Happy New Year

I know I am a little late with my New Year wishes but we have just returned home after spending a lovely Hogmanay with friends in the Scottish Highlands.  My resolution for 2012 is to spend more time crafting and keeping up to date with my blog.  Life very much got in the way at the latter half of 2011.  I wish you all a happy and healthy 2012 with lots of happy crafting.

Straight Line Challenge

The challenge this week over at the Sugar Nellie page on Facebook was the make a card with straight lines only.  I used Belle Flower from SUGAR NELLIE I thought I really should use some of my older stamps before the new release of sweetness on Thursday.  She is coloured with Promarkers, the dp is from my stash.  This is the first time I have done black hair and I have to say I am sure it will be the last time unless by some miracle I manage to get it right.

HELP FOR KRAFTY KAREN - PICTURE ADDED

Please could you spare a few minutes to read the post on Wendy's blog as she puts this so much better than I could.  Karen is a friend who is a very talented crafter, she has been going through a tough time over the past couple of years yet she always manages to stay cheerful and supportive of her crafting friends.  Maybe you could also pop over to Karen's blog and take a look at all her lovely work.  Thanks.

I have come back to this post with a little extra for you all.  I bought some of Karen's designs this morning and thought I would share it with you.  I haven't done it justice as there are more decoupage layers to be added but my hand and scissors just aren't compatible this morning.  I have added a little glitter as our Karen loves her glitter.

Retail Therapy

Yesterday was our 39th Wedding Anniversary and my lovely other half took me on a trip to Elgin to the home of  SUGAR NELLIE  among the purchases I made was this lovely image.  I have used her to transform a couple of very inexpensive note books, I am busy making items for my Christmas sales table and thought these would be ideal.

As usual I have used Promarkers to colour her, the papers are from my stash.

Where has the time gone

Afternoon all, I cannot believe how long it has been since my last post on here. It is a beautiful sunny afternoon here after a morning of rain, I hope we get more sunny days.  I have a very simple card to share today it is another one for the men in our lives.  The image is from LITTLE CLAIRE and the sentiment is from CREATE WITH TLC.  As usual I have coloured the image with Promarkers then edged it with Distress ink.  The card background has been stamped with the beer glass image from the stamp set again with Distress Ink.  I am off to sit in the sun to enjoy a nice cool drink.

Something for the Boys

I always struggle when it comes to making cards for Males.  I found these lovely stamps from Papermania on my trip to the Home of Sugar Nellie Yesterday and I think they fit the bill perfectly.  I stamped the image onto Kraft Cardstock, a bit of faux stitching some distress ink and voila.  So simple why didn't I think of it before, I think I will make a batch of these up as there are 6 stamps in the set.  It is a dull and rather chilly day here in the North East of Scotland - a perfect crafting day.

A Gift For Teacher

First of all I would like to say sorry to my blogging buddies for not commenting on all your lovely creations but I am having problems like many of us with blogger.
My grandaughter leaves Primary School at the end of this term so I have made her a gift for her teacher, I hope she likes what I have come up with.  I stamped Winking Student from SUGAR NELLIE  on a canvas then coloured her with Promarkers.  The wooden frame I have decoupatched, the sentiment is from CREATE WITH TLC  flowers are from my stash.  I must admit I felt a little sad making this as it doesn't seem very long since she had her first day at Primary School.

ALL IN PINK

The theme for the Sugar Nellie challenge on Facebook this week is PINK.  The image is FASHIONISTA  the sentiment is from CREATE WITH TLC papers are from my stash.  As usual I have coloured the image with Promarkers and a Prismacolor pencil.  The sun is out this afternoon so I think I will take some stamped images and sit in the garden to colour them

WET SUNDAY

Good afternoon it is a horrible wet day here in the N.E. of Scotland.  We have had lovely weather for a few days and now wer are back to normal.  The card I have to share today is made with another sweet digi image she is called CONNIE I have coloured her with Promarkers and Prisma Pencils.  The DP is called Hideaway.   I love colouring these images they are so beautifully drawn it makes it so easy.

SQUARE CHALENGE CARD

Hello again it seem so long since I last posted but life has a knack of getting in the way of crafting.  My mojo also decided to take a holiday - without asking me first lol.  Todays card is for the Sugar Nellie challenge over on Facebook.  The image I have used is a digi image Melissa she is available HERE.  The DP is called Spring Feast. I have coloured the image with Promarkers but the hair is done with a Prismacolour Pencil.

A Cherry On The Top

Well what a difference here today after all the rain yesterday, the sun is out and it is a lovely day.   The stamp for the main image on today's card is "A Cherry on Top" from SUGAR NELLIE  the plate of cakes was a freebie on a magazine.  I love cup cakes and think these ones look yummy.

SUMMER ICE CREAM

It is nothing like Summer here infact it is pouring down.  Our challenge this week over at THE SUGAR NELLIE GROUP  on Facebook is to make a card inspired by Strawberries & Cream, they make me think of Summer so I have used this cutie called Summer Ice Cream I have coloured her with Promarkers.

SIMPLY ADORABLE

Morning all from a very wet NE Scotland.  I have added two sweet images onto my side bar they are Digi stamps that will soon be available over at FUNKY KITS I can't wait to get my hands on them.  The art work is amazing on this range, mind you Karen always brings us amazing images be it in rubber or digi.

LESS IS MORE SENTIMENT

Morning all, the challenge over at SIMPLY LESS IS MORE this week is to make a one layer card where the sentiment is the focal point.  It has taken me all morning to work this one out, the images are from PAULETTE.  They are two seperate images I wanted to fade the Giraffe into the background with the sentiment on the top, after going through loads of copy paper I have printed it off onto 300gsm linen look cardstock and I hope I have acheived the desired effect.  I look forward to hearing what you all think of it.

Good afternoon, after a rather chilly start to our day the sun is now shining, I do hope it stays like this for the weekend.  The images used on todays card are from Woodware, the paper is called Up Up & Away from First Edition.  The flower is made using a punch and the cardstock I used for matting & Layering.  These are just some of the things I bought yesterday on my crafty shopping trip.  There are so many other things I should be doing but what the heck they will still be there tomorrow and who can resist playing with new stash lol.





YOUNG LOVE

I think this is such a sweet image it is from MO MANNING the sentiment is another one from PAULETTE  she has a sentiment for everything. I have had a lovely day today I went to visit the home of  SUGAR NELLIE  I bought some lovely crafting goodies - well I chose them and himself paid for them lol.  Hope you have all had a lovely day and the sun has been shining.

A LITTLE BIT OF RED

The challenge this week over at LESS IS MORE  was for a bit of red.  The image and sentiment I have used are both from PAULETTE  I printed them directly into some white linen cardstock and coloured with Promarkers.  I feel the beautiful image and sentiment are well suited to this type of card.

LADYBUG LADYBUG

I just love this Digi image it was Friday Freebie over at Bugaboo Stamps  the sentiment which I think is just perfect is another freebie from the very generous and talented Paulette over at create with TLC.  I coloured the image with Prisma Pencils though I think a lot more practice is needed with these.

It has been a lovely warm sunny day here in the NE of Scotland - makes a nice change lol.  Hubby decided we should go out for the day and of course we ended up in one or two crafty places so I came home very happy.  I will spend this evening playing with my new goodies and who knows I may have something to show you tomorrow.

WOW card challenge on Facebook

Sorry I haven't been around for a while but ill health and family have kept me away.  The SUGAR NELLIE challenge on facebook this week was a white on white card.  I have had this image coloured for a while but couldn't decide what I wanted to do with it so decided to use it today.  She is called Fairy Tale from the Simply Sassy range and is available HERE.  I have coloured her with Promarkers.  Also used is a Cuttleubug embossed frame also some punched flowers and leaves.

LESS IS MORE

The theme this week over at SIMPLY LESS IS MOREis Pastel colours.  I have chosen a beautiful image called "Bambino" from SUGAR NELLIE, coloured with Promarkers, the sentiment is a freebie over at SENTIMENTAL SUNDAYS so thank you to them. I have hummed and hawed all morning whether this would fit the bill for the challenge but have decided just to go with it.