😁 'smile' 😁

                        😁 'Smile' 😁

     

Morning, today I'm showing you a card I made using the new fancy phrases stamp set and yet again the 'playful alphabet dies'. 

     Who else loves heat embossing in white? 

🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️

 

I just love the water colour effect it gives off once painted.

                                ~*~Nikki~*~

                                        XX

Products used:

Fancy phrases- 152530

Playful alphabet dies- 152706

Seaside spray ink pad- 150085

Old olive ink pad- 147090

White embossing powder- 109132

#crafthearted

#stampinupdemonstrator

#stampinupdemo 

#stampinup

#papercrafting 

#handmade

#handmadecards 

#smile 

#fancyphrases 

#playfulalphabetdies 

#seasidespray

#oldolive

#whiteembossingpowder 

#createsomthing #creativity 

Dino days- happy birthday

           

     

                             ✨Sunday✨

                               Morning ....

It's my favourite day of the week and I'm up cooking breakfast at 5:45???? Weird aye 🤪

      (hi ho....hi ho, it's back to bed I go)

                        🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕

Here's a little 'dino' card for all those dinosaur lovers out there. This one belongs to Jacob and he was 4 on Friday.

   🛒🛒🛒Nikki-hooper.stampinup.net🛒🛒🛒

Products used:

Dino days- 149406

Dino dies- 149636 

Misty moonlight inkpad- 153118

                          Have a great day!

                                ~*~Nikki~*~

                                        XX

                

Bermuda bay wedding invites

😝 So I write this post from my bed 😝

Happy Thursday everyone! Myself and mini me are taking it slowww today. We've been up and had breakfast but decided to return to bed for another hour 😍. There's a few things that need ticking on our to do list but they can wait for now.

"Life becomes so fast pace, sometimes we need to just give ourselves that down time" 

⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️

                                  So true!

     So a friend of mine asked me to make her wedding invitations 😬. I was so excited. We came up with a beautiful and elegant idea of using a retired stampin up die set 'so detailed thinlit  dies'. (This is one of the dies that I will never part with!) The end result were 35 of these 😊 

I wanted to say a little thank you for asking me to make her invites, so I decorated two stampin up delivery parcel boxes so that she can give her parents and in-laws a little gift when sending them their invites. 

I absolutely loved making these for Katie and her future husband ❤️

                     *I could nod off again*

So before I fall back to sleep I must start my day 

I hope you all love these invitations as much as I do. Have a fabulous day!

                             *~*Nikki*~*

                                    XX

raspberry pots

Morning 🤪 it's Tuesday, the sun's shining and..... I'm at work, atleast only till 2pm then my X3 days off can commence I'm so excited! 

I have posted a few examples of decorating the raspberry pots that work keep for me, so I thought I'd add another one to my collection. 

This little beauty was decorated for my friends birthday on Sunday. It was filled with her favourite choccys 💚 why not upcycle or re use pots that you have. These pots are such a handy size 👌. 

Check out my website for further details on the prized peony bundle that has been used here. 

                       🌞  Have a fab day!  🌞

                                *~*Nikki*~*

                                        XX

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#ecoconciouscrafting-jiffy bag

   Upcycling a jiffy bag 

Morning morning! It's that time again. 

The ecoconcious blog hop is back! This morning I'd like to share an old jiffy bag I cut to size and upcycled. This jiffy bag once held a gift I had purchased for a friend. Before throwing it away I thought of ways I could upcycle it so it can be used once again. I trimmed it to the size I wanted, heat embossed and die cut a floral image out of the new 'prized peony' stamp set, added a sentiment and a few pearls and this is the end result. Cute right?  This jiffy bag will be used for cards I am currently working on to ensure all the little pieces do not get lost. If you have a jiffy bag around why not try this idea.😊

I'm off to start the roast as the in-laws will be round soon. 

Enjoy the rest of your sunday! 

Lots of love 

*~*Nikki*~*

        XX

For all the products used pop over to my online shop.

Nikki-hooper.stampinup.net

Products used

Peony garden dsp- 152483- £10.75

Prized peony bundle- 154056- £53.00

Pearl basic jewels-144219- £4.75

Very vanilla cardstock- 106550- £9.00

Scalloped lace trim- 149593- £6.50

Gold embossing powder- 109129- £5.50

Tombow glue- 154974- £4.50

*Please note the gold library clip has now been discontinued

relaxation

Today you will find me in the garden admiring our greenhouse whilst mini me sits beside me drawing a section of our rockery. 

Were so lucky to have a garden, and this year weve added a new addition. The new addition being the greenhouse. I've always enjoyed gardening. There's something about sowing seeds, pricking out vegetable plants youve grown yourself, being out in the fresh air, feeling the grass between your toes, listening to the birds, the water fountains and the bugs humming in the longer grass. It's just so relaxing and tranquil.

On my to do list today is:

*Pricking out the tomatoe plants and replanting them into a bigger pots

*Labelling some seeds I potted last weekend

*General pruning

*Cooking a roast

Do you have a garden? If so what do you love about it? 

If you don't have a garden, where do you go to have your outdoors space? 

Enjoy your Sunday in the sunshine.

*~*Nikki*~*

        XX

father's day

So father's Day has been and gone, BUT I just had to share with you the little containers I decorated for the gents at work. This father's Day has been very weird for the gents due to covid. Normally we have lots of friends and family in and out all day with cards, gifts, kisses and cuddles but 2020 has been some what ...... Odd.

So as a little gift from us as a team to them, I upcycled our raspberry containers. We filled them with old fashioned hard boiled sweets. Needless to say THEY LOVED THEM! 

Look around your home and try to find containers to upcycle in the future. After all we need to look after our planet.

                      Enjoy your afternoon

                          *~*Nikki*~*

                                   XX

💜Me💜

I struggled silently, I struggled then and I struggle now. We all struggle just in different ways and at different times. I learned that for me, medication wasn't what I wanted.... So I stopped. Instead I found therapy in creating things or going for long interrupted walks, listening to music or simply reading a book. 

I made a promise to myself to never go back to those darker days. I promised to look after myself more. I promised myself to go with the flow and acknowledge if I'm not feeling '100% myself'. I promised to relax and stay true to myself. I promised and vowed to love myself. It doesn't happen over night. It may take months or it may take years, but I now know who I am.

I'm Nikki, a mother to one and a partner to the most amazing man on this earth. We have a dog who we treat like another child and we live for our family time. I love paper crafts , music, reading, long walks and gardening. That is me. I suffer with postnatal depression. I cry at things I have no understanding as to why but that's part of me. I'm loved and I love in return. I like things organized and structured. I rush all the boring daily tasks to ensure I have enough time in the evenings with my family. That is me. 

                    💜This is me, all of me💜

                     💜I love being me💜

If you have Amazon music download 'yoga relaxation waves' to help relax and clear your mind. 

                  Have a fabulous weekend!

                          ~*~Nikki~*~

                                   XX

               

A little gesture during lockdown 🥰

Good evening all, hope your all well and staying safe. 

I just wanted to stop by and post something I have participated in recently. 

A post popped up on a group I'm part of on Facebook, asking if people could kindly send a handmade birthday card to a mature lady who lives alone and has been in lockdown due to covid. I immediately replied asking for an address for this lady and look at the outcome. 😍

We should all try and make special occasions cards and post them rather than a quick txt or social media posts, it just means so much more and it's so personalised. Why not try this whilst were all still in lockdown, im sure the receiver will have a smile on their face 😊.

           🌞   Enjoy the rest of your evening  🌞

                             ~*~Nikki~*~

                                      XX

#ecoconsciouscrafting

Here's another one of our eco conscious blog hops. 

I was given this glass jar a few years ago as a Christmas present, it was filled with lots of wonderful sweeties which might I add didn't last long 😉.

The stamp set used is called bloom and grow with a little shimmery crystal effects.

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Have a fabulous Sunday 

*~*Nikki*~*

        XX

eco Easter blog hop

Morning morning everyone! 

So today over on our eco conscious crafting Facebook group it's all about EASTER! 

I'm going to show you a little project that I created a few weeks back and it's using one of stampin up embellishment pots and the new stamp called 'welcome easter'. I used 3 stampin blends to colour my little bunny in and heat embossed with gold.

Do you have any plans for today? Sundays for us are all about being with family. The weather is warm and sunny here in Hampshire so we're in the garden making our very own coconut bird feeders and a bit of colouring whilst led on the sun loungers. 

             🐦☀️Happy Sunday everyone☀️🐦

                                     Nikki

                                      XX

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Stampinup 'happy birthday to you'

Good morning everyone, another beautiful day here in Hampshire! The sun's shining, the birds are singing and I'm led in bed staring out of the window. I'm taking full advantage of not having to get up at 6am. 

We have a few odd bits to do today so that should keep us busy for a few hours (pulling my hair out)

I wanted to share this quick and easy card with you today using the new 'happy birthday to you' saleabration set. Minimal supplies are required for this card, just a few bits of cardstock embossing powder and some stampin blends. To make this card click the YouTube video below.

             Must get out of bed now ☹️

                        Stay safe

                          Nikki

                             XX

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YouTube

https://youtu.be/M5cwMXSqAkA

Happy mother's day. (breathtaking bouquet)

Good evening, good evening all! 

I received my goodies from stampin up just in time for 'lock down'. I haven't had much time to craft at the moment as I'm still working and trying to home school our little one but managed to have a little go just before mother's day using the new breathtaking bouquet. I love just sitting there chatting and colouring , I find it very therapeutic. 

If you haven't already you must try 'stampin blends' they are so lovely to colour with and are so easy to create shading and depth. 

If you would like a video tutorial on how to create this card please email or message me and I will upload to my YouTube channel. 

Enjoy the rest of your afternoon, I must tidy my desk before hitting the sack. 

Take care

*~*Nikki*~*

        XX

blog hop 29.2

A few raised eyebrows when I asked a colleague of mine to save the containers which hold our fresh fruit at work. That was until I showed them the end result. 

These clear containers are fab for small gifts and are very versatile. What's your thoughts on upcycling? 

         Have a fab evening everyone 😊

                         *~*Nikki*~*

'hello'

Happy Sunday everyone!

I'm still in bed, oops! Ive actually had a very relaxing weekend . Works been full on this week so thought I'd spend the weekend focusing on family a d catching up on my sleep. I do have a dribbly nose so have a feeling I'm coming down with a cold ☹️

Anyway here is this morning's card. 

A simple, clean and fresh look don't cha think? 

I wanted to test out my new portable lighting I was brought for Christmas 😍 love love love them! 

Have a fabulous Sunday, I'm off to eat my breakfast.... At long last 🤣

              *~*Nikki*~*

                      XX

"you make me smile"

So I'm sat here in my craft area listening to hurricane Barbara thinking..... Thank goodness I'm in here 🤣.

Today's post is using a few of stampin ups new 'in colours'. Here is a list of all the products used to make this card. 

If you would like to place an order through me or simply purchase a catalogue then please message me and I will pop that I. The post within 2 working days. 

Products used

*Stamp sets- well said

                    -family party

* A4 card stock- whisper white

                           -rococo rose

                           -seaside spray

                           -terracotta tile

                           -pretty peacock

*Embossing powder- white

*Woven thread sequin assortment

*Mini library clips

*Metallic thread

*Pen- BIC intensity fine

😊I hope you have a lovely evening 😊

*~*Nikki*~*

       XX