Wednesday, June 16, 2010

*Showcasing YOU!!!!!* :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Hi all..............

Julie Tucker-Wolek with you here today....and let me TELL YOU...I have one of the FUNNEST jobs here at Nikki Sivils!!!! Every month, I scour blogs, online galleries to find lo's, cards and projects made by people using Nikki's products!!!  And then every month I get to showcase them RIGHT HERE on Nikki's blog!!! *love it*...I loveeeeeee seeing everyone using Nikki's products, so if YOU have made anything using at least 80% of her products, feel free to send it my way at bmwgirl@cox.net!!! :):):):):):):) I would loveeeeeeeeeeee to show YOUR work off in here!!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)


Ohhhhhh but first, before I get to everyone's creations, did YOU KNOW that JOANNS.COM is SELLING Nikki's mini pads, embellies, chipboard albums and stamps!!???!!?? How EXCITING is that!!??!!??!! So, if YOU are looking for Nikki's products ONLINE...make sure to check out JOANNS.COM RIGHT HERE!!!! How EXCITING! :):):):):):):):):):):):):)


And this month....I have been BEYOND blessed to have NINE people send me their projects!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! NINE!!! I loveeeeeeeee it!!! :):):):):):):):):):) And I am GOING to share TWO PUBLICATIONS that have showcased Nikki's products too!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
So lets get started showing them off to YOU! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

First, we have Allison Davis!!! I found her through one of Nikki's local DT gals, Stacey....Allison is her Sister!! I just loveeeeeeeeeeee this 2 pager!!! I loveeeeeeeee how Allison used "Dan the Record Man" for these ADORABLE photos of her kids singing!!! Soooooooooo love it!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):)


Next we have my dearest Jocelyn Petcholan!!!!! I loveeeeeeeeeee this girl!!! And HOW PERFECT is this photo for the "Willow Bee" collection!!!! PERFECT!!! And I am loving how Jocelyn used the Burlap buttons!!! *LOVE* :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)


And NEXT I have a card and TWO lo's from Jillian Deiling Cassity!!!! I have a "secret" scrappy crush on my Jilly!! (Well...I guess its not a secret anymore, is it??? LOL!) ... I was lucky enough to meet Jilly last summer at a scrapping convention (IN FACT....YOU will SEE ME ME ME in her third lo!!! YAY!) and she is just the SWEETEST girl....and I love her even more cause she is one of my friends that is actually TALLER than me!! LOL!! Just look at HOW YUMMY Jillian used "My Sweet Cherry Pie" collection and the "Will He B the 1?" collection!!! She is AMAZING! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)






Next we have Audra Wright!!!! I loveeeeeeeeeee this girl (she is JUST GORGEOUS!!!).... and I loveeeeeeeeeeee this LO!!!! She is using "Will He B the 1?" collection....I loveeeeeeeeeee how she used the  scalloped circle paper...and love love love loveeeeeeeeee how she journaled all the way around her lo!!! This just ROCKS Audra!!! *swoon* :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)



Next we have Melonie Madison!!! I have also had a 'scrappy' crush on Mel FOREVER!!!! She makes all her lo's look like "poof! I just threw this little bitty together!" ....I soooooooooooo wish I had that gift!!! And look at this lo she created with "Henry's Brilliance" collection!! I loveeeeeeeee the FUN photos and love love love love the way she folded the little strips! :):):):):):) *gorgeous* :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)


Next, we have Jackie Weeks!!!! I was soooooo happy that she sent me these GORGEOUS lo's!!!! Jackie used "Victoria's Street" and "Dan the Record Man" for her lo's!!! I just loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee these....I loveeeeeeee how she added the lace to her first one and HOW PERFECT is that photo for her second one??!!?? *love it* :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)




Next, we have Joni Parker!!!! I am sooooooooooo HOPING to meet this girl IRL someday as we are both in Arizona!!! YAY!!!! I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this girl!!! And I love love love love love love how she has used the "Henry's Brilliance" collection on her TWO lo's that she sent me!!!! I loveeeeeeeeeee that banner on the first one....ABSOLUTELY LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEE it! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)




Next, we have the AMAZING Frances Sylvia!!!! She is AMAZING!!! I just loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee the two lo's she sent me!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE them!!! She has used the "Willow Bee" collection and "My Sweet Cherry Pie" collection!!! And I just loveeeeeeeeeeeeee those little bees and berries that she has added to her lo's!!! WOW WOW WOW!!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)




And next, we have Deb Famularo!!!!! I loveeeeeeeee this girl!! I loveeeeeeee her style and the way she can always make it happen!!! *gorgeous!* She has used, "My Sweet Cherry Pie" collection for this lo....and Deb, I promise, I will send Brookie your way someday for a photo shoot!! LOL!! (sorry...little inside joke for Deb and I!! LOL!) :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)


Next I wanted to share TWO recent PUBLICATIONS that showcases Nikki's products!!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

First, in the June edition of SCRAP STREET MAGAZINE!!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, not ONLY did Scrap Street do a FEATURE article on Nikki's "Flaming Butterfly" collection with Scrap Street's contributing journalists making some GORGEOUS lo's,  (you can see the WONDERFUL creations and the FULL ARTICLE right HERE HERE HERE!!!!) I also was lucky enough to have a LO I made with the "Flaming Butterfly" collection...(ironically...I had NO idea that Nikki's collection was being featured in the SAME issue using the SAME collection in the SAME month!! LOL!) with a feature article done by the WONDERFUL Stacey Michaud on the challenge blog that I run..."These are a Few of My Favorite Things".....   Our feature was in the "Blog Bay" section of their magazine, right HERE HERE HERE!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):) I can not THANK Scrap Street ENOUGH for these well written, amazingly GORGEOUS articles on Nikki's WONDERFUL collection and on my challenge blog I run!!! And I want to tell U....this is an AMAZING magazine....make sure to head over to Scrap Street Magazine and SIGN UP to get all of their issues for FREE!!! Go here.....to sign up....I promise...U will NOT be disappointed...their magazine is FULL of soooooooo much INSPO!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
Here is the LO I made for the article on "These are a Few of My Favorite Things" :):):):):):):):):):):):):)


And Nikki's "Willow Bee" collection was recently showcased in the Dutch Scrapbook Magazine!!!! The VERY TALENTED Lea Albers.... made two LO's with the collection and one of them was FEATURED on the front cover!! GO LEA!! WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!! And I was lucky enough that one of my Dutch friends Hanneke sent me a copy of the magazine, so I could send it to Nikki!! Sooooooooooo YEP Lea!!! Nikki now has her very own copy of this magazine!!! Thanks sooooooooo much for letting me showcase your lo in this magazine here today!! I just LOVED seeing your lo in print!!!! GORGEOUS! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)


And before I head out of here for the day...I wanted to share a quick card I made for my In-Laws Wedding Anniversary...which was Monday!! Monday...they CELEBRATED 41 years of MARRIAGE!!! CONGRATS to them!!!!! :):):):):):):):):):):) I used the "Will He B the 1?" collection...and I sure hope my Father in-law is the "1" as they are celebrating 41 years!! LOL! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):)






Thanks for stopping by...we TRULY appreciate the support on Nikki's blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Meet Our Guest Designer for June - Zoe Nemburt!


We are so thrilled to have Zoe as our guest designer this month. She chose to work with "Willow Bee", "You R My Favorite" and "Flaming Butterfly". Zoe did a fabulous job with them as well! Here is a short bio from Zoe:

My name is Zoe Nemburt, and I live in the beautiful province of Nova Scotia, with my husband of 8 years and our 3 children Yasmin 7, Aydin 6, and Ceyda 3. I work for Canada Post by day as a letter carrier and scrap obsessively on my days off and evenings. My husband just graduated as a carpenter, and he also volunteers for the local fire department.

I was born in Southern England, and we all just moved here to Canada in 2006 and have never looked back. This is our new home, and we are proud to be Nova Scotians!

I've always enjoyed playing with paper and have dabbled in scrapbooking for many years. However, in 2008 I got bitten by the scrapping bug and have never looked back. I am proud to call myself a scrap-a-holic!


Love Life

Bee Free (with close ups)



Blue Ice Cream (with close ups)

Little Princess (with close ups)


Thank you Zoe for sharing your work with all of the Nikki Sivils followers. We are so happy that you are our guest designer this month. Your work is wonderful!

Happy Crafting Everyone!

Susan Dupre

Monday, June 14, 2010

2010-2011 Nikki Sivils Design Team!!

I'm so super excited about this group of very talented ladies!! They are going to ROCK this blog! Check out their blogs & give then a huge congratulations!! So without further ado here is my New Design Team...

Domestic DT:

International DT:

Card DT:

My Local DT:

WELCOME LADIES!!!
We received so many submissions that it was extremely difficult to pick just a select few! Thank you to all of you who submitted, we loved reading your blogs and checking out all of your fantastic work!

These ladies have been selected for the Monthly Guest Design Team:
Virginia Wong
Ilene Tell
Liz Chidester
Misty Willis
Veronica Johnson
Melonie Madison
Frances Sylvia

These ladies were our Honorable Mentions:
Sarah Webb
Catherine Ng
Benedicte Raphalen
Alaina Erickson
Keely Yowler
Angela Simonet
Amber Goble

Once again welcome ladies!! -Nikki, Hilde & Susan

Sunday, June 13, 2010

U Hoo....Blue Bees Pocket of Treats card


When I'm in a hurry I tend to use stickers on my projects. Today I used Blue Bees Pocket of treats to create this card. The Pocket of Treats has several coordinating stickers. I chose to use the tree but I turned it into a branch by cutting some of the tree branches off. The borders, owl and heart that I used are from the same package.
I added some score lines and a couple of buttons to top of this little card.
I hope your day is very blessed.


Til next time~ lori

Saturday, June 12, 2010

How about some layout fun?!

Hey Everyone!!! It's Katrina and I have a couple of projects to share with you. The first one is with the Ellie's Day Out collection. This collection has one of my FAVORITE papers in it. The pink "Ellie's Shoes/Pink is Pretty" paper....LOVE IT! The pink side just reminds me of lamps! This is a layout that I was going to share last month, but with work happenings, Michele Beck graciously took my blogging post!!! THANK YOU Michele! Ok, here is my layout that I didn't get to share yet!

And now....for a little something TOTALLY different than that sweet, pink, and pretty page! Spring/Summer around here calls for festivals of all kinds. The one that I ALWAYS attend since discovering it is ArtsFest. It's always in May, usually rains....BUT I always have fun! Lots of different sites and sounds to take in...although, I don't recall any scrappy stuff....mmm...we may need to work on that! If you love handmade jewelry it's THE place to go. AND a great way to scrap lots of pictures of any event is to use a collage type mask or overlay. You can do this if you have Photoshop (or Elements) or on sites like Picnik.

I love all the bright colors that seem to be around ArtsFest and when I went thru the pictures I took, I realized the good pictures had orange in them....WELL...hello Mr. "Dan The Record Man collection"!!!! These papers were PERFECT to scrap this event. And yeah....they are "music" papers, but you know us scrapbookers we love to use paper for different themes! So...here we go......I used the Cute as a Button buttons for accents on things....LOVE THEM...did you know they are self adhesive?? How neat is that...you don't have to try to figure out how to attach them. (secret...I have a tendency to get glue dots EVERYWHERE!) I made the little hangers out of some floral wire, it took a little longer than I thought, but I like how they turned out! And I also used some of the Cut Up's on the shirt! Here's a close up.....

And I have ONE more layout with the Dan the Record Man collection!!! This is a mural that I found downtown and thought it was just too pretty of NOT to take a picture...then I decided to ham it up a bit for the camera! ha ha ha!!! And remember, you can always CUT UP those pretty round die cut papers and use them as accents. It took me awhile to get over that I had to use them all as one piece and was never able to come up with a layout!



That's it from me today! I hope I inspired you to create, Create, CREATE!!!!!! And don't forget the NEW DESIGN TEAM will be announced soon!!!!!!!

Have a Scrappy Kinda Day!!~~Katrina

Friday, June 11, 2010

Altered peanut cans

This is going to be super short. But I wanted to share these little projects with you.

I was wondering what to give the kid's teachers for Teacher appreciation week. As soon as I saw these peanut tins I knew they would be perfect gifts. I used Henry's Brilliance papers to decorate the peanut tins. Henry's Brilliance is perfect for teacher's gifts.
I added little cell phone charms to the tops of the lids. Cell phone charms are a fun accent to almost any gift or wrap. I hope your summer is going well!
~lori

Thursday, June 10, 2010

What can you do with one piece of paper?

Now, I did use more then one piece to complete the projects I am going to share with you, but the main piece of each project is taken from one piece of patterned paper. It is kind of like cutting a pie in several pieces and you sure wouldn't want to waste any pie or paper.
The above image is the piece of paper that I am talking about, taken from the Dan the Record Man collection. I wanted the black, record looking portion from this piece of paper. I started to cut off the scallop edge but I sure didn't want to waste any of that because I love scallop circles. So I very carefully got a cut big enough to get my scissors in, I used a medium scallop scissors that I have and started to cut around the inside of the circle, making scallop cuts on the backside of the bigger scallop edge. Now I have a complete, cut out circle to set aside for my next project. (you will be able to picture this piece better when you see the layout I created with it)
What I didn't realize when I started out cutting this piece is the neat, negative scallop edge that I would create around the black, record print circle. This was going to work to my advantage for my card because I thought it helped with a masculine look. I cut two partial circles to fit on the front of my card. The background piece on my card is from the "Hear the Beat" patterned paper. I LOVE this piece of paper, it just seems to fit so many themes in it's soft shades of yellow. The accent pieces are cut from the "Record Room" patterned paper.
Now, back to my scallop circle. . .

The background piece of paper is a ledger print from the North Pole Nights collection. I LOVE ledger prints, they are so neutral and go with everything. This piece was just the right colors that I wanted to use. My scallop circle from the 4 the Record paper is all cut and ready to go so that part was fast and easy. I cut out one strip of a ruler print from the Henry's Brilliance collection. I thought it had a "boy" look to it and the color was just right. I used a sketch from Unscripted Sketches for my layout, I love the inspiration that comes from finding sketches.

I punched out some of the record designs from the "Record Man" patterned paper. I thought they made really cute little accents, kind of along the line of flowers but with a more masculine feel to them. Brads in the centers finished those off.
I even have some pieces of my paper left so I'll need to think of what else to do with it.
Thanks for visiting, Linda Beeson, Design Team member

Dad card
Materials:
Cardstock - Core'dinations
Patterned papers - Dan the Record man collection/Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker
Sticker letters - Sticko
Brads


KISSABLE LIPS layout
Materials:
Cardstock – Core Impressions/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Henry’s Brilliance, Dan the Record Man and North Pole Nights/Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker
Sticker letters – October Afternoon
Circle punches - Papershapers
Sandpaper

Monday, June 7, 2010

Okay so I have about a thousand things to...

say & announce!! We (Susan, Hilde & I) have decided that we need a few more days to decide on the new Design Teams, so I'll make the announcement on the 15 of this month. We got so many awesome entries it's close to impossible to make a decision!! You all are so very talented!

I have my very first CHA sneak peek to share with you today! I'm so excited to show you all

Blueberry Hill...

This maybe my most favorite collection yet! It's so bright, fun and cheery!! It makes me smile every time I look at it! And seriously who doesn't like a good yummy plump BLUEBERRY! I can't wait to see what the NEW design team will do with this collection!

I've been doing a lot of traveling and teaching lately and I wanted to share a few photo's from last weekends store that I was teaching at... Sharon's Crop Studio!
This is Sharon
This is Imogene, she is 80 yrs old and she told me that Scrapbooking has and continues to help her deal with the death of her husband. Imogene also told that she doesn't know what she would've done if she hadn't have found Scrapbooking! Thanks for inspiring me Imogene! You Rock!
These are only a few of the ladies that were in my classes, we were having so much fun I forgot to take a class picture with each class! We had a great time!!
This is Leigh, Sharon's daughter and my driver the entire weekend, we had so much fun chatting it up every morning & evening! Leigh you are awesome and so glad to have made another great friend through scrapbooking!!

Next...
I turned 38 this Spring, had a couple of great birthday parties. And... Wow I'm 38! I'm not sure how I should think and feel about this. So I'm just going with it! My mom made me this awesome strawberry cake and I ate my weight in it, thanks momma!


Dan and I finally got to get away on a vacation to the beach. Florida the first week of May is perfect weather, not to hot! And I may have ate fish tacos EVERYDAY... really every single day! Here we are on the beach...
And our Henry graduated 8th grade. Bitter sweet. Here is a picture of Dan and Hen-Pen right after the graduation. (They look just alike, don't they.)
Also..
Nikki Sivils, Scrapbook LLC has had a ton of publicity lately: a Willow Bee layout made the cover of a Dutch Scrapbooking magazine; a My Sweet Cherry Pie layout made the cover of Scrapbooking & Beyond as well as a picture of the collection on the cover of a Britain magazine Scrapbook Magazine. And my DT ladies have had a lot of pubs lately too in Scrapbook Trends Cards, Papercrafts Magazine, Scrapbook Etc, and I just got an Australian Scrapbooking Memories magazine in the mail with my Burlap Button and Willow Bee collection being "must" have items! We also have several layouts coming up in Creating Keepsakes magazine, Scrapbook Etc, Paper Crafts Magazine and Scrapbook Trends!! I can't tell you how exciting and overwhelming this all is for us at Nikki Sivils! Thank you to all who have and continue to support us! We are living our dream!!

My local DT and I will be at Scrap-a-palooza June 26th not only cropping our little hearts out but we'll be hosting 4 different "mini classes" using all Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker products! If you're in the area come by and play with us!! Info about it here.

And lastly... I'm hosting a giveaway on my Facebook Fan Page, so go check it out and you maybe the lucky winner of the complete "Dan the Record Man" collection!
Have a great week! Nikki

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Celebrate DAD...

As you know, Father's Day is just around the corner! Cards & gifts are probably on your "to-do" list and Dan The Record Man is the perfect line to get the job done!


I found a fun little tutorial the other day for making a shirt card. I had a little trouble trying to figure out the directions though & found it much easier to just stare at the finished "shirt" & try to paper-piece it together. Whatever works, right?! PS. I probably wouldn't let my husband get out of the house wearing a shirt & tie like that, but it looks cute on a card! LOL!

And a couple more cards with a coordinating gift bag...





I just pleated some black crepe paper to make my ruffled border on the gift bag. Easy & inexpensive!



Celebrate all the DAD's in your life with a hand-made greeting & gift! What could be more special than that?


Hugs...

Friday, June 4, 2010

a day to celebrate...

Ten years ago this month marks a special moment in my life. My father, dressed in a tux and I in my wedding dress, walked me down the aisle to begin a new chapter in my life. The day following my wedding was Father’s Day. With each passing year there is so much to be thankful for and this year is no exception. So to celebrate my dad this Father’s Day a card made just for him…
I am in love with the record stamp. Here I used it to make the waves, or water, around the sail boat. Additional supplies include Dan The Record Man paper, Will He Be The 1 paper, sail boat made from cardstock stickers pocket, "wave" paper from Willow Bee, stamp on mini tag from U R My Favorite.

It is a busy month for most of us. The beginning of summer...ready to relax and enjoy everything it has to offer. One more card for those many celebrations throughout the next three months.
I had been wanting to do a cupcake like this for awhile and thought it was about time. Here I used paper from Will He Be The 1, My Sweet Cherry Pie, and Ellie's Day Out. I also used a cord brad, cardstock stickers, and stamp from Flaming Butterfly.

Go enjoy and hope you get lots of scrap time in...I know I will!

Until next time...

Andrea

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Cards, Cards, Cards


Hello it is Christine here today to show you some cards that I have been making. I have had lots of reasons to make cards lately. There have been birthdays, graduations, a thank you or two as well as a head start on a Father's Day card. There is one thing that you might notice about all of the cards. I created the cards using a lot of the cut -ups that you will find in each of the paper lines. I love these fun images. They are the perfect way to embellish your card.
Dan, Dan, the Record Man was the line that I used for this card. The record player, and the arrow were cut-ups that I used on this card. I love using this line for masculine cards. After cutting out the shapes I used pop dots to adhere them to the card to give them dimension.


My next card also uses cut-ups from the Will He B the 1 line. Don't you just love that milkshake? It looks real enough to taste or maybe I'm just hungry right now. LOL! Behind the cut-up I used my Spellbinder dies to cut out a scalloped oval and a matching oval shape. This was the perfect backdrop for my cut-up. I further embellished the card with some burlap buttons, (love, love, love these) and some border stickers from the Pocket of Treat sticker sheets that match this line.


I actually did not use a cut-up on this graduation card. I wanted to keep it simple. So I just stamped the speech bubble and the sentiment inside and then stamped the owl oval tummy on the back of the orange patterned paper and cut them out. I guess I sort of made my own cut-ups didn't I?

One thing that I love about Nikki Sivils paper is that each line comes with it's own matching 6x6 paper pad. These work so well for card makers because the patterns are the same but the scale is reduced. So all of the fun detail is retained but it perfectly proportioned for cards.

My last card uses Bella Blue and Oscar Too patterned paper and cut-ups. I also found some matching flower stickers and photo corners on a Pocket of Treats Sticker sheet to add as embellishments. All of the flowers are pop up for dimension.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created this month. I hope that I have inspired you to make some cards for your family and friends.


Wednesday, June 2, 2010

We made the cover of Scrapbooking & Beyond!



If you haven't seen the summer issue of the magazine Scrapbooking & Beyond, you should check it out! Yep, there is a layout by designer Liz Qualman right there on the cover using Nikki's paper line "My Sweet Cherry Pie" as well as other fabulous products of hers!




I have been so honored to be a part of a series called "Kit Kraze" over at Scrapbooking & Beyond. There are four of us girls and four issues of the magazine. This is the kit that I put together, and Nikki was so generous to donate towards five kits. You should check out the details at the Scrapbooking & Beyond link above because there is one extra kit and you could have a chance to win it!



Here is a peek:


Now here is our layouts using the kit:



Lucky for You by (me) Susan Dupre

The Sweets of Summer by Robbie Herring


Thank God I'm a Country Girl by Julie Howard



Life is Sweet by Liz Qualman




Thanks for stoppin by!


Susan Dupre
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