Something Sassy

Howdy folks and my scheduled post.

Today I am sharing an oldie with you....I just love this stamp...she is called Pillow Talk but is no longer available I'm afraid but there's still loads of other Sassy's available in the store.

I coloured the image with Spectrum Noirs, the papers are from Fancy Pants Park Bench, I added some flowers and ribbon to finish.

Fi

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Winking Student

Here sugar fans...my scheduled Wednesday post!!

Now this is Winking Student from the Simply Sassy range at Sugar Nellie and is a fabby wee stamp as we are coming to the end of school term so is perfect for the teacher, there's also some other student stamps you can find over at Funky Kits.

I have gone kind of CAS as again I wanted to focus on the colouring!!  I have used polychromos and blending solution to colour onto kraft card and I have to say I thought this was really therapeutic!!  Has anyone else tried using blending solution...if not you need to try it!!

I have used papers I had in my stash and layered them onto kraft card and added some starts made with one of the dies from one of the blueprints die sets.

Remember folks, there's a special promotion over at Funky Kits until the end of the month...check out the details here!!

Hope you like this weeks card and remember to pop back tomorrow for some more inspiration from the team.

Fi

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A Little bit sunshine...

Good morning sugar fans and my scheduled post.

I thought since the weather seems to have changed for the better that I wanted to share a bit of sunshine while it lasts....hopefully when you read this the sun will be shining!!

Now this is Bella Bunting and is a fabby wee stamp and is available in rubber from Funky Kits here!!

I have gone for the CAS look for this card and I do really love that type of card especially on a white background as the image really pops...making the main focus the image!

I have embossed the background with white clouds and layered onto yellow bazill card, the die cuts are all various die-namics dies...love them....and added some teeny pearls to finish.

Remember there's a special promotion over at Funky Kits until the end of the month...check it out here!!

Hope you like this weeks card and remember to pop back tomorrow for some more inspiration from the team.

Challenges:
Delightful Challenges - Hello Sunshine
Graph It's Markers - oranges and lemons
Totally Gorjuss - lace
Divas by Design - anything goes

Fi

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Some exciting news...

Good morning Sugar fans....it's Wednesday I hear you say and this isn't The Sugar Bowl I hear you say....well that's right, the lovely Karen asked me if I would like to take a 3 month spot over on The Sugar Nellie blog...woo hoo!!  Well I obviously had to think about it for all of 2 seconds...lol!!

So for my first card I wanted to go plain and simple and to try to just focus on my colouring and Butterfly Girl is one of my favourite stamps.  She comes from the Simply Sassy range of Sugar Nellie over at Funky Kits.  I stamped her using memento ink and coloured with copics, building up colour and then shaded with polychromos....I like using my pencils for the finishing touches as I can get a bit finer detail with them as sometimes the pens can bleed too much.

Now I found that embossing folder at the SECC which I had to have as I immediately thought of this stamp...so the make is Craft Concepts....and it is just beautiful...I love embossing with white card, I think it looks so crisp and clean.

Again, I found those teeny weeny butterflies at the SECC, they come in the one die from Memory Box and are just so perfect not just with this stamp but lots of other stamps too...I just added a bit of colour to them, popped their wings up and stuck them down.

The embossed panel, image and sentiment are layered onto kraft card and I doodled around the edges...I think that helps to pop an image.

The message is from Stampin Up and I finished with some pearls in the corner....hope you likey.

challenges:
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Allsorts - use those dies
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - birthday

Fi

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A Little bit of Fashionista...

Happy Sunday everybody!!

So for today's card I have gone with colours a wee bit different to the norm..hope you likey!!

I have used papers from MME - On the Sunny Side, these papers are so perfect for summer...flowers, butterflies and the orangey yellows, the stamp is Fashionista from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics, now I chopped her legs off as she was too big to fit in the circle, think it looks ok like that...and lets you see you can use parts of a stamp.  I coloured the ribbon aswell as the original colour was just a tad too light so inked it up with some distress ink, I also inked up the doily as it looked a bit bland.  The flowers are made using the die-namics layered rose die...added some pearl brads to the centres and also some pearls in the corners.

supplies:

papers - MME On the Sunny Side

stamp - Fashionista Sugar Nellie

pens - copics

ribbon - the Ribbon Girl

pearls/brads - The Hobby House

die - die-namics layerd rose My Mum's Craft Shop

challenges:

Bearly Mine - sketch

The Ribbon Girl - birthday

Totally gorjuss - anything goes with pearls

My Mum's Craft Shop - summer sun

Fi

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Sweet Stampin DT card...

Well here it is...better late than never!!

This weeks challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "shabby chic"...I know this is a popular thee but it's kind of out of my comfort zone but hey it's a challenge is it not??

We are sponsored this week by the fab Bunny Zoe who are giving one lucky winner a £10 voucher spend in their store and we also have our monthly sponsor The Ribbon girl again who will be giving one lucky winner a £10 voucher to sped i their store.

My hubby asked me to make him a card to give to one of the girls at his work who leaves soon so for my card I have used papers from MME Howdy Doody which I thought were quite shabby chic looking, I inked up each of the papers with walnut stain distress ink and then I distressed each of the layers and layered them onto kraft card,  I first added a piece of cheesecloth under the layer...man that stuff is hard to cut a position!! the image is Pillow Talk from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with promarkers this time, I added a strip of ribbon flowers from TH which also have the distressed look about them and they are gorgeous!!  I finished with the sentiment and some pearls.

supplies:

papers - MME Howdy Doody

stamp - Pillow Talk Sugar Nelie

pens - promarkers

pearls - The Hobby House

ink - distress ink

ribbon flowers - TH

cheesecloth - The ribbon Girl

Fi

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This little light...

Good morning beautiful people...what a gorgeous day for the washing!!  So first load is out, next load is in the machine but first a wee card!!

I was rummaging through my stamps last night as I need some new ones but thought I would air some of my old ones and found this little cutie!!

The stamp is Little Light of Mine from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics, the papers are Fancy pants - Happy Together which have been layered onto kraft card.  I added pearls to the corners of each of the layers, and that gorgeous sunflower from die-namics.

supplies:

stamp - Little Light of Mine - Sugar Nellie

sentiment - LOTV

papers - Fancy Pants Happy together

pearls - The Hobby House

die - die-namics Sunflower

pens - copics

challenges:

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

The Cutie Pie challenge - lots of layers

The Kraft Journal - just for her

Divas by Design - anything goes

Whimsy - anything goes

Copic marker europe - girls aloud

Fussy and Fancy - anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - spots or stripes

Fi

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A wee Sugar Nellie quickie...

 

Hey all...well it is so freeeeeeezing here and it's supposed to be spring!!  So I thought I would make a cheery wee card so I thought this stamp was just the one to use!!  Now the layout and design and I have totally pinched from the lovely Tracey....isn't her card gorgeous!!

The papers are from MME - On the Sunny Side which I distressed and layered onto kraft card and then cream card, the stamp is Butterfly Girl from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics. The flourish is from magnolia, the rolled rose is a die-namics and the butterlies are punched with with my MS punch, I added some pearls to the centres of the butterflies and flower and in the corner...I added a few buttons to finish.

supplies:

papers - MME On the Sunny Side

stamp - Sugar Nellie Butterfly Girl

pearls - The Hobby House

pens - copics

buttons - stash

dies - die-namics mini rolled rose, Magnolia fancy flourish

punch - MS butterfly

sentiment - Stampin Up

challenges:

Kenny K's Krafty Krew - anything goes

Charisma Cardz - die cuts

Bearly Mine - anything goes

Fi

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Sugar Bowl challenge 100...

Good morning sugar fans and it's time for a brand new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl.

The challenge for the next 4 weeks is "anything goes"...that's right...no sketch and no theme just make whatever you like!!

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....but wait as it's challenge 100 Karen has decided to double the prize, so that means 2 winners both receiving 4 stamps...now what a fab prize!!

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 MME - Dilly Dally.  I layered them onto bazzill card.  The stamp is No 1 Fan from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics....I love this little dude so much!!  BTW this image is also available in digi format. The buttons have been cut from my die-namics button die...but I have a new button die which I can't wait to use.  i finished off with a couple of gems and some card candi...hope you like!!

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

supplies:
stamp - No 1 Fan - Funky Kits
papers - MME - Dilly Dally - My Mum's Craft Shop
die - die-namics button quartet - My Mum's Craft Shop
copics - My Mum's Craft Shop
gems/pearls - stash
card candi - stash


challenges:
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Bunny Zoe - anything goes
Stamptacular - gents & gems
A Gem of a challenge - gingham/checks
One Stop Craft Challenge - anything goes
Jellypark - button up
Hannah and Friends - anything goes

A Little Fashionista...

Good morning folks and here I am, a day late but hopefully excused....I had to clear out my wee craft room as the glazier was coming to measure for a new window cos some charming child smashed my window with a snowball!!  so all measured and stuff back in room but to be moved back out on Thursday(I think) when he comes to fit it!!

So the challenge this week at Sweet Stampin' is "ribbons"...

Our sponsor this week is the fabby "Crafty ribbons" and we also have our monthly sponsor "The ribbon girl".

For my card I used papers from Echo Park - Love Story and layered them onto black card, the stamp is Fashionista from sugar Nellie which I have coloured with copics, I added a piece of ribbon and some gems and finished with a birthday message.

supplies:

papers - Echo Park Love Story - My Mum's Craft Shop

stamp - Fashionista - Funky Kits

copics - My Mum's Craft Shop

gems - in my stash

ribbon - in my stash

challenges:

Stampin' for the Weekend - something girly

Copic markers - anything goes

Nutcrafters - cute and girly

Creative Card Crew - girly

ABC challenges - birthday cards

Bunny Zoe - anything goes

Fi

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Sugar Bowll challenge 99...

Good morning sugar fans and it's time for a brand new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl.

Gayle and Karen have decided to go 4 weekly and to remove the sketch and theme  and we will be going with "anything goes" for the time being.  So there will be no excuse and we will be expecting to see lots of entries as the sky is the limit!!

In addition, Gayle will also be awarding Eye Candy to some of the entrants so pop back to the Sugar Nellie blog next Thursday 17th January for further information on this.

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 papers from MME - meadow.  I layered them onto bazzill card and distressed the edges.  i added some flowers from Wild orchid Crafts and I also made the rolled roses from a die-namics die. the stamp is Bella Bunting which has been coloured with copics.

Inky Chicks - anything goes
lexi's Creations - anything goes
Wild orchid Crafts - anything goes
Bunny Zoe - celebration
My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes


Fi
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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!!

It's Halloween at Sweet Stampin'...

Good morning sweet stampers and her we are with another challenge over at Sweet Stampin'.  So I suppose you can guess what the theme is by my card....that's right it's Halloween.

Our sponsor this week is letraset who are giving away a set of promarkers to one lucky winner and of course we have our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen is giving away a £10 voucher to her store.

For my card I have used papers from MME - Mischevious collection, I layered each of the papers onto bazill card and distressed the edges. The fence is a TH fence which I inked up for a more spooky look.  The stamp is Witches Cauldron from Sugar Nellie which has been coloured with copics.I added a couple of buttons to finish.

Crafting for all Seasons - spooky
Divas by Design - something spooky
Fab 'n' funky - black & orange
Simon Says Stamp - eerie
Sassy cheryl's - orange & black
Aud's sentiments - halloween sentiment
Little Miss Muffet - halloween colours

Saturated Canary - colour combo
Papertake weekly - Fright Night...Boo!

Lexi's Creations - Halloween

The Cutie Pie challenge - Halloween
Stamptacular - Bootacular
Dream Valley - Halloween
Joanna Sheen - AutumnBreeze/Halloween
Crafty Calendar - spooky

Fi

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Sugar Bowl Challenge #93

Good morning sugar fans and welcome to my scheduled post....well it doesn't seem like it's been 2 weeks since our last challenge which means it 2 weeks since I came back my holidays....:(


The challenge over at The Sugar Bowl this fortnight is Maria's fabby sketch below...

....and of course the optional extra of "autumn".

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 Apple of my Eye and coloured her with copics, the papers are Jillybean soup - Apple cheddar, I distressed each of the layers and added some doodling...I think I like this effect. I added a flower which I cut with my MFT rolled rose die, and I also added a piece of twine....oh almost forgot...all those pearls have been made with a brown pearl pen.


Fi
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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 #91

Good morning sugar fans and welcome to my scheduled post....back to work I'm afraid but only 8 sleeps until I go on holiday...yay!!


The challenge over at The Sugar Bowl this fortnight is the fabby sketch below...



....and of course the optional extra of "shabby chic".

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.

Now this was a challenge for me and I don't know if I have quite managed the shabby chic look....however for my card I have used "Pillow Talk which is from the Simply Sassy Range at Sugar Nellie"which I coloured with copics, the papers are First Edition - Desert blooms, I inked up all the layers around the edges and duffed them up a bit, the rolled flowers have been made using my MFT die(lost it for a while but found it again) and the flourish has been cut from a doo hickey die, and I added a few pearls to finish....hope you likey!!

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

Papertake Weekly - anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes
Die-ing for a challenge - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - put a stamp on it and blog hop


Fi
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #89

Good morning sugar fans...I'm sorry I haven't been around much in the past couple of weeks but sometimes other things just get in the way. work has been very manic and my wee team keeps reducing however we hope to have new recruits next week so I won't be working the extra hours ...yay!! My wee Holly is on the mend now too...thanks everybody for your kind wishes for her, she is getting there and she got her exam results on Tuesday and was well chuffed as she passed all 8 of them...so well done her!!

The challenge over at The Sugar Bowl this fortnight is the fabby sketch below...


....and of course the optional extra of "butterflies".

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 today I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Country Boutique, the flowers and button have been cut with MFT dies, the butterfly has been punched with a MS punch, the stamp is Butterfly Girl from Sugar Nellie, think it's out of stock at the mo, which I coloured with copics...hope you likey!!


Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Dream Valley - dies and punches


Fi
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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..



Fi
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Hey there you with the sad face....

...why does she looks so sad...she is going to a party with her party frock on!! I love these Sassy's, as they have great faces for colouring...well I think so!

So this little cutie is from Sugar Nellie called Party Frills which I coloured with copics, the papers are from First Edition - Up, up and away...love the blues and greens together. I also stitched and distressed each of the layers and then added a couple of flowers cut from my MFT die-namics die and also the buttons are from MFTaswell. I added lots of glitter to the frills on her dress, her bows in her hair and on her shoes and then I added some pearls to finish off....oh and I followed my sketch over at The Sugar Bowl.

Creative Card Crew - swirls and pearls
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Paperplay - birthday
Whimsy - anything goes
Cupcake Craftroom - lots of layers
Chocolate, Coffee & cards - anything goes
Sassy Cheryl's - anything goes
Saturated Canary - bling it out


Fi
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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



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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Sugar Bowl Challenge #77

brrr....good morning sugar addicts, hope you are wrapped up warm and cosy!! It's Thursday today so I guess that means a new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl.

Today's challenge is Kiki's sketch below with the optional "love" theme.


Once again there's the usual prize from Funky Kits...4 Sugar Nellie stamps however if there's more than 100 entries then the prize increases to 6 stamps....woo hoo!!

For my card I have used papers from Little Yellow Bicycle - Love Letters collection. I doodled around the edges and layered the papers. The stamp is from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with polychromos. I added a couple of flowers and a matching tag. Pop over and check out the inspiration from the rest of the sweeties...

By the Cute and Girly - love is in the air
Creatalicious - love
Joanna Sheen - love is in the air
Little Miss Muffet - love
Sarah Hurley - love is all around
Ladybug - loves me loves me not
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Lexi's Creations - love
Lollipop - valentines
Stamp & Create - love
Dream Valley - valentine
Paper Players - flowers
One Stop Craft Challenge - the one I love
DYSU - love
Cure Card Thursday - pink valentine
Paperplay - love letters
Stamptacular - color challenge
4 Crafty chicks - love/valentine



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