Fashionista....and some news!!

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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peek- a - boo....

Thought I would post this quick card while I am waiting on Michael phoning to say what's happening...i could be up a while. He is heading home early from T in the park as the gigantic wig wam him and his friends took has been wrecked and their sleeping bags are soaked...they are not happy bunnys!! Now as most of you know T in the Park is not really near anywhere and no train station and the nearest one being in Perth and the first train is at 5am to Edinburgh...oh the worries, no wonder I have grey hair!!

So when I say a quick card, I started colouring last night but put it all together tonight!!

The stamp is new from Sugar Nellie and is called Peek a Boo...isn't she purty?? I have coloured her with DI's. The papers used is from Kaisercraft - Utopia and First Edition - Up, Up & Away which I have stitched around. I punched 3 circle out and cut a spiral and rolled them into flowers...I did have a die but it seems to have gone AWOL. I added little pearls to the centres and layered them onto a section of a flourish die cut. I added the message and a little glitter to the pressie and balloons...hope you likey!!

The Sugar Bowl - sketch and flowers
Ruby's Rainbow - birthday
Scrapalicious - turquoise(some turquoise in the papers and colouring)
Simon Says Stamp - a stitch in time
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Charisma Cardz - flowers
Allsorts - free & easy
Creative Craft Challenges - pretty blossoms
A Spoonful of Sugar - sewing



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Fashionista....

Well I haven't really done much today except for colouring this little lady...the lovely Elaine sent me some card(thank you so much Elaine) for using with Distress Inks and oh I am enjoying practising. I thought I would enter the Facebook challenge this week so here's is my card for that and a few other challenges. I used Kaisecraft - Utopia papers, the image is Fashionista from Sugar Nellie, coloured with DI's, I distressed the edges of each of the layers and the flowers have been cut with my fabby little MFT flower die-namic die....oh and I inked the edges of the circles with the blue DI that I used to colour the image....hope you like!!

The Sugar Bowl - sketch
Facebook - monotone
Craft Your passion - anything goes
A Spoonful of Sugar - flower power


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Paper Sundaes DT card

Welcome all my Sundae bloggers and another weekend scheduled post...Before I tell you about today's challenge over at Paper sundaes is I must share my traumatic event that happened at work yesterday.

Please don't laugh..I had a little mishap...as you know we have moved to big new, shiny, freezing cold office. I am gradually loosing weight as it's a half mile trek to the printer, photocopier, loos, coffees etc...well some bright spark decided to keep all the cabinet keys in our new store room which is even further away. So away I went...swiped my pass to get into the store room and walked in, the door closed behind me and I stepped further into the room but the lights were not coming on, now in all other areas the lights are automatic and no switch is needed. No lights...no windows.. so I started working my way to a wall, I was feeling around the wall for the switch but couldn't find it (pitch black) so I thought need to open the door to let the light in to find the switch...oh no...the door is locked...now I am freaking out and I could feel myself begin to panic. I am now frantically groping and hyper ventilating trying to find the switch then I felt a knob..I was pushing that knob and I didn't care what alarm it set off but hey presto it released the door....phew what a relief!! I came back through to the office and Laura asked me what was wrong...of course she laughed but I needed a sit down and some chocolate after that. I was shaking for ages...

Anyway now on to the serious stuff...the challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes is "pop it up". At first I was a bit scared as I was thinking jack in the boxes but all we need to see is something that pops out on your card.


Our sponsor this week is Michelle's Scrapbooking and more who are offering one lucky winner...



I have popped up the tree on my card...I stamped it three times and layered each piece, the image is from Whiff of Joy and has been coloured with copics. The papers are from Scenic Route but I can't remember which ones...oops!! I added a bit of raffia ribbon and a couple of punched snowflakes....and finished with glitter and gems. You can buy Whiff of Joy stamps and copics at Michelles Scrapbooking...check them out!!

A Spoon Full of Sugar - anything goes
Truly Scrumptious - anything goes
Fussy and Fancy - recipe

Remember you can still enter my birthday candy ...HERE!!


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Dig out the old...

Good morning everybody and my scheduled post...I hope whilst you are reading this that my office has warmed up and the drilling has stopped...it was freezing and noisy yesterday.

The challenge this week over at Dream Valley is "Dig out the old stash to use with your new stash". I have used fairly new papers from MME - Stella Rose collection. The image is of course from LOTV which I coloured with copics and I have had that for a wee while now, the ribbon is from The ribbon Girl and is brand spankin' new and the flower has been cut with a sizzlits daisy die...my very first sizzlits many moons ago. I added some zig zag stitching...not sure if it's a bit much but I am a roll with my sewing machine so lots of stitching.

The sponsor this week at Dream Valley is Digis with Attitude who are offering one lucky winner a $10 gift certificate to use in their store.

Pop over and see what the rest of the DT have created.

A Spoon full of Sugar - sketch
Papertake Weekly - punches/dies
Crafts & me - punches
Crafty Creations - anything goes
Divas by Design - anything goes
Delightful Sketches - flowers
LOTV - ribbons and bow
Corrosive Challenges - birthday
One Stitch at a Time - anything goes
Stamp something - anything goes
Dutch Dare - winged things
Kaboodle Doodles - lots of layers
Crafters Companion - girls birthday


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My favourite sweet pea..

What another beautiful day and I only have one more day before I go back to work...boo hoo!! I am posting this card so that my friend can see it as I won't see her until the weekend....she asked mt to her a card for her daughter. I hope she likes it...I used this Sweet Pea stamp which is my favourite one and she is called "Come Softly" and I coloured her with copics. The papers are from MME - So Sophie. I stitched the layers of card together, gave the butterfly a 3d look and added some glitter which you can't really see unless you zoom. Look it's my favourite colour combo too!!

I{heart}2stamp - sketch
In a Sweet Pea Dream - favourite colours
ABC - s for sparkle
Stampavie - birthday
Papertake Weekly - spots & stripes(there is spots on the brown papers)
A spoon full of sugar - celebrate
Craft Your Passion - dots


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Sweet Stampin DT card

Good morning Sweet Stampers and my hopefully scheduled post....having a bit of a problem with some browsing!!

You may have already heard the news that I have taken over running the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog with Abi....I am so excited!!

Now I would say I am quite good with computers and I know what I'm doing and I don't let anything beat me....I keep at it til it's fixed....well on the first day of my new role, actually not even the first day, I think it was probably withing a few hours of accepting my new role....I deleted lots of stuff that we needed. I thought I was doing a good turn and was tidying up the blog just a tad and hey ho...I made a boob...a big boob!! Abi to the rescue...as my pc was still away getting fixed, Michael let me borrow his laptop but only for about an hour at a time and he forbid me to download anything to do with glitter, pink, fluffy or cards on it....anyway between the 2 of us and recalling Fluff for a favour too, it's all as good as new!!

Anyway this week's challenge over at Sweet Stampin is this fab sketch by Jo....



I absolutely loved working with this sketch, I don't normally do ovals as I don't have an oval die so I have to cut the oval by hand...it's a hit or a miss and sometimes I distress the edges, that also helps to disguise the hand cutting but I thought this one wasn't too bad so I left it as is and it just seemed to work for me and here is the end result....

Have I taunted you even more with these flowers Lisa??I have used MME Stella Rose papers, the image is Hippie Chick from the Simply Sassy range at Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics. The flowers have been cut with a MFT flower die-namic die...love it!! I added some pearls to the centres (made them with a pearl pen)....oh and I added some stitching too...still practicing that!! Pop over to the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog and check out the creations by the rest of the team.

Little Miss Muffet - stitching
A Spoon Full of Sugar - texture
Your Next Stamp - stitching




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Paper Sundaes DT card

Hello my Sundae bloggers and my scheduled post!! Did you remember to switch the clocks back one hour??

This week the challenge over at Paper Sundaes is inspiration from the photo below.

Isn't it pretty...fab colours!!

Our sponsor this week is Michelle's Scrapbooking & More who are offering one lucky winner a £10 gift certificate.

For my card I used papers that were in my stash...think they are Papermania. The ribbon was from the same set. I punched the flowers with my die-namics flower die and added a pearl pen to the centres. The image is a new one I won in Bev's candy....it's so pretty...thanks Bev!! I couloured this little lady with copics( which you can buy at Michelle's) and added some glamour dust. I have entered the following challenges.

Paper Cutz - 3 papers

Friday Sketchers - sketch

LOTV - punch it

A Spoon Full of Sugar - ribbon,pearls/rhinestones, flowers

Lexi's Creations - ribbons but no bows/knots

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It's all about embossing at Paper Sundaes

Hi folks and welcome to another challenge over at Paper Sundaes. This week our challenge is embossing...one of my favourite things is my embossing folders although I don't have enough of them.



Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp who are offering a gift certificate to one lucky winner picked at random. so what are you waiting for. Pop over and see what the other sundae girls have made.

For my card I have used papers from MME - Stella rose collection. I have used CC Designs - Honey August and coloured her with copics. I cut out 3 balloons with acuttlebug die and added some pearls. I have entered the challenges below.

A Spoon Full of Sugar - sketch
Bunny Zoe - birthday and pearls
Cupcake - Up in the air(if this doesn't qualify then just delete me!!)
Kaboodle Doodle - birthday
Copic Creations - blues
Papertake Weekly - triple tastic(3 balloons/3 pearls)
Simon Says Stamp - birthday
Stampin royalty - embossing
Paperplay - embossing
All That Scraps - birthday
Charisma Cardz - to die for
Little Miss Muffet - brads, gems or pearls
Sarah Hurley - embossing
Anyone for Anya - birthday


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Paper Sundaes DT card and candy winners

Hello all my Sundae bloggers and my once again scheduled post....yes working and I will be tired too cos I had a late night on Friday and then up early yesterday and today and last night my mum was having a buffet night as my cousins are over from Italy so it was a kind of farewell thingy as they are heading home today but the next batch are hopefully coming over in March. The Christmas party on Friday was great and even better when you don't spend any money so I had to make good use of all the free drink...lol!! Managed work yesterday but was mega tired so I had an early night last night when I came home from my mums...back to normal today.

The challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes is "Valentines"....mwah,mwah, mwah!! Our sponsor this week is Pink Cat Studio...so many fab stamps and digi images to choose from.

For my card I used Bo Bunny - Crush papers....so perfect for luvvy duvvy things!! The image and sentiment are from Pink Cat Studio and I have coloured them with promarkers. I added lots of gems and glitter to spruce it up a bit!!

Lastly, the winners of my candy on our blog hop last week was Corry and Shana...well done girlies...the goodies are flying over to you!!

Ooh la la - 3 of a kind(3 hearts)
A Spoonful of Sugar - Valentines
Simon Says Stamp - animal antics
By the Cute and Girly - girly/bling
Bunny Zoe - Love is in the air
Charisma Cardz - Valentines
Paperplay - layers
Totally Gorjuss - as you like it
Craft Your Days Away - Love
Whoopsi Daisy - valentine/love



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Paper Sundaes DT card

Well Happy New Year to you all and welcome to the first challenge of 2011 over at Paper Sundaes. The theme this week is "something new"....use a new product that you have.

Our sponsor this week is Michelle's Scrapbooking, she has a huge range of products available online.



For my card I have used a Sweet Pea which I received from Val just before christmas but didn't get the chance to use it until now and I coloured the image with copics which can also be purchased here from Michelle's. She also has a lovely range of Sweet Pea stamps here.The papers are from Scenic Route - Roxbury Collection. I made the little poinsetta myself and I stitched those little beads into the centre...well it's supposed to look like a poinsetta!! I finished off with glitter and a message.

Friday sketchers - sketch
Stamp something - glitter
A spoon Full of Sugar - Christmas
Sweet Pea Stampers - anything goes
Copic Creations - sparkle
Christmas Cards all Year 'round - anything goes
Creative Inspirations - something new(stamp)



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Merry Christmas...

Well I survived the sleepover...just!!.. They all went to sleep around 3amand then were wakened up at 9am...what is all that about?? So the bathroom routine started...which took forever, then breakfast and then we hit the winter Wonderland in town...it was baltic!! They had a ball at the ice skating...it was so funny watching all those parents with the really small children and them trying their hardest not to fall. Holly didn't want me to go on the ice cos she didn't want me showing off in front of her pals..me being the sporty person that I used to be...I can skate really good...well forwards and backwards but I can't do any jumps. My mum used to be a speed skater and she first took me skating when I was 4 years old and I learned to skate with all the fast skaters....I can still skate really fast!! I remember being at a school camp in 2nd year and we went skating and I had never told anybody I could skate...fast...that was funny, all my schools mates were just standing there with their mouths open saying OMG!! Anyway back to the card...I have used papers from October Afternoon, the image is from CC Designs and I coloured her with copics, stamped the message and then added glitter to finish off. I have entered the following challenges.

The Sweet Shop - sketch
Sweet Stampin' - buttons and bows
2 sisters - non traditional
Crazy 4 Challenges - script
Crafty Catz - christmas
Simon Says Stamp - let it snow
Crafty Creations - christmas
Digital Tuesday - let it snow
Christmas Stampin' all year long - anything christmas
A Spoon Full of sugar - anything goes


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Happy Birthday Mum

Hi folks...it's absolutely baltic...the forecast for tonight is 8 inches!! I have been busy today trying to get tidied up, get some some secret christmas shopping and be all chilled for tomorrow night's sleep over for Holly's birthday....oh it's so exciting I can't wait to see all those little giggly girls...not!! Then Saturday it's a day out at the cinema...more excitement!! I made this card for my mum...new paperts from Basic Grey - Marjolane...they are really pretty. The image is Simply Sassy - Luv a Latte from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics. I added ribbon and a meassage. Remember you still have a few days to enter the Paper Sundaes Challenge this week.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch

A Spoon full of sugar - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - cut it out(punches)

Fab 'n' funky - go with the flow

Charisma - one for the girls


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Sweet little fairy...

Well since the fireworks are going off like mad and our pooch is scared and wants to hide in my craft room...I thought I would join her..so made this while we were in there!! The papers are Fine and Dandy from My Mind's Eye, and the image is from LOTV. Debs sent me this stamped image ages ago..thanks Debs but I have just got round to using it now. I coloured this little fairy with copics and added some glitter....not sure if you can see that. I made the flowers with the MFT rolled flower die, and the added the bow, button and message..hope you like it and I have entered this card in the following challenges.

LOTV - one for the girls

Crafters companion - sketch

Stamps R Us - buttons & bows

Little Paper shop - buttons & bows

Lexi's creations - anything goes

Paperplay - circles

Paper Cutz - anything that flies

Raise the Bar - curves

Fairy fun Friday - make your own flowers

A Spoon Full of Sugar - relish to embellish


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Christmas angel...

Good morning fellow bloggers and those of you who are off to the NEC...so lucky. I might save my pennies for the NEC next time instead of the SECC. You must tell me what it's like. I am hoping that I can get a couple of cards done today but Holly is off scholl unwell so she is still sleeping just now but she is a hard patient and lays it on worse than it really is...I almost have to be by her side tending to her every demand.."can I have a driiiink", "can you change the channel on the telly", "can you fluff up my pillows"...that's how it will go the full day....she has a sore throat!!
So the is the first one today...the snowflake papers are from Fancy Pants and the digi image is from CC Designs and I coloured this cute little angel with promarkers and then just done some shading on top with waterpencils. The snowflakes were punched with the Martha Stewart punches...Love them!! I finished off with gems and glitter...hope you like!!

Anyone for Anya - sketch

All That Scraps - Christmas

Die Cut Dreams - digi

Lollipop Crafts - embossing

Lexi's creations - anything goes

Stamp & Create - Christmas

A Spoon Full of sugar - relish to embellish

I ♥ promarkers - snowflakes

ABC Christmas Challenge- winter wonderland

Top Tip Tuesday - christmas

The Creative Cottage - embossing

Flutter by Wednesday - anything goes

James is sledging...

Well...I was too tired after my trip to the SECC yesterday but I did manage to play around with some of the goodies I bought. This was one of the stamps that happened to fall into my hands...isn't he cute?? I have coloured James with copics. The papers are also new from Echo Park and the snowflakes were punched from the Martha Stewart snowflakes punches...yes new too!! Finished off with glitter. I am now to do shopping with Holly...she needs boots for school and a couple of cozy jumpers...we be back later.

LOTV - sketch

Totally Papercrafts - bling it on

Bah Humbug - presents

Creative card Crew - let's punch it

A Spoon Full of sugar - let's get punchy

Simon Says Stamp - punch em


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Best Mates..

Well folks...would you believe we have had sleet here today!! What a shock to the system that was I tell you....anyway I was having withdrawal symptons as I never made a card yesterday as I was busy getting stuck into the housework...I did that much my back was in agony...it felt better after a glass of wine..or two! I made this card earlier and just added the finishing touches and I am off to make the tea...since I am off I thought I would make sicilian pasta...jazzed up version of pasta bolognese...so yummy and haven't made it for a while and hubby will think he is in the wrong house when he comes home from work as I normally buy stuff already made and I just need to fire in the oven..I don't do home cooking very often only because I work and I don't want to stand all day in the kitchen...not my idea of fun...would rather have fun making cards but anyway I am cooking shortly!! For my card today I have used a random sheet of paper that was in my stash from Belle boulevard and the stamp is from Mo Manning and I think it's called Psss - the lovely Linds sent me that a couple of months back..isn't she a sweetie and I love it!! I coloured the image with promarkers and then did some additional shading with waterpencils and added glitter...will be buying more promarkers at the Hobbycrafts show...2 sleeps to go...woo hoo!! I have entered the following challenges.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch

Passion for Promarkers - best friends

Creative Card Crew - punch it

A Spoon Full of sugar - lets get punchy

Papertake Weekly - sparkly & bright

Simon Says Stamp - punch em


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I love this little bear so much!!

Well I have been on a roll over the past few days with these LOTV stamps...aren't they just great....I hope they have a stand at the SECC at the end of the month!! Now..the stitching...I thought I would have a go again and real stitching but it's a hit or miss...I started off not bad but then I thought I was driving a car and I speeded up and started to go a bit all over the place...that's why I don't drive...lol!! I even stitched the circle...look how squint it is...but I think it adds to the vintage look I was aiming for...hmm. The papers are from Fancy Pants and James is of course from LOTV which has been coloured with copics and I finished with some glitter and 3 snowflake buttons...as I don't have a snowflake punch or die small enough...next on my buy list!!

LOTV - sketch

Winter Wonderland - vintage look

Papertake - 3 of a kind

Christmas Cards all year 'round - stitching

Christmas Stampin all year long - photo inspiration

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Winter Wonderland

Paper Cutz - anything goes


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Second post today..

Well I think I am quite chuffed with this one....I just love these LOTV stamps, they are perfect!! I have coloured James with copics and added glitter to his hat. The papers are Bo Bunny - winter Joy. I added 3 snowflake buttons, some stitching and a message.

Crafters companion - sketch

Craftalicious - anything goes

Christmas Cards all year 'round - stitching

Papertake - 3 of a kind

A Spoon Full of sugar - Winter wonderland

Bah Humbug - cuties

Stamp Something - punches


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Christmas Anya...

Well howdy folks..this is the first of 3 today..on a roll!! Thought I better get a move on with some Christmas cards. This of course is Anya which I have coloured with copics to match the papers. The papers are Bo bunny - winter Joy...I am loving these....I added 3 snowflake buttons which I also coloured with a purple copic to match and then added some glitter to Anya.

Sketch Saturday - sketch

A Spoon Full of sugar - Winter Wonderland

The Secret Crafter - distressing

Christmas Cards all year 'round - stitching

Papertake - 3 of a kind(snowflakes)

Quixotic - Christmas

Simon Says Stamp - recipe

Bah Humbug - Christmas cuties


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