At last....

 Good morning sugar fans and here we have the launch of the next batch of Sugar sweetness...they are just Crimbo fantastic!!

As normal we are having a hop to celebrate the launch of the new stamps however the Sugar Bowl DT are joining in and sharing some of the current Christmas images which are still available whilst the Sugar Nellie team are sharing the new images which are available at

Funky Kits....

 Please remember to leave a comment on every blog if you want to be in with a chance of winning some yummy candy!!

So you should have arrived here from the lovely Wendy's blog, if you haven't then you need to pop back to the Sugar Nellie blog to the start of the hop.

For my card I have used Festive Friends which I have coloured with copics, I added glitter to the furry bits on Santa's hat, the papers are Fancy pants Hot Chocolate...which I just love.  I layered the papwers onto kraft card and I distressed each of the layers.  I punched a couple of snowflakes and glittered them up.  I threaded a piece of thick twine around one of the layers and fixed with huge button and then finished with some pearls.

Next you need to pop over to see Anita's blog beautiful card!!


challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
ABC challenges - no flowers
Bunny Zoe - Bingo (button, sparkle, pearls)
Stamp & Create - glitter
Totally Gorjuss - texture



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Warm Winter Wishes....

Hey all...well what more to do on a day off then make a card...so here it is.  I am just loving these papers from MME - Winter wonderland collection...might need more!!  I layered them onto bazzill card and distressed each of the layers. The stamp is of course from Sugar Nellie - Warm Winter Wishes which I coloured with the usual copics.  I added a couple of snowflakes which were glittered up and the pom pom trim.  The message is from Craftwork Cards....oh and I added some little pearls using an ice white pearl pen.

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Crafty Hazelnuts - snowflakes

ABC Christmas - U up to you
Totally Stampalicious - Christmas
Stamp & Create - winter wonderland

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Fifi goes shopping....

Good afternoon fellow bloggers...well isn't this a turn up for the books me posting on a Monday...well I have a day off today but I should really be doing some housework so before I start it, I thought I would share my card with you.

One of the guys at work had asked me to make him a card for his wife...hope he likes it...he wanted a girl with a dog...

I have used Fifi goes Shopping from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics, the papers are MME - Bluebell which are yummy. I distressed each of the layers...The flourish is a doo hickey and the flowers have been cut with various sizes of the Royal rose from MFT. I added some pearls and a piece of ribbon.

Joanna sheen - going dotty
The ribbon girl - pearls
Catch the Bug - anything goes
Stampin' for the Weekend - pearls & swirls
My Mums Craft Shop - all the 3's (not sure if the pearls inside the flowers count as a set of 3, if not delete me...lol)
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Stamp & Create - anything goes
Natalie & Amy - anything goes
Dream Valley - something old (stamp) something new (papers)
The Paper shelter - layers on layers


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Round 2 of spring...unless it snows again...

Good morning bloggers...well isn't this weather a bit weird?? It was spring a couple of weeks ago and then it went back to winter last week when the snow and wind came back with avengeance so hopefully we are now back on track for some lovely spring weather although as I am scheduling this post..it is raining!!

Today's challenge over at Cupcake Craft challenges is "spring is in the air"...nice and easy. I have used papers from Echo park - springtime and Lilybeedesigns - Buttercup. I have layered the papers onto Bazzill card. The stamp is from Lili of the Valley which I coloured with copics and I then added some shading with polychromos. The sentiment is also from LOTV...rather plain and simple today.

Pop over and check out the other girl's cards.


Stamp & Create - spring
Addicted to Stamps - spring
Catch the Bug - anything goes
Sassy Cheryl's - soft pastels




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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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Lovely Rose..

Well here we are with the second of my posts today...I just had to colour this one as soon as she arrived yesterday... The stamp is from Personal Impressions - Rose which I have coloured with copics. The papers are from Basic Grey - Kissing Booth which have been layered onto kraft. I added a few felt and kraft flowers which I cut using my fabby MFT flower trio die - my most favouritest die and tied a button on with some twine. I finished with some glitter on Rose's dress.

Charisma Cardz - pretty in pink
My Mums Craft Shop - flowers
simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Basic Grey - favourite things
The Kraft Journal - tie it up
Joanna Sheen - Celebration
Hotshot Crafts - flowers
Moving along with the Times - blooming marvellous
Stamp & Create - anything goes
Creative Inspirations Paint - pink


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I'm back...

Hi folks...I'm back. I would just like to say a huge thanks for everyones lovely comments whilst Holly was in hospital, she was discharged late on Saturday afternoon and is on the mend.

So after last weeks events I missed my DT posts for the weekend so first of all the challenge this week over at Sweet Stampin' is "playing in the summer sun". I have used MME - Fly a Kite papers collection. The stamp is one of my favourite boy stamps from LOTV and I coloured him with copics. I added a couple of clouds which were cut using a MFT die-namics cloud die and I made the sun with a sizzix daisy and chopped off the ends of the petals, I added a little sizzix star.

The sponsor this week is Lili of the Valley who are offering one lucky winner...



We also have our monthly sponsor who is Prairie Fairie....

who are offering one lucky winner 5 digis from their online store.

Pop over and check out our new look blog and see what the rest of the DT have made...you could also win some candy if you some feedback with your thoughts on the new look!!

So the next DT post is missed was Paper Sundaes....the challenges this week over at Paper Sundaes is "let's get sentimental". I didn't have time to start a card for this so I don't have one to show you but pop over and check out the rest of the cards from the other sundae girls.

The sponsor this week is Whiff of Joy....

who are offering 2 beautiful stamps to one lucky winner.

Delicious Doodles - texture
Fairy Fun Friday - summer fun
Fussy & Fancy - card for a male
Inspire me Fridays - anything goes
LOTV - punch it up
Catch the Bug - anything goes
OSCC - anything goes
Sketch Saturday - sketch
Crafters Companion - here comes summer
Stamp & Create - summer


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Spring is in the air.....

everywhere I look around....now how many of you know that one???

Well I have not had much time to do anything on my days off this week. Housework yesterday...boring and then I had a funeral this morning but then went for lunch with Lou and then more housework this afternoon...thought I would wash everything in sight since it was nice and I was able to hang the washing outside today and even better..it's all dry!!

So a quickie before I head to Tesco...the papers are from the nitwits collections and the image is from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics and then did a bit shading with my pencils. The flowers have been cut with a MFT flower die-namic die with some pearls added to the centres. Ichalked the clouds onto the oval and some little birds and layered it onto the scallop oval...which I cut by hand with my little Stampin Up slit punch. I have entered the following challenges.

The Sugar Bowl - sketch/spring
Saturday Challenge - flowers and female
OSAAT - glitter/gems
Crafty Calendar - spring
Stamp & Create - spring
Whoopsi Daisy - flowers
The Creative Cottage - spring
Stampavie - spring
Raise the Bar - spring
The Crafty Purple Frog - green
Woodware - spring
Wags 'n' Whiskers - spring



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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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Christmas angel...

Good morning fellow bloggers and those of you who are off to the NEC...so lucky. I might save my pennies for the NEC next time instead of the SECC. You must tell me what it's like. I am hoping that I can get a couple of cards done today but Holly is off scholl unwell so she is still sleeping just now but she is a hard patient and lays it on worse than it really is...I almost have to be by her side tending to her every demand.."can I have a driiiink", "can you change the channel on the telly", "can you fluff up my pillows"...that's how it will go the full day....she has a sore throat!!
So the is the first one today...the snowflake papers are from Fancy Pants and the digi image is from CC Designs and I coloured this cute little angel with promarkers and then just done some shading on top with waterpencils. The snowflakes were punched with the Martha Stewart punches...Love them!! I finished off with gems and glitter...hope you like!!

Anyone for Anya - sketch

All That Scraps - Christmas

Die Cut Dreams - digi

Lollipop Crafts - embossing

Lexi's creations - anything goes

Stamp & Create - Christmas

A Spoon Full of sugar - relish to embellish

I ♥ promarkers - snowflakes

ABC Christmas Challenge- winter wonderland

Top Tip Tuesday - christmas

The Creative Cottage - embossing

Flutter by Wednesday - anything goes

My first Tilda....

I know I know ...stand back in amazement...my first Tilda!! As I am on a roll with Christmas cards and I do have little girly ones to make so I thought this one would be perfect for one of them. The lovely Angelique sent me some images(thank you Angelique) so I have put this one to use...btw I do have lots of Tildas from other lovely people...sorry just haven't got round to using them yet. I coloured Tilda with copics, and did a bit of shading. The papers are from October Afternoon but can't remember the name...but christmassy ones!! I added a snowflake and a couple of little dew drop thingys. I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch

Just Magnolia - pink

Totally Gorjuss - sparkle

Little Paper Shop - stickles or glitter

Stamp & Create - pink

Fussy & Fancy - winter wonderland

Wee Memories - cute holidays



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Think Pink

As it is Breast Cancer Awareness month I thought I would make this card. We probably all know somebody who has been affected by cancer in one or another. I made a card similar to this last year for my mum to give to her friend and she loved it and treasured it...I hope you love it too. I used the embossing plate and sizzlit die from the sizzix pink ribbon kit which is perfect for making little fundraising items!! I also wanted the embossed words to be seen rather than having an image cover them up...so I added some pink chalk to enhance the embossing...finished with some ribbon and 3 little gems. I have entered this card in the Stamp & Create Challenge...not sure if I need a stamped image but this one was more about the card than the challenge as I am sending this card to Lacey's friend.


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Paper Sundaes DT card

Here we are with another Sunday and my scheduled post. The challenge this week over at Paper sundaes is winged things and our sponsor this week is Wags 'n' Whiskers...woo hoo!! Why not pop over and take part. For my card I have used one the new stamps from Stamp & Create and she is called Hannah...I think she's pretty!! I have coloured Hannah with copics and gave her plenty of shading. The papers are Crate Papers - Brook Collection... these are one of my favourite collections. I have entered this in the following challenges:

Delightful sketches - make it sparkle

Charisma Cardz - anything goes

Stamp & Create - pearls or gems

Little Red Wagon - glitter

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch


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Happy Birthday to You....

Oh what a change in the weather today...nice and Sunny....I have spent a few hours on this card trying to get the shading right. The papers are from Crate Paper - Brook Collection. I coloured this Sweet Pea image with copics using 12 different shades of green and 6 different browns...not sure if you can see the shading in the photo but believe me...it took me ages!! I distressed the edges of the circle and also inked the edges of the image with brown and green ink aswell then added some glitter, pearls and gems. I have entered the following the challenges:

Bunny Zoe - sketch(not sure if I have to used a stamp sold in the store)

Stamp & Create - Pearls & Gems

Crafty Catz - brown & green

Totally Papercrafts - birthday

Copic Creations - shading

For Fun Challenges - glitter

ABC Challenge - distress


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Happy Birthday Anya...

Hi folks...well I having been making much this week as I wasn't feeling 100% but I have been doing wee bits on this one over the last few days and finally finished it today. The papers are from Stampin' Up - Seet Pea collection, I have coloured Anya with copics and also added some 3d glaze to her brolly and her buttons...not sure if you can see in the photo. The flowers I made with My Favourite Things - Dy-namics rolled flower die...cool!!That's it I think...I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Anyone for Anya - birthday

Stamps R Us - stitches(mine are fake)

Cupcake Craft Challenge - blue/green

Papertake - recipe

Quixotic - shiny happy people

Fab 'n' Funky - recipe

Stamp & Create - flowers

Sweet Stampin - sketch


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My Beautiful Sweet Pea and Paper Sundaes DT Card

Welcome to another Sunday and my scheduled post...and the challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes is Crystal's sketch. This week we are sponsored by Paper Jewels, they have masses of fabby products in their store.

For my card I have followed Crystal's sketch and I know you are thinking...here we go again another one of those cards but I love this image and personally I think it works well with these papers and I just love the butterfly which I have layered to give a 3d look. First I distressed the edge of the card with ink....the papers are Crate papers - Brook collection and the image is a sweet pea and coloured with copics. I added 2 swirly/rolled flowers which were die cut using my new dy-namics die and a message then added some glitter to the flowers and around the edge of the card. I have also entered this card in the following challenges:

Sweet Pea Stampers - Anything goes for August candy

Creative Card Crew - sparkle & shine

Fab 'n' Funky - flower power

Stamp & Create - flowers

Charisma Cardz - die cuts ( mine is the rolled flowers)

Stampin' for the Weekend - anything goes

Paper Cutz - anything goes

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - blue and green


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You're the best...Paper Sundaes DT card

Welcome to another Sunday and hopefully my scheduled post has worked as I am back at work this weekend..so will need to do my linking on my lunch which should time nicely with the post if I plan it well. The challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes is Danielle's recipe....2 DP, 4 flowers and 3 buttons. This we are being sponsored by Meljens Designs....she has lots of fab digis...pop over here and take a look what she has in her store. I have used Echo Park papers for this card...thought they looked cool!! The image is of course from Meljens Designs which has been coloured with copics...I also added a bit of highlighting with watercolour pencils. I layered it onto a scallop circle which I made using the Stampin' Up slit punch as I don't have a scallop die...takes a bit of practise but I am getting the knack of it now. I also added a piece of lace underneath the image.The flowers I had in my stash and were the perfect colour to match the paper...I hope...and I added 3 buttons to the centres of the cluster of flowers, finished with a little message. I have entered this card in the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - sketch

Stamp & Create - flowers

Cupcake Craft Challenge - lace

Digital Tuesday - lace

Fab 'n' Funky - favourite colours( I have lots but I do like brown and green together)

Secret Crafter - What are little girls made of


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I'm on a roll....

I'm on a roll this morning although I did make a start on this last night...not sure if I like what I have one with the flowers as they looked a bit lonely on their own so I layered them on to a different floraly thing..anyway it's done now. The papers I had in my stash and from MME, I have coloured the image with copics and gave it a little shading, finished off with the flowers. I have entered this in the following challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch

Creative Card Crew - cute & girly

High hopes - favourite embellishment(flowers at the moment)

One stop craft Challenge - patterns

Stamp & Create - flowers

Dutch Dare - anything goes


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