tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22551471270853255152024-03-05T01:11:40.970-08:00Crafty Creations by NikiCrafting keeps me Sane in a world of insanity.
I make all kinds of things from party stuff (decorations, invitations, diaper cakes, etc) as well as cards. I also do a bit of scrapbooking. Here you will find videos of the projects I have made. craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-27287295798003599692017-05-25T12:47:00.000-07:002017-05-25T12:47:21.740-07:00What What Wednesday - A Magical Birthday Card for my Dad Welcome to another Wednesday video and blog post. Things have still be crazy and this video will show how out of practice I am with doing voice overs and editing. But I had a lot of fun making not only this video but the card for my dad. There's a lot going on so I am going to just jump right in.
As some of you know me, my husband and my kids are big craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-84574871083878063422017-05-17T13:46:00.001-07:002017-05-17T13:46:16.627-07:00What What Wednesday - Craftroom Tour 2017 Hello all and welcome back. I am so excited to be getting back into making videos. I am getting back into it slowly but at least I am back at it right. Things have been crazy and they haven't really slowed down like I had hoped. But I finally finished cleaning/rearranging my craftroom. I wanted to share with you guys what I have changed and what had stayed the same. I filmed craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-28653501935119750532017-02-13T21:05:00.000-08:002017-02-13T21:08:53.741-08:00Cut it out Monday - Valentine Series #7 - Scrapbook Layout/Picture Frame Layout Hello everyone and welcome to the last project in my Valentine Series. I am a little sad that this series is over but that just means its time to work on other amazing ideas. I have so much going on in the next few months that I am just not sure where to start.
How about with today's project. As I was searching around on cricut design space's valentine craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-36225298019961354772017-02-10T11:25:00.000-08:002017-02-10T11:25:20.443-08:00To die for Friday - Valentine Series #6 - Watercolor Hearts
Hello everyone. It's Friday and that means its the end of the week and the weekend is coming. I am looking forward to getting a few things done this weekend. I hope you have some wonderful plans for the weekend.
Today's cards turned out to be a two for one. I am so happy with the way they turned out. I had only planned to make one card then I couldn't craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-48489267620980805742017-02-08T09:11:00.001-08:002017-02-08T09:11:03.618-08:00What What Wednesday - Valentine Series #5 - An Unbelievable Love Happy Wednesday all. Not only is it the middle of the week but it is also time for another post. I hope everyone has had a good week so far? It seems to have gone by fast but that does not mean it wont the rest of the week right. Well lets get on to today's post. I once again started with a plan and the card turned out just as I imaged. I think this is my new favorite card craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-34089933357857930912017-02-06T09:51:00.001-08:002017-02-06T09:51:03.407-08:00Cut it out Monday - Valentine Series #4 - A Bouquet of Love
Welcome to project #4 in my Valentine Series. Do you have plans yet for Valentines Day? I still not sure what we are doing as of writing this post but I am sure it will be something fun with the whole family. I really liked this front panel which is from a card in the cricut design space software (can't remember if its a make it now or just one of the images). I really craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-81500081067234653542017-02-06T09:17:00.000-08:002017-02-06T09:17:41.714-08:00To die for Friday - Valentine Series #3 - Simply Love
Happy Friday everyone. I hope you had a stress free week. Mine started out a little crazy as I was trying to get stuff done so we could head up to my parents for the weekend but now that I am up here things are going better. I know my video for this card is already up (I had to upload it before we left since I was not going to be bringing my laptop) but I wanted to make sure craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-43841206318473400832017-02-01T10:34:00.001-08:002017-02-01T10:34:36.235-08:00What What Wednesday - Valentine Series #2 - Fishy Love It's Wednesday and you know what that means time for another What What Wednesday post. This is project #2 in my Valentine Series. But before we get into the project how has your week been going? I hope so far so good. Mine is a short week the kids have no school Thursday or Friday and we are heading up to my parents for the 4 days. It will be nice to spend some time up there. craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-42652285321984678972017-01-30T08:26:00.000-08:002017-01-30T08:26:29.576-08:00Cut it out Monday - Valentine Series #1 - Heart Shaped Box
Hello all and welcome to the very first project in this years Valentine Series. I am so happy to share some of the amazing ideas I came up with for this series and I hope it gives you some great inspiration.
For today's project I thought it would be fun to make something that could easily be mass produced and used for sending out Valentines at craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-53326091737270008282017-01-23T08:52:00.001-08:002017-01-23T08:52:05.826-08:00Cut it out Monday - My Best Friends Birthday Card Good Morning all. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Hubby spent all day in Salem on Saturday coaching the kids and some of the adults from the gym. The kids and I just stayed home and we made homemade pizza and watched a few movies I enjoyed growing up.
Anyways today's card is the last birthday card for the month of craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-10656719615465601942017-01-20T17:44:00.001-08:002017-01-20T17:44:04.993-08:00To die for Friday - Birthday Card Series #1 Happy Friday all. I hope you have some wonderful big plans for the weekend. I am planning on doing as little as possible this weekend. I am also hoping to get some crafting done too. The week has gone by fast but still busy with the kids going back to school and having to get back to the normal routine. Lets get on to today's card. I know I said in my update video I as going craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-78383694255495662992017-01-16T12:24:00.001-08:002017-01-16T12:24:11.065-08:00Cut it out Monday - Birthday Card for Mom Hello everyone and happy Monday to you all. I hope you had a very relaxing weekend. I spend all day yesterday out and about with my family. It was so nice to get out of the house for a while after being stuck inside for a week. We still have tons of snow and my street is still covered in ice. Hubby took me to Benihana's for my birthday lunch/dinner. We also did some shopping craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-55596445889968059272017-01-11T19:24:00.000-08:002017-01-11T19:24:02.423-08:00What What Wednesday - First haul for 2017
Happy Wednesday all. I hope you are all staying warm (if its cold where you are). We have once again had another snow day but this time it is a legit snow day not this some snow and then ice which is what we have been having over the last few weeks. We got about 10 of snow by lunch time. It then stop snowing for a while then started up again about an hour or so ago. the kidscraftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-62074993294087201512017-01-09T16:51:00.001-08:002017-01-09T16:51:29.402-08:00Cut it out Monday - Thank You Card Happy Monday all, and welcome to the first Cut it out Monday project o the new year. I am so excited to be back at crafting and on my Birthday too. I am always getting thank you cards from my son and his adopted family. Each person adds a little note thanking us for the gifts they have gotten from us. I always plan to send one back thanking them for the gifts they have give tocraftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-63589477618647077682017-01-04T15:49:00.000-08:002017-01-04T15:49:51.195-08:00What What Wednesday - My Two Plum Paper Planners & How I Use Them
Welcome back everyone.
I hope you all had a safe and fun New Years. We didn't do much New Years Eve the kids where up at my parents. We did run a few errands that day but once we got home it was time for comfy clothes and a movie. We rang in the New Year playing Heads Up it was so much fun. New Years Day on the other hand was not fun. craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-42481107444866189952016-12-29T16:34:00.000-08:002016-12-29T16:34:26.592-08:00To Die for Friday - Lawn Fawn Scalloped Treat Box Advent Calendar 2016 Hello all. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! I was so happy to get to spend Christmas with my family including my soon to be brother in law. It helped raise my spirits to talk somethings out with my mom and getting to see the look on the kids faces when they opened their gifts. I am look forward to a fresh new start in the new year. Things for me will be craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-58742171659363331842016-12-15T15:52:00.000-08:002016-12-15T15:52:22.095-08:00What What Wednesday - Wedding Card
Hello all. I first want to start off by apologizing for this going up super late. Like I said in my update video I have just been in a real funk and even after I did the video I was just having a hard time getting back to my computer to edit it. I am hoping that once Christmas is over I will snap out of this funk and get right back into posting and making videos again. craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-31517079432117761602016-10-14T10:39:00.000-07:002016-10-14T10:40:03.953-07:00To die for Friday - Halloween Project #6 - Jack-O-Lantern Shaped Card Hello all and happy Friday to you. I am so excited it's Friday. The kids had no school yesterday and they have no school today and have been super helpful getting the house ready for you trip, an update video to come next week about that. This weekend we are finalizing all our plans and making sure everything is ready to go. I am so excited, I cant even tell you. Anyways lets craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-72180710028626943742016-10-12T09:09:00.000-07:002016-10-12T09:10:17.419-07:00What What Wednesday - Halloween Project #5 - A Spooky Anniversary Card It's Wednesday again and that means it's time for another What What Wednesday post. On Oct. 25th my husband and I will be celebrating 13 years of marriage. So I thought a Halloween themed card would be a great way to share my love for him. This turned out much better then I had thought it would.
I first planned out what I was going craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-77475052147242259842016-10-10T15:53:00.000-07:002016-10-10T15:53:29.603-07:00Cut it out Monday - Halloween Project #4 - Family Tombstones The weekend went by way to fast. I need more weekend, where can I buy more? Oh well I guess I will go on about my day and share with you today's project. I came across this project on Cricut Design Space Make it Now Project. I did change things up just a bit. I made ones for each person in the house. I thought it would be a fun to have them up a decoration. The font I used wascraftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-15931597256314713032016-10-07T12:21:00.001-07:002016-10-07T12:21:52.101-07:00To die for Friday - Halloween Project #3 - Monster Size Love Happy Friday. I am so glad this week is over, it has been a crazy week for me. We celebrated our oldest birthday and my husbands work schedule has kinda gone back to normal. I am really looking forward to a nice family weekend. Lets get into today's project so we can all go about our day. This was a fun card to make. I used Lawn and doodlebug products for this card.
&craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-41629171469204818362016-10-05T15:51:00.000-07:002016-10-05T15:51:02.478-07:00What What Wednesday - Halloween Project #2 - Copic Coloring Happy Wednesday to you. I also want to say a big Happy Birthday to our oldest who turned 12 today. I cant believe how fast time has gone by. I also can't believe we have an almost teenager in the house. This should be a fun year right lol. Anyways how is everyone else's week going so far? I am so ready for the weekend we have no plans and all I plan to do is relax and craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-78994653279175480442016-10-03T13:41:00.001-07:002016-10-03T13:41:57.831-07:00Cut it out Monday - Halloween Project #1 - Spider Lantern It's Monday and that means the start of a new week and the first (full) week of a new month. It also means another cut it out Monday project. But first how was your weekend? I hope you got everything done this weekend that you wanted to get done. I didn't have much because I knew hubby would be working on Sunday and he went to the UFC fights in Portland, so just a semi-laid craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-33502965386630754702016-09-30T10:01:00.001-07:002016-09-30T10:01:22.534-07:00To die for Friday - Birthday Shaker Shaped Card Good Morning to you on this beautiful Friday. I hope you guys have some fun plans for the weekend. I don't have anything going on really, Hubby has the UFC thing to go to on Saturday and if the weather is nice me and the kids will be doing some yard work. I also plan to do a little crafting but other then those things not a big busy weekend for us. My oldest craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255147127085325515.post-57912712593686125112016-09-28T09:08:00.000-07:002016-09-28T09:08:42.811-07:00What What Wednesday - We R Memory Keepers Fuse Tool Good Morning to all my crafty friends. How are you on this fine day? I am having a pretty good morning. My oldest got up early this morning to head off to her first band practice. I got some good sleep so hopefully my day will move a long well. I am a bit behind in not only my house cleaning but in getting videos done so I am hoping to get caught up on these over the next few craftycreationsbynikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114448847000404024noreply@blogger.com0