Doodles!

Well it's another grey morning here in Sidmouth.  I hope it's nicer where you are!  For todays card I have decided to do something a little different.

So here it is!

I have used The papermaia clear stamp Doodle set for this project, red and yellow ink, and some embellies.

I have stamped the paisley design straight onto the card base, then inked with red and yellow.  I have then stamped the large and small pointed flowers onto the next layer and inked in the ssame way.

The sketch for this is from Sketch saturday.  The triangle pieces have been stamped and inked in the same way using bothe the paisley and pointed flowers.

The butterfly has been stamped, then cut out, then inked as above.  I have then shaped it and added mini red gems to the wings.

The flowers have been stamped using red and yellow paper/ card then cut out, I have then added pearl gems to the centre of each.  The swirls are a Marianne creatables die cut.

The happy birthday is also from a papermania clear stamp set 'sentiments'

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/ 'Sketch'

http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Floral fantasy'

http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/ 'Photo Inspiration'

http://doitwithdigischallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Back to nature'

http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/ 'Flowers'

I hope you like it.

Nikki

Swirls and pearls again!

Well we seem to be back to that old song 'Here comes the rain again!'  I would much rather have the sun back please. 
And onto todays card.

The silver and black backing papers is from Anita's classic Christmas black papers, the blue card matted top layer has been embossed with a swirl embossing folder.  The doily in the back has been slightly inked with a blue ink.

The image is a Kenny K digi stamp called 'devilish Donna' from the Gothik Angelz collection.  I have coloured her with pro markers, and glittered the wings.  She is standing on the medium Nellie snellen multi frame rectangles, which I have inked with blue and black, then liquid pearled around the edge.

I have used 3 black Marabou feathers in the top corner and put a flower from wid orchid crafts, and used 2 die cut swirls cut out with a Marianne creatables die, I have then added pearls to the end of each swirl.  In the bottom corner I have used a faux metalic corner, again from Wild orchid crafts.

The sentiment was created on my computer then cut out with a 1" circular punch.  It has then been inked and mounted onto another Nellie Snellen die cut from the circles multiframe set.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ 'Sketch'

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Feather'

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ 'Precious metals'

http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Angels and fairies'

http://kennykkraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.com/ 'Aquamarine'

http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/ 'Die cut crazy

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Pearls and swirls'

I hope you like it, and thanks for looking.

Nikki

Christmas in spring!!

Well this felt quite apt this afternoon when I was making it as I was freezing!! What happened to the sun?!

So on to todays card

The papers are from Anitas Classic Christmas Black papers that I bought last christmas and never had chance to use!  I have used a fiskars lace border punch down the side of the top layer.

The Image is a stamp from lili of the valley called 'All wrapped up',  I have used pro markers to colour her and I stamped her onto a Marianne creatables tag die cut, used ribbon and a brad to attatch it to the card.

The snowflakes have been made using a mixture of marianne creatables snowflake die cuts and a tonic studios snowflake punch.  I have added glitter to the edges and a pearl gem in the centre of each. 

The sentiment is from a stamp set, but I got rid of the packaging so I can't remember where it is from, It has been stamped onto a nesties die cut that has been inked around the edge.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://trulyscrumptiouschallenges.blogspot.com/ 'Tag it'

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Punch it'

http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Christmas in spring'

http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Die cuts and punches'

Hope you like it

Nikki

Teen birthday

Well good evening every one.  I am late with my postings today, and there will be 2 of them, so I will get straight on with it!

the backingpapers for this card are from the Dove craft piece of cake paper pack, I have matted them onto brown or pink paper.

I have followed the sketch from 'Sketch and stash'!

The image is standing on The largest Nellie Snellen multi frame die, which I have inked with pink and brown.

The image is a Greeting farm stamp from  the Miss Anya collection.  I have coloured her in with pro markers and added mini gems to the boots as buttons, the handbag as clips and the hair as bobbles!

The flowers have been hand stamped using the Papermania Doodles collection, then cut out.  I have added gold pearl gems as the centre of the flowers and hand punched some leaves out of brown paper.

The Birthday girl sentiment is from Lili of the valley and the lable as another multi frame die from Nellie snellen.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.com/ Pink blue and brown' (have just relised i missed out the blue!! OOps!!)

http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/ ' Birthday for a teen'

http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Sketch'

Hope you like it

Nikki

Fairy princess in her castle!

What another beautiful morning.  I hope it stays like this for the weekend!. 
So here is today's card.

Well I tried something diferent with this card!  I had some ready cut card bases in my stash but have never used them because they were too flimsy.  So I cut one in half,  Trimmed off a DL card and added the castle section to the top of it!  I decorated the DL first then attatched the castle.  The papersa I have used are from Pink petticoat and I have matted and layered with pink and green card. I have wrapped a piece of cross stitch thread around the centre panel.

The image I have used is from Karens doodles, she is justso sweet!  I have cloured her with pro markers, and layered her onto a medium sized scalloped oval nestabilities die that i have inked with green around the edge.  I have put 3 pearl gems in the corner, and hung a fairy charm from the cross stitch thread.

The castle top took quite some time as I had to measure and shape the triangles.  Aghh Not sure I will do another one in a hurry,  but I think i like the effect now that I have done it. The fairy wishes has been stamped onto a Nellie snellen multiframe die cut which has been inked around the edge, and I have tied a ribbon around the base of the turrets.

The card ended up being too long for an envelope, so I had to make a box for it.  I have used all the papers and layered them onto a pink sheet of card and made a quilt effect and used a fiskars lace border punch down the side of the sheet.  I have then attached a ribbon and added some pearl gems.

I will be entering this card in to the following challenges

http://karensdoodleschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ recipe '1 ribbon, 2 papers, 3 brads/gems'

http://magicalmondaychallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Shaped cards'

http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/ 'Q is for quilting'

http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/ 'pastel and ribbon'

http://littleclairesdesigns.blogspot.com/ Pink and green

Hope you like it.

Nikki

Pearls and swirls

What another beautiful morning we are having.  It is so warm out there it could be summer!  Or maybe that's just 'cause I never stopped chasing after my 18 month old so I couldn't feel the cold!! He he!

Oh exciting news, I have just made the top 3 in challenge 90 at moving along with the times so thank you ladies.

So onto today's card.

The card is a diamond fold card.  I have used a peper from K & company 'Roam' selection to cover the bottom of the card, matted it onto cream card and wrapped a ribbon around each one before I attatched them to the card.  The top sections have been backed using cream card that i have embossed with swirls, and matted into green card.

I have used a smallish nestability scalloped die and inked it around the edge with green ink for the image to stand on.  The image is a KK download called 'Club Kid' and I have coloured with pro markers and added a few pearls for effect.

The dream big sentiment is from a set of stamps( don't know where i got them or what they are called.  Sorry!)  I have layered it on top of 4 swirl die cuts from marianne creatables and cotton lace I had in my stash!.  The flowers are from Wild orchid.

I have added an arch of pearls in the 2 outer corners  and attached 2 charms to the ribbon

I will be entering this card into the folowing challenges

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Ribbons and pearls'

http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/ 'No square cards'

http://pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ 'Pearls and swirls'

Thanks for looking.  I hope you like it.

Nikki

What Attitude?

And on to post 2 for today.

The sketch for this card is from Lili of the valley challenge blog.  The backing paper isfrom paper cellar 'black and white'

I have used a swirl embossing folder on the black and pink card and stamped swirls across the middle section.

The image is from lili of the valley called 'It's my party' and I have coloured it woth pro markers and added some glitter and gems.  I have cut it out with the largest scalloped circle nestabilities die.

The flowers have been stamped onto the same pink card and cut out.  The stamps are from Papermania set called 'doodles'.  I have added buttons and tied them with thread for the centres of the flowers.

The sentiment was created on my computer and punched out, inked around the edge, then glued to black card and cut around with scallopped scissors.  I have then added liquid pearls.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ 'monochromatic'

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Sketch'

I hope you like it

Nikki

Boys and girls come out to play!

What a beautiful morning it is today! I hope you are all well.
This is the first post for today so I will need to be quick.

The papers are from K & Company called 'Hopscotch'. I have matted and layered them with yellow card, and used a fiskars border punch down one side of the yellow card on the top.  I have used 2 different ribbons down the centre of the card .

The image is from Kenny K digidownloads called 'Scooter' and I have coloured it with pro markers and cut it out using the largest nestabilities die, and inked around the edge in red.

The sentiment was created on my computer and layered onto yellow card.

The butons and thread are from my stash.

I will be entering this card ino the following challenges

http://doitwithdigis.blogspot.com/?xyz=16 'boys and girls come put to play'

http://www.totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ 'Add buttons'

http://kennykkraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.com/ 'Recipe - 3 papers, 2 ribbons, 1 image'

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Something for the boys

http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/ Lets hear it for the boys

Thanks for looking, I hope you like it.

Nikki

Music and dance!

Good morning everyone.  Hope you all slept well?  because I didn't!  Jake at 18mnths has decided he doesn't need sleep so everyone else has to suffer!  So excuse any spelling mistakes this morning I am a little brain dead!!

Anyway, onto today's card.

The sketch for this creation is from Creative inspiration.  I have used my new Stampin Up! Newsprint paper as a background, I have then embossed black and maroon card with a music sheet embossing folder, I have used versa mark and gold embossing powder to highlightthe notes on the black piece.

The stamp I have had in my stash for a long time, but I can't remember where I got it from. (sorry )

I have used pro markers to colour the image in.  Black ribbon has been used down 2 sides of the card and i have attatched 3 gems to it to decorate.

The setiment is again a stamp which I have had forever, and I can't remember where it cam from! I have punched it out with a 1.5" circle punch inked around the edge with dark pink and black.  The music not is from my stash of charms, as is the black bow.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ Music and dance

http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/ Sketch

I hope you like it

Nikki

Lucky!

Well good morning blogland.  Not so nice out there today, it's a bit misty here. Hopefully it will brighten up later today.  Did you all have a good weekend?  My lovely stash I bought with my £10 voucher win from http://www.kellyscraftincorner.blogspot.com/ stampin up came this weekend and I am looking forward to playing with it today!  Thank you Kelly.

And onto todays card

The bvacking paper is from K&Company calle ' Classic K McKenna'  I have matted the greens onto black card and paper, and the 2 other greens are from my stash.  I have used an embossing folder on teh dark green, and a Fiskars border punch on the black/green ribbon section going across the middle.

The cat stamp os from do crafts pampered pets range called 'Queen of cats'.  I have used versa mark ink and gold embossing powder to emboss the cat.  I have then cut it out using a Nellie Snellen multiframe die.  I have used the same versa ink and gold embossing pwder to decorate the edge.  Then I have used mini green gems to decorate the die cut and the cat.

The lucky sentiment stamp is from the greeting farm stamp set.  I have punched it out with a 1.5" circle punch.  Inked around the edge with green ink, then right on the edge with black ink.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Sketch'

http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/ 'Embossing'

http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ 'Green'

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ 'All things green'

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ 'Good luck'

Hope you like it.

Nikki

Mothers day gift

Well not so nice out there this mornig, but at least it's not raining.  I have to take my son to a birthday party soon so this has to be a quickie!

This has been designed as a wall hanging note pad and pen, would have put it on the fridge but I didn't have any magnets!!

I have used backing papers from My Minds eye called 'Summer papers'

and have used pink and blue card to matt them onto.

The note pad has had a small flap attatched to the top to decorate and I have used a fiskars border punch along the bottom.  Flowers from Wild orchid crafts to decorate.  It has been matted onto pink and blue card with another fiskars border down the side, with liquid pearl to decorate the scallops.

I have attatched the pen with ribbon and created marianne die cut flowers on top and bottom with a pearl gem for the centre.

The verse I got free from a website http://www.imag-e-nation.com/card_verses_poems_quotes.htm. I have cut it out using a nellie snellen multiframe die, inked around the edge and liquid pearled the scallops.

I will be entering this into the following challenges

http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Anything but a card

http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.com/ '3D'

http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/ 'Q is for quote/sentiment'

http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.com/  'Anything goes'

Hope you like it

Nikki

Glitter and Gems

OMG what a beautiful morning, it's almost like summer and just as warm.  I hope you are all out enjoying the sunshine! Well for today's card I am showing you one that got started on monday, ready for the One stitch at a time challenge blog, then it got put aside when I was asked to be a GDT on the 3rd of April, then set back another day when I was asked to GDT on the 27th and then got left even longer when I was asked to join the design team!  I was too late to join the design team for this one anyway bt thought I might as well finish it so here is a last minute entry that got finished 10 minutes ago!

The backing paper is from a free Kate Knight paperpack that came with the Cardmaking and papercraft magazine

The image is a Bravura stamp, I have used green glitter for the ivy around her body.  I have stamped her wings again onto acetate then used glitter in them, and attatched using silicon glue for a 3D effect.

The butterflies have been done in the same way as the wings.  I have created a swirl with glue and attatched gems to it .

I will be entering this into the following challenges

http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Diamonds are a girls best friend'

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Glitter and gems'

Hope you like it

Nikki

Mother's Day

Well I am back, sorry I missed a day yesterday, have been a little busy.  I have some great news though.  I made up some cards for a guest design slot on http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/ and I have been asked to be on the design team.  !!  yeah thats right, little old me on a design team.  I am so chuffed!  Thank you for the honour and belief in me Marjo. 
Any way onto today's card.

The papers are from Paper cellar called 'black and white'

I have used white card as a backing, and have used a fiskars lace punch down one side and added black gems to the scallops

The butterfly has been die cut and embossed, then decorated with clear gems. The flowers are from Wild orchid crafts. 

I have used black ribbon and a white slider to decorate one of the panels.

The box has been decorated in the same way with a mothers day poem on the front.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Mothers day'

http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ 'Flowers for mum'

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/ 'mother's day'

http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/ 'To die for'

I hope you like it.

Nikki