A MASSIVE 25% of most Christmas stock!!! Grab yourself a bargain now while stocks last!!!

Martha Stewart Icicles

Yikes... sorry for another update today but I know some of you are waiting for these punches to come in... now in stock is the new Martha Stewart Icicles Punch and also the popular Artic Snowflake is back!

Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge - Buttons Galore

Our new challenge over at the Wags 'n Whiskers blog has just started and this week I am your host :-) I would like to see buttons on your cards - you can use them in the centers of flowers, the corners of your cards or get really creative with them! Be sure to check out the teams inspirational creations!

We have some fabulous news too this week in that the very talented Sharon Caudle - Grandma's House of Cards joins our team. Welcome Sharon!

Now to tell you about my card. The image is Budding Artist featuring Danni and her sweet kitty Bella. My image is stamped in Memento and coloured with Prismacolor pencils with Sansodor and paper stumps to blend. Love the papers? They are from Crate paper Cottage Collection. This is the first time I have worked with this brand and I have to say they are fabulous! Fantastic quality and I love the vibrant colours in this collection. The papers are also double sided which is a bonus. You can find Crate Paper in collection Cottage, Season and Bliss and lots of buttons over in my store.

If you haven't entered my candy be sure to check out my post below :-)

Have a wonderful weekend and i'll be back Sunday!

Hugs,

You're Snow Sweet! + Candy :-)

Our challenge this week over at A Spoon Full of Sugar is to make a baby card or card for a young child. I made this card for my daughter Danni as she loves this sweet Bunny Bernadette by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. You also get the Snow Sweet sentiment too! Danni has already coloured her Bernadette which is ready to be made into a tag for her teachers Christmas gift. I'll be sure to show you when she's finished.

I have also used the wonderful sketch below from this weeks Stamp Something Challenge.

Bernadette is watercoloured using distress inks. She was stamped in Stazon Jet Black onto Fabriano Watercolour Paper (140lb). I used a small Sakura Koi brush, though I do not fill the tank with water.

Distress ink colours used for my sweet Bunny - Fur: Scattered Straw, Tuft on her head: Frayed Burlap. Nose, Cheeks, hand Muff and Ear Muffs: Worn Lipstick, Inside her ears: Tattered rose with tea dye and then a little Worn Lipstick at the bottom. Scarf: Peeled Paint, slight shadow on the band of her ear muffs: Weathered Wood. I also added some distress stickles in worn lipstick to her ear muffs.

The papers are from the gorgeous Basic Grey paper pad Eskimo Kisses. The colours and designs in this pad are just so pretty! Punches used - SU Snowflake and Martha Stewart Artic Snowflake. The buttons is from the Bouquet collection. Also a little 4mm flat back pearl added to the corner in baby pink and Burgundy Jute Ribbon.

Want to win the stamp Kraftin' Kimmie Bernadette as seen on my card today? Leave your details with Mr. Linky below. I will announce the winner on Sunday. The popular gals Clara, Antoinette and Charlotte are back in stock!

Hugs,

Martha Stewart Edger Heart Lace

I can't believe I have been waiting for the Martha Stewart Edger Heart Lace to come back in since June!!! Stock has just arrived and with valentine projects starting real soon grab one quick before they are gone again!!!


Also I have a delivery of Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps arriving tomorrow so if you waiting for Clara, Antoinette or Charlotte to come back into stock... pre-order now to avoid disappointment.


Also on pre-order and arriving shortly are 3 new cuties from Pink Cat Studio.

Stock update

Restocks have just come in of my High Hopes stamps :-) Lots more stamps added to the growing collection!!!
The new Bildmalarna stamps have also arrived today... check out the cuties Mimo and Mimosa here and Tossa here.

Card by Nixe-Moni

I also wanted to share this beautiful card from my new designer Moni. She has used Wags 'n Whiskers Sweet Danni and Bella. The fun papers are MME Colour Christmas. Moni also used 4mm Flat Back Pearls and beautiful blue lace.

New Greeting Farm

The new Greeting Farm Stamps - Me Time Anya, My House, Flapper Anya and Lolli Anya are now in stock!!!

High Hopes Challenge 53 - Recipe

Happy Sunday! Hope your having a great weekend....

This challenge over at the High Hopes blog our super talented Diva Karen has given us a recipe to work with.... 3-2-1

3 Flowers, 2 brads, 1 sentiment

No excuses not to join in and you have the chance to ink up a High Hopes stamp of your choice this week! Maybe you have had enough of Christmas cards and fancy creating something a little different ;-) Remember to enter our challenges you need to use High Hopes Rubber Stamps!!!

The random winner of this weeks challenge will receive the stamp Woodland Santa.



If you are looking to purchase High Hopes stamps I have a great selection in my store. If the stamp you are after is sold out... I have a new delivery arriving tomorrow so you can always email me and i'll put it by!!!

Here's a little about my card - The fun santa stamp is Santa in Chimney. Santa is coloured in prismacolor pencils with sansodor and paper stumps to blend. I have added lots of stickle sparkle to his hat and chunky glitter for the snowy effect. The gorgeous papers are from the My Minds Eye stack - Signature Christmas glitter. The Christmas stacks are currently a whooping 25% off but be quick as I only have a couple left and will not be replacing stock. In the center of my flowers I added white 4mm flat backed pearls and also some more stickles... the brads were quite shimmery but again a dollop of stickles gave them extra sparkle! lol

Be sure to check out the teams gorgeous cards for your inspiration!

Have a great day!

Hugs,

There is currently a massive 25% off the two luxurious My Minds Eye Paper Stacks - Signature Glitter and Wonderful Winter. Due to the weight of these stacks I am shipping to UK only.


The Greeting Farm Twinkle Tot lovelies... Izzy, Lottie and Madelynn are now back in stock!!!

Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge - Stitch 'em up!

Our new challenge over at the Wags 'n Whiskers blog has just started and this week our talented designer Tina is asking to see stitching on our cards or creations. This can stitching using your machine, by hand or faux. I love to see stitching on cards but to be honest me and my sewing machine have never been friends! I cheated big time by choosing to use stitched ribbon ;-) Hey.. it's stitched! Just not by me :-) The designers have done an amazing job again this week and lots of eye candy for you!

I am still playing with my distress inks and loving them so much! I have used them again to colour in the beautiful image Angel Whispers. I have been dying to use these Cosmo Cricket papers for a few weeks now. The papers are such fabulous quality and I love the colours in this Early Bird collection. I used the circle nestabilites and also a new toy - Nellie's Multi Frame die. I will have these in stock next week :-) Other products used: Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch and 4mm flat back Pearls in new golden yellow. All Martha Stewart punches are currently 10% off.

Can't wait to see you creations. If you want to play along too but don't have any Wags 'n Whiskers Stamps. You can purchase them here. We ship worldwide!!!!

Have a wonderful weekend and see you Sunday for the next High Hopes challenge.

Hugs,

More gorgeous Prima roses

More gorgeous colours of the new Prima roses arrived today. They are such great value and you receive 24 in each set!

Also some fun stamps sets by Marij Rahder.

You're Snow Fabulous!

Our new challenge has just started over at the Scrapmagasinet DT blog and Heather has a wonderful sketch for us to follow. Heather's sketches are great to work with and I love all the layering she adds... thanks Heather!!!


One lucky player this challenge will win a whole set of below cute new angel stamps. These would be super cute on vintage style creations.


Lisbet has a great selection of fun Christmas stamps like the one used on my card today. You can check them out in my store here. The gorgeous papers are Basic Grey Wassail and I have inked the edges and the edge of my image with VersaMagic Chalk Jumbo Java. The sentiment is free from the Pink Cat Studio Digi Store which I picked up when purchasing a digi a couple of days ago. I printed this out onto the Wassail paper and then used a nestabilities labels 9 to cut it out. The cute little buttons are Tiny Victorian. Again I have used my SU Snowflake punch and Martha Stewart Artic Snowflake punch. I added 4mm white half back pearls to the centers. My image is coloured with Prismacolor pencils with sansodor and paper stumps to blend. Added texture to my image with Polar white flower soft and chunky glitter.

Be sure to come on over to the Scrapmagasinet blog to admire Heather and Wenches gorgeous samples.. they have used some fun images too!

Hugs,

New Bildmalarna

6 super cute Bildmalarna's stamps were released today including the sweet sentiment below - Hugs & Kisses. I know one of these will be making it into my stash for sure!

These are now on pre-order at Bunny Zoe's Craft and are expecting to ship around the beginning of next week!

My first attempt with Distress Inks

This week our wonderful Diva Lacey had the fabulous below sketch for you to follow over at the High Hopes Challenge blog. This sketch was so fun to work with - thank you Lacey!


The random winner of this weeks challenge will receive the stamp "Fishing Santa".


If you are looking to purchase High Hopes stamps I have a great selection over in my store Bunny Zoe's Crafts. I ship worldwide too!!!

You may notice something a little different about my colouring today? Well I have stepped totally out of my comfort zone and swapped a pencil for a brush. This is my first attempt at watercolouring with distress inks so please be kind! I have to say that I LOVE them so much.. still need lots of practice blending but I am quite chuffed with my first effort.

A HUGE thank you to my friend Jacqui for sharing her wonderful tutorials... I recommend anyone wanting to try watercolouring to check them out!!! You can find them linked in the top right of her blog.

Here is a little about the products used today - Papers are from Basic Grey Pads Perhaps and Indian Summer. The cute angel is High Hopes Herald Angel and sentiment "Let Heaven and Nature Sing!" My image is stamped in Stazon onto Fabriano 300g/140lb Watercolour paper. My sentiment is stamped in Versafine. The edges of my image and paper are distressed using VersaMagic Jumbo Java. I cut the sentiment out using the SU Word Window punch.

I used pretty white lace and my new baby pink 4mm half back pearls. The Snowflake Punch is Martha Stewart Artic Snowflake. This punch is currently sold out but I do have more on order.

Tim Holtz Distress inks:
Skin: Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
Cheeks: Worn Lipstick
Hair: Antique Linen, frayed Burlap and brushed corduroy
Dress: Worn Lipstick
Bugle: Scattered Straw and brushed corduroy
Stars: Spiced Marmalade
Wings: Broken China

I finished with some extra sparkles using Distress Stickles Broken China and Golden Rod Stickles.

Be sure to check out the teams gorgeous cards over at the High Hopes blog for your inspiration.

Have a wonderful Sunday... we're off for a little stroll into town this morning to start some Christmas shopping - can't wait (not!).

Hugs

New Arrivals

Lots of fabulous news goodies arrived today.
Fun Pom Pom Ribbons in Maraschino, Mud Pie, White, Black and Parakeet.

New Ribbon sets in fun designs.


Also Red and Green Ruffled Ribbons.


Gorgeous 12x12 paper collection kits by Crate Paper - new designs - Bliss, Cottage and Season.


Also the most beautiful mini roses from Prima sold in sets. You receive 3 different tones of one colour. I have lots more colours arriving Monday.


I know how much you love the 4mm pearls... we now stock 4mm flat backed hearts in mixed bags. White 4mm pearls are back in stock and also a new arrival - Baby Pink.

The gorgeous new Belle's and Whistles stamps are here and ready to ship out today!!!! Fancy a bargain?...... be sure to grab a stamp from their older releases as these are currently 25% off!!!!

Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge - Make 'em Sparkle

I am so excited as our first challenge starts today over at the Wags 'n Whisker blog. Your stamps have arrived...? so come on over and play with us!!!

We have some great news too in that the very talented Chris Olsen is joining our team. I love Chris's gorgeous creations and if you haven't checked out her blog before... you must!!!

Our first challenge is hosted by the lovely Karen. Karen is asking you to make 'em sparkle. What a great first challenge and with so many seasonal cards to make a perfect one too!!!

The cutie image used on my card is Ride 'em Ryan. This image is so versatile and is great for general cards and Christmas too!!! I used the fabulous sketch by Sonja which is this weeks A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge - yep late again ;-) This sketch fitted in perfectly with my card today... thanks Sonja.

Now to make my card sparkle I used the gorgeous papers from MME Signature Christmas Glitter Stack. This stack is so luxurious!!! I also added some stickles sparkle to the brads.

My image is stamped in Momento and then coloured with Prismacolor pencils with sansodor and paper stumps to blend. The Howdy little Partner sentiment is from the Pink Cat Studio Sweet Pea Plate 2.

As always the teams cards are such eye candy!!! Be sure to check them out at the Wags 'n Whisker blog.

I have a friend popping round for coffee this morning but hope to have a little play time with my new distress inks. I am hoping to use them on Sunday's High Hopes card... if I am brave enough to show you that is!!!

Be back later today with a stock update as we have lots of new goodies arriving in the store :-)

Hugs,

Nikki x

Stock update

Prima Camelot Roses are now back in stock... Be quick as these flew last shipment!!! Also I now stock Tim Holtz distressed stickles to match the distress ink pads/re-inkers.

Also back in stock are the popular Cosmo Cricket Mini Decks - Jolly by Golly and Earth Love.

Introducing...

I am super excited to introduce you to three new designers to Bunny Zoe's Crafts. I can't tell you how happy I am that the two talented Debbie E's and Moni have agreed to work with me ;-) For those of you that don't know the girls here is a little about them. Be sure to check out their blogs to admire their work and follow them if you don't already so you don't miss out!

Debbie Eastman - UK

I live in the North East of England with my Husband and 2 Children, Jack who is 16 and Hannah who is 11.Crafting has been my hobby for as long as I can remember. I love rubber stamping and coloring with Copic Markers and Prismas. My love of stamping has also rubbed of onto Hannah, who is becoming a talented card maker in her own right., I started my blog in march 2008 and have loved every second of it... I am absolutely over the moon, and would like to thank Nikki for giving me this wonderful opportunity. Hugs Debbie x

Debbie Eleftheriades - UK

Hi my name is Debbie, I live in the beautiful county of South Yorkshire. I am a single mum with three children... two are all grown up and have flown the nest and I home educate my youngest son Jack who is 13.

I have been crafting for five years now and I love stamping, I especially love the cute and whimsical images. I always colour my stamped images with Copics and I have a passion for colour which stems from my training as a textile designer so I love to have fun experimenting with colour combinations.

Moni Schmidt - Germany

My name is Moni and I live with my family near Frankfurt. I´m married and we have four children. My passion is paper crafting and I have been rubber stamping for about 3 years now. I love to create cards and other creations and I don´t want miss my prismacolour pencils, because they are the greatest for me and I love to colour with them. Also I just adore cute images. It´s a big honor for me to be in such a talented team, thanks so much Nikki, I´m really happy about it :o)

Created by Coco

Here is my November guest designer Coco's first DT card. Isn't it the cutest and I love the little tag Coco created too. If you are looking to add some new seasonal stamps to your stash these Popcorn the Bear sets are such great value. Not only do you get the main image but little accessories and sentiments too! Even better still I have 25% off selected designs!!!! Thank you for your beautiful creation Coco!!!

New C.C. Designs

The new C.C. Designs are on pre-order now at Bunny Zoe's Crafts. Could these pixi's be any cuter? You won't have to wait long as these sweeties are well on their way and expected to ship around Monday maybe sooner ;-)