The Paper Players #255

Hello and welcome to my blog post for The Paper Players challenge #255.

When I saw the sketch for this challenge, I thought it looked pretty simple, but in actual fact I had to redo parts of my card, twice! So here is what I settled on!

Here is the sketch for this challenge. You can click on the picture to go straight to The Paper Players blog. Check out the amazing projects made by crafter's all around the world!

Here are the supplies I have used.

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Thanks for stopping by today!

Til next time,
Nicole x

Freshly Made Sketches 196

Hi everyone and welcome back!

Today my card is my entry for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I pulled out a stamp set I haven't used in a little while, Zoo Babies which I think is so cute! I kind of wanted to make a generic sex card so I could give it to anyone at the spare of the moment. I hope you like it!

Here is the challenge sketch! Click on it to go directly to their blog!

Here are the supplies I have used!

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Til next time,

Nicole x

Mojo Monday #408

Hi there! Its Mojo Monday challenge time again.... gee don't these come by again so quickly!?
In thinking about this sketch I decided I wanted to showcase the 2014-2016 In Colours, at least some of them anyway!

Here is my entry.

And here is the sketch. The last Monday of the month they do a Tall & Skinny challenge so I've made my card 3 3/4" x 4 3/4". Clicking on the picture will take you straight to the challenge blog where you'll see the design teams' cards followed by all the entrants.



And here are the supplies I've used today:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Thanks for joining me again for today! I hope you've liked my card today, I was quite happy how it turned out!

Til next time,
Nicole x

Just Add Ink #272 - Butterflies!

Hello, and welcome to my blog today for the Just Add Ink challenge. This week is all about butterflies!

I love making butterfly cards and surely this shouldn't be too hard.... right? Hmm....!

Here is my card I made today...

I love the new In Colours so I felt I needed to showcase them in this card. Even the sentiment is using them! I have also used masking in my card so that the butterflies overlapped a little.

The supplies I've used today are:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I hope you've enjoyed my card!

Til next time,
Nicole x

Fab Friday #69

Hi again, and welcome to the Fab Friday challenge!

Todays challenge for Fab Friday is a colour combo! The colours are Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon and Blackberry Bliss. These are gorgeous colours from the In Colour 2014-2016 range. These colours are so deep and bold so I had to put my thinking cap on!

Here is my card for this challenge!

Here is the challenge from their blog. Click on the image below to go straight to their challenge blog.

The supplies I've used today are:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Thanks for joining me again today for Fab Friday! Hope you're having an awesome weekend!

Til next time,
Nicole x

PPA261 - Celebrate Today

Hi there, and welcome back to my blog! This blog post is all about the Pals Paper Arts challenge 261. I really liked the sketch and the circles just made me think of hot air balloons! I have had this stamp set for a little while but hadn't used it to make anything other than birthday balloons. So it was a good change to try something new! Once again, I've used the "Cherry on Top" paper stack, I just can't help it - it makes me happy! I also hoped that the recipient would feel happy, even though she is going through a really hard time.

So here is my card...

The Pals Paper Arts challenge is below. You can click on the image below and go directly to their challenge blog.

Once again, I've listed the supplies below.  By clicking on any of the items you'll be taken straight to my online store.

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Thanks for joining me again today, be sure to check back for another challenge!

Til next time,
Nicole x

SIP Challenge 6 - Tic Tac Toe

Hi everyone, and welcome to by blog! This post is about another challenge new to me, SIP - Stamp Ink Paper. This challenge is a bit different, but I loved the idea! I'll post the challenge for you in a minute, but here is my card...

So here is the challenge. You can click on the picture to go straight to the SIP challenge blog.

I chose to do a birthday card, and went diagonally through the tic tac toe. So I had to use patterned paper and blue as well. Easy! Stampin' Up! have an amazing range of colours! I also used the new matching designer paper stack. I really love the new designs. They're awesome!

There are so many combinations to chose from in this tic tac toe challenge. I hope you'll give one a go too!

The supplies I have used on my card today are:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Thanks so much for visiting today!

Til next time,
Nicole x

Mojo Monday #407

Welcome back to my blog today for Mojo Monday! Now, don't get me wrong, I really enjoy working to a pre-given sketch but I had a hard time trying to decide on what to do for the sketch this week! So I flipped through the great projects the design team had used and low and behold, the first one was set as landscape instead of portrait. I was more inspired seeing it from the different angle. I needed to make a card for a little boy, so I was happy with how this one turned out.

Here is my creation!

The sketch for this challenge was. If you click directly onto the sketch you'll be taken directly to the Mojo Monday challenge page.

The supplies I have used on this card are as follows:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I hope you liked it!

Til next time,
Nicole x

The Paper Players PP254 featuring Timeless Elegance DSP

Hi everyone!

I really liked this weeks challenge for The Paper Players! I love frames! And I love the new Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! called "Timeless Elegance". I really thought the paper deserved to be in a frame as it is so beautiful!

Here is my card, I am so happy with how it turned out!

And here is the challenge. You can check it out at their blog by clicking on the picture below.

The supplies I have used in my card today are as follows:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I hope you have enjoyed my card today! Head over to their page and give it a go!

Til next time!
Nicole x

Just Add Ink #271

Hi everyone!

I made this card for the Just Add Ink challenge earlier this week and haven't had time to blog it... but school holidays are now over and I finally have a spare 10mins! :-)

I really love the Cherry on Top DSP stack. Its so bright and colourful and just makes me happy when I use it! It really marries well with the Sprinkles of Life stamp set and coordinating punch. The wonderful thing is that this stamp set is the Ronald McDonald fundraising stamp set, so every one purchased contributes to this great cause.

Here is the card I came up with for this challange! (Details will be below on this challenge).

Here is the sketch challenge J. You can click HERE and you'll be taken to the blog page. Have a go and play along too! If you don't have a blog yourself, it doesn't matter, these sketches are awesome at providing some great ideas and layouts for when you get stuck!

The supplies I have used in my card today are:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I hope you've enjoyed my card today and its made you feel happy too!

Til next time!
Nicole. x

Blair

Crazy Crafters July Blog Hop - Favourite Colour Combo

 

Welcome to the Crazy Crafters blog hop for July. This month we are excited to show off our favourite colour combos. We hope you find great inspiration from the projects. We are so lucky to have very talented members in our team!

You may just be starting the blog hop here at my blog - Handmade by Nicole Spicer -  or may have come from the person previous to me in the list below. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all the projects. At the moment you are visiting Nicole Spicer at hop spot #3.

The colours I've chosen today are Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Very Vanilla.

 

I needed to make a card for my nephew who was turning 11 last week and I wanted to use colours that I don't normally use. So when searching for different combos, this one stood out for me. I got the idea for this card from Pinterest and I thought it was such a practical design and could be suitable for a lot of masculine themed cards. Anyway, he loved the card so that was great!

The supplies I have used in making my card today are:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

 
Thanks for taking part in our blog hop, there are so many amazing ideas and inspiration you don't want to miss. Remember that currently you are at my blog (Hop #3 - Nicole Spicer) so check the blog hop line up list to see who is next in the list as you don't want to miss out on seeing one blog and the amazing inspiration. 

Til next time,

Nicole x

Fab Friday - From Land to Sea Lighthouse

Hi there, welcome back to my blog. I finally got around to showing you my entry for the Fab Friday blog. You can visit their page by clicking HERE. I absolutely love crafting to a sketch challenge!

Here is my card to the challenge:

The sketch is as follows:

When I saw the sketch challenge it instantly made me think of a picture hanging on a wall! So my first idea was to do a framed picture. I recently got the stamp set ' From Land to Sea' and fell in love with the lighthouse. I've never made a card with a lighthouse in it before either! I wanted to depict a scene of a lighthouse up on a rock facing out to the ocean. I hope you can see it too!

The supplies I have used today are:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Thanks for coming by today, I hope you've enjoyed my card.

Til next time
Nicole x

Mojo Monday #406

 Hi there! 

Welcome to my blog today for MojoMonday! Okay, so its not Monday, but its school holidays and we have been insanely busy, like most families! But they are nearly at an end and although it means I don't quite get to my craft desk as often, I have enjoyed spending time with my 4 kids! Anyway! Back to MojoMonday! This weeks challenge, MOJO406, can be viewed from their blog here. 

Here is the sketch:

  

Here is my card:

I recently got the stamp set 'No Bones About It' and have seen some awesome projects made with it. So I really wanted to give it a try in this weeks challenge.

The supplies I have used to make this card are below:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by today!

Til next time,
Nicole x

Mojo Monday 405

Hello there!

I have just finished my Mojo Monday sketch challenge MOJO405 and I wanted to show you! I actually did 2 cards and couldn't decide which one to enter! So I'll blog both and enter one of them!

You can join in the fun too by going to the Mojo Monday challenge. Click here!

Here is the design sketch for this week!

And here are the two cards I've made using this sketch.

I didn't put a sentiment on this card so I could use it for any occasion. But I think it'd make a useful masculine card for when I need one! I used the supplies below to make this card:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

The second card I made is from a stamp set I got recently called "Wild about flowers" Although I didn't use the flowers, the sentiments are really lovely. We had a friend retire from his job in Education after 40 odd years, so I thought this one was good.

The supplies used are as follows:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Thanks for coming over to my blog today! I hope you enjoyed my cards.

Til next time,
Nicole x

Just Add Ink #269

Hi, and welcome to my blog for today. The Just Add Ink Challenge this week is a Colour Challenge! I always find these much more "challenging" than sketch challenges. But I'll give it a crack! To see the challenge click here!

Here is the Colour Combo:

And here is my card:

The supplies I have used today are:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I am really happy how my card came out! I hope you like it too. I'd better go make a girl one now! My friend is having a baby any day now, so I'd better get on it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Til next time,
Nicole x

Sheltering Tree - The Paper Players Challenge PP252

Hi there! Welcome back to my blog, or welcome if this is your first time visiting! 

I am loving creating to a challenge and when I saw this one I was excited! 

So the theme challenge is as follows. If you want to check out the blog challenge, click here!

Here is my card today for this challenge:

I just love the stamp set Sheltering Tree but I've never stamped the leaves in anything other than green, so this was a good time to play! Plus I love the new in colour Watermelon Wonder!

The supplies I have used on my card are:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Thanks for visiting my blog today, and enjoyed my card!

Til next time,

Nicole x

Boys will be boys - Pals Paper Art Colour Challenge PPA258

Todays blog post I'm doing a colour challenge that I've not participated in before. So I'm super excited to share this with you today. The colour challenge is from Pals Paper Art. Click here to check it out!

The challenge picture is:

And here is the card I came up with:

 

 The supplies I've used in my card today are:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

This was such a quick card to make! Once I trimmed all my cardstock to size, I stamped splotches from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set onto the Cucumber Crush cardstock. I stamped my image from Boys will be Boys stamp set onto Whisper White cardstock and die cut it with the banner framelit, and I also cut the next size up in Night of Navy and layered them together. I adhered this with dimensionals onto the front. I stamped my sentiment in Watermelon Wonder onto a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock and trimmed the edges with the Banner Punch. I then attached it with dimensionals.

I hope you've enjoyed my card today. Be sure to check back tomorrow for more projects!

Til next time!

Nicole x

Just Add Ink Challenge #268

Hello again!

I was inspired by a fellow team member, Carolina Evans, on her entry into the Just Add Ink Challenge. I have never participated in this challenge before, but wanted to give it a go.

Here is the sketch for this week. You can visit their blog here - Just Add Ink #268 Sketch.

This is what I came up with today!

A really quick and easy card for today as I have adhered my layers directly to my card base. The supplies are as follows:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Thank you for stopping by! Til next time!
Nicole x

Butterfly card for my 4 year old niece.

When I had an unexpected phone call from my mother-in-law this morning to "make cards" I thought, "Gee, twist my arm!" It's a great time to put the kettle on, have a yarn, but more importantly, craft!

My niece's birthday is coming up soon so I thought I'd better get my wriggle on. She is only turning 4 but I'm sure she should be turning 10! But she loves butterflies so I thought of this one. Here it is:

Here's a closer view of the butterflies. The first couple are Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight, the second couple are Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo, the third Real Red and Tempting Turquoise and finally Pacific Point and Tangerine Tango. I matched the buttons to the butterfly underneath and tied them with some metalic gold bakers twine.

Here's a look at the supplies I have used for my card:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I hope you like my card and, til next time!

Nicole x