Sunday, February 28, 2010

Count Blessings, NOT Calories Card

Happy Sunday everyone! Here is my second Gypsy creation, and my first attempt at welding letters together. The font is Simply Sweet cut at various sizes. The cupcake and all its trimmin's were cut at 3.25 inches from the Sweet Treats cartridge. The paper is K and Company, Papertreyink, and Coredinations. Just a simple card, but I thought I'd share it with you anyway. Well I hope you have had a fabulous weekend!

TOODLES! ;o)
Nikki

Friday, February 26, 2010

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

Thursday, February 25, 2010

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)

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Think Pink Puppy Card


I know I've said before that I don't like to toot my own horn, but HONK HONK! LOL!!! I think this may be the cutest thing I have ever made! I cut out the puppy at 3 3/4 inches on blackout and the regular cut from Everyday Paper Dolls. I cut two so I could stamp the face on the blackout head, and use the regular cut to give this sweet girl dimension. I cut the front legs and ears off (eek!) and then attached them to the blackout cut with rolled up glue dots and pop dots. You can see what I mean in the second picture above. Her ADORABLE face is stamped with the new 5-7" Everyday Character Face Parts stamps from peachykeenstamps.com. For my sentiment I used "think pink" from The Pink Stampers new stamp set called Simply Sweet Occasions. Finally I added some rhinestones for her collar and for the dots of the i's. I hope you are having a great day!
{HUGS}
Nikki

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge-23

Hello! It's challenge time again,and here is my take on this one. I used the Faceless Veggies One set to stamp these cute peppers and then added their little faces with the Simple Sallies set. The papers I used are from the Cupcake collection by Basic Grey which is meant for birthdays, but I inked it all up and made it rustic.

Here is the "Recipe" for this challenge
-Must contain green and yellow anywhere on the project
-Must have a 3D element (could be image popped,ribbon,button,etc...)
-Must contain a stamped image

We will be judging this one again, YEAH!!! So come on over and join us on the Challenge Blog and see what the other talented ladies created! Can't wait to see what you CREATE! Oh my, I forgot to tell you the prize...drumroll...A 25 DOLLAR GIFT CODE!!!! ;o)

have a great day!
Nikki

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Best Fishes and Miss You cards


Ok, I admit it, I am addicted to kraft cardstock. There. I feel better. ;o) The "Best Fishes" card was made by cutting the cute lil' fish out with my Animal Kingdom cricut cartridge at 2 inches and then stamping the ADORABLE face. The face comes in the Animal Faces Medium set from PeachyKeenStamps.com that has a face for EVERY animal on that cartridge. Cute, huh?!
The "Miss You" card was made using one of the new Faceless Flowers sets from PeachyKeenStamps.com. I stamped the flowers on the base of the card, and then stamped them again and cut them out. I attached them to the card with pop dots. The "miss you" sentiment stamp is from the Simply Sweet Occasions set by My Pink Stamper.
Hope you have had a wonderful weekend.
{HUGS}Nikki

Thursday, February 18, 2010

FOUR NEW CRICUT CARTRIDGES!!!!











HELLO!!! Here are four new cartridges just posted on the cricut site. Click on the name below to see the ENTIRE HANDBOOK FOR EACH CARTRIDGE!!!! Click the back button when you are done to head back here to click on the next one...and so on...ENJOY THE EYE CANDY!