Marielle LeBlanc, A New Diva!

Marielle LeBlanc, is one of our new Diva members from Canada.  We loved her DT application and her style of how she creates.  She is one of those creative people that can add little touches here and there and make them work seamlessly no matter what!

Sidenote......Some of our Divas have been waiting for the new collections, but we didn't want to wait to introduce them to you.  So, we are showcasing their work with older collections for their Intros.  BUT, they have all received product and are creating like busy little bees!

Marielle had some fabulous layouts using the Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker collection

Tree Love.  (this is one of my favorite collections)

I love the Bucky the Beaver element with the year tag hanging off of it.  Just a nice little "extra" touch that is easy to do on your layouts!

We are anxiously waiting to see what Marielle is going to do with the new collections!  You may not realize it, but we are ALL like kids in a candy store when it comes to the new collections and getting to play with them!  We totally know how you feel!

Please make sure and visit Marielle's blog.....

Le Scrap de Marilou

Welcome DT Diva, Melissa Pablo

It has been FOREVER since I have blogged here (or on my own blog)!  But, today I am excited to share some work of one of our new design team Divas, Melissa Pablo.  Melissa has been a long time participant  of the Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker blog here and we are excited to have her on the team this term. 

The Divas are waiting on the new collections to arrive, but Melissa had some of the older collections and sent me three layouts while I was away at CHA.  I was so excited when I got these in my inbox from her!

For the first layout, she combined the following collections:  

My Friend Birdie, Gingerbread Land, and Tree Love.  

And they all worked together perfectly!

For this layout Melissa used:  

Will He B the 1, Flaming Butterfly, and Sugar Cookie

And for the last layout Melissa used these collections:

Sugar Cookie, We Are Family, My Friend Birdie, and I think there is a little Gingerbread Land in there also!

I love that she combined at least three different collections on each layout, but they all went seamlessly together!  Be sure to visit Melissa's blog, 

creative isay. 


Also, don't forget to grab one of the new collection badges over at the side to add to your blog.  I have already picked one winner this week!!!

Monday Creative Break!

Take a break with us today and get some creative ideas for your next layouts and projects!  The Divas always seem to be busy and today is not an exception!


We have LOTS of My Lil' Monster projects for you today!  Well, Halloween is right around the corner you know!

First up is Delaina Burns...I LOVE her style, so fun and fresh.  She also used the Corduroy brads on her projects!

Next up we have Jennifer Yates with some fun layouts!

Perfect collection to scrap a tandrum!  

Next up is Leah Farquharson with a couple of layouts also!

I love how the Divas come up with all sorts of different layout ideas using the same collection!

And finally an ADORABLE little pumpkin from Jen Mattot!

She found the instructions for this little gem at Archiver's website.  She used the following collections

My Lil' Monster

Boo-tiful

My Friend Birdie

Tree Love

Here is the link....Pumpkin Instructions

We will see you again later in the week!!!  And don't forget you still have time to play in our challenge!  You can find all the details right here....

CHALLENGE

Have a Scrappy Kinda Day!!~~Katrina

Well, I think it's about time to celebrate some card making!!!!

Hey everyone, Katrina here with some FABULOUS work from the Card Team and the Local Design Team!!!

I have so much to share, that I am just going to get right to it!

First up is Rae Barthel....and she has gotten a little Boo-tiful for her projects!!!!  Be sure to visit Rae's blog for all sorts of inspiration and wonderful cards....She makes these look so great and easy!!!!

 How cute is that???  Rae used a piece of the Ghost Chipboard album on the front of this card!  All of Nikki's chipboard albums are 6x6 approximately, so you could use any of them for the front of a card! 

 And this card uses some of the Cutie Cut-Ups.  The Cut-Ups make fast work of making a card or embellishment for a page!

  Let's just say I am a sucker for some gingham ribbon!!!! 

 This house doesn't look too spooky do you think?! 

Next up, I think it's beginning to look like Christmas!!!!  The talented Linda Beeson is already getting started for the Christmas season with a couple of Christmas cards for us!!!  And Linda's blog is full of all kinds of ideas, so be sure to visit her too!  These are from the Happy Holly-Days Collection.   Take a look at these.....

 Who doesn't love nutcrackers??  Linda also used Cut-Ups on her cards!!! 

And Linda took the Holly Wreath circle die cut and used it for her scallops....no border punch here!!!  How great, you could take a bunch of these circle die cuts to a crop and not have to haul your entire border punch collection....not mentioning any names on who might do that.....(me!).

I am going to jump in now...because believe it or not, I have made some cards recently!!  It was World Card Making Day after all!!!  I used some of the newer collections, but I also used one of the older ones,

Ellie's Day Out.

This is a shaker card....they are pretty easy to make and fun to shake!!!

The Ellie's Day Out collection makes sweet birthday cards!

This is from the Tree Love collection...this is one of my FAVORITES!!!  Try using a simply tag on your card as an embellishment, pop dot it for added dimension!

Blueberry Hill is so bright and cheery.  Perfect paper for a pick me up card!

Now we have Karen Taylor from the local team. Just a little more Boo-tiful going on here!!! She has created a tag and a card this time!  Karen's blog is located here.  Be sure to visit her too!

I LOVE this card!!!  That flower almost looks like it needs some water don't you think?

And what a cute vintage tag!  This would be neat to stick a gift card in for that special trick or treater!

And last, but certainly not least is Lea Albers.  Lea is from the Netherlands and she creates some amazing stuff!!  Her blog is here.
Lea has created some "PocketCards" as she calls them...now why can't I think of things like this?!  These are super cute and really easy to do!!! She used the My Friend Birdie Collection for these!  She also mixed the 12x12 papers and the 6x6 minipads!!! 

Both of the cards only took a half of one of the Chirp Chat circle die cuts!!

This first card she took the half die cut and sealed it to make a pocket, then used one of the minipad sheets for the card to slip inside!

For this one, Lea took the other half of the die sheet and folded into thirds.  Super Cute!!!!  And then she used another mini pad sheet to make the card!  Lea has also used the Cute as a Button Buttons on her cards also!!!

Well, that's it from me and the girls!  I hope we have inspired you to get some Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker paper and start creating some of these fun projects!  That's it for us this month...we will see you next month with some more fun stuff!!!

Have a Scrappy Kinda Day!!
Katrina Hunt

Friends and Kindred Spirits

Everytime I look at this sweet little bird, I think about a childrens show called Peep and the Big Wide World. My children and I watch it here and there, and it always makes me smile.

Hi Everyone, Erika Taylor here today with a few cards to share using the Tree Love and My Friend Birdie collections. I absolutely love how these two collections mix together. The color palette of each one of the collections are so stinkin versatile and the images, BEYOND SWEET!!!!

For this first "Friends" card, I've added a little stickles love to various parts of the card to give a little sparkle. Many of you know I'm part magpie, so this is to be expected hehe. I also cut a few different elements out of the Birdie Cut Ups and paired it with cardstock stickers from the collection, to really give some great dimension in the sentiment. Whatcha think?

Next a card using both the Tree Love and My Friend Birdie Collections together. I love that little hint of blue. Goes perfectly with those cute Blue Burlap Buttons don't ya think? The trees in the Tree Love line are truly magical. I love the whimsy they all have and figured what better statement for a beaver to make to the forest than "Kindred Spirits"

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. What is your favorite part about fall?

Until Next Time
Toodles
Erika Taylor

Autumn Harmony

Who loves fall?
Seeing  the vibrant colors of red, orange, brown,
Hearing  the crunch of dried leaves,
Feeling the Autumn breeze,
...the smell that tells you Fall is here,
looking forward to the taste of Turkey on Thanksgiving

Speaking of Thanksgiving.... This Monday (Oct 11), we get to celebrate Thanksgiving here in Canada. So Happy Thanksgiving to you my Canadian friends!


For those of you who don't know, I'm on the Card & Stamping Diva Team. The past few months of blogging here, I've been creating layouts and altered projects. Today however, I'll stick to cards using Nikki Sivils' fall collection Tree Love. I love the mixture of fall and love. It's always great to create cards in batches using the same collection. You can whip these 3 cards in less than 30 minutes. You should give it a go.

Who wants some giveaway? I will pick 1 lucky random winner from the followers' list and will send a 6x6 Tree Love Paper Pad. It will be announced on my blog on October 15, 2010.

Falling For You

(Do you see, I cut out a small heart from one of the trees and put it in the beaver's hands?)

Other Supplies Used:
Die-Cuts: Nikki Sivils' Bucky's Cut Ups 
Cardstock: Gina K Luxury Kraft
Punch: Martha Stewart Lattice Edge Punch
Flower: Recollections

A Love Story

This is a really simple card that you can whip up in 5 minutes or less!


Other Supplies Used:
Stamp: Unity Stamp Woodgrain Background
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo
Tools: Marvy Uchida Jumbo Circle Punch
Sticker: SRM

Thanks

Other Supplies Used:
Punch: Martha Stewart Lace Border, Martha Stewart Hydrangea Punch, Marvy Uchida Extra Jumbo flower Punch, Martha Stewart Oak Leaf Punch
Cardstock Sticker: Tree Love
Pearl: Kaisercraft 

I hope you like all these simple and easy cards.

Michelle Bertuzzi here signing out. Hope you all have a wonderful week!
Thank you for visiting!

It's a Boo-tiful Monday!

It's a Boo-tiful Monday here at Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker and I have some really fun projects to share in getting ready for one of my very favorite holidays: Halloween.  I think I have more fun scrapbooking photos for this festive celebration than any other holiday.  How can you not love black, orange, purple and green all mixed up together???  I'm getting a little giddy anticipating the end of this month and another year of photos.  What are your super cute little stinkers going to be this year?

Aren't these Boo-tiful papers and embellishments so much fun???  I love the bright colors mixed with the distressing and the ghosts are pretty darn cute, if I do say so myself.   Perfect for my little spooky girl.  She loves this holiday as much as I do and still insists on wearing her costumes all year round.

I mixed one of Nikki's cute little Craft Flags in with the ghosts and added the sentiment, "Boo!"  I also inked the edges with some chalk ink to make the white flag stand out more against the spooky white ghost.  Then I tied on a little polka dot bow for some added fun.

Nikki's Burlap Buttons make the perfect finishing touch by adding a little interest and texture to the layout.  The thing I love most about these, is you just stick the little suckers right onto the project.  No sewing necessary and no need to add adhesive.  I also used my Cricut to cut this shape in the striped paper to break up the squareness of the layout and then used the shadow feature to cut the black mat.

Nikki adds so many cute embellishments right into her papers.  I used a 1 1/2 inch circle punch to pull this pumpkin out of one of the papers.  Then I inked the edges and pop-dotted it to make it stand out more.

This card completely cracks me up!  I used one of the chipboard ghosts from Nikki's awesome Ghost Mini album that is currently being featured in this month's Creating Keepsake Magazine (see below).  I am a big fan of Nikki's 6x6 patterned papers and this striped paper is the perfect background for this spooky little guy.  I cut the sign from the embellishment page in Nikki's Boo-tiful papers and added the sentiment with some of her sticker letters from the Tree Love Collection.

Can you see it in the Number 1 spot???  We are all very excited about being featured, especially since we know how much fun Nikki's Chipboard Mini Albums are.  Make sure you check out the others HERE.

I'll close it out with one more card.  I can't seem to get enough of these frightening little ghosts, so I had to add them to the bottom of this card along with a big "Boo" sentiment which I cut with my Cricut using more of the 6x6 Boo-tiful patterned papers.  Hope you all have as much fun creating this month as I am...and don't forget to grab some of Nikki's Boo-tiful collection before it is all gone :)

Thank you so much for stopping by - Liz

mixing up!

Hi, I am Wendela from the Netherlands and this is my very first blogpost here at Nikki's blog! How cool! I'm so happy to work with those beautiful papers. I LOVE the colours and the Retro Style of it.

Today I mixed 3 lines.....did you find them??

Here in this layout I used Boo-tiful, a small scalopped piece, My friend Birdie and Tree love...

 Look at my home made flowers! Do you like them? It's really easy to do! Grab some embroidery thread and wind I think 5 times around 3 of your fingers. Use five fingers when you love to make a large flower, and two or maybe one finger when you love a smaller one.Then make a knot in the middle, add a brown corduroy brad in the middle, shape the petals and your flower is ready for use.

And here again the three lines Boo-tiful, My Friend Birdie and Tree Love. I LOVE the small blue burlap buttons, they are so CUTE!

Thanks for stopping by,

with love from the Netherlands,

XOX Wendela

All mixed up

Hey everyone,

It seems like I've been waiting for my post FOR-EVER!!!!  My last post was way back in August, and I won't be posting in October, so.............I thought I better give it to you with both barrels this month.  I decided to create several different layouts for this post, showcasing as many Product Lines/Collections that I possibly could & mixing things up a bit.

Here goes....................

12:  Boo-tiful & Pocket of Treats {title tag}.

Backyard Lessons:  Tree Love, Willow Bee, My Sweet Cherry Pie, Victoria's Street, Burlap Buttons & packaging (title tag), Cardstock Stickers (title).

fall glow:  Blueberry Hill, Ellie's Day Out, Tree Love, My Sweet Cherry Pie, Victoria's Street, Cardstock Stickers & Pocket of Treats.

Touch football:  Tree Love, My Friend Birdie, Cardstock Stickers & Burlap Buttons.

 Wide Open Spaces: Tree Love, Boo-tiful, My Sweet Cherry Pie, U R My Favorite & Pocket of Treats.

Hopefully I have inspired you to dip into ALL the Nikki Sivils Scrapbookers product lines that you own and begin to use them altogether in your layouts, cards & projects. 

Have fun trying to find these layouts in the gallery -- I'm not quite sure WHICH COLLECTION I will be showcasing them in {??!?}. 

Now.......get out that fabulous NS paper you've been saving for a fun day of scrappin'.........and don't forget to mix it up a bit!!!!!!

Have fun.
- jill