The Sugar Bowl challenge 101....

 

Good morning sugar fans....so as you are reading this I am en route to the Craft show at the SECC with my friend Karen and we are hoping to meet up with some fellow crafters along the way.  Oh i get all excited when there's a craft show...can't wait to see what goodies there is to buy!!

The challenge over at The Sugar Bowl is "anything goes"...how easy can it be?

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

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...

In addition, Gayle and Elaine will also be awarding Eye Candy to some lucky entrants so pop back to the Sugar Nellie blog next Thursday to see if you have been spotted!!

For my card I have used papers from Echo Park - Country Drive, I layered each of them onto white bazzill card, stitched around the edges and then added a touch of DI to the edges.  I then distressed the edges.  The stamp is of course Bumble Bee from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with promarkers this time....and I thought  would kind of colour her to match her name....and the paper!!

supplies:
papers - Echo Park Country Drive - stash
promarkers - Hobbycraft
stamp - Bumble Bee Sugar Nellie @ Funky Kits
ribbon - The ribbon Girl
sentiment - SU


challenges:
The Ribbon Girl - ribbon or twine
Allsorts - for a lady
One Crazy Stamper - anything goes
Crafty Ribbons -  anything goes
Craft us Crazy - anything goes
Passion for Promarkers - one for the ladies



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Sweet Stampin' DT card...

Good morning Saturday bloggers...well 2 sleeps to go and back to work. Before that though we have another challenge over at Sweet Stampin'...use the colours of your Nations flag.


This week we are sponsored by Letraset...and our monthly sponsor is Joanna Sheen..

Now I swithered about going with just the blue and white as in the colours of the Saltire but thought I was a bit limited so I have gone for the colours of the Union jack...red, white and blue.

The papers have been in my stash forever and are from Making Memories. I layered each of the layers onto red cardstock and added some stitching. All the die cuts are from various MFT die-namics dies...which I love!! The stamp is No. 1 Fan from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with promarkers....hope you likey!!

Cards For Men - birthday
Cupcake Craft challenge - number cruncher
Paper Playtime - die cuts and red, white and blue
Crafts and Me - stitching
Passion for Promarkers - gingham and checks
Raise the Bar - red, white and blue
Sarah Hurley Challenge - buttons
Totally papercrafts - lots of layers
Crafty Catz - Olympics, colours of flag etc..



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Merry Christmas....

Good morning windswept bloggers!! Well...what a day and night yesterday for us Scots...we had winds up to 160mph at parts of the day. The extreme weather caused havoc all over and I am so glad I didn't need to venture out!! It was a tad scary I have to say and I hope everyone was safe.

So I doodled away last night colouring in this stamp which is Festive Friends from Sugar Nellie and this time I coloured with copics and then glittered it up. I bought a few new colours so thought I would put them to the test although I haven't managed to get the right shade of green, so if anybody knows of a kind of lightish promarker green, let me know. Now when I saw the sketch over at Christmas Challenges, I had to try it...I do prefer lots of layers as I am kind of rubbish at the embellishments so With lots of layers I don't need to add too many other bits and bobs.
The papers are from Fancy Pants - Hot Chocolate collection, and they are yummy!! I have entered the challenges below. I layered the papers onto kraft card and edged them with a fine pen to give them a stitched look. I punched out the snowflake and glittered it up and then added a button and twine. I also added some twine around one of the layers and attached a snowflake charm.

Christmas Challenges with sketches - fabulous sketch
ABC Christmas challenge - anything goes
Crafts & Me - snowflakes
Paper Sundaes - sundae bar(stripes, red, fake stitching and a punch)
Creative Card Crew - tis the season
Creative Craft Challenge - stitching(mine is fake this time)
Passion for promarkers - celebrations
Craft your Passion - anything goes plus glitter
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
By the Cute and Girly - let it snow
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Stampin for the Weekend - Christmas
Winter Wonderland - let it snow
Hotshot Crafts - promarkers
Divas by Design - anything goes
Addicted to stamps - christmas
Crafty Calendar - cold & frosty
Designed to Delight - snow


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A little snow angel....

Good morning sweet stampers...over at The Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog we have another challenge for you...this time it's "snow" or "snowmen, people....something with snow!!

This week our sponsor is Crafty Emma's Store, who is offering up this fab paper pad to one lucky winner.....


For my card I have a little snow angel which is from Inky antics. I coloured this stamp with promarkers this time so that I could join in the promarker challenge as the sketch is just fab!! The papers are Echo Park - Winter Park which I also layered onto kraft card, I added some button twine, punched a snowflake and added a button to the centre...then of course glittered it up.

Now pop over and see what the other sweeties have to show you.

Passion for promarker - sketch
I ♥ promarkers - snowmen/flakes
Stamptacular - Christmas
Simon Says - anything goes
Cards & More - snowflakes
Creative Craft - free for all
Craft your passion - tis the Season
Make it Monday(The kraft Journal) - Christmas
Dream Valley - sparkle
Paper sundaes - Winter Wonderland
By the Cute and Girly - let it snow
Delightful sketches - let it snow
Totally papercrafts - let it snow
Fairy Tale challenge - Christmas
Patties Creations - Christmas
Simply Create Too - Christmas
Wags n Whiskers- angel or fairy (does my snow angel count)
OSCC - let it snow


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Birthday girl.....

Hello all the weekend bloggers and a wee scheduled post from me cos I am at work...yay!! I am hoping that it won't be freezing this weekend as last weekend was baltic and I had to sit with my jacket on!!

Now I know your thinking...a blue flower but I wanted something a bit different and it's amazing how this litle stamp can look so different depending on how you colour it!! So for my card I have used papers from MME...can't remember which as they are odds that i had left. The stamp is from Lili of the Valley which I coloured with promarkers...I actually coloured the image at the card class the other night but only got round to actually making it into a card yesterday.

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

LOTV - sketch
I ♥ Promarkers - anything goes
Passion for promarkers - anything goes
Allsorts - blue and green


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Ship ahoy...or is it land ahoy??

Well I still haven't done my hoovering today...got sidetracked with some internet shopping!! Not sure if I like this one or not...I think the oval is too big, perhaps if it was smaller then it would be better but hey ho!! The stamp is from LOTV and I have coloured this little cutie with Promarkers. The papers are Kaisercraft and MME - Fly a Kite. I have entered the following challenges.

Passion for Promarkers - blue/brown
Totally Gorjuss - sketch


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Howdy...

Howdy folks...sorry if I haven't left any comments in the past 24 hours or so...my charming daughter threw a cup of coffe all over the keyboard...by accident of course, just back from the shops and we are cooking with gas!! Another thing...it's been snowing here today...again but hopefully it won't come to much. I rattled up this little quickie card last night. The stamp is from Image Tree - Barnyard buddies which I coloured with promarkers. I also chalked the background to make it look like clouds but I don't think I done it heavy enough as you can bearly see them, I also added a fewe birds. The papers are from Making Memories which I have had in my stash for ages..I think they are from the kids collection - Kate. I have entered the following challenges.

Truly Scrumptious - sketch
Charisma Cardz - no embellishments
I ♥Promarkers - anything goes
Sir Stampalot - all creatures
Passion for Promarkers - photo inspiration(my clouds aren't very clear)
Cupcake Craft Challenge - Old MacDonald

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Best Mates..

Well folks...would you believe we have had sleet here today!! What a shock to the system that was I tell you....anyway I was having withdrawal symptons as I never made a card yesterday as I was busy getting stuck into the housework...I did that much my back was in agony...it felt better after a glass of wine..or two! I made this card earlier and just added the finishing touches and I am off to make the tea...since I am off I thought I would make sicilian pasta...jazzed up version of pasta bolognese...so yummy and haven't made it for a while and hubby will think he is in the wrong house when he comes home from work as I normally buy stuff already made and I just need to fire in the oven..I don't do home cooking very often only because I work and I don't want to stand all day in the kitchen...not my idea of fun...would rather have fun making cards but anyway I am cooking shortly!! For my card today I have used a random sheet of paper that was in my stash from Belle boulevard and the stamp is from Mo Manning and I think it's called Psss - the lovely Linds sent me that a couple of months back..isn't she a sweetie and I love it!! I coloured the image with promarkers and then did some additional shading with waterpencils and added glitter...will be buying more promarkers at the Hobbycrafts show...2 sleeps to go...woo hoo!! I have entered the following challenges.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch

Passion for Promarkers - best friends

Creative Card Crew - punch it

A Spoon Full of sugar - lets get punchy

Papertake Weekly - sparkly & bright

Simon Says Stamp - punch em


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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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A few challenges..

Morning Friday bloggers...well still not been on that much as my PC has to go back to Mr Fix It man on Monday so I am still using Michael's laptop when I can however it needs to go to Mr Fix It Man too as he has forgotten the password to get into the main account where all his stuff is and the account I use doesn't have administration rights...never rains but it pours and that's not just the weather!! So I am on a mission to get some cards made and posted today and my scheduled one for Sunday. For this I used Crate Papers and the stamp is from Mo Manning(which the lovely Linds sent me)and coloured the image with Promarkers....still don't have a big range of colours....yet, but I think I like them as they are easy to control and you can still do the same with them as you can with copics. The message was punched out using the Stampin Up word window punch and I also punched 2 strips of scalloped edging.I added 3 flowers made with the die-namics rolled flower die and glittered it up a bit. I have entered the challenges below.

Simon Says Stamp - sketch

Little Red Wagon - glitter

Charisma Cardz - anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Teenagers

DP2 - bling

Passion for Promarkers - flowers

Allsorts - 3 punches

Delightful sketches - make it sparkle


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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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It's so green....

I have a busy day ahead so I have a few cards to post later today that just need a few bits added but this one for now. The papers are from Bo Bunny, the image is from Lili of the valley which has been coloured with promarkers...had to nick them from Holly when she wasn't looking...the flowers are cut from the 3 flower sizzix die and edged the petals with dark green ink...

Lili of the Valley - sketch and image

Sarah Hurley Challenge - anything goes

Passion for Promarkers - green

Donna's Den - green


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A few Challenges

I couldn't make up my mind what to do today...I think I'm still tired from my long shift at work and the fact I was looking at complicated sick pay spreadsheets for 4 days...exciting stuff!! Anyway in the long run I decided to make this card while I'm waiting on my new stamps to come..and my Stampin Up stuff..woo hoo. The backing papers are Crate Papers which I am loving at the minute..need to buy more...the stamp is from PSX which was one of the very first stamps I bought to make my dad a card with cos he likes gardening...and it's a lovely image to colour and I coloured this one with Holly's Promarkers...she's at school so she won't know (hee hee), I added a Prima flower and a little message to finish off....believe it or not there is no glitter on this card!!. I have entered in the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes - no people

Passion for Promarkers - in the garden

Kaboodle Doodles - embossing

Creative Card Crew - happy birthday

Papertake - sketch

Lexi's Creations - 3-2-1(3 papers, 2 embellies an 1 image - not sure if my message counts as an embellie - thought I woud post it anyway - if it's not eligible then that's ok)


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