Sugar Nellie DT Post - New Furry Friends

- Hello Sugar Fans -

 

Well hello and good morning to you all. It's Thursday and it's Sugar Nellie time!

Yay!!!!  I get the fab job of  introducing one of the new digital stamps from the 'Furry Friends' collection - this fabby stamp is called Golf Buddy and it's available from Funkykits in digital format. How cool is this for a golfing fan or the golfer in the family. I made them both very dark and furry - but they would look equally as brilliant in a much softer colourway. 

 

 

Here's What I Did

My card is actually a tear drop shaped card as I wanted to make them appear as though they were on a hillside. To make my card base - I cut a 5" x 7" piece of strong card for the back, and then cut a 5" x 7½" piece of strong acetate for the front.  I scored ½" in from one end of the acetate which I then scored and folded over to make a flap; I added taped to the flap usually strong tape (red tape) this was stuck to the back of the piece of card. 

To decorate my card - I added blue card (sky) to my card then glued cut out hills on top of this (distressing ink was added to the edges first), I also tucked a cut out flag/post behind one of the hills. At the edge of the card I glued on a punched out border being careful not too place my tape too close to the inner edge - as this is where the acetate will be tucked into (see above picture). I coloured my 'Golf Buddy' image with Copics and cut all the pieces out, these were glued to the front of my acetate along with a hill shape to compliment the background hills. To finish off I added a few die cut clouds.

When the acetate is untucked from the border edge the card lies flat for postage.   

Here's What I Used

Digi Stamp: 'Golf Buddy' available Sugar Nellie at Funkykits
Paper/Cardstock (CS): Centura Pearl, First Edition 'Spring Drop', Craftwork CS Digital Super Smooth, Acetate
Copic Pens: Dog - E31, E35, E37, E57 / Cap & Ball - Y11, Y15, Y38, R22, R27, R29, R59 / Grass - YG17 / Flag & Golf Bag - Y15, Y35, Y38, R22, R27, R29, R59 / Golf Clubs: C1, C2, C3 / Rabbit - W1, W2, W3, W5, W7, R000 
Dies: Joy 'Clouds'

Other: Martha Stewart Border Punch, Distressing Ink
 

To see more Sugar Nellie creations made by my fab Sugar Nellie DT buddies, why not drop by the Sugar Nellie blog, or join our Facebook page (just search for the Official Sugar Nellie Group).

Thank you for dropping by - why not leave me a message I'd love to hear from you.

Don't forget about Sugar Nellie challenge over at The Sugar Bowl - there's 2 fab prizes up for grabs.

Challenge Entered:

 

Hugs
 

x Janine x 

Sugar Nellie - Picket Post Lane

- Hello Sugar Fans -

 

Well hello and good morning to you all. It's Thursday and it's Sugar Nellie time!

I thought for this week I'd use another one of our new 'Furry Friends' digi stamp because I just think they're soooo cute.  This beautiful stamp is called 'Picket Post Lane' and it's available from Funkykits in digital format.

Here's What I Did
I really just wanted to play with this gorgeous digi stamp. So I decided to print out a large copy of it onto watercolour card, and colour it with distressing pens and inks.  I decided to frame it for my daughter's bedroom - so I bought a 8" x 10" inexpensive frame from a local discount store. I did cut out my own mount to go inside the frame using white cardstock and my Silhouette, but if you wanted to create something similar you can buy pre-cut mounts quite cheaply. I used a few pencils to added more depth to the picture. To finish off I added a little glitter to the parcels and envelope.

This was such a simple project to do and the image looks great in a frame, as will all the Sugar Nellie stamps. 

Here's What I Used

Stamp: 'Picket Post Lane' available Sugar Nellie at Funkykits
Paper/Cardstock (CS): White CS, Watercolour CS
Distressing Ink & Pens - Bear's Fur, Bird, Ground - Tea Dye, Vintage Photo / Cheeks - Worn Lipstick / Sky - Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans / Fence - Peeled Paint / Grass - Forest Moss, Pine Needles / Parcels & Envelope - Worn Lipstick, Spun Sugar / Birdhouse - Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed / Stones - Pumice Stone

Other: Frame, Glitter, Silhouette Machine, Kanban Stamp, Pencils
 

To see more Sugar Nellie creations made by my fab Sugar Nellie DT buddies why not drop by the Sugar Nellie blog, or join our Facebook page (just search for the Official Sugar Nellie Group)

Thank you for dropping by - why not leave me a message I'd love to hear from you.

Don't forget about our 'Furry Friends' competition - we're offering a fabulous prize of a Kit & Clowder colouring class to the winner.  So come on and get entering, all the details can be found on the 'Competition' tab on the Sugar Nellie blog.
 

Challenge Entered:
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes - Yay!  I got an Honourable mention. Thank you everyone!
 

Hugs
 

x Janine x 

Sugar Nellie - Words From The Heart

- Hello Sugar Fans -

 

Good morning, it's Thursday and it's Sugar Nellie time! So in light of our 'Furry Friends' stamp launch and Blog Hop on Saturday I thought I would create another card full of furry sweetness. This little cutie is called 'Words from the heart' and it's available from Funkykits in digital format.. 

 

 

Here's What I Did
This is a really simple card to  make. I used a 6" x 6" white card base and matted it with Kraft and coloured CS. Then I printed my digital image directly onto another piece of Kraft card and coloured it with pencils. This was then cut to size and added to my card.  To finish off I added some faux stitching around the edge, tiny buttons and some die cut mini tags.

Here's What I Used

Stamp: 'Words from the heart' available from Funkykits. 
Paper/Cardstock (CS): Kraft, Papermania Coloured CS,
Pencils - Lyra Polycolour (PC), Prismacolour (PS), Derwent Coloursoft (D): 

Cat Fur, Nose and Paws - White (PC) / Belly - White (D) / Pen - Carmine Red (P), Crimson Red (P), Silver (P) / Paper - Cream (PC), Lemon Yellow (PC), Canary Yellow / Writing - White (P), Black (P)
Dies: Die-namics - MFT Blueprint '8'
Other: Buttons, Fineline Pen
 

To see more Sugar Nellie creations made by my fab Sugar Nellie DT buddies why not drop by the Sugar Nellie blog, or join our Facebook page (just search for the Official Sugar Nellie Group)

Thank you for dropping by - why not leave me a message I'd love to hear from you.
 

Challenge Entered:
 

Hugs
 

x Janine x 

Furry Friends Blog Hop - Sugar Nellie

Whoo hoo it's Sugar Nellie's blog hop day!!!

Hello, well here it is the official launch of Furry Friends from Sugar Nellie and our blog hop day. So come on and check out my fab Design Team buddies who are showcasing some of our brilliant new stamps. If you feel inspired why not grab them now, they're all available as digital stamps - so you can get your hands on them instantly. There's special launch price which is only available this weekend.

 

To onto our hop!

You should have hopped HERE from the lovely Fiona's blog.

Here's my 'Furry Friends' hop card - I hope you like it and it inspires you to buy this cute little fella.

Here's What I Did
I've used Furry Friends 'High Flyer'. Does he look a little familiar! Yep, I used him to create the Blog Hop banner on our Facebook page and on the Sugar Nellie's blog.  He's such a dream to colour in and sooo cute!

On my card I wanted to give him a little extra dimension so I printed him out a few times onto Neenah cardstock, and coloured different sections in, these sections were then fussy cut out (this is my favourite thing to do!). The sections were then layered up using foam tape to form the final picture.  The same image was printed directly onto pale blue card, then the cat, plane, clouds and banner was glued directly onto this. To finish off my card I added hand cut hills and trees, plus a few punched out flowers. Everything was then matted and layered onto coordinating cardstock.

Here's What I Used

Stamp: Furry Friends 'High Flyer' available from Funkykits. 
Paper/Cardstock (CS): First Edition 'Spring Drops', Papermania Coloured CS, Neenah CS

Copic Pens: Various (Sorry I've lost my notebook with all the colours written in - when I find it I'll add the pen colours) 

Other: Punch, Glossy Accents, Fineliner Pen, CraftArtist2, White Pen, Silver Pen
 

Before You Hop Away

If you decided to purchase 'High Flyer' the banner is empty, this is so you can add your own text either digitally or by stamping inside it. I personally added my text inside the banner using CraftArtist 2, and I have written up an instructional sheet for you - this can be downloaded and/or printed out. You can find it on my Tutorials, Tips & Hints page (the link is at the top). Text can be inserted into or onto digital images using MS Word, so if you would instructions on how to do this let me know in your comments. 

Furry Friends Competition
There's a fabulous competition starting tomorrow (Sunday).  You need to purchase a 'Furry Friends' image, coloured it and make up your card then post it on your blog along with our competition banner.  Full details are given on the Competition page (the link is at top of the Sugar Nellie Blog). There's a fabulous prize on offer - a Copic colouring class with Kit & Clowder.  Plus there's a Guest Designer spot up for grabs. So come on what are you waiting for ---- get entering!

Your Next Hop
Next you need to hop to the gorgeous Christine's blog.

So good luck everyone and I hope you love our new stamps. 

Have fun in our blog hop.

Hugs

Janine x