Feathered friends

I found some feathers I had bought a few years ago in my stash and thought they would make a cute tail for this little peacock stamp from paper smooches.....

The stamp is from 'My Peeps' stamp set and is coloured using copics. The body is covered in glossy accents and I cut the card by the birds bottom (that sounds weird.....!!) so I could stick the feathers in.

Hope you like it and have a good day :-)

Nina xxx

A quick tweet.....

Happy weekend :-)

It seems safer to stay indoors this back holiday weekend, what with the schizophrenic weather and all, so I am happily spending today at my craft desk.

This card is made using papers from Echo Park's sweet day collection and they are so lovely that it's a shame to cover them up with loads of embellishments....so I haven't!

The sentiment and image are stamped using Paper Smooches stamps and I have simply added a brad and ribbon.

The backing card is chocolate chip and pink pirouette from Stampin Up!

Have a good day.....

Nina xxx

P.S. the inside was created using the leftover papers from the front.

If only......

....I could magic this little car into life, it would solve all my car issues!! Its true that you never realise how much you rely on your car until you dont have it and I can't wait until it is either fixed (very unlikely!) or I have a new one.

Anyway, hopefully stamped cars can't break down and with that in mind I have created this card using an image from Paper Smooches 'My Guy' stamp set.

The car is coloured using copics (W1, W3, W5 and a little BV04) and I have applied glossy accents over the whole car for a shine and diamond stickles to the headlights.

The papers are from MME and Echo Park and the sentiment is a stamp from PS 'Simply Said' kit.

The Grey Card is Basic Grey from Stampin up! I didn't want to add too much to the card in the way of embellishments etc as it is quite masculine and would, I think, ruin the effect.

This is a close up of the car so you can see the glossy accents better and as always I decorated the inside of the card too......



Nina xxx

P.s. apologies for the skinny little pic of the inside!!

Simply said

Here is another card I have made today.....

Sometimes simple is best and I thought this sweet little image spoke for itself so I left the decoration fairly simple on the rest of the card

Of course he had to have a little sparkle and a glossy accents beak (difficult to see from the pic unfortunately).

The stamps used are the same as my previous post (Paper Smooches My Peeps and Simply Said). The paper is Echo Park Sweet Day and the brads and backing card Stampin Up!

The inside is a similar layout but with a larger space to write on....


Nina xxx

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Glitter everywhere.....

I'm not sure how I've managed it but I keep finding glitter everywhere, in the house, the car, at work.....that stuff travels far!!!! I don't even remember using much loose glitter recently, but anyway...

I've had to take the day off work today due to car trouble (desperately want a new one!) but at least I can get some cards made in the unexpected time I have at home :-)

My absolute favorite stamps at the moment are my paper smooches sets and people loooooove the cards with the images on. So cute and versatile.

This is a little fella from 'My Peeps'set and the sentiment is from 'simply said'. I have coloured him using copics and diamond stickles (NOT loose glitter...the plot thickens!!). Papers are from Echo Park's summer days 6x6 and ribbon from the Craft Fairy. The brads and backing card are from Stampin up!

Well I'm off to make more cards so have a good rest of the day :-)

Nina xxx

Birthday strops.....!!

I celebrated a milestone birthday this year.....yep, the big 30!! I didn't think it would bother me too much, but this image pretty much sums up how I actually felt about it on the day.....

My birthday was in April but I'm still in a little strop about it ;-) so I had a little giggle to myself whilst making this card!

Anyway, I love pink and grey together so I used Stampin up 'pink pirouette' and 'basic grey' card stock. The papers are from Echo Park and I used the sewing machine to stitch round the edge of the papers.

The image is from Lili of the Valley and is coloured using Copic markers. I paper-pieced the pressie and added diamond stickles to the skirt and tiara.

I hope you like it :-)

Nina xxx

Happy Everything

I set myself a challenge of making a card without using any patterned paper.....no easy task, let me tell you!
I am so addicted to patterned paper but here is the finished card.......

I used an image from sugar nellie, Party Princess, with a sentiment from Paper Smooches. The image is cloloured as always using copics and finished with some glitter. The sentiment is embossed with white embossing powder and I added the brads and flowers to make up for the void that the lack of patterned paper caused :-)

Anyway, I'm pleased with the finished look, I'm not sure if it would work so well with a small image and sentiment so I may have to give that a try........

Nina xx

It's finally Friday......

Work is over for another week and I couldnt be happier about it....it's been a busy one!!

I did manage to make a couple of cards in the week though. The first is using a paper smooches stamps from 'My Peeps' and the sentiment is from 'simple said'. I have coloured the image using BG10, BG45 and BG49 copic markers and added a touch of stickes for some sparkle.

The sentiment is embossed with white embossing powder onto Stampin up Melon Mambo card stock. The lower background is paper from Echo Park and the upper area is Stampin up pink pirouette card with a feather stamp (from the same set as the main image) just randomly stamped with a Versamark ink pad.

I added a bit of cream twine and mounted on Pool Party card stock (from SU again!)

The next card I made with Pool Party again (as it was already on my desk, so why not!) and decided to try something a little different. I dont use white card very often so I thought would try a clean/crisp look to this card with a lot of white showing.....I like how it turned out. The birds are from Technique Tuesday's Aviary kit......Looking back I just wish I had coloured them the other way round, so that the blue bird was on the pink area, but maybe I am just being picky? Hmmmm

Happy Friday :-)

Summer colours on a rainy day

Well the weather has been just horrible. But that hasnt put me off using some sunny colours in my crafting!

The base card is Stampin Up Daffodil Delight and I Iove it.....it creates such a summery vibrant background. I have also used a touch of chocolate chip for matting and the paper is from Echo Park. I have distressed the edges of the paper with Antique Linen distress ink to match the background of the stamped image.

The image is one I have used a few times from Lili of the Valley and it comes with the sentiment stamp 'never too old for cupcake'. Too right!!

I have coloured using copics and added some glitter and glossy accents to the image to make it sparkle and shine.

Huge birthday wishes......

I have another card today made with my fave stamps from Paper Smooches Party Posse set. Supplies are as follows:
Stamps all from Party Posse set (including the words)

Paper is Echo Park's Sweet Day 6x6 pad - I have also paper pieced Dino with paper from this collection
There is a touch of colouring using Copics BG10 and BG45
Card is Stampin Up Pool Party and very vanilla
The twine and brads I'm not too sure as they are from my bits and pieces drawer (basically its a drawer where everything that doesnt have a specific place gets put....its a mess!)

Anyway hope you all have a great weekend

Nina xx

First mobile upload.....

Happy weekend everyone!
Thought I would share this card I made using a wood mounted stamp featuring 'house mouse'....
Such a cute image! I have coloured using copics and distressed the edges with antique linen distress ink.

The papers are from a first edition papers spring collection and the ribbon from craft fairy. The card is pink pirouette and chocolate chip from stampin up!
I hope this appears ok on my blog because I am uploading and editing this post on my phone for the first time using a new App, so fingers crossed :-)......
Nina xxx

I <3 Paper Smooches

I know its been a while since I posted, but i've been using every spare minute I have playing with my new paper smooches stamps!! I'm so excited by these, they are currently difficult to find in the UK, so I orderedsome from 'make the day special' website and the rest direct from the Paper Smooches online shop, which is based in the US.

I can't wait to build up my collection but here is what I have made so far......

This little turtle cutie is from the Party Posse set

The birds are from 'My peeps' set.....all are coloured using Copics and with papers from Echo Park (love their papers)

This is the'My Peeps' set again, they are so versatile, this could be a new baby card, although its not what I planned it to be!!!! :-)










I made a few from the 'My Guy' set for Fathers day too....

Anyway, please visit www.papersmoochesstamps.com to see all their goodies, I can't wait to get back to my craft desk :-)

Nina xxx

A Dainty little Dancer.....

I was lucky enough to go to the NEC last week and get a first glipse at the new Lili of the valley collection.....and I also bought this little lady from the last release which I have had my eye on for a while....

I have coloured her using Copics and with a touch of sparkle with Diamond Stickles. The flowers are Prima and the ribbon from the Craft Fairy. Papers are all from MME (various lost and found collections).

The inside I kept simple with some left over paper and some Martha Stewart butterflies that I punched from Patterned papers.

I will be posting some cards using some of the new collection from Lili of the Valley shortly so check back soon.......

Nina xxxx

For a special Mom.....

Here is the Mother's day card I made for my Mom this year...


Colouring: Copic Markers
Buttons; Stampin up
Papers: MME
Ribbon: Craft Fairy

 This is the inside and I also made a little gift of a bookmark to go with the card.

Happy Mother's Day, Mom! xxx

Time to Celebrate!

This stamp is from Lili of the Valley and is one of my faves....

I Coloured the image with Copics and Prisma Colour pencils....
And the papers are from Echo Park. All the backing card and buttons/brads are from Stampin up!

I decorated the inside with left over papers from the front.

I will put my Mothers Day card from this year on the blog shortly........

Nina xxx

A new craft room :-)...

Admittedly its been a while since my last post, but I have been busy moving house and setting up my new craft area....

I'm really please with how its turned out!

Lots of cards to follow now I am all ready to craft!!!
Nina xxx