Sugar Bowl Challenge #84

Good morning sugar fans and my scheduled post....I am still trying to get used to my new Monday to Friday shift. Being off at the weekend is good though as my friend and I had a wee unexpected visit to the House of Sugar last Saturday which was really fab. The scenery on the way up and down was simply breath taking and if I can work out how to get the photos from my phone to the PC then I will let you see the snow covered mountains. We met Karen and her daughters and Erika and Kate, they were all so lovely. Karen even gave us the guided tour of the shop and where Mark , our Funky Kit man does his online orders...I would so love to work there. Now if any of you are in the area and feel the need to pop in to the House of Sugar...omg you will be spoilt for choice, Karen has such a variety of products on sale....

Today's challenge over at The Sugar Bowl is "anything goes" so you can use whichever layout and theme you like but you need to use a Sugar Nellie stamp.

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




....but if over 100 entries then the prize increases to 6 stamps.

For my card I have used Butterfly Girl from sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics, the papers from MME - On the Sunny Side, the flowers have been cut with different rolled MFT dies, I also cut a little dinky flouish out too and added a couple of pins behind. I added some ribbon and a charm to finish off...

Pop back tomorrow to check out my birthday candy!!

Stamptacular - butterfly kisses
Cupcake Inspirations - colour combo
Colour Me Creative - anything goes
CES - anything goes
Crafty Catz - birthdays
Hotshot Crafts - die cuts
Crafty Ribbons - flowers
Dutch Dare - birthday
Do You Stack Up - flowers
Truly Scrumptious - anything goes
Whimsy Inspiration - anything goes
Joanna sheen - happy birthday
Bearly Mine - dies
Bunny Zoe - anything goes



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My GDT card for Cupcake...

Good morning bloggers and here we have my scheduled post for Cupcake Craft Challenges. This weeks challenge is "material girl".

Well I am kind of rubbish at using material however I thought I would make some felt flowers, felt is material so easy peasy!!

I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Summer Soul, the stamp is from Mo Manning called End of the Summer which I coloured with copics. All 3 flowers were cut from different MFT dies, the pink one is the rolled daisy die, the turquoise one is the loopy bloom die( but I snipped the loops) and the teal one is the bigger of the rolled rose dies. I added pearls, ribbon and a button too.

CES - button it
Totally papercrafts - buttons
Truly madly Crafty - handmade flowers
Bronte & Bella - flowers
Wags 'n' Whiskers - anything goes
Bunny Zoe - ribbon or twine


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Back to work tomorrow....

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


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

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


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Sugar Bowl Challenge #75

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

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Oh it's cloudy today at Paper Sundaes....

Good afternoon Sundae bloggers and another lovely day...well hopefully wherever you are it is sunny!! The challenge today over at Paper Sundaes is "clouds/skies" that can be chalked, sponged, sprayed, die cut.....whatever as long as we can see clouds/skies on your creation.

We are sponsored by the wonderful Letraset....


...one lucky winner will be chosen at random and win the above set...woo hoo!

For my card I have used First Edition - Up, Up & Away papers, the image is Frog on Flower from Nellie Snellen which I coloured with promarkers, I chalked the clouds on the background of the image and then added a couple of die cut clouds. I have also entered the challenges below.

Phindy's Place - die cuts
CES - feeling the blues
Allsorts - free & easy


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Christmas in July

Welcome sundae bloggers and hopefully another glorious day...well it just now being Friday as it's another scheduled one. Only one more weekend to work and then I'm on holiday....yay!!

The challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes...if you've not already guessed it..."Christmas in July".

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Simon Says Stamp...



who are giving one lucky winner a $15 gift certificate.

For my card I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Hot Chocolate collection...(had to buy them Elaine, they were tempting me for too long)....they are so yummy although I have only used a couple for this card. The stamp is Penelope from CC Designs and she has been coloured with copics. Pop over and see what the other girls have created...wow!!

Rainbow ladys - stitching
DYSU - stitching
Crafty Sentiments - stitching
Fairy Knoll - christmas in July

CES - Christmas in July
Simply Create - Christmas time
Stamp something - Christmas in July
2 Sisters - Christmas in July
Creative Inspirations - no flowers
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Creative Inspirations - Christmas in July

Craft Us Crazy - Christmas in July
The Crafty Pad - Christmas in July

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Birthday, birthday, birthday....

Well...update...Michael made it home safe and sound at about 3.30 am this morning and has slept almost all day, wakened for food and is sleeping again!! Oh to be a teenager again!! I thought I would make a wee quickie tonight as Holly as staying at her granny's tonight as I am working tomorrow and it's the school holidays, so some time to myself!!

Oh I just love lots of layers....So the papers are from Echo Park - Country Drive, the image is one of my favourite LOTV fairies which I have coloured with copics, the flowers..well do I need to tell where they come from?? I have distress the edges of each layer and also embossed the middle panel just for a bit more texture, added a piece of lace, a message and some glitter. I have entered the challenges below.

LOTV - sketch
Cute Card Thursday - lace
Icopic - birthday
The Crafty Pad - lots of texture
OSATT - anything goes
Cupcake - favourite challenge - #138 - lots of layers
Colour Me Creative - favourite copic tecnique - feathered the skirt
CES - recipe
Wags & Whiskers - birthday
Stampavie - 3 or more layers
Stampin for the Weekend - wings
Truly Scrumptious - wings
Oldie but Goodie - anything goes(stamp is more than 6 months old)
By the Cute & Girly - wings


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My first hanglar....

Hi folks...a quick post before I go and watch BGT...I have recorded it...I have to fast forward some of the rubbish!! Everybody has gone out tonight and left me all alone...Michael has been away with his friends since last night and won't be home until tomorrow, Holly has a sleepover at her friends and my hubby has gone to the pub with his friends...so peace and quiet to make this card although I started colouring this on Wednesday at the card class. I coloured this Hanglar(which I received from Elaine) with DI's...still practicing, the papers are from MME - So Sophie which I love, these are my favourite colours!! I stitched all the layers and then added some pearls and flowers.

CES - favourite colour
OSCC - birthdays
Totally Gorjuss - sketch
Just Magnolia - anything goes and the optional stitching
Catch the Bug - anything goes
Raise the Bar - flower power


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another little fairy...

Just a quickie before I must do some housework...these papers were in my stash for ages but I still think they are really pretty and they fitted with a couple of challenges this week. The papers are from Imaginisce - Splash Dance. The image is of course from LOTV which I have coloured with copics. I have entered the followiong challenges.

Sketch Saturday - sketch
2 sisters - embossing
CES - spots & stripes
A Spoon Full of sugar - birthday wishes




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Birthday girl...

Well it's almost the end of another year but first there's cards to be made!! This wasn't what I started out making but I just love these little Gorjuss Girls. I have coloured the image with copics, cut her out and layered her onto an embossed oval. the papers are Crate Papers - Pink Plum collection...forgot I had them. I made the roses with my sizzix 3D flower die and added a birthday message....oh and I also added some stickles to the flowers and the edge of the dress...might re take the photo in daylight.

The sugar Bowl - sketch/embossing
Craft Your Days Away - punch it out
CES - anything goes
Copic Creations - sparkle


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Paper Sundaes DT card

Welcome to another Sundae my fellow frosty friends and another snow day!! Woo hoo...6 sleeps til Santa comes...I hope you are all good girls!! hee hee. The challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes is "Cut it Out"...one of my favourites....easy peasy!! What's more you have plenty time to practice that scissor action as this challenge will run for 2 weeks.

Our sponsor this 2 weeks is Simon Simon Says Stamp who is giving a $15 certificate to one lucky winner.



Simon Says Stamp has over 100,000 items in stock. They have all of the latest releases from Magnolia, Whiff of Joy, Tim Holtz, Spellbinders, Copic and so much more! With free shipping for all International orders over $175 and USA Orders over $70, it’s a great time to shop with Simon Says Stamp.

For my card I have used Bo Bunny - Winter Joy papers. The image is of course Anya which I have coloured with copics. I punched some snowflakes and the ovals...finished with glitter and jewels.

An update for you too...I didn't make the final round of the Simply Sassy competition but thanks to you all who commented on my entry, you can head over to the Sugar Nellie blog and cast your vote to pick a winner from the 4 fab cards that have made the final.

Friday sketchers - sketch
Cupcake - non traditional
The Pink elephant - winter wonderland
Bunny Zoe - sparkle & shine
Stamps R Us - anything goes
CES - anything goes
Sweet Stampin' - celebrations
Allsorts - anything goes
The Crafty Pad - anything goes


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Seconds away...round 2 - Simply Sassy Competition!!

Well this isn't the best photo but I couldn't wait til Thursday when I will have daylight and my day off but I will take another then but for now here it is. I can hardly believe that I have actually made round 2 of the simply Sassy competition as there were so many beautiful entries. For our entries in round 2 over at Sugar Nellie's Simply Sassy competition is to create a card to whatever you like with the chance to win a Grand Excalibur and a DT spot.

So as you know I quite like to cut out my image and I quite like layers and I also love embossing so I added all of those features. I also wanted to do some stitching which I have done but to be honest it's a bit skew whiff as my machine was not playing with me and I think it may have spoiled it but maybe not...could be an added feature...squint stitching!! I have used Basic Grey - Marjolaine papers, a couple of little flowers I received in my candy win from Lesley which I thought matched quite well and of course some glitter. I hope you like it and even if this is as far as I get in the competition, it's all just fun taking part.

CES - anything but a Christmas card
Sweet Stampin' - recipe
Sketch Staurday - sketch
Stamps R Us - anything goes


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Snowman Christmas..

Hello all on this very wet, miserable day... I am still not feeling 100% but have been kind of picking away at this over the past few days but wasn't sure what I wanted to do with the papers and then I spotted the sketch over at Sweet Stampin...perfect!! The papers are from Echo Park - wintertime, the image is from LOTV which has been coloured with promarkers this time, I punched the snowflakes from Martha Stewart punches, aded the lace, ribbon, button and charm which were in my stash and those tiny tags were stamped and punched with the Stampin' Up Tiny Tag set...so cute....thanks Hazel for letting me borrow them!! I added some glitter to finish off. Hope it's not too busy!!

Sweet Stampin - sketch

CES - lace

OSCC - snow people

Die Cut Dreams - anything goes

Allsorts - ribbon, lace and charm

Fairy fun Friday - buttons and bows

2 sisters - snowflakes

I ♥ promarkers - snowmen

LOTV - glitter and glitz

Simon Says Stamp - sparkle

Totally Gorjuss - not so traditional


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