Through The Purple Haze Challenges Blog Design Team Secret Santa Blog Hop

Good Morning all Today I am taking part in another Blog Hop with the Through the Purple Haze Ladies This time we are sharing photos of the gifts we received from our Secret Santa

 If you would like to follow the blog hop the starting point is Here

And the order we are following is below

Anita http://kardmakingheaven.blogspot.co.uk/

Ashley http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.co.uk/

Becky http://beckyscardsandcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/

Darcy http://craftingwithdarcy.blogspot.co.uk/

Eithne http://cardroomdelights.blogspot.ie/

Fiona http://ahighlanderflingofcards.blogspot.co.uk/

Jacqui http://jacqui-creations.blogspot.co.uk/

Lisbeth http://skaperlyst.blogspot.no/

Lucy http://loopylass2010.blogspot.co.uk/

Lynne http://esperitecrafting.blogspot.co.uk/

Nicola http://craftycardsbynicola.blogspot.ie/ 

 Pam http://alljazzed2create.blogspot.co.uk/

Sian http://serendipity-cards.blogspot.co.uk/

Sylvia http://sylviaskards.blogspot.co.uk/

Teresa http://ceesascardcreations.blogspot.ie/

Now on to my goodies.... my original Secret Santa parcel got lost in the post and didn't arrive by the expected date so a very kind Angel stepped in and arranged for another parcel to be sent to me, Just so I wasn't left out I think that this was such a lovely gesture considering it was nobody's fault, just one of those things, so thank you again to my Special Secret Santa I am very grateful for the lovely gift you sent me. I was away over Christmas and New Year so I only got to open my parcel on Saturday evening and haven't had the chance to "play" with any of it yet but needless to say I am really excited and can't wait to get making and I promise you will be the first I show it to ;)

All my Lovely Goodies :)

Glittered and layered stickers

Me to you stamp

Craft works cards Stamp set

Felt butterfly embellishment

Bead embellishment

G45  "Place in Time" 6x6 paper pad and chipboard tags

Papermania 

Ribbons and bakers twine

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to hop on over to the Lovely Pam
Until next time 

Nicola xx

Happy Birthday Anita

Hi All... 

Today us Hazelnuts over on the through the purple haze challenges Design Team, have been a little naughty and have organised a secret blog hop to wish our wonderful
Co-ordinator Anita a very Happy Birthday.
This is the card I made and sent to Anita.

      

I Hope you have a lovely day Anita and thank you so much for all your hard work on the blog we really appreciate it

The next stop on the Blog Hop is Sian's blog 

Thanks for Stopping by today

Until next time

Nicola xx

Happy New Year

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all 

Happy New Year 

And to thank everybody who stopped by my Blog in 2013, took the time to read my ramblings, look at my crafty makes and leave me a comment.... I really appreciate it very much 

So here's to a Happy and Healthy 2014 for us all....

...talk soon 

Nicola x

Christmas with Penny Black

Morning all today is the last challenge of this year over at Through the Purple Haze Challenges 

and for this Challenge we are being Sponsored by Penny Black

and  the prize are these beautiful Stamp sets

Our Theme this week is "Here comes Christmas Day" and this is my take on it

The Image is stamped, onto brown card, with flitter glue and then Gliding flakes have been applied

I then layered it onto card that had been covered with the same gliding flakes, this was then layered onto a cream embossed layer. All corners were rounded using a decorative punch. A bow and bell was added to the top left hand corner

And three gold disc's topped with beads were added to the top right hand side

The card was finished with a computer generated sentiment.

Challenges I would like to enter this card into are:

http://hobbycutzchallenges.blogspot.ie/ All tied up

http://lacysunshinechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Celebrations

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.ie/ Anything goes

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.ie/ Christmas

I really hope you come to play along at TTPH

Hope you have a great day 

Nicola x

Christmas is Coming

Good morning all I can not believe it's December already where has this year gone???? Challenge time at Through the Purple Haze Challenges  it's a double team challenge again this week we are sponsored by the fabulous Kenny K  for Team A   And Craft all day for Team B. This weeks theme is 

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, please add your christmas crafty makes and win some lovely stash!

Prize: Goody Bag

Prize: 3 Digi Stamps

 I chose the lovely  Ice Skate Kate 

I coloured her with Pro markers 

Hair: Shale, Cinnamon and Satin

Skin: Pastel Pink, Dusky Pink and Satin

Eyes: Cobalt Blue and Cyan 

Jumper: Berry Red, Indigo Blue,Cobalt Blue, Denim Blue

Jeans:  Indigo Blue,Cobalt Blue, Denim Blue

Skates: Cool Grey 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 

Ear Muffs and TuTu : Ice Grey 4 and 2 at the bottom to give shade 

I made an A6 size Easel style card 

 

The Papers I used were from Papermania At Home for Christmas Range and I embellished it with a holographic die cut Holly  a large button from my stash and the stopper has two rows of crystal gems to add an extra bit of bling

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

kenny ks krafty krew

crafting when we can challenges

http://mymumscraftshop.blogspot.co.uk/

Thanks for stopping by today I can't wait to to see all your fab creations on TTPH

Until next time 

Nicola x

Hi All its Monday so it is time for another challenge Through The Purple Haze Challenges this week we are sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs the theme is Pinks, Purples or Reds and the winner receives 4 images from Sassy Studio

I got to work with Red hot Honey and this is what I made..... I coloured her with 

promarkers the colours I used were Burgandy, Rose Pink and Blossom for her dress and coat. Her hair was using Shale, Henna and Cinnamon. and her skin was coloured with Dusky pink Blush and Ivory.                                                                  

The Card is an A5 portrait card in white 

with Black satin ribbon, diamantes, feathers and a decal cut from mirri card using a spellbinders die 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

 Simon Says stamp blog

One Stitch at a Time

Looking forward to seeing all your creations over at TTPH

Thanks for stopping by today

Until next time 

Nicola

Double Team Challenge at TTPH Challenges

Hi All, it's another Double Team Challenge over at TTPH

and This week we are sponsored by stitchy bear stamps and floppy latte designs

TEAM A
Prize $10 worth of Digi stamps

TEAM B
Prize $6 coupon

The Theme is Anything Goes

Here is what I made

This was a really fun image to work with so I decided I wanted to put it on to a card that was a little bit different to your standard card so I made a Joy fold Card

 The basic card is made from a single A4 sheet cut in half to give you 2 A5 pieces of card, the first fold is scored at A5 on cardmaking score board and the second fold is a standard A6 card trimmed to 10.5 cm to give you a square. I then matted and layered with Red and patterned card each 1/2 cm smaller then the previous. The card was finished with a snow flake die cut and Blitter, 3 smaller Blitters and a tag on a peg which acts as a holder to close the card.

The image was coloured with Promarkers in Grey scale using cool grey 1-5 all over (except for white areas) and his coat and hat Berry red by using the Grey tones under the Red it gives the effect of light and shade without using various red shades, this technique is a really effective way to get depth in your colouring even if your colour options are limited. On his beard and gloves etc I used cool grey 1 & 2 to create some shade.

Thanks for stopping by to day and please visit TTPH and check out the fab creations from all the DT members you can even vote for your favourite!! 

Looking forward to seeing all your beautiful entries in the challenge

Until next time 

Nicola :)