Little Miss Raspberry Stamper

Magnolia Snowman

2010-11-23T14:34:00.000-07:00

Well, this is my first post in almost 7 months! I really missed making cards and blogging especially. :o)
I'm sorry about not saying good bye or explaining why I was leaving for a while....but it was kinda hard leaving so I had to go "cold turkey". lol I had to take a break from Blogging/stamping because I really needed to focus on my house, my family, my book work for my husband and most importantly my little homeschool that we started last year. I just found that I was staying up until 1:00am making cards and trying to get them posted on my blog in time for deadlines. I felt like I was letting my team down by missing challenges, and making less than perfect cards because I was rushing.

Anyways, I had bought this little stamp in the spring and just inked it up for the first time today. It's a Magnolia stamp from a few seasons ago. I just love it!
I used some brand new My Mind's Eye Christmas paper-let me tell you this paper is yummy!
Lots-oh-sparkles!

I had a heck of a time using my sewing machine....the darn thing kept on jamming on me! I hope to get some more time during the Christmas break to play with it....I absolutely love stitching on my cards.

Anyways, have a great day!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World-I Need Flowers!

2010-05-09T00:00:00.000-06:00

Hello and Happy Mother's Day!

This week Gunn is hosting the Dottie's World challenge, and she wants us to add flowers to our card. :o) Easy...cause I LOVE adding flowers/using floral patterned paper!

So I used one of my favorite charmed downloads from the Holly & Madison World Tour-Madison in France and you can get it HERE.

Maddy is colored in with copics of course. :o)

Paper is Green at Heart by Basic Grey...and so are all the little die cut flowers, and the journal box.

The sentiment is Close To My Heart

The rhinestone swirls are Me & My Big Ideas

That's pretty much it....I'm off to Mother's Day brunch with LOTS of family.

I'm looking forward to relaxing and enjoying the morning.

Have a fabby Sunday and if you are in Canada-have a fabby Mother's Day!

Oh and make sure you check out the Dottie's World Challenge blog to see what all the other designer's came up with for this challenge.

Bye for now,

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World-All Sewn Up!

2010-05-02T00:30:00.001-06:00

Hello and Happy Sunday. :o)

Sorry about the long time since my last post....life has gotten crazy...well a little more crazy than usual. PLus the weather here has been quite crazy which has caused me to suffer several migraines....I even had the pleasure of experiencing the aura...which was not very pleasant!

But I'm feeling better now and took a half day off "work" today to work on this card.

This week I'm hosting the Dottie's World challenge and I want to see some stitching-faux/machine, hand are all fine, and also include a Charmed Download as well. I just love the look and feel of machine stitching on cards....it makes the cards feel so heavy and finishes them off beautifully....it realy makes a beautiful card....stunning.

I used the Holly in England image form the Holly/Madison World Tour collection, and you can get it HERE. I love this image-it reminds me of my friend Jody. :o)

I colored Holly in with my copics....and wow was it great to use my copics again-two weeks is toooo long to neglect my little "friends".

The paper I used is a special kit from Close to My Heart called The Miracle kit, and it is only available during the month of May 2010.

The ribbon, sentiment and tag are also CTMH

The pearl flourishes are from Prima....love them to pieces!

I think that's about it.

Make sure you check out the Dottie's World challenge blog to see what the other designer's came up with HERE

Thanks for stopping by,

Have a great day!

Nicole

Truly Scrumptious Challenge # 30-April Showers

2010-04-14T00:30:00.002-06:00

Hello and Happy Wednesday...the week is almost over again.....yikes life is flying by.

It's The Truly Scrumptious Challenge #30 this week...we have another fabby sketch by Mina and an additional, optional, challenge of "April Showers" theme, which is kinda funny for me because I live in Alberta, Canada-and we don't experience April Showers here....we experience April Flurries....seriously it's snowing right now.

Here is the sketch that our very own, very talented Mina created:

OKay so here are the details for today's card:

Paper is Close To My Heart-Caboodle-love this paper, it's so cute for kid's cards.

The image is Whipper Snapper, colored in with copics.

The flowers and tiny tabs are also Close To My Heart.

The buttons are Making Memories

I also did some machine stitching....I have to tell you I lOVE machine stitching on cards-it just finishes any card beautifully. :o)

Well I think thats about it.....make sure you check out the Truly Scrumptious Challenge blog to see what the other designer's came up with and you should play along with us this week-there is a super cute Pink Gems Designs image:

Isn't it an adorable image??? Check out The Pink Gem Designs site HERE to see all the adorable images they have. :o)

Anyways,

thanks for stopping by today!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World-Play With These Colors

2010-04-11T00:30:00.002-06:00

Hello and Happy Sunday!

I know I promised not to use these fabby papers for the next card....:o}....but Gunn from Dottie's World set a color challenge-Pink/Turquoise/Green....and omg-osh-these papers are perfect for that color challenge!

The fabby Charmed Download that I used is called Holly on The High Street and you can get it HERE

Paper is CratePaper-Paper Dolls.

Bling is from Michael's craft store

Flower die cuts, sentiment and brads are from the CratePaper-Paper Dolls collection...LOVE that. :o)

Thats about all for now...make sure you head over to the Dottie's World site to see what the other designer's came up with for this challenge.

By for now,

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World-Butterflies

2010-04-04T00:30:00.000-06:00

Hello and Happy Easter Sunday!

We are off to church this morning to celebrate the resurrection of Christ-rejoice!

And then out for brunch and then off to Nana and Opa's for an Easter Egg Hunt. I'm looking forward to all the children getting dolled up in their Sunday best outfits. Time for pictures and celebrating. :o)

What do you do on Easter Sunday?

Well it's also my turn to host the Dottie's World Challenge for this week. I decided to do something Spring like and ask for 3d butterfly embellishments. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

I made my butterflies using the new SU! embossed sizzlit....love it! So very pretty.

The Charmed Download I used is from the latest collection called Sugar and Spice-you can get it HERE

I used my new CratePaper again....I just love this paper! I promise I'll set it aside for the next few cards I make.....I just can't help it-I love it that much!

Ribbon is My Mind's Eye and the brads are CratePaper.

I think thats pretty much it.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a Happy Easter!

Nicole M Bailey

Truly Scrumptious Challenge # 29-Fly Away

2010-03-31T00:30:00.001-06:00

Hello and Happy Wednesday! Wow.....it's almost Easter already? Time is sure flying by. :o)

This week we have a fabby sketch for the Truly Scrumptious challenge, and we also have the added, optional challenge of adding the theme "fly away"

So here is the sketch:

I used a super cute Tilda holding a bee image...I got her from The Magnolia-licious Store...and I just LOVE her! I colored her in with my copics. copics I used for her clothes are here:(r81/83/85; bg11/32/34; e40/41/42/43/44)

The paper is CratePaper:Paper Dolls, and so are the brads and stickers.

The butterflies are Martha Stewart.

The sentiment are Close To My Heart: Card Chatter.

I also used some doodlebug chunky glitter on the bee's wings.

I think that's about it!

Have a fabby day!

Nicole M bailey

Dottie's World-Handmade Flowers

2010-03-28T00:30:00.000-06:00

Hello and Happy Sunday... once again. I missed the last couple of Dottie's World challenges because I was in Oklahoma with my sister, and just couldn't pull it together to get my cards done before I left. No matter how organized I try to get, I always feel DiSOrgaNized! :o)

Anyways, this week at Dottie's World Adele is hosting the challenge. This is what she asked for:

"Hi everyone, Adele here and it's my turn to set the challenge this week. With spring (hopefully) in the air I want you to think:
Paper Roses...............
or daffs, or tulips....you get the picture? BUT I don't want to see any pre-made flowers please - only die cuts, punched flowers or any flower/s you have made from scratch on your creations this week please. The only other limitation is that a Charmed Download MUST be used....but that is no limitation at all is it, there is so much to choose from! LOL
Don't forget the blog candy over on my own blog too.....it could be you who wins yourself a freebie Charmed Download of your choice!
Looking forward to seeing all your bloomers!!!!!!"

I made my flower by using the Sizzix Layered Flowers Die. I just cut it a couple of times with different papers and then crumpled up the flowers so they would have some dimension.

LOVED this challenge-so much fun!

I also love Digi-images. :o) I love being able to make the images any size I wish. The possibilities become endless. For this card I used Madison In France and you can get her HERE

I cropped her and made her bigger than usual and I just love the result!

I colored her in with my copics (bg11/bg32/bg34 gy03/gy13 and my pink favorites: r81/r83/r85)

I also used my glue pen to add some White Prisma Glitter to her French Tam.
The paper is BRAND SPANKIN' NEW! It's Crate Paper: Paper Doll Collection and it is adorable. It comes in a kit that includes lots of double sided matching paper and two sheets of coordinating stickers! LOVE it!

The sentiment "love you much" is SU! and you can get it HERE

I free handed the "babe" hate my hand writing, but was too lazy to get my alphabet stamps out!

I think that's about all for now.

The weather is starting to get nice and the green grass is slowly started to peak through...aaahhhhh spring at last! :o)

By for now!

Nicole M Bailey

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #28-Quilted Background

2010-03-17T00:30:00.000-06:00

Hello and Happy Wednesday. :o)

I made this card last week for this week's Truly Scrumptious challenge #28.

I'm actually in Oklahoma this week with my sister...she's on spring break.

This week's challenge is another fabby sketch, with the added challenge of a quilted background. I really wanted to machine stitch each square but I'm having problems with my swing machine. :o(

Here is the fabby sketch:

The paper is brand new from Close To My Heart-Top Stitched. Isn't is adorable? Ribbon is Heavenly Blue CTMH.

The image and sentiment stamps are also Close To My Heart. The paper flowers are also brand new and Close To My Heart. Love them!

The bling is Prima and the fabby felt flowers are SU!

I think thats about it for now. Make sure you head over to the TS blog to see what all the other designer's came up with!

Thanks for stopping by!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Pastel or Bright

2010-03-07T00:00:00.001-07:00

Hello and Happy Sunday!

This week at Dottie's World Adele is hosting and she wants us to either go pastel colors or bright colors....and of course use a Charmed Download.

I knew right away that I was going to use this new paper from My Mind's Eye! I LOVE this new paper collection-Quite Contrary.. the only thing that bugs me is that there are virtually no solid sheets....and I couldn't find ANY CS to match with it; which make layering really challenging. But besides that....I love this paper-it's so cute and fun-and so fresh and springy-exactly what I feel like right now. :o}

I used the "Windy Day" Charmed Download from the Sugar & Spice collection-and you can get it HERE. I colored the image in with my copics. The R20's match really nicely with this paper. I used a combination of R20/R22/R24 & R27 for the red/pink colors.

I used my fave glitter on the kite-Doodlebug Chunky Glitter, I also added a bit of star dust stickles to the kite ribbons.

Make sure you check out the Dottie's World Challenge blog to see what the other designer's created. Also, Adele is offering some blog candy that is tied in with this week's challenge...so make sure you pop on over there to check it out....HERE

I think that's about it for now.

I'm going to Oklahoma to visit with my sister next week-for a week; so I'm hoping to get all my design work done and my blog posts scheduled so I don't have to miss any challenges.

Happy Stamping!

Nicole M Bailey

TRuly Scrumptious Challenge #27-Good Enough to Eat!

2010-03-03T00:00:00.001-07:00

Hello and Happy Wednesday!

This week for the Truly Scrumptious Challenge #27, we have a yummy sketch, by the talented Dawn and the added challenge of "good enough to eat!"

Easy peasy! I LOVE adding cupcakes and cakes to my cards!

First here is the sketch for this challenge:

I used one of my old time faves-Giggling Tilda. You can get her from Magnolia-licious.

The paper and ric rac are brand new My Mind's Eye-Quite Contrary. Yummy!

The pearl flourishes are Basic Grey

Half back pearls and crochet flowers are CTMH

The cake plate, cupcake and sentiment are Darcie stamps. So yummy and fun!

I first stamped Tilda, and then I made a mask of her and then stamped the cake plate over part of Tilda {with the mask firmly in place with repositional tombow adhesive}

Then I used the out of the box technique with my nesties so Tilda's sweet head can pop up above the frame.

I also airbrushed the backgrounds. So fun!

Make sure you pop on over to the Truly Scrumptious blog to see what the other designer's created!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Nicole M Bailey

Destress With Some Distressing

2010-02-28T00:30:00.000-07:00

Hello and Happy Stamping!

I am hosting this week's Dottie's World and I have asked for some distressing on your card, along with a charmed download of course. :o)

For this card I used Holly In The Garden and you can get it HERE

I colored Holly in with my copics.

The paper is brand new My Mind's Eye from the Quite Contrary Collection-Mary Mary and so is the LUSH ribbon. I am loving this new collection from MME....it's so yummy! Especially the new line of ribbons-sooooo yummy and lush!

For my distressing I used my Close To My Heart Edge Distresser

It's super affordable and so effective.

Everything is pretty much the same as usual...:oP

Have a Fabby Sunday-make sure you take some time for yourself !

And check out the Dottie's World blog to see what all the other designer's came up with for this week's "Distressed Out" challenge!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nicole M Bailey

You're too kind

2010-02-26T12:26:00.003-07:00

Hello and Happy Stamping!

I actually squeezed in a card midweek this week! Crazy! The last few months I've been barely getting my design team work done.....it's nice to be able to find a few extra hours to make an extra card.

Anyways, I started making this card for some design work due next week...but I kept tweeking the sketch until I finally ended up with a card that was a little too far from the original sketch.

Love this Tilda image! I got it from the Magnolia-licious site HERE...it really is the best place to get these adorable images! I colored Tilda in with my copics.

The cupcake is from a set I purchased from my LSS-with my 35% off coupon...gotta LOVE those! The set is called Big Cake Set and it is A Darcies Stamp set....check them out HERE

I colored in the cupcake with Copics and then I added some chunky doodlebug sugar coating to it-yummy!

The paper is We R Memory Keepers-Twirl

The sentiment is SU! And if you are from Canada you can get it HERE. Shelly is a good friend of mine that I've know for a couple of decades and she is a SU! demonstrator.

I made a mask for Tilda and then airbrushed the background.

The nestie shape is BRAND NEW...and I love it! It's called the Big Scalloped Square-I have both the small and large size sets. The new 2010 spring spellbinders are so awesome-can't wait to save up my $ and get some more!

The flowers are prima and the brads are basic grey.

I found some new bling flourishes at Michael's Craft store-they are a bit cheaper than the prima brand. They are Michael's brand-Recollections. The flourishes are actually perfect for cards because the swirls are smaller-very easy to cut up. I also was able to use a coupon on them-I think it was 30% off my entire purchase so they were less than a 1.50 each! Yummy!

Thanks for stopping by today...have a nice day!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-It's a Small Thing

2010-02-21T00:30:00.000-07:00

Hello and Happy Sunday. :o)

I worked really hard this weekend trying to get ahead on all my design work. aaahhhhh feels good to get ahead for once!

This week Lou set the challenge over at Dottie's World...

here is what she asked for:

"Hello Folks, Louise here,

This week I want you to think small, I'd like you to use your Charmed download on a project that is smaller than that which you would normally make.
I won't give any specific dimensions,just think dinky (small :)).......This should be fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I'll look forward to seeing what you come up with xxxx"

Okay so I tried to go really really really small but it was hard to use my copics on super small images. So I made my card 4x4...which is a lot smaller than my normal 6x6. :o) I hope that works Lou!

The Charmed Download image I used is from the Sugar & Spice collection and you can get it HERE.

I opened the image in Photoshop and then I cropped it (without saving) around the flower part of the image. Then I printed it and used my sizzix/nesties to cut it out in a circle shape.

I also made a mask and then airbrushed a sky background with my airbrush system....LOVE LOVE LOVE my airbrush system!

The paper is October Afternoon-Farm Fresh. I picked it up yesterday at my LSS-they are clearing out a bunch of their paper to make room for new stuff. I got some great deals on paper!

The flower is prima and so is the bling flourish.

The brads are Basic Grey

I made the sentiment on my computer with the font :"Baby Bowser". I printed it off onto vellum paper.

I think that's about it for now-thanks for stopping by. Make sure you head over to the Dottie's World Challenge blog to see what my fellow designer's came up with for this challenge.

Bye for now,

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Hearts

2010-02-18T17:04:00.004-07:00

Hello and Happy Thursday!

Well, I'm several days late posting this card. I hate that I've been late with a few challenges lately. Life has been extremely hectic lately...and unfortunately anything that has anything to do with {{me}} comes second/third/fourth/fifith.....

cry, cry sniffle sniffle.

Anyways, Gunn, my bloggin/designer friend is hosting this week's DW challenge and she wants us to add hearts to our card, and add some doodling; along with a charmed download.

It's late...but it's completed!

I made this card for my 14 year old daughter who is returning home this evening from a four day school trip...her first time away from home. I can't wait to see her at the airport tonight!!!

I used Holly on the High Street and you can get her HERE

I colored her in with my copics.

I used Basic Grey-Sugar Rush paper-LOTS of hearts on there!!

The cut outs and brads are also BG-Sugar Rush

Paper flowers and bling are prima

The sentiment is from the $1.50 bin at Michael's....gotta love those!

For the doodling part...the paper had LOTS of doodling on it so I hope that counts-I'm so terrible at free handing-I didn't want to mess up my card. :o}

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you check out the other designer's cards HERE for inspiration!

Bye for now,

Nicole M Bailey

Happy Birthday Truly Scrumptious!

2010-02-17T00:30:00.002-07:00

Happy Wednesday and Happy Birthday Truly Scrumptious!

Can you believe it's been a whole year already! It's been so fun and so rewarding being a designer for Truly Scrumptious. :o)

The Truly Scrumptious challenge # 26 is to make a Birthday card and also use the sketch that Sharon created. Here it is:

Isn't it just so fabby?

I made this cute bday card for my niece who turns 7 on March 27th.

So I used one of my favorite images form the Magnolia Winter 2009 kit.

I colored her in with my copics.

I also used a Hero Arts cupcake stamp and a MFT sentiment stamp. I stamped the cupcake twice and then cut out the second heart and pop dotted it onto the first one. I also added some doodlebug sugar coating chunky style-LOVE that stuff!

Brads and paper are Basic Grey-Sugar Rush, bling is prima.

The ribbon is from The Truly Scrumptious Crafts store-HERE.

Well, thanks for stopping by today....make sure you check out the Truly Scrumptious blog-HERE to see what the other designer's came up with!

By for now,

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Be My Valentine

2010-02-07T00:30:00.001-07:00

Hello and Happy Sunday!

This week I'm hosting the Dottie's World Challenge. I decided to do something fun for the upcoming holiday...Valentine's Day!

I want to see Valentine Day cards, along with a charmed download of course. :o)

I used this sweet image from the Dottie's Love and Marriage Collection, you can get it HERE.

I colored the image in with copic.

I also used my airbrush system for the background.

Paper is Basic Grey-Sugar Rush, so are the buttons, brads and die cuts.

The "Be Mine" sentiment is CTMH-stamped in Tulip.

I also added a bit of Prima Bling.

Make sure you head on over to the Dottie's World Challenge blog to see what the other designer's came up with.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabby Sunday!

Nicole M Bailey

TRuly Scrumptious Challenge #25-Buttons and Ribbons!

2010-02-03T17:25:00.003-07:00

Hello and Happy Wednesday!

This week for the Truly Scrumptious Challenge blog we have a fabby sketch and an extra challenge of adding buttons and ribbons to your card.

Sharon the owner of the Truly Scrumptious Challenge blog also has her own online embellishment store. It's called Truly Scrumptious Crafts and you can check it out HERE.

Her store is sponsoring this week's challenge...so the winner of this challenge will win a button and ribbon kit....so super cute!

Sharon was so generous to give all of the design team members free ribbon and botton kits to use on this week's challenge!

I received the Spring Kit.

Pictured here:

Lots of fun stuff to play with!

Here is the sketch for this week's challenge:

Isn't is fabby?

Okay so on to my card. ;o)

I used some old paper-from the DCWV-Nana's Nursery stack.

The adorable image is Whipper Snapper and you can find it HERE.

I colored in the image with my copics.

The heart charm/buttons and ribbon are all from The Truly Scrumptious Crafts

The Congratulations sentiment is CTMH-stamped in Sweet Leaf ink

I also did machine stitching....I'm a tad bit rusty-haven't used my darn sewing machine in a while...but I do still love the look of machine stitching on cards.

Thanks for stopping by.

Make sure you check out the Truly Scrumptious Challenge blog to see what the other designers came up with and please check out The Truly Scrumptious Craft store-Sharon is such a sweet heart and she is dedicated to customer service and good quality products!

Bye for now,

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-I can See Clearly now!

2010-01-31T00:30:00.002-07:00

Hello and Happy Sunday!

This week the Dottie's World Challenge is hosted by the very sweet and talented Adele & she wants us to SEE CLEARLY :o)

She wants us to use some type of acetate on our cards.

I have a whole box of unused overhead projector pages that I used to use for work...you know-before .........Power Point!

Anyways, I dug them out of the back of my storage closet and was happy to put them to use once again!

I stamped some swirls (Magnolia background stamp)-with my SU! white stazon ink. Wow-when you get that pad inked up well-it works perfect! And it dries super fast!

And if you make a mistake you can clean off your acetate with some stazon cleaner. :o)

I had to make a card for an associate who just had a baby girl.....about 6 months ago. :oP.

Yeah I'm super late but she lives in Vancouver so I don't get to see her much.

I used one of Dottie's images form the Love and Marriage collection-you can get it HERE.

I colored in the sweet pea with my copics.

The sparkle brads are SU!

Paper is BoBUnny Love Bandit...love this new paper collection but I've been having trouble matching up my copic colors to it. :o(

The "congrats" sentiment is MFT

The "it's a girl" sentiment is CTMH....both stamped in CTMH Tulip ink

The name plate is CTMH

The ribbon is from Michael's Craft Store.

I think that's about it.

Make sure you check out the DW blog HERE to see what the other designer's came up with.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabby Sunday!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Leaf It!

2010-01-24T00:30:00.000-07:00

Hello and Happy Sunday!

It has been one crazy week...I just can't believe it is already Sunday..AGAIN!

Well it's another Dottie's World Challenge.

This week Lou is hosting and this is what she wants:

"Are you all tired of seeing cold bare trees? I sure am so this week I want you all to encourage spring to come early! I want to see leaves on your creations. They could be paper ones, fabric ones stamped or even real ones! The only other rule is that you use a Charmed download :) You have until next sunday to make your beautiful creations and leave us a link."

So I decided to make a card using one of my favorite Charmed Download Characters-Holly...well I'll take Holly or Madison any day! :o) They are both so sassy!

You can get Holly Hipster HERE

The paper is Basic Grey-Sugar Rush, so are the red brads.

The cut outs are also Basic Grey-Sugar Rush....gotta love those cardstock stickers that come in the Basic Grey paper kits! I used 6 different stickers on this card. So helpful when you are in a rush-and can't spend a lot of time stamping/cutting images out.

I think that's about it....make sure you check out Dottie's World Challenge Blog HERE to see what all the other designer's came up with!

Thanks for stopping by!

Nicole M Bailey

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #24-All Sewn up!

2010-01-20T00:30:00.000-07:00

Hello and Happy Wednesday!

So today's card is for this week's Truly Scrumptious challenge.

Sharon was so sweet to use the sketch I made for the challenge-plus she wants us to add some stitching.

Well, of course I encountered some technical difficulties with my stubborn 35 year old singer sewing machine....so I had to settle for faux stitching instead. Luckily Close To My Heart has an awesome "stitches" stamp set, that I totally LOVE!

Both images I used are Magnolia, and I got them from Magnolia-lici0us! The absolutely BEST place to get Magnolia stamps. Diana, the owner is so sweet and she really does offer the BEST service. A lot of other stamp companies cater to the design team...but Diane really makes her customers the focus. :o)

I colored in Giggling Tilda and the Kitchen Bench with my copics and then air brushed the background. I pop dotted the bench and Tilda.

The paper is BoBunny-Kitchen Spice and so are the buttons are flowers.

The bling is prima

The brads are CTMH

The sentiment is MFT, stamped is CTMH Cocoa ink

My faux stitching is below the sentiment; stamped in cocoa ink as well.

Oh and here is the sketch for the challenge:

Make sure you check out the other designer's cards HERE, and have a fabby day!

Dottie's World Challenge-Monochromatic

2010-01-17T00:30:00.000-07:00

Hello & Happy Sunday. :o)

Another Sunday, another challenge at DW!

Gunn is the host the week, and she wants monochromatic-white.

Here is what she wanted:

It is my turn to deceide this week, and I tried to make an easy challenge this time. I want monochromatic and the color to use is WHITE - you can use from the lightest white to ivory and cream.And for a special extraI want you to use a small touch of the lightest brown. Your charmed ones is allowed to have skin and hair colors. A Charmed Download is a must, so don`t forget that one. Have fun with this one.

Gunn:-)

Gunn is just the sweetest-I just love playing along with her every week at DW. :o)

OKay so for my card I decided to use an older Charmed Download from the Holly & Madison collection, called Holly Pamper Time; and you can get it HERE. I plan to give this card with a gift card for a mani/pedi.

I colored Holly in with my copics.

The white and vanilla cardstock is CTMH and the beige patterned paper is BoBunny.

The paper flowers & bling are prima

Buttons are CTMH & SU!

The ribbon is from Michael's Craft Store

Brads are CTMH

I made the sentiment on my mac-geesh simpler than stamping. :o)

Well thanks for stopping by today and make sure you check out the DW challenge blog to see what the other designer's came up with!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Sketch Challenge

2010-01-10T00:30:00.001-07:00

Hello and Happy Sunday. :o)

This week I am hosting the Dottie's World Challenge, and I decided to do a sketch. :o)

Here is the sketch:

I was so excited when I finally figured out how to make a sketch on my mac.

It's a super easy sketch-a nice way to start the year!

I made this card for my mom and dad for their 42nd wedding anniversary on the 27th of the month....{whoops.... close your eyes mom! ...yup my mommy subscribes to my blog. :o)}

I used Dottie and Hubby from the Love and Marriage collection-you can get it HERE.

My dad wears glasses so I free handed a pair with my copic multiliner pen. An essential tool when working with copics. You can't use a normal marker when working with copics-you could get bleeding and you can't use a copic marker because it will blend in with your image. You need a marker that is water & copic proof. {when adding liner details to your images}

I colored in the image with my copics.

The paper is BoBunny-Flutter Butter and so are the buttons

The paper flowers are Bazzill

The crochet flowers and ribbon are CTMH

The sentiment is Kraftin' Kimmie's stamped in CTMH-cocoa

I also did a bit of distressing to help blend all the different patterned papers together-I used a dauber and desert sand CTMH ink.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will join us over at Dottie's World for this week's challenge. :o)

Nicole M Bailey

No Tilda-Just her Kitty and a couple of friends

2010-01-08T12:34:00.004-07:00

Hello and Happy Friday....wow was that a short week! The kids went back to school yesterday so it made this week fly by.

I made today's card for a childhood friend. A friend whose birth date I swear I will never forgot. She helped me get through the rough early adolescent years. Her name was Lisa-but she later changed her name to Liz-she'll always be Lisa to me.

Anyways, I used a few magnolia images. The birds and cat are Tilda's friends. :o) I love these little images-they are so adorable-I usually use them all together.

The flowers and pots are brand new from Close To My Heart.

The sentiment is MFT

Images are colored in with copics and I also used a bit of stickles here and there

The paper is Basic Grey-Sugar Rush. My new favorite this season. Buttons and brads are also from the same collection.

The ribbon is from my stash.

I also want to share with you a brand new "gadget" I found at Michael's during the boxing week sale. It's called the Mini Bowdabra. I was getting tired of my signature ribbon "knots" and wanted to try something different-but I suck at free hand bows. Then I found this little "machine". I got it with my 50% off coupon-so it was well under $10. It makes the cutest little bows, and it's so easy to use! I just love it and can't wait to make more cute bows with it!

Anyways, thanks for stopping by today.

See you in a couple days for the Dottie's Challenge-I'm hosting this week. I created my first ever sketch!

Nicole M Bailey

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #23

2010-01-06T00:30:00.001-07:00

Happy New!

Today is the first TS for the year 2010.

We have a fabby sketch to follow and a color combo.

Here is the fabby sketch by our very talented Mina:

The color combo, which is not mandatory is Pink/green/black.

I got this new fabby Basic Grey paper-Sugar Rush. That has a dark grey, pink and green in it. Sure it has a few other colors but I figured it still counted. :o}

I really need to invest in a new, better camera. This picture doesn't do this card the justoce it deserves. I LOVE tis card. It's so vibrate and pretty.

I made it for my niece who is turning 15. I originally was going to make a "teen" card but I just couldn't resist this Mo's image.

I colored in the image with my copics-of course. :o}

The paper, buttons, brads and paper embellishments are basic grey-Sugar Rush.

The sentiment is CTMH.

Well thanks for stopping by today.

Make sure you stop by the Truly Scrumptious blog to see what the other designer's came up with.

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Bring in the Old Bring in the New!

2010-01-03T00:30:00.002-07:00

Hello and Happy Sunday! :o}

It's that time again...another challenge at Dottie's World.

This week Adele wants us to "bring out the old and bring in the new"

This is what she asked:

"As we have entered a New Year I would like you to look back at your "Crafts of the Past" dig out something from your stash, blow off the dust and put it to use with a new item that you have recently bought or been given as a pressie! As long as you use a Charmed Download, the rest is up to you."

So I had to make a card for my brother inlaw Terry for his 45th birthday, and I thought that this Charmed Download image form the Mikey collection, that you can get HERE; would be perfect.

I RARELY make guy cards....but I am really trying to keep up with all my bday cards this year so I had to make my brother inlaw a card. I like how it turned out. I tried to add a lot of personalized elements to it.

Terry is a HUGE Nebraska Huskers fan so I added the "N" to Mikey's shirt.

I circled the 44 and 1 on the little die cut for 45.

and I also hand stamped his name on the little name plate.

Here are the complete details:

I colored the image in with my copics of course.

The paper is My Mind's Eye-Ooh La La for Him, the die cuts are also from the same collection

The sentiment "Happy Birthday" is Close To MY Heart-stamped in black

I stamped Terry with a Close To MY Heart "Hodge Poge" Alphabet stamp set. The buttons, brads and spiral clip are CTMH as well.

Now for the challenge-the spiral clip has been in my stash for years...I have a whole container of them and can't even think of the last time I used them.

The paper was my most recent purchase; it was in the clearance section of my Local Scrap Store-but it was MY most recent purchase. :o}

Thanks for stopping by, have a fabby Sunday-and make sure you put your feet up and relax-if your Christmas was anything like mine-you NEED it. ;o)

Nicole M Bailey

Another Birthday Card

2009-12-30T13:44:00.003-07:00

Hello. :o)

Yes I have been in my scraproom again......aaahhhhh Heaven. :o}

I really want to keep up with Birthday's and Thank you cards this year.

So I made this card for my MotherInlaw for her birthday on Jan 21st. My New Year's resolution is to mail out the cards I make! I'm not sure if I'm the only one-but I have about 75 completed cards just sitting here in a basket collecting dust!

Anyways...:o)

Here are the complete details for my card today.

The image is Clara from Kraftin Kimmie's Stamps and you can get it HERE.

I colored her in with my copics.

I also got a new air compressor bc my old one that I got for my bday was causing me some grief....sometimes ebay purchases aren't worth the money saved. :o(

My new compressor is the Winstorm and I got it at my LSS-they let me use a 30% off coupon so the price was really good....plus no shipping or duty!

This what it looks like-it's so small and it works awesome!

Anyways, I'm still getting used to it so my air brushing needs a bit of work.

The paper is brand new from BoBunny-Flutter Butter. LOVE the colors!

Buttons are also from the same BoBUnny collection. I'm such a sucker for matching accessories.

The sentiment is from Close To My Heart, stamped in cocoa

Bling is Prima

Ribbon and brads are Close To My Heart

Thanks for stopping by today!

Nicole M Bailey

Happy Birthday

2009-12-29T15:06:00.003-07:00

Hello. :o)

I am so happy to be able to share with you another card this week.

I was busy cleaning my house the whole morning and then I snuck into my scraproom in the afternoon to work on a card...life is good-calm and peaceful.

I made this card for my Oma-she turns 90 on January 2nd.

I really wanted to make this card special...so I added lots of layers and lots of details.

Here are the complete details:

The Image is a brand new Tilda from the Winter 2009 collection. I just love her with her hands in her pockets!

The cake stamps in the background are BRAND new from CTMH....the stamp set is called: Piece of Cake and it's the February 2010 stamp of the month. It has six whimsical cakes and four sentiments....perfect for birthday's and celebrations.

Anyways,

I colored in all my images with copics. I also added some sparkle with clear spica pens here and there and stickles.

The paper is Basic Grey-Nook & Pantry

Flowers and bling are Prima

Buttons are a mix of SU! and CTMH

Ribbon is also SU!

The pearls are CTMH

The sentiment is stamped in Cocoa and is MFT

I also used a Martha Stewart border punch and a few different nesties.

The dot embossing is made using the cuttlebug swiss dots folder....love that thing!

Thanks for stopping by-have a fabby....geesh-what day is it?

Monday ....no it's already Tuesday!

Cheers!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-It's A Girl Thing!

2009-12-27T07:16:00.004-07:00

Well, I'm a tad bit late getting my DW card posted.....geesh Christmas prep. is like a mini wedding! I've been struggling all month long trying to keep up...and failing miserably! :o)

Hopefully now I can get caught up and stay that way.

This week Lou is hosting the DW challenge.

She wants us to make a girl card.

So of course I used one of the brand new Charmed Images from the Sugar and Spice collection-you can get it HERE

The paper I used is Imaginisce Twitter Patter

The buttons are Basic Grey-Nook & Pantry

The wide white gross grain ribbon is CTMH

I think that's about it for the card

I also wanted to show you the fabby cake I made for my Christmas dinner-I host Christmas dinner every year. :o)

The cake I made was a coconut cake and let me tell you, it was ridiculous!!

I used two cake mixes-yes it really was as huge as it looks in the picture.

For each cake mix I added 4 eggs, 1 cup oil, 1 cup sour cream, 4 ounces sweetened coconut, 1 teaspoon vanilla and one box of vanilla flavored jello....yup each sliver of a piece was about 5000 calories!

I made two batches of butter icing, and then used my BIG pastry tip to decorate the sides. I also sprinkled tons of coconut on top.

In between the layers I added Raspberry Spread-my favorite. :o}

The little hollies and poinsettias were premade-Martha Stewart

I trust you had a brilliant Christmas, thanks for stopping by today.

Cheers, Peace and Goodwill to all!

Nicole M Bailey

December Challenge-Stocking

2009-12-20T08:02:00.002-07:00

Hello and Happy Sunday. :o)

Another Sunday and another fun challenge over at Dottie's World!

Gunn is the hostess this week and she has asked us to include a STOCKING on our card this week. Well I was a tad bit stumped and then I found a sheet of fabby Christmas paper that I had bought a couple of weeks ago...that just happened to have Christmas stockings on it. Perfect! But I was having trouble incorporating the whole sheet so I decided to just punch out one of the stockings and add it. :o}

Here are the rest of the details:

All of the Paper is Imaginisce: Polar Expressions Collection

The image is a Charmed Download, of course, from the brand new released collection called "Sugar & Spice" and you can get it HERE.

I colored in the adorable image with my copics.

The paper flowers are Prima, the crochet flowers are CTMH, the buttons are BoBunny.

The brads are SU!

The sentiment is also a Charmed Download and you can get it for FREE!!!!!........HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today and make sure you go to the DW blog to see what all the other designer's came up with for this fabby challenge!

Nicole M Bailey

Three Snowflakes

2009-12-13T00:30:00.001-07:00

Hello and Happy Sunday. ;o)

Are you ready for Christmas? I am so behind-I almost feel like giving up this year! lol But I am hoping to get the tree trimmed and my cards done and posted by early this week...:o)

This week I am hosting the Dottie's World Challenge. I really wanted to do a sketch but I still haven't figured out how to do one on my mac...So I decided to do a simple challenge this week-Just add THREE snowflakes to your card, along with a Charmed Download.

I used one of my all time favorite Charmed Downloads-Madison In The Mountains; from the World Tour Collection. You can get it HERE.

I colored her in with my copics; and I also airbrushed the background.

Paper is BoBunny and so are the buttons and sparkles.

The ribbon is CTMH

The metal snowflakes are from my LSS.

The paper flowers are Prima-I also stickled them a bit too to give them a Christmas feel.

The sentiment is a brand new not yet released Close To My Heart stamp from the "A Little Everything" set

I think that's everything.

Thanks for stopping by and have a good day,

Nicole M Bailey

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #22

2009-12-09T00:30:00.000-07:00

Hello and Happy Wednesday. :o)

It's another Truly Scrumptious Challenge-the last one for the year 2009.....yikes. Is time flying by or is it just me?

For the TS Challenge #22 we have another fabby sketch of course.

Here it is:

The added challenge is to use vellum as well. I haven't used vellum in a long time. But it gave me a chance to play with a white stazon ink pad that my stampin' buddy Shelly gave me for my bday. Thanks Shell ;O). I stamped white snowflakes onto the vellum-it turned out great.

Here are the rest of the details for today's card:

Paper is CTMH-Aspen

The image is a new Tilda from the Jolly 2009 collection. I colored her in with my copics and I also used spica clear and gold pens-love that soft sparkle you can create with those.

The paper flowers and bling are prima. The sentiment is CTMH-stamped in Twilight.

Thanks for stopping by today and make sure you check out the Truly Scrumptious site to see what the other designers came up with-and enter the challenge! This week's prize is hosted by Whimsy Stamps. :o)

Nicole M Bailey

You're a star!

2009-12-06T00:30:00.000-07:00

Hello and Happy Sunday. :o)

This week's Dottie's World challenge is hosted by Adele, and she wants us to add a star or two or three to our cards-and of course add a Charmed Download.

So when I first read this challenge-the first thing that popped into my head was the Star of Bethlehem....perfect for the season. I knew I had to use this super cute Charmed Download-called Nativity from the Bumper Christmas Collection-get it HERE.

Of course I colored in my image with my copics and added some Frosted Lace stickles to the ground for snow-before the stickles dried I also added some DoodleBug sugar coating-lilly white glitter-it's a tad bit "chunkier" than the other dust so it gives it a nicer snow look.

I also used my glue pen on a CTMH chipboard star, and then dumped a ton of yellow doodlebug sugar coating on it-nice and sparkly.

I used Basic Grey-Eskimo Kisses paper and some prima bling flourishes, SU! sparkle brads, and CTMH heavenly blue ribbon.

The sentiment is Kraftin Kimmie's from her new Holiday Sentiment collection.

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Nicole M Bailey

Boy Oh Boy!

2009-12-05T00:30:00.002-07:00

Hello. ;o)

Here is my DT card for this week's Dottie World "Boy Oh Boy" challenge. Lou from DW designed another adorable collection of digi-stamps called "Boy Oh Boy" and wanted us to use them this week.

I decided to use this adorable little boy doing a cartwheel. I printed him on Magna CS with my Canon pixma printer-and then colored him in with my copics.

I made this card for my little nephew who is turning 6 this month. He's such an active little guy so as soon as I saw this image I knew I had to use it. Ashton has really dark hair-so I went in and used warm grey 01/03/06 .

The paper is discontinued K&Company.

The sentiments are from a brand new not yet released Close To My Heart stamp set.

Make sure you stop over at DW to see what the other designer's came up with. :o)

I also used this fabby friday sketcher's sketch #7. I have sooooo many sketches sitting on my mac desktop that I keep meaning to use.....so this sketch is a few weeks old-but still so very fabby. ;o)

Happy A Fabby Saturday!

Nicole M Bailey

MIA?....not quite-but here is my TS Challenge #21

2009-12-04T14:23:00.003-07:00

Hello. ;o)

Long time no post. I've been semi-missing in action.

a couple of weeks ago my hubby surprised me with a fabby shopping trip in Chicago-my new favorite US city. And then upon our return, he asked me to help him set up an HR dept. for our small manufacturing company. Or should I say...become the HR department...lol anyways, I've been working hard helping him out.

I missed a couple of my DT challenges...which makes me sooooo sad. So I promised myself that I would get the cards done-even if they were late. So here is the card I made for the TS challenge #21. I especially wanted to complete this card bc I LOVE the sketch. If you don't already do TS challenges-you should stop by and check it out! We have the BEST sponsors who always offer the cutest stamps/digi's to the winner of the challenge!

Debbie-our GD made the fabby sketch and asked us to add a bling flourish.....:o)))

Here is the fabby sketch:

Here are the complete details for my card:

The paper is My Mind's Eye-Bloom and Grow

The image is Magnolia and colored in with copics. I also used a clear spica copic pen on Tilda's hair for a bit of soft luster. You can't see it in the photo but it looks really pretty on the card.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabby Friday. ;o)

-Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge

2009-11-22T00:16:00.000-07:00

Hello and Happy Sunday!

It's another challenge day at DW today and The exceptional Gunn is hosting this week.....and did she dream up a challenge!!!

Here is what she wants:

"When I say gingerbreadhouse I mean: lets be inspired by them. They have this beautiful warm brown color, and the embellishment are so full of colores. And ofcours I get reminded of the fact that Christmas is coming up.
So think about the colors and the embellishments or even the shape of gingerbreadhouses and use some of it on a card or a box. And ofcourse there has to be a Charmed downloads on the project."

Okay so I LOVE gingerbread anything....:o}, but this was tough!

I decided to go with the whole "gingerbread house decorating thing..." Lots of yummy embellishments and yummy papers....and a Holiday themed Charmed Download.

Works for me!

The Charmed Image I used is from the Dottie Bumper Christmas Collection and you can get it HERE

Of course Dottie and her snowman friend are colored with copics

The paper is Eskimo Kisses by My Mind's Eye

I wanted to show you two different stickles I used on this card. The Snow is Frosted Lace stickles.....it dries with a rough surface and very little sparkle...perfect for snow. :o)

I used my favorite stickle color-Star Dust on the Snowman and Dotties' buttons. Star Dust has a pearl essence color to it and will pick up any color beneath it. So color with your copics first and then add a dot or two and voila!

Thanks for stopping by today...make sure you check out Dotties World to see what the other designer's came up with for this challenge.

Nicole M Bailey

True Friend Recipe

2009-11-19T00:30:00.002-07:00

Hello and Happy Thursday!

I really love this card...it took me forever to make! :o}

There are so many different elements/layers to it.

The paper is BoBunny-Kitchen Spice, and so are the buttons and brads

The image is a Tilda, colored in with my copics.

Bling is prima

I also used a couple of border punches....one is MS and the other is SU! Geesh that SU! scallop border punch is such an essential tool...love it!

The sentiment "recipe", and rolling pin that Tilda is sitting on are also magnolia stamps along with the frame stamp...the True Friend sentiment is Close To My Heart.

The white "scalloped" ribbon was Making Memories from a few years ago-I was glad to finally put it to good use!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a fabby Thursday!

-Nicole M Bailey

A Special Note

2009-11-17T00:30:00.002-07:00

Hello and happy Tuesday!

Todays card was a card that I submitted for a design team call...of which I didn't get... :o}

But I still love this card and was happy when I was "allowed" to finally post it.

I also LOVE using my new light box that my friend Crissy made me. :o} I love how professional my pictures look.

The paper I used is Urban Prairie by Basic Grey, the image is Tilda of course, colored in with copics. Buttons are SU! Flowers are bazzill and bling is Prima.

Ribbon is from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Red, Black & White!

2009-11-15T00:30:00.001-07:00

Hello and Happy Sunday!

It's my turn to host the Dottie's World Challenge this week and I decided to do another color challenge. Red, Black & White. I love these colors together...you can go really elegant with them or you ca also do a real country theme. I decided to do a more elegant thing....perfect for a congratulations card.

I'm sending this to a friend...she doesn't know yet-it's a surprise. ;o)

Anyways, here are the details for my card:

Black and White patterned paper is from Making Memories.

The red cardstock is Close To My Heart-Tulip.

The image is a Charmed Download of course called Madison Goes To The Ball; and can be found HERE.

I colored it in with my copics and added some stickles to the champagne glass.

The present image is a stamp from MFT and the sentiment is also MFT

The buttons are SU!

White paper flowers are Bazzill

The ribbon, brads and black hemp is Close To My Heart

I also used a MS border punch and my curvy rectangle nesties.
Well, thanks a lot for stopping by and have a fabby Sunday!

Make sure you check out the DW challenge blog so you can see what the other designers came up with.

-Nicole M Bailey

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #20-Sketch & Texture

2009-11-11T08:18:00.003-07:00

It is also Remembrance Day here in Canada...a time to remember all of those who fought for

our freedom, and protection. Please take a moment today to think about all of the courageous soldiers, who helped make Canada the country it is today.

It is Wednesday today and another Truly Scrumptious challenge.

This week's challenge is a sketch by the awesome and so very sweet Dawn.

Here is her sketch:

Sharon has asked that we also add some texture to our cards.

I hate to be a whiner but I had a very hard time photographing this card. :o} Even with my new light box...the colors in the card were causing me a lot of grief!

The card in real life is very pretty, the colors in the paper are very vibrant.

Anyways,

here are the details:

Paper is Basic Grey-Indian Summer

I used a new Martha Stewart border punch-love her new releases!!

I also used rectangle and circle nesties

The sentiment is CTMH-stamped in chocolate and tulip

The brads are CTMH

The fiber, called Sassy Strands is also CTMH

Thanks for looking and make sure you check out the TS blog so you can see what all the other designer's came up with!

-Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Around The World

2009-11-07T23:44:00.004-07:00

Hello and Happy Sunday!

This week's Dottie World challenge is called "Around The World" Gunn wants us to incorporate something "foreign" into our card.....hmhmhmhmh

So I decided last minute to do an Asian theme card. But I didn't want to do the typical red Asian card.

I found this super cute BoBunny paper that has a it of a modern asian theme.

Of course I used a Charmed Download, Madison in China, from the Holly and Madison The World Tour.... you can get it HERE.

I printed the download onto my favorite cardstock for downloads...Manga From the Bee Company, and then colored in with my copics.

I also airbrushed the background.

The sentiment is Close To My Heart, stamped in Cocoa. The ribbon is also CTMH.

Sorry for the quickie post...I barely made the deadline for this card...I was helping my daughter with her science project...We made a model of a neon molecule...protons/neutrons and electrons.....lots of fun!

Good thing my friend Crissy came by today and helped me...I mean made me a light box! She is a photographer. I had to photograph this card at 12:00am....and never would have gotten the picture without a light box! Thanks Crissy!!

Have a super day and make sure you check out DW so you can see what the other designers came up with!

Nicole M Bailey

Sending Smiles :o)

2009-11-06T10:57:00.005-07:00

Hello and Happy Friday. ;o)

My whole crew is home today...professional day for the teachers....:o) I love having all my kids home with me.

I made this fabby card for Kimmie's Guest DT call. I worked really hard on it and was having a hard time finishing it!

Anyways, I'm sooooo happy with it! I just love everything about it!

Here are the details:

The image I used is Charlotte and you can get her HERE.

I colored her in with my copics of course. Coloring with red copics can be challenge so I used the technique that I call tip to tip. I added #39 to directly to the tip of my blender pen. That way you have more control over how much red you are adding to your image.

I also added some stickles here and there.

The cupcake is a Kimmie stamps and you can get it HERE.The image is an accessory stamp that comes with Francesca.

The sentiment "sending smiles" is also one of Kimmie's stamps and you can get it HERE

The "U" is an alphabet stamp form Close To My Heart. I stamped it in CTMH Tulip ink
The bling flourishes are Prima....LOVE them so much!

The ribbon is CTMH

I also used a brand new Martha Stewart border punch-Double Loop. :o)

And curvy square /blossom and circle nesties

I used the "out of box" technique for Charlotte's crazy hair....I LOVE how that turned out!

Paper is My Mind's Eye-Oh La La

I also masked off Charlotte and airbrushed the background with my copics.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabby friday!

Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge #4-Tags

2009-11-02T09:00:00.000-07:00

Hello and Happy Monday! Monday's are actually my favorite day of the week. It's a fresh start and a chance to get caught up.

I made todays card for Kraftin' Kimmie's 4th challenge. I love Kimmie's new stamp line. She's Canadian too which is so awesome! I wish her all the best with her new company!

Anyways, Kim wants us to make a card and include a tag...easy peasy!

I actually started this card last week for Kraftin Kimmie's 3rd challenge-use fall colors....but I

was not able to complete it in time so I added a tag to it so it worked for this week!

The adorable image can be found Here . This sweet deer is called Dorothy. :o) I colored her in with my copics...of course! I airbrushed the sky background...it's very subtle. I also used the "out of box" technique so Dorothy's party blower wouldn't get chopped off when I nestied her! :o) The cupcake image is from a stamp set that I can't remember the name of. I added doodlebug sugar coating and stickles to make it yummy!

I made the tag with one of my older sizzlits. The sentiment is also one of Kimmie's and can be found here. I stamped it in CTMH-Sorbet. And I distressed the tag with chocolate ink.

The ribbon is from walmart.

The paper is CTMH-Twitterpated. The felt leaves/chipboard buttons and copper brads are also Close To My Heart.

Thank you for stopping by today and having a fun, stamp filled day!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Feathers

2009-11-01T00:30:00.000-06:00

Hello and Happy Sunday. :o)

Is it just me or has this been a brutal flu season so far?

The stomach bug flew through our house twice and now the seasonal flu/H1N1 (who knows which one for sure??) is making it's way through our house now....and it's only October 31st! Geesh. I'm tired of being sick and taking care of the sick! Hopefully this is the last nasty bug that sweeps through our house so we can reclaim our lives!

Anyways, on to the fun stuff...stamping and card making!

This week at Dotties World June wants us to add a feather or two to our cards. I actually had to go out and purchase a bag of feathers! My kids, to say the least, were THRILLED!
I used one of the most popular Charmed DownLoads from the Pixie Collection:Holly Pixie

I printed her on to my favorite card stock for downloads:The Artist Marker Pad from the Bee Paper Company. It never bleeds with my copics!

I also added LOTS of Doodlebug Sugar Coating and a tad bit of stickles here and there.

The chip board snowflake, the Enjoy The Season sentiment stamp, and the ribbon are all CTMH

The bling flourishes are Prima and the feather is from Michael's craft store.

I also used my round and ova nesties. The paper is Basic Grey-Eskimo Kisses, and I also used some Vineyard Berry CTMH cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by today...make sure you check out what the other designers came up with for this challenge: HERE and have a fabby Sunday.....make sure you take some time out for yourself and do some stampin'. :o)

TRuly Scrumptious Challenge #19-Sketch & Recipe

2009-10-28T00:30:00.001-06:00

Hello and welcome back to another Truly Scrumptious challenge! I missed last week and didn't want to miss another week so I got this card done several days ago. Felt good to get it done early.

The TS Challenge #19 is a sketch and recipe. Here is the fabby sketch:

Of course I tweaked it into a 6x6. :o)

The recipe is as follows:

3 flowers/3 rhinestones/3 brads

Easy Peasy!

I must tell you that I LOVE this card. I just love how it turned out...but it really didn't photograph very well...the picture really doesn't do it justice. Oh well. :o}

I used my absolutely favorite Holiday paper this year-Basic Grey:Eskimo Kisses. Even the name is down right adorable!

The image is Edwin and Tilda skating...I just love this image to pieces

I colored in the image with my copics

The sentiment stamp is Close To My Heart, I also added some stickles to the sentiment to make it pop a bit.

I used my rectangle nesties and my snowflake shapeabilites both by spellbinders. I airbrushed the snowflakes

I also added some Prima Bling flourishes

Now to explain how I used the recipe:

I used SU! Sparkle Brads-Rhinestones and Brads in one! :o)

I also decided to use snowflakes instead of flowers....cause snowflakes are like winter flowers right? hehe

Make sure you check out the TS challenge blog to see what the other designer's came up with; and have a fabby Wednesday!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Child's Play

2009-10-25T00:30:00.002-06:00

Hello and Happy Sunday! Another Sunday...another Dottie's World Challenge, ;o)

This week Lou wants us to make a card for a child. I decided to make a card for my daughter Emily for her 10th birthday..yes it was last month but things were so crazy I didn't get a chance to make her a card.

I used a Charmed Download of course-A Pixie Chick from the Pixie set #2-Rose Bud.
I snuck out of the house bright and early Saturday morning so I could make it to my LSS, they were having a huge 20% off your entire order today. Yummy! So I got the brand new Basic Grey-Nook and Pantry...love it! I used it on today's card and I must tell you it is some yummy!

Of course I also got the matching buttons-which I used on my card today as well...and some MORE Prima bling!

I was also able to get two new nestie sets that I used on today's card-Labels 8 and Shapeabilities-Flower Creations.

I love this new nestie label 8-it includes larger sizes-perfect for many of my people stamps.

The Flower Creations set is also awesome! I made these cool flowers with them today. I am just in LOVE with them!

Be sure to check out Dottie's World to see what all the other designer's came up with for this challenge! And have a relaxing day today...you deserve it!

-Nicole M Bailey

Warm Wishes

2009-10-22T00:30:00.000-06:00

Hello and Happy Thursday!

I created today's card using another one of Mo's Digi-images. Isn't this little guy adorable??

I colored him in with my copic markers and I also added some stickles here and there.

The paper I used is Close To My Heart-Aspen

The felt snowflakes are also Close To My Heart-I adhered them with a couple of dots of liquid glass. The ribbon is also CTMH, and the buttons are Making Memories.

The sentiment is CTMH from the Just For The Holidays stamp set.

Thanks for looking and have a fabby day!

Nicole M Bailey

Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge #2

2009-10-21T12:32:00.003-06:00

Hello and Happy Wednesday. :o) I'm so glad we are almost half way through the week-I am sooooo looking forward to the weekend. Not that we are doing anything special-but at least we can sleep in.

I made today's card with my brand new stamp Charlotte from Kraftin' Kimmie's new stamp collection. OMG! I just love this stamp. Miss Charlotte is so sweet holding her baby dolls and her HAIR is so much fun to color in!

Kimmie's challenge for this week is to use buttons.....HELLO? I LOVE adding buttons to my cards!

I colored in Miss Charlotte with my copics and added a bit of stickles here and there for interest. The paper is from BoBunny-Kitchen Spice-I promise to lay of this collection for a bit after today-I'm sure you all have seen enough of it. :o)

Anyways, I also used lots of Prima bling. I added CTMH sparkles to my scalloped border that I created using my SU! punch. I also used a Martha Stewart border punch and three different types of nesties. The buttons are BoBunny and the ribbon is CTMH.

I think that's pretty much it!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabby day!

-Nicole M Bailey

Mo's Digital Challenge #2

2009-10-20T00:30:00.001-06:00

Hello. :o) Happy Tuesday.

I created today's card for Mo's Digital Challenge #2.

The challenge is to use one of Mo's digital images...no challenge there! And also to use fall colors...no problem there....and the big challenge for me...to use less than three embellishments.....hmhmhmhmh now that's a challenge! I LOVE adding bling/flowers/brads...anything big and fancy to my cards!

But I actually like the way this card turned out-I only added ribbon. :o} Subtle but effective.
I colored in this adorable image with my copics and added some doodlebug sugar coating here and there for interest. The paper is from BoBunny-Kitchen Spice. :o}

Thanks for stopping by today and have a super day!

-Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Fall Inspiration!

2009-10-18T00:30:00.004-06:00

Hello and Happy Sunday...yes I have returned from the dead.....well thats what the last couple of weeks have felt like.....how can it be possible to get the stomach bug twice...yes the stomach bug is so evil that it decided to return for a repeat adventure in my house....where there lives five children! The stomach bug had a huge non-stop party in my house and almost killed me....

But I lived....and am here to share another hand made card.

Thank goodness for immune systems.

This week Gunn is hosting the Dottie's World Challenge and she wants us to make Fall cards...so you need to use fall colors for sure. She also added that the use of GOLD would be good too!

Well, I forgot all about the gold until my card was posted...so....anyways. :o}

For my card I used an image from the Holly & Madison Collection called: Madison So Chic

I printed the image off onto Artist Marker Pad paper-from the BEE company. It's a new paper I found at my local Artist store. It's light-110lbs.-perfect for cutting images out-and it does NOT bleed at all. But it doesn't work that great with stickles....but I do like it a lot because it has a very smooth surface-I haven't tried it for stamping yet.

This what it looks like:

The paper I used is BoBunny-Kitchen Spice. The fowers, buttons and brads are also from the same collection. The bling is from Walmart...yup walmart. ;o} The tab punch is SU! The sentiment "Celebrate" is CTMH-Fringed Phrases. The "Fall" is stamped with The CTMH Chocolate Alphabet. I made the tag with my cricut.

I also used one of my MS-border punches and curvy rectangle nestie.

I also airbrushed the background with my copic airbrush system and air compressor-have I mentioned how much I LOVE my air brush system??? :o}

Thank you for stopping by today and make sure you check out the Dottie's World Challenge blog so you can see what the other designer's came up with!

bye for now,

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Halloween-ish

2009-10-11T01:00:00.002-06:00

Hello and Happy Sunday. ;O)

If you are canadian you are probably getting ready to roast your turkey...because it is the thanksgiving weekend this weekend..oh I LOVE turkey!

It's also another great week at the Dottie's World Challenge blog this weekend...and I am the hostess this week.

{blushing...}

I decided to do the predictable and ask for Halloween themed cards. It doesn't have to be Halloween completely-you can just use Halloween colors if you are opposed to the Halloween thing. :o) But you must use a Charmed Downloadable.

Here are the complete details for my card:

I used the kneeling Cornflower Pixie Chick from the #2 collection, you can see it here

I colored her in with my copics...of course. I also added some doodlebug sugar coating in purple and green...LOVE that stuff-it's such a fine glitter-I use my glue pen to adhere it. I even added a touch of it to her eye lid for eye shadow.

I also made a mask of the image...by making two copies on my printer; one on Manga Cardstock and the other on paper :o) I cut out the paper image and then attached it with some temporary adhesive (tombow) over top of my cardstock image and then used my copic airbrush system to airbrush the background.

I printed my image first and then I used my nesties to cut out the curved square shape.

The paper is K&Company

Flowers are Prima

Filigrees & Brads are SU...thanks to my friend Shelly who is a SU! demonstrator!

Black ribbon is CTMH

Gingham ribbon is from walmart

That's about it!

Make sure you check out DW Challenge blog to see what all my talented co-designer's came up with.

and.........

WE are giving away TWO sets of the new Pixie Chicks CLEAR STAMPS! Many of you already have the digital stamps, well now you can get your mitts on them in every true sense of the word. To celebrate the launch of some of the designs in physical form we are giving some away TO YOU!!

Check HERE for all the details!

Thanks for stopping by!

Nicole M Bailey

Friday Sketchers #73

2009-10-10T13:27:00.003-06:00

I actually found some more time to stamp...well my house is really suffering but it's all worth it right?

I made tis card for this week's friday sketchers...I haven't completed one of those in a LOOOONG time!

Here is the sketch:

I recently purchased 250 6x6 envelopes so every card I make MUST be 6x6. :o) So I had to alter the sketch a tad.

Tilda is another image from my Fall Kit-isn't she just so sweet sitting there with her little necklace and high ponty tail?

Paper is BoBunny-Kitchen Spice...and so are the brads & brown sparkles

I made this flowers with my sizzix layered flower die.

The sentiment is Close To My Heart-Annotations

The bling is Prima

I also distressed everything with some CTMH Chocolate ink with my little dauber.

I added some distress stickles to Tilda's necklace and bracelet

Thank you for stopping by and have a fabby Saturday!

Nicole M Bailey

Seize The Cupcake!

2009-10-09T16:05:00.004-06:00

Hello and Happy Friday. ;o)

Things have been very busy around here....I've been working part time for my husband doing some book work and I took on homeschooling too this year for my three youngest. Then my mom went on holidays for two weeks and asked me to do her payroll while she is away....well, needless to say I was craving some "real" time alone in my scrap room!

As soon as I finished the work for my mom I snuck into my scraproom.... I hope to sneak in a few more cards this weekend.

Anywho....I LOVE this card and am so excited to share it with you.

The papers I used are BoBunny -Kitchen Spice. I LOVE this paper! The flowers, brads and buttons are also from the same collection....gotta have the matching embellies!

The Tilda stamp is from my fall kit-Yummy in my Tummy. You gotta love Tilda with her huge wooden spoon! I colored her in with my copics and I also airbrushed the background. I cut Tilda out and pop dotted her.

The sentiment and cupcake are....unknown...maybe hero arts. The sentiment is stamped on another Magnolia image from my fall kit.

I added some stickles here and there for extra sparkle

The ribbon is Close To My Heart and the bling is Prima.
I used the sketch from last week's Friday Sketchers.....I was a day too late to enter it but I still wanted to post it. Here is the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great stamp filled weekend!

-Nicole

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #17-Doodles

2009-09-30T00:30:00.003-06:00

Hello and Happy Wednesday!

Well, I've had a crazy last few days!

We have suffered a small dose of the flu here-well 3 of four of us anyways. So I was out of commission yesterday...but not to worry I had my TS #17 challenge all done and ready to post on Sunday...:o)

Until this morning when I realized I hadn't completed it right!! lol

Our sponsor for this week is the Sketching Stamper; and she very generously gave all of us designer's some brand new images to use on this challenge....:o) Well, to make a long story short I had to redo my whole card and redo my whole post......hhhmmmmm

So I was busy busy busy trying to get it finished on time!

The very awesome Sharon hosted this challenge and she created this gorgeous sketch for us to use:

She also wants us to add some doodling....yikes! I'm terrible with my free hand!

I'm not very happy with how my doodling turned out but oh well!

I used one of the beautiful images that the Sketching Stamper gave us. It reminds me of my two older daughters.

I colored in the image with copics. I colored in the blonde girl's shirt with BG72 and then shaded with BG75 and then I took my blender pen and made the diagonal check design-LOVE that technique! I really love how my coloring turned out on this image.

I made the paper flowers with my sizzix-thanks to the inspiration from my fellow TS designer Michele. ;o)

I also airbrushed around my images...LOVE that look!

The sentiments are all Close To My Heart

The paper is Jingle Bells by Close To My Heart

Okay so I didn't just want to leave my original card on my desk collecting dust...so here it is. ;o) Enjoy.....

Paper: Close To My Heart -Grace

Image: Magnolia-Fall 2009 Kit

Ribbon and Doodle stamps are Close To My Heart

I airbrushed the paper flowers (they were originally white) with four different colors

The leaves are made using my cricut and are also airbrushed

The sentiments are Close To My Heart

Thanks for stopping by and

Make sure you check out the Truly Scrumptious blog so you can see what all the other designers came up with. ;o)

-Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Charmed I'm Sure!

2009-09-27T00:30:00.002-06:00

This week at Dottie's World the challenge is called "Charmed I'm sure". What a fun challenge! I've never used a charm on my cards before; so this challenge was a lot of fun for me! :o)

My bloggin' friend Kelly sent me some charms a month ago so I finally got the chance to use them!

I also used a charmed download-from the Holly & Madison World Tour collection. Love that collection. :o)

I colored her in with my copics of course.

I used some brand new Basic Grey paper-Eskimo Kisses-OMG! I LOVE this paper! It is so wintery and so very pretty! I also added a Basic Grey flourish bling and Close To My Heart ribbon

Above is a close up of my snowflake charm-I added some jump rings and then attached it to a sparkle brad. I learned this from Bev's blog...so informative and inspirational!

I made the snowflakes with my new snowflake nesties. I airbrushed them while they were still in the dies-that's how the edges stayed white.

I made a mask of the image and then attached it over top of the colored image with temporary adhesive; and then I airbrushed the blue background.

The sentiment is Close To My Heart stamped in Petal ink

Thanks for looking and make sure you check out the Dottie's World Challenge blog to see what the other designer's came up with. :o)

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-More Than Words

2009-09-20T00:30:00.000-06:00

Hello and Happy Sunday. ;o)

This weekend we are just hanging around the house-I'm trying to get caught up on my design work and get my homeschooling ed. plan completed, and the kids are playing with friends...tonight we'll do a family video on demand and eat chips and drink pop! You gotta do that every once in a while!

This week's challenge at Dottie's World is "More Than Words". Louise wants us to include a full verse into our creation....yikes!

Well I decided to do another DW-Pixie-I just love those Pixie Chicks!

For my "words" I used one of the Pixie sentiment downloads. I hope Louise is okay with this as my "verse"....:o)

Paper is My Mind's Eye-Ooh LaLa.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will join us this week at DW!

-Nicole

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #16

2009-09-16T00:30:00.000-06:00

Hello and happy Wednesday!

I can't believe it is another Truly Scrumptious challenge again! Wow!

Anywho, this weeks TS challenge is a fabby sketch by Heather. And Heather also wants us to use three or more stamps on our card...not including a sentiment. :o)

What a fun challenge!

Here is Heather's Sketch:

What a fabby sketch :o)

So I was going to stamp a Tilda or two and add in a stamped tree or house...but I decided to do something different. I decided to use three different stamps and make my own patterned paper. I stamped two flower stamps, that I colored in with my copics and then I also stamped the "rings" in chocolate ink. I also stamped my Tilda and colored her in with my copics.

I used my airbrush system to color in the flower that Tilda is standing against

Cardstock is Close To My Heart-Buttercup/Chocolate

Flowers are Bazzill

Chipboard buttons and Ribbon are also Close To My Heart

Make sure you check out the Truly Scrumptious Blog to see what the other designers came up with!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nicole M Bailey

Happy :o)

2009-09-14T00:30:00.003-06:00

Hello. :o)

I made this super cute card for my God mother for her birthday....and I just realized that I forgot to make the bday sentiment for it. ;o) lol I guess I need to go back to my scrap room and finish it!

Anyways, the Tilda is from my Summer Kit....I hope my fall kit arrives soon....:o(...I feel like the only one who's fall kit hasn't arrived yet! Patience is not one of my virtues!

Tilda is colored in with copics

The paper I used is Citrus-K&Company

The flowers are prima and the buttons are CTMH

The little dragonflys are from my bloggin' friend, and creator of The Truly Scrumptious Challenge blog... Sharon-thanks Sharon!

The ribbon is from my stash and the brads are CTMH

I think that's it. :o)

I best be off now, thanks for stopping by!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-A Sketch by Gunn

2009-09-13T00:30:00.001-06:00

OKay so this weeks challenge at Dottie's World is hosted by Gunn. She has made a fabby sketch and she also wants us to include an image of an animal....yikes....do I have any animal images? :o)

Yup I do-this cute little reindeer from the Charmed Christmas collection.

Here is the sketch Gunn created:

Now there are a lot of elements to this sketch and I did leave out a couple...but it still looks great and I love it!

Here are the complete details:

Images are Charmed of course. :o) From the Holly & Madison World Tour and Charmed Christmas collections. They are colored in with copics. :o)

The paper is brand new from Close To My Heart

The snowflakes are made using my brand new Spellbinders-Snowflake Nesties. I left them in the die and then airbrushed them with my finally arrived .....brand new.....birthday present....Copic Airbrush System which includes an Air Compressor!!!! Yes and it was so much fun, and so easy to use-I LOVE it.

Here is a close up of my copic work...

I also used some filigrees and sparkle brads from SU!. And the sentiment is also a charmed download. So easy and so much fun to use.
And above is a close up of the snowflake. I just love these new nesties-so very cute and fun!
Make sure you check out DW to see what the other designers came up with for this fabby challenge and I hope you get a chance to play along with us this week too!

Thanks for looking and have a fabby Sunday!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-New Arrival

2009-09-06T00:30:00.001-06:00

So it's my turn to host Dottie's Challenge, and I decided to do a new baby theme. :o) It seems like everyone around here is pregnant or has a new baby...I have lots of cards to make over the next few months.

Make sure you check out the Dottie's Challenge blog to see what the other talented designers came up with, and enter our challenge too-I'd love to see what you come up with too.

Now onto my card.

I decided to do a non-traditional baby card. The colors and papers aren't the usual baby type but I love how it turned out...it's still so super adorable! :O)

I used some brand new just released paper from Close To My Heart called Twitter Pattered-LOVE this paper it is so darn adorable.

The buttons are chip board and are from the same collection.

The sentiment is also CTMH-Sweet Baby, and it is stamped in sweet leaf

Ribbon is SU!

The image is of course a Charmed Download-Dottie's Love and Marriage; colored in with my awesome copics.

Thanks for looking and have a super Sunday!

Nicole M Bailey

Another Post this week!;o)

2009-09-03T12:47:00.006-06:00

Wow I can't believe I was able to make another card this week! Where did I find the time? :o)

Anywho...I did and here are the details for todays card:

Paper is DCWV-Citrus Stack

Filigree and crystal brads are SU!

Flowers are from my LSS

The metal flowers are from my bloggin' buddy Kelly

The sentiment is from Close To My Heart

The image is Magnolia and is from my copic buddy Michelle.

I must tell you that the orange on the umbrella is driving me crazy! lol My friend Michelle had stamped this image for me on her favorite CS which is different from the one I normally use. I love it-it works really nicely with copics but the colors turn out a bit different on this paper. Of course I colored in the umbrella last and when I realized it wasn't really a close match to the paper I was crushed...lol but it was the only copy I had of this adorable image, so I decided to just follow through and fisnish it anyways...... :o)

The other thing that was driving me crazy was my watermark....geesh I worked on it for at least 10 minutes and couldn't get it to work....so it's really tiny and red! lol

I also wanted to tell you....I was working on this card while my daughter (she's 5) was sitting beside me working on her card.

She said to me "why did you leave those spots white?" (pointing to Tilda's boots/umbrella and jacket) and I said "because that's where the sun shines on her jacket and her umbrella and shoes" and she replied: "mommy the sun doesn't shine in the rain" .....:o)

Oh well Thanks for looking and have a super day!

Nicole M Bailey

TRuly Scrumptious Challenge #15

2009-09-02T15:05:00.003-06:00

OMG-osh! I am on a completely different planet!!

I thought it was Tuesday today and therefor completely missed getting my TS card posted on our blog today! Oh wow! I can't believe I did that!

Anyways, better late than never right? :o)

Here is my card for today's Truly Scrumptious Challenge #15.

The challenge this week is a sketch:

Michele created the sketch and she also wants us to make the card an Indian Summer scene. Im' lovin that! Especially seeing as though my Fall Magnolia Kit hasn't arrived yet!

The weather here in Calgary is beautiful. :o)

Okay back to my card....

The image is a Gorjuss girl from Michelle....a new friend I made at the copic certification class....thanks Michelle. I colored her in with my copics of course.

The metal butterfly is from Sharon. :o) Thanks Sharon!

Bling is from walmart

Buttons and Brads are SU!

Flowers are from my LSS

Sentiment is Close to My Heart-Say it In Style

Paper is DCWV-Citrus Stack

Thanks for looking and make sure you go to the TS blog to see what the other designer's created.

Nicole M Bailey

A Card for a Friend

2009-08-31T13:46:00.004-06:00

Hello and Happy Monday. ;o)

I had a crazy week last week so I am so excited to start a new week. My husband has been away and my children started school...which always ends up being very stressful. My duaghter is also having a very bad few months and I am so worried about her. ;o(

Anyways, I made this card for a friend of mine's mom who is in the hospital. I was unable to visit her last week because of my crazy week so I am hoping to go visit her this week when my husband returns. She LOVES Magnolia stamps...like me so I know she is going to appreciate this card when I give it to her. ;o)

I made this card using my newest favorite paper-My Mind's Eye: Ooh La La

The sentiment stamp is Close To My Heart stamped in Juniper and Tulip

Bling is Prima

Brads and Filigree are SU!

Thanks for stopping by and have a nice day!

Nicole

Dottie's World Challenge-Holiday!

2009-08-30T00:30:00.003-06:00

Hello and Happy Sunday...again!

This week at Dottie's World Louise wants us to make a card with a Holiday theme...well the first thing I thought of was using an image from the brand new Charming Holiday collection...so super cute and so super holiday-ish. :o)

But Louise wasn't just thinking Christmas Holiday...anything Holiday will do...like vacation Holiday...what a fun challenge!

I stuck with the Christmas theme

The image is a Charmed Download, check it out here

The paper is BRAND new not yet released Close To My Heart paper called Jingle and I totally LOVE it. ;o)

The snowflakes are Martha Stewart and the pearls are Close To My Heart

The sentiment stamp is Close To My Heart from brand new not yet released CTMH Stamp Of The Month-Holiday Warmth. Stamped in Tulip and background stamped in

Juniper (snowflakes)

The sparkle brads are SU! and the bling is Prima

Thanks for looking and make sure you check out Dottie's World to see what all the other designer's came up with and play along with us this week!

Nicole. ;O)

Oh I almost forget to tell you that I was in Edmonton this weekend getting my Copic Designer Certification! So much fun...thank you Sherrie!

Yup that's me in the white sweater on the left side!

Dottie's World Challenge-Anything but a normal shaped card!

2009-08-23T00:30:00.004-06:00

Hello and Happy Sunday!

Today is another Dottie's World Challenge; and the very talented June wants us to make something a little bit different....anything but a normal shaped card and a Charmed Download.

I love making boxes. :o)

Here is a close up of my creation:
And here are the complete details:

Paper is brand new and a collection that I am totally IN LOVE with!!!......

My Mind's Eye-Ooh La La. So very pretty!

The Charmed Download is from the Pixie Chicks #1 collection. I colored her in with copics and stickles

The The bling is from Prima

I used a Timeless Template-Get A Handle On It to make the box.

I also used a SU! small oval punch for the handle and a SU! scallop border punch

Thanks for looking and make sure you check out the DW challenge blog to see what all the other designer's came up with.

But before I go.....I have some more Birthday cards and stash to share with you.:o)

My good bloggin' friend Kelly sent me these charms and card the other day...she didn't know it was my bday but I'm adding it in here anyways.
She also sent me this beautiful card...isn't it just beautiful?
My fellow TS designer, BETH sent me this beautiful card...which I just love! The colors and details are just so beautiful.
And then my good friend Shelly(she's a SU! demonstrator) made me this beautiful card, that just happens to have a whole set of SU! buttons in it! Isn't it just so cute and so clever??

Anyways, the countdown is on....three more days until back to school...well for my two oldest anyways. I'm homeschooling my three youngest this year. ;O) Wish me luck!

Nicole M Bailey

Get Well Soon

2009-08-20T13:52:00.006-06:00

I made this super cute card for a little friend of James' who got hurt when he was over at our house yesterday. Yeah....not so good. :o(

Anyways, we put together a little gift bag for him with a stuffie in it and some candy...and this card.

Here are the complete details for today's card:

Paper is doodlebug and the cardstock is from my LSS

The sparkle brads are SU!

The buttons are doodlebug

The stamp is Whipper Snapper, and it's colored in with copics. I also used my copic spica pen on the water, to make it sparkle a bit

Thanks for stopping by today and have a super day!

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #14

2009-08-19T00:30:00.000-06:00

Welcome to another TS challenge. I can't believe we have already done 14 challenges. Wow time does fly by.

The challenge for this week is create something other than a card. No problems there....I LOVE making little boxes that I can fill with treats and give away to friends/teachers.

For this challenge I used one of Lauren Meader's Timeless Templates. Her templates are downloads. You can print them on colored cardstock and then you just cut them out. Her instructions are super easy to follow and her templates are 5$ each! :o)

Here are the complete details for my card:

Cardstock is CTMH-Tulip

Paper is Nana's Nursery

Flowers are Prima

Buttons are My Mind's Eye

Bling is Prima I believe

Sentiment is CTMH

Image is Magnolia-Spring 2009; colored in with Copics

Ribbon is CTMH

Make sure you check out the TS blog so you can see what all the other designer's came up with!

Before I go...

I must tell you it was my birthday on Sunday.:o)

My hubby ordered me an air compressor for my copics...so excited to get to use it soon!

But I also received a couple of cards from my fellow Truly Scrumptious DT members.

Dawn sent me a beautiful card and this generous stack of patterned paper! Isn't it lovely?

This is the beautiful card Dawn sent me...all the way from the UK! This card is just so beautiful; it has so many stunning details...and Dawn colored in the image beautifully! I just love this card so much!
And Sharon sent me this beautiful card....she colored it in just so beautifully; and the flower she made is just stunning! I just love it!
and this little stash on the left side of the picture! Wow-I was so surprised to get some stash in the mail all the way from the UK!

Thanks!

-Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Love is in the Air

2009-08-16T00:00:00.004-06:00

Happy Sunday. ;o)

Dottie's World has another fun challenge this week-"Love is in The Air".

You have to make a card inspired by love. The summer is a great time for creating "love" cards because soooo many people get married, and then also have anniversaries during the summer...especially couples married before 1998, before autumn/spring weddings became sooo popular! lol

Anyways, my husband and I just celebrated our 13th anniversary last month, so I didn't need a card for us-but there are lots of anniversaries coming up over the next few months that I can use this fabby card for.

I actually really love this card. It was a labour of love.

Here are the complete details:

The image is a charmed download of course from the Dottie's Love and Marriage collection. I printed the image off onto my favorite paper for downloads-Canson Manga cardstock, and then colored in with my copics

This is a picture of the paper I always use for my digi-images; it hasn't failed me yet! lol I have a canon pixma color printer, and I usually print the picture and then assemble my card while the ink dries. I get my Manga Drawing Pad from Michael's craft store.

Another little tip-when i purchase my Charmed Downloads I always get the transparent background instead of the the white background-that way when the image is printed it is exactly the way it would be if I had hand stamped it. ;o)

The paper is K&Company-Wild Raspberries

I also used some CTMH-Tulip & Juniper cardstock and Hollyhock patterned paper

The sentiment is also CTMH-Fluttering Love

The heart stamp is from a retired CTMH set-stamped in tulip

Buttons are from my local loonie store

I also used my Martha Stewart border punch and SU! scallop punch...and of course my circle nesties.

I made the paper flowers with my Dahlia nesties-I just scrunched them all up after cutting them to make them look kinda distressed.

Make sure you check out Dottie's World here to see what all the other designer's came up with for the challenge.

Have a super day. ;o)

Nicole M Bailey

Trust Your Heart

2009-08-11T15:52:00.003-06:00

Hello and Happy Tuesday. ;o)

My cleaning lady is here today so after I cleaned the house in time for her arrival...I was able to sit down in my craft room...after I worked on cleaning it up for an hour...lol.....and make a card.

I used a Charmed Download-Rose Bud from the Pixie Chicks #2 bundle.

I colored her in with my copics, and used stickles and doodlebug sugar coating on her wings.

The paper is CTMH-Bella.

The bling is Basic Grey

The sentiment is a brand new CTMH, not yet released stamp from the September 2009 Stamp Of The Month set; stamped in CTMH-Plum Mist ink

I also used my SU! scallop border punch and my EK Success border punch

....and my circle nesties.

The paper flowers are CTMH

The butterflies are made with my Martha Steward punch

Thanks for looking and have a super day.

-Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Monochromatic

2009-08-09T00:26:00.000-06:00

Hello and Happy Sunday.

It's my turn to host Dottie's World challenge. I decided to ask everyone to do a monochromatic card. So everything on the card has to be the same color....any shade of one color. And you must use a Charmed Download-and to make it a tad bit easier, you can color in the image with any color(s).

So I decided to use one of the new pixie chicks...I just love these gals-they are so pretty and fun to color in.

All my paper is CTMH-creme bruele, the ribbon is also CTMH-creme breule

The fancy bling flourish is brand new form my LSS...they NEVER have these in stock-I just happened to go in to my LSS today for adhesive and voila-there they were!

The sentiment is also a Charmed Download-from the Pixie Chicks collection-I love that Karen and Louise added sentiments and backgrounds to the Pixie Chicks bundles-it makes them just so over the top affordable and economical. Have I told you how much I LOVE my downloads???

I also "dusted" some brand new doodlebug chunky sugar coating on my pixie's wings

I colored her in with my copics of course. :o)

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you check out all the other designer's work at Dottie's World.....wow-I'm so impressed with what the other girls came up with....they are so talented-I'm so lucky to be on such a wonderful team with them!

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #13

2009-08-04T23:46:00.001-06:00

Happy Wednesday. :O)

Welcome back to another Truly Scrumptious Challenge

This week's sketch is sponsored by ALOTA Rubber Stamps. They just have the cutest stamps and someone is going to win this super adorable set this week!

Today's challenge was hosted by the extra-talented Mina. She made an awesome sketch and she also wants us to add some bling! Oh my....I don't think I can do that....hehehehe I LOVE bling! It's my favorite thing to add these days! I used some more of my Basic Grey bling...love that stuff....and I just keep cutting little swirls here and there....I'm determined to make it last!

Here is the sketch Mina created for us this week:

I used one of my favorite Magnolia stamps from the Spring kit.. thank you Kelly for stamping it and sending it to me. :o)

Tilda is colored in with my copics-of course! and I also added some crystal stickles to her wings.

The sentiment is CTMH and is stamped in Twilight ink onto a "cut in half" rectangle nestie-I also sponged some CTMH creme breule ink onto it while it was still in the die.

The paper is from my new favorite Basic Grey stack-Lemonade...I promise I'll use something different next time...I've been using it a lot...I know...I just love it though!

I think thats about it...I'm going to the copics certification course in Edmonton at the end of the month so I'm expecting to learn lots of new things and improve my copic technique.

Have a fabby day, and don't forget to check out the Truly Scrumptious blog for the other designer's creations!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Black & White

2009-08-02T01:00:00.000-06:00

This Sunday at Dottie's World the challenge is all about black and white! You can use one additional color in your embellishments but everything else must be black and white....and you must include a Charmed Digi-download. :o)

I pulled out this Making Memories paper that I bought for my oldest daughter Molly.....who is not interested in card making in the least....well, I tried. :o)

I printed my Charmed Download-Madison-Oh La La on Magna paper and then colored in with my copics. I also used my spica glitter copic pen...so much fun! Very subtle but I love the look.

I made the flowers with my nesties.

The buttons are SU!

I added some pink bling-basic grey

I made and printed the sentiment on my computer

Make sure you head over to Dottie's World Challenge blog to see what the other designer's came up with for this challenge!

Thanks for looking and have a fabby Sunday!

Lean On Me

2009-07-28T11:20:00.000-06:00

So I was actually able to make a card just because. :o)

It seems like I don't have time to make cards this summer...It's even been tough getting my design team cards done! It's so nice out and the kids are always wanting me to get out and do stuff.....which is totally okay!

Anyways, I made this card for my sister..I haven't given it to her yet...I'm going to give it to her when she goes back home after a month long visit.

Here are the complete details:

Paper is Basic Grey-Lemonade, the brads are as well.

The image is Magnolia colored in with copics, the wings are dusted with doodle bug sugar coating

The bling, ribbon and charm are CTMH

The sentiment is also CTMH-Friendship Puzzle...stamped in Twilight and Blush inks

I made the flowers with my Dahlia nesties.....after I made the cuts I just crumpled up the flowers and then straightened then out....I like the look a lot and got the idea from Yvette from Just Ducky....she's so super talented and I love her blog! Her flowers are so pretty...they really inspired me to try something different today. :o)

Thanks for looking and have a super Tuesday!

-Nicole M Bailey

Razzle Dazzle-Dottie's World Challenge

2009-07-26T01:00:00.000-06:00

Another Sunday, another exciting, fun Dottie's World Challenge! :o)

This week Adele wants us to add some bling to our card, along with a Dottie's World dowloadable.

I must tell you all again how much I LOVE downloadables. They are so much fun to play with. You can resize them and even combine images before you print them..no more masking or paper peicing! Yeah! And you don't need a fancy software to do that. Just open your images in word and play around with them. I have a mac, and I also have adobe photoshop; so I play with my images in photoshop.

Okay so back to today's card...

I used some brand new paper called Lemonade from Basi Grey....I wasn't going to buy this paper, or any more paper for that matter (because I have way too much paper!)....but I just couldn't resist. I lOVE this paper, it's so pretty and perfectly summery...:o)

The brads and bling are also basic grey...okay i went a bit crazy at the scrapstore the other day.

The ribbon is CTMH

The flowers are bazzill

The little circle sentiment stamp is CTMH-Sensational Seals and I stamped it in CTMH-Juniper.

I printed my Holly in the Garden onto my favorite paper for downlaodables....Canson Magna and then I colored her in with my copics...of course! I also used my air brush system and while the image was still in the nestie I air brushed it. I just LOVE that look. I'm hoping to get a mini air compressor for my birthday next month...my fingers are officially crossed.

I also used one of my latest Martha Stewart Border punches.

I also must confess that the idea for this card came from a very talented fellow blogger Nicole...I know awesome name right?? :o)

But really you should check out her blog she makes BEAUTIFUL cards that truly insprire me. :

Thank you for looking and have a super day, and don't forget to check out Dottie's World for all the other designer's cards!

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #12

2009-07-21T23:52:00.000-06:00

Hello! I trust everyone is enjoying the summer...the summer really should be at least three months. :o)

I was away last week and so I missed The Truly Scrumptious Challenge #11 but I am back this week for challenge #12.

The very talented Heather provided us with a sketch this week. Here it is:

In addition Heather wants us to use beads on our card somewhere....wow did I have to dig around for some beads. But I kinda missed these old beads and was glad to be able to use them again and I think they added even more to my crazy, bright card!

Okay and here is my card.

The paper I used was from the 75%off section of my LSS. It's K&Company-Citronella Collection. I also used some CTMH-Tulip & Sunflower cardstock.

The beads are retired CTMH

The flowers are retired Making Memories-some are plastic and some are paper

The chipboard flower and frame are CTMH

I covered the chipboard flower with cardstock and then random stamped it

I used my brand new Martha Stewart border punch

My magnolia stamp-Tilda is from the brand new summer kit and I colored her in with my copics.....did I tell you I am going for my copic certification this August??/I'm so excited!

I think that's it.

Thanks for looking and make sure you head over to the Truly Scrumptious blog to check out all the other designer's cards!

-Nicole

Dottie's World Challenge-Frames and Borders!

2009-07-19T02:00:00.000-06:00

I really hope this scheduled post works because It hasn't worked the last few times.....this post is scheduled for Sunday July 19th....:o) Im going away on another trip to Jasper for a few days...:o)

Anyways, this weeks' challenge over at Dotties' World Charmed Download Challenge Blog is hosted by the lovely and most talented Tara. :o) And she wants us to use frames/borders on our card this week...and of course a charmed download!

So I painstakingly added all these sequence to my image to create a frame. I love how "blingy" it turned out!

The paper I used was Cloud Nine Design-Bay Blossoms

The felt flowers and sparkles are CTMH

The sentiment is MFT

The image is a Charmed Download-Girls About Town

I also used a Martha Stewart border punch...love that punch!

I htink thats it...make sure you head over to Dottie's Challenge blog to see what the other designers came up with and make sure you play along with us!

-Nicole

Dottie's World Challenge....Flower Garden

2009-07-05T02:00:00.000-06:00

Hello and Good Morning!

I am currently on vacation...so hopefully my "scheduled post" worked...the last few scheduled posts I've tried haven't worked! grgrrg blogger.com :o)

Anyways, this card is for Dottie's sunday challenge....Juliet; who decided to take a break from our challenge blog...oh we miss you Juliet; had asked us to make a card inspired by some of the beautiful flower garden bedding.....easy for me! I love flower everything!

I used one of Dottie's brand new Pixie Chicks images and I colored her in with my copics.

I just love these Pixie's they are so fun to color in!

Make sure you head over to our challenge blog and look at all the other designer's creations and play with us this week!

I won't be blogging again until I get back on the 12th so have a super week and a bit!

-nicole

sheesh...just so you know silly blogger didn't post this scheduled post....I\m still on vacation but checked just in case.....good thing I did.

Dottie's World Challenge...Sunshine!

2009-06-27T07:00:00.000-06:00

This week over at Dottie's World Digital Challenges the theme is Sunshine...no problems there! The weather is wonderful here, and celebrating it is so necessary!

I used one of Dotties World's brand new Pixie from the Pixie Chicks collection...and I have to tell you I LOVE these pixies chicks...they are so adorable and fun to color in especially for the summer.

I used three different colors of Doodle Bug Sugar coating on the wings to get the multicolored look...I just love how it turned out. I just used my glue pen, covered the wings and then strategically added each color...sparingly.....does that make sense? lol But I do love how it turned out!

The Sentiment stamp is from the Close To My Heart stamp set-Ms.Gardener

Thanks for looking and have a fabby Sunday!

School Teacher Gifts

2009-06-26T08:55:00.000-06:00

Each Box is filled with shredded paper, (I ran out of tissue so I just shredded some white paper...lol) individually wrapped chocolates and a gift card from Starbucks)
I cut out the rectangle on the tall boxes and then added a piece of transparency with glue dots to the inside....I just love how that turned out!

Okay so the last day of school isn't today...it's MONDAY??!! What is up with that?

lol.anyways, I made up all these little boxes for the kids teachers and one for the bus driver.

The kids were so excited to bring them to school!

I had made a few earlier in the month for the dance teachers and piano teacher but didn't get those photographed so I couldn't blog them but they were similar to these anyways.

I made these four all using paper from the same stack and colored the images with the same copics and used the same embellishments to keep it simple. I was still up until 11:30pm last night working on them so go figure!

Anyways, they were still so much fun to make!

I used Lauren Meader's Timeless templates to make them-"For KeepSakes" and "Get a Handle On It"

I have told you how much I LOVE Lauren's Templates right?? They are so fun and easy to use and so economical....at $5.00 a template you can't go wrong!

I used K&Company "Wild Raspberry" paper and Close To My Heart Creme Brulee cardstock.

The paper flowers were from my LSS and the buttons were My Mind's Eye and retired CTMH

The ribbon is CTMH-Creme Brulee

Of course my images are Tilda's from Magnolia and they are colored in with copics...stamped on Canson Magna paper. The two Tilda's from the Spring 2009 collection (running Tilda and Tilda holding the Bee) are from my friend Kelly....thanks Kelly!

The sentiment stamps are CTMH

I also used several different nestie's as well...including the scallop rectangle frame....so fun and easy-maybe if I have time I'll make a tutorial on how to do that...it's so easy and fun to do!

Thanks for looking!

And have an awesome Friday!

-Nicole M Bailey

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #10

2009-06-24T02:00:00.000-06:00

Happy Wednesday!

School is almost done! Yippee!

All of our extra activities are done....I finally have my weeknights back. I can't tell you how FREE I feel! Now I can spend lots of time working on my yard, house and of course blogging, stamping and scrapping!

Todays card is for the Truly Scrumptious #10 challenge.

Here is the fab sketch we are using:

I an addition to this fabby sketch you must use some of your old paper...some that has been in your stash...unused for a while.

Okay so this was easy for me because I went throught and organized al my paper on Monday. I sorted through it all and put it all in order. So when it came time to make my Design card I just pulled these sheets out...that I don't think I have EVER used but have had in my stash for years! lol...

It's not that I don't like this paper....I just can't seem to ever get it to work for me....

Anyways, after I added lots of Bling...it finally worked for me!

Here are the rest of the details for today's card:

Paper is CTMH-Sugar & Spice

Flowers are prima and kaiser

Bling is from my LSS & CTMH

Sentiment is CTMH-stamped in Petal ink

I colored Tilda in with my copics

Ribbon is CTMH

I punched the butterflies out with my Martha Stewart butterfly punch.

Thanks for looking!

Dottie's World Challenge...Christmas!

2009-06-21T02:00:00.000-06:00

The challenge for this week over at Dottie's World is to make a Christmas card.....fun!

I used this super cute image of Dottie and her snowman...isn't she adorable?

The sentiment is also a Dottie's World digital down load...so easy peasy!

The paper is CTMH-Aspen.

Flowers are form my local Loonie (dollar) store

The sparkles and ribbon are CTMH

I also used my MS snowflake punch and my nesties.

I printed my Dottie World image onto Canson Magna paper (my favorite for digital downloads) and then I colored it in with my copics. I just love how well this paper blends....:O) And it works perfectly with my printer and copics!

Thanks for looking and make sure you head over to Dottie's World and join in the fun this week!

Nicole M Bailey

Get "Whale" Soon!

2009-06-17T07:45:00.000-06:00

I made this card for a friend's mom who is sick this week. :o(

I used one of my favorite Whipper Snapper stamps and colored it in with copics and used some stickles....geesh I new to get a new gig....:o)

The paper is CTMH-Animal Crackers...I also used some Desert Sand cardstock and Tulip CS.

The flower are bazzill and making memeories...the super cute brads are from doodlebug.

I also used my SU! scallop border punch and my nesties.

Thanks for looking!

-Nicole M Bailey

Happy Father's Day!

2009-06-14T02:00:00.000-06:00

Another Sunday, another Dotties World Challenge!

Lou wants us to make a Father's day card....yeah! Now I have my Father's day card done for my dad-a whole week ahead of schedule. :o)

I used a Dottie's World George image for this card...and I LOVE him! George is so adorable. And he is so much fun for guy cards...especially for cards for midilfe or "older" guys.

Paper and brads are CTMH, the buttons are SU!

Head over to Dottie's world and make a Father's Day card...it's really not very daunting at all when you use an adorable George image!

I printed my George image onto Canson Magna cardstock and colored him in with my copics. I also put a piece of my patterned paper through my printer and printed off a second copy of my George image and then cut out his shirt and glued it on with my glue pen. I didn't have a copic color to match with the red or blue green in the patterned paper so I thought this was just as fun!

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful Sunday!

Nicole M Bailey

Thinking of You-Truly Scrumptious #9

2009-06-10T02:00:00.000-06:00

OKay so time is evidently flying by...will it ever slow down?

It's already Truly Scrumptious Challenge #9....wow!

Challenge 9 is a great sketch by the talented Beth...I have to tell you, I love this sketch! I don't usually do rectangle cards but I just love how this one turned out!

Here is the sketch:

The second part of the challenge is to alter one or more flowers....no problem! I LOVE adding flowers to my cards; and I always change them up a bit! I distressed these paper flowers, layered them and added brads.

This weeks sponsor is Whiff Of Joy...now who doesn't LOVE WOJ stamps?? So head over to Truly Scrumptious so you can play along with us and have the chance to win a WOJ stamp. :o)

Paper is Close To My Heart-Caprice

Image is WOJ, colored in with copics of course. ;O)

Flowers are punched and some are CTMH

Brads and ribbon are CTMH

The bookplate is CTMH, stamped with a CTMH sentiment stamp in chocolate ink

I also added some stickles...how predictable eh? lol

Thanks for looking and have a scrumptious Wednesday!

-Nicole M Bailey

Life is Good-Dottie's World Challenge

2009-06-07T02:00:00.000-06:00

So this is my second Dotties World Challenge designer card....and I must admit I almost didn't get it done in time! Our house was the sick house this past week. My daughter was sick first and then she gave it to my son and then I got sick! Oh yikes! It was bad. So I was struggling trying to get my card done and submitted by the deadline.

Anywho, I not to worry-I got it done and submitted on time. :o)

This weeks Dottie's world challenge was to make holes and do some distressing. Okay distressing-no problem! The holes....now that was a little bit trickier! lol

I used my bazzill stitches template and my eyelet hole punch to make the little flourish designs. Then I used my marker and connected the holes. Voila! Holes.

Here are the rest of the details for today's card:

Paper is My Mind's Eye-Just Blooms

Image is Holly on the High Street...of course from Dottie's World

Brads are from my LSS and the ribbon is CTMH

I also added a bit of stickles here and there. I used my CM tag punch to make the tag and the sentiment stamp is CTMH.

The large chip board flower is also CTMH.

I sponged a bit of CTMH Bamboo ink here and there for some distressing.

It's hard to see but I also used my mini scallop punch by EKSuccess. The scallops have little holes in them...so super cute.

Just as a side note:

I was actually having some bleeding trouble while trying to color in my image with copics today. Not sure why....maybe it's the weather...it's snowing...yes snowing here today so I was thinking maybe the humidity was effecting my copics....

So I switched from my Wausau bright white cardstock to my Canson Manga cardstock and low and behold it worked awesome! No bleeding at all! And the blending was so flawless!

So if you are having trouble with bleeding and your digital images-try Canson Magna cardstock.

Thanks for looking and have a fab Sunday.

Thank Ewe-Sketch Saturday#53

2009-06-01T02:00:00.000-06:00

So I finally "stole" some time this weekend to stamp, and was able to get several cards done. I scheduled a few cards to be posted since Saturday...yippee-I'm actually ahead! I was even able to participate in the Sketch Saturday this week. It seems like forever since the last time I did a Sketch Saturday or a Friday Sketchers challenge. Okay so I'll admit my house is a mess and I have several loads of laundry WAITING for me! lol ...but it was worth it!

Anyways, here is this weeks sketch #53:

What a fun sketch!

Here are the complete details for my card:

The patterned paper is Doodlebug designs.....don't they just make the CUTEST paper??

I also used some CTMH-Chocolate CS

The sentiment plate is from my LSS-I've had it for a couple of years now and have since lost the original packaging so I'm not sure of the company.

The stamp is High Hopes

The sentiment is CTMH

The paper flower is bazzill

Brads are also from my LSS

By the way, I was going to do the whole...."Thank Ewe" but I decided last minute not too....it's so predictable. :o)

Have an awesome MONday.

-Nicole M Bailey

My Very First Dottie's World Challenge

2009-05-31T02:00:00.000-06:00

Okay here it is! My very first card for the Dottie's World Challenge...as one of the new Design Team members!!!

The challenge was "Coffee and Cream" and use stripes and or dots, and of course use a Dottie's World Digital image. :o)

I just LOVE how this card turned out!

Make sure you check out the Dottie's World Challenge blog to check out the other very talented designer's cards.

Here are the complete details:

I used my Holly At Work Dottie's World Digital Image

Patterned Paper is Basic Grey:Urban Prairie and so are the buttons

The flourish is quickcutz

The sparkles and "U" chipboard are CTMH (I used my brayer and black stamp pad to color the chipboard)

I also used a few CTMH stamps:

*Coffee Shop

*Tiny Typewriter Alphabet

*Comments

I stamped the coffee steam onto vellum and then used my glue stick and prisma glitter to make it sparkle

I also used my Curvy Rectangle Nestibilites.

****Digital Images are so easy to use!****

I upload my Charmed Digital Images into photoshop elements and resize it, and then print it.You could use any editing software to resize the images.

I have a canon pixma printer and I use the same cardstock I use for my copics...wausau bright white that I get at walmart. I never get bleeding or smudging.

I color my images in with my copics just as I do with stamped images.

Thanks for looking and have a GREAT Sunday!

-Nicole M Bailey

Thinking of You

2009-05-30T08:06:00.000-06:00

Hello, and happy Saturday!

I haven't been blogging very much lately...so I'm going to try and get around to everyone's blogs this weekend! I just love surfing everyone's bogs.....so much talent and inspiration out there!

I also haven't been able to post many cards lately; the weather is very beautiful here and so I've been outside with the kids more than downstairs in my craft room. :o)

But it's supposed to rain quite a few days next week....

Anyways, I picked up a couple sheets of this beautiful paper at my LSS the other day, it's by Crate Paper and it's called The Lillian Collection}mellow. I love the colors and of course the pattern-I'm such a flower girl! PLus all the sheets are double sided...I just love double sided paper!

I got the Tilda Spring image from Kelly...thank you babe!

The paper flowers are from my LSS-in the clearance bin...yeah!

I punched the smaller flowers with my EK success punch.

The corduroy brads and the smaller brads are CTMH.

The sentiment stamp is from CTMH called Fringed Phrases and I have to tell you I LOVE it! It has 11 sweet sentiments and 12 little fringed images to go with the sentiments....so spankin' cute and so versatile! LOVE it!

I colored in with copics of course.

Thanks for looking!

And I just want to tel everyone that my debut as one of the brand new Dottie's World Challenge designer's is on Sunday so make sure you check back...I LOVE the first card I created for DW and am so excited to share it!

Bye for now!

-Nicole M Bailey

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #8

2009-05-27T02:00:00.000-06:00

Hello!

Today I have my designer's card for the Truly Scrumptious Challenge #8.

The challenge is to make a card with more than one fold. I decided to do a simple double fold. Good thing I have my trusty scor-pal! :o)

The sponsor for todays challenge is the Sketching Stamper. I used one of her digital images for todays card. Isn't she cute? She reminds me of my teenage daughter...she's ALWAYS on the phone! lol

I used some old paper that was in my stash-it's all used up now-what a great feeling! It's from Making Memories.

I also used my CTMH Tiny Typewriter Alphabet and CTMH Dainty Thoughts set as well.

The cardstock is also CTMH-Heavenly Blue and I used Cocoa ink to stamp with.

I punched the tag with my CM tag punch and my Dahlia nestie for the flower.

The "I" is a CTMH chip board that I covered with patterned paper.

The rhinestones are CTMH, the button is Making Memories and the paper flower is from my LSS.

Thanks for looking and have a FAB wednesday day!

Just Magnolia Challenge #5

2009-05-18T21:57:00.000-06:00

It's so fun having a "Just Magnolia's" challenge blog! The design team for Just Magnolia's are so very talented and their sketches are always super fab!

It's always so fun "blogging" through all the entries and getting inspired to use my Magnolias in new ways! Have I mentioned how much I love my Tildas??

I made this card for Just Magnolias challenge #5.

Here is the sketch:

The paper is from K&Company and it's called Wild Raspberry and I am in LOVE with it!

I used a Magnolia spring image that I got from my bloggin' sista Kelly. :o)

The sentiment stamp is MFT

I made the butterflies with my new Martha Stewart punch.

I also used a Close To My Heart stamp set called Simply Stitches to make the faux stitching.

The button is Making Memories and the flower is from my LSS.

Oh MY Gosh!!!

I also have some super fab news!!!

Lou over at Dotties Wonderful World Digital Download Challenge blog asked me to join her design team!!! OMG! OMG! OMG!

I'm soooooo excited! ****I'm also blushing!***

My first challenge is May 31st. I just love Dottie's downloads-they are so fun to color in!

Just wanted to share some EXciTinG news with ya'll. :o)

Thanks for looking and have a great Tuesday!

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #7

2009-05-13T02:00:00.000-06:00

Wow time does fly by...we are already having our 7th TS challenge!

It's another sketch challenge with the added challenge of "going dotty"

Here is the sketch:

This weeks sketch is hosted by our talented designer Dawn.

The prize up for grabs this challenge is this:

From the crafty individuals.

Make sure you check out the Truly Scrumptious Challenge Blog to see what all the other designers came up with.

Thanks for looking and have a ice day!

Another Mother's Day Gift

2009-05-11T09:03:00.001-06:00

I know this is late posting.....I really wanted to get this posted yesterday but yesterday was kinda crazy. ;O)

We went for Mother's Day brunch which was very nice, the food was good and I was able to visit with my parents and my brother and sister inlaw whom I don't get to see very often.

The children also showered me with beautiful keepsakes that they handmade-Emily even grew me a flower which was so sweet...I just loved it so much!

And then all I wanted to do was retreat into my scraproom and work on some stamping and scrapping. I haven't been able to do that much lately...my DH has been working A LOT and has been traveling A LOT lately!

Anyways, he had to work on Mother's Day too...so I didn't get any scrap time yesterday....

boo hoo for me! :o)

Needless to say it took me several days to complete todays project....

Here are the details:

Stamps: Whipper Snapper

Paper:Heidi Grace Designs-Baby Girl

Cardstock: CTMH-Sweet Leaf

Sentiment Stamp: CTMH-Say It In Style

I used another Timeless Templates-Get A Handle On It to make the box-isn't it just so cute? I hope you are enjoying my boxes-because I will be posting a few more over the next couple of weeks....I need to make some for dance instructions/teachers/piano teacher and the soccer coach---oh wait that's me! lol

I made the tag with my cricut and colored in the images with my copics.

Thanks for looking and I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day!

-Nicole M Bailey

Happy Mother's day

2009-05-07T20:15:00.000-06:00

Sorry about the long time no post....man things have been hectic around here! I won't bore you with the details.....but my husband has been away for 10 days and let's just say I'm starting to become unglued....

Anyways, I love Lauren Meader's Timeless Templates....so I tried another one-this one is the Keep {sake}. I just love this box it's so fun and versatile!

I made this box for my Oma who is visiting this weekend for Mother's day. I plan to buy some little chocolates to put in the box. :o)

The paper is Nana's Nursery; which I'm sure everyone can tell is my FAVORITE right now.

The ribbon is SU!

The flower images and the sentiment on the tag are CTMH-Simple Beauty

The tag is CM-I used an EK success border punch to trim it a bit

I made the frame for the window with my nesties-one rectangle inside of the scallop rectangle-I cut it at the same time...and was very impressed that it worked!

I used some overhead transparency "paper" for the window.

The button is My Mind's Eye

Thanks for looking-have a great day!

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #6

2009-04-29T02:00:00.000-06:00

I've been waiting for this challenge for several weeks now....this challenge is being sponsored by the Cutting Cafe...and we got these cool cupcake digi-images to play with for this challenge...aren't they scrumptious??

Below is the sketch for TS challenge #6. The second part of the challenge is that your card must be scrumptious enough to eat!

Here are the complete details for todays card:

Image is from The Cutting Cafe-Cupcakes

I printed the images off on my ink jet computer onto wausau cardstock from Walmart and then colored in with my copics. I never have trouble with bleeding-digi-images are just so fun and easy to use. I have a canon pixma ink jet printer.

The paper is DCWV-Nana's Nursery and I also used some CTMH Creme Breule and Sweet Leaf

The flourish is from my LSS and the single sparkles are CTMH

The brads are from my LSS

Ribbon is CTMH

I also used my curvy rectangle and circle nesties

Oh and I almost forgot-I also used my SU! scallop border punch

Thanks for looking and make sure you head on over to the TS blog to take our scrumptious challenge!

-Nicole M Bailey

Celebrate Mom-Sketch Saturday #48

2009-04-27T20:38:00.000-06:00

I made this card for this weeks Sketch Saturday #48.

Here is the sketch:

Everything is CTMH except for the image which is Magnolia.

I colored in Tilda with my copics, and used the new magna paper from canson-which is so much better for blending!

The paper is brand new from CTMH called Bella. The butterfly stamp is also CTMH-I stamped it in creme bruele and then cut it out, added some stickles and pop dotted it.

I also pop dotted Tilda and the 3D element flower that has the word mom stamped on it.

I used my nesties and my SU! scallop border punch.

And I have to tell you....I curled the butterfly's wings to add dimensional, which caused a shadow when I photographed it...I know it kinda looks like smudged ink or something-but it's not. :o)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Happy Everything-Just Magnolia #1 Challenge

2009-04-23T13:43:00.001-06:00

Two posts in one day....crAZy! We are having a lazy day here at home...my two youngest are just outside my craft door playing with our HUGE collection of fisher-price people. They are so cute, building a huge village. :o)

Anyways, I was going to keep this card and post it tomorrow but I wanted to get it in for the very first JUST MAGNOLIA challenge blog...wow did you check out the prize up for grabs?? It's huge!

Here is the sketch for this week's challenge...that ends tonight.

My bloggin' sista Kelly sent me several of the new Spring Magnolia images....I didn't get the kit this time around....yes I AM kicking myself!

But I'm saving up so I can order a few of the images..especially the running Tilda!!!

I received Kelly's package in the mail the other day and was so excited to start coloring!

I colored Tilda in with copics...of course.

The paper is Pine Cone Press papers

The sentiment stamp is from my LSS...I believe it is Daisy Bucket

The buttons are SU!

The flowers are Prima

Sparkles and brads are CTMH

The ribbon is from Michael's Craft Store

I also wanted to share with you how I made my rhinestone flourish.

I picked up the In Stitch'z by Bazzill flourishes template. It is intended for use with embroidery floss...

But I used a pencil instead of a piercing tool to make the marks. Then after I made all the marks I went back and stuck my rhinestones on top of the marks...voila! I have a rhinestone flourish.

The flourish template kit comes with four sheets of different flourishes. And they stay together with a ring.

Here is a close up of one of the templates...easy peasy and so very pretty. ;o)

OKay so thats it for today.

Have a great Thursday!

-Nicole M Bailey

Thanks A Bunch!

2009-04-23T08:48:00.003-06:00

Hello and Happy Thursday!

Another weekend is upon us and I'm looking forward to this weekend. I have my regionals for Close To My Heart this weekend...so I get to learn lots of new stuff, meet up with lots of CTMH "sisters", get free stuff and crop crop crop!

I made this card using an image I got from Kelly...Kelly you are the best! I love these characters, they remind me of my oldest daughter...they are from The Greeting Farm-and they are Anya's.

I colored her in with my copics..of course!

The dimensional elements are CTMH and so are the buttons. The rhinestone swirl is from my LSS. The sparkles are from CTMH. I really wanted to add another rhinestone swirl to the left side of the card...but of course when I went back to my LSS to get another one...they were out of stock! So I just left the right one on cause I am just lovin' rhinestone swirls right now!

The paper is from imaginisce-The Fairest of Them All"

I made the tag using my Creative Memories tag punch and the sentiment is a SU! rub on transfer, that I got from my friend Shelly.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

-Nicole M Bailey

Chest of Drawers

2009-04-19T16:04:00.000-06:00

OKay so loooong time no post!

My three older kids were home from school last week for spring break so things were really busy around here...too busy to stamp....but it was all good-I love when my kids are home from school because we can sleep in and stay up a little later and do what ever we want!

I did get a chance to make this super cute "dresser" though. It took me several days to complete it because I could only do a little bit here and there.

I made it for odd and end embellishments. It fits perfectly on my scrap desk...and I must tell you I LOve it!

I made it using Lauren Meader's Timeless Template: Perfect Matchbox.

If you haven't been over to Lauren's blog you HAVE to go check it out! She is so clever, amusing and talented!

I used her idea to stack the matchboxes on top of each other to make a "dresser".

Her templates are so easy to use and so cheap-you down load one for $5 and then use it over and over and over again. The one thing that I do need to invest in to make more boxes and such is the scor-pal. It's really hard to make those perfect score lines without it.

I used 8 sheets of 8.5x11 sheets of cardstock to make the boxes and sleeves. I decided to use white cs just in case it didn't turn out......I hate to waste colored CS! ;O)

Then I just attached patterned paper to make it pretty.

Thanks for looking and have a great MONday!