Oldest Rocker in town!

Well I would say good morning to you all, but I am so tired and stinky from not showering yet that it's not that good at the moment.  My youngest son decided to dive off the arm of the sofa last night head first!  Then go all floppy on us.  So I called Drs out of hours who sent an ambulance and they decided we needed to go to the hospital and be checked out :o(  So  off we go in the ambulance with Jake strapped to a blow up splint screaming because he can't move(actually he managed to get his feet out of the splint before we even left the school car park!)  but still he screamed for 40 mins all the way to the hospital.  They checked him over and took the splint off then decided to keep us in over night to observe  him as the journey back is quite a way if he was sick or went down hill.  He is fine, woke up this morning smiling at me over the cot and then persisited in running off the ward into the corridor with me chasing him every 5 mins until dad came to pick us up! Thank you for taking great care of myson Wonford A&E, I am very greatful, but I am also veryhappy to be home! One good thing so far today is a wonderful suprise, I won challenge 50 at

http://bee-crafty.blogspot.com/ with my

card :o)  Thank you Bee you made my day :o)

So onto todays card

The backing papers are again Pink petticoat( I wanted to use them up and not put them in mydrawer for years!) And I have matted in brown and blue.  I have wrapped cross stitch thread around the centre square. I also added two buttons at the side of the card threaded with cross stitch thread.

The image is again from Kenny K called 'Groove dude' and I have again coloured with pro markers and cut him out then layered him on with foam pads.

I created the sentiment on my computer and inked with blue and brown.

Again I created this star and sentiment on my computer and inked with brown and blue.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://stamp-n-doodle.blogspot.com/ Father's day

http://houseofgilli.blogspot.com/ Buttons

http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/ Fathers day

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ Dads & kids

http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Men only

http://cookingitupwithkatie.blogspot.com/ Dad, funny,  buttons

http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.com/ Fathers day

http://www.digiswithattitudechallenges.blogspot.com/ Fathers day

http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/ Something for dad

http://www.sewmanychallenges.com/ Fathers day

http://simplycreatechallenges.blogspot.com/ Fathers day

http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ Fathers day

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/ Fathers day

http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/ Fathers day

http://thepapervariety.blogspot.com/ Mixed alphabets

http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/ Card for a man

http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/ Anything goes(missed the fathers day deadline!)

http://kennykkraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.com/ My favourite colours( seem to be Blue and brown at the moment)

Hope you all like it

Thanks for stopping by and any lovely comments.

hugs

Nikki

Card for a male!

Good evening all, hope you have all had a good day?  Well there are a lot of masculine or male challenges out there at the moment, so I made 2 today, I will show you one now and one tomorrow.

Oh and I have just found out I won top 3 at Scrapalicious USA with my Gingerloft Asian screen card  :o)  Thank you ladies.

I have used Pink petticoat digi papers for the 3 backing papers on this card. I have matted them onto blue and brown, and put a piece of ribbon on the top layer.  The image is mounted onto the largest Nesties (not sure what shape this is called!) and I have inked it (distressed it) with blue and brown ink.

The image is called 'Teen idol' from Kenny K downloads and I have coloured him in with promarkers cut him out, then mounted him onto the nesties die cut with foam pads.

The sentiment is from The greeting farm and has been punched out with a 1.5" circular punch, which has again been inked with blue and brown. and a button has been added and threaded with brown cross stitch thread.

the corner has been cut out of some of the leftover paper and matted onto brown, then another button has been added.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/ Recipe'3DP's 2 buttons 1 punch and ribbon'

http://www.thescrapmaster.com/search/label/Color%20Combos Colour challenge

http://squigglefly.blogspot.com/ Make it masculine

http://bowsnberries-bosenberries.blogspot.com/ Masculine

http://daisydoodlescreativechallenges.blogspot.com/ Masculine

http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Father's day or male

http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Get out the gingham

http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/ Masculine

http://littleclairesdesigns.blogspot.com/ For men

http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/ Masculine

http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Male card

http://allthingsunity.blogspot.com/ Masculine

Thank you for stopping by. 

Hugs

Nikki

Fairies!

Good morning all, my son is off on a trip to the beach today with the school, so you can guess what the weather is going to do!!  Take your rain coats and umberellas!  hee hee!!!

Todays card is using an image from one of my favourite digi designers of the moment, Bonna Kelley from Kelley kids at the Stitchy bear store.

I have again used freebie backing papers from magazines from my drawer for this card and used a fiskars boarder punch down the edges of the 2 triangle sections at the bottom of the card.

The stars are all sizzix diecuts, and I have embossed them with a sizzix embossing folder, then inked them in yellow, with purple around the edge.

this image is called 'Starlite fairy' and you can find her here.   I have coloured her with pro markers and added some glitter to the wings and hair.

The swirls are a marianne creatables die and I have added mini gems and the sentiment is a stamp( don'tknowwhere from tho' sorry!)

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.com/ Fairies

http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ It's magical

http://magicalmondaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Punches and embossing

http://cheerfulstamppad.blogspot.com/ Things with wings

http://www.palspaperarts.com/ My signature style( pro markers and cutting out the image to mount with foam pads!)

http://thecraftypad.blogspot.com/ Just because

http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/ Girly girl

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/ Whats your angle(triangles and stars)

http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ Bling it on

Thank you in advance for any lovely comments you may wish to leave. 

 Come back soon.

Hugs

NIKKI

DT call for Pollycraft

Well Good morning all, I am not goining to jinx it by mentioning the weather, so I will crack on with todays post.  PollyCraft are having a DT call and it would be so rude not to show my support.  so here is my card made with the freebie 'Sonny's Party' and the challenge is Ribbons and flowers.

The backing papers are freebie papers from a magazine I have had in my stash for years!  I am trying to start using them up, it's gonna take me a while as I have a drawer full!!!  The doily is a Nellie snellen die cut that I have cut out of white card and stitched cross stitch thread around the outside.

As I said this image is called Sonny's party, and I have coloured her in with pro markers and cut her out then added her to the card with foam pads.

The flowers are silk flowers, I have added some copper metal flowers to the centre that I found in a jewellery shop and tha a mini gem for the centre of the metal flower.  The leaves are a Marianne creatables die that I have cut out with white card then used bronze metal magic and versa  mark clear ink to heat emboss them to roughly the same colour as the flower centres.

The button is from my stash and the ribbon is a do crafts one.

The sentiment is from Crafty sentiments and the bronze flower charm is again from my local jewellery shop.

i will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://pollycraftdesigns.blogspot.com/ DT call

http://pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/  Flowers and ribbons

http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/ Yellow

http://paperprettiesblog.blogspot.com/ Summer

http://trulyscrumptiouschallenges.blogspot.com/ Summer sparkle(embossed leaves)

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ summertime

http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/ stitching

http://www.totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ summer

Thank you for stopping by.  Feel free to leave a comment :o)

Hugs

Nikki

DT post for Craftroom Challenge

Wow what a turnout we had for our first challenge, my fingers are red raw!  Thank you to everyone who took part itwas a fantastic success.  Let's hope you enjoy our next challenge as much!  This challenge has been chosen  by Kim and the challenge is 'Altered paper dolls'.  Now I didn't even know what these were when she suggested it so she explained it all and let me tell you I had a blast!!   I wasn't brave enough to try one from sratch for my first attempt so U took the easy route and found a fantastic site out in web world that has some amazing black templates for you to use. That site is called http://paperthinpersonas.com/ and I spoke to the lovely Rachel Cohen who thankfully let me use her fab templates for this challenge.  Thank you Rachel I don't think I could have done this one without your help!.

So here are my dolls

I used a pirate ship backdrop that I found as a blank image on the net, I'm not sure who made it but if anyone knows I would love to give them credit.  I coloured the whole backdrop with promarkers.

This doll is from the http://paperthinpersonas.com/2011/05/23/marisole-monday-gypsy-rose-in-black-and-white/  template

This doll is from the http://paperthinpersonas.com/2011/04/05/marisole-monday-pirate-vs-ninja-pirate-edition-in-black-white/ template

I have coloured the main sections in pro markers.  Them I added layers of lace and threaded some silver thread through the vest.  I added gems on the bracelets and glitter and gem on the belt.

For this doll I again coloured the main in pro markers, I have used black flock for a suede effect on the boots and hat, Glitter on the jacket with gems and a feather on the hat.

I will be entering this project into the following challenges

http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/ Inspired by a movie(Pirates of the Caribbean)

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

Thank you in advance for any comments you might wish to leave. 

Hugs

Nikki

Strawberries and cream!

Good morning all and welcome to my new followers.  I have to be quick this morning as I am about to take my youngest to parent and toddlers.  So straight to it!

The backing papers are from papermania, and I have layered them with red,  I have also punched a boarder woth may fiskars boarder punch and added ribbon down the right hand side.

The Image is from Some odd girl called 'Baker Kaylee'  It was one of my winnings from a challenge a few weeks ago.

The flowers are from Marianne creatables dies, as are the swirls.  The sentiment I created on my computer and punched it out, then inked with pink and black.  I added pearl gems for the centre of the flowers.

The chrarm is from my stasht.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://justtracyscraftschallenge.blogspot.com/ Strawberries and cream

http://thecraftypad.blogspot.com/ Just becaue you can

http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/ With a child

http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.com/ Strawberries and cream

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Food glorious food

thank you for stopping by

Hugs

Nikki

OSAAT Sponsor project

I have also been given the opportunity to create with the Sponsors digi this week, and if you have read the first post you will remember that they are

http://thestampingboutique.com/

And you could win 5 digi's of your choice from their store.

Here is my project

First I usedthe image 'star' and created 3 different sizies on a piece of card and printed it out, I then coloured them and cut them out and attatched them together with jump rings,  I added a chain tail and a star bead on the bottom.

Then I used the same technique putting Large , medium and small stars on a compter programme , covered the page in a pattern and printed it out twice on card.  I created a box and lid with this and then coloured  it with pro markers, wrapped ribbon around it and attatched the tag.

I will be entering this project into the following challenges

http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.com/ Gift package

http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com/ Clean and simple

http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ Tag

 http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ Anything but a card

Thank you for dropping by.

Hugs

Nikki

DT card for OSAAT 'Tag it'

Well it's sunday again so that  must mean it is time for a new challenge at One stitch at a time.  This week the theme is 'Tag it'  make a tag or use a tag in or on your project. Our sponsors this week are the fabulous

http://thestampingboutique.com/

And you could get 5 digi's of your choice!

Don't forget you can only win a top 3 badge if you use a digi from the store but you could win the prize with anything!

And onto my card

I have used freebie papers from may stash thathave been there for years for the backing papers on this card.  I have again used my fiskars lace boarder punch on the top layer and tied ribbon around it.

Here is a view to show the layering.

I have been lucky enough to use 'Lylie' for this challenge from sylvies stamps in th store. i have decoupaged her and added glitter and pearls to the wings.

I have added gems to the paper lace scallops.

Don't forget to stop by and see the rest of the teams beautiful projects

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/ Mystical creatures

http://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/ Monochromatic

http://shellysimagesblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://funwithshapesandmore.blogspot.com/ Tags/bookmarks

http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ Wings

http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ 3embellies(Pearls,ribbon,glitter)
http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/search/label/challenge Pearls and lace(paper)
http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/  Monochrome
http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/ Things with wings

Hope you like it, and thankyou in advance for any lovely comments you  may leave.

Hugs

Nikki

In the garden

Morning all, well the photo session was a complete disaster!  Jake would not sit there for the photo, he just sreamed the whole time and kept getting down.  We tried 4 times after letting him calm down each time but my little darling knows what he doesn't want!  So we will just have the one of Theo on his own that was taken earlier in the day.  Hope he wasn't making faces too! 

Anyway onto today's card

The black and white spotted paper is another Pink petticoat paper, and the red is just embossed with a dotty embossing folder.  The ribbon is attatched to a piece of black card that I have used my trusty Fiskars lace boarder punch on.

The Digi image is from Digi doodle shops best called 'ladybug' isn't it cute?  I have coloured it with pro markers and cut it out with nesties dies, and inked the white one with red ink.

The sentiment is a Lili of the valley stamp set and have punched it out then inked it with red.

The cute ladybirds at the bottom are a small sizzix die .

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.com/ In the garden

http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ In the garden/outdoors

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ Wildlife

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ Sketch

http://doitwithdigis.blogspot.com/?xyz=16 Animal magic

http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. 

Hugs

Nikki

School's out, the monsters are loose!

Well did I lie about the weather yesterday or what, It was honestly beautiful when I wrote my post, then the heavens opened, so I am not going to tempt fate today.  No mention of the S** word at all!  My sons have their school photo today, I haven't bought one of them in the last 2 years as my oldest always seems to make weird faces during the photo shoot, let's hope things go better today (am not expecting too much though as my 21month old will be sitting in on this one!!!!)

Onto today's card

I have used Pink petticoat backing papers for this card and my trusty old Fiskars boarder punch.

The stamp is from Lili of the valley called 'Aeroplane' and has been coloured with pro markers.  I have distressed the wheet of white card with brown ink around the edges.

I have wrapped more thread around the base of the topper(seems to be my favourite thing at the moment!) Then I have attatched the sentiment circle (again from Lili of the valley) which has been inked with orange and brown.

I have threaded the buttons and attatched them to the bottom of the card.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/ Distress

http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.com/ Punch it

http://aifactorychallenges.blogspot.com/ Use something new(New sentiment stamp and image stamp)

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://someoddgirl.blogspot.com/ Masculine

http://stampinsanity.com/ Masculine

http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/search/label/challenge Anything goes

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Playing in the summer sun

Thank you in advance for any lovely comments. 

Hugs

Nikki

MoonGlow

Just another quick post for today with a gorgeous digi stamp from Wuvies Whimsies.

I have used more freebie backing papers from a magazine for this card and purple and green for backing.  A large Nesties scalloped circle die for the image.

The image is called MoonGlow and you can find it at the Stitchy bear store  if you enter the Wuvies whimsies challenge this week by buying the digi and entering you will get the digi for the next challenge for free!  I have coloured the image with pro markers and glittered the wings and moon.

I have punched the flowers out of the same papers and added gems to the centres.  The swirls are Marianne creatable die cuts.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/ W is for wish

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ Wings

http://digistamps4joy.blogspot.com/ Wings

http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ texture

http://www.wuvieswhimsies.com/ Moon glow BOGO challenge

Thanks for looking.

hugs

Nikki

One Stitch at a Time bring you 20% off :o)

http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/

Hi all here is just a quick note to let you all know that all of us at One Stitch at a Time are very excited about our first advertisement in a UK magazine.  The magazine is called Papercraft Essentials and if you have it already check us out but if you don't buy it now!  Our add has a code for you to get 20% off of you purchase, code can only be used by you once!  But yes 20% off and you could get some really fabulous images. 

I'm off now to go shopping! 

Hugs

Nikki

Abracadabra!

Well it looks like it is going to be afine morning this morning,  Jake and I will be heading on out today to make the most of it!

Todays card is another male card, as I have a craft fair comming up soon and I am trying to get some more male cards in my stash! I never seem to have enough!

I have used Pink petticoat backing papers layered onto black card. 

The stamp is from Lilil of the valley called 'Abracadabra' and I have coloured it with pro markers.  I have inked around the edge of the panel in purple and used liquid pearls in each corner to look like brads.

I have wrapped purple cros stitch thread around the bottom of the panel and added the Birthday Wish sentiment onto a nellie snellen die cut and attatched it to the centre

I have cut 2 arrows and layered them in black card then attatched 2 buttons 2 each, all with purple thread tied to  them.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://houseofgilli.blogspot.com/ Buttons

http://theresmagicintheair.blogspot.com/ Masculine

http://woodwareusa-clearstamps.blogspot.com/ Masculine

http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ It's all about males

http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Hats

http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ Stamp something

Thanks in advance for all you lovely comments, they make my day :o)

Hugs

Nikki