tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27211220068803157002024-03-23T03:13:44.703-07:00My Stamp NestNicole McMurtrie - Independent Stampin' Up DemonstratorNicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-52750099741438725722010-06-24T15:28:00.001-07:002010-06-24T15:49:59.771-07:00My Final Just Add Ink Design Team Project<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Well, today I will be sharing my project for the final challenge I will be completing with </span><a href="http://www.just-add-ink.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Just Add Ink </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">as a Design Team member. As I am no longer an Independent Stampin' Up demonstrator and I am finding my time is stretched, I am moving aside to concentrate on my craft in My Flutterfly and let someone else have a turn for the next round of Design Team members. I have enjoyed being a part of the JAI team so much. Being part of the DT has made me find the time to continue stamping when things got really busy when Grace was born. I have also met lots of wonderful stampers in the DT girls and I am sure I will keep in touch and join in the challenges when I can. Danielle and Amanda have some exciting DT news coming up soon!!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">So, this week's challenge is Just Add Patterned Paper (DSP for the Stampin' Up people). I have made a framed collage/quote, which I will use to decorate my craft room as I slowly get it organised. That could take quite a while, given it's current state, lol. Anyway, here is my frame and, just in case you can't see it clearly, the quote reads: 'Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will', George Bernard Shaw.</span></div><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486473595483323634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 301px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0XrRzwcOxFSeEkDoHFCaBHP8TFPAy03ypn0-4wYcLjIN3Vx9qADLhDPReGWbWALnRduIMuAfrWu2L87OVvxZGJFDlB7nddq4a5dLBzB1TPFfsrFW80_jIL_T3hsy96rUWkO0o8TMUAY/s400/P6240177.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486473807288590018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGHHKoe2vJf0U3pEZWt8V-rn4IassBTmqZAQQdd5tRdaihECFJCiZrB-Xa5UK1MD7DAk-09ub2n8KQaC0rpP4gGXIRo5vkb97viEGpmIpqXMh4GfVz_JriX6gy8ZUCGuN99rHriXEv0A/s400/P6240161-1.JPG" border="0" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Thanks for visiting my blog and let me know if you have any favourite quotes in your craft space to help you get things flowing.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Nicole</span></strong><br /></span></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-91844841313799200862010-06-19T04:03:00.000-07:002010-06-19T04:31:39.855-07:00Clean and simple card - Just Add Ink colour challengeHello, I am just here for a quick share. The challenge over at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/just-add-ink.blogpsot.com">Just Add Ink</a> this week was a colour challenge. These colours are so bright and fresh and I thought they suited a clean and simple card really well. Here is the colour combination:<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484441669547512146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 40px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xGi2qTaxUkIC5oK0m5VtfISWNyd5Mx00n4W2AKDQhKrK3WikcbTa_xSzXcqGYmqQUyHV4RxlABxhtvOSQHkKXyD4Day9vd5p_nO-KdhfK856HY1FlLaZlqwBG91OS779LfgEdyQVc94/s400/JAI22.jpeg" border="0" /></div><br /><p>And here is my card. I think I will make up a few more of these using different colour combos. I played around for ages coming up with the design but I am happy with it now and it will be very fast to replicate!</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484445155060220786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLPkX5EnUFTAj_ISuGbCbuyVmrGGixZdmaKkAZvYYCJi34KaasNjF0f-MBAitXAKHKrG5hnhcp22ix1HUxMYv_k4m8r58aFw_1Z4i8dD744cyTVr1LDljW4J7d2IEPRCU5z5eiR1s7C4/s400/P6160078.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p>Thanks for dropping in. Let me know what you think of my card. Any favourite techniques to use for clean and simple?</p><p>Nicole</p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-10933586608548542682010-06-10T20:33:00.000-07:002010-06-10T21:03:04.115-07:00A sketch challenge journal<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Hi everyone.<br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="color:#333333;"></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Today I have a little 6x6 journal that I decorated for this week's challenge over at the </span><a href="http://www.just-add-ink.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff6666;"><strong>Just Add Ink </strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">blog. I really like the sketch that Danielle and Amanda put together for this challenge. Straight away I thought of the die cut blooms from SU that I have had in my stash for a while, waiting to be put to use. Here is the JAI sketch for this week:<br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="color:#333333;"></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="color:#333333;"></span></span></div><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481359163115573954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHHw7rIpFtg5FRwkdISo-xR_LBO3gCVNgesT0zCu7XenzxClc3cxWMcLmRu1mmld7fBP61ls-KQW6u1SmJi_d8-3TiHZI_EKfA6fOKBMGldeoBPnEBfdhRvmlvpGXB4wPWP8VU8CxXB8/s400/JAI21.jpg" border="0" /></span></p><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="color:#333333;"></span></span></div><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">And here is my journal:</span></p><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="color:#333333;"></span></span></div><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481359758551011618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 301px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMxInuNZeWwSP8ZHVfX6G7olW0or_lp87_RhlJlN7bOM_y9L9k9YSfGSXb5FsvsCMWZJ2iATSi9cOxPjFulIAfNJTPp2t1igs6uyicKxoeD2UXawnPSEnfT2LnuhNyWM3H-22CzC5B_w/s400/P6090040.JPG" border="0" /><br />I am quite happy with the way it turned out. I love these colours together and I think this will be the perfect place to record all the funny things my daughter does. One thing I should have done was to trim the dies to sit against the edge of the ribbon, rather than place the ribbon on top as they can be seen through the ribbon. This is not so obvious in real life, but in the photo you can see the ridges clearly. I didn't want to pull it all apart as it probably would have ruined the DSP background. Oh well, I'll know for next time!! Would love to know what you think and see any journals you've done. By the way, does anyone seal their journals with mod podge or anything similar? Mine always seem to get a but tatty around the edges after a while so was thinking I might need to do this.</span></p><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Hope you like it!! And if you haven't already, make sure you check out my facebook page </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=783709256#!/pages/My-Flutterfly/115933161769203?ref=ts"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">'<span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong>My Flutterfly'</strong></span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"> for some cute kids onesies and tops I have recently posted.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Nicole</span><br /></strong></span><br /></span></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-64794542442216375862010-05-30T03:56:00.000-07:002010-05-30T04:19:45.994-07:00Just Add Ink Colour Challeng<span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Friday, the 28th of May was my little girl Maddy's 2nd birthday. I really can't believe how fast 2 years has flown but they have definitely been very exciting, fun and interesting years. While she has her fair share of toddler moments, she really is a fantastic little girl, daughter and big sister to 13 week old Grace. We are very lucky to be her family.</span><br /><br /><div><div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477017475987467074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBbZi8c01ZLilWewufZrApTudWjDl7nsRem6uYcFsRrOvWx_Slb5RLE61ZG-rSbrMYPArmv6_aUYxSMkT-Eb1daYOSOIkRvYhpqOIbKzeqrJkaj4AlX18PHTzwZAZ61g179Hp0PJSvPQ/s400/P5220079.JPG" border="0" /> </span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Well, for this week's colour challenge I thought it would be nice to create something I could use as decoration for some birthday cupcakes I made for her. So I decided on some toppers. The colours for this week's challenge worked very well with this. Here is the pretty colour combo.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477018737255437826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 143px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGM-ipOzKdGxBrX0tlcyw6jadWG_MzBzFRgC1HpTI61TExYofYH0HYfs3u2njBCZmF9uIMEl5rBrOF26PcbY7Vzq-_aasnIDqFrGA2oTt6-4jfuwF7YsO0ko6HXwjpTTI98J2rf0mQ5Mk/s400/JAI19.jpg" border="0" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">And here are my decorated cupcakes:</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477019729934269810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 301px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8PVuW0ybk6sko0xBblkv_m8t1lGlCgvfwp1Czx2iRMm-pE_xpIDDmZYxS_Vcwrtkh_MtDAZ5L6Z6Iayya8k0Lq7hy3eXj5aasRgGI_AKZZy1P-0a6jrF38mCffLjWemtJ73eTObowqY/s400/P5260237.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477020533394527362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_MnaMMr8TgwRL5byHJw6scDAZzuQ6Mbyjx1pGzADOZVxFY9u0jedsd61Z0QxXf9SH0k3SmNB_o-UJCUp_I_ez_Kb-iT3tN6Vi__G0L6Xm8F65kAh8Yx6rprGIhUS3zPJf1Ljb0HM_rEw/s400/P5260226.JPG" border="0" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Cute, aren't they? Anyone have a little girl's party coming up? These are quick and simple to make, as they are not very detailed, and the theme and colour scheme can be easily changed to suit any party theme (I'm thinking trains, zoo animals, flowers etc)!<br /></div></span><div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Thanks for visiting,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Nicole</span></div></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-80497700576132534892010-05-23T05:09:00.000-07:002010-05-23T05:41:41.028-07:00My Flutterfly and a Just Add Ink sketch challenge<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm a little late posting this as I have had a busy week and doing lots of sewing for my upcoming market stall. I have made lots of cute baby/children's items, which you can see on my facebook business page </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/My-Flutterfly/115933161769203"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff6666;">My Flutterfly</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. Follow the link for some pics of my blankets, mobiles, necklaces, canvases and collages.<br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474443457769320562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrt9ZpZTFfGb_i8QgnWgtkOSI4UhmqhfMcDy7vl3z1s6UGVb3hgzzl_4IWgNxvMUeoEl5Ci_LWwzJyT_k44ctjWSwWWuiAtQImam2g1w-b-V_1nialo4ohAzr-0zHzJbFw0AZ9nTtG00/s400/December09.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">This week's challenge at </span><a href="http://www.just-add-ink.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#ff6666;">Just Add Ink</span> </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">is a sketch. It was a nice simple sketch which, for some reason, I struggled with. Sometimes I think the more simple a sketch is, the harder it is, while the more detailed sketches are easier. Well, this is take 3 of the challenge. I like theses colours together - Melon Mambo, Soft Suede and Vanilla. Also, the double embossing on the flower embellishment happened by accident when the versamark I stamped on the cardstock for the floral pattern had not dried properly before I stamped the floral outline and poured on the embossing powder. I like happy accidents like this!</span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474440897894001058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZswBjxWvcQfOEHZI9TNbW3oEdw8s-tby2KRugCPuAttl8Q87CRZ3IGSGPaJeLEQiYILhUL3EhMhjqvnuM2IcfagN8G4KK6wB8KiJqmgFjMoT1Sp7SzrQPEkfFJG97pVszJ5ZFEINgdQ/s400/P5200060-3.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Thanks for visiting my blog. I'd love to know what you think of my card and my My Flutterfly items. And, if you are recovering from Convention - I hope you had a wonderful time there!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff6666;">Nicole</span></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-47456116080514358002010-05-13T00:05:00.000-07:002010-05-13T07:46:22.379-07:00JAI Blog Hop - Emboss Resist<div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt_pvmEAKUER6U4iYySOuC6dAHmqbVJMuBnflhQBiNafZiaYZC1i3YsvFpGmI68sdDgX61nPmAKVi_jmOlVXM9uzsiQ0MtY7Gx9uAGR-vIzYCv1OMmS1j2LnMKzrjdz1_HNcoSKyKVvY/s1600/Blog_Hop_Banner.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470716468562257410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 130px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt_pvmEAKUER6U4iYySOuC6dAHmqbVJMuBnflhQBiNafZiaYZC1i3YsvFpGmI68sdDgX61nPmAKVi_jmOlVXM9uzsiQ0MtY7Gx9uAGR-vIzYCv1OMmS1j2LnMKzrjdz1_HNcoSKyKVvY/s400/Blog_Hop_Banner.png" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I have been lucky enough to part of the Design Team at <a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Just Add Ink</a> for the past few months. The work of the Design Team has been so inspirational each week. This week at Just Add Ink we are hosting our first ever Blog Hop! Before I get into my post, here are a few details about what's happening... There are 10 stops on our Blog Hop (<a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Just Add Ink</a> and each of our 9 Design Team members), but the hop is set up in a loop so it doesn't matter where you start. All you need to do to follow along is click the blog hop button at the end of each post and you'll be taken to the next stop! This week's Just Add Ink challenge incorporates ideas from the tutorials you will see along the way. So the challenge is for you to Just Add... A Technique From The Blog Hop. Easy! There are 9 fantastic techniques to choose from (with a tutorial to match); the hard part will be making the choice! Add your entry to the <a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Just Add Ink</a> blog as normal.</span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Thanks for joining in the Just Add Ink blog hop. I hope you are enjoying yourself so far. The technique I am showing today is Emboss Resist. This technique is so easy to do and you can achieve some fantastic results. It also gives you great mileage on your stamps, as you produce a totally different look to regular stamping and embossing. Here we go:</span> </div><div align="justify"><br /><em><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Materials you will need</span></strong></em><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">*Plain <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">cardstock</span> or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">DSP</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">(I have used Whisper White)</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">*Stamps (I have used Always)</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">*<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Versamark</span> pad</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">*Embossing powder (I have used clear)</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">*Your choice of ink pad colours </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">(I have used Real Red, Tangerine Tango and Chocolate Chip)</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">*Blender pens</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">*Heat tool</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">*Sponge daubers</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">*Tissue or soft cloth</span></div><div align="justify"><br /><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470763650186176034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJfDkRsOLHi9TvtU6sIfIh-bPkLx8NO4BzY7qXv-K_7oGJTvsjdqq7pnRMShtIGYghEhwdw1cS11URSjvpYrlEthal4TMrmRN_IXSYFk3jg2rhuXLONbXWU8ituu9wKZPOnvJnW1FLPc/s320/P5130040.JPG" border="0" /> <span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><em>Step 1<br /></em></strong><br />To do emboss resist you start as you would with regular heat embossing. Using your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Versamark</span> ink, stamp your image onto <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">cardstock</span> (if you have an embossing buddy you can give your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">cardstock</span> a rub over before applying your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Versamark</span>). </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#333333;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWbtHCf0fv4l6lSAJ0bY8pT6pjuXzk_XhtX6JLDSsPHs5kv5Df0nbLF326SMAKcEirborGLt62iiDSXUzePGNrP21FfUNOOsLcc35q4wcwHxvAngyziS9R4nJVW3i0CEhd97iaK1tQiM/s1600/P5130041.JPG"><span style="color:#333333;"></span></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470763983078703746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMC593pWcXco2pRcuPoZNE2NBYMST65flMain8Po2KPJBkbQSyZ9I4PhK0PX4f3dfIpMB5gq5l7LBKvPw9ZhiHjah6vctm-lmulAwfXkzJZsFz4dJ1H1ITKF3Y0-iGVl-jF3QFfbI1AkM/s320/P5130041.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="justify"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><strong><em>Step 2</em></strong></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihdhmvM0N1oDpVd0cXag1hINd0G3-9xC6yPFEPpk0FgickwtMjCqBawITkbERjf76fG5qgWxCez5SRjfAe1gg2Eknm5T9J5IJ7jR41CwPcmBRy7z7eQU2s7weayd2YDObbNOtgPsP_UPE/s1600/P5130044.JPG"></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Pour embossing powder over your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">cardstock</span> to cover your stamped image, then tap the excess powder off your card. For a neat result, ensure the powder covers only the stamped image. (*Note: My <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">upline</span> Alex gave me a wonderful tip for storing embossing powders in clear plastic containers. You can keep a plastic spoon inside your container for pouring the powder over the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">cardstock</span> whilst you hold the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">cardstock</span> over the container. The excess powder can then be tapped straight back into its container - no mess!!).</span><br /></p><div align="justify"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470764173469857890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQbzGkSmcgxQiRcN_83XtK2Ei2bzRwByN4ql_fdf5aSva99yYwtqUgS7oV-mavuVt9r_rA7ubu_NfInFWzABnnmTZqv3nnonOFFAxDTuhMCXlyfjF-CZI_gfmOEuvly88_hX_NUUwr1Q/s320/P5130044.JPG" border="0" /><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><em><strong>Step 3</strong></em></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Making sure your heat tool is hot, hold it in front of your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">cardstock</span>, (approximately 10-15cm is good). Heat the embossing powder until you see it change from powdery to glossy all over the image. Be careful not to hold the heat tool there for too long or you will scorch your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">cardstock</span> and your fingers!!</span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470764398240614706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUjMpIhbnfVSFc6k33_b9i-AdKl4lkvolhyphenhyphenKN_jcFCMQkjJcqSwOSgQ8CGNh1UHN8MCcpB-xcJ4uJReh7J3LMJy7eUBlq6GcfI0Bc9DobkmGDzSGPWNCdT6QMHhVCqMtZJfhJG7oNUgbI/s320/P5130053.JPG" border="0" /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><em>Step 4</em></strong> </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Use a sponge dauber to apply ink over and around your embossed image. You can apply your ink by dabbing or swirling, depending on the effect you want. I have used swirling motions to blend the ink over the embossing. For my image I have added some Chocolate Chip highlights to some of the flowers using my blender pen. If you use clear embossing powder and a patterned paper, you will be able to see the pattern through the embossed image. To finish off your emboss resist neatly, use your tissue or cloth to polish the excess ink of the embossing. The result will be a bright, sharp emboss resist image. </span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470699669093960690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4iJ8rMslUqITl_Iy90XIipGOgaQYrsmkSQ2q_-j1bBxLBQHVpCpwSkm1naRLjR5qPPELcKybvOK8VCqKaDNmEXhc5ADqjJjDTdyZTwYrEcai-neMfTOannYtnpVjyTdazM53iyj5rTI/s400/JustAddInkChallenges1.jpg" border="0" /> <span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Emboss resist images make beautiful focal points on your cards or as embellishments on scrapbook layouts. I'd love to see what you come up with when you try the emboss resist technique. </span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470765501688497602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFtyGZQwfXaGMPtz1y17T39woSwfywNdFbn4D5rdbDY4PEKqjvzMdvNchRqivUVIFi2DjUtO4w0c03QCyJhyphenhyphen1l0jE9PT69SnSgYfoDGWjXC1YAa2NpHRN-uRcmZ769Q2YxvyabGl2yu8/s320/P5130070.JPG" border="0" /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Here is the card and gift box I made with the emboss resist image from my tutorial, as well as some other examples:</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHl57hdsGyqhSvgGzGdyhfhmovcrP3UZlycq8RcijXGhbzXdv6RU2sDDu_81EqPkczlWXBcqDb4hvT1EJh2Gg_PlUOPlKX6Wb5sbkA2FPVznU9335Dxo7b_lki2Eo08LAjyw6UuRC4_M/s1600/P5120020.JPG"><span style="color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470704839104061106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHl57hdsGyqhSvgGzGdyhfhmovcrP3UZlycq8RcijXGhbzXdv6RU2sDDu_81EqPkczlWXBcqDb4hvT1EJh2Gg_PlUOPlKX6Wb5sbkA2FPVznU9335Dxo7b_lki2Eo08LAjyw6UuRC4_M/s320/P5120020.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7G0AJaJECmfl-5toXDclrj4_wgSQtM2xXAK_MC45O1wSxZRVmMXoXvSsI-ZykLD8WtLmnVq9M5j_tVwaRAzYDdti1gLYwoia9b-P6xD5OarEAIgf9gTmmlppS63KXVNSYr2oy1biomwU/s1600/P5120030.JPG"><span style="color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470705337507401154" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7G0AJaJECmfl-5toXDclrj4_wgSQtM2xXAK_MC45O1wSxZRVmMXoXvSsI-ZykLD8WtLmnVq9M5j_tVwaRAzYDdti1gLYwoia9b-P6xD5OarEAIgf9gTmmlppS63KXVNSYr2oy1biomwU/s320/P5120030.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#333333;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#333333;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#333333;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmD0El6JHk-EijxkDkwm8bdtfPhhcuSwRvcaMFcP0FQD2CyrL-epI9dE0R2K4cLBJ3BAP5x3e353vZy93JftLujWJPGDNgiw7Jq_OMAOKVwdy_mWc5tGQh44Jx68v60dfbq490L9iBN4/s1600/P5120032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470720144765723138" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmD0El6JHk-EijxkDkwm8bdtfPhhcuSwRvcaMFcP0FQD2CyrL-epI9dE0R2K4cLBJ3BAP5x3e353vZy93JftLujWJPGDNgiw7Jq_OMAOKVwdy_mWc5tGQh44Jx68v60dfbq490L9iBN4/s320/P5120032.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEseUmpBzSMu7pyPAwqj7kOPP6-eWRR6zrZ_269U1CFMnuSuzAC4nAmsa2aQnQfuM1RpQxeVXSlNjnWCJLbFJKzIN3ma4TDywquTyT6zjAeMMEuR55TNMbY6M4ChSC0koPGpLfiY4Kfq0/s1600/P2030801.JPG"><span style="color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470708914268436098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEseUmpBzSMu7pyPAwqj7kOPP6-eWRR6zrZ_269U1CFMnuSuzAC4nAmsa2aQnQfuM1RpQxeVXSlNjnWCJLbFJKzIN3ma4TDywquTyT6zjAeMMEuR55TNMbY6M4ChSC0koPGpLfiY4Kfq0/s320/P2030801.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#333333;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#333333;"><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I<span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"> hope you have enjoyed my tutorial and I'm looking forward to seeing your emboss resist projects. Next on the <span style="color:#ffff00;">Just Add Ink</span> blog hop you'll be visiting the very creative Tania Gould.</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"> Just click on the button below to head to Tania's blog.<br /></span><br /><br /><p align="center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://www.taniagould.blogspot.com/" imageanchor="1"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_higUhmMNE1xJuN981Kvauak7Wr1YPqsCYtfFvsD4UTDhOqlUaLL3T9E08t3r9zBVHMkJnZeXnNpEqTuR68krND7NbT2IWE53_CSRrnSlOIf8vhUqulwqGbzQK4xrX64jOP17pU3vqqb/s200/Blog+Hop+BUTTON.png" width="199" border="0" tt="true" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Thanks again for participating in the Just Add Ink blog hop!</span><br /></p><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#3333ff;"><strong><em>Nicole</em></strong></span></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-57150769133145099022010-05-06T14:02:00.000-07:002010-05-06T16:21:23.024-07:00Just Add Ink #16 - Colour challenge<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Is it just me or are the weeks flying by! Grace is already 10 weeks old and in 3 weeks Maddy is turning 2!!! Where have those 2 years disappeared to? I am planning to have a little family party for her on the Sunday before her birthday as James is meant to be in hospital for her actual birthday (although it's looking like that may be pushed back a bit). We had a big party for her 1st birthday so this year I want to do something different, but fun. Any ideas?<br /></span><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I am back with another <a href="http://www.just-add-ink.blogspot.com/">Just Add Ink challenge</a>. This time it's a colour challenge.</span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468278069441038002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 131px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9ZvUsOllonZ1HHertdMj7xUeyFAjW-B6hYmNFipseM0Q4cLjQinWq8_Q997Sm7IJE_DYIfl-ANy4D68Q0p8lvQZkkCqqM5v1eaTIA8fXWcxQDgr4N3TBn8Yf2sCHCpnlFM6yrp6-qsc/s400/6.jpeg" border="0" /> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">These colours work beautifully together and, I think, are perfect for a Mother's Day Card. I have always loved Pocket Sillhouettes and recently bit the bullet and bought the set. I am not disappointed - I love it. My card will be sent to my Grandmother, who loves to garden, so I went with a garden theme. Here it is:</span><br /></p><div align="justify"><br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468273798638171090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9utDvu0DOkjUPzdtZs8LB6tXCF3s1hDDIHtV4jT90y3Z6fLgQ-Z625b5-E2vELKIn1IIpxkaZ8eucNrzpprouXgAfHutUkaW9F7Jw9XBQ4kwIwJ5z8B7M2Q7i4htFlC5LKgQYWQ0iCWs/s400/P5050066.JPG" border="0" /></span></div><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Happy Mother's Day to my lovely Mum and to all the mums out there. I hope you have a great day on Sunday.</span></p><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcccc;"><strong>Nicole</strong></span></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-41300446554768209662010-05-02T05:36:00.000-07:002010-05-02T06:01:01.582-07:00Just Add Ink #15 - a sketch challenge<div align="justify"> <span style="font-family:arial;">I love sketches!! Out of all the challenges I do for <a href="http://www.just-add-ink.blogspot.com/">Just Add Ink </a> I probably enjoy doing sketches the most. Maybe it's because with a layout there are literally endless possibilties and when you are given a sketch it narrows the possibilities down, but still gives you the challenge of making the sketch your own with the finer details. This week I decided to give my Melon Mambo cardstock, ink and ribbon some use - the first time I've had it out since it arrived a few weeks ago! I really don't know why I haven't used it before this. It's a great colour. I decided to pair it with Basic Grey (yes, I know it looks like Chocolate Chip in the photo) for this challenge. I think these colours look great together. I used my Good Friend stamps to make a bold focal point. I think Melon Mambo suits a bold image. Well, I hope you like my card for this week. Here is the JAI sketch:</span><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466654801577350482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 392px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZC-qUVpvfsBdD_CJGqJEw4cAeyCTHfNBEojAqwQYChaar_YSSv9zYKS5s7xHAdl2jm6uQCD9wJNJVTDr5zcWa3LQjVqf0srAju5VuZjKQDN9rFmlBq6KTBJEBCAE8_h2f7mm7ovKdZNA/s400/JAI15.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;">And here is my version of the sketch:</span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466654204683371954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FxZEKYNZqSEJgY19FZbqyeUJp4WvOsP9juCm8J1LEwizp3nR4Gp9xxlf7HpYEZxX8M4Q_SEIl1ArvfeHvW2_qIQYJBi0pVTgl5q2iKFKULvjtNzj06ZdJsu8lgSUnzjW_iE68SWWc0w/s400/P4280213-1.JPG" border="0" /> <br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A quick question for you - what is your favourite colour/s to combine with Melon Mambo?</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Thanks for dropping in.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><em><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>Nicole</strong></span></em><br /></span><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /><br /></div><div align="justify"></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-27736266784245935512010-04-26T03:46:00.001-07:002010-04-26T04:38:54.249-07:00My Flutterfly - A new crafty venture (and a giveaway!!)<div align="justify"> <span style="font-family:arial;">I have recently set up a little online store on madeit.com (visit my store <a href="http://madeit.com.au/detail.asp?id=79090"><span style="color:#ff6666;">here</span></a>) to sell decor and accessories for children. I have been busy for the last week or so making some cute little fabric mobiles for children's bedrooms or playrooms. I have set up a facebook page for </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Flutterfly/115933161769203"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff6666;">My Flutterfly </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">and would love it if you could join and help me get the word out. As a thankyou for joining I will be doing a giveaway of a birdhouse mobile in the colour of your choice from the 4 mobiles you can see below (sorry, Australian residents only). All you need to do is join my facebook page then leave a comment for me on this post. As soon as I have 70 people 'liking' My Flutterfly on facebook I will choose a random winner (please remember to leave your email address with your comment).</span><br /><br /></div><p align="justify"></p><div align="justify"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464408317049278050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6nHeusVJ4pEzzkjMFXwrsVGGT0RoVVts4q6naN4ecXZXSs41QDUdRy-bB7nggdntBqAU8UxS_a3rGtfBpsnBctV3bk5OwUYI0Lfs41U5nxXSaHEOEBuf1ICjcQ90hGeg6aYduQIZ3M8/s400/littleladybug-1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">I will be doing a market with my friend Kate in June to sell our goodies. I have a few projects on the go, such as children's applique canvases, fabric bead necklaces, bunting and frameable pictures to match the birdhouses</span>. <span style="font-family:arial;">If you are interested in purchasing any of these please email me at </span><a href="mailto:myflutterfly@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff6666;">myflutterfly@hotmail.com</span></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">for more information.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Well, I hope you like my mobiles. I will post more about my other projects as soon as I get some pictures taken.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Nicole</span></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-45983851649081266742010-04-26T03:22:00.000-07:002010-04-26T03:45:19.379-07:00Just Add Vintage<span style="font-family:arial;">This week at </span><a href="http://www.just-add-ink.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">Just Add Ink</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> the challenge is to add vintage. Well, even though I really like vintage style, I almost never use it when I am creating something. So I wanted to make a scrapbook page for the challenge and I had this beautiful sepia photo of Grace that I thought would look perfect for a vintage style layout. I am fairly happy with how it turned out ap</span><span style="font-family:arial;">t from my journalling (or lack thereof, lol). I have thought if doing an online journalling course before (can't remember where I saw it advertised though) as I just don't know where to start. Does anyone have any tips for me?</span><br /><div align="justify"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464394806255557890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 301px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9I3fKQfEC5UhpypnZ-h9I6t-ZnCF_d19e7Ts-e8CB_ub0eKu7osCD6FbEwHF2CipucpAWmL2BlR59wW-KfDQlnyOWxndonnP1ZK_SSH8_6vZ7M0PcUBOdNYSW1RWufvevv9x0JcOBdw/s400/P4210044.JPG" border="0" /><span style="font-family:arial;">Well, that is all for this week's challenge. Check out my new venture above - fabric mobiles for kids' rooms as part of my new online madeit.com store 'My Flutterfly'. </span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Thanks for looking!</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Nicole</span></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-46021314483718590662010-04-21T01:05:00.000-07:002010-04-21T01:09:02.516-07:00Happy Birthday!<span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I'm just here to quickly share a card I made yesterday. It's on it's way to a special 3 year old in Tasmania. Happy 3rd Birthday Olivia!! Hope you have a wonderful day.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"></span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462499559734286898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFp4HZblh4sk1IhMO34Y9bL3vJCZqwaXqo-94aFKro6P8Ne2j6UA8WlHxOoeKBfaHZwiDSnUTFTXCBfONiC2aVHB_ya28yN7oknrgj0EA8YwN_0lhn2_0X7-ZCVZJl3qoyvHPSp5QPyA/s400/P4190571.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Bye!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Nicole</span></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-78914597730522413382010-04-15T15:09:00.000-07:002010-04-15T15:26:46.767-07:00Just Add Ink #13<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Hi there! I am finally here to update my blog. I have had a few weeks of non-blogging - life is busy! I have been away to visit my Grandmother and take Grace to meet her for the first time, had my Mum, my sister and her kids come to visit and have also been to Sydney for a shopping trip to Ikea ith my mother's group friends. Yay, love Ikea!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">In between all of that I managed to get my design team project done and I have to say I am quite happy with how it turned out. I have been playing around with my new toy - my Big Shot - and my dies, as well as a new paper punch. This week's challenge at </span><a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Just Add Ink</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"> is a colour challenge. Barely Banana, Kiwi Kiss and Chocolate Chip. I wasn't sure how I was going to approach this one. I rarely use Barely Banana. But I just started playing and my card came together really well.</span></div><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460491928732974626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 412px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 321px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFhVlUn6qC7Lf58w2c8plQ4LoXw46uf5v5tMDM5ObK3lf6wjMA8cJl_meIzAISuezlasneqOp3cygDudwbL9LaQ86j9eo1TM2HoSHMykNTfE-pMpDpUoHuF_swLb7SgMRTX1HPMCMNjM/s400/P4130480.JPG" border="0" />Well, I hope you like my card. Let me know what you think.As always, thanks for looking!</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="color:#006600;"><strong><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Nicole</span><br /></em></strong></span></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-57685482499302386372010-03-25T13:36:00.000-07:002010-03-25T23:04:27.062-07:00Just Add Ink #10 - colour challenge<div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Wow, it's time for JAI's 10th challenge already. Where has that time gone. I couldn't wait to get started on this colour challenge because I really love this combo. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452675227415219394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 122px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpxbOzh-EpeJjh9mwmzNx9dIWC3t79agE49Yc7-cnM3UVRk5AD2773Zx0F8XbQ5SHuEAjobiS4SQ06-_5Z0nlhvt-a1psLds_zaLPSFJRMAUXKmv5K7eygSUuWsMAhUA2U2Mio6GSbeA/s400/JAI_colour_combo_4.jpg" border="0" />A certain little someone (see </span><a href="http://mystampnest.blogspot.com/2010/03/our-baby-girl.html"><span style="color:#333333;">here</span></a><span style="color:#333333;">), had other plans though and I had to do my stamping in bits and pieces. That's the way it goes these days. At least it gives me time to come up with lots of ideas. Here is my card and a little gift box for this week. I am thinking of giving this to Mum for Mother's Day with some earrings in the box.<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452676203646463218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdwFCbi5QGgYvBFYecA17l4UEN3lG1RSn2wCyFkCIt8lG7Y_7Fr3nDpvl7pcUyJGgY7cNTj7JIA2g5XlJ1ku8QSubgDdGSZzG-i4YH-f33L-PU7-XM5jKicXeB17plGgSn3YgohID6qSA/s400/P3240500.JPG" border="0" />This is such a simple card to make - no fiddling with ribbon to make bows etc. The glitter was added using a line of sticky strip and the glitter poured straight over the top. I like usuing this technique when I'm not using ribbon on the project.<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#333333;">As always, thanks for visiting my blog. </span><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;">Nicole</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#333333;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:78%;color:#333333;">Materials</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#333333;"><strong>Ink -</strong> close to cocoa, blush blossom, versamark,<strong> Cardstock -</strong> close to cocoa textured cardstock, cameo coral, blush blossom, kraft, <strong>Stamps -</strong> I {heart} hearts, short and sweet <strong>, Accessories -</strong> sticky strip, glitter, clear embossing powder, dimensionals</span> </div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-83524042567000765012010-03-23T04:09:00.000-07:002010-03-23T04:34:27.300-07:00Our new baby girl - Grace Amelia<div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Well, after my blogging holiday I am back to share our exciting news - we have a new baby girl. Grace Amelia was born on the 24th February, weighing 7lb 3oz or 3250g. She was 47cm long. Grace is a fairly calm baby, despite being loved to bits by her big sister Madeleine (almost 22months). Madeleine is so excited when she sees Grace and loves telling her name to anyone who will listen. I was hoping to be back into the blogging by now but it's been a busy month of getting to know Grace, which is the most important thing at the moment. Here are a few photos of our girls.</span></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451790539684772834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESRWjYuy-3c5xiOu_o1ZVjj7zYCicRPoMiLBUFBA_Tpg_HIpBhe0n6wygkpsV_1sG3jW7MSTz7_UHdMwjfiOr11SWLuADpm5h7h6dgaNmqkiwp_S8iSjPMGAmeIDEeaUOlIAil8Glres/s400/P3100275.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451790413587580930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpR_XRxNMGgoC9e6odIb2BSSia108X6YrdxZZLpjTkFGsWZpJZeRCyKp3GZMYB8P5G1oK8eLxhLcbbVJEVIkf5bQPyEvtZpZrGR51I58etB-j_I8qstBJU5poPqPKuas7KSklkoAE4Ti0/s400/P3100260.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451790325361746498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6pdmytLgqX0hnQb7v09kGT9MrKiwk_pLePJ8N2zV8UrUWSPowSapJf3Qk2PUtBWpbmS5IT8BaVmHmPJ2CaFQ_Eu-Fpk45h3gfWZbQGB0ZSQrRBQ_4_8pS80PdqLHUyRz-rHAGcayHNc/s400/P3050168.JPG" border="0" /></div></div><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I'll be back in a few days with my Just Add Ink design team creation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#339999;"><strong><em>Nicole</em></strong></span></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-20698821743102606592010-02-19T03:01:00.000-08:002010-02-19T03:20:21.394-08:00Just Add Dimension - Challenge #5<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Well, it's time for the next </span><a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Just Add Ink</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> challenge already. The challenges have produced so much inspiring work! This week the challenge is to add dimension. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with - it really opens up a lot of possibilites. Here is my project for this challenge:</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></div></span></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438800644329115330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTRyh_TfULU0cAQpoGWgxpMHR3K-bRngMpEwmQi1NsXnjScv6865sRPSEm039s8jnZ8zumA26JE4SmP2gon_JAL2h5_NzWUO0qpOiONtiPqCVruAfCQUaNEXHZtVJRqsYNBUm_8dcdXY/s400/P2160882.JPG" border="0" /><br /></span><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">As soon as I found out about the dimension challenge I know what I wanted to do. I have been decorating my daughter's bedroom and needed an artwork for one of the walls. I have already made some canvases, which you can see </span><a href="http://mystampnest.blogspot.com/2010/01/some-other-things-i-have-been-up-to.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">, and wanted something that will coordinate with them. So, I took a shadowbox frame and made background from one of the fabrics used in the canvases. I then used the SU butterfly punch to punch out 9 stamped cardstock and DSP butterflies. Decorating each butterfly was fun. Some have been topped with the small butterfly image from Flight of the Butterfly, others with some tiny pink rhinestones, and the rest with buttons tied with linen thread. The butterflies are mounted with dimensionals but because the background is fabric I needed to add a little glue to help them stick properly. Overall I am thrilled with the result and can't wait to hang it.</span></p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I'd love to know what you think of my butterfly wall art. Thanks for looking!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#66ff99;"><strong>Nicole</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Materials</span><br /></strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><em><strong>Stamps</strong></em> - Flight of the Butterfly, Great Friend, <em><strong>Ink</strong></em> - Regal Rose, Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Cardstock - Regal Rose, Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, <em><strong>Accessories</strong></em> - buttons, linen thread, dimensionals, butterfly punch, (non SU - shadowbox frame, fabric, pink rhinestones)</span></span>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-48847426418525937312010-02-11T04:56:00.000-08:002010-02-11T05:27:20.093-08:00Just Add Ink - A Colour Challenge<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I'm back again with my next Design Team project for </span><a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Just Add Ink</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">. The entries for the sketch challenge last week were absolutely amazing! I have to admit I initially found the sketch a bit of a challenge, but to see what people have done with it made me realise what a great sketch it was. I think it may have been the circle that threw me a bit. Maybe it's time to invest in the Circle Scissor Plus! </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">The challenge for this week is a colour challenge - More Mustard, Rose Red, Sage Shadow and Kraft. I really like the combo but had to think a bit to work out how I was going to use More Mustard, not my usual choice of colours. Then I remembered I had some cute More Mustard buttons in my stash and it became a bit easier!! Just enough MM without being overpowering. Here are the colours for this week:</span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436972087408534162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 139px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 41px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuO1FjW4xClPs_K3ukwJeFm4Kl2ALVO_68Fc1Dk_bWRsjhI-K4ZVro2FaUktoam_Lj7oDDG8nr_UNIATgKsbFXUJ_kvuH3Eqw3LyIgIlv8zv6YhKB75nSR5YbirFmC8M8SLLftIp6c1fc/s400/JAI4ColourCombo.png" border="0" />My card this week has a simple layout. I wanted to let the embellishments (the buttons and rhinestone brad) stand out a bit against the stamping. I think if was making this card again I would add some embellishment to the butterfly. Some tiny More Mustard rhinestone brads, maybe. So, here is my little card for this week:<br /></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436972759529708306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQXIcfcNslx7MT0aET9s8dOsF8UfbFiSaFSh1of8_poVaT9-0M_wkf9KgrGfn_NT0rzwXy1pWyNL9m_Yvaeb9LXkMlI0onx3o1H6VsFhJajRCXT6W91k-xY-CMOxVrPI0RQjer2kS_4Y/s400/P2100845-1.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Make sure you go over to Just Add Ink and see what the rest of the Design Team have come up with. Also, I'm looking forward to seeing your creations this week. Thanks for visiting my blog!</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong><em>Nicole</em></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><em>Materials:</em></strong> <strong><em>Ink</em></strong> - Whisper White, Sage Shadow, <em><strong>Stamps</strong></em> - Great Friend, Short and Sweet, <em><strong>Cardstock</strong></em> - Rose Red, Sage Shadow, More Mustard, Whisper White, <strong><em>Accessories</em></strong> - Kraft taffeta ribbon, orange rhinetsone brad, More Mustard buttons, Stampin' Dimensionals, Linen Thread, corner rounder punch</span> </span></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-44648711501355927932010-02-04T07:00:00.000-08:002010-02-05T00:40:17.895-08:00Just Add Ink #3 - Sketch Challenge<div align="justify"><a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Just Add Ink</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"> has had another successful challenge this week with fabulous entries for Just Add Hearts. It's amazing to see how different people interpret the theme of the challenge.</span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><div align="justify"><br /></div><span style="color:#333333;"></span></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">This week's challenge is a sketch challeng. These are one of my favourite types of challenges because often the difficulty I get when trying to make a card is deciding on a layout. With a sketch, it's done for you and you can concentrate on the colours and finer details. I have to say, though, that this week's sketch was a challenge for me and I tried a number of different things before I was happy. Here is the sketch:<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434188704799721794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 260px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWaA_5eXXap9XI4jros1gy886501w4naNu331t1TGZ5ffdlMiqUMDTZormWUXlUmDVQzT8oxRXSCmtG87399ZfcOeaHXtsZL9Vp3Iqr5KT8RA11rCafTURFMoHd-hN7PkKylthcMpkuE/s400/JAI_Sketch.jpg" border="0" /><br />And here is my card for this week:</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="color:#333333;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="color:#333333;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433849961447784194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhninCeSBxkdDfufyINKSndEsLTC0Kq8Uhtf-KR0hf55GJvuH85x9_3U7hZR793G5Oh1or2atrkbGvh9lzg4xKtWAraWnmjJIyQCcCPEla-ws7xfZqJ6gYR_nrwpjlAumD2RPDJedJD-xU/s400/P2030801.JPG" border="0" /><br />It's the first time my Razzle Dazzle rubber has seen ink, even though I've had it since before Christmas and it was the perfect image to do some emboss resist with. The background of the card was stamped with Versamark above the ribbon for a subtle look and Baja Breeze on the bottom to make the image stand out a little more. I have not used Baja Breeze, Real Red and Whisper white together before but I think I kind of like it!! I hope you do too.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Be sure to look at all the design team inspiration and the entries for this week's sketch challenge over at <a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/">Just Add Ink</a>.</span><br /><span style="color:#333333;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Thanks for looking and please let me know what you think of these colours together - fun and fresh or over the top? </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"><em><strong>Nicole</strong></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><em>Materials</em></strong> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong>Stamps</strong> - Razzle Dazzle </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong>Ink</strong> - Baja Breeze, Real Red, Versamark</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong>Cardstock</strong> - Baja Breeze, Real Red, Whisper White</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong>Accessories</strong> - Real Red Spotted Grosgrain Ribbon, Baja Breeze button, linen thread, clear embossing powder, Scallop Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals</span></span></span>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-30944388594666273782010-01-29T01:43:00.000-08:002010-01-29T02:10:04.992-08:00Just Add.....Hearts<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I am back with my creation for the 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">nd</span> Just Add Ink challenge. Last week's launch was a huge success, with 51 entries into the challenge and so many amazing creations. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with for this week's Just Add Hearts challenge.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I have been working on a bit of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">scrapbooking</span> in an attempt to stick with my January goal of getting a few of my photos scrapped. My poor daughter's album is so far behind, it's something I really wanted to concentrate of before the new baby arrives (but I've spent barely any time doing it). So, you'll probably be seeing a bit more <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">scrapbooking</span> here in the coming weeks!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">The photo I used show Maddy at her first birthday party having a cuddle with Nanny (my Mum). Now, if you asked Maddy what she is doing she would say '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">cuggle</span>', which is her word for cuddle. Cute!! I took the pink and browns from her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">outift</span> and used those as the colours for my page. Chocolate Chip, Pink <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Pirouhette</span>, Rose Red and Kraft is my colour scheme. Here is my 8"x8"layout:</span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432097789099573282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMkA0pA5TvOZ4JLs4hHCxzIOQ30XsxtMH-cSOlCiyYCh75l_wXVXc_6km8cMrrucw2xbOgH00GyeFNTnFeUfCkCRYmR0kfFjoTR9QHvFV1vaRZMXShtasxf7LXIfwY8UC7wffRYJkL54/s400/JAI2version2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432099301111457122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 349px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtMz4n6zySm9-uUE4nx6Ws-X_AZ8_mOIDrvfs9fmMlFJm4220H5qEGNLKQf2-_82JfZy68Ub2mHB8Ob0bY7oJoL32yrcHKLmO4_9xlTPys9m5AVCmABUdAIbETALCgiKX8onOMQzZtIA/s400/P1280774.JPG" border="0" /></span> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">The top two hearts on the photo layer were created using classic ink, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Versamark</span> and clear embossing powder. The bottom heart was stamped with a dotted heart image onto Chocolate Chip patterned paper. I'm not sure how clear it is but the vertical strip is stamped with hearts using <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Versamark</span> on Chocolate Chip <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">cardstock</span>, layered with the patterned paper and a Rose Red scalloped strip. I love my new Kraft satin ribbon, so had to add a bow using this.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Thanks for visiting and make sure you check out the work at Just Add Ink.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff6666;"><strong>Nicole</strong></span></p><p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;color:#333333;"><span style="color:#000000;">Materials:</span> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;color:#ff6666;"><em><span style="color:#000000;">Stamps</span></em> - I {Heart} Hearts, <span style="color:#000000;"><em>Ink </em></span>- Chocolate Chip, Pink <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Pirouhette</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Versamark</span>, <span style="color:#000000;"><em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Cardstock</span></em></span> - Chocolate Chip, Pink <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Pirouhette</span>, Rose Red, Kraft, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;color:#ff6666;"><span style="color:#000000;"><em>Accessories</em></span> - Chocolate Chip patterned paper, Kraft satin ribbon, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Stampin'</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Dimensionals</span>, Snail, Square Scallop Punch, Scallop Border Punch</span></strong></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-16379655743297228142010-01-22T01:25:00.000-08:002010-01-22T02:13:56.069-08:00Just Add Ink Challenge Number 1<a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Just Add Ink </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">has gone live and I was lucky enough to be awake after midnight last night to get a glimpse of <a href="http://www.danielledaws.blogspot.com/">Danielle</a> and <a href="http://stampin-style.blogspot.com/">Amanda's</a> fabulous work (pregnancy-induced insomnia!). The design team's work is amazing and it's great to see people involved in the challenges already. </span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">The first challenge is a colour combo. These colours look so great together.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429497746782234370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 89px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9sOcIXQcpQAqM-jeCnW0M4UWMl2pm0EY9zAuJfwMY2ktgm1TqZ2z5D3LX_fvuOjdHiLuPzamUP-qLrjS6KaiPT8d4IAlia59sxj7oathQi1qNyVjJlF7UIC1w1uc_FOCCZNSZfUnFojE/s400/JAI1.bmp" border="0" />And here is my creation. Can you tell butterflies are my thing at the moment? Hehe.<br /></span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429502097177738978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCcNHAK0rZpTsmwtbu3vuMKdPxIN_qR70H_LXlcOCRbhTWmDJEy-Iy1ll0LHtFlt3Wq2PwS_FtIVvOt36IYpDw2IUtyMTI-NitTsivoR4H2rahyphenhyphenSpnjnpec49Uct0LmIexpzpmqpzGct4/s400/P1190747.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">If you haven't already had the chance to go to the blog you should definitely go and have a look - lots of great ideas and a <span style="color:#333333;">great launch prize</span> up for grabs for those participating in the challenge. </span></div><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I am about to start working on some scrapbook layouts so will be back to share those as soon as they are done.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Thanks for visiting,</span></p><p align="justify"><em><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"><strong>Nicole</strong></span></em></p><br /><p></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-40813296495122568962010-01-21T01:38:00.000-08:002010-01-21T01:49:55.382-08:00New Challenge Website - Just Add Ink<span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I am so excited to have been chosen as one of the design team members for a new Australian Stampin' Up challenge website called </span><a href="http://http//just-add-ink.blogspot.com/?zx=5fd82bc7041f8bcb"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Just Add Ink</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">. There are some fantastically talented demonstrators on the design team - I am slightly nervous about being among them but excited all the same. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I will be back tomorrow to share my first submission - a colour combo challenge - but you can see it first after midnight tonight over at Just Add Ink.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Bye!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#3366ff;"><strong>Nicole</strong></span>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-30770063839901493062010-01-10T18:23:00.000-08:002010-01-10T19:27:02.026-08:00A baby gift<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">A friend from my antenatal mother's group recently had her second baby. She had a little boy and called him Thomas. I wanted to make a stamped gift for Thomas that could go in his nursery. I came up with this frame decorated with a stamped picture using my train stamps and Wild About You. I stuck with typical pale colours and Thomas' mum said it should go perfectly in his yellow nursery. I really wanted to cut out the animals and mount them wih dimensionals in a shadow box frame but could not find a suitable frame anywhere. I bought some at Kmart a few years ago and have seen them in Spotlight in the past. Target had them in brown but I really wanted white. Grrr. In the end I had to settle for a plain white frame. Luckily the picture still looks cute in it. I have decided I will make one of these frames for Maddy's room using butterflies. I will post a pic of that when it is done.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425317635680412210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshweUCH3pB07DnBt1nyXRIorLtjZ-DeFxnzMf_A__1YAlJM5o9g4cBBaVy0q_tIsU34BfMWDcNlUM8dsRskuIkX86vLqj5XUU14HQME9Sta8eSNhvM-y2lB3Pia0eVkTsrqaAMI4PLf0/s400/P1080719.JPG" border="0" /></span> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425306907728751906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJcSjRFwbcQNENER0Gd1sST8bqOtDhCLWh59TqNLmvWrPGLemWe1jR3R2JAbKRviOyWxw2F9A7BOcdMtiwOJKiq4NsvfAn0sbb20lbzq9dcpgRKK9WRmUQeQj57TvDgTbMNUKKHunGcs/s400/P1080721.JPG" border="0" /> <span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Does anyone know where I can buy white shadowbox frames (or at least some with a little depth between the back and the glass) that don't cost the earth?</span><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Thanks for looking!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#99ff99;"><strong><em>Nicole</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-62243353252710970862010-01-06T18:01:00.000-08:002010-01-06T18:26:49.525-08:00Birthday butterflies<span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I am back with some stamping, as promised. I have made a cute card for a friend whose birthday is on Monday. She is coming over today so Maddy can play with her little boy so I wanted to have her present ready a bit early.</span> <div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I made her card using kraft, chocolate chip, pink pirouhette, regal rose and sahara sand. A nice colour combo, I think. I have also used my new butterfly punch which is so cute. I got her an Ecoya candle (sweet pea and jasmine - smells fantastic) and put a little butterfly and ribbon embellishment on top to match the card. If you're like me, you always buy for people what you would like to have but would never splurge on for yourself</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423815418201585730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIBYCd2d6gD4c5qIRXtmaQmGczxPmhpu2reOCtreIUWJXXJX_4w2YJX1BjJ8nkdU58Fu33KO_SnNT6TMjOLwf_vQIv8_DcfNEPiSwR_Rr2qLmNSNibyTeftwloW6G0lIJVx4EIHeqt5w/s400/P1070717.JPG" border="0" /></span></div></div><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">And here is a pic which shows the butterfly sitting on top of the candle jar.</span></p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423817787353897538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_wHh6URprovqEQ-swKWaISq5O1vJIhm3UerOi7Ol57VEiFlX9JIV4k5BVRadS-FN1SRb-fQ7UPbILR5900hxPfigrZGqV-DaoVxLZzWqLxwrZE2FJUwQFuGdVP_cmKqdHoqGwe889og/s400/P1070716.JPG" border="0" /></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I hope Kate enjoys her present. Thanks for visiting!</span> <p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcccc;"><strong>Nicole</strong></span></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-9846179936479628312010-01-04T15:58:00.000-08:002010-01-04T16:57:01.572-08:00Some other things I have been up to<span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Apart from my Christmas cards I didn't get much stamping done during December because I have been busy with some other projects. Firstly, I decided I wanted to make a twirly skirt for Madeleine with some beautiful fabric I got at the quilting shop. I am really pleased with how it turned out, although I don't have an overlocker so it's not the neatest on the inside. But no one is looking at that anyway! Here is Maddy at the Hunter Valley Gardens Christmas Light Spectacular showing off her skirt:</span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"></span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423040830612747314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBfYrv8NiSvsaYcutHzjmUsE8gUekeRfZvtajs5iD9T3C2DPwUw3Gpr73yDdt-GE4E1MQDA1RvXDi0-FmI-UGZHVtyZlxtbA-oyszXhK-S1mmGwx4cUBrvM5k4bElKByiz51bJBqSPKU/s400/PC230437.JPG" border="0" /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I also wanted to get started on decorating Maddy's big girl's room since baby number 2's due date is fast approaching. I have ordered curtains (for all our bedrooms, lounge room and dining room) to replace the lovely sheets that have been on the windows since we moved into our house in May. We have set up her big bed and I have just finished making some fabric applique canvases which have colours to match her quilt. If you're interested in seeing close ups let me know. The pics are just taking so long to upload so I am just putting on the group ones.</span><br /><p><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423042151365895634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8Ok2Zvoy79JNPhcnPgyk3N-_J0fuCGzFX5v3LYlYzTZpy29Uilz3u3sghISL9uiBGh8DLOfluan7jkqOE5G7fNWJVHPRP8i18mkHuzKe55p4zv1vcaVXpPdHUOFfTWkQwQ4eH8IWvMM/s400/P1050707.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">And her new (very) big bed:</span></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423052964045662994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzv7eRpQgmpxKIGcQY4h9eIs1JumBLYD54nW24kV-rimWF1MDSIYOsIWeuMiQ7caMMZuJ3hP07N-XdHYVL_M-uJ26rhYbbxsfnNDf1uo0cIdNamq58JdOt335r1pqd4eeAWAuSbpBV3Ug/s400/PB290830.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I also made some canvases for the nursery last year - owls. These canvases are more gender neutral because we have like to have a surprise when our babies are born.</span><br /></p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423046322485559714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBX2pTD5HNiChIdoUIYZjr7kGu9xQnIVd2fop_myaW02QS6gjPwIOTXaoZ9B7gr_lqF_RNxib_eaQaw-9w_hFtu5wQPDD1kbbgCGQxUTjM9-U7XTs6dnWSsknHg-f5OWml8whSf_vcrA/s400/P1050710.JPG" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">That is all for now. I hope to be back this week with some stamping or scrapbooking. My aim for January is to get a few scrapbooking pages of Maddy done before baby no 2 arrives in February.</span></p><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Thanks for looking, </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#339999;">Nicole</span></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-42551925030683123602009-12-03T13:46:00.000-08:002009-12-03T18:47:35.382-08:00Regional Swaps<div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#666666;">Hello there!</span></div><div><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#666666;">Back again to share the swaps I made for regional training on the 21st of November. It was a fun day and my first time at a regional day. I was unsure how many swaps to make. I ended up doing 20 and received 20 beautiful swaps in return from other demos. I should have made double though, because I ran out fairly quickly and therefore didn't get some of the other great swaps I saw.</span></div><div><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#666666;">Anyway, for my swap I made a Christmas card using my new set Snow Swirled. I made the cards the same design, but in 3 colours - Riding Hood Red, Not Quite Navy and Certainly Celery. The glitter is adhered with sticky strip in the straight line and crystal effects in the centre of the snowflakes. I am quite happy with them and am using this as one of my Christmas card designs.</span></div><div><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#666666;"></span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411135058361683314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtnBqt_7qfTCxkSQoXxfTLFF694clnXXtzAnfNt6xwwTBYCEGZjQs5H2jtgFOuP4rC39XPc4T98k634zu2IQsqDCXxKlwjt6YAvq7y4Y9Z4KCSXbSe3YpiLxmmL8Dm_6jHgISzsjQCSdA/s400/PB210536.JPG" border="0" /> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411138572631302114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKUH2pUhyphenhyphenYmFbTDbF4x-VydXNac7VBquRrDDFqSHwZYkwF2UssTpzI8g795sBAhOjvbl5q39SIXqJF7TVy_1nRuUbkdGGFDd06KbiS6MivuKTzgAEeXvgCLfwYSFzGVOUpEB0ZwRz_3o/s400/PB210537.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#666666;"></span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411198317896959170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDNpVqlRIiSEdJnibjEMqSzuKjn1k5PDsXBIR3eCwLSq9PJCjofa6JDvkHh-4wQwQDv6k6aZeBu3XqTVCZbj0ZTHBb3-U-HdqlkFXMdd3gjp7lEyxGmZPeK9uLUptV7Fas8I9NxtAhyyw/s400/PB210538.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411201203925449234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADgDXgjRrw3abIMowO70BMJTpKppn3hAS9JDsZv_D9IPjxMekPz8HJrrFP-yMCckj7YfAWaCaHVedoriuEToj5-3fQBSAT5DbCrjrsUkvzhXZxEdAJURGTjBWwL-_Vn3wSdkqVNiww4M/s400/PB210535.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#666666;">Thanks for looking,</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Nicole</strong></span></div><div> </div></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721122006880315700.post-28745430191853575442009-12-02T20:55:00.000-08:002009-12-02T22:59:35.501-08:00It's been a while<span style="color:#333333;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">What a terrible blogger I am! I've been so the last month I don't even know where November went. I have been busy the last few days though and have some cards to share. I am hoping to have more Christmas projects to share once I finish them too. The cards I am posting today are a very mixed bunch. Just trying out my new stamp set, which was given to us at Stampin' Up! regional training day in Sydney (I'll share my swaps for that next).</span><br /><span style="color:#333333;"><br /></span><div><div><div><div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:arial;">So here they are - first, a wedding card for a friend/colleague who is getting married this Saturday.</span><br /><br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#333333;"></span></div><span style="color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410871934915725138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlPiHcWja1i9XLPBHZs_3k5h3lXLAOFeB_4wmX5pOb7jl03COfwExt3We3uVDlDamhWBb7zYjUwl4NqJUfWtTgFQhSgV08w7mVYQRZTo2jUzVGhdTOM-hYGpkwGB8DjI3BZFIpOaegAM/s400/PC030959.JPG" border="0" /><br /></span><div><span style="color:#333333;">Some birthday cards for my stash.</span></div><br /><span style="color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410877314799380370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WViZot1mwnSB4pWNCOyltZiI5ur5fCexkbng_wltAKnm4rqmELHiNOOUgFfcnDzpyUk2INRVBhBVE7jFRHaXyIUu3TKoJ5kcZzmaX8jFtUMZ45eNqJ23TB6SR2fLPu0TUZLkeTv65VQ/s400/PC030954.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /></span><div></div><br /><span style="color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410879165897358242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqgdCxSjPPB5aB8eNsBBMsRD7Qn5uTotySwDqp4iWLi_2eh1ELtp_VHIWzR2LnSisgzG6UXL_UYkuRFFomIvDBixTKnaoCk-rKNXCT4X42H6EVQco1iGt44JW45v6iI3X2RQXqWrv_x0/s400/PC030958.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /></span><div></div><span style="color:#333333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410881245445117682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-g_QvGePNGrWYB0H-t7bt39xZl_mW8_JPNHxbU10iFgxrhHBX1B-F6k9-qADTTmooYFVfiGVDZr4aD0R-3Uk74I24CBKs4MfsTJdpLhsGxU-RXiNp0QCEL2sLBczGvyHCtDjh4M1z1Ts/s400/PC030955.JPG" border="0" /> </span><span style="color:#333333;">A Christmas card.</span></div></div></div></div><br /><p></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410886091701740514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqonoJyPvbSN8qiRoyjn1x68MW0-NT4Gm2f5h4fjkofNMzRwaHmbo3Ucc2DGjNrcr6dD4fCXt4GVFueFmC55lOpoRFwlYJIRdOvEKrD_3p5lZKAGdHO3OyZI884L9WcCOQflR6Q7yDbVA/s400/PC030956.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Sorry, the photos make the colours look a bit washed out. I hope you like them and I will be back soon to share my regional training swaps.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ff6666;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Nicole</span><br /></p></span><p></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03832707522475500757noreply@blogger.com1