Colouring with Polychromo pencils...

Hello lovelies!

Well this afternoon I have been busy colouring a lovely digi called

Betty Boots

which I bought from 

That Craft Place.

I decided to colour her using my Faber-Castell Polychromo pencils.

I really like using these.

I have made this card to enter it into the challenge over at 

That Craft Place 

The theme is...

Film (Inspired)

I have chosen a film that I absolutely loved from 1986. 

'Pretty In Pink'.

I love this film, it is one of my favourite's.

The shades used are...

Rose Carmine, Middle Purple Pink, Magenta,

Mauve,

Walnut Brown, Burnt Ochre, Cadmium Yellow

I hope you like my entry into the challenge for

That Craft Place 

Thanks for stopping by today. I always 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

Bright and Beautiful....

Hello lovelies, I hope you are all keeping well and safe in this cold weather we are having at the moment. 

I have been tucked away in my craft room for the last couple of afternoon's all nice and cosy!

I recently bought the Docraft's Papermania Bellissima collection which I think is

'Bright and Beautiful'.

A very cheery papercrafting range, just perfect for thought's of spring in this cold weather.

Here are some cards I made...

I love the Bellissima collection so I will be making lot's more card's using this.

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

Have fun and happy crafting,

lot's of love

Nicola 

XXX

Crafting Musketeer's Challenge - Midway Reminder...

Hello lovelies!

Well it's that time again for the midway reminder for the fabulous challenge blog

The Crafting Musketeer's 

The theme for challenge 21 is

Hat's/Valentine

This month we are being sponsored by

Lacy Sunshine Digis.

The prize is to win some digis.

Here is my project using 

'Rory Chimney Sweep'.

I wanted to use her for a wedding card. It is supposed to be lucky for the bride and groom to have a chimney sweep at their wedding. I thought this image is just perfect to bring the happy couple some good luck!

I have coloured her using my Promarker's.

The shades are:

Hair: Tan, Caramel, Cinnamon.

Skin: Almond, Putty, Sunkissed Pink, Oatmeal.

Clothes: Pastel Yellow, Pineapple Crush, Pastel Green, Green Shoot.

Shoes & Sack: Cocoa, Cinnamon, Sandstone.

Outline: Warm Grey 2.

The papers, hearts and sentiment are from Craftwork Cards. I stamped the wedding day greeting with Distress Ink Scattered Straw. I also used this on the edges and added faux stitching using a sketch pen.

I wanted to create a bright and cheery card. I hope you like it!

Don't forget to hop over to 

The Crafting Musketeer's 

You will see lot's more design team inspiration.

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

Have fun and happy crafting,

lot's of love

Nicola

XXX

My First Crafty Creation's of 2015

Hello lovelies!

Well I can't believe we are already a couple of weeks into January. The festivities have flown by. Last year I had a very busy year with work, crafting etc. Christmas came round quickly and it did catch up with me. I confess, I had to buy my hubby a Christmas card this year...hanging my head in shame!LOL  It is my busiest time at the salon, so I do have a good excuse! I really was up against it for getting any crafty creation's made. I did make a Calendar though for my dear hubby. I make him one every year! This year I vow to be more organised with my Christmas crafting, lol... I suppose I should get started now...I don't think so!Hehehe  

So, today is the first day of the New Year that I have had a chance to craft. I have had such a lovely day crafting for just me! I have decided to just have sometime out from design teams at the moment, apart from the Crafting Musketeer's Challenge Blog. The reason is so I can craft away till my heart's content with all my lovely stash that I never have a time to play with. I am really looking forward to using the crafty goodies I haven't had chance to use yet. I aim to do a lot more stamping again as this is a favourite technique of mine. I love colouring too, so I am really looking forward to doing this. 

Anyway enough of my waffling on, and let's get to the nitty gritty of my post. Yes I have made seven cards today. I can show you six of them here, but the other one will have to wait until Friday for my Crafting Musketeer's Midway reminder post.

I hope at this point you haven't fallen asleep yet lol. Here are the cards...

Angelica and friends by Crafter's Companion

Flutterbye Wishes by Hunkydory

Femme Fatale by Kraftyhands

I want to wish you all a very Happy and Crafty New Year.

Thank you all for following my crafty creation's for all this time!

Have fun and happy crafting!

Till next time,

lots of love

Nicola

XXX