Sugar Bowl challenge #97

Good morning sugar fans and it's that time again...yes time for another challenge over at The Sugar Bowl.

Today's challenge is the fabby sketch below...

with the optional extra of "A winter's Tale"...

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.

For my card I have used Christmas Garland which I coloured with copics, I added some white glitter to the furry bits on the hat, the papers are Echo Park - Winter Wishes. The snowflakes is a MS punch which I glittered up  I added a pearl to the centre of the snowflake.

Charisma - christmas with no red/green
Crimbo Crackers - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - snowflakes
The Paper Shelter - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Creative Card Crew - anything goes
Ladybug - snowflakes
Oldie But a Goodie - let it snow(stamp)
Crafty Boots - anything goes
Totally Stampalicious - let it snow



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Festive Friends...

Now I told you there would be more with this stamp...so I have used papers from Bo Bunny - snowfall, not really my colours but they are lovely papers.  The snowflakes are TH snow flurries and the tree is a Distinctively Dee's die.  The stamp is of course Festive Friends from Sugar Nellie which I have coloured with copics.  I have glittered up everything and added some pearls to the centres of the snowflakes.

Addicted to Stamps - christmas

Creative Inspirations paint - anything goes

The Crafty Pad - add some glitter

Stampin for the Weekend - use some texture

Creatalicious - winter

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Teddy Christmas....

Next post today is this little creation I made following Dena's tutorial on Facebook on the Lili of the Valley Virtual Christmas party page.  I did get lost a bit however when I saw Dena's finished card i knew where I was going and finished the card today.

I have used papers from Carta Bella - winter Fun, edged with lace, the stamp is from LOTV which I coloured with copics and glittered a bit, I punched some snowflakes and glittered them up and I cut out the tree and glittered that up too.  I added pearls to the centres of the snowflakes to finish off.

This is what the inside looks like although it's not a brill photo but can get the gist of it and you can get full instructions from Dena here.

Lili's Little Fairies - anything goes

Colour Me Creative - non traditional colours

Little Claire's - christmas

Christmas Cards all year round - fancy folds

Christmas Stampin' all year long - to die 4

Wags 'n' Whiskers - christmas

Crimbo Crackers - anything goes

Dutch Dare - fancy folds

Bearly Mine - snowflakes

ladybug Crafts - snowflakes

Stamp & Create - lace

Dream Valley - non traditional Christmas

Stamptacular - winter bliss
One Stitch at a Time - fabric, ribbon or lace

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Birthday Girl

Hey Sunday bloggers....I have a few posts for you today starting with this one.  This was the card I made for Holly for her birthday, the image was perfect...as she constantly has her phone in her hand and bag in the other...hair is always perfect too...the image is from Saturated Canary which I coloured with copics, the papers are from MME - Nutmeg, the flowers are 2 different rolled dies from Die-namics, I added some pearls and ribbon to finish.

Crazy 4 challenges - put a bow on it

polka Doodles - any die will do

Cute Card Thursday - girls only

Fab 'n' Funky - birthdays and 3 of something(flowers on mine)

The paper Shelter - birthdays

Papertake Weekly - ribbons and pearls
Joanna Sheen - anything goes

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ooh...snowflakes galore!!

Good morning Sunday bloggers....yes I know it's early for me however I have lots to do today so better crack on.

I pottered away with this last nigh and I hear you say...oh no not that stamp again but I love it and there will be more...lol...not sure if it's just too much but I have seen lots of beautiful cards using the TH snow flurries die so  thought I would try it.

I have used papers from Echo Park - Winter Park, the snowflakes are TH snowflurries and MS snowflake punch.  The trees are cut from my new Distinctively Dee's snow covered trees...this comes in layers so you can make them which ever size you want really....I covered the snowflakes and trees with silver stickles and I added some pearls made with ice white pearl pen to the centres of the snowflakes. The image is Festive Friends from Sugar Nellie which I have coloured with copics....added some glamour dust to the furry bits of Santa and finally the message is from LOTV.

Crafty Hazelnuts - use something more than 6 months old (stamp)

Little Claires - Christmas

Forever Friends - anything goes

The Craft Room - punches/die cuts

Creatalicious - winter 

Dream Valley - anything goes

Joanna Sheen - cold and frosty

Crafty Catz - let's have sparkle
Glitter and Sparkle - lots of layers
4 Crafty Chicks - winter
Craft us Crazy - favourite colour(mine is blue/green which I have used for colouring and there is blue/green on the papers)

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There's no people like snow people...

Good morning sweet stampers...actually it's now afternoon...lol!!  I am running a bit behind today but better late than never as they say!

The challenge today over at Sweet Stampin is "snow people"....I love snow people especially snowmen...maybe you can see that...

We have some fabby sponsors this week too, so pop over and check out the details.

For my card I have used Old Snow patches from Bugaboo and coloured with copics, the papers are from MME - Winter Wonderland and the snowflakes are from Martha Stewart which I glittered up.  I added some pearls to the centres of the snowflakes and around the snowman.

Crafty Catz - let's have sparkle

4 Crafty Chicks - winter

Crimbo Crackers - snowmen

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Hark the herald angels sing...

Well in between the housework I have been playing too.  I coloured this image last night and finished it off this morning.

I followed the sketch below.

The papers are from Echo Park - Winter Wishes, the snowflakes are from Martha Stewart although I punched them myself and glittered them up.  The ribbon and charm was in my stash forever.  The stamp is from LOTV which I coloured with copics and shaded with polychromos....and I added some doodling around the edges.

There is also some awesome candy on offer on Nicole's blog...here.

Sketch and Stash - sketch 55

Charisma Cardz - feeling blue

paperplay - snowflakes

papertake Weekly - anything goes

Created with Love - Christmas with no red/green

Hooked on Crafts - Christmas with no red/green

Dream Valley - anything goes
The ribbon girl - sparkle

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All wrapped up...

Good morning blogging fans....brrrr it is cold isn't it??  I was on a roll last night and coloured a few images and made this one into this card....

This was one of my recent buys from LOTV - snow bears...I just couldn't resist it!!  I coloured the image with copics and shaded with polychromos.  the sentiment is also from LOTV, the papers are from MME - Winter Wonderland...I need more of these as they are running out fast!  The snowflakes have been punched with my MS Scandanavian snowflake punch and the smaller one is the arctic snowflake, I glittered them up and added a pearl pen to the centre.  I added a piece of ribbon to finish off.

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

Have you seen there's a new challenge blog starting called Christmas at Sweet Stampin' and there's a DT Call.....here!!

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Christmas Stampin' all Year Long - anything goes

Crimbo Crackers - snowmen

Delightful challenges - let it snow

Lili's Little Fairies - all things bright and beautiful(hope this qualifies)

Paperplay - snowflakes

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

The Ribbon girl - sparkle

Joanna Sheen - cold & frosty
Christmas Card Challenges - snowmen
One Stop Craft Challenge - anything goes
Crafty Calendar - wrap up warm

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Followers candy over at our new challenge

Hi all...just to let you know there is some followers candy over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin'...check out the details here.  It would be great if you can spread the word!!

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Exciting news...

Hi all...before I head off to bed I thought  would let you know that there is a new and exciting challenge starting in 2013.  Yes...it's Christmas at Sweet Stampin' which is a monthly challenge and you can check out the DT Call details here.

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And now for something a bit different..

Good morning bloggers...and it's time for another challenge over at My Mum's Craft Shop.  today's challenge is "sentiments".  Make something with a sentiment....easy!!

The sponsor this week is Whimsy Stamps and Pink Cat Studio who are both giving 5 digis to one lucky winner.

Now my card....it acually looks better IRL however I will need to retake the photo in proper daylight.  I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Happy Together. I stamped some script text onto kraft card and then I cut the flower from the card using a TH sizzix die.  I sprayed the reverse of the flower to make them a bit pliable and curled the edges(when they dry they are stiff), I added a rolled flower to the centre of the big flower and added some twine, fibres and grassy stuff.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up.

Bearly Mine - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Cupcake Craft Challenges - get krafty
Kaboodle Doodles - anything goes
Gingerloft - no colouring
Raise the Bar - anything goes
a Gem of a challenge - spots and dots
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - stripes
Crafty Catz - texture
 

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Christmas hugs

A quickie before Strictly comes on....what do you think of Louis?  Isn't he just great??  Anyway this one is of my buys at the SECC last weekend...isn't she cute.  This is snow queen from LOTV which I have coloured with copics and glittered.  The papers are Echo park - Winter Wishes which I layered onto Bazzill card.  The snowflake is punched and then glittered up, the tag is from LOTV too...and finally the tree has been cut from ahnother of my buys...It's from Distinctively Dee's snow covered tree...need to practice the snowy edges.

Stamptacular - sketch

Crafty Hazelnuts - 3 papers

Christmas Stampin all Year long - anything goes

Totally Paperecrafts - twinklw twinkle christmas Star (on my image)

Divas by Design - festive

Lili's Little Fairies - snow is faling

By the Cute and girly - twinkle twinkle

Whimsy - sparkly

Anything goes - anything goes

Hooked on Craft - christmas with no red/green

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All That Glitters...

Good morning folks and here I am with my late post...oops!  What a lovely day it is today so I am hoping the washing will be all done and dusted today...well here's hoping!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin is "All that Glitters"...perfect for those Christmas cards.

Our sponsor this week is Iva Nova Chest...

and

we have our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen...


so pop over for full details and check out my teamies creations too.

For my card I have used papers from Carta Bella - Winter Fun and layered them onto bazzill card, I added some punched snowflakes which I glittered up, the tags and stamp is from LOTV which I coloured with copics.  I added a few tiny pearls to finish.

Papertake Weekly - sketch
CraftyRibbons - Christmas
Lili's little Fairies - snow is falling
Whimsy Inspiration - sparkly
Raise the Bar - anything goes
Fab 'n' funky - die cuts/punches


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Sugar Bowl Challenge #95

Good morning sugar fans and it's that time again...yes time for another challenge over at The Sugar Bowl. But first...it has taken me 3 hours to schedule this post and I do apologise if you can't see everything on my post...blogger issues so pop over to The Sugar Bowl for details of the challenge.

Today's challenge is the fabby sketch below...

...isn't it great??

Of course as always there is the optional theme and for this challenge it's this fab colour combo...

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.

For my card I have used a Gorjuss girl called Foxy from Sugar Nellie and coloured her with copics, the papers are MME - Indie Chic - Nutmeg, I distressed each of the layers and added some stitching too. the flowers have been cut from felt using my flower trio die-namics die.  I added some pearls to the centres of them and added some additional tiny pearls made with my pearl pen.

Fab 'n' funky - die cuts/punches
paper shelter - anything goes
Bearly Mine - flowers galore
The Cutie Pie challenge - distressing
Totally Stampalicious - anything goes
Allsorts - in stitches
Chocolate, coffe and cards - stitching
Fussy and Fancy - anything goes
Stampin' for the Weekend - anything goes

Fi

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If you haven't already seen the new Official Sugar Nellie Group on Facebook...then pop over to join in the fun!!