Saturday 31 March 2012

Colour Combo

Hi Everyone

We have a fantastic colour combo for you this week over at Simply Stampin' Challenge :


and here is my DT entry:


I used the lovely DSP 'Beyond the Garden' for this card and go out one of my favourite stamp sets 'Just Believe' which has been neglected a bit recently :o(


Recipe:
Stamps: Just Believe
Card: Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Tangerine Tango, Whisper white
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Tangerine Tange, Daffodil Delight
Ribbo: Daffodil Delight
Punches: Scallop Edge

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by

Niki xx

Saturday 24 March 2012

Sketch Week - Cupcakes!

Hi Everyone

It's sketch week this week over at Simply Stampin' Challenge and here is the sketch we had to follow:



and here is my DT entry...


I needed a card/present for my lovely hubby and I know the way to his heart is chocolate so I thought I'd combine the two and this is what I came up with!


Recipe:

Stamps: En Francais,Medallion
Card: Real Red, Chocolate chip,Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip
Punches: Heart, mini Heart, Scallop Trim Border, Circle
Ribbon: Real Red
Cupcakes: M&S!!

Thanks for stopping by

Niki xx

Saturday 17 March 2012

Totally Tags

Hi All

We have a great theme for you this week over at Simply Stampin' Challenge:

Totally Tags

Which means we need to see Tags on your creations this week. Here is what I came up with for my DT entry:


Recipe:
Stamps: Happiest Birthday Wishes, Heard fro the Heart, Confetti
Card: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Perfect Plum, Crumb Cake
Punches: Circle, Small Tag & Large Tag, hole punch
Ink: Perfect Plum, Melon Mambo
Ribbon: Perfect Plum

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by

Niki xx

Saturday 10 March 2012

Colour Combo

Hi Everyone

I really love colour challenges, I sometimes agonise over choosing colours but having set colours solves that problem and I (usually) make the colour combo work for me, however random!

I don't think this one's random though from the Simply Stampin' Challenge:

I think this one works really well. Here is my DT entry:



Recipe:
Stamps: Faith in Nature, Sincere Salutations, Medallion, En Francais
Card: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze
Ink: Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade, Chocolate Chip
Punches: Oval & Scallop Oval, ScallopBorder
DSP: Tickets & Tags Simply Scrappin' Kit
Ribbon: Poppy Parade
Other: Border Sticker from Tickets & Tags Simply Scrappin' kit, Basic Pearls

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by

Niki xx

Saturday 3 March 2012

Graduation

Hi Everyone

Ben totally threw me when he said, 'can you make my sister a graduation card please' I had absolutely no idea what to do for it given I didn't have any graduation type stamps to hand, so I began thinking about using punch art to make a graduation hat (I know they have a special name but that escapes me right now...!) and then had a brainwave: the owl punch (wise owl and all that) wearing a graduation hat!

I had a look on google to see if anyone else had done this (and how they'd done it...!) and there was of course plenty of them out there, so I took inspiration for the hat and the scroll but came up with the gown all by myself!

I followed the sketch for this week's Simply Stampin' Challenge:


and here is what I came up with for my DT entry:


I spent about an hour putting the own together and had just finished him (and was very pleased with myself) when Ben came in to my craft room - I showed him the owl but his response was, 'well have you make a card yet or what?'

I was very cross.

So apart from Ben's initial reaction I was very pleased with the way the owl turned out and Naomi (Ben's sister) said it was the best graduation card she had received, so all in all, a very successful graduation card!


Recipe:
Stamps: Tiny Tags & Swirls & Curls Verses
Card: Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake
DSP: Tickets & Tags Simply Scrappin' Kit
Ribbon: Riding Hood Red, Linen Thread
Punches: Owl Punch, Scallop Trim border

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by

Niki xx