Dottie's World Challenge-I can See Clearly now!

Hello and Happy Sunday!

This week the Dottie's World Challenge is hosted by the very sweet and talented Adele & she wants us to SEE CLEARLY :o)

She wants us to use some type of acetate on our cards.

I have a whole box of unused overhead projector pages that I used to use for work...you know-before .........Power Point!

Anyways, I dug them out of the back of my storage closet and was happy to put them to use once again!

I stamped some swirls (Magnolia background stamp)-with my SU! white stazon ink. Wow-when you get that pad inked up well-it works perfect! And it dries super fast!

And if you make a mistake you can clean off your acetate with some stazon cleaner. :o)

I had to make a card for an associate who just had a baby girl.....about 6 months ago. :oP.

Yeah I'm super late but she lives in Vancouver so I don't get to see her much.

I used one of Dottie's images form the Love and Marriage collection-you can get it HERE.

I colored in the sweet pea with my copics.

The sparkle brads are SU!

Paper is BoBUnny Love Bandit...love this new paper collection but I've been having trouble matching up my copic colors to it. :o(

The "congrats" sentiment is MFT

The "it's a girl" sentiment is CTMH....both stamped in CTMH Tulip ink

The name plate is CTMH

The ribbon is from Michael's Craft Store.

I think that's about it.

Make sure you check out the DW blog HERE to see what the other designer's came up with.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabby Sunday!

Nicole M Bailey

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #24-All Sewn up!

Hello and Happy Wednesday!

So today's card is for this week's Truly Scrumptious challenge.

Sharon was so sweet to use the sketch I made for the challenge-plus she wants us to add some stitching.

Well, of course I encountered some technical difficulties with my stubborn 35 year old singer sewing machine....so I had to settle for faux stitching instead. Luckily Close To My Heart has an awesome "stitches" stamp set, that I totally LOVE!

Both images I used are Magnolia, and I got them from Magnolia-lici0us! The absolutely BEST place to get Magnolia stamps. Diana, the owner is so sweet and she really does offer the BEST service. A lot of other stamp companies cater to the design team...but Diane really makes her customers the focus. :o)

I colored in Giggling Tilda and the Kitchen Bench with my copics and then air brushed the background. I pop dotted the bench and Tilda.

The paper is BoBunny-Kitchen Spice and so are the buttons are flowers.

The bling is prima

The brads are CTMH

The sentiment is MFT, stamped is CTMH Cocoa ink

My faux stitching is below the sentiment; stamped in cocoa ink as well.

Oh and here is the sketch for the challenge:

Make sure you check out the other designer's cards HERE, and have a fabby day!

{{Nicole M Bailey}}

Dottie's World Challenge-Monochromatic

Hello & Happy Sunday. :o)

Another Sunday, another challenge at DW!

Gunn is the host the week, and she wants monochromatic-white.

Here is what she wanted:

It is my turn to deceide this week, and I tried to make an easy challenge this time. I want monochromatic and the color to use is WHITE - you can use from the lightest white to ivory and cream.And for a special extraI want you to use a small touch of the lightest brown. Your charmed ones is allowed to have skin and hair colors. A Charmed Download is a must, so don`t forget that one. Have fun with this one.

Gunn:-)

Gunn is just the sweetest-I just love playing along with her every week at DW. :o)

OKay so for my card I decided to use an older Charmed Download from the Holly & Madison collection, called Holly Pamper Time; and you can get it HERE. I plan to give this card with a gift card for a mani/pedi.

I colored Holly in with my copics.

The white and vanilla cardstock is CTMH and the beige patterned paper is BoBunny.

The paper flowers & bling are prima

Buttons are CTMH & SU!

The ribbon is from Michael's Craft Store

Brads are CTMH

I made the sentiment on my mac-geesh simpler than stamping. :o)

Well thanks for stopping by today and make sure you check out the DW challenge blog to see what the other designer's came up with!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Sketch Challenge

Hello and Happy Sunday. :o)

This week I am hosting the Dottie's World Challenge, and I decided to do a sketch. :o)

Here is the sketch:

I was so excited when I finally figured out how to make a sketch on my mac.

It's a super easy sketch-a nice way to start the year!

I made this card for my mom and dad for their 42nd wedding anniversary on the 27th of the month....{whoops.... close your eyes mom! ...yup my mommy subscribes to my blog. :o)}

I used Dottie and Hubby from the Love and Marriage collection-you can get it HERE.

My dad wears glasses so I free handed a pair with my copic multiliner pen. An essential tool when working with copics. You can't use a normal marker when working with copics-you could get bleeding and you can't use a copic marker because it will blend in with your image. You need a marker that is water & copic proof. {when adding liner details to your images}

I colored in the image with my copics.

The paper is BoBunny-Flutter Butter and so are the buttons

The paper flowers are Bazzill

The crochet flowers and ribbon are CTMH

The sentiment is Kraftin' Kimmie's stamped in CTMH-cocoa

I also did a bit of distressing to help blend all the different patterned papers together-I used a dauber and desert sand CTMH ink.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will join us over at Dottie's World for this week's challenge. :o)

Nicole M Bailey

Another Birthday Card

Hello. :o)

Yes I have been in my scraproom again......aaahhhhh Heaven. :o}

I really want to keep up with Birthday's and Thank you cards this year.

So I made this card for my MotherInlaw for her birthday on Jan 21st. My New Year's resolution is to mail out the cards I make! I'm not sure if I'm the only one-but I have about 75 completed cards just sitting here in a basket collecting dust!

Anyways...:o)

Here are the complete details for my card today.

The image is Clara from Kraftin Kimmie's Stamps and you can get it HERE.

I colored her in with my copics.

I also got a new air compressor bc my old one that I got for my bday was causing me some grief....sometimes ebay purchases aren't worth the money saved. :o(

My new compressor is the Winstorm and I got it at my LSS-they let me use a 30% off coupon so the price was really good....plus no shipping or duty!

This what it looks like-it's so small and it works awesome!

Anyways, I'm still getting used to it so my air brushing needs a bit of work.

The paper is brand new from BoBunny-Flutter Butter. LOVE the colors!

Buttons are also from the same BoBUnny collection. I'm such a sucker for matching accessories.

The sentiment is from Close To My Heart, stamped in cocoa

Bling is Prima

Ribbon and brads are Close To My Heart

Thanks for stopping by today!

Nicole M Bailey

Three Snowflakes

Hello and Happy Sunday. ;o)

Are you ready for Christmas? I am so behind-I almost feel like giving up this year! lol But I am hoping to get the tree trimmed and my cards done and posted by early this week...:o)

This week I am hosting the Dottie's World Challenge. I really wanted to do a sketch but I still haven't figured out how to do one on my mac...So I decided to do a simple challenge this week-Just add THREE snowflakes to your card, along with a Charmed Download.

I used one of my all time favorite Charmed Downloads-Madison In The Mountains; from the World Tour Collection. You can get it HERE.

I colored her in with my copics; and I also airbrushed the background.

Paper is BoBunny and so are the buttons and sparkles.

The ribbon is CTMH

The metal snowflakes are from my LSS.

The paper flowers are Prima-I also stickled them a bit too to give them a Christmas feel.

The sentiment is a brand new not yet released Close To My Heart stamp from the "A Little Everything" set

I think that's everything.

Thanks for stopping by and have a good day,

Nicole M Bailey

True Friend Recipe

Hello and Happy Thursday!

I really love this card...it took me forever to make! :o}

There are so many different elements/layers to it.

The paper is BoBunny-Kitchen Spice, and so are the buttons and brads

The image is a Tilda, colored in with my copics.

Bling is prima

I also used a couple of border punches....one is MS and the other is SU! Geesh that SU! scallop border punch is such an essential tool...love it!

The sentiment "recipe", and rolling pin that Tilda is sitting on are also magnolia stamps along with the frame stamp...the True Friend sentiment is Close To My Heart.

The white "scalloped" ribbon was Making Memories from a few years ago-I was glad to finally put it to good use!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a fabby Thursday!

-Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Around The World

Hello and Happy Sunday!

This week's Dottie World challenge is called "Around The World" Gunn wants us to incorporate something "foreign" into our card.....hmhmhmhmh

So I decided last minute to do an Asian theme card. But I didn't want to do the typical red Asian card.

I found this super cute BoBunny paper that has a it of a modern asian theme.

Of course I used a Charmed Download, Madison in China, from the Holly and Madison The World Tour.... you can get it HERE.

I printed the download onto my favorite cardstock for downloads...Manga From the Bee Company, and then colored in with my copics.

I also airbrushed the background.

The sentiment is Close To My Heart, stamped in Cocoa. The ribbon is also CTMH.

Sorry for the quickie post...I barely made the deadline for this card...I was helping my daughter with her science project...We made a model of a neon molecule...protons/neutrons and electrons.....lots of fun!

Good thing my friend Crissy came by today and helped me...I mean made me a light box! She is a photographer. I had to photograph this card at 12:00am....and never would have gotten the picture without a light box! Thanks Crissy!!

Have a super day and make sure you check out DW so you can see what the other designers came up with!

Nicole M Bailey

Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge #2

Hello and Happy Wednesday. :o) I'm so glad we are almost half way through the week-I am sooooo looking forward to the weekend. Not that we are doing anything special-but at least we can sleep in.

I made today's card with my brand new stamp Charlotte from Kraftin' Kimmie's new stamp collection. OMG! I just love this stamp. Miss Charlotte is so sweet holding her baby dolls and her HAIR is so much fun to color in!

Kimmie's challenge for this week is to use buttons.....HELLO? I LOVE adding buttons to my cards!

I colored in Miss Charlotte with my copics and added a bit of stickles here and there for interest. The paper is from BoBunny-Kitchen Spice-I promise to lay of this collection for a bit after today-I'm sure you all have seen enough of it. :o)

Anyways, I also used lots of Prima bling. I added CTMH sparkles to my scalloped border that I created using my SU! punch. I also used a Martha Stewart border punch and three different types of nesties. The buttons are BoBunny and the ribbon is CTMH.

I think that's pretty much it!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabby day!

-Nicole M Bailey

Mo's Digital Challenge #2

Hello. :o) Happy Tuesday.

I created today's card for Mo's Digital Challenge #2.

The challenge is to use one of Mo's digital images...no challenge there! And also to use fall colors...no problem there....and the big challenge for me...to use less than three embellishments.....hmhmhmhmh now that's a challenge! I LOVE adding bling/flowers/brads...anything big and fancy to my cards!

But I actually like the way this card turned out-I only added ribbon. :o} Subtle but effective.
I colored in this adorable image with my copics and added some doodlebug sugar coating here and there for interest. The paper is from BoBunny-Kitchen Spice. :o}

Thanks for stopping by today and have a super day!

-Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Fall Inspiration!

Hello and Happy Sunday...yes I have returned from the dead.....well thats what the last couple of weeks have felt like.....how can it be possible to get the stomach bug twice...yes the stomach bug is so evil that it decided to return for a repeat adventure in my house....where there lives five children! The stomach bug had a huge non-stop party in my house and almost killed me....

But I lived....and am here to share another hand made card.

Thank goodness for immune systems.

This week Gunn is hosting the Dottie's World Challenge and she wants us to make Fall cards...so you need to use fall colors for sure. She also added that the use of GOLD would be good too!

Well, I forgot all about the gold until my card was posted...so....anyways. :o}

For my card I used an image from the Holly & Madison Collection called: Madison So Chic

I printed the image off onto Artist Marker Pad paper-from the BEE company. It's a new paper I found at my local Artist store. It's light-110lbs.-perfect for cutting images out-and it does NOT bleed at all. But it doesn't work that great with stickles....but I do like it a lot because it has a very smooth surface-I haven't tried it for stamping yet.

This what it looks like:

The paper I used is BoBunny-Kitchen Spice. The fowers, buttons and brads are also from the same collection. The bling is from Walmart...yup walmart. ;o} The tab punch is SU! The sentiment "Celebrate" is CTMH-Fringed Phrases. The "Fall" is stamped with The CTMH Chocolate Alphabet. I made the tag with my cricut.

I also used one of my MS-border punches and curvy rectangle nestie.

I also airbrushed the background with my copic airbrush system and air compressor-have I mentioned how much I LOVE my air brush system??? :o}

Thank you for stopping by today and make sure you check out the Dottie's World Challenge blog so you can see what the other designer's came up with!

bye for now,

Nicole M Bailey

Friday Sketchers #73

I actually found some more time to stamp...well my house is really suffering but it's all worth it right?

I made tis card for this week's friday sketchers...I haven't completed one of those in a LOOOONG time!

Here is the sketch:

I recently purchased 250 6x6 envelopes so every card I make MUST be 6x6. :o) So I had to alter the sketch a tad.

Tilda is another image from my Fall Kit-isn't she just so sweet sitting there with her little necklace and high ponty tail?

Paper is BoBunny-Kitchen Spice...and so are the brads & brown sparkles

I made this flowers with my sizzix layered flower die.

The sentiment is Close To My Heart-Annotations

The bling is Prima

I also distressed everything with some CTMH Chocolate ink with my little dauber.

I added some distress stickles to Tilda's necklace and bracelet

Thank you for stopping by and have a fabby Saturday!

Nicole M Bailey

Seize The Cupcake!

Hello and Happy Friday. ;o)

Things have been very busy around here....I've been working part time for my husband doing some book work and I took on homeschooling too this year for my three youngest. Then my mom went on holidays for two weeks and asked me to do her payroll while she is away....well, needless to say I was craving some "real" time alone in my scrap room!

As soon as I finished the work for my mom I snuck into my scraproom.... I hope to sneak in a few more cards this weekend.

Anywho....I LOVE this card and am so excited to share it with you.

The papers I used are BoBunny -Kitchen Spice. I LOVE this paper! The flowers, brads and buttons are also from the same collection....gotta have the matching embellies!

The Tilda stamp is from my fall kit-Yummy in my Tummy. You gotta love Tilda with her huge wooden spoon! I colored her in with my copics and I also airbrushed the background. I cut Tilda out and pop dotted her.

The sentiment and cupcake are....unknown...maybe hero arts. The sentiment is stamped on another Magnolia image from my fall kit.

I added some stickles here and there for extra sparkle

The ribbon is Close To My Heart and the bling is Prima.
I used the sketch from last week's Friday Sketchers.....I was a day too late to enter it but I still wanted to post it. Here is the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great stamp filled weekend!

-Nicole