Festive Friends

I have a Christmas card to share today, featuring an old Sugar Nellie stamp called 'Festive Friends'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I paired it with papers from a couple of old psper pads...'The Christmas Wishes' multistack by DCWV and 'The Christmas Collection' from Poundland. I used a black gel pen to doodle a simple black border to mirror that of the one on the stamped image.

Challenges for this card:

• Christmas Cards All Year Round - Santa/Gnomes/Elves
• Christmas Kickstart - Santa & his Sidekicks
• Jingle Belles - Santa Claus
• Peace on Earth Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes

Festive Friends

I have another simple Christmas card to share today...this one's a one layer card for this week's Less is More's 'Santa' theme. The image is 'Festive Friends' by Sugar Nellie, and the sentiment stamp is from a set by Lili of the Valley.

Challenges for this card:

• Cutie Pie - Simply Cute & Christmassy
• Less is More - One Layer Card - Santa
• Simon Says Stamp - Christmas
• Sugar Bowl Challenge - Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Wrap Up Warm

 

Pile It On! Challenge - Recycle/Upcycle Something

This week at the Pile It On! Challenge, we're challenging you to:

'Recycle/Upcycle Something'

We are sponsored for this challenge by Bugaboo Stamps:

Prize - 7 Bugaboo Stamps Digi Images!

My recycled item is a cereal box:

I used the reverse side of the packaging for 'kraft' card.

I stamped and heat embossed in white some Hero Arts background stamps (Magical, Snowflakes & Chevrons) on my 'kraft' card. The image is a Sugar Nellie stamp called 'Festive Friends'...which I coloured using watercolour pencils...the sentiment stamp is from a Lili of the Valley set, and the gems are from Paperchase.

Here are the challenges I piled on:

• Pile It On! - Recycle/Upcycle Something
• Allsorts - No Design Papers
• Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Snow People
• Clear It Out - Anything Goes
• Completely Christmas - Embossing
• Crafty Catz - Winter Theme
• Delightful - Gems
• Dream Valley - Anything Goes
• Gem of a Challenge - Kraft & One Other Colour
• Little Red Wagon - Layer It Up
• Penny's Paper Crafting - Anything Goes
• Sketch Saturday - Sketch #337
• Sparkles Monthly - Santa
• Stampavie & More - Anything Goes
• That Craft Place - Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
• Winter Wonderland - Sentiments

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.

Noel

Today's card couldn't get much simpler...I used a Sugar Nellie stamp (sorry...I don't know what it's called, and can't find it on their website) which I simply coloured using watercolour pencils, then mounted on to to my card blank using 3D foam pads.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra - Anything Goes
• Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
• Gem of a Challenge - Clean & Simple
• Penny Black & More @ Allsorts - Get Ahead for Christmas
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Watercolours

Lola with Bird

I've used  a really old stamp on today's card...it's 'Lola with Bird' by Rachelle Anne Miller for Sugar Nellie. I coloured it using watercolour pencils to match the 'My Girl' papers by American Crafts. I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Party Critters' set by Penny Black, the flowers are by Prima, the twine is by Dovecraft, the pearls are from Hobbycraft, and the buttons are from my stash.

Challenges for this card:

• Allsorts - Ladies Day
• Creative Inspirations - Buttons
• Cute Card Thursday - Buttons & Bows
• Daring Cardmakers - Old, but Not Forgotten (This stamp is at least 5 years old...and checking back through my blog, I don't think I've used it in over 3 years!)
• Incy Wincy - Birthdays
• In the Pink - Pink Plus One Other Colour (Grey)
• Pink Elephant - Use Pink
• Squirrel & the Fox - Something Spooled (Twine)
• Sugar Bowl - Colour Combo:

• Totally Gorjuss - Strings the Thing

Cute & Cuddly

As a complete contrast to yesterday's bright card, I have something a lot calmer to share today. One of my friends is expecting her first baby at the beginning of April, and a baby shower is being thrown for her next Sunday, so I've made a card to go with my gift. The image is 'Cute & Cuddly' by Sugar Nellie, which I coloured using watercolour pencils, and the sentiment stamp is from a set by Art Impressions. I pierced the holes all around the edge using the piercing guide on a Dovecraft ruler, then mounted the image on 3D foam.

Challenges for this card:

• Cute Card Thursday - Simplify
• Less is More - Paper Piercing
• Sugar Bowl - Amything Goes
• Totally Gorjuss - Happy

Pile It On! Challenge - For a Princess

This week at Pile It On!, our challenge theme is:

'For a Princess'

Our sponsor this week is:

A Day for Daisies (will add prize info later).

I've used a Gorjuss Girl image on my card...it was an image sent to me ages ago in a swap, and I can't find her at Funky Kits, so I can't tell you what her name is unfortunately. I coloured her using watercolour pencils to match the bright Bo Bunny 'Love Bandit' papers I've used. I distressed the edges of the papers, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I cut a couple of flowers from the papers using my Tim Holtz/Sizzix 'Tattered Florals' die, and attached them with a sparkly brad from Craft Obsessions. The sentiment was a freebie stamp (came with a Docrafts magazine)...and is perfect for a Birthday Princess with it's little crowns, and I added some extra sparkle with some pink adhesive gems.

Here are the challenges I've piled on:

• Pile It On! - For a Princess
• Card Makin' Mamas - Hearts (On her dress & the papers)
• Crafts & Me - Birthdays
• Crafty Catz - 3 Embellishments (Flower, Brad & Gems), 2 Papers & 1 Image
• Crafty Sentiments - Sparkles
• Cupcake Crafts - Flowers
• Cute Card Thursday - Stitching
• Love to Create - Handmade Flowers
• Stamping Boutique - Anything Birthday

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.

Party Princess

I have another red, white & blue card today...I've used 'Party Princess' (by Sugar Nellie)...she's prefect for all those 'Jubilee' challenges with her crown...and her little bear has a crown too! The papers are from the 'Boxer' pad by BasicGrey...I distressed the edges with 'Picket Fence' Distress Stain, and then my distressing tool, before adding faux stitching using mmy CutterBee Bug and a white gel pen. The sentiment stamp was a freebie with the latest DoCrafts mag...it's rather large, but I just had to use it because of the crowns! I used my EK Success 'Scalloped Diamonds' punch along the edge of the border, the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, and the sparkly gem brads are from Craft Obsessions.

Challenges for this card:

• BasicGrey - Diamond Jubilee (Papers are from the 'Boxer' pad)
• Crafty Cardmakers - Distressing
• Let's Ink It Up - Favourite Embellishments (Flowers & Brads)
• One Stop Craft - Crowns or Diamonds & Red, White & Blue
• Simon Says Stamp - Diamond Jubilee, Crowns & Gems
• Stampavie & More - For a Girl
• Sugar Bowl - Sketch

Christmas Pringle

I have another Christmas card to share today...don't say I didn't warn you! This one uses a Sugar Nellie stamp called 'Pringle'...he's not really a Christmas image...but his present doesn't have to just be for birthdays. I coloured him with watercolour pencils, then stamped around the edges using a My Paper World snowflake stamp in 'Stormy Sky' Distress Ink...then blended a little of the same ink over the top. The papers are from the 'Festive Frost' collection by My Mind's Eye...I inked and distressed the edges, then added faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a white gel pen. The snowflakes were cut from kraft card using Marianne Designs and Cuttlebug dies...I inked the edges of those too..then added a some adhesive pearls, and lace.

Challenges for this card:

• Christmas Crafting - Use a non-Christmas Image
• Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes
• One Stitch at a Time - Anything Goes
• Sugar Bowl - Sketch (and optional 'Spots & Dots' theme)
• Totally Stampalicious - Critters

Cute & Cuddly

Hurrah - I have a new card to show you today! I haven't made a card in nearly two weeks...which for anyone who knows me, will know that's some kind of record! lol
I was aksed to make a 'new baby' card for the latest addition to our family...a baby boy (I hope!) due tomorrow. The image is called 'Cute & Cuddly' by Sugar Nellie, which I coloured using watercolour pencils, adding Glossy Accents to the balloon. The only instruction I was given was to keep it simple, so I used just a couple of papers (My Mind's Eye & Cosmo Cricket), embossing the plainish one using my Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' folder. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Sending Sunshine' set by Simon Says Stamp.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafter's Companion - New Beginnings
• Little Red Wagon - Something New
• Paper Sundaes - Celebrate

Puss in Boots

I've used another of the Sugar Nellie stamps I won on today's card...this one's called 'Puss in Boots'. For the background, I embossed some Core'Dinations card using my trusty Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes' folder...sanding over the raised areas to reveal the contrasting core. The snowflake was cut using my Cuttlebug 'Ice Crystal' die, and the ribbon and button are from my stash.

Challenges for this card:

• Christmas Cards - Holly or Wreaths
• Christmas Stampin' - Never seen ink (I only got this stamp last Friday!)
• Sketch & Stash - Sketch (My new stash is the stamp) 
• Sweet Stampin' - Use Gingham
• Totally Gorjuss - Christmas Traditions (Putting the stockings out for Santa)

Cute & Cuddly

I was lucky to be chosen as the winner of a challenge over at Fab 'N' Funky a couple of weeks ago...and the fabulous prize was my choice of four Sugar Nellie stamps...how wonderful is that?! Well, my stamps arrived on Friday, and I mounted them all on to EZMount yesterday so that I could get stamping! :0)
On today's card, I've used 'Cute & Cuddly'...just look at those squidgy tummies! I coloured the image using watercolour pencils with a pink glossy balloon (I usually tend to make baby boy cards as I much prefer blue & green to pink! lol), then added a stamped sentiment from the CCSR set by Papermania.

 

Challenges for this card:

• Crafty Sentiments - Baby
• Little Red Wagon - Congratulations
• Scrapbook Sisters - Baby

Poppy Fields

With today being Armistice Day, I just had to use my Sugar Nellie 'Poppy Fields' stamp. I coloured her using watercolour pencils, then cut her out using my Nesties. I decided to keep the card mainly white...to let the red of her dress and the poppies stand out. I embossed plain white card using my Cuttlebug 'Victoria' and 'Flower Fantasy' folders...distressing the edges a little for definition. I cut the flowers from some scraps of My Mind's Eye '29th Street Market' paper using my 'Tattered Florals' die, and added a sentiment from the 'Sending Sunshine' set by Simon Says Stamp.

Challenges for this card:

• Creative Card Crew - Thankful
• Cute Card Thursday - Red for Rememberance
• Fab 'n' Funky - White
• Papercrafting Journey - Embossing
• Simon Says Stamp - Photo Inspiration
• Sugar Bowl - Sketch

Pink Party Princess

I have a VERY pink card to show you today...I've used a Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Girl called 'Party Princess', which I coloured using watercolour pencils. The pink papers are from a Heidi Grace pad, the sentiment stamp is from the Hero Arts 'Anytime Messages' set, and I used my EK Success 'Scalloped Diamonds' border punch on the white card. I cut the flowers using a die from the Cuttlebug 'Olivia' alphabet set, and added some adhesive pearls to their centres.

Challenges for this card:

• Crazy Challenge - Flowers
• Sugar Bowl - Sketch & Pink
• Teddy Stampers - Me & My Teddy (although I'd never wear this much pink!)
• Totally Stampalicious - Birthdays
• Wags 'N Whiskers - Ribbons & Pearls

Bumble Bee

It's been ages since I joined in with the Sugar Bowl Challenge...but I had a little play this afternoon...and made a card using their sketch. The image is 'Bumble Bee' by Sugar Nellie which I coloured with watercolour pencils, adding some sparkle with a Sakura Stardust pen and cut out using a craft knife. The papers are from the 'Kioshi' pad by BasicGrey, and I embossed the plainer ones using my 'Kassie's Brocade', 'Victoria' and 'Floral Fantasy' folders...sanding over the raised areas to reveal the detail. The sentiment stamp is by Cuddly Buddly, and the lace is from Hobbycraft.

Challenges for this card:

• Sugar Bowl - Sketch & optional extra of embossing
• Charisma Cardz - Pearls & Lace
• Die Cut Dreams - How girlie can you get?
• Paper Sundaes - Cut it out
• Sew Many - Anything Goes

Just Cute Bears - Bear & Me

This week's Just Cute Bears Challenge is a little bit different...the theme is:

'Bear & Me'

Well...maybe not 'you'...but a person with the bear on your item! lol

We are sponsored for this challenge by Whiff of Joy, who have generously donated the adorable 'Bruno with Cupcake'

I've used one of the Gorjuss Girl stamps by Sugar Nellie on my card...and rather appropriately, it's called 'Teddy Bear'. The papers are from the 'Lemonade' pad by BasicGrey, the flowers are a mixture of Poppicrafts, Prima and Petaloo, and the pearl brads are by Papermania. I used my 'Stylized Flowers' and 'Just My Type' Cuttlebug folders to emboss the 'plain' papers, and then sanded the raised areas to reveal the white core.

I'm also entering my cards into a few other challenges:

• Stamp with Fun - Sketch
• BasicGrey - Pearls
• Creative Card Crew - Cute & Girly
• Creative Inspirations (Wed) - Recipe: 5 Flowers, 3 Papers, 1 Ribbon

As always, don't forget to check out the fabulous creations by the rest of the Just Cute Bears DT.

Pringle

I ran out of time last week...and didn't manage to play along with the Sugar Bowl Challenge...but as luck would have it, for their new challenge, we can choose from any of their previous sketches...so I get to play along after all! So I've used Sketch 39, and there is some blue on my card (athough it looks kind of grey in the photo), so I've sort of used the theme form that challenge too. The image is 'Pringle' (by Sugar Nellie), and I used my 'Diamond Plate' and 'Spots & Dots' Cuttlebug folders for the embossing, sanding the raised areas to bring out the texture. I'm also going to enter this card into Stamp with Fun's 'Card for a Boy/Man' challenge.

Summery Sugar

I've had the day off today...woo-hoo!...so I spent a little time crafting this afternoon, while watching the Tour de France. I followed the sketch from the Sugar Bowl Challenge (including the optional extra of 'scallops'), using one of the Gorjuss Girl stamps, 'Teddy Bear', which is also perfect for the Teddy Stampers 'Love My Teddy' challenge. I used summery coloured papers from the 'Ooh La La (for Her)' collection by My Mind's Eye, so I'm also going to enter this card into Cute Card Thursday's 'School's Out for Summer'...even though I still have a couple more weeks of teaching to go before it's out for me! :0(
I distressed all of the edges, and added a sentiment from the CCSR set by Papermania, as I'm going to send this card to my partner for this month's Friendship Card Sawp on the Docrafts forum.

Party Princess

I had a lovely afternoon yesterday...crafting away...and this is one of the cards I made. I followed the sketch from the Sugar Bowl Challenge, and went with their optional extra of 'Girly & Feminine'. I used 'Party Princess', watercolouring her to match the yummy BasicGrey 'Bittersweet' papers. I used my 'Perfect Paisley' Cuttlebug folder to emboss the pink strip across the centre, then sanded the raised areas. I distressed the edges with inks, used an EK Sucess punch for the scalloped edge, and the ribbon is from Poppicrafts.

 

Since we're now allowed to combine our Sugar Bowl Challenge cards with others, I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Creative Stamp Friends - Pink & Brown 
• Papertake Weekly - Ice Cream Flavours (I don't actually like ice cream, but I am partial to raspberry & chocolate frozen yoghurt...I hope that counts! lol)
• Paper Sundaes - Pretty as a Princess 
• Totally Gorguss - Sugar & Spice

Just Cute Bears - Monochrome

Before I get on to this week's Just Cute Bears Challenge, I have some sad news...our lovely Ali, who started up the Just Cute Bears Challenge, has decided to take a break from blogging, so will be leaving the team...we'll miss you hun! But, this is not the end for Just Cute Bears...we're going to keep the challenge going, and are now in the capable hands of Cathy! 

The theme for this week's Challenge is:

'Monochrome'

I decided to use my favourite colour (blue) to make a baby boy card...I don't know anyone expecting a boy...but it doesn't hurt to be prepared! lol The image is 'Dexter Bear' by Sugar Nellie, and I created the background using my 'Swiss Dots' and 'Spots & Dots' Cuttlebug folders. The sentiment was done on computer.

 

I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Sunday Sketch & Stamp - Sketch
• Craftalicious - Monochrome
• Creative Inspirations (Sundays) - Monochrome
• Sweet Stampin' - Clean & Simple

Don't forget to check out the fabulous creations by my lovely Just Cute Bears teamies.