No cards to share today ...

I have made quite a few cards in the last couple of weeks but when I sat down today to do a post I realised that I haven't photographed any of them. I don't even have them in the house to photograph as I left my display board at my last workshop, which had to be split over two nights. OOPS. However, I will have my board back tomorrow night and promise to do a post on Wednesday.

xx Nicky

Christmas Card #2

As promised, I am back with the christmas card we are making in my workshops this month. It is another really easy card to make, but looks like you have spent ages on it. I have used heaps of new items on this card, as I had just received my order from the new catalogue and was itching to play with everything. The stamp set is the fabulous delightful decorations which is just great. It has four ornaments in it, including one that you could use for gift tags on your presents and the best thing about it, it has a matching punch! Cardmaking is so much quicker when you can just punch the shapes out.

The colour scheme is wild wasabi, rich razzleberry and whisper white. I stamped the french filigree background stamp in versamark on the wild wasabi base, used the scallop trim border to punch out either side of the rich razzleberry piece and ran the whisper white piece through my big shot with the vintage wallpaper embossing folder. I stamped the ornament in rich razzleberry ink and then punched it out and attached it to the card with dimensionals.

This would be a great card to make in bulk if you are like me and have a lot of christmas cards to make.

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies: delightful decorations, french filigree
Card: wild wasabi, rich razzleberry, whisper white
Ink: versamark, rich razzleberry
Big Shot: vintage wallpaper embossing folder
Punches: ornament extra large, scallop trim border
Other: dimensionals

Birthday BMX

When I saw the BMX stamp set was retiring, I decided I should probably buy it as we have a lot of little boys to make cards for, and I thought it was a little more "grown up" than the ones I currently have. Boy am I glad I did, as we have had a rush of bike park parties the last couple of weeks.

I made this card for a very special little boy who turned 5 a couple of weeks ago. I started off with a brocade blue base, which I stamped with the sanded background stamp and then randomly stamped "happy birthday" and the number "5" all over it. I cut out a square in chocolate chip, so saffron and pumpkin pie and used the sanded background on them too. I then added brads to the corners and adhered them all to the card front.

I cut out an oval with my big shot and then used my best friend (my stamp-a-ma-jig) to place the bmx in the middle of the oval. I then placed the oval onto some chocolate chip card and cut around it with my scissors to make a mat and adhered it to the card with dimensionals.

Next time I have another christmas card to share with you. It is the make and take I am doing in my workshops this month. If you would like some great ideas for christmas cards, why not get some friends together and have a workshop .. I still have some spaces left.

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies:

Stamps: sanded background, teeny tiny sentiments, bmx (now retired) unknown number
Cardstock: brocade blue, chocolate chip, pumpkin pie, so saffron, whisper white
Ink: brocade blue, chocolate chip, pumpkin pie, so saffron
Big Shot: ovals original die
Other: silver brads, stamp-a-ma-jig, dimensionals

Perfect Punches

This was another of the cards we made at the catalogue launch. It uses the new stamp set perfect punches. There are six stamps in it and each of them fits one of our punches. It is a great set.I wanted to use some new colours for the cards, but I hadn't received any of them so I had to make do with what I already had (so saffron and not quite navy). I ran the so saffron piece through the big shot with the perfect polka dots embossing folder and then sponged the edge with not quite navy ink. For the sentiment I inked it up with so saffron first and then used my not quite navy marker to colour in the blue bits.

I love using my big shot embossing folders, they add another level of dimension to a card.

Next time I will have a bmx card to share with you.

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies:

Stamp sets: upsy daisy, perfect punches
Cardstock: not quite navy, so saffron, whisper white
Ink: not quite navy, so saffron
Big Shot: perfect polka dots embossing folder
Other: dimensionals, sponge

For you

This was one of the cards we made at a recent catalogue launch.It uses the new for you flower and matching punch together with the vintage wallpaper embossing folder. With all the punches it was a really quick card to make and is really pretty.

Til next time,

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies:
Stamps: for you flower
Cardstock: black, regal rose, whisper white
Ink: black, regal rose
Big shot: vintage wallpaper embossing folder
Punches: 1 3/8" circle, 1 1/4" circle, fancy flower extra large
Other: dimensionals

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Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Happy Father's Day

I hope all you fathers out there are having a fabulous day.

This card is another case from Amy. As soon as I saw it I knew it would perfect for my Dad's fathers day card.

It uses the lovely as a tree stamp set, which has been inked up using old olive, garden green and chocolate chip markers. I have inked stamps with markers before but had never thought of doing it with this stamp set. I think the result is stunning.

We used baja breeze, bashful blue, certainly celery and old olive to sponge the background. A few buttons along the bottom tied with linen thread, a piece of ribbon and the happy fathers day sentiment and it was finished.

I was really happy with it and hope Dad likes it too.

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: lovely as a tree, teeny tiny sentiments

Card: crumb cake (kraft), chocolate chip, garden green, whisper white
Ink: garden green, old olive, certainly celery, bashful blue, baja breeze, chocolate chip
Punch: word window

Other: chocolate chip ribbon, linen thread, sponges, buttons

Christmas Card #1

There were so many very talented people with amazing cards at our weekend away that I case'd quite a few cards. I found I got a lot more done and it was a great way of getting heaps of samples together for new catalogue products. Here is a card I case'd from Amy Anderson, you can check our her blog here.

This card uses the new stamp set called Contempo Christmas. It has this beautiful bauble in it, which has a matching punch - how easy is that!

We used rich razzleberry and the new (old) wild wasabi. Some of you might remember wild wasabi was an incolour from our 2008-2009 catalogue. There is a new punch used behind the merry christmas, it is called the modern label punch and I love it too. It layers beautifully with the word window punch. This card was so quick and easy to make, I think it would be a great one to mass produce.

Amy is such a "bling" girl that most of the cards she made on the weekend away had dazzling diamonds on them somewhere, with this one being no exception. It has a fine (well mine was a little thicker than hers) line of dazzling diamonds along the top of the wild wasabi piece.

Thanks Amy for a fabulous design.

Next time, the Father's Day card I made for my Dad.

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies:

Stamp sets: contempo christmas, teeny tiny sentiments

Card: rich razzleberry, wild wasabi, whisper white

Ink: rich razzleberry, wild wasabi
Punches: ornament, modern label, word window

Big Shot: perfect polka dot embossing folder

Other: 2 way glue pen, stampin' dimensionals, dazzling diamonds, mat pack

The much longed for new catalogue is here ...

And what a beauty it is. There are heaps of new products including 60 new stamp sets, 7 new punches, all new scrapbooking kits, card kits, ribbons, accessories and so much more. If you would like to view the new catalogue, please click on the image to the right of this post, or if you are like me and need one to hold in your hands for $15.00 I can post one out to you, just drop me an email.

I have already placed my first order and I can't wait for the Australia Post man to come knocking on my door so I can play with all the new goodies.

I have another card to share with you tomorrow, so until then ...

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky