I miss you. a lot.

Hello! Here is my "homework" for today's Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Techniques class at OnlineCardClasses. I painted a beach scene with my distress markers and water. I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies and the Stitched Oval Dies from MyCreativeTime. The greeting is from the Miss You Lots set by Wplus9. To finish it off, I drew in 3 little birds with a black pen. 

I hope you have a peaceful day. 

♥ Nikki ♥

A Happy Hello

Hello! I am super loving the Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Techniques class at OnlineCardClasses. Dawn {teacher} makes it all seem so doable. Anyhoo, I used the Pretty Peonies set from Wplus9 as a jumping off point for my flowers. I used the Hand Lettered Hello set by Wplus9 for the greeting. And I totally stole Kelly Latevola's awesome white outlining of sentiments thang. I think I'm probably hooked on that now. :)

I hope you're having an awesome day! 

♥ Nikki ♥

Hello sweet friend

Hello! Today is the first day of the Watercolor For Cardmakers: Intermediate Techniques class. I LOVE THIS CLASS! I feel almost like a legit artist for a minute. :) I used the little apple die from the Love To Learn set by MyCreativeTime to trace my apple pattern. I painted them with tube watercolors that I've had since my art school days {just a few years ago}. I really love the artsy look I got. Yay! I used the Hand Lettered Hello die by Wplus9 and the Hand Lettered Hello stamp set also by Wplus9. 

Also, my ridiculously talented friend Kelly Latevola is featuring me in her "Casing Genius" series! ME! Crazy. :) You can check it out HERE. And if you don't follow her, get on that! 

Have a FABULOUS evening!

♥ Nikki ♥

Merry Christmas

Hello! I was SUPER INSPIRED by the fantabulous Kelly Latevola's card in the Holiday Style class at OnlineCardClasses yesterday. She used greens for her card, but I decided to rainbowify it! Yay, RAINBOW! :) I used the Family And Friends set by Hero Arts for my trees. I used a rainbow of distress inks as well. I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies by MyCreativeTime for middle layer...and the greeting is from the Holiday Tags Stamp And Die set by MyCreativeTime. 

I hope you're having a wonderful weekend! 

♥ Nikki ♥

Season's greetings

Hello! Today's Holiday Style class at OnlineCardClasses was all about soft and subtle. The wildly talented Dawn from Wplus9 made a beautiful wreath, and she inspired me to give it a go. I don't have any of her holiday sets, so I busted out the Pretty Peonies set by Wplus9 and just went for it. I was going for a shabby Victorian-ish look with non traditional colors. I had my Nana in mind while making this, and this is so right up her alley! I used my distress markers to stamp, and to paint with. I added some rock candy stickles to some of the flowers for a sugared look. {which you can't really see in the pic} The greeting is from the Winter Cheer set by MyCreativeTime. 

I hope you're having a wonderful evening. 

♥ Nikki ♥

dec 25th

Hello! Today's Holiday Style class at OnlineCardClasses is all about sparkle and shine. For my card I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies for the panel and layer. I embossed one of the Bunch Of Fun Circles dies into the front panel, and then watercolored it with distress inks. 

It's difficult to see in a photo, but it's really cool in real life. I used the Dec25th Die by MyCreativeTime. I cut it a few times from white and used Tim Holtz glitter paper on top. Then I added glossy accents to make it shiny. :)

I hope you're having a great day. 

♥ Nikki ♥ 

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Hello! Here's a card I made today to fit the cute theme in the Holiday Style class at OnlineCardClasses. I used the adorable Reindeer Games set by Mama Elephant. I did some masking to make them stand on each other. :) I colored them with my Copics. I used Spring Rain ink by SimonSaysStamp for the sky. The greeting is from the Belly Band Sentiments set by MyCreativeTime. BTW I used my MISTI tool for this. I could kick myself for waiting so long to get one. It's seriously awesome. 

I hope you're having a great day! I have my windows open, and it's gorgeous out today here in Florida. I just checked, and it's 70 degrees. Perfect. :) 

♥ Nikki ♥

I'm dreaming of a bright Christmas

Hello! I was inspired by May's card in today's Holiday Style class at OnlineCardClasses...but she made her shape by stamping lots of little stamps...I masked to create a neon plaid. :) I ♥ neon! :)

I hope you're having a bright and happy week! 

♥ Nikki ♥ 

Celebrate the season

Hello! It's day one of the new Holiday Style class at OnlineCardClasses. I was inspired by the clean and simple masked card Julie made. So I masked off the edges of my card, and used the Boughs Of Holly set by MyCreativeTime to make the little pine bough scene. I used 2 ink colors, and second generation stamping to get the depth of color. The greeting is from the new Holiday Tags Stamp And Die set also by MyCreativeTime. To finish it off, I drew around the masked area with a fine tip pen. I really liked how my design turned out, so I made the same card 2 other ways...

I used the same exact colors on this card, but it looks a lot different because it's stamped on white. Dig it. :) And then...I had to neon-ify this design...

Ahh, neon. How I love thee. Here I added some black stamping to give it a more graphic look. I think I may like this one the most. :) And because these are all one layer, no extra postage! Score! 

I hope you're having a HAPPY day! 

♥ Nikki ♥

Warm wishes...

Hello! I really enjoyed this Watercolor For Card Makers class at OnlineCardClasses. It was short, but super informative. :) Today I gave no line coloring a go. I used the flowers from the Hey There Little Lady set by MyCreativeTime. I painted with distress inks and water. The greeting is from the Polynesian Paradise set from MyFavoriteThings. 

I hope you're having a great night! I'm super stoked that my fave band/obsession PEARL JAM is going to be on the Colbert show tonight! YAAAAAYYYYYYYY  :) 

Just Because

Hiya! Here's my card inspired by day 2 of Watercolor For Card Makers at OnlineCardClasses. I made a background with seedless preserves and picked raspberry distress inks and water. Lots of water. :) I used the same inks to sponge over a stencil on the card base. I used the Believe In Your Dreams set by MyCreativeTime for the feather and the greeting. I finished it off with some sequins. 

I hope you're having a great week so far. :)

♥ Nikki ♥

sending a little happy

Hello! Here's the card I made inspired by day 1 of the Watercolor For Card Makers class at OnlineCardClasses. I made a background using the plumeria cluster from the Polynesian Paradise set by MyFavoriteThings. I stamped it over and over and white heat embossed it. Then I watercolored with distress markers. I cut a circle from vellum using the Bunch Of Fun Circle Dies by MyCreativeTime. I embossed it with a folder.  I used the Happy Trio Dies by MyFavoriteThings. And for the greeting, I white heat embossed "sending a little" from the Sending Sunshine set by Wplus9. I finished it off by adding glossy accents and sequins. 

♥ Nikki ♥

You octopi my heart.

Hello! Here is a card I put together using a background I made with distress inks as "homework" for the Background Check class at OnlineCardClasses. The octopus and greeting are from the Beach Babies Digi set by PeachyKeenStamps. The cutest face ever is from the Sweet On You Face Assortment by PeachyKeenStamps. I colored the octopus with my Copics. I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies, Stitched Oval Dies, and the Vintage Labels Dies all from MyCreativeTime. 

I hope you have an awesome Friday! 

♥ Nikki ♥

Copics Used

Octopus- Y17,38 YR04,16,68,09

Eyes-BG13,15

Just a gnote.

Hello! Today is day 2 of the Background Check class at OnlineCardClasses. I played along by masking a plaid background. I used hot lips, sunshine, jellybean, scuba, and wisteria inks from SimonSaysStamp. I stamped the sweet gnome from the You Gnome Me set by MyFavoriteThings and colored him with my Copics. I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies and the Bunch Of Fun Circles Dies by MyCreativeTime.  I love how bright and happy this turned out. :)

I hope you're having a great week so far! 

♥ Nikki ♥

Copics Used

Skin- E51,30

Beard- W00,0,1

Cheeks- R20

Yellow- Y19

Greens- YG03,25

Pinks- RV14,25

Purples- BV00,01,02

Grays- C4,5,6,8

Sending a little love

Hello! Today's Maskerade class at OnlineCardClasses was about using freezer paper as a mask. Well, I don't have any, so I just used my Post It Paper. I used the Heart To Heart Love Frame Dies from MyCreativeTime to make my mask. I sprayed it with picked raspberry distress ink in a mini mister. I used my heat tool in between layers of spray so the mask wouldn't get saturated...and it worked just great. I added drops of Gold Lame Heidi Swapp color shine. I heat embossed the greeting from the Sending Sunshine set by Wplus9.  

I hope you have a GREAT weekend! 

♥ Nikki ♥

Every little thing...

Hello!  Today's Maskerade class at OnlineCardClasses looked at liquid masking. I stamped the Large Flower Background by Hero Arts and used my liquid frisket to mask off the flowers and stems. Then I watercolored with distress inks. I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More dies and the Stitched Oval Dies {both by MyCreativeTime} to make my shaker. I white heat embossed the Every Little Thing greeting by MyCreativeTime. I filled the shaker with sequins and added wink of stella to the flowers and stems. 

♥ Nikki ♥

Hello froggies

Hiya! Today is the start of the Maskerade class at OnlineCardClasses. It's super fun, and all about masking. I used the Happy Lil' Frogs and Happy Lil' Bigger Frogs by PeachyKeenStamps to make my snugglie froggies. I stamped the little one first, masked it off, and stamped the big one over top. I used my Copics to color the scene. The greeting is from the Into The Woods set by LawnFawn. I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More dies by MyCreativeTime to cut out the panel. 

Copics Used

Ground C1,3,5,7

Frogs YG01,03,06,25,17

BG10

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whoa baby

Hello! I made this shaker using Jennifer McGuire's tip on how to get die cut letters lined up straight. Stretch Your Dies class at OnlineCardClasses sure has been fun! I used the Uppercase Fun Dies from MyCreativeTime. I stamped "whoa" with the Claire's ABC's set from Lawn Fawn onto the banner die from the Vintage Labels set from MyCreativeTime. I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More dies to cut the panel. 

I hope you've had a wonderful weekend!

♥ Nikki ♥

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 ♥

sending a little happy

This is the card I made with the "negative" spaces left from the mask made for the other card I just posted...scroll down. ;) I sprayed the negative space with squeezed lemonade and mustard seed distress reinkers in mini misters. Then I stamped the roses from The Sweet Life set from PaperTreyInk. The happy is from the Happy Trio Dies from MyFavoriteThings. And the "sending a little" is from the Sending Sunshine set by Wplus9. I'm basically obsessed with this greeting. LOL The vellum circle with cut with the Bunch Of Fun Circles dies from MyCreativeTime and my panel was cut with the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More set from MyCreativeTime. 

I super love how both of these cards turned out! 

♥ Nikki ♥