Tinsel Glitter

Guess who's back?  ME! I got a little behind in blogging during holiday season but I am back at it again.

Today's sparkly sensation is created using Kenny K's Soho image.   Most of the items on this card are new.  I got the brads from ebays a few months ago.  The ribbon was given to me by a friend about 3 years ago.  The paper is from SU.  I used a couple of embossing folders.  And boy did I have a blast playing with was Martha Stewart's tinsel.  I've had this stuff 4 ever and was starting to think I never would use it.

Here's a close up of Soho.

Hope you have enjoyed today's coloring card and I wish everyone a Happy New's Years!


Nicole G

Published! First time!

This is currently one of my favorite digi's from Whimsy.  She is called Birdie Friend.  Is she beautiful?  The background flowers are from Mel Stampz and I merged them using the software Inkscape.  It's a free software and works well for merging and layering multiple digi's.  I popped up one of the flowers, birdie and the ribbon in her hair for additional texture.  I added some clouds in the background, but they seem a little faint in this picture.  Also, spellbinders was used for the hearts circle background and a martha stewart fence punch too.  I also snuck in a flourish die I have and some awesome red flowers from my stash.

She was published in Whimsy's Inspiration Magazine!!

Here is a bit of a close up.  The fence has white crackle on it and was sponged with Linen Antique ink, but it doesn't seem to show the crackles much. 

Stamps: Whimsy Birdie Friend and Mel Stampz Flowers Digi

Coloring medium/ink: Copics and Tim Holtz inks

Papers: Stampin Up

Embellishments: Red Flowers from stash, white crackle paint (fence)

Tools/Other: Spellbinders dies, Tim Holtz Flourishes Die, Fence Die and Flourishes and Swirls embossing folder

Whimsy's Challenge July 4th!

For this weeks Whimsy's challenge-anything goes, I used the new image called Birthday Dragon.   Don't you just adore him?  He was colored in with copics and my blender pen was used to add some texturing.  Smooch translucent was added to his wings and belly.  The cake was also colored in copics, but has brown liquid applique for the icing and gold smooch for the plate.  I used my Stampin up border punch. The background embossing on the yellow and green paper are from the cuttlebug happy birthday folder. 

Hope you've enjoyed today's creation!

Nicole

Saturated Canary first time!

I just recently found this digi store named the Saturated Canary.  WOW.  I love these images.  They are so beautiful and fun to color with my copics.  I used multiple different punches and dies for this card including Martha Stewart, Fiskars and Spellbinders x 3 kinds.  On the castle's punch I glued on some sand and for the bucket, scoop, and shells I colored them in with smooches. The clouds background was embossed with my clouds embossing folder (even if it's hardly noticeably in this picture) and the bottom was with the cuttlebug's swirls folder.  I recycled some beads I had from an old necklace for a half border.  I also used some fun Popsicle stickers from my stash.

Here are the challenges I am entering:

Crafty Sentiment: Bright Colors
Daisy Doodles: Anything goes
Crafts and Me Challenges: Anything goes
Divas by Design: To eie for
Scrapalicious: Summertime
ATC with Cards: Anything goes
Joyful Stamper: Anything goes
Phindy's Friday Challenge: Plaid or Gingham (see plaid cloud)
Totally Paper Crafts: Color scheme
Pause Dream Enjoy: Use 3 of something
2 sister's challenge: Anything goes
Bunny Zoes: Girls Girls Girls
The Corrosive Challenge: Punchy
Little Miss Muffet: Loads of Layers
Paper Makeup Stamps: Anything goes

Thanks for visiting!

Nicole

Summer Fun!

Today I created a summer card! I have been really excited to color this image since the first time I laid eyes on him.  He is from Tiddlywinks and can be found here.   The image was colored with copic markers and then I added some light glitter and clear applique for dimension and shininess!  I used Martha Stewart's beach shell's border punch and Spellbinders Pennants dies for my punches for the The Corrosive Blog Challenge.  The background is embossed with clouds and I cut one out for added dimension.  The water for my image was cut out twice and put up on dimensionals as well.  I added faux stitching to the pennants and to the teal blue background piece and last I added some of my favorite embellishments, clear dew drops.  I hope the pictures will convey all the sparkly and shiny parts of the card.

This card was entered in the following challenges: 

Always Crafting: Summer

Craft your passion: Anything goes

Divas by Design: Summer Theme

Simon Says: Joys Summer Inspiration

Phindy's Friday: Beach babies

A Die for a Sketch: Sketch

2 Sister's Challenge: Plaids and Stripes

The Corrosive Challenge Blog: Use 2 or more punches

The Cutie Pie Challenge: Real of Faux Stitching

Little Miss Muffet: Loads of Layers

Thanks for looking! 

Nicole

Story time Birthday

This card was created for my husband's birthday.  He is an avid reader, reading anything in sight.  The image was colored with copics and the couch was paper pierced.  I used smooch transparent glitter on the book, distressed edges, faux pieced, used many pearls (the black ones are colored with copics) and used several nesties for the bottom of the tilted easel.  I knew I wanted to make my husband something book related because I got him a Kindle for his birthday.  It took me a long time to find this image and now that I have this image named Storytime.

Twisted easel card folded up.

Thanks for stopping by, 

Nicole

This card was entered in:

Kenny K's Pearls Challenge

Divas by Design anything goes

Simon Says anything goes

Bunny Zoes Crafts anything goes

Kenny K - Design Team Call

I am so excited to announce that I will be throwing my hat into the ring in Kenny K's Design Team Call.  It's the first time I have done this so I am very nervous, but excited too!  I've looked at the competition and the women and men alike are amazing!

Lucious Linda is colored in with copics.  This was a birthday card for my husband and the red background (which is actually cut out of from a heart valentines box my awesome hubby gave me years ago)  is cut out with nesties labels # 4.  The ribbons and the rhinestones are from my large stash.  Linda's boots have been covered in clear applique as were the buttons on her corset.  The cute cupcake also has applique on it, but in white.   The background paper was distressed in many colors, but it started out white, white, white.

I have also added a couple extra Kenny K's cards that I have done and all of which have never been posted previously, mostly because this is my first week blogging!

The first one is Alice Chains.  She is a sexy domanatrix type.  She is fun to color.

 The card below contains the wonder Devilish Devastatia.

This image includes Rock Chick (far left), Vicki Lee Vicious (center) and Star (Far right).  I entered these images into a software named Inkscape.  This was one of my first tries merging images together.

I hope you have enjoyed today's post, 

I'll see you next week. 

Nicole G

Gorgeous Girl!

For today's card I used Sugar Nellie's Gorgueous Girls stamp.  These stamps are quite honestly some of my favorite images to color.  I just love, love, love these girls.

I bought these girls online from Funky Kits, based out of the UK.  I used the rubber stamp image named   sitting for today's card.  Isn't she just adorable!

I love making unique card types which is why the is the tri-shutter card is awesome!  Please see Splitcoast for an awesome tutorial to make your own.

The flowers are Prima Flowers and the borders were cut out of a cuttlebug embossing set to which I only kept the borders, so the name is unknown.  All the paper is from Stampin Up.

Check out the fun micro beads up close!  I have had these in my collection for YEARS and never used them. I liked how they turned out.

Here is my favorite video of the week and be prepared to grab your kleenex. 

Thanks

Nicole

Giddy-Up!

This is a Rootin' Tootin' male birthday card!

This easel card was created with the Rootin' Tootin Cowboy by Karen's Doodles and was colored with copics.  I used Spellbinders label's #9 to cut out the image and it's background.  The back top half of the card was embossed with the Perfect Details texture plate by Stampin Up.

I used some blue brads from my stash.

The sheriff badge was created with my cricut.  Then I embossed it many times in gold embossing powder then when the gold looked silky smooth and still hot I placed a Stampin Up stamp on it to heat emboss the image which says Happy Birthday on it. Afterwards I dabbed some black ink in the stamp image to make it stand out more.

Hope you have enjoyed this card. 

Nicole

Just another day in May.

Good day everyone! The birds are chirping this morning and the weather is nice today here in Regina, SK.  Hope the weather is treating everyone nicely where ever you are. 

Today's image comes from CC Designs   and is called Balloon Emma and I also used their bench for this easel card. I used Inkscape to combine these digital images.  All the coloring was done with copic markers.  The punch is from Martha Stewart and it is called Pine Needles. The balloon has been crystal lacquered. 

Thanks for stopping by,  

Nicole

First Post!!!

A friend I met recently encouraged me to try out this blogging world many people are doing.  So, here I am giving it a try.  This is my first post.... ever, so bare with me.

I am going to start this journey with one of my favorite digital stamps, Luscious Linda from Kenny K's digital stamps. I colored her in with copics. I embossed the background a Cuttlebug embossing folder from the Rock Princess group and used Labels 10 for the nestie die cut.

Nicole