Truly Scrumptious Challenge # 30-April Showers

Hello and Happy Wednesday...the week is almost over again.....yikes life is flying by.

It's The Truly Scrumptious Challenge #30 this week...we have another fabby sketch by Mina and an additional, optional, challenge of "April Showers" theme, which is kinda funny for me because I live in Alberta, Canada-and we don't experience April Showers here....we experience April Flurries....seriously it's snowing right now.

Here is the sketch that our very own, very talented Mina created:

OKay so here are the details for today's card:

Paper is Close To My Heart-Caboodle-love this paper, it's so cute for kid's cards.

The image is Whipper Snapper, colored in with copics.

The flowers and tiny tabs are also Close To My Heart.

The buttons are Making Memories

I also did some machine stitching....I have to tell you I lOVE machine stitching on cards-it just finishes any card beautifully. :o)

Well I think thats about it.....make sure you check out the Truly Scrumptious Challenge blog to see what the other designer's came up with and you should play along with us this week-there is a super cute Pink Gems Designs image:

Isn't it an adorable image??? Check out The Pink Gem Designs site HERE to see all the adorable images they have. :o)

Anyways,

thanks for stopping by today!

Nicole M Bailey

TRuly Scrumptious Challenge #25-Buttons and Ribbons!

Hello and Happy Wednesday!

This week for the Truly Scrumptious Challenge blog we have a fabby sketch and an extra challenge of adding buttons and ribbons to your card.

Sharon the owner of the Truly Scrumptious Challenge blog also has her own online embellishment store. It's called Truly Scrumptious Crafts and you can check it out HERE.

Her store is sponsoring this week's challenge...so the winner of this challenge will win a button and ribbon kit....so super cute!

Sharon was so generous to give all of the design team members free ribbon and botton kits to use on this week's challenge!

I received the Spring Kit.

Pictured here:

Lots of fun stuff to play with!

Here is the sketch for this week's challenge:

Isn't is fabby?

Okay so on to my card. ;o)

I used some old paper-from the DCWV-Nana's Nursery stack.

The adorable image is Whipper Snapper and you can find it HERE.

I colored in the image with my copics.

The heart charm/buttons and ribbon are all from The Truly Scrumptious Crafts

The Congratulations sentiment is CTMH-stamped in Sweet Leaf ink

I also did machine stitching....I'm a tad bit rusty-haven't used my darn sewing machine in a while...but I do still love the look of machine stitching on cards.

Thanks for stopping by.

Make sure you check out the Truly Scrumptious Challenge blog to see what the other designers came up with and please check out The Truly Scrumptious Craft store-Sharon is such a sweet heart and she is dedicated to customer service and good quality products!

Bye for now,

Nicole M Bailey

Get Well Soon

I made this super cute card for a little friend of James' who got hurt when he was over at our house yesterday. Yeah....not so good. :o(

Anyways, we put together a little gift bag for him with a stuffie in it and some candy...and this card.

Here are the complete details for today's card:

Paper is doodlebug and the cardstock is from my LSS

The sparkle brads are SU!

The buttons are doodlebug

The stamp is Whipper Snapper, and it's colored in with copics. I also used my copic spica pen on the water, to make it sparkle a bit

Thanks for stopping by today and have a super day!

Get "Whale" Soon!

I made this card for a friend's mom who is sick this week. :o(

I used one of my favorite Whipper Snapper stamps and colored it in with copics and used some stickles....geesh I new to get a new gig....:o)

The paper is CTMH-Animal Crackers...I also used some Desert Sand cardstock and Tulip CS.

The flower are bazzill and making memeories...the super cute brads are from doodlebug.

I also used my SU! scallop border punch and my nesties.

Thanks for looking!

-Nicole M Bailey

Another Mother's Day Gift

I know this is late posting.....I really wanted to get this posted yesterday but yesterday was kinda crazy. ;O)

We went for Mother's Day brunch which was very nice, the food was good and I was able to visit with my parents and my brother and sister inlaw whom I don't get to see very often.

The children also showered me with beautiful keepsakes that they handmade-Emily even grew me a flower which was so sweet...I just loved it so much!

 

And then all I wanted to do was retreat into my scraproom and work on some stamping and scrapping. I haven't been able to do that much lately...my DH has been working A LOT and has been traveling A LOT lately!

Anyways, he had to work on Mother's Day too...so I didn't get any scrap time yesterday....

boo hoo for me! :o)

Needless to say it took me several days to complete todays project....

Here are the details:

Stamps: Whipper Snapper

Paper:Heidi Grace Designs-Baby Girl

Cardstock: CTMH-Sweet Leaf

Sentiment Stamp: CTMH-Say It In Style

I used another Timeless Templates-Get A Handle On It to make the box-isn't it just so cute? I hope you are enjoying my boxes-because I will be posting a few more over the next couple of weeks....I need to make some for dance instructions/teachers/piano teacher and the soccer coach---oh wait that's me! lol

I made the tag with my cricut and colored in the images with my copics. 

Thanks for looking and I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day!

-Nicole M Bailey

Friends-Sketch Saturday #46

I made this card for Sketch Saturday #46. 

It's an awesome sketch but I did have problems with the four little squares on the top right hand corner....;o)

Everything is Close To MY Heart except for the image-it's Whipper Snapper. 

I colored in the image with my copics and I used some new paper; which Kim from Kimmie's Kraftin' Korner recommended. 

The new paper is from Canson and it's Manga Drawing Paper. I did find that it bleed a tad bit...but that may have been because I didn't let my memento ink dry long enough before I started coloring....I WA REALLY excited! What can I say???

But besides that.....it really does work awesome for blending! Kim was right....you don't get those harsh lines that you do with other cardstock...the colors just literally blend together....and because the paper is a whoppin' 150 lbs.......the ink takes longer to dry; so you have more time to mess with shading. 

The paper is WAY more expensive that the wausau cardstock from walmart...but I got it at Michael's craft store and was able to use my 40% off coupon...it was about $10.00 but it only has 20 sheets. 

Anyways, my kids are off school this week for Spring break so we have tons of excursions planned; including shopping, a movie and the Zoo (hopefully the weather will improve!)....but I am hoping to get lots of stampin' in.....I got one of Lauren Meader's Timeless Templates...so I plan to try it out this week!  

Have a great Monday!

-Nicole M Bailey

Welcome Baby

I made this card for friends of ours who just had a baby. They named her Yuna. Isn't that such a pretty name? Her mommy is Japanese and I believe  she is named after her grandma. Yuna is so tiny, she has the most adorable little facial features! 

Anyways! I made the base for this card last Saturday for Sketch Saturday but I was waiting for my new Whipper Snapper stamps to finish it off. I seriously didn't have any cute baby stamps in my stamp collection so I ordered some super cute ones from WS.

I colored in "baby bella" with my copics and added cotton candy stickles on her bow.

I used My Yellow Bicycle-Baby Safari paper, and some Close To My Heart Sweet Leaf cardstock

The flowers are from my LSS. 

The buttons/ribbon/brads and pin are CTMH

I made the tag with my cricut and wrote welcome on it with my CTMH black micro marker

I also used my cricut to make Yuna

Of course I used my nesties and SU! scallop punch as well. 

Thanks for looking!

-Nicole

 

Get "Whale" Soon-Saturday Sketch#42

I made this card for my mom...she just had major surgery and is beginning her journey to recovery. I love her so much and hope she is feeling better really soon.  :O)

I used this week's Sketch Saturday #42, which is over soon....I can't believe it's FRIDAY already!  I actually missed last weeks friday sketcher completely! lol

Here is this week's Sketch Saturday #42:

Isn't it just a fab sketch?? I really like it and already started another card using this sketch!

...and the complete details for my card today:

The paper is My Yellow Bicycle-Baby Safari

The crochet flowers and brads are CTMH

The buttons and bling are Making Memories

The ribbon is from Michael's Craft Store

The image is from Whipper Snapper....I just got a bunch of these super cute stamps...I'm just working on mounting them right now! I colored in the image with my copics and then added a bit of stickles here and there. 

I used my SU! scallop border punch, and my new curvy rectangle nestibilites. 

Thanks for looking and have a great TGIF!