hello, remember me?

Hello, I don't know if you remember me but I am the nutjob who decided it would be s a great idea to start a blog!!!
So let me start by apologising for being so naughty and leaving it this long between posts, it got to the point where it was a bit like that bill, you know it needs paying but you'll just put it off a wee bit longer!
Everytime I thought about sitting down and blogging there was something else more important to focus on, you know family life and all the stress and strain that surrounds it!

Enough of this digression, lets get on to business, I have done quite a bit of crafting over the last few months, but to save boring you all to tears with it the longhand way, I shall add a few photos into the gallery.

So, onto my latest project, we recently took delivery of the Lucy Cromwell, Home to Nest papers and stamps from DoCrafts, and as stunning as they are, the little bird stamps were tiny, and not great for showing off my colouring, so I dusted off my drawing pad and pencils and had a go at drawing a little Blue Tit,
And if I do say so myself I didn't do that bad a job.

I then coloured him with Flexmarkers from Letraset, trying to get as much texture into him as I could.

The colours I have used are:
Dove Grey
Dolphin Blue
Navy Blue
Pale Citrus
Aniseed
Pear Green
And a tiny bit of Yellow, just under his chin.
I also used a white gel pen to add the highlights.

The branch is:
Champagne
Blue grey 2& 4
And a tiny bit of Cocoa.

 I then made him into a fathers day card, using the Ultimate Die-cut pack of the Home to nest range.
I cant tell you how much I love all the Lucy Cromwell ranges from DoCrafts, and it won't be too much longer for you to wait to see  the new CHRISTMAS stuff coming out, there I said it that dreaded C word, I have seen the full range and had a stroke and a sniff and believe me you will  LOVE it!! I even have a couple of bits to play with already so as they say, Watch this space!
Happy crafting you lot
Nicky xx

Team Edward ?

I am so excited that Twilight Breaking Dawn part 2 is nearly here, So excited I felt like I needed to make something in honour!

So what to make???

A little goody bag to sneek into the cinema of course!

And where did I get my image? Saturated Canary, I know what you are thinking... but I just love them.

I used my Craftwork Cards ticket strips and stamped them with my Whimsey ticket stamps.

The Paper is from the shop I don't know what its called ( I will check tomorrow and update this bit)

I had a hard time deciding what Promarker colours to choose, but my new best friend, Pastel Beige, had to come out and play again!

And what did I fill my bag with???

popcorn !

If anyone is going to see it Enjoy, my hubby is going to take me on Friday, and I just can't wait! But in the meantime...

Happy Colouring x

Studio12blog candy

Hi all, happy Monday, just a real quicky for today,  I promise I will share something before the end of the week.
I have just been doing doing a bit of  blog following and ended up at Studio12 at Polkadoodles, they have a fantastic blog candy up for grabs this month so thought I would share, I have put a link below

Happy colouring x

http://studio12creative.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/november-giveaway.html

WOOHAHAHAAaaaaa...........

Happy Halloween to all those that enjoy, apologies to everyone else that doesn't, It's a holiday that is growing on me, We were never allowed to even consider it as children! But I don't see why my boys should miss all the fun, and here's a picture of Harry looking very pleased with himself for carving his pumpkin, with only a little help from his Dad.

So what did I do for Halloween?, no need to dress up I'm scarey enough!!

I made a little basket, I have to say I am quite pleased with it, I had nothing in my stash remotely to do with halloween, so a little ingenuity was required.

To make the pumpkin I have used Orange glitter card and the Tonic studio's shapemate Oval frames and cut 6 of the smallest  on the outside edge, then used a dark brown Promarker to define the edges.

Then stick them all together in a pumpkin shape, I find silicone the best thing for sticking glitter card as you need a bit of extra grip. I used a bit of scrap card to make a stalk and used a spellbinder die to give it some twidley bits! I then stuck it onto some card and cut around it, I dont like mess on the back of my work, it looks unprofessional.

I got this super cool Digi from Saturated Canary and coloured her with promarkers, But thought that she would be better having a little treat basket of her own so made her one using an egg punch to get my mini ovals and put it together in the same way as the large ones, just adding a little face on the front one,

I used my cricut that I have hooked upto the Cricut design Studio, to make the trick or treat motif, I have to see I was so chuffed with it as it was the first thing I have designed with the software ( I even did a little dance of joy around the living room!)

I have made a little box and stuck it onto the back then added a handle.

 All that was needed was to add the sweets.

I hope you like my project, and remember.....

"Don't have nightmares"! 

Happy Halloween
Nicky x