Friday Sketchers…

Hi there!  It’s time for a new challenge over at Friday Sketchers and the lovely Claudia is our sketch host this week with a fabulous layout for you to try.  We have a wonderful prize from Plum Purdy…and some great cards by the design team.

Be sure to check out all the card samples posted by the Design Team Diva’s on their individual blogs (links below)…and hopefully, you’ll be able to play along with us by just  posting the link of your creation on the Friday Sketchers blog.

Aud  Bea  Claudia   Jacque  Jacqueline  Jeanette  Tanja

Before I go…I just like to say a huge thank you to Elaine (Quixotic Paperie) and Karen (Sugar Nellie) for giving me the opportunity to be on their design teams.  I’ve had a wonderful time and enjoyed every minute of it.  Now I’m going to catch up with life in general… and just do all those little things that have been slipping lately…unfortunately, blogging has a very bad habit of taking over your life if you let it.  Spring has arrived and I’m going to make the effort to go on some walks and take some photo’s with my new camera.  I’m still going to be making cards, posting regularly and still designing for FS and PBSC…I just need a bit of time and space to get everything back to normal.

Card Recipe

Stamps – Magnolia

Papers – Magnolia

Medium – Copic Sketch Markers. Stardust stickles

Tools – Punch Bunch punch, sewing machine

Embellishments - Prima hydrangeas, pearl brads, lace

Thanks for stopping by…hope you have a great day!

Sugar Nellie Blog Hop Winner…

A very big thank you to everyone that took part in the Sugar Nellie Blog Hop…it was so nice to read your comments…and it seemed that you enjoyed seeing some of the ‘vintage’ Sugar Nellie stamps again!  I hope it has inspired you to dig out your ‘Golden Oldie’ Sugar Nellie stamps!

And now…the winner of the gorjuss Bumble Bee stamp is…

Cazza B – Cazzaroo Crafts 

Can you please contact me with your details and I’ll pass them onto Sugar Nellie…thanks.

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Sugar Nellie Blog Hop…

Hello…and welcome to the Sugar Nellie Blog Hop!  I’m delighted to be taking part with all of the Design Team from Sugar Nellie.  If you’ve arrived here from the Sugar Nellie Blog, then you’re heading in the right direction!

We’ve all created something  using our favourite stamp from Sugar Nellie and we decided to showcase some of the ‘older’ stamps for a change.  Everyone has chosen a different stamp…so you’re in for some beautiful eye candy on your hop!

I’ve chosen Bumble Bee…one of the adorable Gorjuss Girls…

I’ve paper pieced her dress and given her a bit of sparkle on her wings and belt.  She really is ‘gorjuss’ and so easy to colour!

As I said before, everyone will be using a different Sugar Nellie stamp for the blog hop and Karen has very kindly said that she will give the stamp that the DT member has used, as the blog hop prize…thank you so much Karen

So…if you’d like to win this gorgeous Bumble Bee Stamp…just leave me a comment under this post.  The Blog Hop will be open until midnight GMT Sunday 21st February.  All winners will be announced on Monday 22nd February  over on the Sugar Nellie Blog.

And now…hop on over to Dena’s blog to see her Sugar Nellie darling

Card Recipe

Stamp – Bumble Bee SU sentiment

Papers - CardArt kit

Medium – Copics and StarDust Stickles

Tools – Martha Stewart Hydrangea border punch, Circle nesties, sewing machine

Embellishments – Gardenia flower (thanks for your help Claudia!)  my favourite pearls from Quixotic Paperie!  

Hope you enjoy our little Blog Hop!  Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!  

So glad we’re friends…

Hi, just a quick post to show you a card that I made with one of the gorgeous new Manga stamps from Sugar Nellie – Coffee Time.  I love the bright and zingy Origins papers from Basic Grey….yummy colours and Elaine has them over at Quixotic Paperie.  The edges have been distressed and sewn..border punch by Martha Stewart and lots of Prima bling swirls.  Spellbinders label die…die left in place and lightly sponged with Distress Ink – Antique Linen.

Thank you to my very sweet friend Agnes for giving me this award…

I have to name seven things that I like…Schnauzer dogs, holidays in the sun, being with my family, driving my car, making cards (obviously!), ironing…yes really, anything with garlic and mushrooms…yum! 

Before you go…I thought you might like to see the gorgeous crystal butterfly accents that have just fluttered by over at Quixotic Paperie…along with lots of yummy stash in the New Products section.

Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate every one of your sweet comments.  Have a wonderful Sunday.

 

New Manga stamps in stock at Funky Kits…

                      

Sugar Nellie has released SIX new Manga stamps…and they are all in stock over at Funky Kits.  These three images, from top left are…Dreamy, April Showers and Coffee Time    Aren’t they adorable?  I’ve just ordered all six, so expect some giveaways soon!

Friday Sketchers…Webb Knitter from Sugar Nellie…

Good Morning…thanks for stopping by.  My sweet friend, the lovey Jacqueline, is our sketch host over at Friday Sketchers.   I love the cards that the DT have made with Jacq’s sketch…such a great variety of cute images and all things pretty     Thanks to our sponsor…My Creative Classroom…for their generous prize.

Be sure to check out all the card samples posted by the Design Team Diva’s on their individual blogs (links below)…and hopefully, you’ll be able to play along with us by just  posting the link of your creation on the Friday Sketcher blog.

Aud  Bea  Claudia   Jacque  Jacqueline  Jeanette  Tanja

Now then, I’ve gone a bit technical with this card         I’ve used one of the gorgeous new digital images from Sugar Nellie…Webb Knitter.  I’m not computer savvy at all…(as my very helpful, and talented friend Janneke will tell you!), so the thought of printing out images was a bit daunting…not to mention the possibility of having to buy a new printer that’s compatible with Copic Markers!  So, I enlisted the help of my son…resized the image and printed…I then photocopied the image so that I wouldn’t have any ink issues whilst colouring.  It all worked perfectly and I’m now looking forward to tying out a few more of the digital images from Funky Kits…though I’m definitely still, and always will be, a rubber stamp girl…bring on the black ink pad!!!!!!!!

Card Recipe

Digital Image – Webb Knitter – Sugar Nellie

Papers – Imaginisce

Medium – Copic Sketch Markers

Tools – Petite Scalloped oval nesties

Embellishments – Bling swirls (gift from the lovely Jacq), Prima flowers.

 

Thanks for your kind comments…hope you have a wonderful weekend….

Blog Candy…

CANDY NOW CLOSED

If you’d like to win this gorgeous Sugar Nellie stamp and paper flowers, just leave me a comment under this post.  Candy will close on Saturday 23rd January, 9 pm UK time.  I will post worldwide and announce the winner on Sunday 24th January.   

A special thank you to everyone for your kind wishes, cards and presents…you really made my day…

Friday Sketchers…

 Good Morning.  Can you believe it’s Friday already?  Time for some more sketch fun over at Friday Sketchers.  The very sweet Jacque is our host diva today…thanks for a fun sketch Jacque!  I know the design team have been very busy creating some beautiful cards…hopefully they will help to inspire you to get creative.  Thanks to our very generous sponsor…Stamp and Create…we have a lovely prize for someone

Be sure to check out all the card samples posted by the Design Team Diva’s…and hopefully,  you will play along and post your own creation on the Friday Sketcher blog .

Aud  Bea  Claudia   Jacque  Jacqueline  Jeanette  Tanja

We’ve also got a new link on the Friday Sketchers Blog (top right corner)… it’s a new blog called Friday Sketcher Sketches…the idea of, and created by, the lovely Claudia.  The blog is  a place that you can visit to view previous sketches from the DT. 

I had so much fun colouring this gorgeous Sugar Nellie image called Bubbles .  I really enjoyed colouring her body…huge areas to colour on her chubby arms, legs and of course, her cute face…it was nice to be able to use lots of different skin tone copics…I find some images hardly have any areas to colour…this was just perfect  

Oh and before I forget…Quixotic Paperie now has the new Belles ‘n’ Whistles stamps in stock, along with stamps from The Greeting Farm.  To do some retail cyber shopping over at Quixotic Paperie…just click here… 

Well, that’s it for me today…hope you have a great weekend.  Don’t forget, I’ll be posting some blog candy over the weekend…if you’d like to win this beautiful stamp…come back soon!

 Card Recipe

Stamp – Bubbles – Sugar Nellie

Papers - Imaginisce

Medium - Copic Sketch Markers, icicle glitter

Tools - Martha Stewart daisy border punch, sewing machine, rectangle scalloped nesties

Embellishments - Charms, mixed flowers and pearls from Quixotic Paperie

 

 

 

Wish…

 

Hello thanks for taking a peek over here.  I  just thought I’d show you a card that I made with ‘Elise’.  I couldn’t resist her and had to buy her from Funky Kits…she’s so cute   There are several new stamps in the Home Grown range and that’s where you can find this stamp.  Funky Kits also has six new digital images up and ready for downloading. 

If you’d like to win this stamp, check back over the weekend because I’ve got one to give away

The sketch is actually from the last  Sugar Bowl challenge…I think there is probably a new sketch up today…I’m only two weeks behind!  My dear friend Tina sent me the pearl pins along with some beautiful presents for Christmas and Halloween…thank you Tina…hope to see you back in blogging world real soon

Card Recipe

Stamp – Sugar Nellie – Elise

Papers – Pink Paislee

Medium – Copic Sketch Markers

Tools – Martha Stewart border punch

Embellishments - Wish charm, pearls, Prima hydrangeas

Have a great day and keep warm

Friday Sketchers and my Friday Sketchers Blog Hop Candy Winner…

Hello and welcome to my blog    Well, it’s back to business over at Friday Sketchers and, as always, my dear friend Claudia has had her thinking cap on again…what a fun sketch she’s created for you to try!  Our sponsor this week is Sunshine Stamps…thank you so much!

Be sure to check out all the card samples posted by the Design Team Diva’s…and hopefully you will play along and post your own creation on the Friday Sketcher blog where we have Sunshine Stamps sponsoring us with a wonderful prize this week

Aud
Bea
Claudia 
Jacque
Jacqueline
Jeanette
Tanja

I’ve used one of the new stamps by Sugar Nellie…she’s called Raven.  I thought she was pretty apt for the arctic weather we’ve got in England at the moment…very sensibly dressed for the snow and ice!  You can see all the new stamps for December  —> here <—   Funky Kits are now selling digital images and currently have a January Sale going on

A big thank you to my sweet friend Janneke…she did some craft shopping for me last month and picked these gorgeous papers and bling swirls ( and lots more yummy stash) …thank you so much Janneke…you can shop for me any time…hehe!

The winner of my Friday Sketcher Blog Hop Candy is….

Martha Gunckel…Congratulations Martha…please contact me with your details.

Card Recipe

Stamps – Raven – Sugar Nellie, SU sentiment

Papers – Jillibean Soup

Medium – Copic Sketch Markers

Tools – SU Scallop punch, Petite Sc Circle Nestie, slot punch, sewing machine

Embellishments – Prima flowers, Papermania glitter brads, Scrappers Floss, gem pins, SU ribbon, bling swirls