Time to HOP over at JUST INKLINED!

Good morning crafters!!! its that time again..... to HOP over at 

This month we have the well timed theme of....

 HALLOWEEN!

I have chosewn a digi called " Pumpkins Three"  you can pick it up in store now just over ...HERE!

I decided for this project to make me a lovely new bookmark!, I adore my fabulous collection of horror books, and I have around 350 on my bookshelf! so this seemed the perfect little digi to pop on a bookmark to add to my collection

I have coloured in using my promarkers, colours used are

Chestnut, burnt orange, orange, mandarin, mango and warm greys, 5,4,2,1, then using a fine line black pen I've added some spider webs and spiders!

Now onto the HOP!

I have the pleasure of being the Host this month, so you will have hopped on over to me via our fabulus blog, and so I will now send you "Hopping on your way over to my very talented DT buddy Dawn

We are only a 2 strong team at the moment....(plans are in action so watch this space) so we do thank you very much for joining our teeny tiny hop this month!

and please please do drop a comment as you hop through, we always have a couple of spot prizes up for grabs!

happy craeting

Nicole

xxx

Sleepy Owl from Just Inklined

Good evening crafters!

Today is time to share my weekly design team card for Just Inklined

This week I have chosen an amazingly drawn digi stamp " Sleepy Owl" available in store over HERE! Our artist Jim is an extremely talented man as i'm sure you will all agree.

I have enlarged the image to fit an 8x8 card and have coloured in using Promarkers for the owl, and Spectrum Noir pens for the branch and leaves.

I LOVE him, first time i have attempted to colour feathers with pens before and not too bad for my first attempt!

hope you will give him a try too!

would love to know what you think.

love

Nicole

xx

NEW RELEASE!! over at Scrappers Delights

Good morning Crafters!!!

I hope you are all fabulous this lovely wednesday morning!??

We have another BRAND NEW release for you over at Scrappers Delights  

I have had the pleasure to work with the oh so cute "Honeys- Glue Gun" and I decided to make an 8x8 CAS card , as you know....I LOVE them, and when your images are this lovely sometimes thats all need!

have a crafty friend?? this would make the perfect card! 

So head on over to the Scrappers Delights store just HERE! to check out the other new releases

 and see what the lovely design team have come up with for you for some inspiration!

and dont forget.... drop by the fan page on facebook right here! 

and show us your fabulous makes with the lovely Scrappers Delights images too.

catch you all soon !!

Nicole xx
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges...
1A Song In Your Heart- Celebration
2Addicted To Stamps And More- Colouring
3Crafters Cafe- Square Card
4 Crafting By Design- Anything Goes

The Stamping Boutique- Challenge # 7- make your sentiment POP!

Hey crafters!! BRAND NEW challenge has just started over at The Stamping Boutique!

Challenge # 7 has the theme of " make your sentiment POP!" So whether you POP it up, highlight it, emboss it, make your sentiment the main feature...the choice is yours! Our lovely DT ladies have come up with some lovely inspiration for you so please do check out their blogs! For my card this challenge I have used the digi- " Audrey the Chef" that you can pick up just HERE!

Sweet and simple!I've coloured Audrey in with my promarkers, and have gone around the edge with a BRIGHT PINK pen then matted onto a navy card stock, embossed some hot pink card - again matting onto navy then for my sentiment, really simple making it stand out a little by enlarging the first letter of each word, following suit with the digi, going around the edge with my pink pen... matting onto navy and simply curling the ends and popping into place- one cute quick little birthday card that sentiment POPS!.... now its YOUR turn :)

you know the drill guys, if you've joined us before, and if not here are our simple rules...

1. Your project must follow the theme.

2. You can enter a card, scrapbook layout, altered art item etc.

3. It must be a new creation.

4. Please connect to the actual blog post where your project is located.

5. If you win and you have used a TSB image you will recieved 3 free digi's from TSB, if you have used another image, thats ok, you will win 2 free images from TSB.

This challenge ends on March 13th at 5:00pm

I look forward to seeing all your wonderful creations!!!

Happy Crafting

Nicole

xxx

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NEW RELEASE day over at Scrappers Delights!!

Good morning crafters!!

I hope you are all fabulous this lovely Tuesday morning?? We have very EXCITING new releses today over at Scrappers Delights!

And once again they are ALL fabulouslygorgeous!! I have been working with Anna- Mae School 1 and here is my DT card this time around...

How cute is she!! perfect for birthdays, thank you, good luck...ANYTHING even jsut a simple card to say hello!! We forget sometimes that its good to send a card.....for no special event, but just to say HI!! write a little message inside, what a lovely suprise for someone to recieve a card completely out the blue to say ...Hello!

Please do check out all the DT ladies cards this month , they are all super duper fabulous! and sure to get your creative juices flowing with inspiration! and don't forget!! please remeber to share your makes with us over at the Scrappers Delights Fan page just HERE! we all LOVE to see them!!,

Bye for now

Happy creating!

Nicole

xxx

Kanban- Annabel Stamps

Good evening crafters!! 

I hope you have all had a fabulous weekend? Sunday already! where does it go?? Oh well as I prepare for another monday morning at work! I have been having a play with some FABULOUS Kanban Stamps. This set is called Annabel, and was actually the first stamp set I EVER brought! the FIRST time I went to the Craft show at the NEC. Gorgeous stamps, print perfect and so cute!!!

Cute little...well.... BIG puppy dog!! There are two stamps in this set...so coloured the other one too!

One in blues and one in pinks!! Ive mat & Layered using coordinations card stock, coloured in with my promarkers and added just a couple of little die cuts to finish off! I hope you like them, and would love to know what you think!!

Catch you all soon

Happy crafting

Nicole

xxx

Challenge # 5 " Use A Punch Or Die Cut" over at The Stamping Boutique

Good day bloggers!! A new challenge has just started over at The Stamping Boutique! 

Challenge # 5 has the theme of  "Use a punch or Die cut " on your project.

For my DT card this time around I have used Nesting Doll 1 that you can pick up just ..HERE!

I Love this little doll! and she makes a perfect topper for a cute little card, the digi, comes with NO sentiment written on her, so you can hand write a messgae or as I have done, popped the image into my graphic programme and typed the message I wanted, then printed the digi out and coloured in with my promarkers.

I decided on some lovely greens and purples for my card and matt and layered using the FABULOUS Coordinations card stock, a little bit of distressing and then using some docrafts papermania and xcut flower punches I created my flower embellishments and used Gold liquid pearls for each centre.

I hope you will all come and join our challenge this month! So get out your punches or dies and get creating! And remember you don't need to use a TSB image to enter but if you do and you win...you get to choose an EXTRA digi as a prize!

So just follow thses simple rules to enter...

1. Your project must follow the theme.

2. You can enter a card, scrap book page, altered art etc.

3. It must be a new creation.

4.Please connect to the actual blog post where your project is located.

5. If your project is chosen as winner and you have used a TSB image you win 3 free digis, if you have used another image, thats ok too, you win 2 free images

Challenge ends February 27th at 5pm

I hope to see lots of your fabulous entires crafters !!

Happy crafting

Nicole

xxx

New DIGI Release over at Scrappers Delights!!

Good morning Crafters!!! and happy Wednesday!!....a perfect day you might say for a spot of colouring ! and we have the PERFECT Digi's for you over at Scrappers Delights! Janice AMAZES me with the amount of new realeases she keeps coming up for you guys, and once again we have some beeeeeeauties!!! 

I have had the absolute pleasure to work with the darling "Love Fairy # 3" that you can pick up just ...HERE! I'm feeling the love guys!! hope you are too!, I am totally in love with BIG BOLD digis and sentiments on CAS cards at the minute, love love love them ....so...I made another!

She is such a pleasure to colour! I used my promarkers to colour in, and then around the Fairy and also the word "FAIRY" i drew a line with my quickie glue pen, and then using a GORGEOUS white glitter i added some sparkle! well...after all....just read the sentiment!

Pleas do stop by the other DT ladies and check out their fabulous makes and inspiration for you all!. 

I hope by now you have all joined our FaceBook page right ..HERE! so pleeeeeease do share your makes with us we LOVE to see them!

Happy crafting

Nicole

xxxx
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges...
1The Sisterhood Of Crafters- Love
2World Art Wednesday- anything goes
3Crafty Creations- keep it simple
4 7 kidschallengeblog- anything goes

BRAND NEW RELEASE over at Scrappers Delights

Good morning crafters!! and HAPPY WEDNESDAY !! :)

So what do you all have planned today?? why not pop over to Scrappers Delights and check out ANOTHER new release!! More lovely Digi stamps have come your way and the design team have once again been working away to bring you all some inspiration. This time around I have had the pleasure to work with "Baby Boo Bunny Boy" available from Scrappers Delights just over ..HERE! Or Stitchy Bears Digi Outlet just over...HERE!!

This little digi is so very cute and with Easter just around the corner PERFECT for any Easter projects you have planned..but dont forget guys cute little bunnys are not just for easter! and can be used for so many different occasions. I decided to go for a CAS card for my DT piece...what do you think?

I am LOVING CAS cards right now...( some of you may have noticed ;) ) and i love to print my digi nice and BIG! then pop on a lovely sentiment BIG and BOLD! LOVELY!, i found this sentiment on pinterest a while back and was just waiting for the right image to use it on! Coloured in my fabulous promarkers, I hope you like my little project, and would love to know what you think...oooh and don't forget if you also LOVE Janices deigns and are a"Scrappers Delights Fan", please do come and join us over at our Fan page on face book, you find find us just ...HERE! where you can share all your fabulous makes using the Scrappers Delights digis!! I hope to see you all over there soon!

Happy crafting

Nicole

xxx
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges...
1.Word Art Wednesday- Anything goes
2.Crafting By Designs- Anything Goes
3.Inky Impressions- For Someone Special
4. 

BRAND NEW RELEASE over at Scrappers Delights!!

Hey all you crafters!!! it's that exciting time again!! woop! Over at Scrappers Delights there are BRAND NEW releases ..TODAY!! 

More fabulousness for you crafters to get your hands on! yep...Janice has done it again and brought you some more wonderful Digi Stamps!, so whether you are a digi stamp addict or you have never tried digi stamps before head on over to see all the newbies...so...

as you know I'm lucky enough to be on the Design Team and get to preview and play with all the new releses before they hit the store, and this time around I have been colouring in with "Cupid" and with Valentines Day just around the corner she will be perfect for all your valentines cards. You can pick her up at the Stitchy Bears Digi Outlet just...HERE!...or over on the Scrappers Delights Store...just OVER HERE!

 She is gorgeous!!! and how cute! so I printed a lovely music sheet background, cutting around the edge and popping onto my card blank, I found a lovely Verse that I thought sounded so sweet for Valentines Day, popped this onto a scroll I had on one of my craft CD's, printed, cut around the edge to make look old, distressed with Dusty Concord Tim Holtz ink pad. and set off to the right, now...to my stamp! I printed her out and coloured in with my promarkers, then carefully cut her out. I used some crinkle Ribbon in Navy to wrap around both my card and scroll, then popped my Cupid into place with 3D foam pads, lastly adding a couple of pins- I always buy white and colour with my promarkers! so much easier and cheaper !! and VOILA! one "Cute Cupid" card! and not just for Valentines folks! perfect for wedding, anniversary, birthday to the one I Love....perfect! head on over to check out the rest of the new releases and see what the rest of the Design Team have come up with for inspiration for you!!

Happy crafting...untill next time..

Nicole

xxx
I would like to enter my project into the following challenges...
1. Add A Little Dazzle- Anything Goes
2.I Love Promarkers- Love Is In The Air
3.Stamp-N-Doodle- Anything Goes
4.Word Art Wednesday- Anything Goes

Challenge #2 over at The Stamping Boutique!- Valentines Theme

Hey Guys!!! hope you are all fabulous!! It is time to get crafty and come and join us over at The Stamping Boutique!

This Challenge has the lovely theme of " Valentines"

For my DT card this time around I have used the digi "Audrey And AJ on the bench" that you can find just HERE!

A lovely and sweet little couple, perfect I thought for a valentines card!!

I have made my card into a 7x7inch card, - my new favourite size!! and coloured in with my promarkers. I picked the Purply maroon  and green out of my coloured image to coordinate the bacground with some papers from my stash. The corners are made from the Tonic Verso "Decorative Bow Rings die, that I cut into quarters, and this is my FIRST attempt at a paper bow!! I LOVE it!! I will definately be making more paper bows :) Right on to the challenge.... you know the drill guys. To enter our challenge you need to follow a few simple rules...

1. Your project must follow the theme

2. You can enter a card, scrapbook layout, altered art item etc.

3. It must be a new creation

4. Please connect to the actual blog post where your project is located

5. If your card/ project is chosen as TOP WINNER and you have used a TSB image...then you will win 4 free digi images from TSB, if you have used another image ...thats ok you can still win  3 free digi images from TSB.

6. Also our DT will pick the top 3 and those chosen will get an awsome badge to display proudly

7. This challenge closes on the 29th January 2014

So come on crafters!! get crafting!!!

I'll see you all over at the challenge!

Nicole

xxx

*NEW RELEASE* From Scrappers Delights

Good morning crafters!! Well I have some exciting news today!! Head on over to  Scrappers Delights  to see the BRAND NEW RELEASES!!! and crafters.....they are gooooooood!! you will LOVE them!! As I am one lucky crafter to be on the DT I have had the complete pleasure of working with the "Oh so cute" Baby Boo Bear Blankie Girl", who is the most adorable little Digi, you will completely fall in love with her....I did!  and here she is...

 How cute!!! and you can pick her up right now just over...HERE! Now if anyone knows me they will know I have recently (11 weeks ago to be precise) become a nanny for the first time to the beautiful Scarlett! so to play with this gorgeous little girl and use LOTS of PINK! was just a must! I chose quite a plain background for my card as I wanted my image to POP! I have embossed the background with hearts, and ....trust me lol it looks lovely but the camera hasnt quite picked it up. I matted onto hot pink card and placed my topper to the left, colouring in with my favourite promarkers! a simple sentiment- I have used 3 different fonts for this...why you ask?....Why not lol its good to be different! A couple of die cut hearts to the top of my topper and an extra "Happy Birthday Sentiment just popping out ! Ive used a la la land heart garland to the top right of my card and just snipped off one part to add to the bottom left. What do you think? isnt she the cutest! I think she would be fun to colour in, in the softest of baby bear browns too...or maybe some clever promarker colouring to make it a cuddly panda! whichever crafters the choice is yours! in pastel pinks for a new baby card....ooooh the ideas!!!

The DT team have some fantastic inspiration for you, so go on over now and take a peek right ....HERE!

Have you joined our fan group on face book!??? I do hope so it is full of you lovely "Scrappers Delights" Fans where we share all our lovely makes with each other, drop by now just HERE and join our lovely friendly group!

I hope you all spoil yourselves with these new digis, and if you do... please share them with us over on our fan page we would LOVE to see them!

I will be back soon with more craftiness!

Nicole

xxx
I will be entering my card into the following challenges...
1. 4 Krafty Girlz Challenge- anything goes
2. In The Pink- Anything Goes...as long as its PINK!
3.Moving Along With The Times- Girly Cards
4. My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge- Anything Goes 

Your Never Too Old For Rock & Roll!

Hey crafters!! Today its time to share my DT card for La Pashe with you.

For this card I have used The Wrinklies CD rom that is available on line now...just over HERE!! If you don't yet have this CD I highly recommend you add it to your collection as it's HILARIOUS!!! Each image on the CD is guaranteed to remind you of someone you know!!.... following with my CAS cards i've been making lately I decided to go with Rocking Rita!! that you will find in the Digi Stamp section of the CD. This image reminds me of my mom!! PERFECT!!

I have enlarged the stamp to fit an 8x8 card and coloured in with my promarkers!!

Love It!!!

The rest of the characters are BRILLIANT!! 

You MUST get them ;)!!

Right back to it!!....Happy crafting you lot!!

Nicole

xxx

Just Inklined Poppies

Good evening all!!
Just a quick post this evening...back to work tomorrow, so managed to squeeze in another evening of colouring :)
Tonight I chose some beautiful poppies from the CD Rom "The Best Of Just Inklined" available right ...HERE!

I LOVE poppies and this Digi is a beauty!! I have enlarged to fit an 8x8 card, coloured in with my promarkers and simply popped on a sentiment!

Right I had better go and catch some sleep before the dreaded alarm goes off at 6!! :)

Happy crafting all and thanks for stopping by!!!!!!

Nix

xxx

....Dance like nobody's watching....

Its the early hours now... but I couldnt resist blogging my last card of the day. I wanted to try something different, I've made a couple of CAS cards today and I've really enjoyed just concentrating on the images and getting back to some good old colouring! LOVE it! so... I have a lovely Saturated Canary Digi that has the most adorable eyes! So I enlarged the imaged and cropped it leaving me basically with the head and shoulders, then went on the hunt for a nice sentiment! I've made my card 8 x 8 inch square and coloured in with promarkers...what do you think?

thanks for stopping by!!

Nicole xxxx
I will be entering my card into the following challenges...
1. C.R.A.F.T.challenge- Anything Goes
2. Cute Card Thursday- Banish The Blues
3. Digi Galore Challenge- Girly
4. Graph It Markers Challenge- Anything Goes 

A couple of CAS cards

Good evening all! well I've had a lovely couple of hours doing a bit of colouring in!I treated myself to some Scrappers Delights digi's in their FABULOUS sale!! so do pop over before you miss out!! I was spoilt for choice! but chose a couple of digis I thought would be perfect on a couple of CAS cards. The first one you can find just HERE!

She is so very sweet!!! The next digi I chose you can find just over HERE!

...and here she is...

Perfect I thought with all this rainy weather we have been having, and I've drowned this little puddle in glossy accents too!

I hope you are all having a lovely evening! I'm off to do more crafting!!

Nicole

xxx
I will be entering thse cards into the following challenges...
1. C.R.A.F.T. Challenge- anything Goes

Sweet & Simple Guardian Angel

Hey crafters...so... I have the most sweetest little Angel Digi from Scrappers Delights that you can find just HERE!

and I really wanted to make a little wall hanging with her. I found such a lovely Guardian Angel sentiment that I thought would look perfect with this little Angel.

I really wanted to keep this sweet and simple , now usually I am all for adding lashings of glitter and gems etc, but I didnt think this project needed it, I wanted the focus to totally be the image and the wording

I chose a lovely scroll I have on one of my CD Roms in lovely Lilacs and purples and chose to colour my image in the palest of soft blues with my promarkers.

I LOVE her! so very sweet! There are some beautiful Angel stamps over at Scrappers Delights and some fablous bagains to be had too!!

I hope you like my little hanging... I would love to know what you think!

Nicole

xxxx
I will be entering this project into the following challenges...
1. Cards Galore Encore- Anything Goes
2. Creatalicious Challenges- 2014 Wishes
3. Through The Craftroom Door- Anything Goes
4. Crafting By Design- Anything goes

The Stamping Boutique Challenge #1 2014!!!

Happy New Year all!!! I hope you all had a lovely new years eve bringing in the new year! I had a little family party with far too much food! and a good film! smashing :) Right and to start off the new year The Stamping Boutique are starting us off with their first challenge- theme?... Use 3 different designer papers.

Here is my DT card this month, I chose to make a New Year Card and used Pocket Patootie Sunshine Digi that you can find just HERE!

I popped the image into my graphic programme MCS and used the text editer to add a curved sentiment to go around the side of the Digi, added 3 coordinating patterened papers and used my promarkers to colour in :) happy days !!

so please crafters do come and join us over at TSB for this challemge I would love to see all your creations!

T o enter just follow our simple rules...
1. Your project must follow the theme
2. You can enter a card, scrapbook layout, altered art etc
3. It must be a new creation
4. Please connect to the actual blog post where your project is located
5.If your card/ project is chosen as TOP WINNER and you have used a TSB image...then you win 4 free digi images from TSB, if you have used another image...thats ok, you win 3 free digi images from TSB
6. Also our DT will pick the top 3 and those chosen will get an awsome badge to display proudly
7. The challenge ends on Januaary 13th 2014
Hope to see you all there!!
Happy crafting
Nicole
xxx
I will be entering my card into the following challenges:
1. "A Little Bit Crafty"- Celebrate 

2 . ABC Challenge- C is for Colourful

3. Cards Galore Encore!- Anything Goes

4. Kaboodle Doodles- Anything Goes  

5.  Creatalicious Challenges- 2014 Wishes

6. Delicious Doodles- Lets Party

7. I Love Promarkers- Frame It  

8. Crafting By Design- Anything Goes

9. Crafty Hazlenuts Patterened Paper challenge- Use Patterned Papers 

Holly Pond Hill Christmas Stamps

Hi everyone, just popping on to share a DT card I made yesterday for JB- Crafting Supplies

using the "Holly Pond Hill" Christmas stamps from joanna Sheen available on line and instore from Julie just HERE!

A quick and simple card! stamped and coloured with promarkers, some nice Christmassy papers from my stash, a holly border punch... some shiny turquoise satin ribbon, and to finish some sprinklings of Ice Diamonds for that frosty feel!!

thank you for dropping by!! 

Nicole xx

TSB Use This Recipe Challenge

Goooooood evening crafters!! how are we all this evening?? fabulous I hope and all almost ready for Christmas???!!!

tonight I am sharing my recent DT card for The Stamping Boutique for their challenge, create a card using this recipe

1 x digi image

3 x embellishments

stickles or glitter

And here is my card

I used TSB digi Audrey with a cupcake and is available just HERE! a beeeeautiful little digi, that i decided to colour in with my fabulous promarkers that i just LOVE!! so....MY recipe?

My TSB digi

My 3 embellishments- ribbon, a die cut and some gems

dots of lovely glitter 

Now....you need to pull your finger out!! this is the last couple of days to get your projects in!! so this is a little reminder post!

check out our challenge right over HERE!

dont forget to...

FOLLOW OUR RULES:

The requirements are quite simple -
   1. Your project must follow the theme.
   2. You can enter a card, scrapbook layout, altered item, etc...
   3. It must be a new creation.
   4. Please connect to the actual blog post where your project is located.
   5. If your card/project is chosen as TOP WINNER and you have used a TSB image....then you win 4 free digi images from TSB, if you have used another image...that is ok-you can still win 3 free digi images from TSB.

6. Also  our DT will pick the Top Three and those chosen will get an awesome badge to display proudly.

7. This challenge ends on December 13th.- quick hurry!!

happy crafting all

Nix

xxx