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February 18, 2012

More Beautiful Butterflies

Are you sick and tired of the new Everyday Enchantment Sale-a-Bration papers yet? I whipped this card up at the same time as my Valentine's card from Tuesday - it was so quick and easy to make two cards at the same time.

This one was for a lovely friend Kay, I've become very efficient at making the cards on time, just not so efficient at remembering to post them, so I am hoping it has arrived now, albeit a little late. If you love fabric and all things quilty you should check out Kay's site - fabulous name Shocking Hocking.

Happy Saturday

Love Nikki

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February 16, 2012

Every Day Enchantment DSP

If you haven't already noticed there is a new DSP being offered for Sale-a-Bration this year and it is B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. It is my most favouritist (yes I am having that as a real word today) of allllllll time.

This is the card I made for my bestest friend's birthday - her birthday is at the begining of January and we only just managed to catch up last week so I had to wait ages and ages before I could show you.

The stamp set is another Sale-a-Bration set - Outlined Occasions. I love the colours together - Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade and Very Vanilla - perfect combination. The butterflies are die cuts from the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die and the brad in the middle is another Sale-a-Bration set - the Everyday Enchantment Ribbon and Brad set.

Did you know you can get a free Sale-a-Bration goodie with every $100 you spend until 31 March? If you'd like the paper and the embellishments I have a few ladies who are placing orders and sharing the packs - let me know if you want me to team you up with someone - you'll receive 6 sheets of 12 x 12 DSP (one of each piece) and 9.14m of ribbon (4.6m of each of the two colours) and15 matching brads.

Back with more later this week.

Nikki

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February 15, 2012

Inkyart Newsletter and Class Dates

Latest newsletter should be in your mailbox this morning - together with new class dates for the next few months.

Check out all the new information here.

Happy Stampin!

Nikki

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February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's day everyone - I hope you are having a lovely day.

I have to confess that I am not 'big' on the whole Valentine's day thing but it does give me an opportunity to make a card for my lovely husband.

I've used the Sale-a-Bration DSP Everyday Enchantment and punched hearts using the Heart to Heart and Small Heart punches (I keep meaning to buy the Full Heart punch - I often reach for it thinking I do actually own it but I don't LOL). To emphasise their shape I have 'daubed' around the edges of the hearts with Soft Suede ink.

Once I had attached all the little hearts to the Very Vanilla Top Note die cut, I then 'squished' it using the Square Lattice embossing folder. I then cut around the score lines and added a Cherry Cobbler Top Note die cut to frame it. A Cherry Cobbler Tulips Frame and some Very Vanilla Seam binding finished it off with a sentiment from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments set.

Its very girly but is there such a thing as a male valentine's card?

Happy Valentine's day to you where-ever you are - and yes Sads that includes you mwah

Nikki

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February 2, 2012

One On 1 Blog Hop - January Update

Welcome to a very large One on 1 blog hop. Its an exciting time of the year having a new word and seeing how it will develop over the coming months. Having already completed one year of this course last year I am already planning what I am going to include as each month unfolds.

One of the first tasks is to take a photo of yourself. Its not the best photo but its serves the purpose. The class does include instructions for overlaying the photo with the wording, but as I am yet to master this piece of software I have just taken a photo of myself with the camera on the computer and printed it off - yes mastering PhotoShop and overlaying photos is on my list of things to learn in 2012.

This month we have been exploring the meanings and noting the reasons for choosing the word. This year I have chosen the Paisley Petals Designer Series Papers from Stampin' Up - I love these papers and they coordinate with a wide range of colours including Bravo Burgundy, Cajun Craze and Not Quite Navy (although for some reason when I was making this page I grabbed More Mustard - but it seems to work okay I think).

I used the Bigshot Timeless Type to create my word and embellished it with sparkly rhinestones.

I've used some of the new Bakers Twine from the Summer Mini and the Tiny Tag punch to create a little embellishment to show the year.

I can feel the preseence of my word FOCUS already this year, I've been decluttering and simplifying the house and trying really hard to remained focus on the task in hand - I can feel this isn't going to be easy but I do have faith that this will beome easier over time.

I really look foward to catching up with everyone again next month, its now time to hop along to meet Erin to discover how her word Mindfulness has been for her during January.

If you get lost along the way there's a list of participants below to help you.

Happy hopping

Nikki

Margie http://xnomads.typepad.com
Sharyn http://www.lavieenchic.com
Jill http://jillconyers.com
Lynn http://www.crafty-creativity.blogspot.com
Jenn http://www.studiojenn.blogspot.com
Carmen http://www.carmenpaulsorthner.com
Marilee http://rose-brier.blogspot.com
Kristina http://hrinspirationfromthe403.blogspot.com
Cindy http://www.cynthiacrysdale.com
Kelly http://mindingmynest.com
Cheri http://cheriandrews.blogspot.com