Thank you

Every year I like to make a set of thank you cards so that I have them all ready and good to go.
I write them for gifts that I am given for Christmas, birthday or just as a way to say thank you to someone.
(I remember after every Christmas or birthday as a child being made to write thank you notes to everyone and it's just kind of stayed with me - it's such a shame that a lot of children; and adults for that matter, just don't say thank you any more. And I think a little note makes it extra special).
For these designs I used one of my Hobby Art stamps - excellent quality, very reasonable prices, excellent customer services....... also bought the ink from them too....

 A little close up for you .......

I really love these stamps.... Watch this space for a lot more being done with them.

Have a great day, whatever you are up to.

Happy crafting
Nikki x

OHS - The Rose

Oak House Studio has a beautiful range of stamps and inks.... for the next couple of cards I used their rose stamp..... and of course a selection of their inks.

 The background for this card is created using the rubber on the end of a pencil..... dip it into your ink and then 'stamp' it over your card...... If you stamp it 2 or 3 times then you get different shades of the ink...... I love this technique and use it time and time again....

 The background for this card was created by swiping my ink pad across the card front.
I've coloured the rose by 'painting' with the inks...... and then added some glitter for some extra sparkle...

I loved using the inks to create backgrounds.... I made quite a few backing papers too....
More about them on another post!

Today is a tidy up and put things away morning so I can squeeze in some making and crafting later on.....

Hope the sun is shining wherever you are...
Nikki x

OHS - One stamp, 3 cards

Hey everyone..... today my post is another one using the stamps and inks from Oak House Studio.....
I've used the rose stamp in 3 different designs to show just how versatile they can be....
These cards are another 3 of the samples that I created for their Hochanda shows last week.

After a very busy work week, I'm looking forward to sorting out the studio tomorrow....... and maybe, just maybe, some crafting! Now that would be fab.
I want to get a start made on the commissions that I seem to have building up at the moment....

Hope you have a fabby weekend, whatever you end up doing.
Happy crafting
Nikki x

Graduation

I was asked to create a few graduation cards over the summer - lots of celebrations going on for lots of people!
These were two of the cards that I came up with,

 My first card is a stamped design. One of my favourite techniques of all time is stamping. Great for so many inky ideas and projects. Here I have used the stamps to create a 3d effect.
You can see it better in the close ups that follow.

 I opted for a simple design for my second card.

 I've layered the letters onto black card and then added them to the card with 3d foam pads. I loved the 3d effect that this has given.

No crafting for me at the moment...... Last week I had steroid injections in my hand..... No a lot of fun and the swelling and bruising is still very very painfull. Here's hoping that is settles soon...... I miss not being in my crafty space...

Back soon with some more crafty things to share.....
Happy crafting

Nikki x