In Color Love !

Hello again everyone, thank you for all the recent visits to my little blog , I really appreciate that you stop by and spend a moment with me :)

Anyway , I've been talking about In Colors these past few days and so I decided to have a little time with the gorgeous current collection , Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar, Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana and Crisp Canteloupe, just the sound of them is bright and cheery!

Here's a little creation using all of the colours except Baked Brown Sugar , sorry BBS you'll get your turn on the blog tomorrow LOL ! The stamps are the gorgeous Mixed Bunch and any stamp set that has a matching punch is a sure winner with me as my hand cutting skills are atrocious ...

The background was stamped with the Gorgeous Grunge stamps set, this is a real dark horse , easily overlooked in the catalogue but boy it's a keeper , controlled splashes amd splatters make such fabulous backgrounds ,I highly recommend it as 'staple' of your collection.

A little flourish of Linen Thread and a flash of the Chevron ribbon from the Spring catalogue and this is card was complete, I hope you like it :)

I'll be back tomorrow but in the meantime take care and check out my Watercolor Wonders Class which is pinned to the top of my blog ...places are going fast so don't miss out I'd love to welcome you and share some craftiness with you.

Nicola xx

Coming Up Roses !

 Hi again everyone , the weekend is here and hooray for the sunshine ! With Mothers Day tomorrow and florists across the land rubbing their hands with glee it seems fitting to get floral. Of course fresh flowers are beautiful and my Mum loves them but these amazing roses made with the Stampin' Up! Spiral Flowers Die will certainly stay the distance!

The die takes all the guess work out of cutting the perfect shape and as its an Originals die its tough enough to cut paper, cardstock, felt, leather etc etc in your BigShot.

I find that breaking the fibres down in the cardstock gives a much better looking rose, you can do that by spritzing with water or I like to run the die cut shape through an embossing folder before rolling it into shape. Here I've also stamped the rose with the splodge stamp from Gorgeous Grunge so it has tonal shades too.

I added one of these to some Hardwood stamped tags and popped them on my Virtual Hostess club members goodies last month , I hope they liked them.

If you'd like a Spiral Flower Die they are just £15.95 each and you can order via my online shop or by emailing me nicolakerridge@virginmedia.com

I will see you tomorrow with my Mothers Day Card ...can't wait to give it to my Mum :)

Nicola xx

Birthday Coupon Book

Hi again everyone, Friday at last !! 

I promised I'd share the Coupon Book I made for Justin's Birthday with you all and here it is ...

I used Midnight Muse cardstock on my Silhouette to create this fab little coupon book, it looks great with splashes of Real Red and Sahara Sand on the Whisper White pages.

I've used the Perfect Pennants Stamps and Gorgeous Grunge to make 'controlled' splodges and splatters 

A matching perfectly sized envelope decorated with Starburst Sayings stamps and Framelits too. The front had a little rhinestone bling and some Real Red ribbon.

A little sneak here of the 'coupons' :)

I think it's a really nice way to give some special treats or favours as a gift.

I'm going to be working on some Easter pretties at the weekend so please come back and have a look next time.

Nicola xx