Sugar Nellie - Feed The Birds

- Hello Sugar Fans -

Well I've literally just come back from my fab holiday in Majorca - Puerto Pollenca to be exact. My hubbie and I had a brilliant time relaxing in the sun and of course swimming in the sea. It was just fabulous being able to colour away and whilst listening to my music whilst staring at the ocean...total bliss.  

Anyhoo, it's Wednesday and Sugar Nellie day, and my turn to share a card with you.  So this week I thought I would make something another girly and autumnal for you. This gorgeous 'All Dressed Up' stamp is called 'Feed the Birds' and I thought it had touch of autumn about it - she's available as a digital stamp from Funkykits.  I just think she's so cute and I love the little squirrel, there's more of the 'All Dressed Up' digital stamps available to download in store. 

 

 

Here's What I Did
I used a 6" x 6" scallop card blank and matted it with pretty blue patterned paper. I printed my image directly onto my colouring cardstock and I coloured it with Copic Markers, to add a little background I added various sized dots. I then die cut 2 frames from blue and pink card using several square dies and layered them up on the card base. The coloured topper was inserted inside the frame. 

Using the left over squares from the frames I adhered some doubled sided sticky paper to them and die cut some skeleton leaves. I peeled off the backing paper and added some crystal glitter - these were added to my frames as embellishments.

To finish off I added a few gems and a touch of glitter.

Here's What I Used
Digi Stamp: 'Feed The Birds' All Dressed Up digital stamp available from Sugar Nellie at Funkykits
Paper/Cardstock (CS): Craftwork Super Smooth Digital CS, Topsy Turvy CS, Double Sided
Adhesive Paper, LOTV 'Promises - Solid'
Copics: Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, E02 / Dress, Hat & Tree - R81, R85, RV34 / Buttons, Mittens, Squirrel, Bird & Leaves - B0000, B00, B02, B45, BV29 / Hair - C1, C2, C3, C5, C7, 100
Dies: Tonic Square Layering Dies, Tattered Lace 'Embellishments'
Other: Glitter, Gems

Don't forget if you want to see more Sugar Nellie creations made my lovely teamies why not drop by the Sugar Nellie blog or join our Facebook page (just search for the Official Sugar Nellie Group).

Why not join in with the challenge over at the Sugar Bowl - there's still  time to enter with a great prize up for grabs. The theme this month is 'Anything Goes' so it's really easy. DON'T FORGET TO ENTER THE CHALLENGE YOU MUST USE a Sugar Nellie stamp. 

I look forward to seeing you soon. Why not leave me a message so I know who's out there - I'd love to hear from you!!

Challenge Entered:
All Dressed Up - September (Challenge #41)
 

Hugs & kisses

x Janine x

Sweet Stampin' - Emboss It

Hello and good morning everyone ---

Well it's that time of the week again --- it's Sweet Stampin', and my turn to share my Design Team card with you. Our fab theme this week is 'Emboss It' - so that can be dry embossing, inking and embossing, or using an embossing folder - basically as long as you included a stamped element any 'embossing' is fine.

For my card I used cute My Favourite Thing (MFT) stamp set called 'You Have My Heart' - just in case you're interested there is also a die set that co-ordinates with this too.  I stamped and coloured this cute pair with Copics, used texture paste on the starry sky, and stamped and embossed my sentiment.

 

Here's What I Did
I used a 5" x 5" scalloped white card base. I then die cut a square from white card and die cut another square inside it, to create a frame. I added foam tape to the back of the frame to raise it up, Using some mid blue card I die cut another square the same size as before so it would fit inside the frame. Then using a star stencil I taped it in place over the top of the blue square (using removable tape) and plastered glitter texture paste over the top. I carefully removed the stencil from the square and allowed it to dry. Once dry I glued the square inside the white frame.

Next I stamped the girl and her dog and coloured them Copic pens, and then cut them out. I die cut a grassy hill from green card and stamped and embossed my sentiment on the front, and added dots using a white pen.  To finish off I glued the hill and the girl inside the frame.

Here's What I Used
Stamp Sets:  MFT 'You Have My Heart'
Dies: Simon Says Stamps 'A2 Card Curved Edge', Tonic 'Square' Layering Dies
Paper/Cardstock (CS): Deep Blue, Green, White CS
Copics: Skin - E000, E00, E11, R30 / Hair - E31, E33, E35, E37 / Dress - B12, B24, B32 / Dog - E31, E33, E35, C2, C5, C7 / Grass - G07
Other: Memry Box 'Stars Starry Night' Stencil, cosmic Shimmer Texture paste 'Aurora' , White embossing Powder
 

So why not drop by the Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog and check out what my fab Design Team girlies have made to inspire you. So come on why not join in with the fun and enter your card/project into our 'Emboss It' challenge we'd love to see your entries. 

 

REMEMBER you must include a stamped element on your card, follow our theme and link back to the Sweet Stampin' blog for a chance to win a prize!  Have fun and good luck.

 

This week's prize sponsor is Flat Friends

I can't wait to see what you all create.

 

Thank you so much for dropping by, why not leave me a message to say hi :)

Challenges entered: 

 

Hugs

 

 x Janine x

Sugar Nellie - Santa Door Hanger

- Hello Sugar Fans -

Good morning everyone, well it's definitely getting cooler and the weather is swiftly moving into autumn. I love autumn, but I don't like the darker evenings. At least I will be having a little breather from the cold, as I'm off on my late summer holiday very shortly...and it's somewhere nice and warm :)

Anyhoo, it's Wednesday and my turn to share a fabulous Sugar Nellie project with you.  This week I thought I would make something festive, so here is a Christmas door hanger, I know, I know I said the 'C' word again...sorry!  For the hanger I've used the sweet digi stamp 'Little Helpers' from Funkykits. 

 

 

  

Here's What I Did
Firstly I printed the digital image and my message 'Santa Please Stop Here' directly onto some colouring card stock, and then cut it into a rectangle measuring 4" x 10".  I coloured the image with Copic pens and matted it onto gold holographic card and then onto red card. Next I die cut a circle in the centre top.

I die cut 2 scalloped frames by using a scallop and plain circle die. These were then glued into place on the front and back of hanger around the hole - this was done to reinforce the aperture.

To finish off I added die cut white mini snowflakes, glittered up Santa's fur trim and added a ribbon bow.

Footnote --- Please beware that if you try to die cut the circle at the top through the 3 layers of card like I did. I had a terrible job cutting though everything, and it took approx 6 attempts and it still didn't cut though properly, plus it made awful crease marks on the hangers. So next time I will definitely die cut a circle on each layer separately, and then assemble.

Here's What I Used

Digi Stamp: 'Little Helpers' from Sugar Nellie at Funkykits
Paper/Cardstock (CS): Red CS, Holographic Gold CS, Neenah CS
Copics: Skin: E000, E00, R20 / Beard -  W0, W1, W2, W5 / Santa Suit, Gloves & Red Presents - R000, R14, R27, R20, R30, R32, R59 / Snow - BG10 / Sky - B0000, 0 / Boots & Belt - C0, C1, C23, C3, C5, C7 / Sack - / Rabbits & Sack - E00, E31, E33, E35, E37, R20, R32 / Green Presents & Scarfs - YG01, YG03, YG17 / Yellow presents & Stars - Y000, Y02, Y08, Y38 / Sack - E00, E31, E33, E35, E37 / Candy Cane - R30, R32, R59, C2
Dies: Lawn Fawn 'Mini Snowflakes', Spellbinders 'Circle and Scalloped Circle'
Other: Glitter, Ribbon

Don't forget if you want to see more Sugar Nellie creations made my lovely teamies why not drop by the Sugar Nellie blog or join our Facebook page (just search for the Official Sugar Nellie Group).

DON'T FORGET WE ARE HAVING A DESIGN TEAM CALL OUT - so if you're interested, grab your Sugar Nellie stamp and add your entry on the Sugar Nellie blog HERE. 

I look forward to seeing you soon. Why not leave me a message so I know who's out there - I'd love to hear from you!!

Challenge Entered:
Trimmies Craft Challenge - #328 Christmas
Graph It Challenge - #37 Christmas Colours
Ribbon Girl Challenge - Anything Goes with an image
 

Hugs & kisses

x Janine x

Sweet Stampin' - Let's Get Musical

Hello and good morning everyone ---

As you will have already gathered my term with Tiddly Inks has come to an end, so I'm back with the fab and talented Design Team girls at Sweet Stampin' - thanks ever so much Abi for releasing me :)

Well our theme this week is 'Let's Get Musical' (Musical instruments, notes, papers etc) so I used one of the cute digital images from Sugar Nellie and added some music patterned paper.  Perfect :)

 

Here's What I Did
I created my own 5" x 7" blank tent fold card from white A3 cardstock.

Next I printed my image directly onto my colouring card and die cut it into a rectangle, then coloured it with Copic pens. Using a sheet of LOTV music patterned paper I die cut it into a rectangle using the same stitched die as before, this was to ensure I cut it to the correct size and had the stitched effect on it. The patterned paper was cut again using a the word pop die (speech bubble) and inked around the edges, this was added to the dog image panel.  To add a little interest I die cut a 'Hello' sentiment from Gold mirra card and glued it in place on top of the music paper. The whole panel was then matted onto brown card and attached to my card base using foam pads. 

To finish off I drew a few more musical notes and added glossy accents to them, glued on gold mirra card circles and used a white pen on the eyes of the dog for highlights.

Here's What I Used
Stamps: Sugar Nellie 'Love Songs' from Funkykits
Paper/Cardstock (CS): A3 White 300gsm CS, Brown CS, Neenah Colouring CS, Gold Mirra CS, LOTV 'Heartfelt' Paper Pad
Copic Pens: Dog - E13, E21, E29, E33, E37, E51, E53, E99 /  Guitar - R02, R05, R14, R29, R32, R59, Y000, Y06, Y17 / Ground -= C0, C23, C5
Dies: Sizzix 'You & Me', Crealies XXL 'Stitched Rectangle', Memory Box 'Big Word Pop Curve'
Other: Punch, Glossy Accents, White Pen, Black Gel Pen, Gold Wink Of Stella Pen
 

So why not drop by the Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog and check out what my fab Design Team girlies have made to inspire you. So come on why not join in with the fun and enter your card/project into our 'Let's Get Musical' challenge we'd love to see your entries. 

REMEMBER you must include a stamped element on your card, follow our theme and link back to the Sweet Stampin' blog for a chance to win a prize!  Have fun and good luck.

This week's prize sponsor is Live & Love Crafts

I can't wait to see what you all create.

Thank you so much for dropping by, why not leave me a message to say hi :)

Challenges entered: 

Hugs

 x Janine x

Sugar Nellie - Berry

- Hello Sugar Fans -

Hi everyone, well the school hols are almost over and all I can stay is....what a 'blah' summer we've had. It's been awful....yes, we've had the occasional nice day but the majority of the time is been 'blah'! My daughter is all grown up now so it doesn't really affect me but it's been awful for the kids and parents this year. All well roll on my holidays...and a bit of sun on my back. I'm looking forward to colouring in the sun with a nice glass of something...which in my case will be water lol!!

Anyhoo, it's onto my Wednesday Sugar Nellie make for you. This week I decided to make plaque using a MDF shape instead of my usual card, and I have to save I love every minute of creating it and I'll definitely be making more of them...so watch this space! So for my project I used a stamp from the Scrapberry range called 'Berry' which is available from Funkykits.

Here's What I Did
I used a small MDF rectangle which I covered with a piece of patterned paper, and then inked around the edges. I stamped my rabbit onto colouring cardstock, coloured her using Copic pens and fussy cut her out.

I stamped the flowers onto some co-ordinating patterned paper, cut them out and again inked around the edges. The flowers plus some punched out leaves, a die cut sentiment and a few hearts were glued to the plaque along with a strip of lace and a piece of ribbon. The rabbit was added last using some foam tape to give it a little extra dimension.  To finish off I added a little glitter, and a few pearls and a sprinkling of sequins.

Here's What I Used

Stamp: Scrapberry 'Berry' from Sugar Nellie at Funkykits
Paper/Cardstock (CS): Craftwork Super Smooth Digital CS, Pink, Cream, Deep Pink CS, LOTV ' 'Heartfelt'
Flexmarkers: Rabbits Fur - Antique White, Blush, Nutmeg, Light Fawn, Dusky Pink, Cinnamon, Putty
Copics: Basket - Y000, Y11,. YR23 / Cherries - R000, R14, R20, R27 R32 / Leaves - YG02, YG06, YG17 / Dress & Hat - RV000, RV00, RV14,  RV21, RV23
Dies: Memory Box - 'Cross Stitched Hearts', Paper Smooches ' Kudos Words'
Other: Dreamees ' Flower Stamps & MDF Plaque', Lace, Ruibbon, Glitter, Pearls, Sequins, Leaf Punch, distressing Inks

Don't forget if you want to see more Sugar Nellie creations made my lovely teamies why not drop by the Sugar Nellie blog or join our Facebook page (just search for the Official Sugar Nellie Group).

Why not join in with the challenge over at the Sugar Bowl - there's still  time to enter with a great prize up for grabs. The theme this month is 'Anything Goes' so it's really easy. DON'T FORGET TO ENTER THE CHALLENGE YOU MUST USE a Sugar Nellie stamp. 

I look forward to seeing you soon. Why not leave me a message so I know who's out there - I'd love to hear from you!!

Challenge Entered:
Make The Day Special Stamp Store - September Colour Challenge
 

Hugs & kisses

x Janine x