Making Spirits Bright

Hello! Yesterday was all about tags in the Holiday Card Workshop at OnlineCardClasses, and today was a "bonus" day. Today was about coloring. Well, I decided to go with super non-traditional colors again. I ♥ neon! For my card I started by stamping the triangles from the Geo Borders set from MyCreativeTime. I cut my tag with the Just Tags die set. The I cut the small deer with the die from the Oh Deer set. I popped it up on some cardstock that I inked up with Neon Pink Hero Arts ink. 

I stamped the greeting from the A Day In December set on vellum and wrapped it around my tag. To finish, I added twine and sequins. 

I hope you're having a BRIGHT and cheery day. :)

♥ Nikki ♥ 

Merry and BRIGHT ;)

Hello! Yesterday was all about one layer cards in class at OnlineCardClasses. Here is my neon creation. :) For this first card I used a deer die from the Oh Deer set by MyCreativeTime to create a mask. I cut it from Post-It paper. I also used post it paper to mask off a rectangle for my focal point. then I masked off stripes and sponged on neon green and neon pink Hero Arts inks.  

The greeting is from the Boughs Of Holly set from MyCreativeTime. And since I had the stuff out, I made another card. This one isn't one layer...

I used the positive deer mask from the other card on this one. I glued it down and covered it with glossy accents. I used the Grainy Wood Background and neon green ink for the card base. 

The greeting is from an old Market Street Stamps set called Shine On. I added pink noses to both deer...with wink of stella and glossy accents. :)

I hope you have a HAPPY weekend!

♥ Nikki ♥

Jesus Is The Reason...

Hello! Yesterday the class at Online Card Classes was all about watercolor. For my card I heat embossed the nativity scene from the Greatest Gift set by Hero Arts. I used Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold embossing powder. Then the fun part, watercoloring! :) I used shabby shutters and peeled paint distress inks and water for the grass. I used tumbled glass, broken china, salty ocean, chipped sapphire, and seedless preserves distress inks on the sky. I wanted it to look like it was glowing close to the scene, and then get darker. 

The greeting is also from the Greatest Gift set by Hero Arts. 

I hope you're having a great day! I'm off to work on my homework from today's class. :)

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. I'm also entering this in the current Hero Arts Challenge in the Mad About Metallics category. 

Rawr!

Hiya! Yesterday the Holiday Card Workshop class at OnlineCardClasses was all about interactive cards. Shockingly, I decided to make a shaker. ;) I wanted to make a super non-traditional and fun Christmas card...I don't think you can get more non-traditional than dinosaurs! HA! I stamped and paper pieced the dinosaurs from the Critters From The Past set by Lawn Fawn. I used the Bunch Of Fun Circles Dies by MyCreativeTime to create my window. I backed the shaker with snowy patterned paper from the December Documented pad by Simple Stories. I also used that paper pad for the dinosaurs. I used the Alpha Pack set for my greeting, and also for the continuation of my greeting on the inside of the card...

I stamped Merry Christmas from the Gift Card Sentiments set in Green Hills Shadow ink for a little variation. And then I added the heart from the Into The Woods set by Lawn Fawn.

I hope you're having a DINOMITE day. :)

♥ Nikki ♥

MCT Stamp of the Month

Hello! Today we are showcasing the Stamp of The Month at MyCreativeTime. The set is called Main Street. I started by blending mustard seed, spiced marmalade, picked raspberry, and seedless preserves distress inks to create my sky. Then I stamped the buildings from Main Street with Archival Jet Black ink. I did some masking to make a building taller...I added another couple stories. ;) And I filled in some areas with black marker. 

I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies for my card base and layer. I used the "hi" die from the Stitched Message Bubble Dies. I cut it twice so I could inlay the white die cut. To finish it off, I added glossy accents. 

Pop over to MyCreativeTime to see more creations with this set. 

♥ Nikki ♥ 

Today we are featuring another "My Favorite Stamp of the Month!" This month we are featuring "Main Street".  If you have been waiting to get this set, you can do so now HERE at a sale price! Yep, this set will be on sale for the entire month of November! The sale will end on November 30, 2014 @ 12:00am PST!  

Each snowflake is unique

Hiya! Today is day one of the Holiday Card Workshop class at OnlineCardClasses. I was inspired by Debby Hughes' card. She is seriously amazing. She made a card with a rounded tag, and the focus on the bottom left corner...so I did too. :) I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More set by MyCreativeTime for my card base and layer. I used the Just Tags set for my rounded tag. I dipped it in peacock feathers distress ink and water. Then I decided I wanted to dip it in gold...so I used Heidi Swapp Gold Lame color shine spray. It reactivated the distress ink, so the color changed. No biggie. I dig it. :) 

I die cut snowflakes with the Winter Flake Dies. I heat embossed them with Wow Ultra High Gold Rich embossing powder. I stamped and heat embossed the greeting from the You're So Cool set on the banner from the Stitched Vintage Labels Dies.  I added Gold Sparkle Lawn Fawn twine. 

Sorry about the crummy photos. It's freakishly dark. Freakishly early. Ahh, time change. 

♥ Nikki ♥ 

MCT Made In Minutes

Hiya! It's Made in Minutes Monday at MyCreativeTime. For my card I started by gold heat embossing the Grainy Wood Background. I used Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold embossing powder. I cut a circle with the Bunch Of Fun Circles Dies. I die cut the deer from the Oh Deer set in the circle. I covered the deer with embossing ink and then used Wow Ultra High Gold Embossing powder on it. That embossing powder is awesome, and perfectly matches the super fine gold powder too! Score! I inlaid the deer back in the circle. 

You can see the dimension from that high embossing powder. It's really cool stuff! :) I gold heat embossed the greeting from the Winter Cheer set with the fine embossing powder. 

Pop over to MyCreativeTime to see more creations. 

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. It's not easy getting decent pics of a card that is so shiny. Sorry about that.