Today I bring you Joy !

Well, the stamp is Joy from the Sugar Nellie Adorables collection anyway !  I can't think of a better name for these sweet images as they really are adorable, I knew I had to have the full collection as soon as I saw them.

I decided to use the sketch from the Craft Mad and Loving it weekly sketchie challenge over on Craftbubble for my layout, with the added bonus that I can enter my card for the challenge.  The theme is flowers and there are certainly quite a few on my card.

The image was coloured with Lettraset Aqua Markers - I'm getting more used to them now that I've coloured a few images with them, but I do have to say that I still prefer my Promarkers and Copics.  It's good to try out new techniques and styles though, and I shall persevere with the Aquas and try to learn to love them !

The background layer is embossed with flowers and I matted the floral bp on to a scrap of card before attaching.  The image was cut out using a plain oval nestie and added over a scalloped oval layer cut with a just slightly larger die than the plain oval, so that just a tiny bit of the pink scalloped layer shows around the edge of the image.

The tiny butterflies were created with my Nellie Snellen punch and emboss set and I added pink Waco Pearlmaker pen for the bodies.  The pink flower gems I bought recently at a craft fair as well as the pretty sparkly pink ribbon and the sentiment is from Cuddly Buddly.

Tomorrow I'm heading up to Accrington for the weekend to attend a workshop run by Dark Room Door Stamps at Topaz Crafts.  The excitement is rising I can tell you as I am meeting up with a few on-line crafting buddies for the weekend and it promises to be an absolute Hoot !!!   I'm sure there will be piccies to share with you at a later date - and maybe a few that are not for sharing !!!!

Just Cute Bears DT news

I'm so excited as today I can let you know my fabulous news!  I've joined the Just Cute Bears Challenge Design Team - Yay!!!  It is going to be so much fun to work with the team on future challenges and I'm really looking forward to it.

I'm still finding my way around, but I've created this card for the latest challenge #35 which has the theme of  'Punch it' and we're asked to use punched and/or diecut elements on our projects.

For my card I used this adorable Dexter the Bear stamp by Sugar Nellie, don't you just want to pick him up and have a cuddle?

He's coloured with Copics, the background papers are magazine freebies and I added a layer cut with a Martha Stewart border punch down the lefthand side.  The layer behind Dexter was cut using one of the new Nestabilities Beaded Circles dies and coloured with Scattered Straw Distress Ink whilst still in the die.

I hope you've enjoyed sharing my first Just Cute Bears card since joining the DT, why not submit an entry this week, the prize is sponsored by Wild Rose Studios and the lucky winner will receive two stamps as their prize - how fabulous is that?

Til I see you again - Happy Crafting ;o)

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wynneth
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #43

Over on the Sugar Bowl blog, Challenge #43 this week has a truly scrumptious prize for the lucky winner.   How would you like to get your inky mits on either the 4 new Sugar Nellie Country Cousins stamps, which are just about to be launched, or all 4 of the Sugar Nellie Manga Christmas stamps?  How could a girl choose between these two fabulous prizes?  But it doesn't stop there.. Oh no! whichever set of stamps the winner chooses, they will also get a whole bundle of sweet Papermania goodies, including 2 sets of ‘sentiments’ rubber stamps and a selection of ‘monochrome capsule collection’ embellishments including glitter, buttons, bows and bling!  Bet you're drooling all over your keyboard just reading this?

Well, all you have to do to be in with a chance to win is to create a project using the sketch on the right.  Your project must contain a Sugar Nellie image and you have the option to include 'Buttons' in your design.  Check out all the details on the Sugar Bowl blog.

For my entry I chose the lovely Raven from the Sugar Nellie Country Cousins range which are available through Funky Kits.  Isn't she adorable all bundled up and cosy against the Autumn winds?

I have been using Promarkers and Copics such a lot on my work lately that I thought I'd do something different for a change and used Distress Inks to watercolour the image.  I'd forgotten how much I enjoy this method of colouring and you may see some more of my work done using these inks, especially now that there are so many more colours available.  I cut out the image, added some glossy accents to her wellies and buttons and affixed her to the green circle layer using Pinflar Glue, with more glue behind her feet to raise them to give the impression that she's walking out of the card.

My background paper is from a pad by Laura Ashley on which I stamped various swirls in Rich Cocoa Memento ink.  The plain circle and tabs are cut from some lovely pearly dark green card which is one of my favourites bought at the NEC craft show last March.   I stamped a swirling leaf image by Magnolia around the edges of the green layer with the same cocoa ink which gives a very subtle effect.  I added the green layer over red card cut with a nestabilities petite scallop circle die which was just slightly larger than the plain circle die I used for the green layer.  The sentiment is by Magnolia, red half beads were in my stash, as were the three buttons and I added some Holly Stickles around the edge of the green circle to finish.

I'm entering this for Sugar Bowl Challenge #43, so wish me luck! 

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wynneth
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #42

Good morning dear reader, now that the last Bank Holiday of the year is well and truly over, I'm really getting into the swing of creating the christmas cards I need for this year. 

Over in the Sugar Bowl, challenge #42 gives us the great sketch on the right to work with and a theme of 'pearls'. 

I do love to work with simple sketches as I think they give you so much scope to let your creativity run wild!  I turned the sketch round by 90 degrees to balance the image I chose a little better as it is quite tall and narrow.

This sweet Sugar Nellie 'Snow Family' image is just perfect for my project and rather than solid strips I decided to use some decorative pieces which I'd punched using a Martha Stewart snowflake border punch.  I coloured the image with Copics, although I have very few colours I had sufficient to get the shading right for this image.  The bits to create the poinsettia were in my stash from last Christmas and I added one of the new sparkly brads I just recently acquired.  The sentiment was also in my box of bits and I cut it out with a small circle nestabilties die and added three small blue half pearls, which fits right in with the theme.  I inked up the edges of both image layer and the sentiment with Stormy Skies Distress Ink.  Glossy Accents added to their carrot noses and Stardust Stickles to their buttons and around the edges of the image layer and my card was finished.

I hope you've enjoyed seeing today's card and that you'll stop by again soon.
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wynneth
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Just a Note.....

Here's the third of the set of cards I made as part of my friend's birthday gift. I love this elegant Sugar Nellie stamp, especially the wiggly bits (technical term!) at bottom left and top right of the image border.

I coloured her with Promarkers and added little touches of Spica Glitter Pen. The background paper is from my stash and I added a length of the lovely sparkly green ribbon I got recently at Just Tracy's Crafts. The sentiment is from a set of clear stamps sentiments from Papermania. I thought this would leave the card open to be used for many different occasions as I left the inside blank. That's it, a very simple layout with only two layers and not too much bling!

Thanks for visiting today, I'll be sharing another from this set of cards with you tomorrow. I've autoposted the cards for yesterday, today and tomorrow as I will be having a ball with my crafting pals Kathy and Lauren in Bristol - a whole weekend of girly fun, chat and shopping, total bliss!! Kathy's hubby is spoiling us tonight with a lovely meal he is preparing himself - what a treasure!

I hope these postings appear on time, but I will be checking to make sure.  I do hope you're having a fun weekend too, til I see you again - Happy Crafting!
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wynneth
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Girly Girl - Sugar Bowl Challenge #37

Happy Fathers' Day to all those Dads out there, hope the sun is shining on you today, it certainly is in Cornwall - and it promises to be a great day.  I am very lucky this year to have my Dad staying here with me for a holiday and as my hubby is also home, I get to share today with two Dads!

I posted up the FD card I made for my Dad a while ago, so today's card is the one I've created as my entry for the Challenge #37 over on the Sugar Nellie Sugar Bowl Challenge Blog - check out the site for full details. 

We have a great sketch to work with this week and the shaped layer on the sketch got me rummaging through my box of nestabilities for the octagonal die set.  There is the optional theme of 'Girly and Feminine' and so I selected the adorable 'Daisy with Pram' stamp for my card - you don't see so many little girls pushing their dollies out for a walk in the pram these days - such a shame I think, as I recall hours of happy fun playing with my own dollies when I was young!

After I'd coloured the image with ProMarkers and Copics, I cut it out with one of the nestability dies and punched ribbon slots on either side.  The background papers are from my stash and I cut some lacy strips with Martha Stewart punches and layered them up under the ribbon.  I added touches of Glossy Accents to the pram wheels and Daisy's bows in her hair.  The flowers are from my stash and include some from Wild Orchid Crafts, and I added some leaves punched with another MS punch.  I attached the little general sentiment so that the card can be used for any occasion. 

Thanks for visiting today, it will be the regular Queen Kat Blog Hop tomorrow, so do come back and join in the fun!!

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wynneth

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Sugar Bowl Challenge #36 - Pink, Black and White

I haven't submitted an entry to the Sugar Nellie Sugar Bowl Challenge for some time, so thought I'd create something for the current #36 Challenge using this lovely Manga Girl stamp.  We are asked to follow a sketch and use the colour theme Pink, Black and White on our projects.

I coloured this cutie with my Copics and ProMarkers then cut her out with a set of nestabilities deckle edge rectangle dies.  This was layered up on black card cut with a larger die from the same set.  The background paper was from my stash and the sentiment is from a set by The Greetings Farm.  The three horizontal strips were created from black and pink pearl card and three bits of Card Candy added.  Finally, I 'blinged' up the whole card by adding Frosted Lace Stickles around the edges of all the layers and the sentiment.

This is a great colour combo and I really enjoyed creating this card with a fairly unfussy and simple layout.

Thanks for dropping by today, I hope you enjoyed your visit :o)

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wynneth

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Get your sunglasses on!!

Well, I did try to warn you!  This is a very bright card I know, but what a powerful colour combo!

The weekly sketch challenge on Craftbubble's Let's Get Stamping forum includes the added twist of using a new technique or product, or something you haven't used in a while, plus a colour you don't use often.  I followed the sketch for this card and decided to use the bright colour combo of lime green and magenta - not a combo I use often, although they do work spectacularly well together!

The image is one of the new Sugar Nellie stamps by the artist Leanne Ellis which I acquired recently from Funky Kits, this one is called 'Tell me something'.  I just love her frilly skirt and, to me, she called out to be coloured in vibrant shades.  I used my ProMarkers and Copics to colour her and found a piece of magenta background paper in my stash that was relatively plain.  The two layers of green metallic card were embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder, this little hearts design is just so sweet.  My 'not often used' technique was decoupaging with stamped images and I stamped her skirt and flower twice, cut them out and layered them up on the original image, although it isn't obvious from the picture.  Another change of style for me was not using any glitter on the card, I do love my bling! mind you, there is a tiny bit of Spica glitter pen on her ring and the frills on her gloves - well, I just couldn't help myself!!!!  The flowers are from Prima and the sentiment is from a Whiff of Joy kit which fitted the card perfectly.

I hope you've enjoyed sharing my card today and that my colour choice didn't trigger a migraine!!  Have a great day, whatever you have planned.  I'd love to know what you think of this card, leave me a comment and I'll be so happy.

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wynneth

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Duda Snowman and Friend

The challenge this week over on Craftbubble's Let's Get Stamping group is to use the weekly sketch with the added twist of using 'icy colours;.  I decided to use this sweet image from Sugar Nellie, designed by Diane Duda for my entry.  The stamp was one of the set I won in the SN 'Twelve Days of Christmas' giveaway last year.  I was so thrilled to have won, but haven't had the chance to ink up any of the stamps til now.  As the twist for this week is icy colours, I thought I'd take the opportunity to get my first card made for Christmas 2010. 

The image was coloured with ProMarkers and I added Glossy Accents to the eyes and a little clear Spica glitter pen on various parts of the image.  I then cut the image out using a nestabilities 'pinked' circle die, layering this up on to a piece of dark green pearlised card cut out with a slightly larger die from the same set.  The sentiment is from an Art House set of Christmas sentiments and cut out with a smaller pinked circle die.

I printed out the background papers from an Elusive Image CD on to white pearlised paper.  The dark green layer on the left is the same pearlised card as used on the image background layer, then embossed with a snow storm Cuttlebug embossing folder.  Finally, I added three bits of Card Candy in white pearl to the bottom of the green mat and three clear gems to the sentiment layer.

This was a fun card to make and, for the first time, this year I have actually acted on my New Year Resolution and started my Christmas card production early!!!!  My plan is to make at least two cards each week so as to avoid the last minute panic next november!

I hope you enjoyed your visit to my blog today, tomorrow I have another creation for you and hope you will visit again. 

hugs

wynneth

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Vintage Baby

I am sharing with you today another of my entries for this week's Let's Get Stamping challenge over on Craftbubble.  This is the second newly released Sugar Nellie stamp I bought just before Christmas.  This one is called Vintage Baby and I love this image. 

I coloured it with ProMarkers and Copics and added clear Spica glitter pen to the cloud to make it sparkle.  The background papers are from my stash.

I did change the sketch around somewhat for this card, but all the main elements of the sketch are included.   The sentiment, as on yesterday's card, was in my stamp stash and I don't know the manufacturer unfortunately. 

Thanks for visiting today, I appreciate your support and hope you'll stop by again soon.

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wynneth

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Bubbles

Just before Christmas, I bought a couple of newly released stamps from Sugar Nellie.  This one is called 'Bubbles' and I think she is just so adorable - couldn't you just scoop her up and cuddle her?

This card is my second entry for the Let's Get Stamping weekly sketchie challenge over on Craftbubble.  I posted my first one on here on tuesday, scroll down if you missed it and want to take a peek!

I coloured the delightful Bubbles with ProMarkers and Copics and added a little clear Spica glitter pen to parts of the image, including the bubbles and the bottle of bubble mix.  I then applied Glossy Accents to the bubbles to give them added shine.  The papers are from Papermania and the lacy borders were cut using a Martha Stewart border punch.  Two pieces of pink Card Candy complete the sketch elements and the sentiment is a stamp I've had for a very long time and, unfortunately, I don't know who the manufacturer is. 

I'll be showing you a card made with another of the new SN stamps tomorrow, do pop back again to see the other sweet stamp I bought!

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wynneth

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