kay was doing her fantastic demos. A very talented lady and so nice too, always has time for everyone and you  could see how much people were enjoying her demos. One fellow crafter I was talking to had even travelled over especially from Northern Ireland to visit Hougie Crafts.

 

I called at the Pinflair stand E01 too to top up on my glue and while I was there they had this fab products called Ice Diamond and Snow Dust which are actually really really fine flakes of glass. I thought I was hearing things, but when I looked closer, its fantastic. I thought ooo it will feel sharp but it doesn't. It felt like crystals. Now you get a better deal if you buy both of these together or you can just buy them individually. I am going to use them on my Christmas cards on snow scenes, they will give such a lovely effect.

 

Another favourite stand at M10 I went to was the WOW embossing powder, and was it WOW. I got some gorgeous colours of powder and they have some limited edition kits I got Girls Night Out and Sugar & Spice. I also bought some product that you can melt and use in moulds, check out the moulds especially the rose one, it is absolutely gorgeous and will look fab on vintage products.

 

Also check out Meiflower too at stand H36 absolutely gorgeous embellishments, I got some beautiful bling ribbon sliders.

 

There are lots of lovely other stands too worth checking out, too many for me to mention here. I just wanted to share with you where I had been today and why I loved them so much.

 

Here is my crafty stash that I bought today...

 

 

I can't wait to lock myself in my craft room and get stuck into using my gorgeous stash!

 

If you are visiting the NEC I hope you have a lovely time and I hope you too grab yourselves some fab bargains!

 

Have fun and happy shopping,

lots of love

NJ XXX

 

 

 

 



Guest spot.....

Hello lovelies,

 

I forgot to tell you all that I have been a guest blogger today for the

 

DOCRAFTS CREATIVITY BLOG

 

I made a card for this too which you can see when you click on the link above.

 

Hope you enjoy,

 

thanks for looking,

 

happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

Craft Room Clean Up......

Hello my lovelies...

 

here I am again lol, having no internet for the last two days has been a bit of a pain!

 

Last week-end I went away to stay at a lovely place called Tankersley Manor, which is in the dark peaks, just bordering the Peak District...so I was told, excuse me if I am wrong as my geography is'nt much good!LOL Anyhoo, myself and another lady from the party I was with decided we would go shopping to Meadow Hall, while there I found a gorgeous little shop selling beautiful jars,tins and lots of scrummy things. So I just had to buy three beautiful little jars for storing buttons and brads in, I've also put embossing powder in one. I then went in another shop and bought some gorgeous nesting boxes which I wanted to store my wooden stamps in and a wire basket that matched too. I also  bought some matching tins and a gorgeous wicker candle holder which I have actually put ribbons in!

 

Where is my little story leading you may ask? Well, on arriving home extremely shattered after a hectic two days I decided to clean my craft room...well.....let me just say I got half way through and thought 'why oh why did'nt I just sit down and relax with that bottle of vino' lol. Anyway, the good news is I finished the 'Craft Room Clean Up' on Monday afternoon and boy do I feel better for it. I could'nt stand the mess any longer and now I can actually see the carpet!LOL

 

If you compare these photos that I am about to show you with my other craft room photos, you may not think it looks any different...but it is lol I can actually see things I forgot I had!

So, without further ado here is my craft room that I spend lots of happy hours in creating away...I hope you enjoy looking round!

 

 

I hope you enjoyed browsing through my craft room!

 

I absolutely love it in here, as my husband said though...it won't stay that tidy! LOL

 

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



Flatfriends Design Team Member - Exciting News...

Hello lovelies,

 

I hope you are all enjoying the week-end!

 

I just thought I would share yet some more exciting news with you all....

 

I have made the design team for the fabulously talented

 

Emma Canning's

 

FLATFRIENDS CHALLENGE BLOG

 

Woo Hoooo so exciting, they say everything comes altogether and wow is that so true!

 

The challenges are monthly, with the first one starting on the 1st October.

 

I hope you will hop over and follow us, and join in the challenges too.

 

If you are not familiar with Emma Canning's fabulous Flatfriends..here's where you can buy them from....

 

POLKADOODLES

 

There are so many gorgeous digis you will be spoilt for choice!

 

So, don't forget to follow us and see what myself and the rest of the wonderfully talented design team will be bringing you all using Emma's fabulous designs.

 

I also want to say a massive congratulations to Emma on her new venture and thank her for choosing me to be a part of this....Good Luck Emma!

 

Also, thank you to all you lovelies...what for you might ask....for following my exciting crafty journey. I have lots of ideas and great projects coming up with the four design teams I am on so I hope that you will also follow my journey with those too.

 

I appreciate you all taking the time to see what I have been making and for all your lovely comments and crafty friendship!

 

I think I've waffled enough now..lol....

 

have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

23rd June Studio 12 at Polkadoodles...

Hello lovelies,

a very happy Saturday from me.

I just wanted to remind you all that there is another post

over at

Studio 12

and today's post is by

yours truly! LOL

So hop over and take a look, and while you are there have a look at all the other fabulous projects from the fantastic Studio 12 Design Team.

I just know you will love them!

Have a great week-end,

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

Polkadoodles Pen & Paper Circle Issue 3...

Hello lovelies,

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

I just wanted to remind you all that the

Polkadoodles Pen & Paper Circle Issue 3

is now available to pre-order!

It is a fabulous club magazine designed by the wonderfully talented Nikky Hall. The Polkadoodles Design Team showcase wonderful projects along with Nikky herself.

The magazine is fantastic value, step-by-step projects, a gorgeous stamp set and a CD with backing papers too. What are you waiting for?LOL

If you like what you see, and believe me I am sure you will love it, hop over and pre-order it now. Don't miss out!

If you were one of the lucky recipients who ordered your Pen & Paper Circle Issue 2 have fun making the projects. I am sure you will love them!

I am really excited to say that my step-by-step project is in Issue 2 which I absolutely loved making. I hope that you have a go at making the aperture and I would love to see your creations.If you have made my project leave me a comment here to let me know and I will hop over to your blog and take a look and leave you a comment too. I would love to see your projects.

So don't forget to pre-order before it's too late!

Nikky is also back on our screens on Create & Craft TV next week on the 24th & 25th so I hope you can tune in and if your going out then hit that record button!LOL

Have fun and a very happy crafting to you all,

lots and lots of pink love

from me lol

NJ XXX



Paper Clinic Show on Create & Craft TV...

Hello lovelies,

I hope you have all had a lovely Easter and are enjoying Bank Holiday Monday!

I just wanted to let you all know that the fabulous Nikky Hall from Polkadoodles is back on our screens on Create & Craft TV at 11am on the Paper Clinic show.

It will be a fab show so tune in if you can, if not hit that record button!

Get the kettle on, dig out your Easter Eggs, get comfy and enjoy the show!LOL

Have fun,

lots of love

NJ XXX



Easter Blog Hop at Polkadoodles...

Hello lovelies,

exciting news........we have an Easter Blog Hop over at the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

and the fabulous sponsor's are

Marianne Design

who are giving you the chance to win an adorable Garden themed Creatable as part of the Polkadoodles blog hop.

Creatables are handy stencils that cut and/or emboss and can be used in many machines, with all kinds of paper.

Included in the prize is also a cute stamp, a fabulous 32 page paper pack and flower ribbon.

In addition to the wonderful Marianne Design candy the first prize winner will receive a brand new Sugarplum Daisy CD  AND a Candy Doodles CD from Polkadoodles

PLUS....

2 further winners will also receive a Candy Doodles CD!

Wow.....3 chances to win in the Hop.

So to see what you have to do hop over to the

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog

and follow the instruction's!

Good luck and enjoy the Hop and a

very Happy Easter to you all,

lots of love

NJ XXX



Pick of the Day on Ideal World at 9pm

Hello lovelies,

Don't forget it's a Letraset Pick of the Day tonight on Ideal World at 9pm.

 Not only is Nikky from Polkadoodles launching the POD she is also launching her brand new cd which I have had the pleasure of making samples for. It is absolutely gorgeous, I am sure you will all love it!

 So tune in to see what the excitement is all about. Lots of shows tomorrow too and a Kuretake show on Friday. Wooo hooooo set that record button.....and don't miss out on the fantastic crafty goodies being shown. I will blog my samples soon that I have made with the new cd.

 Have fun and happy crafting,

 lots of love NJ XXXX

Exciting news from Polkadoodles.....Wooo Hoooooo...........

Hello my lovelies,

well what a busy time I've been having the last few days! Not only me, but also the fabulous Nikky Hall too.

I am really excited to let you all know that Nikky Hall from Polkadoodles has been extremely busy leading up to a brand new product launch at the GNPE show at Harrogate this weekend.

If you are going to Harrogate to the show make sure you stop by the Polkadoodles stand. Not only will Nikky be there but also the fabulously talented Leonie Pujol will be joining our Nikky at the demo table for the weekend! How fab is that.

More exciting news.......

Nikky is back on our screens next Wednesday 21st March at 9pm on Ideal World to launch a new Pick of the Day. Believe me it is absolutely gorgeous. I have had the pleasure of working with the new product making samples over the last few days. I am sure you will all love it as much as I do! That's all I'm saying as it's TOP SECRET!

Nikky will be between Ideal World and Create & Craft on Wednesday night and all day Thursday, so I hope you will join her! Not only is she doing the Polkadoodles shows, Nikky is also back on Create & Craft at 8am on Friday 23rd with a brand new Kuretake show.

I am so excited with the new product launch, Nikky has worked her fingers to the bone to bring this fabulous new product. It is an absolute beauty that you will not want to miss! I am honoured to be on the Polkadoodles Design Team and it truly has been a pleasure working with this new product! SSShhhh I'm not saying anymore lol.

If you are going to Harrogate this weekend have a fantastic time, and don't forget to buy lots of crafty goodies! LOL

Have fun,

and a very happy crafty shopping

from me lol

lots of love

NJ XXX

Check out my fellow DT member on her blog is Polkadoodle giveaway...

Hello lovelies,

Just a quick post to let you know that one of my fellow Polkadoodles design team member is having a giveaway of the latest Polkadoodle Candy Doodles CD on her blog.

Hop over to Enfys blog and see what it is all about....it ends tomorrow!

http://going-buggy.blogspot.com/

Have fun

love NJ XXX

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog.........

Happy Friday evening my lovelies....

yes it's another challenge over at the

Polkadoodle Challenge Blog

It's a lovely theme with a fantastic prize of a £10 voucher for the winner to spend on the

Polkadoodles Website

So get crafting and we would love to see your entries for the challenge, you never know the lucky winner could be you!

Also don't forget if you haven't already pre-ordered the

Pen & Paper Circle Issue 2

you only have until the 7th March to do so!

Believe me you do not want to miss it!

So, I hope your all going to have a lovely crafty week-end,

have fun,

lots of love

NJ XXX

Polka Doodle Dandies on Facebook....

Hello lovelies,

I just wanted to share with all you

Polkadoodle

fans

we have a group on Facebook called

Polka Doodle Dandies!

It's a great place to be where you can talk about and share your love for all things Polkadoodles!

You can show us some of your creations too when you've used Polkadoodle products.

I know also that some of the Design Team members drop in including myself.

There is also a challenge in the group too that you can take part in.

So if you would love to be a part of this group, hop over to Facebook and request to be added to

Polka Doodle Dandies

 or add me as a friend on FB saying you want to join the group and I can add you to it.

It's a fun fun fun place to be so don't miss out,

have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXXX

Polkadoodles on Create and Craft TV tomorrow.....

Good evening you lovely crafters,

I just wanted to let you all know that the fabulous

Nikky from  Polkadoodles

will be back on our screens tomorrow on

Create and Craft TV

 with the Polkadoodles shows at

9am and 2pm

and Kuretake Zig at

5pm.

Don't forget to tune in for the Polkadoodles shows, it really is something gorgeous! If you keep an eye out you might even see some of my samples that I have made for the shows using this gorgeous crafty must have! That's all I'm saying....when I can I will show you my sample cards here. All I will say is I loved working with this item and you have so much to play with....hahahaha I'm saying no more!

If your going out...hit the record button don't miss out, believe me it really is lovely!

Have fun, tune in and don't forget to email into the show and send Nikky and Polkadoodles the love.....

have fun and happy viewing and crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX