Poinsettia Girl

Good morning, and my scheduled Wednesday post over on the Sugar Nellie blog.

For today's card I have used this fabby image called "Poinsettia Girl" from Leanne Ellis at Sugar Nellie.

 I coloured this little cutie with spectrum noirs, the dies are brand spanking new which I bought at the SECC at the weekend.  They are 2 separate dies...a Memory Box corner poinsettia and the other is from Poppy Dies....it actually took me a bit of time to build the flowers up.  I used both red and black card to cut out...I layered them up and then started chopping away the tiny red flowers to stick on the black...phew!!  I also added teeny weeny pearls the centres of the flowers. The backing paper is from Echo Park - Bundled Up which I layered onto black cardstock and then I distressed the edges.

Spectrums used:
FS2, FS3, FS6
DR1, DR3, DR5, DR7
BT1, BT5
EB1, EB2
GB8, GB10

challenges:
Spectrum Noir - embellishments
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes


Fi
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Blossom

Good morning, and my scheduled Wednesday post over on the Sugar Nellie blog.


So for today's card I'm afraid it is very plain and simple as the colouring has taken almost since my last posting...very time consuming but I find it very therapeutic....still need practice though!!

This stamp is called "Fleur" and is from the Leanne Ellis range at Sugar Nellie!

I coloured Fleur with Derwent Inktense pencils....I am loving them!  The paper is from the Evergreen collection from Basic Grey which I layered onto kraft card. Did my usual doodling... The message has been in my stash forever but is from Stampin Up.

So does anybody have any tips for the inktense pencils??

Now sure how you can use them with digis but they are perfect with the rubber at Sugar Nellie...oh and I did hear there was rubber burning in the house of Sugar on Monday.....but the lovely Kate informed us it was a new delivery of rubber stamps....watch this space!!

Pop back for more sugar inspiration tomorrow.

Fi
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Bluebell

Good morning Sugar fans!!

Now this stamp is called Leanne Ellis's Bluebell from Sugar Nellie which is available at Funky Kits in either rubber or digi here!

The Papers are from MME Cambridge Court which are really colourful...don't you think?? I layered the papers onto bazzill card and added some doodles of course. there's also a piece of aqua lace been added to one of the layers just to give a bit more texture along with a dotty ribbon and bow....the flower and leafy swirl has been cut using my die-namics....I also added some pearls made with my pearl pen....love my pearl pen!

Hope you likey!!

challenges:
Bearly Mine - flowers
Graph It Markers - let's go pink

Fi

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Beauty in Bloom...

Good morning Sugar fans....happy hump day...yay the middle of the week!!

So this weeks card I wanted to use this super cute stamp called Day Dreamer Leanne Ellis range at Sugar Nellie. I stamped her using memento ink and coloured with copics, building up colour and then shaded with polychromos....I like using my pencils for the finishing touches as I can get a bit finer detail with them as sometimes the pens can bleed too much.

I found this paper pad at the SECC which also had lots of little embellishments to match, so of course needed to buy the lot, it's Curiosity Corner from Dovecraft.

This particular paper had a frame already printed on it so I thought it would be a good idea to make it look like a house from.  So I made the canopy roof type thing with my scallop border and just punched out a few strips....what do you think??

The paper was layered onto bazzill card and then I distressed around the edges.

Fi

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A Little Hug...

Hello everyone...hope you are all enjoying your weekend!!  I have been a bit manic with work recently however this is the first weekend in a wee while that I haven't had to work so priorities right and a card was in the making!!

The lovely Abi sent me these papers and they are beautiful, gorgeous colours and right up my street...thank you my love!! So I hope you like what I have made with them...

So this is my favourite sketch...you may have noticed, I sometimes do a wee variation it it though...the stamp is "A Little Hug" from Leanne Ellis at Sugar Nellie, the papers are MME - Hattie, the flowers have been cut with 2 different die-namics dies, the buttons have also been cut using a die-namics die. The hearts have been cut with my sizzix hearts die....so I am not into valentines although I think this looks ok, non pink but with hearts.

I layers the papers onto kraft card and doodled around each of the edges of the layers, I also did a bit of distressing to the layers, I coloured the image with copics and then shaded with polychromos.  I layered the image onto the card and added a ribbon and tied a little bow at the side.  I attached a die cut button and charm, added the die cut flowers and hearts. The sentiment is from Personal Impressions which I thought matched the image well...

supplies:

papers - MME Hattie

stamp - A Little Hug - Funky Kits

pens - copics

pencils - polychromos

charm - The Hobby House

pearls - The Hobby House

ribbon - The Ribbon Girl

dies - die-namics buttons, rolled rose/flower (My Mum's Craft Shop)

die - sizzix heart

challenges:

Bunny Zoe - hearts

My Mum's Craft Shop - spots and stripes

Crafty Ribbons - ribbons and bows

The Hobby House - anything goes

Graph It's - florals/love

Stampin for the Weekend - flowers

4 Crafty Chicks - pearls

Simon Says Stamp - get krafty

Papertake Weekly - with a heart
ABC Challenge - F for flowers
Color me Creative - anything goes
The Kraft Journal - love

Fi

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The Sugar Bowl DT card

Hey folks...a tad late with my post, I was so busy getting the rest of the team and the challenge organised that I completely forgot about my own post, so that's me home and now sorted!!

So there's a brand new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl......and some exciting news so pop on over and check it out.

As always the prize for one lucky winner picked at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from FunkyKits...

...over 100 entries then that prize increases to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps...

Please remember to use a Sugar Nellie stamp...rubber or digi to be eligible. 

For my card I used Belle Flower from the Leanne Ellis range at Funky Kits.  I coloured her with copics and then did some shading with polychromos.  The papers are Echo Park Tis the Season and I used my favourite die-namics die to make that fabby flower...I added a ribbon bow fastened with a button and twine.

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes with twine or string
The Ribbon Girls - anything goes



Fi
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Girly but no Pink...

Good morning folks...I feel I am finally getting back to normal now and back on track with the cards.

There's a new challenge over at Sweet Strampin and the theme is "girly but no pink"....easy peasy!!

This week we are sponsored by The Ribbon Girl..

who is giving one lucky winner a £10 voucher..

and we have our monthly sponsor..Cuddly Buddly..

and there's a £10 voucher up for grabs at the end of each month.

You can pop over to the Sugar Nellie blog aswell to check out some inspiration there where you can also see my card.

I have used papers from MME Noteable collection.  The stamp is "tell me something" from the Leanne Ellis collection from Sugar Nellie at Funky Kits.  I have coloured the image with copics and then used some polychromos to do some shading.  I also added a tiny gem to her finger...where the ring should be..The flower has been cut using my die-namics layered rose die.  I have added a little pearl brad to the centre.  I also added a ribbon bow to finish it off...oh and oops some doodling!!

supplies:
stamp - Tell me Something from Sugar Nellie - Funky Kits
papers - MME Notebale - MMCS
ribbon  - The Ribbon Girl
gem - The Hobby House
pearl brad - The Hobby House
die - die-namics layered rose - MMCS
copics - MMCS

challenges:

Stampavie and more - blue and white
Creative Card Crew - anything goes
Creative Craft Challenge - anything goes
Inky Chicks - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Craft-Dee Bows - anything goes
The Hobby House - ribbons

And now for something a little bit different...

Howdy folks...well what a very blustery day today...so anyway since it's been too rainy and windy to do anything, i thought I would make a wee card.  When I saw the sketch over at Sketch Saturday I thought it looked a bit different and intersting so here I have made something a bit different for me....

The papers are from Fancy Pants - Park Bench which I layered onto kraft card.  The stamp is from Tell me something from Sugar Nellie which I paper pieced in matching papers.  I added some tiny gems to finish...hope you likey!!

supplies:

papers - Fancy Pants Park Bench

stamp - Tell Me Something Sugar Nellie

gems - The Hobby House

kraft card - stash

challenges:

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Stampin for the Weekend - friendship

Totally Papercrafts - get krafty

Bearly Mine - anything goes

Fi

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The Sugar Bowl - challenge 102

Good morning people and my sheduled post...hopefully it is sunny and I have already hung out my washing before heading to work!!

The challenge over at The Sugar Bowl is "anything goes"...how easy can it be?

Please remember to use a Sugar Nellie stamp...rubber or digi to be eligible!!

As always the prize for one lucky winner picked at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from FunkyKits...

...over 100 entries then that prize increases to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps...

In addition, Gayle and Elaine will also be awarding Eye Candy to some lucky entrants so pop back to the Sugar Nellie blog next Thursday to see if you have been spotted!!

For my card I have used papers from MME - Meadow and layered them onto bazzill card, I then distressed the edges of each of the layers. i added a piece of white lace and some white flowers cut from my die-namics flower trio die..I added some pearls to the centres and in the corners of each of the layers....and last but not least the stamp is from the Leanne Ellis range at Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics....hope you like??

supplies:

papers - MME Meadow

pens - copics

stamp - Funky Kits

dies - die-namics flower trio

lace - stash

pearls - pearl pen

Fi

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