....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

Crafting Musketeers Challenge # 9 "Grunge"

Happ New Year Everyone!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful 2013 and have lots planned for 2014! Over at the Crafting Musketeers  we have a brand new challenge starting! So why not come and join us,

 Challenge #9 has the theme of "Grunge"! and we have a fabulous sponsor this month....Visible Image !! With a fabulous prize! just check this out...

How gorgeous are these stamps!I wish I could enter myself lol,

So as usual the design team have been happily crafting away to bring you lovely lot some inspiration! now...I have NEVER attempted a "Grunge" card lol and had no idea where to start ;/ but then its good to try something new! For my DT card this month I used a Visible image stamp set called "Molly Rules" and you can find it just over ...HERE! I LOVE this stamp set! Visible Image stamps are exceptional quality...if you have them.... you know what I mean and if you don't...check them out now just HERE!

and heres my card:)

I chose to stick to one colour theme , so ....where did I start?  I printed my background from a Docrafts CD rom called Chronology ( freebie from a mag..BONUS!) I distressed the edges and inked with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain, curled the edges and matted onto some Tan card stock..then using a papercraft 3 heart garland stamp I made a garland stamping it 3 times- cut out attaching string at each end. I embossed a Couture Creations embossing folder- Renaissance and attached to the left where I wanted my "To Do" list to be, this I simply printed distressed and inked, then curled and stuck into place. I used a Joy Crafts clock die using coordinations card stock and distressed by sanding back, a bit of string...and then two circle sentiment stamps stamps from lotv- "Wishing you sunshine all year through" and "Believe the world is full of magic" Then for "MOLLY"

 Here she is! I LOVED coulouring her in! wanting to keep to the same colours I simply stamped her in Tim Holtz Walnut Stain and then to colour her? Easy, I just put a BIG splodge of walnut stain ink onto my glass mat and simply used a paintbrush and water, nothing else, I'm quite chuffed how she turned out :) so there you have it- My take on Grunge", I hope you like it , and will come and join us this month, dont forget to check out all the design Team blogs to check out their makes and what they did

So get out your stash crafters...you know what to do! head on over to The Crafting Musketeers and get your entry in!

Remeber your project must be a new creation and follow our theme, and will run up untill 29th January at 8pm

I look forward to seeing all your creations!!!

Nicole

xxx
I will be entering my card into the following challenges...
1. Crafting By Design- Anything Goes
2. Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge-New Year Resolutions
3. Creative Moments- Anything Goes
4. Little Red Wagon- New Beginnings
5. Inky Impressions- 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