VISIBLE IMAGE - MAY CHALLENGE....

Hello lovelies!

 

Wow, the month's are flying by. The 1st of May already, which hopefully means lots of nice sunshine and lots of lovely bright colours around too!

 

It is also time for the VISIBLE IMAGE MAY CHALLENGE too which is a really lovely theme ...

 

'Brighten Your Day'...

 

I loved working to this theme. I always love bright colour's they make me feel happy and cheery seeing all the bright colour's around. I just had to use my favourite colour for this theme..and of course that means 'PINK'.

 

Before I show you my card don't forget you could be in for a chance of winning £10 to spend on VISIBLE IMAGE STAMPS if you are randomly selected as the winner of the challenge. Also I would like to remind you all that you MUST USE an actual stamp and NOT a digital stamp!

 

 



 

I have made a card to 'Brighten Your Day'...

 

 

The VISIBLE IMAGE STAMPS I have used to make my card are...

 

ZEBRA BACKGROUND

 

KATIE 

 

MORE THAN WORDS 

 

You can buy these stamps over at the VISIBLE IMAGE website or to be taken  directly to the stamps I have used click on the link's above!

 

The other materials you need to make this card are...

 

A4 White textured cardstock to make your A5 card blank ~ Floral paper ~ Pink Card ~ White Card to stamp on ~ Distress Ink Fired Brick ~ Memento Ink Tuxedo Black ~ Spectrum Noirs in shades: BP3, BP5, BP7, PP6, GB6, GB7, FS2, FS6, CG3 ~ Double-sided tape ~  3d foam pads ~ Corner Rounder ~ Silicon Glue ~ Decorative Corner Punch ~ Self-adhesive Pearls & Gems ~ Flower's & Ribbon Bows.

 

To make...

 

~ Score your A4 textured card stock in half to create your A5 card blank.

~ Cut a panel of floral paper and stick to the centre of the card as shown using double sided tape.

~ Trim a piece of pink card so it overlaps the floral paper.

~ Colour a panel of white card using the pink Spectrum Noir pens listed above and then using the Fired Brick Distress Ink stamp the ZEBRA BACKGROUND . Attach this over the pink card, leaving a narrow border.

~ Stamp KATIE onto white card using the Tuxedo Black ink and colour with your pens. I wanted to do something slightly different, so instead of colouring the outline with the 'usual' grey I chose to do it in green for a change. Trim and then use your decorative punch on the corners, fix to a panel of pink card and then round the corners of this. Use foam pads to attach to the Zebra background.

~ Stamp the 'Get Well Soon' from one of the MORE THAN WORDS collections onto a piece of the pink Zebra background and attach with foam pads.

~ To finish, add your flowers, ribbon bows, pearls and gems as shown.

 

I love the colours of this card, very bright and cheery. It is a perfect card if someone is feeling under the weather, it would really 'Brighten Your Day'.

 

Myself and the rest of the VISIBLE IMAGE DESIGN TEAM are really looking forward to seeing all your creation's, so get stamping!

 

Don't forget too that you can also join the VISIBLE IMAGE FACEBOOK GROUP just click on the link to be taken straight to it. We are all really friendly and you will see lot's of inspiration using the VISIBLE IMAGE STAMPS .

 

Talking of inspiration, don't forget to look at the VISIBLE IMAGE GALLERY where you can see lot's of gorgeous creation's made with all the gorgeous stamps.

 

Check out the gorgeous new character stamp too CLARA a perfect partner for EDGAR .

 

Thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing your beautiful creation's for the

 

VISIBLE IMAGE MAY CHALLENGE .

 

Have fun and happy stamping,

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

A little Oriental Card......

Hello lovelies,

 

I just wanted to share this card with you that I made the other night.

 

I have used the Stamp It by Stamp It Australia stamp set Oriental Delight's which you can buy from

 

Crafter's Companion 

 

I have coloured the image with my Spectrum Noir pens. I got the set bought for me for Christmas, I had wanted them for ages. I absolutely love using them. I do need to practice with them, I usually use Promarker's and Flexmarker's which I absolutely love, having used my Spectrums a few times I can honestly say I love these just as much too.

 

Here is the card I made...

 



 

The shades I have used are:

 

FS2 ~ FS3 ~  FS6 ~ IG1 ~ IG2 ~ IG4 ~  EB1 ~ CT1 ~ CT2 ~ CT4 ~ TB1 ~ TB2 ~ True Black

 

I wanted to keep the card simple so as to show off how beautiful the little Geisha girl is. I love this stamp set. I can't wait to colour the rest of them!

 

Thank you for stopping by today,

I look forward to your next visit.

 

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

Nicola XXX

 

 

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

My Kanban Design Team Projects...

Hello lovelies,
 

 and a very exciting and warm welcome from me. I am so excited to be showing you my first design team projects for the fabulous company KANBAN 

 

I am absolutely over the moon to be on the KANBAN UK Design Team.

I have used Kanban products for many years now and love them. Everything Kanban bring to all of us crafter's is so versatile, there is something for everyone. All you need is your imagination, create a quick and simple card, to something all distressed and inky. Lots of possibilities. I am going to share my ideas with you all so I hope you will follow and enjoy my exciting new journey!

 

Here are my design team projects for this week...

Acetate Chocolate Box...

 



 

To make the box I have used...

 

~ Kanban Lilium Luxury 12x12 Silver decorated acetate sheet

~ Silver Ribbon from the Kanban Ribbon Pack

~ Special Sentiments Paper Craft Toppers - 900978

~  chocolates and a card bag to put them in to go inside the box.

~ Silver brad from my own craft stash

 

Tent Fold 8"x8" card...

 

 

To make the card I have used...

 

~ Jasper Stamp Set - 9039

~ Vintage Tapestry Sentiments - 901016

~ Vintage Tapestry Paper Pad 48 sheets

~ Ribbon used from the Ribbon Pack on the Kanban website

~ Memento Tuxedo Black ink

~ Sakura gelly roll pen Sky star

~ Vintage Photo Distress Ink

~ Spectrum Noirs in Shades: Pale Hues - FS6 ~ PP1 Browns - TN7 ~ TN8 ~ EB8 ~ GB8 ~ GB10 ~ EB5 Turquoises - BT1 ~ BT2 ~ BT4 ~ BT5 Cool Greys - IG2

~ Broken jewellery

 

Twisted Easel Card...

 

 

To make the card I have used...

 

~ Beautiful Verses Papercraft Toppers - 900976

~ A Vision of Beauty in Aqua Papercraft Toppers - 900980

~ Special Sentiment Papercraft Toppers - 900978

~ Bella Italiano 48 Sheet Paper Pad

~ Pastel Bling 5mm

~  Ribbon, pink bling, and silver mirri card from my own craft stash

 

I hope you have enjoyed looking at this week's design team cards. I would also like to show you some cards I made this week too using the gorgeous new collection from Kanban and it is called

'The Language of Flowers' which will be available to buy soon. This gorgeous collection was the 4 day deal on Create & Craft TV so if you have got yours already enjoy using it. Here are some cards I have made using this collection...

 

 

 

 

 

I love this collection it is so beautiful!

 

You can now buy Kanban products online at the Kanban shop CRAFTED BY YOU  hop over and take a look at the gorgeous collections just waiting to be added to your crafty stash!LOL

 

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you have enjoyed your visit and I look forward to showing you my Kanban design team projects next Saturday!

 

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

Nicola XXX