Meet Ellie, Victoria and Dan

Good morning everyone, how's life treating you? Claude here to share a few projects with you today!

My daughter Kira, who is 3, is a real girlie-girl. She loves pretty clothes, nail polish and shoes! Ellie's Day Out is the perfect paper collection for her. Just look at those beautiful pastels and cute purses and such! The clouds are from the Willow Bee line.



Here we have card card made with Dan The Record Man. As I was making this, it occurred to me that this is probably one of the best masculine paper lines out there. No frills, no fuss, just pure manhood! I love the die-cut paper!



Finally, I worked with one of Nikki's original collections, Victoria's Street. I love this line! I used the 6x6 Mini Pads for this, as well as the Pocket Of Stickers.


Thanks for dropping by today, I'll see you next month! :)

The little things...

Good morning everyone, Claude here with you on this wonderful Sunday! Have you been following the Olympics? They are *huge* in our house, we watch every single event we can manage. I am Canadian, so I am quite proud of my country right now. I love how the Olympics bring the world together. Go world!

Now, on to some Nikki Sivils stuff. As I've said before, I love to scrap the little things. In the following layouts, I scrapped 2 things my kids have said that I don't want to forget.

First off, here's Kira in a layout using the Willow Bee collection. You'll also notice some of the new cardstock stickers found in the Pockets of Stickers and the awesome burlap buttons.


Sean is the star of the next one. I used the gorgeous Flaming Butterfly collection. Trust me, you'll want to get your hands on this one! The colours are truly amazing!


Don't forget to join Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker, Jillibean Soup and Bella Blvd on March 5th for an amazing blog crawl!!


See you next month!

Claude

Family, Friends, and Teachers, Oh My!

A big hello everyone, I'm glad to be back blogging for Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker! Have you seen the announcement of our new Doghouse Divas? They are all an awesome addition to the team, we are thrilled to have them here with us!

My first project this month is a layout of my son Sean and my dear husband, Keith. If you know me, you know that I love to scrapbook the little things in our day-to-day life. I always have a pen handy to write down random things that happen to us. The quote on the following layout is an exact quote from Sean this past summer. The best part? My husband wasn't there the day Sean said that, which means he had no idea he said it. When I made the layout, he was definitely happy to see what Sean thinks of him! I'm glad I didn't let this be forgotten!

I used U R My Favorite for this layout. I love the colors, and those frogs on my background paper are adorable!


It was really fun creating these pinwheel flowers. Who says pink and flowers are not for guys?!


My next project uses Nikki's House chipboard album. I also used the Mini-Paddies paper from the first six collection. This is a shelf decoration for my scrap corner. Each house represents a dear friend of mine. There is always something to remind me of them. For example, "5 Cats Café" represents a friend who is a coffee enthusiast and the owner of, you guessed it, five cats! I love the little couch on the outside, begging for good coffee and conversation!


Finally, we are one week away from Valentine's Day and I decided I wouldn't leave gifts for the last minute like I always do! I found a mini milk carton template online from Mirkwood Designs. I took out my U R My Favorite papers, a cord brad and a pop-dot (for the heart) and fifteen minutes later, I had this adorable candy holder for Sean's teacher. Full of candy hearts, it will make a perfect gift!

Until next time, have fun creating!

Claude

Definitely "My Favorite"!

Hello everyone, Claude here. How is winter treating you? Here in Quebec, we have a ton of snow, it's beautiful! With my husband home for the holidays, we have been enjoying sledding with the kids. It's so much fun! And the best part? Coming back in, our cheeks rosy from the cold, and drinking a nice cup of hot chocolate!

Now that the holidays are over, we have something else to look forward to: February, the month of love! If you've been keeping up with the blog, you've seen that we are spotlighting Nikki's "U R My Favorite" collection. I love this paper line! The pinks and orange look gorgeous together.

I made this layout of my sweet daughter, Kira. "Voleuse de coeur" means "Stealer of my Heart". I love cutting hearts from the "U R Love" paper and then pop-dotting them. They make perfect embellishments!



I also made this mini-album using Nikki's crown chipboard book, "U R My Favorite" papers and Willie-Bee Font Stampies. I decided to make a bedtime story for my daughter. She loves reading about Princess Kira! Click on the pictures to read the journaling.



I made this last layout with the "My Sweet Cherry Pie" collection. I love those trees and the journaling spot. The colours are gorgeous, too!


Well, that's it for me this month, see you in February!

Claude

Time to celebrate!

Hello everyone!

My name is Claude and I'll be hosting the blog on the 5th of each month. I can't wait to share my "Nikki" work with you, as I like to call it! You'll come to see that I am one of the "simple scrappers" in the bunch. As a simple scrapper, I love Nikki's papers because they speak on their own. They are so beautiful and colorful that not much else is needed to make something special. Case in point:


As you can see, this card is made of paper exclusively, no embellishment whatsoever. All that was needed were a few punches and some pop-dots!

Here is the layout I made for the DT challenge back in November. This is my take on "A holiday memory". No picture needed, just beautiful papers and lots of words. This layout is 8x8.


I also made this layout about my dad, who I lost 3 years ago, using the mini-paddies of all 6 collections. I had this vision in my mind, I really like how it turned out! A little ink brings it all together.


And my ever-trusty butterfly punch makes another appearance here. I love how we can use tiny scraps to embellish a page!



Thanks for checking us out at Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker, join us again tomorrow for some great work by Deana Boston!