Exciting news! and another card with Simon Says Stamp july kit

Hey there!

I can hardly believe I'm sharing this but my online shop went live today! How exciting (and scary) is that? Maria and I have been working together over the last few weeks to put together some of her designs in digi-stamp format. I do hope you'd do me the honour of swinging by and taking a look. If you have any thoughts, suggestions or comments I'd be really greatful for any input.

I have made a card with the latest Simon Says Stamp card kit and one of Maria's fab designs, fun to colour and great for boy cards, so much fun to make!

Image available here to buy!

I'll be back soon to share more fun cards made with SSS and Craft Sundae creations!

Nikki xxx

Simon Says Stamp July kit - Some Cards

My goodness where does the time go?

I certainly don't get as much time to blog as I would like, I'm still creating though and I thought I'd show you a couple of cards I made with the latest card kit from Simon Says Stamp...



Do you like the cute little piggy? It's designed by Maria Diaz and will be available soon to purchase. Keep up with the latest news on Twitter and Facebook...that's all I'm sayin'! ;)

If you're still keeping up with me then I thank you, I will try to be a better blogger, I've got lots still to share if I ever get around to it! Or you could see what I've been up to here designing for Quirky Kits.

Ouf! It's to sunny to be sitting infront of the screen, hope you're enjoying some sunshine too!

Nikki xxx

A couple of Layouts to share...

Hello!

A couple of layouts to share today...

This one of myyoungest enjoying the trampoline...

And because I loved the colours so much on the first layout that I did another one to match, plus it was handy having all the supplies out ready on my desk. I'm getting more confidence with my inks and paints now so I thought I'd go to town (well subtley to town maybe!) on this layout of my eldest proudly showing off his new gappy smile, I must be gaining in confidence as this layout took me about an hour to complete :)

Thanks for your visit today, drop me a line to say you've been I'd love to return the compliment!

Nikki xxx

My Happy place

Hi There!

What a beautiful day to share another Quirky Layout, I hope the sun is out where you are too! The sun was out when the picture for my layout was taken earlier this month, the first nice weekend of the year and we were lucky enough to be in our caravan. There is nothing that I like better than sitting outside enjoying the company of my friends, listening to all our children playing together and enjoying a beer...or two ;)

There is so much scope with Roly Poly to get really creative, I saw a tutorial on felt pompom flowers a while back and wondered if it would work with the denim, and guess what, it did! If you would like to have a go yourself here is the tutorial I used, there doesn't seem to be a direct link so you have to scroll down a bit but I promise you will enjoy the ride! ;) (I didn't sew it together though, I just used strong double sided tape to bind the fabric together and along the whole edge again when I rolled it up)

I used the packaging the kit came in to make a mat for my photo, after cutting it to size I punched one edge and folded it into 4 before cutting along all the folded edges again, I then arranged the 4 pieces haphardly before placing some of the tulle over the top and held it all together with a staple. This meant I had loads of room to tuck other pieces of PP in between the layers.
The triangles are a large square punch cut in 2, I used them to make photo corners too. I used my sewing machine to add texture to some of the triangles and the die cut feathers. I used distress ink to colour the little birds.

Did I miss anything? Is there anything you would like me to explain? If so then let me know in the comments, I would be happy to help if I can.

See you soon!

One of the best days ever

Hi there!

This is my third layout using the main kit from Quirky and there's still plenty left for other projects (well apart from the Alison Kreft Woodgrain, which got eaten up by disasterous craftrobo attempts, but more of that later...)

This is me smiling my head off because I'm having brilliant fun crab fishing in Aberdovey a few years ago. The crabs were a-bitin, the kids were squealing with a mixture of fear and excitement, and they were precariously close to falling off the edge of the jetty...



I took inspiration from a few places for this layout, as soon as I saw this gorgeous Layout I knew I wanted to do my own version of it and this cute little idea was going to appear somewhere too. Plus I've been trying out a few new techniques, I've diligently been practising the cursive style of handwriting over the past few nights because I always think my writing makes my layouts look untidy, there's a way to go yet but I'll keep practising! Of course I couldn't go without telling you the rest of the robo saga, after finally pulling Mr Robo out of retirement (he's been languishing in a cupboard for about 5 years after failing to get to grips with him first time round) I failed miserably cutting my title with the Websters PP that I wanted to use. In the end I used copy paper, less tears (that's tears, not tears... you know, the ones that fall down your face...) if it all goes pear-shaped, and I still had to cut out all the little holes myself! Will keep practising with my robo too, there's always something to learn with this fantastic hobby isn't there?

Again, any questions you have about the layout please leave it in the comments and I'll be happy to answer it for you.

look forward to hearing from you!

Nikki xxx

When did you last use your Stampboard?

Have you still got some at the back of a drawer? I hunted mine out the other day, I bought some caviar beads from a pound shop recently (12 colours! in little glass vials! One Pound!!) and I wanted to use them. Not having a melt pot, (I really want a melt pot but I know I'll never use it *rollseyes*) my thoughts turned to those little squares and rectangles that haven't seen the light of day for many a year and I made this...



You can get an idea of scale from some the products I used for this little make. It really is quite tiny but I like working in small scale especially when I'm trying out new techniques or experimenting.

You can just see the caviar beads set into the clear embossing powder on the stampboard image, it was the very devil getting them to stop blowing about with the heat tool, but I managed (all the while wishing I had a melt pot!) and then added a few dabs of acrylic pearls for a bit of extra colour. The butterfly wings were stamped onto acetate and glittered from behind before being attached to the back of the image.

I expect it'll be a while until Mr stampboard comes out again but don't worry, like the sentiment on my project, you are loved!

Thanks for visiting!

Nikki x

Blog Hop Winner!

Hi there!

I'm pleased to announce the Blog Hop Winner picked at random was number 51 - Jane (Cassia)

Well done Jane and thank you to everyone else who commented.

Nikki xxx