Dottie's World-I Need Flowers!

Hello and Happy Mother's Day!

This week Gunn is hosting the Dottie's World challenge, and she wants us to add flowers to our card. :o) Easy...cause I LOVE adding flowers/using floral patterned paper!

So I used one of my favorite charmed downloads from the Holly & Madison World Tour-Madison in France and you can get it HERE.

Maddy is colored in with copics of course. :o)

Paper is Green at Heart by Basic Grey...and so are all the little die cut flowers, and the journal box.

The sentiment is Close To My Heart

The rhinestone swirls are Me & My Big Ideas

That's pretty much it....I'm off to Mother's Day brunch with LOTS of family.

I'm looking forward to relaxing and enjoying the morning.

Have a fabby Sunday and if you are in Canada-have a fabby Mother's Day!

Oh and make sure you check out the Dottie's World Challenge blog to see what all the other designer's came up with for this challenge.

Bye for now,

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World-All Sewn Up!

Hello and Happy Sunday. :o)

Sorry about the long time since my last post....life has gotten crazy...well a little more crazy than usual. PLus the weather here has been quite crazy which has caused me to suffer several migraines....I even had the pleasure of experiencing the aura...which was not very pleasant!

But I'm feeling better now and took a half day off "work" today to work on this card.

This week I'm hosting the Dottie's World challenge and I want to see some stitching-faux/machine, hand are all fine, and also include a Charmed Download as well. I just love the look and feel of machine stitching on cards....it makes the cards feel so heavy and finishes them off beautifully....it realy makes a beautiful card....stunning.

I used the Holly in England image form the Holly/Madison World Tour collection, and you can get it HERE. I love this image-it reminds me of my friend Jody. :o)

I colored Holly in with my copics....and wow was it great to use my copics again-two weeks is toooo long to neglect my little "friends".

The paper I used is a special kit from Close to My Heart called The Miracle kit, and it is only available during the month of May 2010.

The ribbon, sentiment and tag are also CTMH

The pearl flourishes are from Prima....love them to pieces!

I think that's about it.

Make sure you check out the Dottie's World challenge blog to see what the other designer's came up with HERE

Thanks for stopping by,

Have a great day!

Nicole

Dottie's World-Play With These Colors

Hello and Happy Sunday!

I know I promised not to use these fabby papers for the next card....:o}....but Gunn from Dottie's World set a color challenge-Pink/Turquoise/Green....and omg-osh-these papers are perfect for that color challenge!

The fabby Charmed Download that I used is called Holly on The High Street and you can get it HERE

Paper is CratePaper-Paper Dolls.

Bling is from Michael's craft store

Flower die cuts, sentiment and brads are from the CratePaper-Paper Dolls collection...LOVE that. :o)

Thats about all for now...make sure you head over to the Dottie's World site to see what the other designer's came up with for this challenge.

By for now,

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World-Butterflies

Hello and Happy Easter Sunday!

We are off to church this morning to celebrate the resurrection of Christ-rejoice!

And then out for brunch and then off to Nana and Opa's for an Easter Egg Hunt. I'm looking forward to all the children getting dolled up in their Sunday best outfits. Time for pictures and celebrating. :o)

What do you do on Easter Sunday?

Well it's also my turn to host the Dottie's World Challenge for this week. I decided to do something Spring like and ask for 3d butterfly embellishments. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

I made my butterflies using the new SU! embossed sizzlit....love it! So very pretty.

The Charmed Download I used is from the latest collection called Sugar and Spice-you can get it HERE

I used my new CratePaper again....I just love this paper! I promise I'll set it aside for the next few cards I make.....I just can't help it-I love it that much!

Ribbon is My Mind's Eye and the brads are CratePaper.

I think thats pretty much it.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a Happy Easter!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World-Handmade Flowers

Hello and Happy Sunday... once again. I missed the last couple of Dottie's World challenges because I was in Oklahoma with my sister, and just couldn't pull it together to get my cards done before I left. No matter how organized I try to get, I always feel DiSOrgaNized! :o)

Anyways, this week at Dottie's World Adele is hosting the challenge. This is what she asked for:

"Hi everyone, Adele here and it's my turn to set the challenge this week. With spring (hopefully) in the air I want you to think:
Paper Roses...............
or daffs, or tulips....you get the picture? BUT I don't want to see any pre-made flowers please - only die cuts, punched flowers or any flower/s you have made from scratch on your creations this week please. The only other limitation is that a Charmed Download MUST be used....but that is no limitation at all is it, there is so much to choose from! LOL
Don't forget the blog candy over on my own blog too.....it could be you who wins yourself a freebie Charmed Download of your choice!
Looking forward to seeing all your bloomers!!!!!!"

I made my flower by using the Sizzix Layered Flowers Die. I just cut it a couple of times with different papers and then crumpled up the flowers so they would have some dimension.

LOVED this challenge-so much fun!

I also love Digi-images. :o) I love being able to make the images any size I wish. The possibilities become endless. For this card I used Madison In France and you can get her HERE

I cropped her and made her bigger than usual and I just love the result!

I colored her in with my copics (bg11/bg32/bg34 gy03/gy13 and my pink favorites: r81/r83/r85)

I also used my glue pen to add some White Prisma Glitter to her French Tam.
The paper is BRAND SPANKIN' NEW! It's Crate Paper: Paper Doll Collection and it is adorable. It comes in a kit that includes lots of double sided matching paper and two sheets of coordinating stickers! LOVE it!

The sentiment "love you much" is SU! and you can get it HERE

I free handed the "babe" hate my hand writing, but was too lazy to get my alphabet stamps out!

I think that's about all for now.

The weather is starting to get nice and the green grass is slowly started to peak through...aaahhhhh spring at last! :o)

By for now!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Pastel or Bright

Hello and Happy Sunday!

This week at Dottie's World Adele is hosting and she wants us to either go pastel colors or bright colors....and of course use a Charmed Download.

I knew right away that I was going to use this new paper from My Mind's Eye! I LOVE this new paper collection-Quite Contrary.. the only thing that bugs me is that there are virtually no solid sheets....and I couldn't find ANY CS to match with it; which make layering really challenging. But besides that....I love this paper-it's so cute and fun-and so fresh and springy-exactly what I feel like right now. :o}

I used the "Windy Day" Charmed Download from the Sugar & Spice collection-and you can get it HERE. I colored the image in with my copics. The R20's match really nicely with this paper. I used a combination of R20/R22/R24 & R27 for the red/pink colors.

I used my fave glitter on the kite-Doodlebug Chunky Glitter, I also added a bit of star dust stickles to the kite ribbons.

Make sure you check out the Dottie's World Challenge blog to see what the other designer's created. Also, Adele is offering some blog candy that is tied in with this week's challenge...so make sure you pop on over there to check it out....HERE

I think that's about it for now.

I'm going to Oklahoma to visit with my sister next week-for a week; so I'm hoping to get all my design work done and my blog posts scheduled so I don't have to miss any challenges.

Happy Stamping!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-It's a Small Thing

Hello and Happy Sunday. :o)

I worked really hard this weekend trying to get ahead on all my design work. aaahhhhh feels good to get ahead for once!

This week Lou set the challenge over at Dottie's World...

here is what she asked for:

"Hello Folks, Louise here,

This week I want you to think small, I'd like you to use your Charmed download on a project that is smaller than that which you would normally make.
I won't give any specific dimensions,just think dinky (small :)).......This should be fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I'll look forward to seeing what you come up with xxxx"

Okay so I tried to go really really really small but it was hard to use my copics on super small images. So I made my card 4x4...which is a lot smaller than my normal 6x6. :o) I hope that works Lou!

The Charmed Download image I used is from the Sugar & Spice collection and you can get it HERE.

I opened the image in Photoshop and then I cropped it (without saving) around the flower part of the image. Then I printed it and used my sizzix/nesties to cut it out in a circle shape.

I also made a mask and then airbrushed a sky background with my airbrush system....LOVE LOVE LOVE my airbrush system!

The paper is October Afternoon-Farm Fresh. I picked it up yesterday at my LSS-they are clearing out a bunch of their paper to make room for new stuff. I got some great deals on paper!

The flower is prima and so is the bling flourish.

The brads are Basic Grey

I made the sentiment on my computer with the font :"Baby Bowser". I printed it off onto vellum paper.

I think that's about it for now-thanks for stopping by. Make sure you head over to the Dottie's World Challenge blog to see what my fellow designer's came up with for this challenge.

Bye for now,

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Hearts

Hello and Happy Thursday!

Well, I'm several days late posting this card. I hate that I've been late with a few challenges lately. Life has been extremely hectic lately...and unfortunately anything that has anything to do with {{me}} comes second/third/fourth/fifith.....

cry, cry sniffle sniffle.

Anyways, Gunn, my bloggin/designer friend is hosting this week's DW challenge and she wants us to add hearts to our card, and add some doodling; along with a charmed download.

It's late...but it's completed!

I made this card for my 14 year old daughter who is returning home this evening from a four day school trip...her first time away from home. I can't wait to see her at the airport tonight!!!

I used Holly on the High Street and you can get her HERE

I colored her in with my copics.

I used Basic Grey-Sugar Rush paper-LOTS of hearts on there!!

The cut outs and brads are also BG-Sugar Rush

Paper flowers and bling are prima

The sentiment is from the $1.50 bin at Michael's....gotta love those!

For the doodling part...the paper had LOTS of doodling on it so I hope that counts-I'm so terrible at free handing-I didn't want to mess up my card. :o}

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you check out the other designer's cards HERE for inspiration!

Bye for now,

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-Be My Valentine

Hello and Happy Sunday!

This week I'm hosting the Dottie's World Challenge. I decided to do something fun for the upcoming holiday...Valentine's Day!

I want to see Valentine Day cards, along with a charmed download of course. :o)

I used this sweet image from the Dottie's Love and Marriage Collection, you can get it HERE.

I colored the image in with copic.

I also used my airbrush system for the background.

Paper is Basic Grey-Sugar Rush, so are the buttons, brads and die cuts.

The "Be Mine" sentiment is CTMH-stamped in Tulip.

I also added a bit of Prima Bling.

Make sure you head on over to the Dottie's World Challenge blog to see what the other designer's came up with.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabby Sunday!

Nicole M Bailey

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

Dottie's World Challenge-Leaf It!

Hello and Happy Sunday!

It has been one crazy week...I just can't believe it is already Sunday..AGAIN!

Well it's another Dottie's World Challenge.

This week Lou is hosting and this is what she wants:

"Are you all tired of seeing cold bare trees? I sure am so this week I want you all to encourage spring to come early! I want to see leaves on your creations. They could be paper ones, fabric ones stamped or even real ones! The only other rule is that you use a Charmed download :) You have until next sunday to make your beautiful creations and leave us a link."

So I decided to make a card using one of my favorite Charmed Download Characters-Holly...well I'll take Holly or Madison any day! :o) They are both so sassy!

You can get Holly Hipster HERE

The paper is Basic Grey-Sugar Rush, so are the red brads.

The cut outs are also Basic Grey-Sugar Rush....gotta love those cardstock stickers that come in the Basic Grey paper kits! I used 6 different stickers on this card. So helpful when you are in a rush-and can't spend a lot of time stamping/cutting images out.

I think that's about it....make sure you check out Dottie's World Challenge Blog HERE to see what all the other designer's came up with!

Thanks for stopping by!

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

Dottie's World Challenge-Bring in the Old Bring in the New!

Hello and Happy Sunday! :o}

It's that time again...another challenge at Dottie's World.

This week Adele wants us to "bring out the old and bring in the new"

This is what she asked:

"As we have entered a New Year I would like you to look back at your "Crafts of the Past" dig out something from your stash, blow off the dust and put it to use with a new item that you have recently bought or been given as a pressie! As long as you use a Charmed Download, the rest is up to you."

So I had to make a card for my brother inlaw Terry for his 45th birthday, and I thought that this Charmed Download image form the Mikey collection, that you can get HERE; would be perfect.

I RARELY make guy cards....but I am really trying to keep up with all my bday cards this year so I had to make my brother inlaw a card. I like how it turned out. I tried to add a lot of personalized elements to it.

Terry is a HUGE Nebraska Huskers fan so I added the "N" to Mikey's shirt.

I circled the 44 and 1 on the little die cut for 45.

and I also hand stamped his name on the little name plate.

Here are the complete details:

I colored the image in with my copics of course.

The paper is My Mind's Eye-Ooh La La for Him, the die cuts are also from the same collection

The sentiment "Happy Birthday" is Close To MY Heart-stamped in black

I stamped Terry with a Close To MY Heart "Hodge Poge" Alphabet stamp set. The buttons, brads and spiral clip are CTMH as well.

Now for the challenge-the spiral clip has been in my stash for years...I have a whole container of them and can't even think of the last time I used them.

The paper was my most recent purchase; it was in the clearance section of my Local Scrap Store-but it was MY most recent purchase. :o}

Thanks for stopping by, have a fabby Sunday-and make sure you put your feet up and relax-if your Christmas was anything like mine-you NEED it. ;o)

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge-It's A Girl Thing!

Well, I'm a tad bit late getting my DW card posted.....geesh Christmas prep. is like a mini wedding! I've been struggling all month long trying to keep up...and failing miserably! :o)

Hopefully now I can get caught up and stay that way.

This week Lou is hosting the DW challenge.

She wants us to make a girl card.

So of course I used one of the brand new Charmed Images from the Sugar and Spice collection-you can get it HERE

The paper I used is Imaginisce Twitter Patter

The buttons are Basic Grey-Nook & Pantry

The wide white gross grain ribbon is CTMH

I think that's about it for the card

I also wanted to show you the fabby cake I made for my Christmas dinner-I host Christmas dinner every year. :o)

The cake I made was a coconut cake and let me tell you, it was ridiculous!!

I used two cake mixes-yes it really was as huge as it looks in the picture.

For each cake mix I added 4 eggs, 1 cup oil, 1 cup sour cream, 4 ounces sweetened coconut, 1 teaspoon vanilla and one box of vanilla flavored jello....yup each sliver of a piece was about 5000 calories!

I made two batches of butter icing, and then used my BIG pastry tip to decorate the sides. I also sprinkled tons of coconut on top.

In between the layers I added Raspberry Spread-my favorite. :o}

The little hollies and poinsettias were premade-Martha Stewart

I trust you had a brilliant Christmas, thanks for stopping by today.

Cheers, Peace and Goodwill to all!

Nicole M Bailey

December Challenge-Stocking

Hello and Happy Sunday. :o)

Another Sunday and another fun challenge over at Dottie's World!

Gunn is the hostess this week and she has asked us to include a STOCKING on our card this week. Well I was a tad bit stumped and then I found a sheet of fabby Christmas paper that I had bought a couple of weeks ago...that just happened to have Christmas stockings on it. Perfect! But I was having trouble incorporating the whole sheet so I decided to just punch out one of the stockings and add it. :o}

Here are the rest of the details:

All of the Paper is Imaginisce: Polar Expressions Collection

The image is a Charmed Download, of course, from the brand new released collection called "Sugar & Spice" and you can get it HERE.

I colored in the adorable image with my copics.

The paper flowers are Prima, the crochet flowers are CTMH, the buttons are BoBunny.

The brads are SU!

The sentiment is also a Charmed Download and you can get it for FREE!!!!!........HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today and make sure you go to the DW blog to see what all the other designer's came up with for this fabby challenge!

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

You're a star!

Hello and Happy Sunday. :o)

This week's Dottie's World challenge is hosted by Adele, and she wants us to add a star or two or three to our cards-and of course add a Charmed Download.

So when I first read this challenge-the first thing that popped into my head was the Star of Bethlehem....perfect for the season. I knew I had to use this super cute Charmed Download-called Nativity from the Bumper Christmas Collection-get it HERE.

Of course I colored in my image with my copics and added some Frosted Lace stickles to the ground for snow-before the stickles dried I also added some DoodleBug sugar coating-lilly white glitter-it's a tad bit "chunkier" than the other dust so it gives it a nicer snow look.

I also used my glue pen on a CTMH chipboard star, and then dumped a ton of yellow doodlebug sugar coating on it-nice and sparkly.

I used Basic Grey-Eskimo Kisses paper and some prima bling flourishes, SU! sparkle brads, and CTMH heavenly blue ribbon.

The sentiment is Kraftin Kimmie's from her new Holiday Sentiment collection.

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Nicole M Bailey

Boy Oh Boy!

Hello. ;o)

Here is my DT card for this week's Dottie World "Boy Oh Boy" challenge. Lou from DW designed another adorable collection of digi-stamps called "Boy Oh Boy" and wanted us to use them this week.

I decided to use this adorable little boy doing a cartwheel. I printed him on Magna CS with my Canon pixma printer-and then colored him in with my copics.

I made this card for my little nephew who is turning 6 this month. He's such an active little guy so as soon as I saw this image I knew I had to use it. Ashton has really dark hair-so I went in and used warm grey 01/03/06 .

The paper is discontinued K&Company.

The sentiments are from a brand new not yet released Close To My Heart stamp set.

Make sure you stop over at DW to see what the other designer's came up with. :o)

I also used this fabby friday sketcher's sketch #7. I have sooooo many sketches sitting on my mac desktop that I keep meaning to use.....so this sketch is a few weeks old-but still so very fabby. ;o)

Happy A Fabby Saturday!

Nicole M Bailey

Dottie's World Challenge

Hello and Happy Sunday!

It's another challenge day at DW today and The exceptional Gunn is hosting this week.....and did she dream up a challenge!!!

Here is what she wants:

"When I say gingerbreadhouse I mean: lets be inspired by them. They have this beautiful warm brown color, and the embellishment are so full of colores. And ofcours I get reminded of the fact that Christmas is coming up.
So think about the colors and the embellishments or even the shape of gingerbreadhouses and use some of it on a card or a box. And ofcourse there has to be a Charmed downloads on the project."

Okay so I LOVE gingerbread anything....:o}, but this was tough!

I decided to go with the whole "gingerbread house decorating thing..." Lots of yummy embellishments and yummy papers....and a Holiday themed Charmed Download.

Works for me!

The Charmed Image I used is from the Dottie Bumper Christmas Collection and you can get it HERE

Of course Dottie and her snowman friend are colored with copics

The paper is Eskimo Kisses by My Mind's Eye

I wanted to show you two different stickles I used on this card. The Snow is Frosted Lace stickles.....it dries with a rough surface and very little sparkle...perfect for snow. :o)

I used my favorite stickle color-Star Dust on the Snowman and Dotties' buttons. Star Dust has a pearl essence color to it and will pick up any color beneath it. So color with your copics first and then add a dot or two and voila!

Thanks for stopping by today...make sure you check out Dotties World to see what the other designer's came up with for this challenge.

Nicole M Bailey