Pocket Letter Pals...... SO MUCH FUN!!!

I am so excited to share with you my very

first completed PLP or Pocket Letter Pen-pal.

It is all the latest rage and let me tell you these

are SO MUCH FUN TO MAKE.......

I came across it surfing YouTube, the creator, Janette Lane

came up with this idea as a new way to exchange

interesting creative stuff with pen-pals from all

over the world. 

You can do themes if you would like... Me, personally 

I am a huge fan of Anything Goes. It allows

me to create from my personality and I love that....

You can join here, it is free and it is FUN!

This is a great way to use up scraps of paper 

you have lying around OR if you are like

me and have too much paper and there is not enough 

 time in this universe to use it all up.

So basically you use the 9 pocket trading card

protector sheets and you fill them with whatever you want. 

Being that this is my first one, I am thinking I will keep this one

to start my binder off with..... I have 3 more on the go right now.

I also have 3 partners that I am trading with.

This is a really unique way to send little goodies to

your swap partner. They can choose to use the stuff OR

you can keep it just like it is and store it in

a regular binder, which I think is what I want to do.

This is a picture of the back and of the goodies that

are put in the protecter. So as you can see, I have shaker stuff, 

stickers labels, die cuts, wash tape, twine, button accents 

and the most important, TEA!

I used Gold and Glitter tea from David's.

You also should include a letter to your pen-pal

and an About Me section, which is the centre.

I have listed 5 things about me.

I really hope you enjoyed this and I hope you

join us over at PLP. Who knows, maybe we can

become pen-pals!

Hi My name is Nikki and I am a Slacker......

I am so sorry everyone, I have really been slacking 

on the blogging front, in fact, I have been slacking in

all my creative endeavours. I have a ton of cards 

that I need to make that have been piling up.

I have started doing some mixed media stuff

AND THEN.........

There is this new amazing thing I have started doing.

I do not know if you have all heard of it {I am sure you have}

It is called Pocket Letter Pals aka PLPs.

Holy crap, they are so much fun to make. 

I am currently working on 4 right now, so

when I have completed them I will post about them

so you can all see what they are about.....

Hopefully by next week, I will be back to regular postings!

Mixed Media - Friend's are Like Flowers....... =)

So for today, I decided to showcase

a Mixed Media project I completed on April 10, 2015th

This is the first one I have down in a long time....

so I guess, including my journal art page, it

is my {THIRD} project I have done like this.

Of course, I got the how to's from Vicky Papaioannou

but the design part of it was all me.....

I hope you like it.

The quote used was " If Friend's Were like Flowers, I would pick you"

I really {LOVED} how this one turned out.....

I am learning as I go........ it is a {HUGE} learning process,

and for me, a perfectionist, I am reminded

from my mom that I need to just let go and remember

that it is art work and it is not suppose to be perfect.

I love how the distressed edges (from the Pitt pens) 

{REALLY} make it pop and look 3D like....

One of the things I really have learned is to let the

layers dry completely! You can really ruin your pens

if the layers are wet or even damp.

Recipe

Artist Loft Canvas 8X10

MME Lost and Found "Blush" DP

MME Jack and Jill "Quite Contrary" DP

Old Book (for stems)

Perfect Petals Spellbinders

Circle Punches

Heart Punches

Golden Gesso

Fasber Castell Gel Medium (AMAZING)

Golden Moulding Paste

Rhonda Palazzari Stencil

White Gel Pen

Black Stickers

Faber Castell Gelato in "Tangerine"
Faber-Castell Pitt pens in Cobalt Green,

Walnut Brown and Black

Distress Paint in "Mermaid Lagoon"

Brushes

Tim Holtz Heat Tool

I hope you {ENJOYED} this piece of work!

Journal Art - Giving it a Try!

So it has been a minute since I have posted

and for that I apologize.

I took a bit of a {CREATIVE} break,

something in which I think I needed.

 I was suffering from some major lack of

creative mojo but  I think it is back now.

I have currently given up my design team

positions for now. I was finding it hard to do with

 my work schedule. That and I don't

have access to a creative space at my place

(other than my dining room table, that I used

to ink images up) so I have to go

to my mom's and use her craft room.

So my days off were strategically planned to make

sure I got everything done that needed to be done

and well quite frankly, after doing that for 2 years,

it was not fun and I was getting stressed.

So for now, I am going to concetrate on doing my own thing

for a while. One thing I really wanted to do

was start an {ART JOURNAL}.

I found the most amazing

lady, Vicky Papaioannou of Clips N Cuts. She also

has a YouTube channel where she shows her

amazing work. I am addicted to her channel.

She also makes some phenomenal cards as well.

So today, I am going to show you my first

journal art page that I completed on April 9, 2015.

I started off pretty simple but I am

really happy with the results of it,

being my first time completing one.

The quote I used is "Being Creative Makes my Soul Sing"

Sorry for the lighting here, all of these pictures were 

taken without my proper lighting...... it 

{REALLY} does make a difference........

Changing up the sizes of the lettering makes the piece

look {UNIQUE}. I used a mix of stickers 

and chipboard letters........

Mixed Media is an awesome way of using old books

you have lying around. I love the {VINTAGED} look of typed letters

and distressed edges...... simply fantastic!

I love the texture of the stencils and the moulding paste.

The texture of this background was achieved with

the Tim Holtz tissue paper.... I absolutely LOVE

this stuff, it is {GORGEOUS}..... 

You HAVE to seal it though, with Gesso if you

are planning on adding colour to your background.....

Recipe

Moleskin Sketchbook

Golden Gel Medium

Golden Gesso

Golden Moulding Paste

Tim Holtz Distressing Paint

"Mermaid Lagoon" 

"Mowed Lawn"

Tim Holtz Tissue Paper

Distressing Ink in Walnut Stain

Faber Castell Pitt pen in Black

Black Stickers

Chipboard Letters

Old Book

Spellbinders "Hearts" Diecuts

Spatula

Paint Brushes

Tim Holtz Heat Tool

I really hope you {love} my first ever

journal art page. I really enjoyed doing a project

that had no specific due date attached to it =)

Digi Choosday's Challenge Week 13 - Ovals (Think Easter)

Sadly this will be my last post with Digi Choosday's,

I have made the decision to take a little

break and have stepped down from the team.

This week's challenge is "Ovals, think Easter" at Digi Choosday's challenge.

When I think Easter, I think bunnies and well, 

what is cuter than this little guy here. 

His name is Noah!  His link is below.

Isn't he just too cute? I used an oval spellbinder

to cut out the digital image, so that is oval

requirement of the challenge...

Copics 

E42, E43, E44, E47, E49, 0

B000, B12, B14, B34, B37, B39, Y00, Y02, Y06

T1, T3, T6, E74, E77, E79

The designer paper is from the Work and Play

Collection 1 and the scrabble tiles are from the 

Love and Kisses collection

Gina K Kraft, Lemon Drop, and Blue Raspberry card stock

Petite large Oval

3D tape

I used a technique called "Out of the Box for Die Cut"

I hope you enjoyed this card I made,

please don't be afraid and leave a comment.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Rules for Our Challenges

You do NOT have to use Polkadoodles products to enter but of course we'd love you to!

You CAN use any digi, rubber/clear stamp on your project.

1. Please follow the challenge theme

2. NO BACKLINKS!

3. Max 2 entries per person

4. You must include a link to our blog and mention us in your post

5. You MUST be a follower of this blog to be eligible to win!

Noah Digital Stamp Download

Work and Play 1

Work & Play 2XL Collection 9 - Love & Kisses BONUS EDITION