Little sledging ted...

Well, I almost started the weekend with a total disaster! To celebrate my new DT position with Moving Along with the Times, I decided to give my blog a makeover last night and somehow managed to completely mess up my template and lose all my links! It was a nightmare but I've managed to get it mostly back to normal now - I think I'll just stick to changing the backgrounds in the future! So, on to a card - this one is a multi-challenge creation:

Passion for ProMarkers - sketch and any colours

Cupcake Craft - Snow Much Fun

Fab's Christmas Cards - 3 themes, I chose Wavy Frame

Secret Crafter - Four Seasons - I chose winter

Here's Ida's sketch for PFP - I used a label die instead of a circle as it fitted my image better and it also fits Fab's 'wavy frame' element. I stamped the image with Memento Black and coloured it with ProMarkers (colours below) and I stamped the sentiment with Memento Bahama Blue . The swirls were cut with an extended die and embellished with foam snowflakes, accented with shimmer dots.

Stamps: sledging image free with magazine; sentiment by Elzybells

Colouring: ProMarkers in cool aqua; cinnamon; cocoa; pastel yellow; mustard; blush; pastel blue; and warm grey 1
Paper: Christmas Blues pack by Dovecraft

Other: Labels 4 die by Nestabilities; swirl die by Sizzix; shimmer dots by Papermania; snowflakes from stash

Nicki, xx

Woohoo - my very first DT card...

I've had some wonderful news this week - the lovely ladies from the Moving Along with the Times challenge blog have chosen me as one of their new Design Team members! I was so excited I just had to create my first project straight away...Clare has given us this great sketch and it's an open theme so, guess what? - another Christmas card for my growing collection. I chose this cute stamp and coloured the image with pencils, then cut it out with an oval die and lightly coloured the background with shimmer chalks. The patterned paper is from my scraps box and I used a die cut sentiment tag for my greeting. After wrestling with various ways of fixing ribbon or cord for the crossed over part of the design, I settled on threading this flat ribbon through eyelets in the corners of the purple panel.

It was a bit of a rush to get this one finished in time for this week's challenge but I couldn't wait to get started. Come along and join us at Moving Along with the Times - it's great fun and there's a prize on offer for the winner.

I'd just like to say a big thank to you all the girls on the MAWTT team for choosing me, and congratulations to Susie, the other new member - you can check out all their fabulous blogs from the links on my sidebar.

Stamps: sledging girl by Elzybells
Paper: Xmas Blue set by Dovecraft
Other:plain and scalloped oval dies by Nestabilities; sentiment by Craftwork Cards

Nicki, xx

Remembrance...

This simple card is for the Remembrance Day challenge at Moving Along With The Times, and also fits the Blue, Red and White colour theme at Crafty Angels...I die-cut an oval panel and mounted it in the centre of my card base, then used a set of tiny flower and leaf images to stamp a frame around it. I then added a die cut white cross and 3 small punched flowers with black brads in the centre to make the poppies.

Stamps: See D's Springtime Collection
Other: oval die by Nestabilities; cross die by Sizzix; flower punch unknown

Nicki, xx

Birdcage birthday...

Here's a card I've made this weekend for the following challenges:

Sunday Sketch & Stamp - sketch

Lili of the Valley - use 3 papers, 2 stamps, 1 kind of embellishment

Quixotic Paperie - birthday theme

My time to craft - "so many scallops"

I used my new stash from the Chatsworth range - I bought them for my friend's birthday and just had to buy an extra set for me too! I used 3 co-ordinating papers for the main background and matted panels, and the lovely birdcage stamp for the central image. The mats were cut with circle and rectangle scalloped dies and for my 1 kind of embellishment I chose flowers. The sentiment was from a different stamp set.

Stamps: all by Papermania
Papers: Chatsworth pack by Papermania
Other: scallop circle and rectangle dies by Nestabilities; flowers from stash

Nicki, xx

Snowman with punched frame

Here's a cute frosty little snowman card I've made for two challenges:

Clare Curd's Weekly DoCrafts Challenge - Just Punch It

Colour Create - Blue, silver and white

I layered some blue and white snowflake paper onto my base card, stamped the snowman and coloured him with ProMarkers, then mounted the image in the middle. I cut a piece of blue pearlescent card for the frame, cut a hole in the middle so I could get my snowflake punch in to use around the inside edge, then mounted it over the image with 3D foam pads. I also cut 3 snowflakes from silver card and embellished them with gems. I finished off with a little white and silver sentiment tag tied with some silver cord, and a cute little silver snowman charm.

Stamp: from See D's Snowy Days set
Paper: Forever Friends Santa's on his Way pack by Papermania
Other: snowflake punch by XCut; tag by Craftwork Cards; gems and charm from stash

Nicki, xx

Moving along... towards Christmas

Surprise surprise - another Christmas card! This is one I've made for the sketch challenge at Moving Along with the Times. They're looking for 2 new DT members if you'd like to give it a go, but hurry 'cause it closes tomorrow night at 8pm!

Here's the sketch, and there's an additional requirement for some embossing so I started with a panel of holly patterned paper then added a snowflake embossed panel in the centre. I used this teddy stamp because it was just the perfect size and I coloured him with ProMarkers. I kept the embellishments simple so they didn't clash with the patterned panels - just a couple of die cut corners and a sentiment tag and it's done - simples!

One more card to add to my Christmas collection - I've never been this organised before, at this rate I'll be on to Easter cards by Christmas Eve!

Stamp: Teddy Santa by Penny Black
Paper: Forever Friends pack by Papermania
Other: snowflake embossing folder by Cuttlebug; photo corner die by Sizzix; sentiment tag by Craftwork Cards

Nicki, xx

White on White Christmas...

Hi, here's another Christmas card I've made for my collection, and the following challenges:

Cupcake Craft - sketch

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - White on white

Colour Create - all white

Stamp Something - Cute and fuzzy

This is the great sketch that was my starting point, and as I couldn't use any colour except on my image I went for a mix of textures instead and out came my trusty embossing folders. I used a border design to create the 3 mistletoe strips; a dot pattern for the frame then cut out the centre with a scalloped rectangle die; and finished with a die cut and embossed snowflake. My image is coloured with the new Prismacolor pencils that I bought on holiday and I really enjoyed using them.

Stamp: Wishes for Kisses by Penny Black
Other: border, dot and snowflake embossing folders by Cuttlebug; sentiment tag by Craftwork Cards

Nicki, xx