SSS Card Kit Card Inspired by KWerner

Hello Saturday!

Today I have been creating and creating!  I've missed my crafting this week and it definatley shows!

I have created several projects last night and this morning and one of those is this card:

This card was on an inspiration sheet included in the Simon Says Stamp card kit and originally created by Kristin Werner.  A link to her original project is HERE.

I put a different spin on this compaired to hers...I based mine on  a lot of florals...the background paper and the clear embossing on the craft card stock. I also added enamel dots because lately I just have been on all my projects! Can't get enough of them!

Thanks for Stopping by!

:) Nicole

Wicked Designs DT: Project 1

Hello Everyone!!

Today I am doing my first project for Brenda who is the creator of Wicked Designs!

I will be designing for her for the month of February and I'm very excited!

Brenda creates boy and girl digi images and has them in a variety of season, occasions, hobbies, holidays and much more!  I like her images because they are different and have a fantasy feel to them. 

For my first project, I used digi image "Debut Taunt" which is a new release that can be found under the "Special Occasions" category on her blog HERE.

I love digi's because of their versatility and ability to resize!  I made her larger than the average image so she became the main focal point and the attention is mainly on her hair and dress.  I used my wink of stella clear glitter pen on the darkest parts of her dress, added enamel dots, moonshine sequins and the sentiment is from the AmyR Simply Enchanting Stamp set.  All papers came from the Kathy Davis Fantasy Garden 6x6 paper pad. What a gorgeous card for a princesses birthday!...too bad I have all boys!!  lol

Be sure to stop by Brenda's shop on her blog for tons of images that are priced mostly at $3.00!

WICKED DESIGNS BY BRENDA

Have a fab evening and stay warm!

:)  Nicole

FFF at The Greeting Farm!

Hello everyone!!  Today I have a project for you that was completely inspired by The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh Friday challenge!  This weeks challenge is to layer it up! Layer everything or just your focal image...make it crazy or do what ever inspires you! So today, I was inspired by Latte Anya and Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm 12x12 paper stack! I love the colors of Luck Charm and thought this would be a great opportunity to use my Distress Markers from Tim Holtz...which I'm still trying to get used too! lol  

The markers keep the colors much softer and not over powering like copics tend too and I'm so glad I did!  Finished it off with a sparkly button, enamel dots, a wooden heart, stardust stickles and glossy accents and it turned out to be the perfect valentine! The sentiment "I love u a latte" came from the CC Designs Winter Chuckles sentiment set.

Thanks for stopping by and if you'd like to participate in this weeks challenge, please click HERE.

Have a crafty weekend!

:) Nicole

Valentine's Day Card Series #3

Happy Saturday!  Today I'm sharing card #3 in my Valentine's Day card series.  this card was made with CC Designs Love Birds.  This card was also my first attempt at tim holtz distress markers.  I've always only colored with either copics or pencils and recently decided to step out of the box and purchase my first 2 distress marker sets.  It was a little rough getting used to coloring the birds and have the colors not mix, but I decided to overcome that by fussy cutting another by bird and gluing it on top. I think that made a world of difference!  In the end after I added the twine, I chose to pop the leaves up on foam dots for more dimension so it rested on top of the twine.  The sentiment comes from Paper Smooches Bee Mine set and i used the tag die from their Toppers die set.

In the end, my most favorite part of this card is the background.  I created it using Tumbled Glass Distress ink smooshed onto my craft sheet, spritzed water and then just pressed layers of splotches of color...making sure each layer of dried in between. After 3 layers were dried completely, I used Mr Hueys shimmer spritz to add the shimmer!  I love this technique and am gonna have to do it again really soon!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a crafty weekend!
:) Nicole

Valentines Day Card Series #2

Yep, you saw it correct!!!  Back twice in the same day for another Valentine's Day Card in my series!  I recently received my order from Paper Smooches....sooooo....for this project, I'm using their new set We Totally Click!  I've been having waaaaay too much fun with these new stamps!!!!

For this card, I decided to change it up a bit and begin with craft card stock and white craft paint splatters to draw attention to the camera and Polaroid.  I followed that by stamping the camera from this set in stazon and colored it with my colored pencils.  I am LOVING how colored pencils just pop on craft card stock...especially white! It gives it the full effect, I think! lol  Next, I took a small Polaroid die from quickcutz to make the smallest picture ever that fits perfectly into the opening of the camera!  I stamped the heart and smiley face on it using the new Sweet Hearts set and popped it up on a foam square to give the illusion of it coming out of the camera.  Then I performed stamped surgery.  I wanted my sentiment to say "you make my heart smile" to go along with the theme of the card.  The stamp that came in the set said "you make me smile."  So what I did was inked the sentiment the first time leaving off the "e" in me and stamped that onto my card. Cleaned the stamp really good and then reinked the "y" in "you" and stamped that next to the "m!"  Added a little arrow and a cute little heart, and TADA!!!  Worked PERFECTLY! Finished the project off with some glossy accents and enamel dots to add just that little punch of color! I absolutely adore this card!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!! Have a crafty weekend!
:) Nicole

Valentine's Day Card Series #1

Happy Friday everyone!

Today I'm starting my Valentine's Day card series! Yay!  It's hard to believe that we just packed up our Christmas stuff and now here we are on to Valentine's Day!  This year seems to be flying already!

 For my first card, I've chose to work with one of my favorite stamp lines, Paper Smooches....who would have guessed?! lol  I used two stamps sets to create this card: Sweet Hearts and Spring Fling.  I chose to layer the hearts up the side of the card and then cut around them leaving the edge to focus on the negative space.  Then chose to step outside of the box and use the cutest bunny image ever!! Finally I pieced the sentiment together using stamps from the Sweet Hearts sets and accented it with a little washi and enamel dots!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!  Have a crafty weekend!
:) Nicole

DT call Little Blue Button Stamps 2014

Happy Thursday!!!!  So, today is my Friday this week and what a better way to celebrate than to submit some of my projects for a design team call for Little Blue Button Stamps!!  I'm submitting the following 5 projects for the call.  I've chosen these specifically because they show off my coloring skills the best!!

 (No line copic coloring~I used Memento Dessert Sand ink instead of the traditional black.) 

Thanks for stopping by and have a creative weekend!
:)
Nicole