Punky Scraps Challenge

I've been itching to make another LO & after a bit of mooching on UKS I came across a fab blog by Natalie who also runs a challenge blog called Punky Scraps so I thought I'd have me a go!!

The challenge is to create an LO taking inspiration from the picture below...



Well when I saw it I was immediately drawn to the cassette on the middle right (love those colours together!) and straight away thought of a sheet of Scenic Route PP I had in my stash... the circles remind me of speakers and the colours? well, maybe not exactly what I had in mind but close enough for me!!

So this is what I came up with...



I love these pics of 'Number 2'... they totally capture his personality & the way his hair has gone all static from the trampoline is too cute!!

So many thanks to Natalie for giving me the confidence & inspiration to try out some new painty, doodley techniques, hope you like it!

{hugs}

Nikki x

Magnolia Tent Card

Been having another play in between nappy changing!! Connor is a very woebegone boy at the moment, he's covered in spots after catching chicken pox from his older brother, poor little mite...

I haven't used this Tilda before so it's about time she got an outing, I also used the tent card tutorial from the Just Magnolia & Hanglar Stanglar Challenge Blog and the flower tutorial from Magnola Ink Magazine



Papers are K&Co with lots of twiddly bits, glitter (which you can't see!!) & dimensional pearl to finish.

This card is entered in Magnolia Stamp Lovers "Anything Goes" challenge

TFL!!

Nikki xxx

Hanglar ragdolly's first outing

Having a little girl's first birthday to make a card for was the perfect opportunity to ink up my gorgeous H&S Ragdolly...

It's been ages since I got my Distress & Inkadinks out, I'd forgotten how much I enjoy colouring in, boy I was out of practice though!! it took a few tries before I was finally happy with the result.



I would like to enter this card for the following challenges

Crafts 4 Eternity - Colour Challenge
Cupcake Craft Challenges - In the Garden
Papertake Weekly - Bloom & Grow

Many thanks for taking the time to look & comment,

Nikki xxx

Better late than never!

Well the stork finally visited on the 26th March at around 3:40am, he was 5 days late but the delivery a complete success with no complications

Our beautiful little bundle was named Connor George & his two big brothers are very proud & protective of him.

There's nothing like a new arrival to get the scrapping urge going is there? I can't believe the last LO I did was in August 2009!! Since my mojo has been sadly lacking of late I used this week's sketch from Pencil lines (& a LOT of inspiration from the DT, fab work ladies!!!!) and the weekly challenge over on UKS to get me started.

I've kept the design nice & simple, I haven't got time to get elaborate these days!



PPs are MME Alphabet Soup Boy

TFL!!

Boys just wanna have fun...

I am sharing a birthday card for my nephew today, I can't believe how quickly he's growing up, seven seems to have come along so very fast!

As it's a 'big boy' card I've kept embellishments down to the absolute minimum & used fab BG Archaic PPs with my LOTV image coloured with promarkers



Card is entered for the following challenges...

Simon Says Stamp - Coffee & Cream
Cupcake Craft Challenge - Anything but Square

TFL!

Nikki xxx

Altered Bingo Board

My shopping list pad finally ran out, it was an Edwardian Lady M&S one I got for my birthday last year, stuck to a board with a couple of magnets on the back & a pen holder.

So I pinched the magnets & the pen holder & bought a Bingo Board & a pack of 4 jotter pads for the princely sum of £2.70!! (I suspect if I'd have gone to the pound shop this would have been even cheaper!)

Cue a bit of BG Recess PP, my FAVOURITE Tilda & a bit of Hanglar Stanglar for good measure...et voila!!

The letter stickers are doodlebug highlighted with white gel pen (lurve that funky font!!) & the stamping is done with Tilda brown Staz-on & Distress inks... a fairly quick project for me & something I will actually use on a regular basis! Yay me!!! :D:D:D


A close-up of Tilda...



The hardest part was making the hole for the pen-holder to fit in, I did this by using my crop-o-dile to make the general shape & filed down the rough edges with precision files.

I would like to enter this for the following challenges

A Spoonful of Sugar & C.R.A.F.T Challenge Who are asking for "Anything But Cards"
Creative Inspirations who would like to see "Plain & Simple" and...
Stamp Something who are looking for "Something Funky".

TFL!!!

Nikki xxx

Lots of Love

Hello!!

Long time no speak! I'm 34 weeks now & it has gone so fast! I don't feel prepared at all, I finish work this week though so hopefully with a bit of extra time on my hands I can start preparing for baby & visit my craft room a little more often!

I only seem to make cards specifically for an occasion these days & this one is no exception - it's a valentine (as if you hadn't guessed!) for my lovely, but rather stressed, OH. He's under a lot of pressure at work at the moment & it doesn't help having a hormonal witch to cope with too!! (yes, that would be me!!) So this is my card to demonstrate that despite everything I love him loads...



I had a completely different idea for this card when I first started, can you guess what it was? I sort of imagined my two wee Hanglars as peas in a pod & scoured the internet looking for pea-related sentiments...

Finally settling for 'You Make Me Hap-pea...' I then embarked on my search for the perfect PPs in my stash... only to find... zip, nada...a big fat NOTHING apart from some very boring christmas paper in a shade vaguely relating to the colour I'd used on my image...

SO (deep breath) after much thought & over a couple of nights I FINALLY produced this... & yes, the paper piecing did take ages!!!!

A few challenges this week fit the theme of my card & I would like to enter it for

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Seeing Red
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Hearts gone wild!
Papertake weekly challenge - Have a Heart

Thank you so much for looking & hopefully I'll be back soon with another creation

{Hugs}

Nikki xxx