Friday 23 May 2008

Cute Card Thursday - Hanglar Fiskekille


Here is my card for this weeks Cute Card Thursday. I am so pleased with how this card came together and it has been made for my FIL for Father's Day. This weeks Cute Card Thursday challenge is to make a card using Katharina's fantastic sketch - see below. I have used my Hanglar Fisher boy Fiskekille. It is coloured using my Prismacolours pencils with use of Sansodor and paper stumps to blend. Used my Sakura Stardust pen to add a bit of shimmer to the fishy scales. The Fishy paper is by Provo Craft. The Bazzill has been embossed with Cuttlebug folder Spots and Dots. I used my nestabilites to cut the oval and scalloped oval shapes. The little fish sentiments were cut using my Cricut Expression and distressed with Versamagic. The sentiment was then handwritten. Other accessories: brad and fibre for seaweed. The ribbon and scalloped edging were from this months kit at Rebecca's Scrapbooking Stash. Hope you like it.

Wishing all my blogging friends a great weekend,
Hugs,





Nestabilities
I have been asked a few questions about Spellbinders nestabilities and thought this may help. I buy mine from a US company called Cut @ Home. If you register with them they will send you a 40% off voucher once a month, which is good for one item. They sell sets of four nestabilities and this is classed as one item. Including postage this will come to just over £30 including shipping. I was lucky in that I did not incur customs charges as they marked the package a low value. Don't forget to put the offer code in the notes entry and they will adjust you balance later and confirm this by email. I can fit a set of four nestie’s nicely in a cd jewel case to store. Hope this helps.





I would just like to thank Ila for passing this award to me today. This means so much to receive this from her as I totally idolise her and her work is so amazing. If you have never visited her blog before pop on over and say hello.

I would like to pass this award to:

Camilla
Claudia

Both of these ladies work will blow you away so go check them out!

45 comments:

Kelly Schelske said...

Fantastic card Nikki!! I love the CB background and the DP is fabulous and matches so well with your little fisherman!! Wishing you a wonderful weekend!!

Camilla said...

Wow Nikki!! This card is really stunning!! I'm looking foreward to be in the team with you!! Hugs, Camilla.

Debbie said...

This card is gorgeous nikki Love the hanglar stamp,and your papers are fab

Marlou McAlees said...

gorgeous card Nikki I love the stamp!! soooo cute :) delighted to be on DT with you, so much looking forward to it , have a fab weekend :) x

Andrea, said...

Fab card, love the image.
Thanks for joining in the CCT challenge

Lainy's Little Blog said...

This is so gorgeous! You are such a talented lady. I would love some of these images like everyone else! Hope you enjoyed your holiday. It looks like you had a fab time.

Heike's Creativeplace said...

Wow Nikki, this is so adorable. So cute Details and the coloring is so great. Love it.......

Mel said...

What a fab card Nikki :0)

angeljakki said...

awesome card nikki and lvoe the paper its so cute. hugs jakki x x

Katharina Frei said...

I so love your card Nikki! It gives the right sea feeling with all the lovely details. And thank you for the Nestability Tip. I am just deciding about where to buy some more, maybe I'll use this shop. They offer really fair shipping costs :)
Wishing you a nice weekend too and can't wait for the new challenge blog to start!

Karin said...

great card again Nikki. Congrats with your award.

Biggest Card SWAP ever on my blog. I hope you will join in.

Bubbles said...

Wonderful card Nikki, so bright and cheery, and fab colouring as always!
Look forward to working with you on A Spoon Full of Sugar!

Dawny P said...

What a sweet card Nikki - it's gorgeous. You've done a beautiful job with the colouring, which reminds me - I really MUST get me some Prismacolours!! And thanks for the great tip re the Nestas. I have the squares and rectangles but no circles so I will definately check out the store xxxx

Sinikka said...

Well, you've done your homework. Love all three cards. The paper with the fishingboy is PERFECT and very cute.
Congrats that you have been ask for the new challenge blog.
I will add it to my favorites
Hugs Sinikka

Suzanne said...

oh this is gorgeous and the papers and image are just wonderful. Sue :o)

Camilla said...

Oooohhh!!! You are too kind!:) Thank you very much for the award!! It's an honour to get it from you. You have such a cool blog and your work is amazing:) You have a really warm heart! Thank's again sweetie;) Hugs, Camilla.

Justine said...

Congratulations on your award Nikki, thoroughly deserved! This card is absolutely stunning and your colouring is excellent as always!! Hope you have a great weekend.
Justine x x

Gina said...

Great fun card, the image and the papers are fabulous
Gina x

Claudia Rosa ~ Pretty Pressings said...

gorgeous
Love everything about your new card!your dp is just fabulous with the hanglar boy.

thanks nikki for the award - you caught me by surprise

hugs

Claudia x

Peechy said...

yummy card!! love the colours and the littles fishies in the corner.

Diane.W. said...

Luv this card,the lil dangly fish are fab :o)x

debby4000 said...

fantastic card, love the image and the fishy sentiment.

milli said...

This is just so cute! Love all of it!

Rach said...

Brilliant card, good use of colour your FIL will love it i'm sure.

Congratulations on becoming a design team member on a spoon full of sugar....I have already added it to my links over on my blog..can't wait to see your designs...Well done again.
Hugs Rach.xx

Monique said...

Hi Nikki,
I love your card. It's gorgious !!!
Hugs Monique

Marlou McAlees said...

Hi Nikki, I received an award so im passing it on to all the team members, its on my blog :) x

Hannah said...

wow nikki i love the hangler stamp.

tracie said...

fabulous card Nikki, love the image and the papers are perfect - gorgeous work :-)x

sophia landry said...

This is gorgeous! I love the brightness of the colors! Everything is amazing!

betty said...

this is soo cute! and what a fun paper! a goreous card! fantastic!

Monika said...

Thats so a fantastic card Nikki,love all things you use

CraftyC said...

Hi Nikki, Looks like you'll be a busy bee for a while (lol), hope your well,
Clairexx

Gill said...

Love your new card, such fun! the image is beautifully coloured and coordinated with the DP, well done!
lv gill x

Ila said...

What a Totally Gorgeous card!everything is Amazing on this card,,,your coloring, paper, everything!!
Your so Welcome for this award...Your creativity and creations are Awesome!!

Nixe-Moni said...

Wooow what a great and so wonderful card. I love the bright colours and that cute stamp. Great work. Love it. Wish you and your family a wonderful sunday :)
Big Hugs, Moni

Stacey said...

Gorgeous design with beautiful bright colours - makes me want to go on my holidays! Thanks for the Nestie info, that'll come in handy when I get my mitts on a Cuttlebug on July 2nd! ~x~

Deb said...

fantastic card Nikki, I love this little fishing boy and the paper you used with him is perfect!

thank you for joining in the CCT challenge

Hanne said...

This card is fabulous, Nikki! I'm impressed of the way you've put the pattern paper together with the image - a stunning result! Lovely colours!

Have a nice Sunday, Nikki!
Hugs, Hanne:)

Bev said...

Your card is just stunning Nikki, love it!!

Lilian said...

This is such a cute and creative card. I love everything about it specially the fish tags.

Heidi said...

Nikki - your card is stunning and I just LOVE it! The colors are so great and bright. The fishing boy is so cute I think.

Hugs from
Heidi

Beth said...

This card is fantastic! The colours, papers and stamp are all perfect! Love it!! Good luck with the new blog!

Agnes van Hensbergen - agnesstampcards said...

Beautiful card, lovley stamp and your coloring is great.

greetings agnes

Conibaer said...

Your card is just gorgeous! And thanks for the Spellbinder-infos!

Annie said...

love your card with the Hanglar fishing boy - I've just got an image of him to play with! fab papers and litle extras too. annie x