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Shaker Card….

nicoleqmullen — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:11:36 +0000

I have a tutorial up on the Crafting Ireland Blog today showing how to make this fun shaker card. For this card I used the A Cottage Home set from Waltzing Mouse Stamps. Its a very simple way to add some fun and movement to a card/image.

This view shows the card with the door open to show more of the beads and sequins inside….

And a close up of the house itself….

I hope you check out the tutorial and enjoy trying out this fun technique!

Monster Mash!

nicoleqmullen — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:15 +0000

Hi all, today I am showcasing an older 2 Cute Ink image over on the 2 Cute Ink DT blog. I used the adorable Monster Mash image on my card. I love this image with his little dance buddy its super cute! I coloured it using felt tip markers and had fun with the colours I used! I then went with a grey card base to make the image really pop but added some hints of orange on it to add a teeny bit more fun to the card. What is not to love about a super bright and fun monster really right?

Thanks for stopping by today and make sure to check out the Monster Mash image in the store, its a brilliant image, especially for boy cards!

Yumi & Fumi Fun!

nicoleqmullen — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:39:28 +0000

I recently won a big blog event over at Yumi & Fumi Handmade, and boy was it an amazing prize….

This amazing box of goodies turned up in my office and it was so difficult to concentrate on work with all of this sitting beside me! I spent the weekend colouring images and finally got to make something last night.

I used the adorable Fumi with Turtle image on this tag I created. Everything I used on this tag came from the box of goodies….

I added the green papers as background and tore a strip of the blue to add some more colour. I used some of the rub on’s to add pattern. I used the papers – the sheet made up of journalling cards to use as a mount for my image. I cut it down a bit first and used the off cut strip for the sentiment – again a rub on. I fussy cut Fumi and glued her down along her left side and foam mounted along the right side to give her dimension and make it really look like she was peeking out from behind something. I added some ribbon and enamel dots from the package and called it done!

I am going to enter this in the Yumi & Fumi challenge – Anything But a Card!

Bookworm box

nicoleqmullen — Mon, 20 May 2013 08:36:05 +0000

Here is another of my projects for the Sarah Hurley Lookbook Volume 3 using the Sarah Hurley Bookworm collection. I am a total bookworm so I love this collection. I altered an old box I have had for donkeys years. I inked the edges up with a copper metallic ink dabber. I then cut the papers down and matted them on the box. I used some embellishments in the kit to print and cut out and stick on the box.

Inside I used some of the tab dividers to seperate out my Journalled 365 cards – I am using the box to store these.

You can see the dividers a bit better below….

I love these Journalling cards, I like to use them as a top 5 things I loved in a week, its a great way to quickly document things!

Inking fun

nicoleqmullen — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:50:15 +0000

Its anything goes challenge time over at Annabelle Stamps Blog. I have been trying to have fun crafting and enter their challenges again but have been so busy I have not gotten a chance to. So it was great to just have fun, break out my Annabelle supplies and create this card. I used up lots of scraps from my desk too so it was an added bonus! I used the Easter Blessings set for the frame for my image. I then used my favourite All Things Grow set to stamp the butterflies.

I inked these in two tones of distress inks and misted them before stamping on watercolour paper. I then fussy cut out the frame and painted it with distress inks to match my background papers. I used a gorgeous wood grain paper on kraft card. I used some of the super cute Annabelle Gingham Twine and created a faux bow. I added some Pumpkin sprinkles then too.

Oh and I stamped the sentiment in grey beside the butterflies to make it subtle and make sure the butterflies and frame shone.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed!

Baby Girl Birthday

nicoleqmullen — Tue, 14 May 2013 07:34:30 +0000

I recently had to make a card for a baby girls first birthday. I don’t have many stamps that work for cards like this. So I cut the 1 using my eCraft and pulled this all together. The pink scalloped circle, the butterflies and the number 1 and the happy birthday stamping are all actually nearly the same shade in real life. The photo seemed to throw the colours off a bit. I matted the papers on grey card to make them pop and then mounted on a yellowy/cream card base.

The scalloped circle is on foam pads for dimension. I had to keep in mind this card was being posted though so couldn’t go too crazy with embellishments and dimension! Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you like it!

Cherry on the top!

nicoleqmullen — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:01:02 +0000

Just stopping by with a quick make. I used an adorable image from 2 Cute Ink called I Cherryish You. I coloured it with my Inktense pencils but only blended the pencils with one another, I didn’t add any water to them. This left a lovely textured look on them. I used some papers from a kit I have had for ages. I stamped a banner from the Lawn Fawn banner set and stamped a congratulations in it. Some lace and pearls finished it off then.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you enjoyed it!

Geeky fun!

nicoleqmullen — Tue, 07 May 2013 08:00:59 +0000

Here are some more of my projects for the Sarah Hurley Lookbook Volume 3 using the Sarah Hurley paper packs to make some projects with. I worked with the A Few Of My Favourite things pack on these. As I said the other day I just love these papers both the design and quality!

First up is a card I made. I wanted to have fun with a card and a bit geeky too! I used the graph paper from the kit and drew a chart on it. I had to check my math on this one with my hubby (a Phd in Physics and maths geek). It is supposed to imply that as time increases so does our love. I added some ink splatters on it to give it a authentic look. A little heart with glossy accents on it adds the finishing touch.

Next up is a mini notebook I altered the front of. I covered it in the moustache paper. I then added a little flag banner and wrote notes on this and doodled on some faux stitching. I then added some fun elements from Sarah Hurley, the cog, moustache etc.

Simple idea but cute and effective!

Love Tag

nicoleqmullen — Mon, 06 May 2013 08:00:12 +0000

I got a birthday gift of this fabulous Waltzing Mouse Stamps set called My Heart from a fab friend…..thank you Sandie! So while playing around with some pink scraps decided to make a quick tag with it. I used a scrap with a scalloped die cut to frame the heart from the set. Woodgrain, borders, hearts and super sentiments – love this set. There may also be some diamond dust stickles on this tag – this is really going to make Sandie proud of me

X marks the spot….

nicoleqmullen — Sat, 04 May 2013 08:00:43 +0000

Another of my projects for the Sarah Hurley Lookbook Volume 3 was to use the Sarah Hurley paper packs to make some projects with. I worked with the A Few Of My Favourite things pack on these.

The paper is 200gsm, textured and a dream to work with – I genuinely love this paper, the designs are fab and the quality of the paper is just superb. I use the papers to alter a wooden box that a fancy wallet had come in (a great TK Max find!).

I distressed the map page by tearing the edges and inking up the edges too. I added some graph paper in behind the torn and curled edges. I then drew a dotted line from the ship to make it look like the course the ship was taking. I doodled a frame on the page too. Oh and added an X marks the spot too of course!

The tag is also from Sarah Hurley and I covered it with some moustache papers. I added a journey sentiment to this and distressed and inked up the edges of the tag too.

I love the papers against the deep wood colour of the box. It is the perfect place for my husband to keep some trinkets and bit and pieces in too.