Blue skies and a day filled with crafting...

That's my day today.
Got a few crafty commissions to finish for this week, so that will keep me out of trouble.....
Yesterday we had snow and sleet up here, today there is blue sky..... although it's freezing! And according to the weather man, we have a yellow warning out for more snow and high winds..... perfect weather for staying inside and crafting....
Here are a couple of cards that I wanted to share with you all.....
Birthday time......

I love the designs that Do Crafts brought out with the uber talented John Byars...... I love working with these designs. So easy to leave plain or colour - everything works with them.
I'd love to see him do a Christmas range as I think the hand drawn sketch look would be amazing.

This is my next card,

I hope you have a craft filled week and enjoy whatever you get up to.
Happy crafting
Nikki x

P.S - as I finish this post and look up, I see the blue sky has now become white and the snow is falling again..... lightly, but it is falling.... staying inside and crafting it is then! lol

Do Crafts Monday

What a beautiful day it is here in Bonnie Scotland.... the sky is blue and the washing is out on the line. I just love it when you can get the washing out..... one of my favourite smells in the world is that fresh clean cotton smell...
As today is Monday I thought I would share my Do Crafts Monday post with you all...
One of the Territory Managers from Do Crafts is leaving to go on to pastures new and all of the other TMs have made her a goodbye card. When I was talking to my TM i said it would be nice if they created a nice display book for the cards rather than just giving her a pile of cards.......Trying to describe what I was talking about was quite difficult so I decided just to make it....
Here is the star book that I made....

There is twine on each of the spines of the card so that each little card can be threaded through. I thought this would be a lovely was to present the cards and make it more of a keepsake gift, but as it's a star card it's also a nice way to display the cards.
Loads to do today.... but I'll be back soon to do some blog hopping and crafty things....
Have a great day!
Happy crafting
Nikki x

Reach for the stars.......

Well another Monday here so that means it's time for my #docraftsmonday post and also a very proud mum post.....
Kris, who a lot of you will know, is my son. He is a super son and I am soooo proud of him I could burst. I normally keep my blog for all my crafty things but today I wanted to dedicate my post to Kris.
He has not always had it easy, he has me for a mum for a start! lol..... but really, that has not always been easy for him as I have had illness darken my door a lot over the past few years and since he was 4 he has had to help me with a lot of things..... So thank you Kris for always being there and for being like a shining light for me when things were dark.
His Dad died 5 years ago and then Kris developed alopecia. Again, he faced the world bravely and made sure I was always doing ok.
So this week it's all about him, today is his first official day at his new job. A job that I think he will be amazing at and a job where he can really make a difference....
Kris left school and went straight into mechanics..... now, to say his place of employment was awful is an understatement, but he stuck it out for 7 years and in fairness he made some good friends and worked with some good people along the way. But now it's time for a new adventure......
So good luck Kris.... I think you will be a fantastic carer.

He really is one of the very best....

Here is the card I made for Kris......

Have a great bank holiday Monday and remember to share your #docraftsmonday posts on fb or twitter with us.
Happy crafting
Nikki x

A little blue

I'm not but the card is.....
This is the card that I made to show as my #docraftsmonday project.

I made this using a selection of papers that are available to the members of the Creativity Club on the Do Crafts site.
I love these - great for both mens and ladies cards...... I just adored the blue.....

What crafty things have you been up to?
Today I thought I would teach myself felting..... you know.............. as you do!
I had an idea for a very special project for an event that is happening at the end of the year and I think it's going to work.
I'm very pleased about that one! I'll show you when I have made some more... I can see felting being a new addiction for me!
Hmmmm the possibilities.......

I'll be back soon with some more makes to show you.
Happy crafting

Nikki x

#docraftsmonday

Well Monday already! Wow.... the month is just zooming by.....
So for my #docraftsmonday project this week I decided to use some of the fab papers and downloads that are available to all Creativity Club members (check out the fab downloads section if you haven't seen it before - soooooo many to chose from and it covers everything from papers, toppers, digis and templates).
I am working with a selection of the Easter papers and downloads...... and this is what I created.... (lots of pics for you here!)....

 I love this style of card for using up all those little scraps that you have. And it's a very quick card to pull together.

 This card has 2 types of embossing....... dry embossing and then heat embossing.....

 For this card I did some paperweaving and then stuck it onto some white card. Then I used the Do Crafts egg die to cut out my egg....

 Paper flowers a plenty here, all punched out and then pinned to the poly egg.....

What have you been creating over the weekend?
Pop on over and share it with us all on FB or twitter.... just remember to include #docraftsmonday so that we know to pop on over and leave you some love....

Happy crafting
Nikki x

To have and to hold

This weekend I attended the wedding of a beautiful young lady who I have known since she was a young girl.
She looked radiant and just so happy.
I was touched that she asked me to be a part of her day.

This was the card I made for the happy couple..... and it doubles up as my #docraftsmonday post.....

If you want to play along with #docraftsmonday then all you have to do is create something!! When you have finished it, you either blog it and share it on facebook..... or twitter.... or you just blog it.... whatever you decide to do just put the # of #docraftsmonday...... and if you do take part. please let me know so that I can pop over to your blog and leave some love.....

Happy crafting
Nikki x

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

Do Crafts Monday

If you are on Facebook or Twitter, you might have seen the hashtag #docraftsmonday....
It's where people who like a Do Crafts product, show everyone a pic of what they have made with it....
Pop on over and have a look - or why don't you take part.... just upload a picture onto Do Crafts page and add the hashtag.

My photos for this #docraftsmonday are projects that have been made using the latest downloads from Do Crafts for their Creativity members...... Are you a member of the club? - make sure you check out the downloads section if you are.... fabby range of templates, papers, images and a lot more.

Here are the cards I made using the 1 & 2 Spring Green collections ......

A little clean and simple card to start.....

With this one I have built up the layered flower to add dimension.

I thought I would do something a little different with the layers, here I have used the layers to create a pebble background.

And for my last card I got out the spritz inks for the background and then used the papers to create the roses. The very sparkly centres are created by adding a large drop of silver glitter glue. 

Whatever you are doing today - have fun!
Happy crafting
Nikki x