Monday Madness.....Imagine That

Hello! I will again be playing along with Monday Madness using patterned paper because I don't have a Cricut Imagine. I used the Small Talk stamp set for the polka dot border and the sentiment. The spider is from the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge. Ok, that's my super simple card for today. Pop over to Emma's Blog to see what she and the rest of the design team made! :)

♥ Nikki ♥

Throwback Thursday

It's Throwback Thursday time again with Emma!!! Our challenge this week is to use the colors purple, green, orange, and black. This is also a Cricut-less challenge. Ok, let me explain why I have a cricut cut on my card...Well, first of all, I screwed up! HA...BUT I didn't actually use my cricut THIS YEAR to make this card...I had that cut shoved in my Halloween paper pack from last year ;) Anyhoo, her face is from the set called Make a Monster Face Assortment from PeachyKeenStamps.com. The super cutie sentiment is from Emma's set called All Around Halloween.

Pop over to Emma's BLOG to see what she and the rest of the DT gals made!

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. The monster is from Paper Doll Dress Up and the Twine is from PinkByDesign.

Nurse Emma...at your service ;)

Giggle giggle. Hehehehe...This is the card I made and sent to Emma's hubby Aaron. ☺ "Emma" is from the Once Upon A Princess cartridge. Her candy striper dress is actually from Mrs. Claus on the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge. The shirt is from Everyday Paper Dolls. Her nurse hat is from Everyday Paper Dolls too.

I used my dymo label maker and clear tape to make her nurse tag. ☺ Her face is, of course,  from the Princess Face Assortment from PeachyKeenStamps.com. Otay...I'm off to get inky! :)

♥ Nikki ♥

****My Inspiration****

My Jinxy girl...in candy striper mode. HAHAHA

Throwback Thursday

Hiya! Sorry I am so late in posting this...My internet has been mean since last night. Anyhoo, the challenge this time is to use ANY older cartridge and make a project with a St. Patrick's Day theme. I used the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge for my shamrock. The card base is from Life's a Party {not old, but too cute not to use ;o)} The cute face is from the Wide Eyed Kids assortment from PeachyKeenStamps.com. The sentiment is from Emma's I Believe in Leprechauns set.

Pop over to Emma's blog to play along with Throwback Thursday! I can't wait to see what you make! Have a wonderful day!!!

♥ Nikki ♥

No tricks... & Happy Birthday to my Simba Kitty

Greetings Earthlings! A very happy Friday to you. ☺ Like my purple people eater card, I have had this alien girl cut out FOREVER! Her cute face is from the Monster Mash Face Assortment from PeachyKeenStamps.com. I gave her pipe cleaners for feet.

The "no tricks..." sentiment is from the A Haunting We Will Go set from PinkByDesign. The inside is also stamped with one of her stamps and says "only treats." I just LOVE this set! Well I hope you have a FABULOUS Friday!!! I will see you back here tomorrow for the Birthday Bash Blog Hop with Momo...and I may have a giveaway...hint hint! ☺

♥ Nikki ♥

P.S. Today is my Simba Kitty's 11th birthday. He has been getting TONS of albacore tuna today! He is in meowy heaven! ☺

One eyed purple people eater! Ahhhhh ☺

Sorry if my music scared you, but I just HAD to play that song! Hehehe! I have had this girl cut out FOREVER and finally used her. She is cut from the Paper Doll Dress Ups cricut cartridge. The face is from the Make a Monster face assortment from PeachyKeenStamps.com. I used my new i-rock again to add the little orange blings along the bottom. I ♥ my i-rock already!

The "BOO!" sentiment is from the A Haunting We Will Go set from PinkByDesign. I hope you're having a fab-BOO-lous day!

♥ Nikki ♥

WINNER...and Jeepers Creepers

Well, we have a WINNER!!! The winner of the Frankly Stamp set is......

                                        LESLEY FROM WI

Lesley said: Your blog is a favorite of mine. Thanks for all the inspiration!! Love Franky coming out of that pumpkin. Way too cute!!

CONGRATS Lesley!!!! Just shoot me an email with your address and I'll ship your brand spankin' new stamp set off to you! ☺ And now onto today's card!

First off, my parental units left this morning :0( We had tons of fun together, and I still squeezed in a few little card making sessions...I couldn't help myself! I seriously feel WEIRD if I go a day without making something. Is it just me? I doubt it! ☺ Anyhoo, here's my card for today. I had a few extra spiders laying around {leftover from spiderpig ☺} So I whipped up this card... FAST!

The cute sentiment is from the A Haunting We Will Go set from PinkByDesign. I can't wait till her newest sets get to me! ☺ I hope you're having a great day!

♥ Nikki ♥

Eek!...Spiderpig!

Hello! This may be my weirdest creation yet! Have you seen the Simpson's Movie? If not, then this makes ZERO sense to you! LOL In the movie Homer makes a little pig walk on the ceiling...and he sings Spiderpig {song playing on my blog today} I used the Pig Peeker die for the pig and the spider is from Paper Doll Dress Up. I hope you like my odd little card for today!

This card is for my Scrapping Cottage Blog post today...Head over there to see what all the SUPER TALENTED DT members have made this week!

Happy WEIRD crafting to you!!!

♥ Nikki ♥

Fun with Emma! ☺ and a GIVEAWAY

Hi!!!! Emma asked me to be her "special guest" today for some Halloween fun!!! So, lets get to it! This first card was made with Happy Hauntings and the Monster Mash from PeachyKeen....I used glossy accents to make his hair shiny...

This kitty card was also made with Happy Hauntings...

I used the Tear Kitty Face Parts set for his eyes and nose.

For this froggy card, I used the Boys Will Be Boys cartridge. The witch hat is from Paper Doll Dress Up. The Spider is from Nikkity Knack Cat Gang.

I used the exact same frog cut for this non-Halloween card just to show you how changing your patterned paper really makes a huge difference. The Unfrog-getable stamp is from MyPinkStamper.

For this SUPER SIMPLE card I used the Pumpkin Carving cartidge and my gypsy. I welded two circles from Plantin Schoolbook together, and voila!

Phew, and for my last card I used October 31st. Do you have card overload yet??? HEHEHE. Now, onto a GIVEAWAY!!! I am giving away one of Emma's AWESOME Gypsy Magic DVD's!!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!! AND also, one of her super cute tote bags!!!! Just leave a comment on this post for your chance to win win win!!!

Halloweenie Hugs!!!!

♥ Nikki ♥

Thank you EMMA for letting me play along during your Halloween Party!!!

Take me to your leader

GREETINGS EARTHLINGS! Here is the card I am entering in Emma's Throwback Thursday challenge for this week. The challenge is to use the Paper Doll Dress Ups cartridge which I was stoked about because that is one of my all time FAVORITE cartridges! I used the brand spankin' new Monster Mash faces from PeachyKeenStamps to stamp her super cute face.

I used chenille stems to make her furry little alien legs. ;o) Emma used them on her magnet project and I was inspired to use them too! I used my Sakura pens to give her purple eyeshadow. All papers are from the Lime Rickey collection by Basic Grey. So pop over to Emma's Blog and join the challenge!

Big Alien Hugs!

Nikki ;o)

*REMINDER* You still have time to enter to win the Critter Faces Stamps that I am giving away...Just click HERE to comment on the PeachyKeen Realease Blog hop post to be entered. You have until midnight Friday CST.

You're My Hero Card

Hello and Happy Memorial Day to you! I made this card today to send to my deployed sailor. I know it'll make him smile! I wanted to create a sort of cheeky "pin-up" for him and this is what I came up with. I used Once Upon A Princess for my cheeky gal. And thanks to the new hide contour feature on the Gypsy, stamping her face with the adorable Princess Face Assortment was super easy!

Honestly I think this is the cutest face EVER! Kathy at PeachyKeenStamps.com so TOTALLY ROCKS!!! I would just DIE without my PK stamps! I'm going to go out on a limb and say this may be my favorite card EVER!!! I hope "my hero" agrees with me. Oh, the "you're my hero" stamp is from the Everyday Occasions set by MyPinkStamper. I hope you're having a fabulous Memorial Day. I have spent the day craftin' and watching my beloved Chicago Cubs. ;o) I want to say a special thank you to my husband's ship the USS CARNEY DDG-64 for your service to our great nation. And to those that have given their lives for our freedom, I am eternally grateful.

*God Bless America...and YOU!*

Nikki

Lucky Ducky Card

Hello, and happy Sunday! I decided to break in the new Duck Dolls stamp set from PeachyKeenStamps.com today. I also wanted to make another St. Patties Day card...So I cut out a shamrock from my Paper Doll Dress Up cricut cartridge and folded her wing over to "hold" it. To make that work...stamp your image twice and color both. Then cut out one of them and flip it over and color the part that will show when folded over. Then add pop dots to the back to raise it up...and voila! Your lil' creature can hold something. Make sense? ;o)

 

You can see what I mean in this picture I think. Anyhoo, I used Cosmo Cricket's "Garden Variety" mini stack...Papertreyink kraft cardstock...and the ribbon is from the Earth Love collection also by Cosmo Cricket.  Well I hope you like it and have a great night!

Ducky Hugs,

Nikki

p.s. if you click the pictures they get BIG to see the detail. ;o)

My FIRST Gypsy creation! ;o)

Hi everyone! I am so super excited with how my very first Gypsy creation turned out! I made the shamrock shaped card at 5 inches from Paper Doll Dress Up, not too shabby for my first attempt at welding! ;o) I layered a 4 3/4 inch shamrock over it and added faux stitching. The "kiss me" is from Sweethearts cut at 1 1/4 inches. The wee leprechaun and all his fixin's were cut at 3 inches. His super cute winky face was made with the Everyday Character Face Parts set from peachykeenstamps.com. Well I hope you like my wee leprechaun card. (I just like saying that!) LOL

HAPPY FRIDAY ALL!!!!

{HUGS}
Nikki

Clown B-day Double Slider Card

Hi all! I made another card using the Everyday Character Face Parts stamps from peachykeenstamps.com. I just LOVE these sets! They are super versatile! I used them to make this cute clown face, and the other day I used them to make a puppy dog! But they can also be used to just make "regular" faces on your projects as well. ;o) For this card I stamped the clowns nose in red ink and then put Glossy Accents over it to give it a domed/plastic nose look. It looks a whole lot better in person without the glare from the camera. My clown and all his accessories were cut at 4 inches from the Paper Doll Dress Up cricut cartridge. The 5 candle was cut from Sweet Treats at 3 inches.

I was asked by my friend to make a card for her lil' guys birthday, so I wanted to make it interactive. KIDS love cards that "do" something. So, I made this double slider card that I am not going to attempt explaining! LOL. You can watch a video by Joy (she is FAB) whose demonstration skills are far superior than any explanation I could give! Click HERE for the video. Thanks Joy!

Well I hope you like my card! I'm off to play with my...drumroll...............NEW GYPSY!!!!!!!!!

Have a GREAT day!

{HUGS}

Nikki

p.s. both ends of the card pop out when the ribbon on top is pulled. :o)