Sugar Bowl Challenge #79

Good morning sugar fans and my scheduled post.....I am off to the SECC this morning to the craft fair...woo hoo!! Hopefully Karen has picked me up and we will be travelling along the motorway heading for Glasgow.

Today's challenge over at the Sugar Bowl is Erika's fab sketch below.....




and of course the option of spring.

As always one lucky winner chosen at random will receive 4 Sugar Nellie stamps of their choice from Funky Kits.


For my card I have used Porridge from Sugar Nellie and coloured him with copics, the papers are Springtime from Echo Park...hope you likey!!

The Paper Shelter - anything goes
Scrapalicious - anything goes
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Pollycraft - spring has sprung
A Gem of a Challenge - perfect pastels


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Let it Snow....

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


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Sugar Bowl Challenge #71

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



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Sugar Bowl Challenge #70

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


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So what....

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



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Ooh baby baby....

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


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Anything but a card....

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


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Christmas in July

Good morning sweet stampers on this gorgeous sunny day...I'm scheduling this so it better be sunny as I am off work!! Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin is "Christmas in July".

Our sponsor this week is Tiddly Inks, I have used one of their digis for my card. The image has been coloured with copics. The papers are from MME - colorful Christmas, I added a couple of punched snowflakes and gems.

Cute card Thursday - sketch
Crafty Creations - Christmas
Pollycraft - christmas in July
Fussy & Fancy - christmas in July
Crafty Catz - christmas in July
Totally Gorjuss - christmas in July


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Just beachy....

Good afternoon Sundae bloggers and my last scheduled post for a couple of weeks cos I am on holiday...yay!! I am not going anywhere as hubby's holiday's are not until after mine and I went on on holiday on my own with 2 kids a couple of years ago...it was hard!! So I will doing some decorating in the bathroom and the kitchen and a couple of days here and there and of course some cardmaking too!!

Today's challenge over at Paper Sundaes is " Just beachy" or summertime. Our sponsor this week is Michelle's Scrapbooking who is offering one lucky winner....




For my card I have used papers from my stash from Imaginsce - Splash Dance collection. The stamp is from CC Designs which I coloured with copics. I did some wonky stitching on this one, added the message and a little cloud and sun. I have entered the challenges below.

Sketch n Stash - sketch
Charisma Cardz - sunshine colours
Hanna & Friends - summer
Little Miss Muffet - summer
Samuel Taylor - summer
Pollycraft - summer fun
Fussy & Fancy - summer


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Paper Sundaes DT card

Hi my Sundae bloggers and my scheduled post. Hopefully my head is not too bad after my school reunion party last night but I will tell you about that later.

The challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes is to make an easel card or a twisted easel card. I just stuck to the non twisted variety as twisted looks a bit complicated!!

Our sponsor this week is...


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

Now you will see the top photo is the front of the card and the photo below is the open version. I have used First Edition - Up, Up & Away papers which you can buy here from Simon Says Stamp...they are so pretty. The image is Bumble Bee from sugar Nellie which has been coloured with Distress Ink's and again Simon Says Stamp carries a whole collection of DI's which can buy here. I punched the flowers with my MFT die-namics die and Simon stocks a huge amount of die-namics. I finished with a message and a ribbon on the inside....hope you like.


I have entered the challenges below.

Totally Papercrafts - die cuts/punches
Crafty Catz - fancy folds
CLP - sketch
Delightful Sketches - anything goes
Pollycraft - flowers and ribbon
Stamp Something - something with pretty papers
Facebook - more than one fold
Polka Doodles - wings
Simply Create - wings


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I love a cuppa...

Morning everybody and another gorgeous day!! I thought I would get this card posted asap and then I can get on with some housework. I think this image sums me up...as I have umpteen cuppas in the morning!! I know...too many isn't good for you...anyway...I have been colouring this image over the past few nights and practicing colouring with DI's...this is my first attempt. I have to say..it's very therapeutic but does take much longer. The lovely Elaine sent me some card to use which is 100% better than the card I was using so may need to treat myself!! The papers are from MME - So Sophie which I cut into squares and then added some stitching to make a patchwork effect. I didn't want to add anymore layers as I thought it was busy enough with papers. I couldn't help myself...I had to stick on some of those flowers. I thought I would enter the Sugar Nellie Challenge on Facebook with this one as it's squares. I was also swithering about entering the Simply Sassy Banner competition too but I'm not sure if the colours are cold enough to match Elaine's....I'm going to give it a bash anyway!!

Don't forget there's still time to enter the DT CAlls at Sweet Stampin Challenge blog and Paper Sundaes Challenge blog.


OSCC - in stitches
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Make It Monday - anything goes
Pollycraft - anything goes
Oldie but a goodie - flowers(I did buy this stamp about 6 months ago so hopefully that's fine)
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Ladybug - going dotty (on brown paper)
Top tip Tuesday - anything goes
Simply Sassy - banner competition
Divas by Design - anything goes
Moving along with the Times - anything goes


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It's almost Easter...

Morning Sweet Stampers and my scheduled post. Well I don't normally make Easter cards so these have not come easy to me so why on earth did I pick Easter as the them this week at Sweet Stampin...obviously it seemed like a good idea at the time. I'm not sure if I like this or not...not my usual I'm afraid!! Pop over and see what the other sweeties have made to inspire you with Easter scrumminess!!


This week we are sponsored by Di's digi Downloads who are giving one lucky winner 5 digis.



We also have our monthly sponsor Bugaboo who are giving one lucky winner 7 digis.




For my card I have used Nitwits papers and the image is from Di's Digi Download. I coloured the image with promarkers and then cut it out, I then used an embossing tool on the back of the agg to mould it into a dome and layered it onto the card...it reall pops out as is much better IRL. I made the sun by cutting out a sizzix flower, cutting the ends of the petals.

I ♥ promarkers - anything goes
For Fun Challenges - easter
Paperplay - easter
Cute Card Thursday - no text
The Crafty Pad - easter
Pollycraft - sketch(kind of but then got sidetracked a bit)


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Merry Christmas...

I have been quiet the past couple of days as I haven't been feeling well...still don't feel 100% but being a mother you just have to get on with it!! I have made this card using Bo Bunny Winter Joy papers, the snowflakes were punched with the Martha Stewart punches, the tags are from Stampin' Up tiny tags which I stamped and punched, the message was stamped but I masked off the full message as it was too big to fit and the image is from All That scraps and coloured with copics. To finish off I added glitter to the snowflakes and the trims on Darby's boots, jacket and hat.

Friday Sketchers - sketch

Stampin' for the Weekend - winter

Fussy and Fancy - christmas with no red or green

Totally Papercrafts - snow/snowflakes

Paper Cutz - christmas

Paperplay - let it snow

Delightful sketches - baby it's cold outside

Colour Create - robin egg blue, sea foam green and cream

Simon Says Stamp - sparkle

Pollycraft - glittery christmas


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Let it snow....

Well hello all you Sundae bloggers and ....normal service again with my scheduled post and yes you guessed it...back to work!! The challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes is "Let it Snow"...I just love that theme...snowflakes and snow and snowmen...so pretty!!



Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Stamp & Create and the lovely prize for one lucky person is a $15 to use in their store...woo hoo!!. For my card this week I have used papers from October Afternoon and Scenic Route. I distressed the edges of the card on each of the layers as I made a bit of a boob when stitching..totally covered up now...I am getting to be a dab hand at the patch up jobs!!I also embossed the circle with a snowflake embossing folder. The image is Penelope from CC Designs...Stamp & Create lots of CC Designs stamps. I coloured Penelope with copics.The snowflake has been punched with the Martha Stewart Scandanvian Snowflake punch..love it!! I stuck a jumbo gem in the middle for some extra glitz and I added some glitter to finish off....I am quite chuffed with this one.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch

All That Scraps - christmas

Oldie but a Goodie - distressing

Crafty Cardmakers - stitching

Stamp & Create - 'Tis the Season

Whoopsi Daisy - sparkle

ABC Christmas Challenge - winter wonderland

Charisma Cardz - With Love @ Christmas

Crafty Calender Challenge - winter snowflakes

Pollycraft - chill time

ABC DT Challenge - sew special

OSCC - embossing

Allsorts - Twas the Night Before Christmas

Delightful Sketches - stitching

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Paper Sundaes DT card

Hi all my Sundae bloggers and my scheduled post.....yes yet again another working Sunday!! I am still having PC issues and Sky keep blocking my broadband so I haven't been around much over the past week but hopefully we are ok now...don't want to say too much incase I jinx it!! This week the challenge over at Paper Sundaes is to show us your Autumn or Halloween colours and our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp and one lucky winner will receive a certificate to use in their store....woo hoo!!
For my card this week I couldn't decide whether to do Halloween or Autumn...eventually I opted for the Autumn colours. The papers are from Scenic Route and the stamp is from The Greeting Farm....Simon Says Stamp stock a huge selection of The Greeting Farm stamps. I coloured this little Anya with copics and I did lots of shading on her dress and her hair...not sure how well you can see that in the photo...but it does look quite good in real life even though I say so myself...hee hee!! I have entered my card in the challenges below:

Cupcake Craft Challenge - sketch

Copic Creations - shading

Pollycraft - Autumn

OLLCB - stripes

Creative Card Crew - Autumn

Flutter By Wednesday - fairy/buttons

The Secret Crafter - anything goes

A Spoon Full of sugar - autumn


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It's a shower...

Hi folks...I thought this card fits perfect to the weather we are having just now...well the weather where I am. Every time I hang my washing out it starts to rain....what a nightmare with towels!! So onto the card... these little meeses have been hiding in my stash for a while so I thought it was time for them to come out and show their e little faces. Now you will never believe this but I didn't use copics to colour this..I used my waterur pencils for a change but I did make a bit of a mistake...I used a memento ink pad...doesn't work with waterpencils however I still think I got away with parts of the ink bleeding as I needed very little colourecially on the meeses so between the ink and the pencils I think they look ok. I stamp this stamp twice so I could cut out the flower head and 3d them and then touched up with lots of glitter. I have entered this in the following challenges:

House Mouse - make a splash

Pollycraft - nature

Crafty Cardmakers - glitter and sparkle

Craftalicious - purple and green

A Crafty Little Place - anything goes

Charisma - inspired by a song - singing in the rain


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Happy Happy Birthday!!

Well it seems like the summer has gone away as it's been raining constantly since the kids went on holiday from school....anyway I'm still so chuffed cos I won some candy and I have my spotlight thing over at Digital Delights on Wednesday - yay! so onto this card - I have used the papers fom Stampin'Up Sweet Pea collection which are fab, I then stamped Anya and coloured her with copics, I used a glaze sakura pen on her sunnys, I added buttons, ribbon, I added glitter to the embossed circle and a birthday message with a diamonte and of course my fabby flowers - even though I say so myself...I just love them...I made them with the sizzix 3d flower die...don't you love them??

Craftalicious Challenge - birthdays

Stampin' for the Weekend - recipe

Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge - stitches, scallops & sparkle

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Crazy 4 challenges - buttons

Anyone for Anya - Be dazzled

Paper Sundaes - make your own flowers

Pollycraft - birthday

Lexi's creations - stitching


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Mmmm....cupcakes!!

Well it's another nice day here...but I think it's to be rainy tommorrow...hope the weathermen have got it wrong cos my boy has gone to T in the Park. Onto the card...I couldn't really decide what to make but eventually settled for this one. The stamps are from the Crazy for cupcakes stamp set from stampin Up...which I love. I have added a couple of ribbons and glittered the icing on the cakes...although you can't really see that.

Crazy 4 challenges - at least 2 ribbons

Paper sundaes - white and one other colour

Pollycraft - sketch

C.R.A.F.T Challenge - cakes/ice cream


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A few Challenges

Well the postie arrived with some of my new goodies....I have use 2 of them to make this card...the giant scallop and a new flower die....oh I love it!! The papers and image I had in my stash and the image is coloured with copics, stamped the message...added some ribbon and glitter to bling it up a bit.

Pollycraft - ribbon and bling

Cupcake Craft challenge - dazzle us

Stamp Something - digi

Sunday Sketch & Stamp - sketch


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make a wish

I am having withdrawal symptoms so I needed to make this card for the challenges below. I saw the tutorial on youtube of how you make it...not sure what it's called. I had the papers and ribbon in my stash and the lovely Mandy sent me some Magnolia images.....this is the front.


This is the inside...well the first part....when the card is folded slits are made, then you feed through the white card and stamp your message on the white area....then...


Another inside is revealed and you can stamp further messages...I was well impressed when I saw this on youtube and I had to try it asap....it's like magic!!


Pollycraft - hidden message

Stampin for the weekend - summer(I have used summery colours)

Totally papercrafts - more than one fold


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