The Sugar Bowl 133

I have been on a roll with making cards this week. That'll not go on for long and then it'll be another month before my mojo comes back. Haha. Anyway, got my card here for the challenge over at The Sugar Bowl. This wee cutie is from Sugar Nellie (of course), but I think she has retired. The papers are from Papermania from years ago. I am finally cutting into my old papers. And believe me - I have loads. The sentiment is from Personal Impressions.

Tiddly Inks #156

I had to think about this one. The Challenge over at Tiddly Inks is So Sweet!! I didn't think I had any Tiddly Ink stamps with sweets/cakes on them. But when I looked, I actually have several. Oops - guess I have more than I thought eh. So I opted for this wee cutie - Sweet Tooth - Cute as a Cupcake. I have used the digi version, but she also comes as a Clear Stamp. The papers are from First Edition. I am slowly using some of my real papers (but don't think I will ever manage to use them all up). The sentiment is from Personal Impressions and the button is an MFT diecut. I have followed the sketch from Papertake Weekly, but I'm not entering it over there as I have already entered with a black and white card. She is coloured with Polychromos pencils and blended with Sansador and paper stumps.

The Sugar Bowl 123 again

Oops, I forgot this was the Sketch Saturday Sketch. And - yes - I've missed it. But never mind, I can still enter it into the Sugar Bowl Challenge. This wee cutie is from Sugar Nellie and is in their retiring rubber range, so I'm guessing once they are gone, they are gone. You can get her here. The sentiment is from Personal Impressions. The papers are really old and were freebies from a magazine. The mushroom is a Magnolia die. I thought they looked real sweet, but they are much bigger than I thought they would be. This is the smaller one of the two.

Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Party

Another Gorjuss Girl card. I do love me Gorjuss Girls. I have a few all coloured up and ready for cards. But I liked the colouring, so couldn't bring myself to put them on cards. But as my colouring is improving I thought just go for it. For this one, I have used a Personal Impression stamp called New Heights. This one is from the clear stamp set. It is slightly smaller than the rubber (hmm - yes I have both rubber and clear). But I can only find her in the Do Crafts range (no - I haven't got this one - yet). Anyway, I am going to enter her into the Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Girl Challenge. The papers are real and are from GCD Studio - Ella Blue, which I have had for a while, but am slowly getting through. The sentiment is also Personal Impressions and a couple of MFT diecut buttons. I actually used the sketch from Sketch Saturday but missed the deadline oops.
I am also entering her into the ABC Challenge - H for Happy Birthday.

Papertake Weekly

It's been a while since I have made a card without a cute image. So here is one with just a diecut as the main image. Can you guess someone is into gaming - no. Haha. Well I thought I would enter this into the challenge over at Papertake Weekly where they want to see cutting of some sort. I have kept it very simple. The die is from MFT and the 11 is a sizzix set I have had for an age. I printed the text out.

And keeping on the boy theme. I have used a wee cutie from Polkadoodles. The papers are from Basic Grey. Which I have had for a very long time. They are nearing their end. I drew and cut out the trophy.

Tiddly Inks Boys

Yay - I made a Boys card. I really don't do Boys, so this was a good challenge to do. Yep - the challenge over at Tiddly Inks is all about Boys. So I thought I would give it a go, and am quite liking it. This wee Guy is coloured with Polychromos and blended with sansador. The papers are from Sweet Shoppe Designs - High Octane by Heather Roselli. Oh and of course, the wee Guy is from Tiddly Inks. The sentiment is from Personal Impressions and the arrow is a rather old sizzix die that I've never used before (shh, don't say it out loud). I am also going to enter it into the challenge over at Papertake Weekly where the theme is Happy.......anything.

The Sugar Bowl 122

A few of my Sisters work mates are having Babies this year. So I thought I would start some Baby cards. Don't know what sex the Babies are, so am going to be busy making pink and blue cards. I have another one of these in blue waiting to be stuck together. I am entering this one into the Sugar Bowl Challenge. The theme is anything Goes, so this fits in nicely. I really haven't managed anything crafty for a while. I just haven't been able to get into it. So hopefully this is me on the up again. The image is a digi stamp from Sugar Nellie - Bebe. The papers are downloads from Pink Petticoat - washed out and Gingham. The sentiment is from Personal Impression and I have added a few punched shapes - flower and jigsaw.  I also want to enter it into the challenge over at Cute card Thursday where the theme is Celebrate.

The Sugar Bowl DT call

Yay - The Sugar Bowl Challenge is coming back on the 25th Sept. And they are looking for some new DT members. So I thought I would give it a go. I don't normally put myself out there (Ok , so I've never done it before), but I really do love my Sugar Nellie Stamps. So here goes - my entry for the DT call for The Sugar Bowl Challenge. I have used a new digi stamp - Furry Friends Parachute Jump. These new stamps are super cute. The clouds are Memory Box - fluffy clouds. And the papers are proper papers - yay, go me. Angelica and Adam by Crafters Companion. The Sentiment is a Personal Impressions stamp which I guess I have had for a while (a long while). And as usual for me, three wee rhinestones in the corner. I don't seem to be able to get passed the simple cards at the moment. Not that I have ever done real fussy ones. I also want to enter it into the challenge over at Cute Card Thursday where the theme is Anything goes.

The Sugar Bowl 115

My entry into the challenge over at The Sugar Bowl where the theme is April showers bring May flowers. As you can see I went with the showers part (or downpours more like). My image is by Mary Hall. I can't find this actual stamp, there are many more by this artist still available. The Gingham paper is a download from Pink Petticoat. The sentiment is by Personal Impressions and I have added several die cuts. The button is MFT, the fence Magnolia and the cloud Memory Box. Coloured with Copics a while ago. And I have no idea why I coloured it these colours, but it turned out OK in the end.

Leanne Ellis Sugar

I thought I would go with an older Leanne Ellis stamp from Sugar Nellie for this card. I have used the sweet Faraway Thoughts for this card.

There is a colour challenge going on over at The Sugar Bowl for this fortnight. I'll let you pop over and have a nosey at the colours. You can use all of them if you want but you must use at least two colours. And while you are there, have a look at the wonderful work from the DT - Super don't you think.
Anyway, back to my card. Along side my Leanne Ellis stamp I have used a Personal Impressions sentiment. The papers are yet again a download from Sweet Shoppe Designs - Breelyn by Krystal Hartley. I have also added a Marianne D diecut and a few gems to finish off.

Sketch Saturday wk 294

I have made a card following the sketch over at Sketch Saturday. Although looking at all the other entries, not sure if this really counts. The shell diecuts are in place of the other circle bit (hope this counts). Anyway, I'm liking it so it's OK if it doesn't count. The image is a Gorjuss Girl by Personal Impressions - Awashed. I'm lovin all the Gorjuss girls at the mo, by any company. The papers are GCD Studio - Ella Blue. I have also added Marianne D diecut shells and a MFT button diecut tied with a bit of twine. The with love is a peel off - shh, don't tell everyone. Yes I admit, I have loads from when I first started Crafting. I added a bit of faux stitching around the image. I just can't leave alone these days, adding doodling of some sort. I also want to enter it into the challenge over at Sweet Stampin where the theme is stitches, real or faux. I haven't yet braved real sewing on my cards.

The Sugar Bowl 106

My entry into The Sugar Bowl Challenge. Which again is anything goes. I am also entering it into the Sugar Nellie Facebook Challenge which is to use your favourite Sugar Nellie image. Now that was the hard part, I mean come on - how can you choose eh. Well I kinda did - I chose Pippi Longsocks, she is defo one of my faves anyway. The papers are more Sweet Shoppe Designs - Sweet Sixteen by Melissa Bennett. The wavy die is Spellbinders and the buttons and flower are MFT dies. The sentiment is by Personal Impressions. And my wee froggy is an old Quickutz die. See I knew they would come in handy someday.

It's Christmas

 Two cards from me today. Thought I really should make a start on my Christmas cards, so here we are. My first card is a Christmas card which I want to enter into The Winter Wonderland Challenge, where they want to see a Boy and a Girl. I had a look through my stamps, and thought I don't actually have loads with two together. So I went with an older stamp from Whimsy stamps. And since there is a cute lil Snowman, I want to enter it into the Challenge over at Sweet Stampin Christmas, where they want to see a Snowperson. The papers are a download from Sweet Shoppe Designs - A Joyous Christmas by Julie Billingsley, matted on red card and a little bit of ribbon. The sentiment is also a download (of which I can't find at the mo, but will be back to let you know). I also want to enter it into the challenge over at Crafty hazelnuts Christmas Challenge xtra - July, where the theme is anything goes as long as it's Christmas.

And finally my next card is for my next Sugar Bowl entry. Thought I would sneak another one in before the deadline. For this card I have used another older stamp Upside Down by Diane Duda from Sugar Nellie. The papers are K&Co (another oldie) and the sentiment is Personal Impressions. I added a few different punched Butterflies.

The Sugar Bowl 105

I'm into black and white cards at the mo. And what can be cuter than a black and white fairy. I'm no good at colouring the skin in black, so have gone with normal skin and hair colours. Anyway, my card is my entry into The Sugar Bowl Challenge. The image is of course a Sugar Nellie stamp - The Story Teller. The papers are an old Papermania pad and the sentiment is Personal Impressions. A few Craftwork card candy and a bit of Menzies Tartan Ribbon. I am also entering it into The Sugar Nellie Facebook Challenge, which is an easy anything goes.

The Sugar Bowl 101 again

Man this has been hard work. Blogger (or my Internet) is playing up mega. Anyway, onto my card. My second entry into The Sugar Bowl Challenge which is a simple one of Anything goes. I have gone rather pink with this one. The papers are a download from Sweet Shoppe Designs - Sweet 16 by Melissa Bennett. The sentiment is Personal Impressions and a Martha Stewart punched Butterfly with 2 wee gems. And that's about it from me - still keeping it simple.

The Sugar Bowl 89

My entry for The Sugar Bowl this week. The optional extra is Butterflies, but I haven't gone with them this time. I so wanted to use this cute Mermaid, and didn't know where to add Butterflies, so left them out. I also used some pearl liquid for the dots, but think I got carried away. The papers are a download from Sweet Shoppe Designs:- High Octane by Heather Roselli. I went with the colours from the Sugar Nellie Facebook Challenge. The shells are Marianne Design dies, I must have known I was gonna get some Mermaids eh. The sentiment is from Personal Impressions.

The Sugar Bowl #86

Excuse the squinty photo, left it late to photo and the battery is dead, so had to make do. My card for the challenge over at The Sugar Bowl. The optional extra is for a boy, think this wee cotton rabbit fits that. Coloured ages ago with my Copics (before they ran out - oops). The sentiment is Personal impressions - a set I had forgot about - ahh, maybe I have too many stamps. Nooo! The papers are Basic Grey matted on some dark brown pearlesent card. Oh and my wee doodle round the sides.