Crazy Crafters July Blog Hop - Special Guest Tracy May

A very big hello to everyone out there visiting me today for our Crazy Crafters Blog Hop for July. This month we have a very special guest - Tracy May. Thanks so much for joining us this month Tracy. Your creations are simply stunning, clean and elegant so its an honour to have you!

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.

While on Pinterest looking for a card of Tracy's to CASE I came across this stunning card. I bought the Sunburst thinlits die not long ago and haven't had much of a go with it so I thought it was a perfect opportunity. However, because I was so time poor, I sponged my back piece all in one go, rather than sponging each individual 'sun ray'. Mind you, in saying that, I really love Tracy's card and the effect of the different colours!

And here is my CASE of Tracy's fabulous card.

I also finished off the inside of my card. When I was sponging my front panel, I went through a couple of 'drafts'..... so instead of wasting them, I used one to mat my inside panel.

And here are some of the supplies I have used on my card. You'll also need a pair of scissors, your Big Shot and the Whisper White card stock for the sunburst and card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today, and I hope you will continue on our blog hop to check out the amazing creations made by Tracy and our team of Crazy Crafters!

Here is the blog hop list. Remember, you are visiting with Nicole Spicer so please click on the person after me!



Until next time,
Nicole x

12th Birthday Card - Number of Years

Brrrrrr!!!! We have REALLY cold day today in our corner of the country today. The sun is out but I'm not sure it's carrying any warmth! So that means another indoor day with the kids.... While they were watching a movie I managed to get 10 mins alone in my study to create a card for my nephew who is turning 12 next week. He is an avid Fremantle Dockers fan (Go Freo!) so I wanted to make him a card he'd love. Plus I didn't have a whole lot of time!

It was fairly simple to make, here is a list of what I've used.

Card base - Elegant Eggplant cardstock 15cm x 21cm scored in half.

Layer 1 - Elegant Eggplant DSP cut to 10cm x 14.5cm (after I had positioned the cardstock to create a V pattern)

Layer 2 - Vellum cut to 9.5cm x 15cm. Adhered with glue dots in each corner, disguised with candy dots.

Stamp set used is Number of Years with the numbers and words stamped in Elegant Eggplant ink on Whisper White cardstock. I embossed the word Birthday on Elegant Eggplant cardstock with white embossing powder.

The Big Shot accessories I have used are the Lots of Labels Framelits and the banner was cut out from the Large Numbers Framelits die.

All of these items are available from Stampin' Up! Contact me if you would like to know anything about this awesome company or getting your hands on some amazing products!

Til next time,

Nicole x

PPA303 Colour Challenge

Today I got to make a card for the Pals Paper Arts Challenge. This week they have a colour challenge - Night of Navy, Mint Macaron and Sahara Sand. I really liked this colour combination - thanks Shawn de Oliveira!

Here is my card I came up with.

My sentiment is from the stamp set Tin of Cards. I think this is perhaps my most used stamp set for sentiments! The polka dot patterned paper is from the 2015-2017 In Colour Designer Series Paper stack. My Sahara Sand cardstock has been run through my Big Shot with my Starburst Die. Love that die!!

The image below links to the challenge blog. Check out the amazing projects the design team and crafters have come up with!

Thanks for stopping by!

Til next time,

Nicole x

Global Design Project Colour Challenge - From Land to Sea

Hi there! Om my goodness I have just noticed it's been nearly three weeks since I have posted on here!  Life is so busy 😢 with not nearly enough crafting!

I did however manage to make this card over the last few days! Yes! Sad hey...  it took me three days of here and there to finish a card. Very frustrating!

So here it is:

This card was made with the Global Design Project colour challenge. I really love this colour combination. It's Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe and Island Indigo. If you don't recognise the 'seaweed' stamp, I have used the Jelly Fish stamp upside down! I saw a card on pinterest with this stamp used as seaweed and thought it was a genius idea!

Click on the image below to see their challenge blog and see the amazing projects from the design team and entrants.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you have enjoyed my 'first for a loooong time' card today!

Til next time,

Nicole x

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop - CASEing Dena Rekow

Hello and thank you for joining our fantastic team on our Crazy Crafters Blog Hop. This month we are have a very special guest joining us, a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator from the US, Dena Rekow, from www.creativitycave.com.

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.

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.

The particular card I chose to CASE today was a no-brainer! I knew I wanted to use the Botanical Builder Die as I had not used the vine die before! My other stipulation I had was a clean and simple card because I needed to make a sympathy card. I'm sure when you see Dena's amazing card, you'll understand what I mean!

Here is my card. I went with a basic colour pallet as I really wanted the flower and leaves to pop. Also this was the first time I've used that vine die so I decided to keep it pretty simple!

Here is the inside of my card. I've left it plain with just the sentiment from the stamp set. This card is for a friend who lost his wife to Mesothelioma last week so I didn't want to overdo the inside. Plus, my hubby will want lots of room to write.

So here is Dena's card. Isn't it just gorgeous!

Well I hope you have enjoyed my CASE of Dena's card. Please leave me a message if you can, I love to read what people have thought of my projects!

Here is the blog line up. Remember, you are visiting with Nicole Spicer, so please click on the person under me to continue your journey on our Blog Hop.

Before I go, I just want to wish all the Mothers out there a very big HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY from Australia!

Til next time,

Nicole x

Global Design Project #GDP033 Colour Challenge - Celebrate Today

Hi everyone, thanks for coming by my blog today!

Today I have made a card for a Global Design Project colour challenge. I love this colour combination: Night of Navy, Calypso Coral and Sahara Sand. 

Here is the blog challenge for you to check out for yourself!

The supplies I have used in this card are:

Cardstock - Whisper White, Night of Navy, Calypso Coral, Sahara Sand

Ink - Night of Navy, Calypso Coral, Sahara Sand

Stamp Set - Celebrate Today

Big Shot Accessories - Balloon Framelits * These framelits are retiring at the end of this month so if you want them, especially if you have or want the Celebrate Today stamp set, be sure to grab them now as they are only available while stocks last! 

Adhesive - Snail, Stampin' Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!

Til next time,

Nicole x

Global Design Project GDP#032 - CASE the Designer Krista Frattin

Hi, thanks for stopping by my blog today for a card I made for a CASE challenge from Global Design Project. The card we are CASEing is from a very talented US Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, Krista Frattin.

I'll show you the challenge in a second, but here is the card I made.

For the inside of my card, I have layered a piece of Whisper White cardstock and one of the plain flowers (with no dimension) and a simple rhinestone in the centre.

And here it is. Click on the image to go straight to their design blog and check the amazing projects!

The colours I have used are Blushing Bride and Whisper White. I wanted to stay with this simple colour pallet as it is so lovely! 

The three stamp sets I've used are Hardwood for my background, Endless Birthday Wishes for my sentiment and Botanical Blooms for the foliage. All of these stamp sets are remaining current in the new and soon-to-be-released 2016-2017 Annual Cataloge. I use these a lot so have defiantly gotten my monies worth! The flower has been cut out with my Big Shot using the Botanical Builder Framelits Die.

But one thing I'm super excited about is the Glimmer Paper I've used in Blushing Bride is continuing on in the new catalogue! I loooove this pretty sparkly cardstock!

Well that's it from me! Thanks for stopping by! 

Til next time, 

Nicole x