Wednesday, 8 September 2021

❤️ Reminiscing ❤️

Hello everyone,

Now that my daughter is back at school (year 3!!) and little man is 6 weeks old I need to start eating more healthy and exercise! This morning I've done the school run, gone for over an hour's power walk to the common and back, and even done a 10min yoga workout. ( I have never done yoga before but said I would try it whilst off on maternity leave ).

I'm now cuddling little man watching him fall asleep whilst my birthing playlist is on in the background,it's beautiful. Listening to the playlist makes me want to do it all over again. My labour was so positive and so peaceful I honestly couldnt of been happier.

Yesterday was our anniversary so I was taken out for dinner, was it was o lovely to spend some time with the love of my life. 

Here are some of my favourite photos, have a lovely day X 

Friday, 27 August 2021

WOW!

I cannot believe I haven't posted on here for a whole year! Well actually I kinda can as alot has changed since then. 

We looked after my nan for a year until her dementia got so bad I couldn't do it all on my own. She then moved into full time care where she's doing really well. We were house hunting for a short while when all of a sudden a beautiful period property popped up whilst we were on a family holiday. We thought it was over priced and kicked ourselves because we didn't have enough money. A few months later we thought we would call the estate agent and ask to view the property as it was still on the market. The house needed ALOT of work doing to it so made an offer under the asking price and got it!!! 
Meanwhile..  We found out we were pregnant. ( We had been trying for a little while ) after a naff year for all of us due to the pandemic our year just became so much better. Fast forward to now and we have the renovation under way and our beautiful little boy in our arms. Life couldn't be better. 

When I set up my blogger page I only used it for all my craft projects. Now I will be using it for everything, a little diary for myself and links to my Facebook and Instagram page to keep my followers up to date. 

Want to see the house on a few pictures and the new addition to out family? Here we go πŸ’™

I used to call it the Adams family home, now it's the Field family home. 
And we celebrated my big birthday in our new home. (I was 8months pregnant in this photo) 
                          our baby-q (baby shower) 
We had close friends and family round for music and a BBQ. 
       our new addition. Henry was born 29.7.21 
             His big sister is very proud 

If you would like to follow our renovation then find us on Instagram. Crafthearted_renovation21.

          What a difference a year makes! 
                       Nikki x

        

Tuesday, 11 August 2020

😁 '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? 
πŸ–️πŸ–️πŸ–️πŸ–️πŸ–️πŸ–️πŸ–️πŸ–️πŸ–️πŸ–️πŸ–️πŸ–️πŸ–️πŸ–️πŸ–️πŸ–️πŸ–️
 
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 

Saturday, 8 August 2020

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 πŸ€ͺ

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

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

   πŸ›’πŸ›’πŸ›’Nikki-hooper.stampinup.netπŸ›’πŸ›’πŸ›’

Products used:
Dino days- 149406
Dino dies- 149636 
Misty moonlight inkpad- 153118

                          Have a great day!

                                ~*~Nikki~*~
                                        XX
                

Thursday, 23 July 2020

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

Tuesday, 21 July 2020

raspberry pots

Morning πŸ€ͺ 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 πŸ’š why not upcycle or re use pots that you have. These pots are such a handy size πŸ‘Œ. 

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

                       πŸŒž  Have a fab day!  🌞
                                *~*Nikki*~*
                                        XX

   πŸ›’πŸ›’πŸ›’ Nikki-hooper.stampinup.net πŸ›’πŸ›’πŸ›’   
            

Sunday, 19 July 2020

#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