Blue poppies...

Good morning Sugar fans....it's Wednesday and time for my scheduled post.

Now this stamp is called Poppy Fields from Sugar Nellie.

The papers are digi papers from The Sweet Shoppe,  I layered them onto kraft card and then distressed the edges.  I coloured the image with copics and then did some shading with polychromos.  I added some teeny weeny pearls and an organza ribbon to finish.

Pop back tomorrow for more inspiration from the team!!

challenges:
Bunny Zoe - distress
Color me Creative - birthdays
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

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For Amy....

Happy Easter everybody!!

Now I am a day late with this one...better late than never though!!  So the challenge over at Sweet Stampin this week is "lots of layers"....my kind of thing with my lots of layers layout too!!

I'm off to Amy's baby shower today so this is for her.  The stamp is Brynn has a baby shower from Stamping Bella which I coloured with copics.  The papers are from Echo Park - Bundle of Joy collection.  I layered them onto white card and distressed each of the layers along with my usual....doodles!!  The flower has been cut using my latest die-namics blueprints...it is a fabby die set!!

challenges:
Bunny Zoe - distress
My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes
Color Me Creative - anything goes
Totally Gorjuss - die cuts
Delightful Challenges - bloom in flower
Little Miss Muffet - distressed
Divas by Design - baby
Fab 'n' Funky - flower power

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Snuggle time...

Hey folks...a quickie from me tonight!!

Had to have a wee break from those wedding invites, and had a request from one of the girls at work to make a baby girl card.  I thought this gorgeous stamp from LOTV was just perfect.  The stamp is Snuggle Time from LOTV which I coloured with copics and then shaded with polychromos.  The papers are from Echo Park - Bundle of Joy Girl collection which I layered onto bazzill card.  I doodled around each of the layers and also distressed them. I also added a piece of white lace to one of the layers, not that you can see much of it...lol!!  Now those dies....those are from the die-namics blueprints set 14.....and I love them....the button if fastened with a piece of twine tied in a wee bow.

challenges:

The Ribbon Girls - anything goes with a LOTV image

Color me Creative - anything goes

That's Crafty - you spin me round(circles or polka dots)

Crafty Little Fairies - button up

Fab n Funky - pink

My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes

Stamping Sensations - dies and punches

Fi

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The Sugar Bowl Challenge 113

Good morning campers and my scheduled post!!

So there's a brand new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl......

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. 


So for my card I have used papers from Teresa Collins Every Day Moments , each of the papers have been layered onto bazzill card, the stamp is Sprinkle Some Love from Sugar Nellie at Funky Kits which I coloured with copics, I have added glitter to the wings, the flower has been cut with my die-namics layered rose die, I tied a yellow ribbon (not round the old oak tree) around one of the layers and finished with some gems.

challenges:
Fussy and Fancy Challenge - sketch
A Gem of a Challenge - spots and stripes
Color Me Creative - anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - spots and stripes
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
Divas by Design - sparkle



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Nifty at Fifty...

Hey all....thought I would quickly blog this wee card I made a couple of weeks ago as I had forgot I hadn't done it already!!  I made this for one of the girls at work who was Fifty...I have a few friends who are Fifty this year and when I saw this die sentiment I knew I had to have it!!

The papers are digi papers from The Sweet Shoppe, I layered them onto bazzill card and distressed some of the layers, the stamp is from My Favourite Things which I coloured with copics. I added a piece of lace under one of the layers and added pearls to the corners of the layers. I added a die cut flourish and flower fastened with a brad...hope you likey!!

supplies:

papers - The Sweet Shoppe

dies - My Mum's Craft Shop

lace - stash

stamp - MFT - My Mum's Craft Shop

pearls - The Hobby House

Brad - The Hobby House 

pens - copics

challenges:

ABC Challenge - f for flowers

The Hobby House - anything goes

Color me Creative - anything goes

Allsorts - ladies day

Stampin for the Weekend - flower power

Divas by Design - rubber stamps only

Papertake Weekly - lovely layers

City Crafter Challenge - flowers and lace

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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It's a boy...

 

Well good morning folks!!  I don't think the sun has decided if it's going to make an appearance today or not....hopefully it will as we are off to the zoo.

For this card I have used papers from The Sweet Shoppe, the image is from the Eline range at Cuddly buddly which I coloured with promarkers...and I did some doodling too.

challenges:

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Creative Card Crew - baby

Fi

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Some gorjussness....

Hey folks....yes it's another from me today!!  I desperately wanted to try a card with real flowers, well not die cut ones, so I ordered me some and here they are...think I will stick to the dies cos I am not very good at flower arranging!!  I see so many beautiful cards with lovely little floraly things on them but I just can't seem to get them to sit or look right....

Anyway thought I would go with the monochrome look for this card...thought that would be easier to showcase the flowers.  The papers are MME - Oliver, layered onto bazzill card, the stamp is Ruby from Personal Impressions which I coloured with copics and glitzed up with stickles, I doodled the edges of the card and then added those flowers...

supplies:

papers - MME - Oliver

stamp - Ruby - Personal Impressions

flowers

pearls

challenges:

Allsorts - sparkle

Colour me Creative - celebrate

Fi

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phew...at last

Hey sweet bloggers....at last I have managed a post today!!  now I have made several attempts at coulouring these beautiful digis from Sugar Nellie...but I am so rubbish at it!!  This was was my best effort and has taken me most of the day to colour but I have to say that I am quite pleased with it given what the others looked like!!

So the digi is called Amber from Sugar Nellie and I coloured her with copics and polychromos.  The colouring seemed to work best when I coloured a base with the copics and then built up the colour with the pencils....will try this method again but not today!

I saw the challenge over at Cute Card Thursday was an eye for detail and to me that meant a face focusing on the eyes...I do love Amber's eyes!!

I have used papers from MME - Unforgettable which I will need to buy more of cos these are so gorgeous and I cannot run out!! I distressed each of the layers before layering onto bazzill card, then I also distressed the card.  I made the flower from some felt with my die-namics rolled daisy, the flourish is from Magnolia.  There is dotty ribbon underneath the flower but I think it has taken over that spot on the card. I added a piece of aqua lace and some tiny pearls to the image to finish...hope you like.

supplies:

papers - MME - Unforgettable My Mum's Craft Shop

lace - Funky Kits

image - Amber - Sugar Nellie Funky Kits

die-namics rolled daisy - My Mum's Craft Shop

Magnolia - fancy flourish - stash

pearl pen - Funky Kits

dotty ribbon - stash

challenges:

The Ribbon girl - aqua

Stampin' for the Weekend - distressing

Charisma Cardz - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - eye for detail

Bunny Zoe - flowers and pearls
Color Me Creative - girly
Raise the Bar - anything goes
ABC challenge - H for Happy birthday
Sentimental sundays - lace and pearls

Fi

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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

Fi

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California dreamin'...

Good evening bloggers and my late post...I have not long returned refreshed from my run...need to shift that last 1/2lb so I have taken to running...phew!!

My card this evening resembles our lovely weather...not..but wouldn't it be lovely just to have one sunny day. I bought this digi from Saturated Canary, she is called Cali Girl and I coloured her with copics....now I had to pay a little more attention to the skin colouring as I wanted her to have a sunkissed glow however I don't think she had her cream on her face as her cheeks are a bit well fired..I also added glossy accents to her sunnys to give them a bit of a shine. The papers are Fancy Pants - summer soul which are perfect for that summery look card. The flower is cut from my MFT Hibiscus die-namics die...

lexi's Creations - at the beach
Joanna sheen - summer daze
CharismaCardz - anything goes
Scrapalicious - summertime
Totally Papercrafts - use a digi
By the Cute & girly - a day at the ....beach
Raise the Bar - hello summer
Color Me Creative - big hair


Fi
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #80

Good morning sugar fans and my scheduled post. well the weather seems to be getting a bit better...I have actually managed to get my washing hung out twice in one week...and it dried too!!

Toady's challenge over at The Sugar Bowl is Cathy's sketch below...

..of course the optional extra this week is "spotty & dotty".

The prize for one lucky winner is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps of the winners choice from Funky Kits.

...as usual if there is over 100 entries that prize increases to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps.

For my card I have used Fashionista from Sugar Nellie, which I coloured with copics. The papers are from First Edition - New Leaf, I layered the papers onto Bazill card and distressed the edges then I added some doodling around the edges and to the flowers.

So what are you waiting for...get on over and check out the other sweeties creations.

Divas By Design - distressing
Bearly Mine - dots
Love to Create - anything goes
2 Sisters - spots & dots
Allsorts - 3 in a row
Color Me Creative - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
Crafty Purple Frog - anything goes



Fi
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Happy Birthday Sweet Stampin'

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Sweet Stampin', happy birthday to you!! Yes Sweet Stampin' is 2 years old so why not pop over to the challenge blog and see what's in store.

All you need to do is make something that is birthday related...how easy can it be. There is also fabby sponsors this week....

Crafty Sentiments -

one lucky winner will receive a £10 voucher to spend in their store.


My Creative Classroom -

One lucky winner will receive a free seat to a class of their choice.

Prairie Fairy



one lucky winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend in their store.

Saturated Canary -

one lucky winner will receive 2 digis from their store.


The Craft Room -
one lucky winner will receive a £10 gift voucher to spend in their store.


Tiddly Inks -
one lucky winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend in their store.

How amazing is all that?? Well that's not all...there is also some candy to give away on the DT blogs but we don't know who's so you need to leave a comment if you want to be in with a chance of winning some candy.

For my card I have used one of Krista's digis called Sleeping Beauty and I think she is a beauty. I coloured her with copics, the papers are Up, Up and Away - First Edition. I added a ribbon, a message and a couple of teeny pearls.

sketch n Stash - sketch
Paper sundaes - use a digi
OSCC - blue
Crafting when we can - female birthday

Squigglefly - birthday
Patties Creations - birthday
2 sisters - let it sparkle
Colour Me Creative - colours of the Sea( the whole card is sea colours...I think)

Fi
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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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