Adding some sparkle

I love adding some sparkle with embossing powders..
It gives a great look to your projects.
Both of these cards have embossing powder on them.
For the first card, it's added to the stamped background and the raised sections of 'friends',

 On this card, I've inked all the background using a mixture of inks. Then I embossed with clear powders.
I love the glossy effect, it makes a great water droplet effect.

I've used WOW! embossing powders on these projects.
They are really good quality and great value for money.

The sun is out here today..... but today is a day for cleaning and sorting for me....
Have a great weekend.

Happy crafting
Nikki x

I'm back

Yay!!! Back to blogging......
I've missed blogging and sharing my crafty makes with you all, but I'm back....... I've got lots of projects and tutorials planned with you all, can't wait to get creating and sharing.
What have you all been up to?
The project I wanted to share with you all today is this one.......

 I had a lot of fun creating this one. It's a sunburst created with embossing powders.
I've done some step by step photos for you so that you can see how easy it was to put together.

 I cut a square of cardstock slightly smaller than my card base and embossed it with different shades of blue. This was to give me a sky background.

 I covered an a5 piece of cardstock with yellow and orange embossing powder then cut it into triangles - these became the rays of sunshine.

The center of the sun was a large die cut circle
 that was cover in paler yellows embossing powder.

 I glued them all into place,

 then trimmed them all to fit the card.

 I finished off the card with a greeting, a hand drawn 'sewn' line and lots of adhesive stones.

 This is the finished card again.

I hope you like it.
Whatever you are doing this weekend - have a crafty one!
Happy crafting

Nikki x

A little bit WOW!

I love creating with embossing powders , there are just so many things that you can do with them.
And of all the powders out there, I can really recommend WOW!. Great quality with a fabby colour palette ...... and loads of sparkle!
I've been creating with them for my dt post this month......
Out theme is rainbows so I made this canvas....

Pop on over to the WOW! blog to join in with the challenge. We'd love to see your rainbow creations, and you never know .... you might win a prize!

Happy crafting
Nikki x

One stamp different ways

Over on the WOW! challenge blog there is a new challenge for this month.
Take one stamp and create different looks with it.
These are the cards I made for the challenge.....

I think I like the Christmas blues card the best... just goes to show, you don't need to use a Christmas stamp to get a really pretty Christmas card.

You can find out how they can be created by popping over to their blog....
If you join in with the challenge, make sure you leave your blog link so that we can pop on over and leave some crafty love.

Happy crafting
Nikki x

My WOW! monochrome challenge project....

Today it's my turn over on the WOW! challenge blog to post a project.
The theme for this month is 'Monochrome'...

Here is the project I created....

 and a few close ups for you...

I loved making this card. The black looks striking with the white cardstock.

Pop on over to their challenge blog here to see the powders I used and to join in with the challenge.
We'd love to see what you create...

Happy crafting

Nikki x

The gift of time

It's my turn for the inspiration post over on WOW! today and this is what I have created....

 Our theme is Time and the lovely people at WOW! towers sent me some of their newest coloured embossing powders to play with.... they are yum!!!
Pop on over to the WOW! blog to see the list and links for the newest powders that they have.
And why not play along too..... we'd love to see what you create with your embossing powders and the theme of time..

 I've also added a little tutorial on how to create fab splatter background effects using your embossing powders. Great fun and fantastic for all kinds of projects.

I'm busy with about 200 cards for a crafty commission at the moment (look out for the samples appearing in a well know garden centre chain......)....... so I apologise for not being on the blog as much at the moment...
Normal services will resume very soon.
I do appreciate you popping by and sticking with me.

Happy crafting
Nikki x

Always...

My DT post for WOW! embossing powders has gone live today.
The theme for this month is antique......

Here are a few sneaky peeks of my finished creation (if you pop on over to the WOW! blog you will see the finished project)....

 

It would be great to see your 'antique' projects too - pop on over to the WOW! blog to see how you can join in and what the prize is for this month.

Be back soon to show you some other things that I have been working on.

Happy crafting

Nikki x

WOW! House

It's my turn to post today over on the WOW! blog and this month our theme is wood...
So, I got my thinking cap on and this is what I came up with....

I had so much fun creating this project.....
You can see the shopping list over on the WOW! site.
We would love you to join in with us if you have the time.
Have a very crafty weekend, thanks for stopping by.
Nikki x

Times flies...

when you are having fun!
Lots of things have been going on here..... crafty stuff galore this week.... some of it I can't show you at the moment, but the minute I can - I will!
I've had fun with it... over the weekend it will be time for the write ups... not my fav part but they do need to be done! lol

If you have joined me as part of the Facebook group - Crafting Cafe blog hop.... welcome.... if you are not a member of this group but you 'do' Facebook and would like to join us, you will find a link over on my side bar..... just send a request and we will add you x

If you have joined me from Do Crafts for their weekend blog hop - well 'Howdy' to you all too!

If you are here just to visit.... please feel free to have a look around - great to have you here....
Over on the Crafting Cafe blog there is a new challenge, this month sponsored by WOW! embossing powders.... The prize is 6 pots of embossing powder! Love these powders....
Here are some of the things I made for the launch post...

 With my first card I embossed the background design with clear embossing powder and then covered with ink. When you wipe the ink away it only stays on the cardstock, and on the embossed area just wipes off. It's an easy technique that gives amazing results.

 For these hearts I used one of WOW!'s silicone moulds. You just melt the powder - I use my melting pot, then pour the liquid into the moulds. It sets very quickly and the results are amazing. Great for using as embellishments on your crafty projects, but these can also be made in jewellery!!!!

With my final card for today - the material on the background has been triple embossed with clear embossing powder, in fact I think is was done several times as I was just having way to much fun!!! It made the material really stiff. Great for then cutting or die cutting.... But I just wanted it on the card as it was.

SO this weekend I have lots of writing to do and a couple of desks to clear..... but I think I might just have to go and do some colouring in..... or maybe some other crafting............
Hey, the boring bits and housework will still be there tomorrow....

Whatever you are up to this weekend, have a great weekend!
Happy crafting,
Nikki x

Using up all the scraps...

I know that most crafters are very very thrifty! I'm like that too.
I made this star using a selection of all my little scraps and my circle punch.

Taking the scraps and making all these little flowers took a while, but it keeps your hands busy and it's great to have a box of them ready to go. They are often used on my cards and gift tags too.
Both sides of the star are covered.
I really like the finished look and it looks really pretty in the Christmas lights as the gold embossing sparkles.
Today I am getting my bag packed for the demo tomorrow, I'm in Craftworld - so do pop by and say hello if you are in the area....
Happy crafting
Nikki x

My WOW! post...

Today it is my turn over on the WOW! dt.... I really love working with the embossing powders.... great fun watching them melt!
I've done a little tutorial over on the blog to show how it all got put together, but this is the finished card...

 I love these foils too - great to add to any project...

What ever you are up to today, have fun!
Happy crafting
Nikki x

WOW! post is live

Well it's my turn over on the WOW! blog to post today...

This is the project that I created for the theme this month........

And a few close ups to show you too....
I knew the minute the theme came up just what I wanted to do...

It's amazing with a little bit of sparkle just how you can breathe new life into some old chipboard shapes that you have got lying around....
We would love to see what you create, embossing powders are so much fun to use and there are so many techniques to do with them.
Why not enter this months competition. It would be great if you could pop on over and join in with us today..

Here's the powders that I used to create my card

WOW! Ruby Romance Embossing Glitter

WOW! Metallic Gold Rich Regular

WOW! Metallic Brass Sparkle Embossing Glitter

Happy crafting

The finished canvas

I can now show you the finished canvas that I started this week...
If you want to see the list of powders I used, pop on over to the WOW! blog and you will see the links to all the products of theirs that I used.

This is the canvas........

I entered this into the challenge over here.... pop on over to Seemacrafts and join in with their challenge - a lot of fun and it makes you think outside the box......
I'm card making today so will have lots to show you over the weekend....
Happy crafting...
Nikki x