Just Add Ink #307 Colour - a happy hello

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by!

Today I have made a card today for a challenge from Just Add Ink. 

Here is my card.

Here is the JAI challenge so you can check it out!

This was a great colour combination to step a little bit out of my comfort zone, as they're not my go-to combinations! But I do love them together, and I think they are a very practical combination which would lend themselves to many different occasions.

I must still have had Brian King's cards on my mind from our Crazy Crafters Blog Hop held over the weekend gone, as I have also CASED one of Brian's cards for this one. As I write this, with only an hour to go til the deadline for this challenge and my kids going nuts in the other room, I cannot find Brian's card online to put a picture and link of his card! Sorry Brian!

Thanks for coming by!

Til next time,
Nicole x

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop - CASEing Brian King

Hello and thank you for joining our fantastic team on our Crazy Crafters Blog Hop. This month we are blessed to have Brian King from Stamp with Brian joining us! His projects are simply elegant and beautiful and it is an honour for him to not only join us, but for us to CASE one of his cards for our theme! In case you are not sure, CASE stands for Copy And Selectively Edit..... we take a card or project and use it to create our own. This could be the colour pallet used, the stamp set used or perhaps the sketch. Today, I have pretty much chosen all of those!

You may just be starting the blog hop here at my blog - Nicole Spicer - or may have come from the person previous to me. Be sure to click on the person listed under me further down the page to continue your journey on this blog hop.

Once again, I found it really difficult to choose just one card from the amazing cards Brian has made, so I looked more into the theme I wanted and searched on that. This then led me to this beautiful wedding card. I love Brian's classic design and the colour pallet, though with the Designer Series Paper I used, I did make one change to the original!
The thing I love about Brian's card is the way the layers make it look like you have art framed within the art!

So here is my card! I absolutely loved Brian's card so when I was planning my CASE, I wanted to try to do the opposite - reverse the colour order.

And here is a snap shot showing the colour pallet I've used on my card. It is such a classic colour combination, which is probably why I love this Designer Series Paper - Timeless Elegance.

 

Tips and Tricks

• I have embossed the sentiment with black embossing powder to look lovely and glossy against the designer series paper. 
• I have matted all my layers with Sahara Sand cardstock. I really think this is in keeping with Brian's style.
•  The stamp set Brian has used has since been retired, but I loved the Mr & Mrs sentiment. To my delight, Stampin' Up! have this beautiful set called 'For the New Two'. It is such a pretty set with a few different sentiments and images.
• I have used Victoria 5/8" Crochet Trim but this item is RETIRED. It could be replaced with Sahara Sand 7/8" Lace Trim as a currently available item.

 Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. Remember to click on the person listed under me - Nicole Spicer - to continue your journey on this blog hop.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today! Please leave me a message if you can, I love hearing your comments! Have a wonderful day!

Til next time,

Nicole x

Global Design Project #GDP031 - Rose Wonder Photopolymer Bundle

Hello peeps, thanks for stopping by! 

Today I have a card that I've made my mother in law for her birthday in a couple of weeks time. I did make it with the intention of following the challenge set by the Global Design Project, the theme of Nature.

Here is my card I've made.

Here is the challenge for you to check out! Just click on the image!

I have absolutely fallen in love with this die and stamp bundle. It is the Rose Wonder Photopolymer Bundle. The wonderful thing about purchasing this die and co-ordinating stamp sets together was that I saved 15%! It is in the current Occasions Catalogue.

 I have only purchased it recently and this was the first project I've finished using the die! I'm really happy with how it turned out.

I hope you have also liked my card! Fingers crossed my lovely Mother-in-law loves it too!

Til next time,
Nicole x

Just Add Ink #305 - Sketch Challenge

Hello again! Today we had our Crazy Crafters blog hop, with a very special guest, Dawn Griffith! After it went live and we saw all the amazing talents from our team, I was inspired! So I made these cards using the sketch from Just Add Ink's challenge #305.

Here are my cards.

And here is the link to Just Add Ink's challenge. Just click on the image :-)

I hope you like my cards, I was so happy with them. The great thing about this background design is that the sentiment can be for any occasion - not just birthdays!

Til next time,

Nicole x

TGIF challenge #tgifc49 - Colour challenge!

Hi everyone! I made a similar card to this one this morning for a colour challenge and when I stumbled on this challenge by TGIF challenges - which was also a colour challenge - I thought, "Wow! I'll make one in these colours too!". I love how this one turned out - I love these colours together! They're Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral and Bermuda Bay.

The stamp sets I've used are from the current 2015-2016 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. The sentiment is a hostess set 'Happy Birthday, Everyone' - one you can get FREE when you spend AUD$250. The background has been stamped in the challenge colours using a stamp called 'Flowering Flourishes'.

Here is the challenge set by TGIF challenges. Click on the image to go to their blog and check out the design teams amazing projects!

Thanks for stopping by!

Til next time,
Nicole x

Global Design Project Take 2!

Hi, welcome back to my blog today! We launched the Blog Hop this morning- did you check it out!? Oh my goodness, there are some AMAZING projects on display! If you haven't, be sure to!

After looking at the awesome projects, I was totally inspired! So I am having a revisit to the Global Design Projects #GDP029 challenge!

Here is what I came up with:

Here is a reminder of the challenge! Click on the image for the link to their site!

I hope you like my card!

Til next time,
Nicole x

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop - CASEing Dawn Griffith

Hello everyone!!!!!!!! - No there is not too many exclamation marks here because YES I am so excited to be apart of this months blog hop. We have a very special guest with us - none other than Dawn Griffith!!!! Dawn is one of my favourite Stampin' Up! Demonstrators (outside of Austalia of course!). I watch all her YouTube tutorials and blog posts. In fact if I have a chance, I usually craft with Dawn....... Or maybe I just make what she is making, pausing the tutorial every few seconds so I can watch and do!

Needless to say, we are all thrilled that Dawn could make it for the first of our April Blog hops!

This month we are excited to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) any project that has been created by Dawn. We hope you find great inspiration from the projects. 

You may just be starting the blog hop here at my blog - Nicole Spicer - or may have come from the person previous to me. Be sure to click on the person listed under me further down the page to continue your journey on this blog hop.

I have chosen a baby card today as I have a friend that just had a surprise delivery at 34 weeks! I'll show you Dawn's card in a sec, but here is mine.

Then when you open the card, you have a "pop out swing card".  I added another panel to cover over the right hand side panel so I could write on it.

So here is the card Dawn made that inspired my project. You can find the link HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. Remember to click on the person listed under me - Nicole Spicer - to continue your journey on this blog hop.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today! Please leave me a message if you can, I love hearing your comments! Have a wonderful day!

Til next time,

Nicole x