He liked it, so he put a ring on it

Hiya! Here's the engagement card I made for my friend Beth, who just got engaged! YAY! :) I finally used the Print Then Cut feature of my Cricut Explore machine. I cut the panel with the custom greeting on it using a font in my computer...and it was actually super easy. WOOT! Then my all time favorite part, gluing on the sequins. So therapeutic. :)

I hope you're having a nice Friday night. 

♥ Nikki ♥

Just keep swimming...

Hello! I hope you're having a great week. For my card today I used this cute Mermaid SVG from MissKateCuttables. I cut her out of white cardstock with my Cricut Explore. I cut her out of white so I could color her with my Copics. After I colored her tail I went over it with squiggles with my lightest BV color to make "scales"...and then I also added rock candy stickles to her tail. I also added rock candy stickles to her top and coated that with glossy accents. I gave her a bow, and added wink of stella to that. Her incredibly sweet face is from the In The Garden 2 Face Assortment by PeachyKeenStamps. The greeting is from the Beach Babies Digi set by PeachyKeenStamps. She is on a Wobble so she wiggles and swims. :) I've used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies, Stitched Oval Dies, and the Vintage Labels Dies all by MyCreativeTime. 

♥ Nikki ♥

Copics Used

Hair- YR61, YR02, E95, E97

Tail- BV00, BV01, BV02

Top- BG11, BG13

Skin- E51, E21

Eyes- YG13

Seas the day

Hello! I love getting more out of my stamps, don't you???!!! For this adorable sea turtle, I used the Dragon Family Face Assortment by PeachyKeenStamps. Yep, dragon faces! I think it makes for a pretty darn cute sea turtle! :) I used this Sea Turtle SVG from MissKateCuttables and my Cricut Explore to cut it out. I cut it from white cardstock, and used my Copics to color it. I used broken china, peacock feathers, and salty ocean distress inks to make the background. The greeting is from the Hey Sailor set by MyCreativeTime. To finish this off, I added blobs of glossy accents...they

 look like bubbles. :) OH and she is on a WOBBLE so she swims! :)

♥ Nikki ♥

Copics Used

YG00,01,03,25

Boombox Shaker Card

Hiya! Happy Friday to you! This is the birthday card I made for my brother. :) I used a chevron stencil and Hero Arts Shadow inks in tide pool, orange soda, butter bar, soft granite, and charcoal to make the patterned paper. I made the boombox shaker using the Groovy Times Cricut cartridge. I did some "contour hiding" so I could make room to hide my foam tape. I cut all the pieces from white and inked them with the same colors I used for the patterned paper. I filled the shaker with Martha Stewart stars glitter. I used the Label Font stamp set from MyCreativeTime to make my greeting. 

OH one last thing...SALE ALERT! :) 

Pet Sympathy

Today's class at OnlineCardClasses was about using border dies. Instead of masking with border dies, I just cut strips so I could make stripes. I cut the paw with my Cricut Explore and the Life's A Party cartridge. Then my favorite part as usual...gluing my sequins. :)

♥ Nikki ♥

Simple St. Patrick's Day Cards

Hello! I made some simple St. Patrick's Day cards using the Spring Holiday Cards Cricut cartridge and my Cricut Explore machine. I used the Lucky Day Shamrock background from PeachyKeenStamps on all the card fronts. That is a great background that you should totally get before it's gone forever! :) I also used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More dies from MyCreativeTime on all the cut panels to add just a little detail. Still super quick!

Love that subtle background. You can see it better in real life. Promise. ;)

And this last one just cracks me up! :) I sent this one to my Father In Law. :)

I hope you're having a fabulous Sunday! 

♥ Nikki ♥

MCT Designer Challenge

Photo Credit 

Hello! It's time for another Designer Challenge at MyCreativeTime. This time we have the above photo/color combo as inspiration. Here is my card...

I stamped the card base with the Grainy Wood Background. The "wreath" was cut from the Sweethearts Cricut Cartridge with my Cricut Explore. I inked it with mint julep Hero Arts shadow ink. I cut the eggs with the dies in the Hello Chickie set. I inked them with soft pool and soft cantaloupe Hero Arts shadow ink. The bunny was cut with the die in the To My Best Peep set. The greeting is from the Hello Chickie set. I added sequins to finish it off. 

Pop over to MyCreativeTime to see more and to play along! :)

♥ Nikki ♥

Sequin Seahorse

Hello! I am in absolute LOVE with the brand new Cricut Design Space App for iPad! It's awesome and FREE! Yay! It is beyond simple to use as well. For my first card made using the Cricut Design Space App, I bought this pretty seahorse image from the Anna Griffin Summer Soirees cartridge. OH and buying that image from my iPad was incredibly simple! Anyhoo, I attached the seahorse image to a rectangle so I could use the negative space. And they my favorite part, gluing the sequins. 

As usual, I used glossy accents to glue down the sequins. Eek! I love this pretty seahorse. And I seriously super love the new Cricut Design Space App! So fire up your iPad and head to the App Store. :)

I'm really excited to watch the launch of the new Cricut Explore Air machine on HSN tonight at Midnight Eastern. {9 Pacific time} A lot of folks are having a cow about Cricut releasing another new machine...but there's no need to birth bovines! ;) The improvement on the Cricut Explore Air is built in wireless capabilities. So, if you've already got the original Cricut Explore machine, you just need to snag yourself a blue tooth adapter. Easy peasy. 

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. Also. the new App sorta reminds me of having a Gypsy. Except it's about a bajillion times awesomererer. :)

Hoppy Valentine's Day

Hello! It's Inspiration Wednesday at MyCreativeTime. My inspiration for this card is my Mommy. :) I made her this Valentine because she loves frogs. Well, she likes FAKE frogs. The real deal will cause her to emit a sound that only dogs can hear. :) Anyhoo...I used my Cricut Explore to cut this frog from the New Arrival cartridge. That's an OLD one! I made the shaker with the fabulous Stitched Rectangular Frames And More dies. 

I used the Alpha Pack to make the word "hoppy", and the Puffy Hearts Just For You set for the "Valentine's Day". I used THIS stencil for my hearts. 

Pop over to MyCreativeTime to see more creations. 

♥ Nikki ♥

MCT Stamp/Die Of The Month

Hello! It's time for another Stamp/Die of the Month at MyCreativeTime. This month it is the Fun Speech Bubbles set. I used the set for my fun "oh snap" greeting. I used my Cricut Explore to cut THIS sweet crab SVG. I added some sequins and called it done. 

Pop over to MyCreativeTime to see more creations. 

♥ Nikki ♥

Love U

Hello! Today's Clean And Simple 4 class at OnlineCardClasses was all about inking. So, I decided to get super inky. ;) I also used my Cricut Explore to create a mask for the first time! Fun stuff! I cut this image from the Valentine's Day cartridge out of Post-It Craft Paper. I put the dial on the Explore on the cardstock setting, and it cut like a dream. I started by inking up the panel with spun sugar and worn lipstick Distress inks. Then I put the mask on. 

I sprayed picked raspberry distress ink in a mini mister over it. And then I flicked on some of that ink. Then I sprayed it with Gold Lame Heidi Swapp Color Shine spray. It looks SO COOL in real life. Basically impossible to get a good picture of all the shine. 

After I took off the mask, I also flicked on some gold color shine. This card looks different depending on how the light catches it. :) 

Happy Friday! I hope you have an awesome weekend!

♥ Nikki ♥

MCT Inspiration Wednesday

Hiya! It's Inspiration Wednesday at MyCreativeTime. I guess my card was inspired by my desire to play with my Cricut Explore. ;) I bought the Everyday Pop Up Cards cartridge a LONG time ago...specifically for this hot air balloon! I love how it looks with Valentinesy papers. I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies from MyCreativeTime for the card base and panel. 

I stamped the Cartoon Cloud Background from MyCreativeTime on the card base and greeting strip. 

The greeting is from the Puffy Hearts Just For You set from MyCreativeTime. I put the hot air balloon on a wobble, so it wiggles. :)

Pop over to MyCreativeTime to see more creations. 

♥ Nikki ♥

MCT Trending Now Thursday

Hello! It's Trending Now Thursday at MyCreativeTime. Today we are exploring the Wood and Lace trend. For my card, I stuck to just wood. :) I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies for my card base and layer. I stamped the Grainy Wood Background on the smaller layer. I used the Alpha Pack to stamp "wood", and the rest of the greeting is from the 100% Sweetness set. I masked off the first word so I could customize it. 

My little beaver was cut from the Oh Canada Cricut Cartridge. :) I gave him a heart from the Stitched Sweethearts and XOXO dies. Oh, and Mr. Beaver is on a circle from the Bunch Of Fun Circles dies. 

Pop over to MyCreativeTime to see more creations. 

♥ Nikki ♥

I can't conseal how I feel ;)

Hiya bloggy friends! :) For my punny Valentine today, I cut the seal from the Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge. I made his face with 2 sets from PeachyKeenStamps, The Happy Penguin Couples Assortment for his eye, and The Moodies 1 1/8 set for the mouth. I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies from MyCreativeTime for the panel and patterned paper layer on it. I also used the Fun Stitches Edges Dies from MyCreativeTime for the scalloped border. 

I used the Alpha Pack from MyCreativeTime to stamp my punny greeting. :) I stamped SEAL in darker gray to make it stand out more. I also went over the letters with a sakura glitter pen for sparkle. I added wink of stella clear glitter marker to the ball and his hat. 

I hope you're having a great week thus far! Just a heads up...tonight at midnight Eastern starts 24 hour craft day on HSN. :)

♥ Nikki ♥ 

Hi Buddy! My own SVG with the Cricut Explore

Hello! I am SOOOOO happy with this card! I used my Cricut Explore and Design Space to make my own SVG from an image. I've always loved Mr. Narwhal from Elf, so I made my own version of him using a photo that I found on google. I used the Explore to cut out the shape I wanted, and then I drew in the lines to make my own "stamp". I used the Kawaii Face Assortment for his eye, and the Squee Face Assortment for his mouth. Both awesome sets from PeachyKeenStamps. I colored him with my Prismacolor colored pencils and blended out with OMS/gamsol. I went over his eye and eyebrow with a black sakura glaze pen. 

I colored in his horn {which is really a tooth that only male narwhal's have} with a wink of stella clear glitter marker...and then added glossy accents to it. I inked the sky with tumbled glass distress ink, and added snow with my sakura white gel pen. Mr. Narwhal's line in Elf is, "Bye Buddy. Hope you find your Dad."....but I made this a hi card. I used the Claire's ABC's set from Lawn Fawn to make the greeting. I also added wink of stella to the snowy iceberg in front of Mr. Narwhal. :)

♥ Nikki ♥ 

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May your days be merry and bright

Hello! For this card I used the Cute Reindeer SVG from Miss Kate Cuttables. I cut it out with my Cricut Explore. I used the Sweet On You Face Assortment from PeachyKeenStamps for the eyes. I used the Trick Or Treat set from MyCreativeTime to stamp the stars on the scarf. 

The greeting is from the Oh By Golly set from PeachyKeenStamps. I added wink of stella and glossy accents to the nose. :)

♥ Nikki ♥ 

MyCreativeTime SALE info.

PeachyKeenStamps SALE info. 

through JANUARY 1st, 2015. We want your shopping experience here to be as simple and hassle-free as possible!

• December 2014 RANGE 1, PROMO CODE: SAVE20 Save 20% when you spend $5.00 to $35.00
• December 2014 RANGE 2, PROMO CODE: SAVE25 Save 25% when you spend $35.01 to $75.00
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***Warning...borderline naughty card*** :)

See, I warned ya in my blog post title. ;) I got this hysterical SVG file of Cousin Eddie from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation from a blog hop a few days ago on my pal Michelle's blog. I used my new Cricut Explore to cut him out. I did him up pretty much the same way Michelle did. He is just so funny! 

I used the Alpha Pack from MyCreativeTime to make my greeting...a.k.a. Cousin Eddie's famous line from the flick. And, yes, this is a Christmas card. ;) Boy, did I crack up while I was making this. 

♥ Nikki ♥

Here's the clip of this part of the movie. 

Warm Winter Wishes, Addie

Hello. There is a little girl named Addie, who is likely celebrating her last Christmas. Her family thought it would be nice for her to get a lifetime of Christmas cards. You can read about her story HERE, and like her Facebook page HERE. I encourage you to make her a card. :) 

For my card for her, I've used my brand new Cricut Explore to cut the adorable Faceless Penguins Peachy Pieces SVG from PeachyKeenStamps. You get 2 cutie pie penguins in the set. I gave miss penguin her sweet face with the Happy Penguin Couples 1 1/8 set from PeachyKeenStamps.

I used the Cableknit Background from PeachyKeenStamps on her hat. I inked the hat with bubble gum Hero Arts shadow ink, and then stamped the background with the same ink. I used passion flower Hero Arts shadow ink for the purple bits. I added wink of stella to the purple bits as well. The greeting is from the Holiday Sentiments set by PeachyKeenStamps. And I made her name with the Alpha Pack set from MyCreativeTime. Miss penguin is on a WOBBLE so she wiggles. :)

♥ Nikki ♥