Thank yous on a #docraftsmonday

Hi there, another weekend has flown by far too fast.... and that can mean only one thing....
It's a Do Crafts Monday day again......
This is the day that over on Twitter or Facebook everyone posts a pic to show everyone what crafty thing they have be up to..... all you need to do is #docraftsmonday it and then we will know you've joined in and the people at Do Crafts Towers will pop on over and take a look.

Here are the projects I wanted to share with you today....... I have been busy making up a set of thank you cards - well, it's always nice to say thank you so they are handy to have in my card box.

 I love these little owl stamps...... (and I know the one with the dummy isn't a thank you card..... but it was far too cute to leave out! lol)
Here are a few close ups for you....

What crafty things have you been up to?
Back soon with more to show you x
Happy crafting..

Nikki x

Good luck Ryan

This is another commission card that I have been working on over the weekend (more to follow)....
It's for a little boy, Ryan, who is off to start a new school very soon.
This is the card I created for him....

The owl image is a copyright free image from the internet. I just printed him off and got colouring.....
I gave him googly eyes, well, just because you have too!
I love the way the card turned out.

The sentiment was created on my laptop - inked and then glittered.
It's a great way to add that personal touch - I always love a card that has my name on it!

This week I'm going to take part in some challenges - I'm blog hopping to find some, then I'll create and leave you a link to the blogs so that you can come along and play too!

Happy crafting.
Nikki x

Owl card

This was one of the cards I made at my recent demo in Hobbycraft, Livingston.
I promised I would do a tutorial/project sheet for it, so here you are.....

This is what the card looks like at the end (I have left his tummy blank at the moment, but you could put any message that you like on it)...

Here are the step by steps for it...

 I used a standard square kraft card, Portobello Road die cuts and a couple of circle punches.

 Add double sided tape to the smaller edge of your card and close over the card.

 It should look like this.

 Score 1.5cm from the scored edge (opposite to the end you added the tape to).

 Fold up the the bottom of the card so it looks like this.

 Add the die cut of your choice - this will be the owls head.

 Roughly draw the owls body (see above for guidance) and then cut out.

 Shape his head by cutting the v shape out of the top. This is what your owl should look like now.

Add the eyes.

You can add feet or a message on his tummy to finish him off.

If you make any of these little chaps, make sure you link in a comment on this post so that I can come over and have a look.

Nikki x