Simply Stampin' Challenge - Colour Combo

Hi Everyone

We have another great colour combo for you this week over at Simply Stampin' Challenge:

I really liked this one although I wasn't quite sure about Chocolate Chip and Soft Suede...

however I really love the result!

Here is my card:

...and a close up...

...and here it is with a box I made to go with it...

...and here is the box opened out...love it!

Recipe:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card: Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz
DSP: Elegant Soiree, Pear Pizzazz, Choc Chip and Soft Suede
Ribbon: Pear Pizzazz, Certainly Celery, Linen Thread
Buttons: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip
Other: Basic Pearls

Thanks for stopping by

Niki x

Simply Stampin' Challenge: Sketch

Hi Everyone

I hope you are all having a good week - hopefully I will have - this is a scheduled post so I should be sunning myself in Portugal right now, wonderful!

I have of course made my Simply Stampin' DT entry in advance and have even been organised enough to schedule my blog post - I hope you are all very impressed (I am!!)

So, another great sketch over at Simply Stampin' this week:

and here is my DT entry:
(more baby cards, groan!!)

The blue version is to welcome little Noah into the world...

and the pink version is for baby Laura...

...and here they are both together!

Recipe:
Stamps: Bundle of Love, Polka Dot background (retired) Medallion
Card: Marina Mist, Old Olive, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron
Ink: Marina Mist, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Staz On
Punches: Eyelet Border
Ribbon: Pretty in Pink, Marina Mist
Other: Nursery Accents

Thanks for stopping by

Niki x

Butterflies!

Hi Everyone

We have another great challenge for you this week over at Simply Stampin' Challenge:

FLUTTEBY BUTTERFLY

In other words we want to see butterflies on your creations this week!

Here is my Design Team entry:

I thought I'd do a scrapbook page as something a little bit different.


Recipe:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy (US), Simply Said
Punches: Tag, Small Tag, Circles, Butterfly Embosslits, Grass (Martha Stewart) and Cuttlebug Alphabet dies
Card: Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Whisper White
Ink: Black Staz On, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie
Ribbon: Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive
DSP: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie

Hope you like it

Thanks for stopping by

Niki x

Colour Challenge

Hi Everyone

We have a great colour challenge for you this week over at Simply Stampin':

and this is what I came up with:

This card has a detachable bookmark in a small folding pocket inside - I was really pleased with the result!

Recipe:
Stamps: Greenhouse Garden, En Francais
Card: Bashful Blue, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Perfect Plum
Ink: Bashful Blue, Melon Mambo, Perfect Plum
DSP: Bashful Blue, Perfect Plum
Punches: Eyelet Border, Round Tab, Ovals
Ribbon: Whisper White, Melon Mambo

Thanks for stopping by

Niki x

Thank you Cards

Hi Everyone

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

and I had the need to make a fair few thank you cards to thank people for all the presents we received for Baby Sophie...

Cute aren't they!

Recipe:
Card: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink
Stamps: Bundle of Love
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Blush Blossom
Ribbon: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink
Punches: Eyelet border, circles
Brads: Pretty in Pink

Thanks for stopping by

Niki x

Sweet Peas and Pansies

Hi Everyone
This week's challenge over at Simply Stampin' Challenge is 'Punch it Up' but rather than the usual punch art I thought I'd get creative with my butterfly punch...

I learnt how to make these sweet peas here -aren't they fab! Who would know they were made using the butterfly punch?!

And these pansies are also made using the butterfly punch! Here is the tutorial.

I was very pleased with the way they turned out!

Thanks for stopping by

Niki x

Happy Birthday Kirei!

Hi Everyone!

We have another fab Colour Combo AND A PRIZE! for you this week over at the Simply Stampin' Challenge:

Now I didn't have any idea what to do with these colours...Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink and Whisper White - lovely, but Pacific Point?!

So Kirei suggested that it could be used as a feature. She didn't see the finished article until her birthday though (she didn't know I was making it for her birthday!!)

Here is the result:

I rather like it actually!

Recipe:
Stamps: Simply Said, Teeny Tiny Wishes (US)
Card: Pretty in Pink, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Pacific Point
DSP: Pretty in Pink
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Early Espresso, StazOn
Ribbon: Pretty in Pink, Early Espresso
Punches: Scallop Trim border punch, Modern Label, Word Window, Circles

Thanks for stopping by x

Think pink & Green!

The challenge over at Colour Create this week is to use pink, green and white. Now I would usually immediately go for Pretty in Pink and Certainly Celery so I was determined not to do that this time...

Instead I went for Wild Wasabi, Rose Red and Pink Pirouette. I must admit a little bit of Certainly Celery and Pretty in Pink did sneak in there!

Here is my card - an accordion card

I quite like the way it turned out although I fear there is a little too much going on!

Thanks for stopping by

Niki x

More Babies...!

Another baby card for you again today - lots of babies being born at the moment so I'm afraid there will be more baby cards to come too!

This one is for one of my NCT ladies who had a little boy...obviously!

This is my DT entry for this weeks Simply Stampin' Challenge and we have a sketch over there for you this week

I found this one quite challenging as the sentiment goes over the main image but I managed to work around it.

Recipe:
Stamps: Bundle of Love
Card: Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Ribbon: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery
Ink: Bashful Blue, StazOn
DSP: retired
Punches: Modern Label, Word Window
Buttons: Certainly Celery

Thanks for stopping by

Niki x

More Scrapping...Sunny Dubai

...a mini-album this time.

The challenge over at Simply Stampin' Challenge this week is Photo Love so I thought I'd put together this little album of our recent holiday to Dubai.

Front cover:

...and it opens out into this star book!

Here of some of the pages:

Recipe:
Card: So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler
Stamps: Life's a Breeze (retired)
Ink: Bashful Blue, Cherry Cobbler, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie
Ribbon: Cherry Cobbler, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie (stripy - retired)
Papers: Washington Apple (retired)
Punches: Ovals, Scallop Edge Border punch
Other: Big Shot & alphabet dies

Thanks for stopping by

Niki x