Ivory/Buttons

Here is the Atc I made for October  Running with Scissors shop run by Tracey, the theme was Ivory and had to include buttons, if you would like to take part in the swap you can find it here.

Thank you for your lovely comments, I hope you like it.

Nicki.xxx

ATC Catch up!!

Here are some Atc's I have made but didn't get time to post. Firstly here is an Atc for an International Swap I made 10 the same it had to have stamping somewhere on it. I found this a challenge as I love to pile them with embellishments. This Swap was arranged through Anita That's where you can Find Anita's Atc, Tracey also took part in the swap you can see Tracey's creation here, also another good friend Margaret took part in the swap if you want to Margaret's blog click here. Margaret is new to blog land and hasn't uploaded her pics yet, if you keep a look out I am sure she will soon.

Next......

My Atc's for Septembers Swap at Running with Scissors Why don't you hop over and join the fun :) There are some very talented swappers here too!
The theme for the swap was hearts and had to include red! I think I covered that Lol!

 Next....
The Stamp man swap for October the Theme being Oriental.

And finally. I haven't been too well lately, Well I am well within myself but have hurt my back so laid out on the lounge floor! its quite boring really but Bonus!!! I get to do lots of blog hopping and shopping :) My latest purchase arrived today can you guess what it is? all nicely wrapped!

 Hooray!! Tim's seasonal inks! I was trying to resist but felt sorry for myself and clicked buy!!!

Thank you for reading and leaving your comments they cheer me up so much!

Nicki.xxx

Hello again!!

I have just realised it has been so long since I blogged. So I thought I would pop by and say a quick HELLO!!!
I promise to post something crafty this week as I have Atc's I need to photo and I have been crocheting lots of flowers, so I will share these too.

Thanks for reading and following,

Nicki.xxx

Garden Party!

Hi Bloggers!

Here are some invites I have made for a friend at work, It is her Daughter Lexi's 1st birthday on Saturday, So I wanted to make the cards pink and girly and simple.

Here are my atc's for The Stamp Man this month the theme is In the garden so what else to do than a secret garden, I love the finished look of the movers and shapers padlock, I think they are very cute!

Thank you Tracey for lending me your cute little stamps for the backgrounds.

Thank you for looking,

Nicki.xxx

Happy Birthday Anita!!!!

Here is the Birthday Card I made for Anita I met Anita through crafting too:).

This is the gift I made for Anita. I do apologise I forgot to photo it before I added the feet and the plastic front so the pictures aren't the best, I am very pleased with the finished product, in fact I didn't want to give it away but I know it has gone to a loving home and I can pop and see it whenever I like :)

 

I used all of my Favourite embellishments on the Configurations box, in the picture below you can see a big Prima flower and can only just see a Tim Holtz pen nib, in the following hole you can see a teeny vase that I painted in Picket fence crackle paint and inked with Victorian velvet Distress ink. I added tint roses to the vase.

In the next hole is another Prima flower and some Prima bling!

In this hole I added a cotton spool cut with the Tim Holtz Die, I added thread and a pin and some beautiful scissors to remind us of our favourite craft shop Running With Scissors.

Next is a great big bloom which was inked with Victorian velvet and sprayed with glimmer mist, I added a teeny bottle filled with beads.

And a photo of the blingy Curio Knob with lots of bling dangling from it.

Nearly all of the supplies are from Running with Scissors and the papers are sold in RWS too, these were a gift from Tracey.

 Thank you they are devine. and I made sure I kept a cutting for me :)

I hope you like it and sorry I didn't get anymore pictures I think my lovely friend Tracey took some for me when we had to dismantle the box as a stray bit of glue jumped in it!

Nicki.XXX

Ocean

Good morning,

here is a quick post from me today.

This is the Atc I have made for The Stamp Man swap this month, I really struggled with this theme as I really didn't want to buy anything new for the swap, I remembered I owned A Cricut!! so I found it along with the cartridges in the back of my cupboard and found this cute seahorse on the doodle charm cartridge, although it did take me a while to remember how to work it :)

So here is my finished Atc for the month.

I have been playing catch up too, I am one whole month ahead with my Running With Scissors Swap and Stamp Man (although I am not sure how long it will last!)

That's all for today thank you for looking and all of your lovely comments.

Nicki. XXX

Holiday Snaps and Vintage

Sorry for not blogging in a while, I have been a busy bee enjoying the beautiful Island of Cyprus (Pahpos) and I have also been to Cornwall for a week with my gorgeous hubby we had the most amazing time:).

Here are a few holiday snaps.

This was a picture taken on our second visit to the chinese restaurant Chloe's. It served the most amazing food we had to go back :)

Here are some of the views as walked to the harbour, just look at the gorgeous blue sky (oh!! I wish I was back there!)

Here are are couple of pitures of Polperro harbour in Cornwall (just beautiful!) but take note not very sunny:(.

Last but not least here are my ATC's I made for this month at the Stamp Man, the theme was Vintage.

Ok, so I hope I didn't bore you?

I am going to start my next project, so hopfully it won't be long before I can share at least one page of it with you.

Thank you for popping by and looking.

Nicki.xxx