Needle Book with Nancy Nickel

Hello, everyone!

It's Nancy here to show you a fun little Needle Book I created, 
using more fabulous chipboard from Southern Ridge Trading Company!

I've combined the Chipboard Tags, 
and some pieces from the  Dressmaker Mix.

Here it is:

Here's what I used to make it:

I began by heat embossing the sewing machine green, and the scissors silver.

I covered the front and back of the tag using some fun sewing themed papers.

I inked all the outside edges with green ink, and the inside edges with orange ink.

I added an orange eyelet, and a couple of buttons.

Here's the finished front and back cover.

Here's what I did on the inside:

I found a die shape that I liked,

and I used it to cut four pieces of white felt - two for each side.

Twice I stitched two pieces of felt together using orange thread. 

I then adhered the felt piece onto the inside of the finished tag.

I used liquid glue to do this, and kept the glue around the outside edges only,

right under the stitching. 

The two pieces of felt offer a nice cushion,

so it's very easy to slip your needles in.

I then added some more buttons.

Finally, I added a binder ring through the eyelets, 

and tied some matching ribbons around it.

I confess that I really love this fun needle book,

and I had a really great time putting it together!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Chipboard Tags 
- Dressmaker Mix

Other Supplies Used:

- Bo Bunny: Pincushion Collection
- Emboss Ink
- Embossing Powder: Green and Silver
- Ink: Green and Orange
- Spellbinders Die: Labels 5
- White Felt
- Orange Thread
- Small Buttons: Green and Orange
- Orange Eyelets
- Offray Ribbon: Orange and White

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Easter Basket Card with Nancy Nickel

Hi, everyone!
It's Nancy here today with a fun Easter Basket Card,
using some fabulous items from Southern Ridge Trading Company!

This time I've combined the Detailed Easter Eggs, 
along with some Foliage Pieces.
I've also used the fun Basket Weave Stencil.

Here's my card:

Aren't the eggs gorgeous?

I knew that I wanted to create an Easter basket to put my eggs in.

I found a basket cut file, and adapted it to fit my 5 1/2" square card.

I cut the basket from yellow cardstock, 

and stenciled the design in a darker shade of yellow.

I wanted my basket to look full, so I traced around the chipboard eggs, 

and cut some eggs from pastel coloured cardstock.

I created a card base from the light yellow cardstock,

and added a background panel of very pale blue.

I wanted to give the basket some shape and dimension on the card.

I curled the shape with my fingers,

and then used adhesive along with foam tape to adhere it in place. 

I left some of the basket handle free, to add more dimension.

I coloured the chipboard pieces with various pastel shades of glitter glue:

yellow, turquoise, pink, and green.

They are so pretty and sparkly!

Once the chipboard was all dry, I added two of the eggs in place in the basket.
I tucked the cardstock eggs in behind, and added some foliage pieces.
I added the pink egg, along with one more foliage piece, outside the basket.
Finally, I added a pretty sheer bow to the basket handle.

 These eggs are so intricate and beautiful!

There are lots of ways to create an Easter project with them!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products:

- Detailed Easter Eggs 

  - Foliage Pieces

 - Basket Weave Stencil

Other Materials Used:

- AC Cardstock

- Basket Cut File - Easter Egg Treat Basket

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Scattered Straw Distress Ink

- Glitter Glue: Yellow, Turquoise, Pink, and Green

- Celebrate It Ribbon

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I'll be back soon with more creative fun!

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Tea Time Card with Nancy Nickel

Hello, everyone! 
It's Nancy here with a fun new project share!

I've combined the Large Tags, 
and some pieces from the Tea Time Set.

Here's my card:

My card is an A2 size. 

Here's a look at the pieces before I got started. 

The tag measures 4 1/2" x 3".

The Tea Time set has lots of elements. 

I used the "Tea Time" and one cup with saucer.

I made my card base from white cardstock, and covered it with a striped paper.

The I covered the tag with the pretty floral paper.

I added a white ribbon to the top of the tag,

and adhered the tag in place on the card base.

I then inked the chipboard pieces; first with yellow ink, and then with embossing ink.

I sprinkled everything with clear embossing powder, and heat set it.

I added a little piece of doily to the bottom of the tag,

and then adhered the chipboard pieces in place on the tag.

Here you can see how shiny the pieces are

with the floral design showing through nicely!

Finally, I added a few white sequins to the tag.

This would be such a fun card to send to a friend,

inviting her over for tea!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Chipboard Tag 
  - Tea Time Set

Other Supplies Used:

- American Crafts: Patterned Papers
- Imagine Crafts: Memento Dew Drop - Dandelion Ink
- Embossing Ink
- Clear Embossing Powder
- Heat Gun
- Offray Ribbon

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I'll be back soon with more creative fun!

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Masculine Happy Birthday Card with Nancy Nickel

Hello, everyone! It's Nancy back with you today.
I have made a Masculine Birthday card, using a fun glitter design technique,along with some fabulous chipboard pieces from Southern Ridge Trading Company!
Here's the card I made: 

I'm afraid I don't have any process photos for you.
It's sometimes hard enough to get regular photos this time of year
but getting good photos of all this glitter was even more difficult. ;o)
This is a fun technique that I've been wanting to try for ages,
so I'll walk you through it.

I began by making an A2 tent-fold card from black cardstock.

I then cut a piece of sticker paper at 4" x 5 1/4".

I peeled back the protective layer from the sticker paper,

and adhered the stencil in place.

I thought this stencil was perfect for a masculine birthday card,

as it's all full of gears and numbers.

Once the stencil was securely in place,

I generously sprinkled it with the blue glitter.

Using my fingers, I burnished it all very well,

then gave it a really thorough brushing with the glitter brush.

Then I peeled off the stencil,

and generously sprinkled it with the silver glitter.

I repeated the burnishing and brushing,

and was left with a fabulous glittered design!

It's so fun and easy, and I think it's very effective!

Next, I took my chipboard "Happy Birthday"
and inked it up with embossing ink.
I sprinkled it with black embossing powder,
and heat set it.
Now the words are so dark and shiny!

To finish off the card,

I adhered the glittered piece onto the card base with foam tape.
Then I adhered the chipboard in place on the card front.

I can't wait to try this technique with another stencil!

It's so much fun to do!

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Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Birthday Greetings

Other Supplies Used:

- Papers: Recollections - Cardstock
- Sticker Paper

- Glitter: Glitters Galore - Blue Jewel, Reflection
- Glitter Brush
- Stencil: Carabelle Studio
- ScraPerfect - Best Glue Ever, Perfect Cleaning Cloth

 - Embossing Powder: Glitters Galore - Black Detail
- Embossing Ink: Stampendous

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I'll be back soon with more creative fun!

Loveable Scrapbook Layout with Nancy Nickel

Hello, everyone!

It's Nancy here, with a fun new post for Southern Ridge Trading Company!
Today I'm sharing a simple and sweet Valentine project!

  I always have several 8 X 8 Albums going. 
Some are seasonal, like the Winter one I shared last month. 
Some are filled with assorted pages that I've been inspired to make.
This is one of those pages.

It was the beautiful Abstract Heart Frames,
from Southern Ridge Trading Company,
that inspired this page.

I started by gathering all my supplies.

I dabbed the heart chipboard frames with embossing ink,

sprinkled them with the embossing enamel, and heat set. 

I repeated the process using the pink embossing powder,

on the "Loveable" and the three little hearts. 

I laid the smaller heart frame onto an old photo of my daughters.

This was taken back in the day...when they were still "Loveable"! ;o)

 Using my blade, I cut the photo to fit the frame. 

If you don't like using a blade, just draw around the frame, 

and cut out with scissors. 

Here's a close-up of the intricate frame, and the sparkly enamel. 

The "Loveable" is so shiny and pink!

 I adhered the 6" decorative paper to the center of the 8" cardstock base.

I adhered the large frame in place first, and then added the word in place.

Next, I added foam tape to the back of the framed photo,

and adhered it in place.

Finally, I added the three little hearts to the page.

I know that the word and little hearts would have shown up

much more clearly on the first paper I had chosen.

However, I really wanted something more whimsical and pretty.

So that's why I decided to go with this paper!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products:

- Abstract Heart Frames

- Word Mix #1

- Little Hearts

Other Supplies Used:

  - Recollections: Cardstock
- Bo Bunny: Crazy Love
- Stampendous: Embossing Ink and Shabby Pink Embossing Enamel
- Glitters Galore: Shabby Pink Embossing Powder
- ScraPerfect: Best Glue Ever and No Clog Writing Cap.

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Thanks so much for stopping in today!

I'll have another project share for you in very soon!

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Love Valentine's Day Card with Nancy Nickel

Hello, everyone!

It's Nancy here today to share a fun Valentine project.
I've made a Glittery Love Valentine card,
using some fabulous chipboard pieces from Southern Ridge Trading Company!

Here's my sparkly card:

Here's what I used to make it:

First I cut the background paper and adhered it to the front of the A2 Card Base.

Then I glued the pink paper to the front of the chipboard tag.

I trimmed around it with my blade, and then inked all the edges.

I looped some red glittery ribbon through the top of the tag,

and then added a ribbon bow.

I added glue to the front of the "Love" and two chipboard hearts.

While the glue was still wet, I sprinkled the red glitter liberally over top.

Once the glue was all dry, I adhered the chipboard tag and hearts in place on the card base.

Here's a close-up look at the "love"-ly word!

You may also notice that there's random glitter .

I forgot to brush off all the loose glitter once it was dry...oops! 

I did that after the photos were taken. 

It's such a pretty combination of products!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Chipboard Tag 

- Infinity Love Mix

Other Supplies Used:

- Papers: Recollections - Cardstock, Bo Bunny - Crazy Love

- Glitter: Glitters Galore - Fire Engine Red
- Glue: Best Glue Ever

- Ribbon: Celebrate It

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I'll be back soon with more creative fun!

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Winter Album with Nancy Nickel

Hello, everyone!

It's Nancy here today with a fun Winter themed Project. 

 We've been enjoying beautiful frosty days!
The temperatures have been very mild,
with blue skies and incredible hoar frost!

That was the inspiration for my project today.
I've used some fabulous chipboard pieces
to decorate the front cover of an 8 x 8 album.

I began by pouncing some Picket Fence paint around the edges of the album.

Just enough to give it a frosty appearance.

Then I added the paper that looks like falling snow. 

I fussy cut some swirls out of a coordinating paper, 

and added them to the bottom of the page.

I thought they made fabulous snow drifts!

I inked two of the fun silhouette pieces from the Winter Kids set.

I think I have always done my silhouettes in black

but this time I did dark blue to work with the papers.

Then I adhered them in place on the swirls/snow drifts.

For the title on my page I used the Winter from the Winter Words piece.
I inked just the word part, and then adhered it in place on the album cover.
Once it was in place, 
I used white Crystal Drops to colour the little snowflake,
as well as the snowy part.

In the photo below, you can see the great glossy finish on the snowy part.

Finally, I added three snowflakes, from the Snowflake set. 

I actually adhered them in place first,

and then covered them with the white Crystal Drops.

This was so much fun to make!

I can't wait to start filling it up!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

-  Winter Kids 

- Winter Words

- Snowflake

Other Supplies Used:

- Binder from My Stash
 -  Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Vintage Shabby Paper Stash
- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Paint - Picket Fence and Distress Ink - Broken China
- Tonic Studio: Nuvo Crystal Drops - Simply White

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Thanks so much for stopping in today!

I'll have another project share for you in the New Year!

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