A quickie before bed...

Well howdy...or should I say good night!!  I am not tired as my mind is working overtime...so thought I would do a wee quick post that I was saving for later in the week but hey ho....it's here now!!

The papers are Forever Friends (I think...had them in my stash for ages!!) The stamp is of course Hazel & Nutty from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics but is sold out at the moment but you can get it in digi format here.  This is one of my favourite stamps....so cute!!  The flowers were cut using my die-namics flower trio die.  I added some pearl to the centres of the flowers and doodled around the edges and added lots of glitter....watch out as I am back in doodle mode and there will be more doodles this week...lol!!

supplies:

papers - stash

stamp - Hazel & Nutty Sugar Nellie/LOTV - sentiment

pens - copics

pearls - The Hobby House

glitter - stash

challenges:

Sunday sketch & Stamp - sketch

Divas by Design - flowers

Dream Valley - birthday
Bearly Mine - spring flowers
Everybody Art challenge - glitz/bling
Inky chicks - birthday girl
Oldie but a Goodie - make it girly(stamp and papers are old)

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Santa Claus is coming to town....

It's snowing...yay!!

I wanted to try something a bit different, so instead of layering up my papers, I inked the edges with Distress Ink...not sure about it though....

So the papers are from MME - Winter Wonderland, the snowflakes are punched with a Martha Stewart punch and a TH snow flurries die which i glittered up and then added pearls to the centres.  The tags are from LOTV.  The stamp is from sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics.

Be sure to pop back tomorrow for a brand new challenge at Christmas at Sweet Stampin'.

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Addicted to Stamps - Christmas
pile it On - embellishments(loads of snowflakes)
Winter wonderland - Santa Claus is coming to town
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
By the Cute and Girly - red/white/blue
Creatalicious - winter
Ladybug -sparklicious
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Bearly Mine - Santa is on his way
Everybody Art challenge - Christmas
Oldie but a Goodie - let it snow(stamp)

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

Sugar Bowl Challenge #85

Good morning sugar fans....did I tell you I am on holiday from work for a week so might get the chance to do some extra cards.

It's the Procession on Saturday so there's lots of activities happening on the lead up...just need it to be a nice day!! Today we have a new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl and all you need to do is follow the sketch below...



the challenge this fortnight is the optional theme of "shades of violet" and one lucky winner picked at random will receive 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from Funky Kits..

...if there is more than 100 entries then the prize increases to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps.

for my card I have used papers that were in my stash, Utopia collection from Kaisercraft, the stamp has been coloured with copics and then glittered up to give her a bit of bling. The flowers have been with 3 different sized MFT royal roses. I finished with a Craftwork cards message.

Divas by Design - anything goes
Ruby's Rainbows - thing with wings
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Scrapbook Sisters - anything goes
Stampavie - for a girl
Celebrate the occasion - anything goes
Crafty Sentiments- anything goes
Ladybug - things with wings
Oldie but a Goodie - anything goes
Crafty Boots - anything goes
Kaboodle doodles - anything goes


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My GDT card for Cupcake...

Morning Cupcake fans....I'm here with my next GDT card for Cupcake Craft Challenges. Today's challenge is "In the Deep End" - so that means you need to use something that would add 3D detail...gesso, glossy accents etc.

For my card I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Be You, the Gorjuss Girl has been coloured with copics. I doodled around the edges and the cloud, I used glossy accents to make raindrops and on the brolly...not sure if you can see that.

Papertake Weekly - April showers
Oldie but a Goodie - April showers
Crafting for all seasons - April showers
Crafts & me - 3D embellies
Simon Says Stamp - April showers
Sassy Cheryl's - anything goes
Fairy Fun Friday - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - spring flowers


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My GDT card for Joanna Sheen...

Good morning Sunday bloggers and it's my official first weekend of no weekend working..woo hoo!! Today's card is my GDT card for Joanna Sheen....I couldn't believe it when Paula emailed me to ask if I would like to join them for this challenge, so of course I said yes.

So I have used this fabby House Mouse Stamp called Rainy Daisy Days.......which I coloured with water colour pencils, I stamped the flowers out twice and gave them a 3D look...to look like wee brollies and then added glitter to them so that it look like the water shining and splashing on them. The papers are MME - Happy Go Lucky, I finished with a sizzix cut daisy and the sentiment is from personal Impressions.

Pop over to the Joanna Sheen blog to check out the others cards.

Papercraft Star - umbrella
Scrapalicious - April Showers
Simon Says Stamp - April Showers bring spring flowers
Oldie but a Goodie - April showers
Papertake Weekly - April Showers
Do You Stack Up - glitter


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Merry Christmas....

Good afternoon Saturday bloggers...I bet you weren't expecting a card from me today, I'm on holiday from work today but have a bit of a dodgy tummy!! I hope I never caught any bugs from the kids whose faces I was painting last night.....even though the weather was horrendous, it didn't stop the kids and round 2 at the school on Tuesday which will be mega busy and the face painting is always the busiest!!


I thought I would ink up High Hopes - Snowy, I bought him last year and only used him once so time for him to come out again and he has been coloured with copics The papers are from Echo Park - Winter Park and layered onto kraft card. I added a couple of layered snowflakes which were punched with my MS punches, glittered and added a button and twine to the centre, there was just enough room for those teeny pearls...oh and the ribbon!!

Christmas Challenge - sketch
High Hopes - snowflakes
Bunny Zoe - Christmas with pearls
Moving Along with the Times - ribbon and bows
The ribbon girl - Christmas
Paper Sundaes - beautiful bows(not sure if mine is beautiful enough)
Crafty Catz - snowmen
Phindy's Place - snow
Simply Create 2 - all about Christmas
ABC DT Challenge - Christmas
ABC Christmas Challenge - A - anything goes
Craft Your Days Away - Buttons and bows
Crazy 4 challenges - snow
Creative Craft Challenges - free for all
Fairy Tale Challenges - Christmas
Lothian Crafts - Christmas
Marianne's Design Divas - sparkle and shine
Oldie but a Goodie - let it snow(bought stamp last year)
OLLCB - bingo(buttons, ribbon, pearls)
Papertake Weekly - Christmas Crackers
Totally Gorjuss - sparkle
Truly Scrumptious - Christmas with pearls
Little Red Wagon - Christmas


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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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This is for Elaine...

Oh Elaine I am so enjoying colouring with these DI's...if there's anybody out there that's thinking about it, then I would definitely recommend it...so easy but the secret is good brushes and good card. I have used "This Little Light" from Sugar Nellie...she is fab to colour regardless what you use...but I have Distress Inks. The papers are from Fancy Pants - Happy Together collection. I cut the daisy 3 times and layered them to make a fuller daisy. Now greens like this isn't normally a colour I would go for but I have to say I am so chuffed with this one and I just had to post it now....hope you likey!!

Sketch Saturday - sketch(fab sketch...love all the layers)
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Oldie but Goodie - lots of layers(stamp is more than 6 months old)
Craft Room Challenge - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Facebook - monotone


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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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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

Good morning or afternoon Sunday bloggers and once again to my scheduled post...but I am on holiday next week and the next again..woo hoo!!

First of all can I say there is a DT Call over at Paper Sundaes ....we are looking for 4 new DT members for a 3 month period so if you are interested check it out here!!...go on you know you want to!!

This weeks challenge over at Paper sundaes is to make a card or a project for someone little. Once again our fabulous sponsor is Meljen's Designs...lots of beautiful digis to choose from. I have used " I Love You This Much" image which is of course from Meljen's Designs, the papers I had in my stash....not sure where they came from but I thought they all matched quite well for this weeks challenge. I have also entered this card in the challenges below.

Craftalicious - anything goes

Just Cute Bears - baby

Oldie but Goodie - animal(well they are bears)

Paper Cutz - anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch


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