Dutchdare challenge - Charms

For this week's DDCC challenge, charms, I have used this gorgeous new Sugar Nellie designed by Elizabeth Bell. I stamped her in Versafine Sepia and coloured her in blues and brown. The papers are coredinations, run through my embossing folders and distressed. I inked the edges of the papers and images with a papermania pad. I added snowflake charms on wire and ribbon from my stash. I used some Stickles (waterfall) to pick out bits of the snowflake embossing and the stamped snowflakes, and added pale blue gems to the middle of the prima flowers.
I hope you have time to join in the challenge this week.

Spoonfull of Sugar sketch

This week's Spoonfull of Sugar challenge is a sketch.
Here is our (as in me Ellie and Beth's) interpretation of it. I have used this gorgeous Sugar Nellie, Sweet Ebony image (Penpal) and watercoloured her in tourquoise and purple. I have used my Making Memories papers to matt and layer her onto. The ric-rac is from stash. I haven't added any text yet - maybe later, but definitely not any flowers!


Ps I had originally had gems on the card in the corners as detail, and a scroll, however they are now on a fairy card that is drying out (courtesy of Ellie and a bottle of glitter glue)

Its been a busy week

Its been a really busy week this week, Ellie has had her Pre-school coffee morning (I sold 24 cards there yippee!!!) and we have started doing the back garden ... so haven't really done any crafting or any blogging. I am going to make a concerted effort to get round everyone's blogs over the next few days.
It has taken a few days to make this card which is for the Papertake Weekly and the Spoonfull of Sugar challenges. The Papertake weekly challenge was to make a card for a teenager, and the Spoonfull of Sugar challenge was to make a girly card. This fits the bill for both as it is girly and I think this Sugar Nellie Sweet n Sassy image has the attitude of a teenager!!
I have used DCWV Pocketful of Posies papers and cardstock, and a ribbon off a choc box. I used a little faux stitching, but have decided against flowers and other additional embellishments as it looked too fussy - not very teenager-ish!

Sweet n Sassy

I have coloured Sweet n Sassy in shades of pink, blue and green and matted her onto pink and green cardstock.The backing paper is fromK and Co and the flowers are Prima. The ribbons and brads are from my stash. I have kept it quite simple as the paper is a bit 'busy'!