Fi's cards and crafts

Back to work tomorrow....

2012-02-19T11:58:00.005Z

Happy Sunday everybody...well I did intend to get more cards made this week whilst I have been on holiday but you know how it is when the schools are off....Holly had me traipsing all over and spending money. although she got bored and fed up once she had eveything she wanted!! Went shopping to Glasgow one day too....I thought it was bad enough shopping with Holly but my mother and Holly on the same day...love them both dearly but omg!! Holly likes to go to Primark, Repbulic, New Look and then you go to the other extreme...the Edinburgh Woollen Mill, which confused Holly as we were in Glasgow. What did I buy....roasting bags from Lakeland, that was me so I think a little bit of internet shopping may be in order later today.

So for my card I have followed the sketch over at A Gem of a challenge although I have tilted it round, I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Summers End, I have layered each of the papers onto bazill card and distressed the edges, the stamp is from Lili of the Valley which I have coloured with copics. I have cut out some felt flowers with my MFT flower trio die which has to be my most favourite die but then you may know that!! I added a ribbon and a bigger bow than I would normally use but I think it looks ok.

I hope to be back shortly with another creation.

A Gem of a Challenge - sketch
Allsorts - free & easy
CES - spots & dots
Crazy 4 challenges - spots & stripes
Crafts & Me - distressing
Cute Card Thursday - flower power
Crafty Catz - favourite things(flower die)
Craft us Crazy - favourite things(flower die)
Dutch Dare - distressing
Crafters Companion - anything goes
Totally Papercrafts - ribbons and bows
Sarah Hurley - die cuts
Paper Sundaes - birthdays

Fi
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I think it's time for Pippi to make an appearance....

2012-02-15T12:24:00.004Z

Good morning bloggers, and it's a lovely day. So I have got some housework done, the washing is on with a batch ready to hang out, then I will sort lunch and dinner but first a wee post...when I saw the challenge over at I-copic was BG then I had to make a card...I think the blue/greens are my favourite copics.

For my card I have used papers from MME - Be Amazing and Fancy Pants - Summer's End. The stamp os of course Pippi Longsocks from sugar Nellie which has been coloured with copics, the BG colours I have used is BG09, BG72 and BG000, the flowers has been cut using my MFT flower trio die, I threaded some twine to the button and added a message a couple of pearls.

I-Copic - BG colours
CES - lots of layers
Allsorts - free and easy
Crafters Companion - anything goes
Divas by Design - wings & things
Cupcake Craft Challenge - entwined
Love to Create - buttons and bows

Fi
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New Followers linky.....

2012-02-13T18:00:00.001Z

As you’ve probably heard, the popular Google Friend Connect (“GFC”) is going away Feb 29th for non-Google blog platforms like WordPress, and the word is that it will be eventually phased out completely to be replaced by Google+. It has been on national news reports –all about how Google is phasing it out and not providing a service to move our followers–even saying the new Google+ will not be what the GFC was. GFC was never really so much an “I follow this blog” tool as it was an attempt at the whole Facebook “friend, like” concept.

One last thing, the inevitable question: can my GFC followers be automatically moved over? NO. Google won’t allow access to those accounts but more importantly, YOU really shouldn’t sign up someone to a new service. They should voluntarily sign up themselves. You’ll need to ask your GFC folks (and all your blog readers) to follow you using Linky Followers.

You can get started by FOLLOWING ME from my Linky Followers widget in my sidebar.

If you sign up for the Linky Follower tool I am following everyone that follows me.

Fi
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Sweet Stampin' DT card

2012-02-11T08:00:00.001Z

Good morning campers and my scheduled post...I am on holiday from work next week though!! yay!!

I hope most of you have managed to escape the snow this week....it's been a bit freezy too!!

The challenge over a Sweet Stampin' is Clean & Simple....omg this ain't my thing and oh how I have struggled!!

We have our monthly sponsor - Joanna Sheen who is giving a £10 voucher for her store to one lucky winner.

We also have Stamp Addicts who are sponsoring us this week and they too are giving a £10 voucher.

So here it is then....

...I have used the cupcakes and message from the Crazy for cupcakes set from Stampin' Up and coloured it with copics. I glittered up the icing on the cakes too.

Fi
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #77

2012-02-09T09:00:00.012Z

brrr....good morning sugar addicts, hope you are wrapped up warm and cosy!! It's Thursday today so I guess that means a new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl.

Today's challenge is Kiki's sketch below with the optional "love" theme.

Once again there's the usual prize from Funky Kits...4 Sugar Nellie stamps however if there's more than 100 entries then the prize increases to 6 stamps....woo hoo!!

For my card I have used papers from Little Yellow Bicycle - Love Letters collection. I doodled around the edges and layered the papers. The stamp is from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with polychromos. I added a couple of flowers and a matching tag. Pop over and check out the inspiration from the rest of the sweeties...

By the Cute and Girly - love is in the air
Creatalicious - love
Joanna Sheen - love is in the air
Little Miss Muffet - love
Sarah Hurley - love is all around
Ladybug - loves me loves me not
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Lexi's Creations - love
Lollipop - valentines
Stamp & Create - love
Dream Valley - valentine
Paper Players - flowers
One Stop Craft Challenge - the one I love
DYSU - love
Cure Card Thursday - pink valentine
Paperplay - love letters
Stamptacular - color challenge
4 Crafty chicks - love/valentine

Fi
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Happy Birthday Dad...

2012-02-03T16:15:00.010Z

Well good afternoon bloggers, thought I would post this just now as I don't have anything else to show you but it will be fine as my dad doesn't look at my blog. It's my dad's birthday next week and this is the card I have made for him. The stamp is Sail Away from Stampin' Up, I coloured the sails with polychromos, there is actually white and a very pale blue in there!! The paper is from Jillybean Soup - Apple cheddar soup and all layered onto kraft. I doodled around the edges too...I quite like that look. I cut those little flags out with my MFT pennants die. The message is from LOTV...oops nearly forgot...I added a charm too.

I have given my blog a makeover yesterday as I had a few followers say they couldn't read the text on my other one, I think when it was on a go slow and the page took a while to load, so this is my first post on my new look blog.

Papertake Weekly - sketch(with some extra bits)
Lollipop - anything goes
Craft Us Crazy - anything goes
Delightful Sketches - punches/dies
Do you Stack Up - anything goes
Divas by Design - anything goes
Paper pretties - ribbon/twine
Fashionable Stamping - it's a guy thing
That Craft Place - by the seaside
Fussy & Fancy - polka dots(on the paper)
Crafty Ribbons - men/boys(if twine doesn't count then just delete me)
Little Darlings - polka dots

Fi
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Lovely Rose..

2012-01-28T19:00:00.004Z

Well here we are with the second of my posts today...I just had to colour this one as soon as she arrived yesterday... The stamp is from Personal Impressions - Rose which I have coloured with copics. The papers are from Basic Grey - Kissing Booth which have been layered onto kraft. I added a few felt and kraft flowers which I cut using my fabby MFT flower trio die - my most favouritest die and tied a button on with some twine. I finished with some glitter on Rose's dress.

Charisma Cardz - pretty in pink
My Mums Craft Shop - flowers
simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Basic Grey - favourite things
The Kraft Journal - tie it up
Joanna Sheen - Celebration
Hotshot Crafts - flowers
Moving along with the Times - blooming marvellous
Stamp & Create - anything goes
Creative Inspirations Paint - pink

Fi
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Sweet Stampin' DT card

2012-01-28T08:00:00.002Z

Good morning bloggers, I hope you are all well this morning!! Well we have had wind, rain, sleet, snow, frost and ice this week and most of it all in the same day...lol!! So today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "animals".

We have our monthly sponsor - Joanna Sheen who is giving one lucky winner a £10 voucher for her store.

and also the weekly sponsor - Di's Digi downloads who is also giving a $10 voucher for her store.

So for my card I have used papers that were in my stash and I have no idea where they are from, the stamp is from LOTV - Balloon Bunny which has been coloured with copics. I cut out a few stars and a little message...

Dream Valley - animals
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Fi
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #76

2012-01-26T09:00:00.006Z

Good morning sugar fans....I hope you are all playing with your new rubber from the last release of stamps...I thought so. In that case you are in luck as there is a new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl. This fortnight's challenge is the sketch below....

...of course as always there is the added option of Paper Piecing. The prize for one lucky winner picked at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from Funky Kits.

I love paper piecing although it does take a bit of time but very therapeutic!! So I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Love Story collection. I pieced everything other than the hair and skin. I edged each of the layers with some doodling....seems to be my new thing at the moment. I added some flowers which I cut using my MFT flower trio die and stuck some pearls in the centres....

My Mums Craft Shop - flowers
Whimsy Inspirations - pearls
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Creative Inspirations - anything goes
Karen's Doodles - paper piecing
Paper Sundaes - paper piecing
DYSU - ribbons
Moving Along with the times - Blooming marvellous
Hotshot Crafts - flowers

Fi
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Check this out...

2012-01-23T21:44:00.003Z

Check this candy out here.....I would so love to win this....I would be a good girl forever!!

Fi
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Best Day Ever...

2012-01-21T08:16:00.002Z

Good morning folks and a wee scheduled post this morning. when I say best day ever...I don't mean that I am having the best day ever, that's the name of this little stamp from Sugar Nellie...isn't she sweet?? I have coloured this little cutie with polychromos....still more practice needed. I have used papers from Jillybean Soup - Apple Cheddar Soup and they are almost all gone but I will need to buy more as I lurve these papers. Yes again I have doodled and layered onto kraft. I added a ribbon and a bow and some gems.

Whilst I am working hard at work I hope my hubby has returned my new coat I bought yesterday. Put it on last night and the security tag is still on it. The shop assistant was too busy blethering and I didn't notice she hadn't taken it off...anyway my bargain £75 reduced to £20....all the more pennies for crafty goodies.

Remember to pop over to Sweet Stampin' for a new challenge today.

CLP - sketch
Crazy for challenges - child's birthday
Pixie Dust Studio - we're going dotty
Paper Sundaes - #89 lots of layers
Paper Play - ribbon

Fi
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Fifi goes shopping...

2012-01-20T09:32:00.007Z

Good morning folks, well the snow from yesterday seems to have disappeared for the time being although it's very frosty and baltic!!

Well you know it would only be a matter of time before Fifi would be on my blog and here she is...I love Fifi just as much as her pal Pippi..they are best pals on my desk!!

For my card today I have used a mix of papers from First Edition - Up and Away and Jillybean soup - Apple cheddar Soup...one of my favourite colour combos. I have layered them onto kraft, seems to be my thing at the mo, oh and my other thing is the doodles. I distressed each of the layers..the stamp is Fifi goes shopping from sugar Nellie which I have coloured with copics. I added some glitter to the furry bits on her boots and jacket. The flowers have been cut with my MFT flower trio die which also doodled, the felt flower has been cut with the same fie and I threaded some twine and a button on to it....finished with a message and some gems.

My Mums Craft Shop - favourite colour combo
The Kraft Journal - stamp it pretty
Squigglefly - button it up
The Pink elephant - favourite colours
Truly Madly Crafty - anything goes
Crafty Purple Frog - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - buttons, boes, bling and blooms
Pixie Dust Studio - going dotty
Totally Papercrafts - make your own flowers
Paper pretties - glitter
Paper sundaes - past challenge - #89 lots of layers
Crafty Catz - buttons and bows
Joanna Sheen - celebration

Fi
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A wee quickie tonight

2012-01-17T20:03:00.002Z

I folks, hope you are all well. Just to let you know my friend Karen has finally got around to making a blog and she has posted her very first card and a Sugar Nellie one at that. I would love for you to pop over and visit her and give her some encouragement....check out her blog here.

Fi
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Little birdie love....

2012-01-14T20:22:00.004Z

Hi folks and my second post today!! I couldn't wait to ink up this little cutie but I had a bit of a bother getting her as she slipped out of her packaging and went AWOL in the post along with some buddies...all safe and sound now!!

I have made this card for Michael to give to his girlfriend on Valentines Day...I hope they both like it.

So for this card I used my brand new papers from Fancy Pants - Love Collection...delish!! The stamp is from Personal Impression and is called Bluebird's proposal although I have made it pink....mmm perhaps I should have made it blue for a boy, oh well never mind!! I coloured the stamp with copics. I added some pom pom ribbon, felt flowers and hearts which were die cut, oh and also a couple of buttons threaded with black twine....bought all these from Sew Sweet. I cut the message from the same papers and finished off with some pearls. Forgot about the stitching and I tried something a bit different to kind of match in so I made it look like a heart beat.....well it's supposed to!

Sweet Stamps - hearts
The Pink elephant - hearts
There's Magic in the Air - from the heart
Paper Sundaes - saturated colours(the image has 4 shades of red...hope that is saturated)
Crafters Companion - love is in the air
The Alphabet challenge - You choose
Crafty Catz- use something new(everything on the card is new)
Delicious doodles - something new
Simply Create Too - more than 2 layers
Paper Play - in stitches
My Mum's Craft Shop - girls
My time to Craft - hugs & kisses
Cupcake - something new
Crafty Calendar - news, news
Challenge up your life - bingo( ribbon, buttons, die cuts)
CMC Copic challenge - hot pink
Designed to Delight - include a heart
Papertake Weekly - Die cute

Fi
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Check out these faeries...

2012-01-14T08:00:00.001Z

Good morning Saturday bloggers and my scheduled post. Well it's a bit frosty this morning...brrr!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "glitter, shine, bling"....plenty of choice of shinyness out there.

We have our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen...

...who is offering one lucky winner a £10 gift certificate.

and our weekly sponsor Emerald Faeries..

who are giving one lucky winner 2 of those gorgeous digis!!

For my card I have used Fancy Pants - Winterland papers, which are new!! The image is Isabella from Emerald Faeries which I coloured with copics and then glittered up her wings. To finish I added the message and a few flowers.

Stamptacular - sketch
Totally Papercrafts - spots & stripes
Moving along with the Times - spots & stripes
Simon Says Stamp - spots & stripes
anything goes - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Lexi's Creations - anything goes
Truly Madly Crafty - anything goes
Birthday Sundaes - birthday

Fi
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Attention!!

2012-01-12T13:23:00.001Z

Just a wee quickie to let you know that there is a DT Call over at Sweet Stampin'.

If you would like to be considered then check out the full details on the Sweet Stampin' challenge blog.

Fi
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #75

2012-01-12T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning sugar addicts...and a new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl today. This fortnight's challenge is the lovely Erika's sketch below and of course the additional option of "birthdays."

The prize for one lucky winner picked at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps of their choice from Funky Kits but if there is over 100 entries then the prize is 6 Sugar Nellie stamps.

So for my card I have used First Edition papers, that gorgeous stamp is Fashionista which I coloured with my new polychromos...not sure how long I will call them "new"...lol!! I layered the papers onto bazzill card and distressed the edges. to finish I added a few flowers and gems.

Now there's new Sugar on sale from tomorrow so no excuse not to take part and show of your new rubber and check out the sneaky peeks over at the Sugar Nellie blog.

My Mums Craft Shop - girls
Anything goes - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
lexi's Creations - anything goes
Truly Madly Crafty - anything goes
Addicted to Stamps - blue
Birthday sundaes - birthday sentiment
Dream Valley - anything goes
CES - anything goes

Fi
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Good evening...

2012-01-07T21:15:00.006Z

Good evening folks....well at a bit of a loose end and I am tired as I have been at work all day and my eyes are seeing numbers, rotas and shifts!! It will be like that for the next 3 weeks....aarrrgghh!!

I was having a wee browse and saw The Stamp Man were holding their annual awards so I thought why not enter.

Now you have to choose your best or favourite project from 2011 and although this was difficult as I think most of the cards that I have made are special to me in some way but I have chosen this one as my favourite which I originally posted here.

This one was of the first cards I made colouring with Distress Inks. I was completely inspire by the lovely Elaine who colours with DI's and Nick Bantock Inks and does it amazingly. I absolutely love colouring with them too and yes I do need more practise but I did take almost 4 hours to colour this Sassy so I think it deserves to be my favourite!! The stamp is Apple of my Eye from Sugar Nellie which you can buy here from Funky Kits. the papers I have used are fabby too, they are Apple Cheddar Soup from Jillybean Soup.

Fi
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It's Pippi....

2012-01-06T16:59:00.007Z

Well I said Pippi would be along soon, so here she is. I think there seems to be a bit of an orange thing going on here...don't you think??

Just a quickie...the papers are from Jillybean Soup - Apple cheddar Soup, which I have layered and stitched. I dyed the TH ribbon and flowers with Spiced Marmalade DI. The stamp is of course Pippi Longsocks from Sugar Nellie which I coloured again with my new polychromos.

Totally Papercrafts - sketch
Prairy Fairy - things with sparkly wings
simon Says Stamp - something new(new pencils)
Paper sundaes - something old, something new(new pencils, everything else is old)
The Pink Elephant - anything goes
Fairytale Challenge - something new (pencils)
Flutterby Wednesday - anything goes
Crafts & Me - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes(new stash)

fi
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It's orange...

2012-01-06T09:23:00.006Z

Good morning my fellow bloggers....now the storms have calmed down, it's now white outside!! I will be glad when this winter is over, perhaps that means we will have a good summer... Well I have been doodling away colouring with my new polychromos, and I think they do take a bit of practising. I haven't quite mastered the blending to get the same effect you get with copics or promarkers but I am not giving up as I really like them!

So, I have used Peek a Boo birthday from Sugar Nellie and coloured her with my new polychromos as I said, the papers are scraps that I have left from Echo Park - Country Drive, I must order more as I really like these papers. I also added some stitching and distressed the edges of the layers to cove up my wonky cutting...think I pulled that one off!!

Will be back shortly with Pippi!!

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Craft Your Passion - anything goes plus distressing
Stamps R Us - anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy - free and easy
The Pink elephant - anything goes
Ladybug - anything goes with your new stash(pencils)
Papertake Weekly - anything goes with new stash
Truly Madly Crafty - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - what's new
Little Miss Muffet - new something
Fab 'n' funky - something new
Inky Impressions - anything goes
PaperShelter - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - something new
Simply Create 2 - more than 2 layers

Fi
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It's Bella...

2012-01-01T15:58:00.007Z

Ok folks...next up is Bella!! When I saw Bella on Elaine's blog she made me realise how adorable Bella is so i needed to give her some colour!! So last night whilst waiting on Big Ben striking I decided to make a start.

The papers are from Fancy Pants - Summers End, and I have coloured Bella using my new polychromos...gosh does it take long. I think I am quite happy with how the colouring went apart from Bella's cankles...they look a bit patchy!! I dyed those TH flowers to match the card and added a wee message!!

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Fussy & Fancy - birthday
The Secret Crafter - anything goes
Totally gorjuss - happy
paper sundaes - something old, something new(polychromos)
Creative Inspirations paint - something new(polychromos)
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Sarah hurley challenge - colouring
4 Crafty chicks - something new(polychromos)

Fi
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Happy birthday Sophie...

2012-01-01T15:47:00.007Z

Good afternoon New Year bloggers and her I am with my first posting of 2012. This card has taken me all day to make!!! The poapers I have used are from MME - Mischevious collection which have been layered onto kraft. The image is Pillow Talk from the simply Sassy range at Sugar Nellie. I coloured the hair and skin with copics and then paper pieced the rest with the matching papers. The flowers were cut using my MFT flower trio die, I added buttons an twin to the centres. I gave the whole card a doodled effect around the edges...quite like that look, I think it's cool and funky and goes well with this Sassy.

Hope Sophie likes this as it's her 18th tomorrow....

A Gem of a challenge - sketch
MFT - GDT competition
Daring Cardmakers - spots and stripes
Everybody Art - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
My Mums Craft Shop - anything goes
pixie dust Studio - numbers
Charisma - anything goes
Crafters companion - anything goes

Fi
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A Year in Review...

2011-12-31T18:44:00.008Z

Good evening all...it's almost next year!!

Have you all made your New Years resolutions?? Well I have....I have decided a good one for me would be to keep on top of the ironing. Now I hate ironing but once I get going I am fine but I normally stand for about 6 hours at a time so I thought if I did half an hour each night then i would feel the benefit of that. I had also thought about my weight loss but I think I have that under control and I am on my way to nearly 2 stones off so I don't have to worry there(touchwood).

I noticed that lots of you have been showcasing your favourite cards and I did already show my 5 favourite Christmas cards but I thought I would share my favourite cards from throughout the year for A Year in Review. Hopefully I can manage this before midnight!! So here goes.....

My favourite Christmas stamp from Sugar Nellie....

One of my favourite Sassy's and one of my first attempts a colouring with DI's with some inspiration from the fabby Elaine.

This one I made for Holly's birthday...looks a bit like her...

Ooooh just my favouritest...Pippi...

I love this one so much as this card took me the longest time ever!!

This little cutie is from Lili of the Valley....

I made this one for the Sassy blog....this Sassy scared me because of her hair, but the lovely Debbi has some fab tutorials on colouring and was really happy with the end result.

ooh...same paper different Sassy!!

just love these papers...so fresh...peek a boo birthday from Sugar Nellie.

Now then...my first SB DT card....and my favourite Gorjuss girl...

This one is a bit different ...love this stamp from SU!!

My other favourite Christmas stamp from Sugar Nellie!!

phew that was hard.....chopped and changed them so many times. I hope you like what I have selected to showcase.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!!

Fi
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New beginnings at Sweet Stampin'

2011-12-31T08:00:00.003Z

Good morning bloggers and possibly my last post of this year. Boy oh boy what a quick year!!

Well with all the festivities and my hubby being in and upsetting my routine, I didn't get time to photograph my card for today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin'...but watch this space as it will be here when I return home from work, yes that's right I am at work but only for a half shift...woo hoo!!

edited...now uploaded!!

So this week's challenge is "new beginnings"...new baby, new home etc. We also have a fab sponsor...Angel Crafts who are offering one lucky winner an embellishment kit as their prize.

For tomorrow!! The prize is an embellishment kit...don't have a photo of that.

Check out the other teamies cards...fabby!!

Fi
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Papertake Weekly GDT card..

2011-12-27T09:00:00.002Z

Good morning Christmas bloggers...hope you all had a lovely Christmas and did Santa bring you lots of crafting goodies?? I would just like to thank all of you who leave me comments, it's much appreciated and i promise to catch up with my commenting now that Christmas is almost over.

Today is my last card as Guest Designer over at Papertake Weekly, it has been fun and thank you Dawny for asking me to join your team this month. Today's challenge is the sketch below or you can choose one of the challenges from throughout the year....I have opted for the sketch as it is a fab one!!

for my card I have used papers from Authentic - Free Bird collection...just my colours!! The stamp is Fantasy from Penny Black. I added some extra coloured spots to the tree, inked up the edge of the card and then added some glitter....hope you like.

Creative Inspirations Paint - anything goes
The Crafty Pad - anything but Christmas
The Secret Crafter - anything goes
Delicious Doodles - anything goes
Stampin for the Weekend - anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes
Scrapbook sisters - anything goes
Aud's Sentiments - anything goes
Charisma Cardz - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes

Fi
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My top 5 Christmas cards of 2011...

2011-12-24T14:19:00.007Z

Merry Christmas everybody...one more sleep to go!! Now I am up to my eyes in it today but was having a breather and saw on Debby's blog that she was doing a top 5 Christmas cards of 2011 so I thought I would quickly join in. I do love my Sugar Nellie stamps but I thought I would share a few others too! Anyway here is my top 5...hope you like them too.

Fi
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Papertake Weekly GDT card..

2011-12-20T09:00:00.003Z

Good mornings Christmas bloggers and my scheduled post. Not long to go now...woo hoo!! today I am here with my next Guest card for Papertake Weekly, the theme is Christmas. I have used All spruced Up from Sugar Nellie and coloured her with copics, the papers are Fancy pants - Hot Chocolate which I layered up onto kraft card and did some doodling around the edges. I added some some twine and attached a little silver snowflake, punched a couple of snowflakes and glittered them up and finished with some buttons and a message.

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Bearly Mine - anything goes
The ribbon Carousel - tangled twine
Dream Valley - Christmas

Fi
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Sweet Stampin' DT card

2011-12-17T08:00:00.000Z

Good morning sweet stampers and my scheduled post...8 sleeps til Santa comes!! Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is sparkle and bling.

Our sponsor this week is Di's Digi's, who is offering one lucky winner a $10 gift certificate.

I had a bit of a printer issue yesterday so no digi on my card so I have used this little trio of trees from Stampin' Up - Polar Party which I coloured with promarkersand glittered up, I added a ribon,button and a bit of bling. The paper was in my stash and I have no idea where that came from. Pop over and check out the other teamies cards.

Willow sketchie - sketch

Fi
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Warm Winter Wishes

2011-12-15T10:48:00.011Z

Another post from me today but not scheduled...I coloured this little cutie the other night so thought I would quickly make it into a card. The stamp is Warm Winter Wishes from Sugar Nellie which is unfortunately out of stock at the moment however it is available in digi format here.

The papers are Echo Park - Winter Park, which I layered up and doodled around the edges of each layer, I like layers!! I coloured the stamp with promarkers. punched a snowflake and added a message and ribbon...then glittered the whole thing up...you can never have too much glitter!! Hope you like.

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Christmas Card challenges - doodling
Crafty Boots - Christmas
Lexi's - Christmas but no red/green
ABC Christmas Challenge - anything goes
Crafting for all Seasons - Christmas
Crafts & Me - Christmas
Divas by Design - Christmas
Little Red Wagon - Christmas
My Mums Craft Shop - cute and funly christmas
Bearly Mine - untraditional christmas
Cupcake - sparkle
Dream Valley - christmas
Joanna sheen - Christmas
By the Cute and Girly - Christmas
I ♥ Promarkers - blue and white(not sure if I have too much of other colours so just delete me if I do)
Totally Gorjuss - let it snow
Paper Sundaes - anything Christmas
4 Crafty Chicks - Christmas
Crafty Purple Frog - it's cold outside
Delightful Challenges - anything goes
Forever Friends - it's all Christmas
Paper Crafting Journey - christmas
Paperplay - Christmas
Really Reasonable ribbons - anything goes
ABC Challenge - F is for Frosty

Fi
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #74

2011-12-15T09:00:00.006Z

Good morning sugar addicts.....almost time for Santa to come but before then we have another challenge over at The Sugar Bowl. The challenge this week is Maria Therese's fab sketch below...

...the theme is no Shop bought or digi papers but you can make you own. Once again we have the fab prize of 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from Funky Kits....

...but if there's more than 100 entries then the prize will increase to 6 stamps....so what are you waiting for?? Pop over and check out the inspiration from the other sweeties...they are fab!!

for my card I have embossed the main card with a floral embossing folder and then I also embossed the panel the image is layered onto. The stamp is "Fifi goes Walkies" which you can but here from Funky Kits. I coloured Fifi with copics this time and I think I am happy with the way she turned out!! Of course I glittered her and the card but you can't really it that well...iot does actually have lots!!

Cupcake Craft Challenge - sparkle, gleams, glitters
Whoopsie Daisy - sparkle and shine
Crazy Amigo challenge - embossing
Corrosive Challenge - anything but Christmas

Fi

Papertake Weekly GDT card..

2011-12-13T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning folks....oh isn't it freezy....brrr and more snow on the horizon here in bonny Scotland!! So today I have my second GDT card for Papertake Weekly. The theme this week is "I'm dreaming of a {favourite colour} Christmas...now I have to say I do like blue amongst a few other colours!!

So for my card I have used some scraps of paper that were in my stash, they are from Heidi Grace - Frost Boulevard. The stamp is from Sugar Nellie - Christmas Garland....and wait for it, coloured with promarkers. I punched a couple of snowflakes and added a pearl to the centres and then glittered them and the snow people up!!

Stamptacular - Christmas glitz
Pile it On - bling it up
Dream Valley - Christmas
Addicted to stamps - snowflakes
Totally gorjuss - let it snow
Craft your Days Away - snowmen
2 Sisters - Christmas
Ruby's Rainbow - monochromatic
The Pink elephant - snowflakes & sparkles
Willow sketchie - sketch
Paperplay - snowmen
Delightful challenges - blue christmas

Fi
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Merry Christmas....

2011-12-09T10:00:00.005Z

Good morning windswept bloggers!! Well...what a day and night yesterday for us Scots...we had winds up to 160mph at parts of the day. The extreme weather caused havoc all over and I am so glad I didn't need to venture out!! It was a tad scary I have to say and I hope everyone was safe.

So I doodled away last night colouring in this stamp which is Festive Friends from Sugar Nellie and this time I coloured with copics and then glittered it up. I bought a few new colours so thought I would put them to the test although I haven't managed to get the right shade of green, so if anybody knows of a kind of lightish promarker green, let me know. Now when I saw the sketch over at Christmas Challenges, I had to try it...I do prefer lots of layers as I am kind of rubbish at the embellishments so With lots of layers I don't need to add too many other bits and bobs.
The papers are from Fancy Pants - Hot Chocolate collection, and they are yummy!! I have entered the challenges below. I layered the papers onto kraft card and edged them with a fine pen to give them a stitched look. I punched out the snowflake and glittered it up and then added a button and twine. I also added some twine around one of the layers and attached a snowflake charm.

Christmas Challenges with sketches - fabulous sketch
ABC Christmas challenge - anything goes
Crafts & Me - snowflakes
Paper Sundaes - sundae bar(stripes, red, fake stitching and a punch)
Creative Card Crew - tis the season
Creative Craft Challenge - stitching(mine is fake this time)
Passion for promarkers - celebrations
Craft your Passion - anything goes plus glitter
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
By the Cute and Girly - let it snow
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Stampin for the Weekend - Christmas
Winter Wonderland - let it snow
Hotshot Crafts - promarkers
Divas by Design - anything goes
Addicted to stamps - christmas
Crafty Calendar - cold & frosty
Designed to Delight - snow

Fi
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Papertake Weekly GDT card..

2011-12-06T09:00:00.006Z

Good morning bloggers and another scheduled post, now I'm not sure which one will be first as they are both scheduled for the same time. I was delighted when I got an email from Dawny asking if I would like to be Guest Designer over at Papertake Weekly for the month of December...I was so chuffed as I do try to take part in their challenges most weeks when I can. so the challenge this week over at Papertake Weekly is "anything christmas" with the optional extra of something dangly, which I completely forgot about...so a good start!!

Their sponsor is Lili of the Valley....so you don't want to miss this!!

For my card I have used Fishing buddies from LOTV which I coloured with copics, the papers were in my stash and I really can't remember where they are from. I added a punched snowflake(cos i love snowflakes) and some matching ribbon...it isn't actually as dark IRL. I finished off glittering it all up...hope you like.

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Bunny Zoe - anything Christmas with pearls
Craft Your Passion - anything goes with glitter
Hooked on Crafts - Winter Wonderland
Incy Wincy - non traditional christmas colours
The Pink elephant - snowflakes and sparkles
Whoopsi Daisy - snowflakes
Gingerloft - Christmas

Fi
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Butterfly Girl....

2011-12-06T09:00:00.004Z

Good morning Sassy fans and welcome to one of my 2 scheduled posts today. I was delighted when Maria Therese asked me if I would like to take part in the final Simply Sassy spotlight of the year...so I would have been rude to say no!! I have used one of my favourite Sassy's, butterfly girl. As you know the lovely Elaine is so fabulous at colouring with DI's and SU inks and she has totally inspired and encouraged me to make the effort so here we are...a combination of SU inks and DI's.

Thank you Maria for allowing me to take part in your final Spotlight of the year. x

Pop over to the Simply Sassy blog to check out the others that Maria has asked to join.

Lothian Crafts - pink and brown
Samuel Taylor - anything goes

Fi
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A little snow angel....

2011-12-03T08:00:00.004Z

Good morning sweet stampers...over at The Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog we have another challenge for you...this time it's "snow" or "snowmen, people....something with snow!!

This week our sponsor is Crafty Emma's Store, who is offering up this fab paper pad to one lucky winner.....

For my card I have a little snow angel which is from Inky antics. I coloured this stamp with promarkers this time so that I could join in the promarker challenge as the sketch is just fab!! The papers are Echo Park - Winter Park which I also layered onto kraft card, I added some button twine, punched a snowflake and added a button to the centre...then of course glittered it up.

Now pop over and see what the other sweeties have to show you.

Passion for promarker - sketch
I ♥ promarkers - snowmen/flakes
Stamptacular - Christmas
Simon Says - anything goes
Cards & More - snowflakes
Creative Craft - free for all
Craft your passion - tis the Season
Make it Monday(The kraft Journal) - Christmas
Dream Valley - sparkle
Paper sundaes - Winter Wonderland
By the Cute and Girly - let it snow
Delightful sketches - let it snow
Totally papercrafts - let it snow
Fairy Tale challenge - Christmas
Patties Creations - Christmas
Simply Create Too - Christmas
Wags n Whiskers- angel or fairy (does my snow angel count)
OSCC - let it snow

Fi
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Sugar Nellie Christmas Candy giveawy

2011-12-02T22:16:00.003Z

hi folks...just to let you know if you hop on over to the Sugar Nellie Blog, there's some candy to giveway!!

Fi
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Raise the Bar GDT card..

2011-12-02T05:01:00.001Z

Hi folks...incase you think I have been up at stupid o'clock this morning then I wasn't!! This is scheduled...I was lucky enough to be asked to be a Guest Designer today over at Raise the Bar so here is my card.

I have used papers from MME - Be Merry, the stamp is from Stampin' Up - polar party set which I coloured with promarkers this time. I finished with a ribbon and a few buttons.

Crafty Boots - anything goes
Addicted to Stamps - Christmas
Lollipop Crafts - B is for...buttons and bow
Charisma - seeing spots
Bling it On - Christmas
DYSU - ribbon
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
CYDA - buttons or bows

Fi
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A quickie....

2011-12-01T13:17:00.004Z

Hi folks, thought I would quickly post this card before I start getting organised for lunch, dinner and then my night out.

I have used scraps of papers that I had in my stash...not sure which make but the fairy is from LOTV and I have coloured her with copics....short and sweet and will catch up later.

LOTV - anything but Christmas
The ribbon Girl - pink and white
Papertake Weekly - sketch
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Fi
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #73

2011-12-01T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning Sugar Addicts and my scheduled post. Before I tell you about today's challenge over at The Sugar Bowl, I thought I would share my news...I was slimmer of the week last night aaaaand slimmer of the month...so chuffed with myself.

So this week's challenge over at The Sugar Bowl is Cathy's sketch below...

...and of course the optional extra is "out of the ordinary" which means do something that you haven't done before.

As always the prize is 4 sugar Nellie stamps from the wonderful Funky Kits..

..but if there's over 100 entries then 6 stamps to one lucky winner!!

Now this threw me a bit as I was a bit stumped on what to do, so eventually I thought I would use some of that Tim Holtz Distress Paint...now as I haven't used it before I wasn't quite sure what it was meant to look like, so I am not that happy with this card.

I have used Bo Bunny - Snowfall papers, the stamp is Rosie from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with DI's but not impressed with my colouring on this as I can do better!! I edged each of the layers with picket fence paint which is supposed to be a little snowy or frosty looking but not sure about that and added a couple of snowflakes which I also duffed up a bit with the paint.

Simon Says - anything goes

Fi
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Merry Christmas....

2011-11-26T12:24:00.006Z

Good afternoon Saturday bloggers...I bet you weren't expecting a card from me today, I'm on holiday from work today but have a bit of a dodgy tummy!! I hope I never caught any bugs from the kids whose faces I was painting last night.....even though the weather was horrendous, it didn't stop the kids and round 2 at the school on Tuesday which will be mega busy and the face painting is always the busiest!!

I thought I would ink up High Hopes - Snowy, I bought him last year and only used him once so time for him to come out again and he has been coloured with copics The papers are from Echo Park - Winter Park and layered onto kraft card. I added a couple of layered snowflakes which were punched with my MS punches, glittered and added a button and twine to the centre, there was just enough room for those teeny pearls...oh and the ribbon!!

Christmas Challenge - sketch
High Hopes - snowflakes
Bunny Zoe - Christmas with pearls
Moving Along with the Times - ribbon and bows
The ribbon girl - Christmas
Paper Sundaes - beautiful bows(not sure if mine is beautiful enough)
Crafty Catz - snowmen
Phindy's Place - snow
Simply Create 2 - all about Christmas
ABC DT Challenge - Christmas
ABC Christmas Challenge - A - anything goes
Craft Your Days Away - Buttons and bows
Crazy 4 challenges - snow
Creative Craft Challenges - free for all
Fairy Tale Challenges - Christmas
Lothian Crafts - Christmas
Marianne's Design Divas - sparkle and shine
Oldie but a Goodie - let it snow(bought stamp last year)
OLLCB - bingo(buttons, ribbon, pearls)
Papertake Weekly - Christmas Crackers
Totally Gorjuss - sparkle
Truly Scrumptious - Christmas with pearls
Little Red Wagon - Christmas

Fi
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Let it Snow....

2011-11-25T11:26:00.004Z

Good morning bloggers...well it's certainly not snowing here as yet although there is snow further north in Scotland but it is absolutely chucking it down. Last night I took Holly and her friend to the winter wonderland which opened and again it was pouring!! They loved it, there was ice skating, lots of snow and ice type rides and oh hot chocolate and of course the beautiful Christmas lights....twas lovely!! We will be going nearer Christmas again, probably when it is actually snowing but we will have a look around the German Market next time.

So before I get on with some chores i thought I would share my card with you..now I did colour this Santa in last week but didn't really have time to make him into a card so here we are!!

I have used scraps of paper I had in my stash from October Afternoon - Very Merry, the Santa is from Sugar Nellie and I coloured him with copics, I added some sparkle to his furry bits and the added a message and a glitzed up snowflake...hope you like!!

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Kaboodle doodles - baby it's cold
4 Crafty chicks - snowflakes
Charisma - snowflakes
Crimbo Crackers - Santa
Paper Craft Journey - anything goes
Crafters Companion - Let it snow
Creatalicious - Christmas with sparkle
Papertake weekly - Christmas crackers
Pollycraft - Christmas
TotallyPapercrafts - Christmas

Fi
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Happy Birthday Sweet Stampin'

2011-11-19T08:00:00.007Z

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Sweet Stampin', happy birthday to you!! Yes Sweet Stampin' is 2 years old so why not pop over to the challenge blog and see what's in store.

All you need to do is make something that is birthday related...how easy can it be. There is also fabby sponsors this week....

Crafty Sentiments -

one lucky winner will receive a £10 voucher to spend in their store.

My Creative Classroom -

One lucky winner will receive a free seat to a class of their choice.

Prairie Fairy

one lucky winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend in their store.

Saturated Canary -

one lucky winner will receive 2 digis from their store.

The Craft Room -
one lucky winner will receive a £10 gift voucher to spend in their store.

Tiddly Inks -
one lucky winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend in their store.

How amazing is all that?? Well that's not all...there is also some candy to give away on the DT blogs but we don't know who's so you need to leave a comment if you want to be in with a chance of winning some candy.

For my card I have used one of Krista's digis called Sleeping Beauty and I think she is a beauty. I coloured her with copics, the papers are Up, Up and Away - First Edition. I added a ribbon, a message and a couple of teeny pearls.

sketch n Stash - sketch
Paper sundaes - use a digi
OSCC - blue
Crafting when we can - female birthday

Squigglefly - birthday
Patties Creations - birthday
2 sisters - let it sparkle
Colour Me Creative - colours of the Sea( the whole card is sea colours...I think)

Fi
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Thank You....

2011-11-18T10:28:00.009Z

Well hi Bloggers and something a bit different from me...no characters!! As some of you know I hosted a SU party a couple of weeks ago and we did brilliantly and I managed to get quite a lot of hostess pounds...woo hoo!! This stamp is from one of the sets and I have to say I am so chuffed with it especially as it's not my normal kind of stamp but i am loving this little set, it's called Faith in Nature. I coloured the image with DI's and then edged the edged the card with DI too, then I ran it through the Bigshot in a dotty embossing folder, then scuffed some of the raised dots just to lift off some of the ink. I then layered it onto the papers from Jillybean Soup - Apple Cheddar, added a couple of buttons and the message,which is from the same set....hope you like!!

Remember to pop back tomorrow for the birthday celebrations at Sweet Stampin' and the Simply Sassy blog hop...so looks like you are going to be busy tomorrow!!

Tuesday Morning sketches - sketch/thank you
Corrosive Challenge - thanks
Sentimental sundays - thank you
Aud's Sentiments - thank you
Little Miss Muffet - simplicity
Paper Craft Journey - embossing
Sarah Hurley - buttons
Papercraft Star - thank you
Simon Says Stamp - giving thanks
Creative Card Crew - thankful
2 sisters - anything goes
Raise the Bar - any kind of food
Card Makin' Mamas - thanks

Fi
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #72

2011-11-17T09:00:00.009Z

Good morning sugar addicts......brrrr isn't it baltic?? So nothing better than an icy challenge over at The Sugar Bowl this week. All you need to do is follow Gayle's sketch below using a Sugar Nellie stamp, which you can buy from Funky Kits.

Of course as always the optional theme is "ice and snow" and for one lucky winner chosen at random...4 Sugar Nellie stamps but if we get more than 100 entries that prize goes up to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps...so what are you waiting for...pop over to The Sugar Bowl and check out the inspiration from the rest of the sweeties!

For my card I have used papers from MME - 12 Days of Christmas, the stamp is of course from Sugar Nellie which you can buy here from Funky Kits. I coloured these little cuties with copics, punched a couple of snowflakes, added glitter and added a message...oh and I flipped the sketch around.

Before I go...remember the Simply Sassy blog Hop on Saturday at 8am....you don't want to miss it!!

Craft Your Passion - let it snow
Hooked on Crafts - something punched
Stamps R Us - bling it on
2 sisters - anything goes
Stamptacular - punch it
Cuddly Buddly - feature 2 characters
Wags n Whiskers - christmas
Totally Gorjuss - christmas Traditions
Moving along with the times - let it snow

Fi
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It's Bella...

2011-11-11T16:27:00.006Z

Happy Friday....it's almost the weekend but I am working!! I haven't really done much blogging or crafting this week. We got bad news on Tuesday that my auntie who lives in Italy died. Some of the family are flying over but my dad can't go due to his health problems, he can't fly so it's kind of hit him a bit hard I think because he can't go and because he is 15 years older that my auntie...a bit of a nightmare waiting on information coming from Italy. Anyway ....I felt like a bit of crafting this afternoon and I thought since it is baltic outside, what better than a card with that frosty feel so here we have Snowboardabella, I think that's her name!! I have used Fancy pants - wintertime papers and I have coloured Bella with copics.

Stamptacular - sketch
Crafters Companion - let it snow
By the Cute & Girly - christmas girl
Creative Insipirations - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - christmas
ABC Christmas Challenge - W - winter sport
Delightful Challenges - snowflakes
Dutch Dare - punches/dies

Fi
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Help spread the word....

2011-11-09T20:26:00.002Z

Elaine has candy to give away however there is a fab cause behind it!! There is also a lovely Tilda on sale over on Astrid's online store and the proceeds are going to a Cancer Charity. check out Elaine's blog here for more details.

Fi
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Be Happy....

2011-11-06T08:00:00.002Z

Good morning Sunday bloggers and a wee scheduled post before work this morning. I hope you were all safe last night with the fireworks. our poor pooch was petrified and was hiding in my little craft room away from it all.

Don't you just love Pippi Longsocks...she is one of my favourite Sugar Nellie stamps. I coloured her with copics. The papers are from MME - Blush collection. I did lots of stitching on this card, added some TH ribbon and flowers and a cute little charm although it's kinda hard to see it but you can.

Totally papercrafts - stitching
Di's Digis - ribbons and bows
Cutie Pie - charm
Lexi's Creations - charm
Divas by Design - metal
Creative Inspirations paint - anything goes
Dream Valley - anything goes

Fi
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Fab photo at Sweet Stampin'...

2011-11-05T08:00:00.005Z

Good morning sweet stampers and my scheduled post. The challenge today over at Sweet Stampin' is this fab photo....

..isn't it pretty. Pop over and check out the other girlies projects...they are fab and there's 2 Sugar Nellie stamps up for grabs!!

For my card I have used Fancy Pants - Summers end papers, the image is one of my new stamps from Lili of the Valley which I coloured with copics. The flowers and ribbon are also new and they are from Tim Holtz, they were originally off white and I coloured them with DI's, you can't really see the ribbon however I had fun colouring them so I will defo be trying that again.

Crafty ribbons - bingo(punches/dies, flowers ribbon)
Sketch & Stash - sketch(and new stash)
Paperplay - button up
Simon Says Stamp - buttons
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Incy Wincy - dots & stripes
OSCC - 3's
2 sisters - ribbon
Catch the Bug - anything goes

Fi
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Some news....

2011-11-03T12:15:00.003Z

Yay.....fabby news...Saturday 05 November sees the launch of the Simply Adorable digis from Sugar Nellie. There will 6 adorable images to choose from...woo hoo!!

The new digis will be available from 9am over at Funky Kits so get on over before those fireworks start a rolling!!

Check out the Sugar Nellie blog too as there may be some goodies up for grabs.

Fi
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #71

2011-11-03T09:00:00.006Z

Good morning Sugar fans and another challenge over at The Sugar Bowl. This fortnight's challenge is Erika's sketch below....isn't it awesome?? Of course as always there is the optional theme of "patchwork"....the sketch is perfect to make the theme fit so why not give it a go...

....as normal the prize for one lucky winner chosen at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from Funky Kits and as always if there's over 100 entries.....6 Sugar Nellie stamps...woo hoo!

For my card I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Summers End which I layered onto kraft card and then did my patchwork stitching. The stamp is Foxy - Gorjuss Girl which I coloured with copics. I then cut out the image and layered it onto a kraft circle which I have also stitched, I had to do some distressing to the edges as it didn't look quite even...distressing hides a multitude of sins. I then added some white pencil shading around the image. I cut out the felt flowers and leaves with a MFT die-namics and finished with a little message.

Raise the Bar - sew what
Dream Valley - anything goes
Anything goes Challenge - stitching
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Creatalicious - Distress the edges
Marianne's Diva Designs - die cuts
Cupcake Craft Challenge - take a leaf out of my book(not sure if I have enough)
Ooh la La - stitching
Pollycraft - anything goes
Creative Inspirations Paint - fall
The Paper Players - fall theme
Craft Your Days Away - Autumn
Stampavie & More - anything goes

Fi
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A new buy...

2011-10-29T19:28:00.006+01:00

Good evening bloggers, thought I would quickly post this before X Factor which is due to start soon but I am sky plussing it so I can fast forward the ads!!

I coloured this little stamp last night, it was one of my buys at the SECC on Thursday. It's from Lili of the Valley and has been coloured with copics, I also glittered it up with come glamour dust. The paper I used is MME 12 Days of Christmas which is just fab...which I also distressed each of the layers. The message is also from LOTV. I added a ribbon and a little snowflake charm.

Now before I go I thought I would also post a piccy of my masterpiece...the scarf which is supposed to take 1 hour to complete but in my case it took 5 hours...but I am chuffed with it, I love all those ruffles.

Lili of the Valley - sketch
Totally papercrafts - glitter It
Charisma Cardz - anything goes
Crafty ribbons - bingo(glitter, punches/dies, lace...if the lacey stuff I have used doesn't qualify then just delete me)
Hannah & Friends - glitter
Moving along with the Times - no girls allowed
Paper Shelter - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Paper Sundaes - Sundae Bar(sparkle & distressing)

Fi
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My stash bought today at the SECC...

2011-10-27T20:27:00.003+01:00

Hello blogging fans....thought I would share my little stash with you today but first let me say how lovely it was to meet the Sugar Nellie fans too, it was just a pity we couldn't sit around all day for a blether. Cathy...next time we will have a good old chin wag!!

So what did I buy, not sure if you can see from the pic so I will list it below.

5 LOTV stamps
1 pack of Petaloo flowers
2 packs of TH idea-ology trimmings...gorgeous
1 sizzix and Hero Arts rubber stamp and textured Impressions folder
2 sizzix Textured Impressions folders
1 other embossing folder
2 zippers
1 new acrylic block
1 Bo Bunny Snowfall paper pad
1 pack Bo Bunny snowfall gems and pearls
1 Nellie scallop circle dies
1 x cut scallop circle dies(different to above)
1 Tacky Glue
1 TH picket fence stain
1 TH crackle glaze
1 ball funky wool...to knit a scarf
packs of blank cards
white card

think that was it!! Oh and I bought some cheese from the other hall.

Fi
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There's a Halloween thing going on...

2011-10-22T08:00:00.005+01:00

Good morning Saturday bloggers and my scheduled post...back at work!! Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "Halloween".

Our sponsor this week is the fabby Bugaboo and are giving 7 digs to one lucky winner.

For my card I have used Stella Calendar month - October from Bugaboo and I coloured her with copics. The papers are from MME - Mischievous collection and are perfect for those Halloween projects. I cut the pumkins with a sizzix die however I had to cut the them down to size as they were just too big for the card...

A Gem of A Challenge - sketch
Paper sundaes - Halloween
CYDA -Halloween colours
Crafty Boots - Halloween
Make it Monday with the Kraft Outlet - spooky stuff
The Stamp Fairy - Halloween
Papertake Weekly - use black
Divas by Design - spooky
Delightful Sketches - Halloween
Allsorts - Halloween
2 sisters - pumkin patch
CMC Copic challenge - halloween

Fi
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #70

2011-10-20T09:00:00.003+01:00

Good morning sugar addicts...did I tell you I am holiday this week?? This time next week I will be on my way to the SECC to meet up with some sugar fans and of course to buy some new stash!!

Today's challenge over at The Sugar Bowl is Maria Therese's sketch below...

...as always the optional theme is "clean and simple".

Also up for grabs is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from Funky Kits....

...but if there is more than 100 entries then 6 stamps is on offer.

For my card it is very CAS which is a bit out of my comfort zone however it means the main focus is on the image and what a cutie this stamp is. It's Jelly Pip which you can buy here. I coloured her with copics, added a flourish and a couple of rolled flowers....that easy so if I can do it so can you.

Pollycraft - girls, girls, girls

Fi
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Oh hello you....

2011-10-18T18:49:00.005+01:00

Well good evening bloggers....her were are with my second card today however I might need to take the photo again in daylight. This is Hazel & Nutty which you can buy here from Funky Kits. I have colored the stamp with the new Fall DI's....they are lovely, not sure if I have gone a bit overboard with the purple!! The papers are scraps I had in my stash but I am sure they are Bo Bunny Back to Basics.

Dutch Dare - sketch
Crafts4Eternity - colour recipe
Creatalicious - distress your edges

Fi
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So what....

2011-10-18T15:47:00.006+01:00

So what...the sound of a teenager!! Did I tell you I am holiday from work this week?? Quick post before I organise tea.....slimming world recipe but don't tell hubby..he won't know!!

I coloured this little cutie the other night and it took me ages. The stamp is from Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy - So What which you buy here from Funky Kits. I coloured her with DI's...they do take that bit longer but I love them and I also got my new DI's yesterday so another post with those may be up tonight, anyway back to this one..I have used a mix of MME papers - Hattie and So Sophie. I cut the flowers with my MFT flower trio die and added a ribbon and bow and finished with some buttons and twine...hope you like!!

Willow sketchie - sketch
Stamptacular - anything goes
Totally gorjuss - bingo(flowers, buttons, bows)
Cupcake Craft Challenge - buttons and bows
Pollycraft - girls, girls, girls

Fi
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Whooooo...

2011-10-14T10:09:00.007+01:00

Well here is the next one and there may even be another card today depending on how much housework I decide to do!! I thought I would make a wee Halloween card...I just love Halloween and all the bits and bobs that come with it!! so when the lovely Abi sent me a little surprise package the other day....well of course I had to use them!! The papers are from MME - Boo to You, the tree and massage is from the set Creepy - Personal Impressions, I layered the papers onto kraft card, added a picket fence which I cut with a TH sizzix die, I tied a piece of twine around the card and added a pumpkin charm...hope you like.

CLP - sketch
Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - To die cut for
Cute Card Thursday - tree-mendous
Fussy & Fancy - halloween
Cupcake Craft Challenge - halloween
Creative Card Crew - spooky fun
Crafts & Me - use orange
Simon Says Stamp - halloween
Hanna & Friends - halloween
Sarah Hurley - halloween
2 sisters - halloween
Phindy's Place - halloween
Alphabet Challenge - S soon to be halloween

Fi
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Happy Birthday Maia...

2011-10-14T09:33:00.005+01:00

Good morning...hope everyone is having fun!! Well the sun is out so while I am waiting for the washing to finish...a quick couple of cards. I made this card for my cousin's little girl who is going to be 1.

I have used papers from Me to You collection...they are sweet!! The stamp is of course " Let them Eat Cake" from Sugar Nellie. I have coloured this with copics and then totally glittered her up!! The number one my friend cut with her cricut for me, added a message, flower and button...oh and the lettering I cut using a sizzix die.

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Crafty Creations - recipe
Anything goes - dies/punches
Crafty Cardmakers - anything goes
Sentimental sundays - anything goes
Cutie Pie Challenge - bingo board(flowers, die cut/punch, ribbon)

Fi
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Mega candy...

2011-10-10T21:47:00.002+01:00

Check out this Mega candy giveaway over at Charmed Cards and Crafts blog....Karen is giving away the huge bundle to one super lucky winner!!

Fi
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Sugar Nellie Blog Hop...down the Fairy Glen

2011-10-08T09:00:00.012+01:00

Good morning Blog Hop fans...the day has finally arrived where you can see all the fab creations with the new release of sugar from Sugar Nellie.

The Blog Hop will run from 09:00am today until 11:30pm tomorrow night showcasing lots of delish cards.

If you have arrived here from Sugar Mama Gayle's blog then you are in the right place but if not then you need to go back to the beginning and start at The Sugar Nellie Blog. All you need to do is leave some love on each of the DT's own blogs and you never know...you might even win some free sugar!!

As always the new release of rubber is available at Funky Kits...so you better keep Mark busy and get on over there.

For my card I have used Pippi Longsocks.....isn't she just the best?? Of course you can buy her here from Funky Kits today!! I have coloured this little cutie with copics and glittered her wings up for a bit of sparkle. The papers are from MME - Mischevious collection, the message is from SU - Crazy for cupcakes stamp set and flowers have been cut with my MFT flower trio die.

Next stop on the hop is the fabulous Lilian's blog....check out what she has made....and remember to leave some love too.

I have also entered the challenges below...

Paper Sundaes - lots of layers
Anything Goes - punches/dies
Simon Says Stamp - sparkle/bling
the Crafty Purple Frog - lots of layers
Fab 'n' Funky - die cuts/punches
Truly Scrumptious - distressing

By the Cute and Girly - anything goes
The Secret Crafter - anything goes as long as it sparkles(wings)

Fi
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In stitches....

2011-10-08T08:00:00.006+01:00

Good morning Saturday campers and my scheduled post...yay!! Fabby weather we are having...not!! I can't believe how rubbish the weather has been this week in Scotland...I was truly and utterly drookit last weekend going to work and at this moment as it's Thursday I don't know if I will be drookit on Saturday yet!!

Well I hope today is a good day...I am on day 3 of my slimming world diet, so far so good but as I say it's only day 3 but I am determined to go down at least one size.

The challenge this week over at Sweet Stampin' is "in stitches". One of my favourites, I love stitching on cards, I think it really finishes them off.

The sponsor is Bunny Zoe who is offering a £10 voucher to spend in her store.

For today's card I have used one of Krista's digis, she is called Frizzy Jynx and you can buy her here. I coloured the image with copics, thought I would use some bright, funky colours and I also tried to colour her boots like real UGG boots...they do look better IRL. The papers are from Fancy pants - Summers End collection...they are yummy!! I added a few buttons to the centres of the flowers, ribbon and a message.

Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Saturated Canary - sketch
Divas by Design - button it
Crafts & Me - digi
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - bright colours
Craft Your Passion - anything goes with ribbon
Sentimental Sundays - stitching

Crafty Catz - recipe

Fi
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One more sleep....

2011-10-07T12:58:00.003+01:00

Hi sugar fans...just thought I would remind you all that there is only one more sleep until "The Fairy Glen" Blog Hop tomorrow. It starts at 9am so get those alarm clocks set now so you don't sleep in!!

Fi
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The Sugar Bowl Challenge #69

2011-10-06T09:00:00.004+01:00

Good morning sugar addicts...my goodness how the time is flying in these days!! It will be Christmas before we know it!! But first we have a few more challenges before then and today's challenge over at The Sugar Bowl is Gayle's sketch below...

...and of course the optional extra is a photo inspired...kitchen..isn't it fabby??

so as normal the prize is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps rising to 6 stamps if we have over 100 entries...so get those cards a coming!!

For my card I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Happy Together collection. The little lady is "Wish upon a Star" from sugar Nellie, which you can buy here from funky Kits. I have coloured her with copics and glittered her wings up a bit. The lettering I cut from an old quickutz die, added some gems and some stitching.

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Fi
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We're down the "Fairy Glen" at Sugar Nellie...

2011-10-03T09:00:00.001+01:00

Good morning sugar addicts the wait is almost over....This week we are having a sneak week over on the Sugar Nellie blog. Each day this week the Sugar Nellie DT will be showcasing a card from the new release of stamps from the "Fairy Glen" collection...they are so so so pretty!!

On Saturday and Sunday both the Sugar Bowl and Sugar Nellie Teams come together for a fabby blog hop...oh it's so exciting and there is lots of sugar to be seen!!

Also on Saturday the new stamps will be available to buy online from Funky Kits...woo hoo ...

....Mark is going to be mega busy for sure!!

So what are you waiting for?? Check out Vicky's sneak peek over on the Sugar Nellie blog...it's gorgeous and be sure to come back for more each day!!

Fi
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2011-10-03T00:32:00.009+01:00

hey blogging fans...I am up late so thought I would quickly post this card before I head to bed and I didn't want to miss the Papertake deadline as I thought this was a fab sketch!! I might need to retake the photo in daylight but here it is for now. The papers are from MME - 12 Days of christmas, the stamp is from Sugar Nellie - Warm winter Wishes, which you can buy here from Funky Kits, the message is from LOTV. I coloured the image with pencils...not sure about them yet!! I added a ribbon bow, button and charm, also a piece of pom pom ribbony stuff. The snowflake is punched witha Martha Stewart snowflake punch and then I glittered it up and I also added some white glitter to the penguins hat.

Papertake Weekly - sketch
Winter wonderland - how charming
A Gem of a Challenge - Christmas and a heart(charm)
The Ribbon Girl - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Anything goes - anything goes
Designed to Delight - pencils
Creative Inspirations paint - buttons
Crafts for Eternity - anything goes
Creatalicious - anything goes
Lothian Crafts - anything goes
Make it Monday Kraft Outlet - lavish layers
Craft your Passion - anything goes plus ribbons
Cutie Pie Challenge - bingo board(glitter, sentiment, charm)

Fi
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World Cardmaking Day

2011-09-30T21:25:00.003+01:00

Saturday 1st october is World Cardmaking Day so LOTV are having a fun giveaway.

Pop over to the LOTV Ideas to Inspire blog for further info...

It's a birthday....

2011-09-24T08:00:00.001+01:00

Good Morning stampers and my scheduled post once again!! Yes I am working although my shift may be getting changed soon...This week's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "anything goes".

This week we are sponsored by Quixotic Paperie who are giving a £10.00 voucher to one lucky winner and we also have out monthly sponsor Heather Ellis who is giving 3 fabby digis.

For my card I have used papers from Echo Park - Country Drive, which have been layered onto the card, the stamp is from Lili of the Valley and I coloured this little fairy with copics. I stamped the birthday message which is also from Lili of the Valley, added a few gems to finish.

Raise the Bar - things with wings
Stampin for the Weekend - what a cutie

Fi
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The Sugar Bowl Challenge #68

2011-09-22T09:00:00.010+01:00

Good morning sugar fans and I hope you are all raring to go with our new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl. This fortnight's challenge is Kiki's sketch below....

....and of course the optional theme which is "autumn". As normal there is the fabby prize of 4 Sugar Nellie stamps but if we get over 100 entries then the prize will be 6 stamps...woo hoo!!

For my card I have used papers from Jillybean Soup - Apple Cheddar Soup collection...they are yummy!! The base layer is kraft card which I am loving at the minute and I have stitched each of the layers and also distressed each layer with my TH distressing tool. The stamp is called "Apple of my Eye" from Simply Sassy at Sugar Nellie which you can buy here from Funky Kits. I coloured this little Sassy with Distress Inks....I reckon this one took me about 4 hours in total to colour as I did it over a few days but I am well chuffed with this one. I added a couple of flowers that have been cut with my MFT flower trio die and then I added a button ans a little itsy silver apple charm!!

Delicious doodles - cute as a button
Make it Monday Kraft Outlet - use kraft and autumn
Anything goes - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - dies/punches
Paper Shelter - anything goes
Creative Inspiration Paint challenge - charm
Dream Valley - buttons
OSAAT - punch it
Kaboodle Doodles - lots of layers
Ooh La La - punches
Paper Pretties - fall inspiration
Scrapbook Sisters - autumn colours
Hannah & Friends - anything goes
Marianne's Divas Designs - bloom and grow
Delightful sketches - happy fall
By the Cute and Girly - all things bright and beautiful
Creatalicious - anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks - celebrate fall

Fi
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I love these little snow people!!

2011-09-16T16:42:00.004+01:00

Good evening folks...well I was desperate to try colouring on kraft as so many of you use that technique and it looks amazing however I don't have the right tools so I have improvised...I have used cheapo waterpencils. The stamp is "Christmas Garland" from Sugar Nellie which you can buy here from Funky Kits. The papers are just so yummy...Fancy Pants - Hot Chocolate collection. I punched out a few snowklakes and glittered them up, added the ribbon and the stamped sentiment is from LOTV....oh and I added some white glitter to the snowman's hat but I think it would have looked better if I coloured underneath first...so hope you like it.

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes
Bunny Zoe - sketch
Crafters Companion - christmas wishes
Samuel Taylor - christmas card

Fi
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Wish upon a star in autumn...

2011-09-16T08:09:00.010+01:00

Morning bloggers....almost the weekend again and I will be back at work :( but never mind somebody's got to do it!! I made this card last night mainly for the Sugar Nellie Facebook challenge which did actually throw me a bit. The papers are just delish they are Jillybean Soup - Apple Cheddar and the image is "Wish upon a Star" from Sugar Nellie, which you can buy here from Funky Kits. I coloured this little sweetie with copics....now I quite like the feathering technique and then blending the colours together and this little skirt is the perfect size to add a few colours too. Although this is a Christmas fairy, I think she could be used anytime of the year but this is mix of autumn and Christmas....hope you likey!!

Crafty Purple Frog - fall into fall
Little Miss Muffet - things with wings
Craft Us Crazy - goodbye to summer
Flutterby Wednesday - anything goes
Craft Creations - autumn hues
Little Red Wagon - twine
Papertake Weekly - things with wings
The Crafty Pad- goodbye summer
Winter Wonderland - girly christmas

Fi
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Hello Little Friend

2011-09-15T12:11:00.008+01:00

Another quickie before lunch...I coloured this little cutie the other night and now I have added it to a card. The stamp is called " Hello Little Friend" which is from Sugar Nellie. I coloured this one with DI's which did take me ages because of all those fine lines. The papers are from MME - Hattie collection. Oh and did you see...that's right I found my MFT rolled flower die...I hate to admit but I found it at the bottom of my pile of ironing, how on earth it got there I will never know!! i have entered the challenges bwlow.

Papertake Weekly - things with wings
Sweet Stamps - stitching
OSAAT - anything goes
CYDA - make your own flowers
Stamp Something - anything goes
Creatalicious - anything goes
Paperplay - anything goes
Marianne Divas Design - bloom and grow
Lothian Crafts - handmade flowers

Fi
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Ooh baby baby....

2011-09-15T08:44:00.005+01:00

Good morning peeps on this lovely sunny day. I thought I would quickly post this card before I get on with the housework. I made this card a few weeks ago for a friend at work but haven't got round to posting it. do you know in my little office that this year there has been 3 sets of twins...we have put a ban on the water cooler cos it must be coming from there!!
The papers were in my stash so I don't know where I got them and I can't remember where I got the image...sorry but I do know it has been coloured with copics!! I also added a few embellies aswell.

Papercraft Star - anything goes
Pollycraft - baby love
Creative Card Crew - babies
Simon Says Stamp - song title inspiration - It takes two - Marvin Gaye
Fab 'n' funky - bingo(ribbon, buttons, sentiment)
Crafty Ribbons - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Fi
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Sweet Stampin' DT card...

2011-09-10T08:00:00.002+01:00

Good morning sweet stamping friends and my scheduled post...yay!! Oh how the weeks are flying in, it will be Christmas before we know it!! The challenge today over at Sweet Stampin is "for a teeenager" and there is also the added option of using the sketch which you can see on the challenge blog.

This week we are sponsored by.....

...who are offering one lucky winner 5 digis.

and

We also have our monthly sponsor Heather Ellis...

who are offering 3 digis to one lucky winner.

For my card I have used papers from MME and first Edition, the image is from Sugar Nellie, which you can buy here from Funky Kits. I coloured this little rock chick with copics...that kilt was a bit of a nightmare however I think it looks ok, you can't really see the reds in her that much compared to IRL!! The stamped the letters out and then layered them to give a 3d look.

Pop over and see what the others have to inspire you.

Fi
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The Sugar Bowl Challenge #67

2011-09-08T09:00:00.002+01:00

Good morning sugar fans and welcome to another challenge over at The Sugar Bowl. I hope you have all been tempted with the new sugar that went on sale last week over at Funky Kits.

This weeks challenge is Erika's fabulous sketch below and the option of using your scraps.

....of course the prize is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps but wait for it.....over 100 entries and that goes up to 6 stamps...woo hoo!!

For my card I have used Gorjuss Bumble Bee from Sugar Nellie, which you can buy here from Funky Kits, and I coloured with copics. I have also used a scrap of DP which I think is from Doodlebug. The ribbon was a scrap which I had left over and was extremely difficult to make into a bow, first because it was so small and secondly because of my big sausage fingers!! I also added a couple of heart pins I had in my stash. I finished with some doodled lines too...hope you likey!!

Make sure to check out The Sugar Nellie blog to for added inspiration.

Creative Card Crew - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Crafty Boots - anything goes

Fi
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Anything but a card....

2011-09-03T13:00:00.003+01:00

Hi all...second scheduled post of the day....thought I would wait til lunch time so I can do the linky thing on my lunch break!! When I saw Faye's lovely work of art I thought..I am going to make one of those...I need one for my desk anyway!! So here we are...a little bit out of my comfort zone and it didn't quite go according to plan!! So I used an old tub, then I sanded it and rubbed it and primed it and rubbed it and painted it but then I thought I could add some tissue papers around the lip on the top but that's where it all went wrong!! Looking at it now though, I did manage to fix it up a bit and it's not as bad a sit was!! I covered the tub in MME - So Sophie papers, there is also a band all the way around with matching buttons on, maybe should have taken a photo from the side, oh well, I cut the felt flowers out using my MFT rolled daisy die...I think this die works perfectly on felt, I am not so keen on it with papers. I then added a bow and a couple of punched butterflies.....hope it's not too naff!!

Cupcake - alter it
Moving along with the times - handmade flowers
Paperplay - make your own flowers
Lothian Crafts - handmade flowers
Pollycraft - felt
Totally papercrafts - anything but a card

Craft your Days Away - handmade flowers

Fi
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Birthday girl.....

2011-09-03T08:00:00.004+01:00

Hello all the weekend bloggers and a wee scheduled post from me cos I am at work...yay!! I am hoping that it won't be freezing this weekend as last weekend was baltic and I had to sit with my jacket on!!

Now I know your thinking...a blue flower but I wanted something a bit different and it's amazing how this litle stamp can look so different depending on how you colour it!! So for my card I have used papers from MME...can't remember which as they are odds that i had left. The stamp is from Lili of the Valley which I coloured with promarkers...I actually coloured the image at the card class the other night but only got round to actually making it into a card yesterday.

Have you seen...there's a DT Call over at Sweet Stampin'...check it out here!!

LOTV - sketch
I ♥ Promarkers - anything goes
Passion for promarkers - anything goes
Allsorts - blue and green

Fi
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It's happening all over again.....

2011-09-02T09:00:00.007+01:00

Good morning sugar addicts and welcome to day 2 of our Jingle Bells & Tinkle Bells Hippity Hop. Before I go on to today's post I would just like to thank you all for your wonderful comments yesterday, it was so much appreciated.
If for some strange reason you missed our hop yesterday then check it out here and join in.

Well the fun is starting all over again today so hop over to The Sugar Nellie Blog to start at the beginning and follow the links to each of our blogs. You need to leave some comments along the way to be in with a chance of some yummy candy too!!

So if you have arrived here from the wonderful Maria Therese's blog then you are in the right place but if not then you need to go back at start at The Sugar Nellie blog...woo hoo so what are you waiting for??

For my card I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Hot chocolate collection which are so yummy!! This stamp of of course from Sugar Nellie - Titiana, which you can buy here from Funky Kits, I coloured this little cutie ever so gently with copics, believe it or not I only actually used 6 different colours for Titiana, 2for skin, 2 for hair and 2 for clothing. I added some white chunky glitter for the fluff on her outfit. I punch a few snowflakes and added some big gems for that extra sparkle!! oh yes and wonky stitching on the layers.

Your next stop is over at the lovely Mina's blog so hop on over to see what she has in store for you.

If you get lost along the way...
Sarah
Pat
Maria Therese
Fiona
Mina
Ali
Astrid
Maya
Cathy
Kiki
Erika
Tiets

Happy hopping!!

Fussy and Fancy - sketch
Crafty Creations - punch/die cuts
Stampavie - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Charisma - anything goes
Crafty Catz - monochromatic

Fi
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Well the day has finally arrived....

2011-09-01T09:00:00.004+01:00

Good morning sugar fans...the day has finally arrived where there is new sugar on sale at Funky Kits and all you sugar addicts can spend, spend, spend. The Sugar Bowl and Sugar Nellie sweeties are marking the occasion today and tomorrow with a fabby Jingle Bells & Tinkle Bells Hippity Hop blog hop to showcase you the new stamps which will go on sale today...and what stunning cards and stamps there is to see!!

To take part in the hop you need to start at The Sugar Nellie blog and then follow the links to each of the Sweeties own blogs...you need to leave a comment at each blog along the way as there will be some random candy winners picked from the comments, so you need to be in it to win it!!

If you have arrived here from the Sugar Mama Gayle's blog then you are in the right place but if you haven't then you need to go back and start at the beginning over at The Sugar Nellie blog.

For my card I have used Fancy Pants - Traditions papers, the image is called "Heavenly Angel," which you can buy here from Funky Kits, I have coloured this little cutie with copics.....isn't she cute??

Happy hopping and remember to pop back tomorrow for day two of our blog hop.....next stop today is the lovely Kiki's blog so pop over over and give her some love!!

Sunday Sketch & Stamp - sketch(flipped)
Stamps R Us - anything oes
Creative Card Crew - anything goes
Flutterby Wednesday - celebrate

Fi
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Paper Sundaes DT card...

2011-08-28T13:00:00.004+01:00

Good afternoon Sundae bloggers and my scheduled post.

This is somewhat of a sad post as this is my last card for Paper Sundaes, my time has come to an end :( This was my first DT post and I couldn't believe my luck when I was asked to join the team 1 year ago...yes girlies how the time has flown. This was also the hardest decision ever as it was my first DT post and it will always have a special place in my heart. Paper Sundaes is a fab team to be on and Shana and Christine do a fab job in running the blog, all the girls are great to work with and do an awesome job too....will miss you all so much but I will keep stalking you..

Today's challenge over at Paper sundaes is make a Maggie themed card.

Our sponsor this week is the lovely Lacey from Stamp & Create who now carry Magnolia stamps.

...one lucky winner chosen at random will receive.....

For my card I have use an image that the lovely Debbie stamped for me ages ago, I coloured her with copics. The papers are from MME - Hattie collection, I added some pearls and a ribbon to finish.

Craft Us Crazy - anything goes
Polkadoodles - spots & dots

Fi
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mmm...some yumminess at Sweet Stampin'

2011-08-27T08:00:00.002+01:00

Good morning sweet stampers and my scheduled post. Today over at Sweet Stampin our theme chosen by the lovely Debbie is a colour combo..Strawberry, chocolate and cream.

Our sponsor is the fabby Pollycraft.....

...who are giving one lucky winner 5 digis from their online store!!

For my card I have used Sharing Sherbet Daydream from Pollycraft, which you can buy here. The papers are from First Edition - summer Breeze, I think my colours are more neopolitan...pop over and see what the other girls have created.

Simon Says Stamp - sketch
A Spoon Full of sugar - birthday
Charisma - glitter it

Fi
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The Sugar Bowl Challenge #66

2011-08-25T09:00:00.007+01:00

Ooh....I am so excited this morning for 2 reasons, firstly, this is my first DT card for The Sugar Bowl. What started as a bit of fun on Facebook led to bigger and better things so you never know ladies. The lovely Gayle asked Cathy and I if we would like to join The Sugar Bowl Design Team...well how could either of us turn that down....are we mad!! NO!!

So this fortnight we have Marlena's fabulous sketch below...

...and of course the optional theme which is "for the girls".
One lucky winner chosen at random will receive 4 stamps of their choice but wait for it...if we get more than 100 entries then it will be 6 stamps...how fab is that??

For my card I have used a few of my favourite things...the image is Gorjuss Flower Girl from Sugar Nellie, which you can buy here from Funky Kits, I coloured her using the feathering technique with copics and then cut her out to give her a 3d effect on the card, the papers are MME - Blush collection. I added some buttons, a flower and a little message which is also from the same MME collection, I finished with a touch of stickles around the edges of the layers...oh yes which I stitched!! hope you like my first DT card for the Sugar Bowl.

My second reason for being excited is because today marks the start of our Sneak Week...

...so hop on over to The Sugar Nellie blog to check out what the sweeties are giving you a little peek of..

Fi
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Drum roll....only one more....

2011-08-24T16:57:00.003+01:00

that's right sugar addicts...on more sleep and then the sneaky peeks begin....hop over to the Sugar Nellie blog to check them all out starting tomorrow morning at 9am....woo hoo!!

Fi
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A quickie before bed...

2011-08-23T22:18:00.004+01:00

Good evening folks....might need to re take this photo in the morning but wanted to post it tonight. I think this is going to be my final card for this week's Sugar Bowl Challenge!! The papers are from MME - Mischievous collection, the image is a Manga girl from Sugar Nellie and coloured with copics. I made a couple of rolled flowers and added some liquid pearls to the centre...hope you like.

The Sugar Bowl - sketch

and just so you don't forget......

2 more sleeps to go, 2 more sleeps to go!!

2011-08-23T19:11:00.002+01:00

woo hoo...it won't be long til you get that sugar fix....oh I wonder what they will be like??

Fi
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Simply Sassy Spotlight...

2011-08-23T09:00:00.005+01:00

Hi Sassy fans...well when Maria asked me a couple of weeks ago if she could spotlight me on the Simply Sassy blog...I was so excited..wow and of course I said yes!! Now I'm not sure which cards she picking from my blog to show but she asked me to also make a new one so here it is. I have used Pillow Talk, which you can buy from Funky Kits, and coloured her with copics, the papers are from MME - Blush collection which I really like, it's hard for me to stay away from the blue tones but I really like these papers, the embellishments are also from the same collection and I have used some kraft card too. I have seen lots of cards recently using kraft card and it's really effective. I thought I would make a card using some of my favourite things, well what do I like.... I like stitching even though it always seems to be a bit wonky and I do like layers too. I have also used my MFT flower die and the notebook edge die. Hope you likey!!

Thanks Maria for spotlighting me!!

Papertake Weekly - die cuts

Fi
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Quick...look at this Sugar Nellie...

2011-08-22T19:00:00.007+01:00

.....oh only 3 more sleeps!!

Not long to go...oh the excitement, can you contain yourselves ladies...and a bonus you will see my first DT card for The Sugar Bowl...woo hoo!!

Fi
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who's the lucky winner then??

2011-08-21T22:09:00.003+01:00

Good evening folks...I nearly forgot!! It's been a bit hectic this weekend...working yesterday and today and last night I was at a reunion, oh it was great!! I was a good girl since I was working today and only had a few drinks but it was a late one and an early rise so I will be heading to bed shortly!!

Before I do I just wanted to post the winner of my little candy draw I had. I asked you to comment on my post on Thursday and from the comments Mr Random thingy picked you!!
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Debbie.....so once the new sugar is released I will drop you an email to choose the 2 pieces of sugar from the new range that you would like.

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Fi
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Paper Sundaes DT card...

2011-08-21T13:00:00.007+01:00

Good afternoon Sundae bloggers and my scheduled post. Today's challenge over at Paper Sundaes is the "Sundae Bar"...that means you need to use at least 2 of the following..twine, buttons, green and a banner.

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp...

who are offering a $15 certificate to spend in their store.

For my card I have used MME - Be Merry papers. The stamp is Stitched Tree from Hero Arts, which you can buy here from Simon Says Stamp, I cut the tree out and layered it onto the card, I also added some stitched doodling...first time I have done that and wasn't very sure but I think it goes with the image. I added some buttons and twine. I have entered the challenges below.

Remember you still have time to enter our DT Call, all details are here!!

It's also Sneak Peak week over at Sugar Nellie....fab new stamps out soon so get your plastic ready ladies!!

Cupcake - sketch
Totally Papercrafts - christmas in August

Thank You...

2011-08-19T14:10:00.007+01:00

A quickie this afternoon in between the housework!! I just love this little stamp so I thought I would make good use of her. Now isn't a colour combo I would normally go for but I thought the green and pink looked quite good together. The stamp is from LOTV which I have coloured with DI's...ooh luv them!! The papers are from Echo Park - Country Drive collection....told you it was a quickie!!

LOTV - thank you
I {heart} 2 stamp - sketch
Stamp something - thank you
DYSU - thank you
Top Tip Tuesday - thank you

Fi
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A Christmas Sassy...

2011-08-18T19:07:00.007+01:00

Good evening folks and a quick post from me. Here is my next card for The Sugar Bowl challenge...not a Christmas stamp but it could be..what do you think?? The papers a mix from my stash, can't remember which brands they are but they are Christmas ones!! The image is "Little Light of Mine" from the Simply Sassy range of Sugar Nellie, which you can buy here from Funky Kits, I have coloured her with copics, added the snowflakes, glitter and wonky stitching.

Today is the anniversary of the death of my nephew who was tragically taken from us 6 years ago after being dropped off at school so as a special wee tribute to him I am going to offer 2 Sugar Nellie stamps to one lucky follower from the next release of stamps....so just leave a comment by Sunday 21st at 9pm on this post and I will choose a comment at random. You don't need to post this on your blog or sidebar.The only thing is you'll need to wait until the stamps are released but that's not long.

The Sugar Bowl - sketch
Crafters Companion - glitter
The Crafty Pad- cute & girly
Craft Us Crazy - anything goes
Fab 'n' funky - A stitch in time

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Paper Sundaes says Hi...

2011-08-14T13:00:00.002+01:00

Good Afternoon Sundae bloggers and my scheduled post...back at work!! Today's challenge over at Paper Sundaes is "just to say hi".

Our sponsor this week is Pink Cat Studio...

who are offering one luck winner 5 digis from their online store.

For my card I have used MME - Mischievous papers, the stamp is My Friend Kitty from Sugar Nellie, which you can buy here from Funky Kits, I coloured the image with copics, added some die cut flowers and chipboard letters which I also coloured with copics. I also added a bit of stickles to the image as I duffed up a tiny bit of the colouring!!

A wee close up of this Sassy!! I have entered the challenges below.

The Sugar Bowl - sketch
CMC Copic challenge - copics/friendship/coloured embellishments

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On the farm at Sweet Stampin'

2011-08-13T08:00:00.001+01:00

Good morning stampers and my scheduled post...yes back at work this morning!! Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "on the farm". Our sponsor this week is Prairie Fairy who are offering one lucky winner 5 digis of their choice.

Well I was a bit stumped with this one but I decided to a fun card for my friend's little boy who is off to the farm next week.

The papers were in my stash, the digi is from Prairie Fairy and the stamp is from Image Tree which I coloured with copics. Pop over and see what the other girlies have created.

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Fashionista....and some news!!

2011-08-12T11:30:00.003+01:00

Good morning fellow bloggers. Here we are then the last day of my holiday and it's done nothing but rain!! This is the first of my posts today although housework permitting whether I can more posted or not..first of I will share my news since I have had the official email from the lovely Gayle. this is the very last time I can enter The Sugar Bowl Challenge....oh no I hear you say but that's because....you may or may not have seen the post yesterday on The Sugar Bowl, well if you didn't I have been asked to join The Sugar Bowl Design Team...how fab is that?? I am still jumping and clapping and all excited as I love Sugar Nellie stamps so much and this is just perfect...the sugar on the cake!! Thank you so much Gayle, I feel so lucky and honoured to be part of the team!!

So for my card, which is my favourite colour combo...brown, green and blue I have used MME - So Sophie papers, the stamp is Fashionista from Sugar Nellie, which you can buy here from Funky Kits, I coloured her with copics this time, I punched the scallop border and as I still haven't found my MFT rolled flower die, I have cut those by hand, added a couple of buttons and a message....oh that wonky stitching too!!

The Sugar Bowl - sketch
Cupcake - sew mad
CYDA - birthday
A Spoon Full of Sugar - birthday
Anything Goes - birthday
Papertake Weekly - flowers
Craft Us Crazy - anything goes
Paper shelter - stitching

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Snips and snails....

2011-08-11T12:05:00.006+01:00

Good morning bloggers and my first card today...the race was on to be the first in The Sugar Bowl..Gayle challenged Cathy and I for the last challenge tyo make 6 cards each but we went one better and did 10 each!! In preparation for todays challenge, I had inked and coloured 5 images...none of which fitted todays challenge..so that will teach me for trying to be a smartie!! So mad rush to colour something blue...The papers were in my stash, think they are Making Memories, the image is from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics...hope you likey!!

The Sugar Bowl - sketch and optional blue
4 Crafty chicks - twine
Pixie Dust Studio - boys will be boys

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Paper Sundaes DT card

2011-08-07T13:00:00.001+01:00

Hello my Sundae bloggers and my scheduled post...no I am not working but at the Skyfest family fun day but will catch up with you all later!! Today's challenge over at Paper Sundaes is Alica's sketch...

Our sponsor this week is Tickled Pink who gave the team a digi to play with....for my card I used papers from MME - Mischievous collection and Witch Lylah which I coloured with copics. I added a pumpkin and the Boo which I cut with a sizzix die.

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I can see a rainbow....

2011-08-06T13:28:00.003+01:00

I folks...this is just a quickie as I didn't realise Abi was posting my card. Well with all this rain we have been having up her in bonny Scotland, we'll eventually get a rainbow!! The challenge this week over at Sweet Stampin is rainbows or colours of the rainbow....and before anyone highlights "do I know the colours of the rainbow" yes I do but this was the only colours I had...lol!!

Our sponsor this week is Tiffany Doodles....so check out what the others have made!!

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I am running out of sugar....

2011-08-06T08:00:00.003+01:00

Good morning my fellow bloggers and another lovely day...well hopefully. I thought I would start the day of with some sugar.....now this is not something I have done often but I seen all the fab wow cards and they look great but I am not sure about this one...I have used white card and embossed the panels but layered it onto coloured card, added the wonky stitching. The image is once again Butterfly girl(which you can buy here from Funky Kits) which I have coloured with DI's...getting addicted to them and that's Elaine's fault!! I actualy stamped the image onto Fabriano card and then cut it out to stick to the white card...fabriano is slightly off white so it was a different shade of white for my card.

Here's a little cropped close up....I think I like her!!

The sugar Bowl - sketch

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What a blustery day...time for more sugar..

2011-08-05T08:00:00.002+01:00

Good morning lovely bloggers...are you in need of some sugar?? Well I'm giving it to you...in the form of this card...the stamp is Windswept - Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics. The papers are from MME - Blush collection...oh so sweet!! I added that good old wonky stitching and a fabby flower with a shiny thing in the centre that I got in a little goody bag from the lovely Elaine....hope you likey??

The Sugar Bowl - sketch/lace
Anything goes - flowers
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Raise the Bar - anything goes

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Ah, sugar......

2011-08-04T09:00:00.005+01:00

Well bloggers...what can I say...looks like my job wasn't done!! I really made this card for the Sugar Nellie Facebook challenge but somehow it seems to have worked it's way on to the Sugar Bowl too...wonder how that happenend!! Now I couldn't crop this one down as much as I normally would do otherwise half the flower would be missing...

Now then the papers are from Echo Park - Country Drive, the image is Butterfly Girl from Simply Sassy at Sugar Nellie which I coloured with Di's. I also added some ink around the image. I also embossed the butterfly panel and added some ink to that too. I added some stitching aswell since I had extra time and a couple of punched putterflies which I inked aswell....now the flower I hear you ask...yes I did...I cut each of those petals out by hand, the circle in the centre...I used the lid of my tub of face cream as a template...knew it had more use than trying to take the wrinkles out my face!! I went to town on the ink and inked up the petals too....I think it looks really summery!!

Thought I would add a closer up shot of this little cutie!! Hope you like and I have entered the challenges below.

The Sugar Bowl - sketch
Crafts & Me - anything goes
Divas by Design - anything goes
Fab 'n' funky - friendship
Stampavie - summer
Creative Craft Challenge - summer
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Craft Your Days Away - summer
Craft Us Crazy - anything goes
Delightful sketches - stitching
Hanna & Friends - dots or stripes

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Here I am again....

2011-08-02T10:30:00.006+01:00

Hi girlies....I thought my job was done but apparently not!! I have posted another little cutie. The stamp is from Sugar Nellie - Birthday Peek a Boo which I coloured with copics. The papers are from Echo Park - Country Drive which are really pretty and I now need to buy more!! I added some stitching...only the one wonky part so I think I must be getting better, I embossed a plain white panel and added a sizzix daisy and stuck a little button in the middle...hope you likey!!

The Sugar Bowl - sketch
Sir Stampalot - whatever you fancy
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Stamps R Us - birthday
Papertake Weekly - anything goes

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