Sugar Nellie

100 words

2012-03-09T20:33:00.000Z

Hello Sugar Addict, how are you all doing?
With a little bit of spring in the air it's a good time to look forward to nice days and holidays. I hope the weather is good with you and a little sunshine and blue sky's are just out side your window.

We have a real mild day here in Morayshire Scotland, it was rather windy earlier on my its very fresh now.
Spring is defiantly here, the school are having a Daffodil tea next week, there are snow drops growing around my craft caravan and its lambing time again. At lease my younger children are kept busy checking the sheep and helping out with the lambing. Pet lambs do not make the farmer smile but the kids do so keep their fingers crossed that there are at least a few pets to hand feed.

Wedding plans will be speeding up soon. The brides dress has arrived at our local Wedding Boutique and I am sure that when Debbie comes home at Easter "to roll her eggs", we will go for a fitting and pick out accessories. Bridesmaid shopping in Pheonixville was a four day event and at long last the order is in and we wait for delivery and keep your fingers crossed that all 4 girls at least fit the dresses. Alterations will be needed all round and then we have to think of there accessories too.

The next job on my list is invites. I am ready to roll!
Peal white card with Stamping Up accent colour card and matching ink, Waltzing Mouse wedding words, a Sizzix embossing folder and some pearls, put em together and what have you got..........bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!

Not everything is set up in my craft caravan, it has met with a lot of "negative words" from hubby. I still have a little to move out but then that will be one room clear and ready to to make back into a guest room for my visitors this summer. Four and a half months and counting down.

I don't think I have lost any weight yet, I am trying and my diet has changes a lot but I still have to add in exercise before the lbs will shift by the looks of it.
Now one person who has more strength and will power than me our own sweetie Ali who is shifting the lbs and doing fantastically. Fiona over on our Facebook group is running a Marathon this year. You girls are both brilliant for sticking to it and seeing the rewards.xx
I can do many things but loosing weight could be my failing, looks like I will turn into my Dad after all :(

I hope you enjoyed our last release, the Pip's especially were a quick digital sugar fix for all your spring and Easter cards. Bring out the yellows and oranges, those colours are sadly neglected in favour or pinks and purples but I know you girls are great crafters and can rise to the challenge. Colouring in is not for the quick fix crafts, time is taken and lots of love to get the right effect, I cant say how proud I am to see so many beautiful cards made with our stamps, both in blog land and on FB.
Sugar Nellie fans are the best.
oxo
Karen

Lost in Music !!

2012-03-09T09:00:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, today it's my turn to post a card :)

Click on the picture for a lager view !

I've made this card with the lovely stamp Sugar Nellie - Simply Sassy - Lost in Music

The stamp will be back in stock soon !!!

The papers I have used are from Maja Design - Crea Diem, I just love these beautiful papers.

The tag on the left side is still empty, when I know to whom I send this card, I can stamp a sentiment on it :)

I've also put a tag at the top, this one is from Magnolia.

For the shape of my card, I have used a Go Kreate Die - Large frame Frilly 5, this Die you can also find in the shop at Funky Kits !!!!

The border around the square design paper is a Magnolia Doohickie, the swirl is also from Magnolia, the music note is from Marianne Design, and the seambinding is from the Ribbon Girls.

I have colored the image with my Copics, what would I do without them :)

Thanks for stopping by, wish you all a lovely day and a fine weekend !!!

hugs Astrid

Spring Has Sprung!

2012-03-08T09:00:00.001Z

Today there is a new challenge over on the Sugar Bowl. There is always a sketch to follow, and the optional theme this time is 'Spring'. Whether that be an image that you associate with Spring...how about the new Sherbet Pips, with their Easter theme they are perfect for a Spring card. Or you could use Spring colours, papers, embellishments...it's up to you how or if you follow the theme.

Erika provided the sketch for this challenge, and her beautiful card uses the Sassy stamp So What.

I love these pastel pinks and greens and the pretty flower.

Fiona's very sweet card uses the image Porridge. Ain't he just one cute piggy?

Sent with 'Hogs and Kisses'.

And finally, do I hear a collective aaahhhhhhhh?

This is Kiki's gorgeous card and I'm pretty sure you all know who the gorgeous fairy is by now, but just in case there's anyone who isn't sure, she is the 'fairest fairy of them all' (and my absolute mostest favouritest stamp ever) Pippi Longsocks.

As always, there is one random winner picked from all the entries...but you ain't gonna win if you don't enter!

Thanks for looking.

Love Elaine xx

You're Too Sweet!

2012-03-07T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning sweeties! Today it's my turn to share a card with you and I used

Sweet Success

Isn't this hedgie adorable? And what about that yummy cake ... made me hungry just coloring it (haha). I used copics and colored pencils and added Glossy Accents to the hedgie's nose and the berries. I also put just a little bit of glitter paint on the frosting. I used a Martha Stewart punch to make the eyelet edge.

You can find this cute hedgie and all the fabulous Sugar Nellie stamps over at Funky Kits.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day.

Hugs, Anita

Candy Winners!

2012-03-06T22:47:00.001Z

Thanks so much to all of you who did our little launch hop over the weekend.

Your support and comments are always very well received here.

I am back, as promised, with the names of some very lucky candy winners….

Please email me within 7 days (put 'candy winner' in the subject line) with your full name and address’ ladies and your sweet rubber candy will be on it’s way to you very soon!

Luv’n’Hugs

Gayle x

goal!

2012-03-06T09:00:00.000Z

Very happy tuesday to all of you!

It's Kathrin here and today I am sharing another card I made with one of the cute new Spike images:

Striker.

Well, doing boys' cards ist kind of hard since most of the times you can't use all the girlish stuff like flowers, pearls, rhinestones, lace.... So most of my boys' cards turn out quite simple - and so did this one. But I really like it the way it looks - it keeps the main focus on the image and it's perfect for the little boy that is going to get this.

I used some cheesecloth here to imitate the net of the goal and I also tried to include a corner flag that I made using a punch by Stampin' Up. I have to admit that I have no idea if these are really red or not, I just like the red with the green and brown.

I colored Spike with Copics and used some light blue chalk for the background. Love how it turned out a little spotty/dotted.

Have a great day everyone!

VINTAGE LEANNE ELLIS "WILD ROSE"

2012-03-05T09:00:00.003Z

Morning all....

Vicky here today and I have the huge pleasure to showcase another gorgeous Leanne Ellis stamp...and this one is called Wild Rose...

I have teamed her up with some MME Lost and Found "Blush" papers and a fabulous rolled flower..

And I have coloured her with Flexmarkers, Promarkers, Chalks for her cheeks and Prisma Pencils for more shading...

and a side view...

For more details please pop over to my blog here..

So thank you for stopping by....and I hope you all have a lovely day..

big hugs Vicky xx

Sugar Nellie DT Showcase Sunday.

2012-03-04T09:00:00.001Z

Good Morning Sugar Addicts!

Did you all enjoy the two day hop?

The DT pulled out all the stops to create their fantastic cards to showcase our new images at their very best.

As I said on Thursday, I think there is something for everyone in this release.

We saw the introduction of the new artist Carla, I love these images! I love all the detail on their clothes and their beautiful faces.

Pat's gorgeous card uses the image Mori.

Astrid has used the stamp Lolitta.

We also had some new additions to the Sherbet Pips, but this time they are available as digi images, just in time for all your Easter cards.

Anita has used Chicky Pip.

Marianne has used Barrow Pip.

And there are also some hedgehogs, super cute and perfect for those pesky boys!

Tiets used the stamp Striker.

And Vicky used the stamp Aviator.

These are just a few of the amazing cards from the DT.

I hope you all enjoyed the hop as much as I did...and don't forget to leave a comment on each of the blogs...there is some random candy to be won!

Thanks for looking.

Love Elaine xx

Ribonita & Friends–Launch Hop Day 2!

2012-03-03T09:00:00.000Z

Thank you all so very much for taking the time to do our hop yesterday, I know how much all of your comments mean to us all here at ‘The House Of Sugar’ especially our Design Team who put in so much hard work!

We really are spoiling you with 13 beautiful new stamps (Two of which, even I, didn’t know about! )

You will find the beautiful Spring ‘Pips’ Digital Images HERE

and the new Ribonita &Spike rubber babies HERE

You all kept our Mark very busy and, as he managed to post almost all of your parcels yesterday, we look forward to seeing some of your creations around blogland today, whilst on our travels!

So, without any further ado, let me send you on your way to part two of our hop.

Today we are starting with

Marianne

Who has one of my personal favourites to start us off…..

Remember there’s candy so leave us some love along the hop, and you never know, you may have some 'sweet sugar candy' back in return!

Luv’n’Hugs

Gayle x

Marianne - Maria Therese – Pat – Anita – Vicky – Kathrin – Astrid – Jane – Mina - Tiets

Ribonita & Friends…..The Launch Hop!!!!

2012-03-02T09:00:00.000Z

I hope you’ve been enjoying our little sneak peaks this week?

Our fabulous design team really have been hard at work, I’m sure you’ll agree they’ve all created some delicious confections.

Today is launch day, and so you can finally buy your favourites.

You will find all 11 new sugar babies HERE after 11am
{once Mark gets to his desk}

Some old friends and some brand new from Carla Chaves, some digi and some rubber…

Something for everyone!

But, it doesn’t stop there, we have more.

A BLOG HOP to celebrate!

Now you know how it works, just follow the links to all of our design team and leave them a little love….

When you’re done, come back and tell me your favourites, and what you think of our new artist?

Once again we have lots of candy to give away but, we don’t know you’ve been if you don’t leave comments so, you know what to do!

So, I will send you on your way to our longest standing DT member the fabulous…

Tiets

As I’m sure you’ll love our hop…we’ll be doing it all over again tomorrow.

Same time, same place….different creations!

See you tomorrow….

Luv’n’Hugs

Gayle x

Tiets – Astrid – Jane – Mina – Vicky – Marianne -

Maria Therese – Kathrin – Anita – Pat

....And Baby Makes Three.

2012-03-01T09:00:00.001Z

Is everyone enjoying the sneaky peaks?

The DT have come up trumps again and created awesome cards...just to tease you all! Not too long to wait now until the new images go on sale at Funky Kits and of course there will be a blog hop too.

I think there is something to tempt everyone here...some new Sherbet Pips, cute hedgehogs which are perfect for those tricky boy cards, and of course the debut of the new artist which is always very exciting.

Back to what I'm here for today, I do get carried away sometimes :)

There is almost a week left to enter the Sugar Bowl challenge. The winner is randomly picked so everyone has the same chance of winning...but only if you enter the challenge!

This beautiful card is Lorraine's entry into the challenge, and Charlotte is her first ever Sugar Nellie stamp.

Should we tell Lorraine that they are addictive? Nah..she'll discover it for herself soon enough!

I'm looking forward to seeing more entries off you Lorraine :)

Shirley regularly plays in the Sugar Bowl, and this cute-as-a-button card uses the image Babies Delight.

My favourite colours (blue and kraft) and I love those matching buttons.

Carol's used the image Hazel for her oh-so-pretty card. Such beautiful colouring and shading on the image.

Come on in and join in the fun...it could be YOUR name picked to win some Sweet Rubbery loveliness.

Normal service will resume tomorrow...with another sneak peak :)

Thanks for looking.

Love Elaine xx

Ribonita and Friends Sneak Week - Spike Striker

2012-02-29T08:00:00.000Z

Good Morning Everyone and welcome to day 3 of the Sugar Nellie Ribonita and Friends Sneak Week! I (Jane) am so excited to finally be able to share my preview card with you!

This adorable little Hedgehog is called 'Striker' and he is perfect for those hard to make Little and not so little Boy's cards. I have stamped Striker on to white card and coloured him in using my Promarkers and then cut him out leaving a small border to mount onto my image panel with foam pads.

The papers I have used for my card are by Echo Park and the gorgeous cloud paper is by American Crafts. I used a Martha Stewart border punch for the grass cut from Polka dot paper.

Spike is so sweet and was lovely and easy to colour in! The sentiment I have used is an SRM sticker which I mounted onto white card and die cut before adding it to a scalloped die cut circle. Make sure you pop back tomorrow for more sugary sneak peeks!
Have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
x

SNEAK PEEK _ DAY TWO

2012-02-28T09:00:00.000Z

Good morning everyone...did you see the lovely Pat's sneak peek yesterday...wow Pat's colouring is always so so perfect...Its my turn, Mina, to show you the second sneak peek...this little bit of cuteness and her chicks are called Pip & Chicks...aren't they so sweet together

the new release date is Friday 2nd March and of course we will be having a blog hop to celebrate it...ll the details of papers, colours etc are on my blog if you fancy a little hop over to it...have a wonderful day everyone and don't forget to pop back for another sneak peek tomorrow
Mina xxx

Ribonita "Sneak Peek"

2012-02-27T09:00:00.006Z

Happy Monday my fellow "Sugar" lovers! Pat Frank here, and do I ever have some excitement to get your week started!! All this week we'll be "Sneaking Peeks" at some of the new "Ribonita" images by a talented new artist from Portugal (new to Sugar Nellie, that is) named Carla Chaves.

And I get to show you your FIRST 'Sneak Peek!" So...without further ado, allow me to introduce you to "Lolita"...

She looks very Bavarian in her dirndl skirt, don't you think? And that hair...such fun to color!! If you'd like more info on this card as well as a look at a couple more photos, please pop on over to my blog HERE.

And...that's it for me. Please be sure to return each day this week when you'll get to see more "sneak peeks" from my sweet and talented Sugar Nellie Design Teamies!

Hugs,

Pat

Sugar Addicts Showcase Sunday.

2012-02-26T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning Sugar Addicts!

I have a lovely lady to shine the spotlight on today, the very talented Suzi.

My Sunday name is Susannah but known as Suzi Mac in the crafting community. I've been married for 39 years. Have 2 grown up children and 3 beautiful Grandsons.

I've been crafting for 3 years, coming to the hobby late in life via my Daughter after having lived all over the world with a busy lifestyle as a professional singer there wasn't much time for anything else until I came back to "sunny" Scotland to retire, but I continued to do session work in the studio's for another 5 years. I am now officially retired and can devote all my spare time to my Hobby (Obsession)!!!! lol.

My passion is rubber stamps and colouring using all types of mediums from Pro/flex markers - distress inks - water colouring and prisma pencils. I found Sugar Nellie when they launched the Sweet Sassy stamps and I fell in love with them and my love affair continues with the amazing new artists that Sugar Nellie have introduced.

And this is the beautiful card that Suzi made for me to show here today, using the Country Cousins image Outdoor Adventure.

Of course I had to have a good old nosey around Suzi's blog to pick some more cards to show you...

I love these colours and of course the beautifully coloured image Wish Upon A Star.

Oh my! Isn't this just so pretty and absolutely perfect for a 3 old year Princess, made with Let Them Eat Cake.

Suzi used the digi image Faith for this super sweet card.

And finally...I have shown this card before, as a Sugar Bowl challenge entry, but I love it and so I'm showing it again :) I love Suzi's handmade backing papers and all the pretty embellishments. This stamp is one of my favourites...Titania.

Thank You very much Suzi for allowing me to showcase just a few of your gorgeous cards here today, and I really enjoyed reading your little bio...it sounds like you've had a very exciting life so far, travelling all over the world singing!

Please pay a visit to Suzi's blog, there are so many amazing cards to see you'd better make a cuppa first, and leave her a comment so she knows you've been.

Thanks for looking.

Love Elaine xx

Flower for you..

2012-02-25T09:00:00.000Z

Oh did you see Astrid's post yesterday??

Not long now until sneak week starts and let me tell you that you have something wonderful to look forward to so better be saving those pennies for the next release has something for everyone ♥♥

So I have a card for you today

This is Charlotte

Follow the link and you will find her over at Funky Kits
She is colored with Copic and the pretty paper is from MME Lost & Found Rosy
Do all of you also find it hard to cut in your pretty papers?
For me it's always hardest the first time I use a paper pad..
But then I want to make pretty cards with more than one paper on so I will have to do some cutting..

Hope you all have a great weekend ♥
Hugs Maria Therese

Birthday Wishes !!

2012-02-24T09:00:00.000Z

Goodmorning everyone, today it's my turn to post a card !

Because I really need some nice weather, a lot of sun and a warm temperature,

I've used the gorgeous stamp from Home Grown Sherbet Pips "Jelly Pip"

This reminds me of the time I was a little girl and playing outside :)

You can find the stamp over at Funky Kits !!

click on the picture for a larger view

Papers I've used are from Making Memories - Paperie Rouge & Mocha

These colours makes me happy :)

The clock is from Tim Holtz, the heart is a Creatable from Marianne Design.

Thanks for stopping by, I wish you a lovely day and a nice weekend !!

Today I am going to a Hobby Event with my mother, this sure makes my day :)

And something else will make us all happy next week....

How exciting

Bye bye for now, see you all next time !!

hugs Astrid xx

Anyone Feeling Krafty?

2012-02-23T09:00:00.001Z

There's a new challenge over on the Sugar Bowl today, with a fab sketch to follow and a nice 'n' easy optional theme of 'kraft'. Of course, you can interpret that however you wish.

I've seen lots of images stamped and coloured on kraft with such beautiful results, and you can use it for matting and layering. Being a neutral colour it seems to go with almost any colour scheme. It's very versatile and I love it myself, so I really enjoyed this challenge.

Everybody say 'aaaahhhhhh'

No better way to start the day than with Pippi Longsocks!

Maria did the sketch for this challenge and this is her super sweet card.

This is Ali's card using the stamp Posy Pip, I love the embossing on kraft, and it goes so well with purple.

And finally....

....I started with Pippi so I'll finish with Pippi!

Yeah, yeah..I hear ya, any excuse to show off a Pippi and I'm there :)

Pat's fabulous card uses the image Pippi Longsocks...did I tell you that already huh??

Have you seen the green DP..it has little faces on it, too cute! I said to Pat that they look like peas, but she assures me they are in fact frogs (still looks like a pile of peas to me and I LOVE peas..I could eat them with every meal)

You have almost two weeks to get your entry in...and maybe win a prize, and who wouldn't love to win some new rubber?

Thanks for looking.

Love Elaine xx

Delia's Birthday Wishes

2012-02-22T09:00:00.000Z

Good morning Sugar Nellie addicts. This is Anita and I have a birthday card to share with you today.

This gorgeous little fairy is Delia ... isn't she delightful? One of my dear friends has a granddaughter who's turning 5 and I thought this would be a perfect card for her as she loves pink. She's colored with distress inks and I used lots of Glamour Dust on her. What 5 year-old girl doesn't love glitter? My paper is Madison Avenue by My Mind's Eye and the corner die is the Macarena Corner by Memory Box.

You can find sweet Delia here at Funky Kits.

Thank you for stopping by for a visit and I hope you have a wonderful day.

Hugs, Anita

birthday bunny

2012-02-21T09:00:00.001Z

Hello dear fans of those cute Sugar Nellie stamps!

It's Kathrin here sharing a birthday card with you today.

I hardly ever know who I want to make a card for before it is done. But it was different with this card and since the recipient loves animals picking an image was easy.

I used

Pringle

from the Home Grown Soft Centres range on this one.

With its big gift he is the perfect image to be used on birthday cards.

I made a dotted background around him which I think is always great for animals images since it adds that touch of extra life.

I put a punched fence and some grass to his left and right and on the left bottom corner/left side I added some punched leaves and some tiny blue flowers. They are really small and so I just sprinkled them over the glue that I put on the card first. I added a few tiny pearls between them and finished the card with a big bow and a "slice of cake on a plate charm".

The papers are from DCWV and gcd, the text is by Stampin'Up.

Okay, off now to write and send the card and then to enjoy the last day of carnival here.

Wishing all of you a lovely day!

Hugs,

FLY FREE.................

2012-02-20T09:00:00.012Z

Morning all........

It's Vicky here today and I've got the huge pleasure to show you an older stamp from the Leanne Ellis range....and isn't she so cute with her wee birdie...just perfect for those Spring cards me thinks..

Fly Free ~ Leanne Ellis

I have used some gorgeous Prima Papers "Pixie Glen" and a couple of Marianne Creatable dies..

And I have used some Flexmarkers, Spectrum Noirs and Prisma Pencils to colour...and a little Stardust Stickles to add a bit of bling..!

and a side view...

I love matting my papers on some co-ordinated card stock to "lift" the papers and I have followed the fabulous sketch over at The Sugar Bowl too...thank you Kiki.. :o)

For more details please pop over to my blog here...

So that's all from me today...thanks so much for popping by and I hope you all have a lovely day..

Big hugs Vicky xx

New Artist

2012-02-19T09:00:00.000Z

Hello Sugar addicts and blog readers.

I have something exciting to share with you today, what is more exciting than a new artist!

You know my eye's are for ever on the look out for new talent, some one who has already created
their characters in a style that is completely their own. Characters that I know that stamper would love
to spend time colouring and sweet enough to join our family here at the House Of Sugar.

Today I share with you, our new discovery.

Carla Chaves is a lovely girl from Portugal and you can pop over and see her work on etsy or more about what she loves on her blog. Carla will work with us to bring you great new art to compliment you creative style.

Carla has illustrated four of her RIBONITA character's for Sugar Nellies March release and other's are to follow.

I would be delighted if you want to leave me a comment as to what characters you would like to see made into stamps, you know that Sugar Nellie is small enough to listen and big enough to do something about it.

I am sure Carla would also appreciate a warm welcome from our followers as this is a field which is new to her, lets show her what amazing creations our sugar addicts can make from her art work.

I ain't going to show you any peeks because the DT will do a far better job than I can, not long now and you can see for yourself how cute these girls are going to be as stamps.

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Yesterday I should have been at the NEC with others in a Tim Holtz class but sadly I will not be able to attend the trade show this year and also miss my class. But my good friend Erika is down there and I am sure she will keep me in the loop as to whats new and hot. Got to love craft shopping. I know that there are many new released from our favourite companies and our store will soon have plenty of great ideas that we can teach and display in store.

For now I will settle myself by opening my cases from my trip to USA and all my lovely craft goodies that I can not get here. I am still waiting for my craft caravan to be sited so that I can move in and start to play. Keeping my fingers crossed that it might be done tomorrow but we have snow again and it's really cold, I don't want to move away from the real fire and I don't blame the others for staying warm and cozy inside either.

A mystery parcel arrived for me at the HOS, some chocolates but I know not from whom they came?
A card said "enjoy the experience", nothing more as to who kindly sent some chocolate my way.

Mystery chocolate lover, I thank you very much for my gift.

I had Megan at work today and did not open them as I would have been obliged to share with my hungry 9 year old and one of my favourite sayings from the film Matilda.................much too good for children.

You all stay warm and take care

Karen

Angellica

2012-02-18T09:00:00.001Z

Hello all sugar friends, today it is me/Marianne that has something sweet to show you.

I`m kind of tired of snow and winter, and I`m dreaming of spring. The beautiful Fairy Glen images give me a warm spring feeling. The lovely fairy I have used for my card is called Angellica, and you can find her and all of her Fairy Glen friends over at Funky Kits.

This time I have used my Copics for the coloring. The colors I have used for her clothes are V91 – V93 – V95 – V99. I have framed the card with punches from Martha Stewart, and decorated with flowers, pearls, a bow, and die cut swirls and butterfly.

Here is the inside.

I wish you all a sweet and creativ weekend.

Hugs from Marianne:)

Trip to the park

2012-02-17T09:00:00.000Z

Goodmorning everyone, I hope everyone is feeling fine??
Tiets here with a new card to show you.. This time I ha ve used the stamp trip to the park...

I found the papers somewhere in a forgotten box and such a shame because they are lovely... Heidi grace design.
I've colored with copics markers.
I've tried to make a bit of a vintage card with the lace en de seembinding ribbon from the ribbon girl....Ofcourse lots of flowers and roses on it , to complete the card.

It is almost weekend now , so I wish you happy scrapping and enjoy!

Hugs Tiets xx

I Found Some Fairies...

2012-02-16T09:00:00.001Z

...not at the bottom of my garden, but a whole host of gorgeous fairies over on the Sugar Bowl.

I love these fairies...from their sweet angelic faces and gossamer wings, right down to their little tippy toes.

This beautiful card was made by my bestest American buddy Amanda using the stamp Fifi Goes Walkies.

And yes, I am going to take all the credit for introducing Amanda to our sweet rubber stamps!

LOVE your colouring...but you know that already :)

Suzi always makes the most fabulous cards and this one, made with the image Titania is no exception.

Simply gorgeous Suzi :)

This card is Caz's first ever entry into the Sugar Bowl challenge...I hope we see many more from you now Caz! Such a pretty card using the stamp Knitted With Love.

Thank you ladies for your beautiful cards and for playing along with us...I hope to see you all back again soon! If you haven't entered the challenge yet, there's almost a week left to get your entry in.

Thanks for looking.

Love Elaine xx

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Thank you Elaine, you are so good at picking beautiful cards, it does help that our entries into the Sugar Bowl challenge are so sweet too.

Not so sweet for me today, very sour day it is.
I know that if you read this blog you are aware that there are crafters out there who disrespect stamp companies by sharing there work without permission and in breach of the terms of use.

Last night was a stinger.........
One lady, not even a customer of Funkykits (unless she has changed her name)
decided to load most of our Adorable digi stamps on to a Free Share web site.
I have reported her, I did press the "destroy with missile" button on my key board
but nothing has happened.
They are all still there, its like sitting with my credit card details printed on the web for everyone to see.
At lease the credit card company can stop any transaction,
but the site I am dealing with are not so fast on their feet.

I have so many images that I could make available as digital art
BUT its because of issues like this that I am frightened at the level of abuse we would open our self up to.

FREE SHARE SITES ARE WRONG
never upload images to the web
even if you think no one can see them

only put up finished cards and projects.
(even try to avoid watermarked images if you can)
Dirty crafters are taking images from every where and sharing them.

It's ironic that this woman has a YouTube clip about MEGA downloads
being sued for allowing the sharing of music and videos, does that bother her?
She clearly thinks that stamps are OK to share as do all her friend on the site.
Shame on you Florance!

It is such a shame that one rotten apple spoils the barrel :(

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I will defiantly need something sweet to balance my day,
but I have lost the cake Erika baked for me.
My oh My, my days getting worse!

Karen

LOVE you!

2012-02-15T08:00:00.000Z

Good Morning Sugar Addicts! I hope you had a lovely Valentine's day yesterday, Jane here today and I have some more hearts and flowers for you this week, I guess LOVE is still in the air!

I have used some of my favourite papers by My Mind's Eye. These papers are from the Love me Collection and I think they are my favourite papers ever! This is the 1st pad where I have used every single sheet! I have used the adorable girl bySusanne Woolcott ~Sent with love~ which is available to buy here from Funky Kits.

I layered all my papers onto Kraft and sewed around the edges and followed this fortnight's Sugar Bowl sketch by Kiki which is just fab! I will be using this one again! I followed the optional theme is 'Love' and I used a sentiment by Hero Arts on one of my layered panels. I used a variety of flowers and a swirl and pin from my stash to embellish the card and a tag tied with twine tucked behind the main panel.

I coloured the image with my Promarkers keeping to a simple colour scheme of brown, pinks and grey to match the papers and kraft. I used to love making Christmas cards but I must be getting soppy in my old age as I have really enjoyed making Love themed cards this year and have quite a few in my basket now! What are your favourite occasions to make cards for Birthdays, Christmas .......Easter, maybe Weddings or 'Just Because' cards, I always think these are the best ones to receive! I love getting post and you cannot beat receiving a handmade card!
I hope you have a Lovely Wednesday :-)
Jane
x

Happy Valentines Day - My first Sugar Nellie love...

2012-02-14T09:00:00.000Z

Hi everyone its my turn, Mina, to show you some Sugar, I wanted to show you the stamp that was my first Sugar Nellie love and made me totally addicted to the House of Sugar...there is a real softness and gentleness about Kathy Hare Designs stamps, I love the faces and the way this beautiful little boy is hugging his teddy is so lovely...the stamp is called Worried

I coloured him in monochrome to match the stunning Prima papers, I think it suits him don't you...I would love to know which stamp started your addiction to Sugar Nellie if you would like to tell me...all the details of my card are on my blog...Enjoy your day everyone
Mina xxx

Trip to the Park...

2012-02-13T09:00:00.001Z

Hello fellow Sugar addicts! Pat Frank here, coming to you from Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A., with a new Sugar Nellie card! And, despite the fact that tomorrow is Valentine's Day, this is NOT a Valentine!! Seriously, I wanted to use colors besides pink and red! So...I dug out some yummy dusty blue and lime green paper...and made a little "Thinking of You" card instead...

I just love this Sugar Nellie stamp. Maybe because I have two puppies...both toy poodles! But trust me, they're not nearly this well-behaved on their leashes! LOL! This stamp is called "Trip to the Park" and is part of the Puppy Love collection of Home Grown Sugar Nellie stamps. You can find it HERE at Funky Kits. How about a peek at the inside?

I love finishing off the insides of my cards! This one is actually pretty simple...but has coordinating DPs and a few faux pearls! The image was colored with Copics and Prismacolor pencils...and these gorgeous DPs are from First Editions' "Up, up, and away" collection. If you'd like more info on this card as well as a peek at a few more photos, please pop on over to my blog HERE.

So...that's it for me. Hope you have a great Valentine's Day...and a fabulous week!
Pat

Sunday Showcase ~ Facebook.

2012-02-12T09:00:00.001Z

Good Morning!

I wanted to do a little post on the Sugar Nellie Facebook group. (which you can find HERE.)

It's a lovely friendly group made up of Sugar Addicts. You can upload your cards or projects made with Sugar Nellie images, ask questions or advice, join in with a challenge, and generally chat.

If you don't have your own blog then it's a great place to showcase your cards.

There are albums where you can see all the uploaded cards, which is fab for a bit of inspiration if your mojo has gone walkabout.

I picked out just a few of them...

This highly detailed and beautiful card was made by Joyce using the stamp Jelly Pip.

A very striking and stylish card made by Victoria, using the digi image also called Victoria.

Susan has made such a sweet and pretty card with the stamp Rosie.

Debs used the Sassy stamp Call Me for her ever-so-pretty pink card.

And of course I had to show this gorgeous card made by the lovely Shirley using my favouritest ever stamp Pippi Longsocks.

Why not pay us a visit there and join in? It's a great place to meet new people, make new friends and have a good laugh too.

Thanks for looking.

Love Elaine xx

Autumn stamp in Spring color

2012-02-11T09:00:00.000Z

Maria here with my first post at the Sugar Nellie blog.

For my card I've used the Autumn Kit from Sugar Nellie

But I've used soft and light colors to make it more in the Spirit of Spring.

The image is colored with Copic and the papers are from MME

Madison Avenue paper pad.

The background is Clear stamps with distress ink and sprayed with Glimmer mist.

The little embellishment is stamped with clear stamp punched out with circle punch,

washi tape to match the colors of the card and image a butterfly punch and a pearl.

Easy to customize to match the card and image.

If you don't have the Autumn kit yet go over to Funky kit.

You get so many stamps for such a fabulous price.

last night in USA

2012-02-10T21:31:00.000Z

Our wee holiday has almost come to an end :( but I have lots of goodies and many more ideas to go home with. My last whip around Michael's this morning followed by a delicious lunch at the Olive Garden, got to love warm salty garlic bread and the salads are soooooo good here, seriously green leaves are delish covered in all sorts of dressings and maybe a little cheese too. Ok so that was just the side dish, it's just as well I am only here for one week.

Have I put on weight ?, well this jumper is a wee bit tight but I blame that on all our washing being put in the dryer, no washing lines outside here, mind you there is still a little snow and no wind at all so nothing would dry out doors!

Tonight we are going out to meet the family so that will be good fun, along with the last minuet arrival of a sister/bridesmaid as soon as the bus gets in from Pen State. The more family we see the better because we will all know each other at the wedding in the summer.

Bridesmaid's dresses are not 100% settled yet, no money has changed hands but I think we have a good idea of what the brides want and that is a big improvement from last Friday.

As I still hear listening to the exchange student talking in German on the phone to home, I feel that a lot of the time I struggle with English and he talks 4 or 5 languages inc latin, too much brains for one person. So its quiet normal for homes to host exchange students, not sure there is much of that in Scotland. Wonder how hard it would be to sign Megan up for a few years?

Nothing new in the shops here, CHA releases will be a long time in filtering down to the big multiple stores and by then I will be home in Scotland and have to make do with the wonderful offering at my local store for local people :)

Karen

A Winter Hello

2012-02-10T09:00:00.000Z

It's freezing overhere and there is snow, so I thought, let's make a winter card :)

I have made this card with the gorgeous and lovely stamp "Furry Friends"

I've colored the image with my Copics, I put some stickles Frosted Lace on her fur, , the beautiful papers are from Maja Design "Vintage Winter".

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Craft, leaves are made by a Martha Stewart punch.

Lace and seambinding are from the Ribbon Girl.

You can find all these lovely stamps at Funky Kits !!

Have a nice weekend, I will stay inside, where it's nice and warm :)

hugs Astrid

Love Is....

2012-02-09T09:00:00.001Z

...the sweetest thing.

And also the theme for the new challenge over on the Sugar Bowl along with a fab sketch to follow.

The sketch was provided by Kiki and her beautiful wedding card uses the Home Grown stamp Happily Ever After. What could be more perfect for the 'Love' theme than a card to celebrate the most romantic day in anyones life.

Fiona used the Sassy stamp Oh La La for her fab card...maybe this little lady is waiting to propose to her beau? After all...it is a leap year!

And finally, Pat has used the Sassy stamp Pillow Talk to create her gorgeous card...I wonder if she is going to send this to her lovely husband for Valentines Day? I will interrogate Pat shortly and find out!

I hope you will find a little time to play along with us and join in the challenge.

Before I go...do you like the new look blog? Between Sugar Mama Gayle and makeover girl Maria we have a new look here and over on the Sugar Bowl and new badges too.

Can you imagine how excited I was to see Pippi not only on the header but also on my Sweetie badge...I love it! (my campaign for Pippi world domination is working out just fine)

Thanks for looking

Love Elaine xx

Cherry Pip

2012-02-08T09:00:00.010Z

Good morning sweet friends. I am so excited to be on the Sugar Nellie Design Team with all these fabulous ladies. Today is my first post on the Sugar Nellie blog.

I made a card using this adorable Cherry Pip from the Home Grown Sherbet Pips collection. Isn't she just the cutest little girl ever? This was the first time I've inked her up and I have to say she was so much fun to color. I used my copics and colored pencils. I love her outfit and purse. What little girl wouldn't love to have a beautiful little dress like that with matching purse and shoes?

You can see Cherry Pip and all her Sherbet Pip friends over at Funky Kits. I know you'll love them as much as I do. If you would like more details on my card, please visit my blog. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a chance to get inky today.

Hugs, Anita

Postcard....

2012-02-07T23:20:00.001Z

...from Pheonixville USA.

I took the girls to the airport in Glasgow on Friday morning, all packed and ready to go to Prague.

Just before check in I told them that we were not going to Prague but our flight was to Newark (New York) and that we were to surprise Tom when he came home from work later on in the day.
Both girls were delighted but dazzeled with the surprise, but Katie still asked 20 questions about Prague and Easy Jet!?!
Debbie's soon to be mother in law, Nancy,has been fantstic and collected us from the airport and has been driving us around since then. Two days of bridesmaids dress shopping and I am done, stick a fork in me, IF we could get the bride to make a choice we would almost be there! Colour or style or even better BOTH.
I have paid a visit to AC Moore and Jo Anne's so far but still have Micheal's to stop at. I also have a parcel waiting with the local Stamping Up demonstrator to collect :)

By shear chance there was also a big trade show on at the Expo centre and as much as I could have done so much shopping, the baggage allowance is pants! I do have contacts for some really cute gift lines that I might just have to take into the HOS, I hope Kate has been busy while I am away this week as I have so many new ideas to take home with me, I need space. Be warned, Tim Holtz would love my new display props.
Oh I do wish I had taken a camera with me to that, not only would I love to share the pictures of the show stands but the shopping habbits of the customers.

At home my boy watches a programme called Picker and also Storage Wars, now I know that this is in fact a very prolific pastimes for many many Americans. I really got my eyes opened to the the meaning of recycle and antiques. Cameron need not worry about me collecting old things because I ain't got nothing going on compared to some.

He might not be happy about the arrival of my Craft Caravan on the farm but I have so many things to use it for now, we just have to find a wheel for it so it can be moved into it's space along side the hedge, it fell off when it was delivered by an artic lorry which could not get around the house and "dumped" it in the farm yard, hubby was not a happy bunny that day!

When I logged in to the this blog, I was surprised to see we had a new look, well done girls, I think its Gayle and Maries doing but its super cute to see some new artwork on the banner, great job girls.oxo

take care and catch you soon

Karen

Keep warm!

2012-02-07T09:00:00.000Z

Hello dear Sugar Nellie friends!

This is Kathrin here and I am totally excited since this is my very first post here at the Sugar Nellie blog.

Well, I know we here in Germany are not the only ones freezing and no matter how much I would have loved to make a spring-ish card - cold, cold, cold is all I can think at the moment.

So I went with

Knitted With Love

for my card today. She's dressed so warm and it looks so cozy and like no cold could reach her... Perfect!

I used Copics to color her in and went with a warm brown, snowy white and a fresh green to add at least a spring-ish color...

Her wings are colored with Stickles.

In between the designer papers I added a big snowflake cut from an icy-blue glitter paper. It was cut using my Cricut.

I also added some rhinestones that look like frozen waterdrops.

The edges of the papers were covered with some white Distress Ink Crackle Paint.

So I am wishing all of you a wonderful day and hope everyone that has to go out in the cold has a safe trip!

Hugs,

MISSING YOU......

2012-02-06T09:00:00.003Z

Morning all......!

Hope you are all well on this chilly day...and did you get any snow?? We had loads here in Essex...lets hope that Spring will arrive soon...and we get some lovely, warm sunshine :o)

Well it's Vicky here today...and I have used one of my Sassy girls to showcase...and isn't she lovely..! I have teamed her up with some Nitwits, some die cut nestie shapes and plenty of sparkle too...

And here she is...

Missing You ~ Simply Sassy

I have used some gorgeous Nitwits...I have matted the papers on some core'dinations card stock...and then cut out the nestie shapes using the same coloured card..

I have coloured her with Spectrum Noirs, a little chalk for her cheeks and Prisma Pencils for shading...

and a side view...

The pinwheel flowers are made from a Memory Box die...and I use a quilling tool to curl the flowers and some pinflair glue to fix them in place....and finished off with some hearts from a Martha Stewart punch and the sentiment is computer generated by me.....

for more details please pop over to my blog here...

So thanks for popping over...hope you all have a lovely day...

and stay warm..

big hugs Vicky xx

Sugar Nellie Design Team.

2012-02-05T09:00:00.001Z

Today I want to showcase some cards from DT girlies. I do think we have the best DT in blogland :)

Our ladies are all very creative and talented, and work hard to bring you a fabulous selection of cards to show Karens rubber stamps at their very best. They each have their own style and strengths, and all love to create and to inspire others.

So today I want to introduce to you three new members to our DT, though I'm quite sure you will already know them from the Simpy Sassy blog...

Maria Therese

Kathrin

Anita

I was so excited when I heard they were joining the DT...they are all awesome!
I look forward to seeing more of their creations and I know you will welcome them with open arms.

Thanks for looking.
Love Elaine xx

Country Style

2012-02-04T09:00:00.001Z

Hi there, it is me ( Marianne) that have something to show you today.

It is no secret that I love all the new Sugar Nellie stamps, but today I want to show you one of my old favorites. This gorgeous image is called "Country style", and you can find it here at Funky Kits.

This time I have used my Prisma Colors on grey Smooth Bazzill. I just love this way of coloring, and that it doesn`t always have to be white or craft cardstock.

Different folding cards are very popular, and I am a big fan of folding techniques, but today I have made a card without any folds at all. I have used Spellbinder dies in three sizes, decorated each part, and used a brad to put it all together. This was a very easy and fun way to make a card that looks a little special, why don`t you give it a try? All the papers I have used are from Maja Design, and the big white swirls is a die from Cherry Lynn.

I wish you all a nice, creative and sweet weekend.

Hugs from Marianne.

Winking Student...

2012-02-03T09:00:00.002Z

Ooh can you even imagine that it is already februari !! My gosh, time flies!!
My turn again to show you something, and yesss I am too a big fan of the Simply Sassy's... this is Winking Student

and I've made a book corner of it... Nature colors and not much extra on it... I've colored her with copics, and it wasn't easy to color here in only brown colors...
I've tried to make a little tutorial of it so you can try and make a book corner yourself...

Take a piece of cardstock 14 cm x 14 cm.
Fold it at 7 cm as on the picture above. Punch a border at the bottom.

Cut a piece of design paper and glue this as on the picture below.

This is the back side... turn it over and scrap the front as you like it!
I've tried to explain it in my best english and hopefully you understand it!

Thanks for stopping by and
I wish you a lovely weekend, It is very cold here in the netherlands and the are expecting snow!!

Hugs Tiets xx

Thinking Outside The Box.

2012-02-02T09:00:00.002Z

It's always a delight to visit the Sugar Bowl and view all the beautiful entries into the challenge. As you know, there is a sketch to follow and a theme, but the theme is purely optional.

Paper piecing must be a popular technique as it was embraced by so many of the entrants.

This card is from Rosie and it uses another of my personal favourite stamps Elise (she must be a popular girl as she's all sold out at the moment). Fabulous paper piecing and I love these colours.

A very pretty and pink card from Renata using the Sassy stamp So What. The paper piecing really ties the whole card together and the sentiment is perfect!

Now Coops is a regular player in the Sugar Bowl and I have shown her cards here before.
But this card really made me ooo and arrr, and then giggle and then get cross because I wish I'd thought of it!
It follows the sketch, it follows the theme and it's a very clever use of both Cinders and Cinderella and I think it's fabulous! It also shows how versatile stamping is, in this case just by using part of the Cinderella stamp. You are limited only by your own imagination.
This is thinking 'outside the box' at its very best.

Thanks for looking.
Love Elaine xx

And they lived Happily Ever After...

2012-02-01T08:00:00.000Z

Good Morning Sugar Addicts! Love is definitely in the air in Crafty Blogland now as it is the 1st of February and Valentine's day is only a couple of weeks away. I love making Valentine's Day cards and always end up with a basket full of soppy cards so I thought I would stay with the Love theme this week and make a Wedding card using one of my Favourite Sugar Nellie images. This adorable couple image is called 'Happily Ever After' and it is available here from Funky Kits. It really is such a perfect Wedding Day stamp!

I made a card using some gorgeous Fancy Pants Designs papers. I love the flowery paper and it looks lovely against the plain aqua cardstock. I added some stitching around the edges of my layers and die cut some circles to create a topper for my cute couple to sit on. I wrapped some velvet ric rac and some aqua satin ribbon around the layers before adding them to my card.

I stamped the image onto bright white card and then coloured it in with various shade of brown and aqua Promarkers adding some pearls to the Bride's headdress. I added lots of lovely flowers and a stamped sentiment which was mounted onto a scalloped die cut circle. The bow tied from vintage seam binding is hiding a tear where I changed my mind about the placing of the flowers! I also added some tiny pearls, buttons and a small pearl pin as a finishing touch.
I hope you have a lovely Wednesday.
Jane
x

two sugar lumps...

2012-01-31T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning everyone, I hope wherever you are your warm it is so cold here and it rained for 12 hours solid on Sunday...I have two bits of sugary gorgeousness to show you today...my first one is one of the stunning Simply Adorables called Victoria, I love love love colouring these beauties, the hair is fantastic to colour and they always make me smile, I used up scraps of paper for my card...I must admit I have a real soft spot for Simply Adorables and if your having any problems using digi's with either markers or water colouring I have a tutorial for waterproofing them on my blog sidebar...the next beauty to show is one of the new Puppy Love release, I love every single one of these I use and each time I think its my favourite until I ink up another, this gorgeous little girl is called Trip to The Park I used some Prima Madeline papers and added a huge pink bow...I coloured both of these images with my usual distress inks all the details are on my blog as always...oh and btw I have some candy on offer too the links in my sidebar...whatever your up to today have a fantastic one
Mina xxx

Simply Adorable "Victoria"...

2012-01-30T09:00:00.002Z

Welcome to the very last Monday in January! So...my question is...where did the month go??! Oh...I know...I've been busy tearing apart my craftroom...and then I went on a little vacay in the Caribbean! hehehe! But...guess what? Before I left, I made this "adorable" little DT card so I could share it with you today!

This little sweetheart is called "Victoria"! She's one of Sugar Nellie's "Simply Adorable" digital images...and you can find her HERE at Funky Kits.

Now, I will admit, like many of my Sugar Nellie DT sistahs and Sugar Bowl "Sweeties," I very much enjoy inking up rubber stamps. But...there are two things I just love about Sugar Nellie's Digi images...

They're sooooo easy to store... (they take up no physical "craftroom" space!)

and

The images are easily adjusted to fit your card design needs!

Cool, huh?!

Now...if you'd like a bit more info on this card, a peek at a few more photos, and a little more info on my craftroom "progress" and vacay, please pop on over to my blog HERE.

And that's it for me, my sweet friends!! Have a fabulous week!! Hugs.
Pat

Sunday Showcase.

2012-01-29T09:00:00.001Z

Good Morning Sugar Lovers!

I really enjoyed last Sunday's post...dedicated to the gorgeous Bella Bunting. She is my all time favourite Sassy stamp. This week on the Sugar Nellie group on Facebook, Maria requested a post dedicated to another Sassy stamp...Little Light Of Mine.
So I had a nosey around to see what I could find...

Maria created a beautiful tag which made a Christmas gift so much more special :)

Dena created this card for a spotlight on the Simply Sassy blog. I adore these colours and Dena's colouring is always awesome.

This fabulous Christmas card was made by Fiona. I love these non traditional colours.

Another beautiful card made for a spotlight on the Sassy blog, this time by Katja.

I love this card from Sweetie Kiki, these colours are my idea of heaven, beautiful blues and browns.

And a gorgeous Christmas card from Sweetie and DT girly Pat.

Do you have an absolute favourite Sugar Nellie stamp? I know, I know..that's just too much of me to ask you to pick a favourite :)
If you want to make a suggestion for a showcase - for a stamp, or a blogger, or just a suggestion in general for my Sunday posts - just leave it in a comment.
I aim to please :)

Thanks for looking.
Love Elaine xx

Online Magazine

2012-01-28T15:03:00.000Z

Hello blog readers and sugar addicts.

We here at the House of Sugar are playing with the idea of an online magazine, one that you can just flick over the pages and see a few new ideas and samples. Now I am no magazine editor but I am sure that together we can do it.

What do you want to see in this free magazine?

Anyone have any idea's for an article or Q & A page, how about Dear John letters.

I would like it to be more than just cards, I know I know you love your sweet stamps, but once a crafter
you can turn you hand to almost anything if you have the time.

I look forward to hearing you ideas, reading your comments and possibly seeing your hands in the air offering to help?

Karen

An invitation

2012-01-28T10:09:00.000Z

You are invited to attend afternoon tea

at the HOUSE OF SUGAR

on March 3rd

To celebrate the first demonstration day of 2012

with Karen MacIver

Kate Mellis

Erika Gunter

Jenny Trueman

and many more talented crafters.

There will be cake, crafting and lots of chuckles.

One great day out to be had

come along and enjoy the fun.

Beautiful in store displays

to bring Easter and spring

into your home.

New product and special offers

Jewellery demonstration

New line "sew easy"

Craft fare table for those that love handmade things.

Waiting .....

2012-01-27T09:00:00.000Z

Goodmorning everyone, it has been a while since I (Astrid) posted, but there was of course a release of the absolutely gorgeous Puppy Love stamps, I must say .... they are stunning !!

Okay, on my card I used the lovely Cassie's Contemplation, you can find here at Funkykits :)

I love the way how she is sitting on the Weathered wood clock of Tim Holtz :)

The papers I've used are from Maja Designs, absolutely one of my favorites, love the colours !!

The image is for a change coloured with my Prisma Pencils, I am a huge fan of Copics, but this time I thought, well ... give it a try Astrid :)

I didn't use a sentiment yet, I left it empty, so I can use this card for anything :) The sentiment can be stamped on the little card in de left corner :)

For now I only can say .... thanks for stopping by, enjoy your weekend and happy crafting !!

hugs Astrid xxx

I'm In Pieces...For Paper Piecing!

2012-01-26T09:00:00.000Z

Good Morning!

You must all really love the newest release of stamps, Puppy Love, judging by all the amazing cards I've seen in blogland. Our customers and fellow Sugar Addicts really are the best :)

Today sees a new challenge on the Sugar Bowl, with a sketch and an optional theme to follow if you so wish.

Paper piecing is something else I really love...it's nice and easy to do and always looks fab. I am looking forward to seeing all the entries into this challenge.

Sugar Mama Gayle has used a stamp from the newest release, Babies Delight. I love the lilac with the bright yellow, very eye catching, and just look at that cute spotty bunny! A perfect card for a sweet little girls birthday.

Lilian has had a little break from the Sugar Bowl, but I'm very pleased to report that she is back in action again...I've missed you Lils...and your awesome colouring!
Lilian has brought the yummy Let Them Eat Cake image to life with her perfect colouring and fab paper piecing.

Cathy has inked up an older image, this is the Manga stamp Dress Up Games. I always love to see the older stamps being shown some love...brilliant paper piecing and beautiful colours.

I think paper piecing really helps to tie a card together perfectly. It also uses up scraps of paper and it reduces the amount of colouring which is great if you are short on time.

So get your entries in and maybe your name will be picked at random to win some Sugar :)

Thanks for looking

Love Elaine xx

Craft Parties

2012-01-25T10:17:00.000Z

We are so full of great idea in the House of Sugar,

sometimes too many idea's and not enough time!

But a customers request for a private party at the HOS has started a few conversations and it's something Kate thinks would be a good service to offer, especially the customers who don't live so local

and make a less frequent visit to get their sugar high.

There is often a car of ladies from Aberdeen shire,Perth shire or even further afield,

make it a day out with a stop at Papercrafts for all fine things.

So we are still in the planning stages, the longer we think about it the better put together it becomes.

Then I came across this article.

Who would have thought that I Kate was thinking like Martha! LOL

So if you are a crafter with a passion for sweet stamps, ask about our Cake and Craft afternoon.

You will need to get 6 crafty friends together to book a date but we can manage up to 10 max.

A two hour class any week day will cost from£10 a head for 3 card projects but we are open to requests.

We have so many wonderful samples in the store that if we can we will accommodate any requests to

"show us how you did that"

and send you all home with something of equal Sweetness :)

Give Kate a phone at the store 01343 548864 between 10-5 to book your

Cake and Craft Afternoon.

Karen

A TRIP TO THE PARK WITH FIFI..........!

2012-01-23T09:00:00.003Z

Morning all.....!

Oooh why does the weekend go far to quickly??...feels like I have just blinked and it disappeared..lol...!

Anyway....it's Vicky here today...and I have one of the new stamps from the "Puppy Love Collection" to showcase. So this is wee Fifi...and she is having a "Trip To The Park" with her delightful doggies...

and here she is...

I have teamed Fifi with some lovely Nitwit papers... the flourish is from the Fancy Tag collection from Spellbinders...and the giant flower is from Prima..

I have coloured her with Spectrum Noirs, Flexmarkers, Chalks & Prisma Pencils for shading...

And a Side View...

the sentiment is from Pink Petticoat and the bull dog clip is from Tim Holtz..and I have followed the fabulous sketch over at The Sugar Bowl too...by the lovely Erika...

So don't forget to check out the new collection...it's sooooo darn cute...!

So that's all from me...thank you so much for looking...and for more details please pop over to my blog here..

have a lovely day...and happy crafting...!

big hugs Vicky xx

Indulge Me A Little...

2012-01-22T09:00:00.001Z

Good Morning Sugar Addicts!

Today I feel like a bit of self indulgence...and what better way to indulge myself than with a Sugar overdose :)

I have a huge pile of Sugar Nellie stamps and I love them all equally but there are some that really tug at my heartstrings and demand more of my love, attention and ink.

I'm sure by now everyone knows how much I adore Pippi Longsocks but did you know I also luvs Bella Bunting?

It gives ME enormous pleasure to introduce to you a whole host of lovely Bella's (in reverse alphabetical order this time) that I've pinched from the Sugar Bowl, the Sassy Blog and facebook.

This card has been made by Susie and is her entry into the Sugar Bowl challenge and the Facebook challenge.

This one is from Sweetie and DT girlie Pat.

I have this card on display in my craft room, some happy mail I received from Sweetie Maria Therese.

This card is from Sweetie Kiki.

Kathrin from the Simply Sassy blog created this card.

This one is from my Sugar Mama (and whip cracker) Gayle.

Another Sweetie creation..this time Fiona.

And a card from Sweetie Erika.

And finally, this is from Cass, made for the facebook challenge.

These are all beautiful creations.

Aaaahhhhhhh.....I feel so much better now, thank you ladies :)

Hugs Elaine xx

Purrfect Playmates

2012-01-21T09:00:00.002Z

Hi there sugar friends, today it`s me (Marianne) that have something to show you.

The image I have used for my card today is one of my all times favorites, “Purrfect Playmates”. I remember Funky Kits showed this image in the Home Grown logo a long time before it was available in rubber. At least it felt as a long time for me:) Well, if you don`t have this beautiful stamp, you don`t have to wait at all. You can find it right here at Funky Kits.

To color the image I have once again used my Pirsma Colors, but this time I haven’t used white paper or craft cardstock, but a crème colored cardstock from Bazzill that is smooth on both sides. It was so much fun to work on this cardstock, why don`t you give it a try?

All the papers I have used are from Pion Design, the frame is made with MS punches, and the swirls and butterfly are dies from Cherry Lynn. The big flower I have crocheted my selves, and if you want to make flowers like this, just take a look here.

Here is a close up of this sweet girl and her playmates.

And this is how my card looks on the inside.

I wish you all a great weekend.

Hugs, Marianne:)

Candy Winners!!!

2012-01-20T20:00:00.002Z

Here I am, back again, taking all the fun jobs!

Yes, it’s time to announce the candy winners from last weeks blog hop!

Many thanks to all who left comments…..we are here because of you and so your feedback is very important to us!

We have such a talented Design Team here, and sometimes we forget to tell them that…so it’s nice to see that you all do it for us!

Well, as I always say over on The Sugar Bowl…there can be only one winner…..except, this time there are 16!!!!

Kimberly

Eulanda

arjette

Jayne Hayward

Irene

angelwhispers

Pami

Leny Hempen

Vipera

Karyn S

Lou Mac

craftyb

Welmoed

Kreativa Kakan

Julye

LaJanette

Please email me (put 'candy winner' in the subject line) with your full name and address’ ladies and your sweet rubber candy will be on it’s way to you very soon!

Luv’n’Hugs

Gayle x

Sherbet Pip!

2012-01-20T09:00:00.001Z

It is friday again, and this time my (Tiets) turn to post something. It is difficult to keep up now my back is hurting(read about it on my blog) but I managed to make something.
The box I've made last year for a demo with the MC Gill flower punches for the scrap store here, and I found it back in my closet and thought it would be nicer if there was some cutie on it...and the pip's are still one of my favorites so I colored Candy Pip with prisma pencils and put her between the flowers...A ticket with Happy day, so when there is a birthday coming up, I'm ready!!

It is almost weekend, so I wish you all lots of stamping fun!

Hugs Tiets xx

A Challenge...Or Two?

2012-01-19T09:00:00.001Z

I have been snooping around blogland and you do love the new Puppy Love stamps as much as I do. I have seen them adorn many gorgeous cards...and you are so quick at inking up new rubber!

Ali's fabulous card uses the stamp Fifi Goes Shopping. Ali knows I love her CAS style, never cluttered and always very striking.

This beautiful card made with the image Trip To The Park is from someone very new to blogging...Karen... (No, not THE Karen but another Karen!) and this is the first card on her blog. Karen obviously has excellent taste in rubber :) If you have a minute to spare please go and visit her and say hi.

As much as I get excited to see new rubber being used, I still love to see the older images being shown some ink and this next card is the perfect example...

This is Fiona C's pretty card using the image Woodland Fairy.

So...what do all these fab cards have in common? They are all entries into the Sugar Bowl challenge. There is almost a week left to get your entry in and maybe you could be picked at random to win some free Sugar Nellie rubber.

But not only that..also they are all entries into the Facebook challenge, where there is a colour theme of blue/green/white. This is a weekly challenge and there is also free rubber to be won!

What are you waiting for??

Thanks for looking.

Love Elaine xx

Babies Delight

2012-01-18T08:00:00.000Z

Good Morning Sugar Addicts! I (Jane) hope you are having a good week so far, did you enjoy the hop at the weekend? It was fab wasn't it! I cannot stop playing with the new stamps and the 'Babies delight' image I have used for my Projects today is one of my favourites from the new release, she is simply adorable!

I stamped the image onto white cardstock and coloured her in with Promarkers to match the stunning My Mind's eye Love Me papers. I layered all the papers for my card onto pale blue card and then stitched around the edges with pale pink thread. The image was added to a scalloped square cut with a Nestabilities die. The sentiment I used is a rub on by Melissa Frances. I layered up all the elements of my card after I had wrapped the base layer with gingham bias binding and then added a bow topped with a cute heart button from my stash. I finished with lots of lovely flowers in gorgeous pastel colours. I had been saving a lovely pink box we got from the Waitrose pastry counter and decided to decorate it to make a matching gift box.

I coloured the image so it was identical to the card image and used similar papers layered onto blue card to cover all sides of the box. I added a lovely big bow to the front of the box to cover a join in the papers as I was trying to use up the scraps. The flowers I have used come from lots of different shops but if you are looking for similar flowers head over to Wild Orchid Crafts where there is a great selection.
Have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
x

Love hand made

2012-01-18T07:50:00.000Z

The best gifts are hand made and I am delighted that my crafty friend Erika comes up with something every time. A little cheating went on this year as my birthday approached she was crafty enough to look at the lovely things which I had pinned on PINTEREST and did her take on them. One of my gifts was this beautiful garland,{ I am so in love with garlands/buntings and banners at the moment} and it was done in one of my all time favourite paper collections from ghd which I can not longer get.

Erika knows me so well that she does not mind that I will put this in the store as part of a display,

I have always shown off her pressies because I LOVE HANDMADE.xx

....and the beautiful things we have in PAPERCRAFTS is what makes us stand out

from many other craft shops.

I don't think I have ever came across a shop with as many samples as we have,

we are here after all to

INSPIRE you to CREATE.

Karen

Birthday Princess

2012-01-17T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning everyone...before I tell you about my little bit of sweetness on my card today I want to apologise for the shockingly bad photos, my camera ran out of charge so I had to use an old one to take these and its just not as good as my usual one...this little bit of sugary gorgeousness is from the new Puppy Love release over at Funkykits, did you pick your favourites yet, I keep thinking I have but then I change my mind...this little sweetie is called Birthday Princess and I coloured her as always with distress inks and used some glitter on her balloon, crown and some of her birthday gifts...the lush papers are from a K&Co scrapbook kit...love the muted colours of them don't you...I'm off to take new photos now and I will hopefully exchange them later...all the details of my cards are on my blog...enjoy your day everyone

Mina xxx

Pippi Longsocks and Co.

2012-01-16T09:00:00.003Z

Hello there all you sugar lovers!! Did you get a chance to hop this past weekend? I did...and I can say, I had the best time! The new "Puppy Love" stamps are absolutely adorable...and the Sugar Nellie DT made them come alive in their gorgeous projects!! If you haven't had a chance to place your order for the new stamps...you'll want to pop on over to Funky Kits HERE and do just that!!

Alrighty then...I have a fun new DT card to share with you today! It's another Valentine...albeit a bit non-traditional...since I used pink and blue!

Isn't she so stinkin' cute?! Her name is "Pippi Longsocks"...and she has a sweet little green froggy friend! They both have a bit of attitude, don'tcha think?! Pippi is part of the Fairy Glen collection of Home Grown Sugar Nellie stamps. You can find her at Funky Kits HERE.

I'm dedicating this post to my sweet friend, Elaine, who has a total "thing" for Pippi Longsocks!! hehe! I must admit, Pippi and her friend have stolen my heart too!

The image was colored with Copics...and these gorgeous DPs are actually digital DPs from Bearly Mine Designs (Peach collection). If you'd like more info on this card as well as a peek at a few more photos (including the "surprise" sentiment), please pop on over to my blog HERE.

Have a great, sugar-filled week! Hugs.

Pat

Sunday Showcase.

2012-01-15T09:00:00.001Z

Good Morning Sugar Addicts!

Did you all enjoy the two day hop? Our fabulous DT made the most amazing samples...all of them gorgeous and showcasing these delicious new stamps perfectly.
So...which is your favourite stamp?

Here's a little round up of my favourite cards from the hop, with the DT girlies in alphabetical order...

Astrid has used Lead The Way.

Jane has used Hugs For Fifi.

Jenn has used Trip To The Park.

Marianne has used Fifi Goes Shopping.

Mina has used Best Day Ever.

Pat has used Babies Delight.

Tiets has used Hugs For Fifi.

And Vicky has used Birthday Princess.

Aren't they all fabulous! We do have an awesome DT who work hard to showcase our stamps.

Reading Facebook yesterday, I see that some lucky ladies have already had their stamps delivered from Funkykits...how's that for service! So I look forward to seeing what cards and projects you make with them. Maybe a card to enter into the Sugar Bowl challenge?

Thanks for looking.
Love Elaine xx

‘Puppy Love’ Hop–The Sequel!!!

2012-01-14T09:00:00.002Z

Phew……let me catch my breathe!

You kept all of us here at the House Of Sugar, very busy yesterday!

It seems from your comments and from the amount of mail that Mark was taking to the post office yesterday, that you all have fallen in love, just as we did!

So, let’s do it all over again…….shall we?

Hands up then, who actually received yesterday’s purchases today???

Need some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing?

Today we have more delicious creations from our FABULOUS Design Team for you….

Today we start with a fabulously colourful creation from the lovely

Jane

As always, we have some sugary sweet candy to send to people who leave comments along the way!

The delicious rubber babies are still available from Funkykits but, the way they’re leaving the building, they may not be available for too much longer!

Grad them soon to avoid disappointments…..

Luv’n’Hugs

Gayle x

Jane – Jenn –Astrid – Marianne – Pat - Vicky - Mina - Tiets

‘Puppy Love’ Launch Day Hop!

2012-01-13T09:00:00.006Z

Happy Friday the 13th everyone!

Well, the way my January is going, I don’t think I’ll risk leaving the house today so…..I have something to keep us all cosy, and safe, indoors instead!

Ooh how exciting is this?

On sale now, over at Funkykits, we have a collection of seven gorgeous rubber girls all just waiting for you to fall in love with them.

A quick reminder that, as always, we have hop candy hidden along the way so please be sure to leave some love for my super talented girls!

Without any further ado I will send you off to see what, may well be, my favourite stamp from this launch….

Hop on over to the lovely

Pat

You’ll find your way around the rest of the hop from there and when you’re done, please come back and let us know what you found….and what you fell in love with!

Now, we do love a good hop here so, please be sure to join us tomorrow for the second half of this one!

Off you go then, hippety hop…..

Luv’n’Hugs

Gayle x

Pat – Jane – Mina – Tiets – Jenn – Astrid – Elaine - Marianne

Ooooo...That Was Sneaky!!

2012-01-12T09:00:00.002Z

Good Morning!

There is a new challenge today over on the Sugar Bowl with a fab sketch from Sweetie Erika.

We always have an optional theme too, and this time it's 'Birthdays'. I'm quite sure that everyone needs a constant supply of birthday cards so there really is no excuse to not join in and play along with us. One lucky winner picked at random will win their choice of 4 Sugar Nellie stamps, rising to 6 stamps if there are 100+ entries.

Which images would you pick? Maybe some older stamps to fill a gap in your collection..or how about some brand spanking new and soon to be released rubber like this little lady...

This beautiful card is Gayle's entry into the Sugar Bowl challenge and also today's sneak peak of the new stamp Best Day Ever...available to buy tomorrow at Funky Kits. Isn't this little cutie just the perfect image for a special little girls birthday?

Erika has used the digi image Summer for her Sugar Bowl card...I adore Erika's colouring on Kraft!

And Pat's card uses another of my favourite images Titania. I love all the pretty embellishments Pat adds to her cards.

Please come back and pay us a visit tomorrow...you don't want to miss the blog hop which starts here promptly at 9am. We have a fantastic selection of cards from the DT showcasing all the new stamps and you never know...there may well be some candy along the way?

Thanks for looking

Love Elaine xx

And they called it…..

2012-01-11T09:00:00.002Z

Oh I do love a bit of The Osmonds!

No, really…..I jest not…

Actually my favourite was Paper Roses by Marie Osmond!

(I have NO recollection of this whatsoever, in my defence I was 3, and I asked the DJ at my sisters wedding to play it a thousand times….apparently)

Anyhoo….enough of my talking gibberish!

Are you ready for the first ‘sugar rush’ of 2012?

I know I am, so without any further ado, here’s our ‘poster girl’ for this range….

Fifi Goes Shopping

Isn’t she a beauty, and hasn’t our Vicky done her proud?

You’ll find full details on Vicky’s blog for this glorious creation.

Trust me when I tell you that her ‘sistah’s’ are just as delicious…even the babies!

Oops…..did that just slip out???

Never mind, not long to wait now….

These beauties will be available to buy from Funkykits on Friday

See you tomorrow for another little sneak!!!

Luv’n’Hugs

Gayle x

Little Lady Bug

2012-01-10T09:00:00.001Z

Hello everyone, it's Jenn here, and it's my turn to share some sugar! This is the card I made for my 7 year old son to give to his "girlfriend." Tonight at supper he declared his love for her once again : ) They met at daycare, and now even though they go to different elementary schools, their love remains strong, lol!

Anyways, back to the card! I used the super cute Let Them Eat Cake and colored her with Copic markers. I had initally planned to color her dress to look like a lady bug, then at the last minute decided to change the skirt up a little bit and make it colorful too. I added a bunch of sparkle with my Spica glitter pens, although the pictures really didn't pick it up much, sorry! The paper is Echo Park and I added some rhinestones to make the ladybug's paths. Just some ribbon, brads and flowers from my stash to finish it off!

I am also lucky enough to announce sneak peaks for the SOOO CUTE Puppy Love stamps! Trust me, you're going to love them! Sneak peaks start tomorrow right here! We'll see you then, have a great day!

SWEET ANGELICIA.....

2012-01-09T08:30:00.003Z

Morning all.....

It's Vicky here today....and a Happy New Year to you all....!

Today I have the huge pleasure to showcase one of my fave images from The Fairy Glen range...sweet Angelica... which was released last October...and isn't she just beautiful...and loving her wee bunny too :o)

I have teamed her up with some gorgeous lace, ribbon and a die cut tree...and I thought the wee butterflies look so pretty and match perfectly with the image..

A close up.....and you can see I have added some stickles to her wings too...

and a side view...

I have used Spectrum Noirs & Flexmarkers to colour, chalks for her cheeks...and Prisma Pencils for shading and the Papers are from Nitwits...and I really loved making this card...

Thank you for popping by...and have a super day....

big hugs Vicky xx

Revenge Is Sweet....

2012-01-08T09:00:00.000Z

Good Morning Sugar Addicts!

Over on the Sugar Nellie group on Facebook this week was a long thread all about Pippi Longsocks.
I absolutely adore this little lady, she is totally beautiful with a bit of mischievousness thrown in and I luvs her so much.
Imagine my shock and horror when one lady said that she wasn't too keen on Pippi! I mean, who wouldn't love that adorable sweet face?
Of course I understand that we all have different tastes, the world would be so boring if we all liked the same things but "not keen on Pippi"? She must be mad!
Another lady said she was seeing Pippi's in her sleep...Is that a bad thing? No, that would be a sweet dream in my opinion. So what am I to do when faced with such shocking news?

Oh yes...I am a woman, so I will get my sweet revenge :)
I had a nosey around Facebook and just look at what I found....

This beauty was made by our lovely DT lady Astrid.

I love the sepia tones on this fab card from Cass.

Cathy is one of our Sugar Bowl sweeties and this is the first time she's inked up Pippi...only because I told her it was a crime to own this stamp and never have used it (I threatened to report her to the Secret Sugar Police!)

This pretty and pink card was made by one of my lovely Harrogate friends Christine.

Another card from a Sweetie, this one is made by Fiona..I always love Fi's cards.

This striking card is an entry into the Sugar Bowl by Lis..and it was seeing this card that got me on the subject of Pippi.

A gorgeous card from the lovely Pops.

A beautiful Christmas card from Shazza (who loves Pippi almost as much as I do, judging by all the fab cards she's made with this stamp!)

And finally, just to prove that I really do luvs her is a card from me that I made for the Sugar Bowl - sketch No 71. I have made another card with her today using the same colour combo too :)

Ahhhhh...I feel so much better after seeing all this glorious Pippiness!

She really is my mostest favouritest stamp ever, but she does share the top spot with a certain Sassy stamp. I wonder if anyone knows who that might be?

Thanks for looking.

Love Elaine xx

Jelly Pip

2012-01-07T09:00:00.002Z

Hi there, and Happy New Year to all of you. I hope the new year has been good so far.

For the card I will show you today I have used this oh so sweet little girl called Jelly Pip. I fell in love with her right away. You find her and a lot of other sweeties at Funky Kits.

This time I have stamped my image on craft cardstock, and colored it with Prisma colors. I love this way of coloring, and it is really not so hard. We all color in different ways, but this is how I do it:

I start with a very light color where I want the light to reflect. Then I use a really dark color where I want the darkest shadows to be, and I fill in the rest with different shades of the same color. I just work with the colors until I am happy with the result. It you haven’t tried to color on craft you should really give it a try. It is a lot of fun, and the Sugar Nellie stamps are perfect for it!

Here is a close up of lovely Jelly Pip, all dressed up in blue today.

And here is the inside of my card.

I wish you all a great and creativ weekend.

Hugs, Marianne.

MBE omgeeeee

2012-01-06T09:00:00.002Z

I huge congratulation to Dean Penlington on receiving this greatly honourable distinction from the Queen in the New Years Honours.

Mrs Penlington, AKA Helen, has been a long time customers from years gone by, Helen and her lovely Mother Chris ( globe trotter extraordinaire) came to my card making classes many years ago and still craft to this day. Life has got in the way a little as Chris is making full use of her passport and having family all over the world, I am not sure that there is much card making getting done these days!
Helen and Dean moved over to Virgina Beach USA last year and although it was a wrench for them to be parted from their large and very close family, it has been the right choice and by the sounds of it are having a ball. It has been an amazing time for them and their family, moving from Scotland to USA but it has allowed them to have a taste of the American life and they are loving it! These 3 years are flying by.

I was so pleased to hear their news, it is a amazing achievement to be recognised for you work and I am sure that Helen is already dress shopping for her trip to see the Queen where Dean will receive his MBE , oh and there will be a hat I am sure!

lots of love sent to them from a very cold Scotland oxo

Karen

Happy New Year and Happy Birthday!

2012-01-05T09:00:00.001Z

It's my first post of the year, so Happy New Year to you all.

Does anyone make resolutions any more?
I've given up making them myself, as I know darn well that I won't stick to them. Instead, I make a list of goals, things that I would like to achieve throughout the year rather than things I will give up...chocolate, crisps, olives etc. Top of my list this year is one word...TIME.

To make more efficient use of my time.
Time to enjoy life rather than the 'go to work/go back home/do chores/and go to bed' routine which I seem to slip effortlessly into.
Time to catch up with friends.
Time to make more cards and show some love to that large pile of un-inked stamps that keeps taunting me!
Tell me...what plans have you made for this year, any goals?

Over on the Sugar Bowl our Sugar Mama Gayle let the sweeties have a little holiday, so the current challenge will run for 4 weeks rather than the usual 2. There is just a week left to get a card or project made before the new challenge starts next Thursday.

This fabulous card is Shelby's entry using the Sassy stamp Cinderella. I love all the folds on her dress and Shelby's colouring is stunning.

Same image but with a different creator and a totally different colour scheme but with the same stunning colouring this time from Coops. Again, I love the depth within the folds of the dress..fabulous!

You can also buy this little lady before she had her make-over, otherwise known as Cinders.

This is a card made for the Simply Sassy blog by the lovely and extremely talented DT member Anita.
I adore these colours, and I always love Anita's creations.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Karen...though it was actually her birthday yesterday.
I hope you had a fabulous day and were treated like Cinderella and not Cinders!

Thanks for looking.
Love Elaine xx

Make a wish!

2012-01-04T08:00:00.000Z

Hello Everyone! Jane here today with my first post for 2012 for Sugar Nellie, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year and managed to fit in a bit of crafting time, I did and have had lots of fun playing with some of my favourite Sugar Nellie images. I also made some crafty resolutions, I am going to try and only buy stash I really need, try to use up some of my papers and not be scared to try something a bit different for my cards in 2012 and step out of my comfort zone.

When I saw the Sketch for the current Sugar Bowl challenge, I just had to give it a go and after taking a few deep breaths... and remembering my resolutions... decided to try to optional theme of no Designer papers! I used a lot of Kraft card on my projects usually but never as the main paper so I thought I would have a go at embossing it to make it a bit more interesting. I used the Cuttlebug 'Floral Fantasy' folder for the largest square, the folder is only C6 size so in order to make the square I embossed two pieces, a larger rectangle and a narrower strip then put them together and hid the join with my ribbon.
I used a Cuttlebug Houndstooth folder (which is available at a great price here) for the smaller rectangle the image is sitting on. I am so glad I took the plunge and had a go at not using Designer papers as I love the way the card turned out.

This adorable image featuring the super sweet Delia is called 'Let them eat cake' and she is perfect for Birthday cards and all sorts of Celebrations. I choose some lovely bright colours to bring her to life, she is coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers using the following blends:

Hair: Gold, Mustard, Tulip Yellow
Dress: Antique Pink, Rose Pink, Baby Pink
Skin: Soft Peach, Oatmeal, Blush and a little Pale pink for her rosy cheek
Shoes and dress pattern: Turquoise, Duck Egg, Aqua
Wings: Duck Egg, Aqua and Pale Aqua Flexmarker

I added some glitter glue to her wings and the ribbon on the cake and then used an old sentiment from my stash which I die cut with a label shape and decorated the card with a bow and some flowers and buttons from my stash and finally some gems as a finishing touch.
The colours I have used for my image are some of my favourite Promarkers blends, do you have any favourite colours you always turn to when colouring? I would love to hear which ones if you would like to share them in a comment on this post and I would also love to hear if you have made any craft resolutions too!
Have a great Wednesday!
Jane
x

not just for Christmas...

2012-01-03T09:00:00.000Z

Hi everyone Mina here and its my pleasure to show something sweet today, don't you love it when you can use a stamp all year round...well this little stunner is the beautiful Wish Upon a Star and all I needed to do is use a few tiny pearls and some glitter to make her for any occasion...I coloured her with Distress inks and teamed her up with these lush BasicGrey Little Black Dress papers (a Christmas present from the lovely Karen)...I added some glittery ribbon and a couple of pins to finish...don't forget when your looking at stamps if one takes your fancy don't be put off by a few snowflakes or holly, just adapt it and add a few things to make it for any occasion you need...Have a wonderful day everyone
Mina xxx

Happy New Year!!

2012-01-02T09:00:00.004Z

Happy 2012, sugar addicts!! Hope you enjoyed your Christmas & New Year's holidays! I'm excited about the new year...because it means...er, can you keep a secret? OK...it means there's more sweet Sugar Nellie rubber coming to you...sooooon! So keep checking back here...and let me just say...you are gonna love, love, LOVE the new stamps!! Now,don't forget, when Karen and Gayle announce them...act surprised!!

Oh...I almost forgot...I have a fun new DT card to share with you! It's a birthday card for a dear friend's one-year-old grandbaby...

Isn't she just the most adorable little girl? I thought she'd be perfect for a 1st b-day card!! This cutie is called "Bubbles" and is part of the Home Grown "Baby"collection of Sugar Nellie stamps. You can find her at Funky Kits HERE.

The image was colored with Copics...and these gorgeous DPs are from Simple Stories' "Baby Steps" collection. I may have gotten a bit carried away with the pearls...but, maybe not!! After all, a little girl needs to learn about the finer things in life, doesn't she? (hehehe) I used "Labels One" Nestabilities and Grand Nestabilities to make this easel card. If you'd like more info on this card as well as a peek at a few more photos, please pop on over to my blog HERE.

A "toast" to joy, peace, and lots of sugar in 2012!

Pat

Candy Winners!

2012-01-01T22:37:00.001Z

Happy New Year to you all….I hope 2012 brings everything you would wish for!

I have two very lucky candy winners to announce tonight….

4. Jane

10. terriavidreader

Please email me your full name and address’ ladies and your sweet rubber candy will be on it’s way to you very soon!

Thanks so much to all of you for taking the time to enter and for your continued support….we couldn’t do it without you!

Need to run now, new stamp releases to organise……

Luv’n’Hugs

Gayle x

Hogmanay Candy!

2011-12-31T15:28:00.001Z

Well dear friends, it is almost time for us to kiss goodbye to 2011….

Hogmanay is such a big event here in Scotland and so we will share a little of that excitement with you….

Here’s how it works….

Please grab the banner above and display it on your blog to spread the word.
Enter your details into the ‘Inlinkz Widget’.
Cross your fingers and hope you are lucky!

You have until January 1st 7pm (GMT)

Two lucky winners, chosen at random, will win a little piece of, super sweet, Sugar Nellie candy!

I shall leave you with this to wish you well in 2012…..

As Andy Stewart used to sing in The White Heather Club (yes, I am that old!)

Haste ye back, we love you dearly,

Call again you're welcome here.

May your days be free from sorrow,

And your friends be ever near.

May the paths o'er which you wander,

Be to you a joy each day.

Haste ye back we love you dearly,

Haste ye back on friendship's way.

Luv’n’Hugs

Gayle x

2011-12-30T09:00:00.000Z

Goodmorning everyone,
I hope you all had a good Christmas with lots of love, family and warmth :)
Of course we had a lot to eat with a nice glass of wine, but now 2011 is going to end, at our place we have a birthday to celebrate, my father is turning 77 years and New Years day starts with the birthday of my husband :) So ..... I still have a lot of things to do :)

Okay ladies, this is my post for today, the last one this year, but I'll be back next year :)

I made this card with the lovely digi stamp Victoria Standing, you can find all these beautiful Simply Adorables at Funkykits !!
The base has been made with the Go Kreate Die XXL Frame Frilly #2
The paper is from Echo Park - Wintertime
The tree is a big Die from Tim Holtz
Sentiment is from Whimpsy Stamps - Winter Letter Seals
I coloured here with my Copics

Unfortunately we didn't have a winter at all, right now it's a stormy weather, a lot of rain, I prefer snow and frost :)

For now I only can say : A HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!

Thanks for visiting :)

Love Astrid xxx

Christmas Past.

2011-12-29T09:00:00.001Z

Good Morning Sugar Addicts!

Christmas has been and gone...seemingly in the blink of an eye!
I hope everyone has had a lovely Christmas and I hope you all got lots of lovely gifts...especially crafty stuff :)
We have had a lovely time these last few days, visiting family and catching up with friends, but it's been a bit hectic! I hope to have a couple of days locked away in my craft room before I have to go back to the dreaded job, as I have some new Sugar that urgently needs inking and I would like to make a card for the Sugar Bowl challenge.

Talking of the Sugar Bowl....

This gorgeous card was made for the challenge by Suzi using the image Titania.

This stunning Christmas card was made by Vicky using the stamp Little Apprentice.

And this beautiful card was made for the challenge by Julia using the image Let Them Eat Cake.

I love the fact that all three cards follow the same sketch but they all look so totally different as each creator 'stamps' their own style on them, and they have all followed the optional theme and made their own papers.
You Sugar Addicts are all so talented and creative and I always relish seeing how you bring our Sweet images to life.

I hope you will find a little spare time to get inky and join in with our challenge.

Thanks for looking.
Love Elaine xx

Candy Winner!

2011-12-28T21:53:00.001Z

I am so sorry for the delay in posting todays candy winner but, I have a good excuse…

I had a lovely surprise visit from ‘The Boss’ and we had such a great time nattering that it completely slipped my mind!

Even my girls love Karen so much they climb all over her….sorry for the bruises boss!

Anyhoo, I’d better get on with it…..

37. Penni

Please email me your full name and address and your sweet rubber candy will be on it’s way to you very soon!

Thanks to you all for your entries……more chances very soon……

Luv’n’Hugs

Gayle x

Come and get it….Christmas Candy!!!!

2011-12-28T07:00:00.000Z

With Christmas now behind us, preparations for Hogmanay are all well under way here at the House Of Sugar, are you prepared to welcome 2012 yet?

It's going to be a BIG year for us here....lot's of delicious new rubber coming!

All of our little helper elves are already at work on the January release of new rubber…

( I have them all lying next to me as I write this, and we really are spoiling you with this next collection!)

Still, I shouldn’t be telling you all this, as Karen will slap my legs!

So, I shall spoil you another way today…..

Here’s how it works….

Please grab the banner above and display it on your blog to spread the word.
Enter your details into the ‘Inlinkz Widget’.
Cross your fingers and hope you are lucky!

This time around I’m giving you a whole 12 hours to enter….

One lucky winner, chosen at random, will win a little piece of, super sweet, Sugar Nellie candy!

Good luck to you all……

Luv’n’Hugs

Gayle x

Snowmen Thank You

2011-12-27T09:00:00.001Z

Hello everyone, it's Jenn here today! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas holiday! Mine was a fabulous time with my family, but it went by sooo quickly! Sound familiar? : ) I definately have some "thank you" cards to get together, I want to share one with you today that uses the stamp Christmas Garland.

This one is going to the doctors that I work with so I kept it pretty simple: just some punches, a button with a bow, and a few pearls and I'm done (although looking at the picture I'm thinking Mrs. Snowman could use some glitter on her hat and the boys can just deal with it... what are your thoughts?)

I colored the image with my Copic markers (I might even be getting some more with my Christmas money, yippee!) Thank you for stopping by, again I hope your holiday was great! Here's to a fabulous 2012!

-Jenn

Today’s Candy Winner!

2011-12-26T19:32:00.000Z

Tonight’s lucky candy winner is……

18. Margreet

Please email me your full name and address and your sweet rubber candy will be on it’s way to you very soon!

For those of you who didn’t win, this time, I may return with more very soon….

Luv’n’Hugs

Gayle x

More Christmas Candy…..

2011-12-26T07:00:00.001Z

Happy ‘Boxing Day’ to you all…..

I do hope Santa Claus was very generous to you all, did anyone get any rubber in their stockings?

If not, I shall remedy that for one of you today….

Here’s how it works….

Please grab the banner above and display it on your blog to spread the word.
Enter your details into the ‘Inlinkz Widget’.
Cross your fingers and hope you are lucky!

This time around I’m giving you a whole 12 hours to enter….

One lucky winner, chosen at random, will win a little piece of, super sweet, Sugar Nellie candy!

Good luck to you all……

Luv’n’Hugs

Gayle x

Christmas Speech

2011-12-25T08:53:00.018Z

Hello blogging friends

Mother thought it would be a good idea to dip my toe in the water so to speak.

I will have to get used to standing up as the face of Sugar Nellie as we have so much planned for 2012.

First I have to graduate, I have you to thank for being able to spend the last few years in Glasgow studying for my degree. The original concept of Sugar Nellie was to allow me the financial security to go off and get a great education without being a financial burden on my parents ( I am one of four children) we had hoped that SN would be popular enough to pay for my "keep" while away from home. Things turned out better than expected, amazingly so and that's all down to you , our loyal and supportive customers.

Soon the table top stamp company was growing so fast that is was difficult to keep on top of things. My Mum has an eye for art (she would never tell you, but she does have qualifications in this field but has more confidence promoting others and believes that art is something you have to keep working at. And it has been a long time since she stopped creating). In leaving the running of the business in her hands I have watched it grow, helping out when I can and being there when I am needed. I am sure that I could cut up rubber with my eyes closed and pack it while I am in my sleep.
I loved meeting some of you at the Glasgow show and I have since taken a shine to colouring with copics, something I hope to do far more of soon.

I am home as soon as I graduate and I have a wedding to plan! I am sure that Mother will have most of it done by then because as disorganized and laid back as she is sometimes, it all gets done, even if it is last minute.

My husband and I...............will return to USA to start our life together, its so exciting, my heart and mind are just bursting with anticipation of things to come. As scary and tearful as it is to leave my family behind in Scotland, I know that I will be part of a new family who will be a great support to Tom and I as we start this new chapter of our lives.

This also opens up a new chapter for Sugar Nellie. Mother has already said she does not want things to change in the House of Sugar ( Sugar Nellie HQ) but we are going to venture into the USA with a new dispatch centre and hopefully take part in some craft show's on the east side. Our time as a member company on Split Coast Stampers was a huge deal for us and proved too big for such as small company back in 2009. But with better foundation and support, we both believe that it is something we are ready for this time.

There is yet so much to do and I know that on behalf of everyone in the HOS, we thank you all for your amazing support over the last 4 years, our customers are most defiantly the sweetest.
thank you all
Debbie

picture here

Merry Christmas

2011-12-24T08:49:00.000Z

Now it is here.

CHRISTMAS.

Where I (Marianne) live, we have some snow outside. Not much, but enough to get the right Christmas spirit. The windows are filled with Christmas lights, in all the gardens there are Christmas trees and Christmas decorations. Our house is filled with Christmas presents, Christmas food and Christmas candies. My children are almost sparkling of Christmas joy, and what we haven`t done of Christmas stuff by now, I am sure we can manage without.

Of course I have a Christmas project to show today. I have made a cute gift bag that I hope you will like. This beautiful little winter angle from Sugar Nellie is called “Wish upon a star”, and you can find her and all her cute friends at Funky Kits. I have colored her with my Copics in cold winter colors, and added a lot of glitter to make her sparkle. The papers, flowers and pearls I have used have the same cold color, and I have used a lot of dies and punches for my gift bag.

Here is the backside, with the same design, and a beautiful Norwegian Christmas text.

The Sugar Nellie team wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS

Christmas Garland

2011-12-23T09:00:00.003Z

My last post for this year.. it was a difficult one because of my pain in my back and legs, I can't sit very long, but it is finished! I've used Christmas Carland and ofcourse you can buy the stam at funkykits. You can pull the label out so you can write a personal note on it, I've colored them with prisma pencils this time and yes again the beautifull papers of bobunny snowfall.
I've heard on the news no white christmas here in holland, but we;ll make it a beautifull christmas time with friends and family.. My daughter will be celebrating her 23th birthday on the 30th this month, so very busy times for us.
I wish you all a merry christmas and a happy, healthy and creative new year and hopefully with lots of beautifull new stamps from Sugar Nellie.
Karen and the whole team, thanks for everything, it is a pleasure to work for such a great company and lovely people!
Hugs Tiets xx

Sugar Nellie Showcase ~ Part Two

2011-12-22T09:00:00.000Z

Good Morning :)

I'm back with the continuation of what I started on Sunday, which was to showcase my favourite cards/stamps from this year.

For July I picked this ever-so-pretty and pink Christmas card from Mina which uses the stamp Furry Friends.

Astrid's card is the one I chose for August, using Cherry Pip. I do love these colours and again my favourite papers!

September is a card from Jane using these cuddly penguins Warm Winter Wishes and a fab colour scheme.

For October I picked a much older stamp A Little Birdie Told Me which Jane created this bright and beautiful card with.

The Adorable digi Victoria is my choice for November...and was made by none other than Victoria (Vicky).

And finally, for December I have Marianne's very pretty card made with the Country Cousins stamp To and Fro.

Don't forget that the Sugar Bowl challenge is running for 4 weeks this time, so the Sweeties could take a little break. There is still almost 3 weeks left to get your entry in. I know everyone is so busy in the run up to Christmas but you might just find yourself with a little playtime over the festivities when you can join in with the challenge.
I'm not posting here now until next Thursday, so before I go I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and I hope Santa brings you all lovely gifts.

Thanks for looking.
Love Elaine xx

Thanking my Lucky Stars!

2011-12-21T08:00:00.001Z

Good Morning Everyone! I (Jane) hope you are having a good week so far. I can't believe it is Christmas Day on Sunday, I am looking forward to the big day! After making my last Christmas card this week I am trying to get organised and make a few Thank You cards and I have used the adorable 'Catch a Falling Star' Leanne Ellis stamp which is available here from Sugar Nellie as it goes so well with a new Hero Arts sentiment in a set I bought recently.
I used one of the star stamps from the set to stamp around the image with distress inks. To do this, I first stamped the image in Memento Ink onto white card and then die cut it into a circle with a Nestabilities die.
After I had done this, I stamped the image onto a Post-it note and then cut it out, you don't need to worry about the string and stick for the star or the boot laces. I then stamped the star randomly overlapping the image using Antique Linen Distress inks and added more distress inks around the edges of the die cut circle.

Here is a close up of the image coloured with Promarkers. When the post-it note is removed the stars look as if they are behind the image which gives a lot of depth to the design. I chose colours to match the Fancy Pants 'Off to School' papers which I matted and layered onto red card adding aqua stitching around the edges. I stamped the sentiment onto paper from the pack and also added an element cut from the paper which I stamped with a star and matted both onto red card and added them overlapping the image.

The star was stamped again onto brown gridded paper and I cut it out before paper piecing it onto the image and adding glitter glue. I added gems, a couple of flowers and a button just below the image as a finishing touch.
I hope you all have a Wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year and thank you for all the lovely comments you have left on my Projects since I joined the Sugar Nellie Design Team this year!
See you again soon in 2012!
Jane
x

Happy Christmas...

2011-12-20T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning everyone its my turn to show you something sweet and its my last post on here before Christmas...so I wanted to take the chance to wish everyone the very best Christmas ever, I have to admit I have a great soft spot for these Simply Adorable digis, this stunning little beauty is Sybil and I just used the head, I love colouring these beautiful images and used Distress inks to colour her, these lush Christmas papers were a freebie with a magazine, I hardly ever buy magazines but cant resist a bargain or freebie...I edged the papers in some mat gold card stock and cut some of the baubles for decorations...all the details are on my blog as always...have a wonderful day everyone and enjoy your Christmas
Mina xxx

Mwah...........

2011-12-19T18:52:00.000Z

I had a long day in the store today, covering for Kate who has holiday due before the end of the year. Its cold, quiet and not much fun at this time of the year. December is our quietest month in the shop, it has been for years now and we need a rest after the manic months of Christmas demo's and classes that have been non stop since the school went back in August.

Today was full of strangers trying to find that must have thing to finish or repair something quiet obscure. I was a good shop assistant and smiled and said "sorry when don't sell anything like that".......

I made a some samples for wedding invites for Debbie to choose from when she comes home this week. Even if she can decide on a format the colours can be changed to match the wedding colours. Fingers crossed she like at least on of them.

So imaging my surprise to receive this absolutely beautiful bouquet of flowers.

I had no idea who had sent them, but was not too surprised to find that it was the lovely Elaine .

Thank you Elaine they are gorgeous.oxo

Did she know that I spend Sunday sewing a new green table cloth for my made over dining room suit

( 8 chairs, extending table and side board for £150 at a antique sale).

Not quiet finished, still a couple of seat pads to re upholster and runners to stitch.

BUT these flowers match and will sit on the side perfectly.

I have never met Elaine, but between the facebook groups and email we have a great banter. I am sure she will forgive me for saying that the size of her ass is often discussed, not that I have ever seen it you know!. BUT one thing for sure, it is no where near as BIG as her heart *insert warm and fuzzy feeling*.

I am sure there are many of you out there that have benefited from the very generous

blog candy she is always giving away.

Elaine is always sending candy to others and I am sure that we love her not for all the sweet treats but because she does it for no other reason than she wants too.

Kind and generous to all.

Karen

Hold onto my heart...

2011-12-19T09:00:00.002Z

Hello my sugar-lovin' darlins! Can you believe it's almost Christmas?! Just a few more days...and then New Years...and THEN...Valentines Day!! hehehe! Sooooo I decided to get started on my Valentine's cards!! And...ta da...here's my first Valentine for 2012!

Isn't this just the sweetest image for a Valentine's Day card?! This stamp is called "Hold on to My Heart" and is part of the Home Grown collection of Sugar Nellie stamps. You can find it at Funky Kits HERE.

The image was colored with Copics and Prismacolor pencils. These gorgeous DPs are from My Mind's Eye "Lost & Found" collection...and I added some lace, brads, crown hat pins, roses, and some fabulous trinkets to give the card a bit of a "romantic" feel. For more info on this card...and to see a few more photos, please pop on over to my blog HERE.

And...that's it for me. Have a beautiful Christmas! Hugs...until next year!

Pat

Sugar Nellie Showcase ~ Part One

2011-12-18T09:00:00.001Z

Good Morning Sugar Addicts!

This is my last Sunday post of the year..I think.

Next Sunday will be Christmas Day and Karen has someone special she wants you to meet.

I don't know who it is either, so I'm looking forward to finding out too!

From a personal point of view, as a stamper, this year has been the best ever for Sugar Nellie.

From Sassy rubber and the start of the Simply Sassy blog at the beginning of the year, to some new Country Cousins stamps at the end of the year. In between we saw Sherbet Pips, Adorables and Fairy Glen ranges of rubber, to name just a few. My shopping basket has been filled many times..stamps just kept jumping in...all by themselves..that's what I tell my hubby anyway!

For todays showcase I have been looking through the blog over this year and picking out some of my favourite cards and stamps.

January saw this very sophisticated card from Judy using the Leanne Ellis image In A While

For February I picked this stunner from Kathrin, I do have such a soft spot for Sassy's and Tammy is so sweet!

March brings Erikas beautiful baby card made with the digital image Bambino.

For April I chose one of Ali's fabulous WoW cards made with the Manga stamp Dress Up Games.

May brought this gorgeous card from Tiets with the Sassy stamp Butterflies and Pigtails (and my favourite papers of the year too).

Pat's awesome creation for June was made with another favourite Sassy stamp Winking Student.

I planned to show a full 12 cards here today, but then I realised just how long the post was going to be!!

So I will be back during the week to show you my final 6 of the year.

Thanks for looking

Love Elaine xx