Hoppy Easter Banner for the most challenges I've ever entered at one time, woo hoo!!!

Hello everyone and Happy Wednesday/Thursday, depending on when you are reading this!  I'm so happy to share with all of you a banner I made for a few challenges and for some Easter Decor in my home...

The main banner background was cut out using the B is for Boy Cartridge.  I made the rossets out of plain white paper, overlayed them with a pink paper cut using the same Cartridge.  The font letters were cut using the Alphabalicious Cartridge.  The front, middle and end flags were made using the Create a Critter Cartridge.  The final touches come from the pearls bought at JoAnn's in their dollar section, and the see-through yellow ribbon used to tie the banner flags all together!

Now on to the fun part... I am entering this into... wait for it... wait for it... 5 challenges!!!
Please go check these sites out to see what others have created too!

Wee Memories Challenge #49 - Anything goes
Beary Sweet Challenge #22 - Spring
Scrabookaholic by Abby Challenge #2 - Anything Spring
FCCB Challenge Me Monday #53 - Looks like Spring
Kleirrs Kreation - National Craft Month


Thank you for looking, and Happy Crafting!!!
Lisa

A Post Again Finally!

Hello everyone!  I wanted to put a quick post up on a three card set, in which I used fussy cutting as the main creative tool... enjoy!

My favorite thing about these cards is that I was able to make all 3 of them out of one paper!  This paper has been in my stash for a long time so I'm sorry that I can't tell you the maker!  Other items I used include the silver ribbon, and on the sympathy card I used my Sizzix Texture Boutique and the Divine Swirls Cuttlebug folder.

This has been entered into:
Kleirrs Kreation - National Craft Month
Bug Bites - Buggy Challenge - use a bug somewhere on your project!

Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Welcome Madeline!

Hello crafty friends!  I just wanted to post a quick blog to announce our happy new arrival, Madeline!  Born March 14th. 

I will return soon, with hopefully many more creations!  Happy crafting! 

A Layout to love!

I'm so proud of how this layout turned out!  I have been looking at many of your blogs and have gained tremendous inspiration that is taking me new directions everyday in the crafting world.  This layout is based on a sketch from the Beary Sweet Challenge #21...

This layout will be perfect for milestones of our little Madeline when she arrives, and I plan on adding a second co-ordinating page to go along with it!  I used my Martha Stewart edge punch for the side strip of green.  I used the Storybook Cartridge for the letters, corner designs, and butterflies.  The trees were made using the Stretch Your Imagination Cartridge, cut in 3 different sizes.  I ran all of the trees through my Sizzix Texture Boutique and Swirls embossing folder which I had ran my brown Stampin Up Ink pad along the front side for added contrast.  I also I added the hearts to the largest tree from the Basic George Cartridge.  The two flowers came from my stash and I accented one with a brown brad in the center of it.  I also ran a Stampin' Up ribbon in gold and white along the decorative strip and main background paper.  For some added "bling" I used gold and rainbow stickles.  And viola!!!

This LO will be entered into the following challenges:
Beary Sweet Challenge #21 - use sketch
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #50 - use a tree
Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge #8 - use the Stretch Your Imagination Cartridge
Kleirr's Kreations - National Craft Month

Thank you soooo very much for taking the time to look at my work, I love and cherish all coments!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Please Read for awesome giveaway info!!!

Pink by Design is having a referral contest to the Pink by Design Mailing List and the Pink by Design Facebook page.  You will receive one entry for each person you refer.  Just have them add your name to the comments on the mail list or post on the Pink by Design wall that you sent them.

I would greatly appreciate anyone who would be willing to go to either of the above links and simply tell them that Lisa from Lisa's Creative Niche sent you!  You will also have the opportunity to enter into an awesome giveaway to win for yourself!  As soon as they reach 2,500 people on their facebook page to simply click the like it button then will be giving away a Cricut Imagine and/or a Cricut Expression 2!!!!!!!!!!  HELLO AWESOME PRIZES!!!!  

Thank you so much for your time and I greatly appreciate anyone who puts me down as their referral!!!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Challenge Card and DT Call entry...

Hello everyone!  I hope you are having a fantastic day!  Here is my card to share for today based on a Peachy Keen stamps sketch, and I am soooo excited ( with fingers crossed ) just to have the chance to enter this into a DT Call too!

I used the sketch provided by Peachy Keen Stamps for this weeks challenge for my card.  The ribbon comes from my stash and the paper is, believe it or not, called Christmas Magic by nancie rowe-janitz... It was double sided so the green strip going across the card is just the other side of the main background paper.  I then used a gold shimmer paper to make the larger circle, a maroon cardstock for the inner circle, and the same gold with a blue cardstock on the flowers.  All of the above cuts were made using my Basic George Cartridge and my expression machine.  I used pop dots on the maroon circle for dimension, and for bling I used my I-Rock tool with gold gemstones on the outer circle and blue gemstones on the flowers.  I also distressed the outside of the main background with Tim Holtz distressing ink.

Challenges/DT call entry for this project are:
Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge #47 - Use their sketch and add some bling!
Inking It Up! - DT call - must use the cricut
Southern Girls Challenge - use flowers
Kleirr's Kreations - National Craft Month

Thank you so much for looking!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

A different take on a challenge sketch!

Hello Crafters!!!  First I want to let you all know that hopefully any day now I will be on a little "vacation", becoming a mommy to baby number two, so if I'm a no show all of a sudden I wanted you to know where I would be, hehehe!  Now onto my project for today:

Here's a picture of the sketch we were to use for SSD Challenge:

And here is what I came up with:



I can't wait to add a picture of my little man ontop of the green paper on this LO!  I kept with the sketch of the flower, by using a flower punch and adding a little dump truck in the center of it.  The lines on the bottom of the sketch are where my roads are!  I used my B is for Boys Cartridge for the title and the dump trucks.  And I love the way this came out!

I am entering this into three challenges:

SSDS - sketch challenge

Scrappy Mom's Terrific Tuesday Challenge - use B is for Boy Cartridge

Kleirrs Kreations - National Craft Month

Thank you so much for looking and as always...

Happy Crafting!

Lisa