National Pet Day

Today is day 11 on the Ultimate blog challenge, and one of the prompts today told me that is was national pet day..........
So before I show you my card for today I thought I would show you my very special pupsters - Daisy and Dylan. Now they are both rescue doggies with just sooooo much love to give.

 Meet Daisy and Dylan (Daisy is the one at the back with her eyes shut)....

 Dylan is an old man now, he had such a bad start in life but is very very loved now.

And this is Daisy - she is mad.... bonkers..... crazy!!! She fits in just fine with us and we adore her.

These two little furry friends have got me through many a dark night - oh the stories they could tell! No matter what, they just love you for who you are.......

As today is national pet day, i thought it only right that the card I made to show you was a Boofle one.... the loveable pup that Do Crafts have brought to us.

I think this simple little card is very effective and it was very popular at my demo last weekend.

Do you have a pet? I'd love to see a pic if you do.

Happy craftin'

Nikki x

My desk today....

Well I'm still on target for the ultimate blog challenge...
Today I thought I would share my desk with you..... I am working on samples for Do Crafts this week - I have a demo in Millers, Glasgow on Saturday - if you are in the area be sure to say hi.....
Anyway... here is my desk...

I've been quite productive today.... helped along by the fact that it snowed and hailed for most of the day....
I will take lots of photos of them when I am finished but for the mo, you can see a sneaky peek in the purple basket...
What does your desk look like at the moment?
I'd love to see a photo of your crafty area, leave me a comment so that I can pop over to your blog for a look....
I am also working on a few tutorials for the end of this week - watch this space!
happy craftin
Nikki x

Letham demo samples

A few weeks ago I was at the wonderful Letham craft shop - wow what a shop.... crammed to the roof with just about every crafty item you could think of...
Leave me there overnight and I would be one happy bunny!!!
Here are some of the cards/projects I made while I was there.....

I always love going up to Letham to visit....the shop is great, the staff are wonderful and the customers are just amazing.
All very friendly and welcoming.
Back again soon with some more to share....
Happy craftin
Nikki x

Split Card Tutorial

I was asked to create a tutorial for this style of card at one of my demos recently.
You asked - so I did....... (please feel free to let me know if there are any other tutorials that you would like me to do and I'll add them to my list).......
I designed this one for a single sheet of A4.

 Using the template above, mark - score or cut as on the template.

 Using the photo above and below to see how to fold over on your score lines.

 Make sure all your scores are folded like this.

 I made a second template and used that to cut out paper pieces to cover my base card (this also means that next time I make this type of card, I have all the pieces ready to go.

When you have fixed all the pieces into place, this is what it should look like. (make sure your pieces of paper don't go over your score lines).

 Now the fun bit! Decorate your card! Remember not to put your embellishments over the score lines.

 Here are the close ups......

I loved making this card - a great way to spend a couple of hours....
If you make it, please let me know - I would love to pop on over to your blog to see your card xxx
Happy craftin'
Nikki x

Happy Easter

This will be my first of two posts today - just because I can!!!! lol
The other post I will pop on tonight and it will be a tutorial, so if you can, pop on back....

For this post I wanted to share my projects from the latest Creativity magazine.
I had a lot of fun creating Easter eggs and then the boxes to put them in.
What was really strange was that I was creating them and filling my kitchen with chocolate while the rest of the world was sitting down the their Christmas dinner..... lol

I really did have a lot of fun making them (although I don't think Kris was overly amused, as I kept asking him to help me with the chocolate).....
Did you make your own eggs this year?
Back again later....
Have an egggsrta crafty day x
Nikki x

Here is a little sneaky peek of the tutorial I will be back with later on........

Nearly there...

Just when you thought it was all over - here are some more of the latest set of cards for Create and Craft.....

Today I am demoing at Cardwell Garden Center - what an amazing place!
Fantastic shop, very friendly staff, amazing cafe!!!!!! Oh and today - me!!!!! lol
I will be getting inky fingers and playing with all the yummy stuff that Do Crafts have out at the moment..... come on over and say hello if you are in the area, it would be great to see you....
I'll be back tomorrow with some pics of the Easter eggs and boxes that I made for the latest edition of the Creativity magazine......
Happy crafting
Nikki x

Typography and Mr Dog...

Boy did these stamps sell out fast!
I love the typography stamps.... hopefully you managed to get the ones you where after.
They are great for using as the main feature or as an extra feature.
The numbers are still available and are fab too!!! Perfect for creating any number of age project.
And I just had to add a little bit of Mr Diggity Dog as well.....

The other piece of kit I loved using were the fringing scissors. I love them too.... they are great for adding the fringe detail onto card, but you can also use them for created fringed flowers too.
I'll do a tutorial on them at some point too.
Nikki x

Adding foils to a pen pot

I love using foils for lots of different decorations around my craft room, and the WOW foils are just amazing!
For this project I have used them to decorate my pen pot.
Here's how you make it.....
You will need a small metal bucket, some double sided tape and a selection of foils.
I used red, green and gold.

 Wrap the double sided tape around the base of the bucket.

 Take off all the backing from the double sided tape and add the foils.
I used the gold first and then filled in the gaps with the red and green.

It's a great way of jazzing up lots of things.
What will you add foils to today?

Nikki x

More of Hot Diggity...

Good morning!
Here are the cards that I wanted to share with you today.
They are some more of the cards that I made for the samples from the Do Crafts 4 day deal special offer on Create and Craft.
Hot Diggity and his friends are here to play.....

I love the element stickers that are loaded with glitter and glitz.... and the good news is that the glitter stays on the card and not on your hand!!!
I'm working on some samples for the next set of tv shows (sorry can't tell you what it is yet - but if you love the Do Crafts Digital Designer..... oh boy are you gonna love this one!!!!!).....
Back to it.......
Happy crafting, whatever you are doing....
Nikki x