tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6260491881297859582012-02-07T08:30:18.426-08:00Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.comBlogger601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-23886496281418976762012-02-07T08:22:00.000-08:002012-02-07T08:30:18.431-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ckmncK1DuNo/TzFRVCbfebI/AAAAAAAAAY4/-NYP9JR6Zt8/s1600/Aust.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 152px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ckmncK1DuNo/TzFRVCbfebI/AAAAAAAAAY4/-NYP9JR6Zt8/s320/Aust.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706431624726411698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Started this pic of a lake in Austria .. so far, so good ... I think! ... need to finish it off over half term ...</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-2388649628141897676?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-19415559325512453652012-01-31T05:19:00.000-08:002012-01-31T05:23:28.667-08:00<span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);font-size:130%;" ><br />Today was interesting we spoke about how to stretch paper properly and the many benefits of doing it .. then we had a go at a quick half hour snow scene ... what fun!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UvjAT_5tM2E/Tyfq3QzZKBI/AAAAAAAAAYs/uIJe0ZNd2GI/s1600/snow.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UvjAT_5tM2E/Tyfq3QzZKBI/AAAAAAAAAYs/uIJe0ZNd2GI/s320/snow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703785688212252690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:180%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:180%;" >Happy Days!</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-1941555932551245365?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-279332779704062612012-01-24T11:09:00.002-08:002012-01-24T11:23:40.860-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mu3tT8BMFzU/Tx8E-IczTrI/AAAAAAAAAYY/zGDydAaZ7TU/s1600/Iweek1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 304px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mu3tT8BMFzU/Tx8E-IczTrI/AAAAAAAAAYY/zGDydAaZ7TU/s320/Iweek1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701281118741024434" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-647fSjq3eaE/Tx8EuKbq2fI/AAAAAAAAAYM/AdAfK7mp9fs/s1600/Iweek1a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 304px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-647fSjq3eaE/Tx8EuKbq2fI/AAAAAAAAAYM/AdAfK7mp9fs/s320/Iweek1a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701280844395239922" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-smlmPGRBKDc/Tx8Ei6m2htI/AAAAAAAAAYA/37S-V-XWuik/s1600/Iweek1b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-smlmPGRBKDc/Tx8Ei6m2htI/AAAAAAAAAYA/37S-V-XWuik/s320/Iweek1b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701280651168614098" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F-Nfoo_F9Ic/Tx8Eaduak-I/AAAAAAAAAX0/WJT5i8rOdTc/s1600/Iweek1c.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F-Nfoo_F9Ic/Tx8Eaduak-I/AAAAAAAAAX0/WJT5i8rOdTc/s320/Iweek1c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701280505976755170" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Great .. the new class term has started and over the last two weeks I've done this pic ... I'm really pleased with the finished results!</span><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Days!</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-27933277970406261?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-24519736808409013962012-01-24T11:09:00.001-08:002012-01-24T11:09:59.789-08:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-2451973680840901396?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-1349072051153053312012-01-13T08:31:00.000-08:002012-01-13T08:34:54.428-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-elCAKvAPHOo/TxBdCM0zhDI/AAAAAAAAAXY/oQQZkKEp6SA/s1600/HMF.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-elCAKvAPHOo/TxBdCM0zhDI/AAAAAAAAAXY/oQQZkKEp6SA/s320/HMF.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697155821007504434" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finished the pic of Houghton Mill .. It's ok, though I think the tress could be better, and I must remember to mask out the white areas as you can't paint white!!!</span><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Days!<br /><br /><br style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-134907205115305331?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-86756329839553135102011-12-06T08:51:00.000-08:002011-12-06T08:57:43.179-08:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o1MRqAGvNtI/Tt5Iw0uCunI/AAAAAAAAAXI/pSvASxDZ9kQ/s1600/LWHoughtonMill.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o1MRqAGvNtI/Tt5Iw0uCunI/AAAAAAAAAXI/pSvASxDZ9kQ/s320/LWHoughtonMill.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683059783410825842" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well today was the last of my painting classes, but, I have signed up for the follow on classes next year! Hurrah!</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last week we started a picture of Houghton Mill...</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> today we carried on with it ..</span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D-d3TT42Q_4/Tt5IpfASMZI/AAAAAAAAAW8/rTsJMOczyOY/s1600/LWHoughtonMill1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D-d3TT42Q_4/Tt5IpfASMZI/AAAAAAAAAW8/rTsJMOczyOY/s320/LWHoughtonMill1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683059657322672530" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've still got a fair bit to do ....</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-size:180%;" ><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Days!</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-8675632983955313510?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-57905766139911430462011-11-25T09:30:00.000-08:002011-11-25T09:37:36.066-08:00<span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last night I took my cards (there's lots of them!) to a friend's shopping evening ...</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jFGMFg3sFUk/Ts_Rx1SuwMI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/OhR8yXCM4Dc/s1600/w%2BCardRack.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 161px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jFGMFg3sFUk/Ts_Rx1SuwMI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/OhR8yXCM4Dc/s320/w%2BCardRack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678988309186920642" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qXRX6KjeoRg/Ts_R37ZLn6I/AAAAAAAAAVc/EeOu4udoiXo/s1600/w%2BPlaques.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qXRX6KjeoRg/Ts_R37ZLn6I/AAAAAAAAAVc/EeOu4udoiXo/s320/w%2BPlaques.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678988413903806370" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Had a really lovely time, sold a few cards, one plaque, a couple of gift boxes, got an order for a plaque and an invite to have my cards at the Christmas light switch on, tomorrow, at the end of the road which, this season, is collecting for Help The Hero's.!</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">HURRAH!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Happy Days!</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-5790576613991143046?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-76411731025452578892011-11-23T08:59:00.000-08:002011-11-23T09:02:39.777-08:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Having a go at doing washes .. this one done ..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uWWO1v2wa0Q/Ts0m8q2LaGI/AAAAAAAAAVE/8UNZaXdTZ8w/s1600/Art%2Bscene.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uWWO1v2wa0Q/Ts0m8q2LaGI/AAAAAAAAAVE/8UNZaXdTZ8w/s320/Art%2Bscene.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678237528919599202" border="0" /></a><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:180%;" >Happy Days!</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-7641173102545257889?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-31462615351655244452011-11-22T06:15:00.000-08:002011-11-22T07:42:16.050-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xxBUurjEtV4/Tsuu-1l2PeI/AAAAAAAAAUs/t7w8pr239Tg/s1600/Week8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xxBUurjEtV4/Tsuu-1l2PeI/AAAAAAAAAUs/t7w8pr239Tg/s320/Week8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677824149791587810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >Hmmmh! Wet in wet painting .. TOTALLY out of my control!!!! Not sure if I like it .. I think I'll play more, but, for hom</span><span style=" color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >ework I need to add some foreground stuff ...<br /><br />There ....Finished!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jj_lMtqKET0/TsvClOCmmzI/AAAAAAAAAU4/rB35Q1MQYgo/s1600/Week8fini.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jj_lMtqKET0/TsvClOCmmzI/AAAAAAAAAU4/rB35Q1MQYgo/s320/Week8fini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677845699910605618" border="0" /></a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-3146261535165524445?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-64505156539928826712011-11-22T05:56:00.000-08:002011-11-22T06:00:06.947-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iWxspn_PH-g/Tsuqs4ifTvI/AAAAAAAAAUg/4BdKfnLOqHc/s1600/OF%2Bo%2Blevel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iWxspn_PH-g/Tsuqs4ifTvI/AAAAAAAAAUg/4BdKfnLOqHc/s320/OF%2Bo%2Blevel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677819443298651890" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fhtIfngILKY/Tsuql5sRe1I/AAAAAAAAAUU/KQSbjvV4Au0/s1600/OF%2Bo%2Blevel%2Bpaint.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fhtIfngILKY/Tsuql5sRe1I/AAAAAAAAAUU/KQSbjvV4Au0/s320/OF%2Bo%2Blevel%2Bpaint.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677819323349039954" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" >This was fun .. I found photos of my o level art that my teacher took and gave to me ... We didn't have a camera then .... Still I got my o level!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:180%;" >Happy Days!</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-6450515653992882671?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-72322864022781035292011-11-17T08:50:00.001-08:002011-11-18T01:19:00.861-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uUrTNMPSQc8/TsYiVqkv-ZI/AAAAAAAAAUE/xArlGzAaJi4/s1600/CW%2Bfriendhugged.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 174px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uUrTNMPSQc8/TsYiVqkv-ZI/AAAAAAAAAUE/xArlGzAaJi4/s320/CW%2Bfriendhugged.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676262135948114322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sKiuQelJhVE/TsYiPqaRqXI/AAAAAAAAAT4/HJ8gas9eq84/s1600/CWGift%2Bboxlady%2Bwreath.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 289px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sKiuQelJhVE/TsYiPqaRqXI/AAAAAAAAAT4/HJ8gas9eq84/s320/CWGift%2Bboxlady%2Bwreath.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676262032824969586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XqVnNtmuj20/TsU9XHZdMHI/AAAAAAAAATs/bFmodEi_09g/s1600/CWGift%2Bbox.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XqVnNtmuj20/TsU9XHZdMHI/AAAAAAAAATs/bFmodEi_09g/s320/CWGift%2Bbox.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676010372702482546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_W3ff4CyNQI/TsU9NFyDJtI/AAAAAAAAATg/5ku3c6MynUU/s1600/CWfriendflowers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 161px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_W3ff4CyNQI/TsU9NFyDJtI/AAAAAAAAATg/5ku3c6MynUU/s320/CWfriendflowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676010200470070994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d2lcBdG9yGw/TsU7kQLu6WI/AAAAAAAAATU/7hwgAfLV87k/s1600/CW%2BHorse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d2lcBdG9yGw/TsU7kQLu6WI/AAAAAAAAATU/7hwgAfLV87k/s320/CW%2BHorse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676008399375886690" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ma6kvY8fuiE/TsU7ceJxI5I/AAAAAAAAATI/k9_sWk2TQ24/s1600/CW%2Bfriend.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ma6kvY8fuiE/TsU7ceJxI5I/AAAAAAAAATI/k9_sWk2TQ24/s320/CW%2Bfriend.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676008265686786962" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br />There a busy few days and I've notched up a few gift plaques and boxes! Hurrah!<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" > <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Happy Days! </span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ma6kvY8fuiE/TsU7ceJxI5I/AAAAAAAAATI/k9_sWk2TQ24/s1600/CW%2Bfriend.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-7232286402278103529?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-88423942956132283192011-11-15T04:58:00.000-08:002011-11-15T05:08:54.146-08:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" >Well today's class was about colour mixing and was really interesting for me .. never did things like that on my 'o' level studies ... and all I did was add black to make colours darker and white to make them lighter .. mind you it might work like that with some mediums, but not watercolour ..anyway on the way home from class, and, thinking about what we learnt last week about the colours in the distance etc I might tackle this pic again<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0brWt0OX6zU/TsJjZiemVTI/AAAAAAAAAS4/Sx8QkTjq21E/s1600/Painshill%2Bwatercolour.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0brWt0OX6zU/TsJjZiemVTI/AAAAAAAAAS4/Sx8QkTjq21E/s320/Painshill%2Bwatercolour.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675207770843272498" border="0" /></a>I did it a few years ago and was struggling with making things look distant and working the trees ... so maybe I'll make a better job of it this time!!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);font-size:180%;" >Happy Days!</span> </span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-8842394295613228319?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-30840482405167875312011-11-10T07:06:00.000-08:002011-11-13T07:07:56.779-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l0EAIkRpWG4/Tr_dKwXT6iI/AAAAAAAAASs/2nQS2nOSbPE/s1600/snowmanPrints.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 154px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l0EAIkRpWG4/Tr_dKwXT6iI/AAAAAAAAASs/2nQS2nOSbPE/s320/snowmanPrints.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674497232361220642" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-3084048240516787531?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-64064222215298191902011-11-08T09:34:00.000-08:002011-11-10T06:25:16.584-08:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Well this week's painting class had me wetting myself ... I was so out of my comfort zone it hurt!!!!!</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">I had to use a size 10 brush!!! I might as well have been painting the walls the brush seemed so big! I'm used to 001, 01, 1 and at a push 2 or 3 ...</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Anyway we did an imaginary landscape, mountains in the background, a lake mid distance and some heathery scrub foreground. We did washes .. now that's hard and I think from looking at my pics that they were indeed too washy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XoTsy7JlOZI/TrlpYb_DscI/AAAAAAAAAQc/wXVwScxKu90/s1600/wk6no1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XoTsy7JlOZI/TrlpYb_DscI/AAAAAAAAAQc/wXVwScxKu90/s320/wk6no1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672681074199867842" border="0" /></a>Still, I'm there to learn .... since I've been home I've added to it ...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3VAz-oSCsN8/TrlpenOwl-I/AAAAAAAAAQo/sVFVT5Gl4o8/s1600/wk6no2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 207px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3VAz-oSCsN8/TrlpenOwl-I/AAAAAAAAAQo/sVFVT5Gl4o8/s320/wk6no2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672681180297730018" border="0" /></a>but I think more details than David, the tutor, would expect, but I can't help it!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w1M7wCCxWVE/TrlpqzPYVII/AAAAAAAAAQ0/3ky1qv7csdc/s1600/wk6no3.jpg"><br /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pkjIzwtu69w/Trvegt6EXcI/AAAAAAAAARA/x6j6vmTCeBk/s1600/wk6no3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pkjIzwtu69w/Trvegt6EXcI/AAAAAAAAARA/x6j6vmTCeBk/s320/wk6no3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673372809263603138" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Happy Days! </span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" > </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-6406422221529819190?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-55455031465510133842011-11-03T09:39:00.000-07:002011-11-03T09:43:50.063-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-swqCcGUw9UM/TrLEr4RpQkI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/mI5RN4jimak/s1600/Wreath.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-swqCcGUw9UM/TrLEr4RpQkI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/mI5RN4jimak/s320/Wreath.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670811138932687426" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">I've been busy today ... putting up some of my cards for sale<br /><br />http://www.misi.co.uk/handmade/designbyniki.html<br /><br /><br />and doing a bit of painting ..<br /><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-5545503146551013384?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-26887256090864653512011-10-30T06:34:00.001-07:002011-10-30T06:36:26.062-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--q8t6-oZT3I/Tq1Sk9e7ezI/AAAAAAAAAQE/7tak-GD1Yeg/s1600/mt%2Btree.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--q8t6-oZT3I/Tq1Sk9e7ezI/AAAAAAAAAQE/7tak-GD1Yeg/s320/mt%2Btree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669278300862380850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Finished .. I'm happy with this tree ...</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Days!</span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-2688725609086465351?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-71549660811437122352011-10-19T05:35:00.000-07:002011-10-19T05:38:05.314-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CN0j1dD2jyU/Tp7EkpomYNI/AAAAAAAAAPw/oB6AuAMA79Q/s1600/wk4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CN0j1dD2jyU/Tp7EkpomYNI/AAAAAAAAAPw/oB6AuAMA79Q/s320/wk4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665181515209138386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Now this week at class was something different ... we did a tree ... and talked about the three distances needed in a pic ....</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Hopefully I'll finish this off for homework ...</span> <span style="font-size:180%;"> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Happy Days!</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span></span> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-7154966081143712235?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-60786759686216882862011-10-16T13:08:00.001-07:002011-10-17T09:39:45.174-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SV6OGsZasSg/TpxaQ8lJ1II/AAAAAAAAAPk/UedGKTIQWeA/s1600/wk3a%2Bhomeowrk.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 263px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SV6OGsZasSg/TpxaQ8lJ1II/AAAAAAAAAPk/UedGKTIQWeA/s320/wk3a%2Bhomeowrk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664501678511608962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eBl9Kg5wy8Q/Tps55QHqoeI/AAAAAAAAAPY/QVq24VpZCzs/s1600/wk3%2Bhomeowrk.jpg"><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=" color: rgb(255, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" ><br />Happy Days!</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-6078675968621688286?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-43939731465756027242011-10-12T07:08:00.000-07:002011-10-12T07:16:04.744-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V3MDCELBO0g/TpWhD6Xc1nI/AAAAAAAAAPM/SYgm5DhN01w/s1600/P1050865.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V3MDCELBO0g/TpWhD6Xc1nI/AAAAAAAAAPM/SYgm5DhN01w/s320/P1050865.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662609195067561586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Had a couple of designs to choose from for this commission ...<br />A lady wanted to give a card to her friend who had become a grandparent ..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MhSSrOYsyck/TpWgMCQ-KTI/AAAAAAAAAPA/LJTaJ1vghPU/s1600/P1050864.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MhSSrOYsyck/TpWgMCQ-KTI/AAAAAAAAAPA/LJTaJ1vghPU/s320/P1050864.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662608235115194674" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-4393973146575602724?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-14628101930719319512011-10-11T06:28:00.000-07:002011-10-11T06:33:54.603-07:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" >This week we were talking about the 6 rules of drawing and then had a go at one point perspective ... The 6 rules were interesting, but I still need to get my little brain around the 'using your pencil to measure' and the 'use of construction lines' rules!!!!<br />Still, my attempt at the one point perspective, was, as David said good! Hurrah! My difficulty was deciding where to start!!! Tee hee!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qDR9Axu89YE/TpRFfBgE4_I/AAAAAAAAAO0/_doqorUKwYE/s1600/Wk3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qDR9Axu89YE/TpRFfBgE4_I/AAAAAAAAAO0/_doqorUKwYE/s320/Wk3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662227030792791026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br />Happy Days!</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-1462810193071931951?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-66686404411088914062011-10-06T06:40:00.000-07:002011-10-06T06:42:59.139-07:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">My parents came for the weekend and bought us this beautiful flower .....</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b0ikNEif2Ms/To2wQDf7v7I/AAAAAAAAAOs/zS0SkCe7btQ/s1600/orange%2Bflower.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b0ikNEif2Ms/To2wQDf7v7I/AAAAAAAAAOs/zS0SkCe7btQ/s320/orange%2Bflower.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660374096538222514" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I loved painting it and I am very pleased with the result!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Days!</span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-6668640441108891406?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-59191942121519557612011-10-04T06:31:00.000-07:002011-10-06T06:37:25.904-07:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This week we talked about perspective and the use of shading ... another interesting class I must say.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ncQrs-z5duA/To2uX7ucAXI/AAAAAAAAAOc/VkFk86ckqgs/s1600/Wk2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ncQrs-z5duA/To2uX7ucAXI/AAAAAAAAAOc/VkFk86ckqgs/s320/Wk2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660372032867271026" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Well the homework's done too ... that was a tad hard trying to do the objects on the different plains...</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U-mGKdNtvmQ/To2ujcr83mI/AAAAAAAAAOk/WS9CE4kaW1s/s1600/Wk2%2Bhw.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U-mGKdNtvmQ/To2ujcr83mI/AAAAAAAAAOk/WS9CE4kaW1s/s320/Wk2%2Bhw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660372230693772898" border="0" /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);toggleFontSizeMenu();ButtonMouseDown(this);" class="on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_FontSize" title="Font size"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Font size" class="gl_size" border="0" /></span></span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Happy Days!</span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-5919194212151955761?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-31589407722553303062011-09-29T11:58:00.000-07:002011-09-29T12:03:49.213-07:00<span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><br />I started my drawing and watercolour course this week ...<br />We drew this table then discussed where all 13 of us had gone wrong ...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OgFnwvWS3Uc/ToTArHFxjCI/AAAAAAAAAOM/QVTWapghH1I/s1600/week1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OgFnwvWS3Uc/ToTArHFxjCI/AAAAAAAAAOM/QVTWapghH1I/s320/week1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657858878754360354" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><br />Homework was to try and do more perspective drawing ...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Vm4_kdBx2dI/ToTA0iQ2VTI/AAAAAAAAAOU/wnGAs6kaO80/s1600/donemehomework.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Vm4_kdBx2dI/ToTA0iQ2VTI/AAAAAAAAAOU/wnGAs6kaO80/s320/donemehomework.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657859040667391282" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br />Done it!<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-3158940772255330306?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-76847604463148611902011-09-26T04:17:00.000-07:002011-10-03T02:00:05.237-07:00<span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">.... that I start trying to love myself again!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I have fantastic children, a lovely house, friends, a caring husband and a family yet I'm unhappy ....</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">In June someone hurt me and sent me plummeting down into my pit of self loathing and hate again, I'd been there before, but slowly over the years, I'd been clawing my way back out and I got to the point where I thought "You know what! You're not too bad!" </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Well here I am again at the bottom, not wanting to go out, not looking people in the eye (cos I'm so disgusting to look at) just wanting to sleep and let it all go away! That person doesn't understand and gets cross that I don't want to do things but it's they who put me there! That one thing, seems so insignificant to them, but it's so big to a person who was walking the tightrope over the pit!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Anyway suffice to say while wallowing (yep! easy enough for people to say oh she just needs to sort herself out and stop wallowing in her self pity, but it is hard!) in my pit of self loathing and self hate I've gained weight so I've also started in the circle of DEPRESSED so I'll EAT so I GAIN WEIGHT so I get DEPRESSED so I EAT ..... you get the drift!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">All this has resulted in another kind of pain ~ physical ..... my feet hurt, my hips really hurt, my back hurts, I get dizzy and more headaches! Since June I've put on OVER a stone and my body doesn't like it!!! I don't like it! I don't like the way I feel, look or the fact that I don't do things with the children! I DON'T LIKE ME .. again!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Today I saw a video blog about liking your true self and I thought about that and realised that I don't even know who my true self is ... I think I've spent all my life wanting to be accepted and loved and never quiet making it and in the process losing myself in the ... 'maybe ifs'</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Maybe if:<br />*I'd been a boy my Dad would have loved me more and given to me and my sister all the support, opportunities and great things he gave his son.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">*I'd have been thinner my first husband wouldn't have gone off with his secretary who was younger, thinner and didn't have two youngsters under two screaming at home.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">*I'd have been more confident I'd have had the promotions at work that I watched others getting.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">*I was cooler my Son would want to do things with us rather than his Dad.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">*I was thinner with nice legs and nice boobies this June thing wouldn't have happened.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">*I was more confident I could get a job.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">and so it goes on ..... but at the end of the day I still don't know who I am ...</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I know </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I'm a daughter (rubbish at that as far as my parents go, should have been a boy, should be like my sister!)</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A sister (ok as far as one goes but not the other)</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A wife (rubbish as far as one goes, don't know what number two really thinks, maybe there's always better round the corner ... So he'll keep a look out!)</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A Mother ( could be cooler like Dad!)</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">An Aunt (OK ~ I think)</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A friend (Ok)</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">But who am I ???</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Hopefully I'll start to find out, and in the process love myself, my body ... me!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I know I can write this on here as nobody reads this! But I can look back on it!</span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-7684760446314861190?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-11863723458891312982011-09-22T07:10:00.001-07:002011-09-26T05:00:55.353-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-12uv1y6OJtg/ToBpZhMymdI/AAAAAAAAAOE/fjmrqP_EpRE/s1600/lillie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-12uv1y6OJtg/ToBpZhMymdI/AAAAAAAAAOE/fjmrqP_EpRE/s320/lillie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656637019107006930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BiWpzsfH53E/TntEJtWJEdI/AAAAAAAAAN8/CKObc9zdkLk/s1600/sweetpea.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BiWpzsfH53E/TntEJtWJEdI/AAAAAAAAAN8/CKObc9zdkLk/s320/sweetpea.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655188690675765714" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ognJmQnVcp4/TntB36hGJGI/AAAAAAAAAN0/R0hPpAhd4Cg/s1600/fairycakes%2Bsmaller.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 231px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ognJmQnVcp4/TntB36hGJGI/AAAAAAAAAN0/R0hPpAhd4Cg/s320/fairycakes%2Bsmaller.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655186185950471266" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-1186372345889131298?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-53139809346094320752011-09-13T01:02:00.000-07:002011-09-15T05:38:08.688-07:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Well hello .... Been away for a while .. lost in summer!</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">I picked up a couple of commissions recently .. done the urgent one ...<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PMphawC6BYg/Tm8Oexf3U8I/AAAAAAAAALo/TuEWPvLacU4/s1600/wedd.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PMphawC6BYg/Tm8Oexf3U8I/AAAAAAAAALo/TuEWPvLacU4/s320/wedd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651751979219112898" border="0" /></a></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204); font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >The 'bookmark' pictures fit in the pouch on the front of the card ... I'm pleased with the results!<br /><br />The 'A' frame one that I did I kept simple and elegant, I took the photo of the wording and rings, that became more complicated than expected as even though it was on bright white paper in bright sunshine it kept printing out blue!!! Don't know what's going on there!!!</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dzNIXJE20uM/TnHuw1Gx2iI/AAAAAAAAALw/HvCCvc_z-H0/s1600/wedding.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dzNIXJE20uM/TnHuw1Gx2iI/AAAAAAAAALw/HvCCvc_z-H0/s320/wedding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652561529983326754" border="0" /></a></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:180%;" >Happy Days! </span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-5313980934609432075?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-89110719355721725952011-07-28T07:12:00.000-07:002011-07-28T07:14:12.753-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FBLWa90Ro6I/TjFuk7QGDjI/AAAAAAAAALg/JUVReFyBjrE/s1600/nails%2Bpaint%2Bsmall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 192px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FBLWa90Ro6I/TjFuk7QGDjI/AAAAAAAAALg/JUVReFyBjrE/s320/nails%2Bpaint%2Bsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634406189476744754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Been having fun with my Little Pink one's nails today ....<br />What fun!<br /><br />Happy Days!<br /><br /><br /></span> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-8911071935572172595?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-57348744013380072102011-07-11T02:45:00.001-07:002011-07-11T02:48:16.102-07:00<span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:100%;" >I've been very naughty and have neglected my blog ... it's not totally all my fault ... the computer I had was so old and so very slow ... even typing a simple letter became a real chore in the end .. then it finally died!!! I'm still coming to terms with this new laptop ... bear with!!!!!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-5734874401338007210?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-37907400085932661992010-11-11T08:44:00.000-08:002010-11-11T08:50:58.472-08:00<span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">I'm very pleased to announce that I've finally sorted myself out and have put some of my cards for sale on the lovely site MISI.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Here's the address if you want to take a peek.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">http://www.misi.co.uk/handmade/designbyniki.html</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">I'm very excited about it all ...</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Here's a card I've done with some lovely sequins I got at a great price from the new local pound shop! I like it.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/TNweNVrS92I/AAAAAAAAALE/vzBxc8mRdag/s1600/Sequin%2Bskyclose.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/TNweNVrS92I/AAAAAAAAALE/vzBxc8mRdag/s320/Sequin%2Bskyclose.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538334856264742754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);font-size:180%;" >Happy Days! </span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-3790740008593266199?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-27543619260604909122010-07-07T02:35:00.000-07:002010-07-07T02:48:48.314-07:00<span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Well lots has been going on and lots dropping off since I last blogged ... The great thing, and I have to say, I'm so pleased with myself for, is the fact that I'm now 2 stone 4 pounds lighter .. and I feel so much better for it ... I've still a long way to go but I'm getting there .... Thanks to my great instructor at the Rosemary Conley class that I go to.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/TDRMbFNHC7I/AAAAAAAAAKs/r_3N7sZvpYg/s1600/Rosemary+Me.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 185px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/TDRMbFNHC7I/AAAAAAAAAKs/r_3N7sZvpYg/s320/Rosemary+Me.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491097873808821170" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" >Here's me actually meeting Rosemary who's a lovely lady and my instructor.</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> I love the classes and this is the only 'diet' that I've been on that I've continually lost weight on or at least stayed the same weight on the odd <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">occasion</span> ... I put diet in quotes because it's not really a diet it's a real lifestyle change .. and for me it works! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Yipeeee</span>!</span><br /> <span style="font-family:verdana;">The cards have been trickling out here and there .. here's my latest batch ....I'm still loving my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">copic</span> pens and they've come in handy with the children's homework too!<br /></span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/TDRM8_i-XgI/AAAAAAAAAK0/JVaDiKW5_ng/s1600/mixed1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/TDRM8_i-XgI/AAAAAAAAAK0/JVaDiKW5_ng/s320/mixed1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491098456405466626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-size:180%;" >Happy Days!</span></span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-2754361926060490912?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-58097480610586253272010-03-16T07:50:00.000-07:002010-03-16T07:59:38.349-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5-ctKYfr_I/AAAAAAAAAKk/c61zx8Cdvjo/s1600-h/two+mums+cards.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 126px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5-ctKYfr_I/AAAAAAAAAKk/c61zx8Cdvjo/s320/two+mums+cards.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449246373836730354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5-b6G2ZMzI/AAAAAAAAAKE/xeXB8-_Iqpg/s1600-h/Mum+day+balloons.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 173px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5-b6G2ZMzI/AAAAAAAAAKE/xeXB8-_Iqpg/s320/Mum+day+balloons.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449245496715064114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">What a beautiful day it is today .... I'm loving the little snowdrops, crocuses and daffs that are popping out everywhere .</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">.. it all smells different too .. Bliss! Dare I say it .... Spring is here!!!!!</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Here are some more little cards I've been doing over the last coup</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">le of weeks ... I'm still really enjoying my Copic markers! Sigh!!!!!<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5-bqIZQ_SI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/QMahWIw13sU/s1600-h/Mum+and+garden+close.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5-bqIZQ_SI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/QMahWIw13sU/s320/Mum+and+garden+close.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449245222251855138" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5-bwibHEZI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/BV3SotmH1bk/s1600-h/Mum+and+garden.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5-bwibHEZI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/BV3SotmH1bk/s320/Mum+and+garden.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449245332318130578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5-cJakq7OI/AAAAAAAAAKU/78faUfh2YkA/s1600-h/Mum+tag.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5-cJakq7OI/AAAAAAAAAKU/78faUfh2YkA/s320/Mum+tag.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449245759707475170" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5-b_DEczhI/AAAAAAAAAKM/iM0TEaactK0/s1600-h/Mum+tag+up+close.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 211px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5-b_DEczhI/AAAAAAAAAKM/iM0TEaactK0/s320/Mum+tag+up+close.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449245581599624722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Happy Days!<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" > </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-5809748061058625327?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-82442637376179747202010-03-07T08:28:00.000-08:002010-03-07T08:33:55.492-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5PVLMX1B5I/AAAAAAAAAJk/rnleTLa95cA/s1600-h/Love+tags+danglie+heart.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 212px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5PVLMX1B5I/AAAAAAAAAJk/rnleTLa95cA/s320/Love+tags+danglie+heart.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445930762697508754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Well since I've got my lovely room back I've been carding like a mad woman!</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">What a jolly time I'm having ....<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5PUhwLmB7I/AAAAAAAAAJE/utC4pGAk0Gc/s1600-h/A+few+cards.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 201px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5PUhwLmB7I/AAAAAAAAAJE/utC4pGAk0Gc/s320/A+few+cards.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445930050755364786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5PVAihxC5I/AAAAAAAAAJc/_435GsLMs3U/s1600-h/Thank+you+card.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5PVAihxC5I/AAAAAAAAAJc/_435GsLMs3U/s320/Thank+you+card.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445930579666209682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5PUotekhaI/AAAAAAAAAJM/cbU1QPR1H3o/s1600-h/Baby+girl+congrats+on+circle.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5PUotekhaI/AAAAAAAAAJM/cbU1QPR1H3o/s320/Baby+girl+congrats+on+circle.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445930170288735650" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5PUupfgBFI/AAAAAAAAAJU/jKqUtzmh2xI/s1600-h/love+in+your+new+home+side.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5PUupfgBFI/AAAAAAAAAJU/jKqUtzmh2xI/s320/love+in+your+new+home+side.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445930272298107986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Happy Days!</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-8244263737617974720?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-878935062016420212010-03-07T08:21:00.000-08:002010-03-07T08:27:39.602-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5PTFCVUDhI/AAAAAAAAAI0/aMB06hn2lPw/s1600-h/Room+tidy+enough+to+work+in.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 272px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5PTFCVUDhI/AAAAAAAAAI0/aMB06hn2lPw/s320/Room+tidy+enough+to+work+in.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445928457900133906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Finally back in my work room ... Hurrah!</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I've missed it!</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">It had been a dumping ground for presents far too long ... now it's back .....</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5PTdHTl5mI/AAAAAAAAAI8/WT3dy4O0rl8/s1600-h/work+area.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 222px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S5PTdHTl5mI/AAAAAAAAAI8/WT3dy4O0rl8/s320/work+area.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445928871551952482" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I've an area big enough for me to work in .. honest! (Apart from using my trimmer or my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Sissix</span> machine!)</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">.... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Ahhh</span> bliss!</span><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Happy Days!</span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-87893506201642021?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-57885147028679372232010-02-01T10:40:00.000-08:002010-02-01T10:46:56.591-08:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oh! I do like my new pens .. I'm having such fun with them ...<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S2cgmXVWR7I/AAAAAAAAAIk/DFCeGCm9_lg/s1600-h/Amy+b+day.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S2cgmXVWR7I/AAAAAAAAAIk/DFCeGCm9_lg/s320/Amy+b+day.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433347318916466610" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's interesting to see the difference, the 2nd picture was done before I had my pens.</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S2chADUJWXI/AAAAAAAAAIs/6Y3LjxsZvIY/s1600-h/Aniela+close.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S2chADUJWXI/AAAAAAAAAIs/6Y3LjxsZvIY/s320/Aniela+close.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433347760219314546" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">They're great!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Days xx</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-5788514702867937223?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-61709921803578174292010-01-16T04:14:00.000-08:002010-01-16T04:20:42.584-08:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well can I start by saying, and I know it's a tad late, Happy New Year! I do hope 2010 holds only good things for everyone.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Christmas came and went in a flash but not without Santa delivering me some Copic markers .. I love them ... so my cards at the moment are coloured in using my lovely, yum</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">my new pens (stroke the boxes lovingly!)</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm still a novice with them, but I'm having fun .. and lots of it!</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">More pics to follow I'm sure.<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S1GuoWrS4qI/AAAAAAAAAIc/80kIAolCveM/s1600-h/few+cards.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 135px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/S1GuoWrS4qI/AAAAAAAAAIc/80kIAolCveM/s200/few+cards.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427311034263331490" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"><br />Happy Days!</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-6170992180357817429?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-62592335619846458392009-11-19T07:50:00.000-08:002009-11-19T07:56:38.839-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SwVp91yR8XI/AAAAAAAAAIE/7Q0tO3pcbLI/s1600/been+busy.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SwVp91yR8XI/AAAAAAAAAIE/7Q0tO3pcbLI/s320/been+busy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405843438859055474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hello, I know it's been a while but I have been busy ... anyway here are but a few of the cards I've been making ... I do enjoy it.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SwVqGhRMuNI/AAAAAAAAAIM/FdZro4N9eM4/s1600/been+busy+close.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SwVqGhRMuNI/AAAAAAAAAIM/FdZro4N9eM4/s200/been+busy+close.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405843587970414802" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SwVqOUrEl3I/AAAAAAAAAIU/NspDMSpUeeM/s1600/been+busy+closeup.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SwVqOUrEl3I/AAAAAAAAAIU/NspDMSpUeeM/s200/been+busy+closeup.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405843722028226418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 204, 255);font-size:180%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 204, 255);font-size:180%;" >Happy Days!</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-6259233561984645839?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-81509385509650392132009-09-29T04:46:00.000-07:002009-09-29T04:49:58.778-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SsH0P94zxFI/AAAAAAAAAH8/zkBYub23hvM/s1600-h/Tilda+stamps.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SsH0P94zxFI/AAAAAAAAAH8/zkBYub23hvM/s320/Tilda+stamps.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386855184459875410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">I'm having fun with these ... Here's some I'</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">ve done over the last couple of days.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SsH0JpR5a6I/AAAAAAAAAH0/Mp8dIAs2DYY/s1600-h/Tilda+cards+close.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SsH0JpR5a6I/AAAAAAAAAH0/Mp8dIAs2DYY/s320/Tilda+cards+close.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386855075848743842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);font-size:180%;" > </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Happy Days!</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-8150938550965039213?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-54525371285298114572009-09-14T09:12:00.001-07:002009-09-14T09:19:07.657-07:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/Sq5shezR3sI/AAAAAAAAAHs/WPPeB-UBRE8/s1600-h/Our+pics+together.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 131px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/Sq5shezR3sI/AAAAAAAAAHs/WPPeB-UBRE8/s320/Our+pics+together.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381357927213948610" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Ahh! I'm so happy today .. I bought some watercolour pencils for my two, they've wanted some for a while. Anyway my little pin</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">k one, who's nine, came home from school and wanted to sit down with me and do some painting. Well, she's off to a friends party this weekend so I suggested she make Emily the card while copying what I'm doing ... we had a great time and we're both well happy with the results .. Love it!</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Days!</span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-5452537128529811457?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-40403003004780270592009-09-06T12:12:00.000-07:002009-09-06T12:18:55.761-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Here are a couple of cards I have managed to do over the last week or so ...<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">This one is from a stamp I treated myself to ...<br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SqQKgIMZzII/AAAAAAAAAHc/1rc_vbpSAGM/s1600-h/New+girl+stamp+green+jkt+not+close+up.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SqQKgIMZzII/AAAAAAAAAHc/1rc_vbpSAGM/s320/New+girl+stamp+green+jkt+not+close+up.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378435402058812546" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SqQKmcy9iqI/AAAAAAAAAHk/hrCQjNEBmEU/s1600-h/New+girl+stamp+green+jkt.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SqQKmcy9iqI/AAAAAAAAAHk/hrCQjNEBmEU/s320/New+girl+stamp+green+jkt.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378435510668462754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">And this one is using a picture we took on our holiday ...<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SqQKVV7GwcI/AAAAAAAAAHU/bPmPTlRyenc/s1600-h/Baltic+sunset+card+buttons+raffia.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SqQKVV7GwcI/AAAAAAAAAHU/bPmPTlRyenc/s320/Baltic+sunset+card+buttons+raffia.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378435216765796802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SqQKOA-Xc2I/AAAAAAAAAHM/eYmqyJ2FqDo/s1600-h/baltic+sunset+close.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SqQKOA-Xc2I/AAAAAAAAAHM/eYmqyJ2FqDo/s320/baltic+sunset+close.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378435090883244898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Happy Days!</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-4040300300478027059?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-69707110787138965072009-09-06T12:03:00.000-07:002009-09-06T12:11:55.665-07:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Hello and sorry I've been away for so long ..</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Summer holiday!!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We had a super holiday ~ a Baltic Cruise ~ loved every minute of it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SqQIKao0PkI/AAAAAAAAAG8/GPiLo0wqVXA/s1600-h/Us+in+front+of+the+cruise+ship.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SqQIKao0PkI/AAAAAAAAAG8/GPiLo0wqVXA/s320/Us+in+front+of+the+cruise+ship.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378432830029446722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Here's the cruise ship ~ The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Norwegian</span> Jewel.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SqQIgvD5BQI/AAAAAAAAAHE/9UCarqlmcok/s1600-h/Sunset+from+the+great+outdoors+cafe.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SqQIgvD5BQI/AAAAAAAAAHE/9UCarqlmcok/s320/Sunset+from+the+great+outdoors+cafe.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378433213468837122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">And here's one of the many super sunsets we saw.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">But now the children are back at school and life is back to normal ....<br /><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);font-size:180%;" >Happy Days!</span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-6970711078713896507?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-64897401045714805292009-07-28T11:40:00.000-07:002009-07-28T11:49:22.762-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/Sm9HOuo6ToI/AAAAAAAAAGs/dGjBIqsnz4g/s1600-h/60th.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/Sm9HOuo6ToI/AAAAAAAAAGs/dGjBIqsnz4g/s320/60th.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363583999584915074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Here's a card I've created for a friend and neighbour. She wanted a card for her Mum who's going to be 60. She asked for flowers on the front, so I put together a little bunch, tied with some nice organza ribbon, painted a watercolour background to suit. Placed it on this funny see through film stuff, tore out some brown paper and stuck it on that. I added the flat backed pearly dots and edged the note tag with gold and brown. Hope she likes it.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/Sm9HUykq2kI/AAAAAAAAAG0/URMf4av8Pek/s1600-h/60th+nr.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 273px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/Sm9HUykq2kI/AAAAAAAAAG0/URMf4av8Pek/s320/60th+nr.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363584103720081986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Happy Summer!</span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-6489740104571480529?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-77778153887421933372009-07-13T09:12:00.000-07:002009-07-13T09:21:49.130-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SltecDt28UI/AAAAAAAAAGk/x_wL4hhPdks/s1600-h/TY+school.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SltecDt28UI/AAAAAAAAAGk/x_wL4hhPdks/s320/TY+school.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357980017814335810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">Here are some cards done for my son's school... It's his last few days at middle school, my how time flies. So it's cards for all the staff, headmistress and the lovely ladies in the school kitchen, I love the rolling pin on that one. The chocolates look good enough to eat. The Lady from the school office loves choccies! I made the little blackboard with black card and some matches</span><br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SlteJvLFCII/AAAAAAAAAGc/-3CUHLSy7u8/s1600-h/Ty+School+kitchen.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SlteJvLFCII/AAAAAAAAAGc/-3CUHLSy7u8/s320/Ty+School+kitchen.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357979703062104194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Happy summer! Here we come!</span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-7777815388742193337?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-54802974983789050242009-06-23T08:28:00.000-07:002009-06-23T08:33:37.819-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SkD1fTV-V6I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/MMQOd6kqjI4/s1600-h/Teacher+TY.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SkD1fTV-V6I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/MMQOd6kqjI4/s320/Teacher+TY.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350546275433338786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" > <span style="font-family:arial;">This is one of two cards I'm doing for my Son's year six teachers. There's only a few weeks left before he finishes in the Junior school. Bless! Pretty <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">pinky</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">girly</span> ... that covers it!</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">I've just smudged out her name</span>. <span style="font-family:arial;">Second one to follow.<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SkD1ZJQMcwI/AAAAAAAAAGI/KFDtPmwS1SI/s1600-h/Teacher+TY+close.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SkD1ZJQMcwI/AAAAAAAAAGI/KFDtPmwS1SI/s320/Teacher+TY+close.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350546169645527810" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br />Happy Days!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span> </div><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" > </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-5480297498378905024?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-75231890432555140952009-06-17T06:26:00.000-07:002009-06-17T06:32:12.300-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SjjwJ3pR-KI/AAAAAAAAAF4/HPaIiCA1gMo/s1600-h/Dish+and+pot1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 295px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SjjwJ3pR-KI/AAAAAAAAAF4/HPaIiCA1gMo/s320/Dish+and+pot1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348288609849047202" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Well naughty me .. I've been so busy, but not doing cards! This is a pot I've painted for a local school summer fair .. it's for a game I used to do at the scouts fete years and years ago when I was small. I did one for our children's christmas fair at their school a couple of years ago and it was a big hit. It came out again at the spring fair and another parent asked if I could do one for her school ... so here it is ... all you have to do, and it's easier said than done, is spoon as many marbles as you can into the hole, one handed in a minute ... it's a real giggle.<br /><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Happy Days</span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-7523189043255514095?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-24462386412139761382009-05-22T05:48:00.000-07:002009-05-22T05:58:54.672-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/ShagwWokCcI/AAAAAAAAAFw/Vv4gUa6SoZg/s1600-h/Ellie+b+day.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/ShagwWokCcI/AAAAAAAAAFw/Vv4gUa6SoZg/s320/Ellie+b+day.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338631160864180674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);">I'm really pleased with this card. We all really like teeny weeny things in our house and I found this tiny little bottle. I filled it up with glitter and put in on torn mulberry paper. I then dotted the glitter around the card and used my tiny pink stars too. It's for my ex <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">niece</span> who's 11 today. My children are going with their Father and his wife to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">visit</span> my ex in-laws this bank holiday weekend because, actually, there are three generations all born on the same day .. my ex father in law, his son and his <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">granddaughter</span> all born on may 22<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">nd</span> .. how clever is that!!!</span><br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/ShagoF_dyaI/AAAAAAAAAFo/DUslqKVN29g/s1600-h/Ellie+b+day+close.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/ShagoF_dyaI/AAAAAAAAAFo/DUslqKVN29g/s320/Ellie+b+day+close.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338631018957883810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-family: arial;font-size:180%;" >Happy Bank Holiday Weekend!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-2446238641213976138?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-35480457034637209992009-05-19T06:45:00.000-07:002009-05-19T06:55:35.045-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/ShK4mynzLuI/AAAAAAAAAFY/tvNqf2CwVXo/s1600-h/Hannah+birth.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/ShK4mynzLuI/AAAAAAAAAFY/tvNqf2CwVXo/s320/Hannah+birth.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337531484950703842" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Ahhhh! A close family friend has just had her first child, a baby girl called Hannah ... I know Suzie's still a bit wobbly after losing a lot of blood but she's getting there.. so lots of love to you, and your new family.<br />This Picture is on torn mulberry paper, mounted on cream card with little cherub's punched out. I placed foam squares at the top end and stuck the bottom onto the mulberry paper to give it a bit of a tilt. There's a bit of pink ribbon saying it's a girl top and tailed by pink/ crystal glitter, all finished off by a pink ribbon on the top.<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/ShK5inpvTNI/AAAAAAAAAFg/CaLR-kn89RY/s1600-h/Hannah+birthClose1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/ShK5inpvTNI/AAAAAAAAAFg/CaLR-kn89RY/s320/Hannah+birthClose1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337532512798198994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Happy Days</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-3548045703463720999?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-76037733439836184752009-04-24T06:51:00.001-07:002009-04-24T06:57:11.144-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SfHFI34JIKI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/wpzEDj4qwFk/s1600-h/Em+90.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SfHFI34JIKI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/wpzEDj4qwFk/s320/Em+90.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328256590385062050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Hello on this lovely sunny day ... here's a card I've just finished in time to take with us tonight when we go out with the In-laws. It's Hubby's Great Aunt's 90th Birthday and I was asked to make a card for her. It couldn't be too heavy as it's going to Canada and needs to travel well! I did the background design on Publisher then added the paper flowers after.<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SfHE1yGNx6I/AAAAAAAAAFA/cxdps2wUmxg/s1600-h/Em+90+close.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SfHE1yGNx6I/AAAAAAAAAFA/cxdps2wUmxg/s320/Em+90+close.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328256262415959970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:arial;" >Happy Days!</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-7603773343983618475?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-30166325063744176612009-04-23T01:47:00.000-07:002009-04-23T01:55:26.547-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SfAsoTCMHkI/AAAAAAAAAEw/GsVbT9BqW0A/s1600-h/Alex+christening.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SfAsoTCMHkI/AAAAAAAAAEw/GsVbT9BqW0A/s320/Alex+christening.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327807429995142722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Wow!</span> Is it really ten days since I last posted! My, how time does fly. I have been busy with the children, but now they are back to school so here I am having time to potter round!<br />This is a card I've made for a friend whose Nephew is getting christened this weekend. I usually have the stained glass window </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">and a little embellishment either male or female, </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">but, sometimes I have a closed bible on the front.<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SfAss6RbOTI/AAAAAAAAAE4/2-br2NfjPvw/s1600-h/Alex+christeningclose.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SfAss6RbOTI/AAAAAAAAAE4/2-br2NfjPvw/s320/Alex+christeningclose.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327807509247506738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:180%;" >Happy Days!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-3016632506374417661?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-52800040424597186892009-04-13T13:37:00.000-07:002009-04-13T13:46:32.219-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SeOkX134eoI/AAAAAAAAAEg/sNwS-Y8Zg6w/s1600-h/Lynnes+lady.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SeOkX134eoI/AAAAAAAAAEg/sNwS-Y8Zg6w/s320/Lynnes+lady.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324279913987472002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">This card has been made for a friend of mine using a silhouette of a lady from the Lakeland shop, (used to be Lakeland plastics a few years ago.) I mounted her onto the card, which had vellum in the aperture, then painted the head dress with Twinkles H2o (I think that's their name!). This gave a nice effect, I think. The banner at the bottom is from my Sissex machine. I hope everyone had a good Easter, here it flew by!<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SeOkcWJ8uyI/AAAAAAAAAEo/QvXZKzWuGTI/s1600-h/Lynnes+up+close.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 256px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SeOkcWJ8uyI/AAAAAAAAAEo/QvXZKzWuGTI/s320/Lynnes+up+close.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324279991372659490" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:180%;" >Happy Days!</span></span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-5280004042459718689?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-10866067744722980672009-04-12T06:26:00.000-07:002009-04-12T06:30:32.266-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SeHskDwtxbI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/xiWIv2RxhHo/s1600-h/25+open1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SeHskDwtxbI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/xiWIv2RxhHo/s320/25+open1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323796338757715378" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Well here, as promised, is the card I've done for my friends 25th wedding anniversary. I've cut out and embossed a 25, cut out and embossed a hole on the card, then carefully sewn the 25 into the hole. This takes a long time and is hard to get dead centre but I'm pleased with how it looks.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SeHsokUlqjI/AAAAAAAAAEY/GMLhvfnzCVk/s1600-h/25.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SeHsokUlqjI/AAAAAAAAAEY/GMLhvfnzCVk/s320/25.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323796416217590322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Happy Easter!</span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-1086606774472298067?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-61121028690775043922009-04-06T08:51:00.000-07:002009-04-06T10:16:33.405-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/Sdomcrr0b4I/AAAAAAAAADY/7KnvE8-zo6k/s1600-h/Bluie+sewing+one+HB.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/Sdomcrr0b4I/AAAAAAAAADY/7KnvE8-zo6k/s320/Bluie+sewing+one+HB.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321608183896371074" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Haven't done cards like this for a while. I don't know why because I really do enjoy doing them, though they do take a long time! The reason I had my beads, needles and cotton out was because I'm doing a wedding anniversary card for my friend who's been married 25 years (see more later in the week). Am I old really enough to have friends who've been married that long? Yep! 'fraid so!</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Better start behaving ... Anyway I've had my embossing powder out, my square hole punch, my big box of beads and my patience!!!! I've done all the sewing and beading then added it to the card with foam squares to give it the height then I've added a danglie, as I do like them.. This card is for my friend's birthday next week.<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SdomlfE2xVI/AAAAAAAAADg/S7IqvOvfUd8/s1600-h/Bluie+sewing+one+HB+angle+close.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SdomlfE2xVI/AAAAAAAAADg/S7IqvOvfUd8/s320/Bluie+sewing+one+HB+angle+close.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321608335130543442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Happy Days</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-6112102869077504392?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-50404186073259872032009-03-31T03:14:00.000-07:002009-03-31T03:20:30.302-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SdHt54eQ1qI/AAAAAAAAADQ/QkgfRgA6YHg/s1600-h/Mens+comp.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SdHt54eQ1qI/AAAAAAAAADQ/QkgfRgA6YHg/s320/Mens+comp.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319294213568911010" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">This is one of two cards that I made for my Mum to give to my stepdad. It's designed on the computer using Microsoft publisher. I then printed off two and cut out the posters and pictures and mounted them on with foam squares to raise them a bit. It was a quick, simple one. I must say I do find men's ones harder to do!</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-5040418607325987203?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-48143570403548290222009-03-30T08:50:00.000-07:002009-03-30T08:57:15.862-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SdDrXpr3D1I/AAAAAAAAADA/Yvov1WOZcFQ/s1600-h/Jolly+angled.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SdDrXpr3D1I/AAAAAAAAADA/Yvov1WOZcFQ/s320/Jolly+angled.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319009951483891538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">This is a card I've done and our daughter's already taken it to give to her brother! Nice, bright, jolly colours and a few wobbly bits on it too .. what fun!</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Cards like this put a smile on my face.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SdDrElb7ycI/AAAAAAAAAC4/9sWqtuObUUk/s1600-h/Jolly+day.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SdDrElb7ycI/AAAAAAAAAC4/9sWqtuObUUk/s320/Jolly+day.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319009623925836226" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"> Happy Days.</span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-4814357040354829022?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-51635451263499414792009-03-27T04:07:00.000-07:002009-03-27T04:14:52.430-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/Scy0jD99x4I/AAAAAAAAACw/UfyL6UgLlz0/s1600-h/Watercolour.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/Scy0jD99x4I/AAAAAAAAACw/UfyL6UgLlz0/s320/Watercolour.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317823774471341954" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">This is a scan of a little watercolour pic I painted. It's printed on textured card, torn out, slightly edged with a gold pen and mounted with sticky pads onto torn mulberry paper .. hmmh! I seem to be going through a torn paper phase! Note to self: Put new blade on scalpel!<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/Scy0Xm_Y8ZI/AAAAAAAAACo/wPgdrVePvZU/s1600-h/watercolour+up+close.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 304px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/Scy0Xm_Y8ZI/AAAAAAAAACo/wPgdrVePvZU/s320/watercolour+up+close.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317823577714127250" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Happy Friday</span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-5163545126349941479?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-43885649920857762902009-03-26T02:59:00.000-07:002009-04-10T14:02:45.724-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/Sd-z6M5nsjI/AAAAAAAAADo/hgxmrUoP9l0/s1600-h/Smudge+leaves+smudges.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/Sd-z6M5nsjI/AAAAAAAAADo/hgxmrUoP9l0/s320/Smudge+leaves+smudges.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323171097051902514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Meet Smudge .. this is the cat we haven't got! You see we don't own a cat, but Smudge seems to think we do .. she spends more time here than at her house three doors away. Now, I love her (or him, we don't know, she has way too much fur to find out!) but, she can be a pain when I want to type and she wants attention .. because she walks back and forth across my keyboard! I know my spelling is terrible sometimes and she doesn't help! Anyway as you can see she's settled for the office chair which is next to me, where she can look up and 'chat' to me when she feels like it! Now I can do some work!<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SctWqyHnxgI/AAAAAAAAAB0/EHQEDKx0x-8/s1600-h/The+brain1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SctWqyHnxgI/AAAAAAAAAB0/EHQEDKx0x-8/s320/The+brain1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317439078049236482" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Here's a card I liked till someone said it looked like a brain!!!!! Thanks!!!!!<br />I love all the bits hanging down and I've used some interesting background papers ... Firstly a purple chocolate box topper, then some flower wrapping then mulberry paper and then some memory foam ... a few sprinkles of beads, a nice handbag and here's the finished card .. the purple brain!</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Ho hum!</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SctSUEUTOfI/AAAAAAAAABc/Z6nnaSC2uAw/s1600-h/The+brain+up+closer+hangings.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 284px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SctSUEUTOfI/AAAAAAAAABc/Z6nnaSC2uAw/s320/The+brain+up+closer+hangings.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317434289750751730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Happy days!<br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-4388564992085776290?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-44865032037497102952009-03-25T03:35:00.000-07:002009-03-25T03:49:32.101-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/ScoJi07Gq-I/AAAAAAAAAA0/iEkV3pAmd1o/s1600-h/Baby+girl+congrats+crochetclose.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/ScoJi07Gq-I/AAAAAAAAAA0/iEkV3pAmd1o/s320/Baby+girl+congrats+crochetclose.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317072803991038946" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">A friend of mine wants a Baby Gir</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">l card so I've given her a couple of choices. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;">This one had tiny little crochet clothes on it and a wooden button. I really like the tiny clothes edged in pink.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/ScoLzFghFzI/AAAAAAAAABM/xDDVuuRi5EA/s1600-h/Tiny+feet+close.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/ScoLzFghFzI/AAAAAAAAABM/xDDVuuRi5EA/s200/Tiny+feet+close.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317075282344089394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/ScoKrueavbI/AAAAAAAAABE/6jnquaHhBUI/s1600-h/Baby+girl+congrats.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/ScoKrueavbI/AAAAAAAAABE/6jnquaHhBUI/s320/Baby+girl+congrats.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317074056390557106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">The next one has tiny brass embellishments on torn mulberry paper and torn handmade paper with dried petals in. This paper is so thick it feels like wallpaper and it really soaks up the glue! Still it looks good! </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-4486503203749710295?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-65164732086287077402009-03-24T09:13:00.000-07:002009-03-24T09:20:15.232-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SckG9BrKr4I/AAAAAAAAAAk/8Qmj4KwwDDg/s1600-h/brass+embellishments+multi+angle.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SckG9BrKr4I/AAAAAAAAAAk/8Qmj4KwwDDg/s320/brass+embellishments+multi+angle.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316788480578858882" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Well this one has many brass embellishments on. I like this, though my Mum says it's too busy. There's little painted squares which the embellishments are sewn onto then that's mounted on some vellum. I like the way they swing.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-6516473208628707740?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-74721396153522970882009-03-24T03:02:00.000-07:002009-03-24T09:20:58.547-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/Sciw4tivYHI/AAAAAAAAAAc/Zve2GTD2Gh8/s1600-h/Cherub+cardangle.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/Sciw4tivYHI/AAAAAAAAAAc/Zve2GTD2Gh8/s320/Cherub+cardangle.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316693848455340146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SciwoJGL_nI/AAAAAAAAAAU/3Bkz3jx1jyc/s1600-h/Cherubclose1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/SciwoJGL_nI/AAAAAAAAAAU/3Bkz3jx1jyc/s320/Cherubclose1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316693563793997426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >This card I like because the cherub swings about. Once again I've used a watercolour washed back ground, sewn on some mini beads and loose pearls and added a hanging drop at the bottom. I love the way this card looks and feels. I'm very happy with this one.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-7472139615352297088?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-78442886233568206712009-03-23T10:23:00.000-07:002009-03-24T09:21:20.833-07:00<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" >This one I really like. Using odds and ends, little beads, torn mulberry paper and a little gold embellishment I had. The background is a watercolour wash I did. A fab card all round.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/ScfGLhmON-I/AAAAAAAAAAM/09L0dd74eJM/s1600-h/P1000779.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_okUFgQxZrfc/ScfGLhmON-I/AAAAAAAAAAM/09L0dd74eJM/s320/P1000779.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316435786433705954" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-7844288623356820671?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626049188129785958.post-77546235097486210002009-03-23T09:57:00.000-07:002009-03-25T04:39:30.295-07:00<span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Well, here I am sitting at my keyboard tippy tapping my first blog post (if that's the lingo?!)<br />I love designing cards ... I can't help it .. I get a real buzz from creating something fab on a white card blank.</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br />I've been doing this ever since I made my wedding invitations 6 years (my goodness is it really that many years!) ago.<br />Since then I've created well over 1300 cards!<br />I'll post some pictures on here of my cards ... when I've worked out how to.<br />Till then .....<br /><br />Happy days!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/626049188129785958-7754623509748621000?l=designbyniki.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309939796569986505noreply@blogger.com0