Becoming a Scrapbooker!

morning crafters! 

so in August I went away to my first ever scrapbook crop!! it was amazing!! I've always wanted to give it a go, but it was just getting started... you know one of those things you keep saying, mmmm yes I fancy doing that.... but never actually doing it ! My Friend Sandra who is a long standing talented scrapbooker, introduced me to MTS- Mind The Scrap a brilliant group run by the very very lovely and talented Emma Clark, if you are a scrapbooker and you haven't ( im sure you will have!!) seen Emma's fab Facebook group check it out just here... Mind the Scrap

it was such a great day, the crop ran from 10am to 10pm , Emma and every single lady that attended were just the loveliest group of crafters you could wish to meet!, so.... I now declare myself a Scrapbooker lol, I actually only made one page that day, although I did start page number 2!

I spent quite a while just staring at my stash thinking what shall I do! but once I got on a roll, it was all good!

so here it is, my first page, and of course I used a photo of my most precious Granddaughter Scarlett my angel ( Rory will be coming up on my next page!) 

so where to start lol..... I really had no idea, it really took me a while to decide on which photo, I could see all these lovely ladies pull kits out their craft bags they had made up ready to put together!.... so I made a note of that! make up kits hahah brilliant idea!, but I knew it had to be PINK, that was a must so whilst deciding what I was going to do I knew I could at least start my base! I chose a gorgeous patterned paper from one of my Heartfelt Creations pads, and I HAD to do a bit of tearing and curling, I just cant stop myself... you'll see a lot of this if you keep popping by to check my posts! bit of Spectrum Noir Harmony ink in plum Jam on my edges and that's it I'd officially started!!

  I probably stared at this page a good while  until my ideas came together,

 so what have I used.....

some gorgeous flower stamp and dies from Heartfelt Creations, 

all the foliage and swirls etc are from Crafters Companion, the word Beautiful too!

 then the perfect phrase " You are my Sunshine" for my title, this is a fab little die from a Creative expressions set I have that comes with a cute rainbow. 

and here's my first ever finished page! I love it! now.... it definitely will not fit into a scrapbook lol, so this one will go into a box frame and will proudly hand on my craft room wall! 

I have already started page number 2! with my gorgeous little Rory, so I'll share that one as soon as its finished,

thanks for stopping by my lovelies!!! 

Nicole :) 

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Heartfelt Creations Blazing Poppy Card

Hi crafters!! I hope you are all having a lovely weekend!!, this week i had a card order to make and chose to use the stamp and die set from Heartfelt Creations called Blazing Poppy, i picked mine up from Daisy Jewels crafts!! Wendy is fabulous and will order if not in stock!! you can check her website out just HERE http://www.daisysjewelsandcrafts.co.uk/

i also used the BRAND NEW and much anticipated new glitter from Heartfelt Creations team member Rajni Chawla! Rajni is an extrememly talented crafter and has just launched her own crystal and frosted glitter that are simply amazing!The glitter is made by Papericious who are are based in India, but the glitters have recently become available in the uk, i got mine from Oyster stamps just follow this link!!  http://www.oysterstamps.co.uk/papericious-crystal-clear-glitter-

it is the most sparkly glitter i have used! i am totally in love with it! but it's hard to get that into a photo, so you just need to trust me!  

backing papers and the oval die are also heartfelt creations- from their All Glammed up collection, and the black flourish is from the Sara Davies Shabby Chic range.

Poppies painted with Spectrum Aquatints and distress inks 

thanks for stopping by !!!

Hugs

Nix 

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Heartfelt Creations Sunrise Lily

Good morning Crafters!,

      Today I'm sharing a card I made last week for a friends parents on their 50th Wedding Anniversary. They both love flowers and gardening so I thought this collection fitted the bill! Heartfelt Creations Sunrise Lily,  and as it is for a Golden Anniversay I chose some beautiful golden yellow tones to colour! You can check out the collection on the HFC Website just HERE!!

thank you so much for stopping by!!

love

Nicole

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Heartfelt Creations - Sunrise Lilly

Good afternoon crafters!!

So a little break from catching up on this years posts to share a couple of new makes with you all. a lovely friend of mine Cheryl asked if I could make her 2 cards for her Mum for her 50th Birthday, of course !! and straight away I thought it just has to be Heartfelt Creations! I am so in love with this companies collections I can't even tell you! I only discovered them last year!! and now I need everything...if only lol

I chose to work with the Sunrise Lilly collection for these 2 cards, the paper pad is simply divine, such beautiful colours and the quality of it ALL is seriously outstanding! 

I chose 2 different colours ways as one needed to have Mum on and the other Wife 

 so for this first card I chose some papers from the pad that had beautiful warm orangey tones that I teamed with green, distressed the edges added a little distress ink, then I used the images from the paper pad- Vase, Lilles and the corner lillie.. and die cut them with the matching dies, the frame they are on is also HFC but from the shoe collection, I then printed a sentiment, added more distress inks and some stickles so simple but beautiful!!

then for the next card , using the same paper pad I chose more pinky tones, added a little distress ink to the edges and this time run a line of stickles around, same frame die as before, printed my sentiment, and then used the main Lilly stamp and die combination to create these gorgeous Lillies!! very simply coloured with distress inks, 

added glitter, some cosmic shimmer pearls and done!

2 pretty cards 2 different colours same kit!

I also made one in gorgeous yellow tones but I can't share that one yet as it's not being given till monday!!

thanks so much for stopping by!!!

hugs

Nicole

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HeartFelt Creations...All Gammed up!

Good evening crafters!! i hope you are all well! 

yesterday i finally got around to playing with my gorgeous gorgeous collection from Heartfelt Creations called "All Glammed Up!" and oh my gosh it is just divine! i love it completely!...shoes ....dresses flowers...whats not to like.... right!

So here is my first card made from the collection, i totally LOVE it!! ,

i've used papers from the totally lush paper pad that you can check out  JUST HERE!

and then the very glamourous shoe stamp and die set that you can see over HERE and HERE

  i'ver coloured my shoe with spectrum pens, flowers and leaves with distress inks and lots of sparkly glitter!

thanks for stopping by! 

hugs

Nicole

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