Best Wishes

I told you I would be back!

The card I have to share with you today is one a fellow INKlings team-mate made at a recent get together. Ryn was making them for a school fete. If you want to check out some of her other amazing creations, view her blog here.


This card is so easy and very effective when finished. All you do is make a card base out of whisper white card, stamp the medallion stamp in the top left hand corner, use the curly label punch on the bottom of the right hand side and then stamp the sentiment in the hole. I used my stamp-a-ma-jig for this to ensure it was perfectly placed. The last thing I did was use some tombow glue on the middle of the medallion and put some dazzling diamonds on top.

Here is a close up of the sentiment window.

I made mine in rich razzleberry ink, but Ryn was making all different colours and they looked fabulous.

These cards are so quick to make and not something I would normally do, as I end up with lots of layers on my cards, but I loved making it and will definately be making lots more. Thank's Ryn for the inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by.

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies:

Stamps: Medallion, curly label punch bundle
Ink: Rich razzleberry
Cardstock: Whisper white
Punches: Curly label
Other: Tombow glue, dazzling diamonds, stamp-a-ma-jig

I'm back!

Well it's been a long time between posts. We have had school holidays here for two weeks, with me having a cold for the first week. We were supposed to go away for the second week, but decided to stay home and do some fun stuff in Sydney. We had a ball and went iceskating, to the Australian Museum, to Imax, the bike park and lots more. I even managed to get in some crafting with my friends.

My Auntie arrived to stay from New Zealand this week and last week I decided to finally finish off unpacking and sorting the kids room and my craft room. I have attempted this a couple of times but every time I have been to Ikea to buy the bookcases they haven't had them in stock. However this time I went they did have them, so I have had a major cleanout and unpacked all the boxes we had left from when we moved. Unfortunately when I do these major clean outs, I have more mess than ever and it seemed as if it was never going to get tidy again, but fortunately by 2.30pm on Monday afternoon it was all sorted (which was lucky as I had to leave home at 2.50pm to collect Jess from school and then go straight to the airport!).

Sam is home sick today, he woke me up at 4am this morning and has been vomitting every 20 mins. Poor little thing, but he seems to be on the mend now. It is a cold miserable rainy day here in Sydney, so it has been nice to be curled up on the couch with him watching a movie.

The card I have to share with you today is one I made for a friend who recently took possession of her newly built home. It was case'd from one I saw on the convention swap board, but unfortunately I have no idea who to credit for it.


I started off by stamping the neighbourhood jumbo wheel across a piece of basic gray cardstock and another one across some barely banana card (you only need to cut a window out of the banana one). I then cut around the buildings and adhered them onto a piece of basic black card. I punched out a moon from the barely banana card and stamped the owl wih basic gray ink onto whisper white card and cut it out. I used the Big Shot and cut out two of the little leaves dies and stuck it all together. The last thing I did was stamp "congratulations" from the teeny tiny sentiment stamp set and punch it out with the word window punch and adhered that.

Next time I have a very simple single layer card to share with you. I have already done the post and it is scheduled to come up on Friday, so don't forget to stop by and check it out.

Til next time, keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Fox and Friends, Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Neighbourhood jumbo roller wheel
Ink: Basic Gray, Stazon
Cardstock: Basic black, basic gray, whisper white, barely banana
Big Shot: Little leaves die
Punches: 1" circle, word window

INKlings Christmas In July Blog Hop

Welcome to The INKlings’ Team’s Christmas in July blog hop. You may have arrived here from Beth Stewart's blog or just be visiting my blog, whichever way once you’ve checked out my creations you can continue the hop through the link at the end of this post to the next team member.

How quick is this year going! Have you started to think about your Christmas cards and projects yet? The INKlings team has and we thought that this month was the perfect time to host a Christmas in July blog hop. You'll find lots of great ideas provided by 19 team members’ fantastic blogs.

Want to win some Blog Candy? Simply leave a comment on each blog and then email Christie Wallace HERE and let her know you’ve done so and you’ll be in the running for a fantastic prize of 19 handmade cards plus other goodies.

Sorry Blog Candy prize not available to SU! demonstrators but you're more than welcome to leave us a comment!

When I was trying to decide what to do for this blog hop I had a look through my stash for some inspiration. First up I decided on the holiday lineup stamp set. I love this set because as you may already know I love colouring in! Unfortunately I don't have much dsp left, and I am trying not to buy any more before the new catalogue comes out, so when I came across the ski skope paper I decided to use that. The ski slope paper really appeals to me as I love papers with white in them. I love the freshness that white adds to any project.

These are my creations:

For the card I stamped the image onto some whisper white cardstock and coloured it with my inkpads and blender pen. I cut the image panel out and then mounted it onto some real red card, added some ribbon and then mounted it onto the card front.
My next project is a fantasy box. I made one of these for my Mum's birthday last year and really enjoyed making it. They are great for putting small presents in.
Here is a picture of the inside and the lid:
Last up is some reindeer food. A couple of years ago when we were in New Zealand for Christmas Jess and Sam were very concerned that Santa wouldn't know where to stop to leave their presents. We sprinkled reindeer food on the lawn and have done it every year since. I made some and placed it in a plastic bag, then put a topper on the bag.

Well that’s all from me. Next stop on the INKlings’ Team Blog Hop is Clare McIllhatton. Have fun and don't forget to leave a comment on each blog to win some great Blog Candy.

Til next time.

Keep on Creating

xx Nicky

Supplies:
Stamp sets: Holiday Lineup
Ink: Black stazon, close to cocoa, creamy caramel, real red
Card: Real red, baja breeze, whisper white
DSP: Ski Slope(R)
Punches: Scallop circle, 1 3/8" circle, 1 1/4" circle
Big Shot: Top note die
Other: Corduroy button(R), baja breeze ribbon, chocolate chip ribbon, staple

Sesame St inspired card

Paula and Brent's daughter turned 2 in January this year and since we were on holiday I completely missed her birthday. When I found out about their wedding, I decided to take Diaz a belated birthday present.

I made these Sesame Street characters a while ago, so decided to use them on her card. They are all really easy to make, as they are made using Stampin' Up! punches.

And a close up of Big Bird (Diaz loved playing with his beak!).

School holidays start this week in New South Wales and we have lots of activites planned. I hope to get some blogging done too. Hope you all have a great weekend.

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky