Sugar Bowl Challenge ~ 69

Today sees a new challenge over on the Sugar Bowl. It's another fun and fab sketch from (sharp intake of breath) our very own Sugar Mama Gayle.

This gorgeous image I Grant You One Wish is from the Jingle Bells and Tinkle Bells range of stamps and has been coloured with a mixture of DI's and SU inks. The DP - which has nothing at all to do with Christmas - is MME Believe matted onto Kraft card stock. MS punches for the two snowflakes, PTI sentiment, glamour dust for the sparkly bits and a few of my compulsory pearls.

I really enjoyed following this sketch.

And photographic inspiration for the theme. For heavens sake..a gingham kitchen ceiling? Who would actually go as far as to have a gingham ceiling hmmm??

The prize for one lucky winner is a choice of any 4 Sugar Nellie stamps, but if there are 100+ entries then the prize will increase to any 6 Sugar Nellie stamps. 
For all the details on how to enter please visit the Sugar Bowl blog, where you can also see all the fabulous cards from the other Sweeties for your inspiration.

Don't forget that there are still sneak peaks all this week on the Sugar Nellie blog. 

These gorgeous stamps, 11 in total, will be available to buy from Funky Kits this coming Saturday!

Ho hum....I shall be forced to buy them all. After all, a girl can't be too rich or have too much rubber :)

Thanks for looking.

Love Elaine xxx

Sugar Bowl Challenge ~ 68

I'm back with my card for the new Sugar Bowl challenge and this time the sketch is from Sweetie Kiki.
Now I loved this sketch and really enjoyed putting the card together. Definitely one I will use again.
The optional theme is 'Autumn' which you can interpret as you wish..autumnal colours or image or both?
I did struggle a little with the theme this time, only because they are not the colours I would normally use, but I guess that's why it's called a challenge ha! A good few hours were spent rummaging through my papers to see if I could find anything suitable.
I was pleasantly surprised at how this card turned out in the end, much better than I expected it to.

This gorgeous image is called Hello Little Friend..aren't they so sweet? And a pure delight to colour with a mix of DI's and SU inks. The papers are some old Bo Bunny called Kitchen Spice which I bought from Jill at The Hobby House. The wings have been liberally drowned in glamour dust which you can see better in this next photo...

A little die cut flower held together with a pearl brad (again from Jill ) and the sentiment is 'Tiny Tags' stamps and dies from PTI.

I rotated the sketch (cos I was desperate to ink up this stamp!)
The prize for one lucky winner is a choice of any 4 Sugar Nellie stamps, but if there are 100+ entries then the prize will increase to any 6 Sugar Nellie stamps. 
For all the details on how to enter please visit the Sugar Bowl blog, where you will also find a stunning array of cards from my other lovely Sweetie sisters.


Thanks for looking.
Love Elaine xxx

Sweet Sugar Christmas Candy Winner.

Thank you to everyone that entered the little candy. You will LOVE these stamps, they are definitely my favourite ever Christmas images, winner in a moment...

I had a lovely time at Harrogate last Saturday, the best part of the day was meeting the other ladies...Christine and Christine, Lisa Jane, Mau, Avril and Joan (I hope I got everyones name right!)
I also met the very lovely Kath who has the most beautiful accent and was actually working when I spied her, doing demos for Craftwork Cards.
I had a coffee and a good old natter with Jill, owner of The Hobby House. Jill also feeds my paper addiction!
It was a really, really good day out and I had a thoroughly good time.

OK, on to the candy. Mr Random picked a number....

Congratulations to Janette G..if you can please EMAIL ME with your full postal address and I can get your parcel in the mail to you.

Next is a little photo of what Emma got up to on Saturday!!

It is quite a large tattoo, but I do think it's beautiful..(not what Phil thinks!)
I did say to Emma that I could always go and get one myself, but with the size of me I could have the full bouquet instead of just one bloom..not bloomin' likely..I bet it hurt a bit!

Thanks for looking.
Love Elaine xxx

Sweet Sugar Christmas Candy.

This post will stay at the top. Please scroll down for any newer posts, thank you.

I love, love, love the latest release of stamps from Sugar Nellie, the Jingle Bells and Tinkle Bells images. 

And I have some extra stamps to giveaway.

Stamps are all brand new and unmounted.

The set of 5 stamps consists of:

Little Apprentice, Warm Winter Wishes, Old Saint Nick, I Grant You One Wish and Heavenly Angel.

Rules of entry:

Candy is for my followers and is open worldwide though I am not liable for any duties/customs charges that some countries impose.

Candy will close on Wednesday 14th September at 6pm BST.

Please click on the blue froggy.

Love Elaine xxx

Sugar Bowl Challenge ~ 67

It's time for a new challenge over on the Sugar Bowl. The sketch for this challenge has been provided by the very talented and very lovely Sweetie Erika with the optional theme of 'use scraps'. This was a nice and easy sketch to follow, quite a simple one which you can really go to town with and dress it up, or keep it simple...guess which one I opted for huh? And the theme of 'scraps' is perfect as I'm sure we all have those little scrappy bits of paper that we keep..just in case! Well, now's the time to use some of them up.

Fear not crafters...the Copics have been evicted and I'm back in my happy, snuggly colouring comfort zone.

Oh yes, it's official. I am in love with the new Jingle Bells and Tinkle Bells range of stamps and I couldn't wait to get another one inked up. This little sweetie is called Crystal Flakes. She's been coloured with a mix of DI's and SU refills (if anyone out there has a stash of the SU ink refills that they no longer use I'd be very happy to buy them off you) Her wings are slathered with Glamour Dust and the trim on her jacket and skirt is covered with some really old white glitter, not that you can see it but maybe if you enlarge the photo it might be a little more obvious.
My scraps of paper are Echo Park Wintertime and I did manage to use up quite a lot of the odds and ends, but then I was so sad to see these papers go that I had to buy another pack of them :)
A few pearls, CWC sentiment and a flower made up of a Prima white flower which I dipped the edges of the petals in Diamond Dust then added a small red poinsettia on top held together with a pearl brad.

Does a sideways view show the glitter any better? Nope!

The prize for one lucky winner is a choice of any 4 Sugar Nellie stamps, but if there are 100+ entries then the prize will increase to any 6 Sugar Nellie stamps. 
For all the details on how to enter please visit the Sugar Bowl blog, where you will also find lots of gorgeous cards for inspiration from the other sweeties.


Thanks for looking.
Love Elaine xxx

Sugar Nellie ~ Jingle Bells and Tinkle Bells Blog Hop!!

I'm so excited..and I just can't hide it...I'm about to lose control (again) and I think I like it...

Ooh it's a very special day today! A very extra special day today!

We start the day with the blog hop where you can view all the new Jingle Bells and Tinkle Bells stamps from Sugar Nellie and....these gorgeous stamps will go on sale at Funky Kits today at 10am.

So on to the hop...you should have arrived here from the amazingly talented Tiets, but if not then please start at the Sugar Nellie blog because you really don't want to miss any of the fabulous creations the DT and the Sweeties have made to show you.

There are 12 new images to be released today and I just luvs them all! 

This image is called Christmas Garland, aren't they just so sweet? I adore all the detail on the garland and just look at Mr Snowman's hair! Cool huh?

This image is coloured entirely with SU reinkers - as sent to me off my good buddy in the USA - the papers are Kaisercraft Christmas Spirit, the sentiment is from Whimsy, a few of the obligatory pearls and a ickle flower.

I am the last blog on the hop today but I hope you've left a comment on each of the blogs you've visited because Sugar Ma'am Gayle will be selecting some random comments to win some Sugar! 

I hope you've all enjoyed our little blog hop, there will be another tomorrow...same time, same place but different cards of course.

All that leaves me to say now is a big thank you for joining us on this first day of the hop but before you go please visit the Sugar Nellie blog and leave a comment there too. Karen will be itching to know if you love her new rubber and which are your favourites.

Thanks for looking

Love Elaine xxx

Sugar Nellie ~ Jingle Bells and Tinkle Bells.

It's almost here..the day I've been counting down to...

The Sugar Nellie DT and the Sweeties request your company at the Hippity Hop.

Venue: Starts at the Sugar Nellie Blog
Date: Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd September.
Time: 9.00am precisely.
Dress Code: Well...you can do the hop in your jeans and t-shirt from the comfort of your own home. Or wearing your pj's sitting in bed whilst drinking coffee, or wearing your office suit whilst pretending to work or even your birthday suit, you can even do the hop wearing your evening gown and tiara whilst entertaining Royalty in your back garden :)
Just turn up as you are!

See you tomorrow
Love Elaine xxx