A little cardette ..

... for a friend down the road to give to her Lighter Life Consultant ..
Found out a few things about him and was able to incorporate them into the card ...
She's pleased with it, so therefore I'm pleased with it!

Happy Days! x

Ahh! A new Baby ...

I've done these for a family down the road who've just become Grandparents!  How sweet!

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A few cards ...

Like buses ...

Well there I'd been twiddling my fingers then .. BOOM!... loads of things wanted doing .... Logos, cards, posters and more cards!

Well I've done these two one for a birthday and one for moving ...

I'm in the middle of the logo ...

The posters are in my head ..

The other card's all but a brief at the moment!!!

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Shopping Evening

Last night I took my cards (there's lots of them!) to a friend's shopping evening ...



Had a really lovely time, sold a few cards, one plaque, a couple of gift boxes, got an order for a plaque and an invite to have my cards at the Christmas light switch on, tomorrow, at the end of the road which, this season, is collecting for Help The Hero's.!
HURRAH!

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So excited!

I'm very pleased to announce that I've finally sorted myself out and have put some of my cards for sale on the lovely site MISI.
Here's the address if you want to take a peek.

http://www.misi.co.uk/handmade/designbyniki.html

I'm very excited about it all ...


Here's a card I've done with some lovely sequins I got at a great price from the new local pound shop! I like it.

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Goodness

Well lots has been going on and lots dropping off since I last blogged ... The great thing, and I have to say, I'm so pleased with myself for, is the fact that I'm now 2 stone 4 pounds lighter .. and I feel so much better for it ... I've still a long way to go but I'm getting there .... Thanks to my great instructor at the Rosemary Conley class that I go to.

Here's me actually meeting Rosemary who's a lovely lady and my instructor.

I love the classes and this is the only 'diet' that I've been on that I've continually lost weight on or at least stayed the same weight on the odd occasion ... I put diet in quotes because it's not really a diet it's a real lifestyle change .. and for me it works! Yipeeee!
The cards have been trickling out here and there .. here's my latest batch ....I'm still loving my copic pens and they've come in handy with the children's homework too!

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Sunny days are here!

What a beautiful day it is today .... I'm loving the little snowdrops, crocuses and daffs that are popping out everywhere ... it all smells different too .. Bliss! Dare I say it .... Spring is here!!!!! Here are some more little cards I've been doing over the last couple of weeks ... I'm still really enjoying my Copic markers! Sigh!!!!!

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Ouh! I've come over all creative!

Well since I've got my lovely room back I've been carding like a mad woman! What a jolly time I'm having ....

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Work room .. back in action!

Finally back in my work room ... Hurrah!
I've missed it!
It had been a dumping ground for presents far too long ... now it's back .....





I've an area big enough for me to work in .. honest! (Apart from using my trimmer or my Sissix machine!) .... Ahhh bliss!

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More Copic colourings ...

Oh! I do like my new pens .. I'm having such fun with them ...




It's interesting to see the difference, the 2nd picture was done before I had my pens.
They're great!

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New Year!

Well can I start by saying, and I know it's a tad late, Happy New Year! I do hope 2010 holds only good things for everyone.
Christmas came and went in a flash but not without Santa delivering me some Copic markers .. I love them ... so my cards at the moment are coloured in using my lovely, yummy new pens (stroke the boxes lovingly!)
I'm still a novice with them, but I'm having fun .. and lots of it!
More pics to follow I'm sure.

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Been busy

Hello, I know it's been a while but I have been busy ... anyway here are but a few of the cards I've been making ... I do enjoy it.

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Playing with my Tilda stamps

I'm having fun with these ... Here's some I've done over the last couple of days.

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~~** Like Mother like Daughter**~~

Ahh! I'm so happy today .. I bought some watercolour pencils for my two, they've wanted some for a while. Anyway my little pink one, who's nine, came home from school and wanted to sit down with me and do some painting. Well, she's off to a friends party this weekend so I suggested she make Emily the card while copying what I'm doing ... we had a great time and we're both well happy with the results .. Love it!

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A couple of cards I've manage to squeeze in ...

Here are a couple of cards I have managed to do over the last week or so ...

This one is from a stamp I treated myself to ...






And this one is using a picture we took on our holiday ...

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Happy 60th Mum

Here's a card I've created for a friend and neighbour. She wanted a card for her Mum who's going to be 60. She asked for flowers on the front, so I put together a little bunch, tied with some nice organza ribbon, painted a watercolour background to suit. Placed it on this funny see through film stuff, tore out some brown paper and stuck it on that. I added the flat backed pearly dots and edged the note tag with gold and brown. Hope she likes it.

Happy Summer!

Thank you everyone at school

Here are some cards done for my son's school... It's his last few days at middle school, my how time flies. So it's cards for all the staff, headmistress and the lovely ladies in the school kitchen, I love the rolling pin on that one. The chocolates look good enough to eat. The Lady from the school office loves choccies! I made the little blackboard with black card and some matches





. Happy summer! Here we come!

Thank you Teacher

This is one of two cards I'm doing for my Son's year six teachers. There's only a few weeks left before he finishes in the Junior school. Bless! Pretty pinky girly ... that covers it! I've just smudged out her name. Second one to follow.

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****** Make a wish *******

I'm really pleased with this card. We all really like teeny weeny things in our house and I found this tiny little bottle. I filled it up with glitter and put in on torn mulberry paper. I then dotted the glitter around the card and used my tiny pink stars too. It's for my ex niece who's 11 today. My children are going with their Father and his wife to visit my ex in-laws this bank holiday weekend because, actually, there are three generations all born on the same day .. my ex father in law, his son and his granddaughter all born on may 22nd .. how clever is that!!!

Happy Bank Holiday Weekend!