The Sugar Bowl challenge - 109

Good morning campers and my second scheduled post or maybe my first depends how blogger feels as to which one it posts first!!

I can't believe it's 4 weeks since my last SB posting...gosh how the time flies in!!  The challenge over at The Sugar Bowl is something a wee bit different...we want you to use your very first Sugar Nellie stamp..

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...

So for this card I have used papers from Echo park - wintertime.  I have used the die-namics pierced circle die and layered my wee image onto it....the stamp is Bumble Bee from Sugar Nellie which i coloured with copics and then gave her some shading with polychromos.  The snowflakes are MS punches and I borrowed my friends snowflake border...can't remember which manufacturer that is. I also added some sheer ribbon although it's hard to see that. I finished with a little message...oh and a couple of pearls.

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

challenges:
Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon
Simon says Stamp - Christmas
Christmas Cards all Year round - Christmas
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Bunny Zoe - ribbon
Deep Ocean challenges - christmas is around the corner

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Snow is Falling...

Good morning folks and another post from me!!

Well first I thought I would give you a wee update on my new iphone...I am now loving it!!  You were all right!!  I have everything in the one place..emails, messages, calls, blogger, music and photos...love it!!

The challenge today over at Lili's Little Fairies is "Christmas in August"...a nice easy one.  

So for my card I have used one of the new Christmas stamps from LOTV...I just love snowmen and when I saw this stamp I knew it was a must.  I have coloured the snowmen with copics and done some shading with polychromos.  The papers are Fancy Pants Hot Chocolate...which are nearly finished....:(  The snowflakes have been punched in the same papers, the tree has also been cut with paper from the same collection.  I layered the papers onto kraft card and added some stitching to each of the layers and the distressed the edges.  The tags are also from LOTV and have been attached with some twine.  I finished with some pearls, giant gems and glitter...lots of it!!

supplies:

papers - Fancy Pants Hot Chocolate

stamp/tags - LOTV

pens - copics

pencils - polychromos

die - Distinctively Dee's Tree

punches - MS Arctic Snowflake and Himalayan Snowflake

rhinstone brads/pearls - the Hobby House

stickles - stash

glamour dust - stash

twine - stash

challenges:

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

LOTV Ideas to Inspire - make it festive

Simon Says Stamp - triangles(christmas trees)

ABC Christmas challenge - p is for pearls

Deep ocean - Christmas in July

The Kraft Journal - layers

The Hobby House - Christmas

Totally gorjuss - anything goes with pearls
The ABC challenge - s is for stitching
Christmas Cards all Year round - fussy and fancy

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A Christmas Hazel....

Good morning Sunday fans...another dreich day here in Scotland so I can't think of any better to do than some crafting.  I started colouring this last night and finished this morning.

The papers are MME - Winter Wonderland, the snowflakes have been punched using the same papers and glittered up, I have used a piece if twine from the Ribbon Girl and attached a wee snowflake charm, the message is from Craftwork cards.  The image is Hazel and Nutty from Sugar Nellie, I have coloured the image with copics and then added some shading with polychromos.  I finished with some dots of perals made using an ice white peral pen (loving this at the mo) I have seen a couple of cards with Hazel done up in christmas colours and thought she looked cool so I thought I too would give it a bash...hope you likey.

2 sisters - anything goes

Crafty Hazelnuts - snowflakes

Craftymess Challenges - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - traditional Christmas colours

Paper Play - simply cute

Crafts and Me - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - dies/punches

Whimsy Inspiration - all things sparkly

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - non traditional image with traditional colours

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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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Oh Honey...

Well a wee quickie this afternoon as I am getting organised so that I have nothing to do when(housework) when I come home from the SECC tomorrow...except for to play with my goodies...1 sleep...woo hoo!! I wanted to try mt sewing machine agian but still have my L plates on for that....Now this card just kind of fell together, the papers are from 2 different collections as I was rumaging through my papers trying to decide which ones to use, these 2 happened to land next to each other and i thought hey presto they are perfect..well I think so! The spotty one is from October Afternoon - Bake the Cookies and the blue one is from Scenic route - Roxbury collection, both are Christmas collections. This is Honey the skier from CC Designs which I have coloured with copics, layered her onto a die cut circle which I scalloped with the Stampin Up slit punch and the blue circle at the back of Honey has been embossed with snowflakes. I added white glitter to Honey's hat, jacket and boots and then finished with gems. I needed to fix her skiis as they broke when I was cutting her out...so a repair job!! I also distressed the edge of the brown card.

Truly Scrumptious - sketch

Stampavie - Christmas

The Creative Cottage - embossing

ABC - glitter

Delightful Sketches - circles

Christmas Cards all year 'round - stitching


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It's James again...

Well that's me on holiday so the plan is lots of cards and to catch up on housework(boring). I will be visiting the Hobbycraft Show next week so can't wait for that!! Thought I would start with another crimbo card as I have lots to make...so you may see a few this week but I will try to vary the image!! I have used Bo Bunny papers - winter Joy which are just fab. The image is James from LOTV which I coloured this time with Promarkers, I then added some white course glitter to James's hat, I added some stickles to the falling snowflakes and the added some die cut snowflakes which I also coloured to match...finished with some gems. Hope you like it...

Papertake Weekly - sketch

Passion for Promarkers - purple and white christmas

LOTV - winter fun

Christmas cards all year 'round - stitching

Lollipop - winter play

Dottie's World - anything goes christmas

Delightful Sketches - christmas

Sarah Hurley - red and green must not be seen christmas

Moving along with the times - use promarker but anythiong goes


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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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Last but not least

the last of my 3 posts today....James again but this time I have coloured him with waterpencils. The papers are from Fancy Pants whjich are fab!! I added 2 little heart buttons and I also glittered this one up too.

Christmas Cards all year 'round - stitching

Die Cut Dreams - recipe

Bah Humbug - cuties

Secret Crafter - distressing


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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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Christmas in August....

Hi everyone..well feeling better..especially after my new Lili of the Valley stamp arrived...think I may need to get a few more! The papers I had in my stash from last year or maybe even the year before...so I thought I would use them up to make some room for all the new Christmas papers have my eye on. Anyway..these papers are Heidi Grace - Frost Boulevard and they are very pretty but this is all the scraps I have left so you can't really see how lovely they are. I coloured James and his crackerwith new Promarkers(still need more as the colours I bought are all a bit dark) and then touched up with waterpencils...it is very therapeutic...isn't it Lindsey?? I layered the image onto an embossed panel circles and also added a ribbon and the merry christmas charm which I totally forgot I had and of course a few snowflakes....can't have Christmas without snowflakes!! I have entered this card in the challenges below:

Sketch Saturday - sketch

LOTV - lets go dotty

Christmas Cards All Year 'round - snowflakes

I ♥ Promarkers - charm

Bah Humbug - charm

Paper Cutz - metal

Crafty Emma's - anything goes

The Secret Crafter - Christmas

Totally Gorjuss - Christmas in August

Just Cute Bears - embossing


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ooh I love snowmen...

Hi all...I sat up late last night making this card....I love snowmen. The papers I had in my stash, I think they are from All My Memories, the image is from Sassy Cheryls...she has fab snowmen which I coloured with promarkers and then I went over with pencils. I made this a little shaker one and added some white glitter inside for a frosty look. I have entered this card in the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - sketch

Christmas cards all year 'round - snowflakes

Bah Humbug - window

I ♥ Promarkers - acetate


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Paper Sundaes DT card

Welcome to another Sunday and the challenge over at Paper Sundaes this week is metal...you can create anything you like as long as it has something metal on it. Our sponsor this week is Stamp and Create who have some fabulous products in their store. For my card I have used MME papers and a Wags 'n' Whiskers image. I have coloured this image with promarkers but I am limited for colours for now as they belong to Holly and she only has a small amount...but I think it matches the papers. I have added some chunky white glitter to the hats to give them a bit of a fluffy look...for the metal I have added 3 snowflake brads, a ribbon charm and message all from Making Memories....I then added some star buttons to finish off. I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers - sketch

Dutch Dare - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - whateva

Pixie Dust Studio - cute as a button

Wags 'n' Whiskers - triple(snowflakes)

Die Cut Dreams - snowmen

Christmas Cards all year 'round - snowflakes


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Christmas in July

Hi all...haven't had muh time to do anything today. I am applying fo a new job so I have updating my CV and rtying to arange childcare just incase I get it. It' still in HR but within the technology team and I think it's more what I want to do. The closing date is Monday so I think I would know fairly quick...so will keep you all posted.
So this is a quickie I made this afternoon when I got fed up with the cV...the papers I had in my stash...not quite sure where they are from. Anya has been coloured with copics and I added some heavy white glitter for a more fluffy look. I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Anya Ink - Christmas in July

2 Sisters - christmas in july

Simon Says Challenge - sketch

Christmas Cards all year 'round - anything goes

Magical Crafts - Chistmas in July

OLLCB - Christmas in July


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