Niki's Paper Creations

Love these scalloped frills

I'd like to introduce you to Niki Estes, what a fantastic blog! I love how she mixes elegant simple cards with fun colourful cards all lovingly crafted. Niki die cuts felt to make such cute embellishments and uses such a great mix of papers on her cards. Love the stitching too.

All in all a wonderful blog to visit. Pop over and see everything HERE.

Please Welcome Jozart

I would like to share the work of Jo at Jozart, this week. I am so impressed at the diversity of what she produces. Below you will find a small sample of the type of pieces she makes and I hope you will go and have a look at her faulous blog.

This was the first pice that hooked me!! I was looking around at paper flowers and techniques and found this lovely example. Jo was so generous to tell us all her sources and I was able to follow her trail and make them for myself... Have a go, these little roses are devine... But then Jo was and is a teacher, so realises the value of sharing methods and materials.  She has been published in magazines, demoed at shows and designs stamps. You will see paper crafting, cards, knitting, jewellery, painting, and so on when you visit her fabulous blog. Here are a few more pictures to whet your appetitie...

This is a close up view of the handbag charm above...

Just one of the many beautiful hats Jo has designed and made... I love the colour of this one

This card is very intricate. It has many different parts to open and explore...

Yet another technique... pop over and have a look to find out how Jo made this fabulous, colourful piece

This card was made for a challenge blog and won a prize I think... not surprising really!! Jo says she loves to inspire and empower people. She takes great pride in helping others to be "can do" crafters. She says she is going to CHA next year, so I think she is a lucky lady, but I believe she deserves it!!! Take time to snoop around, you won't be wasting your time here!!!
ENJOY
Frankie
xx

Getting Scrappy with Ledesma

Another gorgeous blog to feast your eyes on. This time it comes courtesy of Ledesma who lives in New York. Loved her layouts and photos and the shabby chic feel of some of her cards. She uses soft colours and gorgeous embellishments to frame her lovely photos.

You can see all of Ledesma's wonderful work HERE.

Creative Diversions from Kim

Kim's cards stopped me dead in my tracks - Stunning photos just begging to be shown here. I love her use of Nestabilities and border punches. Kim also designs for Stampotique who make such great quirky stamps. She has such a great mix of styles and I especially like the cards she makes using those Stampotique beauties! They really make me smile and I love the quotes on the cards...

So do hop over and visit Kim HERE, you will be truly inspired.

Mag's Little Things....

Morning everyone, hope you are enjoying your Sunday. Well I found another great blog yesterday, Magali lives in France and her blog is full of fun, bright and beautifully coloured cards. I love how she cuts out her stamped image and creates the most wonderful little scenes. Lots of layers and great embellishments and just look at this beautiful toadstool card!

Please take some time to browse through Magali's blog, you will love it!

Sandy's Digital Art

Sandy comes from Germany and is a digital and mixed media artist. Having been an admirer of her work for some time, I just had to share it with you.
I love how she puts all the elements together and adds her own twist to make a truly original piece. Sandy combines beautiful backgrounds with the most eye catching images. She also has an embroidery and scrap blog so hop over and visit Sandy HERE.

If you like digital then you will LOVE Sandy's blog.